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June 7, 2017 ~ 8degreesoflatitude	~ Leave a comment
Jun. 7, 2017
LONG-TIME Indonesia hand Keith Loveard has a fine column in the July edition of GlobeAsia, the Lippo Group business magazine. He wrote it on Pancasila Day (Jun. 1). It's titled Pacasila and why it matters.
He noted that it was a public holiday but that his children had been to school for a ceremony to mark the day, though a lot of their classmates hadn't turned up. He wrote: "This appears to be not because of any deep-seated disagreement with the state ideology but because their families couldn't be bothered… Their mothers had been complaining on their WhatsApp group that it was a holiday, why should they have to go to school. One mother suggested that the holiday should have been switched to the Friday, instead of the Thursday, so everyone could have yet another long weekend."
In one sense, that's fairly typical of the "new Indonesia" of the growing middle classes. It addresses none of the real issues that beset the miskin, the poor on whose backs others are getting rich. The western sickness of selfish advantage has firmly taken root.
But that's beside the point, in this instance. The Pancasila principles, first enunciated by Bung Sukarno as the leitmotif of newly independent Indonesia, are a glue that can help bind together the disparate peoples and cultural traditions of the archipelago. Without them, as Loveard notes, Indonesia would almost certainly fracture. Balkanisation is a bad idea, fraught with danger and promissory of nothing other than riches in some parts and abject deprivation in most of the others.
Pancasila has become tainted in some eyes by its invitation to practise mind control on one hand, and on another, to deflect the aim of the Islamists.
Loveard writes: "In the nearly three decades in which I have been privileged to observe this remarkable country, there have been many changes. That of greatest concern is the gradual loss of identity. Indonesia has been consumed by Western-style materialism and more recently by a process of Arabisation. While they rush off to the shopping malls that dot the landscape like noxious landmines, Indonesians have increasingly adopted the dress codes – and the intolerance – of Saudi Wahabbism. This has been accompanied by the profound hypocrisy of those who promote austere beliefs for political ends. The spiritual essence of beliefs rooted in thousands of years of tradition and individual experience is now being dismissed as unholy by those who appear to have a minimal understanding of what religion should be about: the personal search of the individual to make peace with the universe. This has been replaced by an insistence on narrow formality.
It is entirely appropriate that the government should be launching a drive to re-awaken the appreciation of Pancasila as a guiding tool for the maintenance of the nation. Yet is this too late?"
Bali, among many other component parts of Indonesia, must surely be hoping that it is not too late.
Zakat Puasa
WE have our rubbish taken away from The Cage, more or less regularly, by a lovely little fellow and his wreck of a truck. He takes it away to the official dump. He has a number of customers in our area (though sadly most people, Indonesians and foreigners alike, continue to dump their trash over the wall where it's out of sight and therefore out of mind, or burn it and its poisonous plastic willy-nilly). We pay him the monthly going rate, which isn't much, and he sometimes forgets, mid-month, that we've paid him at all, and needs a smiling reminder that we have.
This month it's Ramadan, so we gave him a bonus. He was surprised to hear the words "zakat puasa" uttered to him at the house of a Bule; almost as surprised as was the Hajji we ran into in Lombok a year or so ago to whom we said "Salam Hajji". Bules ("white" and assumed to be practising Christian foreigners) are widely held not to know about such things. It is known that we are People of the Book (though a better transliteration of the Arabic ′Ahl al-Kitāb gives you "people of an earlier revelation") but in the 21st century a large preponderance of western dhimmis are dummies about that too. Such is the sickening polarisation of the Abrahamic religions these days.
In the wake of the London attack on Jun. 3, and the many heinous events that preceded it, it was good to be able to reflect on the essential community of the human spirit. We know, from our own Muslim friends, that what many Muslims see as the dissolute lifestyle of the west offends them, though they also know that it's none of their business. Actually, a lot of western dimness offends us too, and we've made this point to them, and others, now and then, in conversation.
There is absolute agreement, incidentally, on what to do about terrorists. It's what the British police did so brilliantly on the evening of Jun. 3. In eight minutes, all three were shot dead. It's a policy that strikes us as a perfect fit. You can talk to anyone, of whatever view, and seek solutions – except to armed terrorists who have already killed people and are intent on continuing their mad action. They are like rabid dogs that should be put down instantly.
Oh Yes, Rabies
WE allowed ourselves a hollow laugh – we briefly considered a mad bark, but reminded ourselves in the nick of time of the old adage that discretion is the better part of valour – when we read that Bali's deputy governor, Ketut Sudikerta, told a meeting of Indonesian and American academics in Denpasar on May 30: "Rabies continues to be a problem for all of us. I hope that all the academics can seek a solution and devise concrete steps to combat rabies based on careful study and research."
He can't be challenged on his first assertion. Rabies certainly continues to be a problem in Bali. His wish that academics can seek a solution and devise concrete steps to combat rabies based on careful study and research deserves another classification.
After rabies was identified here in 2008 – that's nine years ago, in case anyone's still bothering to count anything – a pilot rabies suppression program using globally proven methodology was implemented by the government in partnership with a locally based animal welfare charity. It was successful through stage one of the program. Then it was handed over to the government. And then it went nowhere.
It isn't done, here, to point out such demerits. There are sensitivities (see "mad bark", above) as well as matters such as community education. There are also around 160 people (on official figures of doubtful veracity) who are no longer with us today because they've died of rabies, either quietly or furiously, depending on which symptomatic variety of that preventable disease they've had the misfortune to contract. People, and dogs, are still dying of rabies, though not at the peak levels of earlier years. None of them have been foreign tourists, or Indonesians with enough money to fly away and get proper post-exposure treatment immediately.
Dogs are the rabies reservoir here. Any dog can get rabies (some people seem to think it's only certain breeds or cross-breeds) and indeed, any mammal. That's why humans are at risk. We've noted before that nowhere in Bali can safely be regarded as free of rabies, including right in the middle of crowded tourist areas. It only takes one rabid dog to kill people. Just saying.
Perhaps the academics from Udayana and the University of Minnesota, enthused by the deputy governor's clear grasp of the direction and effort that Bali needs to make to eradicate rabies as a statistical risk, will choose to revisit and recommend the UN Food and Agriculture Organization and World Health Organization's proven methodology. Bali has tried these approaches, as the deputy governor and others will remember. It's very effective in the field, if those doing the legwork are also effective.
IT'S World Oceans Day on Jun. 8, celebrated unofficially on that date since its original proposal in 1992 by Canada's International Centre for Ocean Development (ICOD) and the Ocean Institute of Canada (OIC) at the Rio Earth Summit. Locally, the ROLE Foundation has taken a leading role in efforts to reverse damage to Bali's marine environment caused by lack of waste management on the island.
As ROLE founder Mike O'Leary notes, the informal nature of waste collection has led to mountains of illegal landfills, burning waste and just dumping it in the ocean. ROLE is building Bali's first Zero Waste to Ocean Education and Demonstration Centre on the southern Bukit near Nusa Dua, to educate and encourage tourists and locals to be environmentally responsible with waste.
On Jun. 8 it's organised an event with speakers, a debate on the topic "By 2050, there will be more plastic in the oceans than fish", drinks, networking opportunities and more. It will also kick off the Clean Oceans Diveathon – a reef clean up by scuba dive centres. An online auction associated with the event closes at 6pm (Jun. 8). Visit the bidding site here.
The Zero Waste to Ocean Education Centre is at Jl. Celagi Nunggul 101, Sawangan (Nusa Dua).
Hector also writes a monthly diary in the Bali Advertiser. The next will appear on Jun. 21.


Kemper Academy is over a hundred years old, but it has only recently reopened after a series of murders and stories of hauntings shut it down. Avlynn, a new student, refuses to let the rumors scare her, chalking them up to a bit of friendly freshman hazing. But when night falls and screams draw her from her room, she finds the truth is much more horrifying than any ghost story.
HER was a quicker read than expected, but non the less satisfying for what it was. I have seen it advertised as a novella and a short story, and it definitely falls under the latter. It is a short little glimpse at the life of a new student at a haunted boarding school and successfully begins with heightened tension that is maintained throughout the story. This is something I would love to read more of, and I would definitely appreciate getting to know our main character a little better before her narrative takes off. As it was, even for a short story it ran a little short and I failed to connect with the MC. However, I could easily see this little ghost story being fleshed out into a larger, more expansive, novel.
Disclaimer: The synopsis and cover picture were pulled from the book's Goodreads page. Neither belong to us. The author imfo, images, and more were provided by Lady Amber's PR. An advanced copy was provided in exchange for an honest review.


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Oshima Yuko marries Paruru' ex boyfriend
Former AKB48 Oshima Yuko announce marriage with Hayashi Kento, which is an ex boyfriend of former AKB48 Shimazaki Haruka. Both married in 2021.
A former AKB48 member Oshima Yuko, and Japanese actor Hayashi Kento announced that they will be getting married via their official website, Thursday.
Quoted from Mainichi Japan, Hayashi (30) is an actor who was born in Shiga prefecture and has starred in a number of television dramas including "Ossan's Love" and "Dragon Zakura," as well as feature films such as "Shabondama" (Soap bubble).
While Oshima Yuko, who is now 32 years old, from Tochigi prefecture, was originally known as a member of the idol group AKB48. After "graduating" from the group, she pursued a career as an actress and has starred in television dramas such as "Zeni no Senso" (War of Money) and "Nemesis." These two are paired up in the television drama series "Scarlet" which airs on NHK in 2019-2020.
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Hayashi Kento once spotted dating another former AKB48, Shimazaki Haruka back in June 2019 and have been living together since November to December. Both Hayashi and Paruru co-starring 2018 drama "Legal V".

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Some of my daily communications work involves simple designs for infographics, flyers and graphics for videos. As I simply have too much on my plate to turn to my Adobe Illustrator or Indesign for every these fairly straight-forward designs, I have started using Canva as my and my team's main to-go-to design platform. Canva is amazing as it lets you build powerful designs in just minutes. It stores all your necessary corporate identity elements including colour palettes and fonts in simple-to-use brand kits. I rarely spend more than a couple of minutes to produce a new graphic for a blog post or facebook message and can keep designing posters and brochures for some of my volunteer activities manageable. Canva does a lot for you in the free version, but I have upgraded to the professional one quite a while ago already – with a few extra features that make it easier to routinely work on some design stuff. In simple words: Canva has boosted my productivity by keeping it simple and to just what I need.
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A plot of land given to Denver Urban Gardens for $1 to house a community garden will be sold to duplex developers for $1.2 million
October 1, 2020 [email protected]_84 community, Denver, developers, duplex, garden, gardens, house, Land, million, plot, SOLD, urban
Alan Olds is more accustomed to nurturing things than fighting them. As a former garden leader and member at El Oasis Community Garden for the last five years, he has helped dozens of Lower Highland residents find and cultivate plots at the roughly 22,000-square-foot green space at 1847 W. 35th Ave.
That changed when he got a surprise call from Violeta Garcia, then-executive director of Denver Urban Gardens, earlier this month.
"She informed us that most of the garden was being sold, and she expressed her regret that it was necessary," said Olds, who resigned as a garden leader last week after meeting with Garcia in person. "She also had some explanation of DUG's financial situation — and why the board of directors felt that selling it was essential for their survival."
Many El Oasis gardeners were shocked by the announcement, which amounted to 30 days' notice to vacate El Oasis in advance of a sale that won't be finalized until December. Despite past financial challenges, the nonprofit had always been able — every other year — to pay down the line of credit it used to operate its gardens.
Jacob Peitzer sits on a swing under a large tree with his six month old son Theodore on his plot in the El Oasis Community Garden in Denver on Sept. 21, 2020.
But starting in 2018, weak fundraising totals, expiring national grants (including $100,000 for DUG's Healthy Seedlings program) and an ever-expanding number of gardens rendered them unable to do that, said Ramonna Robinson, chairwoman of DUG's board. Once the pandemic arrived, she said, they had no other choice but to raise cash through a property sale.
"Nobody wants to see even part of that garden go away," she said of El Oasis. "But it became the best option for us."
Out of the 180 gardens that DUG manages in the metro area — including 120 community gardens and 70 school gardens — only three are owned by the nonprofit, while the rest are owned by schools, churches, private groups and others. Two of them aren't profitable: DUG's Shoshone garden is too small to develop, while its Pecos garden is too complicated from a zoning standpoint, Robinson said. That left El Oasis, the sale of which would give DUG cash to pay down its $500,000-plus in debt, as well as provide reserves for an uncertain future.
The problem is that El Oasis, one of the biggest community gardens in Denver, hosts about 40 shared garden plots and has often acted as the flagship for a nonprofit that boasts 17,500 volunteer gardeners. The fact that DUG is under contract with developer Caliber Construction to sell two-thirds of El Oasis for $1.2 million is a desertion of the nonprofit's mission to secure and support community green spaces, gardeners said.
Gardeners placed caution tape around the main pergola covered with grapevines on Sept. 21, 2020, at the center of the El
Olive Garden's parent Darden accused of discrimination over tipping policies
October 1, 2020 [email protected]_84 accused, Darden, discrimination, gardens, Olive, Parent, Policies, tipping
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Olive Garden's parent company, Darden Restaurants, Inc., has been accused of violating the Civil Rights Act of 1964 with its tipping policies, according to recent reports.
On Tuesday, nonprofit group One Fair Wage filed a federal complaint against Darden, saying that since its tipped workers are paid less than minimum wage, they are subject to sexual harassment, bias and ultimately pay discrimination, The Washington Post reported.
Darden — one of the largest restaurant companies in the country — told FOX Business in a statement that the "allegations are baseless."
"Darden is a values-based company built on a culture of integrity and fairness, respect and caring, and a longstanding commitment to diversity and inclusion," the statement said.
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Though One Fair Wage filed an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) complaint against one specific company, the organization hopes to end sub-minimum wage for all tipped workers, not just at Darden restaurants.
One Fair Wage has filed an EEOC complaint against Olive Garden's parent company Darden Restaurants, Inc. (iStock)
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Currently, the federal government allows tipped employees to be paid less than minimum wage — in some places, tipped workers are paid as little as $2.13 an hour, according to One Fair Wage.
According to the organization, allowing a sub-minimum wage means that women — particularly women of color — end up being paid less because of bias.
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One Fair Wage reportedly decided to file the EEOC complaint against Darden because it, along with the National Restaurant Association, have "actively lobbied to maintain the sub-minimum wage," The Post reported.
"I am not saying that Darden is much worse than the rest of the industry," One Fair Wage President Saru Jayaraman told The Post. "I'm saying they're emblematic, and they're a leader in maintaining these standards. I think what we're filing today is very, frankly, symptomatic of the whole industry. It's just that Darden is a particularly clear example of what this industry has not just tolerated, but perpetuated for too long."
Darden spokesperson Rich Jeffers told FOX Business that the company has "one of the lowest turnover rates in the industry" and that its tipped employees earn more than $20 per hour on average.
"We have an industry-leading team member experience," he said in a statement.
According to The Post, if the EEOC finds that the complaint "has merit," One Fair Wage will be allowed to sue Darden in state or federal court.
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Ladew Topiary Gardens' 2020 Garden Glow Going Virtual
September 29, 2020 [email protected]_84 garden, gardens, Glow, Ladew, Topiary, Virtual
This post was contributed by a community member. The views expressed here are the author's own.
MONKTON, Md.– Ladew Topiary Gardens will present its third annual Garden Glow with a socially distant twist. This year's seasonal celebration will feature an online showcase of jack-o'-lanterns created by artists, celebrities, dignitaries, local businesses, friends and neighbors of Ladew.
2020 Garden Glow will go live at www.ladewgardens.com,Saturday, Oct. 24, from 7 to 8 p.m. Adding to the excitement, the festive virtual display will have fun educational content for children including creatures of the night and a look at Irvine Nature Center's in-house owl.
The community is invited to carve jack-o'-lanterns for the showcase – using their own pumpkins or they can arrange to pick up a complimentary pumpkin from Ladew. Klein's ShopRite has donated 300 pumpkins, which are available to registered participants at no coston a first come first serve basis. Those interested must complete an application on the Ladew website by Oct. 8 to confirm their participation and request a free Garden Glowpumpkin if interested. All pictures of carved creations must be submitted by Oct. 18 at 10 a.m.
"Garden Glow has become a great community celebration of Fall and Ladew," said Executive Director Emily Emerick. "Going virtual this year was an easy decision as this format allows many more people to participate, especially those from afar."
2020 Garden Glowis made possible by sponsors, Visit Harford!, Kinsley Construction, BGEand Harford County Community & Economic Development. Additional support comes from Klein's ShopRite, Baltimore County Commission on Arts & Sciences and The Citizens of Baltimore County.
For those unable to tune in Oct. 24, the spectacle will remain up on the Ladew website through Nov. 30. It is free for all to enjoy, but viewers are encouraged to make a donation or consider becoming a member of Ladew.
"We are proud to be a much-appreciated resource for the community, especially during these unprecedented times," Emerick added. "Gardens like Ladew offer tranquility and peace to our guests as well as to those outside of our region who are able to enjoy us virtually."
About Ladew
Ladew Topiary Gardens has been named "One of the Top 5 Gardens in North America;" deemed "the most outstanding topiary garden in America" by the Garden Club of America; and featured as one of "10 incredible topiary gardens around the world" by Architectural Digest. It is a nonprofit, 501(c)(3) organization whose mission is "to maintain and promote the gardens, house and facilities in keeping with the creative spirit of Harvey S. Ladew for the public benefit and for educational, scientific and cultural pursuits." Both House and Gardens are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Ladew is located on Jarrettsville Pike (MD 146), 14 miles north of the Baltimore Beltway (I-695), exit 27B (Dulaney Valley Road North). For more information, call 410.557.9570 or visit www.ladewgardens.com.
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PMC garden department against re-opening public gardens as residents question decision – pune news
September 28, 2020 [email protected]_84 decision, Department, garden, gardens, News, PMC, Public, pune, Question, Reopening, residents
Despite a growing demand to re-open the public gardens across the city, the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) is firm on keeping it shut as a preventive measure in light of the Covid-19 pandemic.
PMC garden department head Ashok Ghorpade said, "Mainly senior citizens and children visit gardens. Both are vulnerable age groups in the current Covid-19 situation. Two months ago, the PMC opened 13 gardens for exercise, but the experience was bad. Considering the present situation, it is not possible to open public gardens."
According to Ghorpade, the state government's government resolution (GR) is very clear and it has banned the opening of the public gardens.
"No other municipal corporation in Maharashtra, including Mumbai, has opened public gardens yet," Ghorpade said.
"If gardens reopen, it could become hotspots as people will begin using the benches, play with toys and also use the exercise equipment in open gyms.
Activities like yoga and laughing clubs are carried out in gardens, where social distance is not followed," he added.
The PMC opened 13 gardens on a pilot basis in Pune for exercise purposes in June. Residents began using open gym equipment, visiting gardens without masks and did not maintain social distance.
Against this background, there is no preparedness by the garden department to reopen the gardens.
Ravindra Joshi, a resident of Sahakanagar said, "Hundreds of people are visiting Taljai hill and other areas. If citizens are allowed to exercise on the hills, what is the problem in opening the public gardens?"
Another citizen, Ratnamala Shah said, "Due to the Covid situation, citizens are sitting at home and are bored. If they would go in the open air and do some exercise it would help. It is true that citizens did not follow the rules, but garden employees can warn them to use masks all the time while they are present in the garden. In any case, citizens are walking on busy roads, instead, they would use the garden."
Avinash Kute, a resident said, "I used to go to the garden every morning. Now I am missing it. As everything is opening up, the garden should also open for the public but it should be strictly kept open for exercise and walking purposes."
Olive Garden's Times Square restaurant is losing $300,000 every week
September 24, 2020 [email protected]_84 gardens, losing, Olive, Restaurant, Square, Times, week
Olive Garden's Times Square location is losing $300,000 every week.
Olive Garden same-store sales fell by 28.2% in the most recent quarter, parent company Darden reported on Thursday. Fifty basis points — or 0.5% — can be linked to the Times Square location.
New York City has been slower to reopen restaurants than the rest of the US, and has not yet allowed indoor dining rooms to reopen.
"I went up to a rooftop deck and it was two deep at the bar," Darden CEO Gene Lee told investors. "It's just a different life in Georgia. I know it's hard for you guys in New York to even imagine that."
Olive Garden's Times Square restaurant is burning through $300,000 every week, as New York City restaurants struggle to survive.
Pre-pandemic, Olive Garden's Times Square restaurant was the chain's best-preforming location in the US, bringing in $15 million a year. Now the location is losing $300,000 every single week, according to Olive Garden parent company Darden's CEO Gene Lee.
"We start every single week $300,000 in the hole from a comp store basis … just from that one restaurant," Lee said on a call with investors on Thursday.
Olive Garden same-store sales fell by 28.2% in the most recent quarter, Darden reported on Thursday. According to Lee, 50 basis points can be linked to the Times Square location's losses.
While Olive Garden has higher costs as a massive, three-story restaurant in the heart of Times Square, most New York restaurants are struggling to turn a profit. According to a recent survey by the New York City Hospitality Alliance, 87% of the city's restaurants, bars, and nightlife establishments could not pay full rent in August.
New York City has been slower to reopen indoor dining than the rest of the country. Restaurants will not be allowed to reopen dining rooms at 25% capacity until September 30.
Lee told Wall Street analysts that outside of cities "life is normal," with people happy to return to restaurants inside. The majority of Olive Garden restaurants are now profitable, with sales being dragged down by restaurants in areas with greater restrictions, according to Lee.
"I landed at an airport the other day and not one person had a mask on. I was in a hotel, I went up to a rooftop deck and it was two deep at the bar," Lee said. "It's just a different life in Georgia. I know it's hard for you guys in New York to even imagine that."
Pandemic slashes sales at Olive Garden's Times Square location by 94%
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An Olive Garden restaurant located in Times Square, New York.
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During a typical year, Olive Garden's Times Square restaurant rakes in $15 million in sales.
But the coronavirus pandemic and local restrictions on dining have wiped out the business of the chain's best location, cutting its average weekly sales from $300,000 to less than $18,000.
Darden Restaurants CEO Gene Lee told analysts on the company's fiscal first-quarter call that sales have slowed down to just $2,500 a day for the takeout-only location. Olive Garden accounts for roughly half of Darden's overall revenue.
And the Olive Garden isn't the only Darden restaurant that has seen its New York business falter. Lee also said that the three New York locations of the Capital Grille, a fine-dining chain owned by Darden, are losing millions of dollars every week in sales.
Dining rooms, which are set to reopen at 25% capacity on Sept. 30, have been closed in the city since March. As of Monday, New York is the U.S. city with the hardest hit restaurant industry. According to Toast, the city's restaurant revenue is down 65% compared with the same time a year ago.
The loss of tourism is among the factors hurting the New York restaurant industry, including the Olive Garden in Times Square. Pedestrian traffic in the New York City tourist hotspot has plunged to about 73% from the same time last year, according to the Times Square Alliance. Less than half of Times Square's restaurants are open for outdoor dining.
Shares of Darden rose nearly 5% in morning trading after the company topped analyst estimates for its quarterly earnings. Darden's overall sales fell 28% during its most recent quarter but it expects sales declines of only 18% next quarter.
Miami Gardens brothers charged with abducting, beating man
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The FBI and U.S. Attorney's Office say Miami Garden twin brothers Devon Cooke and Donavan Cook, abducted and assaulted a man in an attempt to collect ransom money.
Twin brothers under house arrest on murder charges duct-taped a man and cut his face and toes demanding a ransom payment, authorities said.
On Friday, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Florida announced 23-year-old twin brothers Devon Cooke and Donavan Cooke, of Miami Gardens, were charged with carjacking and kidnapping after they allegedly abducted and assaulted a man in an attempt to collect ransom money.
The brothers were under house house arrest on murder and attempted murder charges when the incident happened.
Authorities say on Tuesday the victim, who was not identified, drove to the twins' home in Miami Gardens to collect money. When he arrived, the brothers assaulted him, snatched his car key and dragged him out of the car and into their house.
The brothers then bound him to a chair using duct tape and began beating him, authorities said. They used a knife to cut his face and toes and wrapped a dog leash around his neck, chocking him unconscious.
A witness told authorities they heard the man pleading for his life. The brothers threatened to kill him if he didn't come up with the ransom money, the press release read.
With a gun to the man's head, he was forced to make a call to an unknown person and told them to put cash, a Rolex and other jewelry into a bag and drive to a spot the twins designated.
An accomplice to the brothers then arrived at the home and stuffed the man into a car and took him to the exchange spot. Once there, the man ran away and the accomplice drove off with the ransom.
Authorities say investigation led by police officers led to the Cooke twins. FBI agents found some of the items used in the abduction and beating.
The twins are in federal custody and made their first appearance in Miami federal court Friday. Each brother faces up to 15 years in federal prison on the carjacking charge and life in prison on the kidnapping charge.
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Denver Urban Gardens Doubles Size of Aurora Community Garden
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"I tell everybody about the garden," says Donna Moody, co-leader of Sanctuary Community Garden. "I told somebody today and somebody yesterday, and people just smile and just love to hear about it."
The five-year-old Denver Urban Gardens project in north Aurora provides a space for families and individuals to grow food for themselves and their community. The spot currently comprises fifty garden plots, but it's set to double in size on Saturday, September 19, thanks to financial support from Tito's Handmade Vodka and the Colorado Garden Foundation.
The gardens allow families to supplement their groceries with freshly grown produce.
Courtesy of Denver Urban Gardens
Moody became a leader at Sanctuary Community Garden three years ago, but she grew up on a farm between Eaton and Greeley and has always loved digging in the dirt. "That's how I got into gardening, because it's kind of my second nature — my first nature, actually," she explains. And her farming background is something she has in common with many DUG members.
Sanctuary's members are predominantly Nepali and Burmese immigrants and refugees. Moody says that many families are from the countryside and like to grow what they like to eat: vegetables such as water lettuce, ugli fruit, chin baung and kin poon (two herbs used in Burmese cooking) — produce that's expensive or hard to find in Denver.
The garden is also located in a part of Aurora that's considered a food desert, though there were once supermarkets like King Soopers and Safeway in the neighborhood. But those are now closed, so the garden helps families fill a need for fresh, healthy food.
Sanctuary Community Gardens will build fifty new garden beds this weekend.
Nessa Mogharreban, manager of construction volunteers for Denver Urban Gardens, says that food access is key to the organization's mission to make safe, sustainable gardens. "We work really closely [with community members] to make sure the space is going to be sustainable for years," she notes, by teaching and emphasizing the importance of planting organic, conserving water and using compost.
That long-term relationship between DUG and the Aurora garden's members is what drew Tito's to contribute to Sanctuary Community Garden's expansion project. Lisa Huddleson, director of strategic philanthropy for the Texas-based distillery, says that through the company's Block to Block program, Tito's often "works closely with nonprofits and charity organizations that exhibit active engagement in their neighborhoods…by growing or expanding community gardens and farms."
Ultimately, it's all driven by neighborhood gardeners, and by volunteers such as Moody. "It is my passion," Moody says. "I'm really supposed to be working for a living, but sometimes I just get into this volunteer stuff and forget to go to work."
But she knows it's also an equal exchange. She's found Sanctuary to be a place that's meant for sharing knowledge, food and culture. "We're all there for the same purpose," she says. "Most gardeners truly do love each other, because they have that same good purpose in mind."
Gardeners and their gardens: No two alike | Home & Garden
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1. Why do you do share your garden with other people?
So many gardeners answered that once they've created a garden it must be seen. As Craig Coyne of Snyder put it: "There isn't any point in creating something beautiful if you are going to hide it."
A friend motivated Pat Gurney, a skilled Orchard Park gardener, by saying: "Don't be selfish. Let other people enjoy your efforts!" She did and it's wonderful.
The Kreutzers' garden.
James P. McCoy/Buffalo News
Kitty and Gary Bannerman of Orchard Park said they open their garden because they love meeting visitors from near and far who have similar interests. This season, their sea of coral-pink poppies, floating among the daylilies and conifers, evoked many visitors' memories of Monet's garden at Giverny – leading to great garden travel conversations.
Other gardeners care about sharing values.
Donna and Chet Banach of Hamburg said they wanted to share their pesticide-free landscape and the species diversity.
Laurie Ousley, a teacher and native plants advocate who describes her garden in the video by News staff photographer John Hickey below, said: "My garden shows how home gardeners can re-create a native plants habitat, help essential pollinators and maintain a beautiful space."
Stephen Bellus said he finds joy in hearing visitors' surprise at the garden artistry even in a small and shady city yard, and then hearing them say, "I didn't have any idea that Buffalo was like this!" The gardeners want their gardens to excite, inspire, motivate, give joy and encourage others to make gardens.
Online Friendly Communication Between Experts of Chinese Classical Lion Forest Garden and Italian Boboli Gardens
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On September 11, 2020, at 09:30am CEST, the online friendly communication between experts of Chinese classical Lion Forest Garden and Italian Boboli Gardens was successfully held. Suzhou Municipal Bureau of Landscape and Forestry, leaders of Lion Forest Garden and Italian experts of Boboli Gardens gathered on the Internet to exchange views on the cultural characteristics, heritage protection, tourism services and youth education of Lion Forest Garden and Italian Boboli Gardens.
Sino-Italy Delegates Video Conference (Photo: Business Wire)
At the beginning of the meeting, Chinese and Italian experts first introduced Lion Forest Garden and Italian Boboli Gardens respectively. The Lion Forest Garden has been built in the Yuan Dynasty and has a history of more than 670 years. It is one of the representatives of Chinese classical gardens, which is located in Suzhou, a famous cultural city with a history of 2500 years. Besides, Lion Forest Garden covers an area of 14 mu (almost 9333 square meters). Its elaborate design reflects the profound artistic conception of Chinese culture. At the 24th UNESCO World Heritage Committee meeting in 2000, Lion Forest Garden was formally inscribed in the World Heritage List.
During the meeting, both Lion Forest Garden and Boboli Gardens demonstrated their unique charms as representatives of classical gardens in China and Italy. The communication was pragmatic and efficient with fruitful results. Zhang Jie, the director of Lion Forest Garden Management Office, said: "We have established a friendly garden partnership with Italian Boboli Gardens, we have discussed and exchanged management experiences on heritage protection, strengthen publicity and try to hold exhibitions in each gardens, for introducing the precious historical and cultural heritage shared by mankind." At the meeting, both sides have enhanced mutual understanding and deepened friendship by issuing mutual visit invitations and exchanging gifts with local characteristics.
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Q: What happens when type-casting a pointer "sideways" in C++ I'm not that experienced with C++, but trying to learn.
The following example consists of a hierarchy of classes which are "related":

*

*Child is a child of both Parent1 and Parent2

*Parent2 is a child of VirtualGrandParent.

*Parent2 contains a member Sister* m_sister which is a pointer to another user-defined object type. This is initialized and allocated memory with keyword new in Parent2's constructor. At some point in the execution this pointer is set to 0.

MainClass.cpp:
#include "WorkerClass.h"
using namespace std;

int main()
{
  WorkerClass worker;

  worker.initialize();
  worker.setProperty1();
  worker.setProperty2();
// At this point m_sister (in Parent2) is set to 0x0, which makes the next method call fail (Segmentation fault). What happens?

  worker.setAuntValue();

  return 0;
}

WorkerClass.h:
#include <map>
#include "Child.h"

class WorkerClass
{
public:
    void initialize()
    {
        Child* child1 = new Child();
        m_myMap[0] = child1;
    }

    void setProperty1()
    {
        VirtualGrandParent* ptr = m_myMap[0];
        ((Parent1*) ptr)->setProperty1(6.0);
    }

    void setProperty2()
    {
        VirtualGrandParent* ptr = m_myMap[0];
        ((Parent1*) ptr)->setProperty2(7.0);
    }

    void setAuntValue()
    {
        VirtualGrandParent* ptr = m_myMap[0];
        ((Child*) ptr)->setSisterValue(170.0);
    }

private:
    map<int, VirtualGrandParent*> m_myMap;
};

Child.h
#include "Parent1.h"
#include "Parent2.h"

class Child : public Parent1, public Parent2
{
public:
    Child(): Parent1(), Parent2() {}
    ~Child(){};
};

Parent1.h:
class Parent1
{
public:

    Parent1(): m_value1(0.0), m_value2(0.0) {}
    virtual ~Parent1() {};

    void setProperty1(double val) {m_value1=val;}
    void setProperty2(double val) {m_value2=val;}

private:
    double m_value1;
    double m_value2;
};

Parent2.h:
#include "Sister.h"
#include "VirtualGrandParent.h"

class Parent2 : public VirtualGrandParent
{
public:
    Parent2(): VirtualGrandParent() {m_sister = new Sister();}
    ~Parent2(){};

    void setSisterValue(double val){m_sister->setValue(val);}

protected:
    Sister* m_sister;
};

Sister.h:
class Sister {
public:
    Sister(): m_sisterVal(0.0) {};

    void setValue(double val)
    {
        m_sisterVal=val;
    }
private:
    double m_sisterVal;
};

VirtualGrandParent.h:
class VirtualGrandParent
{
public:
    VirtualGrandParent() {}
    virtual ~VirtualGrandParent(){};
};

Question 1: So my main question is what happens during the "sideways" casting from VirtualGrandParent to Parent1? Why is m_sister 0? Is memory overwritten?
Why does it take two method calls before m_sister is 0?
Question 2: What happens if taking the address to the pointer ptr in WorkerClass.h, and then cast it to a Parent1* pointer (example below)? Executing the code with this change results in m_sister not being set to 0. I assume this is just a coincidence? (I guess a pointer-to-pointer really should be of type Parent1** ?)
void setProperty1()
{
    VirtualGrandParent* ptr = m_myMap[0];
    ((Parent1*) &ptr)->setProperty1(6.0);
}

A: So if we view the parentage as a tree:
VirtualGrandParent
       \
      Parent2        Parent1
            \       /
              Child

Then we can see that Parent1 and VirtualGrandParent are on different branches. So when you cast VirtualGrandParent* ptr to Parent1 you aren't properly casting up or down the hierarchy. Instead that's casting across it which ends up casting between unrelated classes - and that's why it yields invalid results.
For casting along an inheritance hierarchy, try to always use at least static_cast (or dynamic_cast if desired). With a static_cast the compiler will validate that the cast is at least possible and otherwise give an error. In your case it should show an error.
The proper cast would be static_cast<Parent1*>(static_cast<Child*>(ptr))
As for your second question about &ptr... casting a pointer-to-a-pointer as a pointer-to-a-class is simply nonsense. If it appears work at all, that's the unfortunate luck of undefined behavior. (And it's probably not actually working correctly, but instead interpreting some arbitrary memory as if it was your class, which then happens to have a non-zero value where somePtr would be but isn't valid in any way.)

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OCSA: Can you tell us about the origins of the Fox Valley Food for Health organization?
Susan Leigh: Fox Valley Food for Health started in the summer of 2012, when the idea first developed regarding the building of a charity that would combine healthy nutrition, teen education and helping those in our community going through serious illness like cancer. I had previously met the Founder of the Ceres Project in Sebastopol, California and that program framework was adopted. The first meals were delivered in November/December 2012 and our launch was complete and successful!
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Sensor and photographic images merged to offer a 3D view
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graduate students Brittany Morago and Giang Bui assist Associate Professor of Computer Science Ye Duan set up the team's LIDAR scanning device, to capture both laser and video images, which when fused, result in 3D images, like the one of the trio below.
For his graduate work at the State University of New York, Ye Duan explored computer vision, using a camera to record 2D images of stationary objects from different vantage points and using the digital files to construct 3D renderings.
When Duan accepted his position in the MU College of Engineering, one of his electrical engineering peers — Curt Davis, now director of the college's Center for Geospatial Intelligence — reviewed his work and asked him if he could "do buildings."
It turns out he can.
On the left is the trio of Associate Professor Ye Duan, flanked by graduate students Giang Bui and Brittany Morago. On the right is a LIDAR scan of the group.
"My first grant from the Leonard Wood Institute (LWI) was to do aerial 3D models of buildings. But there were some limitations because of the lighting at different times of the day," Duan said. "Then I heard about a new sensor called LIDAR (light detection and ranging)."
As Duan explained, the new technology pulses a laser onto a mirror that spins around very quickly while a computer records the images. Different materials will show up as different colors, and things like windows will appear black.
The LIDAR apparatus Duan utilizes in current 3D modeling research projects was purchased with funding from another LWI project in which he investigated fusing real-time video with LIDAR scans for "enhanced situational awareness" for the purpose of security surveillance. The methodology supports a wide variety of applications and Duan's lab is exploring the possibilities.
The LIDAR device simultaneously does a 100-meter, 180-degree scan with accuracy of millimeters and at the same time records video.
"It inspires curiosity," said Duan, who has worked on a variety of additional projects that utilize LIDAR.
"We worked on an NSF [National Science Foundation] highway grant with Rolla [Missouri University of Science and Technology]. I was working with geotech engineers to try and predict if rock is stable, using the scanner to scan the highway," Duan said. "I will combine a geometric analysis with those images to see how the slope is impacted."
The researcher explained that when doing video surveillance, it is often not convenient to use a large number of cameras. But if video can be fused with the 3D points in the scans, something can be viewed from a number of different angles. Such a marriage would produce what he calls multi-modality, dynamic urban scene modeling.
"We scan up and down 360 degrees, picking up points and registering their location," said Brittany Morago,* a doctoral candidate working in Duan's lab, explaining the process. "You can get almost a full surface but you don't have data for every point. We find the camera location and project it onto the data, and through the use of algorithms, we get a 3D model.
"With videos, the frames are basically still images. With every 10th frame, I'm going to do what I do for a still image, but for the others there's a little less computational work," Morago said.
Giang Bui, another of Duan's graduate students, said they he has tried several approaches, but this summer, the algorithm he programmed produced good results.
The product is an accurate, navigable 3D model.
The LIDAR scanner in Duan's office.
"The device can scan one room, but you can't see the rooms next to you, said Bui. "But if you scan the rooms next to it, you can put them together and have a complete picture of the entire building. We are joining the scans together to make a total picture."
"For security purposes, you can reconstruct scenes to see if anything is different," said Morago.
Many of the potential applications for the Duan's research projects have connections to security. As such, he directs MU's Center for Urban Safety, housed within the college's Computer Science Department. Affiliated faculty researchers hail from a variety of departments.
"After a tornado, like in Joplin, it's not safe to send people into buildings, but we can send a robot in to scan for structural damage," said Duan, giving an example of the types of problems he is solving with LIDAR.
He has been working with faculty from both civil and mechanical engineering to submit a proposal that would make a 3D model of the downtown area of St. Louis, combined with structural analysis. The project's goal would be to work ahead of a potential catastrophe to inform emergency responders which routes might be best for rescue and evacuation.
"This year is the two hundredth anniversary of the New Madrid earthquake. There was damage all the way from Memphis to St. Louis. There's no way to prevent an earthquake, but you can mitigate the damage," Duan said.
In addition, the LIDAR research holds potential for combat zone advantage.
"You could send an unmanned aerial vehicle ahead to scan a battlefield, and even leave it there throughout the conflict," Duan said, adding that he already has used LIDAR in military training exercises at Leonard Wood.
"In the event of chemical, biological or nuclear weapon use where soldiers are wearing HAZMAT suits and carrying weapons, this technology can really help them," he said.
In addition to practical and security uses, the process that Duan and his team are developing also has some lighter applications, such as the review of a controversial play in a sporting event.
"If a bunch of people captured the same scene, you could reconstruct it and find the differences," said Morago.
Duan said the technology also could be used to construct mixed reality scenes, adding that his students really liked that part of the research.
"We could create a scene with an animated tiger running around the MU campus. You could use your IPhone to follow pictures of Truman and hold it up to the columns and view the scene with Academic Hall still in place," Duan said.
Morago said that she sees great potential for its use in the entertainment industry, in both films and gaming, adding that it could also be useful in diagnostics.
"Doctors studying posture or movement in their patients would be able to record minute differences," she said.
Duan and his team agree the work is challenging but enjoyable, and that the possibilities are many and exciting. And because of the breadth of research foci in the College of Engineering, they might get to explore the technology's potential through collaborations.
"This is a very collegial school," said Duan. "I'm glad I am here."
Brittany Morago is one of two graduate students working in Duan's lab who received NSF fellowships to pursue doctorate degrees. Morago chose to continue on as a member of Duan's research team; Dmitriy Karpman is doing his graduate work at Stanford University.
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Breaking News: Tony Blair Resigns and Receives Strong Support from Third Party US Presidential Candidate Daniel Imperato
West Palm Beach, Fl – May 10, 2007 – Admist the stunning news that Tony Blair has announced his resignation as the Prime Minister of Great Britain, the Mr. Blair has received strong support from fellow third party member Daniel Imperato.
"Tony Blair is a man of great courage, dignity, and wisdom. He has served the people with honor, respect, and integrity. It is because of his leadership Britain has maintained its role around the world."
Blair and England has been widely regarded as the chief ally of the Bush administration in Washington and has supported Bush on key diplomatic issues such as the War on Terror and Nuclear Disarmament ( North Korea and Iran).
"Today is a sad day because we saw one of our brothers, Prime Minister Tony Blair, signal the end of a great era. Although we look forward to working with the next leader of Great Britain, Tony Blair was a man who stood with America. He is someone that embodied American ideals and principles, and stood up for them, no matter how unpopular those principles were. For that Prime Minister Blair has my respect and the respect of the American people."
Blair first took as England's Prime Minister in 1997 as he lead a movement known as "The Third Way" by adding the Labor Party to the British Political scene that has been dominated by Conservatives and Liberals.
"Tony Blair took office in a time of uncertainty for England. They had been a half a decade removed from Margaret Thatcher, and the current leadership of the conservative party was not the way to go for England. Tony Blair was more than a leader for England. He was a movement. He helped England transform itself into the 21 st Century as Europe's strongest economy with low inflation, high employment, and technological sophistication," stated Imperato.
Imperato also felt that America may be in the same state that England was in 10 years ago when Tony Blair first came into office.
"Instead of Margaret Thatcher, America is romanticizing Ronald Reagan as our last great leader. America has grown weary of the leadership of the Democrats and Republicans. We are a country that is proud of our American tradition of freedom, liberty, and justice. But we are unsure of our future and how our government will take shape under our next leadership. Like our brother England was 10 years ago, America is ready for a third way," stated Imperato.
As Imperato moves on in his own personal mission for America, he appealed to Tony Blair for his counsel and support.
"As I embark on my mission to make a third way for America, I ask Tony Blair for his counsel and support. He knows what it is like to bring a third party to a country and make it viable. I hope that I can draw his experience to help the American people as we prepare for 2008 and America 's Third Way."
Sobre Daniel Imperato (www.imperato2008.com)
Daniel was born in Boston, Mass (1958), and began his business career in 1977 transforming the manufacturing facilities in Israel through adapting them to the global marketplace along with bringing financing to the factories for global expansion. Daniel brings over thirty years of experience in global business planning and development and has personal relationships at high levels around the world. He is currently a Papal Knight with honors from the Vatican, was a board member for the African Center Foundation, a United Nations NGO, a Knight of the Orden Bonaria, and an ordained Chaplain for the Latin/African American Chaplains Association. Presently, he has decided to seek the office of President of the United States as an Independent candidate for 2008.
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Our cooperation with our partners in China strongly supports the advanced solutions for our environment.
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Academics / Majors and Minors / Master of Liberal Studies / Contribute to the MLS Program
The MLS Endowment serves the educational needs of the Graduate Program in Liberal Studies. These needs include scholarships for school teachers, supporting the participation of guest professors in graduate seminars, and other activities which foster interdisciplinary studies at the graduate level at Lake Forest College. The endowment merges funds and continues the mission of the original MLS Endowment, begun in 1985, and the Zilversmit-Gayle Fund that began in 2003.
The MLS Endowment honors the work of Carol Gayle, Rosemary Cowler, and Arthur Zilversmit.
Carol Gayle, Associate Professor of History and Associate Director of the Graduate Program in Liberal Studies, has been connected with the MLS program for many years, serving as advisor to MLS students from their first inquiry about the program through their graduation. Professor Gayle studied at Swarthmore College and Columbia University. Originally a specialist in Russian and European history, she has recently developed an interest in architectural history and in 1998 published a biography of James Bogardus, a pioneer of cast-iron architecture in America.
Rosemary Cowler (1925-2011), Hotchkiss Presidential Professor of English, Emerita, was Director of the Graduate Program from 1990 until 2003. She joined the Lake Forest College faculty in 1955, after completing her doctorate at Yale University. She was Chair of the English Department from 1976 to 1985 and the College Marshal from 1974 to 1995, when she retired from full-time teaching. In 1987 the British Academy awarded her the Rose Mary Crawshay Prize for her work on the Prose Work of Alexander Pope.
Arthur Zilversmit (1932-2005) founded the MLS program in the mid-1970's, at a time when only a handful of graduate liberal studies programs were in existence, including those at Harvard, Dartmouth, and Johns Hopkins. In 1994 he won the first Joseph Katz Award for Distinguished Contributions to the Practice and Discourse of General and Liberal Education given by the Association of Graduate Liberal Studies Programs. Professor Zilversmit, an American intellectual historian with a special interest in the history of education, held degrees from Cornell University, Harvard University, and the University of California (Berkeley).
Contributions to the MLS Endowment are always welcome. For more information, call the Graduate Office (847-735-5083).


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Home / Cities / Greater Noida: Two brandish gun at security guards, arrested
Greater Noida: Two brandish gun at security guards, arrested
cities Updated: Jan 16, 2020 00:00 IST
The police arrested two persons for allegedly brandishing a gun at the security personnel deployed at the first avenue in Gaur City Tuesday night.
The suspects have been identified as Neeraj and his cousin Vishal Chaudhury. The police said Neeraj is a resident of the same society and had brought his father's gun to threaten the security personnel after his car was stopped for checking.
Munish Chauhan, station house officer, Bisrakh police said Neeraj and Vishal had reached Gaur City in a car around 11.40 pm Tuesday. "The car did not have a sticker of the housing society. The security guards thought the two were outsiders and stopped them at the gate for checking. They two were under the influence of alcohol. They lost their cool and started fighting with the security guard," Chauhan said.
According to the police, a security guard, Lokendra Singh, received injuries in the incident after which he raised an alarm for help. Some other security personnel then reached the spot to rescue him.
Chauhan said the two suspects then rushed to their flat and soon returned with a baseball bat and a licenced revolver. "They started brandishing the gun at the security personnel and also threatened them. A police team soon reached the spot and apprehended the suspects and seized the gun. Police investigation revealed the gun was registered on Neeraj's father's name. Neeraj is not authorised to possess the weapon," he said.
The incident was also reportedly captured in CCTV cameras installed at the entrance gate.
Based on Singh's complaint, the police lodged a case against the two at Bisrakh police station.
Chauhan said police have registered a case against under section 323 (voluntarily causing hurt), 504 (intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of peace), and 506 (criminal intimidation) of the Indian penal code.
Neeraj was also booked under Arms Act 1959. "The two suspects were arrested on Tuesday night. They were produced in court and sent to judicial custody," the SHO said.
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https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/greater-noida-two-brandish-gun-at-security-guards-arrested/story-vFaT0lFxB30iaMzcm5fm0O.html
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https://www.hindustantimes.com/noida/noida-ghaziabad-among-top-five-polluted-cities-in-the-country-greenpeace-report/story-DO8PHTu4iY137JIdjl6VuJ.html
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Last few weeks, I attend Youth 10 at PWTC with bunch of blogger and also giving out around 100++ free passes to my reader. Youth 10 is also hosting event on facebook, where all the information needed can be found at HERE! I was been informed that a total of the visitor are 88,366 visitors!
From the launch itself, I can feel that the event will get a lot of supporter and guess what? See the crowd!
When creativity come to reality brought by youth, this is the result!
When small game become big. Chess, Jingga & even Ladder and Snake! All HUGE!
Stop by at my favourite game booth, Sudoku!
Blind cube? Even I open my eyes, I still take time to "kautim" it.
Main games on that day are Futsal & Basketball.
There have blogshop that handle by youth and of course Crocs booth in the house!
Had our lunch at McD nearby PWTC.
With funny brother with the "welcome" sign.
Meet up with Brenden and his friends.
With the youth 10 backdrop. I should thanks to volunteer who take our photo but I still prefer with my own style.
Group shot with Sarenraj friends.
Meet up with Joanna. Still remember the previous ICOM Final Friday? She is the mastermind!
Very Nice Shoot… How You Do The Fisheye One… What Lense U Use…???


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Introducing the 2015-2016 Editorial Board!
The Clerk is pleased to welcome four new members to its editorial staff. Along with Editor-in-Chief Maggie Heffernan '16 and Associate Editor Ben Horwitz '17, Haverford's primary news team hopes to bring you the most current events, thought-provoking pieces, and unique stories from around campus throughout the 2015-2016 school year. Get to know the new board in the slides below.
Maggie Heffernan '16, Editor-in-Chief
"Journalism is a tool that, when used effectively, has the power to incite anything from sheer joy to pure outrage."
Ben Horwitz '17, Associate Editor
"Journalism is the backbone of democracy and is crucial to an informed and engaged citizenry."
Ryan Gooding '16, Multimedia Editor
"Photojournalism doesn't feel like work -- it's just plain fun."
Hannah Zigler '17, Features Editor
"Journalism is about strengthening a community by telling its stories, particularly those of people whose voices may not otherwise be heard."
Marcelo Jauregui-Volpe '18, Opinion Editor
"Journalism is the immediate truth that gets people talking."
Eli Cain '18, News Editor
"As Julian Assange once said, 'If journalism is good, it is controversial, by its nature.' "
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Apartment 22 Basement to Become International Student Center
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Review: Dubai Sevens
Hugh Adams
The Aussie Women got off to a strong start winning all their pool matches defeating Canada 17-0, Brazil 38-10 and France 31-0. On day 2, the Aussies faced England in the Quarter Finals and managed to bring in a win in the dying stages to win 19-12. They then cruised passed Russia in the Semi-Finals defeating them 31-0. Australia entered the final against the old rivals – New Zealand.
The Aussies were down 22-0 just before half time until Rachel Crothers scored to keep them in touch. The score was 22-7 at half time. In the second half New Zealand started off strongly again to stretch the lead to 20 points, 27-7. Then, Rachel Crothers scored again to bring the score to 27-14. Another try from Ellia Green allowed them to get within a try at 27-21. Some magic from Crothers set up a try for Emilee Cherry to take the lead at 27-28. Crothers sealed the deal with a fantastic 60 metre try to complete her hat-rick.
The final score was 27-35 and was an awesome effort for the Australian Women's Sevens team. Rachel Crothers was clearly the stand out and at only 19 years of age, she will be a superstar of the future!
Conversely, the men's had a disappointing start to the tournament. In their first game they had a shock loss to Scotland, 21-17. They were then able to recover with an emphatic 45-0 victory over Spain before losing their final pool game to Wales, 14-19. Their performance in the pool stage meant they missed out on the top 8 and had to compete for top spot in the Bowl competition.
On day 2, Australia took on the United States in the Bowl Quarter Final and won 47-7. They then defeated Pacific Island powerhouse Samoa in the Bowl Semi Final. This set up an encounter with Portugal in the Final. Australia won the Bowl Final 17-12.
Captain Ed Jenkins was pleased with the win but was not satisfied by his team's overall performance.
"It's good to get that win but it wasn't the best performance [overall], so that was a bit upsetting. Our attack today wasn't that sharp but the boys will do the work over the next week and hopeflly we can turn it around in Port Elizabeth."
In the Plate Final, Argentina defeated Wales 21-5. In the Cup competition, Fiji shocked New Zealand with a 44-0 thumping. The Final was between Fiji and South Africa after South Africa defeated England in the other Semi-Final. In the battle for third place New Zealand narrowly defeated England 17-14.
In the final Fiji got off to a great start which gave them a commanding 19-0 lead. With 6 minutes remaining Fiji were ahead 24-0. South Africa made a late comback but Fiji were too strong, they won the match 29-17. Fiji were dominant throughout the tournament and were deserving winners.
Hugh Adams @Hughadams01
Wallabies, Waratahs and Northern Suburbs supporter. Twitter: @Hughadams01
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I was asked to present a poster of my research during the symposium. What are the criteria I need to consider?
The poster dimensions are 4' X 4', should be presented in layman's terms and recognize the Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation's support; your materials will be placed on a white board with push pins.


I Googled "rice sticks" and "rice cakes" and "Korean rice cakes" to read as many recipes as possible. I tasted one on its own. Sticky and plain, but fun to chew.
Rice is the perfect side dish to just about any meal, and this gluten and dairy free recipe includes cinnamon and Coconut Cream Concentrate for a different twist.
Pork belly is the new 'lamb shanks' of cafés and restaurants throughout the country.
Hey Weng, soak the sweet rice in water first before you grind it. I'd soak it overnight then drain and grind it in a food processor the following day.
Find unexpected uses for rice as a cleaning solution. Rice can help clean up messes in your home instead of just creating them.
Hi Mike – Toasted rice powder is used principally, though not exclusively, in the Northeastern cuisine to which Laab and its cousin, Nam Tok, belong.
Find simple and easy recipes from Kraft Foods including some of our family favorites such as chicken recipes, meatloaf recipes, delicious appetizers and yummy desserts.
Authentic Thai recipe for Thai Spicy Ground Chicken and Toasted Rice, 'Larb Gai'.
Rice milk is a good non-dairy milk alternative for those who have both dairy milk and soy allergies, and there are different ways of making good rice milk.
Get this all-star, easy-to-follow Spicy Sticky Lamb Chops recipe from Aarti Party.
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2010-4-12· One suggestion - if special sushi rice is expensive, try short grain rice - you get the chewy sticky texture without the speciality food price.
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December 2008--We got our I-171 and now all we need is a referral.
February 2009--We get the call! We have a referral for a tiny baby boy who we decide to name Haven. Even though we thought Haven was going to be a girl.
Our very first picture of Haven. He is severely malnourished and suffering from malaria.
Sometime in 2009--We hope to bring home Baby Haven, soon soon soon!!!


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As a longtime Detroit resident, Elrick is passionate about community involvement and giving back. He and his family have lived in East English Village for 22 years where he serves on the neighborhood association's board and is a frequent volunteer. He coached baseball and soccer at Balduck and Messmer parks in the 4th District. He has helped raise more than $125,000 to support recreation and education programs for Detroit children.
He is also a long-time union member and activist, serving as an organizer, shop steward, negotiator and vice president of the Free Press unit of the Newspaper Guild of Detroit. He was a member of the Lecturers' Employee Organization while teaching at the University of Michigan-Dearborn; the Screen Actors Guild (SAG-AFTRA), which represents reporters at Fox 2; and UNITE HERE Local 24, which represents vendors at Comerica Park, where M.L. worked as a beer vendor after starting out as a hot dog man at Tiger Stadium.
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BEFORE NASA climate was captured by radical environmentalists (Hansen/Schmidt et al) and sold their soul to the widely debunked "97% of scientists believe that CO2 is the climate control knob" groupthink virus, they knew perfectly well that the sun controlled Earth's climate.
NASA – It's The Sun Stupid!
Scientists are using NASA satellites to monitor all of the aforementioned forcings of Earth's climate system to better understand how they are changing over time, and how any changes in them affect climate.
NASA's MSU satellite measurement systems, generate the RSS and UAH datasets, which measure the average temperature of every cubic inch of the lower atmosphere (0-10 kms), the exact place where global warming theory is meant to occur.
GLOBAL temps continue their cooling trend, rebounding off the 2015/16 Super El Niño – the strongest since accurate measurements began, caused by surface waters in the Pacific Ocean, west of Central America rising up to 3C warmer than usual.
GLOBAL TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENTS – JUDGE FOR YOURSELF!
WHEN you are a man-made global warming alarmist prosecuting your case as "unprecedented", you need to make sure that no recent climate era was as warm or warmer than the present, even if that means having to rewrite the past to fit your theory.


Growing up a cultural Jew, I inherently knew, early on, the importance of "culture." Reading Oscar Lewis's La Vida: A Puerto Rican Family in the Culture of Poverty in my freshman year in college gave me the academic affirmation of the extreme importance of culture. Now reading J.D. Vance's Hillbilly Elegy affirms for me, yet again, that we ignore culture at our own peril.
Given that I am not a therapist and this isn't therapeutic blog, I'm actually not talking about the culture of family and heritage; rather, I'm talking about the cultures of our nonprofit organizations. I always tell nonprofits and boards that they have their own unique cultures. For the most part, I think these are words that few take in beyond the initial hearing, and even fewer mull them over once the hearing is done. So, I say again, we ignore those cultures at our own peril.
My angst for the sector in this regard has been flamed by two coinciding ever-expanding phenomena: the competition for limited philanthropic dollars and the reality of nonprofit organizations accepting "good enough" as the acceptable, if not desired, end goal.
You would have to be an ostrich, with your head buried deep in the sand, to not recognize the ever-growing competition in the nonprofit sector. While the numbers of nonprofits continue to increase at an alarming rate, available philanthropic dollars, from all sources, remain flat at best, diminishing at worse. Couple that with donors' yet still deepening focus on a nonprofit's documented impact, as opposed to just liking a nonprofit's mission, and an organization's culture—particularly the values of that culture—plays an important role in an organization's success—or failure.
An organization with a culture that sets the bar at "good enough" is a nonprofit at risk. Before you stop reading because, of course, your culture does not accept "good enough," but rather always aims for excellence, I urge you to take an honest and thorough second look.
Do you have employees who do just sufficient to get the job done, and have done so for quite some time? That's good enough. How well is the board fulfilling its responsibilities, from fundraising to setting the direction, to providing knowing financial oversight, to being an ambassador for the organization? If it isn't doing all of these really well (not to mention all of its other duties), it is just good enough. Are you offering programs and services that are not evaluated on a regular basis so that you have no idea whether they are fulfilling the outcomes they promise? Do you even know what the programs were designed to promise? If the answer to either or both of these is no, you have a culture of "good enough." If you are happy with "but that's how we have always done it," that is, in spades, "good enough." Seem familiar?
The truth is that too many organizations are quite content to do set the bar at "good enough." In fact, "good enough" has become a happy cultural norm, embraced from the top of the organization—the board—to the bottom. Those who chafe at such a norm do one of two things, as anyone does who is unhappy with her/his cultural norms: either, they eventually stop fighting and sign onto the norm, or they see an alternative and they leave. But leaving is hard, unless it is done early on, as otherwise leaving involves giving up deep-seated learnings. As J.D. Vance repeatedly tells us, as did the many seminal works that looked at the influence of culture that came before him, you can take the hillbilly out of Kentucky but you can't take the hillbilly out of the person.
Eventually culture always comes out. And while "good enough" may be acceptable within your organization and the organizations of many others, and it may have even been "good enough" for others, including funders, outside the organization, it no longer is going to cut it.
As the competition within our sector continues to increase and the demand by donors to support only those organizations that are having provable impact addressing serious societal needs continues, organizations that spawn such "good enough" cultures of mediocrity will become a thing of the past. There is, however, still time to save such dying organizations, but only if they are willing to take a hard, honest look at themselves and dig deep to change the culture.


help please. i have many cavities in my mouth and i dont know what to do. there are 3 major cavities that took over my teeth. im only 16 nd if i told my father he would explode! we dont have a lot of money thats why im scared. help please.