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Is Ariana a hybrid of Britney Spears and Mariah Carey?
Someone pointed out to me that in some ways, Ariana is very much a combination of Britney Spears and MC. And I honestly see it. She has the Max Martin hyperpop sound that the girls and gays live for, while also being a decent stage performer (not saying SHE's as good as Britney but that she CAN perform) who can do pretty stage tricks like splits and whatnot, while also being deeply rooted in the R&B trap sound with the best vocals in the mainstream industry atm like Mariah was at her peak. Do you agree?
Non single that is the best song on a album?
Inside out from FF comes to mind, best song there
BBH100 #1s during U.S Inauguration week
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Did Kelly Clarkson Outsing Christina Aguilera?
Could "Boyfriend" have fit in Positions?
I think it would've worked fit perfectly between off the table and six thirty. Thoughts?
is this one of the best award show performances of all time?
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Anything is perfect The concept, the stage set, the remixes, the dancers, the Rihanna herself
20 Years of Nobody Wants To Be Lonely.
One of the first major singles to not be released commercially in the US, this duet became an instant hit, as well a worldwide smash. Once Christina hopped on board with Ricky Martin to create this duet, they created one of greatest love songs of all time: listed as the 65th greatest love song of all time by VH1. Reaching #13 on the Hot 100 and a top 10 hit worldwide. Nominated for Best Pop Collaboration at the Grammys, losing to herself with Lady Marmalade. 20 YEARS!!
What was your first memory of a pop girl?
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I remember when i was like in grade school and Love Game came out that part was like "i wanna take a ride on your disco stick" and me, my sister, and cousin sang along to it and my mom was so mad so i wasnt allowed to listen to Gaga for a long time
Harry Styles can't queer bait, our girls can... Why?
Bencharmer posted a topic in Base
I see a lot of people coming for Harry for his genderless style, his closeness with lbgtq+ community... And mostly for the way he doesn't call himself straight while "evidence proves he is" People call that queer baiting. They claim it's for the attention. Gaga (and many of our girls including) did exactly the same thing and everybody screamed "Yas queen, she's genuine". How different is it?
THIS is why Bionic FLOPPED
The good sis looks eighty-six years old in the videos and covers. OMFG. She literally looks like my dead grandma at her funeral in this pic. I really think if she had a better hair and make-up concept it would have smashed.
Olivia releasing her own Fearless? Here for it?
such a SMASH hit, so catchy and pop friendly too!
Your fav Taylor Swift song?
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All Too Well
Most streamed pre-2000 female artists of 2020 in the US
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Based on audio streams only The Rolling Stone Artists 500 is an artist chart that ranks the popularity of today's hit artists. The artist chart is built on data that measures the total audio streams an artist has received. The artist chart does not include passive listening like radio airplay or digital radio in its measurement. The year-end Rolling Stone Artists 500 measures streams from January 3rd, 2020 through December 31st, 2020. 1. Mariah Carey – 812.4 million 2. Shakira – 483.5 million 3. Britney Spears – 430.8 million 4. Whitney Houston – 407.
Beyonce is a streaming force despite no 2010s 'hits', why?
despite Everything is Love and The Gift being BOMBS according to ATRL, her catalogue still amounted enough to reach nearly 2.5B streams in 2020. The only 90s female to remain on the list, pushing 40 AND smashing in an ageist market with NO hits according to ATRL why?
How did Mariah Carey become relevant again with the Gen Z?
An artist that started her music career late 80s, began smashing throughout the 90s and into the 2000s has managed to earn relevance and popularity with the 2000s babies (Gen Z) the only 90s artists on the Top 100 Most Followed on Twitter list is her, JLo, Shakira and Eminem Beyonce would easily be Top 5 if she actually tweeted but she's above that lmfao She has a song about to hit 1B, is constantly name dropped for memes (that are no longer mockery, if anything they use her to set up and mock JLo ) How did she turn all of this around when in the early 201
Pop girls who unsuccessfully tried to branch out
Some girls ventured into businesses outside of music (or music-related), and were successful. Rihanna lives off FENTY® Beauty and FENTY® Furniture, Katy Perry is a Forbes list cockroach thanks to her shoes line and apple cider vinegar brand, Kylie Minogue found good reception for her Kylie™ Rosé wine. Some other girls, on the other hand, aren't good businesswomen and are better off sticking to music if they don't want to waste their hard-earned money. Who are they?
ATRL's Essential Albums Thread
Hello fellow everyone, and welcome to the first ever ATRL Essential Albums thread! I've noticed during my time on this site, that when met with artists they've never heard of before, members will have almost a sense of pride in being ignorant of said artist. So that gave me the idea to compile a list of albums that were considered the best or most essential from the 60s up until the 2010s, using decade end lists from a number of music publications like Pitchfork, Rolling Stone, RYM, etc. For someone, like myself for instance, who has never been exposed to many artists from the past
is Love on Top harder than any Whitney hit to sing?
modulation, constant belting, half step change every chorus in the final part of the song, falsettos in between belts.
Teenage Dream vs Prism
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Track by track, what is your fav? Teenage Dream vs Roar Last Friday Night vs Legendary Lovers California Gurls vs Birthday Firework vs Walking On Air Peacock vs Unconditionally Circle the Drain vs Dark Horse The One That Got Away vs This is How We Do E.T. vs International Smile Who Am I Living For? vs Ghost Pearl vs Love Me Hummingbird Heartbeat vs This Moment Not Like the Movies vs Double Rainbow The One That Got Away (Acoustic) vs By the Grace of God Part of Me vs Spiritual Wide Awake vs It Takes Two Dress
Taylor's "Out of the Woods" turns 5
THE AMAZING BRIDGE Remember when you hit the brakes too soon? Twenty stitches in a hospital room When you started crying, baby, I did too But when the sun came up, I was looking at you Remember when we couldn't take the heat? I walked out, I said "I'm setting you free" But the monsters turned out to be just trees When the sun came up you were looking at me
Toni Braxton's He Wasn't Man Enough - Appreciation Thread
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I never see people mentioning this bop. Toni was such a beauty my god
Gaga and Xtina make the most exciting reinventions. Agree?
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They slay every concept and are bonafide risk takers. But in spite of their reinventions, their talent still seems to come through with each record. Do you agree?
Smile vs Britney Jean — better album?
Both albums failed to go #1. Both got MC scores in the 50s. But what is the better album by two of ATRL's fave artists?
Is this the beginning of the End of Olivia's DL slayage?
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Girl why.
Rank Kanye's Albums
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Based on what I think is the best: My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (10/10) The College Dropout (10/10) Late Registration (10/10) KIDS SEE GHOSTS (10/10) Yeezus (9/10) The Life of Pablo (9/10) 808s & Heartbreak (8/10) Graduation (8/10) ye (7/10) Watch the Throne (6/10) JESUS IS KING (5/10) Based on what I listen to the most: My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy Late Registration Graduation Yeezus The College Dropout KIDS SEE GHOSTS The Life of Pablo 808s & Heartbreak


Eguds Online Marketplace is a multivendor platform designed to support sellers from diverse trades. It is a locally registered business venture that operates with the business assistance and guidance in mind. The conceptual initiatives were first established by the founder, Kelum Jayasinghe upon observing few of the worst issues local growers, traditional industry sector and small scale enterprises experiencing.
Sri Lanka as an agricultural country has a huge potential to produce its own food. All the environmental factors exist in favor of the industry. Still, the producer has not been given his due acceptance and position. He by tradition keeps on relying to a capitalizing intermediate chain that does not allow him to earn the due profit of his investment. Intermediates in other words make several folds of good profits through various acceptable and non-acceptable methods. A large portion of the production becomes unusable since this delivery channel does not employ proper transportation and storage conditions. Careless handling results in severe post harvest losses reducing the original produce up to 50% which is not something that should be ignored. The supply channel consists of collectors, wholesellers and retailers and no farmer seems to have tried to directly develop a link with his customers. Frequent sights of post harvest losses, product adulteration cases and farmer cases where they grew suicidal being unable to gain a good price for the produce were the major observations that propelled the concept behind eguds.lk – to build up a platform that directly links producer to the customer. This system would avoid many issues the current system is associated with and farmers will get to learn marketing and technical skills demanded by the operation.
The other most alarming observation has been the fact that many Sri Lankan traditional industries are on the verge of disappearance. Their products do not go to potential customers or are poorly marketed. As a result, the earnings are poor and this very fact urges these people to give up the industry and look for greener pastures. This trend endangers the industry severely making its vertical flow from generation to generation weaker and weaker. Eguds as the producer-customer linking platform arrives in the scene and offers a promising solution for producers to display their products, prices and other relevant details. The system fully supports various other small scale enterprises where the market for products is very small and limited.
Eguds supports these three sectors with a very advanced system that keeps developing and adjusting what and where needed. The system employs data generation, recording, presentation and communication solutions for a more efficient and promising service to its users. Most important thing is that Eguds offers all this support completely free for producers from those three sectors as a social responsibility.
Eguds sees any sprouting entrepreneur as an asset for the society as well and does his best to help every possible way within its capacity. They can take time to try and work their way to success making use of the platform. At Eguds, we do not expect a speedy growth as we know that the transition is not that easy. People cling on to what they have been knowing and only a handful tries to blow up traditions and seek better ways of doing things.
Kelum Jayasinghe is the owner and founder of the concept and the social business venture of Eguds Online Marketplace established in 2016. He is an Agriculture special graduate specialized in Biotechnology with a Masters in Molecular and Applied Microbiology. The excessive interest over computer and internet made him an expert in 2D and 3D graphics, Video Editing, 3D Animation and Modeling, 3D printing, Designing and Planing, Website construction etc. The academic background fuses with his passion for computer technology and traditional Sinhalese heritage when he decided an internet-based producer-buyer linking platform would ideally solve current issues producers are having.


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The bamboos are evergreen perennial flowering plants in the subfamily Bambusoideae of the grass family Poaceae. The word "bamboo" comes from the Kannada term bambu, which was introduced to English through Indonesian and Malay.
In bamboo, as in other grasses, the internodal regions of the stem are usually hollow and the vascular bundles in the cross-section are scattered throughout the stem instead of in a cylindrical arrangement. The dicotyledonous woody xylem is also absent. The absence of secondary growth wood causes the stems of monocots, including the palms and large bamboos, to be columnar rather than tapering.
Bamboos include some of the fastest-growing plants in the world, due to a unique rhizome-dependent system. Certain species of bamboo can grow 91 cm (36 in) within a 24-hour period, at a rate of almost 4 cm (1.6 in) an hour (a growth around 1 mm every 90 seconds, or 1 inch every 40 minutes). Giant bamboos are the largest members of the grass family.
Bamboos are of notable economic and cultural significance in South Asia, Southeast Asia and East Asia, being used for building materials, as a food source, and as a versatile raw product. Bamboo has a higher specific compressive strength than wood, brick or concrete, and a specific tensile strength that rivals steel.
Bamboos have long been considered the most primitive grasses, mostly because of the presence of bracteate, indeterminate inflorescences, "pseudospikelets", and flowers with three lodicules, six stamens, and three stigmata. Following more recent molecular phylogenetic research, many tribes and genera of grasses formerly included in the Bambusoideae are now classified in other subfamilies, e.g. the Anomochlooideae, the Puelioideae, and the Ehrhartoideae. The subfamily in its current sense belongs to the BOP clade of grasses, where it is sister to the Pooideae (bluegrasses and relatives).
The bamboos comprise three clades classified as tribes, and these strongly correspond with geographic divisions representing the New World herbaceous species (Olyreae), tropical woody bamboos (Bambuseae), and temperate woody bamboos (Arundinarieae). The woody bamboos do not form a monophyletic group; instead, the tropical woody and herbaceous bamboos are sister to the temperate woody bamboos.
Altogether, more than 1,400 species are placed in 115 genera.
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Reflections from Bon Bon Pond: No Green in Sight!
You gotta love Minnesota. One year ago today the temp officially hit 80 degrees at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport. However, here in the scenic St. Croix River Valley we are lower and thus trap warmer air so our thermometer reached 83 degrees.
Fast forward 365 days. This morning's number, five degrees. But we're not complaining. We will take the cold over the oppressive heat any day.
"Actually, extreme heat is more deadly, since it kills more people on average every year than hurricanes, tornadoes, flash floods, and lightning combined.


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Hessenberg heißen folgende geographischen Objekte:

 Hessenberg (Gemeinde Sankt Peter-Freienstein), Ortschaft und Katastralgemeinde von Sankt Peter-Freienstein, Steiermark
 Hessenberg (Trofaiacher Becken), 744 m, in der Obersteiermark

Hessenberg ist der Name folgender Personen:
 Friedrich Hessenberg (1810–1874), deutscher Mineraloge und Politiker
 Georg Wilhelm Hessenberg (1808–1860), deutscher Konsistorialrat und Politiker
 Gerhard Hessenberg (1874–1925), deutscher Mathematiker
 Karl Hessenberg (1904–1959), deutscher Elektrotechnik-Ingenieur und Mathematiker
 Kurt Hessenberg (1908–1994), deutscher Komponist und Musikpädagoge
 Monika Hessenberg (* 1943), deutsche Schauspielerin und Hörspielsprecherin

Siehe auch:
 Hessenbergmatrix, nach Karl Hessenberg
 Hessenberg-Verfahren, Verfahren der numerischen linearen Algebra
 Satz von Hessenberg (Geometrie) und Satz von Hessenberg (Mengenlehre) sind nach Gerhard Hessenberg benannte mathematische Sätze.
 Natürliche Operation (Hessenbergsche natürlichen Operationen)

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The 27 hectare hotel locates in the Airport Development Zone of Chengdu with only six minutes' drving to the airport and 15 minutes' driving to downtown.
There are 264 guestrooms and suites includingd 37 villas (6 president villas and 31 delux villas) in the hotel, covered with large areas of grassland and flowerbed patches.
Cafe, western restaurant, gujiacun restaurant, beauty salon, karaoke, billiard, bowling, sauna massage, fitness room, swimming pool, tennis court and golf court are available in the hotel.


Haha. Got Oreos n' Milk!  It was hard for me to eat it because the mochi is sticky and I have braces. Plus, when you get it, you still have to wait for few minutes before you can take a bite. Dough is frozen hard-- tunaw na yung ice cream sa loob, yung dough di mo pa din makagat. I forgot the exact price but it's not higher than P100.
Overall, it's still okay. Tanggal-umay pa din.
This review is for the stall they have in the Glorietta 4 food court. It's not seen in the locations given when I was looking for it here on Looloo.
Anyway, since I wasn't able to get free Mochiko ice cream in school for beating Ateneo last Monday, I told myself I'd try this out ASAP! Loved it! Tiny pieces of Pocky chocolate bits at the bottom of the ice cream. It's their new flavor! Way better than the red velvet.
Of course I had to get me some cookie dough as well.
Minus one star cause their ice cream shrunk in size..
Tried their ice cream for snack. It taste good. But i hope they will come up with a better idea for their red velvet flavor placing a cake inside is not a good idea.. Imagine the cream is already melting but the dough is hard as rock.
The first time I tried their cookie dough mochi ice cream, I expected every bite to have bits of cookie dough but apparently the dough it just at the bottom part which is alright cause it doesn't make the ice cream too sweet. I also learned that you have to wait two to three minutes for it to thaw right after the vendor hands it to you.
I've also tried their red velvet and oreo mochi ice cream which was okay. Next time I'll have to find it in me to get green tea and not cookie dough.
Best of all Mochi ice cream brands..
mochiko mochi ice cream is sooooo gooood!!! love love the cookie dough flavor :D a definite must try. the coating is just thin enough to savor the taste of the ice cream inside!
A safe way of eating this Japanese ice cream is to let it soften for around two minutes before sinking your teeth in this awesome tastebud combination. A safe and never-fail flavor would be Oreo and a very promising flavor is bursting from their new Potato Chip-Chocolate that boasts of authentic Belgian chocolate.
Mochi stores are becoming popular lately. You can see it in every mall having this colorful cute kiosk around. I tried different Mochi stores already and this time it's Mochiko's time to shine.
I bought their Cookie Dough and Avocado flavor. I'm so excited to try those little cuties, and then when I took my bite, BAANG!! It's hard as rock! SRSLY! I though my teeth will fall of (exaggeration to emphasize) but really, they should told us that we should wait around 5-10 minutes because we can't eat it like that! And actually, i do believe that if the mochi is on display already, it should be soft enough to be eaten by customers, not like straight from Alaska's freezer! urghhh! But over all, it's good! Thinky wrapped ice cream with bits of goodies inside is very addictive!
Oreo's&milk is my fave among its wide variety of flavors; chocolate,vanilla,strawberry,coffee and etc.
At first, I thought this is another failure because of left and right food stands that offer different kinds and tastes of food from super cheap to super expensive that sometimes failed and just there for money and don't prioritize the taste buds and the quality of their product!


Eighteen school districts sought to override the state's property tax cap in yesterday's school budget votes—the fewest attempts since the tax cap was enacted. Seven of those districts failed to win the 60 percent supermajority required to override the cap.
As we reported yesterday, when compared to both short- and long-term trends, the state's property tax cap is making a difference. Data indicate that compared to the 30-year average, property owners have saved a total of $7.6 billion and tax levies since 2011 have risen by an average 2.2 percent—the lowest in any four-year period since 1982.
eleven of the 18 proposed overrides had a deciding margin of fewer than 100 votes.
Nearly half of the state's school districts (excluding the big 5, which don't hold budget votes) proposed levies that came within $1,000 of the cap, as we highlighted earlier this month in our School Budget Spotlight. Proposed budgets would increase per-pupil property tax levies by 2.1 percent, a slightly lower hike than last year's 2.6 percent among proposed budgets.
Results of those seeking overrides are shown in the table below. Unofficial vote tallies are based on news accounts.
7 of 18 proposed school budget overrides fail.
NY school budget overrides: 11 of 18 decided by fewer than 100 votes.


This post comes from our friend, adventure photographer Zach Shenal!
For thousands of years, humans have looked up at the moon in wonderment, and it's easy to see why. Glowing bright from reflected sunlight, and over two thousand miles wide, the moon radiates calm and mystique, connecting us with our ancient past.
Due to the rotation speed of the moon compared to the rotation of Earth, when you look up at the moon, you're seeing the same side of the moon the cavemen saw when they discovered fire, the same side of the moon Genghis Khan saw as he conquered the Steppes, and the same side of the moon that man eventually set foot on in 1969.
A camera. Ideally it will be a DSLR, but a super-zoom compact camera will work nicely as well.
A lens. This only applies if you're using an interchangeable lens camera like a DSLR or a mirrorless camera. For moon shots, you'll want the longest lens you have, ideally 300mm or longer. If you don't have anything this long, you can rent them inexpensively online. For general night photos, you're going to want a wide aperture, wide angle lens.
A sturdy tripod and tripod head. This is extremely important — the sharpness of your photos is dependent on how still your camera is. I typically recommend Induro brand tripods and tripod heads but, if you don't mind making an investment, Acratech makes brilliant, versatile tripod heads that will last a lifetime. If you don't see yourself making tripod photography a regular part of your life, a sandbag or bag of rice on top of a fence post or your car will do just fine for now.
PlanIt! For Photographers App. This app allows you to check the moon phases and do exposure calculations with ease.
Warm clothes. This time of year, things are pretty chilly, so I suggest you dress warmly!
Light. You can use your phone, or you can bring a flashlight along. It's going to be dark, so you'll want some light. I suggest a headlamp.
Now that we have the gear all laid out, it's time to get started!
1. The first thing to do is to consult you calendar and figure out when the full moon is. For night sky photography, there are two days you want to go out and shoot: on the new moon for Milky Way pictures, and on the full moon for moon pictures. This year, the closest full moon will appear on Christmas Day.
2. Whenever you go out on a night shoot, it's important to make a list of everything you bring with you; you never want to get home only to find that you've forgotten a lens in the grass. I suggest you keep all your gear in one bag; that way, you're less likely to misplace it.
3. Try to get into your location early enough to capture a shot of the moon breaking the horizon. Due to clouds, I was unable to get a shot of the horizon in time for this tutorial, but all the following instructions will work for horizon shots, too.
4. Set up your tripod so you have a clear view of where the moon will rise. Unless you have a very sturdy tripod, I suggest only extending the strongest leg sections of your tripod so that you will benefit from the increased stability.
5. Set your camera to manual mode (it will most likely be an "M" on the mode dial), point your lens at the moon. If you have a DSLR, you're going to want to take a spot-meter reading off of the moon. Once you have your meter reading, you can set your exposure.
6. The moon is actually quite a fast moving object, and so you'll need a very high shutter speed. In most of my moon pictures, I found that 1/800ths of a second gave me crisp images. A major benefit of shooting such a bright celestial body is that you can stop your lens down (make the aperture smaller) without bumping the ISO up. My shots were taken at F/10. Finally, just dial in your ISO until the meter shows you have a balanced exposure. My final settings were 1/800ths shutter speed, F/10 aperture, and ISO 800.
7. When it comes time to actually take the shot, you'll want to use either a cable release or your camera's self timer. By doing this, you'll have given vibrations time to dissipate before the shutter is tripped, which will give you sharper images.
8. Play around with framing! The moon is a perfectly round object, which lends itself to just about every composition you can imagine! I've included various samples to demonstrate.
9. If you plan on shooting star trails or Milky Way photography, head on over to my website for another article showing just how it's done!
There are many, many different apps and programs for you to edit your moon shots with. If you already have Photoshop or Lightroom, those will work just fine for what we're doing. If you don't have those programs, don't worry! There's a fantastic app called Polarr which you can get for free on your phone or tablet, and will work just fine!
In terms of what to edit, it's all up to you but really, with the moon, less is more. I suggest some light sharpening, a little boost in contrast, and crop to make the moon bigger.
There you have it! All you need to make amazing moon photos in no time! The folks at Free People and I can't wait to see your pictures! Simply post them on Twitter and Instagram using the hashtag #FPChristmasMoon for everyone to see! I'm looking forward to seeing them all!
+ Be sure to share your holiday moon pix — #FPChristmasMoon!
Follow Zach's adventures on Facebook and Instagram!
Thank you so much for this amazing tutorial! I searched quite a while for a good one, that explains everything perfectly well. And since I don't have Photoshop or Lightroom, I will definitely give Polarr a shot.
Darn, i missed the timing on this article, but the tips would be the same for any full moon. Thank you for this well-written piece!


There are mainly four categories where reseller web hosting falls, as discussed below.
(a) The reseller acts as an agent for the web hosting company. The service is advertised by the reseller as being with the actual web hosting company. People buy direct from the web hosting company but the reseller gets a cut if customers mention the reseller's name. They also offer different reseller webhosting packages.
(d) The reseller purchases a large chunk of web space and bandwidths from the web hosting company and can then carve that into individual chunks of space/bandwidth for sale to customers. Customers contact the reseller for support.
You can have more flexibility with your web hosting accounts.
You can earn more revenue at little cost to yourself.
You can focus on customer support and leave technical support to your web host.
Your web host, not you, absorbs server maintenance costs.
Your service is only as good as your upstream provider. If the server is frequently down, for example, you may lose clients.
If you ever have to change web hosts, the move will be an inconvenience for your clients as well as for yourself.
When you purchase a web hosting reseller account you are asked to choose reseller-hosting program. Some provide hosting reseller on Linux and some on windows. Some hosting resellers provide cheap reseller hosting plan. Hosting reseller companies also provides CPanel. Web hosting reseller show out their names to the customers with out letting them know the original name of the company.
Affordable hosting or a reliable affordable web site hosting not only attracts customers but also makes it call itself as an affordable web site hosting package.
A dedicated web server hosting involves the leasing of an entire server from a dedicated server host company... Dedicated hosting or dedicated Internet hosting is more desirable for users with more sophisticated needs.
Before signing the contract with budget hosting company, ask yourself some in-depth questions to ensure that you understand the services for which you are looking for.
There are mainly four categories where reseller web hosting falls... If you buy a reseller web-hosting plan it is both advantageous and disadvantageous.


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Home | General | XCMG's Green Creative Design Project Award Winners Lead Company's Sustainable Development Efforts
XCMG's Green Creative Design Project Award Winners Lead Company's Sustainable Development Efforts
| Jul 3, 2017
XUZHOU, China, July 3, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Leading global construction machinery manufacturer XCMG has recognized several internal project teams as winners in its annual Green Creative Design Awards ("the GCD Awards"). The projects ranged from micro mobility improvements for heavy machinery to a new lean manufacturing process, with each supporting the company's goal of using ambitious sustainability goals to drive cutting-edge research and development (R&D).
Launched in 2014, the GCD Awards promote the internal R&D of green manufacturing, marketing and management. More than 2,400 employees and 292 teams were involved in this year's contest, with 48 projects honored as winners.
Highlights among the winners include:
First prize in R&D went to the project team from XCMG's Hoisting Machinery Business Division for their work on 19 new generation truck cranes that excelled in micro-mobility, energy efficiency and operational performance, which have generated 730 million yuan (US$106.84 million) in profit as of 2016.
First prize in Manufacturing was won by the project team from XCMG's Excavator Machinery Business Department. They focused on lean manufacturing management based on a collaborative value chain, significantly improving product quality and increasing overall factory efficiency by more than 20 percent and production flow efficiency by 15 percent.
The Road Machinery Business Department earned a first prize in Marketing with the industry's first professional trading platform for road machinery which has helped bring in 5,000 orders and trading volume of US$500 million.
Also among the winners were the project team that improved the reliability of the company's ultra-high tonnage all-terrain crane, the XCMG Brazil export marketing team, and the project team that promoted the globalization of rotary drilling machines.
Wang Min, Chairman of XCMG, noted that the GCD Awards are more than an ordinary competition. "These awards are about reforming our organizational structure, overcoming enterprise development challenges, improving business management, cultivating talent and enriching our company's culture of sustainability-driven innovation," said Wang. "It provides our team with a platform to display their improvements to our products, systems and processes."
About XCMG
XCMG is a multinational heavy machinery manufacturing company with a history of 74 years. It currently ranks ninth in the world's construction machinery industry. The company exports to more than 177 countries and regions around the world.
For more information, please visit: www.xcmg.com , or XCMG pages on Facebook , Twitter , YouTube , LinkedIn and Instagram .
"ميناآيتك" تستحوذ على شركة "سورست إتش آر" في مجال الإستعانة بمصادر خارجية
يونيفار وهولستار توسعان شراكتهما الأوروبية للتوزيع


There's been a lot of focus lately on what you'd like to get from people later this week. And rightly so.
But that's meant precious little attention to what you want right now. The answer, of course, is the same as always. A cheeseburger.
Fortunately, there might be one rolling past you or pulling up near you right now.
That's because Dorothy Moon's Gourmet Burgers is on the scene, now slinging meat patties around town.
There isn't a whole lot of mystery to the menu here: they serve old-school, griddle-cooked burgers from a truck. The name, however, holds plenty of mystery: it stems from an unexplained, late-night phone call by an elderly woman of that name.
Next time you stroll up to this big purple truck, you can strike up a conversation about this cryptic origin story as you build your burger. (Or just build your burger.) What you know you'll get is a four-ounce patty (you can also make it a double) made from ground beef and steak trimmings cooked medium to medium-well and served on a potato roll.
From there, it's up to you, as they'll toss on—gratis, no less—everything from sriracha sauce to teriyaki mushrooms to a fried egg.
Fried eggs: also high on your Christmas list.


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Choice is a right. Choice means freedom.
Jun 1, 2019·8 min read
Nine states and counting have already passed abortion restrictions and near total bans. Alabama judges are refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples. Racist cops continue to harass innocent African Americans.
It's safe to say, we live in turbulent times. Therefore, it is more important than ever to fight for and hold onto our freedoms.
If you want to marry the person you love, regardless of gender or sexuality, you have the right and the freedom to do so. If you want to protest and speak out against the government, you have the right and the freedom to do so. If you are accused of a crime, you have a right to representation, a jury of you peers, and equal justice.
And whether you agree or not: Every woman has the right to make decisions about her own body and life.
If we truly believe in a "more perfect Union," we must all be equal under the eyes of the law. And that means you cannot place limits on fundamental rights and freedoms for particular groups of people.
Now, yes, there are exceptions to laws that we make for the greater good of humanity. For example, we have drinking age laws, roadway laws and speed limits, tobacco laws, tattoo and piercing laws, gun restriction laws, laws against crime and pollution. But, all of these limitations are enacted to make our world a better and safer place.
As a woman, I do not feel better and safer knowing that male politicians are signing away our bodies. This new legislation makes women feel as if all our freedoms will slowly be stripped away one by one. It reminds me of a poem by Holocaust survivor, Martin Niemöller:
First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out — because I was not a socialist.
Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out — because I was not a trade unionist.
Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out — because I was not a Jew.
Then they came for me — and there was no one left to speak for me.
What will our government think of next? That women cannot have the right to work? Or the right to an education? Or the right to vote?
This may seem like a slippery slope fallacy, but you cannot argue with this line of thinking when you see echoes of this type of control every day:
Women face uneven wage gaps. If women do not have financial freedom, then we do not have autonomous freedom.
Women face workplace harassment from men. Many women choose to quit jobs they love because they are uncomfortable in their work environment or worse they stay despite the fact that they are being disrespected and undervalued. Many women opt to not work in industries that are more male-dominated, such as STEM-based fields, for fear of being taken advantage of and harassed.
Our girls face limits on their education, their behavior, and their creative expression at school because it might be "distracting" to a boy trying to get an education. As if girls wearing outfits that show shoulders and knees is the problem and not the boys who snap their bras straps and show a complete lack of respect to them as human beings. As if girls should miss school over something so trivial as their looks. As if a boy's education is more important than a girl's.
And these are all just first world problems. We may live in the 21st century, but there are women and girls all over the world who don't have access to feminine hygiene products and an education, who are not allowed to own property or vote, who are forced into arranged and child marriages, who are sex trafficked and thought of as an object to be bought and sold.
If this kind of treatment of women exists elsewhere in our world, how is it so hard to believe that other women are scared of it happening to them? The only way women can combat this fear is to fight for the fundamental rights we are owed as human beings living on this planet.
Others argue against pro-choice, siting the religious belief that a child is a life at the moment of conception.
Under the law, these people have religious freedom and a right to their beliefs. But, just as they have a right to believe in life at conception, others have the right to not believe in life at conception.
Religion is unique to the individual. Each human being can choose, or not choose, their own personal belief system. One person's religion is not greater than another's, just as one who believes is not better than one who does not.
Religion is not a stick with which to beat others. You are granted freedom of religion and freedom from persecution by your government, yes. But, when your beliefs take away the freedoms of others and inflict more suffering upon the world and the people in it, know that you do not have freedom from the opinion of your peers and freedom from consequence.
There are 7.5 billion people living on Earth — all with differing races, ethnicities, genders, sexualities, or socio-economic backgrounds. True freedom means each of those unique individuals has the ability to live their lives as they so choose. This is why religion and government don't mix. You cannot create legislation and policies that dictate how everyone lives based upon the values and beliefs of one specific person or one specific group.
Specific religious groups believe that abortion is murder and that "life" is at risk.
But, there are just as many, if not more, people in this world who do not hold these same beliefs.
Scientifically, zygotes and fetuses, or first and second trimester babies, cannot sustain life outside the womb and therefore many believe they are not considered a fully-formed human or "life."
Religious groups believe they are working for the greater good of society by preventing abortions.
But, does banning abortions make our world better and safer? Does banning abortions support life? Does banning abortions help the greater good?
A woman or girl who will be forced to carry her disgusting rapist's baby. How does that "support life" and help the greater good?
A woman or girl whose health is at risk being forced to carry to full-term even though she and the child may die doing so. How does that "support life" and help the greater good?
A woman or girl who, despite a ban on abortion, would go ahead and find a way to have a dangerous back-alley abortion because of her situation, risking her life and the child's. How does that "support life" and help the greater good?
A women or girl, who is not able to take care of a child properly, being forced into motherhood. How does that "support life" and help the greater good?
A woman or girl, who would lose an education or a job and not be able to support a child properly, being forced into motherhood or forced to carry to full-term before putting the baby up for adoption. How does that "support life" and help the greater good?
I have a answer for you.
This isn't about supporting life.
How do I know that? Because if it was about helping achieve the greater good, where are all these people when life needs to be supported outside the womb?
Are those who "support life" supporting single mothers in need of financial assistance, food, and baby supplies? Are those who "support life" fighting for women's fundamental rights and equality? Are those who "support life" helping women put their rapists and abusers behind bars? Are those who "support life" promoting safe sex, consensual sex, and sex education in schools to prevent disease, rape, and unwanted pregnancies? Are those who "support life" giving to the hungry, the impoverished, and those who do not have access to clean drinking water? Are those who "support life" aiding the homeless, the disabled, and the sick? Are those who "support life" pushing to end war and gun violence? Are those who "support life" tearing down oppression in the world? Are those who "support life" welcoming refugees fleeing tyranny and yearning to make a better life in our country? Are those who "support life" speaking up for immigration reform and wanting to make the process to become a citizen an easier and more affordable one? Are those who "support life" standing up for those of different races and ethnicities who are endangered and persecuted because of the color of their skin? Are those who "support life" helping advance the rights and equality of the LGBTQIA+ community?
Of course, I won't stereotype. I'm sure there are some who are pro-life who are trying to make a positive difference by supporting these causes. But, many others are not. And the "pro-life" lawmakers who sign away other's rights are most certainly not helping others and making our world a better place. How can you tell? Judge by their actions and not their words. Take a look at their voting record. If they aren't fighting the good fight and pushing for legislation that protects and benefits all people, then they are not "pro-life" and they should definitely not be holding office and representing the citizens of this country.
They sign these bills into law because they want to exert control over women. They sign these bills into law because they know it will ensure them votes from the religious set in the next election, keeping them in power to further more of their specific agendas and ensuring another term of their comfy position on Capitol Hill with the benefits and kick-backs that follow. They sign these bills into law because saying they support an unborn child with no voice makes them feel like they've cleared some red from their ledger and "supported life" without actually having to go through a great deal of effort.
These lawmakers will do anything, including lie, cheat, and corrupt, to keep themselves rich and in power. They use rhetoric and scare tactics to convince fellow pro-life supporters that: people who are pro-choice are "using abortions as birth control," that "most abortions are late-term abortions," that those who are pro-choice are evil baby killers…But all of that is absolutely ridiculous and simply not true.
Women who get abortions aren't running around having sex every day and getting abortions every other week. Women aren't getting abortions because they're fun. Many women who have had abortions say how it was a hard and painful decision. Many women say how it was one of the roughest periods in their life. Many women hope to never have to face that decision.
But, at the end of the day, it is THEIR decision.
It is a decision that each and every woman has the right to make for themselves with the help of a qualified doctor.
If it's not your body, it's not your call. Accept that.
And if you don't agree with abortions…don't get an abortion. Simple as that.
"Support life" by keeping your opinions to yourself and fighting for everyone's freedoms and choices, regardless of whether those choices match up with your own. "Support life" by petitioning for legislation that benefits the greater good. "Support life" by helping others and giving back to your community. "Support life" by working with others to stand up for the rights and equality of ALL people.
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Arguing the case for the defence
It is a statement that rings true throughout sport. Winning a prestigious prize is one thing, defending it is quite another.
That is very much the case in football circles, with competition across the board ensuring that success can never be guaranteed.
In a global and continental sense, no nation has toasted successive World Cup triumphs since Brazil in 1958 and 1962, while the Champions League era in Europe is yet to deliver back-to-back winners.
Narrowing the focus to England, and some six years have passed since Manchester United made it three Premier League title victories in a row – with current holders Manchester City offering a meek defence of their crown in 2014/15.
In domestic cup competitions, only United have enjoyed League Cup success in consecutive seasons since the turn of the 21st century, while Arsenal are one of just two sides – the other being Chelsea - to have achieved a similar feat over the same period of time in the FA Cup. Prior to that, you have to go back to 1981/82 to find the last successful defence – by Tottenham Hotspur – which goes some way to highlighting just how difficult it is to keep the trophy counter ticking over. Arsenal, though, have the opportunity in 2015 to join an elite group, with Arsene Wenger seeking to underline the fact that the Gunners are very much back in the habit of collecting major silverware. Last season's FA Cup win (see above) brought to an end a nine-year drought in the red half of north London, with the monkey finally shaken from the back of a club that had underachieved – in terms of tangible success – for longer than many could have predicted.
The challenge after bucking that trend was always going to be proving that victory over Hull City was no flash in the pan and that regular additions could be made to the trophy cabinet at Emirates Stadium.
To Arsenal's credit, they have been able to put themselves back in a familiar position 12 months on.
Extra-time may have been required to edge out plucky Championship underdogs Reading at the semi-final stage, with Adam Federici quite literally handing the Gunners a Wembley return on a plate, but getting over the line is all that matters at the business end of the season.
Wenger will now lead his side out against Aston Villa on Saturday 30th May and will be looking to add another silver lining to a campaign that has seen him both lauded and lambasted in equal measure at different stages.
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FA Cup betting markets have Arsenal at 1/3 to vanquish Tim Sherwood's Villa, sparking further champagne-popping, ticker-tape parades and open-top bus rides in North London.
If past experiences have taught us anything, though - especially when the 'magic' of the cup is involved - it is to expect the unexpected and to take nothing for granted.
Arsenal may know what is required of them at the home of English football, but they will also be aware that history is not on their side and that defending their crown is likely to be considerably harder than claiming it in the first place.


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1. You work at Topshop/Topman by day plus maintain your fabulous personal Instagram page, how do you do it all?
Good time management skills, ha! The work week is for my full time job - the weekend is for my personal Instagram page. Shooting my personal outfits is so much fun so shooting on the weekend is an enjoyable activity.
2. You put together the most fun outfits! Tell us what's an absolute non negotiable when putting together a look?
Nothing is ever too much. I do love to print clash. I find the most mismatched pieces in my wardrobe come together to form the perfect outfit. Plus, statement sunglasses. They're a must.
3. What trend are you totally embracing this season?
At the moment I'm obsessing over vinyl pieces and metallic boots. I'm also still loving gingham. The more gingham you can wear at once the better!


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Fifa to conduct study into holding World Cups every two years
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he feasability of potentially staging World Cups every two years will be examined by a forthcoming Fifa study following a recent proposal.
The men's tournament has been held every four years since its inception in 1930 – with the exception of during World War Two – and the women's competition has also taken place on a quadrennial basis since 1991.
However, the Saudi Arabian Football Federation (SAFF) want Fifa to look into the prospect of making World Cups biennial affairs.
"We believe the future of football is at a critical juncture. The many issues that football has faced have now been further exacerbated by the ongoing pandemic," said SAFF president Yasser Al-Misehal.
"It is time to review how the global game is structured and to consider what is best for the future of our sport. This should include whether the current four-year cycle remains the optimum basis for how football is managed both from a competition and commercial perspective."
Fifa president Gianni Infantino called it an "eloquent and detailed proposal" at Friday's annual congress, with 166 national federations voting in favour with 22 voting against.
Speaking after the remote congress, Infantino told reporters that the study would look at the competitions within the context of the review of the overall international match calendar.
"It doesn't matter right now what I think, it matters what results the study is coming up with," he said.
"We have to go into this study with an open mind… we know about the value of the World Cup believe me, we know as well about the impact that the World Cup can have."
But Infantino questioned whether the current system of regular qualifiers throughout a year ahead of a continental championships and World Cups was the best model.
"Do we really think this is the right way for football when we are hearing that fans say they want more meaningful games, less meaningless games, all of these points have to be considered.
"We will discuss it, we will analyse it but we will, in all discussions, put the sporting element as a priority not the commercial element," he said, saying he knew that holding twice as many World Cups would not mean doubling the revenue
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Q: odds probability question If the probability of winning a game is 0.25,than the odds against winning can be expressed as a:b,in simplest form .The value of a is?
my work:
Since 25/100=0.25 which is the probability of winning a game.and the odds against winning the game For 25 to 100 odds against winning;
Probability of:
Winning = (0.8) or 80%
Losing = (0.2) or 20%
"Odds for" winning: 4:1
"Odds against" winning: 1:4
so the answer:  odds against winning can be expressed as a:b so 1:4,so the value of a is 1
answer=value of a is 1

A: The probability of winning is p = 0.25 = 1/4.
So the probability of not winning is 0.75.
Hence, the odds against winning are 0.75 / 0.25 = 3:1.
So $a = 3$

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Albert Luthulistraat is een straat in Amsterdam-Oost, Transvaalbuurt.

Louis Bothastraat
De straat begint aan de Schalk Burgerstraat (vernoemd naar Schalk Burger) en eindigt op de van de Reystraat (Koos de la Rey). De straat kreeg haar naam in de nazomer van 1904 toen de gemeente Amsterdam in deze latere Transvaalbuurt straten en pleinen vernoemde naar personen en zaken die te maken hadden met de Zuid-Afrikaanse Republiek/Transvaal. In dit geval betrof de vernoeming Louis Botha, die overigens toen nog in leven was. De straat werd pas volgebouwd na de Eerste Wereldoorlog toen de stad hier aankwam. In aanloop op de Tweede Wereldoorlog kregen hier veel Joodse gezinnen onderdak vanwege hun slechte woonomstandigheden in Amsterdam-Centrum. Tijdens die Tweede Wereldoorlog raakte de straat ontvolkt door deportaties door de Duitse bezetter. Na de oorlog vulde de wijk zich weer.

In de jaren tachtig kwam er weerstand tegen de historische vernoemingen van de straten in de buurt. Dat had deels te maken met de komende vestiging van een kantoor van het Afrikaans Nationaal Congres in Amsterdam. Er werd druk overleg gevoerd binnen de gemeenteraad. Een groep antiapartheidactivisten drong er bij diverse partijen op aan de straat- en pleinnamen te wijzigen. Niet iedereen zag dat zitten, want een dergelijke grote operatie brengt veel kosten met zich mee, niet alleen voor de gemeente maar ook voor bewoners. Het eindresultaat was dat het overgrote deel van straten en pleinen haar naam behield, maar de Louis Bothastraat kreeg een andere naam. Dat had niet zozeer te maken met Louis Botha, maar met Pieter Willem Botha (geen directe familie), in die jaren president van Zuid-Afrika en beschermer van het systeem van apartheid. De verdeelde gemeente verkoos de naam te wijziging in Albert Luthulistraat, een vernoeming naar Albert Luthuli, eens president van het ANC. Tegenstanders wezen nog op het verloren gaan van de historische betekenis van de straat in de Tweede Wereldoorlog, eventuele nakomelingen uit Joodse gezinnen zouden door de naamswijziging de straat niet meer kunnen terugvinden. Op 10 juni 1987 hakte de raad de knoop door: Albert Luthulistraat. Amper een paar dagen later kwam burgemeester Ed van Thijn het beeld Monument tegen apartheid en racisme van Pépé Grégoire onthullen; het enige kunstwerk in de straat. Zoals gebruikelijk werden de straatnaambordjes Louis Bothastraat verwijderd en vervangen door Albert Luthulistraat. De buurt bleef echter protesteren vanwege de "geschiedvervalsing" en kreeg het in de winter van 1988/1989 voor elkaar dat het straatnaambord Albert Luthulistraat een ander bordje onder of boven zich kreeg: "Voorheen Louis Bothastraat". Het is een van de weinige straten in Amsterdam, die een dergelijke constructie kent (een ander is Kadoelenweg/Zuideinde).

Gebouwen
De bebouwing aan de straat bestaat uit twee bouwblokken, die allebei gebouwd werden door het Woningbedrijf Amsterdam:
de oneven kant met huisnummer 1 tot en met 41 staan aan de zuidkant; het maakt deel uit van een veel groter woonblok, dat doorloopt in de Schalk Burgerstraat, de la Reystraat en Kraaipanstraat. Het ontwerp van het blok werd door Hendrik Petrus Berlage uitbesteed aan Jan Gratama en Gerrit Versteeg.
de even zijde met huisnummers 2 tot en met 32 is ontworpen door W. Bruin van het Woningbedrijf zelf.

Luthuliplein
Amsterdam kent ook een Luthuliplein; deze ligt in Amsterdam-Zuidoost.

Straat in Amsterdam-Oost


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In one of my past lives, I taught courses in creative writing. In these courses I often felt I was providing, not advice on how to write, but therapy. Nevertheless, I soldiered on for my paycheck.
The most essential concept a fledgling writer needs to understand and seek to master is voice. Most simply, voice is the personal, idiosyncratic, and distinctive way an artist puts words together—why William Faulkner doesn't sound like Richard Wright and Maya Angelou doesn't sound like Louise Glück.
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One of the roles of a Head of School is to provide "the vision thing," (to quote the first President Bush.) I try to be aware of emerging educational trends – what are parents reading about in the paper? What are teachers hearing about at conferences? As the head of a progressive school, it's even more important for me to be up on the latest research because part of our mission is to incorporate proven innovations into our teaching.
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If there is anything that has changed dramatically over the course of my educational career, other than technology, it is parenting. Being a parent has never been an easy role, but the demands seem to be ever increasing.
I have had lots of conversations with parents that suggest their high level of uncertainty about their role, or conversely, suggest a certainty that in itself can be problematic.
DO YOU WANT YOUR CHILD TO BE HAPPY ALL THE TIME?
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While many of you might be familiar with the bubbling excellence of luxury champagne brand Veuve Clicquot, what you might not know is that the over 200 year old company has had a long standing commitment to design and aesthetics. In addition to releasing their own coffee table book, they have also collaborated in the past with such illustrious names as Andrée Putman, Karim Rashid, Pablo Reinoso, Tom Dixon, 5.5 Designers and Front Design.
In keeping with that rich tradition of design, this year Veuve Clicquot has commissioned works by the Campana Brothers and Mathieu Lehanneur to decorate the Hôtel du Marc, part of its newly renovated town house in Reims. The Tasting Gloriette by Fernando & Humberto Campana is a contemporary version of a gloriette for the residence's garden, which will be dedicated to outdoor tastings and will stand in the Hôtel du Marc 19th century garden (To watch a video interview of the Campana Brothers, visit www.facebook/veuveclicquot ).
The second commissioned project Once Upon a Dream by Mathieu Lehanneur was designed with the intention of helping people "rapidly recuperate and adapt to their new surroundings, based on tested psychological studies used in sleep treatment clinics to help cure chronic insomnia." This wonder "capsule installation" will allow visitors to Hôtel du Marc to recover as quickly as possible from jet lag. On a side note, this is an interesting allusion to the history of the Veuve Clicquot House, as mastermind Barbe-Nicole Clicquot-Ponsardin was a notorious insomniac.
For the salone 2010, Veuve launched two new designer collaborations in their Clicquotsphere.
The first is The Tasting Gloriette with the Campaña Brothers (a playful modern twist on the gazebo of sorts, using coiled thin metal to mimick and overgrowth of champagne vines on a bent wood base… resulting burning man yurt style contraption to relax under and a central nest cradling a champagne bucket).
The second is "Once Upon A Dream" by Mathieu Lehanneur ~ a retro futuristic looking bed ~ that is SO much more than a bed. It's more of a luxury sleep experience created to help you get the best rest physically possible, optimized for jetlag recovery ~ through special lighting, white noise balancing, ideal temperatures, and curtains to create that womb like effect… there is even a plant hanging beside you which is used to control the lighting ~ and its even designed in conjunction with sleep scientists!
Sadly, the best sleep is apparently alone, so this bed is just for resting!
Both of these pieces will be installed in the Veuve Clicquot Hotel du Marc which is opening in spring 2011 (and it's not a hotel at all, so much as their super guest house in Reims)… and in full Veuve Clicquot fashion ~ the champagne never stopped, the music was fun, the food was delicious, and they had unexpected surprises like keys you could try your luck to unlocking prizes… and even a special mailbox where you could write postcards which they will mail from Reims!
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Victory for people with disabilities in 'wheelchair v buggy' bus case
Doug Paulley opposed a policy of "requesting but not requiring" non-disabled passengers to vacate spaces for wheelchair users.
Image: Doug Paulley celebrated the Supreme Court's decision
Disability campaigners have welcomed a Supreme Court ruling that bus drivers may have to do more to accommodate wheelchair users.
The case was brought by Doug Paulley, who said he was "absolutely delighted" after "a long fight" and that the judgment marked "a significant cultural change".
Mr Paulley argued against FirstGroup's policy of "requesting but not requiring" non-disabled passengers, including those with buggies, to vacate a space if it is needed by a wheelchair user.
The Supreme Court's president, Lord Neuberger, said the policy of simply "requesting" was unjustified.
He said if a bus driver believes a person's refusal to give up a space is unreasonable they should consider a further step to pressurise the traveller, depending on circumstances.
Those steps could, in appropriate cases, include "a refusal to drive on".
Disability groups have been battling to get priority use for wheelchair users on buses and the latest ruling has been called a "partial victory".
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Mr Paulley, from Wetherby, West Yorkshire, brought legal action after he tried unsuccessfully to board a FirstGroup bus which had a sign saying: "Please give up this space if needed for a wheelchair user."
The driver asked a woman with a sleeping baby in a pushchair to move out of the designated area - but she refused, saying the buggy would not fold and Mr Paulley was left at the bus stop.
A judge at Leeds County Court then ruled the policy breached FirstGroup's duty under the Equality Act 2010 to make "reasonable adjustments" for disabled people.
Recorder Paul Isaacs said the policy should have "required" the woman to move and the wheelchair user's right to priority should have been enforced.
But the judgment was overturned by the Court of Appeal, which ruled such a policy would not strike a fair balance between the needs of wheelchair users and the needs of other passengers who might be vulnerable.
The policy would also be liable to give rise to confrontation and delayed journeys.
Mr Paulley, in his late 30s, then continued his fight before seven justices at the UK's highest court.
The Equality and Human Rights Commission, which supported Mr Paulley. said the Supreme Court decision was "a victory for disabled people's rights".
And it said it was "a hugely important decision, which has helped clarify the current state of the law, and will give confidence to thousands of disabled people in Britain to use public transport".


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Series 9 (Doctor Who) stories, Prequels, Stories set in Essex,
Stories set in 1138
Stories set on Skaro
2015 television stories
Doctor Who mini-episodes
The Doctor's Meditation (theatrical film)
The Doctor's Meditation
Prequel to The Magician's Apprentice
Companion(s):
Main setting:
Essex, 1138
Key crew
Ed Bazalgette
Derek Ritchie
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Premiere network:
1x6 minute episode
The Doctor's Meditation was a prequel to the ninth series of Doctor Who, and was released 15 September 2015 in cinemas in a select group of countries, the USA, Denmark, Russia and Canada, as a bonus feature as part of a double-bill of the 3D-converted versions of Dark Water and Death in Heaven. It was later released on Facebook in the United Kingdom, and aired on TV in Australia.
It was the first theatrical Doctor Who story since the previous season's Deep Breath prequel, and only the fifth overall.
5 Story notes
5.1 Ratings
5.2 Filming locations
5.3 Production errors
6 Continuity
7 Home video releases
7.1 DVD and Blu-ray releases
7.2 Digital releases
As the Doctor prepares for his upcoming demise, he beds down in an unusual location.
Plot[edit | edit source]
In a castle in Essex in 1138, the Doctor is meditating. As Bors runs in, the Time Lord stirs, and asks Bors how many days he has been there. Bors informs a disbelieving Doctor that he has been there about three hours. Bors asks the Doctor if he had another friend. The Doctor, unsatisfied with the quality of the water in his chalice, exits the castle to build a well.
Bors and his men begin to dig a well on the Doctor's orders. Five days later, they have tried eleven different spots and none of them have yielded water. The Doctor simply responds by saying, "well, twelve is my lucky number". Seven days later, they finally dig a well. Bors offers the Doctor a bucket of it. Uninterested, the Doctor suggests a visitor's centre for the well. Bors drops the bucket back down the well, deeply frustrated by the Doctor's actions.
Five days later, the Doctor is practising his magic tricks. Bors alerts him to the fact that his order for the throne room extension has been filled — except for the sun-roof since nobody knows what a sun-roof is. The Doctor, in an attempt to test his magic, asks Bors where the coin he had been practising with is, to which Bors replies that it was still in his right hand. Frustrated, the Doctor protests, bluffing that the coin is not there. Bors continues to question him on what his presence means. The Doctor concedes that he is not the idiot he originally thought him to be.
Four days later, Bors prepares the Doctor's final meditation; he and the Time Lord converse, the Doctor claiming that he only has one day left and must genuinely dedicate some time to thought. Bors replies that he believes the Doctor incapable of silence. Bors leaves the Doctor, only for the Doctor to call him back a few moments later, to offer him a joust. Bors stands his ground, demanding an answer or he will not leave the room, intending to force the Doctor to tell him his story. The Time Lord states that he recently let someone down; he found a battlefield, and although he had come across many before, this one would be his last.
On another world, the sound of gunfire and shouts of soldiers penetrate the mist...
Cast[edit | edit source]
The Doctor - Peter Capaldi
Bors - Daniel Hoffmann-Gill
The Doctor is wearing plaid trousers. He is also wearing a worn out Label Lab Misty Mountain graphic t-shirt.
Story notes[edit | edit source]
The Doctor's Meditation was first shown prior to a 3-D screening of Dark Water and Death in Heaven at 7:30 PM local time in the US and Canada.[1] Alongside The Five Doctors and The TV Movie, it is one of the few stories to be first shown in the US. It was also released in the UK on the official Doctor Who Facebook page, the first mini-episode to do so.
It is also one of the few stories to first be shown in cinemas. It has since been broadcast on television in the United States on BBC America on 18 September 2015 and the ABC in Australia on 19 September 2015.
The final scene of a battlefield leads directly into the first episode of Series 9; The Magician's Apprentice.
This is the first live-action "pure historical" since Black Orchid in 1982.
From the Twelfth Doctor's perspective, this story takes place between hearing Colony Sarff's message, and his "axe fight" with Bors. As such, it takes place entirely within the narrative of TV: The Magician's Apprentice.
Ratings[edit | edit source]
Filming locations[edit | edit source]
Melfi ( Pz )
Production errors[edit | edit source]
Continuity[edit | edit source]
The Doctor meditates, as he had previously told Ohila that he would do. (WC: Prologue)
The Doctor is called a magician. He previously mentioned that he accidentally came up with the look of a magician. (TV: Time Heist) He was also previously called one. (TV: Last Christmas)
The Doctor mentions he's avoiding an old familiarity. (WC: Prologue) This familiarity later turns out to be Davros. (TV: The Magician's Apprentice)
The Doctor is terrible at magic tricks, when he ask Bors where his coin went but refuses to show his hand, insisting it's not there. (TV: Kinda)
The Doctor again uses chalk to write, (TV: Deep Breath, Into the Dalek, Robot of Sherwood, Listen) but instead of using a blackboard, he writes on the floor like he did immediately after regeneration. (TV: Deep Breath)
The Doctor asks Bors if he would like a friendly sword fight, pulling out his spoon. He previously battled Robin Hood using the spoon. (TV: Robot of Sherwood)
Home video releases[edit | edit source]
DVD and Blu-ray releases[edit | edit source]
The mini-episode was included in the Complete Series 9 DVD and Blu-ray box sets in the UK and North America.
Prior to its release in the box set, it was also included as a bonus feature on the North American 3-D Blu-ray release of Dark Water/Death in Heaven.
Digital releases[edit | edit source]
In lieu of there being a theatrical showing or release with the 3D Blu-ray version of Dark Water/Death in Heaven, the short was released on 17 September 2015 to watch for free in the UK on Facebook, Google Play and Amazon Instant Video. However, the content is geo-locked and cannot be viewed outside of the UK. It is also available to purchase on iTunes.
The Doctor's Meditation on DoctorWhoTV.co.uk - http://www.doctorwhotv.co.uk/watch-the-doctors-meditation-76077.htm
Footnotes[edit | edit source]
↑ 'Doctor Who' Returns to Cinemas with a Never-Before-Seen Season 9 Prequel. BBC America. Retrieved on 15 September 2015.
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Department for International Trade (DIT) Civil Nuclear Showcase (CNS) Hackathon
[From top left clockwise] (1) Team 3 brainstorming with Business Undersecretary Nadhim Zahawi. (2) Team 4 presenting to the judging panel. (3) Group photo of all the Hackathon participants and facilitators with the Business Undersecretary (4) Kirsty Hewitson discussing the event with the minister.
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Use an innovative approach to drive increased diversity and accessibility across the nuclear sector.
Use an innovative approach to enable greater UK public understanding of the role that nuclear energy can play in meeting the 2050 net zero carbon emissions target.
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