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The Lugogo Sun Hotel is the largest of the three hotels at the Royal Swazi Spa Valley Resort and is especially geared to suit large tour groups and convention groups. It also offers an affordable option for independent travellers keen on accessing the various resort facilities at a lesser rate.
There are a total of 202 spacious guest rooms that offer comfortable accommodation of international standard.
A hot tip from your local connection: The swimming pool at the Lugogo Sun Hotel is especially popular with both adults and young children as its large "beach-type" design with gradual gradients going from shallow to deep make it ideal for lounging around. The generally shallow depth throughout also mean that it is a few degrees warmer during most months of the year.
The Royal Swazi Spa Valley comprises of three separate hotels each varying in style and atmosphere. They are all of premium quality as guaranteed by the Sun International Group of which they are all members.
The Royal Swazi Spa Hotel serves as the regal flagship hotel of the Kingdom of Swaziland, whilst the Carribbean-style Ezulwini Sun is more laid back and has an informal atmosphere. The Lugogo Sun attracts both tour groups and families to this beautiful and tranquil valley. All three hotels are only minutes apart by courtesy bus, which makes it ideal for a host of events, including large regional and international conventions, banquets and promotional golf championships.
Guests at the Lugogo Sun hotel have the facilities of the entire Royal Swazi Spa Valley Resort at their disposal. The many leisure and sporting facilities will keep even the most active of guests fully occupied. The natural setting of the valley yields interesting nature trails at the nearby Mlilwane and Mantenga Nature Reserves, whilst the talent of local artisans can be admired at the many curio and craft outlets.
Casino - Situated at the Royal Swazi Spa there are tables and slots machines set in an intimate casino that provides wonderful hours of playing enjoyment.
Children's Entertainment - There is a special children's facility - Kamp Kwena for children between 4 - 12 years of age and the Magic Company which specialises in video and interactive games. Kamp Kwena is situated at the Lugogo Sun, whilst the Magic Company is found near the main Casino Entrance.
Golf - The spectacular 18-hole championship course at the Royal Swazi Spa Country Club is one of the most scenically rewarding to be found anywhere in the world. A different mountainscape can be enjoyed from every tee and green. The sweeping par 72 course is laid out on the slopes of the Lugogo Mountain, with the first 9 comparatively level and the back 9 fully exploiting the mountainous terrain. There is a putting green located close to the Club House for the convenience of players.
Quad-bike trail - situated immediately adjacent to the Royal Swazi Sun - this activity is managed by Swazi Trails. Trips depart daily for one hour or two hour excursions. Trips can be booked via the Swazi Trails representative in the foyer of the Royal Swazi Sun or online right here - one hour quad trail or two hour quad trail.
Gym - Situated inside the Health Spa, it has cardio vascular exercise equipment as well as circuit training equipment.
Health Spa - The Spa at the Royal Swazi is a haven of health and beauty offering an extraordinary range of spa treatments including Swedish massage, shiatsu, body raps, exfoliation, hydrotherapy, facials, manicures and pedicures. A hairdressing salon is also available.
Lawn Bowls - 2 beautiful bowling greens are situated just below the Royal Swazi Spa's pool deck and comfortably accommodate seven rinks each.
Snooker Room - A full-size snooker table is available at the Country Club.
Squash - 2 squash courts are located directly below the bowling greens.
Swimming - Each hotel has its own swimming pool with pool umbrellas and loungers. Bar service and snack menus are available. Both the Ezulwini Sun and the Lugogo Sun have children's paddle pools and at the Royal Swazi Spa a large heated outdoor jacuzzi adjoins the main swimming pool and poolbar.
Tennis Courts - 2 flood-lit courts are adjacent to the pool at the Royal Swazi Spa and another two courts are located at Ezulwini Sun.
Volleyball - Volleyball courts can be provided upon request at the Royal Swazi Spa, Lugogo Sun and Ezulwini Sun Hotels.
Planters Restaurant & Bar at the Royal Swazi Sun - Open Sunday to Thursday (19h00 - Midnight); Friday and Saturday (19h00 - 02h00). Inspired from the colonial era of the original sugar cane farms, the essence is Asian with an imperial influence. The a la carte menu specialises in juicy grills, fragrant curries and spicy prawn dishes. The welcoming bar is an ideal venue to enjoy a pre-dinner drink or a night cap after a spin at the roulette table.
Casino Bar - Open daily: 15h00 till close. The bar in the casino is a hub of activity offering nightly live entertainment, the most innovative cocktails and an excellent reprieve from the casino floor.
Country Club Bar - Open Daily: 08h00 - 19h00. The best view at the resort can be enjoyed at the Country Club Bar which overlooks the championship golf course with its backdrop of a Mdzimba mountain range.
Pool Bar - Lugogo Sun - open daily. Refreshing thirst quenchers are served at the poolside. This open deck and picturesque gazebo bar overlooks the large shallow pool that the hotel is famous for.
The iLanga Restaurant - Open daily for Breakfast (06h30 - 11h00); Lunch (12h00 - 14h30); and Dinner (18h30 - 22h30). The ILanga Restaurant is famous for its tasty buffet.
Sportsmans Bar - by the number of television monitors dotted around this pub, it is quite clear that people gather here for one thing - SPORT. So there's no need to get out of touch with your favourite team whilst travelling...sit back and cheer on!


text: With the developments in cognitive psychology, language learners’ beliefs have received considerable attention in the domain of language teaching and learning. One area that merits investigation as to what the learner brings to this educational process is learner attributions which are commonly defined as ‘perceived causes of success and failure’. This paper investigated pre-service teachers’ perceptions of student attributions and their performance in English. Attributions are categorized as either internal (for instance ability) or external (for instance task difficulty). Motivated by these theoretical concerns, the study investigated the attributions of 122 pre-service teachers majoring in English and the connections between attribution and proficiency and gender. The study concludes with a set of far-reaching pedagogical implications and suggestions for learner training and teacher action in the EFL classroom. The results underscore the need for pre-service students to become aware of their own perceptions with regard to students' success and failure in English.

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A research team led by investigators at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) in collaboration with MHRP has demonstrated that the viral reservoir is established extremely early after simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) infection of rhesus monkeys and before the virus can be detected in the blood. The findings appeared online on July 20 in the journal Nature.
The viral reservoir poses a critical challenge in the quest to cure HIV infection since it contains cells in which the HIV virus can lie dormant for many years, thereby avoiding elimination by antiretroviral therapy (ART). Very little had been known about when and where the viral reservoir is established during acute HIV infection, or the extent to which it is susceptible to early ART.
“Our data show that in this animal model, the viral reservoir was seeded substantially earlier after infection than was previously recognized,” explains senior author Dan H. Barouch, MD, PhD, Director of the Center for Virology and Vaccine Research at BIDMC and Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School.
In this study, the scientific team initiated ART in groups of monkeys on days 3, 7, 10 and 14 after infection with SIV, a virus that infects monkeys and causes illness resembling HIV infection in humans. Animals treated 3 days following infection showed no evidence of virus in the blood and did not generate any SIV-specific immune responses. However, after six months of ART, treatment was halted and all of the animals in the study exhibited viral resurgence.
According to Dr. Nelson Michael, MHRP Director and study co-author, "these studies showed us that the viral reservoir is established in the rhesus model less than three days after exposure to virus when there is no evidence of infection in the blood. We are likely going to need to use other modalities, along with antiretroviral drugs, to clear the viral reservoir regardless of how early we initiate therapy."

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Blorum.info: A Blorum (ie blog+forum) for Digital Media Marketing Expertise!: So many violations in one paragraph!
So many violations in one paragraph!
I have removed the names to protect the guilty but there are two major legal and ethical problems in this paragraph that I received from a big-name educational website!
1. A CAN-SPAM violation in which they solicity third party names and say that they will email them!
2. Asking people to click on ads. If anyone at Google gets wind of that, you forfeit your adsense account and lose your position in their search engine.
A third possible problem is that they say that the site is run by volunteers. My estimate is that the couple running it pull in a nice six figure income.

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We are committed to providing you with the best possible service. After hours service is available for urgent requirements.
With over fifty suppliers we have you covered. Delivering genuine product, at the right price, in a timely manner, through our direct online ordering systems.
We have a team of experienced parts interpreters who are here to help with all your parts inquiries. The team will provide you with the best possible service and cover most machinery in the Cowra area.

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Woven sew on name tapes for sewing into clothing. Suitable for school children and for use in care homes. 100% woven polyester labels made on site and sent fast.
Traditional sew in name tapes are the original and most secure method for labelling clothing. When sewn into any garment the name tapes offer a durable, long lasting solution for clothing identification.
Our name tapes are woven with colourfast Oeko-Tex Standard 100 polyester yarn, suitable for constant contact with the skin.
The delivery was excellent it took one day after I ordered to get delivered.
Brilliant name tapes used all our first orders, and just re ordered some more for this year, lovely bright colours and design, little boy loves choosing picture too!
Excellent quality, wash and wear well and last the life of the clothes! Back to order another set.
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These are the best quality name tapes you can buy. I have bought these numerous times, clear text, great colours, great price and excellent quality.
Clear and well spaced, top quality. Not over-packaged and came through very quickly. Ideal for all types of clothing.
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Ordered at 8am in the morning came in the post the very next day amazing service "Thank you"
Excellent product, excellent quality name labels, what more can I say?
Just perfect for my daughters school uniform. The name labels came really quickly and looked lovely in pink with the little flower design.


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Your eyes are the mirror of your soul. We promise to keep them happy. Our serum is bound to enamour you with its magical healing properties. Our advanced Bio-Activ under eye treatment, softens the appearance of fine lines and deeply moisturizes the delicate skin around the eyes. It keeps skin firm, moist and plump and ensures evenly toned and ageless eye contours.
Apply serum all over in circular motion. Massage lightly until absorbed by the skin. Use as often as required.


text: Jason Klinghoffer is the VP of Corporate Strategy at Chewy.com. After spending three years helping the company grow over 10x, Jason has extensive experience with customer acquisition strategies, scaling e-commerce businesses, and capital raises. As part of Chewy, Jason launched and runs two paid marketing channels, led 3 capital raises, and managed the sale process of Chewy to PetSmart. In his free time, Jason enjoys Heat and Dolphins games. Jason holds a BA from Amherst College and an MBA from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth.


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Below is our online resource page for information and help regarding our fridges and iceboxes.
To find your closest repairer, please use the map below by typing your post code and pressing enter.
You can either zoom in on the map by double clicking or zoom out by double right clicking.
If you do not find a solution with the below information please contact us at warranty@evakool.com or call us on 07 5492 7777.
Please select your model from the menu below to download your user manual.
I have a fridge/icebox purchased through Supercheap Auto and I have a warranty issue. How do I proceed?
The Ridge Ryder range and other fridges purchased through Supercheap Auto must be taken back to your local Supercheap Auto store if you wish to make a warranty claim. The units will then be tested in store and sent back to Evakool.
If for any reason you are not completely satisfied with your purchase please email us at warranty@evakool.com so that we can resolve any problems. The warranty policy does not apply to goods which have been damaged after delivery, or if any attempt has been made to alter the product not authorised by Evakool. All products must be returned in good condition. All postage and insurance costs are to be paid by the buyer. We recommend that you return the product via Registered post and that you pre pay all postage. You assume any risk of lost, theft or damaged goods during transit & therefore advise you take out shipment registration of insurance with your postal carrier. Evakool will not be responsible for parcels lost or damaged in transit if you choose not to insure.
As a result of Evakool's stringent quality control some products have, following the identification of certain visible imperfections, been graded as a factory second. These imperfections are purely aesthetic in nature and DO NOT affect the insulation properties or performance. These imperfections are NOT covered by warranty. Seconds fridges and freezers do however carry warranty on all refrigeration components as stated on their individual product page on our website.


text: Finding the best Samsung Grand Prime PLUS Specials and Deals for your budget is easy using our cellphone specials. Hellkom has around 2,000 special offers from retailers around the country every month, and the specials and deals are updated as and when new offers become available. You can search through deals from Vodacom, MTN, Cell C, Virgin Mobile and Telkom Mobile, with devices from Apple, BlackBerry, HTC, LG, Motorola, Microsoft, Samsung and Sony.


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Copper (SGCP100), Stainless Steel (SGSP100), or Galvanized steel (SGGP100). Select below.
This is one of the best deals you can get on heavy-duty snow guards! 17 1/2 inches overall length, 4 inch wide face, 12 1/2 inch reach, 8.3 ounces each.
The heavy-duty Pro 100 snow guard is available for corrugated, flat, slate, and asphalt shingled roofs. The superior design of the Pro 100 includes a one inch gusset that reinforces the shoe, which makes this snow guard 5X stronger than traditional residential snow guards. The Pro 100 has been tested to withstand a 300-pound point load at any location when applied to the gusset side of the shoe. Simply insert the slotted bar under the slate or shingle, engage a nail with one of the conveniently placed slots and pull to fully secure the bar (12 1/2 inches maximum reach to nail). This style snow guard provides fast installation and is ideal for existing applications with slate roofs.
Snow guards should be installed where the potential for the sudden sliding of ice and snow can be hazardous to people or property below. Falling snow is a life safety issue, and careful consideration of liability issues should be part of a carefully designed roof system in all areas prone to winter snow and ice.
The following recommendation is for a typical application, slate size 12 inches x 18 inches, with a 7 1/2 inch exposure, and a roof pitch of 12/12 (45 degrees) and can be adjusted for differing conditions such as high snow loads, or drifting conditions. For this example, the rafter length is 18 feet.
Guards shall be installed in horizontal rows parallel to the eave. The first row shall be installed on the third course of slate, and spaced no more than 24 inches apart in the rows. Subsequent rows shall be spaced 30 inches vertically (4th slate course) and the guards offset 12 inches from the course below. Install 6 horizontal rows. The preceding technical information is for informational purposes only and is not intended to replace the manufacturer's recommendations for a particular project. We will provide layouts upon receipt of roof plan with elevations. Manufacturer is not responsible for improper installation, or installation in insufficient quantities.

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OPMI channels funding to a variety of organisations to further the State's goals in terms of migrant Integration. Click the headings below for further details of the amounts allocated and the projects benefiting from each fund.
Significant funding supports are being made available to civil society organisations working in support of migrant integration. In addition to the EU grants allocated, a further 15 projects were selected following an open call for proposals under the National Integration Funding Programme in 2017. This Programme is worth €600,000 per year over three years. The projects will be delivered in a range of locations across the country.
A nationwide project to support English language acquisition.
An employment and integration project in Dublin for vulnerable and socially-excluded immigrants, which will increase the employability of members of the target group.
A Cork-based project providing practical support and advice to immigrants.
A nationwide anti-racism project involving children and young people.
A small grant scheme worth €500,000 in total has been established to support local community-based integration projects. Selection of projects under this scheme is also by way of an open call for proposals.
The Government is also using European Union funding to support migrant integration. Under the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (AMIF), €4.5 million has been made available over 3 years to support civil society organisations delivering asylum and integration projects nationwide. Further AMIF funding is being channelled to local authorities and local community organisations via the Irish Refugee Protection Programme. European Social Fund support of €3.3 million over 4 years has been allocated to migrant employability projects.
In December 2017 - approximately €500,000 of funding from Dormant Accounts Funds has been allocated to a number of integration projects which focus particularly on issues affecting migrant women.
Government Departments and agencies can also finance integration activities from their own resources.
NOTE: Before you apply for funding under any of the above schemes please take note of the following guidelines for recipients of public funds issued by the Department of Public Expenditire and Reform.

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After 10 years of designing beautiful websites for some of the biggest names in the automotive industry, we felt it was time to show ourselves some love. Welcome to the brand-new Kee website!
Take a look at our new digital digs! Since our announcement that we’re opening our doors to the automotive industry after 10 years of working with some big names on some big projects, we felt that if folks were going to be googling us, we should make sure we have somewhere nice for them to visit.
Introducing the new Kee.co website! We hope you like it (we certainly do!), but since we’re all perfectionists, you will no doubt see one or two ‘evolutionary’ changes over the coming months. This is natural as we tweak fonts and colours and generally make it feel like home.
They say the best thing about designing for yourself is ‘you can do whatever you want’.
They also say the most difficult thing about designing for yourself is ‘you can do whatever you want’. It was the ultimate challenge for our designers and developers because we could literally do anything we wanted, so the hardest thing was making sure there was some constraint.
But here we are! A 100% custom design with a template coded from scratch. A little parallax animation here and there. Fully mobile responsive, of course. We have ourselves a splendid home page with interactivity when you’re on desktop, lots of versatile product pages and, of course, our blog.
It’s true, we love our new website, but really it’s our client sites that we’re most proud of. Designing our own site really had no physical or logistical constraints; we simply gave our designers and developers some coffee and bakery goods and the creativity just flowed. The rest of the team added their input and the whole thing came together organically and quickly.
Our client sites, however, provide more of a mental challenge, which we all really enjoy. We have guidelines we must stick to, deadlines we can’t miss, content to plan, write and build and tests after tests after tests to make sure everything is going to work for everyone.
So while we welcome you to our brand-new website and invite you to look around, it’s our other work we’d really like you to take a look at so you can see what we can offer.
Or you can stay here in the Kee blog and get a feel for what we’re about as an agency from a more personal side! It’s up to you, but whatever you do we’d love it if you dropped us an email, whether it’s to ask us about how we can help or just to say ‘Hi!’.

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Some people try to make a commitment to signing up for a gym, however, all they end up doing is making payments on their contract, only to never go. Essentially they are just throwing their money away.
However, humans have had muscles long before 24 Hours Fitnesses and lavender infused yoga studios. There are plenty of ways to keep your body strong and fit without ever having to sign a contract for a gym.
If you’ve been wanting to make some changes to your life but refuse to do so inside of a gym, here are some of the best ways to stay in shape all on your own.
Little did you know that your stairs could be used for more than just practical things like going upstairs and downstairs. You’ll be happy to know that not only do stairs provide a great workout for buns and thighs, but it can even be fun if you allow it to be.
One of the greatest benefits of stairs is that they provide a resistance workout as well as an aerobic workout. If you went up and down your stairs for even just 10 minutes a day you could burn as many as 200 or more calories every time. You’d have stronger legs and less fat overall since you’re burning so much fat From the aerobic exercise you’re getting in from it.
Working out in your living room isn’t only convenient, but it’s free! There are a wide variety of workout DVDs out there. Or, you could even stream something off of YouTube.
When it comes to working up a sweat, you don’t have to do it in a gym. Working out at home to a video can give you the same benefits that you would have working with a professional trainer in an exercise facility.
A simple and effective way to get an extra burn every day is by walking to your work. By walking even just 30 minutes a day you can get a significant little workout in.
You may even want to consider buying a fitness tracker like a Fitbit so that you have even more motivation to see how much you’re moving. Fitness trackers don’t just keep you motivated, but they can even indulge your competitive side by having contests with your friends.


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The B.Tech. Program is a four-year, eight-semester, full-time, campus-based program. The Program provides cutting edge education to equip students with comprehensive and critical understanding in various branches of engineering. Students who passed 3 year Diploma in Engineering are eligible for Lateral Entry (join 3rd semester of the program).
Pass in 10+2 / Intermediate with 45% aggregate or its equivalent with pass in each of the Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry and English subjects. The applicant should fulfill the minimum age requirements as prescribed by the respective board through which the applicant has appeared for the qualifying examination. Final year 10+2 / Intermediate students awaiting results can also apply.
Pass in 3 year Diploma in the respective branch of engineering with atleast 45% marks in aggregate. Students in their final year of diploma may also apply.
On successful completion of the B.Tech. Program, students will be awarded B.Tech. degree by the ICFAI University, Jharkhand subject to University regulations.
# For 10+2 students and 3 year full-time campus based program for diploma holders through lateral entry. Elgibile diploma holders will be admitted directly into the 2nd year of the B.Tech. program.
* Details of Discipline Courses and Electives of Branches will be mentioned in the Student Handbook (given at the time of Admission).
The Admission Modalities are with reference to the campus-based B.Tech Program offered by the ICFAI University, Jharkhand. The medium of instruction is English.


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The annual "McCarthy's Party" began in 1986 at Joe's Bar (in his basement), which he built by hand a few years earlier. St. Patrick's Day was a time to celebrate his Irish heritage. Joe would invited one and all to join him in celebrating.....and what better way, than with a party! Over the years, the crowds attending the annual event grew too large for the basement bar and Joe was forced to move the party to a function hall. Joe's philosophy about the holiday also changed. "A holiday of such great importance called for more than just a day of celebration". And so, "St. Patrick's Month" became the new tradition. On the eve of Joe's death, he, his wife Evelyn, and his daughter Terri were going over plans for the 2009 party, which was scheduled for the last Saturday in March to "close-out" the St. Patrick's Month's celebration. Joe took ill and passed away the following day. His family decided to cancel the party as planned and bring it back to the bar where it began. On March 17, 2009, family and friends gathered at Joe's Bar to celebrate St. Patrick's Day and remember the man who had started it all. On every hour, at 17 minutes past, a bell was rung and a toast was made to "Jameson Joe".
Beginning in March 2010, a new tradition was born. On the last Saturday of March, a benefit McCarthy's Party is held to "close-out" the St. Patrick's month celebration and honor the memory of Joe McCarthy. All proceeds from the event will go to support the Joseph A McCarthy Memorial Scholarship Fund.
ONLY 175 TICKETS TO BE SOLD!
1069 West Elm St. Ext.

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CNB Financial Corporation provides a full range of banking activities and services for individual, business, governmental and institutional customers through its wholly owned subsidiary, CNB Bank.
Check out our latest client projects that were designed by our creative team and built by our developers. We are also able to take your approved web designs and build them out with the Kentico CMS. Contact us today and get a free consultation on your design or development project.
Let us help you accomplish big goals.

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A winter must have, this hooded snowsuit is crafted from water-resistant coated nylon. We love the practicality of its two zip fastenings at the front as well as its detachable mittens and booties. Baby will stay warm thanks to the suit's fleece lining and padded interior. The faux fur hood trim can be removed. We also appreciate the reflective piping details, Timberland trim at the cuffs and silkscreen print on the front.
A winter must have, this hooded snowsuit is crafted from water-resistant coated nylon. We love the practicality of its two zip fastenings at the front as well as its detachable mittens and booties. Baby will stay warm thanks to the suit\'s fleece lining and padded interior. The faux fur hood trim can be removed. We also appreciate the reflective piping details, Timberland trim at the cuffs and silkscreen print on the front.


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The effects of hard water, while rarely health-related, can still have a huge impact on your household. The clothes you wear and the fabrics you use, the appliances you operate on a daily basis, and even the pipes and drainage system can all be affected by the hardness of the your water supply.
It is thus crucial to learn of the benefits of using soft water. This is going to help you realize the value of investing in a reliable water softener. Park City has several suppliers of this appliance.
Here are some of the effects of continued use of hard water.
Washing clothes and fabrics in hard water can lead to the appearance of gray stains. In addition, their texture also suffers, as the minerals in the water can make them itchy and scratchy. They also tend to look old and dingy.
And since hard water renders detergent soaps less effective, it may mean that your freshly washed clothes and fabrics are still dirty and soiled.
Household appliances that use water, such as your water heater, washing machine, and shower, may also show signs of deterioration after a while. The dissolved minerals in the water may accumulate in these devices. Aside from a decreased efficiency, these scale build-up can also make them ineffective, thus requiring repairs.
Many consumers are not aware of how hard water can cause clogging in pipes and drainages. The reality is that it does, and if left unresolved, can lead to water back-ups, burst pipes, and ultimately, costly water damage repairs.
As you can see, hard water can be quite a nuisance and an expensive household problem. So before you have to deal with these issues, install a water softener as soon as possible.

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text: Cholesterol enjoys notoriety as a pro or anti-atherogenic lipid by virtue of the lipoprotein with which it is associated. This simplistic interpretation is most evident in the positive and negative correlations with the atherosclerotic process manifested by cholesterol associated with the most abundant lipoprotein species, respectively low density (LDL) and high density (HDL) lipoproteins 1,2. The statement requires qualification, however, when lipoprotein sub-populations are contemplated. Thus, within the HDL density spectrum, the protective influence is largely believed to reside within the ultracentrifugally defined lower density HDL-2 subclass 3. HDL-3 enjoys much less support as an anti-atherogenic lipoprotein particle, a somewhat unsatisfactory state of affairs when considering mechanistic explanations of the function of HDL. Notably, particles of the size of HDL-3 are the principal acceptors of cellular cholesterol, the initiating step in reverse cholesterol transport 4. In addition, they can act as a repository for lipids shed from triglyceride-rich lipoproteins, greatly facilitating the catabolic removal of these potentially atherogenic lipoprotein particles 5. Further subfractionation of lipoproteins into, hopefully, metabolically homogenous sub-populations is one approach which should yield more satisfying explanations. This is the rationale behind the studies described in the present report.


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GK Questions Asked in RBI Grade B Phase-I Exam 2017 : Dear Readers, In this article we are providing you the General Awareness Questions asked in First Shift of RBI Grade-B Officers Phase-I Exam conducted on 17th June 2017.
Robert Moore is from which country?
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Today, you will find new software out there in the market every day - developers are cashing in on the increasing demand for apps while companies are trying to increase revenue. While a life without television, phones and computers was the way the world worked a century back, today it's quite different.
Unless you have already adopted to the cloud and store all your information over it, you probably are using these every day. In fact, these are pretty handy to send information from one place to another.
Here are the 5 things why you need to love these and use them every day.
USB drives are the major way of transmitting information between computers. It has superseded all other means of data transmitting devices. They are fast, efficient and more authentic. With the help of these drives heavy data can be transported at the least time possible by whatever other way.
They are the most widely used external storage devices today. No one uses a floppy or CD-ROM's today, your desktop probably doesn't even has a space for a floppy disk today. If you're using a laptop, you might not even have a CD-ROM drive too. You can have all backups done to the device easily. Unlike other devices, they are not easily damaged and can be used roughly.
For a new PC or laptop, the OS can be installed with the help of a USB drive. They are preferred over optical disks since a few PCs and laptops do not have the optical drives to run them.
One need not pile up a smart phone with songs to listen in a car. The cars today have built-in USB ports. All that one has to do is to insert your drive in port and let the songs play for you. The smallest flash drive can hold numbers of songs than your smart phone.
It is the best place to store apps. Having too many apps on a PC makes it a mess. You can store them in your flash USB drive and can use it only when needed.
Given the penchant for many business to try to save money, it is fairly commonplace to see a company take its manufacturing processes outside of the United States. This goes for manufacturers such as those that make wire harnesses, but it is important for these manufacturers to think a bit about the wire harness Mexico could produce versus a location thousands of miles away.
For decades, the prospect of moving any manufacturing into Mexico has had its ups and downs. Years of political tension have certainly played a part in making a transition to our country's neighbor to the south a bit tougher a sell. Moreover, customers have perhaps made up their own minds when it comes to having products come from Mexico because they've heard enough to make them feel they won't get a great product.
Lower Operating Costs While Maintaining High Standards - Manufacturers of wire harnesses send production abroad because they know that labor is less expensive, which means bigger profits. These manufacturers, however, are unaware that Mexico has very competitive operating costs, especially in the interior of the country. Manufacturers have found that the workforce is solid and that knowledge of the field is sound.
Market Sustainability Very High - Wire harnesses are used in just about every possible type of industry you can imagine and have been for many years. They are used in some of the most sustainable markets with a dedicated customer base, so with production being moved to Mexico contributing to the country's own growth, the ability to manufacturer "down south" looks to be a good move for the future.
Easier Access to Site by Manufacturer - If something goes wrong at manufacturing site abroad and an issue has to be addressed in person, how long would it take to get feet on the ground to begin the resolution process? How many resources would be used? By staying close by, a manufacturer has an easier time being physically available to address issues and run inspection of the process. Moreover, having a manufacturing site strategically placed can make for getting product to a customer much easier with lower cost than having to travel longer distances.
Protection of Intellectual Property - For quite some time, there have been issues noted by manufacturers who operate abroad that stem from an inability to protect their intellectual property. A wire harness may not make most people think twice so long as it seems to do the trick, but a cheap knock-off that bears a resemblance to a company's product could cause distrust among potential, and even current, customers.
The wire harness Mexico is capable of manufacturing should make you pay closer attention to what Mexico can offer. Moreover, the upside to this business relationship is having customers feel as though your product is still of stellar quality, up-to-date on industry standards, and that issues that may come up can be addressed relatively quicker & easier.


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EconomicPolicyJournal.com: Now Norwegian Central Bank Discloses Nearly $1 Billion in US Gold and Silver Mining Shares!
Now Norwegian Central Bank Discloses Nearly $1 Billion in US Gold and Silver Mining Shares!
There's an awful lot of gold being accumulated by central banks.
Here are the gold and silver mining shares disclosed by Norges Bank and their values* as of June 30, 2015.
Is $1 billion a lot? What is there entire portfolio value?
It's around 7000 billion NOK, which is ballpark 1000 billion usd, or a trillion I believe you say.
Roughly translated 'the pensionfund for the state, abroad'.
The policy is for the government to use maximum 4% of the growth of this fund yearly, to cover running expenses.
This is called 'handlingsregelen', 'the rules of engagement.
There are a lot of ethical guidelines as to what we can put the money in (no coal, no tobacco, etc), and we're running out of places to put all the money.


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Criminal justice is a combination of practices and government institutions which are directed to uphold social control, mitigate and deter crime, or sanction those people who violate state laws with rehabilitation efforts and criminal penalties. The criminal justice system has a goal of balancing the aim of controlling the crime and development of practices for prevention, as well as promote justice. Justice includes fairness, equity and protection of the rights of an individual. The criminal justice system also has a goal of reducing the level of crime by selecting punishment for committing offences. It also aims to raise the confidence of the law-abiding citizens that the system can deliver justice, and it is fair. Therefore, criminal justice has a general obligation of reducing crime among the country’s citizens and increasing the security of a country (Fuller, 2005).
In the United States of America, illegal immigration is one of the crimes that the criminal justice system aims to eradicate. Illegal immigration refers to the act of moving into a country/state without the proper authorisation by that state. This illegal immigration occurs in many forms with the most common being border crossing. In other words, immigrants from countries that do not have an automatic visa agreement with the USA or those who do not qualify for an American visa, cross into American soils via the borders. The most affected boarders are the Mexican border and the strait of Gibraltar. Some of the immigrants can be illegally smuggled by intermediaries while others find ways to enter individually into the United States of America. The other group of illegal immigrants is made up of those people, who overstay a legally confirmed visa after it has expired.
The department of criminal justice usually punishes the illegal immigrants with deportation. Those people who do not possess legit American citizenships or official permit to stay in the country are forcefully sent back to their country of origin. A fine can be charged to the illegal immigrant, and he/she may also face an imprisonment term of not more than ten years. In some instances, the police arrests or takes other legal action towards the employers, who knowingly hire illegal immigrants to work in their companies (Carter, 2002). Since the year 2002, a few local enforcement agencies have been granted permission to take part in the process of enforcing federal immigration laws. They have been allowed to participate in ACCESS programmes, in the U.S. immigration and customs enforcement agency’s initiative. Through such collaborations, the police enters into agreements that allow police officers to be trained on the ways of enforcing the federal immigration laws. The police are also given the authority to carry out the responsibilities connected with enforcement of federal immigration laws (Fuller, 2005).
There are many local police departments that have not taken up the enforcement of the immigration laws. This has been partly due to the limitations of resources required to enforce immigration laws and their complexity. Some local police departments have also shunned away from the enforcement of these laws because of the potential risk of civil liability. There is also the general fear by the local police of jeopardizing the trust and cooperation of the members of immigration communities. However, these local police officers are pressurised by the community to take up the enforcement of the immigration laws (Tranaes, 2004).
On the 23rd day of April 2010, the governor of Arizona, Jan Brewer, signed the senate bill 1070 into law. This bill requires the police officers to detain, when practicable, any person they reasonably suspect to be in the American land without the right authorization. The police were also mandated to verify the status of the detained person by asking for identification. The police were given the authority to do this unless it would hinder an emergency medical treatment or any police investigation.
Although it was a common police practice to ask for identification in places such as subways, public places and highways in some countries, this bill made Arizona the first American state to demand identification of immigrants living in America. Therefore, this bill made it a crime to travel around the state without carrying some kind of legal immigration papers (Carter, 2002). Any immigrant, who could not verify his or her immigration status, was arrested and taken to the custody of the ICE. This immigration bill is also commonly referred to as the “support law enforcement” and “safe neighbourhood act”. The law also makes it a crime to live in the Arizona state without legal authorization. One is also not allowed to give transport to an illegal immigrant.
This immigration bill elicited mixed feelings among politicians, statesmen and citizens. Some people supported the bill and felt that it would have the positive impact on the state of Arizona. Other people were infuriated with the bill, and they particularly questioned the criteria that a police officer would use to recognise an illegal immigrant. This took into account the fact that the population of Arizona is approximately thirty percent Hispanic and is characterized by a larger population of mixed races. Therefore, people questioned how a police officer would isolate a person from this vast population and mark him or her as a suspected immigrant (Tranaes, 2004).
The President of America, Barack Obama, highly criticized the bill even before the governor signed it. The President said that this law would promote irresponsibility among some people, especially the police officers. After the signing of the bill into law by the governor hundreds of people organized a peacefully demonstration when she was giving a speech. They argued that the bill was trying to fix a national crisis that they did not generate and that the federal government had refused to solve this crisis. The move by the President to criticise the bill may be politically beneficial to his bid for another presidential term. This is because the Hispanics, who were approached and courted by the presidents’ party, were also against the law saying it was a recipe for ethnic and racial profiling. Therefore, the Hispanics would favor the President for another term since Barack Obama openly disapproved the bill (Morash, 2006).
The governor of Arizona, Jan Brewer, defended the move to sign the bill into law by reassuring the citizens that the police, who were to be assigned with the role of carrying out this law, were to receive proper training. Her decision to sign the bill into law was further boosted by an event that had occurred in Arizona. A suspected smuggler had killed a rancher in southern Arizona a few weeks before the bill was voted by the state legislature. The governor used this incidence to emphasise the importance of the bill to promote peace in the Arizona state. She also explained to the citizens of Arizona the need to have trust that their police force would implement the law accordingly.
This bill had some significant effects to the state of Arizona. These effects were social, economic and political. The Arizona immigration bill favors the process of finding immigrants, punishing and potentially deporting them, instead of finding ways to integrate the immigrants into the American society. This has a significant social impact on the American citizens. Some people argue that immigrants are not to be treated as citizens since they have already broken the US immigration laws. Therefore, they should be jailed and deported according to the law. This brought a sense of alienation and segregation for the immigrants. They felt unwanted and unappreciated in a state, where they actively contributed to the economy especially in the agricultural sector. This law produced an environment that invoked fear among the immigrants, rather than promoting civic cohesion. It created a suspect class, which was partially based on ethnicity. The president Obama further emphasized that this law would bring ethnicity conflict. He argued that people were going to be harassed unnecessarily because they lacked documents supporting their American citizenship (Carter, 2002).
The other social impact is that the law created a cloud of suspicion between co-workers, neighbours, government officials and the police officers. This law promoted ethnic stereotyping and racial profiling. This is caused by the clause that allows the police to stop any person and ask for documents after having reasonable suspicion that they may be immigrants. The description of suspicious people remains ambiguous, and they may use the racial and ethnic features to discriminate among citizens. The Hispanics, who form the largest community of immigrants in the state of Arizona, find themselves discriminated against. This law states that race and colour should not be used as a mean to implement the requirements of subsections by any law enforcement officer. However, the U.S. and Arizona supreme courts ruled that race may be considered when enforcing this law. This is because the chance that a given individual who hails from Mexico is a foreigner is high enough to warrant that the Mexican appearance is a relevant factor. Therefore, the Arizona Supreme Court agrees that the enforcement of these immigration laws involves a significant consideration of racial and ethnic factors. This law does not specify how an illegal immigrant looks like and it gives the police the possibility of discriminating against certain racial groups of people (Erik, April 27 2012).
Another social implication of this law is that it caused fear among the immigrant communities. The immigrants started to hide away from the police. They also developed a strained relationship with the police. The immigrants were afraid of being identified since they would be deported back to their home countries. Therefore, these communities could not report cases of crime to the authorities. This increased the number of unreported crimes in Arizona. Additionally, this increases to some extent the level of crime in these communities, since the criminals have a surety that their crimes will go unreported (Tranaes, 2004).
The economic effects of the Arizona immigration law are also evident. The law, which was aimed at targeting the gun and drug traffickers, especially from Mexican origin, affected a larger group of people. When the Arizona SB 1070 bill was voted into law, over one hundred thousand undocumented workers left the state of Arizona. Some of these workers returned to their native countries, or moved to other countries to search for secure employment. This led to decreased availability of human labor. Among all industries, the most affected industry was the agriculture industry, which particularly faced a shortage of the casual laborers as more immigrants escaped away from the Arizona state. A study was carried out by the American farm bureau federation on the impact of the restrictive immigration policies to the agricultural sector. This study showed that if the labor of immigrants in the agricultural sector were cut off, between five and nine billion dollars in annual production would be lost. This is because most of the production is primarily dependent on the labor offered by the immigrants. The annual loss in the import sensitive commodities would increase to between six and twelve billion dollars as the effect continued to be felt in the agricultural sector.
Affected areas also included the manufacturing industries, retail industry, food and service industry, construction industry and some other key industries. All this industries are dependent on the labor which is offered by the immigrants. Most of the people who supported the law argue that the immigrants used the taxpayer’s money. They failed to understand the fact that the immigrants formed a large market for the industry of processed foods and products. The immigrants spent money on necessities such as food, clothing, entertainment and other goods needed by consumers. In the case that these immigrants left the state, they took away the human capital with them. This also caused a decrease in the market for processed consumer goods (Bartollas and Van, 2011).
The other group of people affected by this law, besides the employers, were the business owners without American citizenship. The business owners were faced with the real challenge of being closed down because of their failure to abide with the Arizona immigration law. This resulted to a decrease in the number of immigrants willing to start up businesses in the state of Arizona. The environment created was anti-entrepreneurial, and it chased potential investors away from the Arizona state. Thus, the state lacks new, upcoming businesses, which in turn reduced the availability of jobs, hence worsening the issue of unemployment. A report by the American centre for progress gave an estimate that the unemployment level in the Arizona state would decrease by 17.2%, and eliminate five hundred and eighty one thousand jobs for both the U.S. citizens and the immigrant workers. The report further suggested that the unemployment level would decrease the economy of the state by over fourty eight billion dollars, and hence reduce the tax revenue by 10.1%.
This law also affected the tourism industry due to the numerous demonstrations and boycotts that resulted due to the law enforcement. The boycotts and demonstrations led to cancellation of a few conferences that were planned in the state of Arizona. The cancellations led to a loss of hundreds of millions of dollars and also destroyed the reputation of the state of Arizona among tourists and business leaders (Pace, 2003).
Some of the other states in America that followed suit in imposing the immigration rules after Arizona include the states of Alabama, Utah, Georgia, Indiana and South Carolina. In the state of Alabama, primary and secondary schools are required to check the immigration status of both children and parents. The schools are also expected to establish and publish the total number of enrolled students who are immigrants. They are also expected to give a report to the taxpayers of all the costs that are generated by the immigrant students. This law resulted in the addition of more paperwork for the school staff, which was needed to report about the immigration status of their parents and students (Neocleous, 2004).
The other effect of the immigration laws was felt on the monetary expenses used to train police officers. The police officers were mandated with the duty of identifying and checking out the details of the immigrants. They were to be trained on how to identify the documents that were authentic and differentiate them with the forged ones. The police also required training on the ways of avoiding racial profiling, ethnic prejudice and how to avoid and deal with discrimination complaints. This has produced a significant economic impact on all the states that have enacted the immigration law. This law has produced other effects such as the closure of businesses that catered for the minorities. This is because the immigrants left these states in large numbers after the enactment of the immigration law.
The states that adopted this bill have also used a considerable amount of money defending these rules in the court. In Arizona, lawsuits have been filed with the aim of annulling the immigration law. The United States Department of Justice, for example, filed a lawsuit against Arizona to the court. It was asking the court to annul the Arizona immigration law. The Department of Justice argued that the Arizona law interfered with the immigration regulations, which are vested to the federal government. Although the Arizona state won the case, it used considerable amounts of money to do it (Morash, 2006).
The police who enforce these laws were moved to the borders where most migrations take place. This meant that most of the police were involved in the enforcement of the immigration law. As a result, some of the serious crimes were not given the appropriate attention that they required. The process of recruiting more law enforcers used up both valuable time and money (Bartollas and Van, 2011).
The law enforcers received the news of this law with mixed reactions. Some of the police officers were against it, but most of them accepted it and supported its implementation. The Phoenix law enforcement association, which legally represents the police officers, supported the legislation and lobbied for its passage. The police officers who supported this bill argued that they had many indicators besides race that they would use to determine whether a person is an illegal immigrant. Some of these indicators included the absence of identification and conflicting statements made by the suspected immigrant.
The immigrants in the Arizona state and other states with the immigration law in action were displeased with the law. They felt targeted by the law, and most of them responded by returning to their native countries. Some of the immigrants responded by holding demonstrations and boycotting their jobs.
From the above discussion, it is evident that the issue of immigration is one that the American government requires to give a closer attention. The number of illegal immigrants is high, with the largest population originating from Mexico. The states of Alabama, Utah, Georgia, Indiana and South Carolina have taken a step to deal with the alarming number of illegal immigrants that increases daily. Their efforts, which have involved the legislation of the immigration bill, have received both positive and negative reviews from different people. Most people believe that a solution that nationally addresses the problem of immigration is needed. The moral considerations of how to solve the situation are that the U.S. citizens should be protected (Bartollas and Van, 2011).
The political impact of these laws may prove crucial to the governors of these states. They have to convince their voters that they can avert the negative criticism that these laws have received. Some of the politicians, such as Senator Harry Reid, have placed the issue of immigration on top of their agendas. Therefore, it will prove crucial for them to show how the immigrants will be dealt with, without affecting the already unstable economy of their states. The politicians in the states, where such laws have not been enacted yet, have to consider tabling similar bills. This is after they assess the impact of similar laws in the other states. The immigration laws will prove to be a suitable platform for debate even to the presidential candidates seeking office in the next election. They have to give solutions on whether the immigrants will be deported or integrated as American citizens. In both cases, they will also need to show the voters how and why they are going to follow the plan of action that they lay out.

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My post today is of my Christmas decor for the front entry into my home.
I kept my front entry very simple this year.
I used by two old vintage french doors I had in the garden this summer to anchor my trees. Used an old window to put my angel on the front door.
I love the serenity with this beautiful angel.
We have not had any snow to speak of yet so some of the fall is still remaining on the ground. I am keeping some of the chippy vintage garden pieces out front for Christmas.
My chippy garden chair and old vintage watering can with greens.
I have my cherub birdbath that I am adding seed too each day for the birds this winter.
My old vintage sled that I had as a kid that I painted a few years ago and I added greens and my old skates.
Front Entry Way with lights on at night.
It is so hard to get a good night shot with all the shadows from the lights. You'll have to take my word that it looks pretty all light up.
Happy decorating, shopping, wrapping and baking.
The front entry looks wonderful! I especially love how it looks lit up at night. And truly HOPE is what this season is all about.
Love the way you used your old skates, and everything is beautiful when it's lit up. We have so much wind where I am that most things topple over on my porch in the winter time so I have to keep it simple. I hope to find an old vintage sled this year to anchor to the cabins wall. What's with this snow thing? I want snow for Christmas, dirty dead grass isn't pretty at all.
LOVE that night shot Kris...so pretty! I love how those pretty french doors anchor your trees too!
The lights look so pretty at night on your door! The entry is very charming!
You crack me up when you say you kept your entryway very simple this year, Kris! My entryway (front porch) is simple (as-in nothing!), but your entryway is enchantingly beautifully carefully decorated. I'm in love with that angel, the hope sign, and the angel wings and how everything looks at night all lit up. Enchanting!
Kris, I absolutely love your entry way. I love the serenity of the angel and the fact you have it hanging in a window frame. I love the word displayed above it. When you do have snow it is only going to add to the beauty of your decorations.
It looks so pretty! I love all the white that you used. It flows nicely with your interior.
Just beautiful. I love how you have used the old doors.
the doors used to highlight your trees are such a cleber idea, kris! and you have your childhood sled and skates?--that is just wonderful! christmas is coming fast--enjoy!
Oh Kris, it is amazing. You do such beautiful work - the decorations are terrific. I love how you have the old doors - they look great.
My favorites are the angel and the sled with skates. I would love a pair of old skates like that!
Hi Kris, love your front entry and the trees in front of the doors. Such a welcoming entrance. Your garden decor looks perfect and I love the sled and skates.
Beautiful .... that's one of the things I miss about not having my house anymore. Decorating outside!!!
I have a crush on your chippy chair!!!!!
Love the calm and peaceful decor. So elegant all lit up. Love it!
What a charming welcome to your beautiful home (love that sled).
Kris, love that wonderful little chair with the watering can and that great vintage sled. What a perfect Christmas Welcome!
Love your front entry all decorated for Christmas...everything is so pretty!!
Your home looks lovely all lit up, Kris! Our snow is almost gone after the rain we had today. I'd much rather have a white Christmas than a green one!
So pretty! I just love your sled and ice skates!!
So love to come and enter your Junkie Palace and just telling you that this is an absolutely the most beautiful White Palace I seen.
I bet it looks so gorgeous at night, it is so hard to show the lights then for me as well. Love how it looks in the daytime!
Kris I adore what you did with the front of your home. The doors are such a great addition. So love the sled and skates. I've been searching for old skates for a long time but still haven't found any. Your home is so charming.
I adore your door angel!!
Wow Kris!....you must have many people stopping in front of your gorgeous home to take in all the beauty!....so many brilliant and beautiful creations!..
Oh, how lovely. The front door is the best I have seen. Really brings the Christmas message home.
Your entry is wonderful! I love how you put the French doors on the porch.
How fun that you still have your sled and your skates. Mine are long gone. How I wish I still had them. Your entry is adorable.
This is lovely, Kris! How wonderful to have your sled from when you were young!
Kris, the doors are fabulous and I love the angel! We have had no snow either. As much as I am loving the warm temps, we need snow!! Plus, it's so pretty for Christmas.
The picture where everything is lit is so beautiful!


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ISLAMABAD: Eminent writers and columnists on the third and concluding day of the Adabi (literature) Conference held here on Sunday at the Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU) called for a positive role of the social media in reconstructing the society.
Those who participated in the day’s deliberations included renowned writers Iftikhar Arif, Wajaht Masood, Zahida Hina, Manzar Naqvi, Fatima Hasan and Khurshid Nadeem. Welcoming the participants, Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Shahid Siddiqui said that the university was playing its positive role in addressing the socio-economic issues of the society through academic, literary and social activities.
The Adabi Conference was the part of the literature carnival that has been made an annual feature to promote role of literature and language in the society’s reformation. The third-day’s activities included a sitting with famous fiction and story writer Zahida Hina, besides launching of two books ‘Chargh Zar, written by Akhtar Usman and ‘Jo surat nazar aayee’ by Farooq Adil.
Deliberating upon the role of literature and the social media, the participants pointed out that it was the social responsibility of educational institutions to create awareness among the youth as how best they could use the social media for their education and proper brought up. They appreciated the AIOU for its leading role in projecting healthy practices.
Listing the pros and cons of the social media, they said that it could be destructive for the society if its proper use was not ensured. They said that the literature was inter-connected with the society’s overall growth and due to its wide-access, the social media has become more dominating.
“The social media is leaving deep impact on the society, as its access is available to everyone who is free to express himself,” they said, adding that the authenticity and creditability of the contents appeared on Facebook, twitter and websites were very important. There should be a code of conduct for this purpose, they emphasised.
During the three-day of literature carnival, altogether there were eleven working sessions which were participated by eminent writers, columnists and books’ publishers from all over the country. They deliberated upon the role of literature in reconstruction of the society. The first-working session was devoted to the issues relating to publication of literature, difficulties in its way and future challenges.
The session was presided over by National Books Foundation Managing Director Dr Inamul Haq Javed, who painted an optimistic picture of books’ reading habit, stating that the foundation itself published books worth Rs 3350 million in a period of about one year. The follow-up event was a seminar on books’ translation and editing that was presided over by Dr Sheeraz Dasti.


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We’re super proud of being based in Weston-super-Mare, so it is always a pleasure to create new designs for one our home town’s key heritage sites – Weston Museum.
Ivoryred have worked with Weston Museum over many years on various projects. From promotional flyers, posters and leaflets to logo designs, event banners and press advertising.


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The award-winning engineering firm Desco is the first company to join Pell Frischmann under its ambitious new plans to build a group of market-leading engineering consultancy firms.
Pell Frischmann is delighted that two of its most remarkable recent projects have been shortlisted for the 2016 Stirling Prize.
Architects Journal has named Weston Library - previously the New Bodleian Library - the Building of the Year at its annual awards.
Weston Library and Blavatnik School of Government have both won awards at the RIBA South Awards, qualifying them for national judging and potential Stirling Prize consideration.
Pell Frischmann has signed up to the WISE 10 steps to help ensure more women join, re-join, and remain in engineering.
The Zig Zag building in Victoria Street has been named the Commercial Property of the Year at the Props Awards Lunch.


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Amazon have prompted something of an internet storm this week by cancelling a Norwegian customer’s account and wiping all her Kindle books.
Termination. Your rights under this Agreement will automatically terminate if you fail to comply with any term of this Agreement. In case of such termination, you must cease all use of the Software, and Amazon may immediately revoke your access to the Service or to Digital Content without refund of any fees. Amazons failure to insist upon or enforce your strict compliance with this Agreement will not constitute a waiver of any of its rights.
In the case of this Norwegian customer, Amazon’s only explanation was that her account was “directly related to another which has been previously closed for abuse of our policies”. Amazon refused to provide any further explanation as to what this other account may have been, or as to the “abuse” of its policies.
What if the customer had been living in the UK? Could Amazon act in a similarly draconian and unaccountable manner? As we can see, their terms of business would appear to allow this. However, could aggrieved consumer argue that EU consumer laws protect them from losing their previously paid-for content?
A contractual term which has not been individually negotiated shall be regarded as unfair if, contrary to the requirement of good faith, it causes a significant imbalance in the parties’ rights and obligations arising under the contract, to the detriment of the consumer.
An unfair term is unenforceable against a consumer. The OFT can also issue “stop now” notices requiring the trader to stop using the unfair term.
The OFT’s guidance on unfair terms gives examples of numerous occasions on which the OFT has held that provisions allowing traders to cancel contracts without giving a refund are unfair. So there would seem to be good grounds for arguing that Amazon’s termination provisions in its Kindle licence agreement are unfair.
The Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts Regulations do not apply to terms which define “the main subject matter of the contract” (or the price payable). Amazon could try to argue that the “main subject matter” is, by nature, a limited licence that is capable of revocation. Looking at the OFT’s past practice as set out in its guidance, however, I suspect that they’d be given pretty short shrift. It’ll be interesting to see if this is ever tested – maybe someone should make a complaint to the OFT about it?
I also wonder whether this apparent imbalance between consumer perception (“I bought it, so I own it!”) and legal reality may become the subject of future consumer protection legislation, so that “one-time payment” licences for digital content are effectively made irrevocable in all but the most exceptional of circumstances.
We would like to clarify our policy on this topic. Account status should not affect any customer’s ability to access their library. If any customer has trouble accessing their content, he or she should contact customer service for help. Thank you for your interest in Kindle.
Kindle users may or may not find that reassuring. The one observation I’d make is that this “policy” is not what Amazon’s terms and conditions say, and what happened to this customer seems more in line with the terms and conditions than with Amazon’s stated policy.


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Recently we volunteered to steward at the World Meeting of Families, the Papal Mass. We left Dungarvan bright and early on the Saturday morning, we were very nervous as we didn’t know what to expect. We arrived at our host school shortly after 1pm. We were hosted by St Joseph's school in Lucan. We were happily greeted by students and teachers. Sister Concepta welcomed all the volunteers in an opening ceremony, we then received a special souvenirs kindly provided by the Sisters of Mercy and Presentation Sisters.
Before we left to go to our training at Phoenix Park we attended a short mass at a local church. At Phoenix Park we received the last of our training and were given the uniforms and ID Badges we would be wearing on the day of the Papal Mass. We went back to the school where we received dinner and had an early night.
Sunday morning we had a very early start, 4:30 a.m. After a long walk in the rain we arrived at our station in Phoenix Park. It was now about 6:30 a.m. The mass wasn’t starting until 3 p.m. however the entertainment started at 11 a.m. As volunteers, we had to help the public find their area to stand, but at the last minute we were moved and were allocated to the VIP area, we assisted Monsignors, Bishops and Cardinals while they gave out the Eucharistic Bread. As it was raining we held special umbrellas over them to ensure they wouldn’t get soaked and to highlight where the Host was available. The Mass finished just before 5 p.m. and we had a long walk back to bus. Thankfully we were back on the road at around 8 o’clock, and of course we stopped for a McDonalds on the way home!!
Looking back on the weekend, we realise how lucky were to get that experience. Not many people get to see the Pope never mind being within a metre of him! It was a tough weekend but we will cherish the memories for the rest of our lives.
5th year, Árd Scoil na nDéise.


text: Lieko Shiga was born in Aichi Prefecture, Japan in 1980 and graduated from Chelsea University of Art and Design in London with a BA in Fine Art New Media in 2004. Shiga manipulates the printed photographs while they are still developing in the dark room, generating an effect that blurs the boundary between memory and imagination. Shiga is the winner of the 33rd Kimura Ihei Award in 2008, the Young photographer ICP Infinity Award in 2009 and the 28th Higashikawa Award, the New Photographer Award in 2012. She currently lives and works in Sendai, Japan.

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Baritone Rolando Panerai was one the world’s most acclaimed singers and remains unequalled in both his repertoire and commitment to the art of opera. Now 94 and still living in Florence, Italy, he reflects on a career which was momentous and exceptional in the world of opera, conductors, directors, and recordings. Particularly associated with the Italian repertoire, his interpretations of Ford in Verdi’s Falstaff, Puccini’s Gianni Schicchi as well as Mozart’s Figaro and Leporello, and both baritone leads in Così fan tutte, among many others, have secured a legacy.
Panerai’s career encompassed many roles, but his signature role became Ford in Falstaff. Eventually, he would also take on the title role in both stage performance and recording. “I sang 14 operas by Verdi,” he recalls, “almost from the first to the last work by the master. Of these, I sang the role of Ford and Falstaff. Perhaps the change of these characters was born on grounds of age.
“In my youth, singing Ford, for me, was the most beautiful. It is a part of a large vocal range and very difficult but of great dramatic satisfaction. Mature age, for me, has come and also the time for Falstaff. It requires great emotion, great responsibilities, and large study. Deciphering the complexity of the character is very challenging as there are many facets and vocal colors typical of the role of Falstaff.
Panerai also emphasizes the importance of good vocal training for young singers. “When I was young, I was a cyclist,” he says. “I have learned that with good training you can do the steepest climbs. So it is for singing. We’re in a real gym [where] you can complete the training of an artist.
“My repertoire includes around 150 works in all genres including early music to romanticism. It became easy to have relationships with the music of Mozart to Puccini. It was not difficult to move from Prokofiev to Donizetti by careful training.
Panerai, however, never sang at the Metropolitan Opera. “Early in my career I had a proposal from my agent to move to the Met for eight months and be at the disposal of the theater for any occasion,” he explains. “I did not accept the invitation as I was too close to my home life. I was recently married and decided not to stay away from Florence for more than a month at a time.
“Many colleagues, including [Ferruccio] Tagliavini and [Cesare] Valletti and others, told me I was wrong because America was a beautiful country and I would be fine. They said America had become their second home. It is true that I refused offers from them for long-term contracts. A lot in the agency I was with insisted I accept a contract for San Francisco.
“I sang Figaro, Bohème, and Barber of Seville. These were works I loved very much. These were under Kurt Herbert Adler. Then there was a period of about a month of inactivity when I was offered to sing in Chicago for three performances of Falstaff. Adler refused me permission, stating it was not in my contract, so I was in San Francisco for an entire month without being able to do anything.
“There was so much reason to hate not only Adler, but even America. It was a month that I spent in inertia. I endured the situation only to say to myself that I would not come back to sing in the U.S.
But it was Maria Callas who perhaps left one of the most lasting impressions on Panerai. “We worked together until 1951,” he remembers. “We did a Parsifal for RAI [Italy’s national public broadcaster]. Maria was already in possession of an incredible voice that years later would make it unique in the world.
“Maria was a good friend and colleague. We attended the same restaurants in Rome, Berlin, and Vienna. She used to joke or exchange jokes among her colleagues.
“I still remember another time when she and I were doing ‘Lucia’ at Scala with Karajan. The set [had] a veil in front of the proscenium, and during our duets we were unable to see the conductor. She said to him to take it off, but he was very annoyed and said it had to stay because of the lighting. So she said to him, ‘Then you sing it!’ He walked off. Karajan was too smart of a person to renounce Callas. In fact, the show had a great success without the veil.
In addition to Callas, Panerai worked with many legends in opera’s stratosphere, from singers to conductors to stage directors. He highly admired Luchino Visconti, who directed Callas in many of her most famous roles. “I remember a production of Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro at the Rome Opera,” he says. “I had imagined finding myself in the presence of a despot with a lot of melodramatic gestures. None of this. Since our first day of rehearsal, I noticed that simplicity and naturalness are based on the teaching of Visconti.
Though Panerai worked and sang with the greatest, one of his regrets was that he never had an opportunity to work with tenor Franco Corelli. “I have wonderful memories of him,” he says. “Despite the celebrity he attained, he was basically a simple guy at heart, one of the greatest voices. It was heroic par excellence.
And, in retrospect, Panerai agrees that opera’s landscape has changed. “There is no doubt that opera was loved more in my day than today, at least in my part,” he says. “This is because of audiences being distracted by television, cinema, and the computer. Add some new and misleading productions and the cost of opera, and the picture is complete.


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Supernatural beings exist outside of New York as Selene Montgomery knows all too well, will her past follow her as she tries to make a new life in the city?
Toshinori is a werewolf with a mysterious past. From the moment he woke up in a home, he had no idea who he was or where he was from. All he knew was that he had dog tags on him with a name, and that he had a strange quirk that he was sure, wasn't a quirk. He seems to suffer nightmares though he has no idea what the nightmares mean, though he feels like his life changes when he encounters a woman with eyes that he feels like he remembers from somewhere. In a fog of memory where he can only remember green eyes, warmth, kindness and perhaps... love? What will he learn from his encounters with her? Will he learn of his past? And, why are these mysterious men after him? What the hell is wrong with his life?!
"You...saved me," his forehead creased in confusion. "Why? Why would you do that?"
I smiled, caressing his smooth cheek while staring into those beautiful blues. "Because you gave me mine back."
Being a vampire in present-day Manhattan isn't all it's cracked up to be, especially for Anniva and her best friend Celine. When two certain vampire Hunters enter their lives, everything changes. Feelings are had, life-altering discoveries are made, and the war between humans and creatures festers still.
Love bears all things perhaps, but does it endure as well?
Of all the things Blake predicted would happen since leaving her coven, meeting a beautiful blonde werewolf and following her home was not one of them.
A vampire and a werewolf, enemies since the dawn of time, but can two drag queens in love change centuries of bad blood? Scarlet and Yvie like to think so.

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Braxton were founded in 1875 and nearly 150 years later we continue to operate under our original name and with the same ethos of delivering quality service and results for our clients and customers. We are the area’s longest established independent estate agents and specialise in residential sales, lettings, land and new homes within Maidenhead and within the Thames Valley.
Whilst our core values of service and professionalism haven’t changed, our approach to helping clients and customers achieve their plans has; and we fully embrace the latest technology and methods of communication and marketing. These are used alongside and in conjunction with traditional marketing methods.
At Braxton we appreciate that properties are as individual as the people who live in them and we therefore provide a highly personal, flexible and tailored approach to every one of our clients and customers.
Our Directors are actively involved in the day to day running of the business and are totally committed to the delivery of an excellent client and customer experience and to the achievement of a successful transaction.
We are members of the National Association of Estate Agents (NAEA), Licensed members of the Association of Residential Lettings Agents (ARLA) and the Property Ombudsman Scheme (TPOS). We abide by their strict codes of conduct and our clients and customers have the peace of mind of knowing that our standards of professionalism and service are of the highest standing and that the option of independent redress is available in the unlikely event of an issue arising and being unresolved.


text: Playa Andaluza exclusive very spacious three bedroom Villa sleeping up to eight people. The villa has a full kitchen and separate lounge and dining rooms, satellite TV, Wi-Fi, air con, high tech entertainment systems and luxurious bedrooms, with en-suite bathrooms. It's a world of luxury, style and Mediterranean charm when you holiday at the Marriott’s Playa Andaluza Resort.

industry_corpus2: Travel & Geography


text: Microsoft and Razer have come together in order to bring keyboard and mouse support to Xbox One. This has been a requested feature by some gamers who would prefer keyboard and mouse over using a controller. This raises concerns about the multiplayer experience whereby mouse and keyboard players will have an advantage. Microsoft states that the developers will have the final say but urges them to have separate matchmaking for these two groups. What do you guys think. What impact will this have on console gaming?

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