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I'm off for a week, and am currently in Canada, far away from all the work that over-filled last week. The Vancouver airport once again attempted to ruin the trip by delaying me until I almost missed my connecting flight, but I made it (barely). Now I'm settling in for a wonderful week of having to do nothing.
I have several book reviews that I hope to write soon, but it may take a while to unwind and sleep and relax.
Today was mostly that first-day-of-vacation settling in and slowly relaxing sort of day. It takes a while to shift gears away from work, stop answering work mail that doesn't have to be answered, and calm down and start feeling hours stretching out in front of one instead of rushing past in a hurry. I think I'm starting to feel like I'm fully on vacation now, although last week was chaotic enough that it may take a bit longer than normal. We're thinking about heading over to the west coast of the island at some point this week and getting even more away from everything for a day or so.
Inbetween the relaxing, catching up on book reviews, and reading (Sharon Shinn, currently), though, I did get a fair bit of work done on lintian. I committed patches for another five or six bugs in Subversion and analyzed another. I have a goal of getting the total bug count in lintian down under 100, although I think that's going to take several more uploads.
It's a lot of fun. *grin*. I'm glad that one of the things that I really wanted to work on when I first started in Debian is turning out this well.
Review: Time Management for System Administrators, by Thomas A. Limoncelli
Publisher: O'Reilly
Copyright: November 2005
Pages: 194
There are a ton of time management books and systems for sale. It's one of the most overpopulated categories of self-help books. If you're like me, you probably rolled your eyes when this one showed up on Slashdot and started making the rounds. However, you may want to suspend disbelief. It has a few differences and the advantage of being exceptionally well-written, and as skeptical as you might (justifiably) be about the concept, if you're a system administrator or work in a closely related field, you may want to give it a try.
First, Limoncelli has a great writing style, including an excellent sense of humor. The book is readable to the point of being a page-turner, and clear and enjoyable even when the advice isn't personally useful. It's also succinct, packed, and to-the-point, not wasting words and pages on belaboring or repeating advice (except for the useful and short chapter summaries). Limoncelli does a bit of bantering with the reader, something that usually comes across as affected and artificial, and pulls it off as well as I've seen it done in a non-fiction book. Add O'Reilly's excellent editing and high-quality binding and printing and one gets a package that's worth a price tag that initially seems a bit high for a slim book.
Of course, the true test is how well it teaches time management. I was very excited by this book when I first read it, but that's not unusual for me. Ever since I was a teenager, I've played with various schedules, organization methods, project tracking systems, and sleep patterns. I've always been involved in more things than I quite have time for and I have a tendency to have spurts of massive productivity followed by periods of low energy that I'd like to have some system to manage and smooth out. So hearing about some new ideas and getting excited about them is normal. The question is how they would hold up over time. And after three weeks of trying bits and pieces of the approach outlined here (particularly what Limoncelli calls the Cycle method), I can say that the advice here is not only interesting but looks like it holds up. It's very rare for me to stick with a new technique for this long and still feel excited about it.
The book is divided roughly into four sections. First, it talks about the basics of good work habits and finding time to do more than fight fires, discussing how to deal with interruptions and how to automate routine tasks. The section on interruptions was mostly aimed at someone who has more day-to-day interaction with clients than I do, but despite that I still got a few useful ideas out of it. The section on routines is excellent, not so much for the advice (which any good system administration mentor would give you) as for the simple mantras and succinct ways of thinking about routines. Throughout the book, Limoncelli pushes the idea that one should preserve one's mind for important tasks and relieve it of the tedium of remembering and worrying over work. That framework of viewpoint taught me a few new things about setting up routines even though I've preached the "automate everything possible" religion for years.
The heart of the book, and the value for most readers, is the next four chapters, which lay out the Cycle system. This is yet another system for tracking to-do lists and managing time, but here's where the focus on system administration becomes extremely useful. Concepts such as constant interruptions, working on trouble tickets, project time that has to be balanced with fire-fighting, and a constant input of new tasks are taken for granted and addressed directly in the system, when time management books for managers and executives might assume a more structured and plannable work life. The system itself is very simple and straightforward, based around the idea of a set of daily to-do lists for short-term tasks and an issue tracker for longer-term issues. The calendaring component may not be as broadly useful, since I and many others are stuck with a particular calendar system for work, but was still interesting. The life goals component is logical, practical, and fits in well with the rest of the system even given how murky life goals can be.
There are a few places where, with the experience of practice, I think Limoncelli misses some emphasis and advice that would be helpful. First, the use of an issue tracker for client requests, longer-term projects, and wishlist items is mentioned here but not emphasized as much as it should be. If you're anything at all like I am, the accumulation of wishlist tasks is what leads directly to the Ever-Growing To-Do List of Doom (one of Limoncelli's most memorable bits of analysis). The Cycle system does not cope well with all of those tasks pushed into daily wish lists and then constantly pushed back to later days because they're low priority. To use this system successfully, I think one really needs a parking lot of long-term wishlist goals and a regularly scheduled look through it to pull out things to work on in the short term. (I'm now using Roundup, which is dead-simple and trivial to set up and so far is doing exactly what I need.)
Second, one tendency the Cycle system has is to accumulate a large list of to-do list items that keep being carried over to the next day. The Cycle system deals with this partly by trimmings one's list down to just the work one can accomplish that day at the start of the day, but that bulldozer effect of an ever-larger set of tasks being pushed off each morning is demoralizing. I ended up working extra hours at first to clear off the huge backlog that most people will start a new time management system with, and that isn't the best solution. I would have liked to see a better solution in the book; perhaps pushing items aggressively into an issue tracker would have worked better, or pushing them far off into the future rather than just moving them to the next day.
One great thing about the techniques presented here is that they're techniques, not technology. Either a PDA or an old-fashioned planner will work fine and, where needed, there are tips for using either. I was particularly happy with that since, had a PDA been required, I would have never put the system into practice since I would have gotten bogged down on the need to acquire a PDA and the right software. Planners may be old-fashioned, near-Luddite technology, but they aren't distracting.
After the Cycle section, Limoncelli goes on to a grab bag of topics that are all loosely related to prioritization. These are equally excellent, full of keen observations on effective prioritization that makes clients feel like work is being done faster even though it isn't, advice on recognizing and cutting short time-wasters, and some useful advice on stress management. The chapter on e-mail management is particularly good; it's so well-written and amusing that it's one of my favorite chapters in the book despite the fact that I had an e-mail management system that worked well for me going in and won't be following any of the advice.
The last two chapters, unfortunately, are a real disappointment. After an excellent book on time management that stays at the conceptual level and offers specifics only in examples, Limoncelli dives into offering concrete technical advice on how to do group documentation and how to automate system administration tasks. He doesn't have enough time to do full justice to either topic, the documentation chapter sounds like another tiresome pie-in-the-sky paean to wikis (been there, done that, and they simply don't work for me), and the automation chapter, while presenting a neat makefile hack, is just completely out of place and will be irrelevant to anyone at a site that already has a preferred configuration management system or needs to scale beyond the small-shop context that this advice applies to. If this were a novel, it would have lost me with a weak ending. Thankfully, as a non-fiction book, one can simply ignore the last two chapters and be content with a fantastic time management book that's slightly shorter than it appears to be. (He does make up for this with the epilogue, which is exceptional, brutally honest, and talks about some things that need to be said and are so often missing from this kind of book. I'll leave you the surprise and just say that it was very well done.)
Time Management for System Administrators is aimed at the system administrator who hasn't already been to lots of time management courses, who doesn't already have a system that works for them, or who has had trouble applying systems because they were meant for people with a different sort of work life than the interrupt-heavy chaotic system administration world. It is very targetted; I would not recommend this book to someone in another field, or even a technical manager. Limoncelli goes a step farther and doesn't recommend it to programmers; I wouldn't go quite that far, depending on the type of programmer, but the target audience truly is just system administrators.
Within that audience, though, I think this book is exceptional. I may not have felt this strongly about it if I'd already studied a ton of time management approaches, but I'm willing to bet that most of my collegues haven't had time to do that either. As a distillation and focusing of the field specifically for my problems, it was both an engrossing read and a book that I immediately applied with noticable and sustained effects. It's also a good jumping-off point if one wants to explore and read more. All self-help books claim they'll change your life, but this one gave me a concrete and measurable productivity boost that I've sustained for weeks and that clicked with me in a way that makes me think I'm going to keep applying it for months and years. For a non-fiction book of this type, praise doesn't get any higher than that.
Rating: 10 out of 10
Well, I'm not going to be ready for this vacation to end, particularly given how much stuff is going to be waiting for me when I get back. Oh well, the first thing I'll focus on is scheduling and prioritization and making sure that I have time to do other things than work and am not working the hours I was right before I went on vacation.
Most of the things I thought I might do during the vacation didn't happen, but that's okay. It's vacation; it doesn't have plans or to-do lists. The real reading vacation will happen this fall, although I have been reading off and on, finishing one book and starting another. There has been lots of good company, a lot of walking, and rather cute cats.
I love Vancouver Island. It's not quite the Oregon coast, but it rates high in the list of places that I'd love to live if I could live anywhere and weren't rather attached to where I already live.
I got back to Stanford a little after 5pm today after getting up at 7:30am to get ready to catch the plane. Of that time, only about three hours was spent actually in motion (walking around airports left uncounted). On one hand, it's really nice to be able to get places so quickly. On the other hand, the amount of waiting involved really is rather silly.
Ah well, it means that I'm nearly halfway through A Game of Thrones, having decided to finally start in on the George R.R. Martin that so many people rave about.
Tomorrow, I need to do various domestic chores (grocery shopping, laundry, that sort of thing) and then try to figure out what work I need to do this week and start filling out the to-do items. I really did turn off work almost completely with this vacation, so I have a bit of ramping up to do (although I did stay caught up with e-mail).
There's so much else going on right now that I'm also going to start this week being more aggressive about dividing work and non-work time and trying a few tricks to get more time to work on non-work projects without always cutting into my weekend. That also means finding a better way of handling non-work to-do items.
But that's for tomorrow. Right now, it's off to bed to read a little more and then sleep.
Sidney Cammeresi pointed out that I'd forgotten an #include <stdarg.h> in krenew, which silently still works (or at least compiles) on many platforms but which fails on OS X because va_start is a macro there. I'd also previously made a doc fix to clarify that the DIR argument of --with-afs-setpag was optional, so it seemed like a good excuse for a new bug fix release.
You can get the latest version from the kstart distribution page, and of course new Debian packages have been uploaded to unstable.
A very small bug fix release. lbcd was passing its timeout as the third argument to waitpid, which is supposed to be a bitmask of flags. No idea how this ever worked or why we didn't notice it on some platforms.
You can get the new version from the lbcd distribution page.
Rob has also released the final tarball for the new lbnamed release, so now the complete DNS load-balancing system is available and fully up to date with the code we're running at Stanford. (Well, I need to upgrade the production servers to the final release of lbnamed, but I'll get around to that at some point.)
A user reported that I missed the Getopt::Long configuration magic to let the server argument actually take a server as its argument, so that didn't actually, er, work. One might be able to tell that I don't use that option. Fixed in the latest release (and that's the only change).
You can get the latest version from the postfaq distribution page.
Tonight, I finally finished some code that I'd been meaning to finish for several months. The script that I use to generate the indices for my reviews can now recognize a collection (either a short story collection or a magazine) and automatically add the index entries for my short fiction index. That also means that the last two magazines I read have now been added to the index.
The review-post script that does all of this is rather hairy and oddly designed. It's evolved naturally from a few quick automation scripts to automatically post reviews to my journal, and then to automate the changes to the thread files that I was maintaining by hand.
On one hand, it's an interesting case study in doing things that people associate with a database without any database. The output is just regular thread files that I could equally easily write by hand, and it has enough smarts to get this right and do a good job. I like doing that, just to prove a point.
On the other hand, putting all the review metadata in a database would be an obvious database application and would probably make it easier to do some other things (although I've not thought a lot about what I would change). I keep thinking I should do that, although then I have to figure out the best way of generating the pages. I could generate the existing thread pages out of the database data (although then, what am I really gaining over what I'm doing now?), or I could generate them dynamically, but that would require putting the right Apache modules on www.eyrie.org and probably doing something with PHP.
Each time I start thinking about this, I leave well enough alone.
OpenAFS 1.4.1 is in the final stages of being released, and I've now uploaded 1.4.1 packages to Debian unstable. This should fix all the problems people were having with 2.6.16 kernels, as well as clean up a variety of other issues. The new packages also subsume both the separate openafs-doc package and the separate openafs-krb5 package, so the AFS packages are now simpler as well.
I need to check with Sam one more time, but I think I'm also ready to upload new versions of krb5 and kerberos-configs, which will clear out most of the pending uploads that I have and reduce the bug count in Debian by another fair chunk.
Other Debian work currently in flight: A new version of xfonts-jmk that adds two more Unicode sizes (thanks to Derek Upham) is currently waiting on some bug fixes to the new modular X.Org 7 uploads in Debian unstable. The next version will move the fonts to the new, correct location (and thus eliminate a lintian override), but the X.Org 7 imake doesn't work at all because its configuration wasn't packaged. I just uploaded a new svn2cl package to my personal repository; it's going to eventually be added to the main Subversion packages once it's included in an upstream release. I have a Debian Policy amendment approved, I think, or at least no one is objecting to it. And I think I have one more session of lintian bug cleanup before everything is categorized nicely.
The main point of this order was to get the next couple of George R.R. Martin novels. I just finished (and will be reviewing) A Game of Kings and picked up the next couple. The tentative goal is to read A Feast of Crows before the Hugo discussion panel at Baycon.
David Allen -- Getting Things Done (non-fiction)
Samuel R. Delany -- Tales of Nevèrÿon (sff)
George R.R. Martin -- A Clash of Kings (sff)
George R.R. Martin -- A Storm of Swords (sff)
Naomi Novik -- His Majesty's Dragon (sff)
Geoff Ryman -- 253: The Print Remix (sff)
I'm not sure if I'm going to make it with all of the Martin novels, given how long they are, but we'll see. The Delany and the Ryman are behind other books by the same authors on my reading list, but I'm fairly certain at this point on both writers that I'll want to read their whole output or close to.
Getting Things Done was recommended by Limoncelli in Time Management for System Administrators, and since the latter worked so well for me, I'm very curious to read it. Finally, I expect I'm going to want to read all of the Novik novels (there are two more), but I'm not sure when I'll get a chance to try the first one.
Well, this was going to be the weekend when I finally finished the heavy lifting for a new News::Gateway release (or at least got closer), insofar as I had any free time aside from helping a friend move into the area. But I ended up doing Debian things instead, inbetween being amazingly successful in helping with moving. (Arrival to apartment reserved in four days has to be some sort of honorable mention.)
Damage done this weekend: New release of OpenAFS fixing a couple of bugs in the 1.4.1-1 package, new release of krb5 fixing a few bugs that has to sit in NEW because it introduces a new debugging symbol package, an upload of kerberos-configs adding me as comaintainer and fixing a bunch of bugs, additional tests for lintian to catch pieces of the X.Org 7 transition, debugging the debian/rules checks I added to lintian, and filing lots of random bugs about various things.
Given how little time I had to sit in front of the computer and hack, I'm calling that very impressive.
Tomorrow is going to be a touch chaotic as there's a welcome dinner in the evening, possibly more moving help during the day, and a full slate of miscellaneous work things that I need to focus on. I expect life to slowly calm down towards the middle and end of the week, allowing me to do things like catch up on review-writing, start exercising nightly again, and get more reading in. We'll see.
This order was actually placed before the previous one; the previous order I added once it became clear that I was going to go ahead and try to read the other George R.R. Martin, and to pick up some books whose names I didn't have with me when I placed it. This one is more eclectic and was originally going after the other Hugo nominees, but Powell's mysteriously thought they didn't have a copy of Old Man's War when they did. Anyway:
Samuel R. Delany -- About Writing (non-fiction)
Laurell K. Hamilton -- Micah (sff)
James Patrick Kelly -- Burn (sff)
Ken MacLeod -- Learning the World (sff)
Severa Park -- Hand of Prophecy (sff)
Charles Stross -- The Family Trade (sff)
Jeff VanderMeer -- Veniss Underground (sff)
I had previously ordered About Writing directly from the publisher, but they charged my credit card and then in some mixup never sent it. I suppose I could have made a stink, but it was a university press and I didn't mind just donating some money.
Currently reading: A Clash of Kings by George R.R. Martin, The SEX Column and Other Misprints by David Langford.
I have been hideously busy, mostly in good ways, sometimes in stressful ways, and as a result I've posted nothing for quite a while now. Figured I should at least say hi and mention that I'm alive.
All the work projects that I were mentioning were going to heat up have heated up, and this week my primary task is being available to ensure that projects don't get stalled. Any work that I get done in addition I'm considering an unexpected bonus. Hopefully by this weekend and even more so by next week, things will slow down and calm down a bit.
Debian Policy 3.7.0 is out (including changes from a proposal I wrote, which is a neat feeling even though I may propose another amendment to clean up some details). Tonight, after making an Ikea run and paying way too much for delivery of two more seven foot shelves that wouldn't fit in my friend's Jeep, I implemented in lintian checks for the major changes for Policy 3.7.0, fixed a few other bugs, and proposed an upload on Friday.
The other big news is that I read another time management book, this time a more mainstream, corporate-speak one entitled Getting Things Done (by David Allen). I'm becoming addicted to these already; I picked up a ton of great ideas after getting past the initial off-putting "management speak" tone. I never really felt like the target audience, and yet (largely thanks to Time Management for System Administrators) I now understand the problem space well enough to adapt the ideas to my own work.
Getting Things Done tackled exactly the problem that I had with Time Management, namely what to do about the tasks that I didn't want to just accumulate on ever-growing, ever-shifting daily to-do lists. Allen laid out a great system for managing tasks that will be around for longer periods, and last night I did a fairly decent implementation of his system in Roundup. I'm still ironing out the bugs, but I loaded it this morning with 180-odd tasks and 45 or so projects and have started using it today. There are a few things that I need to make more efficient, but so far, so good. I think this will really help, perhaps not as much as the leap I got from Time Management, but definitely a noticable additional jump of productivity and comprehensive tracking.
Unfortunately, with everything else that's going on, fiction reading is really suffering. I'm still hoping to finish A Clash of Kings this month, but it's getting more and more iffy. Ah well, there will always be time to read books and getting all the Hugo nominees read before Baycon isn't exactly necessary.
Well, one thing that all this organizational activity has done is that it's helping me finally do some things that I'd been putting off for way too long.
This morning, between other things, I started trying to catch up on the archiving of rec.arts.comics.creative. I'm sad to say that I hadn't touched that since the end of 2003, which means that I had over 1,700 posts to go through, weed out discussion, and archive into appropriate story directories. I was only going to do the first 300 or so and slowly catch up, but I got on a roll and in three hours got completely caught up.
I'd been feeling guilty about that for literally years now, and here it only took three hours to finish it off completely. Feh. Don't procrastinate! Now that I'm caught up, it should be much easier to stay caught up. I really do have the process mostly automated, so it's just a matter of having the mental discipline to do it regularly.
I've also now updated the racc FAQ and put out a plea for more contact information and imprint information to flesh it back out again. It's nice to be paying attention to the group on more than just a day-to-day post moderation basis (although I honestly probably won't get back into reading stories; I just have too many other things to read).
Now, if I can just push through the last things I have to do for a News::Gateway release.... Although that's again not quite on the top of my priority list. I have a few other things I want to finish off first.
A user reported that filter-syslog was unable to properly parse OpenBSD syslog messages for forwarded log messages (ones received from the network). After a few false starts, I added proper parsing of those. In testing, I also discovered that the current code didn't handle another variation on the startup message of the Linux syslogd we use on Debian, so I fixed that as well.
You can get the latest version from the filter-syslog distribution page. It now requires Perl 5.6 or higher, since I wanted to use qr// for the regexes.
Review: Getting Things Done, by David Allen
Publisher: Penguin
Copyright: 2001
Pages: 259
I read this book at the recommendation of Thomas Limoncelli at Time Management for System Administrators. He recommended it as a good general follow-on for readers who wanted to learn more about general time management skills not specific to system administrators. Where Time Management was an O'Reilly book, targetted directly at a technical audience, this is a general-audience book with a bit of a self-help approach, lots of marketing language on the back cover, and some of that gung-ho attitude that was so blessedly missing from Time Management. It's coming from a much different concept of audience.
This marketing style is rather off-putting at first, and after the first chapter I was worried I'd have to apply very heavy filters. Allen is writing to the sort of people he coaches, mostly corporate executives and high-level managers who have personal secretaries and whose life is mostly built around meetings, paper, proposals, and sales opportunities. The book is full of systems in the places Limoncelli avoided them: the five stages of project planning, the five stages of mastering workflow, the four-criteria model for choosing actions, and so on. All the management speak almost drove me away.
Underneath that, though, is quite solid advice and a book that, if you mentally rewrite it slightly to retarget the advice (or if you're more in its audience than in Limoncelli's audience), forms an excellent complement to Time Management. Getting Things Done deals directly with the largest problem I felt Time Management left uncovered, namely how to organize one's larger long-term to-do list and set of projects. Allen sets up a tracking system with an explicit project system, a way of reducing projects to specific next actions that go into three different next action systems, and a way of storing and tracking potential later projects. This was exactly what you needed, and in fact shortly after finishing the book I implemented the basics of the task management system in Roundup and started using it.
Allen mostly agrees with Limoncelli or approaches problems from a different angle, but the one place that he disagrees directly is on the utility of both prioritization and daily to-do lists. His problem with daily to-do lists is exactly the problem that I had with them (everything doesn't get done, and the motion of things to the next day is discouraging), and I still think they're useful in conjunction with a larger task management system as a way of planning each day. On prioritization, he has some interesting comments about the multiple axes that one should use when choosing what to do, and I've already found his advice true when watching for other factors (amount of time available, energy level, etc.) when choosing tasks. On the other hand, I have so many tasks that without the basic sorting of a simple three-category priority system, the lists are overwhelming to deal with.
Limoncelli's book is full of specific advice and concrete tips and tricks. Allen has a few of those as well, but they're not as useful for me as most of them are aimed at a much different job and work style than I have. I instead found Getting Things Done useful primarily for the high-level view, for another perspective on the big picture of time management that reinforced many of the things Limoncelli said while coming from a different direction. Allen has an excellent starting point: going through one's entire life, taking everything that isn't done or should be changed and putting it into an inbox, and then processing that inbox using his techniques. I did something like this when putting Limoncelli's advice into practice, even though he didn't mention it explicitly. After reading Allen, I did it again, more explicitly, and it's a very useful way of getting a clean start. It does take quite a bit of time, and finding the time to do it requires a large up-front committment, but Allen correctly emphasizes the importance of getting everything into the system in order to trust it. Also, explaining how to do this, even if one doesn't actually do it, provides a great insight into how the system works.
There are a few other parts of this book that I particularly liked besides the organizational scheme. Allen spends quite a bit of time discussing how to turn projects into actions and how to keep moving forward on something that one wants to do. His concept of always asking for the concrete next action and his definitions around what a next action is have already been valuable for me. Somewhat less uniquely but still usefully, he also talks about the importance of envisioning what outcome one wants to have at the end of the project and points out how one can detect projects that are not fully baked by the inability to envision what the end result will look like. I think he's a bit too fond of the idea of brainstorming, or at least it's rarely as helpful in practice for me personally as he portrays it, but other than that his model of project planning is simple, intuitive, and one that I think I can apply.
I think that, in the long run, I may make more philosophical changes in my work style due to Getting Things Done than due to Time Management for System Administrators. Allen tackles larger problems, discusses ways to improve meetings and project planning, builds a complete organizational system for everything that enters one's life that one has to act on, and has some good mantras and guidelines for how to evaluate ideas and turn desire or dissatisfaction into action. It's not, on the other hand, the book I would have wanted to read first. I think I needed Limoncelli to put me in the right frame of mind and to introduce me to the concept before I would have gotten much out of Allen's book.
If, like me, you're a system administrator or working in a closely related technical field, I wouldn't start here. For one thing, the language is, at least initially, going to sound like the worst of your corporate vision statements and HR feel-good initiatives. For another, I think one has to have established some basic control and order over one's work life in order to have enough time and perspective to appreciate what Allen is getting at. However, if you read Time Management and wanted more, or felt that there wasn't quite enough of an organizational system to deal with everything, this is an excellent follow-on.
Rating: 9 out of 10
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Why one should practice Yoga? Read to know more
All you need to know about practice yoga and its advantages
The first word that comes to our mind when we think of yoga is 'asanas'. Daily practice yoga is not merely doing of asanas or may be purchasing fancy yoga clothing and mats for some, but is a rich, spiritual and enlightening practice with a touch of mystic element that gives you a sensation of something that is beyond all imagination. Yoga is more than 10000 years old. Since then it is seen as a process of inner journey or ascent of consciousness.
We all know why yoga is beneficial for us. It is a powerful stress buster, ensures peace of mind and body, it improves your ability to work, you gain flexibility and numerous others. If you have never considered yoga to be an integral part of your health, wellness and fitness regime, you are surely and definitely missing out more than you think.
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Though many think of yoga as a physical exercise where people stretch, twist and turn, breathe in the most complex way. The science of yoga imbibes in itself the complete essence of life. In a nutshell, yoga is the journey of the self, through the self to the self.

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She climbs the ladder, the crowd cheering her on with every step she takes higher. Her heart is pounding, she is sure everyone can hear it. She looks down, at the distance between her and the ground. It feels miles away. Something catches her eye. She looks closely. Its a white thread come loose from her sequinned leotard. It can barely be seen, but it nags her. Everything should be perfect. She tries to shrug it away. She's too high up the ladder anyway. She's getting tired, already. She knows that's not a good sign. Getting to the top is just the beginning of the act.
She's reached. She sees the long rope stretched taut across the wide circular theatre. The audience has finally quietened. She knows they are looking at her now, holding their breaths, waiting for her next move. She lifts her right leg, hovering over the tightrope for just a bit. She can feel the expectations of the people rise around her like an invisible cloud. She gently lowers her foot on to the rope, spreading her hands out like wings on either side, and lifts the other leg. She pretends to lose her balance, a carefully choreographed move designed to shock the spectators. She achieves her motive, a woman gasps loudly in the crowd. She smiles slightly, and continues moving. The thread is still fluttering, distracting her. She is annoyed. This isn't alright. Not today.
She reaches the centre of the rope and stops. The spectators are distracted by now, looking at the acrobats cartwheeling in the air. She raises one foot, standing in a ballet pose. One child notices her and shouts out. Instantly, the attention is back on her. She can feel eyes boring into her. The acrobats have also stopped their antics, confused. This wasn't part of the choreography. She gently bends her knees and jumps.
In an instant she is hurtling through the air at breakneck speed, the wind hitting her face and eyes, her hair billowing out behind her. She loves the feeling, the liberation that comes from the free fall. She thinks of all the times she had walked the tightrope in the past, focussing only on the rope, on the restriction placed on her, on the way that was laid out for her. How she used to wish that she would find a loose knot and fall through it, be free, if only for the few seconds that would take for her to hit the ground. The fluttering thread distracts her from her thoughts, and she reaches out to rip it out once and for all. She smiles as she breaks the thread, just as she hits the safety net, softly bouncing on its sturdy material. She knows she won't be allowed to work at the circus anymore, they will say they cannot depend on her. But she doesn't mind. In the free fall, she has discovered what it was that she had always wanted to be, explained her deep-seated urge to run away from everything and everyone, and found out what she really wanted. Liberation.


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Huda's estate officer-2, Tarun Kumar Pawaria, said the entire business would be done through the e-auction process on November 26. He said towers c2, c3 and c4 in Sector 29 would be floated at a reserve price of Rs 205 crore. Similarly, shopping-cum-office complexes will be put up for bidding with reserve prices between Rs 32.62 crore and Rs 36.67 crore. Reserve price for shopping booths has been fixed between Rs 1.66 crore and Rs 1.88 crore.
"Every bidder will be given a user ID and password to log in before the e-auction process. The bids will appear on the screen but the identity of the bidder will not be disclosed," Pawaria said.
Chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar had ordered in April that all auction of sites by HUDA be conducted electronically to make the process more transparent, following allegations of irregularities in the auction of commercial sites in Sector 47.
"I have sent all relevant details of the 20-odd sites up for auction to the HUDA headquarters. If all the properties are sold, then HUDA will receive revenue to the tune of Rs 800-900 crore," Pawaria said.


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Emissions of cancer- and central nervous system defect-causing toxic air pollution put Texas power plants atop the pile of serial polluters, a report based on EPA data finds. Nationwide, pollution controls such as smokestack scrubbers have reduced the rates at which air toxins are pumped into the air we breath. But a group of inveterate emitters -- in Texas, chiefly downtown Dallas-based Luminant's North Texas plants -- continues to release a peerless volume of poison.
According to the Environmental Integrity Project report, compiled with data mined from the EPA's Toxic Release Inventory of self-reported industry numbers, Texas power plants emit more mercury than those of any other state in the country.
In the short term, acute exposure to mercury causes central nervous system disruptions that can result in tremors, mood swings and slowed motor function. In the long term, it can cause blindness, deafness and developmental disorders in infants whose mothers were exposed. Luminant's Monticello plant in Mt. Pleasant, its Big Brown plant in Fairfield and its Martin Lake plant near Tyler are three of the top seven emitters of mercury in the country. Big Brown is No. 1.
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Texas comes in at No 3. for releases of chromium, which can cause bronchitis, pneumonia, decreased pulmonary dysfunction and lung cancer. Luminant's Monticello station is the fourth-biggest emitter.
True, selenium is the stuff they put in multivitamins. We need it, but not at the rates Luminant dumps it into the air. Chronic exposure can lead to hair and fingernail loss, excessive tooth decay and lack of mental alertness. Luminant's Big Brown, Monticello and Martin Lake plants are three of the four top emitters in the country.
The EPA is currently under court order to finalize rules on the release of air toxics like mercury by December 16. Companies like Luminant will get three years to comply, provided they don't delay, posture, sue the EPA and threaten plant closures and layoffs instead of installing pollution controls.
This comes at a time when ERCOT predicts grid reliability problems by 2012 because of a separate law placing limits on certain other pollutants. The Department of Energy reached a different conclusion in a report released last week that predicted Texas power generators should be able to meet peak demand by adding a gigawatt of natural-gas powered generation.


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While purusing Twitter this morning, I stumbled across this post by Julia Gazdag: "Being Feminine Doesn't Make Me Weak" published in HelloGiggles. It details the joy of bows, shiny rings, and cute dresses, meanwhile claiming that such feminine garb is a clever ruse to trip up those imagining her to be a pushover or easy prey.
I can't say that I'm surprised to see such a post in HelloGiggles, which was co-founded by Zooey Deschanel, the benevolent ruler of all things glitter and sparkle. Deschanel's character in The New Girl has accrued charges of sexism, and the show's confrontation of those charges mirrors Gazdeg's defense of her feminine style.
Similar articles pop up often on HelloGiggles, and Slate's XX Factor as well (a section of the news site that I love, by the way). I can't help but agree with Gazdag when she claims that the hyper-feminine woman is a rapidly increasing breed:
I feel like I'm part of this cult of women, and everyone outside it only sees the surface and is content to judge us based on what they see. We bake cupcakes in cute aprons while listening to obscenely perky Swedish twee-pop (Acid House Kings = life). We knit and stitch and craft and DIY like we're Etsy's grandmother. We also discuss social theory, deconstruct films until we fall over from the weight of our own pretentiousness, debate Inga Muscio books and run circles around guys with music nerd-dom.
There clearly is a widespread phenomena of retro feminine, super chick, talented, smart women taking over popular culture and the blogosphere. And I identify with these women. Although I haven't quite mastered knitting and I prefer to cook rather than bake, I do enjoy fifties-esque style and cute jewelry. My love of lipstick and floral arrangements even led my roomie to tweet me this article on adding romance to every day life, claiming that I must have been the article's inspiration.
Even though I can see myself in this new, hyper-feminine subculture, I'm not entirely sure what it says about where society, women, and feminist arguments are headed. In one sense it worries me, as I can see the phenomena as a longing for the fifties era depicted in Mad Men, which I think perpetuates and idealizes a dangerous conception of women. (I know, I've heard (many) arguments that the show simply depicts the realities of the period it's set in, but I firmly believe that the show does nothing to condemn the sexism of the time, but actually glorifies it.)
On the other hand, this new trend actively embraces more healthy forms of beauty– more realistic weight expectations, for one. Plus, for the hyper-feminine, being beautiful isn't for sex or outside appreciation. Instead, it seems to be for the purpose of personal joy. Hyper-feminine women dress to express their style; it acts as an outward display of inward happiness and confidence.
I do wonder what cultural influences have led to this influx of perky, crafty ladies. Gazdag and The New Girl invoke the third wave feminist concept of choice— these women just choose to be extra feminine. But as I've said before, that idea is outdated. We are influenced by the social factors that surround us– so what makes us choose to be so feminine? And from there, how do these decisions affect or challenge notions of feminism?
I suspect that, though the cult of the hyper-feminine want to believe that they are feminist and are enacting feminism (and I include myself here), there is something inherently anti-feminist in a prolonged practice of the bubbly, crazy sweetness Jess Day displays weekly on The New Girl– and I'm still trying to figure out what that might be.


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In the ceremony held at Hamid Karzai international airport on Monday, 19 June the Afghanistan-India air corridor officially inaugurated by H.E Mohammad Ashraf Ghani, President of Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, H.E Manpreet Vohra, Ambassador of India in Kabul, Mr. Alhaj Khanjan Alkozay first vice president of BoD, Mr. Atiq Ullah Nasrat, CEO of ACCI, Mr. Haji Mohammad Younas Mohmand, Commercial deputy of BoD, Mr. Captain Mohammad Nader Omar head of Ariana Afghan airlines Co., ministers and advisors to the President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan and a large number of members of the private sector (traders and craftsmen).
Firstly, Siddiqullah Majididi, the president's adviser on finance & banking and responsible for Afghanistan-India corridor, said: "Afghanistan-India commercial air corridor is one of the initiatives in the field of trade growth that announced by the President of Afghanistan and Prime minister of India in 2016 and it's officially launched today. "
Mr. Majididi stated the goal of Afghan-India corridor is to raise the level of trade and economics between the two countries and removing transit barriers, he said that on the first flight, 60 tons of agricultural products which worth $ 5 million would be transported to Delhi, India through the Afghan-India Corridor. For another week, 40 tons of dried fruit will be transported to India at a cost of $ 2 million in the second flight from Kandahar airport to India.
Alhajj Khanjan Alokozy, the first vice president of BoD on behalf of the private sector, thanked from the India and the leadership of the National Unity Government, especially from the President of the country, for the establishment of the Afghanistan-India Air Corridor, he said: "In the early days of government the private sector's transit problems brought to the president and today we are honored to open the Afghanistan-India air corridor."
He said that the transit efforts of National Unity Government like, Aqina-Turkmenistan railway, transit relations with China, opening of the Chabahar, Iran-Torghundi railway, and the opening of the Corridor could provide the ground for the growth of trade, and we appreciate it, thank you president!
Mr. Alokozay added that the Afghanistan-India corridor is a new chapter in the cooperation to strengthen trade and economy and a large capacity has now been created for the storage, processing and export of fruits in Kandahar province, he also promised to have the memorandum of understanding between the Chambers of Afghanistan and India to establish a joint business center in the near future.
"It's rarely seen that a public policy will be put into a state of thought within a year, but the government of National Unity and the Afghan president showed and proved that." Said Manpreet Vohra, Ambassador of India in Kabul.
Mr. Vohra said: "The opening of such commercial air corridor is a strategic solution to the long-term problems that the Afghan business community faces and, thus, relations with the largest market (India) are being provided for Afghan businessmen of agricultural products."
Mr. Vohra added: "The Afghan transit problem has now become an opportunity for the Afghan president, and this corridor between Afghanistan and India is an example." He assured that the necessary facilities are taken to get the first Afghan-Indian cargo flight at the Delhi airport of India.
H.E President Mohammed Ashraf Ghani appreciated the efforts of the authorities to promote the opening of the corridor, he said: "Those who create the crisis will learn how to turn the crisis into opportunity."
President Mohammed Ashraf Ghani added: "Me and Moodi have come to a conclusion in a short time on the creation of Afghanistan-India air corridor and today we actually see the results."
The president emphasized on the export of Afghan products and ensuring that the products are not wasted and so as to develop the Afghan products, much support will be provided to the private sector of the country.
President Ashraf Ghani headed the Customs of Hamid Karzai International Airport to examine the problems of the private sector in exporting products and report to the presidential palace within two weeks.
It's worth mentioning that in 2016, Afghanistan's exports to India totaled $ 2,300 million, and the import of Afghanistan from India was $ 200-250 million. Certainly, the Afghanistan-India air corridor will increase the country's export and import levels to 50% over the current situation.
Afghanistan Chamber of Commerce & Industries believes that the establishment of the air corridor for export commodities will not only increase the level of trade between Afghanistan and India, but also will make positive impact on the country's businessmen in the markets.


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Welcome to the Present, Me
I did it. It is done. After 4+ years of servitude, on July 11, 2008, I replaced my old cell phone for an iPhone 3G .
Back in the early 2000s I was still a bit of a cell phone snob. I didn't believe people actually needed cell phones. People who used cell phones were just bad planners, I thought. I was a good planner. I was still waiting for the perfect device, one with voice, camera, mp3 playback, internet, memory for media and a color screen so I wouldn't have to carry all those devices separately. The Handspring Visor Prism came close, but it was too clunky and so big it almost bordered on sidetalking.
The Toshiba VM4050 was one of the best phones out there in early 2004. It had a sturdy build, a decent camera, a colorful, high-quality screen, access to the web, and a clean and customizable interface. I got mine and I convinced several friends to get the same. Over the years I took over 3500 pictures with the onboard camera (50% up girl's skirts), used the phone all over the country (including Hawaii and Puerto Rico), tethered it to my laptop on trips for desperate mobile internets and twirled, threw and abused it like dog's favorite bone.
All the years and abuse were not kind. The charging port stopped working over a year ago. I took it to a Sprint store and they declared it unrepairable. I wasn't ready to give up on it though. Having so many friends with the same phone paid off, as one accidentally broke the hinge and had to get a new phone. So he gave me his broken shell of a phone and I used it to charge the battery for my phone, swapping the batteries in and out every couple nights. When I went on trips, I would take both phones with me because I needed one to charge the other. It was ridiculous(ly cool).
Other things went wrong, I got water on the phone and the ringer volume buttons stopped working. That made for an embarrassing moment in a quiet theatre at Sundance. Specks of plastic were coming off the inside of the camera lens housing, depositing big black splotches in my pictures. And yet the phone soldiered on. I willed it to continue living. I was in control of the DNR papers and I said suscitate.
But now it's finally time to say goodbye. It was strange, even after buying the iPhone, I was still preferring to use the old phone (I have a bit of overlapping carrier contract). But that balance has pretty much shifted 180 now. The iPhone still isn't the perfect convergence device I've been waiting for, but it's getting there. I'll post my impressions of the iPhone 3G on here soon. In the meantime, it's about time to pull the plug on the trusty VM4050. Or rather, since the charge plug doesn't work, stop swapping those stupid batteries.
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# May Wangon 22 Dec 2009 at 12:41 am
Eric, u r so funny.


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Safe and Sound. Prayers for Paris9
This past week I spent the most amazing time with family and friends in Paris. I laughed over wine at a cafe, gossiped with friends, felt the sunshine and rain on my face, watched the sunset and sunrise over the seine, and enjoyed watching the eiffel tower sparkle. I literally fell in love with Paris all over again and harder than ever before. Words cannot express how I feel at the news of the violent attacks in Paris. In complete shock as I watch the news. Thankfully all my friends and family have been accounted for. I continue to pray for Paris. Safe and Sound in Chicago. xo


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New information has been released regarding the incident that happened this past Monday night in Sheridan that ended in a Sheridan Police Officer fatally shooting 23-year-old Jesse Salveson. Sheridan Media's Ron Richter has the details:
The 911 call that was made by Salveson's wife came in just before 8 pm, where she stated that her husband was threatening to harm himself. Two SPD Officers were dispatched to a home on West Nebraska Street, where upon arrival they found Mrs. Salveson in front of the home bleeding from a cut on her hand that she sustained while successfully taking a knife from her husband. She alerted the officers that her husband had another knife in his possession inside the home.
Sheridan County Attorney Matt Redle explains the events that happened after officers entered the residence.
Redle said that the gunshot that killed Salveson entered through Salveson's ribcage hitting the liver and a kidney before penetrating the abdominal aorta. The name of the officer that shot Salveson still has not been released, as Redle indicated that the incident remains under investigation and it may be a couple of weeks before they'll have a clearer picture of things and be able to reach some final decisions on the incident.


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Although the building was first constructed in 1937, it wasn't given National Historic Landmark status until 1982. Frank Lloyd Wright constructed the buildings with the help of his students and using items that were readily available in the desert. Tours sell out fast, so make sure you book in advance. Special group rates are available for groups of 15 or more. You'll get to see Wright's living quarters, as well as the Music Pavilion, and the Garden Room.
There are plenty of cheap hotels in Scottsdale to reduce the cost of your overall trip. The Country Inn & Suites by Carlson Scottsdale offers guest rooms with kitchens and all the comforts of home, as well as a free "Be Our Guest" breakfast buffet. If you're seeking outdoor recreation such as a swimming pool, then the Wingate by Wyndham Scottsdale is for you. This hotel also provides travelers with a complimentary hotel shuttle. Finally, guests can choose to stay at the Scottsdale Links Resort. This hotel pampers guests with massages and balconies with breathtaking views of nearby McDowell Mountains.
There is no better way to get around Scottsdale than with the city's free trolley service. This service runs between 11 am and 6 pm each day and takes guests to such places as the Scottsdale Stadium, home of the San Francisco Giants, the shops on Fifth Avenue, and the Main Street Art District. Trolley stops are easy to spot and a trolley comes by every fifteen minutes, making wait times minimal.
Not far from the famous complex is a plethora of attractions that are sure to delight adults and children alike. Scottsdale Fashion Square covers an impressive 2 million square feet of space and houses such stores as Neiman Marcus, Macy's, and the Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory. Adventure seekers can go hiking on Camelback Mountain, while families can take a ride on the Paradise and Pacific Railroad at McCormick-Stillman Railroad Park.
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Two years after Linde Material Handling announced that the full development and manufac-turing skills of its electronic systems and drives department in the field of electric drives were available to other manufacturers of mobile units, road/rail technology specialists G Zwiehoff of Rosenheim, Germany, has released a second electric shunting vehicle, the Rotrac E4. Read More »
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Hamburg sees surge in Russian traffic after WTO accession
Russia is the second-most important trading partner for the Port of Hamburg in terms of seaborne containers, with a total volume of around 675,000 teu handled between Hamburg and Russian ports. Read More »
Gledhill leaves Hutchison Ports UK
David Gledhill has resigned from his position as chief executive of Hutchison Ports UK with immediate effect. Based at the Port of Felixstowe, the UK's largest container port that handles over 40% of the country's containers, he was also responsible for Hutchison's other UK facilities at Thamesport and Harwich. Read More »
Bigger and better, greener and leaner
Peel Ports has invested in a substantially larger vessel for its Manchester Ship Canal container service after another marked increase in demand from customers, with the introduction of the 'Deniz', a 260 teu capacity vessel that equates to more than a 60% increase in capacity compared to the previous vessel used. Read More »
Maersk sees slightly higher profits
The A.P Moller-Maersk Group delivered a profit of US$4bn, slightly higher than the outlook of around US$3.7bn announced in November last year, with a return on invested capital (ROIC) at 8.8%. The profit was positively affected by the settlement of an Algerian tax dispute in Q1 of US$899m, combined with improved volumes, rates and unit costs for Maersk Line. Read More »
Volatile prices key risk for 2013
Sixty-five per cent of senior finance leaders consider volatile prices the main risk for 2013,with supply and reputational risk selected by 19% and 16% respectively, according to a survey carried out by UK-based 4c Associates. Read More »
APMT to operate major Turkish port
APM Terminals (APMT) and Turkey-based Petkim have entered into a final agreement to create and operate Aegean Gateway Terminal (AGT), which is expected to become one of Turkey's largest container and general cargo terminals. All operations will operated by APMT under a 28-year concession with operations expected to start in the summer of 2015. Read More »
Matson expands Savannah operation
Matson Logistics, a provider of multimodal transportation, warehousing and distribution services throughout North America, has established new 65,000 sq. ft. (20,000 sq. m) distribution centre, with the ability to increase to 125,000 sq. ft. (38,000 sq. m), in the Port of Savannah. Read More »
Charleston starts 2013 on a rise
The Port of Charleston started 2013 with a rise of 7.7% in the number of containers it handled in January compared to the same month last year, reaching 121,286 teu. Cumulatively, the port's box volume for the first seven months of its fiscal year rose more than 11% to 892,487 teu from July to January, up from 801,495 teu last year. Read More »


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For every baby issue, there are 5 different opinions on how to make it better. And when you are in the thick of it, it feels like your decision about which sleep technique to embrace will affect you and your child's well-being FOREVER! (It won't, by the way. It's just one of a thousand factors in your child's upbringing, so don't castigate yourself unduly over it.) I was completely overwhelmed with information, most of which completely contradicted each other. It was only when I sat down and wrote about my confusion that I managed to make sense of it all. This is a great skill that we have as writers. We can take mushy ideas from in our heads and get them into some kind of comprehensible form on the page. Use that skill. It helps make these decisions easier and it exercises your writing muscles so that they don't atrophy completely.
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It's an interesting time to be in Cairo.
As the night falls in this densely populated city, live music and loud TV discussions animate the atmosphere of its open café houses, while small protests erupt, and screaming drivers bust through the crowd demanding a pathway.
The fear and anxiety of Cairenes over their future is palpable. My good friend, Amm Gad at the Nubian Café off Qasr al Auni Street, told me on Monday he was dumbfounded over who to vote for in Egypt's presidential election runoff set for mid-June.
The two surviving candidates in the presidential poll, certified on Monday, seem to come from two extremes, with no "middle way."
With a low 49 per cent of Egyptians turning out to vote in the first round, and with no candidate getting even a quarter of the votes, this means most Egyptians were not happy and not engaged with the candidates on the ballot.
Egyptians, like Gad, are asking:
- Will General Ahmed Shafik, Mubarak's minister of civil aviation (2002-11) and prime minister during his last month in office (who brought in 23.6% of the vote), bring back the dark years of Mubarak, if elected?
- Is it risky to choose the Muslim Brotherhood candidate and top vote-getter at 24.7%, Muhammed Morsi — an American educated former engineering professor who has no apparent executive experience or expertise in the public sector?
Unhappy that third-place finisher Hamdeen Sabahi didn't make the cut, Sabahi supporters packed Tahrir Square late into Monday night, calling for a recount and nullification of the election results. A populist, Sabahi was the only candidate to be organically and rhetorically associated with the younger, liberal protesters.
Abdel Moneim Aboul Fotouh, a former Muslim Brotherhood executive member and pre-election-survey favorite, finished a disappointing fourth with only 17.4% of the vote. Going into the May 23-24 poll, he had seemed to appeal to disparate groups — the fervently religious, the fervently secular, independents, and dissenters of the Muslim Brotherhood establishment.
As of Tuesday, the local papers were still unable to explain Fotouh's poor performance in the elections, though most academics believe it was his public debate with candidate Amr Moussa (who came in the fifth place) that lost him supporters. (Debates are not respected or cherished in this culture. Accusing someone of lying in a public setting is not considered virtuous, gentlemanly behavior.)
The Muslim Brotherhood was left deliberating over a strategy to tackle their average performance in the first round presidential poll. The reality is they got less than one quarter of the vote, which demonstrated their diminishing popularity in many major cities and among the revolutionary movements who blame them for serving as a buffer zone between the revolution and the ruling military council.
In a May 28 article in al-Shurooq newspaper, Fahmi Huwadi, a leading intellectual known for his support and affiliation with the Brotherhood, called on his colleagues to re-think ways to regain the people's trust.
Meanwhile, Sabahi and Foutouh, the third and fourth place candidates, have both rejected a Muslim Brotherhood offer of a possible vice-presidency post in exchange for supporting Morsi against Shafik.
Leading intellectuals believe that if the Muslim Brotherhood is serious about a power-sharing government, then a presidential council will need to be created to offset the state backing that Shafik enjoys.
Shafik also enjoys the support of most of Cairo's business class. In a press conference last Saturday he promised to bring peace, order and tranquility back to the streets. In an interview with the Hayat network cable channel later that night, he invited his opponents to join his government, including the secularists, the Christian Copts, the tribal leaders in Upper Egypt, and the informal sector vendors who urgently need tourism and tranquility to return to the streets.
Shafik is telling Egyptians that he is no Mubarak and that his government would respect their rights and respect the elected parliament. He even suggested that a prime minister be nominated by the Muslim Brotherhood.
No matter how we attempt to decipher the trajectory of Egyptian politics, it must be noted that the level of violence has remained consistently low. Reported incidences of death due to political violence numbers less than 2,000 in a poor country of roughly 90 million people, and 40 per cent of them make less than $2.00 (two dollars) a day. This is amazing when you consider that a 30-year-old regime collapsed, two major national elections were held in less than 12 months, and millions of people have been protesting on a weekly basis throughout this country for the past 16 months.
No one knows what the coming nights will bring, but we must acknowledge that there is a democracy at work.
Mbaye Lo is Assistant Professor of the Practice, Asian & Middle Eastern Studies; Arabic professor; and Duke Islamic Studies Center (DISC) faculty member at Duke University. Lo's research interests include the sociology of Islam and theories of civil society. Currently in Cairo, he is serving as co-faculty director with Prof. Bruce Lawrence of the Duke in the Arab World Summer Program, and is in his fifth consecutive year as faculty director for the DukeEngage Egypt student civic engagement program.


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I'm not sure what I watched last night, but I'm pretty confident it wasn't a major league baseball game. 13 singles, no extra base hits? Ground balls just finding hole after hole after hole? I'm not bitter or anything, but please. I thought Doug Davis actually pitched pretty well – there were only a couple hard hit balls, and a bunch of grounders that found their way through.
What really broke the game open was a 5 run 4th inning. Here's the play log from that inning:
With runners on first and second, San Diego hitters recorded hits on three straight ground balls. Then, after a fielder's choice, David Eckstein singled on a fly ball to center, scoring another run. The league batting average on ground balls is .236, and the league batting average on fly balls is .138. The odds of all four falling in for hits – with no knowledge of their trajectory – is .236*.236*.236*.138 = .00181, or .181%. Obviously, the hits managed to fall in because of their trajectories, but I'm more inclined to believe that that is luck as opposed to some sort of latent skill from the batters.
Then, we have the 5th inning, in which the Padres tacked on 4 more runs and chased Doug Davis. Here's the play log from that inning:
Here we see seven straight singles, on a grounder, two line drives, and four fly balls. The batting average on line drives is substantially higher than on grounders or flies, at .724. So the odds of this sequence occuring is .236*.724*.724*.138*.138*.138*.138 = .0000449 = .00448%. 4 times out of 100000 for the 5th inning. 1 time out of 1000 for the 4th. This game was just the randomness of baseball at its finest, and I wouldn't take too much out of it.


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This well-furnished holiday home is comprehensively equipped with all modern comforts. Situated to the east of the island of Falster near the resort of Marielyst, the property is located close to a 20 kilometre-long beach, renowned as one of Denmark's best and most child friendly. Marielyst itself offers numerous sights and attractions including go carting, diving, surfing, golf, bowling and a veteran car museum. Other popular destinations include the local zoo and the Middle Ages Centre at Nykøbing Falster, which features living workshops and jousting tournaments.
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John became Chief Executive of ADI in 2009, and has led the company from its origins as a not-for-profit institute to its current position as a thriving, fast-growing, entrepreneurial SME. Prior to joining ADI, John worked for Pace, the TV set-top box company, for 9 years in product delivery, engineering management, and senior management. John has a BSc in Physics and an MSc in Electronic Systems Design.
John contributes to several key industry groups in the Assisted Living and Smart Metering sectors and advises a number of public and private sector policy-making bodies. He is also a qualified executive coach who works with a number of FTSE 250 company directors.
With 24 years commercial experience in a range of industries, Judith joined the ADI team in autumn 2017. Having previously worked for Virtual College, bringing e-learning into the commercial mainstream, Judith was delighted to get involved with another disruptive technology. Originally from Northern Ireland, Judith has spent all her professional life in Yorkshire and her diverse roles have included working for the Toyota Group, establishing a new automotive parts factory in South Yorkshire (Toyoda Gosei UK Ltd.); leading inward investment from the Far East for Yorkshire Forward; and increasing exports for white goods manufacturer, Crosslee Plc.
Judith has a 2:I Dual Honours degree in Japanese and Business Studies from the University of Sheffield.
Sally is ADI's Operations Manager and a key member of the management team. Sally began working with ADI in 2010 and took on the role as company financial controller in 2011, moving to Operations Manager in 2017.
Sally successfully managed ADI's financial transition from the original not-for-profit entity through to the current fully commercialised organisation.
She has brought consistency and process to the business with an analytical and logical approach.
Simon has over 25 years experience in consumer electronics with Philips Semiconductors and NXP. He was a member of the Management Team of NXP UK, managing design departments in hardware, embedded software and customer support. Since 2008 he has been pursuing his interests in Assisted Living, Telehealth and Telemedicine, initially with NXP and then through Technology Strategy Board projects among small entrepreneurial innovators developing new ideas from concept to product.
A Physics graduate of Manchester University, he also holds a Masters in Electronics from Southampton University, and is a Prince2 Practitioner.
Prior to his management roles, he specialized in digital signal processing, and worked on a number of technologies including DVD and Bluray optical storage, cellular, and teletext data recovery, in the UK and Netherlands.
Prior to joining ADI as Principal Technologist in March 2008, Nigel spent 20 years developing digital broadcasting technology. He has provided strategic technical advice to ADI's high-tech client companies on a number of telehealth-related projects, internet and smart-phone security, digital rights management on the internet, internet media streaming, forensic watermarking of audio-visual content, and security of PayTV systems.
Nigel has a BSc in Electronic Engineering from the University of York, and is a Chartered Engineer and member of the Institute of Engineering and Technology.
He is the named inventor or co-inventor of five international patents.
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Tracey brings over 26 years' experience in all aspects of bookkeeping and general management, she has worked in many industries, from logistics to HR, with a variety of finance systems. She is highly motivated and very much looking forward to assisting the finance team in all facets.
Outside of work, Tracey enjoys spending her time as the Treasurer for a local pre-school charity, a primary school parent governor and being with her family.
Prior to joining ADI in 2008, Peter spent 10 years developing software applications within the defence and electronics industries. Physics simulations, real-world simulations, mathematical modelling, 3D visuals and artificial intelligence are some of the application areas covered while working on military flight simulators, ship mounted radar systems, aeronautical engineering tools and defence related research projects.
Peter has contributed to a variety of embedded projects whilst at ADI, and is currently involved with wireless technologies and their applications in the home, particularly smart metering and home automation.
Richard joined ADI as a Senior Software Engineer in September 2012, bringing over 18 years of experience of designing, developing and testing embedded software.
He has a comprehensive portfolio of past projects, ranging from laboratory robotics, and instrumentation in the life sciences sector, to motorway control centres and roadside boxes. His experience includes GUI design, web programming, network communications protocols, control applications, and production monitoring.
He is a keen amateur aviator, and can often be spotted flying a paraglider over the Yorkshire Dales or the Lake District.
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Wednesday, July 25, 2012
New Technique for me
Leaving for San Fransisco early tomorrow morning for a long weekend. Stopping at some Missions, Going to the Ferry Building, Flea Market in Berkeley, Shopping on 4th Street, Checking out Sonoma,
Carmel, Santa Cruz, Morro Bay, Gilroy Garlic Festival...and we have some good eats planned.
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Thursday, July 19, 2012
Art Journal
we should go and what to do, please let me know.
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Saturday, July 14, 2012
Rose painting
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Friday, July 13, 2012
another journal page
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Starting in my Moleskine
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Wednesday, July 11, 2012
Photo Album
my brain is a little fried right now. Us here in So. Cal are not use to 104 temps...Palm Springs 122 yesterday.
My sweet Poodie having a comfy nap on my fabric stash.
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Monday, July 9, 2012
Journal Cover
I'm getting all excited again...Sat. I get to take what may be my last class with Christie Repasy, I plan to do some pale white.light pink roses. It has already helped me so much, just taking the one classes. I pulled out some very vintage postcards I collected years ago, I'm studding them. I just love learning new things. I'm also taking the next class at Artful Gathering with Nellie Wortman...its not just taking the class, but to see what others are doing is such an inspiration. I'm also taking a mini class with Stephanie Lee, both are starting soon.
This summer is about sewing, painting, soldering, flea markets, a few vacations...love summers!!!
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Friday, July 6, 2012
Watercolor Journal
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Monday, July 2, 2012
Refreshed from a little vacation
ahhhh. I'm back from a little vacation up in the Sierra Mountains. Fresh air, sunshine...delightful.
I took a bit of fabric and needle and thread. made this book cover for my mixed media art journal
I'm really happy with it. I plan to make more
Saw a few critters. The lake sparkled in the sunshine. Silver Lake...we plan to go back next year
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First set of piezo preamp boards
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Got the first set of boards from [http://mattvenn.net Matt Venn] for prototyping piezo preamps, and they're great! I've soldered both boards, after using the JFET matching described [http://www.nrgrecording.de/html/fetmachting.html here] (NOTE: link seems to be dead - I'll copy the circuit diagram from my notebook).
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It is hard to believe that the first two months of 2014 have past. There were a couple of unusual (for my area) snow storms in the last two months. Around here everything closes down if there is a light powdering on the ground, and we have a vacation day. My family and I had 3 snow days off work in February and enjoyed playing in the snow, watching netflix, eating snow cream (see recipe) and other winter treats. But even with all this winter fun, I am looking forward to spring. We had a little taste of it last week. There are some early flowers starting to bloom, birds singing their lovely songs, and warmer temperatures.
How was February for you? Did you have a taste of the winter storm on the east coast?
In my crochet life, I have added some rows to my ripple afghan and all but finish a shell stitch cowl I for my mom. All the cowl needs is to connected the edges and it will be complete (photos to come).
I hope you all had a great February, and will have a wonderful March!
God Bless!
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Healing the Budget of Medical Equipment Overhead
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Healing the Budget of Medical Equipment Overhead
The difficulty in monitoring, track and replace expiring and obsolete medical supplies were costing Bell Ambulance thousands of dollars annually in overhead. Bell Ambulance was stockpiling supplies that had a limited shelf life to avoid the running out of crucial items. This led to a great deal of wasted capital and an increased the required amount of physical space to store the extra supplies.
Bell Ambulance implemented a multi-faceted approach to lower overhead costs and reduce waste caused by the expired supplies. SKUs were prioritized consistent with company objectives, using the appropriate number of product categories and leveraging the investment to maximize fill rates. Safety stock levels were updated dynamically, with levels for each category based on the financial goals of the business, which served to reduce safety stock inventory and out-of-stock situations, and increase revenue. A central supply office was developed to ensure all equipment is well maintained, inventory levels are verified and items with approaching expiration dates are placed on more frequently used ambulances.
Successful implementation of centralized ordering and the stocking processes have resulted in maximizing efficient and cost-effective purchasing and storage solutions. Medical supply purchasing decreased by 8.5% in the first fiscal year while call volume increased by 5.5%.
Bell Ambulance is the largest Emergency Medical Transport company in Wisconsin. The agency is headquartered in Milwaukee. It has a fleet of 60 emergency vehicles and a staff of 350 employees. Bell Ambulance responds to 70,000 medical calls annually. It is a progressive, client-oriented company devoted to providing high-quality emergency and non-emergency medical services. Bell Ambulance began using Operative IQ in 2009 to control their medical supplies and equipment.