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Kalpataru Camellia
Kapurbawdi, Thane West, mumbai
Carpet Area
*Price is inclusive of all tax
Last updated on: Jul 4, 2019
*Price is inclusive of all tax
Last updated on: Jul 4, 2019
*Price is inclusive of all tax
Last updated on: Jul 4, 2019
About Kalpataru Camellia
Presenting Kalpataru Camellia - the most awaited project in the heart of Thane, that will redefine the way the city lives; on the old Mumbai Agra Road, near the Kapurbawdi Junction, is in the centre of every planned physical and social infrastructure - like schools, malls, hospitals, leisure and entertainment. The central location also enables you to reach anywhere in Thane or Mumbai, in a breeze due to the excellent connectivity via Eastern Express Highway, Western Express Highway or Ghodbunder Road. The upcoming metro station is also coming right in front of Kalpataru Camellia and hence, commuting is something that you will never have to worry about. MahaRERA registration numbers: Paramount A (Tower 1 – Aster) : P51700004031 Paramount B (Tower 2 – Daffodil) : P51700004741
An address with a heart
Beyond the bright city lights or the new age luxuries, there is this constant desire to find a comfort spot called 'home'. A place where the kids run free, a place to meet people old and new, a place where laughter fills the room, and a place to make new memories and share some old. Making this wish a reality, Kalpataru brings to you a thoughtfully designed, sprawling development that is set to transform the living experience.
A landmark in the making
Located in the heart of Thane, this plush address spread over 5 acres is replete with every conceivable amenity. Offering elegantly designed 2 BHK homes that are well-planned to present an enhanced living experience, this plush address, located amid several urban conveniences, is surely a landmark in the making.
A neighbourhood that's transforming
With the Thane administration sanctioning multiple ventures, the city is all set to witness a flurry of infrastructure projects come to life. These developments will transform Thane into an urban centre with excellent connectivity to Mumbai and other regions, which will further improve the city's economic growth.
Experience the privilege of being outstanding
Each tower at Paramount is crafted with a thoughtful and unique design, right from the entrance lobbies with lush landscaping to the tasteful finishes.The unique shape of the towers with outward facing apartments ensures smart utilization of space and rolls out a grand welcome. Just the kind of reception you are accustomed to.
The most awaited luxury offering that's also the finest
The living spaces at Paramount glisten with opulence. With the first habitable floor starting from the 5th floor, these 2 BHK homes offer excellent views and are adorned with thoughtful touches. A sprawling residence with 33 habitable floors, paramount is all set to raise the luxury statement of Thane a notch higher.
It's hard to contain fun. That's why we have reserved ample space for it
There's always room for recreation at Paramount. With a plush clubhouse and ample avenues of recreation and leisure, there's everything your heart yearns for. Now, come every weekend, there's only the happy dilemma - how to begin the day. But don't worry, blissful memories and fun will soon follow.
Infinite experiences and a perfect venue to enjoy them all
Everything at Paramount has been designed to offer a living experience that's blissful and grand. The lavish clubhouse with a coffee lounge, party hall and more is a testimony to this. Decked up with fine indulgences, even the most mundane moments will turn into cherishable memories here.
An exotic destination in your own backyard
The infinity edge swimming pool at Paramount is just one of the few things that makes this plush address stand out from the rest. Cuddled amid the lush greenery and adorned with poolside decks and a kid's pool, a dip is all it takes to wash away daily stress.
A lavish gym to keep fitness first
The open spaces at Paramount have been put up to smart use. With the plethora of active amenities like the gymnasium, sports areas and landscaped greens, you'll lead an active lifestyle here. And all your fitness resolutions will soon be fulfilled.
There's everything to make you feel pampered
The spa at Paramount is just what your soul craves for at the end of a tiring day Lose those brogues and slip into your flip-flops and pay a visit to this pristine corner. Your mind and soul will soon follow.
Take your fitness goals to an all new level
The perks of living at Paramount are endless. While the gymnasium helps you lead an active lifestyle, there are several amenities here that help you push your limits. Like the separate fitness zone that's dedicated for kickboxing and martial arts, wherein you'll be tempted to put your fitness levels to test. And it won't be long before you will be walking around sporting those six-pack abs.
Favourite sport, favourite people. A weekend done well
There's nothing better than spending the weekend playing your favourite sport with the people you love. That's why there are several open spaces and a multipurpose sports court at Paramount that let you enjoy never-ending rounds of badminton, volleyball or basketball. You'll wish the weekends lasted longer.
Even after endless rounds, you'll still be tempted to play more
The charm of the indoor games room is one you cannot easily escape. With a games room, pool room and kids' play area, here's where you will have the most fun with your loved ones and make cherishable memories.
A sprawling address, yet there is no room for worry
The plush homes and the host of amenities at Paramount are sure to cradle you in luxury right from the moment you move in. And to make sure it stays that way, we've equipped every nook and corner of this sprawling complex with hi-tech security. Now, you no longer have to worry about the safety of your loved ones. Simply go on and enjoy the good life.
Making the most of every resource
At Paramount, we to go great lengths to make sure that we adhere to strict green practices. With efficient sewage treatments measures and a rainwater harvesting plant, we have made sure that every natural resource is judiciously used here. Always.
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Multipurpose Room
Games Room
Aerobics / Yoga Room
Lush Landscaped Garden
Kids' Play Area
Swimming Pool With Infinity Edge
Kid's Pool
Multipurpose Sports Court
Rainwater Harvesting
Poolside Decks
Pool Room
CCTV Surveillance
Earthquake resistant structure
Premium quality C.P. fittings
Premium quality sanitary ware
Elegant main door with laminate finish
Internal doors with paint finish
Concealed wiring
Modular switches
Sufficient electric points
Vitrified tiles flooring
Skid resistant tiles for balcony
Marble flooring for living, dining and passage
Skid resistant tile flooring
Vitrified tiles flooring
Vitrified tiles flooring
Dado tiles above platform
Dado tiles
Granite platform along with service platform
Stainless steel sink
DG power backup for selected utility areas
Provision for sewage treatment plant
Intercom system
Provision for video door phone
Fire fighting equipment
Aluminium sliding windows
About Kalpataru
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Kalpataru Group was established in 1969 by our chairman Mr. Mofatraj P.Munot. Kalpataru Limited, the flagship real estate company of the Kalpataru Group of companies, is one of the leading real estate development groups in India. The focus has been on the development of premium residential, commercial, retail, integrated townships, lifestyle gated communities and redevelopment projects primarily in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) & Pune. The Group is also undertaking projects in other key cities such as Jaipur, Surat, Hyderabad and Chennai and now Noida. The Kalpataru Group has interests in real estate development, property and project management, engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contracting for power transmission and infrastructure projects including road projects, warehousing and logistics. The Group was one of the largest civil Contracting firms in the Middle East, based in UAE, between 1974 and 1982, and has completed various successful projects including residential properties, commercial, religious establishments and other projects. From constructing innovative buildings to developing futuristic infrastructure, Kalpataru Group has developed more than 97 landmarks till date.
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Thane West has witnessed an incredible infrastructure development in the recent years which resulted in it emerging as the next big realty hub in Mumbai. Strategically located in close proximity to the Mumbai International airport, Ghodbunder Road, NH-3 and NH-4, it is also located near the central and trans-harbour line suburban railway network which offers it seamless connectivity with the rest of Mumbai, especially the important commercial and social hubs. The locality has excellent civic amenities such as reputed schools like D.A.V Public School, Billabong High International School, Sulochanadevi Singhania School, CP Goenka International School, world-class hospitals like Bethany Hospital, Titan Hospital, Jupiter Hospital, popular shopping destinations like Korum Mall, Viviana Mall, R Mall, popular cafes, restaurants, social hubs, movie theatres like Cinepolis, INOX, Cinemax and many more. With more civic and social infrastructure projects lined for this locality, Thane West is a dream realty destination, for both developers and investors.


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Jennifer Hudson
Jennifer Kate Hudson, American born, Singer, Spokesperson for Weight Watchers and also an Actress in many acclaimed Movies.
About Jennifer Hudson, Her Hair, Her Style, And Achievements In Music, Films And Life
Jennifer Hudson is not afraid of changing a hairstyle to fit in with the styles, roles and places she goes. And, she makes every style memorable, from a coily Bob-hairstyle to a very short Pixie-haircut and a few long, naturally curly hairstyles.
Jennifer Hudson – Hairstyles that give Glamour and Style from 2004 -2017
Changing from long bangs hairdo's to springy short curls: In 2004, Jennifer Hudson, started out with multi-coloured highlights in a long bangs hairdo, as a contestant in "American Idol." 2006 showed her with curls swept up, in a half-down/half-up, kind of princess-style. In 2007, Jennifer Hudson, sported a springy mass of shiny, short, corkscrew curls, attending a fete in the honour of Clive Davis.
At the "Academy Awards" in 2007, those corkscrew curls turned into retro curls, swept to one side to create the feel of an old Hollywood glamour.
2008 to 2009 started a short-hair period, which started out with a sweet, chin-length spiral haircut, changing to a razor-sharp, sleek bob with a slightly tousled bang, look. At an Image Awards ceremony in 2009, she made her entrance with a new, piece-y, choppy, shag cut.
2010 brings back the longer hairstyles. At the "52nd Annual Grammy Awards", Jennifer Hudson wore her hair in a sleek, high ponytail with bangs that grazed her eyelashes. 2011 she sported a sexy, Bettie Page-style look, with bangs and long curly, loose waves in her hair.
Through 2011 the long hair style continued with straightened, flattened hair , parted down the centre, in an Haute Hippie-style or with bronzed tips. At the "83rd Annual Academy Awards" she wore hair in a classy up-do, tinted with auburn highlights.
Long and straight with bangs or parted in the middle, and long and wavy or soft curls, swept up to one side, Haute Hippie and Betty Page-styles, and braids, all made way for the Tousled Pixie in 2014.
Jennifer Hudson demands attention with her short Pixie Power cut, 2015, and the still shorter haircut-style, she now sometimes, wears.
Here's Jennifer Hudson's hairstyles over the years.
Mermaid Gown brought some bridal glam at the Manus x Machina Fashion in an Age of Technology Costume Institute Gala with her strapless white H&M mermaid gown and styled her short hair in a slick wet look mode.
We can't get enough of Jennifer's super cute layered pixie cut hair with bangs. She teamed her hairstyle with a radiant knitted halter bodycon dress that emphasizes her lovely curves at the 2016 March of Dimes Celebration of Babies Luncheon.
Jennifer Hudson rocked a technicolor spaghetti fringe dress and some cute short and chic straight pixie cut hairstyle on top of her appearance at the 2015 iHeartRadio Music Awards Press Room. It takes a confident and fierce woman to wear such hairstyle, but the singer and actress does it with ease.
Jennifer Kate Hudson – Music, Movies and Events
Music: Jennifer Hudson came to fame as a finalist in the 3rd season of American Idol in 2004, achieving the seventh place. She is seen as the third greatest contestant in the Idols competition, and her leaving the show met with lots of controversy.
From 2008 till 2017 she was nominated for various music awards. She Won:
2007 – BET Awards – Best New Artist
2007 – Soul Train Awards – Sammy Davis, Jr. Award for "Entertainer of the Year"
2009 – Grammy Awards – Best R&B Album Jennifer Hudson
2009 – NAACP Image Awards – Outstanding Artist, NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Duo or Group, Outstanding Album
2012 – NAACP Image Awards – Outstanding Album, Outstanding Music Video
2017 – Grammy Awards – Best Musical Theatre Album (The Colour Purple)
Acting: Her career as an actress started when she entered the "American Idol" competition, 2004, as a contestant and finished in 7th place. She also plays various roles, acts as a judge and also coach in Television series and Television films. Big screen movies, of which there are 13, includes such as "Dreamgirls", "Sex and the City", and "Monster".
From 2006 till 2018 she, again, is nominated for many different roles and won quite a few awards:
2006 – Academy Awards, British Academy Film Awards, Critics' Choice Movie Awards, Golden Globe Awards Best Supporting Actress (Dreamgirls), Satellite Awards – Best Supporting Actress Motion Picture (Dreamgirls), Screen Actors Guild Awards (Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role) (Dreamgirls)
2006 – NAACP Image Awards – Various nominations and an award for "Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture (Dreamgirls)
2007 – Black Reel Awards – Outstanding Supporting Actress, Outstanding Breakthrough Performance (Dreamgirls)
Other Events and Awards:
2010 – People's Choice Awards – Favourite Humanitarian
2006 – 2017 Jennifer Hudson were nominated for many different types of awards and have also won a great variety of those awards from "Best Performance", "Best Actress", "Breakout Artist", and many more.
Despite huge personal upheaval in her life, Jennifer Hudson remains an Artist and Actress delivering outstanding, award-winning, performances, as well as, working towards bettering the community.
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Just a very quick blog cause I'm really tired and could do with an early night.
I've just started my piece for Fiction Friday this week. I know, I know, it's totally procrastinating writing Holiday, but I was really tired after work, and didn't want to have to do something that required too much thought. At the moment Holiday is requiring a lot of thought.
I could do with some time to just sit down and think about what I'm doing it. After work I just seem to be too tired. I don't seem to have any time at weekends. Maybe I'll take a day off work in a few weeks. NO, scrap that, I want to be making progress on this in the next week.
This weekend I don't think I'll get much done. We've got 3 day tickets to Lovebox festival. It's in London, so we're coming home each night, but will probably be getting home, going to bed, then getting up and going back. I've got Monday off, but think that will be spent recovering!
At some point anyway, I need to make a start on it. Or plan it more, or do whatever the hell I'm going to be doing on it.
Because, I have a plan.
In 2009 I was writing Holiday. Then November came and I discovered NaNoWriMo. 30 days, 50,000 words, a new project. I couldn't carry on with Holiday. Fast forward to June/July 2010. I started writing Holiday again (I think it was about then). November came again, and NaNo hit again. What could I do? Not Holiday I can tell you.
You see the pattern here? I can't do the same this year. But, NaNo is only 3 1/2 months away. I refuse to give up Holiday for NaNo for a 3rd year. But, I HAVE to do NaNo again. How can I get round this? Weeeeellllll. I could always… Um… Oh… How about finish Holiday before November.
Could I?
About 40,000 words in 3 and a half months? Oh, I so could. Couldn't I? I could you know. I'm going to. I AM GOING TO FINISH DRAFT ONE OF HOLIDAY BY 31ST OCTOBER!!!
Anyway, back to ROW80. I've done some writing today (455 words). Yesterday I kind of didn't do anything. Monday I edited. Not too bad going. I just worry about this weekend. Have to make up for it tomorrow (although I've got plans. Maybe during lunch).
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Get inspired to create your own beautiful tank(s)
Lake Malawi
Lake Tanganyika
Lake Victoria
Mixed East Africa tanks
West / Central Africa
South America
Central America
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Description of the aquarium:
Lake Malawi
Tank size:
270 x 80 x 65 = 1400 liters ~ 369 gallons (us)
Specific features:
The basin is bulge-glued and has 2x40er processes.
About the processes I'm doing the weekly water change, in which I was there the "plugs" draw. Then rushing 300 liters within 1 minute of it. This water is not wasted in the drain but is fed directly into our cistern for watering the garden. So I have always some water, even if the baby might not rain during the summer.
Is replenished by the pool fresh water supply, which comes next to the pool out of the wall. In other words, I just turn on the tap and wait until the tank is full - in sum I need as for the weekly water change about 15 minutes.
The basin is in our new building, so we had the opportunities, rather easy to implement the supply and sewers. So we leave the concrete floor where the pool is, verstäken. 1500 kg per square meter are no longer a problem and leaves space for other mills at a later date ...
Under the pool is a welded base in 40x40 square tube in 3 mm thickness. The structure is as follows: + recessed concrete floor separately for the pool size of the screed, it Styrodur in 2 cm, then a 18mm multiplex plate. Then the steel frame, then 2 x 18mm multiplex and 2 cm Styrodur. This is then a 5mm Aquarium Pad and finally the pelvis.
Aquarium decoration:
Mixed quartz sand, 125 kg.
Special features of the facility:
In the basin 400 kg basalt boulders were installed. It was important, as close as possible available to get at the actual material in Malawi. And with the growth that has now set on the stones, it actually looks to Malawi from ... Among the stones is Styrodur, among smaller stones just Plexiglas.
When backplane I only mounted a black film outside. This absorboert the light well, so that the animals like to be able to withdraw also times in the shady areas of the basin.
Aquarium equipment:
LED. In sum not too intrusive in my opinion, these two colors a beautiful light, the algae grow wonderful and the fish show their beautiful colors.
Beleuchtzungszeitraum: 16:30 to 23:30
1 x Fluval FX5 with> 3000 liters / h
2 x jewel Bioflow with 1,000 liters / h - is working fine, the suspended particles filtered out of the water at very low power consumption. One sees the two Bioflow front also not because they simply are like the back wall black.
Other equipment:
3 x flow pumps, each with 8,000 l / h. Are alternately controlled by timers to produce different tendencies.
No more heating available - the pool has 23 degree and at least in the summer max.. 28 degrees.
8x Pseudotropheus elongantus Neon Spot, 3/5
6x Labidochromis Mbamba, 2/4 + approx 5 juveniles in the pool <3 cm
6x Labidochromis Hongi "Red Top", 2/4 + 5-10 Junfische in pool <3 cm
9 x Labidochromis Caeruleus, probably 3/7, they are at the 3-5 cm
4 x Melanochromis Maingano, 1/3
8x Synodontis Mulipunctatus, probably 3/5.
Also located in the pool 1/2 Sciaenochromis fryeri and Dimidiochromis compressiceps 1/2 who like decimate the offspring of Mbunas something.
Water parameters:
Water hardness ie: 13
pH: 7.6
Water temperature: 25 degrees
Water 2 times 150 liters per week. This corresponds to about 30% of the actual net volume (sand and stones are deducted, gross pelvis has indeed 1,400 liters) per week.
The Mbunas almost graze all day on the covered rocks. I am of course pleased that they present this natural behavior to the day in our pool.
2x per week: no feeding, fasting
Otherwise 1x per day Füterung. Here, a chuck is always used, which is a mixture of:
1. granulated food
2. Sticks
3. flake food from algae for Mbunas
In addition, the fish get 1 x per week a Virtel a cucumber, which they love to eat.
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Another EXCELLENT book and superbly narrated ! Thank you again
Great book - interesting characters that make you curious to find out what happens to them in the rest of the series. Twists and turns that keep you interested and a pretty good mystery.
Another great story from John Lescroart. I listened to it some time ago, so I don't remember the details, just that I really enjoyed it. Dismas Hardy is great. I believe he was 2nd Chair to Amy Wu in a difficult murder case. I will listen to this one again.
Not superb by any stretch but about what I expected. Decent plot, good characters, decent twists, pretty good stuff.
I have listened to a couple of books in this series and have enjoyed them greatly. It is like taking a trip to San Francisco. The name Dismus is unusual enough to remember. The combination of court room drama and investigative work makes the story move right along. The author always has interesting people and story line.
Excellent "read" to listen to. . . don't know why, but I'm not crazy about actually reading Lescroat--but do enjoy very much listening to his books. The plot was tight, the characters interesting and believable.
John Lescroart is the bestselling author of eighteen previous novels, which have sold more than ten million copies. He lives with his family in Northern California.


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Edith Sitwell
4 of 56 portraits of Edith Sitwell
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Edith Sitwell
by Cecil Beaton
vintage bromide print, December 1926
10 in. x 8 in. (253 mm x 203 mm)
Given by the executors of R. H. Wilenski through the Witt Library, 1994
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- Dame Edith Sitwell (1887-1964), Poet. Sitter in 56 portraits.
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- Cecil Beaton (1904-1980), Photographer, designer and writer. Artist associated with 1112 portraits, Sitter associated with 361 portraits.
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- Saywell, David; Simon, Jacob, Complete Illustrated Catalogue, 2004, p. 567
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Current affairsIn response to wage cuts and increased working hours for coal miners recommended by the Samuel Commission, the Trade Union Council calls a General Strike of workers in the key industries. Although over 1.5 million workers took part, the TUC finally gave in after nine days and called off the strike. The Trade Disputes and Trade Union Act of 1927 made it harder for workers to strike.
Art and scienceA.A. Milne publishes Winnie-the-Pooh. The series of popular children's books featured the character Christopher Robin (named after Milne's son) and a cast of animals based on his stuffed-toys including Winnie-the-Pooh, Piglet, Eeyore, Rabbit, Tigger, Kanga and Roo.
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd is published. This was Agatha Christie's third 'whodunit' novel featuring Hercule Poirot, the Belgian Detective.
InternationalThe League of Nations accepts Germany as the sixth permanent member on the council deeming it a 'peace-loving country'. This confidence, however, was short lived with Germany leaving the League with the accession of Adolf Hitler to power in 1933.
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2015 Legal Industry Hiring Trends
The U.S. garners a major portion of the global legal market. The U.S. contributes to around 75% of the world's legal spending and is seen as the richest legal market in the world. Ever since the 2007 recession, things haven't been very good for U.S. lawyers and legal hiring has declined. However, the industry has started to pick up. Legal researchers forecast that the gearing up will continue through 2015. Let's quickly glance at the hiring trends for 2015.
Robert Half Legal commissioned a survey among 200 lawyers of top law firms and corporations in the U.S. to know what are the top job promising practice areas. The legal areas where restricted to: Litigation, general business/commercial law, healthcare, IP, personal law, and labor law, with an option to choose 'other.' Thirty eight percent voted for litigation, 19% for commercial law, 6 % for health care and IP, 5% for personal law, and 4% for labor law. Eleven percent chose in favor of other areas of law and 13% had a 'None' response.
Studies show that there is a decrease in the number of students graduating from law schools when compared to the previous years. The year 2015 is likely to reach equilibrium or a breakeven in terms of the number of law graduates in the industry and the law jobs available. With the current trend in the legal job growth, it is likely that the year 2016 will witness an undersupply of lawyers, which would mean there would be more of legal job. The situations would be even better for 2017 law pass outs.
Professor René Reich-Graefe predicts that the law graduates are all set to see their good times. The growth in lawyer demand and the increased lawyer retirement rate are some factors that contribute to the growth.
Legal Hiring Trends in 2015
Hiring in Specialized Areas: Quality is now the key to any services performed. The days when attorneys simply had to pass the national police check and clients just had to be satisfied with the work they provided, are gone. Despite the fact these factors are still important, clients are more demanding now. To satisfy such clients, law firms are looking for specialized talents with experience in demanding practice areas. Researchers forecast that intellectual property, insurance, medical malpractice, labor, patent, e-discovery, compliance, and commercial litigation will be some of the hot areas in the legal industry. Therefore, it would be a good idea for job aspirants to undergo training/specialize in the areas noted below would be worth considering for job aspirants:
- E-Discovery: The e-discovery industry is in its growth phase and will continue to grow for the coming years. The U.S. retains a major portion of the global e-discovery market. The legal industry is adopting new and improved technological solutions for archiving, case research, case management and marketing. Therefore there is scope for litigation support professionals (people who effectively assist in managing litigation related data that are electronically stored.) It is not mandatory that you should be a law grad to perform this role. However, considering the attractive compensation package that would cling to this role, it would be a very good option for a tech savvy legal grad to specialize in litigation support and take benefits of the growing e-discovery market. Paralegals can also consider training in this area.
- Compliance: These days, we see legal professionals and law departments doing more of compliance work. Traditionally, this was an area that was under the finance department. The financial crisis slowly moved this area to the legal sector. The changing regulatory requirements have forced corporate to focus on compliance and seek the advice of legal professional to stay up to date and comply the requirements. Financial institutions, energy and utilities companies, telecom companies are the most popular clients for lawyers who specialize in this area. Therefore, updating regulatory requirements in these areas would be a good choice for a person seeking job in this sector. Staying up to date with the data protection laws and the health care laws is also important.
- Litigation: Generally, the trend is to go for lawyers who have good experience and a steady work experience. Therefore, if you want to be a good trial lawyer, you may opt to join a law firm to gain experience. Big law firms look for experience and specialized knowledge in areas such as health care, insurance, labor law, commercial law, litigation, and IP. An increase in litigation is fueling demand for skilled litigation from law firms like Sidley Austin who have specialist expertise in the areas of commercial litigation and disputes.
Legal Support Services: Researchers predict that the legal industry has the potential for many more support jobs in 2015. You can expect to see more attorney support services and paralegal hiring. Technological developments allow legal work product to be segmented and shipped to any part of the world. Such legal outsourcing of attorney support services takes advantage of low labor costs, while maintaining confidentiality. Studies show a growing trend to delegate work such as document review, contract review, and compliance review to attorney support services.
E-Hiring: Social media will increasingly be an essential tool of corporate recruiters and HR departments. This means that maintaining updated and accurate information on your LinkedIn account will be vital in creating new career opportunities.
Technology Based Talent: Technology is inevitable, and the changes in technology have influenced all walks of life. The law practice area is no exception. Therefore, there will be increased demand for attorneys with a technical background in 2015. Suggestions have been made to expand the educational curriculum for law students and include subjects on technical know-how.
In-House Legal Jobs: Mid-sized and big companies are looking at creating more in-house legal jobs so that they can reduce their legal spending on big law firms. Corporate law departments are looking at hiring attorneys who have previous law firm experience, good track record, strong business law backgrounds, and preferably knowledge in the company's industry or sector. Companies are also considering recruiting fresh law grads.
The legal industry is evidencing a fluctuating graph in terms of growth. However, studies report that legal hiring will witness an upward swing in 2015. It would be a great idea for job aspirants to stay updated in areas such as e-discovery, compliance, litigation practice, issuance, labor, and IP laws. The general trend for legal job hiring seems to be positive. Sources report that things seem to be rosy for fresh law grads as well. The above discussion would help in getting an idea of the promising legal areas.
If you're a law firm looking to acquire new talent, you can use Lawyer Exchange to fill the positions of your attorney jobs vacancies.
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Sources referred:
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Editors note: Get Growing, written by the La Plata County Extension Offices Master Gardener Program, appears every other week during the growing season. It features timely tips and suggestions for your garden and landscape.
By Carolyn Brown
A walk through my garden quickly reveals that all is not well with my young cherry trees.
Leaves are curled and dying, shiny sap oozes over everything below, and a parade of ants travels up and down the trunks. On closer inspection, I find that many of the leaves have armies of black cherry aphids attached to them, draining their lifeblood.
Aphids dont usually kill the trees, but they can create stress and drain the plants of their food supply; they can also produce a winged form that will seek new food supplies if the current host becomes disabled.
Researching my gardening books and the Internet and visiting with the Extension office and nurseries, I have learned that there is a heavy infestation of fat, little, round, shiny, black aphids on cherries this year and that the battle against them has to be waged daily. The first line of defense is spraying the leaves with a powerful stream of water, dislodging the little critters. That approach, recommended by all resources, should be repeated daily. After a few days, gradual improvement will be seen.
Insecticide soaps are helpful but have to come in contact with aphids, which are usually firmly attached to the underside of leaves. Contact with insecticide soaps can also kill natures intended controls: ladybugs, lacewings and parasitic wasps. Poisons used to kill aphids also kill beneficial insects and in almost all cases are not recommended.
Because I am spraying aphids often with water, using insecticide soap occasionally and trying to stop ants from farming the aphids, I am seeing less damage. Because I have no cherries on my trees (spring frost), I am arming for next years onslaught. I intend to keep the plants stress-free this year and then spray with a dormant oil during the late winter. The aphid battle will begin at the first signs.
Carolyn Brown has been a Colorado Master Gardener since 2009.


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A carpenter made a door. He carved it skillfully, ornamented it, decorated it, varnished it and polished it with oil. But as soon as he had hung it at the front of the house, the door marked a forbidden zone that he wasn't allowed to approach. It became the divider between the secret, mysterious interior and the visible, public exterior. The carpenter was tortured because he made the door and now cannot pass through it to one he loves.
Doors in the Emirates have changed over the last thirty years, as has their function. In the past, doors were left open all day and only shut at night. Children in family neighbourhoods would be in and out of their friends' and relatives' houses without needing to ask. Adults never looked into houses when the door was open, and if someone went and knocked on a door, he would stand to one side not directly in front, a pleasing social habit to respect privacy. Of course, none of that happens now. The houses have changed: walls have gone up, doors are closed all day long. The neighbour's cat no longer slips underneath; birds no longer find a perch in the heat.
There are many symbolic doors. First of all is the mother's womb we pass through to life, expelled from innocent paradise to desolate chaos, chasing after existential questions. The final door is the grave, the mouth of the earth which, at the fateful moment, gapes for us to enter – a bolus rapidly swallowed up by time. The mouth is the doorway to speech; speech the gateway to meaning and questions; questions the portal to infinity.
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In our Arab life, there are thousands of locked doors, big and small, but the biggest one of all is the doorway to freedom that opens from the heart and mind. At this door, thousands of dogs, executioners and murderers stand guard to prevent thought, hunt down words, slit truth's throat and scourge every true human expression. They live among us, and we see their effects everyday everywhere: in the newspaper columns that deceive themselves; in the curl of a newscaster's lip when he reads a report he knows is false; in the silence of a poet ignored on the pavement of fear; in the despair of minds ossified in skulls; in the word 'no' when it is crammed into generations that it means 'yes'.
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For man to realise the deep meanings of the door, first he must try to pause on the threshold, not entering or leaving.
Hakeem the Wise sat on a boulder and wrote the following lines:
However big the lock, it can easily be broken.
Keys still work even when covered in rust.
The thief hates the door more than the wall.
People's hearts are easily accessed through the doorway of love.
The first station
Hakeem the Wise used to sit on a boulder in a far-off village, addressing the people on virtue, morality and the forsaking of worldly pleasure. But the inhabitants, together with their wise man, abandoned the villages years ago and settled in the suburbs, dazzled by the neon lights of the night and the mixed, hybrid forms of incomers from all over the Earth seeking wealth, fame and status. But after five years of contemplating the city, its people and its architecture, Hakeem the Wise wrote the following note:
The greatest city in the world is a sheet of paper
The greatest lighthouse is the pen
The greatest temple is labour
The greatest grave is effacement
The greatest street is a line
The greatest vehicle is to look
The greatest television is dreaming
The greatest radio is silence
The second station
An ordinary man in the city was seeking the essence of his individuality, so he went into isolation in a far-off village where he contemplated the meaning of the cycle of the moon, the twinkling of stars in the dark nights, the whistling of the wind blowing from the north, the murmurings from behind the hill that nobody understood. After five years the big-city man became wise in the small village and addressed the people:
The greatest ink is rain
The greatest labour is meditation
But the inhabitants had wearied of the words of the wise. So they picked him up and threw him into the sea. Afterwards their lives were peace and quiet, not disturbed by ringing speeches or hollow words.
The third station
Hakeem the Wise abandoned the village and the city and chose to dwell alone, fasting, in a cave beyond a far-off mountain. After five years of total isolation, he realised that understanding the world begins with silence and remoteness from others. Only then is the secret of life gradually revealed and disclosed. Before he died Hakeem the Wise wrote on the wall of his cave:
In being alone lies your perfection
Close your eyes to see infinity
Listen to your core to hear the universe echo
Cleanse your mind of every thought, black or white
It's an illusion to believe that your homeland is this minor world,
forgetting, like the rest,
that your greater homeland is all creation.


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Thunder Cross (サンダークロス Sandā Kurosu ) is a horizontally scrolling shoot 'em up arcade game released in arcades by Konami in 1988. Thunder Cross used a "layered scrolling" background, a new 2D graphics technique at the time. It was later featured as part of the Oretachi Geesen budget line-up on the PlayStation 2 in Japan, and spawned a sequel, Thunder Cross II. It was also released in 2017 for PlayStation 4 in Japan as part of Arcade Archives.
Taking place in the future of space colonization, the planet Haniamu IV is under attack from a relentless, unknown military force known only as Black Impulse. The strongest Earth ships capable of stopping the total conquering of the planet are the Blue Thunder M-45 and its earlier model the Red Thunder M-24.
Thunder Cross is a classic horizontal shooter with 7 stages. Players control the Thunder fighter with up to four "options", which arrange up and down vertically and attack at the player's will.
Your ship can collect up to 4 options. In the US version, you start with two of them already. I won't comment on what this says about US gamers' skills... You may also choose between 3 different weapons : Vulcan (rapid-fire), Boomerang (bouncy bullets) and Tail Gun (shoots backwards and forwards).
In the US version, also there it's a smart bomb (called, bizarrely, "Li'l Baby") which destroys everything on screen. In the European and Japanese versions it is used to adjust the separation of your multiples, which adds a nice strategic touch.
|First Attack
|First Attack
|Skyscrapper City
|Machine Graveyard
|Garch Jaeger
|Machine Graveyard
|Great Battleship
|Great Battleship
|Endless Labyrinth
|Endless Labyrinth
|Fire Cavern
|Fire Cavern
|Final Base
|Final Base
There are at least three distinct versions : Japanese, US and European. Oddly, the US and Japanese versions have a different level order as well as the weaponry mentioned above.
- Emon • 5 got his BGM pack from the Thunder Cross series, and inside the BGM pack from this game is also included.
- Thunder Cross is one of the names in Latvian for the Swastika.
|Thunder Cross/Thunder Cross II
|Ships and characters
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|Thunder Cross stages
|First Attack • Skyscrapper City • Machine Graveyard • Great Battleship • Endless Labyrinth • Fire Cavern • Final Base
|Thunder Cross II stages
|Air Battle • Machine Fortress • Space Fortress • Waste Factory • Large Battleship • Star Light •
|Thunder Cross bosses
|Egger • Ganger • Garch Jaeger • Bigger • Bogger • Figger • Machinegar
|Thunder Cross II bosses
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|Salamander (Life Force) (MSX ver.)• Salamander 2 • Nemesis 2 (Nemesis '90 Kai) • Nemesis 3 • Nemesis (Game Boy) • Cosmic Wars • Solar Assault
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|Parodius • Parodius Da! • Gokujō Parodius! • Jikkyō Oshaberi Parodius • Sexy Parodius • Paro Wars • Otomedius (Otomedius Gorgeous) • Otomedius Excellent
|Other games
|Scramble • Thunder Cross • Thunder Cross II • Space Manbow • Force Gear
|Gradius: The Slot • CR Parodius Da! EX • Gokuraku Parodius!
|Vic Viper • Gradius Arc • Salamander HD Remaster


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In January 2015, a high-level event hosted by the German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin, Germany marked the culmination of Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance's second replenishment for 2016–2020. The Gavi Pledging Conference was an opportunity for global leaders to stand together and mobilize 7.5 billion US$ to save 5-6 million lives through immunisation in the world's poorest countries.
As part of this effort, 3-LS was engaged by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to work with curator Christine McNab to design, install, and manage a gallery of "The Art of Saving a Life" for exhibition during the Gavi Pledging Conference.


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What conditions are TMS used to treat?
TMS therapy is FDA-cleared to treat patients with Major Depressive Disorder (depression). It is frequently used for those who have not responded well to medications.
What does TMS therapy involve?
TMS therapy increases neural activity in the areas of the brain responsible for mood control. TMS helps the brain to function in a more normal manner.
What does TMS treatment entail?
TMS treatment usually spans 2 months with sessions 5 days a week. Each session lasts about 3 to 20 minutes. During each session, the patient sits in a chair while the device is positioned on the designated treatment area. TMS does not involve anesthetics, meaning that patients may resume their days right after the session.
Is TMS therapy a good option for me?
If medications have not been effective or if side effects have been unbearable, TMS treatment may be a good option to consider.
Will TMS treatment be effective for me?
2 out 3 patients have a great response to TMS therapy and after a year of completing treatment will continue to see compelling results. 1 out of 3 patients are able to attain a symptom-free outcome.
Does TMS therapy cause discomfort?
Headache and discomfort in the scalp area are not uncommon with TMS therapy. As the weeks go on, the side effects start to diminish. If you experience these side effects, you can use over-the-counter pain medication.
Are there risks involved with TMS treatment?
Clinical studies have shown TMS to be safe and effective. As in the case of antidepressants, there is a very minor risk of patients experiencing seizures.
Is there a link between TMS and brain cancer?
TMS treatment is safe and does not cause brain cancer. Similar to having an MRI, TMS uses magnetic fields to effectively treat patients.
Is TMS similar to Electroconvulsive Therapy?
There are many differences between TMS and shock therapy. Unlike ECT, TMS does not cause a seizure, memory loss, or mental confusion. TMS also does not require the use of anesthetics or necessitate a recovery period after sessions.
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Where do women stand in politics?
This is a question that very often results in misogynist rants denouncing women and their leadership abilities. Women are typically seen as not very rational, indecisive and impetuous. And yet, women everywhere are making their presence felt in politics. Much of the credit for the Sudanese dictator al-Bashir's removal earlier this month goes to women, who played a prominent role in the uprising against him. The iconic image of a young woman addressing crowds from atop a vehicle bears testimony to this.
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern of New Zealand has offered an effective model of leadership that combines compassion with strong political determination—yes, it is possible to do so! In less than a week, she was able to ensure that gun laws were changed in the wake of a mass shooting at Christchurch, while also offering support and compassion to wounded communities in the most meaningful way.
Politics draws its roots from the Greek word polis, the city-state, which has often been presented as an all-male gathering. These accounts have come to us from venerable Greek men such as Plato and Aristotle. It is quite likely that they did not notice the everyday work done by women in keeping the polis functional. In a similar vein, the growing numbers of women in India's panchayati raj institutions often go unnoticed and unsung.
Interestingly, social movements for change and transformation across the world boast of inspiring women leaders such as Medha Patkar (India), Wangari Maathai (Kenya) to name a few. Yet, women do not seem to be present in sufficiently large numbers in electoral politics and representative institutions across the world. Typically, this could be seen as a deficiency in women and so, they are urged to join leadership programmes, capacity building workshops and so on. While these are not redundant, the fact is that perhaps the very nature of electoral politics and representative bodies is exclusionary.
Why should women be part of electoral politics and representative bodies?
That women should have the right to vote is almost universally accepted now. It is indeed heartening to know that the gap between male and female voter turnout in India is becoming smaller. However, what is a matter of concern currently is that as many as 21 million young women in India, many of whom would have been first-time voters, are not even registered as voters.
Uttar Pradesh, for instance, presents a rather alarming picture—on an average, 85,000 women will not vote in each constituency because they are not registered as voters. Despite universal adult franchise, socio-cultural norms and traditional structures often prevent Indian women from participating in the electoral process— both as voters and candidates. This is the backdrop within which we need to locate any examination of women's role in electoral politics generally and representative institutions more specifically.
Political parties tend to ignore grassroots female party workers, who typically set aside the best years of their lives for organisational work, door-to-door campaigning and community networking. But as can be seen right now, in the midst of the 17th Lok Sabha elections in India, major political parties have disappointingly few female candidates. The two notable exceptions are the All India Trinamool Congress and Biju Janata Dal, which have given more than 1/3rd of tickets to women. It is not always the case that women do not take part in politics, but more often than not, their work is invisibilised and not accounted for – not very different from women's work within the family and the household. It is unjust to draw upon the labour and work of women party workers while excluding them from electoral politics and a shot at power.
Having more women in representative bodies is crucial for many reasons, besides serving as role models for younger women. Women representatives in elected bodies are often able to bring sharper focus on what is termed as 'women's issues'—issues on which women, due to their specific role and location in society, seem to have valuable insights and understanding. When women are meaningfully represented and engaged in substantive leadership roles, it is more likely that inclusive and representative outcomes may follow.
Leadership and decision making, two important aspects of politics, require women to have influence with people in order to impact processes. Indian women face many challenges while attempting to make their way in politics. The nature of institutions—both in the public and the private domain such as the family, religious and educational institutions and courts—determine women's access to political power. Another set of challenges emanate from the social, economic and political structures that create patterns of privilege and disempowerment over time in society, such as caste, religion, gender, sexuality, disability and so on.
Bold and innovative attempts to change these structures will help reconfigure power in society and bring more women into electoral politics and representative bodies. For example, a very substantial increase in women's participation in the formal labour market in Bangladesh has challenged restrictions on their mobility and could well be one of the important factors that have helped more women participate in electoral politics. Worryingly, various studies suggest that the work participation rate of women has been steadily declining in India.
It is not surprising that Bangladesh is ranked at 97 (as of 1 January 2019) with regard to the number of women being elected to the houses of Parliament by the Inter-Parliamentary Union. The body classifies 193 countries in a descending order based on the percentage of women in the lower or single house. Rwanda is at the top of the table and India is languishing at the 150th spot, just above Liberia.
It is striking to note that barely a decade after the genocide in Rwanda, women occupy more than 50 per cent of parliamentary seats. Despite constituting more than half the Parliament, women leaders in Rwanda find their political skills and competency questioned repeatedly. Transition clearly provided opportunities for far-reaching change, and combined with political will and determination, resulted in structural and institutional changes that helped women take an active part in politics.
Women joining politics in India are drawn from a wide cross-section of society. While, there are highly educated and professional women with experience of public life, there are also women who are poor and have no access to education. Thus, a one-size-fits-all approach will hardly work to strengthen Indian women's involvement in politics. Women at either of end of this spectrum face challenges that are specific to their social location and background. Indian women are not a homogenous group—transwomen, women with disabilities (both mental and physical), women belonging to different castes, religions, classes and ethnic identities have different lives and experiences and these differences impact their approach to political work. To be truly representative, the Indian Parliament needs more female members drawn from diverse sections and groups of society.
How well a woman in politics is able to access and work the system depends to a great extent on a host of other factors, such as her family's socio-economic status, the kind of work she is engaged in and other public roles that she might have held. Families are a critical training ground for women leaders along with student politics and professional settings. Typically, women in India experience varying degrees of exclusion due to the pressure to confirm to socially prescribed roles of marriage and motherhood and the limitations imposed due to lack of access to public life.
The gendered nature of violence, including on social media and other digital platforms, is an important inhibitor that dissuades Indian women from seeking political roles. Yet, young women leaders are emerging across university campuses of India such as AMU and Panjab University.
Indian women—like women elsewhere—have less time and fewer resources than men because of the gendered division of domestic and reproductive labour. Even when women are able to access formal political power, it does not always translate into substantive participation in politics. This is because informal (and at times, formal) homosocial networks remain strong and work to keep women out.
More women will be able to take their rightful place in India's representative bodies only when Indian men begin to change their attitudes, acknowledge women as distinct persons and learn to take more responsibilities such as running of the household, child care and care for the elderly. So perhaps, some capacity-building workshops for men in this direction would be a great idea to usher in qualitative change in women's participation in electoral and representative politics.
How do women fare in politics?
What matters the most is, of course, what women do when they do get an opportunity to be part of the representative bodies? Do they work differently and are they able to make a substantive change? It is women's political work that has expanded progressive women's rights in countries around the world and India is no exception. The anti-dowry movement of the 1970s and the campaigns against custodial rape and domestic violence remain important milestones while discussing Indian women's political role.
Innumerable women activists and political workers at the grassroots level have spearheaded campaigns for better health, sanitation and education facilities across the world. The 73rd Constitutional Amendment Act, with its landmark provision for reservation of 33 per cent of seats for women in the panchayati raj institutions, opened up possibilities for women's participation in political processes in India. Over a million women were able to join formal political processes through these provisions. They have ushered a refreshingly different approach to political work and have been able to set an agenda that is more relevant to the lives of the people they seek to represent. Many panchayats have reported timely and efficient working, better tax collections, greater attention to development work, water management and so on, but we seldom get to hear of these stories.
It is, of course, disappointing that the Women's Reservation Bill [The Constitution (108th Amendment) Bill, 2008] is still pending passage in the Indian Parliament, having been introduced in many forms since the 1990s. It is not surprising, therefore, that only about a dismal 12% of parliamentary seats are currently held by women in India.
This is not to suggest that having more women in power would automatically improve outcomes for women in general. Given the mindboggling diversity of Indian women's lives and experiences, it is imperative that electoral and party politics change in ways to make them more hospitable to more and diverse groups of women.
The road ahead
A number of countries have used constitutional or legislative quota systems to advance progress towards more equitable presence of women in representative institutions. At the local level, in India, the reservation of seats for women in the panchayati raj institutions is a very successful example. However, quotas seem to work best within electoral systems that are based on proportional representation and have a system of mandated placements that require political parties to allot certain number of seats to women. This can be supplemented with leadership workshops and capacity building exercises for new entrants. These would bear fruit only when suitable alterations are made in the institutional and structural arrangements within society.
None of these, however, will be effective in the absence of training and sensitisation of men in politics to enable them to understand the change that is coming and equip them to work within a new paradigm where women have to be recognised as persons who are politically active and might even have political ambitions.
(The writer is a professor at School of Human Studies, Ambedkar University Delhi)


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Go to a French Film Festival!
Foreign film festivals are exciting places where you can see films that have yet to be released in the UK. There is though the hassle of booking plane tickets and hotels and making sure you've got some Euros. Not any more. Until 17th February My French Film Festival is running online and you can watch a selection of French feature films and shorts that have not been seen in UK cinemas. Ten full length films and ten shorts are available and once you have watched a film you can vote for the winner of the Audience Award.
I chose to watch a film by Marc Fitoussi. Pauline détective is a fun comedy murder mystery on the Italian Riviera. With such a setting and a mixture of French and Italian languages it already has a lot going for it, but the plot is actually amusing. Fitoussi has got around the need for a murder mystery to have a detective by making the star (played by Sandrine Kiberlaine) the editor of a real-life murder magazine called Le Nouveau Detective. She has an overactive imagination, demonstrated from an early Hitchcock spoof to the final shot. Beautiful primary colours dominate the palette, whether red skirts and breeches or blue towels and dresses. Actors stand in front of boldly patterned walls, yellow sun beds are lined up by the blue pool. Scenes don't fade to boring old black but end with iris wipes to red, purple or yellow.
Like any good Hercule Poirot holiday, Pauline goes to the coast to rest but is quickly caught up in a mystery. Why has a writer disappeared? Why has…well, there are lots of why hases for her to consider. Spoof magazine covers fly on screen, expressing her latest idea about why someone has been murdered. More shots of the riviera would have been good, but the film is out to entertain and with a Speedos-wearing swimming instructor as Dr Watson, it achieves this aim admirably. Pauline might be having personal problems but her character is a good choice to carry the film. Just don't lend her your Alfa.
Films available to watch include:
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– In a Rush, by Louis Do Lencquesaing
– Augustine, by Alice Winocour
– Little Lion, by Samuel Collardey
– Maddened by his Absence, by Sandrine Bonnaire
– The Virgins, the Copts and Me, by Namir Abdel Messeeh
– The July 14 girl, by Antonin Peretjako
– The Day of the Crows, by Jean-Christophe Dessaint
– Welcome to Argentina, by Edouard Deluc
– Mobile Home, by François Pirot
– Pauline détective, by Marc Fitoussi
– Just Before Losing Everything, by Xavier Legrand
– The Lobster's Cry, by Nicolas Guiot
– Clay, by Michaël Guerraz
– The Runaway, by Jean-Bernard Marlin
– The Lizards, by Vincent Mariette
– Kiki of Montparnasse, by Amélie Harrault
– Solitudes, by Liova Jedlicki
– In Seventh Heaven, by Guillaume Foirest
– A la française, by Morrigane Boyer, Julien Hazebroucq, Ren-Hsien Hsu, Emmanuelle Leleu, William Lorton
– The First Step, by Jonathan Comnène


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The phone enquiry code for this property is – 0723
Tucked away behind Palm Beach amid a range of parklands and natural reserves is Elanora, a popular area for families. There you'll find this very appealing and move-in-ready home located in a quiet street of the Lakewood Estate and will feel welcomed the minute you step up to the kerb.
Impressive double front doors entice you to the spacious entry revealing an open-plan tiled lounge/dining space, leading to separate family room overlooking the outdoor living and pool area. Four generous sized bedrooms, all with built-in-robes, the main with ensuite and outlook to pool. Modern and functional kitchen holds stainless steel wall oven, dishwasher and a spacious walk-in, fully-shelved pantry.
Your comfort is very well taken care of with ceiling fans in all bedrooms, living areas and ducted air conditioning throughout, with ability to isolate each room from main.
Hours of fun and relaxation can be had by all the family as you unwind under the covered outdoor living area or in the inground pool.
This home is of rendered brick & tile construction on a 603m2 block with solar panels, electric HWS, new fencing and double garage with remote controlled doors. A lovely feature is the garden fernery at rear which helps cool the living area and the low maintenance yard will keep you very happy. Your security is covered with security front doors, locks on all windows and doors throughout.
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I have been asked by a few people if I would do a challenge to kick of the new year so hot off the presses at 10pm cst on New Year's Eve I finished this calendar since I couldn't find a simple challenge. Each day can be done more than once if you want to create your own circuit or if you are just doing once, that's good too! This one is meant to build the simple habit of movement and great to try if exercise is a goal of yours in 2019.
Who's in? :)
Monday, December 31, 2018
January 2019 Beginner Workout Challenge
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Captured: Brummel Park Food Truck Festival
July 18, 2017
Welcome to The Daily's photo blog: Captured. This will be a space for The Daily's photographers to share their best work, including photos from weekend performances and events around the community. You can contact the photographers by emailing [email protected].
Eight food trucks lined the edge of Brummel Park and thousands packed the park for the Brummel Park Food Truck Festival and Starlight Concert on Tuesday evening.
The festival featured a performance by the Chicago Tribute Anthology, a group which covers songs by the popular longtime band Chicago. Residents sat in chairs to watch the concert, eat dinner from a wide variety of food trucks or keep an eye on their children on the playground.
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A.K.A. How to make your New Year's resolutions last
Setting New Year's resolutions is somewhat of a normality in society today, and so is forgetting about them by the time February rolls around. It's natural to want to make positive changes, whether it's getting fit, saving money, finding a job, or spending more time with friends. But why is it that so many of us lose sight of that end goal and give up along the way? It may be that it's not you or your willpower that's at fault, but the goals themselves. If your goals for 2018 have already evaporated into the ether, these tips for setting S.M.A.R.T goals can help you get back on track.
Check out this introductory video about setting S.M.A.R.T goals:
Now let's break down each of those criteria a little further so you see how they can be applied to the goals in your life.
S – Specific – A specific goal has a much greater chance of being accomplished than a general goal. To set a specific goal you must answer the six "W" questions:
EXAMPLE: A general goal would be, "Get in shape." But a specific goal would say, "Join a health club and workout 3 days a week."
M – Measurable – Establish concrete criteria for measuring progress toward each goal you set. When you measure your progress, you stay on track, reach your target dates, and experience the exhilaration of achievement that motivates you to continue on and reach your goal!
To determine if your goal is measurable, ask questions such as……How much? How many? How will I know when it is accomplished?
A – Actionable – This is the part where you answer "How?". Break down the goal into small manageable pieces. For example, if you want to run a marathon, this is where you would create a training schedule and break down day-by-day what you need to do in order to reach your goal.
R – Realistic – A goal can be both high and realistic; you are the only one who can decide just how high your goal should be. Your goal is probably realistic if you truly believe that it can be accomplished. Some other ways to check if your goal is realistic are to determine if you have accomplished anything similar in the past or to ask yourself what conditions would have to exist to accomplish this goal.
T- Timely – A goal should be grounded within a time frame. With no time frame tied to it there's no sense of urgency. If you want to lose 10kgs., when do you want to lose it by? "Someday" won't work. But if you anchor it within a timeframe, "by May 1st", then you've set your unconscious mind into motion to begin working on the goal.
Pull out that list of New Year's resolutions and re-work them keeping the principles of S.M.A.R.T goal setting in mind! Here's to making 2018 the year that our resolutions stick!


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2019 Annual Refresher Briefing
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2019 COMSEC Briefing
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Initial Security Briefing
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Security Debriefing
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Bruce walks
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Please be Bad Brad Lidge, Please be Brad Bad Lidge
Stubbs flies out to center. 1 out.
We didn't make them earn it tonight.
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Girls Junior Varsity Tennis, Girls Varsity Tennis · Woodridge High School Girls Varsity Tennis falls to Cloverleaf High School 5-0
Wednesday, August 23, 2017 4:15 PM Woodridge High School AWAY 0 Cloverleaf High School HOME 5 Meet Recap Woodridge lost today to tough opposition in PTC opponents Cloverleaf, 5-0. The Bulldogs are now 3-2 on the season and play again on Monday the 28th away to Ravenna. FULL RESULTS: 1st singles: Huff (C) def. Rose


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I love markets. Food markets, craft markets, art markets; you name it and I'm there, so I'm a kid in a candy store in Mexico City where you can't walk more than a few blocks without finding yourself in the middle of colorful stalls selling everything from cell phone cases to delicious street food. When our lease signing and moving plans fell through this past Saturday (don't worry, we are signing later this week), we decided to turn lemons into lemonade and spend the day in the San Ángel neighborhood exploring their well-known Bazaar Sábado, with a brief stop at the Museo Casa Estudio Diego Rivera y Frida Kahlo.
Our trip started with a 45-50 minute ride on the Metrobús Linea 1, which runs up and down Avenida Insurgentes, and drops off only a few blocks from the market action at the La Bombilla stop. San Ángel is indeed well within Mexico City limits, which may be a small indication of how large this city is, but certainly feels worlds away from the city center. This particular neighborhood still maintains its cobblestoned streets, and large colonial homes with beautiful wood and iron doors. An additional 30 minutes of winding in and out of the residential streets is well worth your time.
We arrived around 10:45 and first headed to the Museo Casa Estudio Diego Rivera y Frida Kahlo, which is about a 15-20 minute walk from the bus station. Many Frida Kahlo fans most associate her with a visit to Casa Azul, something we will certainly get to soon, but the Casa Estudio provides a look into her living relationship with Diego Rivera (they had two different houses connected by a rooftop walkway), and the very modern architecture for the time. Today, most of the rooms are filled with exhibits featuring other prominent Mexican artists, and will only take you about 30 minutes to wonder through. One thing to know is advance is that the museum charges a little extra if you want to take pictures inside.
After the museum we took another beautiful stroll back toward the bazaar and started our "window" shopping. Bazaar Sábado showcases a wide range of crafts, artwork, and of course food. You can find everything here from low cost, colorful jewelry and traditional huipil (I bought one!), to high-end paintings and sculptures. The stalls line the sidewalks in and around Plaza San Jacinto, and even extend inside over two floors of the building across the street, where you can also grab a bite to eat at the courtyard cafe. While you are perusing your purchasing options, don't forget to peek inside the actual stores lining the plaza for even more color, and clothing. This bazaar is a must-do activity for anyone who loves a good market, like me, or is just looking to see a different side of the city. Make sure to come with plenty of cash if you think you will want to buy something. While the higher end boutiques inside accept credit cards, many of the other stalls do not.
If you still have energy after shopping, head back toward the La Bombilla bus station where you will find the Jardín de la Bombilla across the street, which is a small, but beautiful place to relax. If you are like me, and can't last all afternoon without a bathroom break, step inside Mercado del Carmen on your way. This upscale mercado houses a few clothing stores, a gluten free panadaria, food stalls, and most importantly FREE RESTROOMS.
In total, we spent about 4 hours exploring San Ángel, and will certainly go back. After so much walking we were of course pretty hungry. Although there are plenty of cafes and restaurants around, we much prefer a stop for classic street food (which also happens to be much better for our budget). This time, we gave tacos de canasta (basket tacos) a try, before taking the bus back home.
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As Gadhafi was forced to leave his compound when the rebels overran his former stronghold, his once personal belonging fell into the opposition's hand. What could one found in a tyrant's possesion? Apparently not something people would expect.
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The latest blow to your privacy comes courtesy of the Atlanta-based 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
The court ruled that investigators do not need a search warrant to obtain cellphone tower location records in criminal prosecutions.
The ruling overturned a three-judge panel of the same court by concluding that authorities properly got 67 days' worth of records from MetroPCS for Miami robbery suspect Quartavious Davis using a regular court order rather than a proper warrant.
In a 9-2 decision, the 11th Circuit troublingly decided Davis had no expectation of privacy regarding historical records establishing his location near certain cellphone towers. The records were key evidence used to convict Davis of a string of armed robberies, leading to a 162-year prison sentence.
Circuit Judge Frank M. Hull who wrote for the majority thinks it's clear that cellphone users in today's society understand how companies collect data about calls and that cell towers are a key part of that.
"We find no reason to conclude that cellphone users lack facts about the functions of cell towers or about telephone providers' recording cell tower usage," Hull wrote. "This cell tower method of call connecting does not require a different constitutional result just because the telephone company has decided to automate wirelessly."
Two of the more tech-savvy judges dissented, contending the Fourth Amendment requires probable cause and a search warrant for such records and some judges in the majority agreed in separate opinions that the U.S. Supreme Court should make the ultimate decision. Davis' attorney David O. Markus said the dissent could provide a "roadmap" for a likely appeal to the high court.
"Unfortunately, the majority is stuck in the early `80s when cell-phones were the size of bricks and cost $3,000. The cases from that long-ago era aren't helpful in today's world," Markus said.
Markus called the decision "breathtaking," contending it could mean government investigators could have access without a search warrant to all kinds of personal data stored by a third party such as Facebook posts, purchases on Amazon and even pictures in "cloud" storage.
The ruling is troubling because it assumes everyday Americans understand both what is collected and how it is then used. Yet this is understood by only a few technical professionals.
Sophisticated algorithms are used to take seemingly unrelated small pieces of information and distill them into a frighteningly detailed history of everything you do, eat, see and write. By collecting small pieces of information large corporations, the government and law enforcement now track and trace every American citizen in near real-time.
It's clear our judges, who are some of the most technically illiterate members of society, don't understand this. It's clear they don't understand the implications of their decisions that rely on literal interpretations of the law.
These rulings, made by men who don't get it, will now haunt Americans for generations.


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The Land Title and Survey Authority of British Columbia (LTSA) plans to provide customers with expanded ParcelMap BC access and several myLTSA workflow enhancements. Scheduled for release in July 2017, these capabilities help continually improve our customers' experience and provide flexible service options for accessing land title and survey information.
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- Property owners will soon be able to use the ParcelMap BC viewer to search for parcels and view select parcel attributes—such as PID or parcel identifier number, plan number and parcel type—all from the LTSA website.
- myLTSA customers using ParcelMap BC will soon be able to view parcel information and miscellaneous notes in tandem with the original parcel details, as well as gain the ability to preview a plan before ordering. Customers will also see further navigation improvements to their mobile experience.
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- myLTSA Explorer users will soon be able to order land title documents in addition to plans. In this way, customers can choose to receive all the relevant information about a given parcel at the time of ordering.
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- myLTSA Enterprise customers will soon be able to provide one-click authorization in submitting application withdrawal requests. This streamlined workflow will maintain process integrity while ensuring customers such as legal professionals are not burdened with extensive processing requirements.
These system enhancements will be made available in July 2017 with updated support tools and information through the myLTSA Help site. Customers are welcome to contact the myLTSA Technical Support team with any system questions at firstname.lastname@example.com or by phone at 604-630-9630 or 1-877-577-LTSA (5872), option 2.


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An a-peel-ing last class
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May 23, 2019
WEB EXCLUSIVE Sophomores in Modern World History: Responses to Oppression took part in an in-class prank on History teacher Michael Stafford. "I started off pretty confused," Stafford said. "When I realized what was happening I was able to have a good laugh about it." The prank was a refer...
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A friend asked me if I wanted to see a modified version of the dated, yet continually addicting, game Flappy Bird. His modified internet version replaced the bird with a plane, the green tubes with buildings, and the sound effects with the Islamic State's monotone anthem. Yes, internet, you have gone...
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Although students completed the Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test yesterday, people who took the PSAT created a new internet sensation consisting of memes based on elements from the standardized test. "They're hilarious," junior Logan Evans said. "As soon as I take the PSAT I always go on ...