OPOE arrived in Managua, Nicaragua on Tuesday evening, September 16th. We arrived in the middle of the rainy season and as we stepped out of the airport the night was damp and hot. We were met by Mario, our driver for the evening, and an employee of the non-profit organization blueEnergy, our host for the first leg of our trip. We spent one night in Managua before continuing on the following morning to Bluefields, the capital of the Southern Autonomous region and the home-base of blueEnergy in Nicaragua.
Through our foggy windows in the car we caught glimpses of Managua: florescent lights poured from open-air bars and restaurants; figures moved, silhouetted starkly against colorful walls; and giant wonderland sculptures – neon trees, lit with hundreds of bulbs – hung over the road, obscuring, albeit momentarily, the poverty behind them.
We were told later that these sculptures are know as "Trees of Life" and were designed by current President Daniel Ortega's wife, Rosario Murillo, in commemoration of the Sandinista revolution. But critics claim the trees (each of them costing $20,000 US) are a gaudy reminder of the more than 70 years of self-enrichment by Nicaragua's political leadership and meddling by foreign powers which has kept Nicaragua the second poorest country in the hemisphere.
Unlike the Caribbean countries we visited in July and August, Nicaragua has noticeably more poverty, with 46% of the population living on $1.17 (US) a day or less. In the Atlantic region, the poverty rate for rural communities is upwards of 75% of the population living on or under $1.17 (the majority of the population on the Atlantic coast is rural). And because many of these are traditional indigenous communities who practice subsistence living, they are particularly vulnerable to changes in fish populations, arable land, changes in climate, etc., and have no additional sources of income to fall back on. In addition, as we would soon come to discover, these communities are also threatened by a potential trans-oceanic canal project that would cut a 250km swatch across Nicaragua, displacing over 200 villages and creating environmental havoc. Although many of these villages are in the Southern Autonomous region - where indigenous tribes have autonomy over the land and resources - quiet deals between the Hong Kong development company and President Ortega, and a quick change to the Nicaraguan constitution, make development of the canal all the more likely.
In our room at the Managua blueEnergy compound, someone had left behind the book Blood of Brothers: Life and War in Nicaragua and I began reading the opening chapter. The author, Stephen Kinzer, arrived in Managua as a young journalist in 1976. Much of the city was still in ruins after a devastating earthquake four years earlier that left 20,000 injured and over 250,000 inhabitants homeless, and as Kinzer quickly discovered, the country was also on the brink of revolution. By 1979, Sandinista revolutionaries had overthrown the Somoza dynasty and taken control of the country, and by 1980, Reagan and the US were funneling money and weapons to the conservative Contra guerillas which fueled a civil war that cost over 30,000 Nicaraguan lives. I fell asleep that evening considering how little I really knew about Nicaragua, and wondering what - now 30 years on - had changed after all those years of conflict.
The following morning we took a 5 hour bus ride to the town of Rama and from there, on to Bluefields. But because much of Nicaragua's infrastructure was destroyed during the Sandinista-Contra war, there is no "real" road to Bluefields and we - like most people in the area - took the 2 hour, very bumpy, panga (boat) trip down the Escondido River and into the Southern Atlantic Autonomous Region.
There are two autonomous regions in Nicaragua, the Región Autónoma del Atlántico Sur (R.A.A.S.) and the Región Autónoma del Atlántico Norte (R.A.A.N.). Both regions contain indigenous populations of Miskitos, Ulwa, and Kukra. And in the R.A.A.S. there are also the Rama people. (More on the Rama in next week's blog.) These autonomous regions have enabled many of these communities to maintain their ancestral languages and traditional practices. Although the communities in these regions have exclusive rights over their territories, we have heard many times about the challenges they face in maintaining their rights, on the ground. The regional government (The Rama-Kriol Territorial Government - GTRK) is relatively new and faces many challenges with representing such a diverse population in a complex setting.
The following morning was the first of a three-day low-cost video workshop with volunteers from blueEnergy. Because blueEnergy is currently developing their own video about traditional fishing and agricultural practices in the coastal village of Bangkukuk, we tailored this workshop around how to develop a storyline using storyboards, how to shoot creatively and efficiently with different shot-types and journalistic methods, and how to plan and approach a multi-day shoot with b-rolls, interviews, additional audio, and still photography.
In one of the workshop exercises, the participants designed and filmed a quick video about composting on the blueEnergy compound. Their task was to use the various shot-types we covered (close-up, wide shot, medium shot, etc.) to develop and draw their concept as a storyboard, then go out and film. Their short video can be seen on the right.
The event began with participants painting posters with personal messages related to climate change, the movement, and different actions they are taking in their own communities. Even though many participants were shy, with a little coaxing they explained their posters to OPOE's camera and posed for photos in front of a rapidly expanding and colorful wall of vibrant messages of hope and change. After this activity, we then settled in with some popcorn to watch the documentary Disruption and for a Q&A (with prizes).
Worldwide, the People's Climate March brought in 2,646 groups in 162 countries. New York city saw 400,000 people take to the streets demanding change and action. This type of engagement is critical to the buildup to the 2015 UN Climate Change Conference in Paris. The turnout to the People's Climate March is a good step toward getting people and communities to take action.
When it comes to our changing climate, we do need a giant leap forward - right now. This leap can often seem overwhelming and beyond our control, but we need to remember that the little steps are just as important. Change needs to come at all levels, from all directions.
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Philosophy My teaching philosophy starts with the idea that each student that I teach can and will improve his or her game with the time and effort that is required. Every student should have fun while in the lesson and when they begin to play better. I plan to study the body and how it moves during the golf swing. Which moves are the most efficient and why, while still adhering to the limitations of each person's individual body and body types.
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Catechesis of the Good Shepherd and Godly Play are two children's ministries that are found throughout the Diocese of Virginia.
The child, particularly the religious life of the child, is central to the interest and commitment of Catechesis of the Good Shepherd. With this aim in mind, the catechist (adult leader) embraces Maria Montessori's vision of the human being and thus the attitude of the adult regarding the child; and prepares an environment called the atrium, which aids the development of the religious life. The atrium is a space in which children and adults explore themes taken from the Bible and the liturgy (prayers and sacraments), recognizing Jesus as the only teacher and regarding these as the fundamental sources for creating and sustaining Christian life at every developmental stage and, in particular, for illuminating and nourishing the child in his/her most vital religious needs.


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José Antonio Navarro (1795–1871), one of two native-born signers of the Texas Declaration of Independence. Courtesy: University of Texas at San Antonio Libraries Special Collections.
The residential and commercial development affected every part of town—including the area along and near San Pedro Creek.
An especially illustrious Texas name became associated with the creek. José Antonio Navarro, who had owned land and a small house on the west bank of the creek since the early 1830s, decided to build a new house and a two story commercial building there. Entrepreneurs saw the potential too of a reliable water source. Frederick Klemcke began making soap in a small building on San Pedro Creek in 1849.
Two years later, in 1851, he sold his business to Simon Menger, who expanded the facility. After a flood in 1859, the San Antonio Soap Works moved to another location on the creek and operated there until 1917. Near the soap works and the creek, Henry Karber operated a brewery. There were other small industrial operations near the creek as well, including a brewery operated by Dan Heber farther to the south.
With all the growth and development, however, obstructions that blocked the flow of the San Antonio River (like bathhouses, fences, and debris) had also become an issue for San Pedro Creek. To solve the problem of the obstructed flow, city ordinances were passed. The creek was deepened and widened, and a uniform, twelve-foot-wide creek channel was constructed. The result? Little by little, the natural creek bed began to disappear; it was being replaced with stone and concrete. And so, the 'boom' period of San Pedro Creek continued on, as more history was made.
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How Cisco Uses Streaming Video for Worldwide Corporate Events and Training (PDF - 137 KB)
Cisco Systems® experienced high growth in the mid-1990s. As a result, every Cisco® team had to explore creative ways to rapidly and affordably manage:
Increased demands for training and cross-team communications (with training and travel budgets that did not keep pace)
Growing skill requirements
A global shortage of skilled IT workers
Rapid technological development
Globalization pressures
Hundreds of training content sources
The rapid change paralleled an increasing need to disseminate information and knowledge throughout the enterprise. Traditional classroom training and communications channels were not scaling to accommodate the required throughput, and Cisco management recognized the need for a solution that would strengthen the company's competitive edge. In particular, IT was charged with gathering the company's communications-related business requirements, deploying a solution, and driving adoption within the geographically dispersed employee base. The goal included enhancing productivity, which entailed:
Timely and direct executive communications
Access to and completion of regulatory and standards compliance training
Keeping the sales force (direct and distribution partners) up to date on new products and technologies
Enabling frequent product announcements, updates, and training
Cisco's global stakeholders "employees, partners, and customers" understood the advantages and power of communications technology for meeting these goals. The result was a strong enterprise wide demand for multimedia business communications solutions.
The Cisco media network was developed in response to an immediate need for wide scale learning. In just one instance, the company required the ability to deliver technical training to 5000 sales account managers and 7000 systems engineers. In addition, Cisco had to provide much of the same training to approximately 35,000 employees, and to 25,000 channel distribution channel partners with more than 400,000 employees located around the world. A large, increasingly complex product portfolio and aggressive schedules further complicated the scope of the training. It was clear that traditional classroom-based training, requiring thousands of students to travel, was not only cost-prohibitive but also impossible with the current resources and time allotted.
To meet these challenges, a rich media solution capable of delivering a wide variety of content, including graphics, animations, audio, video, and virtual lab access, was provisioned, and content access Web portals were developed. The focus on multimedia reflected broadly accepted patterns for learning: people typically retain 10 percent of what they read, 20 percent of what they hear, and 50 percent of what they see and hear. The new media solution provided content authors and subject matter experts with a platform for creating multimedia content and making it available for easy, secure, anywhere-in-the world access by Cisco employees and channel partners.
A central part of the initial multimedia strategy involved streaming video for live events and on-demand content. Coupled with Cisco's content networking products, the video strategy provided unparalleled scalability for deploying training to global audiences.
As the IT team continued to gather business requirements, the project broadened beyond the scope of e-learning to embrace the entire spectrum of business communications. The company's evolution to a converged data, voice, and video IP network was vital to enabling the streaming video solutions designed to address the complete, expanded set of business communications requirements. The eventual solution was defined in terms of several critical elements:
Network delivery: The Cisco Application and Content Networking System (ACNS) infrastructure, to enable network-efficient delivery of live and on-demand content.
Content authoring and management: An integrated platform for creating, managing, and deploying live and video-on-demand (VoD) content.
Audio/video capture: Design, implementation, and deployment guidelines for facilities.
Web portal: Integrated capability, including the tools, integration guides, and process information for viewing, creating, and producing live events and videos on demand.
Cisco Unified MeetingPlace® solution: An integrated rich-media conferencing solution, including voice and Web conferencing capabilities.
Cisco IP/TV® solution: A network video streaming system that delivers TV-quality, live video programming to desktop PCs, classrooms, and meeting rooms.
Cisco IP/VC IP telephony solution: A reliable, easy-to-manage, cost-effective network infrastructure for telephony and videoconferencing applications deployment.
Within the multimedia environment, Cisco IT deployed several rich-media solutions. These solutions started out primarily as off-network services; today, these deployments are transitioning to on-network solutions. Video streaming continues to play a vital role, as evidenced in videoconferencing, video telephony, Web conferencing, and live and on-demand video broadcasts solutions employed throughout Cisco.
Since 2003, the number of virtual meetings has exceeded the number of in-person meetings at Cisco. Currently, videoconferences exceed 9000 hours per year (2200 meetings). Users cite saved time, efficiency, reduced travel expenses, and increased productivity as the benefits derived from videoconferencing and the reasons for its widespread use.
Figure 1. Enterprise-class IP telephony and video is delivered over a single Cisco Unified Communications infrastructure
Videoconferencing over a converged IP network (Figure 1) gives Cisco users added benefits. Smooth integration of voice, video, and Web components provides an enriched conference environment and simplifies integration of the conferencing systems with complementary collaborative applications such as instant messaging and calendaring systems.
IP Video Telephony
The Cisco IP telephony deployment supports video-enhanced communications. The converged infrastructure results in video service comparable to voice in terms of ease of use, ease of deployment, ease of management, and cost-effectiveness.
Cisco Unified MeetingPlace software provides universal access to Web conferencing from standards-based platforms. Users can control voice, video, and Web conference functions from a single interface. Being able to see who is in the meeting, see the person talking, record and play back meetings, use a "whiteboard" and conduct polls helps enhance user productivity. Conference users can control their own interfaces (for example, mute their audio if necessary), and the conference host can control individual attendee sessions (for example, if one user has a noisy connection). The convergence of voice, video, and Web foundations allows Web conference attendees to take advantage of common e-mail and scheduling applications, as well as directory services.
Within all of Cisco, Web conferences exceed 16,000 hours per year (12,000 meetings).
Live Broadcasting and Video on Demand
Today, an increasing amount of all Cisco communications is done using streaming video. The Cisco media network can support both unicast and multicast streaming for efficient use of bandwidth (Figure 2).
Figure 2. IP Unicast and multicast for bandwidth-efficient broadcasts
Unicast streams provide point-to-point content transmission from a single source to a single destination. This method serves remote Cisco employees accessing the Cisco intranet using virtual private networks (VPNs), and external partners and customers accessing content on the Cisco.com public Website.
In contrast to unicast, a multicast transmission involves a single high-quality stream to many users. Multicast provides the ability to reach a large audience without overloading the network. Multicast transmissions are used to broadcast over the Cisco intranet to Cisco employees located on numerous campuses worldwide. Cisco IP/TV Software is used for multicast broadcasts. For each live event broadcast, the Cisco broadcast solution provides a choice of standard encoded streams (Figure 3):
900 kbps for satellite distribution to areas where the terrestrial WAN has insufficient bandwidth.
500 and 100 kbps are accessible via terrestrial WAN.
Unicast streams serve remote employees, partners, and customers.
Figure 3. Live broadcast architecture
For partners and customers connecting over the Internet, Cisco optionally serves other streams, including:
14-kbps Windows audio streams
56-, 100-, and 300-kbps Windows video streams
28-kbps RealAudio 8 streams
56, 100, and 300-kbps RealVideo 8 streams
These encoded streams are delivered to global Internet service providers that provide nearest-proximity streaming to partners and customers.
To serve remote VPN employees, Cisco uses its VoD content delivery network to split unicast streams in a cascading daisy chain manner. The content delivery network supports 14 kbps audio and 56 kbps or 100 kbps video streams. Cisco VoD content comes from many sources. Live events, offsite events, studio-created content, or any other video content created at any location can be stored and made available over the content delivery network for viewing by Cisco employees, partners, and customers. Once created, every Cisco VoD is uploaded, meta-tagged, and pushed to production over the Cisco ACNS. The content is pre-positioned on content engines. Viewer requests are served from the closest logical VoD server.
Production Studios and Broadcast Volume
40 to 50 live video broadcasts are produced each month, with approximately 250 viewers per broadcast. 400 to 500 VoD modules are created either from these broadcasts or separately, with an average audience of 70,000 internal Cisco viewers and 50,000 partner viewers per month.
Multiple video studios deliver video-based content over the Cisco IP network from locations in San Jose, California; Raleigh, North Carolina; and London, England. Numerous ubiquitous, self-serve VoD authoring systems are used throughout the world for additional content development that does not require a studio.
Industry analysts and experts consider video an extremely cost-effective tool for clarifying and improving business communications:
Increased learning: A University of Wisconsin study determined that attendees learn 200 percent more in video classes and meetings, compared to audio-only experiences.
Improved rate of absorption: According to a Wharton School of Business study, attendees absorb video information up to 40 percent faster than audio.
Augmented content retention: Harvard University and Columbia University found that attendees in face-to-face meetings retain 38 percent more information than attendees in audio-only meetings.
Enhanced persuasiveness: A study done by 3M found that face-to-face meetings are 43 percent more persuasive than audio-only meetings.
Improved impact of communications: UCLA determined that 55 percent of the impact of communications comes from facial expressions and body language, versus 38 percent from vocal inflection.
Within Cisco, the IT streaming video projects have been evaluated and found to deliver benefits in terms of:
Productivity enhancements: Cisco streaming video solutions allow the company to deliver information faster than the competition.
Increased information availability and convenient access: Content can be provided to all Cisco employees, partners, and customers, as appropriate, and is more conveniently accessed when made available online.
Cost avoidance: Delivering information over the Cisco IP network is inexpensive and results in multimillion dollar savings per year
Table 1. Initial Cost Savings Related to Video Communications (FY2003)
Video Event or Content
Savings (in $Millions)
Live video events $18.1M
On-demand video $25.0M
Online meetings $6.4M
Collaborative workspace $13.2M
Instant message $9.0M
Total $71.7M
Live and on-demand broadcasts, in particular, have resulted in several significant benefits (Table 2).
Table 2. Seven Benefits of Video Streaming
Abilities Enabled by Video Events
Faster product launches Accelerate time to market through rapid dissemination of products at the front line
Rapid dissemination of best practices Enable peer-to-peer dissemination of best practices (e.g., sales role plays and tips)
High-impact knowledge delivery Quickly deliver mission-critical knowledge on business rules, regulations, and policies
High-impact corporate communications Enable senior leaders to communicate strategy, results, and directions in real time
External collaboration Enable collaborative on/off-shore outsourcing partnerships
Enhanced store experiences Differentiate store experiences with digital signage; virtualize subject matter experts
Business Benefit for Cisco: Cisco ISO Company Audit
Annually, Cisco must renew its ISO 9001 (process) and 14001 (environmental) certifications. The recertification process involves training approximately 20,000 employees at nine sites. For 2005, recertification costs using traditional training methods were estimated at $1.4M over nine months. Instead, Cisco created video- and audio-on-demand classes (with associated white papers), and accomplished the employee and auditor training in only three months for a total cost of only $32,000. The video training was so effective that Cisco not only passed the audit and identified areas for improvement of processes, but was rated #2 out of 500 companies recertified that year, with only seven minor infractions identified.
The video approach provided an additional unexpected benefit. The resulting library of VoD content has proven to be helpful for other initiatives involving the improvement of ongoing processes.
Benefit for Cisco: Emergency Process Implementation
Cisco's technical support organization must provide rapid response to discovered software bugs. Disseminating bug information and directions for software fixes often requires training the network of 430 support engineers worldwide. In one particular case, a 25-minute VoD was created to detail the directions for an emergency bug fix. The effects were dramatic - the support team was trained within 48 hours after the corporate team developed the fix. The cost of developing the VoD (done locally) was minimal.
Video communications make teams and extended teams more successful in their jobs, which translates into a more productive and competitive organization. Other high-level lesson Cisco learned included the following:
Business problems drive communications solutions.
Most forms of communications can be effectively converged on an IP-based foundation (IP telephony, video streaming, Web conferencing, audio conferencing).
Results must be measured in terms of time to competence and productivity gains.
Access is the key to success.
"Streaming Video for High-Impact Business Communications Best Practices"
(//www.cisco.com/web/about/ciscoitatwork/unified_comm/enterprise_streaming_video.html)
Cisco customers and prospects often ask, "How did you do it?" or perhaps more importantly, "How can we do it?" This white paper answers these questions and assists anyone interested in integrating IP video as a network-based communications solution. It describes the processes that Cisco has in place to effectively use its internal media network architecture to create live and on-demand video content, publish and manage media assets, and globally deliver video-based content for multiple business communications and learning needs over the Cisco intranet. This white paper also outlines existing Cisco business and technical support systems that help ensure the successful creation and broad use of video content across the enterprise. It concludes with a look at what is next in this rapidly evolving medium.
Cisco Business Communications Solutions: Live and On-Demand Streaming Video Guide (//www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps6902/products_implementation_design_guides_list.html)
This document consists of four main sections. Section I provides a high-level overview of the Cisco Business Communications Solution. Section II provides details necessary for business managers who will implement a Cisco Business Communications Solution for streaming video within their organization. Section III contains essential information for operations managers and members of the audio/visual team who will support operations and planning for the streaming solution. Section IV provides facilities managers and staff with essential information, detailed equipment lists, and staffing requirements for a variety of usage scenarios. Appendices offer essential information on the following topics:
Equipment vendors and service providers
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East Samford School is a new school operating under Auburn Alabama's system of teams. It is composed of only 7th graders, Unlike J.F. Drake Middle School their record is to be made, but Auburn's legacy of success in its region makes it a possible tough competitor.
6th and 7th graders alike populated J.F. Drake Middle School since 2002. In early 2017, Drake was to be separated. The sixth graders would remain in the school, and the 7th graders were relocated to the former junior high. A new Auburn High School was built, and the current Auburn Junior High School schoolers now reside in the former building of Auburn High School. Their first ever tournament was held in the University of Alabama at Birmingham for regionals on February 10, 2018, placing 5th. In 2019, they placed 2nd in regionals, and got 4th at state.
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Dr. D. Y. Patil Biotechnology and Bioinformatics Institute has four International research collaborations.
Dr. D. Y. Patil Biotechnology and Bioinformatics Institute has MOU with University of Skövde, Sweden for the research project "Bioremediation of toxic metals and other pollutants for protecting human health and ecosystem" funded by Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA).
Dr. Neelu Nawani, Associate Professor, Dr. D. Y. Patil Biotechnology and Bioinformatics Institute, Indian Coordinator and collaborator, Dr. B. P. Kapadnis, Professor, University of Pune, Indian Collaborator, Mr. Ravi Behera, Embassy of Sweden in India, Dr. M. B. Khetmalas, Director, Dr. D. Y. Patil Biotechnology and Bioinformatics Institute, Dr. Abul Mandal, University of Skovde, Sweden, Swedish Coordinator and collaborator.
Dr. D. Y. Patil Biotechnology and Bioinformatics Institute has MOU with University of Skövde, Sweden for the research project "Identifying novel biomarkers of COPD and design of innovative preventive and therapeutic strategies targeted for the benefit of Indian population" funded by Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA).
Dr. Neelu Nawani, Associate Professor, Dr. D. Y. Patil Biotechnology and Bioinformatics Institute, Indian Coordinator and collaborator, Dr. Cecilia Eriksson, University of Skövde, Sweden, Swedish Coordinator and collaborator, Dr. M. B. Khetmalas, Director, Dr. D. Y. Patil Biotechnology and Bioinformatics Institute.
Dr. D. Y. Patil Biotechnology and Bioinformatics Institute has MOU with Ecole Nationale D'Ingenieurs de Sfax, Tunisia for the research project "Comparative study of actinomycetes biodiversity in India and Tunisia: investigation of biotechnological enzymes and biological activities" funded by Department of Science & Technology, Govt. of India and Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research of the Republic of Tunisia.
Dr. M. B. Khetmalas, Director, Dr. D. Y. Patil Biotechnology and Bioinformatics Institute, Indian Collaborator, Dr. Sofiane Ghorbel, Ecole Nationale D'Ingenieurs de Sfax, Tunisia, Tunisian Coordinator and collaborator, Dr. Noomen Hmidet, Ecole Nationale D'Ingenieurs de Sfax, Tunisia, Tunisian Collaborator, Dr. Neelu Nawani, Associate Professor, Dr. D. Y. Patil Biotechnology and Bioinformatics Institute, Indian Coordinator and collaborator.
Dr. D. Y. Patil Biotechnology and Bioinformatics Institute has MOU with Middle Tennessee State University, USA.
Dr. P. N. Razdan, Vice Chancellor, Dr. D. Y. Patil Vidyapeeth, Pune, Dr. Sidney A. McPhee, President, Middle Tennessee State University, USA, Dr. P. D. Patil, President, Dr. D. Y. Patil Vidyapeeth, Pune, Dr. M. B. Khetmalas, Director, Dr. D. Y. Patil Biotechnology and Bioinformatics Institute.


Nepal has a distinguished cuisine that is full of flavor. A lot of people fall in love with the Nepali food, and in this cooking class at my home in Pokhara I will teach you how to make it. In Nepal Dal Bhat, a very healthy rice and lentil soup, is one of the most popular dishes. 75% of the people eat this twice a day. So this is a dish you can't miss and I will show you its secrets. Besides the Dal we are going to make Puri, Pakauda & Aaludum, Nepali Momo & soup (Meat Momo or Vegetarian Momo). All dishes are very common in Nepal. Afterwards you can enjoy your own made Nepali dish!
Hi, I am Rekha and I am 38 years old. I have three own biological children, two daughters and one son. Besides that I am taken care of 16 orphans. I like cooking a lot, and to create a way of income to take care of all these children, I provide cooking classes. I teach typical Nepali food like Daal Bhat, Momo's, Puri and much more.
Rekha's cooking class was a great experience in Pokhara! We learned to make several local dishes and our favorite part was learning how to make momos. It was also a pleasure to meet her family and hear about their foster organization.
I cannot believe not more people are talking about this cooking class! Such a wonderful day, with such a wonderful family. Rekha is a master in the kitchen, making everything look so easy and everything so delicious. I can't wait to get home to try everything for myself. Everyone must do this!
Rekhas cooking class was truly a wonderful experience whilst staying in Pokhara. Being able to learn the basics of Nepalese cooking from such a skilled and patient teacher definitely was one of the highlights of my trip here. The welcoming atmosphere of the class only added to the experience. Thank you for today.
We trek around Nepal for 3 weeks and we found a cooking class to learn the famous dal bhat recipe. We found Rekhas cooking class. This is the best cooking experience I ever had. The recipes learnt are delicious, well described and we will cook them at home. The owners are so generous and they are very welcoming. A 5 star experience. You will live this cooking class with a lot of new knowledge, but also beautiful memories. I highly recommand this cooking class to anyone who likes good food. Thank again for everything! See you soon.
What a wonderful experience! This class course was more than we were expect. We learn so much about all the meal making and Rekha was so good to show us how to do everything, especially the Mo:Mo. We loved everything of the experience!
I would highly recommend this experience. We cooked traditional Nepali food from scratch and it was delicious! I felt so welcome and Rekha treated me like one of her own daughters from the moment I stepped into her home. I couldn't recommend this enough.
We attended Rekha's cooking class with my boyfriend. Rekha introduced us to several amazing dishes, it is hard to say which one was our favorite. We also had hands on experience, laughs and fun, we felt like at home. Thanks a lot for having us.
I attended the cooking school with no expectations but it turned out to be one of the highlights of my 3 week trip in Nepal. Rekha is a great teacher - she took her time to cook with us (we were just 2 in the class). Warmly recommended !
I had a fantastic time at Rekha's cooking class. Both she and DB are so welcoming, and all of the food we made was delicious. I can't wait to try to recreate it at home for friends and family.
This is the most amazing couple you'd ever meet when you get to know what they do. It was beyond a cooking class, rather a cultural experience, to learn about what they do - adopting more than 10 orphans and providing them with food, school funding, etc.. All they rely on is just income from cooking courses, partially from their biological son, some donation, nothing government subsidy, and, a lot of love. I recommend you leave the rest of your afternoon unplanned so you sit down and hang out with Rekha and her husband Db. Plus, who doesn't like momo (those cute dumplings!).
I had an amazing day having cooking class with Rehka and her husband. They were very friendly and patient. The food we tasted and made was super. I would do it again.
My girlfriend had chosen to take part in Rekha's cooking class to learn about the incredible Nepali "cuisine" while we visited Pokhara. It was delicious and super interesting. Thank you to Rekha and her family.
Thank You for a wonderful class.I'm so happy to know how to make delicious Nepali food for my friends and family at home, so I can share a little bit of my experience in Nepal with them. Rekha is so warm, friendly and Knowledgeable.Thank you for a great experience!
That was the best dal bhat I've had so far, thank you! I really enjoyed to learn these delicious meals and want to try to make this at home:) thank you so much!
I had an awesome day cooking together with Rekha and her daughter. I learned how to make all the typical Nepalese dishes and now I can bring some of them home with me to Germany. I had a lovely day, thank you Rekha!
We had a great Day with Rekhas Cooking Class. We learned a lot about nepales cooking and enjoyed the amazing food. Thanks for the great day.
My friends organized Rekha's cooking class as a birthday gift. Great idea! We really enjoyed it. Rekha's family run a foster house, which made this (local) experience even more special.
The cooking class was wonderful! Best Nepali food we've had here so far. Rekha and Suju are such friendly and warm people as well as the rest of their big family! Would recommend this for sure.
It was a great experience, I learn so much about the way to cook in Nepal and the food was very good. They were really nice and they take their time to explain us everything. I recommended this activity in Pokhara. Thank you so much!
The cooking class was great. We made the best Nepalese food. Thank you very muck Rekha.
Attended Rekha's cooking class today. Not only did I learn some new recipes but I have never eaten such wonderful tasting Nepali food. Fresh, favorable and real. Spent time in the kitchen getting hands-on, mixing, stirring and creating. We ate our creations to where we do not have to eat dinner tonight. The food in the end was fantastic with the most enjoyable people that we have met in Nepal. This is a must visit for your local foodies.
The food I learned to make here was some of the best I've ever eaten. That said, Rekha and her family were the best part of the experience. They were fantastic hosts that welcomed us into their home and patiently taught us the way of the momo! I would recommend this class to anyone.
The cooking class was a great experience.The food was lovely, so were the lady and the man who gives the class. We were able to be part of the family for this afternoon. I am thankful for that.
What a lovely day this has been! We have tried a lot of Dal Bhat's before, but Rekha's was definitely the best. They are both the most kind people with such big hearts. Thank you for having us, hopefully we can come back soon.
Rekha is a really kind woman. I learned how to make delicous nepalese food. It was so good! I will definitely make it in The Netherlands too.
The cooking class was really nice. We learned a lot and Rekha is a really kind woman. I recommend it!
Rekha and her family were amazing! Rekha was not only an amazing cook, but also very friendly, welcoming and fun. The food was endless and delicious. I will definitely try some of Rekha's receipes when I go back to Australia. It is also supporting a very great cause. 10/10 recommend.
My GF booked us into this cooking class and im so glad she did. The people and food were amazing!
It was a really nice cooking class, I learned a lot about nepal dishes. thankyou!!
It was a really nice cookingclass, Rekha is a very warm and helpfull woman. She shows you al the food and spices! And you can taste everything. It was a good day!
Meeting Rekha, DB and their family was one of the best experiences I've ever had in all my trips. They treated me like I was part of the family form the beginning and all the evening was amazing. So good that the hours seemed to pass in minutes.. Rekha is a very kind lady and very helpful teaching how to prepare the meals. I hope I can come back some day!
I attended the cooking class with my niece. We really enjoyed the experience of learning to cook Nepali food. Make sure that you eat a very light breakfast because you will be eating lots of delicious food. Rekha was very patient and helpful with the instruction. I would recommend spending the afternoon taking this class. It was worth spending the time with Rekha and her family.
Before traveling to Nepal for my first time, I knew i loved momos and wanted to learn how to make them. I found Rehka's cooking class and was double happy that I could learn while contributing to a good cause to help children. We learned SO much more than just momo! We made 8 different items, all from scratch with fresh ingredients! I would recommend this class to anyone traveling to Pokhara. It gives you a taste (literally) of so much of nepali life and Rekha and her family were so welcoming, it was just like spending the day in the home of friends.
Thanks for this wonderful experience, Rekha! I really enjoyed spending the time with you and getting to know more about the nepalese kitchen. In addition, the food was super delicious!!! What I would have loved even more is to support you from the very beginning in the actual cooking instead of just watching you how to do it (e.g. we could have cut some vegetables, put the spices in, etc.). Also, I would have loved to get the recipes so that I could try to cook the different dishes at home by myself. Please don't push your guests too hard to promote your organization: I love to support you and like to share my experiene. I do it because of you and your big family being such kind people who are working hard in order to provide a better life to all the kids. I don't do it at all because of your promotion efforts.
Such a great experience today with Rekha's cooking class!! I have been in Pokhara for a month and have not tasted food as good as Rekha's. The whole family helped out and it was a great experience. I especially liked that we got to learn to about the Nepali culture. Everyone was so welcoming and friendly. The food was delicious and there was a lot of it - we all went home with very full bellies. I had brought my children and Rekha and her family included them in everything. So amazing!! Would highly recommend to anyone looking for a great way to spend an afternoon. Thank you for having us!!
Had lots of fun watching and making the food- and eating it! - food was really good and had lots of great flavors and spice. Everyone was super helpful and friendly!
I liked the food and watching it being made. It was fun to help make it.
What an amazing experience this is! Both Rekha and DB are wonderful hosts and the food is absolutely delicious. Definitely come hungry as there is plenty of food to go around! It's also lovely that this cooking school is in support of such a wonderful cause - I would definitely recommend to any friends/family coming to Pokhara in the future.
i came with a girlfriend and 4 young students . great day experiencing the true nepallese food, cooked by a beautiful woman with wonderful skills Thoroughly enjoyed the whole experience,taste .
We had an amazing time in the cooking class. It was easy to follow and we learnt a lot. Can't wait to try out the recipes back home. Definitely recommend the homely experience with delicious local food and a wonderful local family.
Come hungry for food and knowledge of Nepalese cuisine, leave bursting with not only delicious cooking, but also love and wisdom about some of Nepal's most famous dishes. I had a fantastic time cooking with Rekha, who is very sweet and welcoming, and it's all for a great cause. I highly recommend the experience.
The most delightful day ever. Rehka is a total wizz in the kitchen and teaches you all the tricks of the trade - including how to make amazing momo's! Ensure you are hungry as you will learn how to make all of Nepal's favourite dishes - and eat them too!
Authentic and genuine Nepali cooking experience with a very kind lady. Come along as hungry as possible, you will not be disappointed in the amount and quality of the lessons and food!
We had a fantastic time today at Rekha's cooking class! If you're looking for an authentic and genuine Nepali cooking experience this is definitely not to be missed. Make sure you come along as hungry as possible, you will not be disappointed in the amount and quality of the lessons and food!
What an incredible experience! I cannot thank you enough Rekha and Db for your generosity and kindness. I really look forward to being able to share some Nepali food with my family back home! Thanks once again!
An amazing time with Rekha showing us how to cook the most famous and delicious nepali meals ! Such a nice and cheerful teacher, and the best mo:mo: I've ever eaten (and cooked) ! I highly recommend it !
Amazing experience with Rekha and her daughter Sushma. I was welcomed into their home to learn how to make Nepalese cuisine. 3 courses and SO much food! I learned how to roll puri, twist momos and eat like a local (no utensils included). By the end of the day dehydration from the climate and altitude got the best of me. While waiting for a cab back to the hotel, Rekha grabbed some aloe vera from her garden and lathered me up to help with my migraine. So thankful to have been able to meet such a sweet family! Cooking class is highly recommended!
It was amazing! A very warm welcome, it felt like home. I learn so much about the Nepali kitchen, the food, the herbs and spices. Thank you so much for the inspiring time and the tastful food.
I had a very good time cooking. The food was great and the family was very nice. Thank you so much for having me. It was great.
We've had a great day with Rekha, who is truly the finest Nepali chef you'll find! Lovely food, much fun, many thanks also to the family for their help and hospitality. Definitely recommended!
We are traveling to Nepal from Adelaide South Australia and were keen understand what spices were used in Nepales cookery. We contacted Rekhas Cooking Classes and spent a wonderful day learning cooking techniques, about ingredients used and made 5 different dishes. However this was so much more than a cookery class. as we learned about their culture and met family members who also joined in our cooking and conversations. I would highly recommend this wonderful experience. Robyn. Coromandel Valley Adelaide South Australia.
We had an amazing time with Rekha and her family! We felt like we were a part of it. I am so excited to make Nepalese food for my friends when I get back home!
I was with a group of 9 and we absolutely loved the cooking class! The Nepali women explained everything and let us assist them with the cooking. Would reccomend!
We had a great time with Rekha! It's not just about cooking but learning the culture and being at a lovely Nepalise family! The food was amazing and to learn all about so many different kind of Nepalese food was so interesting! Thank you so much!
Thank you Rekha for a fun and interesting time learning Nepali cooking, we enjoyed ourselves and came away full up with the food you helped us to prepare. Thank you for your patience in making the momos, we finally cracked it.
A great local thing in Pokhara is following a cooking class at Rekha's place. We made typical Nepali dishes and learned a lot from the chef. Her English is not good but her son and husband translated all the time. That made things a lot easier for us! The food is delicious. Another important notice is that they take care of 13 (or 16...) Nepali children who have lost their parents. If you decide to follow a cooking class here, you are supporting indirectly the children as well, which is a great thing to do.
Simply amazing – do it! We took Rekha's cooking class in October 2017 because we loved to eat Dal Bhaat and Momos while trekking in the Annapurna Conservation Area and really wanted to learn how to make those (properly!) ourselves. The experience was absolutely fantastic. Rekha and her family were very lovely, kind and welcoming. We had so much fun and many laughs during our visit :-) Rekha and her family had prepared everything beforehand so they could show and explain everything in detail. If you like cooking and learning about spices, this class should definitely be on your to do-list. Not only did we learn how to cook Nepali style (Dal Bhaat, Momos and Puri), but we also had the best Dal Bhaat ever – and we've really had a lot of those during two visits to Nepal (almost two months of trekking). Rekha is a fantastic cook who likes to share her passion.
The cooking class was awesome- Rekha and her family welcomed me with open arms and the food we cooked was delicious! I learned to cook Dhal batt, puri and a curry to go with it and the famous Nepalese momos! Thanks for your help in organising!


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Empty Quarter
John H. Barnhill
In: Encyclopedia of Politics of the American West
Edited by: Steven L. Danver
Subject: American Political History
Barnhill, J. H. (2013). Empty quarter. In S. L. Danver (Ed.), Encyclopedia of politics of the American West (pp. 307-308). Washington, DC: CQ Press doi: 10.4135/9781452276076.n151
Barnhill, John H. "Empty Quarter." In Encyclopedia of Politics of the American West, edited by Steven L. Danver, 307-308. Washington, DC: CQ Press, 2013. doi: 10.4135/9781452276076.n151.
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In 1981 Joel Garreau published The Nine Nations of North America, in which he identified nine economically and culturally distinct regions or nations in North America. One of the nations he called the Empty Quarter, which includes most of Alaska, Nevada, Utah, Wyoming, Montana, Idaho, and Colorado from Denver west. It also includes Alberta and Northern Canada, including Nunavut, as well as eastern California, Oregon, and Washington. Also included are the western edges of the Dakotas; northern Arizona; Navajo, New Mexico; and British Columbia east of the Coast Ranges. The capital of the Empty Quarter is Denver. Other cities include Spokane, Washington; Cheyenne, Wyoming; Anchorage, Alaska; Salt Lake City, Utah; Boise, Idaho; Las Vegas, Nevada; Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; and Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
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Goa Liberation Day 2019: All You Need to Know About the Day India Freed Goa from Portuguese Rule
Rape-Accused Godman Nithyananda May Have Obtained Belize Passport, Hiding in the Caribbean
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On the occasion of Goa Liberation Day, the President of India, Ram Nath Kovind took to Twitter to commemorate the day, writing, 'On Goa Liberation Day, we pay homage to the martyrs who gave their all in the struggle to free Goa from colonial rule.'
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Goa Liberation Day is observed on December 19 every year in India. The occasion marks the day Indian armed forces freed Goa in 1961 following 450 years of Portuguese rule.
On the occasion of Goa Liberation Day, the President of India, Ram Nath Kovind took to Twitter to commemorate the day, writing, "On Goa Liberation Day, we pay homage to the martyrs who gave their all in the struggle to free Goa from colonial rule. We salute the valiant efforts of the Indian Armed Forces. My best wishes to the people of this beautiful state for a bright and prosperous future."
On Goa Liberation Day, we pay homage to the martyrs who gave their all in the struggle to free Goa from colonial rule. We salute the valiant efforts of the Indian Armed Forces. My best wishes to the people of this beautiful state for a bright and prosperous future.
— President of India (@rashtrapatibhvn) December 19, 2019
According to the Indian Navy website, on December 19, the Indian Armed Forces, liberated the state from the Portuguese and the deposed Governor General of Portugal in India, Manuel Antonio Vassalo e-Silva surrendered to the then Chief od Army Staff general Pran Nath Thapar.
The website further revealed, "The War Memorial at Indian Naval Ship Gomantak was constructed in memory of seven young gallant sailors and other personnel who laid down their lives on 19 Dec 1961 in the "Operation Vijay" undertaken by the Indian Navy for liberation of Anjadiv Island and Territories of Goa, Daman and Diu."
The Portuguese colonised several parts of India in 1510 but by the end of the 19th century Portuguese colonies in India were limited to Goa, Daman, Diu, Dadra, Nagar Haveli and Anjediva Island. The Goa liberation movement, which sought to end Portuguese colonial rule in Goa, started off with small scale revolts, but reached its peak between 1940 to 1960, ending when India invaded Goa in 1961.
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I am trying (oh, how I am trying) to fight the frump. It's Lent now, and you now the old "anoint your head with oil" while you are fasting instructions. I'm not using oil, but I am using Garnier Fructris Shine Solution.
However, you neglected to warn me of the consequences. Yesterday I put lipstick on so I could galavant through the house with a perfect pucker. The children pestered me for hours, wanting to know who was getting married and who was coming to babysit them while I attended the wedding. Because any semi-qualified teenage girl is much preferred to their longsuffering mean old mom.
The real problem came as I interacted with my youngest. Him's just a baby and I could just eat hims up! And I did.
I had to use half a bottle of Goo Gone to get the Covergirl out of his sleeper. I also thought we were going to have to visit the doctor, but a careful look revealedthat it wasn't some weird rash, my children's heads were simply covered in Ruby Sunset carnuba wax.
How do I fight the frump and still love my children?


We want fast food fast, shopping delivered instantly, music downloaded in minutes and our web experience to provide instant results.
It's no wonder that this growing impatience and expectation for instant results has shaped the way content is provided online.
With sites such as Google actually telling us just how rapidly it returns results, our anticipation of immediate gratification has never been higher. While online material used to be full of heavy PDF downloads and clumsy pages that took minutes to load, we've seen a transformation over the past few years to content which is immediate, simple to read, and quick to load.
The humble list post is arguably the biggest indication of all that our patience for lengthy browsing online has worn thin.
List posts are hugely popular for a number of reasons.
They load swiftly, contain instant gratification in the form of easy to read information, and they can be digested in less time than it takes to eat your lunchtime sandwich. With list posts being one of the favorite genres of content for search engines, it's well worth taking a few moments to learn how best to create them, and what sort of material you should be using.
Unless someone is seeking out details about the Ten Commandments, you can pretty much guarantee that the information people are looking for when they visit a post on lists, needs to be current.
Before you sit down and compile your list post, take a while to check out the latest news on your subject, looking at what is trending, what people are currently searching out, and whether anything has changed over the past few weeks that may affect your list items. Only when you're really sure that you'll be covering the very latest on your topic, should you be sitting down and compiling your list.
When you develop your list, it's important to do some research to make sure that it hasn't already been published before elsewhere. Even more important is to check that it hasn't been published elsewhere, better. Check out your keywords online to see what comes up, and make sure that your idea is unique before you go ahead and create it for publication. A duplicated list will just make your visitors think they have seen your material somewhere before, putting them off from coming to you first for original content.
Nothing annoys online visitors more than coming across items which seem to be completely accurate, but then turn out to be based on false facts. Think about the negative reaction from posts stating that a celebrity has passed away, for example – these posts undermine the credibility of the author and also lead to so much bad feeling that visitors will boycott the original site when the rumor is discovered. Don't make the same mistake – ensure that every item on your list is completely accurate, or you'll risk alienating your visitors from your site permanently.
People don't read lists for nothing. Whether your visitors are looking for specific information, to be entertained, to learn something new or find out more about a particular subject, your list post needs to deliver the goods so that their reading time is rewarding. Sometimes, you may have to do some research before you pull your post together, to access more obscure data, but it's well worth it if your reader comes away feeling satisfied that spending time on your site was worthwhile.
When it comes to engaging a reader with a list post, there are a number of techniques you can use. You can decide to make your list funny, adding in items that will raise a smile in between your more serious list, or you can write a short piece of narrative with each item that makes it come alive, drawing your reader in without detracting from the content. Whatever you decide to do, bear in mind that no-one will make it through a lengthy list without some element there to engage them, so whether you rely on the relevance or value of each item, or introduce humor, it's worth considering how you can engage your reader to keep them on side.
No matter what your industry niche, you can generate list posts that keep your readers happy, and stand to be shared enough to start trending if you stick to these five rules.
One of my Technology blog is pulling traffic from the posts that are based on the "List" structure. I have noticed higher CTR on SERP for list posts as compared to other posts. So in term of SEO they also outperform.
Thanks for sharing your experience. Lists are popular and that helps with SEO.
Writing list posts is certainly a good way to increase reader engagement. I did write a few of those and the results were pretty decent in terms engagement.
Only 'pretty decent'? What about non-list posts? How did they do?


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400 Commerce Street - Apollo Green Inc.
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Service Street – Bubbles Bounce Inc.
1106 Concession St – 2558147 Ontario Inc.
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Sold for $24,200 at 2011 The Scottsdale Auction - Gooding & Company.
The 1976 Cadillac Eldorado convertible made its public introduction in September of 1975. GM announced that the 1976 Eldorado soft top would be its final convertible model for the foreseeable future. The Eldorado was a front-wheel drive vehicle that had standard four-wheel power disc brakes, power steering, steel-belted radial whitewall tires and a leather interior.
This example was purchased new on March 15th of 1976, from Brogan Cadillac of Ridgewood, New Jersey. The original owner is also the current owner, making this a very rare one-owner car. The car was given - from the factory - six-way dual-comfort power passenger 50/50 seat with recliner, AM/FM radio, carpeted rubber floor mats, cruise control, automatic passenger side mirror, heavy-duty cooling system, auto door locks, tilting and telescoping steering wheel, wire wheel covers and a hard boot for the convertible top. It also features the optional top-of-the-line fuel-injected version of the 500 cid engine, an induction configuration that boosted power by 25 hp over the base unit.
In 2011, the car was offered for sale at the Gooding & Company auction in Scottsdale, Arizona. It was estimated to sell for $35,000 - $45,000 and offered without reserve. As bidding came to a close, the car had been sold for the sum of $24,200 including buyer's premium.


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Motor Mouth: Thou shalt covet thy rival's customer
Collector Classics: The car that saved Corvette
Honda discontinuing Insight and CR-Z sales in Europe
Beyond brand loyalty surveys and misleading 'buzz' indexes, only one thing is for certain in car industry
by David Booth | February 14, 2014
The 2015 Lexus RC F is revealed at the press preview of the 2014 North American International Auto Show Jan.14, 2014 in Detroit, Michigan.
One of the truly subversive myths of the Internet is that it makes all things quantifiable. Between ever-pervasive data mining, our cellphones that record our every whereabouts and the online surveys that seem to pop into our inboxes with increasing regularity, common knowledge has it that the blogosphere not only knows what brand of underwear we are currently wearing but what colour panty/boxer/vintage bondage girdle we're going to buy next.
For marketers — especially those of the automotive variety — it's been a Godsend. Once a black art guided by no more science than a Nielsen rating or a NADbank number, the Internet has convinced the average MBA that the consumer's every wish, desire and dream is but a few keystrokes away. Multi-million dollar budgets (Hell, multi-multi-million dollar budgets) are no longer distributed on the whims of inspiration or fancy; advertising managers now know precisely who is buying their cars, why they're buying them and, most importantly, what will influence them to buy another.
Or do they?
Somehow, lost in all collection of information and mining of data is the interpretation of what all those numbers mean. Indeed, often the more trees the demographers count, the less they seem to know about the forest.
Motor Mouth: Want a cheaper car? Be careful what you wish for
Just one case in point is Forbes.com's recent Special Report: Luxury Automotive Outlook (featuring the Forbes Insights' Luxury Car Buzz Index, no less). Tabulated by BIGinsight last year just as the North American automotive segment was about to climb out of its Great Recession doldrums, the special report claims to have "devised a Luxury Car Buzz Index to rank the leading luxury automotive brands based on a composite score that measures customer satisfaction and loyalty, car owners' propensity to recommend their brand to others, and the effectiveness of marketing efforts in both traditional and digital media…. distilling all these factors into a snapshot of luxury brand performance." The data, it seems to intimate, is so comprehensive that by just following the Buzz Index's recommendations, what's hot and what's not can be precisely quantified.
Anomalies that mere numbers can't measure stand out. So, for instance, Volvo has the second highest brand satisfaction barely trailing Lexus in the measure of "how likely a current owner is to remain loyal to a brand with his or her next purchase," placing it ahead of such stalwarts as BMW, Mercedes-Benz and Audi. Of course, the study makes little mention that, until very recently, there has been so little new in a Volvo showroom that only the most diehard loyalist would still be parking one of Sweden's boxiest in their garage. Hiroo Onoda — the recently-deceased Japanese World War II infantryman who refused to surrender until 1974 — may have been the most loyal of soldiers, but he was a focus group of one. And yet, based on the strength of this incredible loyalty, the overall "buzz" around Volvo is supposed to be greater than that of Jaguar, Infiniti and Cadillac and just the slightest smidge behind Mercedes-Benz.
Volvo introduces the S60 Polestar during the media preview of the Chicago Auto Show at McCormick Place in Chicago on Thursday, Feb. 6, 2014.
Meanwhile, virtually every consumer study of recent vintage plots the ascendency of fuel consumption in the public's buying decision. Yet, actual measurement of real-world fuel economy barely makes a dent in the consuming public's consciousness other than for a few high-mileing Jetta Diesel drivers and virtually every Toyota Prius owner on the planet. News that Ford's fuel economy claims appear to be exaggerated are rife and yet the company's EcoBoosts and hybrids are more popular than ever.
Self-driving cars are all the rage because surveys show that an increasing number of motorists (J.D. Power pegs those "interested" in the autonomous automobile at about 20%) would rather be chauffeured automatically through traffic jams. What those numbers don't detail, however, is that those same early adopters think — with much encouragement from many an automotive marketer, it must be noted — that self-driving means that they'll be banging a keyboard, taking a nap or, in some cases, having sex, in the back seat while the car pilots itself. Of course, when pressed, many of those same automakers admit such autonomy is not in the cards. Just how many of those early adopters will be so eager when they realize they'll still be chained behind the wheel, only now more bored than ever? And, can someone please explain to me how one survey can so dutifully report that distracted driving is the new cigarette smoking while another maintains that consumers must have more electronic gadgetry on their steering wheel if they are ever to be enticed into a new automobile?
All of which leaves me with only one conclusion about the automobile industry of which I am sure: everybody wants to be someone else. Mercedes-Benz desires nothing more assiduously than Volkswagen's Golf, surrounding it, as it has, with the A- (in Europe) and B-Class, CLA and the soon-to-be-released GLA. Volkswagen, on the other hand, wants to be Mercedes, with the rumours of a revised Phaeton refusing to go away (this, despite the VW Group having a perfectly serviceable luxury arm in the form of Audi). BMW covets some of Lexus's front-wheel-drive practicality (the upcoming 1 Series); Lexus envies the Ultimate Driving Machine's reputation for performance (RC F). Jaguar wants to be Land Rover (the upcoming C-X17 sport cute) and BMW (the upcoming 3 Series-fighting XS); Land Rover wants to be Porsche (the recently invigorated, and surprisingly nimble, Range Rover Supersport).
Coveting thy competitor's customer, it would seem, is the one unadulterated, indisputable fact about the car market. And you sure as hell don't need numbers to quantify that.
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Fall is a particularly festive time, and the onset of Fall is accompanied by the return of some favorite foods and dishes that are specific to this time of year. It won't take you long to find a storefront or market aisle selling pumpkin and apple related treats. If you are a patient with COPD, however, you need to be especially careful about what foods you decide to eat, and exercise caution when it comes to how much you are eating. Here are a few tips on some of the most popular fall foods for people with COPD.
Pumpkin and Apple Pie – Saturated fats and trans fats should not be consumed in any great excess, and pumpkin pie and apple pie could potentially contain both. If you are to eat either of these pies, it is better to eat pie that was made with fresh ingredients rather than processed.
Pumpkin Seeds – Pumpkin seeds provide nutrients and vitamins. In addition, pumpkin seeds can help reduce the production of mucus, and that in turn can make breathing a little easier.
Apple Cider – According to Mass Grown, apple cider can be a source of potassium, and has no added sugars and is lower in calories than apple juice or other fruit juices.
Apples – Your first thought is that apples, as all fruit, are a healthy food and can be consumed at will. While apples are healthy, they carry with them a risky side-effect for people with COPD: bloating. Apples are one of the fruits that can trigger bloating/gas, and that can result in pressure on your breathing system and more complicated breathing.
Sweet Potatoes – Sweet potato is a vegetable rich in antioxidants and other nutrients, but unlike the apple, not known to cause gas or bloating. Eat away!
Donuts – Donuts are not recommended, but everything in moderation. It is better to eliminate foods like this and replace with treats that have whole grains and brown sugar.
Despite some advisories against certain traditional "fall foods," it is still important to maintain caloric intake for energy. According to the American Lung Association, a person with COPD can burn ten times as many calories breathing as a healthy person.
Inogen wants you to enjoy Fall foods. Part of that enjoyment comes from knowing which foods to stay away from, which ones to enjoy in moderation, and which ones to have zero reservations about. As always, please share your pictures at the apple orchard, in the pumpkin patch, on a hayride, or anywhere else where you might be enjoying your Fall season.
Having COPD, I find that drinking a lot of water helps my breathing. I carry bottled water with me everywhere I go.


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HER Girl Club all about exploring possibilities
In celebration of the HER Girl Club's one year anniversary, the girls who are a part of the organization celebrated its success in October.
The HER Girl Club is a youth organization that was created with a mission to provide a safe and empowering place for girls to be themselves while radiating love back into the community.
The group was created in October 2020 and has members from the communities of Rocanville and Moosomin. Its president, Paige Hutchinson, created the organization in hope of bringing young women together on a monthly basis safely during the pandemic.
"It was a really good time to start the group because I think a lot of people used the pandemic as an excuse to not connect, but there's so many safe ways to connect around it. You can do things outside, wear masks, follow guidelines or even do things virtually. There's many ways to connect and I wanted to make this happen, I'm glad we got it started."
"It was great that we started it when we did because there wasn't anything going on. All these kids didn't have any connections or activities to do while school was canceled for them. That was a positive to it because there were girls looking to connect, no one was busy at the time so it worked out."
The HER in the clubs name stands for honesty, empowerment and radiance.
"The 'H' stands for honesty, just to honestly be yourself and showing up as who you are and not who society wants you to be or who you think a girl should be. The 'E' is for empowerment, for the girls to feel empowered and for them to empower other people. The 'R' stands for radiance meant for radiating that honesty and empowerment back into the community," Hutchinson says.
The organization currently has 15 to 20 girls from ages grade 5 to grade 12 that attend each event. The events are hosted on a monthly basis and always involves a female mentor who provides activities related to their goal for that month.
This month's event was hosted by Class with Cass Holistic Nutrition and focused on teaching the girls about nutrition and why it's important for their health.
Hosted by Cassidy Robidoux, the event consisted of the girls making healthy gingerbread houses while taste testing some fresh juice 'shots.' Robidoux also educated the group about nutritional facts. By teaching them about what foods contain high contents of protein, vitamins, minerals and the differences between macronutrients and micronutrients.
After building their own gingerbread houses, the girls had to explain what fruits, nuts and syrups they used and why they were healthy.
At this month's HER Girl Club's event hosted by Class with Cass Holistic Nutrition, the girls made healthy ginger bread houses. Left: Maya McMullen, Tess Nagy, Myla Woods, Kendall Shipp, Macy Rushton, Paige Hutchinson, Miley Bell and Jaz Koroscil, Kassidy Robidoux and Lauren van Dyke (bottom).
Hutchinson says the group is all about exploring possibilities.
"To me it's about exposing the girls to possibilities. Like I went away from Rocanville for university for five years and my eyes opened up so much, in terms of personal growth, self-development, opportunities, career paths. Especially as a woman sometimes growing up there's still that mind-set of thinking 'I could be a nurse, a teacher,' just those traditional roles and I think that's still the mentality especially in a small town."
"I just want to expose the girls to as many female role models as possible and be like, this is what's possible for you. If you have dreams, if you have goals, these are possible. I just want the girls to get a head start in life, to start that growth journey sooner," Hutchinson says.
The HER Girl Club's vice-president Lauren van Dyke was able to get a grant of $1,000 from Nutrien Rocanville.
"The donations and grants run our events. Our events would not be possible if it wasn't for the donations or fundraising. We're a non-profit organization and we started this group with no money, also most of our events were funded by the girls just to run them."
Hutchinson says there is a $2 payment for the girls to participate, which helps fund the events and supply the rental costs. She says the ultimate goal is to have the girls access the events free of charge.
"If anyone is looking to donate, even $45, it helps with our rental. Last year Jen Gawryluk called me and said she wanted to donate, I told her that $50 would help to cover our rental space. Then she sends me an e-transfer, I open it to be $500. So last year Jen was our main sponsor and then she donated again this year and paid the fee for all of the girls at one of the events."
Other donations have come from event hosts Shaquyll Cook, Amanda Selby and Cassidy Robidoux.
"Usually what people donate is their time, their skills and supplies, and that's the best way to do it. We don't need a lot of money, obviously the more money the bigger things we can do but at the end of the day that's not our goal. Our goal is to connect these girls to as many role models and opportunities in the community as possible."
"Your time is the most valuable thing that you can donate to our club, if that's something people ever want to get involved with then that's something we need," Hutchinson says.
Paige Hutchinson, the president of HER Girl Club and Lauren van Dyke, the vice-president at the celebration of the group's one year.
Hutchinson says she is proud of the girls in the group.
"I definitely didn't know it would come to a year, I'm always staring new projects and I thought if it takes off that's great but if not at least we had the chance to run a few fun events. I'm really proud of the girls, the girls are very excited to come and they're really involved. Their really grateful, I couldn't' ask for a better group of girls to come to these events."
"I guess I'm just really proud of them, it's really awesome to see their enthusiasm because that will take you so far in life.
"If you're enthusiastic and care about things, that's all you need whether it's in your personal life, your family life or even your career."
Part of the HER Girl Club's advocacy is to give back to the community, Hutchinson says the group does that by inviting women role models to host their events.
"There's very few events that we ran that don't involve women from the community. We've done a paint night, bowling night, some of them are a bit more fun like we went to the theater. It's also a local thing, we're supporting locals by using the facilities in the community. Also because it was during Covid, some of those facilities weren't as busy so it was great to get out there and support them," she says.
Hutchinson says she hopes the organization continues to flourish and wishes to keep introducing the members of the group to more female role models.
"It lights you up inside when you know you're doing something meaningful. I'm really hoping there's retention and people want to get involved to continue this legacy on and, hopefully have it pass down for a few years. Especially because these girls are great and I know there's a lot of grade four girls that cannot wait to join next year, so that's something I'm looking forward to."


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Features / Admiral Fallow bring 'Tiny Rewards' north
ONE OF Scotland's most acclaimed bands promise "something for everyone" when they return to Shetland this weekend for two gigs.
Glasgow based indie-folk outfit Admiral Fallow will play the Mid Yell Hall on Friday before performing at Mareel in Lerwick a day later.
The group first headed to the isles for the Folk Festival in 2012 as they enjoyed headline-billing status at the Clickimin Centre.
This time they bring with them their newly released third album 'Tiny Rewards', which Drowned In Sound calls their "strongest record to date".
It sees Admiral Fallow shift their sound slightly, opting to indulge in contemporary hues but without completely eschewing their homely folk tones.
"It's the most representative of the five of us," flautist, pianist and backing vocalist Sarah Hayes tells Shetland News.
"Of the three records, we spent the longest time working on 'Tiny Rewards', which was a conscious decision, and we're eight years into the life of the band, so it's our maturest offering yet.
"There's a lot in there in terms of layers and textures but hopefully that also means it's the type of record where you hear something new each time you listen."
So how would you describe the sound of 'Tiny Rewards'? "The songs feature a blend of natural and electronic sounds, duet-like vocals, keyboard textures, woodwind flourishes, piano loops and rhythmic layers," Hayes responds.
"We took a different approach to writing and recording this time around," she adds. "Broadly speaking, our first two albums started life as near-fully-formed songs that Louis [Abbott] brought to the group, which we then created band arrangements from. We wrote the music of 'Tiny Rewards' first, all together, and then Louis added lyrics afterwards.
"We also took some time to go away from the city for a few days for a couple of concentrated writing sessions. The album was recorded in two residential studios, in Oxfordshire and mid Wales. Previously, we'd commuted to a studio morning and evening, so it was great to be more immersed in the recording process this time."
The musician promises "something for everyone" at their two Ragged Wood-promoted Shetland gigs, with a set that will showcase the new tracks as well as honour songs from 2010 debut record 'Boots Met My Face' and 2012's 'Tree Bursts In Snow'.
It's a back catalogue that features the likes of the foot-stomping 'Squealing Pigs', which once featured in an NBC commercial aired during the 2012 Super Bowl to a TV audience of over one hundred million in the US alone.
The band – whose line-up is completed by singer and guitarist Louis Abbott, clarinet player Kevin Brolly, drummer Phil Hague and bassist Joe Rattray – will also take part in a daytime workshop with pupils from the Mid Yell and Baltasound schools before their gig in the isle later that day.
The northerly concert and its workshop seem some distance away from Admiral Fallow's recent history, which has seen them headline Glasgow's iconic 1,900 capacity Barrowlands venue and hit festivals like T in the Park.
However, the band's enveloping sound and engaging lyricism are sure to fit as succinctly in a small venue like Yell as it they do on a festival main stage.
So, three albums in, are Admiral Fallow in a good place right now?
"Yes!" Hayes proclaims. "We're excited to get on the road again. We're proud of the album we've just released."
Tickets to see Admiral Fallow at Mid Yell on Friday, priced £12 (£10 concessions) are still available from Shetland Box Office. There are also some tickets available for the band's show at Mareel on Saturday, priced £15 (£12 concessions).
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Germans buried in Loigny
The fighting was particularly violent. Nonetheless, after the battle farmers spontaneously left plots of land to allow the Germans to bury their dead. Without a doubt this gesture can interpreted as the result of a mixture of fear and compassion. Certain plots are still owned by Germans.
Commemoration in the name of fraternity
While a spirit of revenge was developing in France, the sovereign of the German Empire, William II, presided over commemorations for the 25th anniversary of the battle of Loigny.
During commemorations for the 100th anniversary, in a desire for a sense of fraternity among the people, the bodies of 60 German officers were dug up and placed in the ossuary with the 1,200 French soldiers.
French and German friendship is celebrated regularly in Loigny. In 2000 the military delegate for the Embassy, Colonel Klaffus, evoked the memory of the German soldiers in Fougeu.
In Place du 2 December 1870 in Loigny he also planted a Maidenhair tree, a plant representing peace and considered to be a symbol life and renewal because it survived the atomic bomb. The Maidenhair is also the favourite tree of the city of Weimar, where Goethe lived.
Keeping the memory alive
The duty of remembering the past is respected each year with the ceremonies held on 2 December in Loigny-la-Bataille.
The commemorations assemble civil, military and religious authorities. Always bringing a message of peace, it constitutes an opportunity to pay tribute to the memory of the fallen.
The memory trail
The memory trail, composed of 10 information points, was opened on 2 December 2007. The trail reveals the iconic sites of the battle of Loigny. An orientation table has been installed to allow people to understand the importance of the fighting on 2 December 1870.
This memory trail was created by the association called Les amis de Sonis-Loigny and the Town hall of Loigny-la-Bataille. It was jointly financed by the community of towns of Beauce d'Orgères, Pays Dunois, Pays de Beauce and the European programme "Leader".