Bring the Monsoon Magic into your life with Mahindra Homestays!

Avail 50% discount and 100% fun on accommodation across India For all those who shunned the thought of vacation owing to the summer heat and peak season rush, it’s time to pack your bags and get on wheels to experience something new and exciting. Mahindra Homestays, a part of Mahindra Holidays and Resorts announces its Monsoon Magic offer for this season

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FINO partners with Microfinance Opportunities and The MasterCard Foundation to implement their financial education program

FINO has been chosen to implement Microfinance Opportunity’s financial education for branchless banking program, which is sponsored by The MasterCard Foundation. The company is currently working to achieve total financial inclusion in India by providing an end to end technology payments platform as well as managing the cash on the field through its agents (bandhu) network spread across the country

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Later Tapestry Work of John Henry Dearle

Illustration: John Henry Dearle Arras tapestry portiere 1910 John Henry Dearle is probably the best-known name associated with the Morris & Co company after that of William Morris himself and his lifelong friend and oftentimes creative companion Edward Burne-Jones. Dearle’s input into the company cannot be stressed enough. He worked himself up from the retail side and by the 1890s he had become, in all but name, the director of the business.

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San Francisco laughs at itself

The Esalen spirit beclouds San Francisco like a fog. But out of the miasma of navel gazing and self-help for the soul we experienced a couple of refreshing bouts of revisionism on our visit earlier this month. Sigal Shoham, squeezing the profits of 21st Century snake-oil cures, the theme of her solo show

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San Francisco laughs at itself

Support the Gulf Recovery

Whether you live near the Gulf of Mexico or not, there are ways that you can help the region and its wildlife recover from the oil spill . If you want to help the animals affected by the spill, remember that cleaning oiled wildlife is complex and can be dangerous

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Paintings for Sale by Daily Artists | June 15, 2010

AJ LaGasse David Edwards Andrew Orr Janice Warriner Coral Barclay Becky Joy Mark Webster Barbara Haviland Karla Nolan Justin Clayton Cheryl Pass Cheryl Ratcliff To purchase any painting, simply visit the artist’s blog for details!

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Paintings for Sale by Daily Artists | June 15, 2010

Chefs Move to Schools: Celebs with Kids at the White House

I love how this video, from the White House Blog, captures the essence of the Chefs Move to Schools initiative: Look! A new post about the initiative from my friend, Lia at the Nourish Network. Since my return from the White House, just over a week ago, I have been invited to help launch salad bars in

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Are you ready to face the judges?

If you want to play with the big girls and boys, you have to be able to articulate what your art is about. I’ve been hounding you about this for years, but you don’t have to believe me. Just watch the first episode of Work of Art: The Next Great Artist .

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Etisalat Sri Lanka Adopts Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization

Company achieves business scalability and cost savings with Red Hat virtualization solution Red Hat, Inc. (NYSE: RHT), the world’s leading provider of open source solutions, today announced that Etisalat Sri Lanka has adopted Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization as the foundation for its critical IT infrastructure that services 2.4 million subscribers across the island nation’s cellular network, inventory management and distribution services for 30,000 retail outlets.

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SkodaAuto India honored with a “Silver Safety Award” at the Greentech Safety Award

SkodaAuto India, a fully owned subsidiary of SkodaAuto a.s., Czech Republic (Volkswagen Group), was honoured with “Silver Safety Award” by Mr. Kamleshwar Sharan – President of “Greentech Foundation” at Goa. The award acknowledged SkodaAuto’s consistent and distinguished efforts in automobile sector for the measures adopted in the area of Safety and Health

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SkodaAuto India honored with a “Silver Safety Award” at the Greentech Safety Award

Your “Gateway” to a world of style & power packed performance

Gateway from Acer sets the trend in product design with its new consumer notebook & netbook line-up Americas’ most stylish brand Gateway, from Acer has announced the introduction of a new series of notebooks (NV49, NV 59 & ID59) & netbooks (LT21), with distinctive designs to address the evolving needs and expectations of consumer notebook users in the country. Sporting fresh styling set to push the boundaries of PC design, these products from Gateway are unique in their visual appeal.

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Tata Motors Group global sales grow by 50% at 79,819 vehicles in May 2010

The Tata Motors Group global sales, comprising of Tata, Tata Daewoo and Hispano Carrocera range of commercial vehicles, Tata passenger vehicles along with distributed brands in India, and Jaguar and Land Rover, were 79,819 nos.

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Tata Motors Group global sales grow by 50% at 79,819 vehicles in May 2010

Reliance BIG TV’s Special in-shop campaign for India’s first High Definition cum Advanced Digital Video Recording Box

Brand new in- shop display all set to drive sales Reliance BIG TV (RBTV) the leading Direct- to- Home (DTH) service provider in the country has launched a special in- shop campaign for India’s first High- Definition cum Advanced Digital Video Recording Box. This special campaign will target retail outlets across 100 cities and will be supported by Reliance BIG TV’s distribution infrastructure which is the largest in India. Reliance BIG TV’s Home Entertainment Service distribution network covers 6,500 towns with a network reach of 1,00,000 retail points that includes electronic showrooms, TV showrooms and multi- brand outlets

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Magma Talus-Based RTL-to-GDSII Reference Flow for MIPS® Processor IP Delivers Repeatable Results, Speeds Deployment

Talus 1.1’s advanced capabilities enable faster timing closure for SoC designs that incorporate high-performance MIPS32® processors Magma® Design Automation (Nasdaq: LAVA), a provider of chip design software, today announced availability of a validated Talus®-based RTL-to-GDSII reference flow for system-on-chip (SoC) designs that incorporate high-performance embedded microprocessor cores from MIPS Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: MIPS), including the MIPS32® 1004K™, 74K®, 34K® and 24K® families. With this reference flow and the MIPS® IP, mutual customers can achieve repeatable results and speed deployment of advanced SoCs.

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Magma Talus-Based RTL-to-GDSII Reference Flow for MIPS® Processor IP Delivers Repeatable Results, Speeds Deployment

Elder Health Care Limited-promoted “Fairone Miss Kolkata 2010”Title Won By Local Beauty Ms. Nusrat Jahan

Miss Kolkata winners to qualify for Ms India Platinum, who will get a chance to play role in Dr. Anuuj J Saxena’s forthcoming movie Performance by Babul Supriyo enthralled one and all Kolkata’s beauty scene got a further fillip when thirteen finalists for the “FairOne Miss Kolkata 2010” pageant walked the ramp and took steps to tread the path of stardom at Kolkata on Friday 11th June 2010

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Elder Health Care Limited-promoted “Fairone Miss Kolkata 2010”Title Won By Local Beauty Ms. Nusrat Jahan

Supreme Court: No deportation for minor offenses

The Supreme Court ruled Monday that legal immigrants can’t be deported solely for commiting minor drug offenses. The decision stems from the case of Jose Angel Carachuri-Rosendo, who has been represented by attorneys at the University of Houston Law Center….

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Confit of Toulouse Sausages – sous vide

Loosely-based on a Paula Wolfert recipe for [i]Saucisses de Toulose Confit[/i]. The freshly made sausages were sealed in a pouch with freshly rendered lard; cooked SV @ 160F for a few hours and then briefly browned in a little lard

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Confit of Toulouse Sausages – sous vide

Kidderminster at the 1867 Paris Exhibition

Illustration: Carpet design by Woodward, Palmer & Radford 1867 At the 1867 Paris Exhibition a number of British companies were represented, including those dedicated to the textile arts. The carpet manufacturing industry of Kidderminster was well placed and was to win a number of gold, silver and bronze medals for their design work.

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Daily Art by Daily Painters – June 14, 2010

Mark Webster Karla Nolan Cheryl Ratcliff Cheryl Pass Becky Joy Andrew Orr Janice Warriner Justin Clayton Barbara Haviland David Edwards AJ LaGasse Coral Barclay To purchase any painting, simply visit the artist’s blog for details!

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Daily Art by Daily Painters – June 14, 2010

5 Reasons to Title Your Art

Have you become lazy when it comes to naming your art? Are you stuck on Untitled or a lame numbering system for a series ( Green Mountain #1 , Green Mountain #2 , etc.)? It’s time for better titles for your art! Here are five reasons why.

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