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"The Moskva and the Kremlin by night."
"You may find it difficult to believe that when the Germans were finally driven out of the area toward the end of World War II, almost everthing was in ruins. The complex of gardens and residences at Peterhof was masterminded by Peter the Great, who personally drew up the original plans, starting around 1720."
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Overactive bladder is a problem with bladder-storage function that causes a sudden urge to urinate. The urge may be difficult to stop, and overactive bladder may lead to the involuntary loss of urine (incontinence).
If you have an overactive bladder, you may feel embarrassed, isolate yourself, or limit your work and social life. The good news is that a brief evaluation can determine whether there's a specific cause for your overactive bladder symptoms.
Management of overactive bladder often begins with behavioral strategies, such as fluid schedules, timed voiding and bladder-holding techniques using your pelvic floor. If these initial efforts don't help enough with your overactive bladder symptoms, second line and third line treatments are available.
With an overactive bladder, you may:
Although you may be able to get to the toilet in time when you sense an urge to urinate, unexpected frequent urination and nighttime urination can disrupt your life.
Although it's common among older adults, overactive bladder isn't a normal part of aging. If your symptoms distress you, consider behavior strategies and management options. Treatments are available that might help you.
Discussing such a private matter with your doctor might not be easy, but it's worthwhile to take that risk — especially if your symptoms disrupt your work schedule, social interactions and everyday activities.
The kidneys produce urine, which drains into your bladder. When you urinate, urine passes from your bladder through an opening at the bottom and flows out a tube called the urethra (u-REE-thruh). In women, the urethral opening is located just above the vagina. In men, the urethral opening is at the tip of the penis.
As your bladder fills, nerve signals sent to your brain eventually trigger the need to urinate. When you urinate, nerve signals coordinate the relaxation of the pelvic floor muscles and the muscles of the urethra (urinary sphincter muscles). The muscles of the bladder tighten (contract), pushing the urine out.
Overactive bladder occurs because the muscles of the bladder start to contract involuntarily even when the volume of urine in your bladder is low. This involuntary contraction creates the urgent need to urinate.
Several conditions may contribute to signs and symptoms of overactive bladder, including:
Often, the specific cause of an overactive bladder isn't known.
As you age, you're at increased risk of developing overactive bladder. You're also at higher risk of diseases and disorders, such as enlarged prostate and diabetes, which can contribute to other problems with bladder function.
Many people with cognitive decline — for instance, after a stroke or with Alzheimer's disease — develop an overactive bladder. Incontinence that results from situations like this can be managed with fluid schedules, timed and prompted voiding, absorbent garments, and bowel programs.
Some people with an overactive bladder also have bowel control problems; tell your doctor if this is a problem for you.
Any type of incontinence can affect your overall quality of life. If your overactive bladder symptoms cause a major disruption to your life, you might also have:
Your doctor might recommend treatment of associated conditions, but it's unknown whether effective treatment of an associated condition will help with your urinary symptoms.
Some women also may have a disorder called mixed incontinence, when both urge and stress incontinence occur. Stress incontinence is the loss of urine when you exert physical stress or pressure on your bladder, such as during activities that include running or jumping. Treatment of the stress incontinence is not likely to help the overactive bladder symptoms.
Older people may have a common combination of bladder storage and bladder-emptying issues. The bladder may cause a lot of urgency and even incontinence, but it doesn't empty well. A specialist may be able to help you with this combination of bladder problems.
For overactive bladder, you're likely to start by seeing your primary doctor.
After your initial appointment, you may be referred to a specialist in urinary disorders in men and women (urologist), a specialist in urinary disorders in women (urogynecologist), or a specialist in physical therapy for diagnosis and treatment.
Here's some information to help you get ready for your appointment, and what to expect from your doctor.
For overactive bladder, basic questions might include:
Your doctor may use an overactive bladder questionnaire to make an assessment of your symptoms, asking questions such as:
If you have an abnormal urge to urinate, your doctor will check to make sure that you don't have an infection or blood in your urine. Your doctor may also want to make sure that you're emptying your bladder completely when you urinate.
Your doctor will look for clues that might also indicate contributing factors. The work-up will likely include a:
Your doctor may order a simple urodynamic test to assess the function of your bladder and its ability to empty steadily and completely. These tests usually require a referral to a specialist. Tests include:
Measuring urine left in the bladder. This test is important if your bladder doesn't empty completely when you urinate or experience urinary incontinence. Remaining urine (postvoid residual urine) may cause symptoms identical to an overactive bladder.
To measure residual urine after you have voided, your doctor may request an ultrasound scan of your bladder or pass a thin tube (catheter) through the urethra and into your bladder to drain and measure the remaining urine.
Testing bladder pressures. Cystometry measures pressure in your bladder and in the surrounding region during bladder filling. During this test, your doctor uses a thin tube (catheter) to fill your bladder slowly with warm water. Another catheter with a pressure-measuring sensor is placed in your rectum or, if you're a woman, in your vagina.
This procedure can identify whether you have involuntary muscle contractions or a stiff bladder that's not able to store urine under low pressure. You may be asked to void during the study (pressure-flow study), which can also measure the pressure used to empty your bladder and indicate whether or not you have a bladder blockage (obstruction). An obstruction — from an enlarged prostate in men or pelvic organ prolapse in women — can lead to symptoms of overactive bladder.
This test is generally used for people who have neurologic diseases that affect the spinal cord.
Your doctor will review the results of any tests with you and suggest a treatment strategy.
Your doctor is likely to recommend a combination of treatment strategies to relieve your symptoms.
Behavioral interventions are the first choice in helping manage an overactive bladder. They're often effective, and they carry no side effects. Behavioral interventions may include:
Medications that relax the bladder can be helpful for relieving symptoms of overactive bladder and reducing episodes of urge incontinence. These drugs include:
Common side effects of most of these drugs include dry eyes and dry mouth, but drinking water to quench thirst can aggravate symptoms of overactive bladder. Constipation — another potential side effect — can aggravate your bladder symptoms. Extended-release forms of these medications, including the skin patch or gel, may cause fewer side effects.
Treating the side effects of a medication that's working is more important than stopping the medication. For example, your doctor may recommend that you suck on a piece of sugar-free candy or chew sugar-free gum to relieve dry mouth, and use eyedrops to keep your eyes moist.
Over-the-counter preparations, such as Biotene products, can be helpful for long-term dry mouth. To avoid constipation, your doctor might recommend a fiber-rich diet or use of stool softeners.
Bladder medications aren't likely to help with getting up during the night to urinate. Often, this isn't a problem with the bladder at all, rather it's related to the way your kidneys and heart manage your body fluids — which can change over time. As you get older, you may make as much or more urine at night than you do during the day.
OnabotulinumtoxinA (ON-ah-boch-yoo-lih-num-tox-in-A), also called Botox, is a protein from the bacteria that cause botulism illness. Used in small doses directly injected into bladder tissues, this protein partially paralyzes muscles.
Clinical research shows that it may be useful for severe urge incontinence. But it's not approved by the Food and Drug Administration for this purpose in people without neurological disease. The effects are temporary, lasting only about six to nine months.
This medication also carries a risk of worsening bladder emptying in older adults and people already weakened by other health problems. If you're considering Botox treatments, you should be willing and able to catheterize yourself if urinary retention occurs.
Regulating the nerve impulses to your bladder can improve overactive bladder symptoms.
One procedure uses a thin wire placed close to the sacral nerves — which carry signals to your bladder — where they pass near your tailbone.
This surgical procedure is often done with a trial of a temporary wire or as an advanced procedure in which the permanent electrode is implanted and a longer trial is performed prior to a surgical placement of the battery-powered pulse generator. Your doctor then uses a device connected to the wire to deliver electrical impulses to your bladder, similar to what a pacemaker does for the heart.
If this successfully reduces your symptoms, the wire is eventually connected to a small battery device that's placed under your skin.
Surgery to treat overactive bladder is reserved for people with severe symptoms who don't respond to other treatments. The goal is to improve the bladder's storing ability and reduce pressure in the bladder. However, these procedures won't help relieve bladder pain. Interventions include:
These lifestyle changes may help reduce your symptoms:
No complementary or alternative therapies have been proved to successfully treat overactive bladder. Research suggests that therapies such as reflexology and hypnotherapy aren't effective in treating this condition.
Complementary treatments that might be helpful include:
Complementary treatments may not be covered by insurance, so check your plan carefully.
Living with overactive bladder can be difficult. Consumer education and advocacy support groups such as the National Association for Continence can provide you with online resources and information, connecting you with people who experience overactive bladder and urge incontinence. Support groups offer the opportunity to voice concerns, learn new coping strategies, and stay motivated to maintain self-care strategies.
Educating your family and friends about overactive bladder and your experiences with it may help you establish your own support network and reduce feelings of embarrassment. Once you start talking about it, you may be surprised to learn how common this condition really is.
These healthy lifestyle choices may reduce your risk of overactive bladder:
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The horrible disaster in the Gulf of Mexico caused by the explosion and sinking of the BP oil platform is all over the news. Devastation to the landscape and wildlife all along the Gulf Coast is sure to be a topic of discussion for months and years to come. Lawsuits will be in the headlines, and government finger-pointing is going to part of coming elections. How could such a thing happen? How can such pervasive damage be repaired?
News videos for the past two weeks have shown use of booms, human hair, and chemical dispersants to try to minimize the amount of oil reaching shore. However, little has been said about the use of microbes to help digest the oil and remove it from the water and shoreline. One amazing fact about microbes is that when it comes to the versatility of their metabolism and their physiological capabilities, there are few organic chemicals that one or another critter can't break down. Oil included. For example, the Exxon Valdez mess was cleaned up in part using oil-eating bacteria.
You might say – "Getting rid of oil coating the shoreline and contaminating the environment? There's an app for that!"
Both of McMurry's microbiologists, Drs. Tom Benoit and Gary Wilson, have experience in the use of microbes to remove oil and other hydrocarbons from contaminated soil and water. Benoit has extensive involvement in reducing hydrocarbon contaminants from water. In fact, he helped design a facility for the City of Nacogdoches (TX) that removes such pollutants from wastewater entering its sewage treatment facility. It uses microbes to destroy harmful chemicals that would choke the sewage treatment plant and slow return of treated wastewater to the environment. Wilson worked with a local electricity provider to help reduce the hydrocarbon counts in contaminated soil by more than 90% to significantly reduce the cost of disposal. In both instances, encouraging the growth of harmless microbes that devour oil and other organic compounds in the water and soil helped protect the environment. Chances are, students in BIMS courses this fall will find themselves doing research to try to maximize the effectiveness of similar organisms in eliminating crude oil-based pollution.
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A high speed chase in Green River on Nov. 14 led to the arrest of three subjects from Minnesota who were driving a stolen car.
Utah Highway Patrol trooper Shawn Alton requested backup as he was in pursuit of the car involved in the gas skip from the West Winds truck stop.
Sgt. Gayle Jensen and Deputy Mike Jorgensen responded and set-up on the off ramp at Fremont Junction. Sgt. Jensen advised he was following Trooper Alton westbound. The car continued past the Fremont Junction exit and went about 1.5 miles. They then went across the median and the eastbound lanes and then stopped the car.
The suspects fled on foot from their vehicle. One of the suspects was caught after leaving the vehicle and the other two were caught with the aid of the Utah Highway patrol helicopter. They approached officers and gave themselves up. Those arrested were: Travis Seventson and Cody Seventson and one juvenile.
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From Little Clubs to Big Halls, an Indie Band Evolves
It has been barely two months since the release of "Neon Bible," Arcade Fire's second album, and by now even the people in the band are probably sick of hearing and reading about themselves.May 11, 2007 artsReview
One Very, Very Indie Band
Arcade Fire started playing hole-in-the-wall clubs in Toronto and Montreal four years ago, then put out "Funeral," an album that, largely because of word-of-blog and a gushing review on pitchforkmedia.com, would go on to sell 750,000 copies, which is a lot for an album that was recorded for $10,000.March 4, 2007 magazineNews
Testing Faith in a Church
When the Montreal band Arcade Fire started its sold-out five-night stand at the Judson Memorial Church, an audience member shouted, "Why a church?" The obvious answer is the band's second full album, due March 6. It's called "Neon Bible" and has songs about impending apocalypse, fear and faith.February 15, 2007 artsReview
Staying Serious, to a Joyful Beat
"Reflektor," Arcade Fire's new album, sways to Haitian-influenced dance rhythms, but its lyrics revolve around big subjects: love, death, individuality, the afterlife, technology.
October 29, 2013, Tuesday
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Listen Up | Violin Meets Modern Dance in a New Video From Arcade Fire's Sarah Neufeld
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July 31, 2013, Wednesday
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Coldplay Live Concert Webcast to Be Directed by Anton Corbijn
Mr. Corbijn, the director of "The American" and "Control" as well as videos for Nirvana's "Heart-Shaped Box" and Depeche Mode's "Personal Jesus," will oversee 12 cameras at a Coldplay performance on Oct. 26 at Madrid's Plaza de Toros de Las Ventas.
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Arranging the Music for Austin's Influential Festival
Scheduling acts for the Austin City Limits Music Festival, set for next weekend, is an art — one that Amy Corbin, the event's senior promoter, knows well.
September 11, 2011, Sunday
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Funny or Die: Webby Awards Choose Funny
The Webby Awards, which recognize excellence in online and mobile applications, Web design, video, and a number of other categories, announced the judges' picks and the winners of the "People's Voice" awards.
May 3, 2011, Tuesday
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At Coachella, Every Note Is Writ Large
Performances at the Coachella festival by Kanye West, Arcade Fire and others have become career markers, watched by up to 75,000 fans on the field, and live-streamed around the world on YouTube.
April 19, 2011, Tuesday
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April 17, 2011, Sunday
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The Montreux Jazz Festival has lined up Seal, Santana and Sting for its 45th annual concert in July, organizers announced Tuesday,
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Album Sales Rise After Grammy Awards
The Grammy Awards have always had an effect on record sales. But in the digital age that effect is felt more quickly than ever, since fans' impulse buys made during the show on Sunday night register as part of the tail end of Nielsen SoundScan's...
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If you enjoyed the musicians you saw on Sunday's Grammy Awards show, you'll see plenty of comfortingly familiar names on the lineup for this year's Bonnaroo music and arts festival. And if you didn't, well, you'll still have lots of other acts to...
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text: Step Out of Your Comfort Zone Jun 6, 2011 by Darci Miller After spring semester ended, I was lucky enough to take part in a birthright trip to Israel. For 10 days, I traveled around the country with 40 other kids from the University of Miami's Hillel. I had always heard that this trip was life changing but before I went, I was a total skeptic. Having lived through it, though, it definitely was a truly amazing experience. As a part of the trip, our group was joined by eight Israeli soldiers currently serving in the army. Israelis are drafted into the army as soon as they finish high school, so these soldiers were all more or less our age. My time spent with these soldiers was the single most powerful experience of my life. I spent a lot of time on the bus with a girl named Tal. As we talked, I quickly discovered that we have a lot in common – we are both 20, soft spoken, want to travel the world someday, and love "Friends" and "That '70s Show" – but just because she was born in Israel, she's in the army while I attend college. I saw myself in Tal. If I had been born in Israel, I would be her. There was also Yogev, who's in the parachute division and dreams of being a chef and opening his own restaurant. And Dafna, shorter than my 5'2" self, the sweetest person ever, and an officer in the army. And Sachlav, lithe and blonde, whose job it is to train soldiers for combat. I thought we'd have nothing to talk about but in interacting with these soldiers, I learned that we truly are all the same. We may come from different worlds but at the core, we're no different. I think this is a valuable lesson to take into college. Just because someone seems different doesn't mean they are. We all have things in common; the trick is to push yourself out of your comfort zone and find them. Darci Miller is a New Yorker studying journalism and sport administration at the University of Miami. When she's not writing for the school newspaper, you can find her at the gym, either working or working out. She loves all '80s pop culture (the cheesier the better!), and glues herself to her TV when the Olympics are on. She dreams big, and believes the sky's the limit!Going to college doesn't have to break the bank or saddle you with tens of thousands of dollars in student loan debt. Check out the Scholarships.com free college scholarship search where you'll discover you qualify for hundreds of thousands of dollars in scholarships in just a few minutes, then apply and win! It's that easy!


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Kyle Long grew up in Virginia and last played in college at Oregon, but he said Friday that he was well aware of Chicago's reputation as a football-loving city.
"I just know that Chicago is one of the most historic football towns in the country," Long said Friday at Halas Hall. "There are Chicago Bears fans everywhere in the world.
"The 'C' on the helmet is synonymous with success and tremendous football. That's what I'm most excited about, coming to Chicago and being part of the Bears organization."
Long, who will wear No. 75 for the Bears, spoke in front of several dozen media members as well as his parents, Howie and Diane. Howie Long played for 13 seasons in the NFL and was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2000.
"I've been saying this to his mom since he was 4 years old: He's kind of a freak of nature, physically," Howie Long said with a smile after his son's news conference. "God just puts the hand on some people, puts the hand on their shoulder and says, 'You're gifted. Now what are you going to do with it?' And that's Kyle."
Long is expected to play guard for the Bears during his rookie season. He said he already had received text messages from several of his new teammates, including Jay Cutler and Brandon Marshall.
The draft will continue Friday night with Rounds 2 and 3.
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Okay, here is the thing:
Franky can't beat the Admirals. They are all Logias, and he doesn't even know Haki. He's a badass cyborg, sure. But against Logias?
Robin is not really a "fighter" per sé, and is better at dispatching lower level fighters than actual badasses.
Chopper might become alot stronger, as he is somewhat of a weakling at the moment, but I doubt he'll become a Admiral-level fighter.
Nami is a navigator. Her entire arsenal is the elements. Kinda hard beating Light with Lightning or Ice through rain.
Brook could hypothetically do it, but he's more of a backup fighter/hypnosist than an actual kickass fighter.
Usopp might actually pull it off. Because of Heraclesunn (or whatever) and his training, I think Usopp will not only gain some new moves, he will learn to imbue Haki into his shots. Imagine when he fires that Pheonix-shot-thing from his slingshot and its imbued with Haki.
Damn, that has to hurt.
I think he's our best shot (Pun intended) at a secondary fighter beating an admiral.
On the other hand, I don't really give a damn if Usopp gains Haki powers. Aslong as he gains muscle, courage, a goatee-pirate-thing and MOST IMPORTANTLY, Dreadlocks.
If Usopp doesn't get Dreadlocks, I will sue Oda for ruining the most awesome chance so far of making Usopp badass.
Also chopper is not a weaking... he's 15 and can contend with Robin/Franky whom are much older. also unlike Zoro/Sanji/Luffy chopper didn't grow up fighting, he spent all his time studying to become a doctor, even still he can beat guys that I doubt Zoro or Sanji could when they were 15
As I said before, it was said the Zoan's could best adapt/evolve their power to grow stronger, with this and Chopper's already inherent strength for fighting I can see him easily overdoing franky/robin. With the rumble balls I don't see any contest, however we'll see his power up after the break. 15-17 is a big age gap, much bigger then say 28-30 or 34-36
Of course im not saying Ussop wont get any stronger however that and what Oda said makes me believe Ussop will stay as the weakest, perhaps coming through once per arc, if that.
Two years is a freaking long time. They each have their specific jobs so I don't think that everyone has to be able to fight at admiral level per say.
Robin-will learn about the stones or whatever and decipher it with Dragon.
Franky-be a cyborg like or even better than Kuma, so yes he will fight at admiral level or at least shikaba level.
Chopper-get a post graduate degree of medical stuff so he can heal everyone who gets hurt. he'll be like a healing fairy that you see in old video games.
Brook- i don't know because he is dead, lol
Nami- controls weather like dragon, but without a df
Ussop-lose all that weight. fat burns into muscle faster. thats why oda made him so fat.
yea chopper will be beast if he does some psychical traning . Just look how lucci is strong
I can't fight this feeling any longer.
And yet I'm still afraid to let it flow.
What started out as friendship,
Has grown stronger.
I only wish I had the strength to let it show.
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You seem to believe, that OP is some shit like Bleach and that the main guy will just pull something out of his ass and beat the enemy no matter who he is.And you're damn wrong in viewing it that way.
i was wondering aint haki = amibition ?
wasent ussop hi's amibtion at the last chapter to become the the sniper king ????
isent that like on the lvl of zoro's ambition to become the best swords man ??
So i'm going and staying with Ussop as the admiral killer
i think only sanji zoro and luffy will be able to kill an admiral.


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ARCHITECT got some pretty sweet news this morning, courtesy of the American Society of Magazine Editors (ASME). One of our esteemed contributors, Witold Rybczynski, Hon. FAIA, has been nominated for a National Magazine Award—an Ellie, in ASME speak—in the Columns and Commentary category. Let's just say a champagne cork or two might go flying in the office today. A big congratulations to Rybczynski and the other nominees.
Rybczynski's nomination consists of three stories he wrote for ARCHITECT—a critique of Prince Charles's Poundbury in England, a dual review of two buildings in Seattle (Rem Koolhaas's Central Library and Peter Bohlin's City Hall), and a look back at Harbor Point, a revolutionary mixed-income community just south of downtown Boston.
All three stories grew out of a post Rybczynski made on his blog in October 2012. It was a lament about the tendency of some members of the architectural press to have an unhealthy fascination with the "new-new thing," as he wrote. A critic might tour a new building before it had opened to the public and write a fawning review, but how would the building perform after it was opened? How functional would it be for the people who used it? Wrote Rybczynski, "the time to evaluate a building is after years of use, when the rough edges have been worn smooth, and it is possible to judge the durability—aesthetically as well as physically—of the design."
Rybczynski traveled to Seattle first, to see how well Koolhaas's Central Library—which had inspired some unabashed gushing from critics when it opened in 2004—had aged. And he explored whether a somewhat overlooked building just down the street—Bohlin's City Hall—might turn out to be a better building than anyone had predicted.
"Bohlin's City Hall is different; it doesn't put on airs," wrote Rybczynski. "After spending a day in the building my chief impression was of craftsmanship, unruffled calm, and an even-handed sense of balance—a veritable civics lesson in glass, maple, and natural light. In a culture that is intrigued by novelty and glamour, it is perhaps inevitable that chic would trump craft. But given several more decades, I'm not so sure. I wouldn't discount the staying power of well-made old shoes."
In Harbor Point, Rybczynski visited a mixed-income community that had been one of Boston's most notorious public housing projects, until a developer named Joe Corcoran worked with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to transform the neighborhood. The project, now 25 years old, was the inspiration for the federal Hope VI program, which has invested more than $5 billion to turn old public housing projects around the country into a mix of subsidized and market housing.
"So, what did it take to make Harbor Point a success?" wrote Rybczynski. "A visionary and committed developer + a responsive architect + the active participation of low-income residents + an experienced property management team. Not a simple formula. But to paraphrase Winston Churchill: It could be said that Harbor Point is the least likely model for public housing, except for all the others that have been tried."
Poundbury, known as the town that Prince Charles built, has been savaged by critics for its aesthetics. But Rybczynski stayed for a week to get a sense of what it was actually like to live there, to move beyond the reflexive dismissals of the project because of the Prince's campaign against Modern architecture.
"The place is neither anachronistic, nor utopian, nor elitist," discovered Rybczynski. "Nor is it a middle-class ghetto. In fact, Poundbury embodies social, economic, and planning innovations that can only be called radical."
At ARCHITECT, we're especially proud of the nomination because of the solid reporting underpinning the three stories, not to mention how Rybczynski's perceptive eye translates into accessible yet whip-smart prose. We hope his work for us has the "staying power of well-made old shoes."


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A glitch at Amazon Web Services kept many video viewers in the dark on Christmas Eve, Netflix Inc. says.
"An outage impacting many, but not all devices that can stream from Netflix, started at about 12:30 p.m. Pacific time on Monday, Dec. 24, as a result of an outage on Amazon Web Services," says a spokesman for Netflix, No. 9 in the Internet Retailer Top 500.
Amazon Web Services, a unit of Amazon.com Inc., provides "cloud" or Internet-based technology for running web applications and storing data. Netflix uses Amazon Web Services to support the streaming of videos via the web to subscribers' computer screens or Internet-enabled television sets. Amazon is No. 1 in the Top 500.
Netflix, which did not specify which types of devices were affected by the outage, worked with Amazon to address the problem throughout the day on Dec. 24, returning streaming service to "the majority of our members" by late Christmas Eve, the Netflix spokesman says. "We are investigating the cause and will do what we can to prevent reoccurrence," he adds.
On its web site for reporting the status of its service, Amazon Web Services attributed the outage to a problem with its Elastic Load Balancing service, which is designed to regulate the volume of traffic in web applications, at its Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud facility in Northern Virginia. The company, which has reported similar problems at that facility at least three other times this year, said service was back in full operation by mid-day Dec. 25.
"We have been heads down ensuring customers are operating smoothly and will be publishing a full summary of the event in the coming days," a spokesman for Amazon Web Services says.
The spokesman says the web services glitch didn't "significantly" impact Amazon's own video streaming, which competes with Netflix through its Amazon Instant Video service, because it did not need the Elastic Load Balancing service during the outage period. Amazon bundles its Instant Video with the Amazon Prime expedited delivery service.
The Dec. 24 outage also impacted the online operations of Heroku, a company that uses Amazon Web Services to support its own cloud-based computing services to e-commerce companies, and Scope, which uses Amazon Web Services to support its social networking app. Heroku and Scope said they were addressing the outage through Twitter and web site communications with users. A spokeswoman for Heroku declined further comment; Scope did not immediate return a call for comment.
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Cliff Room with Breathtaking View
Size26 m²
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- Smoking allowed
- Pool
- Breakfast
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Accommodation summary
|Rua Cerro dos Pios, 8400-517 Carvoeiro, Lagoa, Portugal
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Casa Falesia is a lovely villa located in the renowned holiday town of Carvoeiro in the Algarve. It sits over the cliffs, which brings you a magnificent sea view and an absolute relaxation. It's a really calm neighbourhood but it's just a stroll away from the town center, approximately 2 minutes of walk, a perfect location for all the amenities the town offers. There are many bars, restaurants, clothes shops and gift shops.
Besides, you can enjoy the wonderful beaches in the region, where you can get by a quick walk or by a short bus trip. The algarve also counts with many Aqua parks and you will be able to practice many adventure sports.
If you are expecting to have a welcoming, hospitable and friendly holidays you are in the right house.
Your hosts will be a Spanish family who speak fluently different European languages, so no misunderstandings.
The family's mummy will make you feel like home, as her breakfasts (included in the nightly rate) are well appreciatted by all the guest we've been receiving.
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|Price for > 2 guests
|R 217 ZAR per guest/night extra
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Reviews of this property
We ( my wife and I, 58 yr) had a very comfortable stay at Casa Falesia. We were lucky that there were no other guests, so we had the bathroom for ourselves. The room at the oceanside is the most beautiful one. It has its own bathroom, oceanview, and a terras.Advice: ask for thatone. It makes a difference between three and five stars.The host makes you feel very welcome. The breakfasts are homecooked and a treat. Every day a new experience. If you are into yoga, you have a friend in Joe. have a nice holiday, Berry
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We really enjoyed our 2 weeks stay, we felt quite at home.
The whole family was very welcoming and did anything to make us feel at home. Comfortable room and great breakfast on the porch with beautiful view on the swimming pool and the ocean. On request Teresa prepares great dinner.
Only 5 minutes walk from the city center and still a lovely peaceful place.
Fantastic beaches on short walking distances and great starting point for longer walks in the area.
Thank you so much, muito obrigado, Teresa, Joe and your children.
You gave us a great time to remember and if possible we would love to come back.
Kindest regards,
Marjon and Claude from Holland
We were absolutely happy for staying at your beautiful and cleanly Casa Falesia with a wonderful, lovely and fantastic family. THANK YOU very much for everything, especially for the homemade honey :)), the delicious breakfast, the opportunity to drink our first coffee each morning with the best view on sea....
Hope to see you soon again!
Kind regards an the best wishes for you all!
Doro and Susan
Wonderful stay. It is a quiet villa very well distributed with a terrace on top with great views. Cleaning is impecable.El Teresa makes breakfast terrific and she and Josep and children are made to feel at agradables.Te casa.Es of those places that if come back would repeat without thinking.
The situation of the house and its surroundings are unbeatable.
Maravillosa estancia. Es un Chalet tranquilo muy bien distribuido con una terraza en la parte superior con fantásticas vistas. La limpieza es impecable.El desayuno que hace Téresa buenísimo y tanto ella como Josep y sus hijos son muy agradables.Te hacen sentir como en casa.Es de esos sitios que si volvieras repetirías sin pensarlo.
La situación de la vivienda y su entorno son inmejorables.
Really nice place in beautifull town- really close to main Carvoeiro beach and plenty of restaurants. Room is clean so as bathroom (which is assigned for two rooms). Hard to say much more- we have spent most of the time on local attractions.
We stayed at Casa Falesia, beautiful house, all rooms are very spacious and the bedding propre.La room with private bathroom is wonderful, private terrace, seen sea. Close to the beach on foot. The owner (Teresa) made excellent different breakfasts each day, the homemade orange juice is delicious.
Josep Teresa and their children are a very warm and welcoming Spanish family. Josep speaks very good French. We felt like at home, we will come back surely. Please right place quality / price.
Nous avons séjourné à Casa Falesia , très belle maison, toutes les chambres sont très spacieuses et la literie propre.La chambre avec la salle de bain privé est une merveille, terrasse privé, vu mer. Le tout proche de la plage à pied. La propriétaire (Térésa) fait d'excellents petits déjeuners différents chaque jour, le jus d'orange fait maison est un régal.
Térésa et Josep avec leurs enfants sont une famille Espagnole très accueillante et chaleureuse. Josep parle très bien le français. Nous nous sommes senti comme à la maison, nous reviendrons surement. N'hésitez pas bonne adresse qualité/prix.
We stayed at Casa Falesia Suite for 5 nights in June and can only say: we were absolutely happy and excited!!! Its a real dream, nice and clean with a big terrace and a lovely pool in the backyard garden. Although the house is only a 5 min walk down to the village centre,it is a very quiet place and we could really relax, sunbathe, swim and watch the seagulls with their youngs on the opposite roof. From the terrace or even from the big bed we could have a beautiful seaview!!!We enjoyed our time there very much and we are so impressed about the hospitality and the friendlyness of the whole family. Breakfast was so delicious and every day different, from baguettes to omelette, including a fresh orange juice and fruits - excellent! One day our family organised an absolutely tasty barbecue with salad, guacamole, bread and a lot more, wow. :-) So its more than worth the price!!!
We felt really at home and part of the family and we are looking forward to come back once again in the future. Everybody was sad, when it was time to say goodbye... So we can 100% recommend the place.
Dagmar & Martin Rieger, Germany
Herzliche Grüße an Theresa, Carla, Jo, David und Harry! Das war eine fantastische Zeit bei Euch. Unser erster Aufenthalt mit Bed and Breakfast in einer Familie hat uns voll überzeugt. Allerdings können wir uns kaum vorstellen, dass es immer so herzlich sein wird, wie in der Casa Falesia. Wir durften 13 Tage und Nächte dort verbringen und waren schlicht weg begeistert. Die Familie war immer sehr freundlich und sehr hilfbereit, aber nie aufdringlich. Das Frühstück musste man einfach genießen...Theresa zaubert immer Aussergewöhnliches...inkl. Kuchen, Obst u. frischem O-Saft...Tortilla de Patata am Morgen ist ein Gedicht...kann allerdings auch schon mal schwer im Magen liegen ;). Das Haus ist klasse!..sehr sauber und auf der Dachterrasse oder am und im Pool kann man herrlich relaxen. Die Lage ist ideal. Eine ganz ruhige Gegend...aber nur 3 Minuten zu Fuß in den Ort. Bei Spaziergängen an der Steilküste gelangt man von einem Traumstrand zum anderen...unbedingt sollte man eine Bootstour zu den Grotten machen. Wir werden wiederkommen und freuen uns schon darauf. Silvia und Michael
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Closing the Gap: 2012 IOUG Enterprise Data Security Survey
By Troy Kitch-Oracle on Nov 21, 2012
The new survey from the Independent Oracle Users Group (IOUG) titled "Closing the Security Gap: 2012 IOUG Enterprise Data Security Survey," uncovers some interesting trends in IT security among IOUG members and offers recommendations for securing data stored in enterprise databases.
"Despite growing threats and enterprise data security risks, organizations that implement appropriate detective, preventive, and administrative safeguards are seeing significant results," finds the report's author, Joseph McKendrick, analyst, Unisphere Research.
Produced by Unisphere Research and underwritten by Oracle, the report is based on responses from 350 IOUG members representing a variety of job roles, organization sizes, and industry verticals.
Key findings include
- Corporate budgets increase, but trailing. Though corporate data security budgets are increasing this year, they still have room to grow to reach the previous year's spending. Additionally, more than half of respondents say their organizations still do not have, or are unaware of, data security plans to help address contingencies as they arise.
- Danger of unauthorized access. Less than a third of respondents encrypt data that is either stored or in motion, and at the same time, more than three-fifths say they send actual copies of enterprise production data to other sites inside and outside the enterprise.
- Privileged user misuse. Only about a third of respondents say they are able to prevent privileged users from abusing data, and most do not have, or are not aware of, ways to prevent access to sensitive data using spreadsheets or other ad hoc tools.
- Lack of consistent auditing. A majority of respondents actively collect native database audits, but there has not been an appreciable increase in the implementation of automated tools for comprehensive auditing and reporting across databases in the enterprise.
IOUG Recommendations
The report's author finds that securing data requires not just the ability to monitor and detect suspicious activity, but also to prevent the activity in the first place. To achieve this comprehensive approach, the report recommends the following.
- Apply an enterprise-wide security strategy. Database security requires multiple layers of defense that include a combination of preventive, detective, and administrative data security controls.
- Get business buy-in and support. Data security only works if it is backed through executive support. The business needs to help determine what protection levels should be attached to data stored in enterprise databases.
- Provide training and education. Often, business users are not familiar with the risks associated with data security. Beyond IT solutions, what is needed is a well-engaged and knowledgeable organization to help make security a reality.


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U is for unbreakable, your spirit is strong.
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As an inquisitive and inventive person, you liked to get to the very bottom of things and to rummage in books. Talent for drama, natural born actor. There is the invisible connection between material and spiritual world. Your lesson - to search, to find and to use this bridge.
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- Categorized in: Distributing your video
By way of background, HTML5 is a new markup language that eliminates the need for a plug-in like Flash to play video. Instead, the browser supplies the decode capability directly. There is no standard HTML5 codec, however, with Apple Safari and Google Chrome supporting H.264 playback (which is required to play back video on YouTube's HTML5 pages), Mozilla Firefox, Opera's Opera and Chrome supporting Ogg Theora playback, and the 800-pound gorilla supporting neither codec (that would be Internet Explorer). All, of course, still support Flash.
Accordingly, the only browsers that could theoretically play both the HTML5 and Flash pages were Apple Safari and Google Chrome. I say theoretically, because in practice, the Windows version of Safari couldn't play the HTML5 YouTube page. To complete the picture, I also tested Firefox and Internet Explorer using the Flash plug-in. I tested on the Mac using a MacBook Pro (3.06 GHz Core 2 Duo, 8 GB RAM, OS 10.6.2) while testing on Windows using an Hewlett Packard 8710w mobile workstation (2.2 GHz Core 2 Duo system running 64-bit Windows 7 with 2 GB of RAM).
Whither Hardware Acceleration?
Hardware-accelerated H.264 decoding on Windows desktop, notebook, and netbook systems is supported on some video cards and drivers running on Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7. These include some recent NVIDIA, AMD/ATI, and Intel graphics cards. The player also supports hardware decoding with hardware such as some Broadcom video decoders.
Please read the Flash Player 10.1 public beta release notes (PDF, 105 KB) to learn about supported hardware and find links to download supported drivers. We recommend updating to install the latest drivers available.
In Flash Player 10.1, H.264 hardware acceleration is not supported under either Linux or Mac OS X. Linux currently lacks a developed standard API that supports H.264 hardware video decoding, and Mac OS X does not expose access to the required APIs. The Flash Player team will continue to evaluate adding hardware acceleration to Linux and Mac OS X in future releases.
Long story short, Adobe claimed that there would be a substantial reduction in CPU utilization on both the Mac and Windows platforms with 10.1. So I ran two sets of tests; one with Flash Player 10, the other with 10.1.
My Procedures
- Turned off as many background processes as possible
- Used the same YouTube video for all tests (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJ5KJVCc5C4)
- Then switched the video to 720p, but left the video playing within the player window (not full screen)
- Then waited until the video completely downloaded (watching the little red bar thingie on the bottom of the player).
- Then, I started monitoring and recording the CPU Usage on Windows Task Manager and % Idle on Activity Monitor on a separate computer for 29 data points for each test. Since Task Manager updates once each second, that meant about 30 seconds of testing on Windows. Because Task Manager updates once every two seconds, that means about 60 seconds of video playback on the Mac.
- I ran each test at least twice to confirm results.
Browsers Tested
I tried to test the most current versions of all programs on both platforms: Here are the versions.
- Apple Safari - Apple has a site called Webkit where you can download beta versions of the Safari browser (http://webkit.org/). Since the improvements in Flash Player 10.1 required the latest version of Safari, I downloaded that version - in Windows, it was 4.0.4 (531.21.10).
- Mozilla Firefox - version 3.6
- Google Chrome - 126.96.36.199 (I tried loading the Beta 5 browser, but it failed several times on this computer).
- Microsoft Internet Explorer - 8.0.7600.16385
- Adobe Flash Player - 10.0.45.2 first, then 10.1.51.95
- Apple Safari - Webkit version was 4.0.4 (6531.21.10,55180).
- Mozilla Firefox - version 3.6
- Google Chrome - 5.0.307.9 beta
- Microsoft Internet Explorer - 8.0.7600.16385
- Adobe Flash Player - 10.0.45.2 first, then 10.1.51.95
Test Results: Macintosh
Table 1 shows the Macintosh results. Some observations.
Table 1. Macintosh results.
- With Safari, native playback in HTML5 (at 12.39) was the most efficient alternative, and consumed significantly less CPU than playback via Flash (at 37.41), presumably because Apple uses H.264 hardware acceleration inside of Safari (see here). Flash Player 10.1 reduced playback CPU by 5 CPU % points (from 37.41 to 32.07), or about 14%. Before assuming that Flash is bad, and HTML5 good, please see the Windows results below.
- With Chrome, playback via Flash and HTML5 were equally inefficient, both much higher than either Safari alternative. This is a head scratcher. I would guess that it means that Google isn't benefiting from hardware acceleration, though I don't know if that's because they "can't" or simply "haven't." Either way, Chrome shouldn't be your browser of choice on the Mac for spending serious time on YouTube.
- With Firefox, playback via Flash (the only alternative) was slightly less efficient than Safari in Flash, but more efficient than Chrome using Flash or HTML5. Firefox actually slowed down with version 10.1.
Test Results: Windows
- As mentioned, Safari wouldn't play the HTML5 videos on Windows, so I have no Flash vs. HTML5 comparisons there (I tested this on three Windows computer and the HTML5 page wouldn't play on any of them). However, Flash's ability to access hardware acceleration in 10.1 dramatically reduced Safari's CPU consumption from 23.22 to 7.43, a drop of 68%, which really makes you wonder how Flash would perform on the Mac if it could access hardware acceleration.
- While Chrome's numbers were more efficient on Windows, playback with Flash Player 10.0 was about 24% more efficient than HTML5, while Flash Player 10.1 was 58% more efficient.
- Version 10.1 also dropped Firefox's CPU utilization by a whopping 73% and Internet Explorer's CPU utilization by 35%.
Overall Conclusions:
When it comes to efficient video playback, the ability to access hardware acceleration is the single most important factor in the overall CPU load. On Windows, where Flash can access hardware acceleration, the CPU requirements drop to negligible levels. It seems reasonable to assume that if the Flash Player could access GPU-based hardware acceleration on the Mac (or iPod/iPhone/iPad), the difference between the CPU required for HTML5 playback and Flash playback would be very much narrowed, if not eliminated.
I don't follow the politics of the situation, but after noting significant playback efficiencies in Flash Player 10.1 on the Mac, respected technologist and AnandTech founder Anand Lai Shimpi commented "with actual GPU-accelerated H.264 decoding I'm guessing those CPU utilization numbers could drop to a remotely reasonable value. But it's up to Apple to expose the appropriate hooks to allow Adobe to (eventually) enable that functionality." So it looks like the ball is in Apple's court.
Overall, it's inaccurate to conclude that Flash is inherently inefficient. Rather, Flash is efficient on platforms where it can access hardware acceleration and less efficient where it can't. With Flash Player 10.1, Flash has the opportunity for a true leap in video playback performance on all platforms that enable hardware acceleration.
Turning full circle, if Anand is right, and I don't doubt that he is, Apple complaining about Flash being a CPU Hog while not exposing "the appropriate hooks" to enable Adobe to access hardware acceleration seems disingenuous at best. To be fair to Apple, though, the iPad related timing was unfortunate, with the bulk of the development work done under the shadow of Flash Player 10.0, which didn't offer hardware acceleration other than full screen on any platform and was clearly less efficient than the HTML5-based approach Apple adopted. Now that Adobe has proven the concept on Windows, perhaps Apple will cooperate with Adobe to make hardware acceleration on the Mac, iPad and future devices happen. If they choose not to, however, they should quit pointing fingers at Flash.
What else? We also learned that not all HTML5 browsers/H.264 decoders are created equal. Significantly, with Flash 10.1 deployed, Google's HTML5 implementation required the most CPU horsepower of all playback scenarios -- by far -- on the Windows platform. On the Mac, Firefox and Safari with Flash required less CPU horsepower than Chrome's HTML5 implementation.
At least from a CPU utilization perspective, Flash isn't BAD and HTML5 isn't GOOD. It all depends upon the platform and implementation.
Some closing thoughts. I spoke to Adobe about this test methodology because it was mostly a test about Flash. I didn't contact any other companies because the tests are objective and straightforward. At least they seemed so at the time.
I only tested two computers (one on each platform) because of time constraints. Yes, I know, additional data would have been useful. If you think it would be that useful, don't complain to me, run the tests yourself and share the results. Just to be sure to run the Flash 10.1 tests on a device with supported graphics hardware.
If you see a flaw in the test procedures, don't write to complain without:
- documenting new procedures
- testing yourself
- sharing those results.
I'll be glad to retest if there's a flaw (actually, not glad, but I will anyway).
Finally, I understand that in addition to calling Flash a CPU Hog, Mr. Jobs also complained about crashing with Flash. Instability is infinitely harder to test for than performance, so I didn't even try.
Test Notes:
I tried to load Windows on the MacBook Pro so I could produce both OS tests on one hardware platform, but Bootcamp got persnickety and said it couldn't create a Windows partition. I could have reformatted the MacPro, reinstalled the OS and then tried again, but since I had the 8710w all ready to go, I decided to just use it.
I also tested in YouTube's Feather mode, which, according to YouTube, "is intended to serve YouTube video watch pages with the lowest latency possible. It achieves this by severely limiting the features available to the viewer and making use of advanced web techniques for reducing the total amount of bytes downloaded by the browser. It is a work in progress and may not work for all videos." My tests revealed only a very minor difference between Feather mode and normal mode (about 1% either way) so to keep the numbers to a minimum and streamline the results, I showed only those results from Flash mode.
I ran some additional tests on Vimeo, which tracked the YouTube results with Flash Player 10.0. I didn't run the 10.1 tests because I was concerned that the lack of a mode analgous to YouTube's Feather mode might prejudice the results.
For those interested in a comprehensive look at Flash 10 vs. 10.1 video playback performance, click here for a comparison in AnandTech.
Comments (158)
So, when looking at Flash CPU usage compared to other multimedia technologies, then no, Flash does not use an inordinate amount of CPU. While Flash content can at times use high amounts of CPU, this is a result of the nature of the content, and not necessarily specific to the Flash runtime.
I was directed to this site after I complained to my local news agency about their Flash videos causing my 2008 Macbook Pro to burn up. The computer got so hot, my hands started sweating in our cold office. My computer is running OS X 10.6.3 and the latest version of Flash plugin, 10.2.xxxx. I noticed close to 100% CPU usage in Activity Monitor, even with hardware acceleration turned on. Furthermore, CPU usage spiked to well over 100% during the parts of video with advertising overlayed on the actual video. People can throw as many numbers around as they want, but until you feel you hands burning up because your computer is struggling with a simple video on the Web, one tends to get a little hot under the collar.
My bosses Macbook Pro also went wild with the video and ended up crashing the browser. His MBP is slightly less updated than mine because he doesn't trust updates.
I uploaded an actual picture of Activity Monitor to show what I was dealing with. CPU usage spiked in all browsers--Google Chrome, Safari and Firefox. Firefox was the worse of the three, leading to a forced kill.
There will be a serious backlash if this problem isn't fixed; it still exists with Flash 10.2. Our office has already started to use Flash blockers. We like working on stable computers more than we like watching videos that hog our CPUs.
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can see from a webstandard/developer point of view to have most of what flash now offers avalible in html/css has huge advantages especially if its there in the browser
i bet none of the above use the StageVideo to render the video. it has become awailable since 10.2 and AIR 2.5
here is one : http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/flashplayer10/live-player/
after my experience HTML5 video rendering is faaaar from 2% cpu usage. (i use a crappy i3)
The complaints about flash are NOT just about video playback, but it's absolutely horrible performance when playing shockwave documents.
either you are incompetent, or dishonnest. you took jobs's remarks completely out of context.
the flash plugin is a pile of shit, it uses a complete CPU even when i renders NOTHING !
my computer is currently overheating, because i have TWO web pages open, with very basic flash games.
Good information, thank you so much for the great tips. I think there is a Windows equivalent. If I retest, I'll check it out.
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