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Anna Karenina has been described as the perfect Russian novel. Trapped in a loveless marriage, Anna Karenina is defenseless against the power of her passions once they are unleashed by the adoration of Count Vronsky. Having defied the rules of 19th century Russian society, Anna is forced to pay a heavy price. Human nature, with all its failings, is the fabric of which this great and passionate work is composed.
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"Very accessible"
I found Tolstoy difficult to read because of the vast number of characters and length of the books. I never manage to persevere to the end. At least I know what Tolstoy is like now.
The narrator has got an amazing range of voices for both male and female characters. She brings it to life.
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I have listened to hundreds of audiobooks and this may be one of the best narrators I have heard. Her diction is crisp and clean with perfect pace and rhythm. She changes her voice only slightly for the many different characters in this book -- just enough to make me aware of the person speaking but not so much as to "make it a performance." I notice she has few books in the Audible library. Please, authors, use this narrator more -- especially when you might have the horrible notion to narrate your book yourself. I might add that the abridgement is exceedingly well-done. Some might argue that abridgement is the only improvement that can be made on Tolstoy . . .
"I liked it."
I have listened to the unabridged version also that is narrated by Wanda McCaddon. Even though that version had a slight echo I liked Wanda's narration better. Laura Paton's narration is good though. I got this abridged version because I would like to hear the story again but not for 33 hours. Most of the Anna and Vronsky stuff is communicated in this book but Levin and the Levin/Kitty relationship is choppy. Although I don't think that'll I'll listen to the unabridged version again, I'm glad that I did listen to it at least once. I will listen to this version again and again.
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Communication Tips
At meetings, smile, introduce yourself, and shake hands.
Bring a list of issues and concerns to discuss at the meeting, and hand it out.
Bring a friend-two sets of ears are better than one.
Listen carefully to what others say, and take notes.
If you don't understand something, ask for an explanation. Don't be afraid to say, "I don't understand."
Emphasize your child's needs instead of your own. For example, when you want a particular accommodation or modification for your child, use the phrase, "My child needs… " instead of "I want . . ."
Talk about your child's strengths. This way, people can focus on helping your child succeed, not just get by.
Show a photograph of your child. Sometimes pictures are worth more than words.
Be positive. When you are asking for a service or an accommodation, try to keep a positive attitude.
If you don't agree with decisions being made, speak up. Use expressions like, "I disagree." If you get angry or upset, try to stay focused on the discussion-not the feelings. Talk about the feelings later with people that you trust.
Try to end meetings on a positive note. If you can't come to an agreement about a particular issue, try to 'agree to disagree' about that topic. Set another meeting time, or agree to continue the discussion on the telephone or via e-mail.
Remember to thank people. Meeting your child's special needs can be hard work for everyone.
This information is provided by the Division for Children & Youth with Special Health Needs within the Department of Public Health.

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Intermedia's hosted Microsoft Exchange e-mail service has surpassed 300,000 mailboxes with much of the company's growth in 2010 coming from its Private Label Partner Program.
Partners overall saw a 50 percent increase in the number of total mailboxes hosted in 2010 over 2009, according to the company. "Last year the majority of our sales were through channel partners," said Bob Leibholz, senior vice president of sales and business development, in an interview. "The channel really took off in 2010."
That growth has continued into this year with a 114 percent sales increase in January compared to January 2010.
Intermedia today has some 6,500 resellers in its Private Label Partner Program, including managed service providers and Web hosting companies, who sell the hosted Microsoft Exchange 2010 under their own brands. That represents a 45 percent increase from the end of 2009, according to the company.
Intermedia is holding its third annual partner summit in New York City this week where under the theme of "moving beyond the mailbox" Intermedia is encouraging channel partners to expand the range of products and services they offer.
This quarter Intermedia has rolled out e-mail encryption, a hosted PBX with unlimited domestic VoIP telephone service, and unified communications. Those new offerings are integrated with the hosted Exchange and Outlook applications.
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International Business Machines (IBM) has launched a shot across the bow of Microsoft Corporation and Oracle Corporation with the release of DB2 Universal Database 7.1, the company's latest database server. IBM DB2 7.1 is designed for business-to-business (B2B) and e-commerce solutions, and the company claims that it can perform Internet searches more than 10 times faster than traditional relational database engines. This latest version of DB2 also features in-memory database technology, XML integration, warehousing and data analysis features, and support for industry standard SQL Stored Procedures that will ease migration from competing databases.
"Business optimization requires the free flow of information across corporations, from customers, through the supply chain, and back through to the customer," says Janet Perna, the general manager of IBM Data Management Solutions. "Companies best able to intelligently exploit their information assets to drive top-line performance while improving operational efficiencies will be the winners. Over the last two years, companies around the world have chosen the scalability and reliability of DB2 Universal Database as the foundation for their e-business data infrastructure."
To attract the application service providers and Dot Com companies that IBM is targeting with this release, the company has revised its pricing structure dramatically. One optional pricing scheme calls for IBM to simply take a percentage of the revenue that is generated by a company using its database to provide e-commerce transactions. This will help Web startups to get going on DB2 development with minimal up-front costs.
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'Capital punishment is not a deterrent'
August 04, 2004 17:33 IST
Last Updated: August 04, 2004 17:57 IST
Celebrity filmmaker Aparna Sen and Magsaysay awardee litterateur Mahasweta Devi on Wednesday said President A P J Abdul Kalam's decision to reject Dhananjoy Chatterjee's mercy petition is a blow to the ongoing debate on the issue.
Both are strong opponents of capital punishment.
"This is really sad. Though it must have been a tough decision for the President to make, it is unfortunate that the big debate on capital punishment was not allowed to move ahead," Sen told PTI.
But she clarified that she wants abolition of capital punishment but does not favour clemency for Dhananjoy. "He did commit a heinous crime but to kill a man because he has killed someone else certainly is not a solution," she said.
Citing the example of a 1997 case when the President had considered the clemency petition of four rape-and-murder convicts from Andhra Pradesh on her request, she said they had undergone imprisonment and were leading normal lives with their families today.She has another question. "If Chatterjee was to he hanged, why was he left to languish in the jail for 10 years before the matter was considered worth taking note of?"
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text: As I remember, fdisk for Windows creates partitions at the start of unpartitioned space, unless you specify otherwise. tf, If you create your boot partition first, this should ensure it is under the 8GB limit. regards, Stu -----Original Message----- From: mgh520 yahoo com [mailto:mgh520 yahoo com] Sent: 09 May 2000 14:23 To: redhat-install-list redhat com Subject: Re: RedHat 6.1 installation reboots before writing partitions Thanks for the info Stuart and Leonard. Do you know how I can ensure that my boot partition is below 8 gig? I have one 4 gig NTFS partition, but when I create the boot partition, will it necessarily go right after the 4 gig partition? Leonard, you suggested trying a rescue disk. I'm not sure what you mean by that or what to do with it. I happened to look at NTs disk administrator and I noticed that the partitions were indeed created by the RedHat install, so I guess it's dying right after creating the partitions. Interestingly though, if I rerun the RedHat install, it does not see the partitions that were created last time, only the NTFS partition. Mike Stuart Mace wrote: > I have an Athlon ASUS K7M mobo with UDMA/66 enabled. Granted, it is on a > Mandrake system, but I've had it running RH6.1 previously without any > difficulty. > > If Leonards suggestions do not solve your problem, I'm afraid I have no idea > what is causing your difficulties. > > regards, > > Stu. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Leonard den Ottolander [mailto:l j den ottolander freeler nl] > Sent: 08 May 2000 23:05 > To: redhat-install-list redhat com > Subject: Re: RedHat 6.1 installation reboots before writing partitions > > Date forwarded: 8 May 2000 18:47:03 -0000 > From: "Mike Hansen" <mgh520 yahoo com> > To: <redhat-install-list redhat com> > Subject: RedHat 6.1 installation reboots before writing > partitions > Date sent: Mon, 8 May 2000 13:46:25 -0500 > Forwarded by: redhat-install-list redhat com > Send reply to: redhat-install-list redhat com > > > I'm trying to install RedHat 6.1 from CD onto an AMD Athlon system with > > an FIC SD11 motherboard and a 10.2 GB Western Digital Caviar > > UDMA/66 drive. It seems I have a few things working against me here. > > The hardware compatibility list suggests that Athlon motherboards may > > be incompatible and a quick search of the mailing list archives suggests > > that UDMA/66 may be the problem. > > > > I am using the graphic installation, custom install. Right after I define > > the partitions I want and click next, the GUI goes away and I'm left at > > a console that says the system is being shut down. There is no > > indication of any errors before that, except a missing security policy > file > > for X which other postings here have said is no big deal. If I use the > text > > installation, at the same point I get kicked out of the install program > but I > > see a signal 11 error. > > > > I don't understand the UDMA/66 problem. Is my motherboard forcing > > UDMA/66 and Linux cannot access the drive because of it? I have all of > > the bios settings relating to my drive set to AUTO DETECT, so it is in > > control. I suppose I could try to drop the drive down to UDMA/33 and see > > what happens, but I'd rather not impact NT performance just for the sake > > of having Linux on the same drive. > > You don't have to worry about a performance loss because of using > UDMA/33MHz=MB/s. The WD drive you have won't saturate the interface. > For the moment UDMA/66 only offers a theoretical advantage over > UDMA/33. If you think you can solve the problem this way, try it! > By the way, can you access the drive using a rescue disk? Do you set a > boot partition below 8GB? > > > Does anyone have any ideas on what I could try next? I've noticed that > > the 6.1 installation can be a bit flakey but this fails at the same exact > > place everytime. The other thing I should mention is that I already have > > Windows NT 4.0 workstation installed (on an NTFS partition) on the same > > drive and I'm attempting to install Linux to unpartitioned free space. I > am > > using the lastest boot image from the RedHat errata that says it fixes a > > problem in recognizing NTFS partitions. Thanks in advance! > > > > Mike > > > > I am sorry I can't be of any more help with the problem. I have no > experience with Athlons nor UDMA/66... > > Good luck! > Leonard. > > -- > To unsubscribe: mail redhat-install-list-request redhat com with > "unsubscribe" as the Subject. > > -- > To unsubscribe: mail redhat-install-list-request redhat com with > "unsubscribe" as the Subject. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com -- To unsubscribe: mail redhat-install-list-request redhat com with "unsubscribe" as the Subject.


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Fortunately, the audience participation segment of this one-woman show is brief and over with at the start. Ellen is at her mother's deathbed and tells the history of their relationship through flashbacks which jump around a lot with the effect that the story becomes a little disjointed. Recollections of thoughts and events in Ellen's childhood seem too precocious to be true but are not ridiculous enough to be surreal, and the monologue is slightly amusing in parts without being laugh-out-loud hilarious.
Although Ellen's mother sounds like a right old battleaxe, it is difficult to sympathise with Ellen after she bursts into a medley of South Pacific songs in an attempt to demonstrate how talented she is and therefore that her mother should have considered herself blessed to have produced such a wonderful child. Unfortunately, I sided with her mother.
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Dear Dr. Fox:
I was disappointed in your recent response to G.L. in the District, the feral cat colony caretaker.
Instead of providing him with a link to Alley Cat Allies, www.alleycat.org, a nonprofit group dedicated to helping cats, you persisted in providing antiquated arguments for the death of cats. The Web site has an entire section that would have answered G.L.'s questions much better than you did, which was to advocate he euthanize his cats.
You also maintain that cats kill birds and other wildlife. My feral cat takes out the moles that destroy my yard, kills copperhead snakes and keeps down the mouse and other rodent population. Take out the cats through your plan, and these creatures have no natural predator and their populations explode.
I would suggest you educate yourself before giving the public outdated information. You have lost credibility with me for perpetuating stereotypes. I hope you can inform the public in a future column that there are better ways and better answers than what you wrote.
M.D., Labadie, Mo.
DF: Although I appreciate what Alley Cat Allies is doing to help increase public awareness about the plight of free-roaming lost and feral cats, I am not alone in my opinion.
Many in the veterinary profession, as well as other wildlife biologists, question the wisdom and humaneness of trap-neuter-release and people maintaining colonies of feral cats. Your statement that I advocate only euthanasia is incorrect.
By your own admission, your cats are killing wildlife. The moles are part of the natural environment you occupy, and I, for one, welcome them. They were here on Earth long before we humans became an infestation. In many cases, they benefit the soil. Copperheads and other snakes are natural rodent controllers, which helps control the viruses rodents transmit, such as the hantavirus.
According to the American Bird Conservancy, only about one-third of the 77 million pet cats in the United States are kept indoors exclusively, while free-roaming cats kill an estimated 500 million birds annually — a staggering figure. Fledglings that have just left the nest are especially vulnerable to predators.
Domestic cats have no place outdoors, and our compassion for these homeless animals should not trump common sense and sound science.
Dear Dr. Fox:
We have an 18-month-old German shepherd/Lab/Akita mix. She is very smart, and I have trained her in good manners and many tricks at our house.
My main problem is that she acts aggressive and hostile when she cannot get to another dog when she's on a leash.
She is fine at the dog park and has playdates with a neighbor's dog. When she is on the leash and sees another dog within 40 to 50 feet, she becomes almost unmanageable. She growls, snarls, lunges and acts like she wants to kill the other dog.
Once the other person lets me come over and after sniffing the other dog, my dog is fine and we can walk together.
I have used the clicker for training and used lots of treats on walks. But she ignores me when she sees another dog. I do not know how to stop this behavior.
S.Z.-D., St. Louis
DF: Your letter is important for many dog owners to understand why their pets behave as yours does when on the leash and being approached by another dog.
First, understand that a dog that is leashed feels restrained and, therefore, vulnerable. Excitement and pulling on the leash means you pull and jerk her collar, which acts as an inciting, if confusing, signal to her. So stay calm, because your emotional reactions are transmitted to your dog through the leash. Try fitting her with a harness around her chest, either alone or coupled with an over-the-muzzle halter, similar to those used to effectively and painlessly control horses.
Be patient and keep the faith. She is still young and excitable, and she will calm down in a few months when she matures.
Never scold or yell. Just stand very still and let her pull and do whatever while you have your feet firmly planted.
On walks, teach her to sit and stay with intermittent rewards of treats. Give her those commands when you see a dog coming. She might eventually make the connection and be still. But right now her brain is lacking in self-control and internal inhibition, which she will hopefully acquire with maturity.
Dear Dr. Fox:
Our cat is an American shorthair, 11 years old, spayed and indoor-only. Her original food was Hills Science Diet Active Longevity.
She was overweight at 14 pounds. For about a year, she had a cyst on her cheek the size of a large grape, which we had drained by the vet. It did not seem to bother her. She had bowel troubles from time to time, a dirty rear end and anal gland problems. She would chew at her fur a lot.
About five months ago, we switched her to Wellness Indoor Health Dry Food and Wellness Indulgence Poultry Packets (wet food). She quickly took to the new diet. As of now, the bowel and rear end problems have cleared up. She has lost two pounds. She is much more lively, alert and active. The cyst has shrunk considerably and seems to be drying up. She leaves her fur alone also.
Thanks so much for the information.
E. & C.V., Torrance, Calif.
DF: Thanks for confirming the benefits that can come when one focuses not simply on the symptoms when an animal has health issues but on what the animal is being fed.
Some ingredients in many popular and widely advertised brands, especially corn and other genetically modified ingredients, might put our animals at risk.
All pet and human foods should be labeled to indicate if they contain GMOs. It's best to buy U.S. Department of Agriculture organically certified produce and cook from scratch using known ingredients.
Michael W. Fox, author of a newsletter and books on animal care, welfare and rights, is a veterinarian with doctoral degrees in medicine and animal behavior. Write to him at United Feature Syndicate, 1130 Walnut St., Kansas City, Mo. 64106.


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Detroit Lions: Not a Playoff Team, but Finally a Fun Team To WatchOctober 18, 2010
The Detroit Lions lost to the New York Giants on Sunday by their second-largest margin of the season. That margin was eight points.
Makes you think, doesn't it?
The Lions are a 1-5 team, and it has been a frustrating 1-5. But for the same reason that they have been frustrating, they have also been a lot of fun to watch.
Four of their six games have been decided by a single possession, and another was a 44-6 blowout of the St. Louis Rams, whose win over the San Diego Chargers makes the Lions look better by comparison.
Not once in six games this season have Lions fans had to shut off their TV midway through the fourth quarter in frustration with yet another ugly Lions loss. Even the Minnesota game was a little closer than the 14-point differential implies.
If ever there was a time when the Lions should have lost by a wide margin, it was at New Meadowlands Stadium on Sunday.
The Giants were coming off a pair of demolishing victories over the Chicago Bears and Houston Texans and were riding high on their revitalized defense.
The Lions were also coming off a big victory, but they were also looking to avoid tying their own record for consecutive road losses. And then they played the second half with their third-string quarterback, Drew Stanton, a guy who was drafted three offensive coordinators ago.
In addition, the Lions were down about four or five linebackers—in case you hadn't heard, Zack Follett is doing fine, has feeling and movement in all his extremities, and shows no evidence of spinal damage—and most of the starters who did play are dealing with some sort of lingering injury.
And still the Lions fought, making a game out of one that should have been a laugher. That may be cold comfort to fans that have had it up to here with moral victories, but for demonstrative purposes, let's flip the situation.
Let's say the Giants had lost Eli Manning for the entire Giants season except for one half, and they had to make do with Sage Rosenfels. And let's say Rosenfels had played fairly well in his relief duty, but halfway through the Lions game, he breaks his arm, and the Giants have to play Rhett Bomar.
Do the Giants still win that game? Do they even keep it within eight points? And that's with just one injury, not a handful to the defense as well.
I'm not trying to make the point that the Lions are a better, deeper football team than the Giants. It's tough to make that charge with a 1-5 team.
I am, however, pointing out that the Giants, who were supposed to run away with this game, whose fans were talking about playing Dallas a week ago, escaped with a win at home.
The top-ranked New York Giants defense was 38 yards and a two-point conversion away from overtime with a 1-4 team playing a quarterback who, in his short career, has sat the bench behind the likes of Daunte Culpepper, Dan Orlovsky and J.T. O'Sullivan.
When Stanton came into the game, I was sure it was over. The announcers actually said it best when they mentioned Stanton's lack of experience, poor decision making, errant accuracy and lack of agility in the pocket. Basically, Stanton's only issues are all the essential elements of a quarterback.
And yet the Lions were step-for-step with the Giants for most of the game, and I enjoyed watching it. They were riddled with injuries, made stupid mistakes, took bad penalties and turned the ball over at the worst possible times, but they fought.
Perhaps the best example of this came in the third quarter, when the Giants needed seven offensive plays to earn a touchdown from the Detroit eight-yard line. The Lions fought hard with their backs against the wall, as has been their trademark. But then, it was only stupid mistakes and penalties that actually allowed the Giants to run seven plays inside the 10-yard line.
Here's part of the drive summary from NFL.com (from the time the Giants entered the red zone).
1-10-DET 18 (9:46) (Shotgun) 10-E.Manning pass incomplete short left to 88-H.Nicks (27-A.Smith). PENALTY on DET-27-A.Smith, Defensive Pass Interference, 10 yards, enforced at DET 18 - No Play
1-8-DET 8 (9:39) 44-A.Bradshaw up the middle to DET 6 for 2 yards (58-A.Palmer, 39-C.Brown)
2-6-DET 6 (9:06) 44-A.Bradshaw left end to DET 3 for 3 yards (27-A.Smith, 58-A.Palmer).
3-3-DET 3 (8:22) 10-E.Manning pass incomplete short left to 88-H.Nicks. PENALTY on DET-92-C.Avril, Unsportsmanlike Conduct, 2 yards, enforced at DET 3.
1-1-DET 1 (8:13) 10-E.Manning pass incomplete short middle to 89-K.Boss (58-A.Palmer). PENALTY on DET-58-A.Palmer, Defensive Holding, 0 yards, enforced at DET 1 - No Play.
1-1-DET 1 (8:08) 27-B.Jacobs left guard to DET 1 for no gain (91-Sa.Hill, 49-Z.Follett).
2-1-DET 1 (7:31) 27-B.Jacobs left guard to DET 1 for no gain (99-C.Williams, 49-Z.Follett).
3-1-DET 1 (6:50) 10-E.Manning pass short left to 47-T.Beckum for 1 yard, TOUCHDOWN.
Now, if you take away the dumb penalties, the Lions made two consecutive goal-line stands. This drive is indicative of what teams do when they have enough talent and lots of heart, but very little experience with winning football games.
Much of the game was like this. Against all odds, the Lions made great plays, then subsequently erased or offset them with penalties and turnovers. That's half of what they need to do, and a lot more than they did last season or certainly the season before.
Previously, this was the team that would make one great play, then erase it with a penalty or turnover, allow it to snowball, make six or seven more mistakes, turn a three-point lead into an 18-point deficit, then appear to quit, just dying on the field.
In games like this, you can still see how this Lions team evolved from that one. They share a lot of the same traits: the losses, the untimely mistakes, the injuries. But it is not the same team.
No longer is this the team that gets down by a touchdown and goes into depression. No longer is it the team that rolls over and assumes the position when an opponent starts to gain momentum.
This is a team that fights, even when they appear to have their back broken. This is the team that trails by 18 with five minutes to go, but only loses by three. This is a team whose starting quarterback put on his helmet and was ready to come into the game, even though his throwing shoulder isn't yet fully healed.
And right now, I'm having fun watching.
For all their faults, I love this these Lions—and not just because I'm regionally conditioned to love them. I love them because they finally look like what a Detroit football team should look like.
They're trying to pull themselves out of a historically bad stretch. They're down in the dumps. They can't seem to catch a break. They're a national laughingstock, even though they're not as bad as the jokes about them would indicate.
But they're a tough, blue-collar group, they work hard, and they never, ever, ever, stop clawing themselves forward. They're not that good now, but if you're looking honestly, you can see the improvement. You can see everyone banding together towards a common goal, and you know that it won't be like this for much longer.
Because the Detroit Lions are the team that often loses, but never dies.
This is a 1-5 team that has a lot of talent, a lot to learn, and most importantly, a whole lot of heart, every single week.
And strange as it may sound, right now, I wouldn't trade this 1-5 team for any other in the National Football League.


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till the night.
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"They kept asking me over and over again whether I was having a romance with Hitler. 'Are you Hitler's girlfriend?' I laughed and answered the same way each time: 'No, those are false rumors. I only made documentaries for him…" — Leni Riefenstahl, about her 1938 US tour, in A Memoir
Considering her influence and notoriety, it's surprising to learn that, as a director, Leni Riefenstahl only made a total of eight films! But several of those are notable cinematic landmarks. The documentaries, Triumph of the Will and Olympia, set new standards for filmmaking.
Actress, Director, Writer
Leni Riefenstahl was certainly versatile. She danced, acted, wrote, and directed. Later in life she successfully took up still photography. But more than anything, she is remembered for her directing talent. Although she also made fictional feature films, critics consider her documentaries her true masterpieces.
Although she shot Triumph des Willens for Hitler and the Nazis, there is no doubt that the film is a groundbreaking work of art. Olympia, her amazing record of the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games, is less propaganda and much more a paean to athletes and the aesthetics of sports competition. Many of the pioneering techniques she used for that film (cranes, tracking rails, slow-motion, multiple cameras) are still used for contemporary Olympic and sports TV coverage. Both films also required the masterful management of large film teams — a feat that would be highly challenging even today, with much more advanced technology.
The Nazi Filmmaker
Leni Riefenstahl was a willing accomplice in the horrors of the Nazi era. Although she never really admitted it, she largely ignored the suffering and persecution that Hitler and his henchmen caused. But like composer Richard Wagner (an anti-Semite), her talent is undeniable. We don't need to let her off the hook for her admiration of the Nazis while appreciating her cinematic achievements.
Das blaue Licht | The Blue Light (1932)
Riefenstahl also plays the lead role as the mysterious Junta in this mystical drama. DVD > Buy The Blue Light
Der Sieg des Glaubens | Victory of the Faith (1933)
A documentary of the 1933 Nazi party rally.
Tag der Freiheit – Unsere Wehrmacht | Day of Freedom – Our Armed Forces (1935)
A documentary glorifying the Nazi Wehrmacht (armed forces) when the Nazis reintroduced the military draft.
Triumph des Willens | Triumph of the Will (1935)
Riefenstahl's documentary masterpiece, filmed during the 1934 Nazi rally in Nuremberg, shows both her mastery of propaganda and the cinematic arts. DVD > Buy Triumph of the Will
Olympia I – Fest der Völker | Olympia I – Festival of Nations (1938)
Part One of Riefenstahl's monumental documentary of the 1936 Berlin Olympics. DVD > Buy Olympia I & II (2-disc set)
Olympia II – Fest der Schönheit | Olympia II – Festival of Beauty (1938)
Part Two of Riefenstahl's monumental documentary of the 1936 Berlin Olympics. DVD > Buy Olympia I & II (2-disc set)
Tiefland | Lowlands (1954)
Riefenstahl directs and stars in this drama, filmed in 1940-1941 but not finally edited until 1954. It was Riefenstahl's unsuccessful attempt to restart her cinematic career after the war. She later faced charges of casting gypsies from Nazi concentration camps in this film.
DVD > Buy Tiefland
Impressionen unter Wasser | Underwater Impressions (2002)
This underwater documentary by Riefenstahl, released shortly before her death, was her plea to preserve the great coral reefs.
Wege zu Kraft und Schönheit | Ways to Strength and Beauty (1925)
Riefenstahl appears as a dancer in her first film.
Der heilige Berg | The Holy Mountain (1926)
Riefenstahl plays Diotoma in this Alpine drama.
DVD > Buy The Holy Mountain
Der große Sprung | The Big Jump (1927)
Riefenstahl plays Gita in this drama directed by Arnold Fanck.
Das Schicksal derer von Habsburg (1928)
Riefenstahl plays Maria Vetsera in this drama.
Die weiße Hölle von Palü | The White Hell of Piz Palu (1929)
Riefenstahl plays Maria Maioni in this Alpine drama directed by Arnold Fanck.
DVD > Buy The White Hell of Piz Palu
Stürme über Mont Blanc | Storm Over Mont Blanc (1930)
Riefenstahl plays Hella Armstrong in this Alpine thriller directed by Arnold Fanck. DVD > Buy Storm Over Mont Blanc
Der weiße Rausch | The White Frenzy (1931)
Riefenstahl snowshoes her way through white expanses.
Das blaue Licht | The Blue Light (1932)
Besides directing, Riefenstahl also plays the lead role as the mysterious Junta in this mystical drama. DVD > Buy The Blue Light
SOS Eisberg | SOS Iceberg (1933)
Riefenstahl appears in both the German and English versions — as Ellen Lawrence and Hella (German). Filmed on location in Greenland.
(See DVD cover on right.)
DVD > Buy SOS Iceberg
Tiefland | Lowlands (1954)
Riefenstahl directs and stars in this drama, filmed in 1940-1941 but not finally edited until 1954. It was Riefenstahl's unsuccessful attempt to restart her cinematic career after the war. She later faced charges of casting gypsies from Nazi concentration camps in this film.
DVD > Buy Tiefland
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- Famous Graves in Germany – Where are they buried?
- See the Leni Riefenstahl Links in Part 1.
- See the Leni Riefenstahl Web links in Part 1.


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Alaska State Parks Director Jim Stratton announced Thursday that copies of the Alaska Recreational Trails Plan are now available. With only a limited number of copies printed, Stratton urges interested persons to visit the state's new trails Web page at www.alaskatrails.org, where a copy can be reviewed and downloaded.
Plans also may be purchased at the Department of Natural Resources Public Information Centers for $10.
The Alaska Recreational Trails Plan is a statewide overview of trail issues and opportunities that identifies what is needed to protect Alaska's trail network. In addition, it guides trail users and trail managers to funding sources and technical assistance for all aspects of trail acquisition, development and maintenance.
"While Alaska's vast trail network is one of the best in America, it is not permanently protected," Stratton said in a press release. "The biggest threat to our trail network is the lack of easements necessary to perpetuate and protect these trails for future generations. This is true for trails on both public and private land."
The lack of trail easements is just one of several threats to Alaska's recreational trails outlined in the new Alaska Recreational Trails Plan. Working with trail volunteers and organizations around the state, Alaska State Parks developed this plan to not only identify the threats to Alaska's trail system, but also to outline what is necessary for trail protection.
"Alaska is losing a trail network that other states are spending millions of dollars to re-establish. This Trails Plan outlines the actions Alaskans need to take to protect and maintain our existing trail system," Stratton said.
Key to protecting the existing trail system is a trail easement model designed to provide trail liability protection to property owners and trail managers. This is a "fill-in-the- blanks" model for implementing Alaska's new landowner liability law for dedicated trail easements. An explanation of the liability law and the sample language are in the plan.
Another key aspect of the Trails Plan is the recommendation to establish an official Alaska trails system.
"Alaska has many spectacular trails that people felt should be recognized as part of an official Alaska trails system," said state Trails Coordinator Ron Crenshaw. "So in this plan we've presented what it would take to establish that official list of Alaska's top trails."
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The employment picture continued to brighten with the release of December's numbers by the Bureau of Labor Statistics earlier this morning. The unemployment rate fell from a revised 8.7 percent in November to 8.5 percent in December. In addition, nonfarm payrolls increased by 200,000.
This exceeded expectations which had predicted a rise of around 150,000. Manufacturing employment jumped by 23,000 net new workers in December, nearly mirroring the increase found in yesterday's ADP report.
In 2011, the U.S. economy added 1.64 million new jobs, surpassing the 940,000 net new workers created in 2010. For manufacturers there were 109,000 and 225,000 new employees generated for the sector in 2010 and 2011. The manufacturing sector has added 334,000 new jobs since December 2009.
Employment remains highly elevated, with 8.5 percent unemployment still a major challenge to growth. The so-called "real" unemployment rate – which includes discouraged and underemployed workers –is now 15.2 percent. However, this is an improvement from the 16.6 percent rate observed in December 2010.
Looking specifically at the December 2011 figures, the net increases in manufacturing employment stemmed entirely from the durable goods sector, as there was no change in nondurables for the month. Manufacturing sectors with the strongest monthly gains were transportation equipment (up 8,600), fabricated metal products (up 6,000) and machinery (up 5,300). The largest declines were found in petroleum and coal products (down 2,300), furniture and related products (down 1,400) and plastics and rubber products (down 1,400).
The average workweek edged slightly higher for manufacturers, from 40.4 hours in November to 40.5 hours in December. The average amount of overtime remained the same at 3.2 hours per week. Therefore, the average weekly earnings for manufacturing workers rose from $961.52 to $969.17.
This employment report is definitely good news and an extremely pleasant way to bring in 2012. The domestic economy – particularly among manufacturers – is starting to rebound after several weak months in mid-2011. More importantly, recent data suggest that manufacturers are upbeat about production and employment moving forward – a positive sign for the coming months.
Yet, we should also appreciate that significant weaknesses persist in the marketplace. The unemployment rate is still stubbornly high, the housing market is improving but still depressed, economic anxieties about Europe still resonate as well as the uncertainty being created in Washington. These concerns suggest that businesses remain cautiously optimistic about 2012, mindful of the headwinds that still persist around them.
Chad Moutray is chief economist, National Association of Manufacturers.
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A Primer to the OAuth Protocol
The term nonce means "number used once" and is a unique and usually random string that is meant to identify each signed request uniquely.
The Service Provider checks the signature of the request and replies with an unauthorized request token:
The Consumer redirects Jane's browser to the Service Provider User Authorization URL:
http://photosharingexample.com/authorize?oauth_token= ↪hh5s93j4hdidpola&oauth_callback= ↪http%3A%2F%2Fphotoprintingexample.com%2Frequest_token_ready
If Jane is logged in to photosharingexample.com, this page will ask her whether she authorizes photoprintingexample.com to have access to her account. If Jane authorizes the request, her browser will be redirected back to http://photoprintingexample.com/request_token_ready?oauth_token=hh5s93j4hdidpola, telling the consumer that the request token has been authorized. The Consumer then will exchange the Request Token for an Access Token using the following address:
https://photosharingexample.com/access_token? ↪oauth_consumer_key=dpf43f3p2l4k3l03&oauth_token= ↪hh5s93j4hdidpola&oauth_signature_method=PLAINTEXT& ↪oauth_signature=kd94hf93k423kf44%26hdhd0244k9j7ao03& ↪oauth_timestamp=1191242092&oauth_nonce= ↪dji430splmx33448&oauth_version=1.0
which will return the Access Token in the response:
This exchange will happen only the first time Jane tries to access her photosharingexample.com photos from photoprintingexample.com. Any time afterward, only the following will happen.
Now, the Consumer is equipped properly to access Jane's photos. First, the Consumer needs to generate the request signature. The initial step is to create the Signature Base String. This is a combination of the following elements:
oauth_consumer_key: dpf43f3p2l4k3l03 oauth_token: nnch734d00sl2jdk oauth_signature_method: HMAC-SHA1 oauth_timestamp: 1191242096 oauth_nonce: kllo9940pd9333jh oauth_version: 1.0 file: family.jpg size: original
Ultimately, you end up with the string:
GET&http%3A%2F%2Fphotosharingexample.com%2Fphotos& ↪file%3Dfamily.jpg%26oauth_consumer_key% ↪3Ddpf43f3p2l4k3l03%26oauth_nonce%3Dkllo9940pd9333jh% ↪26oauth_signature_method%3DHMAC-SHA1%26oauth_timestamp% ↪3D1191242096%26oauth_token%3Dnnch734d00sl2jdk% ↪26oauth_version%3D1.0%26size%3Doriginal"
If your request is being transmitted through SSL, the request can be in plain text. However, a vast majority of Web sites do not use SSL, so the signature string must be encoded.
Traditionally, the HTTP protocol uses an authentication method it calls "Basic" in which users provide their user names and passwords in order to gain access to the protected resource. The major flaw in that procedure is that those credentials are passed in plain text, clear for any people listening to read and store as they wish. In order to protect users' credentials, OAuth uses digital signatures instead of sending credentials with each request.
This digital signature is used to verify that the request being made is legitimate and hasn't been tampered with. A hashing algorithm is used to make that work. In order to allow the recipient to verify that the request came from the claimed sender, the hash algorithm is combined with a shared secret. If both sides agree on a secret known only to both parties, they can add it to the content being hashed. This can be done by simply appending the secret to the content, or by using a more sophisticated algorithm with a built-in mechanism for secrets, such as HMAC.
OAuth defines three signature methods used to sign and verify requests: PLAINTEXT, HMAC-SHA1 and RSA-SHA1.
Hash Algorithm
The process of taking data (of any size) and condensing it to a much smaller value (digest) in a fully reproducible (one-way) manner. Using the same hash algorithm on the same data always will produce the same smaller value.
For this example, let's say the Service Provider allows HMAC-SHA1 signatures. Thus, the encoded signature string becomes:
All together, the Consumer request for the photo is:
http://photosharingexample.com/photos?file=vacation.jpg&size= ↪original&oauth_consumer_key=dpf43f3p2l4k3l03& ↪oauth_token=nnch734d00sl2jdk&oauth_signature_method= ↪HMAC-SHA1&oauth_signature=tR3%2BTy81lMeYAr%2FFid0kMTYa% ↪2FWM%3D&oauth_timestamp=1191242096&oauth_nonce= ↪kllo9940pd9333jh&oauth_version=1.0
The Service Provider performs the same work flow to calculate the signature of the request that the Consumer performs. It then compares its calculated signature to the provided signature. If the two match, the recipient can be confident that the request has not been modified in transit. The Service Provider then responds with the requested pictures.
This process can be daunting to deal with programmatically. There are a number of libraries written for both the OAuth server and client for quite a few programming languages.
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In the previous post, I mentioned that the hunt for suitable material with which to construct the coffee table had widened from the initial consideration of Claro Walnut to include other woods, notably bubinga. I had found a large piece of 12/4 bubinga, 16' long and 50" wide, and suggested to the client that it would likely be the best choice for this project, especially given the possibility that I would be designing and building a sideboard as well, which could be constructed out of the same slab of wood.
The ball was in the client's court, and he checked in with me to ascertain whether I felt I had exhausted the options I had been looking at, to which I replied I had. Of course, given an extended period of time to continue hunting, who knows what sort of material might come to light, however I also tend to think that when you come across the right thing - -well, it's a bird in the hand instead of two in the bush sort of situation. I think the likely future supply of thick and wide bubinga slabs looks uncertain at best, so, carpe lignum. (I'm just making that Latin up, and hopefully nobody will be too cross about it)
The client got back to me the next day, and, having thought it over, decided he would buy the bubinga slab! The first thing that came to me was a feeling of delight and excitement. The second thing to come to me was a feeling of mild apprehension, as I was wondering exactly how I would get this behemoth of a board into my shop. Besides the fact that there is no forklift at my shop space, the board is too wide to go through the freight door, unless it is on edge, and I was frankly on edge myself thinking about trying to maneuver something like that on its edge. I probably won't be doing it that way. It will have to come through the double front doors, just like the deliveries of machinery I've have over the past year. I think I've figured the logistics out and should be able to manage once the board gets here. It will involve a tow truck, and hopefully no one will get flattened or throw their back out.
I also have some anticipatory apprehension in regards to the thought of cutting into this mega slab of wood. I always think of a line in Krenov's The Fine art of Cabinetmaking, where there's a picture of a slab of wood and a handsaw a good way into a cross cut - the caption reads:
Cross-cutting should always be preceded by careful thought
How true that is. Careful thought, if not mild terror. He also noted,
Even with years of experience, one must concentrate when sawing the wood to size, since between hope and result there lies a line called attention.
I've been fine-tuning the design, and thought I would share some pictures of how things currently stand.
First, a perspective view:
A plan view of the table top:
I've changed the length of the mitered abutments between bread board ends and table top to better accommodate the connection between the top of the table frame.
Elevation view:
After trying various forms for the pillow blocks, I decided to make them overtly architectural, proportioning them using one Japanese method, the 'division by 5.5 pattern' (one of several used in Japanese architecture), and then elongating the blocks. Normally they would be square of course.
A bit of what is going on joinery-wise at one of the corners:
In the view shown above, there are some details yet to be added.
One difference between the current piece and the earlier version shown a couple of posts back is that the lead edge of the legs, along with the upper outer arris of the rails and the lower arris of the table top all have concave bead molding, whereas previously they were flat chamfered. Flat chamfers remain on the table's upper arris, on the side arrises of the legs and on the stretchers.
After extensive study, I've also come up with a slightly different way (at least, in light of what I have seen before) of doing the 3-way mitered connections between leg and rails, and will talk more about that in a later post. If you're interested in the topic of Chinese 3-way miter joints, I did talk a bit about that in a post from a few years back. Click here to read more.
In recent emails with the client he ran by me the idea of adding a drawer or drawers, to the table, and asked me what I thought of that. While I could see different ways in which it could be done, after mulling it over for a while I concluded that it would detract from the design. I suggested that if he was interested in having a drawer to store something, then maybe we could look at making a smaller side table, in the same pattern as the coffee table except for the addition of a single drawer. The client said he liked that idea so it is looking like I may be building a small side table as well. It would be nice to have the pair of stylistically matched tables, kind of a cute 'parent' and 'child' team up. That's not finalized at this point, it is simply under discussion.
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Kayo Dot Get Former Guitarist to Play 'Choirs of the Eye' Again
While many major metal bands are playing albums in full (from Opeth to Megadeth), it is still a rarity to see a more underground, experimental metal band do the same. On Feb. 6, Kayo Dot not only played two albums in full, but they played them to sold out crowds.
"We all know, as a band, that 'Choirs of the Eye' is our most popular album. So we thought that a lot of people would want to see that," Kayo Dot's Toby Driver told Noisecreep about the avant-garde metal group's first set at The Stone. Driver also used the set as an excuse to have former member Greg Massi — who left the band in 2006 — play with them again.
"We can't do many of those tunes without an extra guitar player. And being a special show like that, instead of just some gig, we convinced Greg it would be a good idea to get involved. Instead of saying 'Hey we're gonna play at some shitty bar somewhere in Conneticut. Wanna play with us?'"
"Also, 'Choirs of the Eye' is on Tzadik [Records] … The Stone is [John] Zorn's venue, and Tzadik is Zorn's label. So, I thought it all kind of fit."
Along with the Zorn/Stone connection, the band has gotten requests from younger fans to play their older material.
"When that album came out we toured and those were the only songs we had so we used to play it all the time. [laughs] But actually a lot of our fans now are teenagers. We read online all the time, "why don't they ever play those songs on tour in the United States?" And it's like yeah, we did. Five years ago, we played them all the time. We probably played those tunes a 100 times each around the United States. It's just that none of those kids were at the shows."
You can also catch Kayo Dot's Toby Driver doing an improvised electric guitar set with Extra Life's Charlie Looker at the Stone on Feb. 21.


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It was so funny to see AMD's VP using something that his CEO sad it won't stick. Well, Mr. Dirk Mayer the CEO of AMD, we guess you guys were wrong as netbook did stick and even your senior VP Chekib Akrout used the term in his last presentation.
Judging by Arkout's title, Senior Vice President, Technology Group, it looks to us that he his rather high in the chain of command. The good news is that AMD has a good thing going in this Netbook Ontario core really looks good for them. AMD will be the first with a monolithic low power core with good graphics, and Intel's monolithic Atom is about a year and a half away.
AMD's CEO simply was not right about Intel's netbook concept not sticking as it clearly did, although interest is slowly petering out. Unfortunately, this is not the only thing AMD was wrong about in the last few quarters, but they are still around and it's interesting to see that the company has profitability. We hope Chekib won't get in much trouble for using one of AMD's least favourite words.
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Stephanie Krehbiel is moving into her first home, but her recent rental experience still haunts her.
"The mistakes we made, anybody could make," the Lawrence resident said.
Krehbiel, 30, is trying to sort out a $1,600 mess related to a controversial clause included in many rental contracts. The clause automatically renews leases if tenants don't notify landlords of their wishes to move out once the initial lease period lapses.
Unaware of the clause written into her lease, Krehbiel missed the June 2 deadline to notify her landlord. When she called June 6, her pleas to get out of the automatic renewal fell on unsympathetic ears, she said.
"They have really unscrupulous behavior," Krehbiel said. "They're just trying to get what money they can out of people."
Automatic renewals are either a blessing or a curse, depending on what side of the fence people are on. Some say they're simply an easy way to get things done.
"It's a convenience for the landlord and the tenant both," said Bob Ebey, vice president of Landlords of Lawrence Inc. and legislative liaison for Associated Landlords of Kansas. "If there are no changes, it just saves a lot of paperwork for the landlord and the students."
But others say they're a way to hook unwitting tenants.
"It may be legal here, but I just find it terribly exploitative," Krehbiel said.
A bit slippery?
Kansas University's student government pressed for changes to the Landlord and Tenant Act during the last legislative session. Their proposal included an attempt to address automatic renewals.
The law currently makes no direct mention of automatic renewals. The students wanted to amend the law to state that leases could not be automatically renewed more than 90 days before the end of the existing lease.
They also wanted landlords to give tenants 30 to 60 days notice of the automatic renewal prior to its taking effect. The bill passed the Senate but died in a House committee.
Sen. John Vratil, R-Leawood, said he thought the proposal was a good compromise between landlords and tenants. As for automatic renewals, Vratil said they're a trap for many people.
"From the landlords' perspective, it's a big advantage," he said. "I think it's a little bit slippery."
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Rep. Donald Dahl, R-Hillsboro and chairman of the House Commerce and Labor Committee, which killed the bill, said he thought it was an ill-conceived idea that didn't appear to have much backing beyond the students who pressed for it.
He said at some point, college students must grow up.
"How long are you going to coddle these individuals?" he said. "That's a good lesson in life. Read what you're signing."
A new proposal from students may arise next session, said Josh Bender, KU student government's former legislative director who pressed for the changes.
Ian Staples, the current student legislative director, said the automatic renewals practice needs some standardization.
"Without restriction, this could be an opportunity for abuse in a contract," Staples said. "All people need that standard in their contracts, and it needs to be part of state law."
Unenforceable in Urbana
At least one college town has addressed automatic renewals. Urbana, Ill., home to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, nixed the practice.
Landlords may put the clause on leases, but they are unenforceable in the city.
Robert Baker of the Housing and Credit Counseling, Inc., gives tips for renters
"It is an unreasonable burden on the consumer that has too serious a consequence," said Esther Patt, director of The Tenant Union at Urbana-Champaign. "The purpose of the automatic renewal clause is for the landlord to have unfair advantage over the tenant."
But Tim Stultz, who has 250 rental units in Lawrence, said the clause allows renters to secure their spots for another year at the same rate.
"They know they have a place to live," he said. "It takes away the stress of having to look for another place."
He said if you flipped the scenario and dropped renters who didn't say they wanted to stay by a certain deadline, landlords would be made to look bad, like they're throwing people out on the street.
Three days to renew!
Krehbiel and her husband bought a townhouse in April. At the time, they considered breaking their lease, but discovered it would be too costly. So they stayed.
Krehbiel's landlords put multiple signs on her door about renewing her lease. But Krehbiel said she disregarded the notes because they all seemed to be notices about renewing - something she certainly didn't want to do.
Krehbiel kept one of the notes. At the top, it reads: "We don't want to lose you! There are only 3 business days left to renew your lease for next year and we want you to stay!!"
Marked by an asterisk and in smaller print at the bottom of the flier, it reads: "Per your lease agreement, if you are vacating, you must give notice in writing by June 1st."
To break the lease now for an apartment she doesn't live in will cost about $1,600.
"I should have read the small print," she said.
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Germany is the fastest growing European market for water treatment chemicals and is estimated to grow at a compounded rate of 5% between 2015 and 2020. Corrosion and scale inhibitors form the largest product segment whereas, municipal water treatment becomes the largest application area. In terms of growth, coagulants and flocculants would be the products growing at the fastest pace in the product segment while, among industrial applications: manufacturing, mining and mineral processing, and electric power generation record the fastest growth.
Water treatment is defined as the process employed for eliminating contaminants present in water, which is achieved through a number of techniques. Water treatment chemicals consists of one such technique, wherein contaminated or waste-water is treated with chemicals to make it safe for human consumption and useful in other applications as well where clean water is a necessity. The higher incidence of water-borne epidemics has urged the need to pump up the safety measures and undergo stringent procedures to avail purified water, this has led to the usage of water treatment chemicals for the purification of drinking water.
Water is used in various industries, especially in emerging economies where several industries are set up. The required standard for water quality has made it necessary for better purification methods. However, water purification equipment alone is not enough to achieve this standard, hence; the usage of water treatment chemicals becomes indispensable to meet the desired standards of purified water.
The Germany Water treatment chemicals market is segmented by product (Biocides & disinfectants, coagulants & flocculants, corrosion & scale Inhibitors, defoamers and defoaming agents, pH adjusters and softeners and other chemicals) and by their application ( commercial & institutional, Electric power generation, energy, manufacturing, mining & mineral processing, municipal and other applications). The key players in this market are Accepta, BASF SE, Chemtreat Inc., Organo Corp., PQ Corp. and Wex Technologies.
The augmented standards of water quality in industrial applications and the stringent environmental laws on water treatment and waste-water management pose to be the drivers of this market.
There is a strong requirement for the availability of alternate water treatment technologies in the market. Additionally, there is also a need to find Eco-friendly solutions for water treatment that can balance and treat the chemical as well as the naturally occurring water pollution differently.
In recent times, stringent environmental norms were set up to remove and treat water pollutants before they release into the environment. The municipal corporations have been adopting water treatment facilities to clean and recycle water before supplying for drinking and sanitation purposes.
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by using template tool kit and pdflatex compiler I am generating PDF file , I written like this as shown below.
But I getting Different output rather than what I want. After executing this script I am getting output when I have three or more students in electronics and two or more semesters for each student then only I am getting. otherwise it does print any thing just printing studentdata: three times . for example if I have one student with one semester in university at that situation it doesn't give any thing it printing like this studentdata: studentdata: studentdata: like as above ,I identified the problem is I have three attributes in student element "name""number" and "semester" like this so it printing three times If I add one more attribute in between name and number in student element it printing four times. It means something wrong with second for loop but I cant rectify it. I tried alot . how can I rectify and how can I print data like this in pdf.
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tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-444241135730921146.post8793452600408720467..comments2017-07-19T01:14:57.595-07:00Comments on SAGE'S PLAY: A Cultural Obsession with Senior MomentsGaea Yudronhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-444241135730921146.post-62120864327592412252012-03-12T18:08:33.131-07:002012-03-12T18:08:33.131-07:00Ronni Bennett had a great phrase in her Time Goes ...Ronni Bennett had a great phrase in her Time Goes By blog the other day. She pointed out that we've been brainwashed by certain ageist language since childhood and that it's dangerous "because it makes us complicit in our own stereotyping." That really says it well.Gaea Yudronhttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-444241135730921146.post-54331388801550413682012-03-10T22:42:08.909-08:002012-03-10T22:42:08.909-08:00You wrote: "I am not interested in defining m...You wrote: "I am not interested in defining myself by my deficits."

I concur -- that's such an important concept and one I integrate into my work which has become primarily with older adults. I all too often find my patients expressing some of these stereotypical views of themselves that you describe here as being applied by others to older people. Really like the sentiments your song lyrics express.joaredhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-444241135730921146.post-42529263121984643732012-03-07T17:35:20.072-08:002012-03-07T17:35:20.072-08:00Hi Celia, Thanks for your message. I like your phr...Hi Celia, Thanks for your message. I like your phrase "I don't make jokes out of myself" because it seems that's what a lot of older people do--act apologetic or make fun of themselves, kinda as if they were in blackface in a minstrel show. Well, this work of culture change is something I am called to do. Hope all is going very well at your blue cottage.Gaea Yudronhttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-444241135730921146.post-20973481721496867892012-03-04T13:06:41.885-08:002012-03-04T13:06:41.885-08:00It's a slow sell, coupled with this country...It's a slow sell, coupled with this country's inability to deal with death as just a natural part of life. Yet, I have hopes. I personally know I see things much differently that I did when I was younger and am much less stressed now because of it. If my parent had been comfortable talking with us about their aging would it have made a difference? I like to think so. So I talk about mine to my sons, my sisters who are all younger than I, and to my grandkids, and not in a scary way either. I don't make jokes out of myself either except with my nearly same age sister who lives much like I do.Celiahttps://firstname.lastname@example.com


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Birthright has a network of almost a thousand pregnancy help centers throughout the United States, These centers offer pregnancy testing, counseling, and resources, including medical, financial, and personal assistance. The Birthright philosophy is that a woman coming in for help does not represent a "statistic" or an "issue," but is rather a human being looking for help and support in a time of need. In addition to pregnancy help services, Birthright also provides links to doctors and others in the local community who can help a woman after the birth of her child.
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Bethany Christian Services is one of the nation's leading providers of adoption and crisis pregnancy support information. They operate a national hotline which is active from 8 AM to 12 PM, 7 days a week. This hotline routes callers to one of 56 local offices which can then provide local and regional information.
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JAPAN: China Says Yes To Toyota Production Plans
Japan's largest automaker, Toyota Motor Corp. has announced it has won approval from the Chinese government for its plan to launch automobile production in Tianjin, northern China. With the long-awaited approval, the world's third-largest automaker will form an equally-owned joint venture with China's Tianjin Automotive Xiali Corp. with a total investment of $100 million, the company said.
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Bring a friend! Honeymoons becoming 'buddymoons'
Honeymoons are becoming "buddymoons", with an increasing number of newlyweds taking friends away with them, according to a new survey.
As many as 20% have shared their post-nuptial travels with pals, the survey by foreign exchange company Travelex showed.
And nearly half of couples said they would consider a buddymoon if it saved them money.
The poll showed that some couples would even let family members tag along, but 5% would only go away with others if it meant a saving of up to 75%.
For buddymooners the most popular destination was Dubai, followed by Thailand, France, South Africa and Turkey.
Travelex said these were all destinations where the pound has strengthened against the local currency, giving UK holidaymakers more spending power.
Elvin Eldic, from Travelex, said: "With young couples feeling the growing financial squeeze of tying the knot, it's unsurprising that many are bucking traditional honeymoon trends in order to rein in the cost of getting married.
"It makes perfect sense to continue the celebrations with loved ones, while sharing the costs. In recent months the pound has improved significantly against most popular currencies."
Hotel booking company Mr & Mrs Smith said: "We've seen increasing popularity for couples sharing honeymoons."
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DEVOTED Hartlepool United fans are gearing up for another mammoth season on the roads following their beloved team – almost 10,000 gruelling miles.
Over the course of the Sky Bet League Two campaign, Pools fans are facing another epic season with the longest trek down to Plymouth Argyle, some 387.2 miles away from Victoria Park.
While the overall mileage for round trips has dipped by around 30 miles compared to last season, fans are still facing a round trip of 9,695 miles in 2014-15 if they want to see every game.
One Pools supporter that aims to go to all matches home and away next season is superfan Mark Carroll.
The 35-year-old admits it is a huge commitment following his beloved team up and down the country, but he does it because of his passion for Pools.
Mark, from the Grange Road area, says it will easily cost him a couple of thousand pounds when he budgets for the travel costs, ticket prices and any overnight stops.
Mark, a highways inspector for Hartlepool Borough Council, said: "I have only missed a handful of away matches in recent years.
"It is a huge commitment given the long distances but you do it because you love to, it is a passion and something I have been doing regularly since the age of 18.
"Younger Pools fans have enjoyed relative success in the past decade or so and we have had some good seasons away from home but the last couple have been a test of devotion.
"But we still travel in a good number and we always have that optimism that it is going to be a good season – whether that feeling lasts a week, six weeks or the whole season.
"Travelling almost 10,000 miles is obviously a very long way but it is something we enjoy doing," added Mark, who is engaged to Jenni Shaw and the pair are due to wed next summer during the close season.
The highest ever amount of miles travelled by the Pools team and fans was during the 2010-11 season, when the club covered a record breaking 10,500 miles.
Mark Simpson, media manager at Pools, said: "We have always known that Hartlepool United fans are among the best in the country.
"We regularly travel the furthest in the whole of the Football League but despite the distance we still have a very good away following at every game.
"We are really proud of our away following and we are looking forward to that continuing in the upcoming 2014-15 season."
Exeter City isn't far behind Plymouth Argyle at 344.9 miles, while Portsmouth is the third and final club whose ground is over 300 miles away from The Vic with Fratton Park a 326.5 mile journey.
New arrivals from the Conference have added to the upcoming season's mileage with Luton Town weighing in with a 228.3 mile one-way trip and Cambridge United a mere 208.7 miles on the road.
Meanwhile, relegated Stevenage are 224 miles away from The Vic, while Shrewsbury Town also came down from League One and Greenhous Meadow is 194.1 miles from Hartlepool.
The nearest away trips will see Pools travel to York City, a 116.2 mile round trip, and another meeting with relegated Carlisle United who sit 89.1 miles from The Vic.
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Standard Chartered Weighs Settling Iran Laundering Probe
Standard Chartered vehemently disagrees with the agency's allegation the bank improperly processed $250 billion tied to Iran, which Lawsky cited in his order issued Aug. 6. The heart of his order, however, alleges the bank violated state laws when it concealed records of transactions from bank examiners.
The talks could still collapse, and the hearing also could be postponed to allow more time for negotiations.
The bank, meanwhile, was already cooperating in a separate probe dating to 2010 that included the U.S. Justice Department and the Manhattan district attorney. That investigation is aimed at determining whether Standard Chartered violated U.S. sanctions laws and talks on a settlement have been taking place separately from the state discussions.
A settlement with New York would end a period of turmoil for the bank and law enforcement officials and likely would result in a multimillion-dollar fine for Standard Chartered. A settlement with federal officials could also result in a multimillion-dollar fine.
Officials for the Justice and Treasury departments and the Manhattan district attorney either weren't available for comment or declined to comment.
Lawsky's order cited communications between Standard Chartered officials about the reputational and legal threats to the bank if it kept doing business with Iranian clients.
Lawsky's department and Standard Chartered declined to comment.
Faced with similar accusations, some banks prefer to settle quietly. Barclays Plc, Credit Suisse Group, Lloyds Banking Group, J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. and ING Bank NV had agreed in prior years to settlements totalling nearly $2 billion into how those banks allegedly processed money or assets tied to sanctioned countries.
Standard Chartered, by comparison, said last week that Lawsky's "interpretation" that the bank had improperly handled Iranian transactions was "incorrect as a matter of law".
Lawsky's office alleged the bank had hidden from regulators some $250 billion in improper transactions tied to Iran. The bank said that total amount that didn't adhere to U.S. sanction laws was less than $14 million.
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Hockey referees are arguably the best in all of sports, and they're also some of the bravest. The men in the striped shirts step out on the ice every night, sharing the ice with some of the biggest, fastest athletes the sports world has to offer. It goes without saying that some times there's nowhere to hide for officials. Referee Chris Rooney found that out the hard way Monday night in Colorado where he was reffing the Avalanche-Stars game. Rooney was in the wrong place at the wrong time when a Jamie Oleksiak slap shot deflected off of Paul Stastny. The puck looked to be headed toward the net, but the deflection sent it to the corner where Rooney was standing. The puck drilled the referee in the head, sending him straight to the ice. Rooney, as a hockey ref, is a tough guy. He ended up skating off the ice, but he did not return. As Yahoo's Puck Daddy blog points out, Rooney "checked out OK," according to an NHL security representative. See the play below.
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