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Chamber Pop
Chamber Pop, Folk/ Folk-Rock, Greatest Records, Indie / Alternative
Think of the clouded chimeric backing vocals on Tim Buckley's 'Morning Glory', probably the most perfect song ever sung; the languorous shimmer of the vibes riding the static tape hiss on Lee Hazlewood's 'My Autumn's Done Come'; the swooshing "doo-bop sh-bop" on The Flamingos' 'I Only Have Eyes For You', whose multi-layered production came to Terry 'Buzzy' Johnson in a dream – maybe the best dream ever dreamt; the snaking spectral organ of Leonard Cohen's 'Stories Of The Street'; the jarring off-notes of 'Coconut Grove' by The Lovin' Spoonful; the rippling tremolo and twinkling autoharp elevating The Electric Prunes' 'Onie' well beyond its mawkish lyric; the way flute, harp and strings on Laura Nyro's 'You Don't Love Me When I Cry' corporealize what otherwise is only the vaguest whisper. There is something miraculous about those arrangements, each demonstrating how new worlds can crack open via a slow twist of the dial, a flick of the wrist, an accidentally recalibrated guitar tuning.
Jessica Pratt is someone who understands this completely. Weaned from an early age on the music of Tim Buckley, you can be sure she knows most if not all of the records I've mentioned above. While she has consistently refused to discuss her lyrics (by turns perhaps too personal / abstract), and has remained equally determined to avoid the labels (freak-folk, neo-psych, blah blah blah), so recklessly flung in her direction, the end result has been merely to augment the music's magical spell. Conceived during a time of self-imposed isolation in Los Angeles, Pratt's third album Quiet Signs is more than simply an antiquarian homage to the classic albums and to vintage recording methods. It has such deftness of touch that it can transport one to curiously intimate spaces and places, more specifically the dusky blue and peach light of late September evenings, as if suddenly I'm watching – from a height – the shadows of cyclists elasticize before the sinking sun, with the wind picking up as Autumn tightens its grip. It's the sort of record that induces one to let an hour dissolve gazing spellbound at the sway of trees hugging the sky – time won back from life's entanglements. But it also sounds equally at home when played by candlelight in the darkness of the small hours. Its immersive minimalism allows for that variety of experience.
Best listened to alone in a single sitting – at 28 minutes that shouldn't be too difficult – in places Quiet Signs might recall peak Mazzy Star or sound like some old bossa nova tunes slowed down to a snail's pace, but that would be lending it a casual ear, and to speak further of its treasures would be to break the album's ineffable spell. Give it your attention and it will remind you of some of the other songs I've mentioned, and it might even take you to the places you love most of all. (JJ)
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Chamber Pop, Folk/ Folk-Rock, Greatest Records
Perhaps now is the ideal time to fall in love with Out Of Season, an album so quietly bewitching you'd imagine it wrought by spectral engineers in some abandoned woodland cottage. But it is also a record which sounds completely in love with this world of ours – although one imagines its makers had to retreat from the furious pace of 21st century technosociety in order to rediscover how to be human again in the midst of it all. It is certainly tempting to draw parallels between how 'out of season' this record sounded in 2002, with the disconnect from normality which many of us are experiencing just now.
Yet somehow, the clock-stopping silence of lockdown might help us make perfect sense of it. And thankfully the arrangement is a reciprocal one – listening to Out Of Season again could help you to remember the simple joy of being. Things you had forgotten. Things you have discovered. Things you have rediscovered. When Beth Gibbons sings "God knows how I adore life" (one of the great opening lines on any album) on its otherworldly opening track 'Mysteries', as if sharing some secret stored up for millennia, it almost causes my heart to burst free from its flesh.
Out Of Season contains several such luminous moments: the whispering wind on 'Sand River', the little interjections on 'Romance' – like popcorn poltergeist or little elfin Chordettes dancing around your ear lobes; the luscious Kirby-esque arrangement on 'Drake' (no explanation necessary for the song's title) or the hypno-electrical interference and echo on the creaking finale 'Rustin Man', the solitary track for which the Pitchfork reviewer at the time harboured any fondness. He proceeded to slate the rest of the album, presumably for its retreat from Portishead's visionary sampladelics.
Portishead had indeed been visionary. But if they had embraced technology, it was never for its own sake, but provided a foil for the substance underneath. They borrowed a few hip-hop beats, and sampled liberally, but the heart of their sound was locked in a past of cold war spy film themes, lavish orchestral soul, Morricone soundtracks and jazz ballad and torchsong. Gibbons had been possibly the most gifted British singer to emerge in 20 years, much more than the caricature she was often portrayed as: stooped over the mic, bleeding Billie's blues, lassoed by rising coils of smoke. Rather she was a perfectionist, her timing and phrasing immaculate. Webb meanwhile had been an accomplished bass player for Talk Talk, up to and including their zenith, the pastoral masterpiece Spirit Of Eden, released in 1988. He had been involved in other projects subsequently, none of which were tremendously successful. The pair were accompanied here by Portishead's Adrian Utley amongst several other seasoned musicians. The credentials of its creators were clearly impeccable, so it is little wonder that upon its release more than a few critics – Pitchfork aside – declared it to be amongst the greatest albums ever made.
Aside from its autumnal folk leanings, the album also boasts songs of real assurance and conviction: 'Tom The Model', with its brassy soul chorus and ambitious string arrangement the perfect antidote to 'Show's' creeping piano figure. 'Romance' meanwhile has that widescreen ambition in abundance, the interplay of horns and strings pitching it somewhere between Kind Of Blue, Hawaii and some lost John Barry soundtrack theme. Perfect in other words.
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'Funny Time Of Year' sails closest to Gibbons' work with Portishead – a brooding ("I can see no blossoms on the trees") dread doowop drone ruptured by her sudden Grace Slick banshee release as the fuzz guitar splinters into an ecstatic Michael Karoli-esque spray of sound which then evaporates to reveal some medieval string picking and a ricochet of reverb cranked up to the max . Take my word for it, it is fabulous.
And if the lyrics often betray a lovelorn pessimism – that is hard to deny, hers are songs haunted by memory and defeat, but each always contains a kernel of hope and renewal – ultimately it's an album whose introspective beauty treasures in its heart the little secrets that make life worthwhile.
'Mysteries'
"God knows how I adore life
When the wind turns on the shores lies another day
I cannot ask for more
When the time bell blows my heart
And I have scored a better day
Well nobody made this war of mine
And the moments that I enjoy
A place of love and mystery
I'll be there anytime
Oh mysteries of love
Where war is no more
Mysteries of love
I'll be there anytime."
Therapy. (JJ)
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Chamber Pop, Greatest Records, Singer-Songwriter
TNPC speaks to Liam Hayes about the making of Plush's More You Becomes You…
Around 70 seconds or so into the third song on More You Becomes You, comes a moment which betrays the album's sly masquerade. Liam Hayes, who had switched on the microphone to say "Hi" at the beginning of the record, suddenly buckles with laughter, his delivery cracking under the strain of reaching for a high note, before his voice miraculously recovers to soar through the remainder of the line, now carried on the wings of angels. It is a moment whose significance is unlikely to register with many upon first listen, but which reveals to the diligent listener the album's little secret. Before the penny drops, one could be forgiven for believing they were listening to a live recording of someone settling down at the piano to knock out a few songs and then walking out of the room again. "I did my job well if you hear it that way" confesses Hayes. "I didn't want the listener to be hearing all the work that went into it, because there was a lot of that. The irony of it is that the album was very carefully edited, I mean a lot of time went into it, lots of studio sessions, a lot of editing on tape, so to get it to the point where it sounded like that really took a lot of work. I recorded it in a lot of studios, on different pianos with different engineers, but we stitched it all together and that's what you hear."
More You Becomes You became Hayes' debut album in 1998, released like most of his work under the nom de plume Plush (a name suggestive of a band, borrowed Hayes adds, "from an amplifier of that name"). Even then there were signs that here was a pop perfectionist. It had taken him three years to follow his extraordinary first 45 ('Three Quarter Blind Eyes' b/w 'Found A Little Baby') – to these ears possibly the greatest pop single of the 1990s – with anything at all. A second 45 ('No Education' b/w 'Soaring And Boring') finally surfaced in 1997. The music press had been swift and virtually unanimous in its acclaim for the first single, which contained all the maturity and composure of the great singer-songwriters of the late '60s / early '70s – the sweeping fingerprints of Scott Walker and Jimmy Webb, the maudlin drift of Randy Newman, with the gnawing guitar jabs of Steve Cropper. It was so good Hayes agonised at length over his next move. "I wasn't expecting the response we got. I was delighted, really encouraged. But the flipside of that was that it made me put myself under quite a bit of pressure to follow it up with something equally good. So I had to really think about how to do that."
He succeeded by making his first album a perfect one, a record so intimate and immersive as to make it the listener's own possession. At a little under half an hour in length, there was not a moment wasted, he couldn't afford for there to be. The songs with Hayes' deft production, segue together so inconspicuously that listeners might find themselves frequently double-taking at the track-listing, wondering which song is which. One was tempted to suspect that the album collected together little fragments of ideas for songs with no beginnings or endings and nowhere else to go. Was it initially envisaged as a suite of songs or did each track have a history of its own before the recording? "It sometimes happens like that" continues Hayes. "As I recall, when the album was really coming together it had its own identity, and was pulling ideas into its orbit. I felt like I was hearing things relating to each other in some kind of sequence, though I wasn't sure at first what it was really about. I really was immersed in its world as the songs were beginning to evolve. It wasn't part of another group of songs. They were only ever going to be on this album."
From conception to realisation it would become for Hayes a painstaking labour of love, and yet despite its at times overwhelming melancholy, it is suffused with good humour and a little mischief too. On the title track for instance the subject appears to be "Virginia" – a little bewilderingly so, as that is the title of the preceding track, the album's opener – which itself sounded as solemn as one of Satie's 'Gymnopedies'. Then there's the little matter of having a track entitled 'The Instrumental' which isn't an instrumental at all, while other 'songs' are of such brevity they barely even exist. 'The Party I' and 'The Party 2' clock in at a mere thirty seconds apiece, the latter containing lines delivered with such achingly fragile earnestness they always make me smile: "I saw the party look at me / They told me that I wasn't free / I showed them my soul power". Hayes' impassioned performances mean the songs somehow manage to communicate something immediately personal to each listener, who may shed a tear or two without really understanding why. "Everything that I'm looking at and putting into my music is personal to me, but I hope that everybody else can take something from that. With every record that I've done – some more than others – I really tried to have there be a beginning middle and end. As far as a concept or theme, with More You Becomes You it was obviously a very inner thing. I think that you can enjoy it without it really telling you what's happening. I'm happy there's room for other people to make it more personal to them."
Some have called More You Becomes You 'chamber pop', others might file it under 'singer-songwriter', and it is somehow both of those things and yet neither. Hayes is reticent to discuss specific reference points as influences: "I'm probably not going to be able to pick out individual things too easily, but just generally what it has always been for me is just popular song. Not really songs that were happening contemporaneously, but songs that I was aware of from earlier on in my life. Some people might put it into a singer-songwriter category I suppose – and I like a lot of those artists, but that was not my direct inspiration – it was more pop in general. Maybe because the tempo of the record is slow and intimate it's easy to cast it in that light, but what I was hearing in my head was something that was a bit broader in scope." There is certainly a freedom and looseness to the composition which might recall the spontaneity of Todd Rundgren or even Laura Nyro's oscillating explorations of melody and timbre, but ultimately this is simply a collection of sublime songs, written by Liam Hayes.
With his ecstatic broken falsetto on 'Soaring And Boring' ("Like this love I'm ignoring/ Imploring, adoring / It's mine, all the time / All the time, all the time / See it shine…") and those minor chords which envelop one in a blissful haze, he gives a studiously understated performance throughout, and even when the 'production' becomes more noticeable – the vocal overdubs that rescue the falter on the aforementioned third track 'I Didn't Know (I Was Asleep)', or the horn which suddenly emerges from nowhere on 'Save The People' or even the floating gorgeous coda to the album's glorious finale The Sailor' – the treatments are sufficiently cushioned so as not to break the spell.
More You Becomes You was released on Drag City / Domino in September 1998, and has developed a bit of a cult following over the years. Despite its 'indie' credentials, Hayes has never felt comfortable being positioned in that bracket with the limitations that might suggest. "All of my records are produced. They were not done in the way a lot of people might consider indie records are done. A lot of time and attention went into them. This was before everybody had a recording studio in their bedroom! If you go back in time and think about the way some of those records were being made 20 years ago, how cheaply they were being made, I mean that was what was being presented to me as an alternative. You can go into a studio and spend thousands of dollars or you can use this latest digital portable recording technology. Go back and listen to some of those records now! Hear how they sound. I took the decision. It was more expensive, more time consuming, more financially burdensome, but in the end what I was paying attention to, was making the best record I could. The production should support the songs, and on this album the minimal approach really worked."
Another indicator of Hayes' meticulous attention to detail was the original artwork which featured his own childlike drawing on a gatefold CD enclosed in a paper bag. "I've done all the designs for all of my records. I've been very involved at every level. It's really about that balance between art and commerce. As an artist you are always going to see something that people from the commercial side of things will be oblivious to. You're going to spot the defect in the layout or hear the part of the song where the mix turned left when it needed to turn right. I don't do this just for myself – some people will say that won't they 'you know I just make art for myself' – but if that were really the case, then I wouldn't be talking to you just now. My effort is always to make it everything that it should be, but it also has to set to sail on the seas of commerce."
The album hasn't been available for some time, but thankfully Hayes has plans to reissue it in the near future. "It was a happy coincidence that we talked because I am looking to reissue it within the next two or three years, do a proper reissue of it and remaster it – if I can find anyone with the right old and original technology to really bring out what's there on the tapes." (JJ)
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Players can use Diamonds, Stamina or Gold to recruit Sidekicks.
Sidekicks can be used in battle after being successfully recruited (see the recruit panel to recruit them).Sidekicks will follow character into dungeons and fight by his/her side. Also, players can set Sidekicks to follow so that they will appear with the character in cities and towns.
The Sigil in the Formation tab can be used to increase character Battle Rating. Players simply need to place the Sidekick on the attribute bonus that they wish to receive. The attribute bonuses gained from the Sigil can be increased by upgrading it. This requires Crystals, which can be obtained from various events.


Asthma death rates in South Africa remain among the highest in the world, according to the 2018 Global Asthma Report. Globally, an estimated 339 million people are affected.
Asthma death rates in South Africa remain among the highest in the world, according to the 2018 Global Asthma Report. The report was released at the end of August at the General Meeting of the Global Alliance Against Chronic Respiratory Diseases of the World Health Organization (WHO). Globally, an estimated 339 million people are affected.
Asthma is one of those illnesses that affects people from higher and lower/middle income countries equally.
The report further states that asthma is the most common chronic illness in South African children and its prevalence is increasing in both urban and rural areas. According to the International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood (ISAAC) Phase III, asthma prevalence for 13- to 14-year olds was 20% in Cape Town (increased from 16% found in ISAAC Phase I) and 18% in Polokwane. Severe symptoms also increased over this time, with about 50% of all children with asthma having severe, uncontrolled symptoms. Amongst 6- to 7-year old children in Polokwane, the prevalence of asthma symptoms and of severe disease was 11.2% and 5.7%, respectively.
Asthma often runs in families, and identical twins are more likely to have the same asthma status than are non-identical twins. Researchers have identified a number of genetic variants that influence asthma risk, mainly in children. However, there is still a great gap of 'missing heritability' to be discovered, and the interaction between genes and the environment through epigenetic changes is a current focus for research, stated the authors of the report.
Environmental tobacco smoke has been confirmed as a risk factor for asthma, both in childhood and adulthood. Pre-natal exposure to tobacco smoke is also important. This is considered to be a causal relationship, implying that the prevalence (and severity) of asthma would reduce if exposure to tobacco smoke was reduced.
Evidence of an increased risk of asthma due to indoor air pollutants (e.g. cooking on an indoor open fire) or outdoor air pollutants (e.g. suspension particles or sulphur dioxide) is less clear and consistent than for tobacco smoke.
Dampness is a potentially modifiable risk factor for asthma worldwide, though its association with asthma is stronger in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) than in high-income countries (HICs). This risk is independent of allergic sensitisation to house dust mites, which is more common in damp homes.
In HICs, exposure to furry pets is often less common among asthmatic children and adults, due to avoidance or removal of pets by allergic families. In LMICs, this avoidance is less common and there is evidence that cats in the home during the first year of life are a risk factor for asthma. Several large studies in HICs have shown a lower prevalence of asthma among children living on farms, but this is probably not so in LMICs.
Asthma symptoms are more common among children treated with antibiotics in early childhood. The direction of cause and effect is uncertain because antibiotics may be given for chest illnesses, which could be an early manifestation of asthma. Similar considerations of 'reverse causation' apply to the association with paracetamol (acetaminophen) exposure in infancy.
Occupational asthma may develop after the prolonged inhalation of certain agents, in people with no previous history of chest disease and can sometimes persist after exposure to the causal agent is removed. High-risk occupations include baking, woodworking, farming, exposure to laboratory animals, and use of certain chemicals, notably paints containing isocyanates.
The available evidence suggests that diets widely recommended to prevent cardiovascular diseases and cancer may slightly reduce the risk of asthma. Thus, 'fast food' increases risk and fresh fruit and vegetables appear to be protective against asthma. A link has also been established between obesity and increased risk of asthma, both in children and adults.
Prolonged exclusive breastfeeding protects against early respiratory viral infections that cause wheezing in infancy. However, protection from asthma at school age seems confined to nonatopic asthma in LMICs.
Several studies show that there is limited access to affordable, quality-assured essential asthma medicines in many LMICs. The WHO Non-Communicable Disease (NCD) Global Action Plan 2013-2020 set an 80% target for availability of essential NCD medicines in both public and private facilities by 2025.
Avoidable asthma deaths – about 1000 per day – are still occurring due to inappropriate management of asthma, said Prof Innes Asher, chairperson of the Global Asthma Network, at the launch of the report.
Good long-term management can reduce the burden of asthma, she stressed. This includes using relatively simple measures within a systematic national or local strategy, which can improve early detection of asthma and provide effective preventive treatment.
Currently, asthma cannot be cured, and there are very limited evidence-based options to prevent its development. The emphasis is therefore on achieving asthma symptom control and preventing future asthma attacks. Anti-inflammatory therapy with inhaled corticosteroids (ICS), with or without long-acting β2-agonist (LABA), is the cornerstone of management of persistent asthma.
Preventer ICS is recommended for more frequent symptoms and reliever bronchodilator for acute symptoms. Until 2017, the WHO Model List of Essential Medicines (EML) included two ICS and one short-acting β2-agonist (SABA) for asthma. In 2017 a combination ICS and rapidly-acting LABA was added, the latter giving symptom relief and thus encouraging adherence to ICS.
Recent evidence suggests that, in people with mild asthma, combination budesonide-formoterol, used as needed for symptoms, may be as effective as ICS, used regularly twice daily, together with SABA used as needed for symptoms.
One bronchodilator: Salbutamol sulphate in these formulations: metered dose inhaler: 100μg, respirator solution for use in nebulisers: 5mg/mL, and injection: 50μg/mL in 5mL ampoule.
The authors of the report stressed that access to affordable medicines, appropriate to the severity of their asthma, is needed – a β2-agonist reliever for all people with asthma, and an ICS preventer for those with more frequent symptoms.
Developing policies to enable access to affordable, good quality medical care and quality-assured asthma medicines for all suffers of asthma worldwide.


How Abu Dhabi make sure Personal safety of Tourists and Residents?
No doubt, Personal safety is the number one concern of anyone. Wherever you go, you want and expect safer environment. Isn't it? True, it is your right too. So, no exception if you are travelling Abu Dhabi prevents accidents, crimes and terrorism attacks. Since Abu Dhabi is the capital city of United Arab Emirates, it has high security and civil defence. Abu Dhabi ruling body including the UAE government make sure the city is free of fear. Police, CID and Arm forces are well trained and equipped with vehicles, weapons and civil defence techniques. Anytime in case of emergency, you can dial 999 for quick help.
Moreover, Islamic law and the Sharia law prevail in Abu Dhabi is the base of all acts happens inside the city, make the people to avoid from involving in any bad acts as the punishments are so high.Criminals like robbers, smugglers and thugs are not much available in Abu Dhabi. Rather than other Middle Eastern countries. According to the statistical records, it has found Abu Dhabi is the safest country in the region which has very less criminal records.
Most of the places in the Abu Dhabi city are being covered with security cameras. Vehicle speed will be monitored with sensors and radar systems. Therefore all drivers obey the road rules when they drive to get rid of unwanted fines. In addition to that all the public transportation you have freedom to travel even at late midnight by a taxi. Driving after consumption of liquor or drugs will be a punishable offense in Abu Dhabi which has very strict rules.
Are there any terrorist threats to Abu Dhabi?
Abu Dhabi immigration department do not entertain violence or terrorism in the country which disturbs the pattern of life of the people. No person is allowed to enter the country without a valid visa. Advanced security checkups at the airport automatically detect the blacklisted people if they try to enter Abu Dhabi city. Though this city has no high risk of terrorism, we cannot predict the future. That's why all armed forces, immigration department and other special forces are always in alert of sudden attacks.
Abu Dhabi is a city which as quality sanitation facilities, excellent hospitals are available with advance medical care. The rate of spreading diseases in Abu Dhabi is very less. Clean environment, right maintenance and available facilities are the main reasons for that. Bottled drinking water is the best way to consume drinking water in Abu Dhabi. Better, do not consume tap water for drinking rather than washing and other purposes.In especially during the May – September month, the desert and city the city is hotter with sun rays. Using Air condition inside the buildings temperature. Winter months are so pleasant to enjoy Abu Dhabi city in a good climatic condition.
Abu Dhabi is an island with inner desert. Actually the majority of the inland is covered with desert. No natural disasters recorded in the city except very recent flood took place after a heavy rain. When considering all these facts, the conclusion is Abu Dhabi is a safe place! You don't need to fear about threats and security, thus Abu Dhabi governing authorities do their duties right on time. Oil is a treasure of Abu Dhabi, but by today Tourism also rising to level where Abu Dhabi beat the world's wonders.


The novelty of heading out for New Year's has worn, it has become more popular to either have a quiet night in with loved ones on News Years Eve or to host a house gathering/party - anything to avoid the extortionate price increase that happens on last night of the year!
If you plan on having a house party it could be the perfect chance to experiment with new and wonderful gluten free recipes. Why not enter 2016 with an exciting gluten free menu? We have vast range of recipes ideas over on the 'Recipes' section of the website, we also share recipes regularly over on social media so make sure to give us a like and follow if you haven't already! Links below.
Anything grab your fancy? Click the recipe you like the sound of and you will be linked to the relevant page on our website. Then print and keep for the New Year!
We received Gluten Free Tips from Glutafin fans last year we think are great! Here are some we think may particularly help coeliac's in the year ahead.


NORMAN, Okla. – Srixon/Cleveland Golf All-America Scholars for Divisions I, II, III and the NAIA have been announced by the Golf Coaches Association of America (GCAA) and seniors Viktor Edin, Emmanuel Kountakis, Jake Marriott, and junior Broc Everett represented Augusta University.
A new record number of student-athletes earned All-America Scholar status including 262 in Division I, 109 in Division II and 20 in NAIA. Additionally, 45 honorees were added to the previously released Division III Srixon/Cleveland All-America Scholars.
To be eligible for Srixon/Cleveland Golf All-America Scholar status an individual must be a junior or senior academically, compete in at least three full years at the collegiate level, participate in 50-percent of his team's competitive rounds, have a stroke-average under 76.0 in Division I, 78.0 in Division II, 78.0 in NAIA and 79.0 in Division III, and maintain a minimum cumulative career grade-point average of 3.2.


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Jordan William Hunter Luck  (born 15 October 1961) is the former lead singer and songwriter of the New Zealand rock band The Exponents. He was born in Vanderhoof in the province of British Columbia, Canada.  His family moved to Tokarahi (near Oamaru) and later moved to Geraldine where he grew up. He attended University of Canterbury and College House. He is now in a band called The Jordan Luck Band.

At the 2007 APRA Silver Scroll Awards on 18 September, Luck was named as the first inductee to the New Zealand Music Hall of Fame. He was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to music in the 2012 Queen's Birthday and Diamond Jubilee Honours.

In 2019, Luck would cover Al Park's "I Walked Away" for the covers collection Better Already - The Songs Of Al Park. Park, a singer-songwriter sometimes credited as the father figure for the 'Lyttelton Sound' and the first guy to bring punk music to Otautahi, had featured in the video for "Victoria", a top ten hit in 1982 for Luck and his band The Dance Exponents.

Also in 2019, Luck would tour New Zealand with The Jordan Luck Band, starting off at Peach & Porker in Te Awamutu on 23 February 2019 and ending the tour in Christchurch on 22 June 2019.

Discography

Singles

See also
 The Exponents

Awards

Aotearoa Music Awards
The Aotearoa Music Awards (previously known as New Zealand Music Awards (NZMA)) are an annual awards night celebrating excellence in New Zealand music and have been presented annually since 1965.

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References
Jordan Luck bio on Luck Website

External links

1961 births
APRA Award winners
People from the Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako
Canadian emigrants to New Zealand
Members of the New Zealand Order of Merit
University of Canterbury alumni
Living people
New Zealand male singer-songwriters
New Zealand male guitarists
20th-century New Zealand  male singers
21st-century New Zealand  male singers
20th-century guitarists
21st-century guitarists

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Q: Using a script to search google I am new to Powershell and after having a few ideas and deciding to tinker around a bit I noticed that I can write a script in Poswershell that will make a search request on a search engine that I specify.
The issue is I am not sure exactly how it works. How is this script able to know how to open my web browser when all I did was specify a string filled with an address?
I have searched up other posts and have not found anything close to what I am asking (I believe).
Here is my source and I will also add an image.
[String]$SearchFor = "bing rewards"

$Query = "http://www.bing.com/search?q=$SearchFor"

Start $Query

Thank you all for your help.

A: It simply uses the default application to open URLs on your desktop i.e. your default Internet browser.
Same behavior if you paste the URL (without variables) in your Start > Run box.

A: Read help on start-process
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/reference/5.1/microsoft.powershell.management/start-process

If you specify a non-executable file, Start-Process starts the program
  that is associated with the file, similar to the Invoke-Item cmdlet.

So if I would have a TXT File in C:\test.txt and run
start-process c:\test.txt

It would open my default application assiociated with that file. On my PC it would open test.txt in notepad.
Hope that makes it clear now.

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Captain Marvel's Carol Corps: How a sisterhood of fans made Carol Danvers great again
The first time I realized that Carol Danvers a.k.a. Captain Marvel traveled with an entourage was in 2013. Toward the tail end of New York Comic Con, tucked deep into the heart of the Javits Center, was the standing-room only "Women of Marvel" panel.
Attending the panel were Captain Marvels of every size, shape, color, and gender. Many were dressed in her various uniforms, dating back to the character's introduction in 1968. Some had her now-signature mohawk. Others donned her traditional black mask or her newer space commander helmet. The one thing that unified them all was …
Captain Marvel's 2 post-credits scenes, explained
Captain Marvel has two end credits scenes: a mid-credits scene that directly ties in to next month's Avengers: Endgame, and a post-credits scene that's a little less gasp-worthy and a little more joking, but still connects to the rest of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Over the past several years, mid- and post-credits scenes have become a Marvel tradition, something that fans look forward to every time the studio puts out a new release. In fact, the arrival of Carol Danvers to the Marvel Cinematic Universe was teased in a post-credits scene: Nearly a year before Captain Marvel's release, …
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El Movimiento Separatista Asamés es parte del nacionalismo asamés. La presunta negligencia y la explotación económica por parte del Estado de la India son las principales razones que explican el crecimiento de este movimiento secesionista. Las dos partes - el FULA y el estado indio no están dispuestas a ceder en la soberanía y la gente común de Assam ha estado pagando el precio por ello.

El Frente Unido de Liberación de Assam tiene por objeto establecer un Assam soberano a través de una lucha armada en el conflicto de Assam. El Gobierno de India había prohibido la organización en 1990 y se clasifica como un grupo terrorista, mientras que el Departamento de Estado de los Estados Unidos lo enumera bajo "Otros grupos de interés".

El FULA dice haber sido fundado en el lugar de Rang Ghar el 7 de abril de 1979, una estructura histórica de la reino de Ahom. Las operaciones militares en su contra por parte del ejército de la India, que comenzaron en 1990 continúan hasta hoy. En las últimas dos décadas, unas 30.000 personas han muerto en el enfrentamiento entre los rebeldes y el gobierno.

Aunque el nacionalismo asamés es un sentimiento fuerte y popular, se disputa si el movimiento secesionista gozará del apoyo popular por más tiempo. Por otro lado, un fuerte nacionalismo asamés puede encontrarse en la literatura y la cultura asamesas. El abandono y la explotación por parte del Estado indio son eslóganes comunes en los medios de comunicación en idioma asamés. Hay casos en los que incluso los líderes del FULA son vistos como salvadores.

La internacionalmente aclamada novelista asamesa Indira Goswami ha estado tratando de negociar la paz desde hace varios años entre los rebeldes y el gobierno. En un desarrollo reciente Hiren Gohain, un intelectual público ha intervenido para acelerar el proceso.

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El Dador (en el inglés original, The Giver) es una novela escrita por la autora estadounidense Lois Lowry. Está ambientada en una sociedad futurista que es presentada, primero, como una sociedad utópica; pero, gradualmente, parece ser más bien una distópica.

La novela narra en tercera persona los doce años de vida de un muchacho llamado Jonas. La sociedad en que vive ha eliminado el dolor y las disensiones al convertirse a la Monotonía y a la Igualdad, un plan que también ha erradicado la profundidad emocional de sus vidas. Jonas es seleccionado para desempeñar la Misión de "Receptor de la Memoria", la persona que almacena todas las memorias del tiempo anterior a la Monotonía, necesario en caso de que los jefes necesiten ayuda para tomar decisiones en las que nadie cuenta ya con experiencia. Cuando Jonas recibe los recuerdos del anterior receptor - el "Dador" -, descubre cuán superficial se había convertido la vida de su comunidad.

No son pocos los lectores que lo encuentran, más bien, como una fuerte crítica similar a la de George Orwell en 1984, y a pesar de la controversia y las críticas que despertó la opinión de que el material era inapropiado para niños debido a la referencia explícita a la eutanasia y suicidio, la crítica general es que el libro glorifica estos temas como parte de un sistema utópico comunista. El Dador ganó la Medalla Newbery en 1994. En Australia, Estados Unidos y Canadá, el libro es parte de muchas listas de lecturas de escuelas secundarias, pero también se encuentra en muchas listas de libros vetados.  La novela forma parte de una tetralogía, junto con Gathering Blue (2000), Messenger (2004) y Son (2012), otros tres libros ambientados en la misma era futurista.

En 2014 se estrenó una versión cinematográfica (The Giver) dirigida por Phillip Noyce y protagonizada por Brenton Thwaites.

Sinopsis
Jonas, un niño de 11 años, vive en una comunidad aislada de todos excepto en unas pocas ciudades similares, donde todos, desde los bebés pequeños hasta el Anciano Mayor, tienen un rol asignado. Con la próxima Ceremonia anual de los Doce, está nervioso, porque allí se le asignará el trabajo de su vida. Busca la tranquilidad de su padre, un Cuidador (cuida a los bebés recién nacidos, que están diseñados genéticamente; por lo tanto, los padres de Jonas no están relacionados biológicamente con él) y su madre, una funcionaria del Departamento de Justicia. Le dicen que los Ancianos, que asignan sus carreras a los niños, siempre tienen razón. (:

Finalmente llega el día sus, y Jonasus se reúne con sus compañeros en orden de nacimiento. Toda la comunidad está presente, y el jefe de ancianos preside. Jonas queda atónito cuando pasa su turno, y es cada vez más conspicuo y agonizante hasta que está solo. El Jefe de Ancianos luego explica que a Jonas no se le ha asignado una tarea normal, sino que se lo ha seleccionado como el siguiente Receptor de la Memoria, para ser entrenado por el actual, que se sienta entre los Ancianos, mirando a Jonas y que comparte con el Chico inusual de ojos claros [9]. La posición de Receptor tiene un alto estatus y responsabilidad, y Jonas rápidamente se encuentra alejándose de sus compañeros de clase, incluidos sus amigos cercanos Asher y Fiona. Las reglas que Jonas recibe lo separan aún más, ya que no le dan tiempo para jugar con sus amigos y requieren que mantenga su entrenamiento en secreto. También le permiten mentir y retener sus sentimientos de su familia, cosas que generalmente no están permitidas en la Comunidad reglamentada.Una vez que comienza, el entrenamiento de Jonas aclara su singularidad, ya que el Receptor de la Memoria es solo eso: una persona que carga con la carga de los recuerdos de toda la historia, y que es el único que tiene acceso a libros más allá de los libros de texto, y Libro de reglas emitido a cada hogar. El Receptor actual, que le pide a Jonas que lo llame Dador, comienza el proceso de transferir esos recuerdos a Jonas, ya que la persona común en la Comunidad no sabe nada del pasado. Estos recuerdos, y su ser el único miembro de la Comunidad que permitió el acceso a libros sobre el pasado, brindan la perspectiva del Receptor para asesorar al Consejo de Ancianos. El primer recuerdo es de deslizarse por una colina cubierta de nieve en un trineo, lo que resulta asombroso por el hecho de que Jonas nunca haya visto un trineo, ni nieve, ni una colina, ya que los recuerdos de incluso estas cosas se han abandonado para asegurar Seguridad y conformidad (llamada Igualdad). Incluso el color se ha rendido, y el Dador le muestra a Jonas un arco iris. Menos placenteramente, le da a Jonas recuerdos de hambre y guerra, cosas ajenas al niño. Durante su entrenamiento, Jonas descubre que el Dador una vez tuvo una aprendiz, llamada Rosemary, pero el niño encuentra a sus padres y al Dador reacios a discutir lo que le sucedió.

El padre de Jonas está preocupado por un bebé en el Centro de Crianza que no está prosperando y ha recibido un permiso especial para llevarlo a casa por la noche. El nombre del bebé será Gabriel si crece lo suficientemente fuerte como para ser asignado a una familia. Tiene ojos pálidos, como Jonas y el Dador, y Jonas se apega a él, especialmente cuando Jonas descubre que es capaz de recibir recuerdos. Si Gabriel no aumenta su fuerza, será "liberado de la Comunidad", en palabras comunes, llevado a otra parte. Esto le ha sucedido a un piloto aéreo que no se encuentra en el campo, a los que rompen las reglas crónicas, a las personas mayores y a la aprendiz Rosemary. Después de que Jonas especula casualmente con respecto a la vida "Fuera", el Dador lo educa al mostrarle al niño un video con cámara oculta del padre de Jonas haciendo su trabajo: como no se puede permitir que dos miembros de la comunidad sean idénticos, el padre de Jonas libera al menor de dos gemelos idénticos inyectando al bebé un veneno antes de poner su cadáver en un vertedero de basura. No hay otro lugar para aquellos que no son buscados por la Comunidad, aquellos que se dice que han sido "liberados" han sido asesinados. Ya que considera que su padre es un asesino, Jonas inicialmente se niega a regresar a su hogar, pero el Dador lo convence de que, sin los recuerdos, la gente de la Comunidad no puede saber que lo que han sido entrenados para hacer es incorrecto. Rosemary no pudo soportar los recuerdos más oscuros del pasado y se suicidó con el veneno. Juntos, Jonas y el Dador llegan a la conclusión de que el momento de cambiar es ahora, que la Comunidad se ha perdido y que debe recuperar sus recuerdos. La única manera de hacer que esto suceda es que Jonas se vaya de la Comunidad, momento en el que los recuerdos que le han sido dados volverán a inundar a la gente, al igual que los pocos recuerdos que le habían dado a Rosemary. Jonas quiere que el Dador se escape con él, pero el Dador insiste en que será necesario para ayudar a la gente a manejar los recuerdos, o se destruirán a sí mismos. Una vez que la Comunidad se haya restablecido en una nueva línea, el Dador planea unirse en la muerte con Rosemary, que era su hija.

El Dador diseña una trama en la que Jonas escapará más allá de los límites de las Comunidades. El Dador hará que parezca que Jonas se ahogó en el río para que la búsqueda de él sea limitada. El plan se va al traste cuando Jonas se entera de que Gabriel será "liberado" a la mañana siguiente, y siente que no tiene más remedio que escapar con el bebé. Su escape está plagado de peligros, y los dos están cerca de la muerte por el frío y el hambre cuando llegan a la frontera de lo que Jonas cree que debe ser "Fuera". Usando su habilidad para "ver más allá", un regalo que no entiende del todo, encuentra un trineo esperándolo en la cima de una colina nevada. Él y Gabriel conducen el trineo hacia una casa llena de luces de colores, calidez, amor y un árbol de Navidad, y por primera vez oye algo que él cree que debe ser música. El final es ambiguo, con Jonas representado como experimentando síntomas de hipotermia. Esto deja sin resolver su futuro y el de Gabriel. Sin embargo, su destino se revela en Gathering Blue y en Messenger, novelas acompañantes escritas más tarde. [10]

En 2009, en el Festival Nacional del Libro, la autora Lois Lowry bromeó durante una sesión de preguntas y respuestas: "Jonas está vivo, por cierto. No es necesario que hagas esa pregunta". [11]

Premios y nominaciones
Lois Lowry ha ganado varios premios por su trabajo en El dador, siendo los más notables:
 La Medalla Newbery (1994)
 El William Allen White Award (1996)
 La American Library Association lo incluyó como "Mejor libro para jóvenes adultos", "Notable libro de niños" y "100 libros más frecuentemente cuestionados de 1990-2000".
 Un Boston Globe-Horn Book
 Medalla Regina
 Elección del editor de Booklist.
 "Mejor libro del año" por el School Library Journal.

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Enlaces externos
 Discurso de aceptación de la Medalla Newbery por Lois Lowry
 The Giver, guía de estudio, temas, citas, recursos de enseñanza.

El dador
Novelas sobre infancia


How To Install Xposed On Android Nougat 7/7.1 - Working Proof!
4.0.1. Xposed on Samsung, Lg & Sony Devices?
If you have a rooted device and you haven't install Xposed Framework on your phone then you are missing a chance to install lots of tweak on your phone. Xposed gives you lots of tweaks to install on your phone, customize your phone the way you want and get features you never had before.
Until now we have seen lots of unofficial version of Xposed for Nougat and many of the eager ones had tried their luck. Some managed to install it even though it was not stable and some failed. But, here is the good the good news, the official Xposed Framework for Nougat is finally released…phew!
Before you proceed, make a backup of all the necessary files and data. You should also back up your ROM using TWRP recovery just in case it stuck in the boot loop.
A custom recovery installed. Refer this post on how to install TWRP.
In this step, you need to find your phone's CPU Architecture as Xposed Framework Installer comes in different installer files for different CPU Architecture.
Download this app Droid Hardware Info from play store.
Open it and go to system tab and look for CPU Architecture.
Here you should find the CPU Architecture for your phone ARM or ARM64 or x86.
In order to install Xposed on your device, you need to download two files. The first is the installer zip file for CPU Architecture and second is the Xposed App file. There is also has a uninstaller zip file that you can use if you ever want to uninstall Xposed Framework.
Make sure you have downloaded and moved the correct zip file to your phone.
Then reboot your phone into recovery.
Go to install and choose your zip file.
Swipe to flash the zip in order to install Xposed.
Then you need to reboot your phone.
After you reboot your phone you need to install the Xposed Installer App.
That's it! Now you can install modules and start using Xposed on your phone.
Xposed on Samsung, Lg & Sony Devices?
Many users have reported that they have successfully installed the Xposed on their Samsung phones, yet, there is no guarantee that this will work on your Samsung phones. You can it yourself and let us know if it worked for you.
But do make sure that you make a backup and keep the uninstaller zip file along with the main zip file which will help you to uninstall Xposed if the phone stucks in boot loop.
Xposed should work for Lg devices but always keep the uninstaller file while installing to rescue your phone in case of bootloop.
As the developer has stated that Sony has shipped some ROMs with corrupted services.odex which will bootloop with a "Fatal signal 6" or "No pending exception expected: java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException" error and it has no fix for now.


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Independence Day 2021: KVIC opens stalls at petrol pumps, railway stations to promote sale of Khadi products
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Khadi products in India: Khadi is set to get a boost in India! On the occasion of Independence Day 2021, Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) under the Government of India tied up with Indian Oil, and for the first time, opened four sales outlets for the commission The announcement was made on Twitter by KVIC Chairman Vinai Kumar Saxena, who said that the development marked a new beginning for the sales promotion of Khadi products. The outlets were inaugurated on August 15, 2021, and are located in Rudrapur, Ahmedabad, Aurangabad and Pune. Khadi is an important part of the history of India. It marked a key point in the freedom struggle against the British, when Indians started boycotting clothes being brought in from foreign lands and instead chose to wear indigenous Khadi. To this day, Khadi remains a big symbol of national freedom and of indigenous cloth. The KVIC is meant to look after the development of Khadi as well as other village industries in rural areas, and they work in tandem with numerous other agencies that are involved in the development of rural India. The sale and promotion of Khadi and other village products also comes under the purview of KVIC. A day before the inauguration of sale outlets in petrol pumps, KVIC also opened sale outlets at a whopping 50 railway stations across the country. The inauguration of the stalls, which had been opened by KVIC in collaboration with Indian Railways, was carried out on August 14, and it marked the expansion of the reach of Khadi products in the country. The outlets were opened at major stations like Mumbai, Kolkata, New Delhi, Ernakulam, Jaipur, Ahmedabad and Bhopal among many others. Not only that but on August 16, the commission also held a Khadi Exhibition cum Sale stall at the Hazrat Nizamuddin Railway Station to promote Khadi products.
Delhi: Rain drenches national capital for third day on the trot
Another spell of rain pounded Delhi on Thursday morning, worsening the waterlogging problem in some areas and plunging road traffic into chaos. The capital has recorded 229.8 mm rainfall since Tuesday morning, surpassing the September average of 129.8 mm precipitation by a big margin. Usually, it gauges only 16.7 mm rainfall on the first two days of the month. According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), Delhi recorded 117.7 mm rainfall in 24 hours ending at 8:30 am on Thursday, the highest on a day in September in 19 years. This is the second day on the trot that the capital recorded more than 100 mm rainfall in a day. The city had gauged 112.1 mm rainfall in 24 hours ending at 8:30 am on Wednesday which submerged several areas, including the diplomatic enclave of Chanakyapuri and commercial hub of Connaught Place, in knee-deep water and disrupted rain and road traffic. The capital had recorded 126.8 mm rainfall on September 13, 2002.The all-time record is 172.6 mm rainfall on September 16, 1963. The incessant rains submerged roads, residential areas, schools, hospitals, and markets in knee-deep water and affected the movement of around 25 trains on Wednesday. Municipal corporations in Delhi reported 21 incidents of uprooting of trees. On Thursday morning, the situation worsened at some places due to standing water. IMD officials said the intensity is likely to reduce and another spell of rain is expected from September 7. The next spell may see Delhi breaking records for monthly (September) rainfall, an official said. Asked if the India Meteorological Department (IMD) expected such heavy rainfall, an official said it is difficult to make precise predictions for a small area like Delhi two to three days in advance. The predictions are for larger areas, such as Haryana and Punjab. This applies across the world, he said. IMD officials said the Safdarjung Observatory, considered the official marker for the city, gauged 117.7 mm rainfall in the 24 hours ending 8:30 am on Thursday, the highest on a day in September in 19 years. The weather stations at Lodhi Road, Ridge, Palam and Ayanagar recorded 133.6 mm, 68.4 mm, 108.2 mm and 56.2 mm rainfall, respectively, in the 24 hours ending 8:30 am. Rainfall recorded below 15 mm is considered light, between 15 and 64.5 mm is moderate, between 64.5 mm and 115.5 mm is heavy, between 115.6 and 204.4 is very heavy. Anything above 204.4 mm is considered extremely heavy rainfall. In its forecast for the month of September, the IMD said, Normal to below normal rainfall is most likely over many areas of northwest. Mahesh Palawat, Vice President, Skymet Weather, a private forecasting agency, said the monsoon pattern is changing due to climate change. The number of rainy days has reduced over the last four to five years, and there has been an increase in extreme weather events, he said. We have been recording short and intense bouts of rain, sometimes around 100 mm rainfall in just 24 hours. In the past, this much precipitation would occur over a period of 10 to 15 days, he said. Weather experts said such spells of rain do not help recharge groundwater and lead to flooding in low-lying areas. The water percolates in the ground if it rains slowly over four to five days. In case of heavy falls, the rainwater runs off quickly, Palawat said. The rain washes away pollutants, but since the number of rainy days has reduced, the average annual air quality is also getting affected, he said. Overall, Delhi has recorded 986.2mm rainfall since June 1, when the monsoon season starts, which is 82 percent more than normal. The city recorded just 10 rainy days in August, the lowest in seven years, and a cumulative rainfall of 214.5 mm, lower than the average of 247 mm. In July, the national capital gauged 507.1 mm rainfall, which was nearly 141 per cent above the long-period average of 210.6 mm. It was also the maximum rainfall in the month since July 2003, and the second highest ever. Despite the monsoon embracing Delhi only on July 13, making it the most-delayed in 19 years, the capital had recorded 16 rainy days in the month, the maximum in the last four years. It received 34.8 mm rainfall against the normal of 65.5 mm in June.
Tata Consumer Products launches Himalayan Water in UK market
Tata Consumer Products Ltd (TCPL) on Tuesday said it has extended its water portfolio to the UK market with the launch of its premium natural mineral water brand Himalayan Water. This is the first water brand to be launched by TCPL in the UK, said a statement from the Tata Group FMCG firm. Initially, Himalayan Water will be available online only and distribution will be expanded gradually, it added. The UK launch is in line with the companys strategy to cross leverage its brands across markets and maximize brand potential, the company said. Himalayan Water in the UK is carbon negative and water positive and uses fully recyclable packaging, said TCPL adding its bottling facility in the Shivalik Range in the Himalayan mountains uses 100 per cent renewable energy. Commenting on the development, TCPL Managing Director and CEO Sunil DSouza said Himalayan Water is a brand with significant potential. The brand is well known in India and launching it in the UK will help us cross-leverage and augment our beverage portfolio in one of our key international markets, it added. TCPL, (earlier Tata Global Beverages Ltd) was renamed after merger of the consumer products business of Tata Chemicals, with an ambition to become a leading FMCG player. The company, which owns Tata Tea, Tetley, Tata Salt, Eight OClock Coffee, Himalayan Water and emerging brands like Tata Sampann, Tata Soulfull, Tata Gluco Plus and Tata Water Plus, is present in over 40 countries across the world.
JEECUP UPJEE 2021 Admit Card Released: How to download UPJEE Polytechnic Exam 2021 Admit Card
JEECUP UPJEE 2021 Admit Card: The Joint Entrance Examination Council Uttar Pradesh (JEECUP) on Wednesday released the Uttar Pradesh Joint Entrance Examination (UPJEE) 2021 admit cards. Applicants can download their UPJEE 2021 Admit Card from the official website. UPJEE 2021 Admit Card Download: Candidates will be able to download their UPJEE 2021 Admit Card for Engineering (Group A), Others and lateral entry (Group B through to K), Pharmacy (Group E1, E2) through the official website. How to Download UPJEE 2021 Admit Card: Candidates will need to log in to the JEECUP official website. There will be three links on the home page Students will have to click on the link that applies to them, which will then redirect them to a page where they will need to provide their application number, password, and security pin. Once the required fields are filled and submitted, the admit card will appear on screen. Students will be able to download the admit card and print it out. It is imperative that the admit card is thoroughly checked as it will be mandatory while sitting for the UPJEE Polytechnic examination. UPJEE 2021 Date: The UPJEE Polytechnic examination is scheduled to be held over five days from August 31 to September 4. The exam will be held in the Computer Based Test (CBT) mode in three shifts. UPJEE 2021 Result: The result of UPJEE Polytechnic 2021 will be declared within 10 days. This score will include the actual marks obtained along with qualification status for the UPJEE (Polytechnic) counselling. JEECUP will offer candidates admission on the basis of their choice, reservation, and State Open Rank through a seat allocation process. The candidates can choose their branches and institutes online.
What we know about Japan's contaminated Moderna COVID-19 vaccines
Japans COVID-19 vaccination push suffered a blow from widening reports of contamination in supplies of Moderna Incs vaccine. Here are key aspects of the concerns. WHEN WAS IT FIRST REPORTED AND HOW HAS IT WIDENED? The first contamination was reported to Modernas local distributor, Takeda Pharmaceutical Co, on Aug. 16. That led to the discovery of 39 vials containing foreign material, all from the same lot of 57,000, or about 570,000 doses. On Aug. 26, Japan said that, as a precaution, it had halted use of 1.63 million Moderna doses shipped to 863 vaccination centres nationwide. It suspended the use of lot 3004667 that included those vials and two similarly sized lots – 3004734 and 3004956. On Sunday, a vaccination centre in Okinawa prefecture reported finding contaminants from a fourth lot, 3005293. Black substances were spotted in syringes and a vial, with pink substances found in another syringe, the health ministry said. A vaccine centre in Gunma prefecture near Tokyo found a tiny, black substance in a vial from lot 3005236. Regional authorities temporarily halted use of the affected lots from Okinawa and Gunma. Later, the health ministry and Takeda said there were no safety concerns and no suspension of use was necessary. The Okinawa cases were probably caused by needles being incorrectly inserted into vials, breaking off bits of the rubber stopper, Health Minister Norihisa Tamura told reporters on Tuesday. WHAT ARE THE CONTAMINANTS? The contaminants that triggered suspensions of the first three lots are believed to be metallic particles, public broadcaster NHK said, citing health ministry sources. The ministry has not officially identified the particles, pending an investigation by Takeda, Moderna, and its Spanish contract manufacturing partner Rovi. The firms have also yet to comment on what the foreign material is. IS THERE A SAFETY ISSUE? Japan and Moderna have said no safety issues were identified. Two men, aged 38 and 30, died this month within days of receiving their second Moderna doses, the health ministry said on Saturday. Each had a dose from one of the suspended lots, 3004734. The causes of death are being investigated. Each had a fever the day after his second dose and died two days after getting the fever. There has been no evidence of contaminants in their shots, a health ministry official told reporters. By Aug. 8, 991 people had died in Japan after receiving COVID-19 shots from Pfizer\/BioNTech, and 11 after receiving Modernas. No causality has been established between the injections and deaths, according to the health ministry. About 500,000 people have had shots from the first three suspended batches, Taro Kono, the minister in charge of the vaccine push, told reporters on Friday. ARE OTHER COUNTRIES ALSO AFFECTED? Rovi, which packages Moderna vaccines for markets other than the United States, said last week the batch in question was meant for distribution only in Japan. South Korea, which also receives the Moderna vaccines produced from sites in the United States and Spain, said it was not affected. Last week, the European Union drugs regulator said it was investigating the incident but an initial assessment yielded no reason to seek a temporary suspension of production.
J&J vaccines made in Africa will stay in Africa
The African Unions COVID-19 envoy says vaccine doses produced by a plant in South Africa will no longer be exported to Europe after the intervention of South Africas government. Strive Masiyiwa told reporters Thursday that South African drug manufacturer Aspen, which has a contract with Johnson Johnson to assemble the ingredients of its COVID-19 vaccine, will no longer ship vaccine doses out of the continent and that millions of doses warehoused in Europe will be returned to the continent. He said the issue had been Masiyiwa said the Aspen product will be Johnson Johnson was criticised heavily for shipping doses to countries in Europe, which have already immunised large numbers of their people and have even donated vaccines to more needy countries. Africa has fully vaccinated under 3% of its 1.3 billion people. Vaccine production within the continent is seen as key to meeting the stated target of vaccinating 60% of the people. The continent has reported more than 7.8 million cases, including 197,150 deaths.
HDFC Life Insurance to acquire Exide Life for Rs 6,687 cr; HDFC Life stock tanks 3%, Exide Industries jumps 9%
HDFC Life Insurance Share Price Today: HDFC Life Insurance Company on Friday announced the acquisition of Exide Life Insurance Company for Rs 6,687 crore. 7 crore) shares at an issue price of Rs 685 per share and a cash payout of Rs 726 crore aggregating to Rs 6,687 crore, Investors weren55 per share. HDFC Life is the biggest listed private insurance company in terms of market capitalisation. HDFC Life said that the acquisition will accelerate the growth of its agency business. Further, a good quality, predominantly traditional and protection focussed business, will augment the existing embedded value of HDFC Life by approximately 10%, HDFC said that the embedded value of Exide Life, as on June 30, 2021, is Rs 2,711 crore, as reviewed by its advisory firm. JM Financial Limited and Ambit Private Limited provided fairness opinions to the Boards of HDFC Life and Exide Industries respectively. Stock talk HDFC Life share price was trading at a low of Rs 728.55 per share on Friday morning, tanking over 3% during the initial hours of trade. Exide Industries on the other hand was up 9%, trading at Rs 194.5 per share. Previously, domestic brokerage and research firm ICICI Direct gave a Currently, stock regained upward momentum after forming a higher base above 52 weeks EMA as seen during October 2020. Thereby offering fresh entry opportunity to resolve higher and eventually shift in a new orbit, The brokerage firm has a target price of Rs 778 on the stock. JM Financial also had a Analysts at JM Financial had said that they believe strong growth and improvement in post-overrun margins will complement better-operating metrics leading to healthy operating ROEV of ~19% for HDFC Life. They value HDFC Life at 4.4x FY23E EV, implying a target price of Rs 800 apiece. The process for the merger of Exide Life into HDFC Life Insurance will be initiated on completion of the acquisition. The entire process, including the acquisition and subsequent merger, is subject to obtaining the relevant regulatory and other approvals. (The stock recommendations in this story are by the respective research and brokerage firms. Financial Express Online does not bear any responsibility for their investment advice. Please consult your investment advisor before investing.)
SBI raises Rs 4,000 crore via AT-1 bonds at 7.72% coupon rate
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Subodh Uniyal, Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Uttarakhand recently launched Vegetarian Omega-3 supplement under the brand name RuVega RuVega RuVega These capsules will be manufactured and marketed by Rusan Pharma and will be made available at all major pharmacies and e-pharmacies. These capsules will be available on major online-pharmacies like 1mg, Pharmeasy and Netmeds. The CAP, Government of Uttarakhand made the initial discovery and was able to extract the Omega 3, 6 and 9 fatty oils from the extracts of the Perilla Plant. After extensive research of 10 years, CAP received the US patent and partnered with Rusan Pharma to develop the finished formulation and market the product in India. Speaking on this revolutionary invention in the field of Aromatic Plants, Dr. Chauhan, Director, CAP, Government Of Uttarakhand, Dehradun, said, However, the folks were not aware of the nutraceutical and medicinal properties of the perilla plant. Research evidence suggested that perilla plants are rich in source of Omega-3, 6 and 9 Fatty Oils. Thus, CAP scientists carried out a detailed research program for the cultivation of perilla plant by collecting seeds from 12 different locations. Our vision was to develop a high yielding variety of seeds so that local residents can get the commercial benefits and mankind can get the health benefits of the perilla plant. Navin Saxena, Chairman, Rusan Pharma, said, However, with the technology shared by CAP, scientists of Rusan Pharma have been able to formulate a 100% plant based vegetarian Omega-3 capsule The product has multiple benefits for overall wellness. RuVega Most importantly, RuVega Rusan Pharma is a fully integrated global pharmaceutical company specializing in the treatment of addiction and pain Management. The wide-range of de-addiction and pain management drugs by Rusan Pharma are well recognized across the globe. Rusan Pharma is also one of the largest suppliers of life saving drugs to various International organizations like NACO, UNODC, UNOPS, Global Fund and ministries of health in various emerging markets.
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In the aftermath of the horrific shooting in Florida last week, there has been much hand-wringing, blaming of parents, and teens taking charge. Everyone is asking why all this is happening and coming up with solutions ranging from the rational (tighten up gun regulations, get rid of assault weapons) to the irrational (arm all the teachers, ban all video games, blame all the parents). I've done my own fair share of guesswork, to no avail.
I can't for the life of me come up with a good answer to "why." Parents only have so much control over a child's nature and behavior, especially as they age. I've seen fantastic kids come out of homes with atrocious parents, and vice versa. Kids are sneaky. When I taught high school, it wasn't unusual for kids to have 2-3 phones on them at any given time - one sanctioned by the parents and full of goodness and light, and one or two more cheap, untraceable Tracfones they used for their real dirtywork. They had multiple social media accounts under different aliases and e-mails - one shared with parents, the others for more...teen-agery use. These were GOOD KIDS who, like all kids, resist adult intervention into their lives, and do some really, really dumb stuff. Unfortunately, that dumb stuff is forever documented and posted online, but that's a whole other issue.
I was thinking about the kids in school right now. My oldest child is almost 17. She was born just a few months before September 11, 2001. She has never known a world in which terrorism isn't at the forefront of everything. She has never known a world without technology and social media. She has never known a world without a 24-hour news cycle. She has never known a world without copious school shootings reported every year. Multiply that by millions and millions of kids just like her, and you have a whole mess of kids about to graduate from high school who are angry, scared, and ready to fight. I think there's a reason why the whole strong-teen-rises-up-from-the-dystopian-hopelessness-and-subverts-the-dominant-paradigm-with-peace genre is so popular, and why we'll see some real change once these kids come of age.
I think what these kids experience is incomprehensible to us old folks, who still remember with nostalgia the days of our unfettered "Lord of the Flies"-style childhoods in which we rode our bikes everywhere, played in the woods unsupervised, and were able to leave our worries at the door of the schoolhouse. Today, kids can't escape. There are threats to their well-being circulating constantly on Snapchat - real or otherwise. There is constant news of death, destruction, and dire economic circumstances. Expectations in school and life are unrealistic. No wonder a record number of children under the age of 18 are on medication for anxiety, depression, and insomnia. They live in a constant state of what I call earthquakiness - an unsteady, shaky existence that can be shattered in an instant. This way of life is unprecedented and unsustainable.
Thankfully, I think we'll see a real shift when these people become men and women capable of affecting change. There are rumblings of uprising; a rising realization that, while the adults are clutching their pearls and crying WHY, their peers are dying at the hands of other kids in senseless attacks brought on by fear and helplessness. I read an unfortunate attack on a well-spoken young man who had the audacity to question a senator at the CNN town hall meeting. Some adults were calling him disrespectful; I say GOOD. FOR. YOU. I teach rhetoric to my students, and was so impressed with the ethos, pathos, and logos he employed to make his points. Since when is it disrespectful to question the status quo? Oh yeah - Nazis. Of course, that's hyperbolic, but you get the point. Hearing my daughter and her friends, who are such articulate people about to leave high school and venture forth into their lives, I have hope that they will do what the adults who are SUPPOSED TO PROTECT THEM will NOT do (for fear of what, I do not know - losing political clout?) and start insisting that guns are more difficult to purchase, start insisting that people stop treating each other like subhumans, and start insisting that we stop attacking each other simply because we are different.
So I say to these kids, go forth! Lead the way! Show the old fogies how it's done. And I'm sorry we've failed you.
I grew up in the 1970s and 80s. We did have an irrational fear of Russians nuking us, but other than that, I led a fairly fear-free childhood (well, in terms of going to school). I never worried that I'd be shot or hurt in a school building. I never had to huddle, silent, in the corner of a classroom as an armed shooter simulation played out in the hallways. Kids were mean sometimes, but none ever took that meanness so far as to shoot up schools. Many kids at my high school openly had guns and hunted. It honestly didn't occur to any of us that anyone would bring the guns to school for the purpose of shooting people.
What has happened in the last 20 years that school shooting news is commonplace and almost an accepted part of life in America? As I watched news of the latest horror in Florida, tears streamed down my face. All I could picture was my own precious children shot down in cold blood. All I could feel was the fear those students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School must have had pressing in their brains and on their hearts as they ran screaming from their school, watching classmates and teachers senselessly gunned down. I have a moment of worry every day as my kids drive off to school. Will a kid who's really hurting bring a gun today and shoot them? Would a potential shooter think about what amazing people he planned to murder?
People like to blame guns/social media/video games for these shootings, but the real answer has to lie much deeper. From what I've seen in my years of teaching in several states across the country, kids are isolated in general and pressures are so high to achieve more and more from a very young age. School standards are not developmentally appropriate. Kids have fewer and less forceful consequences for their behavior, and more poor behavior is tolerated much longer than it should be. Parents aren't as present, despite the reputation of helicoptering over their offspring. These, plus the relative ease of availability of firearms and other weapons, add up to disaster.
The question is what can we do about it? People are tired of platitudes, if my Facebook feed is any indication (one friend threatened to unfriend anyone who offered up "thoughts and prayers" to Florida families, and I have no doubt he was serious). I feel so helpless and bereft of ideas. The reality is that gun laws are unlikely to change much, despite the clear need for stricter regulations, and if my criminal brother is any reflection of the overall criminal element, changes in laws are unlikely to keep people determined to get their hands on a weapon from procuring one - legally or not. And then there's the whole political issue of NRA contributions.
I do think we need better, government-subsidized mental health interventions and threats made by people to be taken seriously and investigated - a news update tells me that several tips were sent to the FBI about the Florida shooter (I refuse to write his name) that were simply filed away. Yes, it takes time to follow up. Yes, many of the tips will turn out to be nothing to worry about. But are we willing to take that chance? I look at the faces of my children. They trust me to keep them from unsafe places - and I send them to school every day. I hate the nagging worry that I may be willfully sending them into the firestorm of a hurting person who sees no other way to work through the pain. As a teacher, I worry about the safety of the 25 young people in my care every day. I'm trained on what to do in case of such a situation. I don't ever want to use it. I WILL go out of my way to get help for any kid I see who I think needs it. I WILL talk to my kids EVERY DAY and make sure they're connected to other people and find out what's happening in their schools. Some of the things they share are shocking; some are not. I WILL report anything weird I hear that makes the hair on the back of my neck stand up. I WILL e-mail and call local, state, and national representatives to express my concerns as a mother and a teacher, and I encourage you to do the same. Please put down devices and really TALK to your kids. Get them (or their friends) help. Make sure they're connected and invested in their school and community through activities and sports. Take action if you hear anything untoward. Call for mental health services and stricter gun regulations - what does a teenager need with a gun anyway outside of parental supervision?
Personally, I don't trust our current administration to do much more than cry crocodile tears as part of a media show. Any change needs to start with local action and grow from there. Any change needs to begin in the hearts of today's kids.
During a typical drive with my daughter, age 16, I found myself embroiled in a conversation with her about quantum physics, alternate realities, and Schrodinger's cat. She has long been obsessed with all these ideas (as well as One Direction and nature documentaries), and loves to engage in esoteric, philosophical conversation with me as we cruise through our small, bucolic town in my Ford Flex.
I found myself thinking quite a lot about Schrodinger and his cat - how the cat can be both alive and dead, but the reality isn't revealed until one opens the box. I'm particularly interested in the Uncertainly Principle, and often I ponder is what my reality would be like if I had opened different boxes along the way. What would life be like if I hadn't had the kids? If I hadn't moved back to Indiana a few years ago? If I'd followed a different career path? Do I even understand the Uncertainty Principle enough to be discussing it, or am I getting it all wrong? Can we be both particles and waves at the same time? Arrrgh.
One possible reality is pretty grim. I do spend time fantasizing about the ease of life with no husband or kids, how I'd wantonly stay up late on school nights and buy white silk furniture and blow all my money on books. But I also know that I have a tendency toward disorder, overconsumption of snack foods, and an irresistible draw to cats and kittens. When I really think about it, I realize that I'd be a top contender for (likely multiple) guest appearances on Hoarders, My 600 Pound Life, and My Strange Addiction. Having a husband and kids limits my cat ownership to ONE, allows me to delegate cleaning to multiple sources, and my teens eat all the snacks before I can get to them. So I'm grateful I have this reality in my personal life. I shudder to think of who would take care of my 600-pound body and all the cats in the alternate realm, especially if there is only one narrow path to my bedroom among all the detritus of my life.
The staying in New England reality is a little more difficult to find fault with. Except as a single mom (at that time), economic circumstances would've dictated that I live with three growing kids in a tiny apartment in a questionable area of town, not the beach house existence of my dreams. So I guess I'm grateful for midwestern home prices and lower cost of living.
Career-wise, I've always imagined myself as a brilliant, tortured artist selling millions of books that make little sense and are therefore regarded as masterpieces (ie: Finnegan's Wake) and afford the reality of white silk furniture and all the books I want, but that the kids (whom I've decided to keep - see above) would destroy. I also really like to sleep, and my research on brilliant, tortured artists reveals that they work for days on end without sleeping or eating (and we've already established my affinity for snacks). Also, they have to work in the summer, so in the end I'm grateful for my teaching job and relative non-brilliance (though PLEASE FEEL FREE TO BUY AND READ THE BOOKS I'VE WRITTEN. See: Cate in Flux page on this site, and look for my second book to be published in March - they sort of make sense and are full of dark humor, some mild gore, and romance).
At the end of the day, I'm glad for my reality, as chaotic and exhausting and unpredictable as it can be. For now, I'll just leave the cat in the box and choose to believe it's alive. And I'll watch a little reality TV to distract myself from smart stuff that I don't know if I understand or not.
It's winter in Indiana, so there's nothing to do except go to the mall and try mightily to avoid chain restaurants. I loathe winter, with its cold, gray expanse of desolation. Every winter is the winter of my discontent, but there's an awful lot going on at the mall if one just pays attention.
In my last couple of visits to the Fancy Mall (aka Keystone at the Crossing, a mecca of stores that people loiter in, but cannot actually afford any of the merchandise brazenly priced above middle-class affordability), I've noticed that there are men who just sit in ergonomically correct chairs, looking lost and forlorn, holding purses and shopping bags as their wives/significant others shop. These men have eyes fixed in the million mile stare, their mouths slackjawed, shoulders rounded from years of mall-sitting and staring at devices as they while away countless hours waiting. They make sidelong eye contact with their fellow sufferers, ostensibly wishing they lived somewhere with something remotely exciting to do, lamenting their Hoosierness as I do.
I want to reach out to them, to tell them they're not alone. That I, too, trudge through the shiny stores avoiding the chirpy cheeriness of avaricious salespeople, wishing for something more out of life as I crumple onto a chair from sheer ennui. I imagine such groupings at all the malls across the world, and my heart goes out to these soldiers of love, enduring artificial light for hours for adoration of their counterparts.
Last weekend, while strolling the mall with my dear darling husband (who is of perpetually good cheer to counterbalance my perpetual crankiness), I noticed that some of the men had trainees with them. Boys ranging in age from about 8-16 joined their future selves on said ergonomic chairs, tapping away at their phones and affecting the "mall face" so prevalent on a frigid Saturday in the heartland. Where, I wondered, are all these men and their trainees from, and for whom are they waiting? Is this something passed from father to son? There don't seem to be enough people in the stores to pair with all the chair-sitters. Do these men come to the mall alone just to sit with their cronies and wait for no one? Do they have nothing better to do? I make up stories about them as I try to figure out which lady goes with which man (In my mind, the sitters are straight; I don't know why). Are they here of their own volition? Is it their own personal purgatory? Do they make friends? These questions plague me.
I wanted to toss my purse and a shopping bag at my husband, and task him with infiltrating one of the klatches to find out the stories. I floated the plan to him, and he replied, "But I want to spend time with you - and our movie starts in just a few minutes." Another question - why does this gem of a man like me so much? Perhaps that is an even bigger mystery... but I digress.
According to Punxsutawney Phil, there is still way more winter than anyone deserves going forth. This will mean many trips to malls "just to get out of the house" and continue my sociological study of the chair- sitters. Perhaps I'll ply them with some fro-yo from Pinkberry so they'll accept me as one of their own and allow me to study their psyches. I'll get back to you with my findings.


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