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The wholesale vegetable market at Gnanapuram has remained closed for the second day on Monday following the objection raised by merchants against construction of four sheds on the premises.

According to Wholesale Vegetable Merchants Association, four sheds were constructed on Wednesday by a trader as he was given site in lieu of shops lost at Ramnagar.

Association secretary K. Veerraju said with police presence the four sheds were constructed in a few hours and eight persons were taken into preventive custody for protesting and released later.

He told reporters that the space near the main gate on which the new sheds were constructed was being used for parking. With 30 to 40 lorries bringing vegetables from various parts of the State and other States it would be difficult to take up unloading without that space.

The very functioning of the market that had 64 shops and supported a thousand persons including hamalis, drivers etc., would be affected, Mr. Veerraju said. The market observed a bandh on Saturday and continued it on Monday and it would affect supplies to Navy, Defence, big hotels and to the 12 Rytu Bazaars, he said. He alleged the construction was also not justified as the issue was in court. The issue was taken to the notice of municipal officials.

Mr. Veerraju said the shops could be constructed at the other places available in the yard but not where it would affect so many people.

Labour Union secretary S. N. Raju said hamalis were prepared to pull down a rest room abutting the new sheds but would not return to work even if traders opened shop unless the new sheds were removed.

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Mumbai, Dec 24:

Snapping two-day gain, the benchmark Sensex shed 68 points led largely by bank and metal stocks. The index opened marginally up at 21,128 against the previous close of 21,101. It touched a high of 21,157 and low of 21,011 before closing at 21,033, with a loss of 68 points. The total turnover on BSE was almost flat at Rs 2036 crore against Rs 2044 crore recorded on Monday.

On NSE, Nifty was down 16 points at 6,268.

Sesa Sterlite shares were down two per cent at Rs 199 on reports that Central Bureau of Investigation has started a probe into possible irregularities in its stake buy in Hindustan Zinc.

Larsen & Toubro (L&T) was up one per cent at Rs 1,076 while L&T Finance Holdings rose three per cent at Rs 74. L&T said that the company has completed sale of 1.71 crore shares aggregating to one per cent in L&T Finance Holdings on Monday to comply with the minimum public shareholding requirement. L&T's total shareholding in L&T Finance Holdings now stands at 81.5 per cent.

Power Grid Corporation was down one per cent at Rs 99. The company said during market hours that the board of directors of the company at its meeting has approved the investment approval for 'Eastern Region Strengthening Scheme-X (ERSS-X)' at an estimated cost of Rs 144 crore, with commissioning schedule of 24 months from the date of investment approval.

Metal and mining stocks that edged lower include Hindalco Industries (-1.21%), JSW Steel (-0.3%), SAIL (-0.63%), NMDC (-0.61%), National Aluminum Company (-1.04%), Jindal Steel & Power (-1.44%), Bhushan Steel (-0.08%) and Tata Steel (-1.35%).

Major gainers were Gitanjali Gems (17%), Century Textile (13%), Apollo Tyres (8%), Aurobindo Pharma (4%), ING Vysya Bank (4%), Future Retail (4%), Bosch (4%) and Mphasis (4%).

Losers include J&K Bank (-4%), Tata Power (-3%), Hindustan Zinc (-2%), Wipro (2%) and Strides Arco (-2%).

(This article was published on December 24, 2013)

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This article is about private rooms for personal hygiene. If you have been redirected here from a search on the word "crapper", see also Thomas Crapper. For a room containing a toilet and possibly also a sink, see toilet (room). For a public toilet, see public toilet.

A bathroom is a room for personal hygiene, generally containing a bathtub or a shower, and possibly also a bidet. In North America and some other regions, it characteristically contains a toilet and a sink; hence in North American English the word "bathroom" is commonly used to mean any room containing a toilet, even a public toilet (although in the United States this is more commonly called a restroom). In other countries, including the UK, Australia, France and Japan, homes may have a separate toilet. In Iran almost all homes have two distinct rooms for bathroom and toilet room.

The first records for the use of baths date back as far as 3000 B.C. At this time water had a strong religious value, being seen as a purifying element for both body and soul, and so it was not uncommon for people to be required to cleanse themselves before entering a sacred area. Baths are recorded as part of a village or town life throughout this period, with a split between steam baths in Europe and America and cold baths in Asia. Communal baths were erected in a distinctly separate area to the living quarters of the village, with a view to preventing evil spirits from entering the domestic quarters of a commune.

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The third millennium B.C. was the "Age of Cleanliness." Toilets and sewers were invented in several parts of the world, and Mohenjo-Daro circa 2800 B.C. had some of the most advanced, with lavatories built into the outer walls of houses. These were "Western-style" toilets made from bricks with wooden seats on top. They had vertical chutes, through which waste fell into street drains or cesspits. Sir Mortimer Wheeler, the director general of archaeology in India from 1944 to 1948, wrote, "The high quality of the sanitary arrangements could well be envied in many parts of the world today."

Nearly all of the hundreds of houses excavated had their own bathing rooms. Generally located on the ground floor, the bath was made of brick, sometimes with a surrounding curb to sit on. The water drained away through a hole in the floor, down chutes or pottery pipes in the walls, into the municipal drainage system. Even the fastidious Egyptians rarely had special bathrooms.

Not all ancient baths were in the style of the large pools that often come to mind when one imagines the Roman baths; the earliest surviving bathtub dates back to 1700 B.C, and hails from the Palace of Knossos in Crete. What is remarkable about this tub is not only the similarity with the baths of today, but also the way in which the plumbing works surrounding it differ so little from modern models. A more advanced prehistoric (15th century BC and before) system of baths and plumbing is to be found in the excavated town of Akrotiri, on the Aegean island of Thera. There, alabaster tubs and other bath fittings were found, along with a sophisticated twin plumbing system to transport hot and cold water separately. This was probably because of easy access to geothermic hot springs on this volcanic island. Both the Greeks and the Romans recognised the value of bathing as an important part of their lifestyles. Writers such as Homer had their heroes bathe in warm water so as to regain their strength; it is perhaps notable that the mother of Achilles bathed him in order to gain his invincibility. Palaces have been uncovered throughout Greece with areas that are dedicated to bathing, spaces with ceramic bathtubs, as well as sophisticated drainage systems. Homer uses the word , loetr, "baths", later , loutr, from the verb , loein, to bathe. The same root finds an even earlier attestation on Linear B tablets, in the name of the River Lousios ("bathing" [river]), in Arcadia. Public baths are mentioned by the comedian Aristophanes as , balanea (Sing.: , balaneon, Latinized as balneum, a "balneary").

The Roman attitudes towards bathing are well documented; they built large purpose-built thermal baths, marking not only an important social development, but also providing a public source of relaxation and rejuvenation. Here was a place where people could meet to discuss the matters of the day and enjoy entertainment. During this period there was a distinction between private and public baths, with many wealthy families having their own thermal baths in their houses. Despite this they still made use of the public baths, showing the value that they had as a public institution. The strength of the Roman Empire was telling in this respect; imports from throughout the world allowed the Roman citizens to enjoy ointments, incense, combs, and mirrors.

Although some sources suggest that bathing declined following the collapse of the Roman Empire, this is not completely accurate. It was actually the Middle Ages that saw the beginning of soap production, proof that bathing was definitely not uncommon. It was only after the Renaissance that bathing declined; water was feared as a carrier of disease, and thus sweat baths and heavy perfumes were preferred.

In fact throughout the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries, the use of public baths declined gradually in the west, and private spaces were favoured, thus laying the foundations for the bathroom, as it was to become, in the 20th century. However in Japan shared bathing in sento and onsen (spas) still exists; the latter being very popular.

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The mark of a truly top-notch hotel is its service.

In addition to the room upgrades, attentive staff, and perks like champagne, the world's best hotels go above and beyond great service to cater to the every whim of their guests and anticipate every desire.

A recent Quora thread asked, "what are the best service touches you've ever received at a hotel"?The answers revealed some incredible services you probably never knew existed.

"I had overslept [at the Al Faisaliah in Riyadh] and needed to finish some work and checkout quickly so I could make my flight back home. The butler had brought in my breakfast (they have butler service) and saw that I was rushing. He asked if I needed anything and I sarcastically replied "Well unless you can pack my bags." All I heard was a "why of course" and then he proceeded to perfectly fold all my dress clothes into my bags in a few minutes." -- Saikat B.

"When I wanted to eat at the rooftop restaurant but lacked the appropriate attire, Ian [the floor butler] brought a rack of suits to my room. When I called Ian to see when the jet ski rental booth closed, he told me it closed at six but not to worry. I did not know what this meant at the time. A few moments later, Ian called back to inform me that the rental booth reopened so that I could be dragged around on a tube behind a motor boat for a half hour. The Burj al Arab's service was almost uncomfortable." -- Alan D.

"I'll never forget one time on a Disney cruise when my cousin said he wanted nothing for dessert, and they brought out a plate with the word nothing written in chocolate sauce. It was cute, clever, and nice because he didn't have to sit there with no plate in front of him while everyone else ate, and it put a smile on all our faces." -- Kristen B.

"I recently checked in [to The PennyHill Hotel in Surrey, UK] and requested a cot for my daughter. When I arrived they had put a cot in the room, put a couple of blankets in the cot but also left a champagne bucket on the side, a kettle, some still water, a few small soft towels and a teddy bear with a note saying 'we do not have a bottle warmer available however please feel free to use the champagne bucket as a substitute alongside hot water. We have also provided mineral water in case you have milk formula and a complimentary teddy bear for company, hopefully this will be the first of many happy nights here for your family, best regards'." -- Anthony S.

"I unintentionally booked a room with 2 queen beds, instead of 1 king. At check-in, when I realized this, I asked if there might be any king rooms available; the hotel was booked to capacity and there was nothing. I didn't raise too much of a fuss, though, and assured the front desk manager despite his constant apologies it was my fault for having booked the wrong room type, and appreciated their looking in to availability nonetheless."

"I dropped off everything at my room and left the hotel for a number of meetings I had in town that day. When I returned to the hotel in the evening, I found a note from the manager apologizing for my having gotten the wrong room type (even though it was my own fault!). More impressively, though, they had actually disassembled and removed the 2 queen beds that were in the room, and brought in a spare king bed and set that up; while they had no king rooms available, they did have some king beds and used one to turn my room in to what I wanted.

"What's more, they did all of that for just a single night as they upgraded me to a suite that had become available (with king bed) the next night until the end of my stay."--Brian D.

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STUART As they begin restoring two old buildings at a prominent downtown spot along U.S. 1, Jeff and Christine Hardin have persuaded the owners of a popular Tequesta dining spot to open their second restaurant there.

Hog Snappers, which opened in August 2009 at 279 S. U.S. 1 in the Palm Beach County part of Tequesta, has signed a 10-year lease for the former Bubbas Fish Camp site at 421 S. U.S. 1 in Stuart that has been vacant for more than a decade.

The Hardins company, Straticon Construction Services, specializes in restoration work. They paid $590,000 in February for the 1.34-acre site in Stuart that holds the 64-year-old restaurant property and the 86-year-old building that had been a hotel in its previous lives.

Jeff Hardin said as soon as the city of Stuart grants the permits, he will begin the $400,000 renovation project to build out Hog Snappers to the Rivaldos specifications.

How the two got together is a tale of fate.

After the Hardins bought the property, they looked for a suitable restaurant to fill the space.

Friends told them about Hog Snappers, he said, so they tried it.

We liked the restaurant so much we went and recruited them, Jeff Hardin said.

Hog Snappers owners Arthur and Melanie Rivaldo said the renovated building in Stuart will have the identical menu and seating capacity as their Tequesta restaurant.

But about 60 percent of the 74 seats in Stuart will be under cover outdoors. The Hog Snappers in Tequesta has no outdoor seating.

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A federal judge in Kansas City, Kan., has ruled against the Kickapoo Tribe in Kansas in its suit against a water district.

The decision rendered by Judge Carlos Murguia on Dec. 20 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas in Kansas City further jeopardizes a reservoir project that leaders of the northeast Kansas tribe say is critical to their people's water security.

"We are greatly disappointed in the decision," said Steve Cadue, tribal chairman.

Cadue has lobbied for years to move the reservoir project forward, even personally asking Gov. Sam Brownback to intervene.

He and other tribal officials argue that the Plum Creek Reservoir project was integral to a watershed plan they signed in 1994 with the Nemaha-Brown Watershed Joint District No. 7. The tribe's reservation lies almost entirely within the water district.

The watershed plan, meant for soil conservation and flood prevention, included 20 flood-retarding dams, as well as, according to Murguia's order, a "multipurpose dam with recreational facilities, otherwise known as the 'Plum Creek Project.' "

When the tribe was unable to obtain some of the non-Indian land needed for the Plum Creek project, it asked the water district to use its powers of eminent domain to procure it.

District officials repeatedly refused.

The tribe filed suit in federal court June 14, 2006, hanging its hat on a provision of the watershed agreement it said mandated the district to use its power of eminent domain to bring the contract to completion.

"Nemaha-Brown Watershed Joint District No. 7 and the Kickapoo Tribe of Kansas have the necessary authority to finance and install their portions of the planned project," the provision reads. "This includes the right to accept contributions, levy taxes, make assessments against benefited land, issue bonds and exercise the right of eminent domain. They have agreed to use these powers as needed and will be financially responsible for excess investigation and design costs resulting from their delay or failure to do so."

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LAKE CHARLES, LA (KPLC) -

Two Lake Charles men were arrested Sunday in connection with a Wednesday night shooting, city police said.

Deputy Chief Mark Kraus said Damien Jermaine Royster, 22, and Thomas Demond Plumber, 21, have been charged with attempted first-degree murder.

Kraus said Royster and Plumber, along with an unidentified third suspect, attempted to rob another man at a home of North Franklin Street.

"The victim, who suffered several gunshot wounds, said he was home alone when three subjects knocked at his back door," Kraus said Monday in a news release.

"Once he opened the door, the three males pushed their way in and began to batter him in an attempt to rob him. The victim said he was able to fight them off when two of the suspects fled while one suspect shot several rounds at him while exiting," Kraus said.

Kraus said after a follow-up investigation, officers obtained arrest warrants for Royster and Plumber.

Royster was also charged with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. Judge Michael Canaday set Royster's bond at $900,000, while Plumber's bond was set at $260,000.

Another man was arrested at the scene Wednesday night on charges unrelated to the shooting. Kraus said Catlin Isaiah January was charged with two counts of cocaine possession and one count of possession of drug paraphernalia. His bond was set at $10,000.

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