Looking at the use of chai I see it as the motor of India. Wherever you go you see chai shops along the road. In every place the chai shop is where the people gather in the morning and discuss the latest news or just enjoy the morning. If we go cycling it has never happened I believe that we did't stop for a cup of chai.
Chai is served in different ways and different quantities. Most common are paper cups in different sizes. Next to that the small plastic cups and off course also the glasses that I got during the morning session in Rajasthan. Only once until now I got it in a real cup and saucer and this was again during the trip in Rajasthan.
You also notice that the content is slightly varying over the country. In Karnataka you need to order ginger tea if you want your chai to be flavoured with ginger. Whereas in Rajasthan it was standard created with ginger. In all cases this is fresh ginger that they will grind at the spot.
The chai is cooked by combining tea, spices and milk and most of the time standard delivered with sugar in it. Sometimes the sweetening is left to you and the sugar is delivered separately.
Normally I drink tea without sugar but for the chai I tried it a couple of times but somehow that doesn't taste that good.
Typically the prize of a cup is around 10 rupees for the size shown in the picture.
During my trip in Rajasthan the project I got was to capture a tea stall by getting in contact and stay for at least an hour at the place. Kishan decided that he would join me whereas the others preferred to test the bed longer that morning. Starting around 7.30 I was out before Kishan the first challenge would be to find a tea stall that we could use.
I was still alone and at 15 metres from the hotel there was a nice tea stall to have the right start by having a cup of chai first. I was busy drinking this when Kishan phoned to ask where I was. Directing him to the place wasn't difficult and somehow we didn't leave before 9.00 anymore as it turned out to be the perfect place for the assignment.
The main players in the tea stall were Beg Singh (the vendor) and his son.
And of course not unimportant in this is the customer. Represented by the guy who wanted to be in all the photos and here chatting with the chai man.
This also being the first shot I took that morning it shows a reasonable empty place. This however would change a lot during the time we were there. As with most of my shoots the talking is very limited and only more to the people that know English. For Kishan a new world opened as he got engaged with all different characters in the play.
So there are the local people that most likely come here every morning, some of them in traditional dress and some more western.
Men, women and kids all are there. Locals and tourists and the occasional foreigner all are coming for the morning chai and to get from it some warmth as the mornings are on the colder side in December.
A time to get the latest news either by paper or just by coming together and chat in the old fashioned way. And we are welcome and a nice change compared to the normal days, so need to tell what we are doing and off course where we come from. At least that is the first theme always for me when I come to a tea stall alone. "What is your name" and "Which is your country" are the two questions I have answered most in the last 2,5 years. The next would be any variation on "How do you like India" or "How do you like the food".
But back to the chai where the start is shown in the picture above with the customer which is the cooking of the ingredients. It all takes place on the stove.
I not sure about the pouring but it is clear that one reason is to take out the tea and other residue.
Next to that is the filling of the glasses. Which can be a big canister or a small plastic bag also depending of the place the tea will be served. We saw and experienced the alternative tea bag ourselves as we were chatting with several of the local peoples that offered us tea.
Taking the glass and enjoy the taste of it follows.
This can take any amount of time but finally is followed by doing the dishes which is one of the tasks of the son.
And the last thing that is part of the ritual is the exchange of money. Although it is clear that that is only a small part of the ritual.
This was the first time for me that someone came to do my shoes/sandals and he did a good job.
Enjoying the crowd of the morning I think.
More people told me so must be indeed a place to go at least ones early morning.


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Business Day|When You Write a Report Card, Explain the Grades
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When You Write a Report Card, Explain the Grades
By ADAM BRYANT JUNE 9, 2012
This interview with Laura Yecies, chief executive of SugarSync, an online storage service based in San Mateo, Calif., was conducted and condensed by Adam Bryant.
Q. Tell me how your leadership style has evolved.
A. As you manage and work with more people, you tend to see patterns and get used to different work styles. With more experience, you can more quickly notice when someone is struggling and what they need help with. Do they need more structure? Do they need more help with planning projects? Is it just that they have trouble getting started? I've seen that a lot.
I taught for a while at Santa Clara University, and I actually considered being a professor when I left business school. It's one of the things I really like about managing people — the teaching element, and giving feedback. If you think about it, in an academic setting people expect to get feedback. You're there to learn. You're there to improve. If the teacher gives you a B, without any specifics, that's not an acceptable situation. But that dynamic happens a lot in the workplace.
Q. Why is that?
A. Because it's hard, and people often don't do things that are hard. People just avoid them unless someone holds them accountable. SugarSync is still small enough that I read every performance review. It's not about so much agreeing or disagreeing with the rating. It's about the quality of the review. Has the manager been thoughtful?
Q. What kind of feedback have you received from your staff?
A. We hire a consultant to do 360 reviews for me. One of the things I've heard is that employees wished I did more cheerleading. They didn't necessarily use that word, but I think they wanted more peppy, more rah-rah, more "This is gonna be great." But my communication style is much more measured. I do presentations in a much more analytical way: this is our plan, this is what's really great about the plan, here are a couple of risks, but over all, this is a winning plan and I'm excited about it. I might say it that straight.
It's something I think about when I hire. I want people to have enthusiasm. I think about some managers I've had and how I liked the ones who were that way. That's something I work on. But in my review this year, people thought that I had done better on that. I realized that I've been talking more about the company externally, on business shows and in the press, but they were listening. For me, it's a little bit more natural. When they see me selling and pitching outside the company, they hear it.
Laura Yecies, the C.E.O. of SugarSync, an online storage service based in San Mateo, Calif., says that just as teachers give constructive feedback in a classroom, managers should offer thoughtful performance reviews to employees. Credit Earl Wilson/The New York Times
Q. What lessons have you learned from some of your previous bosses?
A. I had one who used to read everything employees sent to him, and he would ask questions and send insights. It made people feel valued. It also had this interesting effect: Instead of people sending him more things to read, they were more selective and strategic. He would also start every staff meeting with an agenda written on the whiteboard. He was good at managing meeting time. Not everyone is.
Q. Other lessons you've learned?
A. One thing I learned in my first year at SugarSync — when the economy was bad, people were nervous and we didn't have a lot of money — was that I had to sell to the families, not just to the employees. The employees had more information, of course, because I was talking to them frequently and they knew that we had this product we were excited about. They could have a sense for the market, but their spouses or parents or significant others didn't have as much information.
So we started doing more to communicate with them. In fact, we had a SugarSync evening, where we invited people to bring their spouses and children. We had a baby sitter and videos and pizza, and did a demo for the spouses and significant others, whoever people wanted to bring, and I gave them our investor pitch. It turned out to be a really good event.
Q. Tell me about some of the rules of the road at your company.
A. Accountability is important. I don't like to chase people down, but I will if I have to, and I remember if they say they're going to do something. I want people to know they're responsible and they need to be that way with their team. If you say something, it's a commitment. Sometimes you have to change the commitment, but then you have to be explicit about that.
Q. What else?
A. One thing I've learned in terms of managing conflict is to challenge people about their assumptions of what's causing a conflict. Here's an example: An employee will come up to me. "So-and-so is really giving me a hard time. They're not doing XYZ. I'm really mad." They go on and on about how bad the other person is. It happens a million times to all managers. It's almost like what you hear from kids.
So what I'll say to them, and it's very disarming, is: "So they're doing this thing that you don't like. Do you think they're doing it because they think that's the better way to get the job done, or do you think that they're acting that way because they don't want us to be successful?" The person will always say: "Well, no. They probably don't want us not to be successful." So then I'll say: "O.K. Well, then why do they think that plan is the right thing to do? And why don't you discuss that with them?"
I've done that, or some variation of it, 100 times, because most people forget that they really do think that the other person is trying to do the right thing, and it's a disagreement on tactics or strategy.
Q. Let's talk about hiring. What are your best interview questions?
A. I'll ask them about environments where they felt they were very successful. What were they like? And what about environments where they felt it wasn't a good fit? What was that like? And I'll watch to see if they have a sense for what I'm asking about. A lot of people struggle with that. They're not that self-aware, so you don't always get a direct answer. But I'll try that, and I'll ask about the most challenging situation they faced. Most people have a few transformational experiences in their career.
This interview has been edited and condensed.
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Student protests 17 April: update
Nelson Mandela University has been working to restore normal academic and other operations following disruptions on Wednesday.
A group of students barricaded entrances to the campuses, which was deemed to be in contravention of the standing interdict. This resulted in a standoff with the SA Police Service, who set off stun grenades after protesting students failed to disperse once the terms of a standing interdict were read out shortly before 1pm. The students subsequently retreated from the entrances.
The main issue relates to some senior students who did not receive NSFAS funding as a result of not meeting nationally-determined academic performance criteria. These students were subsequently requested to vacate off-campus accommodation.
The University remains committed to inclusive stakeholder engagement. To this end, a policy was crafted in consultation with the SRC, which was approved by Council in 2018. This policy formalises and guides engagement processes with students in terms of protocols and channels to be followed.
The policy was contravened which necessitated the enforcement of an existing interdict.
Over the last five years, the University has invested more than R300-million of its own resources in support of widening access to academically deserving students, especially from poor and working class backgrounds.
While it remains committed to the principle of social justice and access for success, the University recognises that this should not negatively impact on the University's sustainability and our key mandate of teaching and learning.
Since the last student protest in March, nearly 2000 students who were unable to register for various reasons – ranging from a lack of funding to poor academic performance – were given a second chance at access to university tuition through a number of concessions by the University.
A total 1756 students, including 309 whose individual cases were assessed and dealt with by the Clearing House established then, were allowed registration through the various concessions.
In light of today's disruptions, members of the SA Police Service and Protection Service will continue to monitor the situation and secure all campus entrances and facilities.


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Some blamed the original title (EoT) for the film's limited success. This was the alternative.
Edge of Tomorrow follows the same logic, except in a game that clearly goes on for what has to be around five years worth of time. It involves Major Bill Cage (Tom Cruise) who's a public affairs military officer assigned to cover an alien invasion in France. Cage objects, is tasered and sent to the front lines, bumped down to private, forced to join the D-Day inspired invasion. It started rough and I thought it was falling into the tropes I wanted to avoid - the angry and seasoned soldiers, the cocky new guy, the hot girl, and while it took these on, it was also done in a fresh way. By the time Cage reaches battle and dies within seconds, we're thrown into the perils of video game play - to try and figure out a way to solve the problem, using what you learned to advance as far as you can.
Tom Cruise inches forward ever so slightly. At one point, I found myself wondering why he doesn't go to a bar, or a brothel and escape the problems. I'm not sure how long it'd last, and without going into the details, the film highlights why the situation would fail. He would go and the world would inevitably end any way. He's therefore forced to advance as far through the battle as possible. At one point the girl wants to take the helicopter and he knows that it's not a possibility. She dies every single time. This is one of the points where I wondered why he didn't just prepare to kill all the aliens that were trying to harm her since he knew where they'd be? The thing is he probably did try that. Once again, they didn't need to show it. Even if they got away in the helicopter, it wouldn't have mattered because they'd die later on. Just like when I went into the German Bunker during the final D-Day level in Call of Duty, although it obviously was a long tangent and possible way to win, I always died and had to go another route. It wasn't worth getting through something so difficult to get to something even more difficult. And so Cage finds another way.
Of course, Cage then loses his power, but manages to save the world any way. As much as I rolled my eyes at this classic Hollywood trope (you won't be keep the treasure and you won't keep your new powers), not at all worried that he would just give up, it was a great film; one of those in which you know it's all going to work out, and it's really just about discovering how it'll all happen, ensuring that the logic doesn't bend too far and destroy the entire movie. It was exciting to see a film attempt to embody the spirit of the video game, rather than provide a hackneyed story. It was fascinating to anticipate the places he could go and alternatives he could visit and the film was smart enough to address them in quick and succinct ways. It treated us with respect and figured we were smart enough to get the winks. It's not the deepest film, but I'd say it's an important one as movies and video games continue on their merging paths.


Hot off the mark, Speed Limits are back again on Enhanced for their second stunning release of the year with 'Remember The Good Times'. One of the label's most prolific producers, this duo sets the standard of quality seen each week on Enhanced Progressive.
It is without doubt the attention to detail and quality production technique that separate Espen Lorentzen & Matteo Gioioso from the rest of the crowd. Packed with their unique and rich Balearic flavour, 'Remember The Good Days' will undoubtedly remind you of those glorious summer days and nights through the breakdowns, but a real surprise lays in store with some inspired and inventive drops that decimate the dancefloor. With so many stand out releases from last year, these 2 certainly have a lot to celebrate.
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One would think by now that politicians would understand that nothing they say is ever truly in private, except, perhaps, when they are speaking to their family and very close friends. It isn't like people have to buy a recorder and secretly place it in the room. Almost everybody now carries a recorder with days of recording storage and a fantastic microphone. All it takes is one person recording for either malicious purposes or even just as a personal souvenir because they are meeting with a VIP.
So there it is. Frankly, Hillary is right. What she didn't do is connect the dots that the very policies she supports led to their frustration.


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Five of the Worst – Undesirable Homes Currently For Sale
'The Steeple Times' selects five undesirable homes currently for sale that many would say would remain best avoided; they've all been in the news and they're all connected to infamous names
Destined most certainly not to feature in Penny Churchill's Downton Abbey-esque country house porn Country Life column or as an Evening Standard chi-chi 'Homes & Property' 'House of the Week,' we have selected five undesirable homes currently for sale.
In spite of the fact that one has a link to a recently deceased paedophile, two have been the scene of murders, one is supposedly haunted and the final was the setting for a bizarre nine year sleep, their prices seem somewhat crazy – but maybe some people will just love the idea of living with notoriety. Whether any of them sell for their asking prices, however, seems as likely as the case of Jack the Ripper ever being solved.
Paedo Palace – 9 East 71st Street, Lenox Hill, New York, NY 10021, USA
For sale for £69 million ($88 million, €74 million or درهم121 million) through Modlin Group.
Known as the 'Herbert Straus House' in polite circles, but now forever more likely to be remembered as 'Jeffrey Epstein's Paedo Mansion,' this 28,000 square foot, 7-floor, 40 room mansion was home to the deceased bestie of Prince Andrew from 1996 until his incarceration and suicide in 2019.
Few details are shared on the listing other than to declare it of "gargantuan size and opulence" and "the largest single-family home in New York City." Though the late Alberto Pinto's design work at the property is lauded, there's no mention of what Ghislaine Maxwell got up to there or the bizarre birthday parties with Christopher Mason.
Murder Mansion – Devisdale House, Dunham Road, Bowdon, Cheshire, WA14 4QG, UK
For sale for £3.25 million ($4.16 million, €3.51 million or درهم15.28 million) through Jackson-Stops.
Originally called 'Oakleigh,' this "striking Gothic Victorian villa" subsequently became known as 'The House of Horror' but has now been renamed 'Devisdale House' in an attempt to relieve it of a position in the ranks of undesirable homes.
In March 2005, Christopher Lumsden, a partner in the international law firm Pinsent Masons, killed his former Sotheby's auctioneer wife Alison in the house in a "frenzied domestic attack in the master bedroom" according to The Sun. He stabbed her 30 times after she announced she was leaving him for another man and was amazingly jailed for just five years "after he was found guilty of manslaughter on the ground of diminished responsibility, claiming he had a depressive illness."
'Oakleigh' subsequently "fell into rack and ruin" in spite of reports suggesting Lumsden may have inherited his wife's fortune, but more recently it was purchased by a property developer. They have added an underground swimming pool, sauna, cinema room and triple garage and selling agents Jackson-Stops laud the property as "incredible," "striking" and "meticulously remodelled." Christopher Lumsden, meanwhile, was released from prison after serving just two years of his jail sentence.
A Killer Castle – Pencoed Castle, Pencoed Lane, Llanmartin, Newport, Gwent, Wales, NP18 2ED, UK
For sale with a guide price of £950,000 ($1.2 million, €1 million or درهم1.7 million) by auction on 17th September 2020 through Allsop.
Pencoed Castle dates to the 13th century and in the time since one can imagine all sorts has gone on there. Most recently, in 2016, a then 56-year-old businessman Peter Morgan strangled his girlfriend of three years, a 25-year-old personal escort named Georgina Symonds, in a bungalow in the castle grounds. The married multi-millionaire was sentenced to life with a minimum term of 25 years in prison and with that the estate found itself joining the ranks of undesirable homes.
Wales Online report that "it is not known if Mr Morgan still owns the property," but for less than a million pounds, a buyer could get themselves not only the castle (which could be turned into 12 dwellings and offices also), but also a former farmhouse, two bungalows and 64.8 acres of land. Previous plans to turn the site into a Disneyland-style theme park called Legend Court came to nothing and of the property a local cryptically remarked: "This place's recent history is very dark."
Axing a Ghost – Maplecroft, 306 French Street, Fall River, Massachusetts, MA 02720, USA
For sale for £696,000 ($890,000, €751,000 or درهم1.2 million) through Century 21 The Seyboth Team.
Sold last for £469,000 in February 2018 and £386,000 in November 2014, Maplecroft is described by realtor Suzanne St. John as "a Queen Anne Victorian Mansion." It was built in 1887, extends to 3,935 square foot and includes 7 bedrooms and 4 bathrooms.
The allegedly haunted residence, which stands on a plot of 0.31 acres, is notable as the post-prison home of one Lizzie Borden (1860 – 1927) – a woman who was the main suspect in the 1892 axe murders of her father and step-mother. Accused, tried and acquitted, Miss Borden inherited a fortune, bought Maplecroft and when she died of pneumonia her wake was held in the parlour.
The current owner also owns the house where the murders were committed and runs it as a 'murder house B&B.' He had intended to convert Maplecroft into something similar, but COVID-19 (and perhaps the spirit of Lizzie Borden) got in the way.
A Nine Year Sleep – Sleepy Cottage, 1 School Lane, Turville, Henley-On-Thames, Buckinghamshire, RG9 6QX, UK
For sale for £750,000 ($960,000, €810,000 or درهم1.3 million) through Savills.
Strictly speaking, our final choice, has had only a gruesome past in a fictional sense given that it sits in a village used in Midsomer Murders. Nobody in their right minds – if such a place did really exist – would want to reside in any of Midsomer's locations given the risk of ending up brown bread would be so high, but the innocent sounding name of this cottage makes it worthy of mention.
Used also in the perfectly harmless series Goodnight Uncle Tom and the BBC sitcom The Vicar of Dibley, 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom Sleepy Cottage is also noteworthy as it was most famously home to 'The Sleeping Girl of Turville.'
Of this enigma, selling agents Savills remark:
"Ellen Sadler, who lived in the cottage with her family when in 1871, aged eleven she purportedly fell into a deep sleep from which she could not be roused for nine years. The case attracted international attention from newspapers, medical professionals and the public. She became a tourist attraction for the village, and her family made considerable money from visitors' donations."
"Rumours exist that among the elder Turville residents that Royalty even took an interest in her. The Prince of Wales, the future King Edward VII, visited her and laid his hands on her which people in those days believed would cure the sick."
"As the years went on and with no sign of Ellen waking, speculation grew that her illness was caused by her mother, an issue that was never resolved. In late 1880, soon after her mother's death, Ellen awoke. She later married and had at least five children."
Undesirable Homes Currently For Sale – Pictured top: Jeffrey Epstein's initials were prominently displayed at the entrance to 9 East 71st Street whilst the entrance hallway beyond aimed to impress with its classical grandeur. Goodness knows how many unfortunates passed through this space on their way on their way to be abused by the late Mr Epstein and his mucky madam Ghislaine Maxwell.
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A graduate of the London School of Economics, Matthew Steeples is a writer and marketing consultant. He conceived The Steeple Times as a media arena to fill the void between the Mail Online, The Huffington Post and such organs as the New York Social Diary in 2012.
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Ideal new 'home' for likely to be impeached Donald Trump for sale just as he prepares to leave office; it comes with its own jail – the perfect place to "lock him up!"
"Mini castle" in Pennsylvania goes on sale in time for Christmas for 512% more than it sold for in 2000 in spite of its decoration being nightmare nasty.
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1969 Mercedes-Benz 600 'Dictator Car' sedan originally owned by Elvis Presley and currently by an Epstein is being sold by auction.


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Commonwealth backs Caribbean network of legislative drafters
Seminar strengthens capacity of drafting offices
Commonwealth supports international AIDS conference for Africa
Conference to explore linkages between communicable diseases such as HIV and TB and non-communicable diseases such as cancer and diabetes
India reaffirms commitment to the Commonwealth at Delhi talks
Sharma wraps up visit to India following high-level meetings
Commonwealth Youth Programme proposes professional association for youth development workers
Meeting looks at the future of Commonwealth youth development workers
Commonwealth Secretary-General to visit India, Singapore, and New Zealand for PIF Summit
Commonwealth chair to co-host UN event on women's political participation
Commonwealth Chair-in-Office Kamla Persad-Bissessar to raise awareness on women's leadership role at UN General Assembly event
Jubilee Time Capsule to celebrate Queen's 60 years as Head of Commonwealth
Royal Commonwealth Society calls for public contributions
Commonwealth Deputy Secretary-General meets Tuvalu Prime Minister
Deputy Secretary-General Ransford Smith briefs Tuvalu Prime Minister on recommendations of the Eminent Persons Group and preparations for the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting
Secretary-General mourns Sir Paul Reeves as 'longstanding, dedicated and true friend of the Commonwealth'
Commonwealth Secretary-General Kamalesh Sharma said he was deeply saddened at news of the passing away of Sir Paul Reeves on Sunday, 14 August 2011.
Pan-Commonwealth Youth Caucus: International Youth Day Message
This year we mark International Youth Day under the theme 'Change our World'. The Pan-Commonwealth Youth Caucus joins the rest of the world in celebrating and acknowledging the contribution of young people towards making our global community a better place.


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Q: code updates on github repo are not going live in static website I have a nextjs/react static website. It has github action and I am no much idea about Github action. I have made one branch from main branch, and commit the code and finally merged that branch to main branch. But when i check on the live website, changes are not going live.
If I check the Github Action, under Build and Deploy I can see this error
/usr/bin/docker run --name d55814534de1b9b56417e87549ec6d1c2fcf3_ffa1b5 --label 8d5581 --workdir /github/workspace --rm -e "INPUT_AZURE_STATIC_WEB_APPS_API_TOKEN" -e "INPUT_REPO_TOKEN" -e "INPUT_ACTION" -e "INPUT_APP_LOCATION" -e "INPUT_API_LOCATION" -e "INPUT_OUTPUT_LOCATION" -e "INPUT_API_BUILD_COMMAND" -e "INPUT_APP_ARTIFACT_LOCATION" -e "INPUT_APP_BUILD_COMMAND" -e "INPUT_ROUTES_LOCATION" -e "INPUT_SKIP_APP_BUILD" -e "INPUT_CONFIG_FILE_LOCATION" -e "INPUT_SKIP_API_BUILD" -e "INPUT_PRODUCTION_BRANCH" -e "INPUT_DEPLOYMENT_ENVIRONMENT" -e "INPUT_IS_STATIC_EXPORT" -e "HOME" -e "GITHUB_JOB" -e "GITHUB_REF" -e "GITHUB_SHA" -e "GITHUB_REPOSITORY" -e "GITHUB_REPOSITORY_OWNER" -e "GITHUB_RUN_ID" -e "GITHUB_RUN_NUMBER" -e "GITHUB_RETENTION_DAYS" -e "GITHUB_RUN_ATTEMPT" -e "GITHUB_ACTOR" -e "GITHUB_TRIGGERING_ACTOR" -e "GITHUB_WORKFLOW" -e "GITHUB_HEAD_REF" -e "GITHUB_BASE_REF" -e "GITHUB_EVENT_NAME" -e "GITHUB_SERVER_URL" -e "GITHUB_API_URL" -e "GITHUB_GRAPHQL_URL" -e "GITHUB_REF_NAME" -e "GITHUB_REF_PROTECTED" -e "GITHUB_REF_TYPE" -e "GITHUB_WORKSPACE" -e "GITHUB_ACTION" -e "GITHUB_EVENT_PATH" -e "GITHUB_ACTION_REPOSITORY" -e "GITHUB_ACTION_REF" -e "GITHUB_PATH" -e "GITHUB_ENV" -e "GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY" -e "GITHUB_STATE" -e "GITHUB_OUTPUT" -e "RUNNER_OS" -e "RUNNER_ARCH" -e "RUNNER_NAME" -e "RUNNER_TOOL_CACHE" -e "RUNNER_TEMP" -e "RUNNER_WORKSPACE" -e "ACTIONS_RUNTIME_URL" -e "ACTIONS_RUNTIME_TOKEN" -e "ACTIONS_CACHE_URL" -e GITHUB_ACTIONS=true -e CI=true -v "/var/run/docker.sock":"/var/run/docker.sock" -v "/home/runner/work/_temp/_github_home":"/github/home" -v "/home/runner/work/_temp/_github_workflow":"/github/workflow" -v "/home/runner/work/_temp/_runner_file_commands":"/github/file_commands" -v "/home/runner/work/CRIRSCO/CRIRSCO":"/github/workspace" 8d5581:4534de1b9b56417e87549ec6d1c2fcf3
DeploymentId: 37a236e8-7912-4e34-af2f-50d08707dc6b

App Directory Location: '/' was found.
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Oryx Version: 0.2.20221103.1, Commit: a2c65de152b749fea, ReleaseTagName: 20221103.1

Build Operation ID: |=.
Repository Commit :

Detecting platforms...
Detected following platforms:
  nodejs: 16.18.0
Version '16.18.0' of platform 'nodejs' is not installed. Generating script to install it...
Detected the following frameworks: Next.js

Source directory     : /github/workspace
Destination directory: /bin/staticsites/ss-oryx/app

Downloading and extracting 'nodejs' version '16.18.0' to '/opt/nodejs/16.18.0'...
Detected image debian flavor: bullseye.
Downloaded in 0 sec(s).
Verifying checksum...
Extracting contents...
performing sha512 checksum for: nodejs...
Done in 1 sec(s).

Removing existing manifest file
Creating directory for command manifest file if it does not exist
Creating a manifest file...
Node Build Command Manifest file created.

Using Node version:
v16.18.0

Using Npm version:
8.19.2

Running 'npm install --unsafe-perm'...

npm ERR! code ERESOLVE
npm ERR! ERESOLVE could not resolve
npm ERR!
npm ERR! While resolving: react-dom@16.13.1
npm ERR! Found: react@17.0.2
npm ERR! node_modules/react
npm ERR!   react@"^17.0.2" from the root project
npm ERR!   peer react@"^16.6.0 || ^17" from next@10.2.3
npm ERR!   node_modules/next
npm ERR!     next@"^10.0.7" from the root project
npm ERR!   3 more (@next/react-dev-overlay, styled-jsx, use-subscription)
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Could not resolve dependency:
npm ERR! peer react@"^16.13.1" from react-dom@16.13.1
npm ERR! node_modules/react-dom
npm ERR!   react-dom@"16.13.1" from the root project
npm ERR!   peer react-dom@"^16.6.0 || ^17" from next@10.2.3
npm ERR!   node_modules/next
npm ERR!     next@"^10.0.7" from the root project
npm ERR!   1 more (@next/react-dev-overlay)
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Conflicting peer dependency: react@16.14.0
npm ERR! node_modules/react
npm ERR!   peer react@"^16.13.1" from react-dom@16.13.1
npm ERR!   node_modules/react-dom
npm ERR!     react-dom@"16.13.1" from the root project
npm ERR!     peer react-dom@"^16.6.0 || ^17" from next@10.2.3
npm ERR!     node_modules/next
npm ERR!       next@"^10.0.7" from the root project
npm ERR!     1 more (@next/react-dev-overlay)
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Fix the upstream dependency conflict, or retry
npm ERR! this command with --force, or --legacy-peer-deps
npm ERR! to accept an incorrect (and potentially broken) dependency resolution.
npm ERR!
npm ERR! See /github/home/.npm/eresolve-report.txt for a full report.

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR!     /github/home/.npm/_logs/2022-11-13T21_42_31_784Z-debug-0.log

---End of Oryx build logs---
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My yml file on main branch looks like this
name: Azure Static Web Apps CI/CD

on:
  push:
    branches:
      - main
  pull_request:
    types: [opened, synchronize, reopened, closed]
    branches:
      - main

jobs:
  build_and_deploy_job:
    if: github.event_name == 'push' || (github.event_name == 'pull_request' && github.event.action != 'closed')
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    name: Build and Deploy Job
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
        with:
          submodules: true
      - name: Build And Deploy
        id: builddeploy
        uses: Azure/static-web-apps-deploy@v1
        with:
          azure_static_web_apps_api_token: ${{ secrets.AZURE_STATIC_WEB_APPS_API_TOKEN_VICTORIOUS_MOSS_0A9A6EE00 }}
          repo_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }} # Used for Github integrations (i.e. PR comments)
          action: "upload"
          ###### Repository/Build Configurations - These values can be configured to match your app requirements. ######
          # For more information regarding Static Web App workflow configurations, please visit: https://aka.ms/swaworkflowconfig
          app_location: "/" # App source code path
          api_location: "" # Api source code path - optional
          output_location: "out" # Built app content directory - optional
          ###### End of Repository/Build Configurations ######

  close_pull_request_job:
    if: github.event_name == 'pull_request' && github.event.action == 'closed'
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    name: Close Pull Request Job
    steps:
      - name: Close Pull Request
        id: closepullrequest
        uses: Azure/static-web-apps-deploy@v1
        with:
          azure_static_web_apps_api_token: ${{ secrets.AZURE_STATIC_WEB_APPS_API_TOKEN_VICTORIOUS_MOSS_0A9A6EE00 }}
          action: "close"

Is there any way to make changes live on the wesbite regardless of passing or failing of github action.? Will my changes will go live if i comment Github action?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
I am expecting solution

A: You're running into dependency issues with package versions. That is, you have version X installed for package A, but package B is dependent on package A using version Y.
You either need to go into your package.json file and change the versions of the offending packages to be compatible (as informed by the above error message), or if you'd like a general / more brute force solution, add the flag --legacy-peer-deps to wherever npm install is being ran in your pipeline.

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Many in Mississippi say wearing a mask is their choice, despite risk
Mississippi health official: 'If I lived in DeSoto, I wouldn't go out.'
by: Peter Fleischer
DESOTO COUNTY, Miss. — Mississippi continues to struggle with COVID-19 outbreaks, but the state government has resisted a statewide mask mandate, while encouraging residents to mask up.
While many follow the advice, many others don't, and it continues to be the source of a contentious debate in the Magnolia State.
Entering Thanksgiving week, Mississippi has reported more than 140,000 COVID cases and close to 3,700 deaths. No county has been hit harder than DeSoto County.
"It's on fire. I mean, it's red-hot cases," said state health official Dr. Thomas Dobbs. "If I lived in DeSoto, I wouldn't go out. I'd stay in my house as much as possible."
But resident Lamont Moncrief couldn't disagree more. He says he'll only wear a mask if it's required, although he wears one at work.
He knows the risks of COVID-19, but doesn't believe the mask does enough to minimize the risk — and he believes it's his choice make.
"It's everybody's choice," Moncrief said. "Ultimately whenever God decides he's gonna take you home, he's gonna take you. And it's not gonna matter what you do to prevent it."
Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves has taken what he calls a "targeted" approach, mandating restrictions in counties that hit certain COVID rates and thresholds. He's made his stance clear.
Gov. Tate Reeves expands mask mandate to half of Mississippi counties
"What's in the best interest for you and your family and all Mississippians: If you go out in public, wear a mask. Please, wear a mask."
But he's stopped short of a statewide mask mandate.
"He's letting it be in the people's hands, instead of mandating or trying to force people," Moncrief said.
Entering the holidays, 22 of Mississippi's counties have had mask mandates reinstated, and more can be added to the list if problems continue. The state is also planning a COVID vaccine distribution plan.
Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves expands mask mandate and calls out DeSoto County for poor safety
Some residents may choose not to wear facial coverings, but everyone seems happy about a potential solution to the pandemic.
"I'm ready for everything to get back to normal," Moncrief said. 'Basically, 2020 has been one of the worst years that I can remember in my last 49."
Gov. Reeves' current health order is set to expire on Dec. 11.
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Elvis Presley's Graceland is now offering online tours for fans around the world, including those who can't make it to the tourist attraction during the coronavirus pandemic.
Graceland said the two-hour guided tours will take virtual visitors into Presley's former Memphis home, which has been turned into a museum, and through the Meditation Garden, where he is buried.
by WREG Staff / Jan 15, 2021
TIPTON COUNTY, Tenn. — The Tipton County Sheriff's Office asked for help identifying alleged members of an identity theft ring operating out of the Memphis metro area.
According to Sheriff J.T. Chumley, the individuals used stolen social security numbers to access store credit accounts. One member of the team made the purchase using the stolen identity and another returned it to a different store the following day to get a gift card.
Memphis man accused of shooting girlfriend 13 times in front of children
Quick-thinking waitress used sign to save boy from allegedly abusive parents, Florida police say
Tennessee community mourns 2nd football coach after losing battle to COVID-19


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Cerkiew Trzech Świętych Hierarchów – prawosławna cerkiew w Szumenie, w dekanacie szumeńskim metropolii warneńskiej i wielkopresławskiej Bułgarskiego Kościoła Prawosławnego.

Historia
Cerkiew została wzniesiona w 1857 i była wzorowana na jednej ze świątyń w Konstantynopolu. Bułgarscy fundatorzy świątyni życzyli sobie, by jej patronami byli święci Cyryl i Metody, szczególnie czczeni przez Bułgarów, jednak ordynariusz metropolii warneńskiej należącej ówcześnie do Patriarchatu Konstantynopolitańskiego, grecki biskup Beniamin, nie poparł tego planu. Z tego powodu patronami obiektu zostali Trzej Święci Hierarchowie.

Cerkiew została zniszczona wskutek pożaru 22 lutego 1944 i odbudowana cztery lata później. Jej powtórnej konsekracji dokonał metropolita warneński i wielkopresławski Józef w asyście biskupa Tichona. W 1971 obiekt rozbudowano o kaplicę-baptysterium, której patronem jest święty mnich Paisjusz Chilendarski. W 2001 kolejno oddano do użytku dwa boczne ołtarze cerkwi, których patronami zostali odpowiednio święci Cyryl i Metody oraz św. Rajko Szumeński, w którym znajdują się relikwie św. Prokopa. Cztery lata później do cerkwi przeniesione zostały cząstki relikwii świętych Justyna Filozofa, Walentego, Kryspina i Kryspiniana, Nazariusza i Pankracego, Wincentego, Hieronima, Eutymii, Pantelejmona i Dymitra z Rostowa, jak również dwóch męczenników nieznanych z imienia.

Od 2004 przy cerkwi funkcjonuje muzeum, gromadzące zbiory sztuki sakralnej (rzeźby, jubilerstwa, malarstwa).

Przypisy

Szumen, Trzech
Szumen, Trzech
Szumen
Szumen

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New Good Morning with the Good Greek Podcast
A new podcast from Good Greek Moving & Storage, South Florida's most trusted mover, offers listeners the chance to pick up expert moving tips, get a glimpse inside the moving business and learn about charities, events and the people of South Florida.
Listen, Follow and Share the Podcast Here
The Good Morning With the Good Greek podcast is led by the Good Greek himself, Spero Georgedakis. A former police officer, Georgedakis has built the most recognizable and most referred moving company in Florida. It's also the only one that offers the Best Move Ever.
Catch Good Morning with the Good Greek Live
WZZR 94.3 FM Sundays 9 am to 9:30 am.
WIOD 610 AM Saturdays 6:30 AM to 7 AM
WFTL 850 AM Saturdays 8AM to 8:30 AM
WLML 100.3 FM Sundays 7:30AM to 8:00 AM
Listen to the Good Greek podcast now!
But Georgedakis is about more than running a successful and growing business. A native of New York City, he loves living in South Florida. That's something that comes through in the "Good Morning With the Good Greek" podcast.
As Georgedakis said at the beginning of a recent podcast, "What's not to love? We're in paradise."
The podcast is on the Good Greek site, as well as on You Tube. A new post goes up every other Saturday.
A Desire To Help People
Customer service is central to everything that Good Greek Moving & Storage does. That drive to help others is one of the reasons Georgedakis wanted to start a podcast. In a recent show, he talked about providing people moving tips and information about services Good Greek provides.
Listen to Episodes Here
"Every week, I want to give good information to people not just about who we are and what we do, but how we can help people," Georgedakis said. "There are a lot of ways that we can, a lot of good information."
In addition to guests who can talk about moving-related issues, the show also will feature guests from local charitable organizations that Good Greek serves and supports.
Georgedakis also offers insights into the business. For example, on Episode 2, he talked about becoming the official mover for sports teams and universities.
Official Movers For Many Teams, Schools
Good Greek Moving & Storage is the official mover of the Miami Marlins, Miami Heat, Florida Panthers, University of Florida, University of Miami, International Miami FC, the StarCom Racing Team, Lynn University, The Honda Classic PGA Tour event and SunFest 2020 in Palm Beach.
So, what does "official mover" mean? Georgedakis said, "What it means is those helmets and shoulder pads – they got there somehow, behind the scenes, and most people don't know that Good Greek does that."
Good Greek Moving & Storage moves team equipment for every game, making sure everything arrives on time for every road game, no matter where the team is playing. The company also offers moving services to team players and coaches. For their university partners, Good Greek handles moves for faculty, students and alumni.
Asked if he ever cuts it close in delivering equipment for teams to each away game, Georgedakis said: "In my business, there is zero margin of error, so the answer is 'no.' We don't even get close to that. We have a Plan A, and two Plan Bs and two plan Cs."
Good Greek also handles many of the visiting teams coming into South Florida to play the local teams. While Good Greek is not the official mover for these teams, they learn that teams such as the Marlins "trust us and utilize us exclusively" and allow Good Greek to handle some of their moves.
"Once they get a taste of the Good Greek service, there's no going back," Georgedakis said.
Special Trucks For Every Team
Good Greek also has made trucks for each team. Georgedakis said he likes to have "one truck per team that personifies who they are and puts a spotlight on the relationship." For example, the Gators truck has an alligator hood ornament with eyes that light up.
Some alumni have requested the specialty truck for their move. Georgedakis said he accommodates them when he can, but that the trucks only work with big moves. Also, the trucks are often on the road with the team's equipment.
Why Good Greek Partnered With Teams, Universities
While he enjoys sports and likes the marketing opportunities offered by partnering with the teams, Georgedakis said the decision to seek "official mover" status runs deeper and is more about the South Florida community.
"It exemplifies our commitment to excellence," Georgedakis said. "It's not about the record, right? You can have a good year or a bad year. It's not about that. They're always out there to be the best. They're always trying to put their best foot forward. And they've got a great history."
He continued: "Whether they're winning championships or not they're such a big contributor to the community. Whether they win or lose they are still doing things for kids and the fans and charities out there, and that's really why I wanted to become their partner."
"It's an honor to say that we are their official mover."
That's because giving back is an important aspect of Good Greek's business. Georgedakis provides free moving services to organizations such as American Red Cross and the Leukemia Foundation. Good Greek employees also donate their time to such organizations.
"They really do help people, and that's what we're about. Success comes in many ways, and it's not always financial."


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PostgreSQL offers a lot more range when it comes to data types, and also allow you to easily create your own. However if you find yourself trying to translate your SQL Server knowledge to Postgres, you may run into some gotcha's.

The following table is a list of common data types from SQL Server and the Postgres equivalent.

| SQL Server   | PostgreSQL    | Notes                                                                                |
|--------------|---------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| int          | int / integer |                                                                                |
| int IDENTITY | serial        | serial is the equivalent of SQL Servers auto generated number and is stored as an integer. Your C# code will still use int. |
| bit          | boolean       | Postgres has an actual boolean data type.                                                                                |

## serial

Serial is interesting, because it can actually be used on multiple tables at the same time.

If you define a table like so:

```sql
create table if not exists serial_one (
    id serial,
    name text
);

insert into serial_one (name) values ('phill');
insert into serial_one (name) values ('james');

select * from serial_one;
```

You will get a result with two values. And the `id` column will be incremented as you would expect.

You can then query for sequences in Postgres by selecting from the `information_schema.sequences` table.

    select * from information_schema.sequences;

There will be an entry for the sequence created by the table definition above.

![The sequence entry](/images/postgres-sequence.png)

The naming is: table_column_seq

In this instance, the table is `serial_one`, the column is `id`, and the suffix is `seq`

If you look at the table schema you can see the column is created with a default value of `nextval('serial_one_id_seq'::regclass)`

So you can create your own table using the same sequence name, by defining the column as `int` with a default value.

```sql
create table if not exists serial_two (
    id int not null default(nextval('serial_one_id_seq')),
    name text
);

insert into serial_two (name) values ('demi');
insert into serial_two (name) values ('nigel');

select * from serial_two;
```

If you want to name the sequence yourself you can create the sequence first like:

```sql
create sequence my_own_named_sequence
```

Look at the Postgres Sequence docs for more info.

<https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/sql-createsequence.html>

## boolean

The boolean type is great to work with, you can use it in many ways. For example, assuming we had a user table with a boolean column `active`

We could use various different queries like so:

```sql
select * from users where active;
select * from users where not active;
```

We can also use true/false instead of implicit checks.

```sql
select * from users where active is true;
select * from users where active is false;

-- or

select * from users where active = true;
select * from users where active = false;;

-- or

select * from users where active is not true;
select * from users where active is not false;
```

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Ginger Snaps : Résurrection ou Entre sœurs II : Déchaînées au Québec (Ginger Snaps 2: Unleashed) est un film canadien réalisé par Brett Sullivan, sorti en 2004. Le film fait suite à Ginger Snaps, de John Fawcett sorti en 2000.

Synopsis
A la fin de Ginger Snaps, Brigitte s'était volontairement infectée par le sang de Ginger dans un effort de la calmer, persuadée que l'antidote à base d'aconit tue-loup qu'elle avait faite avec Sam la guérirait.

Des années plus tard, Brigitte vit en cavale, hantée par les apparitions de sa sœur décédée et s'injectant régulièrement de l'antidote. L'aconit ne l'avait pas guérie: il ne fait que ralentir la transformation, Brigitte est toujours condamnée. Elle est également poursuivie par un loup-garou mâle qui veut visiblement s'accoupler avec elle. Un soir, elle s'injecte trop d'aconit et s'effondre sous les yeux d'un bibliothécaire. Ce dernier appelle les secours, et Brigitte se retrouve enfermée dans un hôpital psychiatrique, son antidote confisquée.

A l'hôpital, elle se retrouve confrontée à Alice, la directrice persuadée que Brigitte est simplement toxicomane, Tyler, un infirmier peu scrupuleux qui lui propose une dose d'aconit si elle couche avec lui, et Ghost, une fillette étrange qui est la seule personne à la croire. Entre son inévitable métamorphose et le deuxième loup-garou toujours à sa poursuite, Brigitte doit fuir l'hôpital coûte que coûte.

Fiche technique
 Titres français : Ginger Snaps : Résurrection () et Entre sœurs II: Déchainées ()
 Titre original : Ginger Snaps 2: Unleashed
 Réalisation : Brett Sullivan
 Scénario : Megan Martin
 Production : Peter Block, Jason Constantine, Paula Devonshire, John Fawcett, Grant Harvey, Steven Hoban et Noah Segal
 Sociétés de production : 49th Parallel Productions et Combustion Inc.
 Budget : 3,5 millions de dollars (2,25 millions d'euros)
 Musique : Kurt Swinghammer
 Photographie : Henry Less et Gavin Smith
 Montage : Michele Conroy
 Décors : Todd Cherniawsky
 Costumes : Alex Kavanagh
 Pays d'origine : Canada
 Format : Couleurs - 1,85:1 - Dolby Digital - 35 mm
 Genre : Horreur, thriller
 Durée : 94 minutes
 Date de sortie :  (Canada)

Distribution
Légende : Version Québécoise = VQ
 Emily Perkins (VF : Sylvie Jacob ; VQ : Camille Cyr-Desmarais) : Brigitte
 Tatiana Maslany (VF : Karine Foviau ; VQ : Catherine Bonneau) : Ghost
 Eric Johnson (VF : Alexis Tomassian ; VQ : Antoine Durand) : Tyler
 Janet Kidder (VF : Anne Rondeleux ; VQ : Linda Roy) : Alice Severson
 Brendan Fletcher : Jeremy
 Katharine Isabelle (VF : Barbara Delsol ; VQ : Aline Pinsonneault) : Ginger
 Susan Adam : Barbara
 Chris Fassbender (VQ : François Godin) : Luke
 Pascale Hutton (VQ : Geneviève Désilets) : Beth-Ann
 Michelle Beaudoin : Winnie
 David McNally : Marcus
 Patricia Idlette (VQ : Johanne Léveillé) :  Brookner
 Lydia Lau : Koral
 Coralie Cairns : l'infirmière
 Shaun Johnston : Jack

Autour du film
 Le tournage s'est déroulé du 3 février au  à Edmonton, dans la province d'Alberta.
 Lors d'une scène se déroulant dans un établissement de soins, on peut voir Brigitte regarder le film Nothing (2003), réalisé par Vincenzo Natali, qui était storyboardeur sur Ginger Snaps (2000).
 Ginger Snaps : Résurrection et Ginger Snaps : Aux origines du mal ont été tournés l'un à la suite de l'autre.

Bande originale
 Flip the Track, interprété par WildLife
 Bad Girl, interprété par Sprawl
 Beneath the Skin, interprété par Lori Cullen
 Get Lost, interprété par Sticky Rice
 Oowatanite, interprété par April Wine
 (Make Me Do) Anything You Want, interprété par Foot in the Cold Water
 Beautiful, interprété par Joydrop

Saga Ginger Snaps
 2000 : Ginger Snaps, de John Fawcett
 2004 : Ginger Snaps : Aux origines du mal (Ginger Snaps Back: The Beginning), de Grant Harvey

Références

Voir aussi

Articles connexes
 Loup-garou
 Liste de films de loup-garou

Liens externes

Film canadien sorti en 2004
Film fantastique canadien
Film d'horreur canadien
Thriller (film) canadien
Film fantastique mettant en scène un loup-garou
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A loa is a short theatrical piece, a prologue, written to introduce plays of the Spanish Golden Age or Siglo de Oro during the 16th and 17th centuries. These plays included comedias (secular plays) and autos sacramentales (sacred/religious plays). The main purposes for the loa included initially capturing the interest of the audience, pleading for their attention throughout the play, and setting the mood for the rest of the performance. This Spanish prologue is specifically characterized by praise and laudatory language for various people and places, often the royal court for example, to introduce the full-length play. The loa was also popular with Latin American or "New World" playwrights during the 17th and 18th centuries through Spanish colonization.

Purpose

During 16th century public performances of comedias in Madrid, Spain would begin at 2pm in courtyards and later corrales. Audiences would arrive early and vendors would sell foods. Soon these audiences would become impatient and start loudly hissing, whistling and shouting. One hour before the performance, musicians came onto the stage to sing a ballad (seguidilla) and immediately after an actor or member of the company came on stage to "echar la loa" or "throw out praise" by reciting a loa. Most comedia playwrights (autors) also wrote loas asking the audience for silence in order to enjoy the afternoon of theatre.

Loas sometimes did but often didn't have any relation to the full-length play being presented. Loas appeared in two distinct forms. The first was in a monologue form and the second was in the form of a short dramatic scene.

In order to gain the audiences attention and appreciation, one could commend the story or the author; reprimand negative critics or thank those that were positive and the audiences present that day; discuss and argue about the play that was to be presented. The third method was not often used because audiences would be told the outcome of the play before they were able to hear it. In turn, the Spanish loa was created as a mixture of all of these methods of achieving audience appreciation before the full-length play began.

Spanish writer, literary theorist, and critic, Armando Cotarelo Valledor (1879-1950) classified Spanish loas into these five categories:
 Loas sacramentals were used before autos sacramentales, or allegorical religious plays.
 Loas a Jesucristo, la Virgen y los Santos (Loas for Jesus Christ, the Virgin Mary, and the Saints), because of their themes, were considered strictly religious used to open religious festivals and for Christmas.
 Loas cortesanas (Royal Court loas) were used in theatre festivals, sometimes represented Kings, and were used in comedias.
 Loas para casa particulares (Loas for a private house) were used to celebrate familial festivities such as weddings and baptisms and were similar to the previous categorization but themes focused on dukes, counts, and other dignities of the time instead of Kings.
 Loas de presentación de compañias (Loas for presentations from companies) were, for example, a dialogue between with actors in the play and the playwright. These often introduced the actors and the characters they played in comedias.

History of the Loa
Bartolomé de Torres Naharro (1485-1530), Spanish dramatist, is the earliest known writer of Spanish comedias and of the introductory monologue. In Naharro's volume of plays, Propaladia (published in 1517 in Naples), he uses what is called an introito as a prologue spoken by a comic shepherd. Furthermore, traces of the beginnings of the introitos are seen in medieval mystery plays of the 15th Century in Spain in the eclogues, short poems, (églogas) of Juan del Encina using a similar comic shepherd character within a Christmas play. Introitos and argumentos, another similar form of prologue used by Naharro, are both early forms of the loa that provide a summary or explanation of the comedia that follows it.

Loas in Spain: Comedias
Comedias of the Spanish Golden Age were secular plays and had secular loas, introductory prologues attached to them. It is important to note, in order to be considered a Spanish comedia, a Spanish play must only be in verse and in three acts (jornadas). Content can be comedic or tragic.

Lope de Vega (1562-1635)

Lope de Vega is said to have "perfected" the Spanish comedia, but also wrote autos. The drama of the Spanish Golden Age is often characterized by his work so that pre- Lope de Vega drama of the 16th century is said to have used the introito which was soon replaced by the loa. His loas tend to have little evident relation to the play that follows and are characterized by their playful, humorous, trivial and positive ending appeal to the audience for the rest of the performance. Lope de Vega's loas vary from 100 to 400 lines and he is thought to have written many, but nearly all have been lost.

Agustín de Rojas Villandrando (1572-1618)
Agustín de Rojas Villandrano published and became well known for his loas in Entertaining Journey (El viaje entrentenido). His loas included monologues and short sketch scenes that the whole company of actors participated in. His most famous loa is the Loa en Alabanza de la Comedia.

The subjects of praise in his loas varied from praising a city, the company of actors performing, thieves, the day Tuesday, teeth and pigs.

A translation of the end of the swine praising loa:
   And if long have been my praises
   Of an animal so lovely,
   May he who should be one pardon
   Me, and therefore not feel shameful.
Published in 1604, Rojas' novel, El viaje entrentendio depicts the life of 16th century Spanish actors. It starts with characters leaving the city Seville. Rojas writes a loa that praises Seville which is meant to be spoken to the people of that city. In the same body of work, Rojas Villandrando also praises Lope de Rueda for his writing of the Spanish drama and of the dramatic prologue.

Lope de Rueda (1510-1565)

Lope de Rueda was a professional actor-manager who toured different town squares setting up a stages to perform. He specifically wrote and performed an introductory prologue called Introito que hace el Autor (An Introito that the Playwright performs) and also wrote introitos or argumentos for his later plays, Colloquio de Camila and Colloquio de Timbria.

Quiñones de Benavente (1581-1651)

Quiñones de Benavente wrote loas that were dramatic sketches in which several actors and sometimes the entire company would participate in. These loas could be used to preface any comedia and were mostly unrelated to the loa. In two of his loas, he introduce the members of the company to the audience as a plea for a positive reception of the play. His loas were first published in 1645 as Joco Seria, Burlas Veras in Madrid.

Loas in Spain: Autos Sacramentales
Autos or autos sacramentales were sacred plays as opposed to the secular comedias of the time. These plays continued from medieval Christian morality and mystery plays.

Calderón de la Barca (1600-1681)

Calderón wrote loas specifically for plays that had been previously written and for his own plays that were autos sacramentales. His loas were used specifically to understand the particular play that followed. An example is in his loa to Los tres mayores Prodigos (The three biggest Prodigals). In addition to allegorical autos such as for the mystery of the Eucharist, Calderón de la Barca also wrote secular plays for the royal court that included his Loa for Andrómeda y Perseo (Andromeda and Perseus), which used scenery drawings and machinery effects created by the stage architect Baccio del Bianco.

Loas in Latin America

A 1551 Peninsular Corpus Christi play shows the earliest recorded use of the word loa, as we know, in reference to a dramatic prologue in Latin America. Until 1581, the loa was used in religious drama. Loas gained popularity in the "New World" by the 17th century because playwrights attached to the viceregal courts from Spain were aiming to flatter these patrons as well as the monarchs of Spain. Later 18th century "New World" loas contained some of the first references to problems in the Americas navigating class structures with the emergence of a hierarchy based on race that included Criollo, Indios, Mestizos, and more. Monologues appeared in laudatory prologues or introductions as loas in the plays of Hispanic America and are called  in Brazil.

Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz (1651-1695)

Sor Juana is said to have written hundreds of loas or autos (sacred) and for comedias (secular) in Peru and New Spain but only 18 remain. She is the most prolific writer of loas in Spanish America, having written 18 of the 36 extant loas. Of the loas we have, 12 are secular, celebrating birthdays of the royal family and praising the royal court of Spain. Two more of the loas similarly celebrate secular special events, and the last four are sacred loas that promote Christian practices among the indigenous people of Latin America. Most notable of these sacred loas is Loa para el Auto de el Divino Narciso. The allegorical characters of El Occidente and La América represent the indigenous people while the characters La Religion and El Zelo symbolize the Spanish Christians.

Fernán González de Eslava (1651-1695)

Loas by a Mexican playwright Fernán González de Eslava were used for eight of his plays which mirrored the first laudatory style loas from Spain. González de Eslava's loas are all in the same monologue style opening with praise for a Viceroy in Latin America, a saint, or a sacrament. They then give a summary of the play, and always end with the request for the audience to pay attention and be silent.

Pedro de Peralta Barnuevo (1633-1743)

Peruvian playwright, Pedro de Peralta Barnuevo wrote four known loas for royal festivals in Peru and became well known by the 18th century. The sometimes criticism of artificial praise that comes from the form of the loa is especially evident with these royal feast performances. In particular, de Peralta Barnuevo's loa for his play Triunfos de amor y poder (Triumphs of love and power) which was commissioned by Don Diego Ladrón de Guevara, the Bishop of Quito and Viceroy of Peru uses characters of Apollo, Neptune, the winds, muses, nymphs, land, air, and sea to praise the Spanish King Philip V and Guevara himself.

See also
 Siglo de Oro: Learn more about the Spanish Golden Age. (In Spanish)
 Quińones de Benavente: Learn more about Quińones de Benavente and his plays from the Spanish Golden Age. (In Spanish)
 Fernán González de Eslava: Learn more about Fernán González de Eslava, a Mexican playwright of the 17th century. (In Spanish)
 La Loa: Spanish Wikipedia article on the loa. (In Spanish)
 Lope de Vega, Agustín de Rojas Villandrano, Lope de Rueda, Bartolomé Torres Naharro: Learn more about each of these Spanish playwrights of the loa. (In Spanish)
 Armando Cotarelo Valledor: Learn more about this 19th and 20th century Spanish writer, theorist, and critic. (In Spanish)

References

External links
 Spanish Golden Age: Learn more about the literature from this golden age of Spain in the 16th and 17th centuries.
 Theater in the Golden Age of Spain: Learn more about the theater practices of Spain during the golden age.
 Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz: Learn more about the life of this Creole nun, writer, and activist of 17th century Latin America.
 Poemas de Lope de Vega: Read some of Lope de Vega's poetry. (In Spanish)
 Las Aceitunas de Lope de Rueda: Watch a play by Lope de Rueda with professional theater company Requebrajo Teatro. (In Spanish)

Theatrical genres
Spanish Golden Age literary genres

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How Do You Explain Yourself?
John Redden, March 24, 2015 in Reflective Essays
We live in a country that prides itself for its multi-cultural population. One of the first differences noted by Canadians on observing Americans is that one is pressured to relinquish all ties to one's cultural heritage and "become" an American. Unless you are running a restaurant that serves ethnic foods, you are free to be a participant in the dream of your new country. When an ethnologist is studying another culture, their success in reporting is proportional to their ability to understand the nuances of the metaphors of the language of the people being studied. Imagine your favourite book of poetry being translated by a scientist instead of by another poet. How would it sound? We believe we are our own selves but how much of whom we are and what we do is predicated upon our culture? How many children in Perth, Ontario want to become shepherds compared to Perth, Scotland? How would you feel if a group of Uzbekistani scientists set camp in the city park and began interviewing your neighbours? Would you be the same person if they moved into your neighbourhood and began filming?
How are we acculturated? As children, we learn to speak from our parents and siblings. Our vocabulary, grammar, cadence and idioms are first acquired at home. Next, we enter the community and our religious & scholastic training enriches our language and thinking. There are two kinds of thoughts associated with our thinking. There are the thoughts we think about and the thoughts we think with. We call the things we think about ideas and concepts. Some examples would be: Truth, Beauty, Good governance, Ecology, and Health. The thoughts we think with are called paradigms. The paradigms filter and assemble our perceptions into patterns like principles or ideas. A principle would be the element that unites a sequence of events like mechanical causation and ideas would be what separate chairs from beds i.e. sitting in and lying on. So, what does all this gibberish have to do with herbal healing?
For most of us, our first experiences of healing were magical. We ran and fell over and began to cry. Our mother would scoop us up and coo into our ear whilst holding us close to her heart, nestled in her bosom. If we had a boo-boo on our knee, she may kiss it. Soon the pain subsided and the wound was forgotten. If we were a little older and we fell playing hockey, our friends would tell us to rub snow on the pain and get back into the game. "Walk it off" or "skate it off" can be heard wherever children are playing. Doctors and nurses are not kissing boo-boos and pharmacies are not filled with snowballs. If when we were children, we woke up with a fever or some childhood disease, our parents had a program of bed rest and special foods & drinks and perhaps, a medicine. We were convinced of the efficacy of the regimen and waited until the ordeal was over. If those same Uzbekistani ethnologists were to interview all the readers of the journal, they would find a level of consensus or agreement that would have statistical significance in that our very membership in the OHA provides a basis of selectivity. What the scientists would find is that we all believe in the efficacy of herbs and that our list of herbs we used would have significant overlap. As a reader of the Herbal Forum, it would be clear that our usage of the same herb sets ran from a degree of magical energetics as described by Matthew Woods through Traditional medicine like Ayurveda to Physiomedical to finally, Phytotherapy that uses chemical causation to explain the efficacy of the plant protocols. There is an old saying in medicine: "First the word, then the herb, then the blade." It's meaning is clear. Healing may come merely by communicating a truth, i.e. the word and if more is needed then administer the herb and if it is too late, take out the blade and cut out the sickness.
Those foreign scientists studying our use of herbal medicine would have a hard time with a large majority of our membership. Although we would be consistent in our internal agreements about the name of the herbs and the conditions they could help in, many of our explanations on the how herbs work could not fit any scientific category. Like accountants, who create a miscellaneous column to pick up stray numbers, the foreign ethnologists would have to use creative theories or rely on the old placebo effect to explain the numerically large set of unscientific uses. Ethnobotanist Daniel Moerman is one such author who addresses this problem of unscientific usage analysis and comes up with his theory by looking at what he calls the "meaning response." (1) One example he cites uses what would be labeled a use based on the doctrine of signatures and power by sympathy. If a plant has little hooks on it that would make it hook on to your clothes then putting the powder of the herb into a coat pocket would make it sell faster as it hooked a customer. Love medicines and spirit medicines are not common to clinical situations but there is a place for them in our society and we need an understanding that can explain all the plants' uses utilizing some unified system or body of knowledge. Ayurveda and Tibetan medicine use energetic explanations, include space for spirit beings, and have a long literary tradition. Cherokee medicine may be able to explain itself within the confines of its culture but there is no established literature of Cherokee origin, only translations of conversations between informants and scientists. Lastly, science has been unable to translate humoural metaphors or find meridians and nadis.
Two schools are trying to unite all the disparate medical systems. They are called Integrative medicine and Naturopathic medicine. They are built on paradigms of healing that are increasingly inclusive of traditions that come from different cultures and different ways of perceiving and thinking. Slowly the two schools are approaching each other as their roots are in natural medicine and orthodox medicine, which were once mutually exclusive. Sadly, they both are presently failing in the primary fact that neither is a unified body of knowledge but more like a collection of things that work. There was a time when all science was called Natural Science and there were no specialists. Faith and Reason could once eat at the same table without fighting because each knew its place. Now, both are being applied to religion and science blurring the division that has kept them apart. The principles of Naturopathic medicine and the principles of Integrative medicine are more directed at how to choose from the smorgasbord than what constitutes it. For now, this is a good start and we herbalists need to organize ourselves if we want to join the buffet line. Is herbalism a primary care system of healing or an adjunct to the others? Should we be teaching doctors how to practice herbalism or should we be teaching people when to choose a herbalist? Or both? What would we call this unified body of knowledge and how can we assemble it?
The only science of all and everything is cosmology. There is physics and meta-physics but they are never taught as one subject as each part contains mutually exclusive concepts and paradigms. Cosmology is now considered an aspect of astronomy. Let's look at little dots of light in the sky. Next, we will observe and describe their various movements. With a little math, we can now explain all and everything in the universe? This is not the kind of cosmology we need. How about a cosmology that explains the creation of the universe, its evolution and final demise? Something that explains the history of humanity, matter and spirit, good and evil, duality and unity, sickness and healing, life and death and more. This cosmology would be found in the 12th century writings of a visionary nun, Hildegard of Bingen. We cannot send our scientists back in time to study her but we have her many writings, songs, and artworks to ponder. When we look at her herbal medicine, we will need to adjust some of our own paradigms and concepts so that her writings are consistent and maintain their inspired position. We each have our own set of metaphors that help us explain life to our children so they can thrive in the world that would otherwise be confusing and dangerous. Even after you explain the world, it is still dangerous and only a little less confusing. There are movements afoot to standardize and regulate herbal medicine. Clearly, we can hardly define what herbal medicine is and where it belongs in the grand scheme of things. How are we to distill or reduce something that is not contained? Let us find a new set of paradigms that let us see the whole picture in which every element has a place and purpose. Let us see ourselves in that picture. Cosmological medicine uses hope, faith, reason and herbs too, also. Please try to avoid the knife.
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Top dressings are a fast and easy way to pull a succulent creation together and give it a polished look. These decorative materials can transform a creation with just a sprinkling of pebbles, a dash of sand, or a pinch of colorful moss. We'll give you a run down of how to use the wide variety of shapes, colors, and textures in Mountain Crest Gardens' full assortment of top dressings to help you style your creations.
Lay out all of your materials and plant the container as you normally would. The top dressing will cover all of the exposed soil, giving the arrangement a full look, even if you use fewer plants.
There are two general directions you can take when selecting colors for top dressings: match the color tones of the succulents or pick contrasting colors that will make your plants pop. For our demo, we picked colors that fit the pastel palette of our plants.
As for the size of your top dressing, finer grains are the right scale for small pots while larger pieces tend to be a better fit in bigger containers. There's no limit to the ways to mix succulent, pottery, and top dressings; below you'll find some of our favorite combos.
Top dressings come in so many colors and textures and it can be fun to combine them for a tiered effect. These different dressings blended together transformed a simple succulent in a glass votive into something special and unique.
Above is a wonderful example of top dressings in a glass terrarium. The plants shown, air plants (Tillandsia), grow without soil, so top dressings are the perfect media in which to display them. The natural colors of the sand and river rock give it subtle elegance without drawing the eye away from the plants.
For containers that are raw and natural, such as these copper cubes and wooden pot, a touch of colorful moss makes for a fun contrast and a pop of color.
We hope these ideas got you buzzing with all the creative designs that are possible with top dressings. You can browse through all of the planting accessories Mountain Crest Gardens has to offer by following this link and be sure to share your creations with the succulent community over at Customer Photos.


Phishing isn't an unfamiliar term in these parts. In a previous blog post, we tackled the many ways hackers use phishing emails to trick users into downloading malicious attachments or visit malicious websites. In 2016 alone, phishing attacks have increased by a staggering 400%, and this year, the trend is likely to progress. So today, we'll continue the campaign to end phishing by tackling another mode of attack in the form of phishing websites.
Sending malicious emails is only one part of the phishing process. The aspiring phisher usually also builds a fake website with the intention of tricking victims into entering login credentials, banking information or both, which the phisher then has access to. Phishing has victimized millions of users over the years. To prove how effective it is, consider this curious case from back in 2013. A trio of hackers were arrested in the UK for attempting to phish almost £60 million from unsuspecting customers by crafting over 2,600 fake banking websites.
To help you avoid falling victim to these attacks, we've compiled some of the most common scenarios in which you could encounter phishing sites and also some tips for how to spot them so you can avoid handing over your info.
How Do Phishing Websites Reach You?
Let's start with a scenario that you're already familiar with. Nick is a proud earner. He worked very hard over the years to earn $1 million dollars for his retirement. Just a few months before his retirement party, Nick was receiving emails from his "bank", telling him to update his banking information. He logged in to the "bank's website" and changed his credentials. The very next day, he found out his savings were wiped clean, just like what happened to a woman from the UK in 2012.
Ads serve as another medium to carry out phishing attacks. Mary, for instance, was searching for easy-bake recipes online. She typed "easy cake recipes" on Google and without examining the link, she clicked on a Google Ad that reads "Easy Cake Recipes Today". The ad led her to a webpage asking for credit card details in exchange for recipes. Luckily, Mary was suspicious of the payment request, so she promptly closed the webpage. She dodged a bullet there because these fake Google Ads were being used to carry out phishing attacks back in 2014.
Phishers will stop at nothing to steal information. Take the case of Sophia who is looking to update her passport, as an example. Sophia types the name of the passport agency she's looking for into her search engine and clicked the first link she saw. Everything looked good to her since the login page had nothing weird about it. She typed in her login credentials and her passport information. After submitting, she wondered why she didn't receive any response from the agency. She found out the next day that her accounts have been compromised, similar to Singaporean citizens last year who fell for phishing attacks that spoofed government login pages.
Ron had a problem with his bank, and thinking he could get a faster response via Twitter, he tweeted his concern to the bank's Twitter handle. Within a few hours, a "bank representative" replied by providing him a link to the "bank's support page". Ron was smart enough not to trust the "representative" because he knows not to trust unverified Twitter accounts. Ron just encountered, and fortunately avoided, one of the most popular types of phishing attacks on social media.
In case you haven't figured out the pattern, all the scenarios were based on real-life phishing attacks and scams. Nick, Mary, Sophia and Ron may be fictional, but the threats they faced are very real. Here are some helpful tips to avoid getting phished by these harmful websites. Let's divide our solutions into two.
Always check and study the URL before you click it. Whenever someone sends you a link via email or social media, or in any platform for that matter, take time to study the URL before you click. You don't have to be an expert in spotting a suspicious URL. Just look for some red flags on the link. Fake links generally imitate established websites, often by adding unnecessary words and domains.
You should also make sure to hover over any hyperlinked text before clicking. In the example below, which we reviewed in detail in our previous post, you can see that the URL linked to from the text "click here", is "http://globalsign.uk.virus-control.com/b4df29/?login_id=1817…". There are a couple elements that should make you wary of clicking – 1. globalsign.uk isn't a legitimate GlobalSign domain, 2. the domain contains the extra string "virus-control", and 3. the long string of characters at the end of the URL.
Identify the source of the link. Did you know the person who sent you the link? If you have even a drop of doubt, don't click the link. In the previous example, Ron was able to assess the fake representative instead of clicking the fake link that was sent to him. Phishers will generate fake personalities from the least obvious (e.g. a generic "Trusted Bank Authority") to the most convincing ones (e.g. John Smith at J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.), so be sure to study the people you're transacting with and make sure they are legitimate.
Check and study the URL BEFORE logging any information. Let's say you accidentally clicked a phishing link. You shouldn't panic just yet. As mentioned above, study the URL of the webpage and look for the obvious red flags. Fake webpages usually display lots of meaningless characters in the address bar or include extra strings of text.
Look at the example below from the Gmail scam that was making the rounds earlier this year. You can see that while it contains the string "accounts.google.com" so it looks legitimate, the extra text before the address should raise a red flag that it is actually a phishing or malicious site.
Scan the page for a Trust Seal. Most legitimate sites takes advantage of trust seals, small badges issued by third party companies that show how safe a site is (e.g. by showing a trust score, sales sites, or whether the site is encrypted with SSL/TLS). Pages that collects login or payment information should have a trust badge or a Secure Site Seal in order to assure visitors that the website is legitimate. Scan the page for any indicators of a trust seal and make sure the provider of the seal is a renowned online security provider. These seals are often interactive too, so it can be helpful to click on the seal for additional information about the site.
Check the address bar for the organization's details. SSL/TLS Certificates play an essential role in web security by encrypting sessions and protecting information sent between browsers and web servers. Extended Validation (EV) SSL, the highest level of SSL, adds another important element by presenting the website operator's verified identity front and center in the browser interface, usually in a dedicated green address bar.
This way you can immediately see if the site is legitimately operated by the company it's claiming and isn't a phishing or imposter site. The majority of leading brands, those most often targeted by phishing, have adopted EV SSL, so looking for the company name in the URL can be an easy way for you to verify the site you're on. As the number and sophistication of phishing attacks continues to increase, I hope to see even more companies adopt EV as a way to differentiate their sites from malicious imposters.
Check the website address isn't a homograph. Some major browsers do not understand foreign languages such as the Cyrillic alphabet. A hacker can register a domain such as xn--pple-43d.com, which is the equivalent of apple.com and purchase an SSL for it. This is also known as script spoofing. There are nearly 11 glyphs in the Cyrillic alphabet that look exactly like their Latin counterparts. Other alphabets that have similar glyphs to Latin in modern fonts are; Greek, Armenian, Hebrew and Chinese. With enough combinations you can create a spoof domain and secure it so that it is almost impossible to tell the real from the fake.
It's as simple as that. The true nature of the domain is revealed right away and you know that the website cannot be trusted.
You can also spot these homographs by clicking through the certificate details to see which domain is covered by the certificate. In the example above, you'd see the certificate was actually issued to 'https://www.xn--80ak6aa92e.com/' and not 'apple.com'.


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Big Ideas Sampler - Social Media: Does It Cause More Harm Than Good?
Social Media: Does it cause more harm than good? A hypothetical scenario from the Breath of Fresh Air film festival.
Episode 04 - Social Media: Does It Cause More Harm Than Good?


Taylor Swift had us all on our toes since Friday when she did a clean sweep of all her social media profiles and web site. Then Monday, Ms. Swift teased us with videos of a snake.
Many fans believed this meant a new album was coming with #TS6IsComing trending.
Well those suspicions have been proven correct with her recent posts. The new album is set to be released this November and is titled Reputation, with the first single released tomorrow night.
Of course I started freaking out.
And needless to say, I wasn't the only.
Are you excited about the new album and single?


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Micro Red Shiso
Micro Red shiso greens are very small in size, averaging 5-7 centimeters in length, and produce slender purple and green-tinged stems with 1-2 broad and flat leaves that taper to a small point. The tender, ovate leaves have a serrated edge, prominent light purple veining, and a dusty green base speckled with red and purple accents. Micro Red shiso is crisp, initially earthy and sweet, but then develops into a spicy and pungent flavor with hints of cumin, basil, anise, and spearmint. It also has an aroma that is reminiscent of cinnamon and cloves.
Micro Red shiso is available year-round.
Micro Red shiso is the tiny, young, edible version of the mature green and is typically harvested 14-25 days after sowing. Microgreens are a relatively new, trendy green seen in upscale restaurants since the 1980s-1990s. Micro Red shiso greens are most commonly consumed raw and whole without additional preparation and provide a delicate, mild flavor to dishes. Micro Red shiso is used in a variety of cuisines as a garnish and is used to elevate the taste, appearance, and texture of culinary dishes.
Micro Red shiso contains calcium, phosphorus, iron, potassium, antioxidants, and vitamins A, C, and K.
Micro Red shiso greens are best suited for raw applications as their flavor, and delicate nature cannot withstand high heat. They are popularly used in Japanese cuisine as they offer a subtle flavor and tender texture, and can be used to garnish sushi or sashimi, sprinkled over miso soup or soba noodles, wrapped around meat, mixed in with tofu or bean curd dishes, added to stir-fries, or even steeped in green tea. Micro Red shiso can also be used in fish dishes, especially fried fish, richer fish like salmon and tuna, or mixed into a crab and avocado salad. Micro Red shiso pairs well with pear, apple, plums, cabbage, lemongrass, onion, lime, wasabi, mint, cilantro, melon, soy sauce, sesame, eggs, yogurt, sea urchin, fried foods, oily fish, and rice. They will keep 5-7 days when stored unwashed, in a sealed container, and in the refrigerator.
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Pendry SD (Lion Fish) San Diego CA 619-738-7000
Q&A Oyster Bar & Restaurant Oceanside CA 858-245-3780
Lime in the Coconut Chula Vista CA 619-820-0961
Lumi San Diego CA 619-955-5750
Botanica San Diego CA 619-310-6320
Nolita Hall San Diego CA 619-618-8820
The Bier Garden Encinitas CA 760-632-2437
The Farm Golf Club Rancho Santa Fe CA 858-756-5585
Knotty Barrel- Rancho San Diego CA 858-484-8758
Rancho Valencia Del Mar CA 858-756-1123
Temaki Encinitas CA 702-489-2129
Fort Oak San Diego CA 619-795-6901
Bang Bang 2021 San Diego CA 619-382-8938
Nolita Hall - Bar San Diego CA 619-618-8820
the other 2...
The Joint San Diego CA 619-222-8272
Top of the Market San Diego CA 619-234-4867
Recipes that include Micro Red Shiso. One is easiest, three is harder.
The Roasted Root Wasabi Vegetable Bowls
Table Fare Shiso Sorbet with Mango and Grains of Paradise
The FeedFeed Purple Coconut Water Pops With Red Shiso, Nasturtium And Purple Basil
Chopstick Chronicles Japanese Red Shiso Juice
Food to Love Muesli, Yoghurt and Blueberry Tarts


1. There will be two internal examinations in every semester .
2. The total mark for the test is taken as the average of all exams.
I.e., Total Mark = sum of marks obtained in all exams /No. of exams conducted by the department.
3. Students who wish to avail retest should apply in the prescribed form, complete in all respect, within 5 days from the date of last internal examination.
4. Students satisfying the following criteria can apply for retest.
i) Students who were inpatient & submitted the Medical Certificate.
The application along with recommendation (if any) will be forwarded to the faculty council for further decisions.
5. Students should be seated in the examination hall at least 5 minutes early before the commencement of examination. Any student coming late to the examination hall will be allowed to appear for the examination after proper permission from the HOD.