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'One Vanderbilt': Hope in troubled times
May. 14, 2020, 4:01 PM
Interim Chancellor Susan R. Wente (John Russell/Vanderbilt University)
When I think back to the beginning of the spring semester, it seems like a forgotten era we read about now only in history books.
We had a full lineup of brilliant speakers scheduled to visit campus in the months ahead. Commodore fans were excited to watch our student-athletes compete at the highest levels of collegiate, even professional, sporting events. And, perhaps closest to my heart, I was eager to personally congratulate all the members of the Class of 2020 as they walked across our Commencement stage.
Of course, our communities have faced unprecedented challenges since then. First, just after midnight on March 3, a devastating series of tornadoes ripped through the heart of Nashville with little warning for residents and businesses. True to form, Vanderbilt students, faculty, staff members and alumni leapt to the aid of our friends and neighbors in need. Then, unthinkably, a week later my leadership team and I made the painful, but all-too-necessary, decision to suspend classes and ultimately send students home as COVID-19 disease swept into this country with terrifying speed and ferocity.
Concerts, lectures, final presentations, parties—all the many wonderful activities and celebrations we had planned came screeching to a halt. Most painful for graduates and their families, we were forced to postpone Commencement for the first time in Vanderbilt's history.
Our worlds, both on campus and across the globe, changed seemingly in an instant. And the devastation we have since experienced—to human health, to our economic well-being, to our sense of stability—will likely have ramifications for years to come.
Yet in the darkest hours of these past few weeks, I have been lifted up thinking about the indomitable spirit of our great university. Vanderbilt's very roots were planted in a time of turmoil. And, just as our founders envisioned, we have thrived for nearly 150 years as an institution devoted to scholarship, research, teaching and leadership. We all continue to be guided by our enduring belief in the capacity of human achievement.
The source of this bedrock strength is what I call "One Vanderbilt." It's a collaborative, compassionate bond that manifests itself in ways large and small, from embarking on new projects with one another, to checking in on friends and colleagues, to rallying around the university through social media channels.
At a time when we are physically separate, the connections embodied by our One Vanderbilt community have become even more vital. As you will read in this special issue of Vanderbilt Magazine, our students and our faculty have risen to the challenges of working remotely—not merely completing the work that needs to get done, but adapting in innovative ways that may enhance our learning methods going forward; staff and administrators have kept in close communication to ensure critical university operations continue running smoothly; Vanderbilt University Medical Center nurses and doctors heroically care for their patients, whether affected by COVID-19 or other serious health issues; our faculty and researchers at VUMC have joined a global race to find both a vaccine and effective treatments for COVID-19; and alumni from around the world working in government, private industry, media, health care and many other fields have demonstrated extraordinary leadership.
It's essential that we share their stories of resilience in the face of adversity. It's equally important for our One Vanderbilt community to put its collective arms around the Class of 2020, whose dreams, hopes and plans for the future were upended by a catastrophe that unfolded to a degree beyond what many people ever thought possible. We need to celebrate their many achievements and find ways to show our love and support until we can be together again in person.
When I take a step back from the daily drumbeat of negative headlines, of tough decisions being made in the heat of the moment, I see a bright ray of optimism shining through the clouds. Our university community—during these moments of our greatest suffering and need—has banded together to seek solutions, to lift up one another and to lead others.
This is our One Vanderbilt, a community that I'm honored to be a part of—and proud to share with all of you.
Be well and be safe.
—SUSAN R. WENTE,
INTERIM CHANCELLOR
And the Beat Goes On: A resilient Vanderbilt community finds innovative ways to thrive amid the challenges of COVID-19
2020 Commencement postponed a year due to COVID-19 outbreak
Chancellor's Letter Spring 2020 Class of 2020 commencement Commencement 2020 COVID-19 Susan Wente Vanderbilt Magazine


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Namaste Paathshaala
Sri Lanka – more than a teardrop
Known as the teardrop of India, Sri Lanka which is located in the Southern Part of India is one of the crowning jewels of the Indian Ocean. Separated from the Indian sub-continent by the Gulf of Mannar and Palk Strait, Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte is the administrative capital of Sri Lanka. Colombo continue to remain the commercial capital of the island country that is all of 65610 square kilometres that includes 2905 square kilometres of water an a coastline of 1340 kilometres.
Sri Lanka with a population of about 21 million – 75% of which are Sinhalese, 13% are Sri Lankan Tamils, followed by Moors, Indian Tamils and others. Sinhala language of Indo-Aryan origin is its official language spoken by majority. Tamil and English are also widely spoken by all communities here.
The northern parts and the coastal areas are flat while there are hills and mountains in the central and southern central areas of this island. The average temperature in the coastal areas ranges from 25-30o C while in the highlands the average temperature ranges between 15-20o C. The South West monsoon brings rain in the west and south west part of the island from May to September while the North East Monsoon brings rain to the north east and eastern parts of the island from December to February. Therefore the best time to visit Sri Lanka is from October to February when there are no rains on the west coast and south west part of the country which has major must see places to explore.
The area covering several cities between Anuradhapura to the north, Polonnaruwa to the east and Kandy to the south that includes most out of the 8 UNESCO sites in Sri Lanka is known as the Cultural Triangle of Sri Lanka. The must visit places in the cultural triangle are:
Dambulla Cave Temple (UNESCO)
Dambulla Cave temple is situated about 130 kilometres or a 3 hours drive from the Bandaranaike International Airport, Colombo. You visit this place enroute when travelling to Sigiriya. It is a cave complex of 5 caves dating back to first century BC which has large number of Buddha statues and ceilings covered with Buddhist mural paintings. It is an important Buddhist monastery and Buddhists from Sri Lanka visit this temple to pray and worship. From here you can drive around 20 kilometres to reach Sigiriya.
Sigiriya Rock Fortress (UNESCO)
Sigiriya is a fantastic place to stay for a minimum of two nights and explore places like the Polonnaruwa, Minneriya National Park and Anuradhapura.
Sigiriya Rock is an ancient rock fortress at a height of about 370 metres/1215 feet above the sea level. The rock fortress was built by King Kashyapa in the 5th Century and it may take upto 3 hours to climb up the rock and back down. There are around 1200 steps to the top of the rock. During your ascent you will come across various Sigiriya paintings and graffiti. Once you reach the top you will see the ruins of the fortress and be rewarded with panoramic views of the surrounding hills & jungles and a sense of accomplishment of climbing the rock.
Ancient city of Polonnaruwa (UNESCO)
Polonnaruwa is an ancient capital city of the 11th and 13th centuries AD, situated about 1.5 h drive (~60 kilometres) from Sigiriya. Here you visit Parakrama Samudra, a huge man made reservoir and Gal Viharaya or Rock Temple to see huge statues of Buddha in seating, standing and reclining positions. You could also explore the city on a bike with a guide, exploring the ancient ruins, palaces, religious shrines and royal baths.
Minneriya National Park
A game drive in the park is a must do when in Sri Lanka. The park is situated about half an hour drive (20 kilometres) from Sigiriya. It is the best place in Sri Lanka to see the Sri Lankan Elephants along with other mammals, birds, reptiles, Purple Faced Langur and Toque macaque. The park is famous for Elephant Gathering in the months between June and September when you may witness about 50 to 300 wild elephants making their way to the nearby reservoir.
Anuradhapura (UNESCO)
Anuradhapura, an ancient capital city founded in the 5th century BC is a pilgrimage destination for Buddhists around the world. It is 80 kilometres or 90 minutes drive north of Sigiriya. The city is famous for its ancient, well preserved ruins of Sinhala civilization. Visit the two white dome-shaped stupas of Ruwanwelisaya and Jethawanaramaya, Samadhi Buddha statue – Buddha statue in a meditative pose and the Sacred Maha Bodhi Tree which bears a branch brought over from India under which Lord Buddha attained enlightenment. You also see here the fascinating ruins of palaces, monasteries and monuments.
Kandy (UNESCO)
Kandy, the crown city of Sri Lanka is a city surrounded by hills and has rich culture. Sri Lanka's last king ruled here. The temple of Sacred Tooth Relic is an iconic place located in the royal palace complex where the relic of the tooth of Buddha is kept. You should also visit the Peradeniya Royal Botanic Gardens known for its orchid collections. In the evening you may enjoy cultural dances at various places in Kandy.
Knuckles Mountain Range (UNESCO)
Another place to visit when in Kandy is the Knuckles mountain range situated at a distance of about 40 kilometres from Kandy. Usually you start early in the morning, en route visit the village and rice fields, do trekking in the mountain ranges, and return back in the evening. The mountains are named for its peaks which appear as knuckles on a closed fist when viewed from a certain point.
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Apart from the Golden Triangle, travellers also visit Nuwara Eliya, a city in the hills of central Sri Lanka known for its Tea Plantations. It is also known as the Little England of Sri Lanka because it was established by the British in the 1840s as a base for the colonialists and still retains some of the British quirks, like the famous red post box. Famous Ceylon tea is produced from the tea plantations here.
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Places to visit here are the Hakgala Botanical Garden (Ashok Vatika), Hanuman temple and Seeta Amman Temple (places where Hanuman and Seeta are believed to have stayed here in the ancient Indian epic Ramayana.
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Another place that could be of interest to adventure lovers is the Horton Plains National Park situated 30 kilometres south of Nuwara Eliya. One should start early in the morning before sunrise and reach this place to see the World's End – a beautiful view of the surroundings from a 4000 feet cliff.
Travellers who love adventure and trekking like going on night trekking tour to Adams Peak to see the beautiful sunrise.
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One of the options is to take a scenic train journey through the tea plantations and beautiful landscapes from Nuwara Eliya to Ella – for some it is an experience especially if you want to travel slow and easy
Ella is a mountain town in the Central part of Sri Lanka well known for its scenic train ride from Kandy. Here you can stay in a jungle resort and enjoy adventure activities like aerial rope, monkey rope, slithering rope. Sightseeing includes visit to little Adam's peak, Ravana Cave & waterfalls and walk on the Nine Arch Bridge.
Yala National Park
From Ella, Yala National Park is about 126 kilometres or over a 3 hour road trip. Yala is known for its Leopard sightings but is highly commercialized. Other animal species found in the park are the elephants, spotted deer, mongoose, wild boar, wild buffalo and more than 130 bird species.
Udawalawe National Park
Udawalawe National Park is an option to explore instead of visiting the highly touristic Yala National Park. Located only 90 kilometres, the park is well known for its high chances of sighting Sri Lankan elephants but have records of leopard sightings too.
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Bentota, Galle, Yala National Park and Udawale National Park are the places to visit when doing a south coast tour of Sri Lanka. Whale and dolphin watching is year round here but November to April is the best time to visit this part of the island.
Bentota is a watersports destination, 1.5 hours drive (80 kilometres) from Colombo and can be explored as a day trip from Colombo. Jet skiing, wakeboarding, wind surfing, banana boat rides, canoeing are the water sports activity that can be enjoyed here. Nature lovers can go on a Madu Ganga river safari and explore the wildlife by boat which cruises through the thick mangroves and small villages alongside. Also visit the Turtle Conservation project to see all the 5 species of turtles in their natural habitat.
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Galle (UNESCO)
Travellers with more time in hand should visit Galle, a port and one of the well preserved colonial-era cities in Southeast Asia. Galle is around 60 kilometres (1.5 h drive) further from Bentota The places to visit here are the Galle fort, the Dutch museum, Great Church and National Maritime Museum. On your way back to Bentota you should visit the small town of Ambalangoda known for its ancient devil mask, devil dancers and unique fancy jewelry at unmatchable prizes.
Dan Arndt / CC BY-SA
Colombo is a vibrant city and commercial capital of Sri Lanka. Some of the city sights include the National Museum, Gangaramaya temple, Galle Face Green – an urban park and Independence square . Shopping, after dark bike tours, walking tours are some other options to explore the city in an experiential manner.
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The Ramayana Tour
The Ramayana tour mainly covers visit to temples in Chilaw, Sigiriya Rock Fortress, Hot water springs in Trincomalee, Kandy, Nuwara Eliya and Colombo.
Sri Lanka being a small island country, the travelling distances is not too large. Different holiday itineraries could be planned as per your interest. Places like Jaffna and the East Coast of Sri Lanka are slowly developing as tourist destinations and would be explored to large extent in near future. An ideal way to plan your holidays in the Cultural Triangle with Galle would be to spend 3 nights in Sigiriya, 2 nights in Kandy, 2 nights Galle, 1 Night Colombo. For Yala National Park additional 2 nights is recommended. Nuwara Eliya or the Tea Estates are interesting places to spend a night or two as part of your Sri Lankan itinerary. With flying time of just over 2 hours from Mumbai, different facets of Sri Lanka could be explored as a long weekend destination.
Sri Lanka could also be combined with Maldives for a one week getaway of two very diverse island nations in the Indian Ocean
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The 'Global Smart Homes Market (2010 – 2015)' analyzes the smart homes market by applications and technologies and studies the major market drivers, restraints, and opportunities for the smart homes market in North America, Europe, APAC, and ROW.
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Smart homes are an emerging industry within the housing market with builders increasingly opting for them to remain competitive in the market. Smart homes offer great potential for significant improvements in the living standards of individuals; benefits include enhanced safety and security features, centralized control of home, remote access, and convenience. They also act as an alternative for the elderly who want to live independently and with greater safety.
The security application accounted for almost 26.5% of the total smart homes market in 2008 and is expected to grow at a CAGR of 13.4% from 2010 to 2015. The market for energy management is expected to grow at the fastest rate with a CAGR of 23.7% from 2010 to 2015.


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În matematică, un număr Leyland este un număr de forma

în care x și y  sunt numere întregi mai mari decât 1. Au fost denumite de Richard Crandall și Carl Pomerance după matematicianul britanic Paul Leyland. Numerele x și y pot fi egale sau diferite. Primele numere Leyland sunt
8, 17, 32, 54, 57, 100, 145, 177, 320, 368, 512, 593, 945, 1124.

corespunzător lui
22 + 22 = 4 + 4 = 8;
23 + 32 = 17;
24 + 42 = 32;
33 + 33 = 54;
25 + 52 = 57;
26 + 62 = 100 ș.a.m.d.

Cerința ca x și y să fie mai mari decât 1 este importantă, deoarece fără ea fiecare număr întreg pozitiv ar fi un număr Leyland de forma x1 + 1x. De asemenea, datorită proprietății de comutativitate a adunării, condiția  x ≥ y este de obicei adăugată pentru a evita rezultate duble în șirul de numere Leyland (așadar avem 1 < y ≤ x).

Număr prim Leyland
Numerele Leyland care sunt și numere prime se numesc prime Leyland . Primele numere prime Leyland sunt
17, 593, 32993, 2097593, 8589935681, 59604644783353249, 523347633027360537213687137, 43143988327398957279342419750374600193, ...

corespunzător lui
32+23, 92+29, 152+215, 212+221, 332+233, 245+524, 563+356, 3215+1532.

Cel mai mare număr prim Leyland cunoscut este numărul 51226753 + 67535122, care este un număr cu circa 25 mii de cifre.

Număr Leyland de al doilea fel
Un număr Leyland de al doilea fel (din engleză; Leyland number of the second kind)  este un număr de forma

în care x și y  sunt numere întregi mai mari decât 1. Primele astfel de numere Leyland sunt:

 0, 1, 7, 17, 28, 79, 118, 192, 399, 431, 513, 924, 1844, 1927, 2800, 3952, 6049, 7849, 8023, 13983, 16188, 18954, 32543, 58049, 61318, 61440, 65280, 130783, 162287, 175816, 255583, 261820, ...

Un număr prim Leyland de al doilea fel (din engleză; Leyland prime of the second kind) este un număr Leyland de al doilea fel care este și număr prim. Primele astfel de numere Leyland:

7, 17, 79, 431, 58049, 130783, 162287, 523927, 2486784401, 6102977801, 8375575711, 13055867207, 83695120256591, 375700268413577, 2251799813682647, ...

Note

Vezi și
 Listă de numere

Teoria numerelor
Leyland

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Zainizam boost for Sabah
January 29, 2010 Jeffrey M	0 Comments	Zainizam Marjan
KOTA KINABALU: Goal-shy Sabah will be given a boost in attack by Zainizam Marjan's return to the squad from injury.
The former international was part of the senior side that played a friendly game against the Reserve League squad at field B in Likas last Monday that also saw Sabah coach and manager Gary Phillips in action.
And Zainizam completed the game without much trouble or complaints, an indication that he is on the road to a full recovery.
Zainizam, who turns 30 next May 11, played no part in the team's first four matches of the season due to an injury on the lower part of his stomach.
When contacted yesterday, Zainizam insisted that he is now ready to play his role in the team.
"I still feel a bit of pain, but after playing for a while, the pain is gone," said Zainizam, who slotted the opener with a grounder from just outside the box against the State Under-20 side that will take part in the President's Cup challenge that kicks off next month.
"I'm ready to play my part now, but then again it will all depend on the coach. He has not said anything to me yet, but if he wants me to play or be part of the squad, I will not hesitate to say yes," Zainizam added.
Zainizam will be an option for Gary when Sabah takes on lowly Johor MP Muar at home on Friday.
He is likely to make it at least into Gary's first-18 squad for the 8.15pm showdown against the Premier League newcomers.
Sabah's finishing has been unconvincing since the start of the league where they merely managed to register an average of 0.75 per cent goals per match.
They have scored a mere three goals after 360 minutes of action with Alto Linus (two) and Henry Parsi (one) as the contributors.
And Zainizam is the most senior and experienced striker in the State squad, and will play an important role for the team, and is seen to be the man that can show them the way to end their misery in attack.
For the record, Zainizam had a stint with the national team in the early 2000s, but injury forced him out from the national side that saw him sidelined from the sport for almost one season
And Zainizam's return could not have come at a better time, as Gary is already without one of his top strikers – Bobby Gonzales, who is recuperating from a groin injury.
Midfielder Radzi Mohd Hussin and defender Gasili Pengalot are the other two players in the team's crocked list. Both players are having hamstring problems.
The rest of the strikers in the squad are Mohd Farid Ideris, Razlan Otto, Leopold Alfonso Otong, Azrul Ejati Damsah and Alto.
Except for Azrul and Zainizam, the rest had featured for the squad either as first-team players or as substitutes this season.
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Two President's Cuppers to train with seniors →
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The Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art presents its annual exhibition of work by artists from the mid Hudson Valley.
The exhibition will run from June 23 to November 4, 2012 in the museum's Alice and Horace Chandler Gallery and North Gallery.
This year's exhibition titled Dear Mother Nature: Hudson Valley Artists 2012 is organized by guest curator Linda Weintraub. Ms. Weintraub served as the first director of the Edith C. Blum Art Institute at Bard College where she originated 50 exhibitions and published over 20 catalogues. She is the author of several books about contemporary art including To Life! Eco Art in Pursuit of a Sustainable Planet, to be published by the University of California Press in 2012.
For Dear Mother Nature: Hudson Valley Artists 2012, Ms. Weintraub invited artists to send something to Mother Nature that expresses their relationship to her and their feelings about her. What would it be? Love letter? Care package? Medal of honor? Bill for unfulfilled promises? Payment for services rendered? Prayer for guidance? Crutches for support? Bouquet of praise? Compensation for damages? Reward for effort? Entreaty for forgiveness? Pledge of devotion? Summons for misconduct? Condolences? Advice? Warnings?
You can read an interview with the curator here.


Montreal-based trio Plants and Animals have announced a new album and shared its first single. Waltzed In From the Rumbling is due out April 29 via Secret City. Below you can hear "Stay."
The album was recorded to tape and because the band's members have families now, they took their time with Waltzed In From the Rumbling. Lead vocalist Warren Spicer commented on the album's creation in a press release: "It was more like an art studio than a recording studio. A mess, pieces of songs all over the place. We had this big canvas and were constantly filling in corners here, erasing there, repainting that part, standing back and looking at the whole picture to see what we had." The press release cites Van Morrison, J Dilla, Serge Gainsbourg, John Coltrane, and Angelo Badalamenti as influences on the new album. Below is the tracklist.


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IOGKF 30th Anniversary Photo Album. From the beginning of IOGKF to 2008 Budosai, From the beginning of Higaonna Sensei's life, many unpublished photos of history of IOGKF and Higaonna Sensei. All IOGKF members must have item.
Featuring the entire IOGKF curriculum taught by IOGKF World Vice Chief Instructor Sensei Ernie Molyneux 8th Dan and senior instructor Sensei Roy Flatt 7th Dan. Purchase your own level or the entire library including added bonuses such as street self defence, kumite and pad work drills and walk through Kata instruction. A huge benefit to any serious Karate student.


Mumbai: Options traders are the most bearish on Infosys Ltd in seven months on speculation that India's second biggest software maker may cut its earnings forecast on Wednesday amid uncertainties in the global economy.
Infosys has dropped 27% this year, compared with a 19% slide in the BSE's benchmark Sensex, on concerns customers are holding off on new contracts amid the global market turmoil. Europe and North America accounted for nearly 87% of Infosys's sales in the year ended 31 March.
"When the US and Europe are not doing that great, some cut in earnings forecast is likely to happen," Jagannadham Thunuguntla, chief strategist at New Delhi-based SMC Wealth Management Services Ltd, told Bloomberg on Tuesday. "They will probably give an indication of a bearish outlook, with clients cutting their information technology spending."
Infosys in July forecast sales in the year ending March to range from $7.1 billion to $7.3 billion, less than the $7.5 billion average of 56 analysts estimates compiled by Bloomberg. The Bangalore-based company may say on Wednesday that profit rose to ₹ 1,880 crore in the quarter ended September, from ₹ 1,740 crore a year ago, according to the median estimate of 28 analysts surveyed by Bloomberg.
"I think that the cut in US dollar guidance won't be beyond 150 basis points (bps); of that, 110 points will be from the change in the dollar against the euro, Australian dollar and the pound," said Pralay Kumar Das, an analyst at Mumbai-based Elara Securities (India) Pvt. Ltd. "Most of it will be from currency headwinds alone, and maybe another 40-50 bps from the changed demand scenario."
Most currencies weakened against the dollar in the three months ended 30 September as investors sought the relative safety of the greenback amid Europe's debt crisis. The dollar index, which tracks the currency's performance against six major trading partners, rose 5.72% during the period.
Infosys, which has the second highest weighting on the Sensex, fell 3.17% to ₹ 2,509.20 at close in Mumbai, ending a three-day, 6.2% advance. TCS dropped 2.26% to ₹ 1,041.20. The company is due to report earnings on 17 October.
"Traders are buying protection amid uncertainty on the revenue outlook for the next two quarters," said Savio Shetty, a derivatives strategist at Prabhudas Lilladher Pvt. Ltd in Mumbai.
A call option gives investors the right to buy a security at a set price by a specific date. A put option gives the right to sell. Investors use options to guard against fluctuations in the prices of securities they own, speculate on share-price moves, or bet that volatility will rise or fall.
Jeanette Rodrigues and Ketaki Gokhale contributed to this story.


hopefully inspire you for Christmas and beyond.
Yes bring on the hot toddies, the blankets and the popcorn. Hush Mayfair are showing an outdoor screening of Breakfast at Tiffany's (this Sunday). Who could ask for a more stylish movie in a stunning fairy-lit courtyard? If you're looking for more of a Christmas movie check out the listing through-out December – my personal favourite Love Actually is scheduled for Christmas Eve.
Style Inspiration from the V&A and the Gift Shop!
If you have yet to visit the Balenciaga Shaping Fashion exhibition – you really should – it is simply stunning. It showcases Balenciaga's work, with over 100 pieces of the most beautifully crafted designs. If this doesn't inspire you for your Christmas party outfit – nothing will!
A fabulous collection of fashion illustrations and photography prints (framed or unframed).
A stunning collection of jewellery including these beautiful cocktail rings.
The perfect pop-up book for style and fashion fans of all ages!
Forget the huge shopping centres when it comes to Christmas shopping – try London's oldest market, Spitalfields - a total joy to visit. With original designers, stalls ranging from contemporary and vintage fashion, music, bespoke children's toys, jewellery and home interiors, there really is a stylish gift for everyone. It's also surrounded by independent shops, cafes and bars – you'll love it.


Lea, fasting since last night's supper, watches me eat my bagel at the Donut Mart at 6:30 – half an hour early for her surgical appointment, because we built in back roads driving time after the interstate was closed down on our last trip to Albuquerque.
In the curtained cubicle, a hose blows warm air under Lea's cotton blankets. Nurses, the anesthesiologist, and the surgeon, all explain their roles and the sequence of events: the doctor will come out to report right after the surgery; I can't go into the recovery room because of the other patients there; and I can track Lea's progress on the electronic monitor. For privacy, her multi-digit patient number, not her name, will appear on the monitor. If I have questions, I can call the charge nurse's cell phone.
The only glitch comes when, as Lea lies on the gurney in her hospital gown, a nurse says she should not be left alone for 24 hours after the surgery. Quick calls to friends produce the company Lea needs, but earlier notice would have been better.
Lea's elderly father comes to the hospital. He is there when the surgeon emerges to report that all has gone well. Lea will say how wonderful it was to see him when they wheeled her out of recovery. Knowing she wanted me there to help, I failed to realize how important family is at a time like this.
Lea's father treats us to a meal before I drive us home to Santa Fe.
At Lea's house, I am finally a bit helpful, making fresh ice, figuring out how she can elevate her arm while she naps, and going to the store to fill her prescription and buy the prune juice the nurse advised.
Over a week later, Lea is still waiting to hear whether the surgeon got every last bit of the pre-melanoma so she won't have to go back for more surgery. My fingers are crossed.
October 20, 13 days after the surgery, Lea goes to Lovelace for a post-operative checkup. She texts me: They got it all!!


ESC Insight would not be possible without our writers who contribute their thoughts to the site for us all to discuss, disect and disagree with. While Sharleen and Ewan keep the website servers up and running, it's the writers and contributors that give us our diversity and make ESC Insight the success that it is.
Read John's articles on ESC Insight here.
Ellie Chalkley is an all-round music, media and culture enthusiast and citizen of the internet. As an overly analytical pop fan and general knowledge hoarder she finds the Eurovision Song Contest bubble to be her natural home.
Read Ellie's articles on ESC Insight here.
Despite her American upbringing, Samantha has been an avid follower of the Eurovision Song Contest for many years. Ever since she heard "Sing Little Birdie" mentioned in a Monty Python sketch and discussed Dana International during her Bat Mitzvah training as a child, she was hooked. After years of prattling on about the Contest to her somewhat-bemused family and friends, she finally started The ESC Insider in late 2009. The site fused traditional news and reviews, with a historical and cultural perspective on the contest, bringing in as much random trivia as possible (she is, after all, the only ESC Insight writer to have appeared on Jeopardy!).
This little pet project took on a life of its own, and she attended her first Eurovision as an accredited press member in 2011, where she was quickly brought into the fold at ESC Insight. After serving as part of the web team for Junior Eurovision from 2014 to 2015, she was drafted by the Bulgarian Delegation to serve as Assistant Head of Press in Kyiv and Lisbon. Born and raised in New Jersey, Samantha currently resides in Saint Paul, Minnesota.
Read Samantha's articles on ESC Insight.
Lisa discovered the Eurovision Song Contest in 1991, fell in love with it in 1992 by the time 1993 rocked up, she was a confirmed addict! During her time living in the USA, her parents recorded every Eurovision Song Contest which she would then catch up with on her next visit back to the UK, she spent a memorable Christmas Day in 2004 watching Ruslana win for Ukraine!
Lisa now lives in The Cotswolds, but spends as much time as she can in Vienna, oh and she has a tattoo of Conchita's beard on her wrist – why not?!
Read Lisa-Jayne's articles on ESC Insight here.
Jon Jacob is a writer, online content producer and award-winning BBC editor with over 15 years experience in the media industry, plus on-air tech-reporting and extensive multimedia production experience.
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John Egan is a Canadian Eurovision obsessive currently based in New Zealand. In addition to his contributions here, he's the proprietor of 58points.com and its data-driven perspective on the world's favourite song contest. All of which is given to the world out of love. To pay his mortgage he works here. You can find more out about John here.
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Sharleen was born, bred and still resides in Sydney Australia. For the past 12 years she has worked as a freelance journalist and PR specialist for various interests and events such as Melbourne International Comedy Festival, Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Pacific Circle Music Convention (Australia), the University of Western Sydney, and the Melbourne International Film Festival. Her works have been published in both the UK and Australia, both online and print including Scottish magazine The List, Melbournes' Beat street press, and in fan club magazines for cult TV shows – Red Dwarf, Press Gang, and the Eurovision Song Contest.
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The Maine People's Alliance advocates for responsible stewardship of our natural resources and a clean, toxic-free environment. MPA has fought to stop the spread of pollution at the former HoltraChem plant in Orrington and to hold corporate polluters responsible across the state, as well as working to make sure the products used by Maine people every day are safe for themselves, their children and their environment.
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The Maine People's Alliance continues to play an active role in the Alliance for a Clean and Healthy Maine (ACHM), a coalition of environmental and public health groups working to ensure Maine's children are protected from dangerous chemicals lurking in everyday products. This year, the coalition kicked off an aggressive grassroots campaign to force the Maine Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) to take action on a set of chemicals called phthalates (pronounced thal-lates).
Read more about Clock is Ticking for DEP to Take Action on Toxic Phthalates
The Maine People's Alliance and the Natural Resources Defense Council commenced trial in federal district court June 3, 2014 to fight for cleanup of a toxic legacy left behind in Maine's Penobscot River. For over three decades, the former HoltraChem plant in Orrington, Maine— owned and operated by the corporate predecessor of defendant Mallinckrodt US, LLC—had dumped an estimated six to twelve metric tons of mercury into the river. Mercury is a potent and persistent neurotoxin that is unsafe at even very low levels.
Read more about Court Hears MPA's Decades-Long Penobscot River Pollution Case
On May 7th, lawyers representing the Maine People's Alliance will return to Federal District Court to argue that corporate polluter Mallinckrodt US LLC should pay to clean up the highly-toxic mercury it dumped into the Penobscot River from the now-closed HoltraChem plant in Orrington. On February 11th, MPA appeared before the Maine Supreme Judicial Court to oppose Mallinckrodt's effort to leave a dangerous leaking landfill in place at the HoltraChem plant site.
Read more about MPA, NRDC Return to Court to Fight for Penobscot River Cleanup; MPA Intervenes for Removal of Dangerous HoltraChem Landfill
One week into the trial to determine whether Mallinckrodt should be held responsible for decades of mercury pollution along the Penobscot River, experts testified about the level and scope of contamination in the river.
Read more about Experts: Penobscot River Profoundly Contaminated by Mercury Pollution
Concerned Mainers from up and down the Penobscot River Watershed gathered outside the federal courthouse in Bangor this morning to speak out publicly before the court convenes for a hearing on a lawsuit brought by the Maine People's Alliance and the Natural Resources Defense Council as part of a 20-year legal fight to hold corporate polluter Mallinckrodt responsible for decades of mercury pollution.
Read more about Mainers Call on Mallinckrodt to Finally Clean Up Penobscot River
After decades of working to ensure that corporate polluter Mallinckrodt LLC pay to clean up the highly-toxic mercury the company dumped into the Penobscot River from the now-closed HoltraChem plant in Orrington, MPA will return to court on June 3rd for one of the most important court decisions in this case.
Read more about Time to Clean Up the Penobscot River
"Today the Maine Legislature reconvenes to address some of the record number of vetoes issued by Governor Paul LePage.
The question today isn't where LePage stands. He has already chosen extreme ideology over common sense on a number of critical issues for Maine people. The question is whether Republican legislators will stand with him."
Read more about MPA Statement on Veto Override Day
This legislative session saw some victories and some setbacks in the fight to protect Maine people from toxic chemicals.
Read more about Fight over Toxic Chemicals Continues Despite Industry Influence Over Blaine House
At the Maine People's Alliance annual summer retreat this June, our staff and members spent a morning envisioning how we want Maine to look in 40 years. Large sheets of poster paper were handed out; we huddled together in small groups with magic markers in hand, and drew pictures illustrating how our society would look different. When we looked at the various illustrations afterward, the theme of sustainability was evident in many of the depictions.
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ITS Platform North Denmark: Idea, Content, and Status
This paper presents the project entitled "ITS Platform North Denmark" which is used as a test platform for Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) solutions. The platform consists of a newly developed GNSS/GPRS On Board Unit (OBU) to be installed in 500 cars, a backend server and a specially designed digital road map for ITS applications. The platform is freely accessible, which means that third part applications could be run on the platform. It is estimated that using this platform enables the ITS applications to be developed for 20% of the normal cost, hence third party are invited to test their applications in the platform. This paper presents the platform's potentials and explains a series of test applications which are under development on the platform. Moreover, a number of new projects planned for the platform are demonstrated.
Abstract reprinted with permission from Intelligent Transportation Society of America.
ITS America
1100 17th Street, NW, 12th Floor
Lahrmann, Harry
Agerholm, Niels
Juhl, Jens
Araghi, Bahar Namaki
Hojgaard-Hansen, Kim
Bloch, Anna-Grethe
Tofting, Svend
19th ITS World Congress
Location: Vienna , Austria
Date: 2012-10-22 to 2012-10-26
Features: CD-ROM; Figures; Maps; References;
Monograph Title: 19th ITS World Congress, Vienna, Austria, 22 to 26 October 2012
TRT Terms: Digital maps; Floating car data; Global Positioning System; Intelligent transportation systems; Testing; Vehicle electronics
Identifier Terms: Global Navigation Satellite System
Geographic Terms: Denmark
Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;
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Irrigated golf courses in Palm Desert and the Coachella Valley stand in stark contrast to the natural landscape. During California's current drought, a utility usage data law has been used to shield the water bills of big users like golf courses from public scrutiny.
In the midst of a historic drought, Californians have no way of knowing who's guzzling the most water.
That's not an accident. It's by design, thanks to an obscure 1997 measure that weakened one of the state's chief open government laws, the California Public Records Act.
For the source of this legislation, look no further than Silicon Valley, where the city of Palo Alto decided it needed to do more to protect the privacy of the tech elite.
In the name of privacy and security, the city of Palo Alto backed legislation sponsored by Byron Sher, the local state senator. It allowed utilities to keep secret their customers' "utility usage data" – that is, how much water and power they were using.
Other supporters included the California Municipal Utilities Association and the League of California Cities.
At the time, the Public Records Act required agencies that operated utilities to make customers' bills public upon request. During a 1991 drought, the press exposed California water wasters by relying on data from water utilities. The Los Angeles Times found that the top 100 water users in San Diego gulped down 3,000 gallons or more a day, while the average household used 349 gallons.
Atop the list of the biggest users: The San Diego Union-Tribune's publisher, Helen Copley, who pumped an average of 10,203 gallons a day on her 9.5-acre La Jolla estate, which was tended by 10 full-time gardeners. Dozens of those top water users complained that publicizing their water use would expose them to security concerns or ridicule, the L.A. Times reported.
In lobbying to change the law, proponents of the Sher measure noted that utility bills include ratepayers' home addresses. They argued that it was dangerous to make that information public, citing the 1989 shooting of actress Rebecca Schaeffer, who was killed by a stalker who got her address from Department of Motor Vehicles records. The Legislature restricted access after that.
State agencies routinely redact personal information in releasing public records to address security concerns. But proponents of the measure also argued that because private utilities like PG&E did not have to release utility usage data, public ones shouldn't have to either.
Once it was introduced, there was no stopping the measure, recalled Tom Newton, executive director of the California Newspaper Publishers Association.
The publishers and other open records advocates "made a political assessment that we couldn't kill it," said Newton, who was the organization's general counsel at the time. Instead, he said, they worked to amend the measure to maintain open access to the bills of public officials who set utility rates.
"We did our best" to temper the law's effects, he said. A spokeswoman for the League of California Cities says it has no position on the law today.
During California's current drought, the law has been used to shield the water bills of big users like golf courses from public scrutiny.
Last year, the nonprofit First Amendment Coalition sued to get water usage data for major business customers of the Coachella Valley Water District in the Palm Springs area, where golf courses are prodigious water users. Peter Scheer, the coalition's executive director, argued that the 1997 law was intended to protect the privacy only of people, not corporations.
Earlier this month, a judge ruled that corporate water bills also should remain secret, saying that while businesses don't have the same privacy rights as people, the law nevertheless applies to all customers.
Under present law, there are a few exceptions that allow for some limited public scrutiny of water bills. Last year, The Center for Investigative Reporting used the public-official exemption to reveal the water use of officials who weren't living up to their own calls for conservation. Many water agencies redacted the home addresses of the officials but provided copies of their bills.
The law also allows the agencies to disclose customers' water use if they have violated "utility usage policies." As water agencies restrict use in response to Gov. Jerry Brown's recently announced mandatory water cuts, scofflaws could find themselves in the public eye.
But only if the agencies feel like sharing that information.
This story was edited by Andrew Donohue and copy edited by Nikki Frick.
Katharine Mieszkowski can be reached at kmieszkowski@revealnews.org, and Lance Williams can be reached at lwilliams@revealnews.org. Follow them on Twitter: @kmieszkowski and @LanceWCIR.


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The Next Big Thing: Robert Pattinson
Robert Pattinson was born in London, England on May 13, 1986. Pattinson's father Richard was an importer of cars while his mother Clare was employed at a modeling agency. While growing up Pattinson attended school at Tower House School and Harrodian School. He was heavily involved in theatre with Barnes Theatre Company, where he began taking acting roles. Since then he has modeled and performed.
Pattinson was only 12-years-old when he began modeling. He later admitted that he believed his developing masculine look cut his modeling career short after only four years on the scene. He said that when he began modeling he had somewhat of a feminine look that got him many more jobs. However, Pattinson appeared in an advertising campaign for Hackett's Autumn collection in 2007. And since then has had no problems with his looks, except perhaps all the teenagers who chase him! It's safe to say that his good looks are beginning to work to his advantage, instead of the other way around.
Though he is best known for his role as Edward Cullen in the film Twilight, he has actually been in several movies before his Twilight fame. He is also well known for his role as Cedric Diggory in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.
He admits that he goes by the nickname Rob. He can also play piano and guitar, and composes his own music. He also co-wrote and appeared as singer on the Twlight soundtrack, the song Never Think and Let Me Sign (didn't co-write). Aside from recording for the soundtracks, Pattinson has said, "I've never really recorded anything – I just played in pubs and stuff", and when asked about a professional music career, he said, "Music is my back-up plan if acting fails." In 2008, he also performed with his first girlfriend's current boyfriend's band, called Bad Girls.
Pattinson also sings three songs for the soundtrack of his latest movie, How to Be. This film stars Pattinson as a guy who gets dumped by his girlfriend and then he experiences a mid-life crisis. How to Be premiered at the Independent Festival Direct movie-on-demand channel. He was nominated at the Strasbourg Film Festival for Best Actor for his work in How to Be. As Edward Cullen, he was nominated for three MTV Movie Awards for breakthrough performance, best kiss, and best fight. Pattinson has been acting professionally since 2004.
He appeared not only in the Twilight Sage: New Moon, but has appeared in other flicks like Vanity Fair (uncredited), Ring of the Nibelungs, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, The Haunted Airman,The Bad Mother's Handbook, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, The Summer House, How to Be, Little Ashes, and Twilight. Pattinson is currently in pre-production for Unbound Captives and The Twilight Sage: Eclipse; while he is in post-production for The Twilight Saga: New Moon. He is also currently filming Remember Me, a film set to be released in 2010. He is also said to be taking part in Bel Ami, which is currently in development.
Pattinson has found work as an actor, model, and musician – and he no doubt will continue to rise to even higher fame in the future.
Article Sources:
Pattinson Bio and Films: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1500155/
Filmography: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Pattinson.
Pattinson quote: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/herocomplex/2008/10/robert-pattin-1.html
"How To Be" movie info: http://www.usmagazine.com/news/robert-pattinson-sings-in-indie-flick-how-to-be-2009313.
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As this National Park Service photo from 1941 shows, winters can be fierce at the Grand Canyon's North Rim. That's why park facilities close for the winter season – and why we close State Route 67 along with them.
As of Tuesday, Dec. 5, we've shut a gate across SR 67 south of US 89A at Jacob Lake, and we don't plan to plow the highway again until spring. The 43-mile SR 67 usually reopens in mid-May with North Rim lodges, campgrounds and other amenities.
At an elevation close to 8,300 feet, the North Rim averages 9½ feet of snow annually. A record 24 feet buried park lodges in 1979.
State Route 64 remains open all year to the Grand Canyon's South Rim, but temporary road closures aren't uncommon in the park after snowstorms.
When a highway is closed in snow country, be careful not to follow suggestions from a GPS or smartphone navigation app that would take you down an unpaved, unplowed road. That can lead to you getting stranded in a remote area.
Pack an emergency kit, a fully charged cellphone, extra clothing, water and snacks.
Get more tips at azdot.gov/KnowSnow. Our Arizona Traveler Information site at az511.gov has the latest conditions and lists other high-country highways that are closed for the winter season.


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Daily Current Affairs for UPSC IAS: 21st January 2021
January 21, 2021 (January 21, 2021) Kumari Sonali
Today Current Affairs: 21st January 2021 for UPSC IAS exams, State PSC exams, SSC CGL, State SSC, RRB, Railways, Banking Exam & IBPS, etc
OPTICAL GROUND WIRE (OPGW):
Faecal sludge and septage management (FSSM):
Ratle Hydro Electric (HE) Project:
5th Defence Ministers' Dialogue (DMD) between India and Singapore:
Geo-Hazard management:
Dragon fruit:
India Innovation Index by NITI Aayog:
Shaheen-III Missile:
Bio Medical Wastes:
Karnataka Prevention of Slaughter and Preservation of Cattle Ordinance, 2020:
Supreme Court Dismissed Aadhaar Review Petitions:
Veer Savarkar:
To improve telecom connectivity in hilly areas, Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (POWERGRID), has recently signed an agreement with Himachal Pradesh State Electricity Board Ltd. (HPSEBL) in Shimla (H.P.) for utilization of 500 Kms of OPGW Telecom network.
Through this OPGW Network, Telecom Service providers will be able to provide uninterrupted mobile/Internet services to the people of the state.
An optical ground wire is also known as an OPGW or, in the IEEE standard, an optical fiber composite overhead ground wire.
It is a type of cable that is used in overhead power lines. Such cable combines the functions of grounding and communications.
OPGW is an optical fiber composite ground wire.
This cable contains a tubular structure having one or more optical fiber and surrounded by layers of aluminum and steel wires.
This layer of aluminum and steel wires serves to connect the tower to the ground. The optical fiber within the cable is used for the high-speed data telemetry between the utilities or sold to some third parties for high-speed fiber interconnection between the cities.
POWERGRID, a 'Maharatna' CPSE under the Ministry of Power, Government of India and Central Transmission Utility (CTU) of India, is India's principal power transmission company and also one of the largest power transmission utilities in the world.
NITI Aayog released a book on faecal sludge and septage management (FSSM) in urban areas.
Jointly developed with National Faecal Sludge and Septage Management (NFSSM) Alliance, the book presents 27 case studies across 10 states and various service and business models adopted by Indian cities while implementing FSSM initiatives.
The report mentions that about 60% of urban households rely on onsite sanitation systems, which require dedicated planning for management of waste collected in these systems' containment structures.
Accordingly, FSSM planning prioritizes human excreta management, a waste stream with a high potential for spreading diseases.
Considering the importance of FSSM solutions, the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs came up with the national policy on FSSM in 2017. More than 24 states have adopted it and 12 of them have come up with their own policies.'
Universal access to toilets was achieved in urban India with the construction of 66 lakh household toilets and more than 6 lakh community and public toilets.
After achieving the target of 'Open-Defecation-Free' (ODF), India has now moved towards becoming ODF+ and ODF++.
These targets go beyond the concept of access to sanitation and aim for safely managed sanitation systems, with adequate treatment and safe disposal of toilet waste.
The Union Cabinet has given its approval for the investment of Rs.5281.94 crore for 850 MW Ratle Hydro Electric (HE) Project.
It will be located on river Chenab, in Kishtwar district of Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir.
It will be implemented by a new Joint Venture Company (JVC) to be incorporated between National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) and Jammu & Kashmir State Power Development Corporation Ltd (JKSPDC) with equity contribution of 51% and 49% respectively.
The Ratle Hydro Electric Project shall be commissioned within a span of 60 months.
The Power generated from the Project will help in providing balancing of Grid and will improve the power supply position.
Further, Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir will be benefitted by getting free power worth Rs. 5289 crore and through levy of Water Usage Charges worth Rs.9581 crore from Ratle Hydro Electric Project, during project life cycle of 40 years.
The 5th Defence Ministers' Dialogue (DMD) between India and Singapore was successfully held on 20 January 2021 through a video conference.
At this 5th DMD, both Ministers witnessed the signing of the Implementing Agreement on Submarine Rescue Support and Cooperation between the two Navies.
The Ministers further welcomed the implementing agreement on Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) cooperation in August 2020 for the two Armed Forces to have closer operational collaboration in response to disasters.
The Ministers were pleased that the Indian Navy and Singapore Navy successfully conducted the 27th edition of Singapore-India Maritime Bilateral Exercise (SIMBEX) and also participated in the second edition of the Singapore-India-Thailand Maritime Exercise (SITMEX); both held in November 2020.
Rajnath Singh reaffirmed ASEAN centrality in the regional security architecture and pledged India's support to all endeavours of the ASEAN Defence Ministers' Meeting (ADMM)-Plus.
The cyber agencies of both armed forces have also stepped up engagements.
Defense Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has entered into a framework MoU with the Ministry of Road Transport & Highways (MoRTH) to strengthen collaboration on sustainable Geo-Hazard management.
DRDO's Defence Geo-Informatics Research Establishment (DGRE) is working for the development of critical technologies for enhancing combat effectiveness in various kinds of terrains and avalanches.
MoRTH is responsible for development & maintenance of National Highways across the country.
It has been agreed that the expertise of DGRE will be utilized in providing sustainable mitigation measures to damages caused by landslides, avalanche and other natural factors on various National Highways in the Country.
The Gujarat government has decided to rename the dragon fruit as 'kamalam'.
Dragon fruit is the fruit of a species of wild cactus indigenous to South and Central America, where it is called pitaya or pitahaya.
The fruit's flesh is usually white or red — although there is a less common yellow pitaya too — and is studded with tiny seeds rather like the kiwifruit.
The world's largest producer and exporter of dragon fruit is Vietnam, where the plant was brought by the French in the 19th century. The Vietnamese call it thanh long, which translates to "dragon's eyes", believed to be the origin of its common English name.
Dragon fruit is also cultivated in — apart from its native Latin America — Thailand, Taiwan, China, Australia, Israel, and Sri Lanka.
It was brought to India in the 1990s, and is grown in Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Odisha, West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh, and Andaman and Nicobar Islands. It grows in all kinds of soil, and does not require much water.
According to Chief Minister Vijay Rupani, the fruit's outer shape resembles a lotus, which is also the election symbol of the BJP. The word 'kamalam' is a Sanskrit word and the shape of the fruit does resemble the lotus flower.
"We have applied for a patent of the dragon fruit to be called 'kamalam', Mr. Rupani said at the launch of the Chief Minister Horticulture Development Mission, a scheme to promote horticulture in unproductive land parcels.
The second edition of the NITI Aayog's India Innovation Index has been released.
Performance of various states:
Karnataka is the most innovative state for the second year in a row.
Maharashtra pipped Tamil Nadu to the second spot.
Bihar was featured at the bottom of the list.
About the index:
The index attempts to create an extensive framework for the continual evaluation of the innovation environment of states and union territories in India and intends to perform the following three functions:
Ranking of states and UTs based on their index scores.
Recognizing opportunities and challenges.
Assisting in tailoring governmental policies to foster innovation.
The Index is calculated as the average of the scores of its two dimensions – Enablers and Performance.
The Enablers :
They are the factors that underpin innovative capacities, grouped in five pillars: (1) Human Capital, (2) Investment, (3) Knowledge Workers, (4) Business Environment, and (5) Safety and Legal Environment.
The Performance :
Are dimension captures benefits that a nation derives from the inputs, divided in two pillars: (6) Knowledge Output and (7) Knowledge Diffusion.
Pakistan has successfully test-fired the Shaheen-III missile.
Shaheen-III Missile of Pakistan:
It is a nuclear-capable surface-to-surface ballistic missile that can strike targets up to 2,750 km.
The launch of the missile was aimed at the revalidating various design and technical parameters of the weapon system.
Other Recent Developments:
China had recently asked India to "objectively" view the Eagle-IX (or Shaheen-IX) military exercise taking place between the Chinese and Pakistani air forces, amid increasing tensions with India.
Some of India's Ballistic Missiles:
Shaurya missile,
Prithvi missile,
Agni missile,
Dhanush, etc.
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has recently directed various authorities to ensure compliance from the biomedical waste management facilities in the country.
Central Level: The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) to ensure strict compliance of biomedical waste management rules and scientific disposal of the waste.
State Level: The Chief Secretaries of all the States/UTs to oversee compliance and ensure that authorisation is secured by every health care facility in their respective jurisdiction and also there is adherence to the norms.
District Level: The District Magistrates in accordance with the District Environmental Plans.
Groundwater Contamination: While permitting deep burials, it may be ensured that groundwater contamination does not take place.
Segregation: Ensure that hazardous bio-medical waste is not mixed with the general waste.
Frequent Violation of Rules: The direction came as a result of regular fines being imposed on various healthcare facilities and biomedical waste treatment facilities
Earlier Observation: The segregation of Covid-19 biomedical waste from general garbage is a must to avoid further contamination adversely affecting public health.
Bio-Medical Waste Management Rules, 2016
Biomedical waste is defined as human and animal anatomical waste, treatment apparatus like needles, syringes and other materials used in health care facilities in the process of treatment and research.
Objective: The objective of the rules is to properly manage the per day bio-medical waste from Healthcare Facilities (HCFs) across the country.
Ambit: The ambit of the rules has been expanded to include vaccination camps, blood donation camps, surgical camps or any other healthcare activity.
Phase Out: Chlorinated plastic bags, gloves and blood bags has been phased out within two years starting from March 2016.
Pre-treatment: Pre-treatment of the laboratory waste, microbiological waste, blood samples and blood bags through disinfection or sterilization on-site in the manner prescribed by the World Health Organization (WHO) or by the National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO).
Bio-medical waste has been classified into 4 categories instead of the earlier 10 categories to improve the segregation of waste at source.
Stringent Standards for Pollutants: The rules prescribe more stringent standards for incinerators to reduce the emission of pollutants in the environment.
The State Government provides the land for setting up common bio-medical waste treatment and disposal facility
Karnataka government has given an undertaking to the High Court that no coercive action will be initiated for transporting cattle in breach of the Cattle Ordinance, 2020 till the relevant rules are brought into force based on the draft rules notified recently.
The court is hearing PIL petitions challenging the constitutional validity of the Ordinance promulgated recently.
The government is yet to frame rules prescribing manner of cattle transportation.
There have been apprehensions about likely prosecution of farmers for transporting cattle within the State even for the exemption granted for bonafide agriculture and animal husbandry.
Controversial Provisions:
Police officers ranked sub-inspector and above or a competent authority will have the power to search premises and seize cattle and materials used or intended to use to commit the offence.
Such seizures, if any, will then be reported before the Sub Divisional Magistrate without unreasonable delay.
It is a cognizable offence, violators can attract three to seven years of imprisonment.
While a penalty between Rs 50,000 and Rs 5 lakh can be levied for the first offence, second and subsequent offences can attract penalties ranging between Rs 1 lakh and Rs 10 lakh.
The Supreme Court (SC) has dismissed petitions seeking a review of its 2018 judgment upholding the constitutional validity of the Aadhaar Act (2016).
In 2018, the SC upheld the country's biometric identity system and also cleared mandatory Aadhaar enrolment of recipients of government welfare benefits.
The court, in its verdict, had also approved the passage of Aadhaar law by the Parliament as a money bill, which did not require an approval of the Rajya Sabha.
Thereafter, review petitions were filed against the judgement.
Issue Involved:
Whether the decision of the Lok Sabha Speaker under Article 110 (3) of the Constitution to certify a bill as a money bill under Article 110 (1) is final and binding or can be subject to judicial review.
If the decision is subject to judicial review, whether the Aadhaar Act, 2016 has been correctly certified as a money bill.
SC's Ruling:
Majority Decision:
Majority of the bench (i:e 4 out of 5) held that "no case for review" of the 2018 judgment was made and dismissed the petitions.
The 2019 judgment in Rojer Mathew v South Indian Bank Ltd was not sufficient to press for a reconsideration of the 2018 Aadhaar judgment.
Rojer Mathew v South Indian Bank Ltd 2019:
The judgment in this case said that the speaker's decision was not beyond judicial review though the scope was extremely restricted.
It had also said that the 2018 Aadhaar verdict had not answered conclusively the question as to what constitutes a money Bill under Article 110 (1) and had directed that it be referred to a larger Bench which has not been constituted yet.
Dissenting Judgment:
One of the five judges dissented with the majority view and said that the 2019 judgment questioning the correctness of the Aadhaar verdict was a relevant fact and that the apex court must wait for the larger bench of seven judges to decide these pertinent issues.
He also referred to the Sabarimala case where a nine-judge Bench in February 2020 had referred certain questions of law arising in the context of an earlier decision by a five-judge Bench in September 2019 to a larger Bench while keeping the review petitions pending.
He held that it is a constitutional error to hold at this stage that no ground exists to review the judgment and it would have serious consequences not just for judicial discipline, but also for the ends of justice.
Final Judgement:
Even as one of the five judges on the bench termed it a "constitutional error," the SC by a majority verdict has dismissed a clutch of petitions seeking a review of its 2018 judgment that validated the Aadhaar Act.
An MLC in Uttar Pradesh has demanded that the portrait of Hindu Mahasabha leader Vinayak Damodar Savarkar be removed from the picture gallery of the State Legislative Council saying that the installation of his frame next to those of freedom fighters amounted to an "insult" to them. This has stirred controversy in the state.
Born on May 28, 1883, in Bhagur, a city in Maharashtra's Nashik.
Nationalism and social reforms:
Formed a youth organization- Mitra Mela, this organization was put into place to bring in national and revolutionary ideas.
He was against foreign goods and propagated the idea of Swadeshi.
He championed atheism and rationality and also disapproved orthodox Hindu belief. In fact, he even dismissed cow worship as superstitious.
Vinayak Savarkar was the president of Hindu Mahasabha from 1937 to 1943.
When congress ministries offered resignation on 22nd Oct 1939, Hindu Mahasabha under his leadership cooperated with the Muslim League to form government in provinces like Sindh, Bengal, and NWFP.
In Pune, Savarkar founded the "Abhinav Bharat Society".
He joined Tilak's Swaraj Party.
He founded the Free India Society.
The Society celebrated important dates on the Indian calendar including festivals, freedom movement landmarks, and was dedicated to furthering discussion about Indian freedom.
He believed and advocated the use of arms to free India from the British and created a network of Indians in England, equipped with weapons.
Important works:
Book- The History of the War of Indian Independence.
An armed revolt against the Morley-Minto reform.
Two-nation theory in his book 'Hindutva'.
Today Current Affairs: 30th January 2021 for UPSC IAS exams, State PSC exams, SSC CGL, State SSC, RRB, Railways, Banking Exam & IBPS, etc
What is OPTICAL GROUND WIRE (OPGW)?
Tsari Chu River and India – China Conflict
Daily Current Affairs for UPSC IAS: 2nd July 2021
Daily Current Affairs for UPSC IAS: 23rd February 2021
SCO Defence Ministers Meeting 2021
Agro-Climatic Zones: Punjab
Assam government setting up three degree colleges in the Bodo region.
11th India-European Union Macroeconomic Dialogue : Highlights
The India-Mauritius CECPA
Drones for Aerial Survey of Centrally Protected Monuments


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work on the nouns from the big blue vocabulary sheet. be prepared to do the "quiz" with your partner on Tuesday.
work on the rough draft of your poster for tomorrow. Instructions will be given in class tomorrow. Due on Wednesday.
prepare to answer 4 of your questions about Thanksgiving tomorrow.
prepare to use 15 of the words you wrote down for the quiz on Tuesday. I will choose 8 of them for you to tell me a sentence that uses the word (or a definition).
complete handout 55 about verbs like gustar by Thursday.
prepare to answer four of your five questions about Thanksgiving. 16 points.
write 8 sentences using the verbs in either the yo or el/ella preterite with at least 6 words in each sentence. typing recommended. due tomorrow, Nov 29.
quiz tomorrow, Nov 29 after Thanksgiving on paragraphs 6 and 7. Use the Quizlet.
report to the lab on Wednesday.
prepare to answer 4 of your questions about Thanksgiving on Thursday.
write 8 sentences using the verbs in either the yo or el/ella preterite with at least 6 words in each sentence. typing recommended. due Wednesday, Nov 29 after Thanksgiving break.
quiz on Wednesday, Nov 29 after Thanksgiving on paragraphs 6 and 7. Use the Quizlet.
quiz tomorrow on how to form the present progressive.
prepare to write 8 sentences using the verbs in either the yo or el/ella preterite with at least 6 words in each sentence. typing recommended. due Wednesday, Nov 29 after Thanksgiving break.
quiz tomorrow on the vocabulary in paragraph 5. Use the Quizlet.
quiz on Tuesday on how to form the present progressive.
finish the activity about La casa de locos. This is a creative activity. If you need to, rewrite the sentences on the back of the sheet.
we will continue with the projects. follow the checklist.
quiz on Tuesday on the vocabulary in paragraph 5. Use the Quizlet.
finish the activity about La casa de locos. This is a creative activity.
if you didn't transfer them in class, write down what your partner wrote for the professions or verbs on your sheet.
finish working on the new project. follow the checklist.
quiz tomorrow on the vocabulary in paragraph 4. Use the Quizlet.
finish the writing activity in which you tell what different people are doing at different times of the day.
prepare either the list of professions or verbs from the new blue vocabulary sheet. write the English next to the word and an associated word from the past.
continue working on the new project. follow the checklist.
quiz on Friday on the vocabulary in paragraph 4. Use the Quizlet.
go over the review vocabulary. Quiz tomorrow, Nov 15 on the review vocabulary (all columns). See the Quizlet. English to Spanish.
work on the new project. details given in class.


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