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The web dev/design section of our shelves. There are others on the desks not shown, including mad "cookbooks" and lots more typography books etc.
Sorry this is such a bad photo! I'll get the proper camera out and replace with a crisper one soon.
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Nearly all cord-nevers (mostly millennials) increased in a period where unlawfully streaming content was standard now, this same audience is realizing the need for having to pay for top-quality, virus free content from trustworthy services. For media companies and content proprietors, software development Malaysia is really an chance to produce new causes of revenue.
Now you ask ,, how?
Data
Product Metrics
We’ve designed in length about how exactly metrics - Quality of expertise, Service quality, and Product/Business metrics - may be used to enhance the overall customer experience. The concepts affect attracting and retaining both cord-nevers and cord-cutters. Using data to know your clients (the way they are viewing content, what features they're using, their preferences) is important to offering the type of personalized encounters individuals are seeking.
Value
Individuals who've cut the cord and have developed without traditional pay TV realize that software development Malaysia obtain the entertainment encounters they need from alternative sources and services - frequently in a lower cost point. Yet, additionally they search for value from all of these alternatives. Quality of content, number of content, consumer experience, etc., are key elements within the decision-making process.
Content proprietors may need to look at how they may add value using their existing products or via new items. What else could you offer the competition doesn’t? Is the prices aligned using the marketplace? Will the experience you are offering meet or exceed user expectations? Basically, are you currently offering value that isn't available elsewhere?
Versatility
Probably the most unappealing reasons for traditional pay TV is the possible lack of choice, from when and where you will see content, as to the content you have access to. Cord-nevers and cord-cutters are eschewing this model because of the quantity of alternatives available. With devices like Apple TV and Roku available, more TVE and OTT options entering the marketplace, and services like Netflix and Hulu Plus ongoing to emerge, choices is only going to increase.
Like a content provider, attractive to this audience is all about diversifying that which you offer (and just how you are offering it). There's lots of value put on versatility, so offering a number of options - mobile, OTT, SVOD, TV Everywhere, etc. - is the easiest method to capture an more and more mix-platform, multi-device audience.
While cord-cutting is a top concern for media and content companies, cord-nevers may really be considered a bigger threat towards the established order. Because software development Malaysia be prevalent, the businesses who win would be the ones that can comprehend the mobile-first mindset, offer personalization and versatility, and supply the type of content encounters this group values so highly.
Penny Mordaunt, Defence Secretary, walks to her seat followed John Glen, Member of Parliament for Salisbury and Economic Secretary to the Treasury.
Mordaunt has been MP for Portsmouth North since 2010. She served in Theresa May's Cabinet as International Development Secretary from 2017 to 2019 and as Defence Secretary in 2019 for 85 days. She was the first woman to hold this post. She is the only female MP who is a Royal Naval Reservist.
In February 2020, Mordaunt re-entered government, joining the Cabinet Office as the Paymaster General, succeeding Oliver Dowden. In September 2021, Mordaunt became Minister of State for Trade Policy.
Over 1,300 personnel from all three armed services, veterans and cadets made the 2019 National Armed Forces Day parade in Salisbury the largest one to date. Originally conceived as Veterans Day, the name of the event was changed in 2009 to National Armed Forces Day to celebrate the contributions of both past and present members of the British Armed Forces. Taking place on the last Saturday of June, the parade is one aspect of a whole weekend where the national lead event is hosted by a different town or city each year around the UK.
The national event was held from 28 to 30 June 2019 in Salisbury and hosted by Wiltshire Council and its council leader Baroness Scott of Bybrook OBE.
Her Royal Highness Princess Anne reviewed the parade on 29 June 2019 of more than 1,300 service personnel, cadets and veterans and took the salute on the dais in front of the Guildhall, accompanied by the Mayor of the City of Salisbury John Walsh, as the procession went by. The parade was preceded by a fly past by the Red Arrows at 10 am. The parade was led by a detachment from the Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment, followed by bands and marching contingents from the three armed services, veterans and cadets and finished with the British Army units which hold the Freedom of the City of Salisbury.
The order of the procession was as follows:
Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment
Band of HM Royal Marines Portsmouth
Royal Navy drawn from ships across the Fleet
Corps of Royal Marines
King’s Royal Hussars
Royal Tank Regiment
Coyote Tactical Support Vehicle
22 Engineer Regiment, Corps of Royal Engineers
Front loader vehicle
Queen’s Gurkha Signals
1st Battalion, Mercian Regiment, with troops from Royal Regiment of Fusiliers and Royal Welsh Fusiliers
Band of the Brigade of Gurkhas
Army Air Corps
Royal Logistics Corps
Heavy haulage tractor unit
Royal Army Medical Corps
Army ambulance
Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
Towing truck
Adjutant General’s Corps
1st Military Working Dog Regiment, Royal Army Veterinary Corps
Intelligence Corps
Royal Army Physical Training Corps
Band of the Royal Air Force Regiment
Queen’s Colour Squadron, Royal Air Force Regiment
Royal Air Force drawn from squadrons across the UK
Royal Hospital Chelsea Pensioners
Royal British Legion Standard Bearers
Veterans
War Widows’ Association
Sea Cadet Corps and Royal Marines Cadets
Army Cadet Force, The Rifles
Army Cadet Force, The Rifles, Bugles and Drums
Air Training Corps
Community Police Cadets
Dorset & Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service
Fire engine
Regiments having the Freedom of the City of Salisbury:
Band of the Royal Artillery
Royal Artillery
Royal Military Police, Adjutant General’s Corps
Military Police car
Royal Wessex Yeomanry
Band and Bugles of the Rifles
5th Battalion, The Rifles
Warrior tracked armoured vehicle
Paramedic
Police car
Royal Air Force Police
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster David Lidington, Defence Secretary Penny Mordaunt, senior military officers and civic dignitaries also watched the parade.
Defence Secretary, Penny Mordaunt said: “On Armed Forces Day we celebrate the exceptional contribution service personnel, regular or reservist, veterans and their families make to our security and prosperity. The Armed Forces protect us and defend us around the world and serve communities throughout our country. With more than 300 events taking place across the UK, it’s incredible to see people coming together to show their support for the Armed Forces.”
The national event provided an opportunity to welcome the troops returning from Germany to Wiltshire, as one-quarter of the British regular army will be based in the county by 2020.
The Armed Forces and Salisbury have a close and historic relationship and the national event gave the people of Salisbury the chance to thank the Armed Forces for their tireless support towards the city’s recovery following the Novichok poison attacks in 2018.
Baroness Scott of Bybrook OBE, leader of Wiltshire Council, said: “Wiltshire is the beating heart of the Armed Forces and we are extremely proud of our long association with the military. The Armed Forces Day National Event is a unique opportunity to recognise and pay tribute to the specialist military teams, the emergency services and the other organisations that managed the incident and the subsequent clean-up that has helped south Wiltshire to return to normal.”
Nandi (Sanskrit: नन्दी, Tamil: நந்தி, Telugu: న౦ది) is the name for the bull which serves as the mount (Sanskrit: Vahana) of the god Shiva and as the gatekeeper of Shiva and Parvati. In Hindu Religion, he is the chief guru of eighteen masters (18 siddhas) including Patanjali and Thirumular. Temples venerating Shiva display stone images of a seated Nandi, generally facing the main shrine. There are also a number of temples dedicated solely to Nandi.
The application of the name Nandi to the bull (Sanskrit: vṛṣabha) is in fact a development of recent centuries, as Gouriswar Bhattacharya has documented in an illustrated article entitled "Nandin and Vṛṣabha". The name Nandi was earlier widely used instead for an anthropomorphic deity who was one of Shiva’s two door-keepers, the other being Mahākāla. The doorways of pre-tenth-century North Indian temples are frequently flanked by images of Mahākāla and Nandi, and it is in this role of Shiva’s watchman that Nandi figures in Kālidāsa’s poem the Kumārasambhava.
ETYMOLOGY
The word “Nandi” is believed to be derived from the ancient word “Pandi” meaning bull or its has origins in the Sanskrit language where it means 'of Shiva', 'attendant of Shiva', or happy.
BIRTH OF NANDI
There was a Sage named Shilada who underwent severe penance to have a boon - A child with immortality. Lord Indra pleased of the austerities of Shilada appeared in front of him to offer a boon. After hearing the request of Shilada and his desire to have an immortal child, Lord Indra suggested him to pray to Lord Shiva who could provide the boon; nobody else could provide such a boon. Sage Shilada continued his penance for thousand years. He was totally immovable for many years, so the termites settled on his body and slowly started to build up their nest. Finally, his whole body was covered up by them. The insects started to eat his flesh and imbibed his blood. At last, only bones remained. Lord Shiva appeared in front of him and provided the boon for an immortal child. Moreover, Lord Shiva provided Sage Shilada his old form with a single touch. Sage Shilada performed Yagna and a child appeared from the sacrificial fire. His body was clad in armour made out of diamonds. The celestial dancers and singers performed on this auspicious occasion and the deities showered flowers on the child. The boy was named ’Nandi’ - who brings joy. Shilada brought the child home, immediately the boy lost his divine appearance to an ordinary child. The child completely forgot all about his birth. Sage Shilada was worried about the sudden change. He devoted his time for the bringing up the child, his education etc. By the age of seven the boy was well versed in Veda and all sacred texts. One day the two deities - Mitra and Varuna visited Sage Shilada. At the first sight of the boy, they commented: Though the boy had all auspicious signs, he would have a very short life. The boy would not live after the age of eight. Sage Shilada was mortified at this remark. Nandi could not bear his father's sorrow, he began to pray to Lord Shiva. Lord Shiva appeared before him and blessed him. Lord Shiva adorned the boy with a necklace around his neck which he was wearing, and made him immortal. Lord Shiva blessed the child and declared that he would be worshiped along with Him and become his vahana(vehicle). Immediately the boy got all the divine powers and transformed into half bull-half human. Then he and Shilada went to Lord Shiva 's abode to live.
IN HINDUISM
Bulls appear on the Indus Valley seals, including the 'Pasupati Seal', which depicts a seated figure, and according to some scholars is similar to Shiva. However, most scholars agree that the horned bull on the Indus Valley seals is not identical to Nandi.
The various descriptions on Nandi in the Hindu Religion texts include:
Some Puranas describe Nandi or Nandikeshvara as bull faced with a human body that resembles that of Shiva- in proportion and aspect, although with four hands, two hands holding the Parasu (the axe) and Mruga (the antelope) and the other two hands joined together in the Anjali(obeisance). Brahma Vaivarta Purana mentions Krishna himself to have taken the form of a bull as no one else in the Universe can bear Shiva.
Vehicle of Shiva: The bull Nandi is Shiva's primary vehicle and is the principal gana (follower) of Shiva.
Gate keeper of Shiva's abode: The close association of Shiva and Nandi explains the presence of a statue of Nandi at the gate of many temples dedicated to Shiva. It also explains why the word "nandi" in the Kannada, Telugu and Tamil languages is used as a metaphor for a person blocking the way. In Sanskrit, a bull is called "vrisha", which has another connotation - that of righteousness or Dharma. It is important to seek the blessings of Nandi before proceeding to worship Lord Shiva.
Chief in Shiva's army: Some Puranas mention that Nandi lead the Shiva Ganas, Shiva's attendants.
A Guru of Saivism: In addition to being his mount, Nandi is Shiva's foremost disciple. In the Natha/Siddhar tradition, Nandi is one of the primal gurus. He was the guru to Siddhar Thirumulanathar, Patanjalinathar and others.
From the yogic perspective, Nandi/Nandhi/ Nandikeshvara is the mind dedicated to Lord Siva, the Absolute. In other words, to understand and absorb Light, the 'experience and the wisdom' is Nandi which is the Guru within.
Spiritually, Nandi represents an individual jiva (soul) and the message that the jiva should always be focussed on the Atman (Paramatman).
LEGENDS
According to some puranas, Nandi was born to sage Shilada who got him by the grace of Shiva.
It was Nandi who cursed Ravana (the demon King of Lanka) that his kingdom would be burnt by a monkey (Vanara). And later Hanuman burnt Lanka when he went in search of Sita, who was kept prisoner by Ravana in Ashok Vatika. In one puranic story, it is stated that once Siva and Parvathi were playing a game of dice. For any game there has to be an umpire, who has to declare who is the winner. Siva and Parvathi agreed to have Nandi (the divine bull) as the umpire. Nandi is a favorite of Siva, as he is Siva's vehicle. Although Siva lost the game, Nandi declared him the winner. It is stated that Parvathi was indignant over Nandi's partiality for Siva and cursed him that he should die from an incurable disease. Thereupon Nandi fell at the feet of Parvathi and pleaded for forgiveness. "Mother forgive me. Should I not show at least this amount of gratitude to one who is my master? Is it not humiliating for me to declare that my master has lost the game? To uphold his honor I no doubt uttered a lie. But am I to be punished with such severity for so small an offence?" Nandi prayed for forgiveness in this manner. Parvathi forgave Nandi and taught him the means to atone for his lapse. She told him. "The Chaturdasi day in the month of Bhadrapada is the day when my son's birthday is celebrated. On that day you have to offer to my son what pleases you most (green grass)". This means that one atones for one's sins when one offers to the Lord what is most pleasing and enjoyable to him. For Nandi the most enjoyable and relishing food is green grass. As directed by Parvathi Nandi worshipped Ganapathi by offering green grass. Nandi was then relieved of his dreaded disease. His health improved and by the grace of Parvathi he was redeemed.
When the positive forces, the devas, and the negative forces, the asuras, joined together on a rare occasion to churn the ocean with a mountain to obtain the nectar of immortality they utilized Vasuki, the serpent, as the rope. The devas pulled from one end and the asuras from the other. Lots of precious herbs and gems were produced during the Churning and one of them was a poison (halāhala) which became human karma. This "poison" was so dangerous that none of the devas or asuras wanted to go near it. It was extremely sticky and coming into contact with this poison, i.e., human karma, would drag the divinity down to the realms of human suffering and ego. As everyone else ran away, Lord Siva, followed by Nandi, came forward to help as he was the only one who could counteract this deadly poison. Siva took the poison into his hand and drank it, the descent of the poison was in turn stopped at His throat, by His divine consort. Siva is therefore also known as Nīlakaṇṭha (the blue-throated one) and Viṣakaṇṭha (the poison-throated one). Nandi saw some of the poison spill out of Siva's mouth and immediately drank if off the ground. The devas and asuras watching were shocked and wondered aloud what would happen to Nandi. Lord Siva calmed their fears saying, "Nandi has surrendered into me so completely that he has all my powers and my protection".
LARGEST NANDIS IN INDIA
1. Lepakshi, Andhra Pradesh
2. Brahadishwara Temple, Tamil Nadu
3. Chamundi Hills, Mysore, Karnataka
4. Bull Temple, Bangalore, Karnataka
5. Rameswaram, Tamil Nadu
6. Hoysaleswara Temple, Halebidu, Karnataka
7. Shanthaleswara Temple, Halebidu, Karnataka
8. Vadakkunnathan Temple, Thrissur, Kerala
9. Virupaksha Temple, Hampi, Karnataka
10. Nandi Temple, Western Group of Temples, Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh
11. Kedareshvara Temple at Balligavi (Karnataka)
12. Doddabasaveshvara temple, Kurugodu Bellary dist
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2018-06-12: H.E. Yemi Osinbajo, Vice President of Nigeria shaking hands with Ebrima Faal, Senior Director, Nigeria Country Department, African Development Bank during the launch of African Development Bank-funded US$258 million landmark northeast recovery Programme. In frame, Mohammed Abdullahi Abubakar, Governor of Bauchi State.
Jens Martens, head of Global Policy Forum, on the new post 2015 development during the Kapuscinski Development Lecture in Helsinki on 29 October 2014. More: kapuscinskilectures.eu
at the World Economic Forum on Africa in Abuja, Nigeria 2014. Copyright by World Economic Forum / Benedikt von Loebell
What we have been dreading for several years in Cwmbran; a new "rape of the fair country". Looking from the A4051 at Pontrhydyrun over doomed fields.
This area, from South Sebastopol to Pontnewydd, is due to be carpeted with over 2000 homes and shops known as the "South Sebastopol Development" (or as I prefer to call it, "Cwmbran New Town 2"). Despite a fierce campaign which at one time forced the council to drop the plan, the development will now go ahead, confirming the power of money over local wishes. As a child, I would walk around here with my father who used to say "see this, they'll never build on it, it's green belt". He will be turning in his urn.
Above California. Somewhere east of Los Angeles pockets of development spread into the desert like viruses. I wonder what the metaphoric antibiotic would be to stop this stuff? No doubt if it were ever found the development viri would mutate and continue spreading.
The long diverse journey exploring the themes around OKSparks! Research & Development touched on everything from circuit board assembly and testing, software development, board game making, drawing, graphic design, Amateur Radio License Exams, Research interviews, planning meetings, workshop trial runs, laser cutting, lab visiting, micros residencies, site visits endless car journey conversations on the relationship between art, science and tiffin tins and community building events. Investment in this kind of practice needs time and space; Ok Sparks allowed all this to happen!
Wilhelm Maybach played a vital role in the early development of car technology. As technical director at Daimler he created the Mercedes Simplex, the “first modern car”, at the request of Emile Jellinek. When in 1907 he left to found his own company, his aim was to create and manufacture the most advanced cars possible, and his top-of-the-range model, the D8 with its 12-cylinder engine, can certainly be considered one of the best cars of the period. The engine was a direct result of his work as engine supplier for Zeppelin’s dirigibles.
The car offered, chassis @1435, was the first one equipped with a 7-passenger, fully transformable limousine body, built by Spohn. The first owner, who received it as a gift from Adolf Hitler, was His Highness the Maharajah of Patiala and Raj Pramukhirthe. Hidden during the war, it was first registered in 1951 following the establishment of Indian title and registration laws. It was given a red number plate, indicating that it was a state car. In fact it was arguably the most important car in India.
In 1997 the car was sold by its second owner at an auction in Geneva. In 2001/2002 the car was bought by a German collector who, incredibly, decided to remove the original body and give the car a 2 seater Cabriolet body. Even though the new body used a design by Spohn and was well made by the German firm Reifen-Wagner, this modification reduces the originality and the value of the car. Fortunately, the original body is not lost: it was kept and preserved and now belongs to the Museum for Historical Maybach vehicles in Germany.
Microsoft Azure Blockchain has caught the aggregate interest of the Business, Innovation & Technology world. It quickly approaches the pinnacle of the buildup cycle observed in the other innovations or technology of the past. It gives an approach to record and exchange information safely as it makes thing decentralized, law-based, proficient and straightforward. At Katpro Technologies, we can help you with implementing Microsoft Azure for your business.
For more information please visit: katprotech.com/microsoft-azure-blockchain-overview/
(l. to r.) Steve Cano, Sr. Director of International Retail, John Browett, Sr. VP Retail, Bob Bridger, VP Retail Real Estate & Development
Expanding and strengthening trading relationships abroad means real jobs here at home. The Government of British Columbia is acting to make sure that B.C. businesses are first in line to take advantage of the growing market opportunities in Asia. The upcoming Jobs and Trade Mission to China, Japan and Korea will open up new doors, connect B.C. businesses with Asian demand, and keep B.C.’s economy strong and growing.
Learn more: www.newsroom.gov.bc.ca/2013/11/bank-of-china-chooses-vanc...
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Accelerating Climate Action through Philanthropic-Public-Private-Collaboration
Gim Huay Neo, Managing Director, Centre for Nature and Climate, World Economic Forum; Ray Dalio, Founder, Co-Chairman and Co-Chief Investment Officer, Bridgewater Associates, USA; Frans Timmermans, Executive Vice-President for the European Green Deal, European Commission; Klaus Schwab, Founder and Executive Chairman, World Economic Forum
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Sustainable Development Impact Meetings, New York, USA 19 - 23 September
Logo Development, Brand Identity, Brand Collateral Brochure, Web Design, Construction Site Graphics.
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13-14 November - Green Growth and Sustainable Development Forum 2014.
For more information, visit: www.oecd.org/greengrowth/ggsd-2014.htm
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New state and private housing in Koeke Road, Northcote, Auckland, New Zealand.
Intersection of Koekoe Rd and Mahana Rd, Tonar St at the end.
Housing New Zealand (now Kāinga Ora – Homes and Communities) has redeveloped these properties as part of the Northcote Development.
Of the 1500 new homes, one third of them will be retained by Housing New Zealand as state housing, one third will be sold to KiwiBuild buyers, and one third will be sold on the open market.
From left to right: General Bjorn Bisserup (Chief of Defence - Denmark), Major General Martin Herem (Chief of Defence - Estonia), General Francois Lecointre (Chief of Defence - France) and General Eberhard Zorn (Chief of Defence - Germany)
13-14 November - Green Growth and Sustainable Development Forum 2014.
For more information, visit: www.oecd.org/greengrowth/ggsd-2014.htm
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April 21, 2012 - Washington Dc., World Bank/IMF 2012 Spring Meetings., Closing Development Committee Press Briefing. Marek Belka is the Development Committee Chairman; Robert B. Zoellick World Bank President; Christine Lagarde IMF Managing Director. Photo: Simone D. McCourtie / World Bank
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New housing development in Stayner, ON (Clearview Township). After years of sluggish development in the community, new housed seem to be popping up like mushrooms!
Land cleared for oil palm plantation, East Kalimantan, Indonesia.
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Imagens em ordem cronólogica cobrindo as dinâmicas e trocas entre lideranças comunitárias e aliados técnicos de 16 países e representantes do TTC das comunidades do Caño Martín Peña em San Juan, Porto Rico. 28 de abril - 1 de maio, 2019.
Through the Advancing Youth Mkami activity in Tanzania, USAID connects youth to entrepreneurship training, tech- nical skills building, leadership development, healthy life- style cultivation, and employment opportunities. Credit: Princely Glorious/DAI