It is a great pleasure to be with all of you this evening at the 10th meeting of the BCIM Process. It is appropriate that we meet in Kolkata, one of India's most pre-eminent cities on our eastern seaboard from where rulers, merchants, sailors and adventurers looked East from ancient times. Tonight, I intend to speak about the new contours of India's Look East Policy and this can best be done here in East India, where our policy initiatives have a direct and special relevance and significance.
India did not need to have a look East policy. Even before our Independence Pandit Nehru travelled to the East and connected our fate with that of the people of SE Asia. But there was a hiatus in the 1970s and 1980s when preoccupations with security (in the widest sense) focussed our attention on our immediate periphery. We embarked on a 'Look-East' policy in 1992. This foreign policy initiative had a domestic dimension based in the economic restructuring and reform program that we had commenced in July 1991 wherein we placed emphasis on reducing licensing, giving greater play to private initiative and entrepreneurship and in general making it easier to do business in India. One aspect of this economic course correction was the relative emphasis given to trade and foreign investment. As a result, economic diplomacy became an integral part of foreign policy formulation and implementation.
India has long standing civilizational bonds with countries in East and South East Asia. In spiritual and cultural values, by name and language, through dance and art, there is a historical tradition of contact between India and the East. It is against this larger backdrop that we have located our Look East Policy or LEP. The essential philosophy of our LEP, which is now well established, is that India must find its destiny by linking itself more and more with its Asian partners and the rest of the world. We believe that India's future and our own best economic interests are served by greater integration with Asia. This may seem unusual to those generations in our countries who grew up when India and the countries of East Asia were linked to different metropolitan centres in the West and later walked down different paths during the Cold War; but to those entering the age of employment and travel in our countries just now, this will be a rediscovery of their common Asian heritage. It is my belief that this shift that is taking place and the kind of interaction that is emerging amongst Asian countries has deep historical and cultural roots and, therefore, can be a very powerful force for future peace and stability on our continent.
As I stated earlier, our interest in engaging with Asia has domestic roots. We are a vibrant democracy, quickly transforming ourselves with growth on an ascending trajectory. Despite some perturbations in our economic growth due to global factors, our economic development path is certain and full of potential and it is significant that we are in a part of the world still witnessing dynamic growth. Our policies relating to foreign trade, foreign direct investment, taxation, banking, finance and capital markets have evolved to make Indian industry more competitive globally. There is great confidence and optimism about the prospects for collaboration and constructive cooperation. What we seek as part of our LEP is to make our neighbors, partners in our development such that we can jointly seek and work on the opportunities that are coming our way due to the inexorable march of globalization.
It has been almost 20 years since India enunciated the Look East Policy (LEP). While this policy has yielded many benefits, including closer strategic contact between India and Asian countries, an impressive increase in the quantum of bilateral trade and increased people-to-people interaction, the success of the policy also needs to be viewed from the perspective of how far we have been able to interlink our eastern and north eastern regions to the rest of Asia, since this part of India provides a natural bridge between us and East Asia. Speaking in Kolkata from where Kunming is the same distance as New Delhi and Dhaka is barely a few minutes of flying, with Yangon just a little further away, our vision for the LEP acquires new meaning, depth and dimension.
India's Look East Policy also aims at providing eastern India a platform for economic growth and social progress. It is critical that political leadership be exercised to leverage the opportunities that are presenting themselves in this part of the country which will assist in accelerating growth with equity. I believe that West Bengal can play an important lead role in this endeavor and provide a model for others to follow.
Essentially, we are looking at a new paradigm of development whereby our foreign policy initiatives blend seamlessly into our national economic development. Given that we have, over 20 years of pursuing our Look East Policy, put in place certain diplomatic and political structures, there is need now to make these structures work for our East and North Eastern Regions. Diplomatic initiatives need to be converted into commercial opportunities and investment flows. For this purpose, I reaffirm that MEA will work in close cooperation with the Ministry for the Development of the North Eastern Region, the Planning Commission, all economic Ministries and the State Governments of the region.
I would like to put forth before you the way India has sought to integrate within Asia in general. To begin with, we focused very much on SAARC and ASEAN. SAARC has been successful in moving from the declaratory to the implementation phase. Initiatives within SAARC are beginning to touch the lives of our peoples, a good example of which is the South Asian University or even special immigration counters for SAARC nationals at our airports. We in India have been providing access to the Indian market, to our partners in South Asia, even if this has to be done in an asymmetric manner.
With ASEAN, beginning from a sectoral partner, our association evolved into a Full Dialogue Partnership and finally to that of a Summit Partner. We have close relations with all countries in the region and our economic and cultural ties are getting stronger by the day as travel, tourism and business reinforce regional interaction. The FTA in Goods with ASEAN is already having its impact in expanding our commercial exchanges. These will be further enhanced once our FTA in Services is finalized. Another aspect has been the rapid growth in investment between India and South East Asian and East Asian countries. We will continue to improve the investment environment in India including through better infrastructure.
The biggest benefit of India's 'Look-East' Policy has been that India has re-engaged with its eastern neighbourhood closely and has gradually emerged as a significant player in the strategic dynamics of the region. Economically, India's trade with ASEAN has grown impressively from US$ 2.3 billion in 1991-92 to US$ 58 billion in 2010-11. Growth of trade between India and China has also been very rapid where all the set targets have been broken time and again. In 2011, India- China trade recorded a figure of US$ 74 billion and we have set a new target of US $ 100 billion by 2015. However, our rising trade deficit with China is indeed a worry. India's trade and investment ties with Japan, Australia and the Republic of Korea are also picking up fast with increasing momentum.
Our Strategic and Cooperative Partnership with China makes our engagement broad-based and multifaceted. Trade and investment are the great drivers of the new relationship. We are confident that the relationship will mature further and develop steadily. The leaders of both countries recognize that co-existence and cooperation is the best course of action, and sensitivity to mutual aspirations and concerns provides the underpinning for building confidence and trust. There is enough space and opportunity for both of us to grow and develop, and to bring benefit not only to us, but also for other partners in Asia.
With Bangladesh, the visit of PM Sheikh Hasina in 2010 crafted a new paradigm of our bilateral relations which was further consolidated by the landmark visit of PM Manmohan Singh to Bangladesh in 2011, after a gap of 12 years. Sizeable Indian investments have started to flow into Bangladesh and the pace is likely to pick up in the months and years ahead. Two-way trade has crossed five billion dollars in 2010-11, and Bangladesh exports to India have grown by 68 per cent in the last one year. We acknowledge that there is still a large trade imbalance favouring India, which we are determined to address by providing better market access into India for Bangladeshi goods. We are also thinking of other imaginative measures to achieve this objective.
Myanmar too is an integral part of our Look East Policy. Recent years have not only witnessed robust bilateral cooperation but also a number of high-level visits. Our relations with Myanmar encompass a number of important areas like security, trade and investment, energy, capacity-building, health and education, science and technology, as well as infrastructure development. Enhanced connectivity between our two countries is of mutual interest. India and Myanmar in 2010-11 had a bilateral trade of 1.28 billion dollars which is much below the potential. We have established a target of three billion dollars by 2015. Indian pharmaceutical companies have a sizeable presence in Myanmar, providing quality pharmaceutical products at very competitive prices. Myanmar is also emerging as an important partner in India's quest for energy security.
It is our perspective that in a globalized world, it is mutually gainful opportunity and not geography that defines and drives the processes of integration. India offers such opportunity here and now. That is why I firmly believe that an Asian economic community, that is open, transparent and inclusive, and provides a platform to create ever widening economic opportunities, is better for Asia and for the world, than a narrower or restrictive definition of Asian economic integration. In fact, recent studies have revealed a compelling case for a broader Asian economic community built in a phased manner. It has been demonstrated that economic integration could generate billions of dollars of additional output. The vision of Asian economic integration by coalescing the FTAs among member Asian countries into an Asian RTA is the pivotal step towards the integration of Asia into a common unit. It is precisely for this reason that our Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, envisaged the creation of a broader Asian Economic Community. This continues to be a longer term goal for us in India.
Therefore, India stands for greater cooperation and exchange between the countries of the region. Sub-regional constructs such as BCIM complement our Look East Policy and are, therefore, equally important and significant for us. Since this is the case we are ready to move forward at a faster pace in enhancing and promoting our interactions in the BCIM forum. I am confident that you will factor this into your deliberations here in Kolkata, and would like to assure you of our support.


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Microsoft Surface Pro 4, Surface Book Get New Top-End Models
If the existing top-of-the-line Surface Book and the Surface Pro models weren't cutting it for you,Microsoft has introduced more powerful new models for both. Now you can finally snag a 1TB inbuilt storage with Intel Core i7 model.
The new top-end Surface Book model features 1TB of SSD, 16GB of RAM, a dedicated GPU, and a 6th generation Intel Core i7 processor. It is priced at $3,199 (roughly Rs. 216,700). The new Surface Pro 4 model, which offers the same hardware specs aside from a discrete GPU, is priced at $2,699 (roughly Rs. 183,,000).
Both the new models are available in the United States and Canada. The Surface Book is available online-only via Microsoft Stores and other select retailers. The new Surface Pro 4 will be available in Microsoft stores and through select retailers. Microsoft has not announced if this top end model will be made available in India, where the Surface Pro 4 was launched earlier this month.
Alongside the new models of the Surface Pro 4 and the Surface Book, Microsoft has also launched a new Surface Pen. It offers the same specifications as other Surface Pen models, but comes in a Gold colour option. It also includes the Surface Pen Tip Kit that helps a user to change the tip in accordance with different writing and drawing styles. It is priced at $59.99 (roughly Rs. 4,100).
The new gold Surface Pen is available in Canada, Denmark, Finland, Italy, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, and the United States. No details about when the new accessory will come to India.
Launched at a media event in October, the Surface Book and the Surface Pro 4 both have garnered raving reviews from the company. While Microsoft is yet to tell how many of these devices have sold so far, it noted recently that the sales are going well.
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The UCT Honours Programme in Actuarial Science is an intensive programme which is aimed at graduates who have completed either the BCom (Actuarial Science), the BSc (Actuarial Science) or the Postgraduate Diploma in Management (Actuarial Conversion Course) at UCT or an equivalent degree from a recognised university. Candidates will be required to have completed subjects corresponding to A111-A113 and A211-A213 of the Actuarial Society of South Africa curriculum.
Successful completion of this programme could lead to exemptions from some of the examination papers which a candidate must pass in order to be admitted as a Fellow of the Actuarial Society of South Africa (corresponding to the subjects A215, A311 and NA211 ). The current requirement to be exempted from a particular subject is that the candidate should have achieved at least 60% in the final examination of an equivalent university course.
It must be stressed however that the programme is extremely demanding, and that it is likely that only the very best students will successfully complete the programme obtaining the maximum number of exemptions. Thus before we could consider admitting anyone to the programme it is necessary that we look at a full academic transcript to determine the suitability of the applicant.
Students would be expected to acquire or have the normal prerequisites (or equivalent thereof) for each of the above subjects (prerequisites are set out in the Commerce Faculty Handbook).
The top students may be able to complete the programme in one year while others (especially those who do not have the required prerequisites for some of the subjects) would be required to complete the programme over a two year period.


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Brooklyn Nets' Search For Long-Range Shooting Leads To Jeremy Senglin
Jeremy Senglin in the Brooklyn Nets' Summer League. Photo Credit: Getty Images
Nick Agar-Johnson
The Brooklyn Nets use a system that relies heavily on three-point shooting. Jeremy Senglin will fit perfectly in that system.
Jeremy Senglin had some massive shoes to fill from the minute he started his college career. One year after Damian Lillard was drafted sixth overall following three years at Weber State, Senglin found his way to the same school. While he did not follow directly in Lillard's footsteps, it would be safe to say that Dame's shadow would follow any point guard in the school's program.
Somehow, Senglin managed to surpass even the wildest of expectations. He finished his college career as Weber State's career scoring leader with 2,078 points. Furthermore, he finished second in career field goals made (665), third in assists (343), fourth in 3-point field goal percentage (42.2 percent) and eighth in steals (110). Senglin started in 123 of his 124 college games and managed to work his way into the record books in the process.
While Senglin did not enter the NBA with the same expectations as Lillard, he quickly found a path to the big leagues. After playing with their Summer League team, the Brooklyn Nets signed Senglin, along with fellow Summer League standout Milton Doyle. Senglin will probably spend most of the 2017-18 season with the Long Island Nets. However, his excellent shooting touch will make him a great long-term fit for Kenny Atkinson's offensive system.
Shooting Specialist
Damian Lillard is one of the league's most accurate shooters, especially from long range. Jeremy Senglin does not have Lillard's sensational scoring prowess. However, Senglin does certainly have the ability to rain in shots from deep.
Senglin became his school's leading scorer due to his incredible accuracy from beyond the arc. He attempted 57 percent of his college field goal attempts from 3-point range. More than 60 percent of his attempts came from deep as a senior, and Senglin knocked down 44.7 percent of his triples last season. He was lethal both off the catch and in creating his own looks from beyond the arc. Just like Lillard, even deep 3s off the dribble in heavy traffic are not out of the question:
While it may take Senglin some time to adjust to the deep NBA/G-League line, his elite shooting from deep would be a good bet to translate to the next level. His shot from above would certainly be behind the NBA line, but even the best shooters in the world take some time to adjust to a deeper 3-point line when they make the jump to the NBA.
Future Outlook
Despite Senglin's rankings among Weber State's all-time assist leaders, he is not a primary creator for others. His vision is adequate, but will be average at best in the NBA. His handle is certainly solid enough for the college level, but his lack of relative explosiveness will make it difficult to get to the rim consistently.
Furthermore, Senglin will struggle on the defensive end in the NBA. He does not have the superior athleticism necessary to guard most of the league's point guards, and he is simply too small to effectively cover shooting guards for extended periods.
However, Senglin's shooting touch is hard to understate. He took a truly remarkable 822 attempts from deep in college and knocked down 42 percent of them. Even as he made his way into his school's record books with his scoring prowess from deep, other teams were not able to prevent Senglin from pouring in shots from deep.
The NBA is taking more 3-point shots than ever before. Kenny Atkinson and the Brooklyn Nets are still 3-point happy by current NBA standards. With that in mind, it's hard to imagine Senglin not findind a role with the team sooner rather than later. Once he gets adjusted to the NBA arc, Senglin could be a lethal bench spark plug for the Nets as soon as next season.
Jeremy Senglin
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This program is to provide environmental assistance to non-Federal interests in Mississippi.
Assistance may be in the form of design and construction assistance for water-related environmental infrastructure and resource protection and development projects in Mississippi, including projects for wastewater treatment and related facilities, elimination or control of combined sewer overflow, water supply and related facilities, environmental restoration, and surface water resource protection and development.
Assistance may be provided only for projects that are publically owned and the Non-Federal interest must enter into a written agreement to furnish its required cooperation for the project.
Cost documentation is required. OMB Circular No. A-87 applies to this program.
Before providing assistance under this section, the Secretary of the Army shall enter into a project cooperation agreement with a non-Federal interest to provide for design and construction of the project to be carried out with the assistance.
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When appropriated. Funds expire for purposes of obligation on 30 September 2010. See the following for information on how assistance is awarded/released: Assistance is incrementally released based on periodically submitted cost documentation.
See Section 1512 of The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5).
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Q: Pass jQuery score variable to Facebook Share Code I have a jquery quiz that returns a value out of 10.
What I want to do have is "share to facebook" and "tweet your score" buttons after the user takes the quiz.
This is the code im using for the links:
<a class="facebook" href="http://www.facebook.com/dialog/feed?app_id=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx&redirect_uri=<?=urlencode("https://www.facebook.com/=app_xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx");?>&display=page&link=<?=urlencode("https://www.facebook.com/=app_xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx");?>&picture=<?=urlencode("");?>&caption=&description=<?=urlencode("I just took the Quiz and scored xx/10. Want to take the quiz? Click here.");?>&name=<?=urlencode("");?>" title="Share on Facebook" target="_blank">Share on Facebook

  <a href="http://twitter.com?status=<?=urlencode("I just took the Quiz and scored xx/10. Want to take the quiz? Click here.");?>" title="Tweet" target="_blank" class="twitter">Share on Twitter

So I'd like the xx/10 in the description to show the users score, which is stored in a jQuery variable.
Thanks so much!

A: Well, a jQuery variable is just a Javascript variable. And since it looks like PHP is outputting that text, that means you have to pass the value of the Javascript variable to your PHP script when the score is submitted.
You'll either have to catch the form submit with Javascript, or submit the form with Javascript.
Alternatively, you can just create a session based quiz, and calculate the results in PHP.

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A young woman must deliver a Christmas card to a family friend in order to claim her inheritance. Along the way, she learns the true meaning of the holiday when she ends up stuck at an inn during a snowstorm. Eliza Taylor, Jake Lacy, and Andie MacDowell star. Directed by Ernie Barbarash.
Unlike A Christmas Prince, my favorite movie of 2017, it seems to have a self-satisfied earnestness that makes you want to sit it down and go, "Hey Christmas Inheritance. What exactly do you think you're doing here?"
If you get through this sober, you deserve a medal! Like, a real one! From the government!
Nothing the movie shows us about Ellie indicates that this is news to her.
Netflix clearly understands what goes into creating a Christmas romantic comedy, and it has ticked all the boxes.
It might not become a classic you return to every December, but ultimately it remains a reliable Christmas romance that still manages to summon butterflies in your stomach where it counts.
While it doesn't stray from the formula, this is a better than average Christmas film thanks to strong performances and overall charming presentation.
Christmas Inheritance is a clichéd and trite holiday comedy from Netflix. When her drunken attics get headlines painting her as a spoiled, rich, party girl, Ellen Langford is sent by her father to his hometown to deliver the annual Christmas letter to a family friend and get in touch with her small-town roots; but it comes with the catch that she must go incognito so that she doesn't get special treatment. The writing is really bad, as the plot is full of all the standard tropes and the characters are all one-dimensional stereotypes. And the town is sickeningly Rockwellesque, with its goodhearted townsfolk and quaint shops. None of the acting is very good, but then again, they don't have much to work with. Still, some of the comedy is kind of funny, and Eliza Taylor and Jake Lacy do a pretty good job at delivering the laughs. Formulaic and uninspired, Christmas Inheritance tries too hard to be heartwarming and fun, and ends up feeling forced and manipulative.


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'Unashamed' Demi Lovato Overcomes 'Biggest Fear' By Sharing Unedited Bikini Pic
The singer wrote that she is "unashamed, unafraid and proud" of her body in an empowering Instagram post.
By Cole Delbyck
What's wrong with being confident in the skin you're in? Absolutely nothing, Demi Lovato told her millions of followers on Thursday with an unedited photo of herself rocking a bikini.
The pop star said she overcame her "biggest fear" by sharing the photo on her Instagram page for "National Cellulite Day," pairing the pic with an inspiring caption about her journey of self-acceptance.
"I'm just literally sooooo tired of being ashamed of my body," Lovato wrote, noting that she'd previously shared edited photos of herself on the app.
"This is what I got. I want this new chapter in my life to be about being authentic to who I am rather than trying to meet someone else's standards," she continued. "So here's me, unashamed, unafraid and proud to own a body that has fought through so much and will continue to amaze me when I hopefully give birth one day."
A post shared by Demi Lovato (@ddlovato) on Sep 5, 2019 at 5:30pm PDT
The Disney Channel alum has been outspoken about her struggle with an eating disorder, which she sought treatment for in 2010, and has since used her platform to combat toxic beauty standards and celebrate body positivity.
Back in 2017, Lovato shared a photo of herself in the midst of her eating disorder with the caption, "Recovery is possible."
In her post, Lovato revealed just how "miserable" she's felt in the past denying herself certain foods and adhering to a strenuous work out schedule in order to feel camera-ready.
"Here's me, RAW, REAL! And I love me," she wrote. "And you should love you too! Now back to the studio."
The 27-year-old ended her message by explaining that she hopes her post can "inspire someone to appreciate their body today too."
And it looks like Lovato accomplished her goal, as she took to her Instagram Stories to share bikini photos of fans moved by her body-positivity message, alongside praise from fellow celebs like Amy Schumer and Ashley Graham.
"Literally shaking still," she wrote later in the night. "That was so hard for me to post. But wow .. so blown away by the love and support. let's be the change we want to see."
Earlier this year, called out a body-shaming headline about her "fuller figure," taking to social media once again to unpack this kind of damaging rhetoric for her young fans.
Cole Delbyck
Entertainment Writer, HuffPost
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Korea's billion-dollar travel group Yanolja doubles down on ZEN Rooms to create future of hospitality in Southeast Asia
Author: Theodore Koumelis / Date: Mon, 11/04/2019 - 09:14
ZEN joins forces with one of the most technologically innovative travel groups and its backers Booking Holdings to create the first full service budget & mid-range hospitality group in SEA.
Singapore - ZEN Rooms, one of the leading economy and mid-range hotel franchises in Southeast Asia, announced it had signed a definitive agreement with travel group Yanolja regarding additional investment, acquisition of early investors' stakes and the signing of a wide strategic alliance. Yanolja is the leading travel group in South Korea, backed by Booking Holdings and GIC, among others. Yanolja was the lead strategic investor in the company's US$15M funding round in 2018, with rights to invest further. Early investor Asia Internet Holdings (Joint Venture of Rocket Internet and Ooredoo Telecom) has agreed to exit its stake to Yanolja. RedBadge Pacific and SBI Korea remain investors, and Access Ventures join as co-investors.
The alliance of ZEN and Yanolja creates the leading economy & mid-range hospitality group in Southeast Asia. It combines ZEN's top-rated budget hotel franchise business with Yanolja's scale, hospitality technologies and the backing by the global leader in Online Travel, Booking Holdings (behind Booking.com, Agoda, Priceline.com, Kayak etc), thus granting ZEN unique competitive advantages in both hotel technology and sales distribution. The groups will work to heavily deploy automation technology to enhance customer experience, further reduce budget hotels' operating costs and reinvent budget hospitality across Southeast Asia.
ZEN Rooms is today one of the largest hotel franchises in Southeast Asia, with 13,000 rooms under franchise. Since Yanolja's investment in mid 2018, ZEN has grown revenues 400% and has become in Q2 2019 the largest hotel chain in fast-emerging Philippines, with 5,500 rooms under franchise.
Southeast Asia is today the world's fastest growing travel market, fueled by exponential domestic and regional demand of young travelers and millennials (e.g. the number of Chinese visitors has quadrupled in the past decade[1]). Yet, the value-for-money proposition of its budget hotel sector has historically been defective, plagued by several issues: fragmentation, poor hygiene & safety standards, lack of training and low technology use.
ZEN was founded in 2015 to improve the state of budget hospitality and bring much needed operational and technological efficiency to the estimated 2 million independent economy rooms in the region. Thousands of hotel owners have since joined ZEN's franchises to improve their revenue, optimize their cost base and increase the long-term value of their property. These efficiency gains ultimately benefit travelers who can enjoy safer and better value-for-money stays.
With a deep emphasis on customer satisfaction, ZEN franchisees have enjoyed the best average guest ratings on Booking.com for two years in a row.
Nathan Boublil, co-founder & CEO of ZEN, comments: "We started ZEN exactly 4 years ago to make budget accommodation in Southeast Asia more affordable and safer. We have proudly built ZEN into the top-rated budget hotel franchise in the region and were honored to be Yanolja's 1st international investment. With this strategic alliance, we are joining forces with one of the most technologically innovative travel groups and its unique backers Booking Holdings to create the first full service budget & mid-range hospitality group in SEA, able to deploy world-class technology infrastructure in IoT R&D, automation, hardware and software to all hotels in Southeast Asia. This alliance will greatly benefit our ability to serve our hotel clients and ultimately the travelers of the entire region".
Jongyoon Kim, CEO of Online Business at Yanolja, adds: "Since first investing in ZEN, we have shared the same vision of operational excellence and customer centricity to radically improve the SE Asian hospitality market. In the last 12 months, the ZEN team has taken major steps to fulfill this vision and has grown exponentially while displaying top inventory quality. With this exciting agreement, Yanolja plans to fully support ZEN to solidify its status as the market leading full-stack hospitality company in the region".


Edmund Nelson, Steeler Analyst, endorses Ultimate Sleep! "I usually think this stuff is hocus pocus, but I actually slept really well with Sanna's Ultimate Sleep program. It is very effective and calming. I slept well and felt rested. I don't hear it all the way through because I am sleeping soundly. I endorse Ultimate Sleep for Sports and Competition as another tool to help improve athletic performance."
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The interesting thing is that during his last bout to secure "All American" status, he suffered a concussion early in the round. He kept wrestling like he was on autopilot and eventually got the win after 2 tiebreaker periods. It was really amazing to watch. Unfortunately, the injury forced him to withdraw from the competition so he could not advance any further than 8th. I wanted you to know that I believe you had something to do with his turnaround." Carl H., Pgh.
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Some of the things you can do to prepare for the unexpected, such as making an emergency supply kit and developing a family communications plan are the same for both a natural or man-made emergency. However, there are important differences among natural disasters that will impact the decisions you make and the actions you take. Some natural disasters are easily predicted, others happen without warning. Planning what to do in advance is an important part of being prepared.
Flooding is the nation's single most common natural disaster. Earthquakes, though commonly thought to be a West Coast phenomenon, can happen in most every region of the country, including Illinois. The State of Illinois, due to its location, can experience severe snow during the winter and severe heat during the summer months. Tornadoes are another type of disaster known to occur in this region.
An earthquake is a sudden shaking of the earth caused by the breaking and shifting of rock beneath the earth's surface. Earthquakes can cause buildings and bridges to collapse, telephone and power lines to fall, and result in fires, explosions and landslides.
The term aftershock refers to an earthquake of similar or lesser intensity that follows the main earthquake. Seismic waves are vibrations that travel outward from the center of the earthquake at speeds of several miles per second. These vibrations can shake buildings so rapidly that they collapse. Magnitude indicates how much energy was released. This energy can be measured on a recording device and graphically displayed through lines on a Richter scale.
A magnitude of 7.0 on the Richter scale would indicate a very strong earthquake. Each whole number on the scale represents an increase of about 30 times the energy released. Therefore, an earthquake measuring 6.0 is about 30 times more powerful than one measuring 5.0.
Items in your home may become hazards during an earthquake. Be sure to repair any defective electrical wiring, leaky gas lines and inflexible utility connections.
Bolt down water heaters and gas appliances and consider automatic shut-off devices triggered by an earthquake.
Place large or heavier objects on lower shelves. Make sure that shelves are fastened to the walls.
Store bottled foods, glass, chin and other breakables on lower shelves in cabinets that can fasten shut.
Check and repair deep plaster cracks in ceilings and foundations. Know where and how to shut off electricity, gas and water in your home.
Hold earthquake drills and develop plans to evacuate and return to your home.
Assemble a survival kit that will sustain you and your family for three days.
Use caution when returning to your home. Be alert for structural hazards such as broken beams, collapsed walls, floors and roofs and electrical and gas deficiencies. Listen to news reports for the latest emergency information. Stay away from damaged areas unless your assistance has been specifically requested by police, fire or relief organizations.
Most heat disorders occur because the victim has been overexposed to heat or has over-exercised for his or her age and physical condition. The elderly, young children and those who are sick or overweight are more likely to succumb to extreme heat.
Conditions that can induce heat-related illnesses include stagnant atmospheric conditions and poor air quality. Consequently, people living in urban areas may be at greater risk from the effects of a prolonged heat wave than those living in rural areas. Also, asphalt and concrete store longer and gradually release heat at night, which can produce higher nighttime temperatures known as the urban heat island effect.
Various terms are associated with extreme heat.
A heat wave is a prolonged period of excessive heat, often combined with excessive humidity.
The heat index refers to the number in degrees Fahrenheit (F) that describes how hot it feels when relative humidity is added to the air temperature. Exposure to full sunshine can increase the heat index by 15 degrees.
Heat stroke is life threatening. The victim's temperature control system, which produces sweating to cool the body, stops working. The body temperature can rise so high that brain damage and death may result if the body is not cooled quickly. Sometimes it is also called sunstroke.
To deal with cases of extreme heat, various preparedness measures can be taken. The installation of air conditioners and insulation may help. In addition, heat registers should be closed. Circulating or box fans may also provide some relief in spreading cool air. Staying indoors will minimize risks as well as eating a well-balanced diet and drinking plenty of water, even if you feel you are not thirsty. Avoid using salt tablets unless directed to do so by a physician.
Limit the intake of alcoholic beverages, as they may actually increase the rate of the body's dehydration. Have plenty of extra water stored at home. Dress in loose fitting clothes that cover as much of the skin as possible. Avoid strenuous activity. Never leave children or pets alone in closed vehicles. Check on family, friends and neighbors who do not have air conditioning and who spend much of their time alone.
Not all floods are alike. Riverine floods develop slowly, sometimes over a period of days. Flash floods can develop quickly, sometimes in just a few minutes, without any visible sign of rain. They often have a dangerous wall of roaring water that carries a deadly cargo of rocks, mud and other debris and can sweep away most things in the flood's path. Overland flooding occurs outside a defined river, creek or stream when a levee is breached, and can be quite destructive. Flooding can also occur from a dam break producing effects similar to flash floods.
It is important to be aware of flood hazards no matter where you live, especially if you live in a low-lying area, near water or downstream from any stream, river, creek or dam. Small streams, gullies, creeks, culverts or low-lying ground areas that appear harmless in dry weather can flood.
Drowning is the number one cause of flood deaths. Most victims die during flash floods. Six inches of moving water can knock you off your feet. Use a pole or a stick to make sure that the ground is still there before you go through an area where the water is not flowing. Never drive through a flooded area. More people drown in their cars than anywhere else. Never drive around road barriers. The bridge or road may be eroded. Stay away from power lines and electrical wires. Electrical current can travel through water. Report downed power lines to the local power company or call 911.
If your home has been flooded, use extra caution when returning. Turn off your electricity. Some appliances, such as television sets, can shock you even after they have been unplugged. Don't use appliances or motors that have gotten wet unless they have been taken apart, cleaned and dried. Look before you step. The ground and floors may be covered with debris including broken bottles and nails. Floors and stairs that have been covered with mud can be very slippery. Be alert for gas leaks. Use a flashlight to inspect for damage. Do not smoke or use candles, lanterns, or open flames unless you are sure that the gas has been turned off and the area has been aired out.
Have check valves installed in building sewer traps to prevent floodwaters from backing up into sewer drains. Have an evacuation plan and route. Be sure to practice the evacuation procedures before a true emergency occurs. Have a backup route in the event the primary one is blocked. Listen to the radio or television for information relating to the flood and forecasts for additional rain when applicable.
Most homeowner's insurance policies do not offer standard coverage against flood losses. Separate flood insurance is available in most cases. Be sure to check your policy to determine your actual coverage.
Tornadoes are nature's most violent storms. Spawned from powerful thunderstorms, tornadoes can uproot trees, destroy buildings and turn harmless objects into deadly missiles. They can devastate a community in seconds.
A tornado appears as a rotating funnel-shaped cloud that extends to the ground with whirling winds that can reach 300 miles per hour. Damage paths can be in excess of one mile wide and 50 miles long. Most states are at some risk for this hazard. Illinois is one of them. Tornadoes are most likely to occur between 3 and 9 p.m., but they can occur at any time of the day or night.
There are two types of tornado threats, tornado watches and tornado warnings. A tornado watch means that tornadoes are possible. You are asked to remain alert for approaching storms and to listen to your battery-operated NOAA Weather Radio or local radio/television outlets for updated reports. A tornado warning indicates that a tornado has been sighted or indicated by weather radar. You should take shelter immediately.
The Village of La Grange Park uses emergency warning sirens to signal an approaching tornado. The sirens emit a continuous warning for three minutes. The sirens are tested on the first Tuesday of every month at 10 a.m. If you hear the siren at any other time, you should take cover immediately. The siren does not sound for the entire duration of a tornado warning. Do not assume that the danger has passed when the siren stops sounding. Stay inside, preferably in a basement and away from outside walls, windows, mirrors, glass, overhead fixtures and unsecured cabinets or bookcases. Monitor your weather via radio or television until the tornado warning has been lifted.
After a tornado, watch for broken glass, downed power lines, damaged trees that may fall, as well as holes in the street or sidewalks. Use caution when entering a damaged building and be sure that the walls, ceiling and roof are in place and that the structure rests firmly on the foundation. Wear sturdy work boots and gloves.
Heavy snowfall and extreme cold can immobilize an entire region. The impacts of winter storms can include flooding, storm surge, closed highways, blocked roads, downed power lines and hypothermia.
Freezing rain occurs when rain hitting the ground freezes and creates a coating of ice on roads, walkways, trees and power lines. Sleet is rain that turns to ice pellets before reaching the ground, causing roads to freeze and become slippery.
A winter storm watch is an alert telling you that a winter storm is possible in your area. A winter storm warning tells you that a winter storm is occurring, or soon will be occurring in your area. A blizzard warning indicates that sustained winds or frequent gusts of 35 miles per hour or higher, along with blowing snow and poor visibility are expected and will prevail for a period of three hours or longer. A frost/freeze warning means that below freezing temperatures are expected.
Preparation before a winter storm is essential. You should organize a survival kit that will enable you to be on your own for three days. Be sure to include winter specific items such as rock salt to melt ice on walkways, sand to improve traction, snow shovels and other snow removal equipment. Also, prepare for possible isolation in your home. Have extra warm clothing, including hats and gloves, and make sure to have sufficient heating fuel. If you utilize a portable fuel-based heater, make certain to have proper ventilation.
Winterize your home in advance by insulating walls, caulking and weather stripping doors and windows and installing storm windows or plastic sheeting. Maintain an adequate supply of medicine, water and food that needs no cooking or vegetation. If a winter storm occurs, listen to the radio or television for weather reports and other emergency information.


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Scheurebe is een witte druivensoort. Het is een kruising tussen Sylvaner en de Riesling-druif en is in 1916 door de Duitse onderzoeker en wijnboer Georg Scheu voor het eerst benoemd en in cultuur gebracht.

De van Scheurebe gemaakte wijn heeft aroma's van rode bessen en grapefruit. Van deze druif wordt dikwijls zoete dessertwijn gemaakt.
Het meest wordt deze druif aangeplant in de Duitse wijnstreken Rheinhessen en Palts.

Synoniemen
Alzey S.88, Dr. Wagnerrebe, S88, Sämling, Sämling 88, Scheu 88, Scheu Riesling.

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The Bermuda Depths (1978)
Arthur Rankin, Jr. and Jules Bass are most famous for their holiday-themed animated television specials, like Frosty the Snowman and Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. But they also produced a few live-action efforts, including this strange, terrible yet unshakable TV movie from the late '70s. Leigh McCloskey and Carl Weathers (Rocky) star as members of a oceanic expedition who encounter an alluring but dangerous sea nymph (Connie Sellecca) and a monstrous turtle, both characters of legend who share a special connection and serve as harbingers of doom for anyone who seeks them.
The Jaws-like aspects of The Bermuda Depths, with Weathers channeling Captain Ahab after the turtle, are the truly terrible parts of the script — uninspired and tediously dull. The special effects, including some of the most unconvincing miniature work you're likely ever to see, are jarringly awful. But the wistful fantasy-romance between McClosekey's and Sellecca is much more interesting — even downright magical. The first ten minutes of the movie are nearly without dialogue, showing in a beguiling, dreamlike fashion how McCloskey and Sellecca's characters played together as young children and came across the giant turtle when it was a mere hatchling. This special backstory makes their reunion as adults magical and mysterious, even when McCloskey greatly over-acts on occasion. The film's dramatic tension is never with the plot-driven pursuit of the turtle, but with this strange relationship. McCloskey is warned by a supporting player that the woman will surely lure him to his death, having made a pact with the turtle long, long ago. Is their love real, or will she be the end of him? Does their childhood friendship before the turtle's pact mean anything?
The Bermuda Depths suffers from pacing problems, poor direction, and special effects needs far beyond its grasp. But the core concept of the movie is a very strong one. Connie Sellecca, in her screen debut, is beautifully cast, and the movie benefits from gorgeous locations and underwater photography. Few films this badly executed are able to leave an indelible impression. I'd love to see a re-make.
With Burl Ives and Julie Woodson.
Connie Sellecca
giant turtle
Carl Weathers
The Bermuda Depths
Arthur Rankin Jr
Jules Bass
Leigh McCloskey


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It is no surprise that many people are looking for the best way to invest their money. We all want to be confident about our future and with pension reforms in the UK seeing people having to work for more years before they receive the state pension, it is easy to see why many households want to have their own plans in place. There are many different investment opportunities to choose from, including new options, but for a lot of people, and experts, property remains the smart investment.
It would be fair to say that the emergence of the internet has transformed the investment market, like many other markets. Online trading and cryptocurrencies are offering new strands of investment opportunity all the time and it can be difficult to stay in touch with what is on offer. Some of the returns experienced by people who invested in cryptocurrency options like Bitcoin have been startling, leaving many people jealous, but doubts remain over the long-term suitability of these options.
You can see why people hold an interest in property investment. There is tangibility to bricks and mortar, and this cannot be said for stocks, shares or even cryptocurrency investment plans. Also, while there will be many people who don't understand every part of the property buying or selling process, most people are familiar with the property market. Having a level of understanding in the market you invest in offers comfort for many investors, which means property investment offers peace of mind to many people.
There is also the fact that property prices continue to rise. While there are slightly downbeat predictions for UK house prices in 2018, in the long-term, prices are still likely to rise. There is also the fact that property prices rose in January of 2018, surprising many people and perhaps suggesting that property prices won't fare too badly in the year that lies ahead.
While property investment is seen as a long-term strategy, there is a great deal to be said for the short-term benefits of property investment. There is a huge level of demand for rental property in the UK these days, which means acting as a landlord can offer immediate returns on an investment. Not everyone wants to devote the time, effort or energy to being a landlord but there is a strong level of support with property management services. With many rental fees rising faster than the rate of inflation, it is easy to see why people believe this is the investment option that meets their needs.
While obtaining a mortgage can be difficult, and it is a challenging process for many people, there is a greater variety of choice in the market today than there has been before. It is possible to shop around and obtain a highly competitive mortgage, helping you to improve on the return you obtain. There is also a feeling that the market favours professional and smart investors. As there are investment opportunities in the property market, many people have been drawn to it, but it is easy to make mistakes if you are ill-informed or not making consistent decisions. This provides an added incentive to invest in this market and to make decisions that are tailored towards a long-term strategy.
If you are keen to invest in property, it makes sense to speak with a property market specialist. At Peter Anthony, we are well-known in the local area and we have helped many people get on the property ladder or make a smart investment. For guidance and support, contact Peter Anthony today.


Enjoy some Faith printables! There are so many wonderful quotes about faith. I love the quote above and try to remember it anytime I start questioning the future (which is more often that I care to admit). Print them out, color in and post them anywhere you need a little reminder.


The iPad professional 2018 in each iteration come with a few idiosyncrasies that may no longer be obvious to all consumers. nowadays we're running down an inventory of 5 things you're going to need to accept as true with before you purchase. it's, assuming you've not already purchased your iPad pro the moment they were made obtainable appropriate out the gate, of a route.
1. Will historic iPad add-ons work with the new iPad seasoned?
The answer right here, with the aid of and large, is no. Your historic iPad cases won't fit unless they were extraordinary, extraordinarily versatile and made to healthy basically any measurement tablet. the sides of those new iPad seasoned units are distinct from any iPad launched during the past, and the sizes are new, too.
historic wire-based accessories for the iPad, in all varieties, use one in every of two ancient Apple product-certain plugs. the freshest set of iPads used Lightning connectors, this most up-to-date line uses USB-C. There are some caveats to the USB-C condition, too.
2. Will my USB-C accessories work with iPad pro-2018?
It's feasible, however in many circumstances unlikely. USB-C right here isn't pretty much as bendy and inclusive as it is on a MacBook. users will only locate aid for the iOS USB styles of connections. That means no exterior difficult power storage.
Connecting a digital camera to the iPad professional could, doubtlessly, determine just fine. It truly depends upon what sort of digital camera you're speaking to me about.
It's usual for the cell-related choice for any variety of electronics to can charge more than the wi-fi edition of the identical equipment. With the iPad seasoned, the price increase from in the future to the subsequent seems to have modified. We're looking peculiarly at the iPad seasoned 10.5-inch version, the version that did not change with this most contemporary liberate.
For that 10.5-inch iPad seasoned, Wi-Fi models can charge $50 more than they did before the release of the more recent fashions. price increases for the 10.5-inch mannequin of the iPad professional for mobile versions went from $879 to $929 for the 256GB mannequin and $1,079 to $1,129 for the 512GB edition.
in case you're determining between an iPad professional and a MacBook Air, you've obtained some surprisingly enjoyable circumstance for your fingers. but when you're in that condition, take heed: This new iPad professional line isn't made for the thrifty.
The low-budget MacBook Air rings in at approximately $1,200 USD. A tricked-out iPad professional 12.9-inch 2018 mannequin could effortlessly charge basically double that, assuming you're purchasing accessories correct out the gate. For the 1TB model, you'll pay $1749, unless you're buying the cellular version which is $1,900.
Add AppleCare for the average two years for $130 and also you've bought $2030 total. The wise Keyboard Folio for this model adds another $200, and the Apple Pencil expenses $one hundred thirty. in order that's $2360 USD! it is pretty much $forty in need of twice the rate of the budget-friendly MacBook Air.
Some apps won't turn into attainable until someday later next yr. in all probability the greatest-identify app on this list of 2019 releases is Photoshop CC on iPad. That's a Photoshop app that's, in reality, the computer-grade Photoshop, but made principally for a dash atmosphere.
an additional Adobe 2019 app unencumber for iPad seasoned include task Aero for augmented truth experimentation and creation. most likely essentially the most wonderful (yet understated) app coming to iPad professional in 2019 from Adobe is mission Gemini. This app is declared to mix "raster, vector, and new dynamic brushes right into a single app journey built for drawing." Have a peek at our Adobe iPad apps coming in 2019 characteristic to study all about it.


Best viewer for open sim?
I'd like some opinions on which viewer people prefer using on open sim.
I'm currently using Alchemy, but since the recent update, can't hypergrid anymore.
Re: Best viewer for open sim?
I have tried several and conclude that Firestorm is clearly the best. With the new Alchemy I could not edit scripts I had written in Firestorm.
Seems Alchemy-new is causing others problems too. Shame, as I do like Alchemy, but there is little point being in open sim if I can't hypergrid anymore!
I'm also a big fan of Alchemy and the last update bring troubles when teleporting I did mention on their JIRA. however I may not have been explicit enough they didn't understood the issue.. I have the same issue also with Script editing on rezzed object, but you could edit Script that are in your inventory and save them.... For the hypergrid problem it happen in Kitely when being teleport from the waiting sim to the requested sim, also most of the time you can still teleport if you try to teleport again next to the fail.
A good news is Firestorm latest update made it a bit better and a bit more fast... but the graphics are still far from Alchemy, so I build in Firestorm and play in Alchemy.
I used Alchemy for teaching this year and was generally pleased with the outcome in terms of its being reasonably robust and easy to use. It also has the advantage that it will run from a shared network folder without the need for any special network install. I haven't done much with the latest version although it does seem to support hypergrid OK.
I also use Firestorm quite a lot for development.
This is a bug in OpenSim's LLSD implementation. It has been fixed in OpenSim 0.9-HEAD.
Also I don't have strong knowledge of Opensim structure and viewer programming so if anyone know more feel free to post comments on the JIRA to help solve the issue.
Thank you Louis and Graham for your input. I uninstalled Alchemy after a last try with hypergridding yesterday and installed Firestorm. Funny getting used to that interface again (can't find a darn thing!), but it works a dream, so I guess I'll have to stay with it for now.
Louis: I've chatted to several people over the last few days about the Alchemy update and all of them were experiencing problems. As Alchemy is not so quick on patches, not sure if any of the problems we are all experiencing will be attended too in the near future. Everything worked fine with the old version of Alchemy and it seems strange for them to expect all grids to adopt OpenSim 0.9-HEAD simply to accomodate their viewer update.


For Part b of this course, the completion of the master's course Detection of Light part a is required.
Part a of this course is aimed at observational astronomers in general, to provide a solid knowledge basis on the generation of their observational data. Detectors are the crucial link between the astronomical target and the observer. Apart from the telescope, their performance is arguably the single most important component – and often weakest link – in the chain of observational optical devices. As astronomers are increasingly aiming at fainter targets, the quality and calibration of the detector systems have become increasingly important. Detector types that will be discussed include intrinsic and extrinsic photo-conductors, CCDs, BIB detectors, photodiodes, bolometers, and submillimeter- and millimeterwave heterodyne receivers. The course covers their physical principles and discusses performance aspects like linearity and dynamical range, spectral response, bandwidth, quantum efficiency and noise. In addition, this course covers practical aspects of general relevance to observational astronomers, including readout schemes, cosmetic quality of array detectors and the mitigation of artefacts.
In addition, the course covers the uncertainty principle in photon detection as well as the development, testing and characterization of infrared (IR) detectors. The emphasis of part b is on applications and technical realization.
Acquisition, selection and compilation of technical information into a research project.
Written exam - closed book with formula sheet provided (80%: ~50% calculations, ~30% qualitative explanations, ~20% multiple choice questions).
Given the relatively small number of students and the good rate of success, the re-take exam will be an oral exam. In this case, the homework assignments still account to the final grade for 20%.
Literature study/research report related to one of the topical guest lectures, to be completed within six weeks after the topic has been chosen (deadlines will be listed on the course website, see below). Grading will be according to the classification insufficient/sufficient/good. If the report (part b) is graded 'insufficient' the student will be offered to resubmit an improved version of the report within two weeks. In this case, the grade of the resubmitted report cannot be higher than 6.0.
Detection of Light – from the Ultraviolet to the Submillimeter, by George Rieke, 2nd Edition, 2003, Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0-521-01710-6.


only slack on that front these days it seems, very disappointing!
Stop posting in forums and go prepare for leveling now guys. I'm expecting to read about your WFs when I wake up tomorrow.
The interwebs does not seem to be working propperly today. Youtube upload not working, wcm giving warnings when you try to enter and several uploading pages slow/not working! So download/stream links will be added as soon as the interwebs is feeling better.
it has nothing to do with fraps, its just to compress the allready frapsed files to make it faster to send to the editor.
Bet its gona be as awesome as a wow vanilla server would be. Totally awesome. Try to see if im serious or not.


"We are so proud to have amazing guys like Ronnie to be role models to the kids in our city."
One woman stopped everything to get him help.
It was the only way she could get the help she needed.
Now people are fighting to bring him home.
He loves to play with his new toys.


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Q: Getting DATEVALUE from Dates in mmm-YY format I have a spreadsheet with many columns for each month in the project timeline and each header is in mmm-YY format (like May-20 for 5/1/2020). I'd like to add some more features that act on date values, but when I use DATEVALUE on a cell that has a value of 'May-20', it calculates to "5/20/2021". I believe I have the cell format for the headers correctly set to Number>Date>Mon-Year style, so I'm not sure why excel is misinterpreting the header values.
Is there a way I can get excel to recognize that "May-20" means 05/01/2020?

A: Use:
=--("1-"&A1)

Where your text is in A1.

A: You can format the cells as Custom Format --> mmm-yy It will appear as May-20 in the cell, but will have the value 5/20/20 (I'm assuming the day doesn't matter here).
This will however mess up your existing dates. If you need to get them to the proper values you can use this:
    Dim i As Long
    Dim lr As Long
    Dim mth As String
    Dim yr As String
    With ActiveSheet 'Use a real sheet name
        lr = .Cells(.Rows.Count, 2).End(xlUp).Row 'I used column B here
        For i = 1 To lr
            mth = Split(.Cells(i, 2).Value, "-")(0) 'I used column B here
            yr = Split(.Cells(i, 2).Value, "-")(1)'I used column B here
            Cells(i, 2).Value = DateValue("01 " & mth & " " & yr) 'I used column B here
        Next i
    End With

You may want to test it first by not modifying in place.


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Cricket Sport
Australia cricket board threatens players with unemployment
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Image: Cricket – Australia v Pakistan – Third Test cricket match – Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, Australia – 7/1/17 Australian players watch a replay on appeal to dismiss Pakistan's Wahab Riaz. REUTERS/David Gray
By Ian Ransom
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Australia's cricket board has warned players will not be given alternative contracts if they fail to agree to a new collective bargaining agreement in an escalation of a protracted and increasingly bitter pay dispute.
Australia's professional cricketers rejected a pay offer from the sport's governing body last month, saying the proposal was "a win for cricket administrators but a loss for cricket".
CA released their proposal in March, offering large salary increases, particularly for women, but breaking with the 20-year model of a fixed percentage of revenue from the game going to the cricketers.
Sutherland told the players' association that they needed to meet terms with CA or players would go unpaid when the existing collective bargaining agreement expires on June 30.
"In the absence of the ACA (Australian Cricketers' Association) negotiating a new MoU (Memorandum of Understanding), players with contracts expiring in 2016-17 will not have contracts for 2017-18," Sutherland said in a letter received by the ACA on Friday.
"To be very clear, in the absence of a new MOU, CA is not contemplating alternative contracting arrangements to pay players beyond 30 June if their contracts have expired."
Cricket Australia declined to comment further when contacted by Reuters.
The ACA said in response that the "threats… were a window into the nature of CA's behaviour in these negotiations so far."
"There is incoherence and aggression in what we have experienced at the negotiating table from CA," ACA chief executive Alistair Nicholson said in a statement on Sunday.
"This has further been demonstrated this week with some top players being offered multi-years deals one day only to now be threatened the next."
The ACA has asked CA to go into mediation talks to try to end a dispute that has rumbled for over six months.
Australia fast bowler Mitchell Starc hinted at a players' strike for the upcoming Ashes, the lucrative five-test series against England which starts in November.
"Makes for an interesting men's and women's ashes," Starc wrote on Twitter.
Former test all-rounder Shane Watson responded: "Well said @mstarc56 (Starc). It will be an interesting game of cricket without any players."
The current MoU will expire midway through the women's World Cup which starts in England and Wales on June 24.
"The Australian women's World Cup squad will be paid in advance of the June/July World Cup and will be employed until the end of the event," Sutherland said.
Former Australia captain Mark Taylor, a CA board member, said the ACA were not prepared to negotiate and that players had threatened to strike as far back as January.
"Cricket Australia feel that the ACA aren't negotiating at all," he told a sports chat show on cricket broadcaster Nine Network on Sunday.
"I have had players say to me in January that we could well be on strike in July."
(Editing by Andrew Both/Sudipto Ganguly)
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One day I was thinking about this blog…and a fun a blog series I could do. I then thought of words that rhyme because who doesn't like things that rhyme, like-all-the-time? (see what I did there?) and that is how The happy & and the oh so crappy list was born! It works like this…I'll list out some things that make/made me happy that week or that day or that year and then I'll list out the cr*ppy things too! So you get the good and the bad – just.like.life.
-Reading an article about research that shows cats view their owners as surrogate parents and live in a suspended state of kittenhood because of this they also 'talk' to their owners differently.
-Finding a vintage dior neck tie for Matt for $2.49!
-Cuddling on the couch under a blanket in pajamas – winter does have its benefits!
-Leaving lunch box notes for the hubs.
-it's been raining and cold. we moved away from Washington for reason. ya hear that Georgia weather?!
-We still have to wait another 3 weeks until The Walking Dead is back on. and in the meantime all of our Sunday programming has gone away until next season. No more Boardwalk Empire, Hell on Wheels and currently no more Walking Dead until Feb 12th.
-Heidi and Seal getting a divorce?! Demi is in rehab?! Teen Mom (1and2) are getting arresting like crazy. Hollyweird is falling apart.
I am so excited you watch walking dead! I, being the social retard that I am have never discovered your blog until today, your amazing! I hope that all is well in your world, I will be returning often.


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One of the problems that we have had doing our own Gold Locality Research is how to pinpoint by GPS points for the old gold mines and gold mining areas you read about.
Even the publication "List of Cancelled Gold Mining Leases that Have Produced Gold" which was printed in 1954 showing information like ounces of gold produced, the years of production and whether its Mined or alluvial/dollied.
There are no specific locality GPS points!
Udo and I have developed software and a database that is easy to use and will enable you to look up around 35000 gold mines, old and new and then find their GPS points and other data to use in your own research.
.... or here is the page for Goldmine Finder Goldmine Finder on our Current Gold Prospecting In WA Site.
The Instruction Manual is also accessible from FAQ and Instructions for the Goldmine Finder Software page.
Dont be put off by the size of the document, it is written as a reference manual so even if you feel a little overhwhelmed by computer jargon and technology you can just follow along step by step to use the software.
We have tried to design it so it is simple one click installation on your PC to make it easy for you.
...Udo and I use Goldmine Finder now to quickly research old goldmines or goldmine areas we dont know much about and then apply for our Section 20a permits to cover those new grounds. We wouldn't be without it!
Last week one of our website followers from the Eastern States contacted us and asked this question.
"GREAT website Going to WA in June with my father and uncles. WHERE to we start detecting. We have vans and would like to spend time in the bush."
When I reflected on that question it occurred to me that WA is an awesome place to go prospecting and provided you know how to bush camp safely and know how to use your metal detector there are only 3 things you need to know about prospecting in WA.
You need a Miners Right ($25) and this page will tell you How!
This enables you to go prospecting anywhere in WA where it is allowed.
2. You Need to Know Where You Are Allowed To Go Metal Detecting.
We have tried to simplify the information as much as possible, remember to look at the Department of Mines and Petroleum website for up to date information.
Here is the page on Gold Prospecting Regulations in WA which provides a handy Flowchart of everything you need to know about prospecting in WA and where you get more information.
.... Metal Detecting Rules Chart Gold Prospecting Regulations in WA this is a PDF document that briefly outlines where you are allowed to prospect by and a resume of the rules.
The definitive system relating to where you can go prospecting is Tengraph Online and we have built some easy to follow graphical instructions on how to signup and use that free online system.
You know what, nobody will tell you where they just found that 30 ounce nugget so you need to do the next best thing and research your own spots.
Where gold has been found IS where you will find it in the Future!
Why, because there is still plenty of gold left in those areas - it hasn't all been found yet. Have a look at the video on the Goldmine Finder page.
The best and easiest way to do this is by using the software we have developed the Goldmine Finder.
This software and database will enable you to slice and dice the data relating to 35000 old and new gold mines any way you wish and it is a powerful and simple research tool to help you find gold.
....DONT FORGET - we have created a quick video guide that may help you understand how to get your Section 20a permit quicker.
The Goldmine Finder development has been very time consuming since January, we even had to build a new website for it, so some website page development has fallen behind.
We have started to test the Coiltek Coils. Unfortunatly all the salt Lakes were flooded when we went in February, but we have some video with a twist and that will be on the site in a week.
"Tips for Metal Detecting" due to a request from some new starter prospectors.
"How to Make Your Own Gold Nugget Jewellery"
"Calculating the weight of Gold in a Specimen" with a video guide.
The whole month was spent on building the Goldmine Finder Database pages and manuals and aligning data between Minedex and the 1954 "List of Cancelled Gold Mines Which Have Produced Gold" publication.
Nobody gets ALL the gold. Theres still plenty left for you.
P.S. Remember the 36 ounce gold nugget we mentioned in a previous newsletter that was found in Cue in November 2011.


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Brooke Shields Plastic Surgery Before and After
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Early Career and Worldwide Prominence in the 1980s and 1990s
Brooke Shields and her feisty beauty has since become a staple of attractiveness in Hollywood. Ever since appearing in her critically acclaimed yet controversial role in the 1978 film Pretty Baby, in which she played a child prostitute, Shields has gone from unknown to notoriously famous.
She then continued her career as a model, hitting the covers of prominent magazines, becoming the youngest to be featured on the cover of Vogue at age 14, as well as starring in other well-known movies in the early 1980s, including The Blue Lagoon (1980) and Endless Love (1981). By the time she was 16, she had become one of the most prominent figures in the show business because of her career as a model and actress, in which both of her works were controversial because of her provocative ads and roles. In 1981, Time magazine reported in its cover story that Shields day rate as a model was $10,000.
Born on May 31, 1965 to parents Frank and Teri Shields, the pretty-faced actress quit her modeling career to study French Literature in Princeton University, where she graduated with a bachelor's degree. She then returned to acting in the 1990s, appearing in minor roles in such films as Backstreet Dreams, Running Wild, Freaked and The Seventh Floor, among others.
She also became widely known for her titular role in the sitcom Suddenly Susan, which ran from 1996 to 2000. For her performance in the show, she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy.
Plastic Surgery Rumors and Recent Work
However, as Shields ages in the show business, the inevitability of growing older and looking older comes into play, and being a performer who needs to maintain her radiance, youth and beauty on the screen, the actress has resorted to cosmetic enhancements to help conceal the signs of aging.
A few years back, Shields admitted in an interview that she had tried Botox to eliminate wrinkles and lines but disliked the results and has since stopped and sworn to never have anything to do with cosmetic procedures ever again. Though she has sworn off Botox for good, the actress talked about her consideration of laser treatments to replace the dreaded Botox, saying: "I want laser treatment because I'm not a fan of my wrinkles."
She also added that she's looking for something with a lighter effect. She quipped: "I'm scared I'll end up looking like the Joker." But despite her statement implying her negative stand on plastic surgery, there have been some rumors going around that the actress has already had a nose job during the early part of her career, giving her the perfect nose that complimented her face very well, which in turn generated magnanimous admiration during the 1980s and 1990s.
As of Brooke Shield's possibilities of having cosmetic surgeries, Miami plastic surgeon Dr. Michael Salzhauer said: "Brooke Shields may say she doesn't like Botox, but her forehead sure does. It's odd that she would say that since she is a spokesperson for the company that makes Botox- Allergan. The only other way to achieve her perfectly smooth and wrinkle free forehead is to immobilize the muscles in her forehead through a forehead lift."
He then added: "Also, I'm sure she has had a little plastic surgery to maintain her trademarked arched eyebrows. A browlift and/or an upper eyelift are some ways that she may have maintained her youthful "look". Her nose looks extremely straight and narrow. Makeup may have helped her achieve this look, but I am more inclined to say it was from a Rhinoplasty."
Now in her late 40s, the actress still acts both on television and film actively. On television, she's known for her roles in Hannah Montana, Lipstick Jungle, The Middle, That 70s Show and Army Wives. She has also recently appeared in a variety of movies, including Hannah Montana: The Movie, Furry Vengeance, The Other Guys, The Greening of Whitney Brown and The Hot Flashes.
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'A Quiet Place' Pays Homage to Hitchcock
Filed Under:Emily Blunt, John Krasinski, Movie Reviews, The Quiet Place
My film history knowledge is shoddy at best, but I know the impact Alfred Hitchcock have had on the medium. Hitchcock directed upwards of 30 movies. Of those 30 movies, I've seen a measly three. Why volunteer this embarrassing tidbit of information you ask? Because even though I'm not a horror/suspense genre expert – or really even a fan – I had a blast having my blood pressure rise and fall while watching A Quiet Place and I believe even the most diehard Hitchcock fan will too.
"A Quiet Place" stars real-life couple John Krasinski and Emily Blunt as the husband (Lee Abbott), wife (Evelyn Abbott) and parents to three young children, including their deaf daughter, Reagan (Millicent Simmonds), their oldest son, Marcus (Noah Jupe), and their youngest son, Beau (Cade Woodward). Almost immediately you learn that their family has existed in silence for over three months due to a deadly invasion of demogorgon-like creatures. Unlike other monster movies, these creatures hunt by sound, not sight, so in order to survive, the Abbotts must communicate via sign language, use plants as plates, and avoid clumsiness at all costs. When tragedy befalls the family, everyone grieves in their unique way while struggling to survive the daily perils and preserve their family unit.
One of the things that I liked most about this movie was how it set the stage. Oftentimes horror films will rely on voiceover or bloated dialogue to provide the audience with key information. However, in A Quiet Place, Krasinski, who stars and directs the feature film, uses news clippings, dry erase boards, and other backdrop details to let the audience piece together the narrative. He can focus his attention on generating – and sustaining– the same kind of palpable tension that is omnipresent in Hitchcock's films.
There was one point midway through the film where I began to nervously laugh out loud because the tension was too much for me to handle. Krasinski uses something as basic as an out-of-place nail to tease and torture the audience across multiple scenes. Although the inevitable happens in its full gore, the emphasis is less on the gore and more focused on the doom that's to follow, which kept me on the edge on my seat longer than it took for the blood to run dry.
He uses the same technique to prolong the tension caused by Evelyn's pregnancy. Lee created additional precautions. However, no amount of measures can protect Evelyn and her newborn son from one of the creatures once it hears her pained cries. This leads to 30 minutes of the audience wondering will they or won't they be eaten until a few seconds before the film's end.
At first glance, you would assume this movie was made solely to thrill you while capitalizing on the fact that Krasinski and Blunt are married in real life. However, while promoting the movie, Krasinski mentioned that the film is first a love letter to his two daughters and second a genre film, and you can easily see that throughout the movie. There are a number of instances where Lee and Evelyn risk their lives to protect their children and serves as a heart-warming reminder of the importance of parenthood.


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The Space Camp Scholarship program is a joint initiative of the Discovery Center, the family of Alex Higgins and the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation. Created in memory of Alex Higgins, a young man from Bedford NH who thoroughly enjoyed his experience at Space Camp, the program offers a potentially life-changing opportunity for young Granite Staters. Since its inception, the Alex Higgins Memorial Space Camp Scholarship program has sent 56 New Hampshire youth to simulated astronaut or pilot training at the U.S. Space and Rocketry Camp; three additional applicants will be selected this year.
Email your application to hr@starhop.com. Use "Alex Higgins Memorial Space Camp Scholarship" as the subject of your message.
Drop off your application at the Discovery Center (see starhop.com/hours-cost-parking for hours).
Applicants will be notified of award status by April 5, 2019. Families of applicants who are awarded scholarships, back-up status, and honorable mention are invited to be guests at Aerospacefest 2019 on Saturday, May 4 to honor them in an award ceremony at 2 PM.
The McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center features 21st century interactive exhibits on aviation, astronomy, Earth and space sciences, a full-dome planetarium and a variety of science, technology, and engineering and mathematics programs. For more information on the McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center, visit starhop.com.


The evening moved in a dramatically different direction with guitarist Kirsten Carey 's Uruboros Sextet, as the group offered tightly-structured, complex music with a distinctly punk rock-feel. Carey wasn't shy in commanding the stage, even at times shouting out "1-2-3-4" to lead the band through her heady arrangements, which emphasized a well-honed group sound rather than highlighting individual soloists. This is not to say that the musicianship wasn't first rate, as the sextet offered an infectious, driving energy with heavy riffs and knotty time signatures combining with Carey's distorted chords to create something that was neither jazz, nor rock, but something all its own. Short, well-conceived (and wryly-named) pieces like "Godzilla is Coming, But Very Slowly" or "Just as I Think I Might be Financially Stable" kept lots of heads bobbing during the group's set. Carey announced that she's seeking Kickstarter funding for a project to record this music, and it will be exciting to see the results sometime in the near future.
The middle set of Friday night belonged to a group whose Chicago-based AACM credentials are undeniable: flutist Nicole Mitchell, drummer Mike Reed and Tomeka Reid's Artifacts Trio. Their first self-titled recording (482 Music, 2015) was a widely-hailed homage to the AACM tradition, and their performance at Edgefest bore ample testimony to the group's contagious, ear-grabbing sound. The Reed/Reid axis was perfect in anchoring air-tight grooves that allowed Mitchell ample room for her prowess, with scintillating solos that were consistently energetic and adventurous. Reid was able to reveal yet another dimension of her talents, as she largely played the role of bass accompaniment here, with walking lines that were fast and precise. And Reed's instincts as a drummer are unfailing, with support that is by turns feisty, supple and colorful. With melodies that are as strong as their grooves, this is an exceptional trio, and with an upcoming recording project in the works for 2019, a lot of critics will likely be keeping a slot available in next year's top-ten list for it.
Anyone wondering if a bass clarinet can generate as much raw force as a tenor saxophone (or any other instrument, for that matter) need only listen to Jason Stein's Hearts and Minds trio. Unlike the more tempered approach Stein displayed on his recent Lucille! (Delmark, 2017), with its updated cool-school vibe, Hearts and Minds is determined to lock in to a hard-driving groove, with drummer Chad Taylor's percolating mix of rhythms a constant feature, and keyboardist Paul Giallorenzo's fluid left hand holding the bass line while pounding out some punchy riffs with his right. With stunning upper-register control, Stein's work on the bass clarinet is riveting, but he also revealed a strong melodic sensibility toward the end of the set with a lovely ballad. Even so, this trio is all about the energy, and the enthusiastic Edgefest audience loved every minute of it.
One of the most talked-about debuts of 2017, trumpeter Jaimie Branch's Fly or Die (International Anthem) offered a compelling mix of catchy grooves and more abstract, atmospheric playing, and her group performed most of the album as Friday night's headliner. Chad Taylor remained in the drumseat while cellist Lester St Louis and bassist Anton Hatwich assumed those duties held by Tomeka Reid and Jason Ajemian, respectively, on the original record. Despite the different personnel, however, this quartet certainly lived up to expectations. Whether dialed into Taylor's deep rhythms or taking the music into much more unexplored territory, the group possessed an unmistakable sense of purpose, and Branch's impressive technique was fully on display. Played live, with more room to stretch out, the band's music was even more engaging than the recorded version, and the crowd responded heartily to it. With a background as deeply rooted in indie rock as avant-garde jazz, Branch is ideally poised to continue to breathe new life into this music, and the presence of the decidedly more youthful audience members who were on hand for this performance bodes well as a new generation of listeners is introduced to the pleasures of improvised music.


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Today, I acted as chauffeur for a couple who wanted to get the first iPhone 5S at the Apple store.
We arrived at 7 am and found about 150 people in line outside Sherway mall, in Toronto.
Full disclosure: I own an iPhone 5.
Love them, or not, one cannot deny that Apple has created a myth around their brand – based on great design, packaging, the user experience, etc.
That myth is so strong within their tribe, that they will camp out for the newest Apple phone – overnight, if need be.
Commercialism aside, isn't it cool that this myth has such strong pull with these folks?
How would our lives change, if we could find such a powerful myth for our own lives?
It would pull us along our path – and into an awesome quest!
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Rhonda Drakeford is one half of Darkroom London - the fashion and interiors duo famous for painting their London shop black before it became a thing. She also runs Studio Rhonda, a one-woman design consultancy creating furniture, homewares and prints from a highly-Instagramable studio in her Hackney back garden.
Rhonda is best known for her expressive colour-blocking aesthetic. Graphic monochrome is the foundation of her style, layered with primary colours and Pop Art-style patterns.
Her Vitti collection is typical of this unique approach to print, from the coffee tables topped with richly coloured encaustic tiles to the geometric screen-printed cushions. We love.


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Food, in the end, in our own tradition, is something holy. It's not about nutrients and calories.
It's about sharing. It's about honesty. It's about identity.
Passion to serve
"Tomo" in Japanese means "Friend". We wish to create warm and friendly atmosphere, and we believe that you will create very special moments of your life with your companions. We take pride in providing superior quality foods and servises to every guest, every time. That is how we have been the best restaurant in casual dining now and will be for generations.
"There's no sincerer love than the love of food." -George Bernard Shaw
Tomo Sushi will continue doing our best to ensure you feel more respected, appreciated and valued.
Tomo sushi Mississauga Hours
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Ron Alexander to Be Inducted Posthumously Into Vintage Aircraft Association Hall of Fame
September 27, 2018 - The late Ron Alexander, whose dedication to vintage aircraft led to unmatched efforts to preserve history and welcome a new generation to flight, will be recognized on November 8 when he is posthumously inducted into the Vintage Aircraft Association Hall of Fame as part of EAA's annual program lauding notable people from throughout the sport aviation community.
The induction dinner on November 8 will be held in the EAA Aviation Museum, and will also include inductees from the homebuilt and warbird aircraft areas, as well as those involved in aerobatics and ultralight flying.
Alexander, a decorated U.S. Air Force and Delta Airlines pilot, began restoring antique aircraft in the mid-1970s. He quickly branched out, as his Alexander Aeroplane Company became a major supplier of materials for both aircraft restorers and builders. In 1993, Alexander created a series of hands-on workshops where people could experience and learn the necessary skills to build and restore aircraft. This format eventually became the EAA SportAir Workshop series, which each year welcomes thousands of aviation enthusiasts at sites throughout the country.
In addition, Alexander led the development of the Peach State Aerodrome and Candler Field Museum in Williamson, Georgia. This facility not only preserves history by recreating the old Atlanta airport as it existed in the 1920s and 1930s, but has extensive youth programming to inspire and encourage young people in the world of flight.
"Ron Alexander's gifts were not only as an aviator, but in his ability to share himself and his knowledge in a manner that brought people together to enjoy flying," said Susan Dusenbury, president of the Vintage Aircraft Association. "It's been said that mentoring was almost a calling for Ron, and he was ceaselessly generous with his time and spirit in so many ways."
Alexander was also a VAA board member for many years and in 2013 was inducted into the Georgia Aviation Hall of Fame. He died in November 2016 in an aircraft accident.
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