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DataCore Software Announces New Advanced Site Recovery Solution

DataCore ASR enables distributed disaster recovery for both physical and virtual infrastructures

NEW ORLEANS, LA, JULY 13, 2009 —

DataCore Software, a leading provider of storage virtualization, has launched its ground-breaking Advanced Site Recovery (ASR) solution for virtual and physical IT infrastructures. This new component of DataCore’s comprehensive business continuity portfolio enables businesses to embrace Distributed Disaster Recovery (D-DR) that allows organizations to cost-effectively spread disaster recovery (DR) responsibilities across several smaller sites. ASR builds on DataCore’s universal storage virtualization software to move IT operations from a central site to one or more distributed contingency locations – and back again. Additionally, the solution makes no distinction between physical and virtual servers, unifying their DR operations in a common, automated process. DataCore’s Advanced Site Recovery solution can be seen this week in booth #301 at the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference in New Orleans.

Advance Site Recovery software is available today through DataCore ASR-certified implementation partners – starting at $2,000 per site.

“DataCore’s ground-breaking Advanced Site Recovery solution enables users to experience full site level recovery in a way that is more flexible and powerful than anything else in the marketplace,” commented James Price, vice president of product and channel marketing, DataCore Software. “DataCore ASR delivers site recovery in a new and industry-pioneering way. That is exactly why we are calling it Advanced Site Recovery.”

Taking machines from one site and replicating them to another site before a calamity unfolds is not new. But buyer beware. Many other disaster recovery products are limiting in that they assume recovery, from one environment to an identical or very similar environment or they support only a subset of the infrastructure. Often physical servers are not supported or require a separate solution from applications and virtual servers. DataCore ASR enables users to execute site recovery operations in a way that is fundamentally different from existing solutions in the marketplace today by bringing the data center together into a single solution.

“Customers of all sizes need high-value IT solutions that can optimize and protect IT operations and make IT more efficient,” said Dai Vu, director of virtualization solutions marketing, Server and Tools Business at Microsoft Corp. “Customers want to manage their virtual and physical IT infrastructure and applications with a common and familiar toolset, and the same applies to their disaster recovery solutions. We’re happy to work with DataCore to help customers increase value and efficiency when it comes to disaster recovery.”

DataCore ASR – a more flexible and powerful approach to DR

ASR is a key component of DataCore’s comprehensive business continuity portfolio. It automates and radically simplifies how one or more, smaller, remote IT facilities take over workloads from a central site in the event of a disaster or scheduled outage. Rather than attempt to fully recreate the central datacenter at another major site, ASR can distribute responsibilities for keeping the business going among a few remote offices and branch offices (ROBO) based on business and operational capabilities. ASR also takes care of returning control of the workloads to the central IT site when the main IT center is deemed capable of accepting them.

DataCore ASR: Solution Highlights

Physical and virtual – Rather than address a subset of the IT environment, DataCore covers both virtual and physical servers – without increasing the workload of applications, hosts, or virtual servers. The solution integrates virtual and physical servers, unifying their recovery or failover in a common, automated process.

Distributed Disaster Recovery (D-DR) – DataCore ASR allows the system administrator to execute a DR plan from multiple sites in a one-to-many or many-to-many relationship.

Storage flexibility – DataCore ASR does not depend on duplicating expensive equipment offsite, such as top-of-the-line disk arrays and specialized networking gear.

DataCore ASR is bi-directional – A lot of the current site recovery approaches assume a one-directional relationship, meaning they assume failure at one site and send all the data to the secondary site, without working through just how that data is brought back to the primary site. DataCore ASR has the ability to send the VMs and the storage to a remote site as well as to recover it from the remote site and bring it all back to the primary site. Having central site restoration built-in ensures rapid restoration of the central IT site from the widely dispersed branches through ongoing bi-directional replication.

Market Impact

DataCore ASR allows organizations to leverage readily available IT assets between different sites, to minimize or eliminate business disruptions and data loss attributed to planned and unforeseen site outages.

“Unlike some other site recovery approaches that are limited to just virtual machines, DataCore ASR enables both physical and virtual servers to be protected across multiple sites,” stated George Crump, president, Storage Switzerland. “This advanced approach to DR – one that encompasses distributed disaster recovery, is an important milestone and I am happy to see companies like DataCore reaching it.”


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A partly cloudy rather cool day greeted Jane, Phil, Claire and David and it was decided that the best course of action was to weed around the plantings. The effects of the very dry winter and spring were very noticeable. A freshly hatched cicada got very attached to Jane at morning tea!

After inspection of the various nest boxes and other facilities on site it was clear that there had been plenty of pollinator action since our pollinator day last year.

David reveals his latest pollinator home – no prizes for seeing the little face!

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How Stress is Different for Y2K Babies, and How to Handle It

By: Marquart Doty and Indra Lunder

December 2017

High-schoolers have been stressed since the dawn of time.

Even adults can vividly recall the perpetual worry and uneasiness about the future and unnecessary drama they went through as a young adult.

But to be a Y2K teen is stressful in ways that no generation has experienced before. In fact, it’s reported that American teens are even more stressed out than adults.

How are high-schoolers coping? Are those methods healthy? And what can both teenagers and their parents do to make sure that teens aren’t falling apart from stress?

We (Indra Lunder and Marquart Doty), two 11th graders in Baltimore, explored this topic to find an answer.

For us, and every generation of teens before us, stress causes us to develop habits we might not otherwise have. For example, our classmate Markus says that he gets stressed when school work piles up. He “sleeps it off, procrastinates, drinks, and smokes weed” to calm himself down.

“When I get stressed out I get frustrated easily and I tend to have tunnel vision where I just think about one thing and I don’t think about other things that I should,” he said.

Another classmate, Megan, says she gets stressed out by ‘parents, and bad teachers. When this happens she ‘smokes, which helps [her] avoid it’.

Both of our peers told us they knew the way they were dealing wasn’t effective, but they consciously keep using counter-intuitive coping skills anyway.

Markus said when he drinks or smokes that “at least temporarily it feels like a burden has been lifted and that he does have to the things that bring stress to his life.
That feeling wears off as soon as he is sober again. He iimmediately starts to become overwhelmed with what is stressing him out. Teens generally tend to want an immediate, short term relief, whether or not it fixes the problem long term.

“I feel a sense of accomplishment when I actually do things and get them done and it feels better than just relieving the stress temporarily, Markus said. “But sometimes I need a quicker relief. It’s not really worthwhile, it just feels good in the moment.”

Clinical psychologist Melanie Greenberg said some students just stop trying.

“They get too anxious, and worry it is hard to let go of,” she said.

We have seen this with our classmates who say they don’t have enough drive to finish schoolwork and that they sometimes procrastinate just because it takes their minds off things and is better than doing work.

Megan said: “a lot of healthy ways to deal with stress that I know of just don’t seem to work for me”.

Many other teams are feeling the same way.

A 2014 study by StudyMode that looked at the habits of 1,000 students, found that 87 percent of high-schoolers and college students said they are procrastinators, and that it’s affecting their performance. Social media was the second leading reason for procrastination.

Social media sites like Snapchat and Instagram are wildly popular among teens, but probably also contributing to angst and stress.

Teenagers know all too well just how addicting social media can be when they’re stressed. Today’s young people are the first generation to have access to things like Google, Amazon, or Instagram. They’re the very first to have infinite knowledge, instant fame, and anything they may need delivered right to their doorstep. Their parents don’t know enough about social media to offer any advice. It leaves teenagers vulnerable to misusing social media.

Teenagers are facing other pressures their parents never had to deal with.

College that is harder to get into and more expensive than ever.A volatile political scene. A constantly changing world.

All this can lead to stress levels many teenagers aren’t prepared for at all.

It’s no surprise that so many teenagers feel they need to slow down, even if it’s in ineffective ways.

We all know that procrastinating and developing unhealthy habits isn’t going to help anyone in the long-run. So, what can teenagers and their parents do to help?

For teenagers, there are many ways to calm oneself down.

Our classmate Alex said that she ‘writes things down, talks to people, and listens to music that calms her down.

Greenberg, the clinical psychologist, also said that looking to friends for support, reminding yourself that you don’t need to be a perfectionist and regular exercise will help reduce stress.

Some students do things that make them more aware of how they are feeling. They may write about their day, take time to process all of their feelings, and do “reality checks” Short naps can also be a good coping mechanism. Additionally, turning the phone off and giving to trusted friend for a bit, can offer a release from stress.

Alex said that even though she uses positive coping skills, that sometimes she feels like she needs to take her anger out on people. Every teenager will face times like this when it seems like a crisis and absolutely nothing helps. However, developing a game plan and practicing better coping habits helps in ways that are immeasurable.

When asked what advice he would give to peers like himself, Markus said “be motivated and just do what you need to do and get used to that. If you are struggling to find motivation focus on the good things that you enjoy doing and go from there.”

It is hard for teens to find interest in the work they are pushed to do by others like parents or teachers so it is important that they have hobbies of their own. When teens feel like they have hobbies that push toward their future they are more likely to have a more positive outlook on life.

For parents, even though it often might seem that the best way to help is to remind one’s child to do their schoolwork, that’s just not true. In reality, almost nothing can help your teen more than modeling healthy stress management behaviors and encouraging them to eat right, exercise, put a good night’s sleep first; and to seek help from you, a psychologist, friends, or the school counselor if they’re feeling overwhelmed or depressed. Even if they’re being a little too angsty to respond, nothing is going to help like encouragement and motivation.

Stress is an increasingly important topic when it comes to teenager and it may be that the most important people to talk to about it are the teenagers themselves. Many feel stressed by the rapidly changing and increasingly demanding climate deal with it by developing bad habits like addictions or procrastination. But no matter the stress level, there are better ways to cope.
*The names of the teenagers were changed because they are minors.
Stress, in Haiku Form

Stress is trying to
make the credits roll before
you shoot the movie

School ought to be a
Trial run for adult life
Not heavy burden

A mixture of self doubt and
A yearning for rest

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This one is made by two local teenagers explicitly about school depression:

This one is how we personally, as teenagers feel and addresses a lot of stress and drug abuse


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It does not contain the answer so you can use as many hints as you want but still have to put everything together yourself to complete it

Note: A lot of these challenges have multiple different ways of solving them, the hints here might not match to what you have found already.

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Concentrate on the image.

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The code is in the grey pixels in the image, ignore the coloured bits.

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What ways are there to store data in colour values?

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Have a look at the PIL python library

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Can you automatically extract the colour values of each block?

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If the values are all within a certain range, could that be converted using a character map?


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BREAKING: Ilhan Omar Affair Scandal Just Turned CRIMINAL

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by John Urban

Rep. Ilhan Omar is reeling after reports broke yesterday that she allegedly broke up the marriage of Tim Mynett, one of her political consultants. Divorce papers filed by Dr. Beth Jordan Mynett claim her husband admitted to the affair.

Now, the Minnesota Congresswoman could face possible prison time for illegally funneling hundreds of thousands in campaign funds to Mynett.

In fact, a Republican Congressman is currently being prosecuted by U.S. Attorneys for doing exactly that — facing huge fines and five years in jail time if convicted of offenses that pale in comparison to Omar’s massive diversion of funds to her alleged lover.

Let’s look at the facts. Rep. Ilhan Omar was accused of having an affair with a married man, whom she allegedly funneled large sums of money to through her campaign. The claim was made in divorce documents filed this week.

“Dr. Beth Jordan Mynett says her cheating spouse, Tim Mynett, told her in April that he was having an affair with the Somali-born US representative and that he even made a ‘shocking declaration of love’ for the Minnesota congresswoman before he ditched her, alleges the filing, submitted in DC Superior Court on Tuesday,” The New York Post reported.

Court documents reviewed by The Post said that Tim Mynett, 38, and Jordan Mynett, 55, “physically separated on or about April 7, 2019, when Defendant told Plaintiff that he was romantically involved with and in love with another woman, Ilhan Omar.”

The Post added: “The 37-year-old congresswoman and mom of three paid Tim Mynett and his E. Street Group approximately $230,000 through her campaign since 2018 for fundraising consulting, digital communications, Internet advertising, and travel expenses.

The only problem is Mr. Mynett’s job description had nothing to do with traveling, according to his wife in the divorce papers. Tim Mynett’s “extensive travel” with Omar isn’t exactly part of his job description, the document says.

A government watchdog group is filing a complaint against US Rep. Ilhan Omar with the Federal Election Commission — after The Post revealed allegations that she’s dating one of her paid consultants.

“This arrangement where Ilhan is paying her lover consulting fees could be illegal if he’s not doing the work,” said National Legal and Policy Center Chairman Peter Flaherty. “And we’ll be asking the FEC for an investigation to determine the nature and level of his work product.”

London’s Daily Mail recently posted photographs of Omar and Tim Mynett dining alone in a posh Los Angeles restaurant in March, which was a day after she made much-criticized remarks at a Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) banquet characterizing the 9/11 terrorist attacks as “some people did something.”

Investigative reporters Jordan Schachtel and Luke Rosiak both weighed in on the financial disclosures that were made in the report. They are highly suspect of the”travel expenses” since it’s quite possible Omar was funding her affair which would mean possible prison time.

Schachtel sarcastically tweeted: “Oh okay. No corruption there.”

Rosiak tweeted: “Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-CA) is being criminally prosecuted and facing prisonfor using campaign funds to fund extramarital affairs. What will the Minnesota U.S. Attorney do?”

Hunter is being prosecuted and could face a minimum of five years in prison for one Lake Tahoe ski trip in 2009 that he allegedly paid for entirely with campaign money, including a $351 car rental, $180 plane ticket and a $1,008 hotel tab with his mistress. Prosecutors described the spending down to a $7 beer he purchased in the resort bar, The Los Angeles Times reports.

Less than $2,000 for his affairs could cost Hunter his seat and 5 years in jail. By contrast Omar diverted hundreds of thousands to her lover.

Investigative reporter David Steinberg, who has extensively reported on the marriage fraud allegations against Omar, noted that Omar allegedly entering the couple’s home while the wife was away was a damning indictment on her moral judgment.

“I’ve avoided @IlhanMN’s affair. The only newsworthy element was the large payments,” Steinberg tweeted. “But … Omar *entered the wife’s home while she was away*. WOW. Voters deserve to know that.”

“That is an objectively disturbing claim about @IlhanMN’s moral judgment,” Steinberg continued. “It has nothing to do with complicated adult relationships. Entering the home, even if invited by Mynett, is troubling. Still think she can’t be the multiple felon all the evidence shows her to be?”

Well, we know how Omar is going to handle this. It will be the same way she handles the accusations she married her brother even though there have been multiple investigative reports. She denies it all.

The Minnesota Congresswoman was asked last night about the claims in Mrs. Mynett’s divorce papers on WCCO television, and Omar denied that she is separated or dating outside her marriage.

However, she cut off a further inquiry about the Mynett divorce. “I have no interest in really allowing the conversation about my personal life to continue,” she said.

That’s really odd. Her own political consultant who was named as her married lover, Tim Wynett, isn’t denying it. And how can she deny she isn’t separated from Ahmed Hirsi who she just married in 2018 after multiple reports said she “split” with Hirsi and moved into her own “penthouse?”

The 37-year-old Muslim Congresswomen attempted to act as if nothing was wrong on social media last night, but Americans flooded her Twitter feed with highly negative remarks.

Omar tweeted: “It’s going to take all of us coming together to combat climate change. There’s no place for ego in this fight.” Americans found her tweeting about climate change a little too hypocritical and let her know it.

“Given the news that came out today, it’s hard to believe that this person is still telling us how to act,” tweeted Michael E. Newton.

Twitter user “The Ryan” sent Omar a very popular meme that showed Ilhan as one of the Spice Girls holding signs that read: “If You Wanna Be My Lover You Gotta Be My Brother.”

Rep. Ilhan Omar is also being investigated currently by Freedom Watch who is dealing with her alleged marriage to her brother Ahmed Nur Said.

They are hoping to refer the matter to the Department of Justice soon.

Well, enough is enough. It’s time to investigate these campaign funds that went to Tim Mynett to see exactly what was going on with his “travel expenses.” The trip last March to Los Angeles is highly suspect since they were spotted out to dinner alone. Of course, the mainstream media is tip-toeing around this new scandal so it will take patriotic Americans to apply pressure to make sure Ilhan Omar is brought to justice in the long run.

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English House Sparrow - School IPM - USU Extension

    English/House Sparrow

    Passer domesticus

    House Sparrow

    House sparrow (Greg Bartman, USDA APHIS PPQ, Bugwood.org)

    Sparrows (Deena Sharon Chadi, Bank Street College of Education, Bugwood.org)

    Sparrow and nestlings

    Sparrow and nestlings (Jim Occi, BugPics, Bugwood.org)

    • about 6 inches long
    • Males:
      • dark brown streaked with black above and gray underside
      • large black patch under beak
    • Females:
      • dusky brownish gray with blackish stripes above and gray underside
      • yellowish beak

    Nesting Habits

    • nest in protected areas in or near buildings (e.g., on ledges, in gutters and light fixtures and under eaves)
    • build nests from grass, straw, feathers and debris frequently reuse nesting sites

    • grains, seeds, garden plants and fruit
    • feed insects and food refuse to young

    • heath concern; associated with over 29 diseases and ectoparasites, including bird mites
    • contaminate many different materials with droppings

    IPM Recommendations

    • Install plastic netting on parts of the building used for roosting and nesting or use deterrents such as plastic or metal spines on ledges.
    • Reduce or eliminated their feeding sites and water sources.
    • Close all openings larger than 3/4 inch.
    • Install slanted metal, plexiglass or wooden boards (45° angle) over ledges.


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Strategies for The polycentric Skåne

The strategic objective of The Polycentric Skåne is based on the opportunities and challenges found in Skåne today.

Strategies for the polycentric SkåneThe formulation of the strategic objective is based on the knowledge base accumulated during the joint work conducted under Structural Picture of Skåne and is founded on the extensive and continuous discussions held with and between Skåne's municipalities.

Statistical data and spatial analyses, as well as municipal comprehensive land-use plans and inter-municipal collaborations, together with the active discussion process have created a joint picture of Skåne today and in the future.

The strategic objective is a cooperative Skåne, players and levels alike, that enables Skåne to function as a single entity with sustainable physical structures as regards economy, ecology and social sustainability.

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It starts with our New Employee training program which includes Serving it Safe, Sanitation and Hygiene, Knife Handling and Customer Service Policies. We do a scheduled walk through by our managerial staff to ensure we are adhering to our strict safety policies. All operations are regularly visited by the Health Department.

Our food sources have strict safety and handling procedures in place and are known to have impeccable records. Some examples include Markon fresh vegetables and Jones Dairy Farm breakfast meats. In addition to these measures, we wash all of our fresh fruits and fresh vegetables with natural ozone infused water which kills harmful bacteria.

For all student supervisor and full time staff it is required that each holds Serv Safe Certificate. We also have each of our managerial staff CPR certified.


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Our primary vendor for the University comes from Performance Food Group. We also have a variety of specialty vendors that deliver our more select foods:

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  • SAS – Primary packaged retail distributor
  • Pepsi – Primary pour rights
  • Lipari – All natural / organic provider
  • Rooftop & On-Campus Gardens – Grown & harvested fruits, vegetables, and herbs
  • Assorted Beverage Companies – General Beverage, Naked, 7-Up, Coca-Cola, American Bottling, Webb & Gerritsen, Badger
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The Basics About Financing Higher Education

By Mathew Jade

Education costs have grown rapidly over the years, and students are finding it increasingly difficult to manage their finances. Funding for education is a challenging task, particularly for high school students who want to attend top-notch universities and unemployed individuals who wish to pursue different lines of work. Instead of settling for mediocre alternatives, you can still aim big by paying for your education in the following ways:

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Education Grants

You may consider applying for financial grants for educational purposes. Students can acquire educational grants from the financial aid office of their universities. The best thing about grants is that you don’t have to pay them back. The only hurdle is qualifying — which isn’t necessarily easy.

Excellent high school students are frequently awarded merit-based scholarships, which also do not need to be repaid. The qualification for these scholarships varies, but often requires the student to have great grades and high scores on scholastic aptitude tests.

Work-Study Employment Plans

Some students work on a part-time basis to generate funds for their education. To this end, you may consider applying to your university to see if employment opportunities are available. The U.S. Government currently provides a 60 percent wage subsidy to employers of students engaged in work-study programs.

Internships and Trainings

On-the-job training opportunities and internships may allow you to to combine class attendance with full-time work. Although internships do not provide big financial compensation, they do allow students to gain practical experience, enabling them to decide about their major and possibly resulting in a job offer from the company they worked for.

Private Loans

By requesting private education loans from your friends and family, as well as from various other private sources, you may be able to cover hefty fees and pay them back in installments. Student loans can usually be arranged at either fixed or compound interest rates, which normally require a financially sound co-signer and a credit check if the loan provider is not satisfied with or unaware of your credit history. Many people believe that it is nearly impossible to repay students loans, but that’s not true; there are organizations that provide counseling for students to help them with their repayment structure.

Tax Breaks

Students may be able to get tax deductions in addition to credits towards tuition, costs, fees, and interest from student loans. However, these options are only available after paying tuition fees, and are more like rebates than discounted tuition. You can learn more about education tax breaks on the internet at government tax sites. Families can also qualify for tax breaks for their children’s education.

Mathew Jade is a passionate blogger who loves to write on Economics and finance-related topics. For further updates follow @Mathew_Jade

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Unless you never take your earbuds out, you’ve no doubt heard the horror stories about student loan debt. The average college graduate left school in 2012 with $29,400 in student loan debt, according to the Institute for College Access & Success. That’s a lot of debt for people just starting out. If you’re entering college or considering it, think about how you will pay for tuition without going into (much) debt. It is possible, but you need to research and plan.

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By Chris Gates.

Total student loan debt in the United States was $1.2 trillion last May, before the 2013-14 school year even began, according to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. The Institute for College Access and Success reports that the class of 2012 carried an average debt load of $29,400, nearly $3,000 more than the class of 2011.

Congress attempted to throw current college students a lifeline this past summer, passing the Bipartisan Student Loan Certainty Act of 2013. The bill, signed into law by President Obama on Aug. 9, lowers interest rates on nearly all new student loans taken out after July 1, 2013. Some in Congress believe more needs to be done—for example, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., wants students to get the same 0.75 percent rate on loans that the Federal Reserve gives to big banks. While Congress tries to figure out a solution, borrowers need to address their individual situations. A few ideas to get you started:

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A Prep School Primer (Infographic)

Although I disagree with the title of this infographic (I think instead of “best” it should read “most famous” or “most expensive”), here’s an interesting look at prep schools across the country.

Did you go to a prep school? What was your experience?

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Law School Costs (Infographic)

Intro by Marcela De Vivo.

Graduation, whether you’ve just earned your bachelor’s degree or master’s degree, is definitely a major accomplishment. While pursuing higher education can bring some great benefits, it can be a huge financial investment and at times a burden. For this reason, students should really think about how they plan on paying for college or graduate school. Trying to find financial aid for school can often turn into a full time job; as more and more grants and scholarships see their funding reduced, students are forced to look into more accessible forms of financial aid like student loans. More advanced degrees such as a J.D. tend to cost even more. In 2013, the average law school student graduated about $124,000 in debt. Although the costs of education can be high, it’s still a worthy investment, as statistically college graduates earn significantly more than those without degrees — and the higher your degree, the more you earn.

Paying for school can seem intimidating and challenging, but with smart saving and budgeting skills, finding funds for a degree can become the least of your worries. Student loans can be a time-saving way to find financial aid, but students should always compare and research different loans to find the ones that have the best interest rate and payment plans. To get a sense of just how much grads can end up paying for law school, and to learn some money saving tips that can help you get rid of student debt quickly, check out this infographic on law school costs.

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You need great grades to get into law school.  Order your copy of The Secrets of Top Students today!

5 Budgeting Tips For High School Seniors Getting Ready For College (Guest Post)

Dave Landry Jr. is a financial consultant and economist dedicated to blogging and the creation of infographics in his down time. He has two young daughters who will be graduating from high school before he knows it, and will be sharing these budgeting tips with them as well. He hopes you find these tips useful for your own pre-college budgeting, or if you’re a parent, will give some of this advice to your children.

Congratulations, you’ve made it through high school! As you get ready for the next big step, it’s important to learn real world skills that will help you transition not only from high school to college life, but also from college life to the world beyond.

Budgeting skills are important in everyday life; learning how to manage your money before you’re on your own in college will keep you from overspending and finding yourself deep in debt. Below are some budgeting tips that will help you get started on to that path to financial security.

1. Learn to track your spending. The first step to creating a budget is to document everything you spend money on or buy. Whether you stick with an old-fashioned notebook and handwritten lists or choose to download spending tracker apps for your smartphone, track everything you spend for at least a month. It doesn’t matter if it’s as small as a pack of gum or a soda from the vending machine at school. While not strictly necessary, it would be good to include notes on your spending behavior, like how you paid for it, where you bought it, and why you bought it.

After a month’s documentation, you’ll have a better sense of where your money is going. If you use apps or a spreadsheet, you can quickly see how much you’ve spent on entertainment, car expenses, clothing, food, and school-related purchases. This will form the base categories of your budget.

2. Learn to develop a budget. Once you’ve established where you spend most of your money, start to set up a budget. The budget will consist of the major categories established during your spending, and will include a space for savings, emergencies, and income.

Ideally, you’ll create this budget on a spreadsheet, or using one of the free online budgeting tools or apps. Once you graduate from high school and enter college or the workforce, your budget categories will change and shift; using a malleable system allows you to customize and adjust as needed.

Establish spending maximums so that your spending doesn’t exceed your income.

3. Pay yourself (start saving). One of the important categories in your budget should be a savings account. Even though interest rates on savings accounts are low right now, putting money in the account is more about the practice and the act of creating an emergency fund, than it is about making your money work for you (even though it is a good idea to start thinking about investments and interest rates).

Whether you’re saving for a rainy day, or towards a particular big purchase like a post-graduation trip or a new car or college, getting into the habit of “paying yourself” and including it on your budget will serve you well in your adult life, when you won’t necessarily have alternative sources of financial assistance.

Learn to prioritize within your budget by putting money in your savings account before you spend any of your income or allowance on entertainment.

4. Figure out financial aid, student loans, and other means of paying for college. Most families will need to rely on financial aid and student loans to pay for school. As you, the student, will need to start paying back the loan as soon as you graduate (up to a six month grace period, or possible deferment if you are going to graduate school), it’s important that you learn as much about your options before taking out the loan. Don’t borrow any more than absolutely necessary for tuition, room and board, and other essentials.

5. Get a summer job. Now that you have a sense of your expenditures, and can project how much you need in order to fulfill all your bills and other costs, you need to start bringing in income. If you’re not already working a part-time job of some sort, consider getting one in the summer between high school and college. Previous work experience can help you get a coveted college job, which will help with bills that the student loan doesn’t cover.

Keeping to a budget isn’t as boring or challenging as it may seem. These are necessary skills that can translate into an opportunity to study abroad, buy that dream car, or have money on hand for an emergency, which greatly reduces stress in the long run. Learning to manage your money is a skill you’ll use for the rest of your life. You can also consider obtaining your education online through affordable programs that offer equivalents of in-classroom learning and degrees. Online degree programs also allow students to pursue their education at their own convenience, allowing them to work full-time to support themselves or a family if need be.

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His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

kalim āgatam ājñāya
kṣetre 'smin vaiṣṇave vayam
āsīnā dīrgha-satreṇa
kathāyāṁ sakṣaṇā hareḥ

kalim—the age of Kali (iron age of quarrel); āgatam—having arrived; ājñāya—knowing this; kṣetre—in this tract of land; asmin—in this; vaiṣṇave—specially meant for the devotee of the Lord; vayam—we; āsīnāḥ—seated; dīrgha—prolonged; satreṇa—for performance of sacrifices; kathāyām—in the words of; sa-kṣaṇāḥ—with time at our disposal; hareḥ—of the Personality of Godhead.

Knowing well that the age of Kali has already begun, we are assembled here in this holy place to hear at great length the transcendental message of Godhead and in this way perform sacrifice.

This age of Kali is not at all suitable for self-realization as was Satya-yuga, the golden age, or Tretā- or Dvāpara-yugas, the silver and copper ages. For self-realization, the people in Satya-yuga, living a lifetime of a hundred thousand years, were able to perform prolonged meditation. And in Tretā-yuga, when the duration of life was ten thousand years, self-realization was attained by performance of great sacrifice. And in the Dvāpara-yuga, when the duration of life was one thousand years, self-realization was attained by worship of the Lord. But in the Kali-yuga, the maximum duration of life being one hundred years only and that combined with various difficulties, the recommended process of self-realization is that of hearing and chanting of the holy name, fame, and pastimes of the Lord. The sages of Naimiṣāraṇya began this process in a place meant specifically for the devotees of the Lord. They prepared themselves to hear the pastimes of the Lord over a period of one thousand years. By the example of these sages one should learn that regular hearing and recitation of the Bhāgavatam is the only way for self-realization. Other attempts are simply a waste of time, for they do not give any tangible results. Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu preached this system of Bhāgavata-dharma, and He recommended that all those who were born in India should take the responsibility of broadcasting the messages of Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa, primarily the message of Bhagavad-gītā. And when one is well established in the teachings of Bhagavad-gītā, he can take up the study of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam for further enlightenment in self-realization.

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The origin of Malaysia Building Society Berhad (MBSB) can be traced to the Federal and Colonial Building Society Limited incorporated in 1950. Later than in 1956, it changed to Malaya Borneo Building Society Limited (MBBS), with the Malaysian Government as its major shareholder. MBBS was listed on the Stock Exchange of Malaysia and Singapore in August 1963.

MBSB was incorporated in Malaysia under the Companies Act, 1965 on 17 March 1970, before it was listed on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange on 14 March 1972. The Employees Provident Fund Board (EPF) and Permodalan Nasional Berhad (PNB) are the major shareholders of MBSB

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Corbeau d’Or

This quiet little restaurant inside The Mirabeau hotel is such a gem. They’re most known for their fish but they easily accommodated our vegetarian requests and served us an amazing salad and pasta with black truffles. Dessert was the true highlight of our meal, though: butter crumble (toasted butter solids mixed with sugar) served with fresh raspberry granite and garnished with fresh snow. Yes, snow! It was light, sweet, delicate and incredibly innovative. And dessert didn’t stop there, we also had an assortment of uniquely flavored French macarons, like black licorice, and various flavored chocolate lollipops, which my kids just loved.

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Thursday, July 19, 2007

Machine Bears False Witness Against Me

Upon my return home this evening from the office, I was greeted by a letter—from the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission—accusing me of failing to pay a toll based upon the "testimony" of a computerized system (sound familiar?).

It so happens that I have been an EZ-PASS customer in good standing since the inception of the system, in PA, and so obviously there is a glitch or bug.

And while this inaccurate account of events by a machine should be easily corrected by a mere phone call, I do believe the timing of the delivery of an automated accusation is very fortuitous as it ties directly back to recent concerns I expressed about the rapid expansion growth potential of related automated red light camera systems in this country.

Are machines actually capable of lying?

What would the HAL-9000 'think'?

Or are machines merely capable of error.

In a court of law how will the distinctions be made when someone's being charged with a "crime"? Would that someone be afforded the right to cross examine the witness? How can one cross examine a machine or computerized system for a truthful and accurate account?

A machine is not cognizant and can not affirm the principles of the Ninth Commandment [and I am afraid a good number of citizens of this country are following suit*] nor is it subject to the same standards of swearing under-oath [to GOD], as men must do prior to giving testimony.

Is this the necessary and unfortunate by-product of a society well on the road to pure secularism? Where is the humanity in that?

Sooner or later our collective societies are going to have to address these questions.

In this instance, I believe, we can not afford to have a machine do the job of man.

For now, I am just going to scratch my head and make a phone call...

Veil Guy.

*Note: It is my personal belief that the 10 Commandments are not the inspiration of humanity to serve god, but an Inspiration by GOD to serve humanity—as a foundation for creating and maintaining civil societies.

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Michael C. Dorf is the Robert S. Stevens Professor of Law at Cornell University Law School. He has written hundreds of popular essays, dozens of scholarly articles, and six books on constitutional law and related subjects. Professor Dorf blogs at Dorf on Law.

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The Constitutionality of Senator McConnell’s “Last-Choice Option” for Averting Default

Justia columnist and Cornell law professor Michael Dorf weighs in on the debate over whether Senator Mitch McConnell’s plan to prevent the federal government from defaulting on its obligations is constitutional. Dorf explains McConnell’s plan and analyzes three possible constitutional objections to it, concluding that none of these objections is, in the end, persuasive. Indeed, Dorf suggests that the more closely one looks at the plan, the more clear it is that it should be a first choice among possible solutions.

Who Could Oppose a Level Playing Field? The Supreme Court, That’s Who

Justia columnist and Cornell law professor Michael Dorf comments on the Supreme Court's recent, 5-4 decision in Arizona Free Enterprise Club's Freedom Club PAC v. Bennett. Dorf explains the Arizona campaign finance system at issue, which the Court struck down, and comments generally on the Court's approach to campaign finance, which he argues leaves loopholes that millionaire candidates can easily exploit. Dorf also explains the difference between "leveling up," where less wealthy candidates receive public money, and "leveling down," where wealthier candidates are limited in what they can spend – and notes how the Court has ruled on both approaches to campaign finance.


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Ryan Murray

Ryan Murray is gaining a reputation as one of the top young conductors in Northern California.  Ryan is currently the Principal Conductor of the Townsend Opera in Modesto, with which he will be conducting The Mikado and Carmen this year.  Since 2008, Ryan has led the company in many critically acclaimed productions, most recently a highly lauded Madama Butterfly. Ryan is also currently the Director of Vocal Activities with the Vocal and Instrumental Teaching Academy (VITA) in Sacramento.

Ryan is the current choral director of the Music in the Mountains Festival Chorale, a position he has held since 2008, and has garnered rave reviews from audiences and singers.  The most recent highlights of the MIM Chorale include Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana and Ralph Vaughan Williams’ Toward the Unknown Region.

Ryan has served as a Faculty Conductor for the Bay Area Summer Opera Theater Institute (BASOTI), a nationally acclaimed summer program for pre-professional opera singers.  In 2011 he was invited to join the Opera Academy of California Summer Program as a Faculty Conductor.  In this position he helps to train emerging young artists and works with a faculty of conductors and voice teachers from opera companies around the world.  In 2011 Ryan also served as Co-Director of the California Youth Symphony Summer Orchestra Camp.

Ryan graduated summa cum laude from California State University, Sacramento, with degrees in vocal performance and bassoon. While completing his studies at CSUS, he served as assistant conductor of the orchestra and opera programs and performed as a guest soloist. He went on to teach bassoon at the same institution. He also served as Director of Vocal Activities and Assistant Conductor for the Academy at All Hallows Orchestra and Chorus in Sacramento.


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The Seriphyn Knight New Decade

Aligning to My New Decade Plan, I will finish what I started by 2025. I created this series back in 2006, lingering in and out of cache servers for many years. No more will it remain a shadow or figment of imagination. I'm making this series a real deal. Here is how.

Is the World Ready for Change?

A Zaldizko change that is. Always seeking.

To be Diverse and Inclusive

Doing my best to contribute to a forward thinking generation and future.

Original Music Makes

Still around to the traps.

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Doing my best to contribute to a forward thinking generation and future.

Thursday, August 15, 2019

New Zaldizko Paperback Cover

Updated the cover today to showcase Famine.  Hoping this version ticks boxes and appeals to the greater peeps.

I'll be uploading this to Amazon, which should push out the changes in the next few days.

Friday, August 9, 2019

A Zaldizko Strategy

I might come across as fickle to some, but my changes is according to my dynamic marketing strategies as I face swift business changes between the User Content Sharing and Traditional Book Selling worlds. Both are adapting to digital transformation and incorporating artificial intelligent content strategies to increase target advertising with ethics.
I want to keep up with that.
So, I've decided to cut the endings for Zaldizko and all books I'll self publish with redirection to a cheap paid ebook download. It's no different to paying per chapter.
The benefit for my version is that the full book is sold to keep with the price of $1.69 give or take currency conversion excesses.
I've reached to what I feel is a reasonable price for novella length releases.  I'll price my <50K word books between free to $3, as a lot of bitcoin costs for 5-6 chapters equate to this amount on average.
The Fourth Zaldizko will be priced more.  At this stage my quantitative research as seen that $4  - $8 dollars for an ebook 120K+ words is an average and fair amount consumers are comfortable to pay for a book this size.
Book selling is a marketing journey. Any author who doesn't know this is missing out.
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Hyatt Centric La Rosière 5*

La Rosière Montvalezan, France

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This hotel has opened its door for the first time on 15th December 2017. Discover this new experience in the heart of the huge Franco-Italian skiing area known as the Espace San Bernardo.

You will adore:
• The facilities of a luxury hotel in a warm and welcome setting
• The charm of a traditional Savoyard mountain village resort
• One of the best snowfalls in the area
• South-facing views with the same number of hours of sunshine as the Côte d'Azur!
• Breathtaking panoramic views of the Tarentaise valley
• A unique experience in France: direct access to heliskiing

• 69 rooms and suites, with 12 specially designed family suites
• Nearly all rooms benefit from a balcony with incredible mountain views
• A 420m2 spa with heated indoor pool, 3 hot tubs (1 of which is outside) and the Summit Spa with its 3 treatment rooms and a relaxation room
• A dedicated ski shop down the hotel where you can leave your equipment and from where you can ski directly out of the hotel down to the 160km of ski runs which make up the Espace San Bernardo, a skiing area that combines La Rosière and the Italian resort of La Thuile
• A multilingual reception open 24 hours a day, with a luggage room
• 2 fully equipped meeting rooms for your conferences, meeting and team building events, as well as 4 break-out rooms
• The hotel is situated in the heart of the resort near to the shops, bars and restaurants, and the village is also has a bar with a six-lane bowling alley and an ice skating rink.
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listErik is one of only two children alive at the beginning of the game. He is also the only non-villager NPC that can be found in town at the start of the game. Erik is Sandor's son.

Spoiler warning: Significant plot details follow.
Erik is the subject of two possible quests, both of which are received from Sandor.

The Second Son

At the beginning of the game, Erik runs into the cave, and Sandor asks the player for assistance finding him. This automatically triggers the quest "The Second Son." The player has two days to find Erik in the cave, after which time the quest is no longer available.

Erik can be found in a side-area of the Ice Cave in either the first or second room from the entrance. Regardless of whether the quest is completed, Erik will die at the end.

Ghost in the Mirror

listIf Borbalo is dead when The Second Son is returned, it is possible to later receive the quest "Ghost in the Mirror" from Sandor. The player will bring Sandor to The Tide, a side area of the Water Cave. The quest will require the player to bring Sandor face to face with Erik's ghost.

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Ideas are Immortal. Let’s Recycle.

Posted on: May 24, 2008

There is nothing new under the sun. Nothing Whatsoever. Ideas are just evolved from one form to another to adapt and wear a new dress.

I often used to quote the phrase that “Ideas are worth nothing. Implementation is all that matters”. Its true, but it also frustrates a lot of people who think they have fabulous ideas in their hands. I don’t spell it out as much anymore, but I have figured out much easier ways to get that same point across.

A couple of months ago, I was introduced to a guy named Sian, the brains behind an event named Alpha Summit that used to happen in Europe. It was almost like, except that their focus was slightly different. They focused on Tombstone companies. Companies which would have died, if not for that boost that an event brings together. They succeeded a bit in what they did, but turning around a company is no one day matter, it takes months and years to turn some companies around, and hence the Alpha Summit is no more. But the thought has stayed in my mind, that some companies simply are hatching ideas that are way ahead of its time. If the timing is right, and if it is repositioned, there is a chance for a miracle. Heck, if we have already categorized them as a tombstone, why not give it that shot? That’s been a thought in my head, as we are also looking at ways to evolve where stands right now. But this thought goes beyond that.

When I first heard from Arun Katiyar, the concept of an Event Web, I was quite amused. It’s true, our life is a sequence of events, and an “event-web” as he put it, makes a lot of sense. SERaja was a company for which the visions came from Rajesh Jain and Ramesh Jain. Ramesh has published a paper on the same concept. They were one of the companies that presented at the first edition of Unfortunately, it seems that they didnt manage to build traction as they hoped to, but then just recently I heard a very similar pitch. It came from Dandelife and Lifeblob. Timelines, events, blogs, friends and how everything is interconnected.

While SEraja had complicated the implementation a bit my mixing multimedia content and such, and also adding the complexity of mobile phones and such, Lifeblog is taking the incremental step of taking blogs, appealing from a point where everyone is comfortable and taking it from there. To be quite honest, I signed up, found a fair bit of friends there and am still trying to figure out how well it works. I haven’t made too many posts there, given that I can barely keep my facebook, blog and twitter updated – let alone a lifeblob. But if you haven’t already succumbed to so many social networks, it does make sense to stick to that.

One of the oldest ideas that makes me remember of the phrase that Ideas are immortal is how Location-based services are coming up. LBS had the imaginations of people lighted up and quite a bit of rave imaginations I must say, were running behind what it could possibly do. Five years ago when I was bootstrapping a venture, we explored around that, lobbied with the canadian govt to give us location data and were shooed away. Fun times. But today companies such as bangalore-based Yulop are digging that old grave up and bringing that dream to life – atleast the hope of such dreams back to life.

Most often timing, and the wrong timing is what kills an idea. VoIP still hasn’t taken off, because people really don’t know what to do with it beyond making phone calls, and the infrastructure cost that goes into it is so darn expensive that it doesn’t justify the phone calls as a function or feature. VoIP will die its death in this timeline, but will come back again. Perhaps when 3G becomes prevalent and demand pushes need and applications and services are born, a revival might come in place.

Quite a lot of folks ask me whats a good idea worth exploring. It is quite interesting to note that the “ideas to toss” section of this blog is one of the most popular ones, apart from the controversial ones that come up from time to time. People are looking for ideas, and thats a statement. Sometimes, in order to look into the future, you just have to look at the past and see what has died before its time, and perhaps give those tombstones a new leash on life.

If you want a hint and a springboard, go right ahead to the deadpool section of Techcrunch and see, what you can dig up, and where you can play the part of a necromancer (Oh the Diablo playing days!)

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Startup North
Startups that came back from the Dead
Michael Arrington Seeds Dead Startups.
Y Combinator List, with Lots of Dead Startups

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Air Pollution: As per the World Health Organization (WHO) Ambient Air Pollution repository, air pollution has been one of the severe public health challenges known to affect nine out of ten people living in the cities globally. The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) confirmed that the dataset of 10 major metropolitan areas in India, which include Lucknow, Delhi, Faridabad, and Noida, is really terribly terrifying.

Fairly long-term overexposure to pollution levels might not only trigger respiratory problems, but it might also increase the chance of respiratory disease. In addition, air pollution exposure is the ninth contributing cardiopulmonary mortality risk component. Here are some more about air pollution as well as its effects on health.

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Who Are At Risk From Air Pollution?

Though air pollution doesn’t spare anyone, there are some specific groups who are an additional prone to it. The individuals and groups much more at risk of all of the deleterious effects of air pollution are:

  • Kids as because of them devote a longer time outdoors, are additional physically active, and inhale additional air that makes their developing lungs additional vulnerable to damage.
  • Older individuals as they’re more vulnerable to inflammation and respiratory complications because of air pollution.
  • People with pre-existing diseases or conditions similar to bronchial asthma, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), cardiac conditions, and diabetes as they need impaired metabolism and immunity.
  • Pregnant ladies because pollutants persistent in air will impact the expansion of the embryo and conjointly result in complications similar to miscarriages, preterm delivery, and abortion.
  • People with a hyperbolic exposure to pollution similar to those physical exercise outdoors or individuals working outdoors like labors as they end up breathing additional polluted air that causes airway inflammation and increase the chance of respiratory infections.

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What Are All The Air Pollution’s Negative Impacts?

Air pollution sources vary from smaller units of cigarette smoking and similar organic compounds of volcanic eruptions in massive emission amounts from automobile and generator motors, farm or forest fires, fumes and industrial practices. Six massive air pollutants include particulates, surface-level ozone, carbon monoxide emissions, sulfur oxides, nitrous oxides and mercury, in accordance with the World Health Organization.

Ground-level ozone, a colorless and inodorous gas, will cause inflammation of the airways. Particulate materials, that varies in size (diameter lower than size 2.5μm and around 2.5 μm to 10 μm) penetrate deeper into the lungs. These reach the alveoli (tiny air sacs within the lungs) and might impact respiration. The ultrafine particulate matters will cross the alveoli and enter the blood. These are then transported to numerous organs, increasing the chance of varied health complications.

The harmful effects of air pollution on respiratory health are wide identified, however its impact on different major organs of the body isn’t identified much. Air pollution will cause short-run additionally as long-run impact on the general health. A number of the harmful effects of air pollution on humans include:

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1. Respiratory Disorders: because the pollutants enter the body through the airways, symptoms of respiratory diseases have resulted foremost. It will cause irritation of the airways inflicting cough, throat irritation, changes within the voice, etc. It will worsen the symptoms of gasping, asthma, bronchitis, COPD, and different respiratory conditions in individuals already stricken by the condition. Within the longstanding time, air pollution will increase the chance of pneumonia, impaired respiratory organ development in children, and even lung cancer.

2. Eye Issues: Chronic exposure to air pollutants will increase the chance of retinopathy and ocular problems similar to dry eyes, eye pain, and changes within the vision. It can even cause irritation of the eyes and in rare cases, can even cause visual impairment.

3. Skin Problems: Skin is that the foremost line of defense against any foreign particle and also the same is that the case once it involves coping with air pollutants. These pollutants are absorbed by the skin, that ends up in skin irritation, redness of the skin, hives, and allergic reaction. The long-run exposure will cause skin condition, skin pigmentation, dark spots, and premature skin aging.

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4. Cardiovascular Problems: Air particulate matter emissions might raise blood pressure, which could be a cardiovascular disease risk concern. It can even result in swelling of the right and left ventricle, which may impact the functioning of the heart.

Several common harmful effects on cardiovascular disease, health embrace enhanced pulse rate and inflammatory markers, high risk of atherosclerosis, myocardial infarction, and heart failure.

5. Immune System: Poor air quality will cause serious complications within the immune system similar to an abnormal increase within the blood serum levels of the immunoglobulin (Ig); immunoglobulin A, IgM, and different inflammatory markers.

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Exposure to those immunotoxins will incline you to numerous health complications as well as skin diseases, immune dysfunctions, respiratory issues and heart diseases.

6. Neurological Complications: In air pollution, toxic carcinogens will also have adverse effects onto the nervous system that embrace panic attacks, aggressive behavior, behavioral problems and children’s neurological impairment.

7. Reproductive Problems: In pregnant ladies, exposure to air pollution will trigger the chance of low birth weight babies and preterm birth. If exposed for a protracted time, it will incline the child to respiratory complications and increase the chance of bronchial asthma within the fetus.

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How May We Cut Back The Harmful Effects Of Air Pollution?

Below are some effective helpful hints to significantly reduce health implications of such air pollution:

  • Stay inside, whenever doable, to limit the exposure to outside pollution.
  • Keep your door and windows closed to stop polluted air from getting into your house.
  • Use a mask or respirators to breathe cleaner air, once outdoors.
  • Opt for public transport or carpooling rather than personal vehicles to cut back traffic and pollution.
  • Avoid areas that are extremely congested to lower the chance of pollution.
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Email From Amit! #ShortStory

It was the month of April. Assignments and Project submissions were in full swing in NIT College of Engineering. Anjali too had to submit her project work before the end of the month. Anjali and 3 other of her college mates had dedicatedly worked on their project for the last 2 months and had managed to complete it on time. They had only the final documentation pending and since Anjali was very good with MS Word, she took up the task on herself.

One Saturday, Anjali was sitting on her laptop and working on her project. She decided to take a break since she was working on the documentation for 2 hours continuously. Anjali plugged in her data card and decided to browse the internet.

Anjali hadn’t checked her personal email since a long time. So she decided login to her inbox. There were mails from her friends, promotional stuff and a lot of spam. While browsing through, she found a mail that caught her attention…

Subject: “Hello Anjali” Sender: Amit Tandon

She could not recollect knowing anyone by that name. Nor in college nor back in school. She had received the mail almost a week back. Out of curiosity, she decided to open the mail since the subject line had her name. She guessed it might be from someone she knew but just did not remember at that point of time.

“Hello Anjali!

How are you? Hope you are doing well.

You might be wondering who I am? I know you very well, but you don’t know me. You are a very beautiful and intelligent girl. I see you every day in college. I would like to be friends with you?

Lot of Love,

Anjali had eyebrows raised as she read the mail. “Weirdo! Some guts this guy has!” she thought to herself. She ignored the mail and closed it. Without her knowledge, a read receipt (when the recipient reads the mail, the sender receives a notification) was sent to the sender. She did not really care. She continued with browsing.

In like 15 minutes, she received another pop up. Since her inbox was still open she got the notification.

“Subject: Hello Again Anjali! Amit here” Sender: Amit Tandon

“What the hell! Another email! Who is this idiot!!” Anjali spoke to herself.

“Hi Anjali!

I know you have read my mail. But you did not reply. I seriously want to be your friend. Why don’t you reply and we can know more about each other. I will be a very nice friend to you! I am waiting for your reply. Please reply.

Lot of Love,

Now Anjali was irritated. She wanted a break from her assignment and some idiot was bugging her. She decided to give him a piece of her mind.

“Amit or whoever you are,

I do not know you nor do I want to know you. You send me one more mail. I will report you to the Cyber Police. Don’t you dare send me another email?

The email had irritated her. She closed her browser and removed her data card. “Now only a good cup of tea is going to relax me.” She thought to herself as she walked out of the room.

Her parents were not at home. They had gone off to visit a family relative. It was only Anjali and her younger brother Arjun in the house. And since it was already 5pm, she assumed he would be outside playing with his friends. So it was just her.

There were a few unwashed dishes in the kitchen. She decided to quickly clean that up before her mom came home. Humming to herself, she began preparing her tea.

Suddenly, she heard a loud thud like noise. That continued with loud stomping noise from the staircase as well as a loud screaming noise from within the house.

“Didi! Didi! Don’t do it… Don’t do it” she heard her brother yelling. This frightened Anjali to no extent. She turned off the stove and rushed towards her brother Arjun.

“What happened? Why are you screaming? And… don’t do what?” a worried Anjali questioned Arjun holding his arms in her hands. Arjun was panting for breathe.

“Don’t call the police! Please… don’t call the police” said a frightened Arjun. “Call the police!!?? For what?? What is happening Arjun!?” a totally confused Anjali responded.

“It was me! Please don’t call the police!” Arjun uttered the words in nervousness. Anjali was not able to gauge anything. “What are you saying Arjun?” she asked him again.

“A…. A… “Stammered Arjun. Anjali’s heart still pounding wondering what was wrong with her brother.

“A… Amit Tandon… that email… was me!” and he instantaneously covered his face with his hands.

Anjali let out a sigh of relief. “Oh my God! You scared the hell out of me!” and she turned to walk back to the kitchen. In few seconds, she turned back again and said “Wait a minute! That anonymous ‘I want to be a friend email’ was you!!???”

A nervous Arjun stood still and just looked on at his sister. “You were always inside your room this month!! I just thought I will prank you. How did I know you would call the police!!?”

Anjali stormed towards him and twisted his ears and dragged him with her to the kitchen… “Wait till I tell Dad… You prankster!!!!”

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46 Intimate Pictures That Recall Family Portraits in the 1970s

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It’s easy to have a lot of good portrait pictures with a popular smartphone today, but pretty hard to have just one for decades ago, especially for family portrait photos with film cameras.

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Itinerary for the 1894 tour in the 1894 Corks and Curls

The Virginia Glee, Mandolin, and Banjo Club Tour of 1894 was (as far as is documented) the first ever tour of the Virginia Glee Club. Occurring in the Glee Club 1893-1894 season, the tour took the musical clubs through Richmond, Virginia, Lexington, Kentucky, Louisville, Kentucky, Nashville, Tennessee, Atlanta, Georgia, and Chattanooga, Tennessee. As is current practice, the Club held a concert for the home audience the week after they returned from the road.

Itinerary Edit

The clubs toured several cities in the winter of 1894, including:

  • Richmond, January 31, 1894
  • Lexington, KY, February 1, 1894
  • Louisville, KY, February 2, 1894
  • Nashville, TN, February 3, 1894
  • Atlanta, GA, February 5, 1894
  • Chattanooga, TN, February 6, 1894[1]

Charlottesville performance was held by the Glee, Banjo, and Mandolin clubs on February 12, 1894.

Tour diary Edit

Moore published an account of the tour in the July 1894 Alumni Bulletin.[2]

During the present session of the University of Virginia the first efforts towards effecting a permanent organization of its musical clubs have been made. The members of the clubs of last year who had returned to college, encouraged by the success of their visit to Richmond, Norfolk and Petersburg the previous session, met in October and formed the Glee, Banjo and Mandolin Club of the University of Virginia. The officers elected were: President, Bernard W. Moore; Vice-President Wm. H Saunders; Business Manager, D. Lawrence Groner; and Musical Director, Harrison Randolph. The Business Manager, with the aid of Mr. George Ainslie, of Richmond, and Mr. John D. Potts, of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway, arranged a tour, including Richmond, Va., Lexington and Louisville, Ky., Nashville and Chattanooga, Tenn., and Atlanta, Ga. The local Alumni Associations in these cities were at once notified of the expected visit of the club, and were requested to aid in making a success of its concerts.

On the 31st of January the club started on its tour, after having done all that was possible in the way of preparation. It now lay with the Alumni to say whether or not it should succeed. The responses received from the various Alumni Associations promised kind receptions in most of the cities to be visited, and the result of the trip showed how well these promises were kept.

The first concert was given in Richmond, and its success was due largely to the efforts of Mr. George Ainslie. Immediately after the concert the club left for Lexington, Ky. Here a warm welcome was received from a large audience, and after the concert the members of the club were given a dance by the Alumni at the Marrick Lodge Building. Among the Alumni who interested themselves particularly may be mentioned Messrs. Geo. C. Webb, W.S. Bronston, Desha Breckenridge, Geo. Bryan, T.C. McDowell, and B.F. Southgate.

It was in Louisville that the club received its warmest and heartiest welcome. A committee composed of Judge W.O. Harris, Judge Sterling B. Toney, and Messrs. Morton Joyes, Upton P. Muir, Chas. M. Lindsay, Arthur Peter, Swagar Sherley and Gus. A Breaux, Jr., had been empowered by the Alumni Association to see to the entertainment of the club. Upon arriving at Louisville, the members of the club were met by Messrs. Peter Sherley and Breaux and escorted at once to the residence of Mr. Bruce Haldeman, where a reception was tendered them by Mr. and Mr.s Haldeman. Among the Alumni present were Dr. John A. Broadus and Bishop Dudley. In the evening the club sang and played before an audience which could hardly have been exceeded in numbers and brilliancy, and later attended a reception and dance given by the Alumni at the Kenton Club. The active interest of Messrs, Sherley, Peter and Breaux, and the generous press notices of Mr. Bruce Haldeman of the Courier-Journal, contributed largely to the club's financial success.

In Nashville the club was entertained in the afternoon at an informal reception and dance at the Maxwell House, given by the following Alumni: Messrs. Morton B Howell, Clarence B. Wallace, James C. McReynolds, Thomas Weaver, Jr., Coleman C. Slaughter, John M. Bass, Jas. F. Lipscomb, Overton Lea, W.D. Covington Jr., Thomas Malone, W. R. Garrett, James Taylor, Rev. John Young, Rev. Collins Denny and Drs. Richard Cheatham, Moses Bonner and John M. Bass. Owing to the bad weather and the fact that it was Saturday night a small crowd heard the concert.

In Atlanta the club was heard by a small audience. A reception and dance was given at the Capitol City Club in the afternoon by Dr. Dunbar Roy, Dr. Bernard Wolff and Messrs. Frank Block, Alex Hull, and Wharton O. Wilson.

In Chattanooga the club was met by a committee of Alumni composed of Messrs. J.T. Lupton, W.D. Carswell, and Lewis M. Coleman, and taken to Lookout Mountain, where a delightful afternoon was spent. In the evening the club was heard by a large audience, and afterwards given a dance at the Moccasin Club.

Thus ended the tour which, without the generous aid of time and money from the Alumni, would have been impossible. It has been shown conclusively that the Alumni of the University of Virginia are in no wise lacking in enthusiasm for their alma mater, and following this, that future success will attend the Glee, Banjo and Mandolin Club whenever the aid of the Alumni is asked.

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Of the tour, the Atlanta wrote in its article "The Virginia Boys" that "the Virginia university decided to send out her musical club over an extended tour through the south, and the encouraging letters and notices they have received all along their trip indicate that the southern people are going to give them an even more enthusiastic reception, if it were possible, than they have given Yale, Princeton and Harvard on their numerous trips through the south."[1]

The University of Virginia Magazine wrote in its February 1894 editorial:

The Glee and Instrumental Clubs this year has been a signal success. This seems due to the energy put into it by every member, as well as to that of the executive and management. It has been proved that we can not only send out a club comparing favorably with that of any other college, but that such tours may prove financial successes as well. The total expenses of the trip were about twenty-seven hundred dollars, and they were met without the smallest deficit. That no funds were brought back is not remarkable. With but a week's leave it is impossible not to make great jumps, in order to reach the field which the best judgment would regard the most promising. And besides it would be the most exceptional good luck not to meet bad weather at one place of engagement, at least. This was the misfortune of this year. At all events, the University can have no reason for complaint. In advertisement, alone, the college got a full return for granting the clubs leave. Such advertisement is especially fine. Presenting the college to the best class of people especially. The clubs present the college to the attention of the best class of people, and do so through the best clement of college itself. Nor do they possess a glamour far inferior to that of athletics. It is only to be regretted that such trips, and the requisite training, have not been undertaken before; but that the institution will be maintained is scarcely to be doubted. Unquestionably the University and its inmates are greatly indebted to the Glee, Banjo and Mandolin Clubs of eighteen hundred and ninety-four.[3]

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Studies classes in both arts and science

Studies on language and gender have tried to examine people’s
real experiences of how men and women communicate, both in single-sex and
mixed-sex groups, in order to investigate the stereotypes we have: the trivia,
chatting, nagging woman and the strong, silent, long suffering-man.

Men and women communicate and listen in difference ways. In this
essay I will be discussing how men and women communicate through language. Do females
talk more than males? Do men and women follow different rules when they have a
conversation, are women misrepresented through language?

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Contrary to the streotypes of the female as the “overtalkative”
sex who “gossips” and “talks a lot” (as reported by Kramer (1977) who surveyed
attitudes in the USA), many studies have been carried out in Britain and the
USA which show that, in a variety of contexts, it is men who talk more.

Many studies carried out in educational contexts have shown
that boys speak more than girls.

For example, Sadker and Sadker (1985) found that in over a
hundred classes in both arts and science subjects, boys have talked on average
3 times more than girls.

In You Just Don’t Understand: Men and Women in Conversation
(1991), Deborah Tannen argues that men are trained to become familiar with
talking in public situations, learning how to hold center stage through verbal
performance such as storytelling, joking and providing information.

 Women, on the other hand,
are more comfortable with private speaking: for them, the language of
conversation is more about establishing connections and negotiating

Males therefore might think that females talk a lot more
because they hear them talking in situations where men would not such as on the
telephone or in social situations with friends.

Contemporary research on language and gender does not
suggest that male talk is “normal” while female talk is “deviant”, nor does it
suggest that there is anything intrinsically powerful or powerless about male
and female talk. What it does show is that men and women adopt different
conversation styles because they are trained to understand and use spoken
discourse differently as part of being socialized for different roles in

This approach sees male and female groups as different
cultures which, when brought together in mixed-sex situations, can clash and
cause misunderstandings because the participants are applying different rules.

Information and

Tannen suggests that many male-female conversations result
in difficulty because men think they are simply exchanging information, while
women think they are negotiating.

For example a couple are driving home:

Sue: Would you like to stop for a drink?

John: No

They do not stop, but when they get home they have an
argument: Sue says John never takes her feelings into consideration, while John
says he never knows what Sue really wants because she doesn’t tell him –
instead, she expects him to guess.

Tannen suggests that while John thought he was just being
asked for information about his needs, sue thought her question would open a
conversational sequence through which they would reach a negotiated decision
about whether to stop or not.

Topic raising, interrupting
and reinforcing:

Studies have shown that women do more work in conversation
than men to raise topics and to take others to take them up; also that women
maintain others contributions by using reinforcers (back-channels like “yeah,
mm.., aha…”) more than men do.

At the same time, men appear to interrupt women more than
the other way around.

Tannen suggests that because women are trained to look for
connections in their interactions, they make effort to get others to talk and
to equalize speakers’ turns, even downplaying their own subject knowledge in
the process.

In contrast because men are trained to look for power in
their interactions, they compete to control topics – interrupting if necessary –
and they work to hold their turn against others’ interruptions, even when their
own subject knowledge is poor.

When these different discourse rules are applies together,
women’s contributions are likely to be heard less than men’s because men will
be trying to take the floor and women will be encouraging them to do it.

Tannen argues that neither side is deliberately dominating
or giving way – each is simply what it has been trained to do within its own
gender group.

Reporting and Rapporting:

According to Tannen, one of the major complaints women have
about men as speakers is that they don’t give enough information when they are
telling incidents – they leave out all the exciting parts of any story, giving
just the basic information.

In contrast, men complain that women give too much
information when they tell stories – they go on and on when they could really
sum up the content of their discourse in one sentence.

Tannen’s explanation is that men and women think they are
doing different things when they communicate information:

Men concentrate on the information content alone (the
message) because they see the telling of incidents as reporting, while women
pay more attention to the metamessage – telling experiences is a way to relate
to the listener (rapporting).

Problem-solving and

Research has shown that men and women also respond
differently in conversations when a problem is presented. Because men are
trained to be active and find solutions to problems, they adopt a problem
solution approach when someone expresses personal difficulties.

In contrast, women are encouraged to think of themselves as
listeners. While listening is certainly not a passive activity, it does not necessarily
involve making suggestions about how to change situations or take action. While
talking about problems, women often take turns in comparing difficulties and in
finding similarities between their respective situations.

Example:  Male Perspective:

A man expresses a problem to his partner. He expects problem
solution, but receives, to his intense annoyance, problem sharing:

Peter: I’m really tired. I didn’t sleep well last night.

Allison: I didn’t sleep well either.

Peter: why are you always trying to belittle me?

Allison: I’m not! I’m just trying to tell you I understand
how you feel!