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I am finishing my last year in the architecture program at Cal Poly Pomona. I am a first-generation college student.
While it is my priority to obtain my architectural license, I plan to initiate my master’s degree in Fine Arts a year after I graduate. I really enjoy drawing and painting in my free time and I would like to further expand my experience and techniques.
I also make time for photography, sketching and of course my first love – fútbol!
Primarily worked on developing concept design, research, site analysis, renderings, details, sections, elevations and setting up sheets at the start of a new project, utilize/research building codes and standards applicable to architectural design. Prints, scans, plots.
Developed renderings, details, sections, elevations and schedules, drafting based on red-marks, and setting up sheets at the start of a new project, utilize/research building codes and standards applicable to architectural design (ADA, Fire/Life safety, exiting, occupancy, use, construction type, etc.), Including the California Building Code, California Green Code, etc.
Dispatched pilot cars on jobs for oversize loads.
Dispatched runners for transportation permit pickups at city halls.
Receptionist answered phone calls and took orders.
Processed annual permits for oversize transportation permits for customers.
January 16 is celebrated in Goa every year as the Asmitai Dis (Identity Day). After Liberation Pandit Nehru had declared “we want to maintain the separate identity of Goa, its separate individuality... we have no interest in changing or surpassing that identity’. In Goa, itself, there was two opposite points of view. The Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party wanted merger of Goa into Maharashtra whilst the United Goans Party and the Congress held that Goa should not merge into Maharashtra. The arguments in favour of merger were that Goa was too small to administer itself, its effective administration would be possible only if it were part of a larger State and furthermore that Goa had strong historical and cultural ties with Maharashtra. The arguments against merger were that Goa had its own identity, Konkani was an independent language and not a dialect of Marathi and that, in case of merger, Goa would be reduced to a backwater district of Maharashtra. Parag Porobo who wrote a book on our first Chief Minister Dayanand Bandodkar says “Bandodkar may not have been that keen on merger and tried putting it off during his first term. But others in the MGP were much more insistent and forced the issue”.
The MGP, which had formed the State Government, felt that this matter should be decided by voting on the floor of the Assembly. This was strongly opposed by the UGP and the Congress. Thereafter, on January 16, 1967, during the premiership of Smt. Indira Gandhi, an Opinion Poll was conducted in Goa. It was for the first time in political history that such a referendum was held in Independent India and possibly in the world as referendums are generally held in autonomous regions who are seceding from a country due to various differences.
The Opinion Poll went against the demand for merger. If Goa had merged into Maharashtra it would have been one of the smallest districts of that State. Most districts of Maharashtra have a population larger than Goa. The administration of Goa would have been headed by a District Collector and not by its own representatives. Several significant benefits available to the States would not have been available to Goa. Goa is presently the State with the highest Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita. This would not have been possible if Goa had merged into Maharashtra.
After the verdict of the Opinion Poll, the Congress and the United Goans Party demanded statehood for Goa. The MGP supported this demand. In March 1971, Shri A. N. Naik of the United Goans Party brought a Private Member’s Resolution in the Goa Legislative Assembly demanding statehood for Goa. It was approved unanimously. Sometime thereafter, Shri Purushottam Kakodkar of the Congress introduced in the Lok Sabha a Bill demanding Statehood for Goa and in October 1976, Shri R. L. Pankar of the MGP moved a Private Member’s Resolution in the Legislative Assembly with the same demand. It was also passed unanimously. Dr. Jack de Sequeira, Law Minister Pratapsingh Rane, Sri A. N. Naik, Dr. L. P. Barbosa, Chandrakant Chodankar, Roque Santana Fernandes, Punaji Achrekar, Teotonio Pereira, Luta Ferrao, Leo Velho, Dr. Silverio D’Souza, Jagdish Rao and this writer participated in the debate. Speaking on the occasion, Chief Minister Smt. Sashikala Kakodkar, said: “In the early years after Liberation the MGP stood for merger with Maharashtra and fought for it through the Opinion Poll in a democratic way. The verdict of the Poll went against the merger. The MG Party accepted the people's verdict because it believes in the wisdom of the electorate. Goa, Daman and Diu are and should be what the people of this territory want to make of it.” Statehood was granted to Goa in May 1987, under the premiership of Shri Rajiv Gandhi.
There is presently a demand to install the statue of Dr. Jack Sequeira in the Goa Legislative Assembly complex. Dr. Jack Sequeira was the President of the United Goans Party, the first Leader of Opposition and a prominent leader of the movement for Opinion Poll and for Statehood. The statue of Shri Dayanand Bandodkar, our first Chief Minister and the President of the MGP, is already at that site. Shri Purushottam Kakodkar, used his personal equations with the Nehru family to lobby hard for the referendum with the Central leadership. Purushottam Kakodkar participated in the Quit India Movement and was imprisoned for it. He also took part in the Goa Liberation Movement and in the Civil Disobedience Movement launched by Ram Manohar Lohia in Goa in 1946. The Portuguese colonial administration deported him and kept him in detention. After being released from detention in Portugal in 1956, Kakodkar came back to Goa and set up an ashram in Margao. The ashram was used to disguise the freedom movement and many freedom fighters took refuge in the ashram. The police soon discovered the true purpose of the ashram and closed it. After Goa's liberation Kakodkar was the head of the Goa unit of the Congress Party.
Prominent leaders of the movement for Opinion Poll and Statehood were also Dr. Alvaro Loyola Furtado, Ravindra Kelekar, Shabu Desai, Urminda Lima Leitao, Chandrakant Keni and Uday Bhembre among others.
In 2011, I had arranged for a portrait of Dr. T. B. da Cunha, known as the Father of Goa’s Freedom Movement, and at my instance it was unveiled in the Central Hall of Parliament by the Speaker of the Lok Sabha on December 19, 2011, the Golden Jubilee of Goa’s Liberation, in the presence of the Prime Minister, Union Ministers, Leaders of Opposition in the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, Congress President and all Goan MPs. The portrait is now on permanent display at the Parliament House along with those of the foremost Indian leaders. This is the only portrait of a Goan leader in Parliament House.
I had requested the then Speaker of the Goa Legislative Assembly that the portrait of Dr. T. B. da Cunha as well as of other leaders of our Freedom Movement should be displayed in our Legislative Assembly. He wrote to me that necessary steps would be taken in this regard. However, so far nothing has been done in this matter and it should be done now. It would be in the fitness of things if the Goa Legislative Assembly displays in its premise’s panels depicting the Freedom Struggle since the inception of the colonial rule in 1510.
Selected writings of T. B. da Cunha were published by Dr. T. B. da Cunha Memorial Committee in 1961 under the caption “Goa’s Freedom Struggle”. The book is presently out of print. The Art and Culture Department of the Government of Goa should reprint it and it should be in the curriculum of our schools and colleges so as to provide a much-needed sense of direction to our society.
A new Halloween movie is finally in the works and it is going to arrive next year on October 19, 2018. Just in time for the the holiday. John Carpenter is producing with David Gordon Green directing and co-writing the script with Danny McBride, the team behind Pineapple Express. As it turns out, the project was very nearly directed by a filmmaker more experienced in making horror movies. Adam Wingard, the man behind The Guest and the Blair Witch reboot, very nearly directed the upcoming Halloween movie.
Adam Wingard, who is currently promoting his movie Death Note, which arrived on Netflix over the weekend, was speaking with The Movie Crypt. During the course of the conversation, he revealed that he very nearly directed the Halloween reboot, but it didn't ultimately come to pass. Though, it very easily could have. Here's what he had to say about it.
"You know, I almost actually did the Halloween movie that they're doing. It almost happened, but the deal just kinda fell apart. When I found out those rights were available I was immediately trying to figure out how to get in on that. But ultimately what I realized was I kinda already made my Halloween movie with The Guest. So it felt like it would be retreading on that kind of thing. In a way though, I still want to do a Halloween movie."
Even though Adam Wingard says that the deal fell apart, it also sounds like he kind of took himself out of the running to a degree. Now it is in the hands of Danny McBride and David Gordon Green, who have been saying all of the right things about their Halloween movie, to revive Michael Myers on the big screen. John Carpenter praised the pitch that McBride and Green brought to the table, but the legendary horror filmmaker actually gave Wingard his blessing as well.
"I actually got an email, in confidence, where Carpenter was basically...He actually gave them the thumbs up for me. And I kinda walked away from it like, I just got everything I wanted out of this job, you know. Like I just want approval from dad. And I walked away like, 'This is about as good as it gets.'"
Things worked out in the end for Adam Wingard. He recently landed a gig directing Godzilla vs. Kong for Legendary Pictures, which is going to be a massive franchise flick. So that could end up being a bigger deal for his career moving forward. Rumored to be titled Halloween Returns, Blumhouse, the studio behind Split and The Purge, is producing the new Michael Myers movie, which is going to be a sequel but will ignore much of the later mythology and take primarily from the first two movies. We haven't seen a good Halloween movie in a while, so whoever is making it, horror fans just want it to be good. If it isn't, we may look back and wonder what Wingard's version of it would have been.
Princess Eugenie has become the first British royal to launch a personal Instagram account. Her account launch comes seven months before her wedding, Business Insider reports.
The princess is expected to marry Jack Brooksbank, London socialite, in October.
Within just a few days of opening the account and posting a short commentary on a photo on Instagram, Princess Eugenie (@princesseugenie) has amassed more than 20,000 followers.
Having an Instagram account may not seem like a big deal to the average person, but this is an unprecedented move by a British royal. In fact, Meghan Markle, the actress engaged to Prince Harry, deleted all of her social media accounts in preparation of becoming a member of the royal family.
While she may have shut down her social media accounts, Markle is still known for breaking the royal rules. She was recently spotted out at a royal event wearing a messy bun and signing autographs for fans. She was also carrying a handbag, whereas royal protocol requires women to carry a clutch clasped with both hands. The royal family has strict rules about hair and fashion, which Markle often side-steps.
It is rumored that Prince Harry had opened a secret Instagram account to follow Meghan Markle before their engagement. The prince was believed to have used the account to follow a few close friends and charities.
It is not surprising that Markle shut down her social media account. The royal family has people who run their social media accounts for them. The official Kensington Palace Instagram, Facebook and Twitter accounts keep the public informed about the events and happenings in the lives of the royal family.
In addition to Eugenie’s first post on International Women’s Day, she has also shared two more pictures with her followers. One is a candid photographer of her and her fiancé from their engagement photoshoot. The second post is a photo of her mother in honor of Mother’s Day.
Princess Eugenie’s bold move to open and manage her own social media account begs the question: will other royals follow suit? There appears to be no official rule about not having social media accounts, but it is an understood one.
The next generation of the British royal family has been taking strides and doing things their own way. Princess Eugenie’s move may encourage others in the family to open accounts of their own in the future.
Eugenie is the youngest daughter of the queen’s second-born son, Prince Andrew. She is eighth in line of the royal succession, but she will drop to ninth in line when Prince William and the Duchess of Cambridge welcome their child into the world next month.
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As well as our state of the art facilities, we have an exciting programme of trips, visits, visitors and extra-curricular activities. New Line Learning value positive working relationships and seek individuals who will support this ethos. We are very excited about the future of our Humanities department in our Academy and we are ready to invest in the right people to ensure its success.
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Apple continues to grow in the mobile enterprise, according to Good Technology, even while iPhone 6 series devices are on track to grab big gains from Android in the US.
Good Technology this morning released the latest iteration of its Mobility Index Report, in which it found iOS holds 69 per cent of the enterprise market -- that's nearly seventy times larger than the 1 percent share held by Microsoft.
Custom app activations more than doubled quarter over quarter.
The new iPhone models are boosting Apple's growth. Good Technology claims the smaller iPhone 6 is the more popular, accounting for 85 percent of new iPhone activations. The iPhone 6 Plus claimed 15 percent.
The first solutions jointly developed Apple/IBM solutions are already appearing, driving further Apple enterprise gains and forcing Microsoft to innovate -- great for enterprise consumers.
The commodity Android platform appeals more to low end cash conscious consumers than to enterprise users seeking stability, security, long term product support, manufacturer commitment or clarity regarding future product plans and upgrade paths. Enterprises need reliable suppliers.
All the same, Android accounted for 29 percent of enterprise smartphone activations during the quarter, down from 31 percent in the previous quarter.
Apple owns the enterprise: 98 percent of the Fortune 500 and over 92 percent of the Global 500 are using iOS devices in their business today.
What makes this most interesting, of course, is that the current situation is very much the reverse of the shape of the PC market, in which Apple plays second place to Microsoft. This shape is changing as Apple continues to grab market share at a rate that exceeds industry growth. There are also strong signs it is about to make significant gains against Android in the US.
Born and raised in East London's Leytonstone, DJ/promoter-turned-singer Murkage Dave has been a student of the game from his early days of listening to Deja Vu and Rinse FM. His love of garage transitioned into him DJing during his teens and then turning this passion into a career, when he began putting on parties in Manchester during his time at university.
From running club events, Dave then leveled up and formed a collective, Murkage Cartel, with the likes of Madam X coming through the ranks and going on to do big things in the industry. However, the creative soon felt the need to return back to his hometown in order to take things back to the roots. In London, Dave rapidly got back in the thick of things and he eventually landed a residency at the infamous—and now closed—East London venue, Visions. The heat Dave garnered from DJing at the place to be put him on the radar of Mike Skinner of The Streets, and the two soon linked up for their night, TONGA, promoting events across the world with their collective wealth of music knowledge. But throughout his time of promoting and DJing club events, Dave always felt that creating his own music was his true calling and, recently, he made this a reality with the release of his debut solo LP, Murkage Dave Changed My Life.
Complex caught up with the Manchester scene legend shortly after his headline show at The Sebright Arms to get the soundtrack to his life, which ranges from DJ selections to inspirations for inside the booth.
ONE Championship Executive On How Ben Askren Will Fare If UFC Following Trade, UFC 230 Embedded - Wrestling Inc.
- The first episode of UFC 230 Embedded has been released featuring the likes of double champion Daniel Cormier, top heavyweight challenger Derrick Lewis, former UFC middleweight champion Chris Weidman and top contender Ronaldo "Jacare" Souza. The event takes place this Saturday live from Madison Square Garden in New York City.
In the video above, Cormier puts in a training session for his bout with Lewis, while the challenger does the same in hopes of landing a knockout punch.
Weidman trains at his home base of Serra BJJ with former UFC champion and long-time coach Matt Serra. We also see Lewis take in an NBA game featuring the Houston Rockets and family time for Cormier.
- Chatri Sityodtong, a top executive with ONE Championship, has heard the talk of Ben Askren having troubles once he arrives in the UFC. And Sityodtong doesn't believe them one bit.
Askren, a former champion with ONE and Bellator, is unbeaten in his career. He was a standout wrestler at the University of Missouri and has made several bold proclamations via Twitter.
Most people have no clue how extraordinary @Benaskren truly is. I have personally seen him in training on multiple occasions demolish the best of the best athletes from ONE and UFC; and he made it look easy. I won't name any names, but they were big names.
I believe @Benaskren is going to run through the best UFC welterweights like a hot knife in butter.
Continuing to enhance its mobile offerings, Facebook on Tuesday unveiled a new look for mobile brand pages aimed at making it easier for users to get key information about local businesses while on the go.
The updated pages feature a more streamlined design tailored to smartphone screens. It puts the business address and zoomed-in mapped location front and center to minimize the need for extra taps. Buttons to Like, Check-in, Call or Share have also been moved up toward the top of the layout to expedite business interaction.
A company's business page now prominently displays its average star rating. Users can add their own rating and recommendation and see a feed of relevant Timeline posts by friends.
As on the desktop, businesses can now pin a post near the top of their mobile page (including offers or videos), and switch easily between the administrative and public views of their Facebook presence. While the changes are rolling out today via mobile browsers and Facebook’s iOS app, page admins don’t need to prepare their pages for the update.
Facebook said new mobile pages for the Android app are coming soon. The redesigned mobile pages reflect the company’s efforts to compete with Google, Yelp, YP, and Foursquare to become a key player in mobile local search.
“[Facebook’s] commitment to local is really taking off, and that means their focus around small business is accelerating -- and we’re seeing a lot of that not only manifesting itself in mobile, but starting with mobile," said Jed Williams, director of consulting and senior analyst at local media research firm BIA/Kelsey.
He notes that the revamped mobile pages follow Facebook’s December launch of the Nearby feature in iOS and Android apps to help users find locals spots, based on their friends’ recommendations and Likes.
Speaking at an industry conference last month, Dan Levy, Facebook’s director of small business, said the social network now hosts 15 million pages for local businesses -- up from 13 million at the end of 2012. He said 500,000 pages were using Facebook’s promoted posts to highlight their content, up from 300,000 in December.
With the debut of Graph Search on the desktop in January, Facebook has another tool that will eventually help its more than 600 million mobile users navigate the world around them.
But Facebook on Tuesday said Pages was the first product it has “redesigned for mobile first,” before the desktop. In that vein, Williams noted how much emphasis the new design places on actionable steps that users can take, such as check-ins and click-to-call and posting ratings.
“As consumers get used to finding businesses through Facebook’s mobile search, they’ll feed more content into this engine, which will make Facebook’s data trove that much stronger, and can make its recommendations that much more effective, which would make it even a stronger competitor” in local search, he said.
That increased mobile activity could help Facebook generate additional advertising from local businesses.
The police have mounted a manhunt for an armed man after a 20 year-old man in the Hutt Valley was shot through the hand on Friday by a bullet that also grazed his head.
The police said he was apparently lured to the address where he was attacked.
Detective Senior Sergeant Dave Thornton said an occupant of a house in Harley Grove, Lower Hutt, was being sought.
Mr Thornton said the man had several associates and he was urging them to let police know where he is.
Two other people have appeared in court in connection with the incident.
The Fortnite PS4 controller is coming to India. Launched in the US last month and just announced for the UK, Sony India will be bringing in this limited edition variant of its DualShock 4 PS4 controller. Several retailers speaking to Gadgets 360 have confirmed that the controller has been offered to them for sale. The Fortnite PS4 controller India price is Rs. 3,990 and has a release date of this week. Apparently it will be available in time for Sony's Diwali sale that's slated to take place from October 15 to November 6. After the sale period, the Fortnite PS4 controller will have an MRP of Rs. 5,490. That said, given Sony India's track record of late, it's better to temper expectations on when it will exactly arrive. Here's what you get.
This isn't the first time Sony is teaming up with Epic Games for Fortnite. Earlier in the year, it launched the Fortnite PS4 bundle that contained the Royale Bomber outfit and 500 V-bucks in addition to a 500GB PS4 Slim. And since this bundle isn't available in India officially, grabbing the Fortnite PS4 controller seems like the easiest way to get the outfit. It should be available on sites like Games The Shop, Amazon India, and Flipkart. Gadgets 360 has requested Sony for comment and will update this story if we hear from the company.
This follows the announcement of the Fortnite: Deep Freeze bundle for India. The Fortnite: Deep Freeze Bundle price is GBP 24.99 (around Rs. 2,424). Warner Bros.' Indian distributor E-xpress has confirmed it's coming to India. The Fortnite: Deep Freeze Bundle India release date is the same as it is internationally, i.e November 16. No India price for the Fortnite: Deep Freeze Bundle has been announced just yet. Keep in mind that this won't be the game on disc. Rather, it's a code in box, which means you'll still have to download Fortnite on your console.
This loft in Downtown Manhattan’s Tribeca neighborhood features an entry foyer greeting you to high ceilings and oversized windows in the living room. But buyer beware: the master bathroom can bring about a melting relaxation — with an oversized tub, glass-enclosed rain shower and marble slab floors.
The condo is listed at $3.795 million by Harold Kobner with Argo Real Estate.
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After calculating the effects — in theory — on 401 German regions, the researchers found the auto industry would be the sector most affected. They said the city of Wolfsburg in northcentral Germany, where Volkswagen is headquartered, was one of the places that would see the most jobs affected. So would the Dingolfing-Landau region in southern Bavaria, where BMW has manufacturing facilities.
Another region that would be hit is the Maerkischer Kreis region in western Germany, where there are many export-oriented small and medium-size firms.
The authors, Hans-Ulrich Brautzsch and Oliver Holtemoeller, cautioned the figures do not predict the precise numbers of people who would be laid off. Companies could put workers on shorter hours or find other markets.
Still, "a hard Brexit would disrupt global value creation chains," Holtemoeller said in a statement accompanying the report. "Therefore, an exit by Britain from the EU without an agreement could mean significant losses in well-being. From the economic point of view, it must be hoped that an agreement is reached."
British Prime Minister Theresa May has been unable to win a majority in parliament for a negotiated agreement setting out the terms of Britain's departure from the EU, which is set to take place on March 29.
Unless lawmakers approved a deal or the withdrawal date is pushed back, customs duties would be levied on Britain's imports from and exports to the 27 remaining nations in the free-trade bloc.
Part of the institute's reasoning for saying autos would be the German sector that suffers most is a no-deal exit would mean 10 percent import duties on cars and car parts, according to the Halle report. The duties would add costs and hassles to trade, and increase prices for imported goods to consumers.
The German auto industry has some 15,000 jobs related to trade with Britain, or about 0.9 percent of total employment in the sector, according to the report.
Washington has imposed sanctions against the Venezuelan state oil company PDVSA, seizing $7 billion in assets, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said. The US is trying to force recognition of Juan Guaido as president in Caracas.
Sanctions will be lifted upon the “expeditious transfer of control to the interim president, or the subsequently democratically elected interim government,” he added.
“We know what the legitimate government of Venezuela is, and it is our mission to make reality what the people of Venezuela want,” National Security Adviser John Bolton chimed in, standing next to Mnuchin during the briefing at the White House on Monday.
In addition to $7 billion in PDVSA assets in the US, the sanctions will affect $11 billion worth of exports over the coming year, Bolton said.
The US buys a significant amount of Venezuelan oil, but Mnuchin said the sanctions would have "modest effect" on American refineries. He added that some of the oil that's been paid for is at sea, making its way to the US, but there will be no future purchases until regime change takes effect.
Citgo will continue operating in the US, but all profits from its sales will have to go into a blocked account, which will only be made available to Guaido's government, the Treasury secretary explained.
“These are valuable assets we’re protecting for the benefit of the Venezuelan people,” Mnuchin argued.
Washington immediately recognized Guaido as the head of the state after he declared himself interim president last week. US allies in the region and in Europe supported him as well.
As part of the ongoing push to oust Maduro and replace him with Guaido, the Bank of England has already refused to release $1.2 billion worth of Venezuelan gold to Caracas. Parallel to US recognition of Guaido, several European countries have also demanded Maduro call a new election within a week.
The president made a point of announcing large-scale military drills to be held in early February, and released photos of himself atop of an amphibious tank, to show that he has the army's support.
Asked what the US options were if the Venezuelan military remains loyal to Maduro, Bolton said that a number of high-ranking officers, as well as rank and file, are in “significant contacts” with the US-backed Guaido regime.