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Sitting in the corner of the balcony on a Saturday afternoon as it is raining heavily. This rain has some connection with me, maybe with you too. When it starts raining, mixed feelings gobble up inside us.<\/p>
Some feel happy, some feel gloomy, some feel excited and smell the wet sand while some are frightened by the thunders and lightening. Some cry in the rain and some dance in the rain, some just stands still and get drizzled while some make hot chocolate and cuddle with loved ones.<\/p>
The relationship I share with the rain feels like meeting an old bestfriend from long time. It gives me nostalgic feelings when I see it. It reminds me my childhood, friends , family, memories I made, mistakes I did, people I met and lessons I've learned. It's like an imaginary bestfriend who stands beside you and listen to what you say. Thanks for your presence where it can't be replaced by anyone!<\/p>
You make me feel happy and say its okay! \"Life is like a rollercoaster just enjoy the ride and get down when you reach your destination\". Please come back soon to hear some more updates from me. Till then, will be waiting for you.<\/p>"}]
The classic ancient seven wonders-<\/p>
Colossus of Rhodes, Great Pyramid of Giza, Hanging gardens of Babylon, Lighthouse of Alenxandria, Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, Statue of Zeus at Olympia and Temple of Atemis<\/i><\/b>-<\/p>
Due to the only existence left of Great Pyramid of Giza<\/p>
New replacement arrived with the list of-<\/p>
Great wall of china, Petra, Christ the Redeemer, Machu Picchu, Chichen Itza, Colosseum, Great Pyramid of Giza.<\/i><\/b><\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1530883222554","data":"5b3f6d260a7b7"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1530883222555","data":"
In 2000 a campaign was started to choose Wonders of the world from existing monuments. Out of which Egypt, China, Jordan, Italy, Mexico, Peru, India and Brazil received the honour of getting their monument selected as 1 out of seven wonders. But what is this \u201cSeven wonders\u201d? They are the structures considered to be the most wondrous of ancient world.<\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1530883222556","data":"5b3f6d6426d5b"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1530883222557","data":"
The Taj Mahal<\/b> is at the top position which was built in 1630 A.D on the orders of Shah Jahan. It is considered as the perfect jewel of Muslim art in India. The Pyramid at Chichen Itza<\/b> built before 800 A.D is the most famous Mayan temple city. It is astonishing that this archeological site covers an area of approximately 6 sq. Miles. The statue of Jesus \u2013 Christ the redeemer<\/b> is about 38 mt. tall, up the corcovado mountain. To celebrate the glory of Roman empire, Colosseum<\/b> was built, the theatre which has four floors and total capacity of 50,000. In 15th century, a city was built in the clouds of mountains known as Machu picchu<\/b> which was reserved as sacred place and used as astronomical observatory. The glittering capital of Nabatian Empire was built between 9 B.C and 40 A.D on the Arabian desert known as Petra<\/b>.<\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1530883222560","data":"5b3f6e6e7f4a8"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1530883222558","data":"
These 7 wonders with their attracting speciality has attracted millions of tourists towards it. <\/p>"}]
HACKATHON:<\/u><\/b><\/p>
A hackathon is a design sprint-like event in which computer programmers and others are involved in software development.The goal of a hackathon is to create usable software or hardware with the goal of creating a functioning product by the end of the event.<\/p>
The team of St. Pious the X Degree & PG College who won the Hackathon competition consisted of 8 members <\/p>
1.\tHarsha Thette <\/p>
2.\tAishwarya Sebastian<\/p>
3.\tSantoshi Sai <\/p>
4.\tRitisha Deshpande<\/p>
5.\tYamini Saraswathi <\/p>
6.\tT.Tharuni <\/p>
7.\tC. Sanjay Kumar\t(Mentor) <\/p>
8.\tSingareddyPraneeth (Mentor) <\/p>
\"It all started in January 2019. One fine day one of our Biochemistry department lecturer (Padmini ma'am) informed us about the hackathon competition 2019. \nThen we found a fitting solution to the problem statement which was Predictive Analysis to prevent damage of pharmaceutical <\/u>equipment<\/u>, which came under Emcure Pharmaceutical company\" says Aishwarya a of the member of the winning team.\n<\/p>
<\/p>
Description of the idea that won them the award <\/b><\/u><\/p>
Many Pharmaceutical companies face a set of problems and one of the major ones is occurrence of sudden or unexpected damage in the commonly used machines in the industries such as agitators. Hence their team MACHINERY HOROSCOPE have come up with a solution to this problem. <\/p>
They have used IoT based communication to detect these sudden damages beforehand using sensors which considers the threshold values of a set of parameters i.e. temperature, pressure, vibration and voltage of a particular machine used in the industry. \n<\/p>
The set of data collected by these sensors of different parameters is being transferred to an IoT component (WeMOS D1 MINI)and this data is converted into displayable form which is numerical in order. This numerical values of all the parameters are updated in the App and the notifier of the App produce a notification when there is a difference in the threshold values.\n<\/p>
Talking about their journey after that <\/u><\/b><\/i><\/p>
\u201cAfter we have submitted the idea, we received a mail stating that we have been selected for the finale round and that we had to go all over to Mumbai to represent the idea. With lot of discussions and day to day classes with our mentors on the idea, we became even more confident about our solution. Then we sent a confirmation email to the SIH website stating that our team will be present in Mumbai to continue our Hackathon finale Journey.<\/p>
The Hackathon center given to us was Welingkar Institute of Management Development and Research, Dadar, Mumbai. The institute infrastructure was mind blowing and impressive and we even interacted with few students there. \nOn the first day 2nd of March 2019 there was a welcoming session by the Principal of the Institute and other coordinators and student coordinators. Then we had a video chat with respected Sir Prakash Javadekarthe incumbent Union Minister of Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India. After the salutation we started with our first \u201cHacking\u201d day. The participants were given respective tables with our team name mentioned and even coolers were provided as it was conducted on the roof top of the institute. We were provided with timely food and short snack breaks.<\/p>
There was judging round 1 on the first day for which we explained the problem statement and our solution to it. We were given feed backs on our solution, on which we worked on till the next day morning 6am. . There was also a video chat with Prime Minister Narendra Modi that night where he interacted with hackathon participants from different centres. During the midnight hours we had zumba dancing to keep us active throughout the night, we were also provided with sleep rooms to take short power naps. \nWe worked continuously for hours on our solution overnight. Our mentors worked really hard on the programing part and continuously kept us motivated. <\/p>
On 3rd March morning we had our breakfast after our overnight working hours and continued coding. The second and final judging round were conducted and the judges analysed our solution, explanation, the product design etc.\nAfter the evaluation the ending ceremony began and the results of the Hackathon competition 2019 were announced. Our team name along with our college name was called out as we won the inspirational award. We were awarded with a cheque of 5000\/-, along with a memento and certificates. We could really feel butterflies in our stomach when we were called out for the award, it was the best moment in this whole trip and also unforgettable. <\/p>
On the day when we got selected for hackathon, we didn\u2019t expect that we would actually go to Mumbai but our zeal to complete what we started kept us going forward and all the encouragement from our beloved principal and lecturers, paved our way to a joyful success\u201d.<\/p>
\n\u201cWhere there is a will there is a way\u201d <\/u><\/b><\/i> \n\n<\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1555419283194","data":"5cb356a338b22"}]
\"I remember once being taught,to put boundaries on my imagination.<\/p>
To never paint the land pink,to never draw a balloon lacking inflation.<\/p>
They always said to hope for love and peace,but refused to pile the weapons no more.<\/p>
Did they but forget Buddha's words:when there'll be no army, there's no war!<\/p>
They said me to bear a tender patience,but my hope always ends in vain.<\/p>
When the rainbow refuses to smile upon us,inspite of enduring all this thunder and rain.<\/p>
They always adviced me to keep walking,but what if it's the wrong direction?<\/p>
'Cause they said all humans are our brothers,but still discriminated us based on complexion.<\/p>
They finally broke the long lasting taboo and,painted my beautiful green lands, red.<\/p>
They told others that peace is the goal,no matter the living who are probably, by now dead.<\/p>
I dreadfully await the much awaited sunny days,when this unbearable pain and tears will cease.<\/p>
As I wonder tonight, how many more reasons to grieve,and how many more bombs to create \"peace\".<\/p>
~Sadia<\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1507130473647","data":"59d4fcf0b248c"}]
Unless you're working in slave camps, you too have the luxury of having two days off every week from the eternal running race that is work life. Of course, since most of you are students, you still have some trouble grasping this concept because for some odd reason, educational institutes in India firmly believe that a student does not deserve a life outside of the college and also put classes on a Saturday. But that is a topic for another day. <\/p>
Having 2 days off every week is quite important, I'd say, because it allows you to appropriately slow and and take care of yourself before you can tackle another week full of irritating work obligations. I mean, Friday nights are for unwinding and partying, Saturday is for even more partying and hanging out with your friends, but then there is Sunday. What is Sunday for?<\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1510383971775","data":"5a06a1dcae114"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1510373976213","data":"
Sundays are your days. These are the days when you refuse to go out anywhere and stay home and on your bed in pyjamas and beg your parents to bring you breakfast in bread. Sundays are days you wish Swiggy had an option to deliver breakfast in bed, when you lie flat on your back and refuse to look at anyone or anything. These are the days you chill with just yourself, self reflect, and be lazy. As lazy as possible. <\/p>
Sundays are the days when you completely and utterly channel Bruno Mars and his Lazy song, you become what Mars sings about in the song. <\/p>"},{"type":"youtube","id":"vid-url-1510383931709","data":"fLexgOxsZu0"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1510383935558","data":"So unwind, relax, curse your Mondays and complain about lack of food to bedroom service, but make sure you let yourself slow down completely so you can tackle the hustle of Mondays till Friday evening, which is when you party and go nuts. So today, I don't feel like doing anything, I just wanna lay in my bed, don't feel like picking up the phone so leave a message at the tone. Cheers! "}]
Economist, educationist and the chief architect of the Indian Constitution, Ambedkar fought all his life to remove discrimination, degradation and deprivation from the society, a fight that continues to this day despite the man himself believing it would be gone in a decade or so. Discrimination, sadly, is more pervasive than that. Just goes on to show that even great men like him can be wrong sometimes. <\/p>
Apart from being just the Father of our Constitution, Dr. BR Ambedkar donned multiple hats. Here's a few things you should know about him. <\/p>
1. What's In A Name?<\/b> <\/p>
Ambedkar's original surname was Ambavadekar (derived from the name of his native village \u2018Ambavade\u2019 in Ratnagiri district of Maharashtra). It was his teacher, Mahadev Ambedkar who changed his surname from \u2018Ambavadekar\u2019 to his own surname \u2018Ambedkar\u2019 in school records as he was very fond of him.<\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1555152039493","data":"5ac4705983fd7"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1555152039494","data":"
2. The First Indian To Pursue A Doctorate Abroad: <\/b> <\/p>
Not only in Ambedkar the first Indian to pursue an Economics doctorate degree abroad, he is also the first Ph.D in Economics and the first double doctorate holder in Economics in South Asia. He was also among the highest educated Indians of his generation.<\/p>
During his three years at Columbia University, Ambedkar took twenty nine courses in economics, eleven in history, six in sociology, five in philosophy, four in anthropology, three in politics and one each in elementary French and German!<\/p>
It is worth noting that when Ambedkar returned from Columbia University, he was immediately discriminated upon once again by caste Hindus. Imagine going abroad, being treated as the intellectual powerhouse he was and then coming home and being told by caste Hindus that he was an untouchable. People to this day do not get this kind of discrimination and whine about reservations when they do not understand the pervasive forms it took for over 2000 years. <\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1555152039495","data":"5ac470e888e15"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1555152039496","data":"
3. The Bank of the Nation: <\/b> <\/p>
Reserve Bank of India was conceptualised according to the guidelines presented by Ambedkar to the Hilton Young Commission (also known as Royal Commission on Indian Currency and Finance) in his book, The Problem of the Rupee \u2013 Its Origin and Its Solution.<\/p>
Ambedkar also knew that the problem of the rupee is eventually linked to the problem of domestic inflation. In the preface to the book version of his thesis, he pointed out: \u201c\u2026nothing will stabilize the rupee unless we stabilize its general purchasing power\u201d.<\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1555152039497","data":"5ac47118ea660"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1555152039498","data":"
4. Changing working hours: <\/b> <\/p>
As the member for labour in the viceroy\u2019s council from 1942 to 1946, Dr Ambedkar was instrumental in bringing about several labour reforms. He changed the working hours from 12 hours to 8 hours in the 7th session of Indian Labour Conference in New Delhi in November 1942.<\/p>
He also introduced several measures for workers like dearness allowance, leave benefit, employee insurance, medical leave, equal pay for equal work, minimum wages and periodic revision of scale of pay. He also strengthened trade unions and established employment exchanges across India. Imagine working 12-14 hours a day as a default, we can thank Dr. Ambedkar for giving workers their rights. <\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1555152039499","data":"5ac471c96caf0"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1555152039500","data":"
5. Championing Women's Rights: <\/b> <\/p>
Ambedkar resigned from his post of the first law minister of India when the comprehensive Hindu Code Bill was dropped by the Indian parliament. The bill had two main purposes \u2013 first, to elevate the social status of Hindu women by giving them their due rights and second, to abrogate social disparities and caste inequalities. He went on to say, \"I measure the progress of community by the degree of progress which women had achieved. Let every girl who marries stand by her husband, claim to be her husband\u2019s friend and equal, and refuse to be his slave. I am sure if you follow this advice, you will bring honour and glory to yourselves.\"<\/p>
So today, if women have the right to inherit family property, the right to end a marriage and the right to marry intercaste, it is thanks to Dr. BR Ambedkar's tireless efforts. <\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1555152039501","data":"5ac4723d9b9f8"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1555152039502","data":"
So there you have it. To be honest, there are a lot of things about this tremendously interesting man that need to be documented, but before you read that, I would strongly encourage you to read Annihilation of Caste written by him. It is one of the most significant books in understanding caste discrimination and why it must be eliminated forever. <\/p>"}]
International E-Summit organized<\/b> by KODE Campus in association with Sreenidhi Institute of Science and Technology is an International Summit based on the theme of Entrepreneurship. The event mainly features Entrepreneurship talks by successful international CEOs and Technical Workshops.<\/p>
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Importance of Entrepreneurship:<\/u><\/b> <\/p>
- Entrepreneurship the advent of new venture particularly small ventures in order to materialize the innovative ideas of the entrepreneurs. Thus, the growth or establishment of small enterprises is the specific contribution of entrepreneurship in in every economy of the world. <\/p>
- Entrepreneurship is the incubator of the innovation. Innovation creates disequilibria in the present state of order. Thus, entrepreneurship nurses innovation that provides new ventures, product, technology , market, quality of good etc. to the economy that increase Gross Domestic Products and standard of living of the people.\n- Entrepreneurship is the most effective way of integrating those who feel disposed and alienated into the economy. Minorities, migrants and women are safely integrated into entrepreneurship that will help lo develop a well-composed plural society. <\/p>
-Entrepreneurship is innovation and hence the innovated ideas of goods and services have to be tested by experimentation. Therefore, entrepreneurship provides funds for research and development with universities and research institutions. This promotes the general development of research and development in the economy. <\/p>
<\/p>"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1555050325611","data":"
About the speakers: <\/u><\/b><\/p>
- Kimberly Bolton <\/b>(CEO and Co Founder at Carapac) - Co-founder and CEO of Carapac. Carapac makes home compostable plastic alternatives for packaging, and fresh produce packaging in particular. I am very interested in corporate social and sustainability (Basically how to save the environment and make money at the same time) <\/p>
\n- Rabea Bader<\/b> ( CEO- Le Wagon TLV, IZMUS, CRE ONLINE) - Co-Leading Le Wagon's branch in Tel Aviv, Le Wagon is the No.1 ranked coding Boot camp in the world, it's a 9-week Full Stack development program teaching Ruby, Ruby on Rails, SQL, Java Script, HTML & CSS, APIs, Github, Heroku and much more. Our program brings coding skills to creative entrepreneurs so they can build their own application, find a job in the tech industry as junior developer or product manager and collaborate efficiently with their future dev team. <\/p>"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1555050325612","data":"
Workshops Being Conducted:<\/u> <\/i><\/b><\/p>
- Digital Marketing and E-Commerce:<\/b> Digital marketing is the marketing of products or services using digital technologies, mainly on the Internet, but also including mobile phones, display advertising, and any other digital medium. Mr. Zenith Reddy will be training the students at this workshop. <\/p>
\n- Cloud Computing and Big Data:<\/b> Big data is a field that treats ways to analyze, systematically extract information from, or otherwise deal with data sets that are too large or complex to be dealt with by traditional data-processing application software.\nMr. Rami Reddy will be training the students at this workshop. <\/p>
\n- IoT on Robotics:<\/b> Just not IoT or Robotics but \u201cIoT with Robotics\u201d will help understand inter connectivity of intelligent devices in a manufacturing sector, at shop floor; making a building or a city, intelligently connected. Mr.Rajiv Patnaik will be training the students at this workshop. <\/p>
Benefits to the students :<\/b><\/i> <\/p>
- Creating awareness in the students about the importance of Entrepreneurship. <\/p>
- Having events like IDEA PITCHING will help to bring out the innovators in the students and help them find their investors. <\/p>
- Guidance from experienced entrepreneurs. <\/p>
-Top 20-30 Students will get internship from Australia & India . <\/p>
- Knowledge in various advancing technologies such as IoT, Robotics, Big Data and Digital Marketing. <\/p>
- Students will get to know the real life experiences of the CEOs who will be interacting with them. <\/p>"}]
What's Dream, what's reality, what are rights, what's Humanity, what's care and what's its need, corrupt monsters, on whom they feed? <\/p>
Money showers on every lane, fights for drops are more insane. Fights for democratic rights are held by rules, Government is sculpture and the makers are fools. <\/p>
Makers are fools is what they believe, makers are rats on whom all cats feeds. <\/p>
Is it a fest? Yes, I'll be there! I'll serve you my fingers with ink everywhere. <\/p>
But what the hell? You promised to serve. You Promised to melt just like that dessert, leaving essence for coming ages, you Promised to pay me my fucking worthy wages. <\/p>
And now the Dawn is passing by. Yes, there is roughness back in my sky. Elections so done, The Evil returns. We make you sculptures but strokes come from your side. \n<\/p>"}]
The tears are hard to stop when you see the Greater Himalayas for the very first time. I mean, of course, you've seen them in movies, photos and heard songs about them but nothing, and I mean nothing, comes close to seeing them in person. There's not enough words on the planet to describe the sheer power you feel when you see those age old mountains, standing tall like sentinels, protecting India from the Northern elements. <\/p>
We stopped after a long day of riding our bikes and hit the More Plains, a gigantic valley in the Greater Himalayas that seemingly stretches forever, with the end of the valley just barely in sight. It is one of the quietest places I've ever visited in my entire life, and there's no road per say. You could literally ride anywhere on the plains. It is straight as an arrow and the cut in the mountains ahead leads on to Ladakh. <\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1504962231159","data":"59b3e9c6053cd"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1504962233255","data":"
More Plains overwhelmed our group. We stopped and decided to camp there, where little vegetation grew and there was not a living soul in sight. We did occasionally catch sight of a wild sheep and goat here and there, but apart from that, nothing. As we prepared to set up camp, a chill spread over the valley as the Sun hid behind the mountains, darkening the valley but leaving the sky well lit. It was going to be a magical experience, it seemed to promise us, and a magical experience we did get. <\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1504962335575","data":"59b3e7fd160ef"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1504962337486","data":"
Away from the pollution of the city, away from all the noise, the light and the general chaos, looking straight up to the sky wasn't merely an exercise in frustration. On the plains, looking up to the sky meant a whole new world opening up to you. <\/p>
Countless stars blinked back at you. Countless, of all colour, shining bright, blinking. It was enough to keep you awake all night, wrapped in your sleeping bags, fighting back the cold, just to sit back and stare at the sky. <\/p>
In our quest to chase riches and build the future, we murdered our planet. We polluted our cities and we laugh at people who tell us that we should be taking care not to pollute our surroundings. I stared into the sky for so long, I did not notice the tears streaking down my face. We were building a future for children who would live on a poisoned planet, and that night I thought to myself, just how much of an impact we could make if we only just make the city dwellers and polluters and the capitalists and the socialists and every person of every ideology just sit down, look up and stare at the sky in the midst of the Greater Himalayas. <\/p>
The world would be a better place. <\/p>"}]
Summer is here. Temperatures are hitting 42\u00b0C in the city. Hyderabad is literally 'too hot to handle'. In times like these we need a steady supply of chilled refreshing drinks, so here are 5 summer drinks to cool you down.<\/p>"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1495020335308","data":"
1. Classic Masala Chaas<\/b><\/p>
Mumbai's staple drink, chaas is made from curd and flavoured as per one's choice. Here we'll talk about making masala chaas.<\/p>
Firstly combine 1 teaspoon roasted cumin, 1 tablespoon ginger, 2-3 green chillis, 1\/4 cup coriander leaves in the grinder.\nGrind for 30 secs then add 1 cup curd, 1\/2-1 cup water, ice cubes, black salt and chat masala. Grind again until everything is combined well.\nPour into glasses or earthen wares. Garnish with coriander leaves, mint leaves and khara boondi on top. Serve your masala chaas chilled.<\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1495022407130","data":"591c3b9542ea7"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1495022417594","data":"
2. Mango-Banana Smoothie <\/b><\/p>
Since mangoes are in season, you can whip up this healthy breakfast drink to keep you feeling full and refreshed through the day.<\/p>
Blend 1 large ripe mango, 1 ripe banana, 1 cup whole-milk curd, 1 cup crushed ice, 1 teaspoon cardamom powder in a blender until very smooth and frothy. Taste and add sugar if desired (it's healthier if you don't). Garnish with mint and drink immediately while still very cold!<\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1495022669831","data":"591c3cff12f2d"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1495022780482","data":"
3. Lemon Mint Drink<\/b><\/p>
This is straight up the most refreshing drink you can have.<\/p>
Blend about 5 mint leaves, the juice of one lemon, 1 cup of chilled water, 1 teaspoon ginger, ice cubes, and sugar to taste. Serve immediately. <\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1495023202670","data":"591c3ecf299ac"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1495023247253","data":"
4. Jaljeera <\/b><\/p>
Nothing beats the quintessential glass of chilled jaljeera. <\/p>
Pound the 2 tablespoons cumin seeds, black salt and 1 teaspoon amchur in a mortar with pestle. Grind 2 mint leaves and 4 coriander leaves with sufficient water into a smooth paste.\n Add 2 tablespoons lemon juice and jeera masala and mix well. Put ice cubes in two tall glasses. Divide the concentrate equally and top up with soda. Mix well. Serve immediately, garnished with a slice of lemon.<\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1495024188836","data":"591c42a60ea61"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1495024186393","data":"
5. Panakam<\/b><\/p>
Commonly made in South India during Sri Ram Navami, this refreshing drink is perfect to cool you down this summer.<\/p>
Add 50 gm of jaggery to 1 litre of water and let it dissolve.\nCrush 3 cardamoms, \u00bd teaspoon of dried ginger and the juice of 1 lemon.\nServe cold. Garnish with mint leaves. (optional)<\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1495024676736","data":"591c447ac52c0"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1495024695658","data":"
We hope you like these recipes! <\/p>"}]
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