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Kashmir unrest: Once a bastion of religious pluralism, the Valley is now a battleground of militancy
While the Kashmiri youth choose between terrorism and tourism, the government's job is to address their ideological predicament.
Georgetown University's Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs conducted a case study on how Kashmir's religious diversity turned into the 'religious militancy'. Highlighting the valley's shift from religious pluralism to radicalism and sectarian discord, it concluded that religion has become increasingly important as a central marker of identity and a flashpoint for conflict in Kashmir. It reads: "Religious pluralism and religious tolerance have ebbed over the past two decades, making Kashmir a major element in a wider set of sectarian divides. For instance, events within India like the destruction of the Babri Mosque at Ayodhya in 1992 by Hindu extremists (and the deadly riots that followed) heightened tensions within Kashmir and outraged the international community."
The traditions of religious pluralism have deep roots in the history of Kashmir valley. Even when the entire country was afflicted with the partition on the religious lines, the Kashmiris were basking in the glory of its marvelous communal harmony and interfaith diversity. At a time when the Islamist nationalism was on the march in Pakistan in 1970s and Hindu nationalism was taking roots in India in 1980s, Kashmir's syncretism still flourished by leaps and bounds. Though a few hardcore religionists in the valley sought to sabotage the valley's distinct moderate religious precepts and practices, the common Kashmiris have been imbued with the pluralist Rishi-Sufi tradition. Muslims in Jammu and Kashmir have been known for their wide embrace of the Hindu and Buddhist cultural practices. This is why their version of Sufism is distinctly known as Rishi-Sufism. The Dargah of Hazratbal in Srinagar has been the most visited religious place in the entire valley.
But what has catapulted Kashmir from being the bastion of religious plurality into a battleground of the radicalism and militancy? This question is exponentially arising, more relevantly now when a top army official in Kashmir, Lt Gen JS Sadhu acknowledges the disturbing growth of religious radicalisation among the Kashmiri youth. He has recently stated that the "public support to terrorists, their glorification and increased radicalisation are issues of concern", as reported in The Indian Express.
This reinforces the point that the practical solution to the country's gravest tragedy does not lie in a military crackdown, but rather in a dialogue-based ideological discourse. It cannot be denied that the separatist leaders have cunningly propelled their political ambition into a religiously inspired and ideologically motivated cause. What was known as an 'independence movement' of the Kashmiri militants over the past three decades, is now being shaped and intensified as a religious conflict. This is precisely why the militant ideologues have successfully swayed a vulnerable section of the Kashmiri Muslim youth. Regrettably, this is the worst time in the valley's history when the religious antagonists have smartly played into the local politics. In many earlier incidents, they tried hard to further this nefarious end, but to no avail. Remember the attacks on the Kashmiri pundits on one hand, and the militant-led siege of the Sufi shrine Charar-e-Sharif in 1995, on the other. Both were viciously planned to disturb the religious harmony in the valley. But the valley's Hindus and Muslims in general and the Rishi-Sufi followers, in particular, responded in a mature manner. They did not react with any violent outburst even though they were shocked by the destruction of the Sufi shrine. Thus, they sabotaged the religious fanatics' ferocious designs to fan the fire of communal disturbance and resultant destabilisation in Jammu and Kashmir.
But later, separatist ideologies thrived in the fanatic religious indoctrination catching the imagination of the gullible Kashmiri youth, students and children with impressionable minds. Pakistani jihadist ideologues preached the narrative of political Islamism which disassociated the Kashmiri Muslims from their local harmonious practices and syncretic culture. They emboldened the separatist leaders and strengthened their political appeals among the gullible Kashmiri youths. The above-mentioned research study held by Georgetown University also underpins this point: "Just as the Pakistani government supported religious militants in Afghanistan to further its own interests, it has pursued a similar strategy in Kashmir. Jihadist groups like Jaish-e-Mohammed were a useful tool for the Pakistani government: they effectively challenged Indian control of Kashmir, provoked harsh repressive measures from the Indian military, and allowed the regular Pakistani military to gain distance from frontline hostilities."
Now, the most precarious thing that the religious zealots seem to have spread in the valley is the narrative of victimhood and the psyche of retaliation among the angry Kashmiri youths. Consequently, today's generation in Kashmir is going haywire, protesting, hitting the streets, injuring and killing the police personnel and getting themselves injured and killed and thus shaking the state administration, day in and day out. Most deplorably, a few misguided youths are waving the Islamic State flags and chanting pro-Pakistan and anti-India slogans in valley. Thus, things have turned the worst.
In this grim situation, while the Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti appears to be helpless, the army takes a fresh pledge to fight the militants. A top commander is reported to have said that "the army will have to kill militants and will do so but there is no intent to harm civilians".
But the question is: how can the army fight the ideological indoctrination in the valley through the military crackdowns? The militants have been waging their 'battle of faith' on the social media and messaging apps, circulating the provocative videos and fabricated texts. Recently, the Chief Minister Mufti has expressed concern over the videos of militants being circulated on the social media, which result into the growing militancy in the Valley. In her meeting with the Prime Minister Narendra Modi, she said that social media, particularly Facebook and WhatsApp have been widely used to create more and more stone pelters in the valley, as reported in the Urdu daily Inquilab on 25 April. An editorial in the leading Urdu newspaper in the valley, Kashmir Uzma noted that certain WhatsApp groups based in Kashmir have whipped up the provocative passions in the entire Indian Muslim community. Clearly, this situation compelled the Jammu and Kashmir government to order the suspension of internet services in the valley for a period of one month or till further orders, as Firstpost reported.
However, the close observers of Kashmir do not view these oft-repeated and run-of-the-mill moves as practical solution to the valley's grim situation. Neither military crackdowns nor suspension of internet services can take Kashmir out of the deepening ideological crisis.
In fact, the current state of affairs in the valley is symptomatic of the same ideological stimulus which was behind the creation of Pakistan in pursuit of the Islamic system of governance. It is patently clear that azaadi (freedom) in Kashmir is no longer a geopolitical issue. It has become a pan-Islamist mission for the whole new generation of the separatist flag bearers. They have succumbed to the exclusivist Islamist slogan: "Yahan kya chalega, nizam-e-mustafa" (only Islamic Sharia will rule in the Kashmir valley). This slogan has been vociferously raised in various parts of Kashmir. It was being raised even on the eve of the Independence Day, by a sloganeering bout at the Srinagar airport, as a reported in The Times of India on 15 August 2016.
Recently, Prime Minister Narendra Modi threw a sharp contrast between the stone pelters and the hardworking stone-cutters in Kashmir. Addressing a public rally at Udhampur after inaugurating India's longest road tunnel at Nashiri, Modi said, according to Kashmir Observer: "You have two paths to choose from which will decide your future: Tourism and terrorism" .... "The bloodshed has not benefited anyone after 40 years. But if tourism had been promoted in these 40 years, Kashmir would have been number one tourist destination in the world."
While Modi's silence over what he feels about the common sufferers of the daily bloodshed in Kashmir is deafening, his appeal to the Kashmiri youth to choose between tourism and terrorism ignited hope for many Muslim thinkers. Maulana Wahiduddin Khan, a noted Islamic scholar known for his peace activism in the valley, took the PM's piece of suggestion as applicable to the entire country, not only to the state of Jammu and Kashmir. He commented on this in his article for Times of India:
"India's Muslims often speak out against discrimination, but this movement of theirs has not yielded even one person of the likes of A P J Abdul Kalam. Similarly, Dalit leaders have initiated a movement for putting an end to discrimination against Dalits, yet they have not produced even one person of the stature of B R Ambedkar. These facts are a wake-up call to rethink our position. Now it is time for all communities to centre their activities on availing of the numerous opportunities open to them rather than on voicing grievances."
Modi has also invoked the former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee in his vow to take Kashmir to the new heights of development by follow the three principles: 'insaniyat' (humanity), Kashmiriyat (pluralistic culture) and 'jamuriyat' (democracy). But one wonders if all these tall claims will remain hollow and a sheer rhetoric. Merely casting spell through speeches will not work for the Kashmir's painful problems. The Modi government will have to sincerely adopt Atal Bihari Vajpayee's policy of dialogue in the truest sense. After all, the mainstream Kashmiris, from Jammu to Kargil and Leh to Ladakh, are historically imbued in the Indian pluralistic and democratic ethos.
While the Kashmiri youth choose between terrorism and tourism, the government's job is to address their ideological predicament. This may be too gigantic a task to be achieved, but it should be given paramount importance. Merely making plans to create education and employment opportunities for the Kashmiri youths will not hamper the ideological onslaught on them. A coherent and consistent programme of deradicalisation needs to be scaled up with the cooperation of the moderate Islamic thinkers in restoring peace and religious pluralism in Kashmir. Mosques and religious seminaries of the valley have to be approached with the progressive Islamic literature. In this direction, Maulana Wahiduddin Khan has been working for many years from the late 1960s onwards.
In his writings, Maulana preaches that the violent extremism of Islamist outfits in the valley has no legitimacy in Islamic jurisprudence. He expounds that guerrilla war, engaged in by non-state actors such as the present-day terrorist groups, is brazenly un-Islamic. In his Urdu book Subh-e-Kashmir ('Dawn Over Kashmir'), Maulana writes: "Proxy wars, such as the war being pursued by Pakistan-backed terror groups in Kashmir are also forbidden in Islam." He calls for "neo-Gandhism", a technique based on education and non-militancy which he has conceived in his writings meant for the Kashmiri readers. This writer inquired about his experience in de-radicalising the valley's misguided youths. In response, Maulana's daughter, Farida Khanam, a professor in Islamic studies, told Firstpost that the progressive literature has been distributed on a large scale, both in the valley and Jammu. "Many Kashmiris who earlier supported militancy due to the twisted beliefs, were convinced that they were following the right path of Islam. So they were laying down their life out of conviction. But after our literature was distributed to them, their religious conviction in militancy has got lessened. That is why the militants are involving children now because the elders are increasingly taking cognisance of this futile exercise," she said.
"In some areas in the valley, the literature has been distributed on a larger scale. When I went to those places some years ago, many people said: "maulana ne hamari jan bachai hai" (Maulana has rescued our life)," Khanam said.
The author is a scholar of classical Islamic studies, cultural analyst and researcher in media and communication studies. He tweets at @GRDehlvi and can be contacted at firstname.lastname@example.com
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The CE testing process is what a guy would do if he had the time and tools to really wring out a product. The gloves are rubbed, pulled, poked and stabbed by an independent organization, to their failing point. The standard of torture that each glove endures is spelled out in the international CE standard EN388. The rigorous testing process produces a grade from 1 to 5 in the areas of resistance to abrasion, blade cut, tearing and puncture. To get just a CE level 1 rating, a glove would have to successfully withstand abrasion resistance of between 100 and 500 testing cycles while for a level 3 rating the glove would have to successfully pass 2,000 cycles!
The resistance by a glove to being cut, an important feature for operators that routinely handle sharp objects or might have to deal with a feisty perp with a blade, is judged by using a circular, free-rotating blade, under pressure from a standard weight, which is moved backward and forward over the surface of the test material, over a fixed stroke length. The number of cycles taken for the blade to cut through the glove compared to a reference material produces a ratio that determines the protection level. For Level 1, the ratio is 1.2, level 3 is 5.0, and level 5 it is 20.
What does that mean? Well, besides illustrating that some people have weird jobs that poke and rub gloves all day long, this gives the user (you) the confidence that if you grab a blade during a struggle, your CE Level 5 gloves afford you up to 20 times the protection compared to regular gloves, to counter the perp's knife and reach for your .45. I like it.
Only a few companies like Hatch Corp. voluntarily subject their complete line of cut-resistant gloves to the rigorous CE certification process. That way, Hatch ensures that its cut-resistant gloves are among the safest and highest quality gloves in the world. Hatch's Friskmaster, Armor Tip, Resister and Street Guard lines of cut-resistant gloves have a CE certification logo and EN 388 performance level rating on each pair, indicating the rigors for which each specific glove is best suited.
Stay safe and be smart; look for the label that tells you that your hands will be protected based on science, not luck.
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|Review: Bat - Primitive Age
|Primitive Age
Label: Tankcrimes Records
Year released: 2014
Duration: 13:40
Tracks: 5
Genre: Heavy Metal
Rating: 4/5
Review online: August 9, 2014
Reviewed by: Michel Renaud
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Rated 3.78/5 (75.56%) (9 Votes)
Primitive Age is old-school Heavy/Speed Metal to the core – so much so that this demo is primarily a tape release. This has a raw, early 80s vibe reminiscent of early Venom and Slayer at times and maybe even a bit of Kill 'em All-era Metallica, though for a more recent comparison I couldn't help but think a little bit of Ottawa's Iron Dogs and Bastardator (R.I.P.) Yeah, I could probably have come up with better-known bands for comparison, but where's the fun in that?
Raucous vocals, no-nonsense abrasive heavy riffs, catchy solos and just plain old-school fun. A lot of bands try this these days, but not that many do it as well as Bat. I'm certainly looking forward to a full-length release from these guys.
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When to get business advice
Professional advice can be useful at any stage of business – whether you're starting, growing or ending a business. But it's not always practical or cost-effective to get professional advice for all business decisions.
Knowing when to pay for outside expertise is an important skill. In many cases you will be able to resolve a particular business problem yourself, but sometimes you will need outside help. When making this decision, ask yourself:
- Do I or does someone in my business have the skills to solve this problem in-house?
- Is it worth my time and money to get external advice?
- Is there a legal requirement for getting external advice?
Free sources of advice are good starting points for understanding and getting help with a range of business issues.
Sources of free business advice
Government advice and support
- The Australian Government website for business is a good starting point for many businesses, offering a range of useful fact sheets and guides.
- Business Enterprise Centres (BEC) Australia is a valuable resource for reliable, independent business advice.
- The Australian Taxation Office provides tax assistance and various fact sheets for small business owners.
- The Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC) provides information on small business issues concerning consumers' rights and obligations.
- The New Enterprise Incentive Scheme (NEIS) provides accredited small business training, business advice and mentoring for eligible people wanting to start a business.
- Workplace Health and Safety Queensland provide an Injury prevention and management program for all Queensland employers with a WorkCover Queensland policy.
View more useful resources for business intenders and operators.
Other advice and support
- Social media websites (e.g. Facebook, Twitter, YouTube) cover a wide range of business topics and feature well-known business personalities, case studies and noted experts in different fields.
- Banks and other financial institutions usually have a good range of online fact sheets and other resources. Check your bank's website for more information.
- Your own business networks can be useful for business advice.
- Industry associations can be reliable sources of business advice.
If these sources cannot help you, your next step will be to find a business adviser who has expertise dealing with your specific issue(s).
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5 Top Foods That Are Best For A Sharper Mind and Healthy Brain
A healthy brain is essential for a long and full life. When your brain is healthy, you better pay attention, solve problems, communicate and more. The health of the brain depends on your age. The choices you make today will help you to have a healthier brain tomorrow.
The brain is an essential organ of our body, and it is vital to keep it sharp to be the best in every phase of life. It is assumed that almond consumption contributes to good brain development because all essential nutrients help to improve memory and concentration. When you have a healthy brain, it has the blood needed for top performance.
To get a sharp brain like a needle, you can eat a lot of food to keep you younger from your heart and your brain. To do this, you must be strict against iron deficiency. Iron deficiency is the leading cause of lowering the hemoglobin concentration in the body, which directly affects the health of the brain.
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Soya milk and Milk products
There are significant benefits in using Soya products every day because they are rich in all essential nutrients and help to improve your memory. It increases the production of estrogen, which is the fundamental need for proper functioning of the organ. You can include soybeans, soy milk, soy protein, tofu, etc. For better brain health.
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Omega Rich Nutrition
There are two types of fatty acids, namely omega 3 and omega 6, which are necessary for good brain and heart health. Because our body is capable of producing only omega 6; it needs omega-3 fatty acids through a rich diet so that it can keep your brain sharp and your memory can improve for a more intelligent mind. Oiled fish has a rich omega-3, which is most often recommended for pregnant women to have the baby born with a sharper mind.
Coffee Intake
Our office plan is incomplete without coffee and tea breaks, but eating something that goes beyond limits has a bad influence on your health and causes you to get worse instead of contributing to something good in your body. Consuming coffee without milk and sugar reduces mental fatigue and keeps you stress-free. It improves your knowledge and if you do not increase consumption to the extreme level.
Intake of vitamin B
Essential nutrients play an important role in protecting your brain against free radicals. The main function of vitamin B is supplying oxygen to the brain so that your body gets enough nutrients to keep your memory sharp. It is good to know that vitamin B12 deficiency leads to memory loss that is the cause of various brain disorders.
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In addition to consuming the right diet for the health of the brain, you have to surrender to some mental and physical activity for a greater imagination. Get the best tips for better health and body of your health care provider.


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A collection of reviews of films from off the beaten path; a travel guide for those who love the cinematic world and want more than the mainstream releases.
Sunday, August 23, 2015
In Brief: Strangerland (2014)
This is a very intense "family" drama about secrets, hidden pasts and unforgiven actions. Its a film with a very intense actions and interactions. There is enough intensity in the story that it could drive about a decade of your typical soap opera for a couple of years.
And that's kind of the problem with the film, everything in this film is really intense. Every one has secrets, everyone has something they are hiding or agonizing over. No one really forgives anyone anything they just use the actions to to injure each other and themselves. All of the emotional blood letting would be fine if it added up to something but by the time the film ends things have kind of deflated as there are no real resolutions. The film ends but a good chunk of the plotlines are just left hanging with the result that I wasn't sure the trip through the emotional wronger was worth it.
On the plus side this is a film with some of the best performances by an ensemble of the year. Everyone, from top to bottom, is incredible. If the film came together better or if this was later in the year I think an excellent case could be made for Nicole Kidman to get an Oscar nomination.
The film is currently out on DVD, Blu-ray and VOD.
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The Fraser River Industrial Association raises the profile of the Lower Fraser River as a key component of our local, provincial and national economies and draws attention to opportunities for sustainable operations and growth and expansion of the Gateway. FRIA identifies opportunities for cohesive action on issues of mutual interest.
FRIA is a representative voice of businesses that operate along the Lower Fraser River and serves as a forum for the exchange of industry news and information.
The Lower Fraser River is a working river and an economic powerhouse. Its competitive advantages—including its location and its opportunities for industrial expansion—make it crucially important to the Canadian economy.
All levels of government, including First Nations, their related agencies and numerous other important stakeholders (environmental, community, labour, recreation and fishery groups), have a collective responsibility to develop a comprehensive strategic plan for the Lower Fraser River.
As the voice of industry in this important dialogue, FRIA aims to:
- Raise awareness of the importance and significant economic contributions of this vital transportation artery.
- Contribute to the creation of a collaborative and comprehensive strategy for long-term economic prosperity and environmental sustainability.
- Advocate for the preservation and/or expansion of industrial activities in key areas along the Lower Fraser River.
- Engage in dialogue with governments and all stakeholder groups to improve economic opportunities and to act as a sounding board to test theory, policy and concepts.
- Develop sustainable and environmentally responsible strategies to support growth in the context of a healthy and vibrant river.
- Have a voice in the development of a navigation management strategy that meets the needs of all stakeholder groups.
- Contribute to a responsible and efficient transportation strategy for the region.
The LFR supports more than 1,300 forest products-related jobs2014 report on the Economic Significance of the Lower Fraser River
The LFR was first dyked and dredged in 18912014 report on the Economic Significance of the Lower Fraser River
9 of Greater Vancouver's 10 Small Craft Harbours are on the LFR2014 report on the Economic Significance of the Lower Fraser River
Southern Railway of BC donates $2,000 to Royal Columbian Hospital Foundation for every month without a lost time injury.Southern Railway of British Columbia
Southern Railway of BC moves about 1M tonnes of grain products every yearSouthern Railway of British Columbia
1 litre of fuel will move one ton of cargo: 24 km by truck, 85 km by rail, 218 km by bargeCoast 2000
LNG cooled at FortisBC's LFR plant is reducing greenhouse gas emissions in remote communities by up to 25%.FortisBC
As a non-partisan industry alliance, our primary mandate is to create, promote and sustain a healthy business environment for the Lower Fraser River so that we can provide economic benefits like well-paying jobs to the communities in which we operate and to the country as a whole.
We are collectively committed to doing business in a responsible way that recognizes concerns, considers impact and appreciates our social and environmental obligations.
We consult with all levels of government (municipal, provincial, federal and First Nations) as a conduit for theories, ideas, concepts and policy, and as an advocate for the working river.
We also work with diverse stakeholder groups that have an interest in the lower Fraser River basin.
Steveston is the home port for about 700 commercial fishing vessels2014 report on the Economic Significance of the Lower Fraser River
In 2011, Canadian cargo carried on the Montreal – Lake Ontario section of the St. Lawrence Seaway was 28.7 million tonnes, compared to 26.9 million tonnes in the LFR2014 report on the Economic Significance of the Lower Fraser River
The Fraser River and its 13 main watersheds drain more than 25% of BC2014 report on the Economic Significance of the Lower Fraser River
Southern Railway of BC moves more than 300,000 automobiles annually at vehicle processing facilities on Annacis IslandSouthern Railway of British Columbia
Between 1980 and 2010, Surrey lost 1,771 hectares of industrial land, mostly to residential developmentsCity of Surrey
FortisBC's LFR LNG facility employs 135 full time staff and has committed more than $50M in local goods and services contracts.FortisBC
FRIA is an alliance of marine-dependent businesses operating in and around the Lower Fraser River. Our members are:
Catalyst Paper Corporation
COAST 2000 terminals
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Fraser Surrey Docks
Norland Limited
Seaspan Ferries
Southern Railway Of British Columbia
Vancouver Airport Fuel Facilities Corporation
WesPac Midstream LLC
WWL Vehicle Services
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Mike Armstrong of The Fraser River Pilots is the Technical Advisor to the FRIA Board.


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Twenty-year-old Josh's (Josh Thomas) world explodes twice in the Please Like Me pilot: first when he realizes he's gay and again when his bipolar mother, Rose (Debra Lawrance), attempts suicide. Josh takes both revelations in stride, though he dreads having to inform his mom, whom he'll be living with and caring for, why his ex-girlfriend broke up with him. "I just can't be bothered," he whines. "Coming out to me just seems so Nineties, you know? They've seen me in school musicals. Do we really need a discussion?"
This Aussie comedy's sensitive but blasé take on gay life is just one of the elements that make it one of the freshest shows currently on the air — no mean feat during an era like ours when TV is hurtling ahead faster than ever. Kind, observant, and naturalistically hilarious, the series — which returns for its third season this Friday at 10 p.m. on the Pivot cable network — is also a deeply resonant portrait of stumbling toward adulthood and dealing with mental illness in the family.
The semi-autobiographical show is the brainchild of Thomas, a comic wunderkind who could be Australia's answer to Lena Dunham. Like the Girls creator, Thomas was just 26 when his comedy debuted, and he draws upon an earlier phase in the writer's life for its depiction of youthful confusion. Like Dunham, Thomas looks more like a regular person than an actor nipped, tucked, and whittled down for mass consumption. His thin, blond hair is always too long, his wide, long nose looks lifted out of an illustration in a Roald Dahl book, and his voice catches on a squeak when his character gets excited, as if he were still going through puberty in his twenties. As the fictional Josh, he frequently avoids eye contact and seems afraid to remove his hands from his pockets. He is, in other words, charmingly and recognizably human.
Once upon a halcyon time, before many of us lost faith that the economy would ever be righted again, you could afford for your friends to be your family. Shows like Friends and Sex and the City offered the fantasy that you could choose your family members, the way you'd pick up a guy at the coffee shop or a shoe from a Fifth Avenue boutique. Josh's situation is much more complicated and, for the third of American millennials who live with their parents, much more relatable. He's got a core group of pals, including his straight best friend, Tom (Thomas Ward), but he knows that his mom is emotionally (and for a brief while medically) dependent on him in the same way that he's financially dependent on his wealthy, divorced dad (David Roberts).
In a smart touch, Josh's personality and sense of humor change subtly depending on whether he's with his friends or his family. The only person who bridges the gap is his dad's much younger girlfriend (Renee Lim), a Thai mistress of insults who congratulates Josh on his maybe-boyfriend Arnold's (Keegan Joyce) declaration of love in the third-season premiere: "He said it first! You're the winner!"
Josh is ostensibly in his fifth year of college, but we never see him in school, let alone cracking a book. The show revolves around Josh and Tom's love lives — in the third season, Josh courts Arnold, who has been institutionalized on and off for his anxiety disorder — and Josh's mother's struggles to cope with depression and loneliness, which the show depicts with seriousness but without ever becoming glum or pedantic.
The highlight of the story lines about mental health (and of the second season) is a bottle episode called "Scroggin," in which Josh and his mother go camping after a friend of Rose's commits suicide. This rare and thoughtful half-hour includes a conversation about whether Josh is angry that Rose tried to kill herself (he explains very graciously why he isn't). In a later scene, Rose contemplates going off her medication: She doesn't want to feel that same just-thereness whether she's at a wedding or a funeral. But Rose's anhedonic roommate Hannah (Hannah Gadsby) touchingly argues why their drugged-out emotional stoniness is preferable to the alternative while describing how painful it is to know that her brain won't work out without medical intervention. It's an extraordinarily compassionate depiction of living with mental illness, particularly in its elucidation of the unique pain and shame that comes with psychiatric afflictions.
But Please Like Me maintains a largely breezy tone by focusing on Josh, Tom, and their friends' efforts to figure out how to live life. "I think I love [Arnold], but I don't know what love is," proclaims Josh, his brain lagging behind his heart. "I should be the foremost expert on what's good for me, but I'm not," cries pixie-ish Ella (Emily Barclay), a new love interest for sad-sack Tom, whom he meets the night he literally trips while on MDMA and breaks his arm. The most promising of the story lines introduced in the first four episodes of the new season, though, is the breakup of the relationship between Josh's dad and his girlfriend, who now have a baby daughter together.
"[I'm] just not sure how much happiness we deserve," says Josh casually in a not-all-that-existential-for-him mood. "Not much," replies his friend. Perhaps it's the American in me, but it's quietly exhilarating to watch him finally try to be happy this season, especially as he nurses Arnold through his panic attacks and encourages his sickly lover to come out to his overprotective mother and homophobic father. (As with so many scenes on the show, the moment is wry, awkward, and tender.)
But most encouraging is Josh's new job as the owner of a coffee-and-sweets cart at the park. The opening credits generally feature a Food Network–worthy montage of Josh making an elaborate meal or dessert, and each episode is named after a dish. It's a perfect distillation of who Josh is: effeminate, creative, generationally obsessed with food, and self-nurturing after growing up with a mother who couldn't be there for him. He's got enough wherewithal to make toffees and lollies to sell to customers. Whether he can finally mature enough to share a more substantial part of himself with others remains to be seen, but it's impossible not to root for him.
The first two seasons of Please Like Me are available to stream on Hulu and to buy on Amazon. Given the serialized nature of the show, starting from the pilot is highly recommended.
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Metro Inc. announces plan to buy back shares through private agreements
Apr 24, 2013, 07:01 ET
MONTREAL, April 24, 2013 /CNW Telbec/ - Metro inc. ("Metro") (TSX: MRU) announced today that that it intends to purchase for cancellation, on or before September 9, 2013, up to 1,000,000 of its Common Shares pursuant to private agreements between Metro and an arm's-length third-party seller (the "Selling Shareholder"). These purchases will be made pursuant to an issuer bid exemption order issued by the Ontario Securities Commission (the "OSC"). The price that Metro will pay for any Common Shares purchased by it under such agreements will be negotiated by Metro and the seller and will be at a discount to the prevailing market price of Metro's Common Shares on the Toronto Stock Exchange ("TSX") at the time of the purchase. Information regarding each purchase, including the number of Common Shares purchased and aggregate price paid, will be available on the System for Electronic Document Analysis and Retrieval (SEDAR) at www.sedar.com following the completion of any such purchase.
These purchases will form part of Metro's 6-million share repurchase program announced on September 8, 2010 (as amended on November 12, 2010) and renewed on September 6, 2012, which allows for purchases outside the facilities of the TSX pursuant to exemption orders issued by a securities regulatory authority, including by way of private agreements at a discount to the prevailing market price.
In a press release issued on January 29, 2013, Metro announced that it might purchase for cancellation, on or before April 30, 2013, up to 2,000,000 of its Common Shares pursuant to private agreements between Metro and two arm's-length third-party sellers, one of whom was the Selling Shareholder. These purchases were to be made pursuant to an issuer bid exemption order issued by the OSC. However, none of these purchases were made with the Selling Shareholder. That is why Metro applied to the OSC to obtain an additional issuer bid exemption order.
Forward-looking Information
We have used, throughout this press release, different statements that could, within the context of regulations issued by the Canadian Securities Administrators, be construed as being forward-looking information. In general, any statement contained herein, which does not constitute a historical fact, may be deemed a forward-looking statement. Expressions such as "continue", "intends", "conditions", "expected" and other similar expressions are generally indicative of forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements that could be contained herein are based upon certain assumptions regarding the Canadian food industry, the general economy, our annual budget, as well as our 2013 action plan. These forward-looking statements do not provide any guarantees as to the future performance of the Corporation and are subject to potential risks, known and unknown, as well as uncertainties that could cause the outcome to differ significantly. An economic slowdown or recession, or the arrival of a new competitor, are examples described under the "Risk Management" section of the 2012 Annual Report which could have an impact on these statements. We believe these statements to be reasonable and pertinent as at the date of publication of this press release and represent our expectations. The Corporation does not intend to update any forward-looking statement contained herein, except as required by applicable law.
Metro Inc.
With annual sales of over $11 billion and over 65,000 employees, Metro Inc. is a leader in the food and pharmaceutical sectors in Québec and Ontario, where it operates a network of more than 600 food stores under several banners including Metro, Metro Plus, Super C and Food Basics, as well as over 250 drugstores under the Brunet, The Pharmacy and Drug Basics banners.
For further information: François Thibault, Senior, Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer, (514) 643-1003; Roberto Sbrugnera, Senior Director Treasury, Risk and Investor Relations, (514) 643-1245.
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François Thibault
Senior Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer
514 643-1003
Roberto Sbrugnera
Senior Director Treasury, Risk and Investor Relations
514 643-1245


text: Artist Caroline Slifkin delivered an incredibly thought provoking Art Workshop with our Year 10 students. The workshop focused on responses to the Holocaust in the form of visual art. Powerful examples were shown to students, who discussed these, then created their own diverse pieces of work. These will be developed in subsequent lessons and the final versions exhibited in April at Manchester Jewish Museum. Our students responded tremendously well to this workshop, being fully engaged. See below their initial efforts.


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Gold!! In the mid-1800s, the fickle gleam of the world's most desired and most elusive metal lured Nova Scotians by the hundreds to the far-away gold-fields of Australia, California and the Klondike, in search of fame and fortune. Largely forgotten today is the fact that Nova Scotia had its very own gold rush at about the same time; and although the results were perhaps not as rewarding, nor the stories quite as expansive, gold has nevertheless been a significant contributor over the years to Nova Scotia's mining economy.
Gold was first discovered in Nova Scotia in 1858 at Mooseland on the Tangier River, inland from the Eastern Shore of Halifax County; the discovery was made by a British army officer, Captain Champagn L'Estrange of the Royal Artillery, out for a day of moose hunting with a Mi'kmaq guide named Joe Paul. Not much happened until two years later, when Paul returned to the same site, this time bringing a prospector named John G. Pulsifer — who wasted no time whatever in reporting the discovery to government officials in Halifax and staking his own claim.
On his way to the city, Pulsifer stopped at the village of Tangier, looked around, and identified several other potential gold-bearing sites in the immediate vicinity. Peter Mason, a local farmer, took Pulsifer's advice and was rewarded with the discovery of gold at the head of Tangier Harbour. The race was on, as eager would-be prospectors and gold-diggers, old and young alike from everywhere, left farms, fisheries and forests behind, and descended on the Tangier-Mooseland gold-field in search of their fortune.
Within weeks, Joseph Howe himself arrived for a personal inspection; he was Provincial Secretary at the time, and it was his government office that was responsible for mineral development. So intense was prospecting activity in the Tangier area that the government designated it a formal district, to ensure controlled and orderly development. The Lieutenant-Governor, George Phipps, Earl of Mulgrave, wanted to know exactly what was going on, and sent Howe for a first-hand report.
Howe was amused by the "buoyant step and flashing eyes of the new comers, just rushing out of the dense foliage, in hot haste to be rich." In contrast, those actually at work had "the subdued and doubting expression of those who had been digging and washing all day without a sight of the glittering ore." In Howe's opinion, "the richest specimen that I have seen, either at Tangier or that came from thence, is not intrinsically worth half a crown; and all that I have seen put together would scarcely fill a lady's thimble."
The Lieutenant-Governor read Howe's report and was not much impressed either: "The thing most to be feared," he sniffed, "is that the hopes of large gain will induce many to neglect their ordinary avocations, which in a country like this, where the population is thin, cannot fail to act injuriously on the Colony, especially at this season of the year, when every one engaged in agricultural pursuits ought to be occupied on his farm."
His concern was echoed by 'R.T.' of Economy, Colchester County, who wrote to the British Colonist in August 1861 that "Every week brings new tidings to our ears of the precious metal being discovered in different parts of the Province. The excitement caused by the daily rumours of the discovery of gold is now most intense...; all the farming utensils are housed, save the pick and shovel, which are taken for the purpose of procuring that which we hear almost hourly sounding in our ears, from the lips of every person we meet — GOLD."
Regardless of official scepticism and the remarks of wise folk like 'R.T.', excitement continued unabated at the diggings; even royalty was captivated by the enthusiasm and sense of high adventure. In July 1861, Prince Napoleon (cousin of Emperor Napoleon III of France) and his wife, Princess Clotilde (daughter of King Victor Emmanuel II of Italy) sailed into Tangier Harbour on their yacht, the Jerome Napoleon, expressly for a look at what was going on. Three months later one of Queen Victoria's sons, HRH Prince Alfred, did the same thing, stopping by to observe activities before winter set in. In the end, and in spite of all the sceptics, time was on the side of Tangier-Mooseland — by 1960 the former had yielded a total of 26,022.535 ounces in one hundred years of operation; and the latter had produced another 3,865.098 ounces of the precious metal.
At much the same time as activities began at Tangier, gold was also discovered in various other areas of Nova Scotia — between 1861 and 1866, principally at the Ovens in Lunenburg County; Isaac's Harbour, Sherbrooke (Goldenville) and Wine Harbour in Guysborough County; Lawrencetown, Montague, Oldham and Waverley in Halifax County; Renfrew and Uniacke in Hants County; and various other smaller mines.
Nova Scotia basked in the glow of gold-rush fever during these years. Public interest ran high, while various service and supply industries thrived on catering to the needs of investors, prospectors and the growing number of gold-mining companies. One especially enterprising individual was Alexander Heatherington, who in 1868 published a promotional book titled A Practical Guide for Tourists, Miners, and Investors, and All Persons Interested in the Development of the Gold Fields of Nova Scotia.
In it, Heatherington provided every kind of information imaginable--from a systematic review of every mining district, to a tongue-in-cheek 'Cosmopolite's Sketch of Halifax' (advice for those contemplating immigration) to a chapter on 'Gold Lost from Pilfering — Suggested Remedies.' Heatherington's details remain so comprehensive and entertaining 150 years later that we've digitized the entire book and include it here as a 'snapshot' of travel and opportunity in Nova Scotia during the gold-rush era....
The discovery and pursuit of gold has always been shrouded in suspense, intrigue and high adventure; Nova Scotia was no exception. Nelson Nickerson of Sherbrooke, for example, visited Tangier in the summer of 1861 and learned to distinguish quartz from other rocks. He returned home later in the season to make hay on his farm — but was careful to inspect every rock and boulder in his fields, breaking the suspicious ones open with a hammer; before long, he discovered gold.
The Nickerson family kept this a close secret, but in a district swept by gold fever, the most innocent of activities drew intense interest. The neighbours began to suspect that Nelson had indeed found gold, and his entire family was closely watched for weeks. In early October the neighbours were rewarded by the muffled sound of Nickerson's hammer; within days, more than two hundred people converged on Sherbrooke, and in a single day of smashing quartz it was estimated that gold worth $400 was extracted — a significant sum for that time.
Twenty years later, in 1880, a Mi'kmaq named Peter Paul was searching for a missing ox at Salmon River, now Port Dufferin in Halifax County. He found not only the ox but also a boulder containing gold — which when extracted was worth about $15. Within days Paul took not one, but two men to the location of his find — a Captain Brown and then, in the dead of night, a man named Kent Archibald who already operated a mine at Harrigan Cove — and neither of them knew that the other had been shown the secret location.
The stagecoach left Salmon River for Halifax the morning after Archibald's midnight tour; both Brown and Archibald were on board, bound for the city to secure prospecting licenses — neither knowing the other's intention. The stagecoach stopped at Tangier overnight, Captain Brown got off — but Archibald, being determined, found another way to continue onward. When Brown arrived at the Mines Office a couple of days later...he found that he was indeed too late.
Dynamite was introduced into gold-mining in the 1870s. Its use enabled deeper penetration into the diggings, and this resulted in an extended boom period. So great was the miners' haste, though, that support timbering was frequently inadequate or poorly maintained, waste rock was often thrown into old workings, and mine roofs were sometimes destroyed when upper parts of the gold veins were found to be auriferous. By the early 1880s many mines had closed, while others were small and did not have labour-saving machinery.
In the mid-1880s, however, experienced and trained men reopened many of Nova Scotia's gold mines. These men applied economic and scientific principles, used modern methods, built better stamp mills and purchased up-to-date machinery — all of which led to a significant increase in production, reflected in the total amounts of gold extracted — which, nevertheless, declined inevitably as the veins were depleted in the Twentieth Century:
The 'Golden Age' of gold-mining in Nova Scotia was between 1885 and 1903, when production exceeded 20,000 ounces per year for sixteen years (1885-1891; 1895-1903); and in three of those years, even exceeded 30,000 ounces annually (1898, 1900, 1901). In total, Nova Scotia's mines produced 1,157,291.757 ounces of gold between 1862 and 1960; the largest producers were Goldenville (210,152 oz.), Caribou (91,358), Oldham (85,295), Waverley (73,105), Montague (68,139), Upper Seal Harbour (57,845), Renfrew (51,985), Brookfield (43,041), Wine Harbour (42,726) and Salmon River (Dufferin Mines) (41,649).
Gold has a wonderfully romantic appeal, but in reality miners worked hard with little or no remuneration to show for their labour. Many probably contracted silicosis, many suffered eye and limb injuries, and a number died in work-related accidents such as mine explosions. The Moose River Mine Disaster was Nova Scotia's most famous gold-mining tragedy, in which three men were entombed in a cave-in lasting eleven days, 12-23 April 1936.
The federal census, conducted every ten years in Canada, provides useful information regarding the fluctuating numbers of Nova Scotia's gold-miners over the years. In 1871, the year of the first federal enumeration, there were 568 miners in Guysborough, Halifax, Hants and Lunenburg Counties. Ten years later, there were 542 in the same localities. The number rose to 859 in 1901, including quarrymen, and their average salary the previous year was $262 each. In 1911 the numbers had dropped to 357; to 152 in 1921; and to 153 ten years later.
From about 1935 to 1942 there was a resurgence in gold-mining, with more than 20,000 ounces extracted per year from 1937 to 1940; accordingly, the 1941 census listed 605 individuals involved in gold-mining in the province. This was only a brief aberration in the general downward trend, however; the 1951 census listed only 23 individuals involved in pursuit of the elusive metal — 6 in copper-gold-silver mining, and 17 in auriferous quartz.
Has gold-mining ended in Nova Scotia? Not according to the 'Business' section of The Chronicle-Herald. In May 2004, under the headline "Gold in them hills," the newspaper featured a story about the province's only operating gold mine. Investors, analysts and brokers had gathered at the Azure Resources Corporation's operation in Dufferin Mines to watch the inaugural pouring of liquid gold into a bar mould: "Nice nuggets and veins of brilliant yellow gold etch a pathway through a chunk of grey quartz. It might be enough to make the average person break out into a sweat. But does it mean gold fever...?"
Even more recently, in December 2005, the 'Business' section featured yet another article about gold-mining in Nova Scotia, as the Acadian Gold Corporation announced that it had an option agreement to acquire the 793-hectare Lake Catcha property near Chezzetcook. The property underwent trenching and sampling in the 1980s and in the opinion of Acadian Gold, "is an excellent target for a bulk tonnage gold deposit." Obviously neither the search for the elusive glowing metal, nor the excitement associated with its development, has yet ended in Nova Scotia.
Nova Scotia Archives — https://archives.novascotia.ca/meninmines/history/gold/
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Fernando Alonso
"As a team, we need to take every opportunity we can to test things on the track for next year. We need to learn and understand as much as we can about configurations or philosophies that we can put into next year's car. And today was a day when we could really improve our understanding – particularly in FP1, which isn't really representative of the conditions we'll find in either qualifying or the race, so it made sense to experiment a little.
"In FP2, we had our only opportunity to learn about the tyres in similar conditions to those we'll experience in the race – at night, and with cooler track temperatures.
"It's been a positive start to the weekend – let's hope we can maintain that momentum into the race."
Jenson Button
"Wearing my old 2009 helmet design today was great – the colours are fantastic, but the memories are even better.
"It wasn't a great day for us – we had to stop running fairly early in FP1, then elected to change the power unit before FP2. Then I got out half an hour into the session. It might've been a bit of a troublesome day, but I still think we learned something useful by the end of the day's running.
"It's fun to drive around here, and I think our race pace will be stronger than it has been for the past few races, we've just got to pull it all together by qualifying strongly.
"Whatever weekend we have, I want to make it as good as I can – and not just because it's my last race. Hopefully we'll be stronger tomorrow."
Eric Boullier, racing director
"We noted an ERS data conflict on Jenson's car during FP1, and chose to stop early to investigate the problem. As a precaution, we changed the power unit between sessions – but didn't conclusively find a problem with any of the components. The mechanics nonetheless did a fantastic job to ready the car for FP2, and Jenson's run-plan was barely affected.
"In terms of pace, we're comfortable, but we need to go away and dig a little deeper into the data in order to get a better feel for some of the underlying degradation issues with the tyres. Given the day-to-night nature of the practice sessions, this is always something of a difficult day from which to draw any firm conclusions. We'll definitely be crunching the numbers deep into the night in a bid to begin tomorrow with a better understanding of how to best tackle the remainder of the weekend."
Yusuke Hasegawa, Honda R&D head of F1 project
"Friday's free practice sessions were busy for the team, with the afternoon high-sun FP1 focusing on aero testing and initial set-ups, and the cool early evening FP2 running geared towards balance confirmation and race simulation long-runs.
"Fernando ran smoothly all day, whereas Jenson's ERS detected an anomaly in water pressure and we were forced to cut short his run in FP1. Though we did not find any hardware issues on Jenson's car, we elected to pull forward our plans to change the Friday PU within the session so he could run FP2 with his race engine. Thanks to the swift work of the mechanics, and Fernando's consistent data gathering, it did not take long to improve both cars' balance as the long-runs continued throughout FP2.
"We still have more work to be done tonight but a P11 and P12 finish for both cars is a good start towards tomorrow's qualifying."


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The National Moment of Remembrance Act asks Americans to pause whatever they are doing at 3 pm, local time to remember those who gave the ultimate sacrifice for the freedoms of the United States of America. Other events taking place start Sunday and continue on Monday, including:
McKinley View Lodge gathering at Mile 134 Parks Highway at 2 pm to ride to the veterans memorial at Byers Lake, where there will be a memorial service. Hundreds of motorcycles will be on the highway.
JBER Memorial Day Service, Fort Richardson National Cemetery, 11:30 am, guest speaker Col. John "Jimmy Joe" James, commander 49th Alaska State Defense Force. Master of Ceremonies 1SG David "Diesel" Foli, US Army Retired. Midnight Sons Chorus and The Glacier Brass.
Anchorage Remembers, Delaney Park Strip 9 on West 9th Avenue, 9:30-10:30 am
Music, spiritual words, and laying of wreaths to honor the fallen. Keynote speakers: Mayor Ethan Berkowitz, Lt. Gen. Ken Wilsbach, commander of the Alaskan Command and 11th Air Force, and the senior military officer in Alaska.
Anchorage Memorial Park Cemetery is open 8 am to 8 pm. No balloons, barbecues, games, glass or pets allowed.
Hours of Operation: 8 a.m. – 8 p.m.
14th Annual Memorial Day Car Show, Northway Mall in Anchorage, noon-4 pm, sponsored by the Anchorage Corvette Association with proceeds going to The Last Frontier Honor Flight, Inc.
Veterans Wall of Honor ceremony at 1 p.m. Located near the Mat-Su Visitors Center in Palmer, Mile 35.5 Parks Highway.
Memorial Day Barbecue at American Legion Post 15 starting at 2 pm, 1550 S. Mystic Circle.
Annual Memorial Day Walk led by local Amvets, departing from the Wasilla Post Office at 10:45 am to Aurora Cemetery. Ceremony immediately following at cemetery.
American Legion hosts a ceremony at Alaska Memorial Park off Riverside Drive at 11 am.
VFW hosts a ceremony at Evergreen Cemetery at 11 am.
Southeast Alaska Native Veterans host observance at 11:30 am in the Elizabeth Peratrovich Hall on Willoughby Ave.
American Legion Auke Bay Post 25 hosts a chili and ribs barbecue at its location at Mile 13 in the afternoon.
Post 11 hosts a Memorial Day observance at 11 am at Veterans Memorial Park, 700 Cushman St.
Ceremonies at 1 p.m. at the gazebo in Gold Rush Town.
Golden Heart Park ceremony at 2:30 pm in downtown Fairbanks.
Services at cemeteries include: Clay Street, 11:30 am, Birch Hill, 12:30 pm, Northern Lights, 1:30 pm.
Fairbanks North Star Borough hosts a Memorial Day celebration from noon to 4:30 pm at Pioneer Park.
The Avenue of Flags will be seen at the Kenai City Cemetery at 10:30 am
Memorial service begins at noon Leif Hansen Memorial Park.
The Avenue of Flags will occur at 2 pm at the Soldotna City Cemetery.
The Avenue of Flags will occur at 11 am at the Seward American Legion Cemetery.
Know of a Memorial Day observance in Alaska not listed here? Send it to suzanne @ mustreadalaska.com.


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In the past few decades there has been a revolution in computing as well as interactions, and all indications are that technological progress and use of information systems will proceed at a fast rate. Going along with and sustaining the remarkable boosts in the power and use of brand-new info tech has actually been the decreasing expense of communications as a result of both technological improvements and increased competitors. According to Moore's legislation the processing power of microchips is increasing every 18 months. These developments present several substantial chances however also position significant challenges. Today, technologies in information technology are having comprehensive results across many domain names of culture, and also policy makers are acting upon problems including financial efficiency, intellectual property rights, personal privacy security, as well as cost of and also accessibility to info. Selections made now will certainly have durable effects, and also attention needs to be paid to their social and economic influences.
Among the most considerable results of the development of information technology is possibly electronic commerce over the Internet, a brand-new way of conducting service. Though only a few years old, it might drastically modify economic tasks and also the social atmosphere. Already, it affects such big sectors as interactions, finance as well as retail profession as well as may expand to locations such as education and learning and also health services. It implies the seamless application of info as well as communication innovation along the whole worth chain of an organisation that is conducted electronically.
According to West Palm Beach IT, the effects of information technology and electronic commerce on business models, business, market framework, workplace, labor market, education, personal life and also society in its entirety.
One essential method which information technology is impacting job is by decreasing the relevance of distance. In lots of industries, the geographical distribution of work is altering dramatically. As an example, some software application firms have located that they can overcome the limited local market for software program engineers by sending tasks to India or various other nations where the salaries are a lot reduced. Furthermore, such setups can make use of the moment distinctions so that critical tasks can be dealt with nearly around the clock. Firms can outsource their production to various other nations as well as rely upon telecommunications to keep marketing, R&D, and distribution teams in close contact with the manufacturing groups. Therefore the innovation could enable a finer department of work among countries, which subsequently affects the family member need for numerous abilities in each country. The technology allows numerous kinds of work and also employment to be decoupled from one another. Firms have greater freedom to find their financial tasks, producing better competitors among areas in framework, work, capital, and various other source markets. It also opens the door for regulatory arbitrage: firms can significantly choose which tax obligation authority and also various other laws use.
The info tech have actually facilitated the advancement of enhanced mail order selling, where products can be ordered swiftly by utilizing telephones or local area network and then sent off by providers through incorporated transport firms that rely extensively on computer systems and interaction modern technologies to control their operations. Nonphysical products, such as software program, can be shipped digitally, getting rid of the entire transport network. Payments can be carried out in new means. The outcome is disinter-mediation throughout the circulation channel, with price decrease, lower end-consumer costs, and greater earnings margins.


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Smailholm Tower, built in the 1500s was not one of the most impressive structures we saw in our journey through Ireland, Scotland, England, and Wales, but it was beautifully situated and served for inspiration as the backdrop for more than one famous writer. This type of tower is referred to as a peel tower. It is located in the Scottish Borderlands and sits atop a crag of Lady Hill, with a wide vista view of surrounding lands.
Sir Walter Scott visited his grandfather there when he was a child and spent a good deal of time at this location when he was young. This tower provides the setting for Sir Walter Scott's ballad, The Eve of St. John. His sketch of the tower was include in Scott's Poetical Works.
Margaret J. Anderson, who wrote the children's novel In the Keep of Time, used Smailholm Tower as the location for the adventure in which four English children experience time travel both backwards and forwards.
One of the pioneers of photography, Fox Talbot, photographed Smailholm Tower as part of his collection, Sun Pictures in Scotland.
I particularly liked the lay of the land around the tower. The view was stunning and peaceful looking out in every direction at land that gently rolled away. I also found a beautiful door to photograph, which made the experience a well rounded one.
This structure made me realize that inspiration comes from many things for writers, photographers, singers, and artists. Smailholm was neither grand nor luxurious, but it has made an impact on people through the years. If we are open to inspiration, it may come to us in places we least expect.


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Ford Explorer 4WD v 2WD Ride Quality
I'm want to buy a 2007 Explorer Limited, but I seem to be running into a lot of 4x4's. Question is ( does the 4x4 and the 2dr have the same smooth ride?)
belaircarguy Member Posts: 107I just recently purchased a 2006 Explorer Limited V-8 4WD (used). I have had 3 4WD vehicles over the years, and this is by far the smoothest ride of any. The Explorer has independent rear suspension, which is a huge plus for ride quality.
Generally 4WD vehicles are not as smooth, as they have more gears and mechanical equipment in the drive system, but the Explorer is as smooth as silk.
If you live where you never need 4WD, then go for the 2WD, otherwise stick with 4WD. It will have better resale value, as lots of folks want and need 4WD, but cannot afford the price of a new vehicle.
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explore2 Member Posts: 6">modulator. How much should I pay for one? i would love to have it repaired with the new modulator so the front wheel drive would work like stock. It is very clean and runs great it came with the German version of the 4.0 engine and should last another 150.000 mile if the rust doesn't get to it first.
I had my Explore since 1993 and is is a limited addition, I haven't had too many problems just the usual wear. I take very good care of my inveastmant and it's been a great part of my family for all these years.0
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My office staff is instructed to automatically fulfill any refill request for active patients seen within the last six months requesting non-narcotic prescriptions. If your medication bottle says that you no longer have any refills, we ask that you call the office and request a refill rather than calling the pharmacy.
If you have been calling your pharmacy first when you are out of refills, we have most likely not received a message from them. Pharmacies typically communicate with us electronically and if the transmission does not go through they just keep resending it without recognizing that the message is not going through.
In this scenario, patients have been told by the pharmacy that we have not responded to their request for a refill. We can not respond if we don't know about it. Please, if you are out of refills please call us first and we will call the pharmacy and renew the medication. If your prescription bottle shows that you have remaining refills then it is quicker to call the pharmacy directly and give the prescription number.
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Columbia Kate's Bakery
11256 State St #B, Columbia, CA 95310
(209) 532-2177
Open 8AM to 3PM Daily
Opened on February 1, 2013, six years to the day after we opened Columbia Kate's Teahouse. Our chefs do all the baking for the Teahouse plus make available a wide selection of sweet and savory items in our retail cases.
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Amazing work! I've been following along since you started this build. This just amazes me and inspires me to build better models. Thank you for sharing your amazing talents with us.
This build is amazing S.M. The level of detail is amazing and spot on. Keep up the great work! Harry P. I have to agree with S.M. on the E-Brake clearance as my Fiero's E-Brake when door is closed has .75" clearance between handle and door and .50" between handle and seat. Granted, I have relatively small hands (especially for a man of 5'6"), but a friend of mine who's hands are like a Giant's has no issue with the E-Brake's clearance (just the leg room but that's an entirely different matter).
1976 Chevy Nova Street / Strip Update: 2014/8.12
Tumbler75 replied to Tumbler75's topic in WIP: Model CarsOk, I thank everyone who has been following along this wild ride. This build was suppose to be simple, but quickly turned into a monster. My 1:1 76 Nova wasn't a standard, so the grill had to go. I took some flat stock, round stock, window screen, and some clear sprue to come up with a presentable representation of a Nova SS grill. But then it hit me! Those hideous headlights! They had to go! Too small, and looked like doll eyes. So I routed around and found a pair of lights and second hand buckets to go in their place. Much better in my book! With that sorted, I found a radiator in the spares box, but the shroud was all wrong. So I found a second radiator, but it was too short, but right shroud. I carefully dissected the shrouds from the radiators, test fitted, and then glued everything to the radiator support. Then added a new brake booster and reservoir, and added the side walls. Next will have to be the heater box as after all this, it needs to be correct as well. Also redid the hood latch and support bar. (You can see the grill better in this pic too.) Back to the bench. Gotta make the radiator plate and a new heater box. Enjoy!
1976 Chevy Nova Street / Strip Update: 2014/8.12
Tumbler75 replied to Tumbler75's topic in WIP: Model CarsAmazingly only one goof! Something I can live with and I'm not going to point it out because if I do, then it becomes apparent. LoL I could fix it but I'm afraid of making a mess out of a good job. So I'll leave it as is. Yes, the tires did come from the '66 Velle Flip Front. I'm still digging for a better set of front tires. I'm sure I got a set, just gotta figure out where. LoL
1976 Chevy Nova Street / Strip Update: 2014/8.12
Tumbler75 replied to Tumbler75's topic in WIP: Model CarsThanx everyone for the compliments and comments. Well, y'all were warned. The radiator support wasn't up to my criticism. And to whom ever told me "If you don't like the current mousetrap, then go build a better one!" didn't know me to well. LoL And that is what I did. I made a more reasonable rendition of the radiator support using a few 35mm photos I do have of my Nova. I even scratched out the hood latch support and bracket. Simple, but effective. LoL The hole in the grill is next to be fixed. Mine wasn't a standard grill. And yes the hood still fits and shuts like it's suppose to. Now let the radiator hunt begin!! LoL Enjoy!
1976 Chevy Nova Street / Strip Update: 2014/8.12
Tumbler75 replied to Tumbler75's topic in WIP: Model CarsThanx everyone first off! Now down to business. On my 1:1 '76 Nova I had everything tucked in nice and tight. So I took the second axle in the kit and narrowed it down to bring things in closer to the frame. Then I opened the rear wheel arches some so the tires wouldn't be obstructed by them. Did this just like the original car. I had 10 lug/hole aluminum look wheels on the rear. So I wanted to imitate that here. So found some rims with li'l indentations in them and drilled them out with a small bit. Left the lugs in tacked then painted the rims silver/aluminum in color. And then I moved on to sorting out an engine and transmission. But first I had to do something about the plain, faintly detailed firewall. So dug around in the spares box and found the engine from the 70 1/2 B/M Camaro and heater box/brake booster system assembly from the 67 Chevelle. Got them all tidied up and mocked everything up. The brake system is close to what my car had so it'll work. Radiator support needs work and might get changed out. [url=http://s21.photobucket.com/user/Tumbler75/media/In%20Progress%20Builds/76Nova/20140731_163645_zpsnvwtli2l.jpg.html][/url I'm slowly making progress. Enjoy!
1976 Chevy Nova Street / Strip Update: 2014/8.12
Tumbler75 posted a topic in WIP: Model CarsWith things coming up close to a couple of projects needing paint. I figured I'm pull this one on out of the dust. Well, I bought this AMT/ERTL 1976 Nova Hatchback about 6 years ago along with a couple of other kits for $1.50 at a yard sale. The doors and hatch were already opened, a few fiddly bits were off the sprue but nothing really assembled. So, I'm going to try my best from memory to build the one of 2 1976 Novas I had. One being a Hatchback the other a 2 door Sedan. So lets get started shall we? First Box Shot along with the kit and various parts. Trying to figure out stance. The front is almost spot on, rear needs a tad bit of work. Empty Bay! Lots of potential, now if I can find the right engine in my spares. I dug around in my spares box and found some better tires (front and rear) than the lethargic tires that came in the kit. Something a lot meatier like what I had on my Nova. Enjoy!
2010 Chrysler 300C Hearse - Update 7.30.14
Tumbler75 replied to Tumbler75's topic in WIP: Model CarsDavid, I'm aware of the roller situation. When I first did them I was planning on putting something on the floor, but seeing how close the floor is being level with the rear bumper I don't want to cut up and ruin another floor. Plus the "Casket Stop Rails" are too thick, but the rollers are level with them. I can easily fudge and say the crank handle has raised them for easier casket removal. LoL I'm still not sure. I do plan on putting some material inside the casket to make it appropriate. I'm still working ideas in my head. LoL Well, thanx to everyone who has commented on this build. I'm getting ever so close to the painting stage and then it'll be on to assembly. Color choice has been narrowed down to two colors: Steel Blue Metallic or Silver Pearl Clearcoat. Either way it'll have a black vinyl top and possibly a tu-tone custom blue interior. Since having hinge issues with the back door it'll be displayed with the rear door open. So here's some mock up shots of how it'll pretty look once completed. As you can see the casket is pretty much done and ready to be primed and painted. Small details on the body need to be done and it too will be ready. I was goofing around with some wheels that I've had in my stash from extra sets some kits came with. I think all and all I'm going to stick with the stock 300C rims even tho they look tiny. Stock: Memphis Blues Edition: River City Jazz Edition: Enjoy!
2010 Chrysler 300C Hearse - Update 7.30.14
Tumbler75 replied to Tumbler75's topic in WIP: Model CarsContinued ................ Then I took .020 square rod and made the decorative trim for the coffin, .060 solid rod for the handle braces, and I'm using paperclips to make the handles. A few posed on the rear of the car. Enjoy!!
2010 Chrysler 300C Hearse - Update 7.30.14
Tumbler75 replied to Tumbler75's topic in WIP: Model CarsThanx everyone! I'm chugglin' along with this one! LoL Since I am having issues with the rear door hinges. I'm just going to leave the door open to display all the hard work on the interior. And since I have a lot of empty space what is the best way to fill it up. Make a casket/coffin! I got the dimensions online off Google and used a scale calculator to shrink things to size. Then I got some .060 sheet and .040 solid rod, cut everything to length, then glued everything up and left it over night to dry nice and tight. Then I started shaping things to form the casket. Oh, yeah! I made it where the lid is hinged and can open. Using the decorative coffin brake near the door and made a new one for the front. Continued ..................
2010 Chrysler 300C Hearse - Update 7.30.14
Tumbler75 replied to Tumbler75's topic in WIP: Model CarsThanx everyone for the comments and compliments! Well I had a bit of a hiccup with hinging the rear door, it seems its either open or close but no swing. I tried multiple location points and many different hinges and nothing works. Oh well, I'm going to display it open anyways as the interior is coming along smashingly! I made the Rollers with Half Round glued to .010 Styrene Sheet and then I used .040 styrene strips to make the coffin stop/slide rails. I'll later foil these for some shiny bits in the rear end. LoL I drilled holes in it for multiple location points. I hand crafted and sculpted the rear coffin stop from scrap styrene. I doubt I'm making a front one as this one took me 2.5 hours of widdling and fiddling. Hands are tired. LoL Enjoy! What you see on the divider that looks cushiony .... Well, that's the "crash pad" and I just need to put the trim on in between the two sides. I also made the window larger on the divider. Not sure if I'm going to put glass in it yet or not. We'll see! Enjoy!!
Golden Oldies
Tumbler75 replied to Harry P.'s topic in Model CarsAmazing work Harry! I watch in silence as words can't describe the "In Aww" that I am over the realism and overall craftsmanship of your skills on these wonderful builds. Thank you for sharing.
1971 Martini Porsche 917 LH
Tumbler75 replied to Scale-Master's topic in Model CarsStunning work! I've followed a lot of your work and it just amazes me! Even at this scale I'm still stunned by how realistic it looks. Great job!
2010 Chrysler 300C Hearse - Update 7.30.14
Tumbler75 replied to Tumbler75's topic in WIP: Model CarsThanx everyone! The comments and compliments go a long way with me and keep me motivated. I can say I've never had so much fun killing time and boredom with engineering parts and how they fit. Box stock? What's that??? LoL Ok, We start on the inside since most of the outside stuff is done. I've made the divider and rear door panels already. So now its time to build upon that and make the rear load floor and side walls. I'm toying with a couple of ideas in my head about the floor, not sure if I'm going to execute them or not. We shall see. Enough of my blabbing. Here's where I'm at so far with about 2.5 hours worth of work. I know the divider window is a li'l low, but after doing some research some of the newer cars like this for some reason. Also, pardon the pictures, but I took them with my phone and uploaded via Photobucket Mobile. Enjoy!
Pro Street..Corolla
Tumbler75 replied to 1 bad55 stan's topic in WIP: Model CarsThat's wild! I love these off the wall Pro Streets! Reminds me of some of my 1:1 cars I built back in the day. Keep up the great work and I'm waiting to see more.


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He would start work at 7pm sharp. Not a minute early, not a minute late. He did his job with pride, standing tall as the little town went about its life. He would watch the little boys racing down the lane, middle aged women on their way to the grocery store, the old men who'd walk down the lane for their daily dose of Indian politics and healthcare prices. The town hadn't changed in years.
His eyes drifted to the group of young wives who sat by the park opposite him. Huddled together, painted nails, eyes drawn, their hands marked with the pale orange of fading henna. They seemed to converse in giggles. He sighed. He had seen young girls turn to beautiful brides and beautiful brides turn to scornful mothers-in-law. Only a matter of time, he thought, before their youth gave way to rough hands, pale sarees and sweat stained blouses.
She cannot even make tea. God knows what her mother taught her, sighed the middle aged woman as heads shook and tongues clicked in sympathy. Every evening, they would meet at the grocery store before making their way to one of their houses. He would peer into their windows, watching them sit around the table, discussing recipes, daughters-in law and maids over hot chai and Marie Gold. Sometimes, one of their son's would travel abroad. Foreign chocolate, she'd say as she handed them the box, smiling smugly. The others would reach for it, trying their best not to look impressed. He laughed.Their lives were simple. Their evenings would go by in petty conversations, only to disperse in time for their evening TV serials. Like yesterday, like tomorrow.
The old men would stop by often. Holding him while they caught their breath. He would eavesdrop on their conversations, listening to their daily diets, what their grandchildren were studying and who they thought was corrupt. He watched them silently, reminiscing the times some of them would run past him on their way to the cricket field many years back. It felt like just yesterday. His heart sank as he watched them walk away, their thick glasses seeming stronger than their fragile frames.
By 9pm, the streets got emptier. Husbands got back from work. Young wives walked fast, hoping to make it home before their mothers in laws. Mothers stormed onto the streets to drag their sons back home. He'd watch the old men go about their evening prayers and pills. And the grandmothers immerse themselves in the grievances of a richly dressed, emotional lady with perfect hair.
Every evening for years, he had watched the streets come alive, and fall asleep.
He stood still on the empty lane, watching them disappear into their homes. The lively street was cold and lonely in minutes. He was used to it. He had watched over that lane for as long as he could remember. A stray dog walked up to him and curled up near his feet, warming them a little. He smiled, watching as the curtains were drawn and lights were switched off. It was his favourite part. The town slept softly. Each of them drowned in their own escape from reality.
For those few hours, homework, back aches, dinner, acne and inflation were no longer problems. For those few hours every night, the wives, the mothers in law, the maids, the husbands, the youngest boy and the oldest man in their town felt exactly the same thing.
At 7am every morning. A little boy hurriedly copied the homework in the shaky van on their way to school. A son got dressed for the mundane job his mother was so proud of. An old man tried finding his glasses to find his painkillers. A young wife chopped the vegetables for breakfast sleepily, wishing her mother was around to help, while the nostalgia and onions competed to claim her tears.
At 7am every morning, each of them woke up to new struggles.
At 7am every morning, the street light drifted into soft slumber. Oblivious.


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Replica furniture has gained huge attention in the past few years as a result of this resurgence in interest regarding contemporary interior design. But, replica furniture provides a few exceptional worths of its own.
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Supported by NSF CNS-1321223 (formerly CNS-1116534)
PI: Lifeng Lai
Key management in wireless networks is a very challenging problem because of the unreliable transmission medium, the lack of network infrastructure, and stringent energy and complexity limitations at terminals. Recently, there has been increased interest in exploiting physical layer dynamics to generate keys. However, existing schemes exploit only the channel dynamics in the point-to-point channel or basic small wireless systems, but not other rich dynamics inherent to multiuser wireless networks. Furthermore, current studies focus mainly on the pairwise key agreement problem, and did not address issues arising from user interactions in networks. This project will develop practical key generation schemes for large scale networks, which 1) fully exploit rich opportunities inherent to network dynamics, and 2) properly address issues arising from interaction among multiple users in networks. The goal of this project is to design transmission protocols and algorithms that have engineering impact and practical feasibility.


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I went looking through a few galleries online and then through my digi stamp collection to get inspiration. I landed on this super fun girl named Starla from Saturated Canary.
I was a bit rusty after not coloring or anything for 6 months... I started this image 3 times before I went with it and got a result I was semi pleased with. I need to never go that long without creating again...seriously. lol
She was totally screaming out to me to have cool funky and fun colors. Do you own her? If so I would love to see what you created with her. Please leave me a link to your creation in the comment section if you have played with her.
I used the following on the card:
Image & Sentiment- Starla by Saturated Canary
Paper- Seen & Noted by Pebbles
Die- Wonky Squares
Copics: Y00, Y02, Y06, Y08, BG000, BG10, BG07, BG13, BG15, N1, N3, N5, N6, R20, R21, R22, R24, E00, E02, E11


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On Dido's North American tour, which kicks off next week in Vancouver, she'll offer fans a preview of her next album. In addition to performing material from her triple-platinum No Angel (which was propelled by Eminem sampling the track "Thank You" for his song "Stan"), the British chanteuse will introduce three new songs into her set, "See the Sun," "Don't Leave Home" and "Do You Have a Little Time."
Although she has most of the new material written for her sophomore effort, fear of having them exposed via the Internet will keep her from debuting any more of the tracks on the stateside jaunt.
"I'm always writing and trying out the new ones live," Dido says. "But I'm not gonna try them [all] 'cause they end up on MP3 too quickly. It doesn't bother me they end up there, but I wouldn't want every new song previewed live for the second album."
She plans to return to Britain later this year to record her next album with hopes of an early 2002 release. "I've got a great little family at home of people I love writing and working with," she says.
Although the songstress has spent a lot of time writing the follow-up, she has also penned a few numbers for other outfits, including British dance act Faithless (which includes her brother Rollo) and reigning pop queen Britney Spears.
Dido has been sworn to secrecy about the latter project, but does say that she enjoyed the experience. "I did some lyrics for a song of hers for a film," Dido says. "I was given a specific brief for the Britney song. She was really sweet, and she called me to say thank you."


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Moment lenses — the DSLR killer?
I travel with a Canon DSLR and two primes, a 35mm f1.4 and an 85mm f1.2 (endearingly nicknamed, "the fat kid"). Switching lenses is cumbersome and not ideal in certain environments, like a Saigon street market, densely crowded with vendors, tourists and thieves. After lugging this camera kit through six countries last year, I upgraded … Continue reading Moment lenses — the DSLR killer?
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Meet the band: Fresh Wreckage
During a Columbus cover gig in 2011, the players that would soon call themselves Fresh Wreckage cemented their artistic bonds over someone else's tune: the Radiohead hit High and Dry.
"While performing that particular song, on that particular night, in the particular style that we played it in, we each felt something emotionally," said vocalist Bobbi Townes.
Although the Radiohead cut remains a set list staple, the Columbus five-piece has since focused on crafting original music — punkish, soulful rock with a slick pop edge.
Townes spoke more about Fresh Wreckage, which will headline a Saturday show at Newport Music Hall.
Q: What spawned the band's name?
A: We actually devoted an entire interlude on our current EP (to explaining it). It has to do partially with dreams, boats, bums and pink bunny suits. I'm going to encourage you to get ahold of one of our CDs, which you'll only get at a live show.
Q: What does your music sound like?
A: Some have said that our live show reminds them of No Doubt.
And some say that our recorded music reminds them of Paramore. I guess it's the energy and pop nature of the songs.
My guys are all serious technical players who can out-play anyone. What you get is super-tight, energetic rock tunes that are dynamic and catchy with lots of emotion.
Q: What drives your lyrics?
A: We tend to sing most about love, victory and all the self-absorbed people around us — for the positive stuff, a lot of utopian metaphors. For the not-so-positive stuff, I definitely like to use some sarcasm and irony.
Q: Who inspires your work?
A: A lot of our influence comes from the sounds of '90s rock music and the rest of it definitely from today — Phoenix, Biffy Clyro, Rihanna, Coldplay, 30 Seconds to Mars and John Mayer, to name a few.
Q: What else is on the group's plate?
A: Our biggest plan is to record our first full-length album, possibly a live album. Also, we're building our first tour as we speak. Plus, we hope to make it on to the Vans Warped Tour next time it comes around.
— Kevin Joy