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Ghosthouse  () es una película de terror italiana de 1988 escrita y dirigida por Umberto Lenzi. Fue coprotagonizada por Lara Wendel y Donald O'Brien. La trama se centra en una casa abandonada, donde las apariciones de una niña fantasmal y su muñeco poseído causan estragos en quienes entran.

Argumento
La historia comienza en 1967, cuando un hombre llamado Sam Baker encuentra a su pequeña hija, Henrietta, escondida en el sótano, después de matar a su gato con unas tijeras. El hombre encierra a su hija en el sótano y le dice que debe ser castigada por lo que hizo. Más tarde, Sam le dice a su esposa que cree que su hija está bajo algún tipo de hechizo o maldición, una teoría que la madre de Henrietta rechaza rotundamente. Luego, tanto Sam como su esposa son brutalmente masacrados por un asesino que no logra verse. Mientras sus padres están siendo asesinados arriba, Henrietta llora en el sótano y encuentra consuelo aferrándose a un muñeco de un payaso, el cual reproduce una espeluznante música de cuna.

Veinte años después, un radioaficionado, llamado Paul capta una señal de dos personas gritando, presuntamente antes de ser atacados. Con la ayuda de su computadora, el joven logra rastrear el lugar donde se originaron estos gritos y viaja allí, junto con su novia, Martha. La joven pareja llega al lugar indicado, que resulta ser la misma casa donde vivían Henrietta y sus padres. Allí, son recibidos con hostilidad por un cuidador de aspecto desaliñado y feroz, llamado Valkos, quien trata de asustarlos y los acusa de estar husmeando. Martha le dice a Paul que, de hecho, ella misma quiere salir de allí cuanto antes, porque la casa le da un mal presentimiento, ya que tiene un "aura malvada".

La joven pareja entra a la casa, donde se encuentran con un grupo de cuatro jóvenes intrusos: los hermanos Jim, Tina y Mark y la novia de este, Susan. Jim posee una radio y su voz suena exactamente como la de la persona que Paul escuchó gritar la noche anterior. Convenientemente, los gritos fueron grabados, y Jim escucha la cinta. Aunque Jim admite que la voz en esa grabación suena exactamente como la suya, niega haber sido esa persona, señalando incluso que ni siquiera ha tenido tiempo de instalar su propio radiotransmisor.

Más tarde, ese mismo día, en el sótano de la casa, Jim se encuentra cara a cara con el espíritu de Henrietta, quien le sonríe de un modo macabro, llevando en sus brazos el muñeco de payaso, mientras que la aterradora música de cuna comienza a sonar. Incapaz de moverse y escapar, Jim comienza a gritar desesperado, del mismo modo en que se había escuchado en la grabación de Paul, el día anterior. Un ventilador viejo y oxidado, comienza a mover sus aspas por sí solo, hasta que una de ellas se desprende, cortando el cuello de Jim, quien muere en el acto. En el medio de esta situación, Valkos, el cuidador de la casa, hace su entrada e intenta atacar a Tina, a Susan y a Mark, quienes logran eludir el ataque.
Cuando la policía llega para investigar lo sucedido, suponen erróneamente que Jim fue atacado por el desquiciado Valkos, debido a que este tiene una fijación muy extraña con la casa y la considera como si fuera suya.

Paul y Martha se van de la casa y llevan a cabo una investigación acerca de los propietarios anteriores del lugar. Paul descubre que Sam Baker (el padre de Henrietta) solía trabajar como director de una funeraria y tenía la mala costumbre de robar objetos personales de los muertos. Además de esto, también descubre que el payaso de juguete que poseía Henrietta, en realidad era un juguete que su padre le había robado a un niño muerto. Paul y Martha regresan a la infame casa para aconsejar a Mark, Tina y Susan que se vayan de allí, suponiendo que corren un grave peligro, pero las cosas no salen según lo planeado. Finalmente, todos los ocupantes de la vieja casa se encuentran cara a cara con el espíritu de Henrietta o son testigos de extraños eventos sobrenaturales que resultan en sus muertes. Al final, solo Paul, Martha y Susan sobreviven a los sucesos extraños y mortales. Horrorizada por lo sucedido, antes de irse, Susan pregunta quién era Henrietta, a lo que Paul le responde que ella era una niña normal, hasta que su padre le regaló el muñeco del payaso.

Varios días después, vemos a Martha y Paul caminando por el centro de la ciudad, de buen ánimo. Martha se sorprende al pasar por una tienda y ver al payaso de juguete de Henrietta, en un escaparate. El payaso comienza a sonreír de un modo aterrador y, mientras Paul cruza la calle, el semáforo pasa de rojo a verde abruptamente, lo que hace que un autobús lo atropelle, mientras Martha grita, horrorizada.

Elenco
 Lara Wendel como Martha
 Greg Scott como Paul Rogers
 Mary Sellers como Susan
 Ron Houck como Mark Dalen
 Martin Jay como Jim Dalen
 Kate Silver como Tina Dalen
 Donald O'Brien como Valkos
 Kristen Fougerousse como Henrietta Baker

Producción
Hacia fines de la década de 1980, la industria cinematográfica del género italiano producía menos material.  Las compañías independientes comenzaron a enfocarse en mercados extranjeros, donde sus productos se venderían más fácilmente.  Una compañía fue Filmirage de Aristide Massaccesi fundada en 1980, que comenzó a producir películas de terror de bajo presupuesto a mediados de la década de 1980, incluyendo  Interzone  de Deran Serafian, Stage Fright de Michele Soavi y Ghosthouse de Umberto Lenzi.

A pesar de los créditos que citan a Cinthia McGavin como guionista, el guion fue escrito por Lenzi.  Lenzi escribió por primera vez la historia de  Ghosthouse   en enero de 1987 y encontró fondos italianos y estadounidenses a través del productor Roberto Di Girolamo, que luego abandonó el proyecto debido a problemas financieros.  Esto llevó a Massaccesi a ingresar al proyecto como productor, lo que llevó a que la película se rodara en los Estados Unidos, al igual que otras producciones de Filmirage.  La película se rodó en Boston y Cohasset, Massachusetts.

Estreno
 Ghosthouse  se mostró por primera vez en el Festival de Cine Fanstastic de Avoriaz en Francia en enero de 1988.  Esto fue seguido por proyecciones en Japón el 21 de mayo de 1988.  La película fue lanzada en video casero en el Reino Unido por Colourbox en marzo de 1988.

La película fue finalmente recogida por el distribuidor Achille Manzotti, quien la renombró en Italia como "La casa 3-Ghosthouse", donde la película fue distribuida por Gruppo el 11 de agosto de 1988.  Nombrar películas de terror "La Casa" con casas en sus títulos fue una tendencia popular en la década de 1980 en Italia, que comenzó con las películas estadounidenses  The Evil Dead  y  Evil Dead 2  retitulado  La casa  y  La casa 2  respectivamente.  Massaccesi dijo "La idea de Manzotti de cambiar el título a" La Casa 3 "( hizo que la película fuera un éxito). Si hubiera dejado el título original "Ghosthouse", casi nadie la hubiera visto".

El éxito financiero de  Ghosthouse  llevó a Massaccesi y Manzotti a seguir la película con otra secuela,  La casa 4 .

Recepción
En una crítica contemporánea, Giovanna Grassi de  Corriere della Sera  elogió solamente la cinematografía de Franco Delli Colli y la música de Piero Montanari. Finalmente culpó a la película de ofrecer "gran confusión y falta de precisión".   Philip Nutman y Mario Cortini escribieron en  Gorezone  sobre  Ghosthouse : "Sin sorpresas reales [...] pero son 90 minutos competentes con un número de muertos razonable y mucha sangre. "

Véase también
 Serie La Casa
 Lista de películas italianas de 1988

Referencias

Notas al pie

Fuentes

Enlaces externos

 Comparison of DVD releases

Películas de Italia
Películas ambientadas en 1967

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Lorena Maritza Herrera de la Vega (Mazatlán, Sinaloa, 18 de fevereiro de 1967) é uma modelo, cantora e atriz mexicana.

Carreira
Lorena Herrera nasceu em Mazatlán, no México. Sua família se mudou para a Cidade do México quando ela ainda era uma menina. Em seguida, iniciou uma carreira profissional como modelo. Ela venceu vários concursos de beleza e participar de eventos de moda fora do México.

Em seguida, ela conheceu alguns respeitados cineastas mexicanos que lhe convidaram para trabalhar como atriz. Fez também muitos filmes. Em 1991, Lorena participou da telenovela Muchachitas, do produtor Emilio Larrosa. Depois disso, ela participou de outras produções televisivas, como María Isabel, de 1997, Amy, la niña de la mochila azul, de 2004, entre outras.

Em 1996, Lorena lança sua primeira produção musical pop chamado "Lorena Herrera", criando uma grande legião de fãs. Desde então, ela canta em todos os lugares que ela tem fãs. Sua beleza é também admirado por calendários eróticos. O nome dela é considerada sinônimo de beleza, por isso ela publicou seu próprio livro: "Dicas de beleza de Lorena Herrera". Além disso, alguns produtos de beleza são lançados para as vendas com o nome dela.

Em 2008, ganhou o posto de Sexy-Simbol no México, e esteve na lista dos mais desejados do século.

Atuações na televisão
2019 - Un poquito tuyo - Catalina Montiel de Solano
2015 - Amores con trampa - Ángeles Sánchez "La Pantera de los Ojos Grises"
2010 - Niña de mi corazón - Silvana Quinto de Gasca
2009 - Atrévete a soñar - Professora
2009 - Verano de Amor - Senhora
2007 - Lola... Érase una vez! - Monserrat Torres-Oviedo vda. de Santo Domingo
2004 - Amy, la niña de la mochila azul - Leonora Rivas
2000 - Mi destino eres tú - Olga Ramos Moret
1997 - María Isabel - Lucrecia Fontaner
1995 - El premio mayor - Antonia Fernández de Domensain / Florencia de Robledo / Roberta de Reyes Renata / Isabel Villagrán
1993-1994 - Dos mujeres un camino - Lorena Montenegro
1994 - Entre la vida y la muerte - Jessica
1991 - Muchachitas - Claudia Villaseñor

Séries
 Renta congelada (2017) - Mãe de Fernando
 Una segunda oportunidad (2005)
 La escuelita VIP (2004) - Lorenita
 ¿Qué nos pasa? (1999)
 Derbez en cuando (1998-1999)
 Hasta que la muerte los separe (1994) - Lorena / Lorenita

Programas de televisão
 Top Chef Estrellas (2014)
 Estrella2 (2013) - Juana de Arco
 Desmadruga2
 Incógnito (2008)
 Big Brother VIP (2002)
 Toma Libre (2000)

Filmes
 El jardinero 2 (2003)
 Comando M-5 (2002)
 En la mira de mi gatillo (2001) - Carlos
 Orquídea sangrienta (2001)
 Provocación (2000) - Mariana
 Y... donde está el policleto? (2000)
 El jardinero (1999) - Lilia Gallardo
 Amigo tequila (1999)
 Cuentas claras (1999) - Güera
 Asesinato por encargo (1999)
 Table Dance (1998)
 2 sinaloenses y 3 colombianas (1998)
 Mi última bala (1998)
 Rumores de muerte (1996)
 Changos, monos y gorilas (1996)
 El Talachas y su meneíto (1996)
 Una mujer con oficio (1995)
 Pruebas de amor (1994)
 Muralla de tinieblas (1994)
 Herencia diabólica (1994)
 Contrabando de esmeraldas (1993)
 Halcones de la muerte - Espías mortales (1993) - Eva
 Amargo destino (1993)
 Lucha a muerte (1992)
 Muerte ciega (1992)
 La fichera más rápida del oeste (1992)
 De un blanco mortal (1992) - Susana Prado
 Pecado original (1991)
 Dos nacos en el planeta de las mujeres (1991)
 Desvestidas y alborotadas (1991)
 Yo soy la ley (1991)
 Traición (1991)
 Burbujas de amor (1991)
 No me des las... gracias llorando (1991)
 Hembra o macho (1991)
 Policía secreto (1991) - Carolina
 La pareja perfecta (1991) - Soledad
 Corrupción y placer (1991) - Ana
 Perseguida (1991)
 María la guerrillera (1991)
 Hacer el amor con otro (1991)
 Acapulco (1991)
 El agarratodo (1990)
 Para todas tengo (1990)
 Comando marino (1990) - Marta
 La isla de los alacranes (1990)
 La chica del alacrán de oro (1990) - Coty
 Justiciero callejero (1990)
 El diario íntimo de una cabaretera (1989)
 El pájaro con suelas (1989)
 Las borrachas (1989)
 Entre cornudos te veas (1989)
 Las calenturas de Juan Camaney II (1989)
 El mil hijos (1989)
 Pasándola bien (1989)
 Para que dure no se apure (1988)
 Un paso al más acá (1988)
 Durazo, la verdadera historia (1988)
 Los mayates atacan (1987)
 Cocaína (1985)
 Emanuelo (1984)

Discografia
Circuit Mixes (2014)
Desnúdame el alma (2009)
Sobreviviré (2004)
Aquí estoy (2002)
Dame amor (1998)
Soy the Remixes (1996)
Lorena Herrera (1996)

Singles
"Karma" (2016)
"Plastik" (2016)
"Flash" (2015)
"Masoquista" (2015)
"Mírame" (2014)
"Ya" (2009)
"Abrázame (Dance Remix)" (2004)
"Soy" (1996)
"Desnúdame el alma" (1998)
"Dame amor" (1998)
"Los pecados de amor" (1996)
"Yo viviré" (1996)

Ligações externas

 Lorena Herrera Oficial website
 Lorena Herrera Website em Espanhol
 Lorena Herrera no Website da Televisa

Atrizes do México
Cantoras do México
Herrera, Lorena
Herrera, Lorena


Comparing what you did with your life to someone else doesn't help you advance. We can't change what we did (or didn't do), but we can change what we do today and tomorrow.
It was the night before Dominating the Entangled Fight. We hosted the instructors: Cecil Burch, Larry Lindenman, and Paul Sharp.
These gents have known each other for a long time. They shared stories of training and working — both separately and together.
The longer I listened to them talk, the more I realized I had lost a lot of time.
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"You're only in competition with yourself" is something that gets said or written with some regularity. I think this is due to a social change, where we don't want to point out to other people that they're losers — especially if that loser is ourselves. "Just" being in competition with yourself is hard to reconcile when you train against others, especially when the context is serious injury or death.
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Well said SBS, thank you!


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Amazon's Whole Foods Just Made a Massive Strategic Decision. No One Saw It Coming
This is a radical change of direction. How will customers see it?
By Chris MatyszczykOwner, Howard Raucous LLC@ChrisMatyszczyk
Now just another supermarket?
Absurdly Driven looks at the world of business with a skeptical eye and a firmly rooted tongue in cheek.
Have you been to Whole Foods lately?
Have you noticed much of a change, save for the marketing of certain Amazon products, that is?
Perhaps you'll have felt that the employees seem a little more nervous.
I confess that, during a recent visit to a California Whole Foods, the cashier -- a Whole Foods veteran of some years -- offered a less than gushing description of life under the new Amazon regime.
Things are definitely changing.
Which is why I'd like to take you back to last month when Whole Foods launched two new stores in Atlanta.
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At the time, there was much fanfare.
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On Friday, Whole Foods decided it wouldn't open any more of these 365 Stores. Ever.
Yahoo Finance says it's seen a memo from Whole Foods CEO John Mackey, in which he made the sudden announcement.
What could have caused this vast about-face?
It seems that Mackey -- and, presumably, his bosses at Amazon -- believes Whole Foods doesn't need these cheaper stores anymore.
Yahoo quotes these words from his memo:
As we have been consistently lowering prices in our core Whole Foods Market stores over the past year, the price distinction between the two brands has become less relevant.
I can just see the new slogan now:
Whole Foods. Don't worry, we're just as cheap as Kroger! Or Safeway!
Some might have imagined this decision could have been made earlier.
After all, Amazon enjoys projecting value -- whether it's real or not.
It has little experience in marketing a premium product and Whole Foods' perception of Whole Paycheck wasn't exactly helping business anyway.
Moreover, many of Whole Foods' more traditional rivals have caught on to Whole Foods' organic shtick, leaving the brand a little less distinct.
Then there's the insertion of Amazon Go. These inhuman -- I'm sorry, I meant human cashier-free -- stores are designed for the quick purchases customers often need.
Some might say the fact that Amazon Go and 365 Store sell a similar number of items would create confusion.
Surely, though, there's no suggestion that Amazon Go is necessarily cheap.
Ultimately, then, with this cheapening of the Whole Foods offering, the brand may begin to lose the perception that it's somehow special and be forced to compete even more directly with many other supermarket brands.
Mackey, though, insisted in his email that halting the 365 concept does not mean the end of creative thinking:
We will continue to innovate and experiment with new store concepts and designs that will allow us to offer customers unique and differentiated experiences that play to the strengths of the company.
Whole Foods' advantage, of course, is Amazon's money and the joys of its parent generating significant revenue from its Prime product, which can be used to influence shopper choice.
I asked Amazon for the corporate rationale behind Whole Foods' sudden strategic shift. I'll update, should I hear.
You see, I was moved by a statement offered by Whole Foods itself:
Whole Foods Market's leadership independently made this decision and it is unrelated to Amazon Go.
But is it unrelated to Amazon Says Go Do This Now, Whole Foods?
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Aksteiner, S., Andersson, L., & Bäckdahl, T. (2019). New identities for linearized gravity on the Kerr spacetime. Physical Review D, 99(4): 044043. doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.99.044043.
Abstract: In this paper we prove a new identity for linearized gravity on vacuum spacetimes of Petrov type D. The new identity yields a covariant version of the Teukolsky-Starobinsky identities for linearized gravity, which in addition to the two classical identities for the extreme linearized Weyl scalars includes three additional equations. By analogy with the spin-1 case, we expect the new identity to be relevant in deriving new conservation laws for linearized gravity.


Arcure, a company that uses artificial intelligence to develop custom image processing systems for machinery, officially listed on the Euronext Growth segment.
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We speak of external threats like globalization and others like asylum seekers as threats challenging this great Post-World War 2 experiment called the European Project. While the achievements of the European Union are formidable taking into account that we're not going after each other's throats after 1945, there is one threat that is the greatest of them all and one we should pay more attention to: nationalism and xenophobia.
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what about BSD and what about other Unix systems?
and then improved upon them.
as opposed to Linux, world dealt with virtualization.
And Solaris's Zones were a sort of early type of virtualization.
this is all before current modern events and before the cloud.
So what were Solaris Zones?
Again, very similar concepts, you're trying to provide virtualization.
In this case you're using, yet again, virtualized operating systems.
it's going to be a logical sort of separation of systems.
You're going to be able to share files, processors, and network interfaces.
sharing between zones as opposed to isolating completely between zones.
on to allow all that sharing to occur.
and individual zones can gain files and configurations.
then you can create other zones from that to do different tasks.
create that in a zone on a machine, and then you could subdivide the zone.
executing the user scripts coming back from HTTP.
and the whole thing taken into a Unix world.
all Solaris 10 had Global Zones attached to them.
it's just part of the system and contains all of Solaris.
And it can contain software, anything you want to install.
The Local Zones are a subset of the complete operating system.
If you're like what you're saying is, well, I've got everything.
my services that I'm going to provide on Solaris.
So I will subset what I've got in the big zone for that purpose.
and you can actually add non-shared packages if you want.
specifically, they have no awareness of the other zones.
It's almost like a tree, and as you move down the tree, you inherit stuff.
But the leaves can't talk to each other.
So a Local Zone can't install, manage, or uninstall itself.
And it can't do that to any other zone.
It's gotta be the hierarchy zone that does that.
shutting them down, allocating zones, and starting scheduling.
very reflective of the way that Unix thinks about the world.
arbitrary instructions and communications between zones if you want.
But that's all sort of programmable.
Of course, it would interfere with the isolation notions.
you can share files between zones.
it's a little bit more flexible than we were talking about before.
The scheduler manages thread managements per zone.
The threads are a little processes.
They're not the Unix processes, they're the individual threads.
You can do context switching between the threads.
Doesn't change your VM, they all operate within the same virtual memory.
they're all owned by zscheduler.
So you have a root again, which leads to all the individual pieces.
models of how they build the file systems for the zones.
minimum number of files from the global zone are provided to that zone.
And shared files are mounted via read-only, and then they loop back.
very sort of limited view of what actually is in the whole system.
What you're getting is a root, and then you build things up from there.
And I think that's pretty much what I want to say about that.
Zones have visibility to each other via network interfaces.
obviously communicate through the ethernet if you really want to write all that code.
you can extend and so on, if you really want to.
they're all configurable from the Global Zone into the Local Zones.
So one of the key purposes of this system was actually to control resources.
how many kernel pages are being used, how many are mapped into real memory.
resource managed from the Global Zone to the individual zones.
won't exceed it and won't place too much handicap on the rest of the system.
So that's the Solaris Zoning system, now let's move on to containers.


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Some time ago I posted on youtube a guide gpbikes first steps in Spanish , now I present here subtitled in English .It has some bugs that I hope to fix soon, hope you like it and will serve the new riders .
Great video Chispifumy, good to see someone pushing GPB. I want to do one but am soooooooooo bad at commentating, I have to add so many bleeps for my typical bloody eastender style lol. I look forward to seeing your next one as you said in the video about MODS and more.
Thank you very much doubledragoncc!
I have many videos to make for my controllers and I use GPBikes for all demos so I will try and do an English version too. You did a great job with the subtitles too.
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Art galleries, along with fashion, furniture and design houses, are increasingly occupying the former industrial buildings in the flatlands at the base of Potrero Hill. Hosfelt, an established art space that relocated from neighboring SoMa to this sprawling, light-filled converted door factory in 2012, has acted as an anchor for art in the area—four other large galleries, and several smaller ones, have joined the immediate neighborhood. With a focus on contemporary art—not just painting and sculpture but also installations and new media such as Jim Campbell's LED light creations—Hosfelt is the perfect gateway to start exploring this emerging art enclave.


Hospitals or private clinics must become accredited within 6 months of receiving their license, or else they will face having the said licence suspended.
A draft law presented to the Health Committee by the Health Minister, Ogerta Manastirliu, proposes some amendment to the law on health care, which has not been updated since the year 2015.
One such amendment is that if a health care institution fails to meet the basic standards of quality for accreditation, their licence will be revoked.
The Ministry of Health has allocated a fund of 3% of the budget for the education of health professionals, including them in ongoing training sessions.
If such training does not occur, the responsibility will fall on the director of the institution, who will receive a fine.
Other changes envisioned by the Draft Law on Health Care also relate to the establishment of an electronic system for recording patient information and medical data, which also aims at preserving the highest standard of privacy and confidentiality.
In addition, the Ministry also seeks to quickly establish two new institutions according to the draft law, the National Health Council and the Patient Council.


Recognised as a Rajasthan speciality, Dal-batti-churma, is a wholesome Rajasthani meal. Dal, or lentil curry, is served with Bhatti, a roundel of stuffed flour that's baked in a charcoal fire or oven. Choorma is a sweet dish made with flour, jaggery or sugar and ghee.
Bhatti comes in varieties acts as a substitute for rotis. You could opt for plain batti, or try the more exotic masala, dry fruit or missi battis. Batti is made out of wheat, flour, millet or a mix of maize and wheat flour, with loads of ghee.
There is also an unending variety in churma – the colour of which depends on the ingredients. To relish Dal-bhatti-churma at a nominal expense, check out the dhabas near Sindhi Camp (Central) Bus Stand.
A kachori filled with mawa and sugar syrup, this delicacy is not to be missed. It is available at all sweet shops. In Jaipur, try famous sweet shops such as Rawat sweets and Kanji sweets near the bus stand and at LMB, Johri Bazar.
A deep-fried sweet dish, Ghewar is in great demand during festivals such as Gangaur and Teej. It comes in varieties such as plain, desi ghee and mawa. The best shops for this are LMB at Johri Bazar and Rawat Sweets.
Sharing prime spot with samosas and kachoris in the snack market are Mirchi Badas – green chillies dunked in besan and deep fried. You can even find vendors selling these on makeshift handcarts by the roadside.
Gatte ki subji, Rajasthani curry, Mangori, Pakodi and Ker Sangari, the traditional subjis, are part of the daily meals here. A papad – plain or masala – is a must to sum up meals, as a tradition in Rajasthan.
What is interesting about Rajasthan is the variety of rotis one gets, even in the smallest eating place. Bajre Ki Roti, Makki Ki Roti, Jau-Channa Ki Roti, Besan Ki Roti, Cheelra, Paratha, Puri, Methi Puri, Rumali Roti… the list is endless.


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Connor Syme and Craig Ross, the Australian and South African Amateur champions respectively, are missing from the line-up for the Scottish Champion of Champions at Leven Links, as are Grant Forrest and Ewen Ferguson.
While that is disappointing for the organisers of this long-standing event, schedules for the country's top amateurs are carefully planned these days in a bid to prevent burn-out. In Syme's case, his main priority this week was getting in some preparation down in Lancashire for next month's Lytham Trophy.
With big events like that looming on the horizon, Forrest is taking the chance to recharge his batteries after being in Australia, South Africa, Spain and Portugal already this year, the latter trip for the Bonallack Trophy.
If he'd been fully fit, Ferguson would certainly have been in Fife to defend the title, especially as a three-shot success 12 months ago marked his maiden men's win. Having hurt his finger playing basketball, though, the former British Boys' champion is rightly refusing to take any unnecessary risks. It means the 33-man line-up is being spearheaded by Glencruitten left-hander Bob MacIntyre, who backed up some decent wins earlier in his career by claiming the Scottish Amateur title at Muirfield last summer.
His main rivals in the 72-hole stroke-play event could well be two players who have done wonders over the past few years to show how gratifying amateur golf can be in an era when youngsters seem in a rush to join the paid ranks.
Kilmacolm's Matt Clark ended his 2015 campaign with an impressive victory in the South East District Open at Turnhouse while it's doubtful if anyone is looking forward to not only this weekend's test but the ones ahead this season more than reinstated amateur Barry Hume.
"This is a great event to get the year going and a nice links venue," said the 2001 Scottish champion from Haggs Castle. "It's a smaller field than normal but I'm sure the winning total will be similar to normal.
"As for my game, I'm happy with it and ready to play. Leven is a course I enjoy playing. Hopefully the weather is kind to us and not all negative. You can handle some rain or some wind in April – but not together!" Elsewhere, Catriona Matthew was among the later starters in the second round of the ANA Inspiration, the opening major of the 2016 season, at Rancho Mirage in California.
The North Berwick woman was lying joint third after the opening circuit, a shot behind Japan's Ai Miyazato and Spaniard Azahara Munoz, after carding a four-under-par 68 at Mission Hills Country Club.
On the other side of the world, James Byrne was also in contention as his latest Asian Development Tour event, the Charming Yeangder in Chinese Taipei, reached the halfway stage. Sitting on 11-under after rounds of 65 and 68, the former Walker Cup player shared the lead.


Vinca Rosea plant got it's name because it originally originated in Madagascar and many other species of Vinca Rosea are found only in Madagascar. It has been used in traditional medicine for thousands of years for treating various diseases and especially it is very famous for it's use in treating diabetics. Because it was a traditional medicine for diabetics for many years, it got the attention of many researchers and extensive research was done on the plant in the laboratory. While researching the effects the plant had on diabetics, it's amazing ability to cure certain cancer cells was accidentally found.
The incident in which periwinkle was discovered as an effective anticancer medicine is quite interesting. Two Canadian scientists, when they heard that periwinkle was used to treat diabetics by traditional healers, started experimenting on the extract of the plant. But what they found interesting was that the extract killed all their cell cultures. This amazing ability of the plants extract excited the scientists. With further research they isolated the two alkaloids that were the cause for the decrease in the blood cell count and after extensive laboratory studies, drugs were developed and now are used all over the world for treating certain kinds of cancer. The two powerful alkaloids present in Madagascar periwinkle are called vincristine and vinblastine. When extracted and purified, they cure cancers like Hodgkin disease, leukemia etc. The drugs gives positive results for large amount of patients and many patients fully recover with the medicines.
Periwinkle is a popular remedy for wasp stings and wounds. External application of periwinkle leaves on the affected area treats the problem well. For the remedy, take a handful of fresh periwinkle leaves and wash them well. Pound the leaves in a mortar and pestle, while the leaves are still wet, to a fine paste without adding any water. Apply the leaves on the affected area and tie with a thin muslin cloth to prevent the paste from falling down.
Periwinkle has been used for treating diabetics for many, many years especially in Philippines. Researchers tested the effect of periwinkle in treating diabetics on both normal and diabetic rabbits. The results supported what traditional healers have known all along that it reduces blood sugar levels equally like how a diabetic medicine would do. In many parts of the world, periwinkle tea is used to treat diabetics. But please remember, just because it is a herbal preparation, it does not mean it is safe in all dosages. Especially for people who are already on diabetic medications, it might lowers the blood glucose levels way too much. Pregnant women, breast feeding mothers should definitely avoid internal consumption of periwinkle. To make the periwinkle tea, take the leaves and spread them on a plate and dry them under hot sun and powder it finely. Take the leaves in a plate and sundry till crisp and powder it well in a blender and store. To make the tea, boil a cup (200 ml) of water in a pan and add a big pinch of the powder and let it boil till the extract reduces a little and strain. This tea also cure sore throat, instead of drinking the tea you can also use it as a gargle for sore throat. The alkaloids in this plant makes it very toxic at certain levels, so don't take large amount of the powder and don't have this tea on a daily basis. If you want to consume periwinkle for treating diabetics, it is best done under medical supervision as it might have serious side effects, if consumed more than a certain amount.
Periwinkle can be used for treating wounds and to stop the bleeding very effectively. For this remedy, take a handful of leaves in a pan and boil it along with water till the water is reduced in half and strain. Now take a pure cotton cloth and sterilize it by boiling it in water and squeeze out the water completely. Dip the cloth in the prepared extract and squeeze little so that the cloth is not dripping and place the cloth over the wound like a bandage. This kind of external application does not have any side effects and can be safely done at home. Keep repeating the processes both morning and evening till the wound starts healing. If you don't have the plant at home, you can also collect the leaves when you can, dry them well under the sun and use it for treating wounds by boiling the dried leaves in water. The fresh leaves also can be boiled in any unrefined oil after bruising it. This oil will make an excellent ointment for treating wounds, scrapes and cuts.


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Important tip: If you're going to screw someone out of a drink, make sure he's not a lawyer.
Southwest Airlines learned that the hard way last week when a judge approved the settlement for the recent class action lawsuit in which Southwest screwed its Business Select ticket purchasers out of some drinks.
Apparently, the way things were (where's Barbra Streisand when you need her?) at Southwest, if a passenger purchased tickets through their premium Business Select program, the passenger would receive drink vouchers—valued at $5 each and with no expiration date—that they could then use in-flight.
So someone raised an eyebrow at the switcheroo in policy and that someone was an attorney: Adam Levitt (of Wolf Haldenstein Adler Freeman & Herz in Chicago).
Levitt, clearly being an 'e pluribus unum' kind of guy, figured he wasn't the only one affected by the disappearing drinks act and, therefore, from the many affected one class was formed and a Southwest Airlines drink voucher class action lawsuit was filed (November 16, 2011). Levitt, it goes without saying, was the initial plaintiff in the case.
According to Business Insider, the breach of contract lawsuit settlement affects those Southwest Airlines passengers who purchased tickets prior to August 1, 2012 through the Business Select program and received drink vouchers but did not redeem them–note, the settlement does not affect passengers who earned drink vouchers via the frequent flier program Rapid Rewards.
Further, BI reports that the drink voucher settlement entitles eligible fliers to new drink vouchers—even if they no longer have the original unused vouchers—for each voucher the passenger claims they had earned but not redeemed. The settlement drink vouchers will be good for one year.
Drink voucher lawsuit class members will reportedly be notified of the settlement and how to submit a claim over the next few weeks.
Chicago attorney Joseph Siprut, who represented the 'took the drink right out of my hands' victims, is quoted in BI as saying, "This settlement is a grand-slam result for the class, as consumers are recovering 100 cents on the dollar." (not a shabby recovery, btw).
It's estimated the Southwest drink voucher settlement could cost the airline in the area of $29 million, given that there are potentially 5.8 million fliers who are part of the class, having purchased and flown Southwest via the Business Select program between October 2007 and August 2010.
How well do you think your restaurant business would be doing if your phone book listing was tucked under the "Animal Carcass Removal" section in the local yellow pages?
Well, that's just what this negligence lawsuit in Montana was about.
According to an AP report, a restaurant—Bar 3 Bar-B-Q—which has locations in Bozeman and Belgrade MT (and its own BBQ sauce, see left), was listed under "Animal Carcass Removal" in the yellow pages there. Now, forget about the simple fact that anyone looking under "Restaurants" would simply not see Bar 3 Bar-B-Q listed—that's only half the issue. What about the people who actually notice the restaurant listed right along with other dead animal removal services?
That raises a whole bunch of questions not the least of which is…what exactly would a restaurant do with those dead animals? Re-purposed roadkill could, imaginably, help defray increasing food costs and give new meaning to "local beef"—though one can only think it would be a matter of time before something else that's local—the health department—would have something to say about it.
Clearly, someone messed up and Hunter Lacey, who owns Bar 3 Bar-B-Q, was none too pleased. A late-night Jay Leno crack about it didn't exactly help either—what was a local beef (pun intended) suddenly became a nationally known joke. It also didn't help that the listing was not only originally printed in the 2009 phone book (when all this began) but that it was subsequently picked up in other phone directories in 2010 and 2011. Ouch.
So Lacey filed a negligence, defamation and slander lawsuit against the phone book company, Dex Media, Inc. And the two (Dex and Bar 3's parent company, Big Sky Beverage) have finally settled.
According to AP, Dex had said that the listing was erroneous and that they removed the listed upon its discovery. Terms of the settlement have not been disclosed, but reports indicate that it would include a payment to the restaurant owner.
Remember Ted Kennedy and the Chappaquiddick mess? And the more recent one about polo club founder John Goodman—who after being charged with DUI was trying to adopt his girlfriend? The rich and famous just seem to have a way of getting into trouble with the law—and not just in a misdemeanor kind of way. This time, it was August Busch IV—Busch as in Anheuser-Busch, as in Budweiser, as in St. Louis, as in Clydesdales. That Busch.
August Busch IV, great-great-grandson of Adolphus Busch, founder of A-B, has settled a wrongful death lawsuit over the accidental death of his former girlfriend, Adrienne Martin. Martin died at Busch's mansion in 2010 after an accidental drug overdose involving both cocaine and the the prescription painkiller oxycodone.
The wrongful death lawsuit had been filed by Martin's ex-husband, Dr. Kevin Martin, on behalf of their son Blake, who is a minor. Later, Adrienne Martin's parents, Larry Eby and Christine Trampler, were able to join the lawsuit after an appeal.
According to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, the settlement, which was signed on Tuesday by Circuit Judge William Syler, calls for Blake Martin to receive $1.35 million. Adrienne Martin's mother, Christine Trampler agreed to accept $200,000; her father, Larry Eby agreed to a $200,000 out-of-court settlement to be put into an annuity for his grandson.
After Martin died, an autopsy revealed cocaine use and evidence of an overdose of the prescription painkiller oxycodone. Police investigated the incident, and prosecutors said there was no evidence to indicate Martin's death was anything other than accidental.
August Busch IV was CEO of Anheuser-Busch up until the sale of the company to Belgian company InBev in 2008. Since that time, the Post-Dispatch reports, Busch has continued as a paid consultant at Anheuser-Busch InBev, receiving $120,000 a month.


The Calvert County Solid Waste Division offers county citizens free bulk item pick-up services.
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Looking for a reason to justify having a drink? Then add veggies to it. Your mom can't argue with that! Liquor.com recently posted a few cocktails featuring spring peas, and since I had been picking up tons of snap peas at the market recently, I couldn't want to try one. I opted for the Green Giant, because not only has this cocktail now replaced my bad memories of icky frozen Green Giant peas, but it has satisfied my spring and summer gin kick. I used the earthy and spicy St. George Terroir Gin with Dolin's dry vermouth (one of my favorites). As I sat enjoying this beautifully green and spring-inflected cocktail before dinner, my friend Louis suggested I used some of his Miracle Mile yuzu bitters. I unfortunately didn't have any on me, so I opted for celery instead — why not add more vegetables to the mix? It's a fun way to bring out a little more of the vegetal, grassy, and herbal flavor in the drink. And also, everything is better with bitters.
- In a shaker, add the snap peas, tarragon, and simple syrup, and muddle.
- Add ice, gin, dry vermouth, lemon juice, and bitters, and shake.
- Fine-strain into a chilled glass filled with crushed ice.
- Garnish with a couple of snap peas and tarragon leaves.


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Should I buy a new build?
New builds are not universally popular, and sometimes seen as less wise investments than older, character properties. Is this justified? Investing in a newly constructed property is actually a very wise move, says Adam Stackhouse, head of investments and commercial developments at Winkworth. Here we explain the benefits...
It's well known that the UK needs more homes. The government's target is to build 345,000 new homes per year to keep up with increasing numbers of households. But it's a target that's never been met: in 2019/20, total housing stock in England increased by only around 244,000 homes, around 1% higher than the year before. Developers can't build enough, or fast enough, even though lots of construction is underway in London. Moreover, new builds are not universally popular, sometimes seen as less wise investments than older, character properties. Is this justified?
In fact, investing in a newly constructed property is a very wise move, says Adam Stackhouse, head of investments and commercial developments at Winkworth. "If you are looking for hassle-free, eco-conscious living with the added pleasure of outstanding sound insulation and highly specified, brand-new internal fittings, all wrapped up in cast-iron guarantees, then a new build is for you." New builds generally come with a guarantee of at least 10 years, sparing you all the worries about leaky Victorian roofs, damp patches, dodgy wiring, rotten windows and other homeowner headaches. A good development is designed to be energy efficient and to maintain a comfortable temperature, leading to lower bills and peace of mind.
Older houses may have character and features that appeal to buyers, but their layouts commonly just don't suit most 21st century lifestyles. Not everyone wants the stress of reconfiguring rooms and building extensions while living in a building site or temporary accommodation. Converted flats often have clumsy layouts and room sizes, while new builds, on the other hand, are designed for contemporary living with layouts to suit. Buying off-plan can even allow purchasers to specify their preferences.
If working from home has put added pressure on homes and their layouts, this is another area in which new builds stand out, says Adam. "Developers have been agile in responding to changes in the work-life landscape as they have gone back into planning, adjusting their build programmes to provide an increased number of smaller, more versatile apartments with the very best fibre-optic broadband capability and communal areas that create a greater sense of togetherness for residents who may be using these properties for a 3 or 4 nights a week while they control their London business activity."
Chelsea Island is a new development of exclusive new homes ranging from one to four bedrooms, designed by a global architect team to include landscaped gardens and resident facilities (gym, communal spaces) and create a utopian lifestyle.
Further new build benefits include the ease of buying chain-free, the security of a smart lobby, minimal maintenance and modern specifications, access to schemes such as help-to-buy and shared ownership and the joy of being the first person to live in your home. London's new builds are definitely homes to consider.
Whether you're in the market for an entry level property through Help to Buy or for a luxury penthouse with far reaching views across the City, Winkworth's New Homes department can provide the best platform to help you find your next home or grow your investment portfolio. You can also take a look at the selection of new build properties we have across the network over on our website.
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Waterloo students from the Faculty of Environment helped design the feasibility study that led into our local Climate Action Plan. As new actions and initiatives emerge under the plan, University of Waterloo professors, staff, and students are continuing their engagement.
This challenge is a tool for high school students to explore topics such as climate change, energy and Waterloo's transition towards a low-carbon future. These students will have the chance to improve their energy literacy, understand the complexity of climate change and decision-making for climate targets, and gain skills and resources to become local sustainability champions. They will also have the opportunity to compete against one another during a pitch competition in front of local experts!
Learn more about the Energize: Sustainable City Challenge.
Waterloo is an pledging organization on waste as part of the RSI, formerly known as the Regional Carbon Initiative (RCI). Run by Sustainable Waterloo Region, the RSI is a member-based program that helps organizations in Waterloo Region assess their environmental impact and set carbon, waste and water targets. The University joined the RSI in 2012 and is one of over 60 local organizations participating.
Waterloo is a member of TravelWise, a partnership between the Region of Waterloo and Sustainable Waterloo Region. This program provides services to help employees walk, cycle, carpool, and take transit to work, and best practices for employers. Waterloo joined TravelWise in 2012 and is one of approximately 28 local organizations participating.


During the sharecropping period, which was a culture of self-sufficiency, fruit and vegetable work was taken over by women. In Le Marche region fruit and vegetable growing began thanks to them.
The female touch is visible through a thousand details: more precision in tomato planting, in alternating rows with flowers. Tradition that find their place particularly in tow natural gardens and agrarian paradises: the Aso and Tronto Valleys. Were nearly all kinds of products of the earth grow easily, thanks to their micro clime.
The best-known product of this area are: broccoli cauliflower of Fano (late) and Jesi (early). Research show that the cauliflower was born in this region and then brought to many European countries. Nowadays it represents the most interesting product and is even getting more and more importance. The premature artichoke of Jesi (called violet) and the one of Ascoli: according to history, Caterina de' Medici used to be very fond of this sort of vegetable. Artichokes are very important for their pharmaceutical agents.
The early one of Jesi, picked at the beginning of March and usually grown without weed-killers, stand out for its fragrance, tenderness nd the largest number of edible leaves. The we must mention fennels of Loreto, broad beans of Ostra, scarola salad, gobbi of the Macerata province and the red potatoes of the plateau of Colfiorito (Macerata), undamaged by parasites, and the high quality white beans.
The best apricots are grown in the hills surrounding Macerata and in Sassoferrato area, while Angelica pears come from Serrungarina. The peaches of the Also Valley (Ascoli Piceno) are also well-known. The peach cultivation, native to China, is excellent in this territory because of its mild temperature and rainfall. We mustn't forget the pink apples of Amandola, which are very small but very tasty and not comparable to anything of their kind (according to the Latin poet Orazio). This species, along with the cucuccetta shaped pears of St. Emidio, face the risk of extinction.


Kamila studied to become a teacher and even earned a prestigious teaching certificate. Before she could complete her training, the Taliban took over Kabul and banned women from nearly all public places, including schools. How did Kamila adapt the skills she learned as a teacher and put them to use starting her dressmaking business, and later in her U.N. work?
At many crucial junctures, Kamila turns to her faith for guidance. What role does faith play in her personal journey?
Under the Taliban, Afghan women were confined to their homes and saw their lives transformed virtually overnight. Many women like Kamila still needed to support their families, though, and so found creative ways to work within and around these new restrictions. What would you have done under similar circumstances? Would you have dared to go against the Taliban's rules at the risk of your own safety?
Malekheh plays an instrumental role in teaching Kamila how to sew and in get ting her dressmaking business off the ground. Kamila often seeks out the advice of her eldest sister, even though she doesn't always take it. How would you characterize the relationship between these two sisters? What role do you think this relationship played in Kamila's business success?
Lemmon paints a colorful, yet nuanced portrait of modern day Afghanistan. The story of Kamila and her family presents an alternative to the conventional image of women as victims of war. Did Lemmon's portrayal change the way you think about Afghanistan? Or about women and war?
Within a year, Kamila was able to transform a living room operation into a thriving dressmaking business–selling finely embroidered dresses to tailors throughout Kabul and providing meaningful work for an entire community of women. What do you think about Kamila's business practices? Why do you think she and her sisters were so successful? What lessons about entrepreneurship can be taken from their story?
In chapter 7, Kamila and her sisters work around the clock to make 6 dresses for a wedding party, only to discover that the bride is marrying a Talib. How does this episode impact or cause you to revisit your view of the Taliban? If Taliban soldiers knew about the Sidiqi sisters' tailoring business, why didn't they shut it down? What did you think when you saw that there were Taliban who sent their daughters to work with Kamila?
How does Lemmon portray men throughout the book?
Despite being faced with the daily perils of war and economic hardships, the Sidiqi family never completely abandoned their home in Khair Khana. What does that say about their commitment to their community? To their country?
How does Kamila's story affect the way you see the future of Afghanistan and America's presence in this war–scarred country?