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While we're absolutely in love with the craziness and oddities, Bosozoku styling is questionable at best for many; however, Morohoshi-san has taken it to an entirely new level. Luke Huxham and Maiham Media have put together a breath-taking short, titled "Underground Hero: Love to Hate Me," that follows Morohoshi-San, an underground businessman that specializes in jobs that fall within the "gray area" of legality. As Luke put it, "Style is personal, fun is universal. That's what you need to embrace before watching this film... His style is unique and questionable but one things for sure, he's too busy having fun to care what you think." Whether you fall in love with his style, or find it appalling, one thing is certain - Morohoshi-san and his crew are having some serious fun.
Underground Hero: Love to Hate Me is the first video we've featured that has been shot in 4K resolution, so be sure to enter full-screen, set the resolution to "original," and crank the speakers. Oh, and remember to have fun.
I “get” it. I wouldn’t let him near my car but I get it.
He’s having fun , and that’s what it’s all about.
This is a very well done video. Crazy how different the culture can be on the other side of the world.
Damn I wish that was longer! Best video I’ve seen in a minute… If you don’t understand Bosozoku culture don’t open your mouth. Respect Dangerous people.
I respect what he does and why he does it, but his taste is just horrendous.
@Graffitipanda Thats what people don’t understand about the different tuning styles in Japan. Different style usually means different people.
this is breathtaking, yet im intrigued..
wow. It’s shot well and was entertaining, but for someone having so much fun—he sure didn’t come across as happy; not that it matters what I think. Bosozoku is awesome ironically.


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These laptops are primarily suitable for students, programmers, engineering graduates and office goers as well as for home users. Best used for doing tasks like web browsing, watching movies, listening to songs, office work & casual gaming.
For gaming, video rendering, coding and heavy processor oriented programming higher configurations are desired.
Some background on the general configuration you should seek, when buying a laptop in the range of Rupees 27000 to 35000.
Core i3 7th gen or 8th Gen.
Performance-Wise Core i3 (7th Gen) or even if you can get an 8th Gen Intel Processor that will be ideal. In simple terms, you will get better battery life with core i3 (7th gen) U processors. (Where U stands for ultra-low power consumption series of Intel processors). Don’t go for A4 or PDC or Dual Core processors in this range of Rs. 30000 they are suited for laptops around 20,000.
Ideal RAM Size – 4GB minimum.
Ideal Weight – 2.0 kg. approx.
Hard disk Size – 1 Tb or more.
General Advice – look for extended warranty offers when buying the laptop, you may be able to negotiate it at a very low price and secure your laptop for 3 years. Now Dell usually charges 8-10k for 2-year warranty extension for base models which you can get for 2-4k at the time of purchase.
If you are choosing some other laptop than the below recommended you can look for above minimum configuration for reference.
HP Notebook – 15 – BS662TU is one of the most value for money laptops in sub 30k price range in India.
The laptop is priced at Rs. 29,750 and is available on Amazon for purchase.
It has a standard 15.6-inch full HD (1920 x 1080) antiglare WLED-backlit display. With the dual speakers fitted, the laptop makes for a great and immersive media experience altogether.
Notably, the laptop comes with an HP TrueVision HD camera that comes with an integrated mic.
The processing unit in the HP Notebook -15 – BS662TU is an Intel Core i3-7020U CPU which has a 2.3 GHz clock speed. Notably, the processor is a dual-core unit with a 3 MB cache size.
To maintain the graphics functionality, Intel HD Graphics 620 graphic card is employed. Apart from that, the laptop comes with 1 TB SATA hard drive, having a 5400 rotations per minute speed.
Also, it contains a DVD-Writer unit for making CDs/DVDs. The laptop features a full sized keyboard with numeric keypad along with a multi-touch supporting touchpad.
For networking and connectivity, HP Notebook – 15 has Wi-Fi 802.11b/g/n and Bluetooth 4.0 apart from various ports like HDMI, headphone/microphone combo, RJ-45, 1 USB 2.0 port and 2 USB 3.1 ports.
Additionally, there is an SD media card reader slot in the laptop.
The laptop is 2.38 cm thick and weighs 1.86 KG, making it a comfortable laptop to use on regular basis. It comes with a 41 Wh Li-ion battery and 65 W power adapter.
Lenovo 80X400HCIN is a compact laptop and comes with a 14-inch screen having a standard 1366 x 768 pixels resolution.
The laptop has an Intel Core i3-7130U 7th Gen processor and 4 GB DDR4 RAM. Additionally, it comes with Intel HD Graphics Processor. The processor is clocked at 2.4 GHz speed. Also, it has a cache size of 3 MB.
It has a 1TB hard drive for storage for keeping the files onboard. The laptop comes with 32/64 bit Windows 10 Home Premium operating system.
Talking about the connectivity, the laptop carries a USB 2.0 port along with a USB 3.0 port. Moreover, there is an HDMI port and SD card slot too. The Lenovo 80X400HCIN is 19cm thick and weighs 1.69 KG. It packs a 30Wh battery and comes with an AC adapter for charging.
Laptop’s small display may not appeal many, but it is very handy for day-to-day usage and general functionality. It is very portable and lightweight too.
Additionally, the laptop has a 1 TB SATA 5400 hard drive. Furthermore, it has features like Bluetooth 4.1, 1 MP (HD) webcam, and dual speakers.
Dell Vostro 3468 laptop is ideal for professionals. The laptop is priced at Rs. 32,990 on Amazon.
Starting with the specs, it has a 14 inch HD (1366 x 768 pixels) anti-glare LED-backlit display. The CPU that powers the laptop is a 7th Generation Intel Core i3-7100U with 3 MB cache along with up to 2.40 GHz clock speed.
The laptop comes with Windows 10 OS along with MS Office Home and Student version. It has a 1 TB SATA 5400rpm hard drive along with 4 GB of DDR4 RAM.
Additionally, the Dell Vostro 3468 has a fingerprint reader along with a TPM chip for security. Moreover, the laptop has an optical drive for reading or writing the disks.
The laptop comes with a number of ports such as 1 VGA, 1 HDMI out, an RJ-45, two USB 3.0, and one USB 2.0 port. Apart from that, it has an SD card reader too.
The laptop has 243 x 345 x 23.35 mm dimensions and weighs 1.76kg. Interestingly, the Dell Vostro 3468 comes with ADP+Pro Support worth Rs. 1899 free for the first year with its purchase.
Asus Vivobook X541UA-DM1232D is an ultra-light laptop. It is available on Amazon at a price of Rs. 26,990.
The laptop comes with an anti-glare 15.6-inch FHD LED-backlit display. Its full HD screen along with Intel HD Graphics deliver great media and movie viewing experience.
For audio, the laptop is equipped with 3 Watt dual speakers having a 24cc chamber that helps in delivery excellent sound.
Asus Vivobook X541UA-DM1232D is powered by a 7th Gen Intel i3-7100U CPU clocked at 2.4 GHz and features 4 GB DDR4 RAM and 1 TB SATA 5400 RPM hard drive.
This ultra-light laptop comes with DOS operating system along with 3-cell Li-Ion battery on-board.
For connectivity, the laptop has Wireless LAN, Bluetooth 4.0, one USB 3.0 port, one USB 2.0 port, one HDMI port, along with some other ports including an SD card slot.
The laptop’s dimensions are 381.4 x 251.5 x 27.6 mm and weigh around 2.2kg with batteries.
Asus Vivobook X510UA-EJ770T is a lightweight laptop and is available on Flipkart at a price of Rs. 32,990.
The laptop features a 15.6-inch Full HD (1920 x 1080) LED-backlit display with anti-glare. The full HD display is bright and crisp for watch movies and enjoying other media.
Additionally, the laptop boasts Asus SonicMaster Technology and is equipped with stereo speakers. Also, there is a VGA webcam with 720p HD video support.
Talking about the CPU, the laptop comes with an Intel Core i3-7100U (7th Gen) processor clocked at 2.4 GHz and coupled with Intel HD 620 graphics processor.
Asus X510UA-EJ770T has a 1 TB SATA hard drive with 5400 RPM for storage, apart from a 4 GB DDR4 RAM which is expandable up to 16 GB.
Notably, there is no fingerprint reader or optical drive in the laptop.
The laptop comes with Windows 10 Home operating system pre-installed.
Various ports on the laptop include 2 USB 2.0, 1 USB 3.0, 1 USB Type-C, 1 HDMI port along with an SDXC card slot.
The laptop weighs 1.7 kg with batteries and has 361 x 243 x 19.4 mm dimensions. Also, the laptop packs a 3-cell Li-ion battery.
HP 15Q-BU008TX is one of the most value-for-money laptops. It is available on Flipkart for a price of Rs. 31,990.
The laptop has a 15.6-inch HD (1366 x 768) LED-backlit display with anti-glare. To enhance the media experience, there are dual speakers that work well. Additionally, there is an HP TrueVision HD webcam.
The laptop is powered by a 6th Gen Intel Core i3-6006U 2.0 GHz processor coupled with a dedicated 2 GB AMD Radeon 520 GDDR3 graphics card. Additionally, there is 4 GB ram.
HP 15Q-BU008TX features two USB 3.0, one USB 2.0, an RJ-45, and an HDMI port. Also, there is a 3-in-1 SD card slot. Moreover, it is equipped with a CD/DVD writer, with an 8x read/write speed.
This laptop comes with DOS operating system pre-installed, and weighs 2.1kg and has 380 x 253.7 x 23.8 mm dimensions. Furthermore, the HP 15Q-BU008TX packs a 4 cell Li-Ion battery and comes with 65 W AC adapter and supports fast charging.
Above laptops come with a number of features some of these I have highlighted in green. The Lenovo 80X400HCIN comes with 14 Inch display and is quite portable and it is also incredibly lightweight (1.69 Kg).
Also, the Asus Vivobook X510UA-EJ770T comes with a 15.6 Inch Full HD display with low bezels (ideal for watching movies and is lightweight (1.7 Kg).
Although these laptops look sleek, they sometimes miss out on things, like an optical drive. We would recommend Dell Vostro 3468 if you’re looking for a compact laptop with a smaller screen.
Also, HP 15Q is an excellent choice if you do work which require a graphics card or in case you wish to play games.
i want to buy laptop for gaming under 40k .
I always used to read ur post regarding smartphone…..
I want to personally contact you. Can you give your Email ID,please?

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Do you believe in spontaneous combustion? Because I may burst into flames as I’m writing this. If I trail off you will know what happened.
Sometimes (like right now) it is too damn hot to cook.
But don’t resort to delivery yet!
The silver lining to this searing misery is local vegetables, which are in top form right now. They are fresh and lively and didn’t arrive on the red eye from Lima. Jet-lagged veggies, like people, are not very inspiring. But when produce is at its peak, minimal effort is required to make it something special.
At the moment corn is on my mind. It should be on yours, too because it is abundant and CHEAP. Until recently, corn for me was strictly on the cob, slathered with butter and salt, and promptly consumed in typewriter fashion. While delicious, this method is limiting and requires the use of a heat source. And that ain’t happening when it’s 90 degrees in my kitchen.
A sweet and cold corn soup, made with the assistance of a blender, is the antidote to days where I actually begin to think fondly of February. It’s even better when it takes about 20 minutes to prepare. I would say that I didn’t break a sweat while making this, but I would be lying.
First, cut the kernels off the cobs. To do this, place the cob in a large bowl, with the skinnier end facing up towards the ceiling. Grasp the skinny end with one hand, and using your other hand, slice down the cob with a sharp knife. The kernels will fall into the bowl. Do this on all sides until all kernels have been removed.
Put the cobs in a freezer bag to store for a future vegetable stock.
Add the kernels to a blender, along with the basil, chives, lime juice, garlic and salt. Add three ice cubes (should be equal to about 1/3 cup) and blend until smooth. Pour the soup through a fine mesh sieve into a large bowl. Use the back of a large spoon to press on any solids caught in the sieve. You want every last drop!
OR, if you like the consistency of the soup as is (or don’t have a sieve), you can skip this step altogether. I’m happy with this recipe either way.
Place in serving bowls and garnish with basil leaves and chives. I used chive flowers, since they are pretty and edible.
Store any leftovers in the fridge for a quick, cooling meal, no sweat.
When selecting corn, look for husks that are green and not dried out.
The corn silk, that crown of hair poking out of the husk, should be brown to light green and shiny, not black or slimy.
Give the corn a good rub down to make sure there are no obvious dents or soft spots (keep this outside the husk, thank you).
DO NOT shuck the corn before buying. I see people doing this all the time, but it just speeds up the aging process and dries it out. Think of the husk as a built-in storage container. Shuck the corn right before you’re ready to prepare it.
If you’re dying to make sure the naked cob looks OK before buying: Gently peel back the husk an inch or so from the top and peek inside. The kernels should not be dried out, moldy, or have little worms or other critters in residence.
If you don’t plan to prepare the corn immediately, put the UNSHUCKED corn in a wet brown paper bag. Place the paper bag into a plastic bag and store in the refrigerator. For maximum sweetness, you should consume the corn within 24 hours. This tip is care of Cooks Illustrated.

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Check out our recognition in local and national outlets.
Members of HealthComU participated in a Boston University prospective student webinar on June 30, 2015. We shared our personal experiences with the MSHC program as well as our professional experiences in the industry, and fielded questions from prospective students.

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text: Thomas Keller ties himself into an apron. Joel Gott does not. “I have three kids, so I usually just hose myself down,” Gott explains.

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The Indium Corporation offers materials for hermetic and cryogenic sealing, as well as for pass-throughs. These mission critical applications require unwavering assurances and reliability.
Traditional sealing materials crack and fail at cryogenic temperatures. They are simply unreliable.
Contact our engineers to discuss your critical sealing application.
Indium was used to seal valuable samples that were transported to Earth from the moon.
Find out why they are the best braze choice for your hermetic sealing application.
Indium metal is soft and pliable - perfect for gasketing. Learn how people put it to work for them.

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text: the no. 22 is a 70s inspired middle waisted brief cut with legs shorter than a boxer. It’s available in either classic one colour way with different edges or an 80s inspired colour block style. this slip is really a go to in style and comfort for all genders! Try it out for yourself!


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Participants who have been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease can join CECO’s group program. After a few sessions, participants report improvement with posture and symmetry, ability to overcome tremors, balance and coordination, overcoming freezing, writing techniques, and control over involuntary movements.
For registration process and cost information, please contact Katherine Perez, Admissions & Communication Manager at (407) 671-4687 or kperez@ceco.org.
Live in the Villages, FL? Find out Conductive Education Session’s Date and Time by contacting Katherine Perez, Admissions & Communication Manager at (407) 671-4687 or kperez@ceco.org.


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how-to-poo-on-a-date-book - Moar Stuff - You don't need it but you know you want it.
How to Poo on a Date Book – Just to clarify, this is not an instruction manual for Cleveland Steamers. Ewww, dude.


text: This is a draft of a chapter of a planned book, Preschool and Jobs: Human Development as Economic Development, and Vice Versa [subsequently published as Investing in Kids, 2011]. This chapter considers a problem with early childhood programs: their effects on earnings are mostly long-delayed. The delay occurs because most earnings effects are on former child participants. The chapter considers appropriate discounting of benefits and how the upfront costs of early childhood programs can be delayed or reduced. It also addresses how the long-run benefits of early childhood programs can be moved up or increased.

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After 32 years teaching, I will retire in June, and lose a big part of who I am. Don't get me wrong, I am thrilled to be here. Yet still, I know I'll be losing a lot.
There's a certain rhythm to a school year; how at the beginning of every poetry class I poll the kids and find out most of them dislike poetry. So I point out how song lyrics are poems, and we listen to and analyze songs, and then we write our poems, and invariably, people flood to the front to share their poems. Hate poetry? Not so much.
In 'Of Mice and Men', when George is forced to shoot Lennie out of love, unwilling to make the same mistake Candy did letting someone else kill his dog, there is an outcry of emotion in the class - often tears, even wailing - that makes me feel so privileged to do what I do.
And when we read 'To Kill a Mockingbird', and the students see the depth of Atticus's wisdom in teaching Scout compassion and empathy, and Scout turns to her father and says, "Mr. Tate was right. It'd be sort of like shootin' a mockingbird." Man, that gets me every time. It's like I'm hearing those lines for the first time, just like them.
And 'Into the Wild': How certain students realize how despite the stupidity and arrogance of what Chris McCandless does, he also attempts an act of great beauty few people ever achieve, and how the real tragedy of his story is the clarity he seeks so passionately only comes at the end of his life, when it is too late.
My biggest joy is watching my students learn through literature how life is a tenuous gift to be held and appreciated every moment because before you know it, you're older and the present is only memory.
With a Perspective, I'm Pete Gavin.
Pete Gavin teaches eighth grade English at Kent Middle School in Kentfield.


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Compassion and empathy, is the 6th practice described in my ebook, Transform Your Relationship: Core Practices To Create A Healthy Marriage. Today, I want to focus on compassion.
Without the practice and presence of compassion in an intimate relationship, it becomes even harder to navigate emotionally charged situations. If we are not compassionate, we will avoid cultivating deep understanding of ourselves and our partner because we will look at things more critically and judgmentally.
In order to understand compassion, we must understand its shadow side: judgment, both self-judgment or judgment toward others. We cannot be compassionate when we are judging.
We often distance ourselves from emotional pain—our vulnerability, anger, jealousy, fear—by covering it over with self-judgment…Whenever we’re trapped in self-judgment, our first and wisest step towards freedom is to develop compassion for ourselves…Rather than pushing them (our emotions) away, we free ourselves by holding our hurting places with the unconditional tenderness of compassion.
Judging, either ourselves or others, is a way to control where we feel challenged or limited. It is a way to control the parts of ourselves or others that we don’t like. The more we judge, the more we feel reassured that we won’t let those unattractive parts, of self or other, take over.
In essence, self- judging, is born of our own emotional pain and/or fears that we have fallen short in some way.
And judging others is born out of our own fear and misunderstanding; thinking in terms of those different from ourselves as ” me vs. you” or “us vs. them”.
We are in judging mind so much (which means we are cut-off from the potential to be compassionate) that we no longer even recognize it.
Judging mind becomes the lens through which we view ourselves and our world. Harsh assumptions, quick conclusions, and criticism abound when we are in judging mind.
If we learn how to be aware of, acknowledge, and name our judgment, we then are positioned to open ourselves to a more compassionate response.
I know this is a lot harder to do than it is to write about or talk about, which is why this is called a “practice”. It is not about perfection or even judging ourselves in this process, it is about creating spaces of tenderness that ultimately expand into spaces of love and healing.
So in order to cultivate compassion for self and other we must first awaken to the judging, critical voice that dominates so much of our day.
Then we must learn how to extend the gentle, tender touch of compassion to ourselves and others by allowing whatever is presenting itself to just be.
Allowing does not mean liking or accepting injustice or abuse or disrespect or unkindness. It simply means recognizing, naming, and being aware that harmful actions and thoughts exist.
Harmful behaviors are driven by ignorance—by fear, greed or hatred. When we realize this, instead of casting blame we are freer to respond with understanding and forgiveness. But, releasing blame and accepting our experience does not mean we become passive observers. When we allow ourselves to feel the reality of suffering, a deep caring arises.
Compassionate responses in marriage require being aware of our own pain and vulnerability as well as being aware of our partner’s pain and vulnerability.
Again, being awake to, and then naming the experience within us or in front of us without judgment, enables us to open our hearts and feel our own vulnerable places or witness the vulnerable places of our partner.
If we stay in blame and criticism our heart remains closed.
A key ingredient here is the practice of curiosity. Without curiosity we make assumptions and draw conclusions which lead to missed opportunities to truly understand ourselves or our partner. And we miss opportunities to deeply connect to ourselves and our partner.
So next time your partner distresses you in some way, stop and ask them what they are feeling or experiencing underneath the surface words or actions.
Invite them to open up to you about their internal experience and vulnerabilities. Once they do, you will have the opportunity to extend a gentle, loving response of compassion toward them.
This does not mean you allow disrespect or hurtful words or actions. But rather you create a space to understand. In this understanding, you will then be free to offer a compassionate, loving response while simultaneously creating boundaries for yourself, if needed.
The next time you feel you have fallen short as a partner, stop and ask yourself what feelings and experiences are underneath your words or actions. And extend self-compassion to the vulnerability you discover within yourself. Share what you discover with your partner and ask for their support and understanding.
It is my hope that you give yourself and your partner this gift of compassion and begin today to creating healing transformation.


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Michael Dell was a cold call salesman before founding a computer company.
More billionaires started out as salespeople than any other occupation, according to a new analysis of the world's 100 wealthiest individuals.
British recruiting firm Aaron Wallis broke down the backgrounds of the world's 100 richest people, and found that 10% of them started out hawking goods and services.
"It could be that people who are familiar with business deals at an early point in their career will take this forward to be successful in the million and billion-pound deals that come later on in their life," the group's report stated in its conclusion.
"Certainly, this is true of the story of George Soros, the 29th richest person in the world, who started his career as a traveling salesman for a toy and gift wholesaler before making his fortune as a trader and broker. The same could be said of Michael Dell, who started working as a cold call salesman for a newspaper before making his money as the founder of the computer hardware company Dell."
The next most common first job for billionaires was stock trader — which in some ways is a sales job by another name, as it requires excellent communication skills to get the best deal. Software developer and engineer came next in the list: Each field was the first job for five of the billionaires on the list. Meanwhile, the first job for two of the world's richest people was construction worker.
The study also looked at the college majors of the world's richest individuals. Engineering was the most common university degree on the list, with 22 having studied the subject.
"There's a clear trend between the people who studied an engineering subject and the richest 100 in the world," the firm said. "Many of the entrepreneurs who made their money in technology studied engineering, for example Jeff Bezos of Amazon, or Larry Page of Google."
A business degree was second-most-common at 15, followed by finance and economics at 11. Only three billionaires studied computer science — but that doesn't include individuals like Bill Gates, who also studied but it dropped out. A full 25% on the world's richest list do not have degrees.
Only 17% of the list started their own business as their first job, suggesting that it is in fact one of the most difficult paths to financial superstardom; 53% started out at another firm. And 30% became ultra-rich through the easiest path possible: They inherited their wealth.


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Let's Punch The Brewers In The Mouth!
Yelich does it again but not again and again.
Ozuna Man or Spider Man?
Ozuna You Gonna Bench Marcel?
Are the Royals really a rivalry?
What's a little devastation, anyway?
O'Neill's coming. Is Holland going (for now)?

industry_corpus2: Sports


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How Far is Sree Daksha Vhridhaa Villa?
Sree Daksha's Vhridhaa is a villa project spread across 15 acres of Land, set in the foot hills of Marudha Malai. There is a apartment complex in the same premises.
Vhridhaa is located in Vadavalli, the most preferred residential area in the city of Coimbatore. Tucked away from the hustle and bustle of city life, Vadavalli is close enough to be right where the action is, if you so prefer. Framed by the rolling hills in the horizon, there is greenery all around. The air is good to breathe and the water sweet to drink. There can’t be a better place than Vadavalli to come and settle down. You can have the best of both worlds – the sheer excitement of city life and the calm, soothing environment of hills, tall trees and grasslands.
ENTRANCE DOOR: Standard wood frame, membrane pressed panelled shutters, brass hardware with polished finish.
TOILET DOORS: Standard wood frame. membrane pressed paneled shutters with water proofing treatment.
ALL OTHER DOORS: Standard wood frame, membrane pressed panelled shutters with Polished finish, brass hardware with mortise lock.
INTERNAL WALLS: Internal walls with two coats of putty and one coat of white water based primer & two coats of emulsion painting.
We are one of Coimbatore’s leading-edge property developers. For the last 15 years, the company has grown with good vision into reality. Today the company’s name has its own quality Construction business in the city. We are committed to design, develop, construct Residential, Commercial complexes and all types of Buildings, We are able to work closely with the customer from the planning stage through occupancy, assuring the customers’ needs are Fulfilled with pleasance. A number of construction projects followed and the Group acquired an enviable reputation for the quality of work, timely completion, affordable prices and total customer satisfaction. We sincerely work to hold to the basic principles that have been instilled since the inception. Honesty, commitment, quality, service and value are key components that the company works to attain on every project. We will further work hard to enhance the interest of our partners, employees, suppliers & society. The company has since developed several communities.
It is our goal to ensure your complete satisfaction throughout the building period and long after. We offer innovative floor plans with a variety of flexible options to meet your changing lifestyle needs.
Beyond brick and mortar, steel and glass what makes a house a home is people. That is why we look towards building relationships which last. Made possible by the fact that every home opens up enormous possibilities to build relationships.
For the past decade or so, we have brought contentment and happiness into the lives of hundreds of families who today constitute the larger Daksha family. They stand testimony to our commitment and it is they who give us the confidence to strive ahead in our quest for excellence.

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Green juice is one of my favorite things to drink first thing in the morning.
While I usually enjoy a darker juice with lots of carrots, sometimes I can feel my body needing more fresh greens.
This romaine green juice recipe is packed full of so many nutrients!
Juicing first thing in the morning makes me feel amazing.
It gives me so much energy and I love it!
My goal is to juice more often because the health benefits that I see almost immediately are just crazy. Juicing does a body good!
For this recipe, I used hearts of romaine, celery, cucumbers, apples, and half a lemon.
Wash your romaine and cut the ends off of each one. Wash the celery and cut off the end.
For the apples, just use a knife or an apple corer to remove the core.
Apple seeds are toxic when ingested, so be sure not to just juice the apple whole.
For best taste, use a knife to cut the peel from your lemon before juicing.
Otherwise it will taste strongly of lemon peel. I learned this the hard way!
The apples and lemon help tame the flavor of the juice so that it is no so overpowering.
I use this juicer and I love it. I have had it for years and it works as good as new.
I highly recommend it if you’re starting out juicing!
It is easy to clean, and simple to use. I have definitely got my money’s worth out of it and it is still going strong!
This recipe is great for anyone that is new to juicing!
If you’re looking to get healthier, juicing is a great place to start.
Juicing has so many health benefits and will make you feel amazing.
Citrus is great for cleansing the body, and it is also great for helping with bloating.
I love the fresh taste of lemon in my juice, but it is important not to use too much, as it can become overpowering quickly.
When I first started out juicing, I used apples to sweeten pretty much every juice.
I don’t usually use them as much now, and get my sweetness from carrots for the most part.
However, apples are a great addition to this juice.
Once you have been juicing for awhile you might find yourself being able to handle stronger juices with less sweet in them.
That was the case for me! Eventually I got to the point of needing little to no sweet in my juice recipes.
When I was a teenager I was juicing every single day. I miss it!
I would make a huge juice every morning in place of coffee.
It gave me crazy energy and made me feel amazing.
Now that life has gotten busier, I do not juice as much and do more smoothies.
But every time I do juice I notice the difference in how I feel!
I have worked myself up to being able to handle large quantities of juice, so I rarely make less than 20 ounces.
This juice was made around 50 ounces. I was so excited to drink it because I feel so amazing after I drink fresh juice.
I love how energized and alive I feel after I drink juice.
You will understand what I mean once you try it for the first time.
If you’re just starting out juicing, I would recommend halving this recipe or simply using : 1 heart romaine, 1 apple, 1 cucumber, 1/8 lemon.
Juice loses nutritional value after it is processed, so it is important to drink your juice immediately (ideally on an empty stomach), or if necessary, store in an airtight container (such as a mason jar) and drink within 24 hours.
When I know I won’t have time to make juice in the morning I will make it the night before and put it in a mason jar with the lid sealed tight.
If you don’t have a mason jar, you can put the juice in a cup with press and seal wrap over the top.
The juice will separate overnight, so just stir before drinking the next morning.
If you’re new to juicing, this is a great easy juicing recipe for you to try.
After a week or so of regular juicing you will start to crave it!
I love the way I feel when I’m juicing regularly and notice a difference when I’m not.
Let me know if you try this recipe what you think!
Looking for more drinks to improve your health? Try these delicious recipes!
This post contains an affiliate link for the juicer that I use. I have had it for years and love it!
Easy cleansing green juice recipe with cucumbers, romaine, apples, celery, and lemon.


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BALTIMORE – A former member of an Orthodox Jewish neighborhood watch group convicted in the 2010 beating of a black teenager in Baltimore is on a path to having his record expunged.
Eliyahu Werdesheim's lawyer says that during a hearing Tuesday, a judge granted his client probation before judgment, meaning he no longer has convictions on his record. In three years he can ask to have the charges removed from the public record.
Werdesheim also has completed essays required by the judge on the similarities, differences and challenges of various Baltimore communities.
The case had previously drawn comparisons by some to the 2012 fatal shooting of unarmed Florida teen Trayvon Martin by then- neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman. Zimmerman was cleared of all charges in the case.

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At 10 am tomorrow, 5pm UK time, Phil Schiller is due to take the stage in San Francisco. The Apple rumour mill has been in overdrive around this particular keynote for very good reason. There is a lot of hope that Dear Leader, otherwise known to you and me as Steve Jobs, will make a surprise appearance and bring with him some amazing piece of technology that will mark his return to Apple. I don't think it's going to happen, it might but I really doubt it. I'm going to make a couple of predictions in this post covering WWDC tomorrow and what I think will happen in the rest of June.
I honestly feel that tomorrow is going to mirror the Macworld keynote. During that event Phil did an excellent job of introducing products that were, lets face it, boring. If Steve had been in full health I don't think he would've been able to make those announcements anymore exciting than Phil made them. Tomorrow's likely to be the same. Phil can introduce us to Snow Leopard and iPhone OS 3.0 without ever introducing a new piece of hardware. We've seen the iPhone OS and we've heard what's in Snow Leopard. I'm suspecting that this is what poor Phil is going to be stuck with tomorrow.
If I was in his position though I would ensure that I had one surprise, but what surprise could the Vice-President of Worldwide Marketing pull out of the bag that would get people talking? There are really two. The first would be a rehashed version of the iPhone hardware. Maybe it wil l have Video editing, larger memory and faster processor. It's Phil level exciting, I don't mean that as an offense to him of course I simply mean that due to the timing he's not going to get THE BIG announcement. He can announce that it will go on sale at the end of June.
His second announcement, and the real surprise, should involve Mr Jobs. Not his actual return at WWDC because it's not the right setting or timing. He needs to announce the next event. A "One More Thing." that is simply a date and a location on a black screen with the Apple logo above it. That will be Steve's return. That will be the new major hardware announcement, probably a totally new iPhone for Verizon and maybe just maybe the Tablet.
So don't expect too much tomorrow in the way of new products. Maybe a new iPhone but it'll be no more than a rehash of the current one. The big announcement is going to be the return of Steve at the end of the month. In that keynote we will expect something major. I must say though that personally it will be great to see Steve return and I'm really happy that if this is a sign that his health issues have been sorted out. The Tech industry is a much better place when Steve's around than when he isn't.


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The Center for the Study of Culture, Politics and Society (CECUPS) is devoted to the sociological analysis of cultural and political subjects, in particular subjects placed in the confluence of those two realms or dimensions of social reality. In this way, and mainly from a comparative perspective, we make research about cultural policy, the relationship between culture and territory, citizenship and the Welfare State, the cultural construction of Europe or the reflexive configuration of modernity.
Arturo Rodríguez Morató. Mariano Martín Zamorano. 2018. Cultural Policy in Ibero-America – A Regional Perspective. Taylor & Francis.


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Pope Benedict XVI's visit to the U.S. prompted in many Catholics a reaffirmation of their faith.
Indeed, it was for me a virtual second confirmation 41 years after my first one.
During Holy Week in Rome I had the privilege of being present at a Wednesday papal audience; I was struck by Benedict's humility, his quiet self-assurance. I thought: this man, this pope, has been underestimated. His visit here proved that.
The pontiff's very presence was an eloquent rebuke to the USA's nihilistic secularism, a brief yet welcome distraction from the sewage undermining our popular culture.
Writer and commentator Peggy Noonan noted the observation made by a priest in attendance at Pope Benedict's St. Patrick's Mass: "He has his own charisma." Benedict himself, alluding to his first predecessor, Peter, spoke of his weaknesses and imperfections yet being nonetheless the rock upon which Christ built his church. How lovely, in 2008, to have a stalwart pope unafraid to admit his own imperfections. How happy I am to be one among his imperfect flock.
To paraphrase Mark Twain, the reports of the demise of the Catholic Church in America have been greatly exaggerated.

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Ultra Electronics Ocean Systems, Braintree, Massachusetts, is awarded a $42.1 million fixed-price-incentive-fee, firm-fixed price, cost and cost-plus-fixed-fee contract to test, produce and deliver MK54 MOD 0 Lightweight Torpedo (LWT) array kits and related spares, production support material, engineering and hardware repair services and maintenance of government-furnished equipment.
This contract includes options which, if exercised, would bring the cumulative value of this contract to $335.9 million. This contract combines purchases for the Navy (51 percent); the government of Taiwan (46 percent); and Canada (3 percent) under the Foreign Military Sales (FMS) program.
Work will be performed in Braintree, Massachusetts (70 percent); and Lititz, Pennsylvania (30 percent), and is expected to be completed by September 2022. FMS and fiscal 2018 weapons procurement (Navy) funding in the amount of $42.1 million will be obligated at time of award and will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via the Federal Business Opportunities website, with one offer received. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, District of Columbia, is the contracting activity (N00024-18-C-6405).

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Alex Langer’s Original Flying Lure. Special 20th Anniversary Double Offer on the #1 selling fishing lure of all time. Guaranteed to catch more and bigger fish. Free 50 piece set as part of the Flying Lure 20th Anniversary.
I purchased a kit from fishbonetackle. Came pretty quick. The site says the snake lures are coming soon so I called. They said they expect the next shipment in the next 30 days. Price was good too, about $26 with shipping.
They also have the Bass professor snake lures and some other good stuff. A little cheaper too.
Flying lures are still being made. I actually have an older but new set that I never used if interested. I’m at n1khb at aol dot com. They were being stored while I had been on a fishing hiatus, and now interested only in ultra light tackle.
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Suspended Animation Rebuffed – Fight Aging!
As the Sun Sentinel reports, Suspended Animation, Inc. didn't fare well during a review from the Boca Raton's Planning and Zoning Board. Despite the outpouring of support, the board recommended rejecting the application to build a cryonics research laboratory. This will go on to the City Council early next year for a final vote. This is an unfortunate setback, as cryonics is the only chance at a longer, healthier life in the future for many people. Cryonics as an industry needs ongoing research, and we hope that Suspended Animation can find a way forward in the face of anti-research opposition like this.

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The REAL Housewife of Snohomish County: Hatching with Brinsea!
I can't believe that it's been almost a year since I set my last batch of eggs! I've been using my Brinsea Mini Advance for the past few years and I've loved hatching with it! It's made the entire process simple and fun! The only stress came from waiting for the chicks to hatch!!
This year Brinsea was kind enough to offer me a large discount on their Brinsea Octagon 20 Advance incubator...and I jumped at the opportunity! I wanted to have the ability to hatch more eggs, as well as giving the chicks extra room when they are hatching.
If you followed along on any of my other pages you know how this page will be set up and worked. For those of you who this is your first follow along, I will chronicle the incubation from Day 1 until HATCH day! :) Each day I will post the new entry at the top of the page, so scroll all the way to the bottom for Day 1.
Along with offering me a nice discount, Brinsea has been kind enough to offer you, my wonderful fans, a 10% off coupon for your orders with them! Just use the code, "RHOSC" when placing the order and your discount will be added!
Another reason for all my excitement is that Wendy from Cluck N' Chatter Ranch, out of Oregon, sent me 2 dozen silkie hatching eggs! If you haven't had a chance to check out her page, click on her name above to go see her FaceBook page and all her GORGEOUS silkies! She was initially going to send me a dozen, but because shipping eggs can be iffy, she was so generous by including another dozen! Even throwing in some Silkie/Easter Egger eggs as well! I'm super excited to try my hand at hatching these beautiful birds, and hope that even with shipping the eggs...that some of them make it to lock down and hatch!
Well friends...here we go! I hope you enjoy this journey with me...and please leave comments on this page, or go to my RHOSC FaceBook Page and leave comments there! Don't forget to check out Brinsea's website and make sure to use the code above for 10% off...you won't be disappointed!! Enjoy this adventure with me! You can see all the pictures and MORE on my Instagram Account!!
Today is LOCKDOWN! I can't believe that the eggs have been in the incubator for 18 days already!!! Today is the day that things change big time! And by that I mean, the Brinsea Octagon 20 Advance is taken OFF the cradle and no longer turns the eggs...and the humidity gets bumped up to about 65%. And the biggest change is that I can NOT open the incubator now until hatching is done! That's the most important thing about lockdown! If you open the incubator while chicks are trying to hatch you risk them getting shrink wrapped inside the egg and dying because the humidity isn't high enough. So I have to resist all temptations from this point on! And let me tell you...it's NOT easy!
So lockdown began this morning at 12:01 AM since I was awake for a late night goat feeding! ;-) Before I locked everything down I took the opportunity to candle all the eggs that are left and take a few pictures as well as a few videos! :) I'm going to attempt to load the videos the correct way, but if for some reason they load "sideways" just turn your head to the left LOL.
Okay, here is one of the silkie eggs, can you see the chick moving! So exciting!
This is one of Miss Amelia's eggs (my Easter Egger Hen) can you see it pressing against the air sac!
Eggs out of the dividers and into the Brinsea Octagon 20 Advance tray!
Incubator off the turning cradle!
Well it's been QUITE a while since I updated everyone on what's been going on! I apologize for that. I can't even begin to tell you how much I am loving my new Brinsea Octagon 20 Advance!!! It's so quite, and has been holding temp and humidity at rock steady levels! So woot on that! I've candled the eggs a few more times, and out of everything that I've set, I've only had to pull 5 eggs! Not bad for mostly shipped eggs! I fear that after candling today I have a few more that will be pulled in the next day or two, and I'm going to attempt to crack them open to see at what stage they were when they "quit." I tried that last time...but got a little dry heavey LOL. Out of the eggs that I set from my girls, all of Amelia's eggs are still viable and growing nicely! Olivia's two eggs and Lacey's single egg are doing well too! And out of the two double yolker eggs I set, I believe only one is viable. The other quite at a certain point early on. So we'll see how it goes!
I promise that in the next few days I'll start posting more. I can't believe that we are almost a week away from hatching!!!!!! So eggciting!!
Exciting things going on here! Finally the eggs are at a point where I was able to candle them to see if there was any growth at all. And I'm happy to report that there is!!! Last night I candled the eggs from my girls, and I'm happy to report that Mr. Kevin is NOT shooting blanks :) and that all the eggs, including the two double yolker ones...are growing! I'll be interested to see how those two large eggs progress! Only time will tell!
Silkies: 16 YES! 3 that are questionable. 2 that are definite "NO."
EE/Silkie Cross: All three are questionable. I'll candle in a few days. They were hard to see through the shells.
Amelia's Eggs: 5 for 5 YES!
Olivia's Eggs: 2 for 2 YES!
What an exciting day here on the farm! I finally got my new Brinsea Octagon 20 Advance incubator set up and running...and set the eggs! I set a total of 21 Silkie Eggs plus 3 Silkie/Easter Egger cross eggs from Cluck N' Chatter Ranch! Plus...don't tell Michael, but I set up my Brinsea Mini Advance too! ***shhhhhhh*** I wanted to throw in a few eggs from my girls as well so I needed the extra space. I set 5 eggs from Amelia, my Easter Egger, 2 eggs from Olivia who is suppose to be an Olive Egger, 1 egg from Lacey my Blue Laced Red Wyandotte, and 2 EXTRA LARGE eggs that I'm positive are double yolkers. These two are more an experiment than anything else. I know that hatching twins is rare, but we'll see how it turns out...it never hurts to try!
So my friends, here are a few pictures from when I set the eggs this morning! Wish me luck...and thanks for taking this journey with me! Let's hope for an eggciting 21 days!!!


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Sometimes writing callback-style asynchronous code with Tornado is a pain. But the real hurt comes when you want to refactor your async code into reusable subroutines. Tornado's coroutines make refactoring easy. I'll explain the rules.
I'll use this blog to illustrate. I built it with Motor-Blog, a trivial blog platform on top of Motor, my asynchronous MongoDB driver for Tornado.
When you came here, Motor-Blog did three or four MongoDB queries to render this page.
1: Find the blog post at this URL and show you this content.
2 and 3: Find the next and previous posts to render the navigation links at the bottom.
Maybe 4: If the list of categories on the left has changed since it was last cached, fetch the list.
Let's go through each query and see how Tornado coroutines make life easier.
Not so bad. But is it better with a coroutine?
Much better. If you don't pass a callback to find_one, then it returns a Future instance. A Future is nothing special, it's just a little object that represents an unresolved value. Some time hence, Motor will resolve the Future with a value or an exception. To wait for the Future to be resolved, yield it.
The yield statement makes this function a generator. gen.coroutine is a brilliant invention that runs the generator until it's complete. Each time the generator yields a Future, gen.coroutine schedules the generator to be resumed when the Future is resolved. Read the source code of the Runner class for details, it's exhilarating. Or just enjoy the glow of putting all your logic in a single function again, without defining any callbacks.
Even better, you get normal exception handling: if find_one gets a network error or some other failure, it raises an exception. Tornado knows how to turn an exception into an HTTP 500, so we no longer need special code for errors.
This coroutine is much more readable than a callback, but it doesn't look any nicer than multithreaded code. It will start to shine when you need to parallelize some tasks.
Once Motor-Blog finds the current post, it gets the next and previous posts so it can display their titles. Since the two queries are independent we can save a few milliseconds by doing them in parallel. How does this look with callbacks?
# Two queries in parallel.
# Find the previously published post.
# Find subsequently published post.
This is completely disgusting and it makes me want to give up on async. We need special logic in each callback to determine if the other callback has already run or not. All that boilerplate can't be factored out. Will a coroutine help?
Yielding a list of Futures tells the coroutine to wait until they are all resolved.
Now our single get function is just as nice as it would be with blocking code. In fact, the parallel fetch is far easier than if you were multithreading instead of using Tornado. But what about factoring out a common subroutine that request handlers can share?
This coroutine does not have to be part of a request handler—it stands on its own at the module scope.
The raise gen.Return() statement is the weirdest syntax in this example. It's an artifact of Python 2, in which generators aren't allowed to return values. To hack around this limitation, Tornado coroutines raise a special kind of exception called a Return. The coroutine catches this exception and treats it like a returned value. In Python 3, a simple return categories accomplishes the same result.
Since get_categories is a coroutine now, calling it returns a Future. To wait for get_categories to complete, the caller can yield the Future. Once get_categories completes, the Future it returned is resolved, so the caller resumes. It's almost like a regular function call!
Decorate the subroutine with @gen.coroutine.
In Python 2, the subroutine returns its result with raise gen.Return(result).
Call the subroutine from another coroutine like result = yield subroutine().
That's all there is to it. Tornado's coroutines make asynchronous code efficient, clean—even beautiful.

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Looking to save money? The answer might be right at home.
According to research by the Environmental Protection Agency, the average American household spends $2,000 on energy costs each year, with nearly 30% of those costs spent on appliances, lighting, and electronics. When you realize that more than 10% of that amount goes to lighting alone, surely there are ways to save money each year through small changes in behavior.
Even if you don’t own your own home (and, therefore, appliances and windows), there are plenty of options to help renters lower their energy costs. Browse the energy saving tips below to see what works for you.
When you know what choices cost you the most, it’s easy to make small changes in your favor.
Take the time assess your home for energy efficiencies with this government energy-usage assessment tool. Some power companies and libraries also have portable energy meters you may check out to measure the voltage, electricity cost, and electronic consumption of your appliances.
It does help to turn off your lights and appliances when not in use.
Unplug unnecessary equipment (such as seldom-used audio equipment and computer printers) and enable the power-saving options on video consoles.
When reheating food, remember that a microwave uses less energy than a conventional oven.
Browse this handful of money-saving clothes-washing tips that include washing your clothes in cold water, using cold-water detergents, and regularly cleaning out the dryer lint filter.
Lower your water temperature to 120 degrees and save anywhere between $36 and $61 per year.
Be smart about your interior climate. Lower your thermostat by 5 or even 10 degrees at night or when you’re not at home. Open drapes and blinds on sunny windows to warm your house in the winter; close them in the summer to keep the heat out.
Regularly replace your HVAC filter. Dirty filters reduce air flow and cause your furnace or heat pump to work harder.
Even little investments can make big differences in your energy savings. What’s more, rebates and tax credits can help further defray the cost of purchasing more energy-efficient items.
Switch out all incandescent bulbs to compact florescent bulbs. According to Consumer Reports, you’ll save about $56 over the life of each bulb. They use 70-80% less energy and last 10-20 times longer than traditional bulbs. LEDs use up to 90% less energy and can last up to 25% longer than incandescent bulbs.
Look into smart technologies for your home such as thermostats (here are some that cost less than $200) and lights that you can schedule to turn off and on at pre-set times or program from your smart phone.
If you can afford it, replacing your old refrigerator can save you up to $150 per year on your bills. In some states, a government program will pick up your old, working refrigerator or freezer for free, recycle it responsibly, and give you $35 in exchange!
Remember that tax credits can defray of up to 10% of equipment costs for replacing old windows, doors, and skylights. The limit per year is $500 total, up to $200 for windows.
If you can’t pay to replace windows and doors just now, weather stripping and caulking can reduce your heating bills by 15 to 30%. Adding insulation and covering hot-water pipes can save you another 10%.
If you are really serious about making improvements—such as adopting solar, small wind, fuel cell, or geothermal systems—Residential Energy Tax Credits can apply to up to 30% of the costs.
Looking for more bright ideas? Plenty of resources exist online for everyone from homebuilders to renters when it comes to saving energy costs. Look for government-backed programs like the ones below, or conduct a search for “energy saving incentives” and the name of your state to get started.
Run by the Federal Energy Management Program, this initiative encourages Americans to make energy efficient choices through incentives like tax credits and rebates.
Run by the Environmental Protection Agency, Energy Star encourages Americans to save money and protect the climate through energy efficiency.
Saving money by saving energy is in everyone’s best interest because it preserves the health of our planet. By putting in a little energy of your own into reducing your energy costs, your wallet will feel healthier, too.

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The Switch Adapted Peek-A-Boo Bear is an toy for basic cause and effect, and interactive play. Activate the switch to start an engaging game of peek-a-boo.
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In a panel titled "The Development of the Film Industry in the Dominican Republic", held this Saturday, November 11 at FUNGLODE as part of the Dominican Global Film Festival, the competition between countries to become sites for filming was clearly discussed.
In order to attract movie producers and develop its own film industry, the Dominican Republic needs to create incentives, a legal framework, undergo a large-scale training program for improved human resources, and inform the Dominican people of the benefits of making the country into a high-used site for filming.
These were the conclusions of the panel "The Development of the Film Industry in the Dominican Republic" hosted this Saturday, November 11 by the Fundación Global Democracia y Desarrollo (FUNGLODE) and its sister in the United States, the Global Foundation Democracy and Development (GFDD), as part of the Dominican Global Film Festival.
Natasha Despotovic, Director of the Festival and Executive Director of GFDD, moderated the panel. Panel participants included Center for Exports and Investment of the Dominican Republic Director Eddy Martínez, National Cinema Director Arturo Rodríguez, Consultant to the drafting of the Film Law Gonzalo Castellanos, Former South Carolina Movie Commissioner Isabel Hill, Dominican producer in the US Sandra Condito, and Nina Sthraich, Director of the Global Peace Festival in Florida. Before the panel, panelists and various filmmakers had a working lunch with Presidente Leonel Fernández.
Eddy Martínez was the first to participate in the panel, speaking to the Dominican Republic’s great potential to develop a thriving film industry due to its diverse landscapes including beaches, mountains, and deserts. He also mentioned the efforts being made in terms of training of human resources to work in film and the many official initiatives currently seeking to create incentives and the right legal and economic conditions for filmmaking activities to flourish.
Martínez emphasized that economic importance of this effort represents for the country, highlighting permanent and temporary job creation and the generation of income from the services demanded by visiting filmmakers and their crews, including food, lodging, and transport. The CEI Director pointed out that more than 50% of US movies do part of their filming abroad, implying a significant business opportunity for countries who seek to become regular sites for filming. Martínez emphasized the fierce competition that currently exists to attract producers to film in certain countries or territories. He explained that attractive and diverse packages of incentives are offered, underscoring his point with the example of New Mexico, the US state which has generated more than US$600 million in income from about US$300 thousand in annual incentives.
Martínez mentioned the efforts made to develop the industry via programs such as those already offered by FUNGLODE, which have already trained more than 150 young people in diverse aspects filmmaking. Finally, he mentioned that several businesses related to different stages of film production have established in the Parque Cibernético.
Isabel Hill, who was hired by the Governor of South Carolina to develop the state’s film industry, shared her experiences, notable for the fact that thanks to her work South Carolina has become a frequent site for filming and has generated many millions of dollars for the area, with a massive impact on the state economy.
Hill explained that at the start of her work, she clearly understood the need to generate income in rural areas not benefiting from industrial development while at the same time promoting culture.
She said that Dominicans should have very clear goals in mind before embarking on an effort to develop their film industry by attracting international filmmakers.
Hill explained that one of South Carolina’s first steps had been to create a production manual, a sort of guide in which all the resources of the state were clearly presented so that anyone visiting the area with an interest to film there would already have a document containing all possible relevant information about the state, thus ensuring that the would not have to travel each inch of the state in order to become informed about what could be done there.
With respect to incentives, she emphasized that 30 of the 50 United States have created incentives to attract film producers to their area.
Finally, Hill expressed that the private sector, in partnership with the Government, is the correct agent to promote the film industry, given that private enterprise demands that conflicts of interest be resolved in order for the sector to be profitable.
Nina Sthairch emphasized that it is very important that when a producer visits a country, he or she leave that country speaking very well about it. If not, he or she becomes a source of negative publicity for the country, which is very damaging to an industry such as film.
Sthairch showed that independent producers represent the greatest source of income for the DR given that financial restrictions mean they often choose to rely on local human resources to carry out their projects.
With that in mind, she indicated, attracting independent producers requires the development of local talent at all levels. This will ensure that the services producers need are provided in a manner that fulfills their expectations. The reputation these local workers develop with producers is vital to a country becoming a frequent filming site. Sthairch emphasized that the community must be involved in this process. Awareness must be raised regarding the fact that the inconveniences that may arise from a team filming in a certain place will later translate into economic benefit for the area.
Sandra Condito spoke emotionally about what she had seen during her visit to the DR with respect to the world of film. She mentioned the talent she saw in the students she encountered at the Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo and Pontifica Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra.
She affirmed that, via FUNGLODE, next year she would be bringing Hollywood filmmakers to the DR to share their knowledge with local filmmakers and, at the same time, tour the country as a potential site for filming.
The producer, who works with Mexican director Robert Rodríguez, once again expressed her enthusiasm for the efforts being made in the DR to develop the country’s film industry. Gonzalo Castellanos spoke to the tax proposals being evaluated as part of Film Law he is helping to draft as a consultant. Castellanos explained that the Law seeks to apply revenue from movie ticket sales to the development of the film industry. Similarly, it seeks to increase domestic film viewership by opening more theaters in the country and outline clear incentives to bring investment to activities related to film.
The specialist, who drafted Colombia’s Film Law, brought up existing Latin American examples of legal frameworks that establish incentives for the film industry. For example, providing tax and customs benefits to both foreign and local filmmakers has a positive and immediate result which is multiplied among many producers and can quickly generate economic returns.
Arturo Rodríguez closed the panel by highlighting the importance of the step taken by the government of Leonel Fernández in creating the National Cinema Office. Though he recognized that the institution did not yet have a formal location from which to operate, Rodríguez insisted that the steps towards progress have been taken in the DR, as illustrated by the presence of producers of such transcendental works as El Buen Pastor, Miami Vice, and La Ciudad Perdida in the country.
The film critic expressed his agreement with the importance of the creation of incentives, the training of local human resources, and the creation of the legal framework necessary to promote the sector.
Rodríguez emphasized that in the absence of specific film legislation in the DR, the intervention of President Fernández was vital to assuring the producers of the aforementioned films would be able to accomplish their work in the country. He expressed that the role of the President would continue to be central to getting other producers to film in the DR. He closed by saying that the country will now wait for the Film Law to be "on the books" to begin applying all the well-defined ideas and plans to convert the country into a great filming location.


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For this week, I’m going to explore some of my favorite literary characters that I’ve learned from or desired to be throughout my life. The first one is Robinson Crusoe from the book Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe. While there is a large lost sea and survivor type of books such as The Swiss Family Robinson, The Hatchet, Treasure Island, and others that I read growing up, this was the book I always came back to. In terms of a book about survival there is so much information on things to do that I’m not sure I would even think about if I hadn’t read this book.
In addition to simply being a book about survival, Robinson Crusoe also spends time on the island trying to find himself and understand sort of the way society can continue to exist without him. I think I’ve always sort of had that struggle in my life where I want to find my place but question how much I really want to be part of society. While the tale of survival is clearly the most important theme, I think this societal question is one of the biggest themes as well.
Another great reason for appreciating Robinson Crusoe is in a way it describes a world that seems so foreign to today’s high technology world. The idea of living on an island with no electricity, completely unplugged from everything, while it seems scary it also seems so invigorating. Sure he was able to add some of the comforts of life. In that situation it’s more about adding the resources that will make life easier, not just for luxury. Which is interesting because one of the biggest reasons I like to read is to unplug from all the technology and disconnect from all the social media and just simply be. I read an article awhile back called living the Robinson Crusoe lifestyle, or something like that. The idea was rather interesting, it basically said to take everything you own and put them in boxes or storage containers of some kind and label the boxes. Then imagine that you where shipwrecked and you only had a limited amount of time to save your stuff… now what are the 10 boxes that you are going to keep? Everything outside of those boxes that you own are just luxury and you could live your life without them, so the article encouraged you to donate all of those things and live a life without luxury.
What is so important to your life that you would swim out to sea to save?
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text: As the market players, whether in corporate or individual form, are among the blessed, they can and are rebuilding their leverage and playing the game. It's like 2008 never happened, just a one in a thousand perfect wave, and the market participants have forgotten, just like they did in 1998 and 2003. As there is incredible liquidity available, those who can get their hands on it will use it. The authorities who saved the economy from destruction in 2008 are either busy patting themselves on the back or fighting for their own national interest. The Eurozone countries are blaming the `Anglo-Saxon' hedge funds and free market philosophy, while, in many cases, the US authorities are in the forefront of the `perfect storm' crowd - just a nip or a tuck here or there and everything will be fine. China has its own view of things and the other Asians are acting as though they were on a different planet - "what happens in Europe and North America stays there and has no impact on us." This serious reluctance to replace parochial issues with a genuine desire to restructure world finance assures us that the next crisis will be far worse than the one in 2008. Although it seemed that the world was terrified by that collapse, it is now clear that the authorities and the players were not so bothered that they changed their stripes. The cycles and very simple fundamentals are enough to predict that 2011 will be worse than 2008. The medium-term cycles tell us that there is a very high probability of a serious bout of risk aversion beginning in the next five trading days and continuing into the week of May 3. This is likely to be most apparent in Europe, but it should also impact the equity and commodity markets around the world. The stream of strong economic and corporate news, plus continued benign inflation outside of Asia should assure us of a further risk rally, starting in May and running through July and possibly into early August. This decline after the August peak should be far more serious and we believe it will be the start of a major market rout continuing into the middle of 2011, at a minimum. The deflationary recession that will accompany this market collapse, at least in the developed world, will put extreme pressure on the Eurozone and the EMU structure. The second half of this decade will witness a very different world.

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Price: $20 pre sale on Event Brite $25 at the Door.
Head over to Morro Bay for an adult scavenger hunt full of Halloween fun with wine, beer, and food. Retail, restaurant and services businesses will have a winemaker or brewmaster placed inside their business to give a sip of their exceptional product.
Everyone participating is invited to dress like their favorite hero. Passport and map will be given to each Crawler so they can navigate to each of the participating businesses listed. A filled out passport will be entered to win prizes, with a grand prize being a dinner with the Morro Bay Fire Department!
Tickets are $20.00 each, ($25.00 at the door) and are all-inclusive.

industry_corpus2: Travel & Geography


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Home / Site Announcements / Nubwerkes.com is live!
A HUGE ‘Thank You’ to William and Lynn from Inov3d.co.uk!
Aidan and I are looking forward to helping review filament and MAYBE a printer or two to provide him with some content on his website.
We look forward to working with Will and Lynn in the future!


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Mary Helen Hickman, age 77 years, of Stearns, Kentucky died Sunday January 20, 2019 at the Jean Waddle Care Center in Somerset, Kentucky.
She was born in Revelo, Kentucky on May 17, 1941 the daughter of the late Clarence and Eskie (Ross) Ball. Helen was a homemaker, and her greatest joy in life was her family, especially her grandchildren.
Preceding her in death are her parents; husband, Donald Richard Hickman; son, Donald Richard Hickman, Jr.; son-in-law, Mike Duncan; and brothers, Donald Ball and Edward “Butch” Ball.
Survivors include her sons, Robin Hickman and wife, Leny of Lexington, Scott Hickman and wife, Joy of Nicholasville, and Michael Hickman and wife, Leona of Stearns; daughters, Christi Williams of Pine Knot, and Susan Hickman and fiancé, Aaron; brothers, Ronald Ball of Cincinnati, and Kelly Ball and wife, Linda of Louisville; sister, Edna Horne of Whitley City; grandchildren, Daniel, Brianne, Deborah, Dianne, Dillon, Lianne, Jennifer, Rachel, and Rianne; and great granddaughters, Madison, Macey, Aly, and Abbie; and great grandson with whom she had a special bond, Jace.
Funeral services will be held Tuesday, January 22, 2019 at 11:30am in the McCreary County Funeral Home with Bro. David Troxell officiating. Burial to follow in the Hickman Cemetery. The family receive friends at 11am Tuesday at the funeral home.
Family request that all donations be given to the Helen Hickman Memorial Fund at the McCreary County Funeral Home.


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Read reviews about Tapame Tapas Bar here! All reviews have been written by Quandoo users that have already booked and eaten at Tapame Tapas Bar. We try to be as transparent as possible by providing you with real guest experiences. Find out what other diners are saying about Tapame Tapas Bar.
very friendly waitress; delicious food & wine & other drinks - we were a party of 6 for lunch and we all thoroughly enjoyed it - perhaps slightly pricey - but could not fault either the service or the quality of the food.
Fantastic food with terrific service. A fusion between Greek and Spanish it has something for everyone at decent prices. A great find. We will be back.
Really great Tapas bar. Fantastic food and service is outstanding. Reasonably priced food in the heart of Edinburgh into the bargain. No complaints on any details here. Thanks for a great night.
Arrived and our friends had been seated where we'd asked to be sat. They have never been before. We Couldn't decide about which rosé wine to have so were offered a taster (I liked that attention to detail considering this isn't a fine dining restaurant.) We chose our dishes, they arrived hot and at a nice pace. All the food we ordered was very tasty. The separate Ham and cheese platters went down very well. The paella was excellent and considering it was a small dish it had plenty of sea food in it. The pulled pork dish was delicious and the chicken dish had beautiful flavours. The men had beers. The dark beer wasn't available which was a shame. We had churros' and baklava for dessert with coffees and teas. The staff were very friendly and attentive. I have an allergy to garlic so they were very good about making sure my food was garlic free. We have been there 4 times. Good value for money, great food and service. We will be back.
Great place to have an early dinner as we did before going to a show at 7pm. Good variety of tapas with a Spanish/ Greek riff. Only grumble was the huge disparity in quantity of a couple of same price dishes. That was annoying and misleading! But other than that no complaints.. Waiter very friendly without being obsequious.
Delicious food and great service. The Greek potatoes and chorizo were my personal favorite, we also tried the squid and black pudding which were both tasty. The bread basket is well worth it too, the delicious flavorsome slices of sourdough were excellent. Will definitely be back!
My wife and I were warmly welcomed by staff and enjoyed an excellent light supper after a lecture nearby. Food and wine were both delicious, and we had plenty of choice, although our preferred dessert was no longer available. We'll be back.

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4.4 - Latest QAnon:APRIL SHOWERS/YouTube/Awan & "Rogue D.C. Cellular Spy Network"
The "Lacerta Interview" (if you believe it) addresses the reptilian ability to mask themselves with telepathy. She said that we were designed with a mental switch they could easily activate.
Nice explained vid. I do QAnon on German on my channel. Wenn also jemand dieses Thema auf deutsch interessiert schaut vorbei. April will be a intersting month.
You do amazing work sir.
Thank You for all the efforts you go to each day, in an attempt to bring what you feel is the truth or as close to it as you can come to the world. I plan to continue taking advantage of your efforts.


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NADA is the New Art Dealers Alliance, a non-profit trade group founded in 2002. They had the smallest, most cramped art fair in New York the weekend before last, but for the viewer, it had one great advantage over Frieze and Pulse--it was free. Here is what they write about themselves on their webpage (emphasis mine).
Our international group of members includes both galleries (including non-profit spaces) and individuals (art professionals, independent curators, and established gallery directors). The various perspectives and ideas offered by our diverse roster creates a network which, at its most basic, is a resource which people could contribute to and take as much (or as little) as they are inclined. We believe in a spirit of friendly competition and the power of working collectively to gain access to resources and to provide services to artists and the public that we could not as individuals. The benefits for some may be a matter of business, for others a source of intellectual or aesthetic stimulation.
This is a strange mission for a bunch of art dealers. And this art fair, like every other art fair I've been to, seemed to be all about selling art. I wonder what they mean by the "adversarial approach." It strikes me that art galleries depend on cooperation to function. No artist, for example, has to sign with a particular dealer, and no collector has to buy from that dealer. These are voluntary exchanges, which is the essence of capitalism. But perhaps they are speaking of competition. But when I hear phrases like "friendly competition" and "working collectively," I start to worry about cartels.
But that's neither here nor there in discussing this art fair. As I said, it was quite cramped. There were three floors of exhibitors in a narrow building in Chelsea. They also used the roof of the building, where there was food and a tent with Phaidon selling books. I started at the roof and worked my way down.
I liked this piece by Koenraad Dedobbeleer, but the weird thing is that it took up the entire floorspace of the booth except for one sliver at the end. (Because of this, it was impossible to photograph the whole piece.) At Frieze, a piece like this would have been surrounded by air on all four sides. Fortunately, his other piece could be hung on the wall out in the corridor between booths.
It's make a good sign for a Chicken and Waffles restaurant, no?
I also liked everything I saw at Toronto's Tomorrow Gallery but I didn't get all the artists names. I don't think they had the art labelled. I talked to people there, but the artists names flew in one ear and out the other. I wasn't clever enough to take notes. Either or both of these pieces could be by Egan Frantz, but I'm not sure. Any Pan readers know?
These three paintings by Chris Succo were shown at Berline's DUVE Gallery booth. They appear from a distance and in this photograph to be minimal abstractions--good ones, to my eye--but this is a case where there are other things happening in the work that can be easily shown in a photograph.
Lisa Cooley Gallery had several things I liked, including this painting by Cynthia Daignault. The very simple, flat painting of the foreground objects makes them look like they come from an old animated movie. But they really jump out at you against the patterned background. This is something I've seen Gary Panter do in some of his paintings.
Austin's Andy Coolquitt had a show that just closed at Lisa Cooley Gallery, and he had a few pieces in her space at NADA. He's the second Austin artist whose work I saw at the art fairs (Buster Graybill had work at Frieze). I didn't see work by any Houston artists at any of the three shows, I'm sorry to report. But given the size of the shows, I might have overlooked it.
Is Andy Coolquitt a heavy smoker, or does he just find all these used-up lighters in the street?
Now here is a sculpture that doesn't take up too much space! I like its grungy elegance.
When you walk into Western Exhibitions' booth, you think, "Oh my God, they hired a bunch of penniless artists to stand there and hold up the art!" But what's holding up these works by Deb Sokolow and Ben Stone is actually a group of functional sculptures by John Riepenhoff.
The press release from Western Exhibitions says, "While Riepenhoff’s sculptures literally support paintings, they also metaphorically represent his support for other artists, simulating the perspective of the art-handler and making visible the unseen laborer integral to exhibition-making." I'm in favor of that! Riepenhoff seems like he has done a lot to support artists over the years: "John Riepenhoff is a painter, he co-runs The Green Gallery in Milwaukee and has worked as a curator, art handler and art fair director (Milwaukee International, The Dark Fair)." But I can't get away how creepy it is to see these legs sticking out from under these artworks--it's uncanny.
I found myself drawn to the paintings of Razvan Boar, a painter from Romania. This is going to sound weird, but his work reminded me a little of the painting of Dorothy Hood. It's the way he handles edges that is similar to her edges. Of course, she was an abstractionist, and Boar is a figurative painter. But there is a continuity across these categories--and some painters move back and forth.
I had never heard of Keichi Tanaami before seeing this work at the Nanzuka booth. Wikipedia describes him as "one of the leading pop artists of postwar Japan."But one thing that is different about him and American Pop Artists is that his work was obviously made for print. This piece is an example of that. The stuff surrounding the figures is half-tone film, which yellows with age (as collectors of original comic strip art know).
Obviously there are similarities in Tanaami's art to Yokoo Tadanori's work. And even though the work has a very mod sensibility, they seem ineffably Japanese. Very cool.
This dark vitrine by Erik Wysocan where each object is covered by its own silhouette is one of those things that can't even begun to be understood without reading the wall text. Even with the wall text, the meaning of this disparate group of objects is obscure. Sure looks cool, though.
There is something almost fake looking about this big splatter of acrylic paint on a window screen by Ben Schumacher. This feeling is even more pronounced when you see it in person.
I took this closeup in order to convince myself that the ridges in this impasto were real and some kind of trompe-l'oeil. It just didn't look right. It's a very cool effect--I wonder if it's intentional. I also wonder if Schumacher is, like Roy Lichtenstein did, making fun of painterly abstractionists.
Anissa Mack's sculpture Marker A is a little hard to see--a black solid rectangle with the negative image of a face in it--it's like black on black, pure negation. Nothing of her work I've seen online seems quite so dark (literally and metaphorically).
I suppose I'm should make a general statement about the art I saw here and comment on the place of NADA in the art world. The art was not shown at its best in these cramped booths--but then again, the way they were displayed here probably more accurately reflects what the pieces might look like hanging in a collector's home, which is likely a no less cluttered visual environment than NADA was. The art here seemed on average somewhat more challenging and intellectual than the work at the other shows--it was less crowd-pleasing, providing less visual punch. That was refreshing, actually.
A complaint about art fairs is that they force too much visual stimulation down your throat at once. More subtle work gets overlooked in the cacophony. The format is not conducive for contemplation of the work. All these criticisms are true. And despite that, I loved visiting Frieze, Pulse and NADA. The festive, hyperactive atmosphere of the fairs was, well, exciting. I like visual over-stimulation sometimes, and if I'm going for over-stimulation, I'd rather do it at an art fair than at, say, a summer blockbuster movie. For all my criticisms, I thoroughly enjoyed myself at these three art fairs.
The chair w/ book in Tomorrow's booth is Ben Schumacher and ElaineCameron-Wier. The large text with elephant foot is Egan Frantz.


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Uncle Jack's Very Vintage Vegas – Mid Century Modern Homes, Historic Las Vegas Neighborhoods, Las Vegas History and Urban Living by Jack LeVine – Downtown Las Vegas’ L’Octaine Apartments Is What Urban Community Is All About.
I’ve been living in the L’Octaine apartments for almost a month now, and it continues to get nothing but better! I’m meeting my neighbors, a wonderfully diverse and perfect example of the creative and cultural melting pot that an ‘Urban Core’ should be all about.
English is an amazingly positive and energetic young school teacher, putting in her daily grind at some of the most challenging classrooms our valley has to offer. Ironically, she is not an English teacher, but rather educates the young urbanites on the subject of art. Speaking of art, besides our good friend/artist Brian Paco Alvarez; I’ve spotted another neighbor hefting a tripod from her VW Jetta & word has it there are all sorts of creatives in the 51 unit complex owned by Tom Hom Group, who in my understanding developed most of the ‘Gas Lamp’ District in San Diego, to correct my first post on the development.
Two more of my neighbors are Steve and Elsa, she is Dominican, and he’s German. Together they are such a wonderful and beautiful couple, you can feel the love for life & each other radiating off of them. They were grilling out & eating dinner in one of the common areas in the complex. They invited me to join them to eat. Even though I’d already agreed to wander down Las Vegas Blvd. pedestrian style w/ Paco to Original Thai BBQ (oh, look who wrote the review I found while googling the establishment; it’s James P. Reza from Vurb) for dinner, the sense of community I gleaned from the experience left me so full of appreciation for having found what had seemed so absent while residing in 7 Hills for the last year and a half. They invited me to their next cook out & I’m looking forward to a ‘breaking of the neighborly bread.’ By the way Steve is a local sound engineer (talk about my kind of people)!
and at quite a deal too I might add. If you’re looking to furnish you new digs in a hot-mod way, I’d recommend wandering Main st., both North and South of Charleston. The two establishments named were some of my favorites, but there are plenty of others!
I’ll keep you updated as I uncover more of the cultural gold in L’Octaine & ‘The Urban Core’ in general, and continue to find great furnishings & places to acquire them!