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Ask an Obama Administration official why the President is bringing nearly 50 heads of state all the way to Washington just so they can collectively declare that loose nukes are bad, and you'll get a version of this: America can only be safe if international cooperation is strong.
That may be true, and hawks and doves in Washington agree there's little downside to the summit itself. But even the most idealistic internationalists know that the number of nuclear-armed states is likely to grow rather than shrink in coming years, weakening the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and increasing the production of dangerous materials around the globe. So, a more accurate definition of the summit's purpose may be that it is, at best, a small step toward slowing the decline of international cooperation on nuclear issues.
The gathering will produce more paper than progress, Administration officials concede. There will be the nonbinding communiqué, wherein the leaders will declare the dangers of nuclear proliferation. They will pledge to take new national and international measures to secure nuclear materials within four years. The summit will produce a "work plan" of steps that individual states will take to secure their nuclear materials; that too will be nonbinding. And individual countries will announce their own measures, to the extent that they want to do more.
Such limited achievements are not without value. Since 2004, U.S. leaders of all stripes have agreed that the greatest threat to American security is the possibility of terrorists acquiring a nuclear weapon. The only plausible way that could happen is if a group could steal or buy uranium or plutonium from an existing store, and there are many poorly guarded stocks of uranium and plutonium around the world.
Even the most hawkish members of the previous Administration support promoting cooperation to keep nuclear materials safe. The Obama Administration says that just getting so many heads of state to sit down and discuss the issue is an achievement. "The fact that almost 50 countries are coming to Washington, most heads of state, heads of government level, is indicative of the response that these countries are paying to this very important subject," says Obama's National Security Adviser, General James Jones.
But some countries have been more supportive in spirit than in fact. Many countries participating in the summit have concluded that tightening security measures around their nuclear material is not worth the cost and effort. "There's disagreement over how much physical security is needed," says David Albright of the Institute for Science and International Security, adding that Russia, India and some European countries have been skeptical of the extent of the danger posed by nuclear terrorism.
Convincing skeptics to make the necessary investment requires building credibility for international confabs like the one in Washington. But multilateral international institutions are not exactly dominating the strategic scene at the moment: the Bush Administration degraded them during its first term. Obama made reversing that approach a cornerstone of his campaign and his presidency. The reality is that neither Bush's unilateralism nor Obama's internationalism has slowed Iran's and North Korea's nuclear programs, nor have they halted the expansion of peaceful nuclear programs elsewhere around the world.
The Obama Administration counters that this week's summit is just one part of a larger strategy. It coincides with the release of the Administration's new, less aggressive nuclear posture and the signing of a new nuclear-arms-reduction treaty with Russia; it will be followed next month by the 10-year review conference of the NPT at the U.N. "The President has put this complicated interrelated strategy together," says a senior Administration official. "We're beginning to execute on the commitments [announced by the President a year ago in his speech in Prague]. Things are falling into place, and the President is showing leadership in arms control."
When the leaders gathered this week reconvene in 2012 to assess the progress on controlling loose nukes, Americans will judge for themselves whether the effort to contain loose nukes goes beyond symbolic declarations.


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Our Home – Cathedral Park will be an inclusive cohousing-inspired community located near the base of the iconic St Johns bridge in the wonderful Cathedral Park neighborhood of North Portland. Just minutes from downtown Portland, near public transportation and walkable to many amenities, including the beautiful Cathedral Park, Our Home will be one of the most desirable located developments in the city.
Our Home – Cathedral Park was envisioned by Our Home, Inclusive Community Collaborative and will be developed in partnership by Community Vision. It is founded on the concept of creating community for all. The 20 unit project will host a variety of home ownership opportunities for individuals and families of diverse abilities, ages and income levels.
What is Cohousing?
Contemporary cohousing, founded in Denmark 30 years ago, made its way to the US more than a decade ago. It combines homeownership with shared values and communal spaces to create an environment for individuals and families looking to build lives and community together.
Our Vision and Values:
Our Home is founded on the belief that a healthy community requires diversity, including people that experience disability, people that want to age in a home of their choice and people that may be below median income. We believe that all members of our community should be able to share in the development of a communities' identity and vision. We believe in cultivating supportive, lasting relationships with each other and developing a community that shares space, decision-making and core values. These values include:
- Learning and growing together
- Creating a true sense of belonging
- Cooperative decision making
- Sharing and respect
- Reciprocity, an opportunity to both give and receive, purpose and fun
- Diversity
- Connection to the neighborhood, city and region
- A beautiful and supportive physical environment
Our Home – Cathedral Park Details:
- Universally designed homes including 1, 2 and 3 bedroom units
- Estimated completion date: Winter 2017
- Location: N. Edison Street and N. Burlington Street in North Portland
- Conventional ownership of individual units
- Shared landscaped courtyard and interior community gathering space
- 1 ADA and several accessible ground floor units
- Several subsidized units for qualifying individuals
Imagine Yourself Here
If you can see yourself as a part of the Our Home community, or want to learn more, please visit inclusivecommunitycollaborative.org or connect with Alicia Delashmutt. email@example.com.

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As businesses grow, they often find that their local file servers have reached their end-of-life and they are now difficult to maintain. In an attempt to fulfill their document storage needs, these firms often opt for online public cloud services such as Google Drive or Dropbox, only to realize that these platforms are not scalable, have poor functionality and are prone to external attacks.
DocuXplorer, one of the United States' leading providers of document management solutions software to small and medium sized businesses, today announced that it is now expanding its presence in the Middle East and Africa with an Arabic language version of its industry-leading software.
"With Arabic being the official language of 25 countries, we felt that the Middle East needed a robust document management software solution that can be utilized by end users in their native language," stated Mr. Wyman, a spokesperson for Archive Power Systems, the parent company of DocuXplorer. "We are now aggressively screening resellers in Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Western Sahara and Yemen to introduce DocuXplorer to their clients."
While English is traditionally considered the international language of business, DocuXplorer felt that since some end users of its document management software may not necessarily be fluent in English, they wanted to provide a solution in Arabic, where there are approximately 370 million speakers of that language.
"As economies in the Middle East continue to grow, and those growing offices and facilities are generating more and more paperwork and electronic files as a result, DocuXplorer is positioning itself to be the premier provider of document management solutions in this market to offer those organizations an affordable product that will dramatically reduce their paper files and provide a cutting-edge solution to organizing their electronic files as well," concluded Wyman.
The Arabic version of DocuXplorer includes a familiar Windows Explorer-style interface, built-in print driver, workflow management, library check-in/check-out functionality, full text searches (in any language, including Arabic) and a multi-level security system that allows for effective safeguarding of confidential data.
Since 1995, DocuXplorer has provided thousands of its users with an end-to-end document management and archiving solution, including award-winning document management software, Consulting Services, Taxonomy Training, a hosted solution and secure online backup of its client data. It was named one of the top solution providers by OCR World magazine for its advanced optical character recognition. For more information about DocuXplorer or to download a free trial in Arabic, please visit www.docuxplorer.com.
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The End of Recovery!
This morning I woke up after enjoying the extra hour of rest afforded to us via tradition, and went out for the final 5k of the recovery week. Ran a little slower but felt good all around. First mile in 6:52, 2nd in 6:28, and the 3rd in 6:11. Time for the 3.1 miles was 20:11. Weather was drippy but not rainy. Also, a bit warmer! It must be up near 50 degrees. I had to let the woodstove die down. I'll get it going later this afternoon just before taking the kids out for their treats.
So while not running hard per se, the speed made the runs more of a "pace" run as opposed to an "easy" run. I guess I felt I needed the psychological benefits of cruising as I have already stored enough rest from the past two week's downtime. Also, knowing I have Monday as a rest day and coming off of Friday's rest day, I felt rested, confident, and ready to train. I am thinking the rest days scheduled into the plan are going to allow me to train at consistently higher levels than previously. Taking rest "where you need it" is good advice if you're already following a schedule that incorporates rest. However, previously, this was my method of determining when I got any rest at all! It does take a little discipline however. Resting on Monday when you're not tired seems counterproductive. My research into other's research, indicates that unless we are running some extreme mileage, we may be short-changing ourselves in our quest for faster times by not fully resting. So I will be the guinea pig in this experiment. We'll take someone who rested "as needed" and have him rest "to schedule" and we'll track the progress!
This week's log recap:
Mon: Rest
Tue: 3miles
Wed: 3 miles
Thu: 3 miles
Fri: Rest
Sat: 3.1 miles
Sun: 3.1 miles
Total: 15.2 miles
So now for 25 weeks of consistent training to bring me within reach of mile goal (2:45:00)!


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Dutch printer Joh. Enschedé to quit banknote production
03 12, 2016 08:57 Category: Miscellaneous | Europe
According to reports, Dutch security printer Joh. Enschedé plans to quit banknote production due to overcapacity in the sector, and will instead focus on printing stamps and visa documents.
Courtesy of Claudio Marana.
Courtesy of Claudio Marana.


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HDPE Same-floor Drain can be applied to the wall-drain-type same-floor system and floor-sink-type same-floor system. The installation procedure is the same as PVC floor-sink-type same-floor system when applied in floor-sink-type same-floor. Wall-drain-type is different from previous system because additional virtual wall after toilet is needed as special room with 0.2 m wide for the installation of piping system. Branch drain pipe cannot penetrate the floor and can be connected with main pipe in the same floor. Suspended sink and back-drain-type toilet are both required when wall-drain-type is applied. The installation procedure can fulfill the requirement of sanitary, well-decorated, tidy status.
1.Corrosion resistance. The system can withstand the varied chemical agent and electronical-chemical corrosion.
2.No exposure for fusion joint part. Fusion joint is taken as the joint method for PE pipe, which can ensure the homogenous material with pipe body and guarantee the homoousia of the whole piping system.
3.Good resistance to underground movement or ground load. PE pipe has a excellent flexibility which can reach 350% in elongation at break. PE pipe has also good resistance against non-uniform settlement.
4.Good resistance against rapid crack propagation.
5.Long lifetime. Under normal circumstance, the system can last for at least 50 years.
6.Light weight can benefit the transportation and installation.
7.It can be recycled and reclaimed.


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Why Is Mathematics So Unpopular?
Whoever in his youth enjoyed musical instruction, as in playing the piano or the violin, will recall the course of such a lesson: it began with finger exercises, scales, and arpeggios, followed by an etude, then by a short composition, and at the end came the classical sonata. Thus each lesson became an adventure with an increasing content. The fact that the student was by no means capable of understanding the full import of the classical composition made no difference, and it became his permanent property, which he enjoyed again and again. Instruction in mathematics, on the other hand, has for more than a century taken an entirely different course: often the student never passes beyond finger exercises and other boring, mindless gymnastics; while the same persons who enjoy card games, crossword puzzles, dancing, and drumming to the point of obsession regard mathematics merely as the very image of boredom. No subject of instruction in school is abused to such an extent as mathematics, and from this viewpoint it looks like a sterile desert. It is quite understandable that no pleasure can ever be derived from this science when one is under such interminable torture. Its instruction is aimed entirely at practical applications - whereas the art is never mentioned. It cannot be denied, however, that most games enjoyed by human beings owe their laws, even their very existence, to mathematics, or that within man's soul there dwells a spiritual nature that derives enjoyment from these geometric and arithmetic structures them selves, quite apart from intellectuality. This teaching concerning the mathematical nature of our soul is very ancient: it was formulated by Kepler, who in turn took it over from Proclus.


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The British embassy in Kosovo will fund an independent firm that will lead the process of recruiting senior staff and filling open positions in the Balkan country's state institutions, according to an August 15 statement from the embassy. The company will generate shortlists of the most qualified candidates for the positions. Kosovo will then have the task of appointing the best candidates from the shortlists.
The British ambassador in Kosovo Ruairí O'Connell said that the aim of bringing in the independent firm was to address nepotism in the Kosovan administration.
On August 15, a memorandum of understanding on the project was signed by O'Connell, Kosovan Prime Minister Isa Mustafa and Kosovan parliament speaker Kadri Veseli.
The process will start with recruitment for 20 senior vacant positions. "If we manage to prove that the recruitment process can be conducted free of political influence, this may serve as a basis for how future recruitments should be done," O'Connell said.
The diplomat commented that implementing this plan would prove that Kosovo's leaders "really want to fight nepotism." O'Connell also mentioned a recent scandal, which began on August 1, when the website Insajderi.com published wiretap excerpts allegedly suggesting the involvement of the ruling Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK) in senior appointments in the justice and police sectors.
The ambassador assessed that nepotism is "a cancer that stifles the state" and if not eradicated it "certainly will destroy Kosovo." O'Connell said, "Now no one believes that employments are conducted on the basis of merit and qualifications, so we need to crack this practice and should restore peoples trust in the institutions of Kosovo."


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"Siempre doy gracias al cielo de ser/ Tan afortunado!
The Queen of Chiquibaby belts it out with Joan Sebastian. ("I always give thanks to heaven to be/ So fortunate!")
Everybody belts it out with her, Joan (pronounced like "Juan") Sebastian's "The Fortunate One."
Maria, across the table with Manuel, has some voice. A powerful, passionate voice.
"Wow," I say at the end. "Are you a professional?"
"I only sing on karaoke nights."
"Don't kid yourself," says George, who's nearby playing pool. "Maria is known as 'La Reina de Chiquibaby's.'"
I met Maria and Manuel when they told Elvira the mesera to pour me a pint of Bud on their tab. That's the sort of bar this place is.
Chiquibaby's Bar
317 Dewey Street, Logan Heights
Chiquibaby's was the only light on this whole street when I came up from the 25th and Commercial trolley stop. I was just expecting a drink and maybe a game of pool. But when Elvira says, "Yes, we have some botanas" (appetizers), I realize how hungry I am. And when she points to Maria and Manuel and says, "The couple at the table, they have invited you. They want to welcome you," man, I feel so good.
Not only that, but Maria gets up and sets a couple of Anglo songs, like Freddy Fender's "Wasted Days and Wasted Nights" on the jukebox. Just to make me feel comfortable, too.
Because all conversation's in Spanish here. You come in and ranchero music's pouring out of the jukebox, just behind where a bunch of guys are playing pool, some with Stetsons on their heads, others with baseball caps, but all — like when a chorus comes up on Freddy Fender's "Rancho Grande" — big-voice singers.
I head for the bar, take a stool. Elvira passes me this little list of botanas. Tacos, of course, asada, adobada (pork), chicken, and chicharron (usually fried pork rinds), $1.99 each. Cueritos ("little leathers," pig skin pickled in vinegar) go for $2.99, tostadas de ceviche, basically shrimp tacos on a crisp tortilla, are $3.99, and tostilocos, the cut-open Tostito bags you see stuffed with everything from cueritos to avocado slices ($4.99). Oh, and for $9.99, "alitas de pollo," chicken wings.
So, I start off by ordering a tostada. And after Maria and Manuel buy me the drink, I turn and toast them, thank them, then have at my tostada. Crunching into its beautiful mess, it reminds me of how important fresh-cut veggies are to daily eating in Mexico. Apart from tons of camarones, I'm getting cucumber, jicama, tomato, cilantro, avo, and also squelching into cueritos, the slightly rubbery pickled pork skin. I also splot on some "México Lindo" habanera roja salsa. And now we have a meal. Well, almost.
I can't resist ordering the tostilocos ("Crazy Tostitos"), along with beers to return the favor to my new friends.
Why tostilocos? Mainly because it's that or chicken wings at twice the price. Plus, tostilocos were invented right next door, in Tijuana, back in the 1990s.
'Course, when you look at the menu's picture of tostilocos, you see the cut-open packet of Tostito chips loaded with hot sauce, jicama, cucumber, chamoy, cueritos, Japanese peanuts, a mess. But mine comes out far more elegant because it's not in the Tostito package anymore but in a nice curved ceramic dish. Hey hey! Civilized tostilocos.
This dish is also a food messenger from the south, with flavorings like chamoy, a sauce made from pickled fruit, usually apricot, plum, or mango. (Actually, chamoy's a Japanese idea. They say Mexicans copied umeboshi, Japanese pickled ume fruit. And "Japanese peanuts"? These are a Mexican invention, technically. Okay, it was this immigrant guy Yoshigei Nakatani, who came from Japan but invented them after he got to Mexico, back in the 1940s. Whatever — dee-licious. They're peanuts deep-fried in a wheat-flour dough with soy sauce. So crunchy!
"And...ooh...chaca-chaca," says María. We're kinda splitting the tostilocos. Way too much for me. And cost me all of $5. Chaca-chaca is basically chili-laden tamarind candy chunks scattered over the dish. It makes for a tasty, healthy combo, all sitting on a bed of tortilla chips.
We're just finishing it off when Elvira arrives with a bunch of chocolate bars called "Carlos V." Wow. She's just giving them out to everyone.
"This is very traditional," says Maria. "Every Mexican knows this chocolate. Because we invented chocolate, the Aztecs, 4000 years ago, right?"
Turns out Carlos V was king of Spain, and the Holy Roman Emperor. More important, the guy introduced the Aztecs' chocolate to the courts of Europe. After Carlos, chocolate was in.
So, have to ask: has the Trump deportation threat affected business in a Mexican bar like this? Is everybody running scared?
"It's hard to say," says Elvira, "because everybody comes here to forget their worries. If they have them, they don't show it."
"The Trump thing?" says George. "People aren't panicking. Yet."
And then the jukebox throws up a polka, with those crazed Mexican trumpets and tubas playing a wild intro. George looks at Elvira. He grabs her and whirls her off two-stepping around the pool table. They dance this beautiful jig, tight together.
"You should come back for karaoke," says Elvira. "Mondays, Thursdays. Everybody applauds you, even if you're not great! And you should come back for Taco Tuesdays: $1 tacos! And Saturday, 25th of March! That's our eighth anniversary. It'll be a party."
Las Jilguerillas ("The Little Goldfinches"), two famous country-singing sisters from Michoacán, come on the jukebox. "Un Puño de Tierra" ("A Fistful of Earth") breaks out. By the time they're through, the whole bar's singing it.
"When I die, all I'll take is a fistful of dirt."
The Queen of Chiquibaby picks a beer out of the bucket. Holds it high.
"A la tierra!"
By the time I leave, I've had or shared a tostada, an adobada taco, and the tostilocos. The food cost: $11. The night's experience? I feel like singing the Joan Sebastian song:
"Siempre doy gracias al cielo de ser/ Tan afortunado!"
Chiquibaby's Bar
317 Dewey Street, Logan Heights
Hours: 11:00 a.m.–10 p.m., daily (till 12 a.m. Friday, Saturday)
Prices: Tacos, $1.99 each. Include asada, adobada, chicken, and chicharron (usually fried pork rinds); Cueritos ("little leathers," pig skin pickled in vinegar), $2.99; tostadas de ceviche, on crisp tortilla, $3.99; tostilocos, ($4.99). "alitas de pollo," (chicken wings), $9.99
Bus: 3
Nearest Bus Stop: Ocean View Boulevard and Commercial
Trolley: Orange Line
Nearest trolley stop: 25th and Commercial
More from SDReader
- More stories by Ed Bedford
- Chiquibaby's isn't trying to be anything but a bar — April 27, 2016
- Go for the fruit and score a bulging torta also — Oct. 7, 2015
- Pepe's Produce is the must-stop spot — Jan. 21, 2014
- Danged Tasty — Oct. 10, 2012
- Machete Drink — June 9, 2005


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We have owned many grey horses – mostly Arabians and part-Arabians – over the years and although I love the look of a dark, dappled grey none of ours attained that. Our Welsh/Shetland pony cross was beautifully dappled for a couple of years, but we purchased him at the height of his dappling and he soon greyed out entirely.
Gray horses are born any number of colors – bay, black, chestnut – and 'grey out' over time. Dapples on a grey are part of the greying stage where there is a pattern of light spots surrounded by darker rings. While some horses may hold this color for years, others pass through it very quickly...like most of ours did.
With many greys there tends to be a period of semi-dappled, semi-grey where the horse appears dappled – mainly on the points and rump – but it's a very faint dapple pattern. The next common 'phase' of greying is the absence of the dapple pattern. The horse can either appear pure white or a cloudy grey.
The last phase of greying out is the flea-bitten grey. These small brown spots tend to creep into the horse's coat at varying degrees. Some grey horses may only ever have a slight smattering of 'flea bites,' while with other horses they can become extremely thick, appearing over the entire body of the horse.
It's also not uncommon to see a non-grey horse with a dapple pattern on its coat. This is an entirely different form of dappling and is caused by feeding and the health condition of the horse; not genetics.
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What is gender equality?
Gender equality is a human right. Women are entitled to live with dignity and with freedom from want and from fear. Gender equality is also a precondition for advancing development and reducing poverty: Empowered women contribute to the health and productivity of whole families and communities, and they improve prospects for the next generation.
Still, despite solid evidence demonstrating the centrality of women's empowerment to reducing poverty, promoting development and addressing the world's most urgent challenges, gender equality remains an unfulfilled promise".
Source: UNFPA
How does international law protect indigenous people against discrimination?
The Declaration on the rights of indigenous peoples was adopted by the General Assembly on 13 September 2007, as a triumph for justice and human dignity following more than two decades of negotiations between governments and indigenous peoples' representatives.
The Declaration establishes a universal framework of minimum standards for the survival, dignity, well-being and rights of the world's indigenous peoples. The Declaration addresses both individual and collective rights; cultural rights and identity; rights to education, health, employment, language, and others. It outlaws discrimination against indigenous peoples and promotes their full and effective participation in all matters that concern them. It also ensures their right to remain distinct and to pursue their own priorities in economic, social and cultural development. The Declaration explicitly encourages harmonious and cooperative relations between States and indigenous peoples.
Source: OHCHR
How does international law protect LGBT people against discrimination and other forms of abuse?
The Yogyakarta Principles on the Application of International Human Rights Law in Relation to Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity, developed in 2006 by a group of LGBT experts in Yogyarkarta, Indonesia in response to well-known examples of abuse, provides a universal guide to applying international human rights law to violations experienced by lesbians, gay men, bisexual and transgender people to ensure the universal reach of human rights protections.
Source: Amnesty USA


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Storage Decisions 2001: Storage buyers regain control
Storage Decisions 2001: Storage buyers regain control
CHICAGO -- A panel of industry analysts, technical experts and financial pundits assembled Thursday Storage Decisions 2001 agree that for the first time, the customer has an opportunity to gain control over the vendor when buying storage.
"The balance of power has shifted dramatically from the vendor to the user," said Merrill Lynch analyst James Berlino.
Storage is notorious for being overbought, and in the past it has been easier for companies to throw money at their storage problems rather than to fix what they already have, according to the panelists. But with the tight economy forcing chief financial officers to reassess budgets, the storage vendors are competing like never before. That translates into lower prices.
"When the economy hit the skids, CFOs started to look at squeezing more out of what they had," said Enterprise Storage Group Founder and analyst Steve Duplessie. "They asked themselves, 'Do we really need to buy this or do we already have it?' "
Tighter belts and the inability to buy a new box every time there's a storage problem has led to an attempt to improve utilization rates of what already exists in the company's infrastructure.
"(This environment) drives a services shift," storage expert Marc Staimer said. Vendors are going to have to show a return on investment, according to Staimer. Vendors need to prove that what you buy today will improve productivity and improve your bottom line, he said.
Duplessie said control has been wrestled back to the user like it was in the PC market.
"Now, when you buy a PC you buy it from the company that you want services from, because all PCs are the same," he said.
The experts believe that the storage industry is experiencing the inevitable maturation that every technology experiences; a maturation that creates a whole new set of opportunities in storage management software.
"While vendors are being beaten down right now there's an opportunity for someone to (capitalize on creating) an operating platform," said Berlino.
He added that vendors are starting to realize that users really need management tools. A trend evidenced by a major reorganization toward software by many vendors.
"With the eventual need for one person to manage a petabyte we're going to be left with a situation where there's a lot of unmanaged data," said Staimer. "Management tools will quickly come to the forefront."
The next generation in management tools, said the panelists, has to reside in an abstraction layer or a "cloud" off of the host.
"A storage management product will only succeed if its hardware independent," said Duplessie
A change in leadership may be on the horizon as well. When any technology undergoes a major shift like the one the storage industry is currently experiencing, the leader of the pack almost never remains on top, according to Staimer.
Let us know what you think about the story, e-mail Kevin Komiega, assistant news editor


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(Family Division, Parker J, 29 November 2013)
The Saudi husband and wife were married by Nikah in London but 7 years later the wife applied for nullity in England where their three children were living. The husband challenged the jurisdiction of the English court on the basis that the wife was not habitually resident here and sought a return of the three children.
A consent order was made providing for the children to return to Saudi Arabia, a property in Jeddah to be transferred into her sole name, ongoing specific financial provision for the wife and children, and for the husband to pronounce an irrevocable Talaq in Saudi Arabia. Both parties had since claimed the other was in breach and attempted to bring contempt proceedings which were eventually settled.
The wife was granted leave to activate an application under Part III of the Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984 which was overturned on appeal due to the fact that a marriage which did not purport to be performed under the Marriage Acts was not a void marriage within s 11 of the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 and, therefore, not a marriage within the MFPA. The wife now applied for monetary compensation for breach of undertakings given in earlier proceedings governing financial arrangements which formed the basis of the Part III claim.
A deputy judge found that the husband was in breach of three undertakings: failure to index link, failure to pay the requisite number of the wife's staff, and failure to maintain and keep the Jeddah property in good repair. The district judge found against the husband on his claims that the wife was in breach of the orders in relation to their children. The Court of Appeal allowed the husband's appeal and an order for costs was made against the wife.
The wife had in the meantime issued an application for specific performance of the undertakings, damages, a release of the husband from his obligation to pay a lump sum in respect of unpaid sums and capitalisation of future liabilities, variation of undertakings to provide for payment of liquidated sums, enforcement of undertakings, and sale of the London property.
The wife wished to rely on the deputy judge's finding of the husband's substantial breach of the undertakings while the husband submitted that the entirety of the order, including findings of fact, had been overturned by the Court of Appeal. During the hearing the wife conceded that she could not proceed with a claim that the findings of the deputy judge estopped the husband from denying a breach, based on established authority that when an appellate court overturned a decision, that decision was avoided ab initio and replaced by the appellate decision.
On the issue of costs the court was engaged with determining a discrete preliminary issue, not the substantive enforcement proceedings and, therefore, whether the matter proceeded under the CPR or FPR did not matter. The overriding feature was that the proposition advanced on behalf of the husband was based on established authority and was unanswerable. The wife would, therefore, be responsible for meeting the husband's costs on the preliminary issue.
Furthermore, the deputy judge's findings were not comprehensive and many new issues had arisen. Had the court not found in favour of the husband on the estoppel issue there would have been grounds to revisit the judge's findings in the context of the wife's enforcement application.


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Reporting priority dimensions of primary health care system performance to key stakeholder groups
Study 3 will identify the best methods for reporting the results of primary health care performance to different groups of stakeholders: providers, patients, and decision makers.
Deliberative dialogue
Julia Abelson and Sharon Johnston.
To identify primary health care measurement, priorities of reporting, and best practice for reporting results to different audiences in each study location using deliberative dialogues.
Deliberative dialogues are used to allow individuals with different backgrounds, interests and values to listen and understand, which will help tailor policies to specific contexts and guide decision making. Four groups of 15-20 participants will engage in deliberative dialogues for each study location. Participants will include patients with complex health needs, for example, people with multiple chronic conditions, low-use/healthy patients, decision-makers, and providers from each location.


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Ashley Family photoshoot
I was delighted when Ashley got in touch about having a fine art photography family photo session in Chatelherault Country Park in Glasgow.
She wanted to capture some beautiful photos of her girls. We met up at Chatelherault Country Park where I got to meet her gorgeous family. The girls, Zara and Gracie are so adorable and had their dad and mum chasing around after them.
Even after an hour these two where still full of energy and fun. Both girls have such spark and character. Gracie was not scared of anything and both girls where so warm and friendly. Zara was so good entertaining her little sister Gracie and exploring in the buttercups. Despite somehow sitting in knettles Gracie was completely unfazed. She spent the time on the move smiling and laughing at the camera and showing off her reversing down steps move. You can tell growing up these two are going to have each other backs and be the best of friends and inseparable. Your two little princess's are gorgeous Ashley. You have a lovely family, thank you for booking me for your photography family photo session in Glasgow I enjoyed getting to meet you all and spend time with you.
If you are interested in booking a fine art family photo session then just get in touch.


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Dunstable Town moved to the top of the Saracens Herts League Championship with a crushing nine-wicket win over Ampthill at Lancot Park on Saturday.
Luke Cherry took his first five-wicket haul of the season as Ampthill were all out for just 101 in 27.4 overs.
Guy Hill anchored Dunstable's short run chase with an unbeaten 54 as a fourth win in five games sent Town 16 points clear at the top.
There were mixed fortunes for the IIs as they were bowled out for just 134 by North Enfield, going down by nine wickets.
Marcus Connor top-scored for the visitors with a stubborn 38, but Dunstable took just one wicket through Sam Marshall as the hosts easily reached 138-1 in 30.1 overs.
The IIIs' first win of the season was notched against Botany Bay with a convincing 82-run success.
Ian Horton (43) and Robbie Coe (30) got Dunstable off to a solid start with the bat and Dean Woods added an unbeaten 24 to take their side to 182-7 from 50 overs.
Pritvhi Dixit scored a 23-ball 24 of his own before taking three early wickets to get Dunstable off to a flyer with the ball before Tarnjit Biriyah's 4-27 from 10 overs all but finished the job.
Two late victims from Ciaran Newton saw the hosts all out for just 101 inside 34 overs.
The IVs completed a successful week for Dunstable with another big win, this time against Roxton by 131 runs.
Pete Treharne hit 70 at the top of the order alongside 35 from Harry Griffin, as Dunstable batted first.
Mahesh Godhania added an unbeaten 38 to take Dunstable to 222-7 from 40 overs before Godhania claimed three wickets with the new ball, as did Alec Baldwin, who returned 3-17.
Ken Alden's 3-4 from seven overs, including five maidens, secured the IVs their comprehensive win.
Dunstable weren't in action on Sunday as they had a rest weekend from Bedfordshire County League matches.


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Very nice! I need to explore more container growing. I gave up on it years ago, but am slowly coming around to the idea after finding ways to make watering them easier.
I do like having some containers on the back patio off the kitchen so I could dash out and pick an ingredient when needed. Here's my windowbox of salad fixin's


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I was invited to participate at the Wall Brawl Miami to support the Ronald McDonald House Charities of South Florida. For those of you who do not know what a Wall Brawl is: a contest between artists to create a piece of art within a very limited time frame of a few hours.
I had never done a Wall Brawl before and I was a little worried: 3 hours to paint a piece of 24" x 48"... I never done that.. well since my days at the Art Academy (little time to do homework so it was mandatory to be extremely fast). So needless to say I was nervous about it, not only because of the time frame but also because I was going to be painting next to (street) artists whose work I truly like.
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So there I was... nervous, thrilled and did I say nervous at the same time. I set my things up and started painting like a mad woman...
And the 3 hours passed by like it was nothing and 3 hours of pure joy for me.. Not only had I fun painting the piece, I had some pretty nice encounters with the audience and it was a pleasure to see the other artists work develop during the event.
The pieces were in a silent auction and people could bid on it all through the night and also vote for their favorite piece.
The bidding closed the moment the artists had to put down their spray cans/brushes... and all the pieces sold!!!
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Including this little girl... and then The Hitman (my partner in all my crimes) came running to me and told me that they were calling my name... I won the Wall Brawl!!!
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My first Wall Brawl and I won my first trophy ever... and we all sold our pieces, making a sweet amount for the Ronald McDonald House charities!!


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Nelson's Dockyard National Park is host to a wealth of hotels, villas and guest houses. Most are located in the English Harbour / Falmouth Harbour area offering easy access to all the local amenities.
If you wish to stay in the Nelson's Dockyard itself, there are two beautifully restored hotels that can meet your needs. The Admiral's Inn and the Copper and Lumber Store Hotel are both situated on the dockside and offer a range of rooms and facilities.
Located just within Nelson's Dockyard, the Admiral's Inn provides the perfect mix of contemporary accommodations and eighteenth-century charm. With picturesque views of English Harbour and an outdoor restaurant, the Admiral's Inn is an ideal quiet repose for a relaxing stay. Learn More
In the heart of the Dockyard, the Copper and Lumber Store Hotel gives visitors a chance to enjoy the bustle of the working marina in comfort and ease. Offering stunning views of English Harbour and Fort Berkeley, the Copper and Lumber Store Hotel takes you back in time to the height of Caribbean sophistication and style. In addition to its courtyard restaurant and historic pub, the exquisitely kept grounds offer a historic and unique venue for special events. Learn More


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JM, Peterborough: 'Having never enlisted the help of an interior designer before and having a very tiny 1 bedroom flat I was a little anxious at approaching anyone for help. Yasmin's profile and reviews however put me at ease and I booked in for a 2 hour consultation. This was of huge benefit and I then had another consultation which included a visit to a flooring company to help me further. I have been given the confidence to decorate in my style rather than choose a safe option which I have done previously and as well I now have ideas on how I can change the layout of my kitchen which I hadn't thought of before. Thank you Yasmin.'
MR, Bedford: 'I had recently returned to the UK from living in the tropics and had put an offer in on a new build 2 bedroom flat and was starting from scratch furnishing and decorating it. I had done some research but was finding the choices available overwhelming and had no idea on sizes and proportions. I decided to get Yasmin's advice and had a 2 hour consultation with her before I had completed the purchase, just to get an idea of what to consider before moving in -this was SO useful. She asked questions on how I would be using the space and how many people to accommodate, as well as my budget, style and colour preferences. Her presentation took me by surprise as I had subconsciously been influenced by the show flat lay out, but once I had time to digest her ideas I absolutely loved what she came up with. I had told her I wanted a colour scheme that lifted my spirits when I came home and had already decided on oranges and yellows for the living/dining room.
She certainly achieved that brief, but made me think outside of the box – a magnificent dramatic wallpaper mural, the furniture placement and her choice of beautiful fabrics and textures made for a grown up, well put together look which I would have struggled to do on my own. She gave me a shopping list, and choice of tradesmen to help me with the project, and I was able to get several quotes and take advantage of the sales. I must say that I would heartily recommend getting the advice of an interior designer and trust them- they know what they are doing! It saves you so much time and money in the long run. Yasmin was very professional and helpful with any queries or changes I needed and gave me a living space I love.'
JA, West Haddon: 'Yasmin came up with a brilliant design layout for the interior of our new home, giving us new ideas, whilst still being realistic as to what we could achieve. She listened to what we wanted and worked quickly and efficiently. I would thoroughly recommend her.'
GB, Chatteris: 'First, Yasmin came for a 2h consultation when we discussed colour schemes, what my problem areas with the downstairs living area were, my lifestyle and how we live as a family. She came up with lots of various ideas on how I could use the space better. Very early on in my project I knew Yasmin would be a valuable help and I agreed for her to design my whole downstairs area. I must admit I was worried it would be a waste of money but how wrong I was! Yasmin listened carefully to my likes and dislikes, what I wanted from the space, my budget and took a list of all the pieces of furniture I wanted to keep. Within a few weeks, I was presented with a very detailed plan to include soft furnishing, flooring, paint colour, where furniture would stand, a huge amount of much needed storage and most importantly a way to improve the flow of the space. I was godsmacked! Two months on, the work is about to start and I am really excited. I made a few changes and I cannot wait to see the end results! Using Yasmin services is not cheap but her ideas, plans and expertise are so worth it; I know I have saved money having a detailed plan as no mistake will be made and everything will fit together. Thank you so much Yasmin.'
CG, Wyton: 'We are a couple who have ideas, but unable to visualise them! We employed Yasmin to come and help us with our house, we found her very understanding and easy to talk to and could see what we wanted. The project we have in mind is on going and feel we will continue to use her though the whole process and very excited with what Yasmin has proposed. I would highly recommend her.'
JF, Desborough: 'After eleven years living in our house, a new build in 2006, everything had started to look dated and in need of a refresh. We had definitely fallen out of love with the house, but did not know where to start with our planned update. We will be moving in two – three years too, so we were also conscious that our spend did not need to be hugely significant as we would be starting again in a new home eventually. Having read such fabulous reviews about Yasmin, we decided to ask her to come along and do a Home Consultation to help us engage and channel our thoughts in the right direction. Well, I can only say that had the most wonderfully productive and totally inspirational couple of hours with Yasmin. We came away from our meeting with a beautiful colour palette and lots of really excellent advice and new ideas about what we could do to improve the decor and use of space in our house, so that we could create a more warm and luxurious feel as well as eventually appealing to buyers when we sell. We would highly recommend Yasmin – our time with her was hugely worthwhile and we are really looking forward to being able to get started and enjoying living in our house again.'
JC, Duxford: 'I had a two hour consultation and am amazed at how many ideas and advice Yasmin was able to fit in. Yasmin really works with you to establish what your needs are and will come up with very creative solutions. She gave me various tips that make a lot of sense but somehow I hadn't thought of myself. The two hours consultation is excellent value and I would advise anyone to include it in their decoration budget, you will easily recoup the fee by making the right purchases for your home.'
SK, Cambridge: 'Having recently moved to a new-build house, I needed some help and inspiration about how to make the space work for us and feel more personal. From the start Yasmin seemed to understand exactly what I wanted and had thoughts and ideas as soon as we started talking. I explained that I had a tight budget and immediately Yasmin made some really great suggestions for the short-term as well as longer-term ideas to bear in mind. I was worried I'd need to replace some items of furniture but Yasmin showed me how I could make the most of what I have, without needing to replace anything! I wouldn't hesitate to hire Yasmin again, her advice is invaluable.'
KC, Kibworth Beauchamp: 'I recently bought a house requiring total refurbishment which, although exciting, was a little daunting. Yasmin initially came for a two hour consultation when she gave me some great ideas and helped me choose a colour palette to use throughout the house. The way she could visualise layout and put colours together was impressive. I then commissioned her to design my kitchen-diner asking her to challenge me a little. She used the colours I had chosen but put together a combination of these with textures I would never have thought of but which I absolutely love! All were priced sensibly as she was aware that I had the whole house to refit and a limited budget. I have been able to go back and ask some specific questions when implementing her design and she is always quick to respond, helpful, friendly and very supportive. I would definitely recommend using her for both a 2 hour consultation and more in depth design work. Looking forward to showing her the finished product!'
CM, Ellington: 'The first time we met Yasmin we felt she "got it". She looked at what we had, listened to what we wanted and created a design that was more "us" than anything we could have come up with ourselves. We were lucky enough to have upsized and while relishing the extra room we hadn't quite made sense of the space. We both work in creative jobs so we weren't short of ideas. The problem was that we had too many. Yasmin helped us to be more methodical and decisive. She drew up a floorplan of the long narrow family room we were struggling to furnish, encouraging us to visualise all aspects of the design on a shared Pinterest board before we bought a single item of furniture or accessory. The result is a flexible space that ticks every box on our "wish list". Seating can be moved to create a cosy corner to curl up with a coffee or a party space for adults and children to share. We love it. We found Yasmin to be unpretentious and open-minded. She certainly knows what works (and what doesn't!) but didn't preach or pressure us to stray outside our style or budget. We've learnt a lot from the experience and are gradually decorating the rest of the house using the 12 shades we chose in Yasmin's colour consultation. I now carry swatches in my handbag so I can choose furnishings confidently and resist the temptation to scoop up "bargains" that won't match. Our house is really starting to feel like home. Thank you Yasmin.'
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SS, St Ives: 'I had just moved in to a new house which was all painted cream and felt a bit daunted with bringing some colour in to the place whilst still making use of my existing furniture and fabrics. Yasmin helped me devise a colour scheme for my whole house tying together old pieces with the new, giving the house coherence and flow and boosting my confidence to tackle the project.'
HS, Enderby: 'Yasmin came to my home for a two hour consultation. I told her I needed help thinking about how to make the most of the space available to us on our ground floor. Bearing in mind we had an architect who came to look at extension options with us and couldn't come up with a plan that gave us everything we needed, I was amazed that Yasmin was able to visualise how we could use the space we already have to meet all our requirements! Yasmin was easy company. I did not feel at all judged for the current state of our home, nor did I feel any pressure to do things a particular way. Yasmin gave me a lot of food for thought and inspiration and helped me identify a colour palette based on my own preferences. I felt no pressure to make further use of her services but would happily do so. Thank you Yasmin.'
NS, Peterborough: 'I found our initial 2-hour consultation incredibly useful – it's amazing how much helpful advice and ideas she managed to squeeze into that visit. We've also subsequently worked on a project for my living room and I can honestly say that I would have never gotten the same beautiful results had I decided to tackle it alone. Yasmin has been incredibly friendly, easy to reach and very pleasant to work with throughout the whole process. Most importantly though, she definitely knows her craft- as soon as she's in the room, she can instantly tell what would make it look better/brighter/bigger/etc. depending on what you are going for. I was relatively sure about the style I wanted and Yasmin helped to bring all my ideas to life as well as improve them further. I'm very glad I found Yasmin and decided to invest into interior designer from the get-go. We've discussed further projects and I'm looking forward to working with her again in the near future. I cannot recommend her enough!'
MT, Spaldwick: 'Yasmin provided us with many inspirational ideas throughout our entire planning process. She produced well thought out detailed plans, that exceeded our expectations. Highly respectful and highly recommended and a joy to work with.'
TR, Northampton: 'We had the two hour consultation with Yasmin as we really needed some direction with the interior of our house. We have been in out house for just over 10 years and had made some mistakes in the past when we updated the house and wanted to avoid that again. Yasmin was a great listener and had some inventive solutions to change the interior which we would never have thought of. Yasmin is friendly and patient and the 2 hour session was fun and really helpful. We spent an hour looking at colours which was invaluable, we now have a colour palette which we have already used in our bathroom refurb and will use in our lounge. Yasmin is very professional and we would highly recommend her two hour consultation.'
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How many times have we seen a font used in a magazine, on a box, or in an advertisement, and wanted to find out what font it is? Up until I discovered WhatTheFont!, I had to go through every font in Word and compare it with the original.
WhatTheFont! is a tool to help you discover, well, what font is being used. You upload an image, and the website splices up the image into many little images containing one letter or symbol. It's remarkable what it can do for you.
For example, I took this Honey Bunches of Oats cereal box, and put it into the font finder, and voilà: Mushmellow. Now all I had to do was find the font, download, and install it. Within minutes, I was using it to create a parody of the world-famous cereal box.
I hope you will find this tool useful!


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Five quick thoughts on the national semifinals, then some links:
1. Big night for the Big East. After all the hair-pulling over the past two weeks, the conference does look pretty good putting its ninth-place team into the title game. It's been a while, seven years (UConn, 2004), since the league had a representative playing on the last day.
2. You might not like Jim Calhoun, but his legend is growing. The old goat is on the verge of taking his place among the handful of all-time greats who have won three or more national championships: John Wooden, Adolph Rupp, Coach K and Bob Knight.
3. In the end, Kentucky was immature just like all John Calipari teams will always be immature: Bricking free throws and running an extraordinarily bad possession at the end—trailing by two, running the clock down to hoist a contested 25-foot 3-pointer. Brainless basketball right there. Goodbye, and good riddance to the one-and-done factory (for now).
4. Butler's calm, focus and defensive consistency are so impressive. Once again the Bulldogs acted like they've been there before and that's why in our book they rate a slight edge vs. UConn Monday night (although the Huskies probably will be a slim Vegas favorite). Looking back, it's funny how close they came to exiting in the first round against ODU. That's the tourney for you.
5. If I was king, two immediate changes to the Final Four: Lundquist and Raf at the mikes (get thee to the Masters, Jim Nantz), and that raised floor is toast.
Gregg Doyel praises Butler: From the mascot on down, an incredible discpline
Steve Politi sums up Calhoun: Crusty coach has perspective
Found this interesting item from the Lexington Herald-Leader on how Princeton is still kicking itself for that first-round loss to UK


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Physician demand continues to grow faster than supply leading to a projected total physician shortfall of between 61,700 and 94,700 physicians by 2025. As with the 2015 projections, under every combination of scenarios modeled, an overall physician shortage is projected. Though this total projected shortfall exceeds the 46,100 to 90,400 physician shortfall estimated by the 2015 study (Exhibits ES-1 and ES-2), the 2016 updated projections of a physician shortfall in 2025 are of a similar magnitude to the 2015 projections. Differences between the 2016 update and the 2015 projections largely reflect the use of more recent data and improvements to methods.Obviously, this is a projection and the world is woefully short on accurate soothsayers. For what it is worth, the Bureau of Labor Statistics also sees a 14% increase in positions for physicians and surgeons for the 2014-2024 time period, which is faster than the 7% growth projected for all jobs.
*Note to my employers: I really like my job, and I like hanging out with my kids. Neither of those things are compatible with going to medical school.
(Other caveats: wage growth, unemployment, difficulty in getting medical education, etc., etc.)


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Princess of Lanling King tells about the legend of the Qingluan mirror and Lican sword which is said to be able reunite the country when possessed by the owner. The items once formerly owned by the Dragon Sect are now lost. Before the demise of the Dragon Sect leader, the information regarding the location of these heirlooms is handed down to the only remaining maiden-Duan Mu Ling. She is told by her master that she is not to give away the location to anyone as it could in the wrong hands bring about chaos. Upon the death of her master, she goes in search of the lost mirror and sword under the guise of the high official from the Northern Zhou Court Si Kong's wife's niece. During her journey she comes across the Prince Gao Chang Gong (a.k.a Prince of Orchid Hills) and Yu Wen Yong. Her romance blooms with both and she must choose who to help and who to love.
EP 1: https://goo.gl/tX3T5m
Ep2: https://goo.gl/1VHM9Q
Zhang Han Yun (张含韵) as Yuan Qing Suo / Duan Mu Lian
Peng Guan Ying as Yuwen Yong
Chen Yi as Lan Ling Wang (Prince of Lan Ling)Northern Zhou
Lin Wei Chen (林韦辰) as Yuwen Hu
Shen Jian Hong (沈建宏) as Yuwen Yu
Fu Ying (傅颖) as Empress Ashina
Gong Hai Ming (龚海铭) as Jin Hu
Wang Xiao Han (王萧寒) as Yin Bao
Li Xiao Yan (李小燕) as Empress Dowager Chinu
Qi Bing (齐冰) as Maid YueNorthern Qi
Wang Jie Xi (王洁曦) as Zheng Luo Yun
Zhang Zi Wen (张子文) as Yelü Guang
Tian Xiao Xi (田小夕) as Feng Er
Kang Fan (康帆) as General Qi


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What are the fields used by the archive process in Lotus Notes 8.5
I got some trouble having set up archive parameters, dedicated for agenda entries, as I wanted only the documents non updated for more than 400 days to be archived. But then, It happened that documents with repetition date/time were archived although they were less than 400 days old. So I wonder on...Thanks! We'll email you
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Lynn Jones, Clerk of
As the Chief Elections Official for Calcasieu Parish I am always vigilant about voter turnout. Recent numbers have been very poor and continue to decline as pollsters point to voter apathy or other reasons why citizens remain at home on Election Day. As more elections are decided by closer and closer margins, I am hopeful citizens will recognize that "every vote counts" is not just a cliche anymore. We must recognize the importance of voting in every election.
I believe voting is about personal responsibility. We are oftentimes responsible for those things which affect the quality of our life. We even have the opportunity to change it, sometimes for the better, and we don't. The right to vote is an important right in a free society. We must always make certain that our voices are heard. Our decisions may not just have an impact on our lives but that of our children and grandchildren. We owe them a society where they can live and enjoy the freedoms we may take for granted. We must never look back on those things we wish were different if we have not cast a vote in an effort to make a difference.
Bill Vaughan once said that "a citizen of America will cross the ocean to fight for democracy, but won't cross the street to vote in a national election". Vaughan's words could be considered prophetic considering the times we are living in this day and age. But we will be an America who will cross the street to vote because we know the price that was paid for the privilege. We know the importance. There are many countries where a person does not have a choice, and I'm sure they would gladly change places with us for the fundamental privilege of voting.
Deep is the imprint of apathy and complacency in the history of many election results. Voter turnout for the November 7 election was higher than the previous election so we are headed in the right direction to change that. Educate yourself about the issues and the candidates. You will be amazed to find out how much on the ballot affects you and your family. Don't underestimate its importance to your quality of life.
As you know, being a good citizen in a democracy involves more than just voting. I urge all of you to continue to work to influence others to first be informed and then to VOTE.
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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Pioneering music producer and convicted killer Phil Spector has produced his first major recording project in 30 years — a debut album for his wife Rachelle, her publicist said on Monday.
Spector, 70, who is serving a minimum 19 years in prison for the 2003 shooting death of a Hollywood actress, produced and arranged all 10 tracks for "Out of My Chelle" during his two murder trials.
"She's fantastic on this album," Spector said of his wife in a statement released on Monday.
Spector created the distinctive "Wall of Sound" technique in the 1960s and in his heyday worked with star ranging from The Ronettes to The Beatles.
The album for Rachelle Spector features upbeat, mainstream adult pop with a multilayered feel but which is a "distinct departure" from the "Wall of Sound".
Spector married Rachelle Short, now 29, in 2006, three years after being arrested for the murder of actress Lana Clarkson. Short is his 4th wife.
The couple worked on the album for more than two years between Spector's first trial, which ended in a mistrial in 2007, and his second, which ended with his conviction in April 2009.
The album will be released digitally on June 8.
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Under the Köppen Climate Classification climate classification, "dry-summer subtropical" climates are often referred to as "Mediterranean". This climate zone has an an average temperature above 10°C (50°F) in their warmest months, and an average in the coldest between 18 to -3°C (64 to 27°F). Summers tend to be dry with less than one-third that of the wettest winter month, and with less than 30mm (1.18 in) of precipitation in a summer month. SMany of the regions with Mediterranean climates have relatively mild winters and very warm summers.
The Köppen Climate Classification subtype for this climate is "Csb". (Mediterran Climate).
The average temperature for the year in Topanga is 56.0°F (13.3°C). The warmest month, on average, is July with an average temperature of 72.5°F (22.5°C). The coolest month on average is December, with an average temperature of 40.4°F (4.7°C).
The average amount of precipitation for the year in Topanga is 24.4" (619.8 mm). The month with the most precipitation on average is January with 6.4" (162.6 mm) of precipitation. The month with the least precipitation on average is June with an average of 0.0" (0 mm). There are an average of 31.0 days of precipitation, with the most precipitation occurring in January with 6.0 days and the least precipitation occurring in June with 0.0 days.
In Topanga, there's an average of 0.1" of snow (0 cm). The month with the most snow is January, with 0.1" of snow (0.3 cm).


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Obama, Clinton rivalry flares over donor
The rival presidential campaigns of Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama (news, bio, voting record) traded accusations of nasty politics Wednesday over Hollywood donor David Geffen, who once backed Bill Clinton but now supports his wife's top rival.
The Clinton campaign demanded that Obama denounce comments made by the DreamWorks movie studio founder, who told New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd in Wednesday's editions that while "everybody in politics lies," the former president and his wife "do it with such ease, it's troubling."
The Clinton camp also called on Obama to give back Geffen's $2,300 contribution.
Campaigning in Iowa, Obama refused.
"It's not clear to me why I'd be apologizing for someone else's remark," the Illinois senator said.
For her part, New York Sen. Clinton sidestepped questions, leaving the issue to her aides to discuss.
"I'm just going to stay focused on my campaign and I'm going to run a positive campaign about the issues that affect the people in our country," she told The Associated Press in an interview in Nevada. She was participating a candidate forum in Carson City.
The Clinton team seemed eager to continue the attack. With Obama in Iowa, aides arranged for former Iowa attorney general Bonnie Campbell to criticize him in a conference call with reporters.
In the newspaper interview, Geffen also said Bill Clinton is "a reckless guy" and he does not think Hillary Clinton can bring the country together during a time of war, no matter how smart or ambitious she is.
Obama spokesman Robert Gibbs added another criticism of Clinton.
"It is also ironic that Senator Clinton lavished praise on Monday and is fully willing to accept today the support of South Carolina state Sen. Robert Ford, who said if Barack Obama were to win the nomination, he would drag down the rest of the Democratic Party because 'he's black,'" Gibbs' statement said.
Ford later apologized. The Clinton campaign said it disagreed with Ford, but the senator has embraced his support.
Another Democratic presidential candidate, New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, said at the candidate forum that Obama should denounce Geffen's comments. "We Democrats should all sign a pledge that we all be positive," Richardson said.


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Saint Laurent's French irreverence and sleek craftsmanship combine in these men's Wyatt boots. From the classic Chelsea boot to the more edgy biker style, the Saint Laurent Wyatt collection has a design to suit every style. Expect to see versions detailed with chains and harnesses and reworked in snakeskin and suede. Emulate the runway and partner yours with streamlined tailoring or skinny jeans and leather jacket.
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Raz – Revolutions Are A Drag
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We use Business Explorer (BEx) which is part of SAP GUI and is a "built in" function to MS Excel. The BEx Analyzer is the query development portion, where you develope queries. We save queries as workbooks in user roles, and depending upon the query, depends on which role we save it to. We use the BEx Browser to log into the BW system, which shows BW in a more graphical (more GUI) manner. The queries (workbooks) assigned to roles show up as icons in BEx Browser, and the user just points and clicks to execute the query. The results automatically pop up in MS Excel. You can also access BEx Analyzer by entering transaction code RRMX in BW.
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Year: 1995
Directed By: Michael Bay
Written By: George Gallo
I know many people with very strong feelings about Michael Bay, and I understand their point. His movies are generally lacking in substance and overloaded with special effects. The way I see it though, is that really a bad thing all of the time? Don't we sometimes need eye-popping spectacles that we don't have to think about? I don't like all his movies and I am against his decision to produce remakes of classic films that should be left alone, but I am still a fan on a certain limited basis. This movie is a perfect example of why I like him actually. Bad Boys is never going to be called a classic or anything but it's cool, it's fun, and it's exciting.
This was Michael Bay's first featured film and I think he made a great movie. He has a great imagination for action and he is also very stylish. Style is important in any mindless action film because the stars must look cool when they are kicking ass. Will Smith and Martin Lawrence are both very funny and have great chemistry on-screen. I think it's their performances, in which they improvised much of the dialogue, that save this movie from making Michael Bay's debut film a failure. Had it gone originally as planned with Dana Carvey and Jon Lovitz in the lead roles I can assure you of this much, it wouldn't be on my movie rack and I wouldn't be reviewing it now. This movie almost seems like a footnote in the very successful career of Will Smith, but I think it was vital to his career. This movie proved Will Smith could manage as an action star as the era of Schwarzenegger and Stallone came to an end. It propelled his career in many ways and launched him into the big times. Joe Pantoliano is also very funny as the police captain, he works well with Smith and Lawerence. Tea Leoni is awful, but maybe my opinion is bias, I tend to think she is awful in everything. There are brief appearances by Michael Imperioli and Kim Coates, who I mention because I am a fan of both The Sopranos and Sons of Anarchy.
This movie is great because it's nonstop, Will Smith and Martin Lawrence are literally either being funny, or they are kicking ass during the whole film. Yeah you have to suffer through an awful tea leoni as the damsel in distress with her bad acting stinking up the movie, but it's worth it in the end. This movie is more than worth your time, in fact it's something I think you should make a special effort to see if you haven't already. It's a little vulgar if you have a problem with profanity but hence the R rating. Movies seem to be afraid to be vulgar these days because they want the higher ticket sales that come with a PG-13 rating. I think this is a mistake, sometimes we need vulgarity. If we can't enjoy R rated films as adults then where is the fun in being grown up?
This is a man's movie. I love Will Smith just as much as the next guy and I find him and Martin Lawrence extremely funny together. This is one of those thinkless movies that is just fun to watch. Sit back and enjoy the ride. I actually think the second one is my favorite, but I will talk more about that one when we get there. On another note, my step-father's name is Mike Lowery. How is that for ironic?
NEXT MOVIE: Bad Boys II (2003)


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I'm deep in a relationship with ruby red grapefruit right now. It could be because its almost National Grapefruit Month (who knew?). Or it could be that I am completely sick of all the rich, hearty foods of winter and I'm craving things that are light and refreshing.
Grapefruit is the cornerstone of having a healthy diet- it is a total powerhouse when it comes to nutrition:
- Red grapefruit is high in lycopene which is linked to preventing cancers.
- Bursting with vitamin C; half of a grapefruit provides 78% the recommended daily value- which means a healthy immune system.
- Antioxidant rich, which supports cardiovascular health by preventing the oxidation of LDL cholesterol.
- Contains limonoids, which help with detoxification by forming an enzyme that helps cause toxins become water-soluble, allowing them to be more easily flushed from the body.
- Rich in pectin fiber that slows down the development of atherosclerosis.
- Low in calories: 1/2 grapefruit is only 36 calories.
- Great source of vitamin A, necessary for healthy vision, teeth, skeletal, and soft tissue.
- Also high in vitamin B5, needed by the body to metabolize proteins, fats and carbohydrates.
- Good source of folate, crucial for brain function and for production of genetic material such as DNA and RNA.
- Plus potassium, which is essential to heart function and smooth muscle contraction.
- Because it is rich in vitamin C, it stimulates collagen production- which helps retain elasticity. Score!
- And all those phytonutrients it's packed with protect your skin from sun damage, and also reduces toxins from the body which can make the skin smooth and clear.
- There are tons of recipes for beauty treatments using fresh grapefruit, too (but I'll stick to my fancy-pants products).
I'm sure this negates some of the benefits of grapefruit: Mixing it with 1 part vodka and three parts grapefruit juice, shake and serve in a salted glass ain't a bad way to end the day.


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Some charity must have shared my name. I have been barraged with new requests to support groups who state similar philosophies and missions. Some have snail mailed me address labels and decals; others have promised calendars and tote bags as a membership benefit. All seem to be worthy causes. 'Tis the season to give, but how to decide which causes are most worthy?
When you are involved in your community, you have a pretty good idea of how local organizations allocate their resources. You may know the executive director, serve on the board, or know others who do.
But how do you gauge the integrity of a national or international organization? How do you differentiate between two charities whose missions, philosophies, and perhaps even names seem so similar? I'm no Grinch, but I want to make sure that any gift I give really counts; I can always buy my own tote bag.
I turn to Charity Navigator to help me make the most of my financial contributions.
Founded in 2001, Charity Navigator's team of professional analysts has developed an "unbiased, objective, numbers-based rating system" to evaluate the financial health of over 7,000 of America's charities. Specifically, Charity Navigator's rating system examines two broad areas of a charity's performance —its Financial Health and its Accountability & Transparency.
Go to Charity Navigator, enter the organization's name, hit return, and, if it is in Charity Navigator's databank, you will receive a rating of from 1-4 stars. Then click on the charity name to receive three scores: Overall, Financial, and Accountability and Transparency, followed by detailed information including percentage of donations spent on programs, and the salary of the executive director.
What you discover may surprise you. Of all the requests in my stack, the most highly rated was my local Connecticut Food Bank, with an overall score of a whopping 99.68 (out of 100) followed by the Sierra Club with 97.13 I discovered one of the well-known groups in the pile only scored two stars, with 72% of its budget spent on programs and services vs. 90% or more for the top-rated charities!
There are other useful tools on the site including: A Holiday Giving Guide, Top Ten Lists, 4 Star Charities, CN Watchlist, and Donor Advisories. You can also browse rated charities by category. If you are willing to create a free account, you will have the ability to compare charities.
Charity Navigator is a 501(c)(3), but it is not eligible to be rated since it has not yet filed 7 full years of Form 990s. It relies on donations from users of the site for its operating expenses and is now officially classified as a public charity. You can read more here.
I hope this tool helps you navigate your way through the last of your year-end giving. Remember that as long as your credit card is charged in 2014, you can claim the contribution for this year.
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Taglines communicate, in the blink of an eye, the mission, points of differentiation, and value proposition of a company or service. They also answer the "why" question: Why does an organization exist?
Business and political history are replete with superb taglines, ranging from Hebrew National Hot Dog's, "We answer to a higher authority" and former New York City Mayor Ed Koch's, "How am I doing?" to MasterCard's "Priceless" and Dwight D. Eisenhower's "I like Ike."
Sadly, the marketing landscape is also littered with the detritus of such ill-conceived, clunky and downright disingenuous lines as:
- United's "Fly the friendly skies" (Based on customer satisfaction surveys, "Fly the meanest skies" would be more apt.)
- The American Express motto: "Don't leave home without it." (Ever try using an AmEx card to pay a restaurant bill in, say, Normandy, France? Don't. Because of AmEx's excessive commercial rates, few, if any, global retailers honor the card outside the U.S.)
If you're an entrepreneur in search of a smart, memorable tagline, here are a few tips to get you started, with one quick caveat: Creating a truly memorable tagline is as challenging for a business executive as it is for a fictional bartender fixing a vodka martini (shaken, not stirred) that would please the palate (and steel the nerves) of James Bond, Agent 007 himself. It's not easy.
Take the tagline test.
Here are the questions you need to answer if you ever hope to develop a great tagline. For the purposes of this exercise, let's pretend we're creating a tagline for CodyAir, a new, low-cost, no frills airline serving the Midwest:
- Who are you? ("CodyAir is a regional airline that offers the lowest costs in the Mississippi Valley.")
- What do you do? ("We help thousands of passengers get to, and from, their destinations daily.")
- What one thing sets you apart from your competitors? ("By charging the lowest prices and offering the safest service, CodyAir enables passengers to spend their savings on the more important things in life.")
- What would customers say of your product, service, or organization? ("I can deal with the extra tight seats, lack of leg room, and no in-flight snacks or beverages because the airline gets me where I want to go and saves me money.")
- What's your vision? ("In tough economic times, CodyAir aspires to become THE go-to choice for cost-conscious Americans everywhere.")
Locate your North Star.
In order to answer the questions above, assemble the senior decision-makers in your organization. Designate a marketing assistant, or external consultant, to conduct the interviews. Make sure the interview subjects know that their comments will be keep OFF-THE-RECORD. You want the bald-faced, gut-wrenching truth that only anonymity can assure. Anonymous answers are your North Star. They'll assure you arrive at an authentic tagline that rings true with every constituent audience.
When interviewing customers, prospects, or former customers, do so one-on-one. Focus groups are a complete waste of time and money, because the alpha male or female in attendance will dominate the conversation--and influence others' opinions.
Now, compare and contrast the answers. If there's a gap between what you and your customers say are your strengths and points of uniqueness, do not proceed with the tagline development. Instead, invest some additional time. Determine why the discrepancies exist and, if possible, make corrections to close the gap. Taglines must ring true with customers.
Finally, if there's dissension within your organization about weaknesses, vision, etc., the founder, or CEO, should play the same role that a vice president does when the U.S. House of Representatives is deadlocked. He, or she, casts the deciding vote to settle the issue once and for all.
The Landscape: What do good, bad and ugly taglines look like?
To provide some further guidance, I've scanned the business world to share what I believe are some outstanding taglines, as well as a few clunkers that should never have seen the light of day:
- Brilliant. I love SAP's tagline: "The Best-Run Businesses Run SAP." They substantiate the claim by enlisting customer organizations as proof points in their ads. I saw one SAP print advertisement of a rock guitarist entitled, "Fender runs SAP." The guitar visual was completely unexpected and, since the brief case study is told from a customer POV, the tagline is 100 percent authentic.
- Bland. Indiana University: "Inspired. For the rest of your life." College graduates want jobs, not inspiration. Show me a college or university with proof that they deliver real-world jobs with terrific growth potential, and I'll write you a breakthrough tagline. As it now stands, the UI tagline could be borrowed by hundreds, if not thousands, of other U.S. colleges and universities that promise the world but deliver little more than student debt.
- Bogus. The Indianapolis, Indiana law firm of Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP has a tagline that is more confusing than an I.R.S. tax form. It reads: "Solving tomorrow's problems since 1885." Really? So, the original Mr. Taft was helping solve Syria's use of chemical weapons, Miley Cyrus's twerking and its effect on pre-teen girls, and explains why Joe Biden always says the wrong thing at the wrong time? Talk about, um, visionary. The founder qualifies as the Nostradamus of law.
Values.com ran a very close second to the tea-leaves-reading legal eagles at Taft. I spied a Values.com ad that featured the late Mr. Rogers, and which carried the headline: "Won't you be my neighbor?" Their tagline: "The foundation for a better life," left me guessing as to whether they poured concrete, rebuilt inner-city neighborhoods, or represented deceased television stars.
Make your tagline make people listen.
Be sure your tagline answers the five questions mentioned above, is credible from a reader, viewer, or listener standpoint and is memorable.
I wouldn't suggest my firm's tagline is best-in-class but, coming from a marketing communications firm, "Listen. Engage. Repeat." would qualify as watchwords for any good campaign. They're also a rallying cry for our organization and, when tested with external audiences, elicit such responses as: "That's what we should be doing ourselves. We need a firm who can help us live those words."
In the wacky and wild world of taglines, that's akin to winning the Super Bowl, World Series, and the Indianapolis 500.


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What is normal? When it comes to people what do you think of when I say normal? How about with family, what image comes to mind?
I was thinking about normal today and wondering where I get my picture for normal. Can you look in a dictionary and find it? If I want to know what normal is when it comes to family should I look for a picture of a mom and dad, two kids and a family pet? Would the dad be smoking a pipe with his feet up reading the evening paper while mom wears her apron?
Is the best way to find out what normal is to watch Leave it to Beaver reruns? I will tell you this, a dad in a suit isn't coming through our front door anytime soon. If that picture is normal you will have to count us out. Breakfast of toast and eggs with a cup of coffee in a mug?
What about in the middle ages? What was the picture of normal? Was it dad holding a turkey leg with a blazing fire surrounded by suits of armor? Not many people probably fit into that picture. Family back then was very extended.
We make a big deal about a nuclear family but do we really want families that could cause a chain reaction? The U.S. is working pretty hard to keep nukes out of Iran's hands. Do we want them in our homes? I don't know. I was just thinking about this as I dealt with some situations here locally. I found myself attempting to get people to normal. As I drove home I decided maybe that really wasn't the point.
I was just reading in Matthew with our son and we were going through the names of Jesus family. I was reminded of the questionable characters and questionable relationships that are a part of His family tree.
I started to think about the fact that Jesus was the ultimate step child, a half brother like no other, and I realized that maybe I should worry less about normal and focus on doing what Jesus came to do. Jesus tried to bind up the wounds, to hold them together until our final redemption. Maybe I spend too much time trying to get people to normal when I should be getting them to Jesus instead.
How do we develop our ideas of normal? Is it even appropriate to try to make such assessments? Maybe it is but I think I will spend more time looking for prisoners, the broken because to be honest, I'm not so normal myself.
Jim Sexton permalinkMarch 15, 2007 4:38 pm
I am not normal.
Neither are you to tell the truth. There is no normal, never was in fact. Find me any two apostles who were the same. Jesus is our normal, he is the measuring stick and I don't measure up. Nobody ever has, so in our realization of that, we look around for something we can call normal. We want to be at peace in a world that is in constant turmoil.
We aren't the families that came into the industrial age, we aren't the families that formed the 50's and we aren't even the families that we ourselves came out of.
Each of us has to figure out what God wants and then needs to get about doing just that. Mom, dad, a few kids, a dog or cat and a picket fence came out of Hollywood, not reality. Normal is unobtainable, since neither of us will ever agree what is normal.
In light of that realization, I need only measure up to God's son to see where I am and where I need to go. So few people really do that… does that make me normal, or them? Now my head hurts…
Normally I am not so confusing…
March 15, 2007 9:24 pm
When I was in a silly drama group in college, we all had imaginary super powers. One guy had the power to argue people into oblivion, a girl had super hair that would grow or shrink on command to entangle bad guys and another girl had the "super stare" that would melt anybody caught in the line of fire.
Stupid, I know.
My super power? Being normal. I was the most normal person who ever existed.
Anyway, to your post, I think that our limited view of "normal" is harmful. We try to confine people into our "normal" boxes and lose sight of their individuality and special circumstances.
Thank God that we aren't called to be normal!


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Tis the season to rock your Christmas Jumper as The INEC Christmas Carnival returns with a dazzling array of concerts and shows to choose from!
Some of the biggest names in music will appear at the Killarney venue as part of the Christmas schedule and the gigs are selling out fast.
Kick start the party season with the one and only Mario Rosenstock December 3 and the jam packed schedule doesn't stop there with performances from Tommy Tiernan, The Coronas, Picture This, Keith Barry, The Saw Doctors and Kíla.
The intimate INEC Acoustic Club has a series of treats in store with Damien Dempsey, Brian Deady, Hermitage Green, Jack L, Mick Flannery and Jerry Fish all taking up residence over the festive month.
Get 2017 off to a roaring start with country Music's hottest star Nathan Carter New Years Eve for what promises to be a stellar performance from the King of Country. Following on from his sell out performance in May Nathan Carter returns to host a night of unrivalled entertainment with all the classic hits and songs that have made him a firm favourite with Irish audiences.
Log on to www.inec.ie for further details on all shows and to purchase tickets. Tickets are also available from the INEC Box Office on 064 6671555 and Ticketmaster outlets nationwide. (Tickets may be subject to booking fees and service charges).
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Interference lithography using a deep-ultraviolet (DUV) laser is instrumental in the manufacture of subwavelength patterns used at visible wavelengths. We investigated a grating mask strategy for exposure in terms of how to set and illuminate masks. To obtain high aspect ratio patterns, high fringe visibility, and high exposure uniformity are essential, and for that purpose the use of only two beams with liquid immersion is necessary but not sufficient. It needs to be addressed whether the grating should face air or liquid to achieve index matching without affecting its beam-splitting properties. Currently, the most feasible solution to produce sub-200 nm periods requires the use of a fused-silica grating under Bragg geometry (not normal incidence geometry) and filling the gap between the grating and resist with a high-index liquid.
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