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Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 241 diseños de 67 diseñadores freelance.
Fresh Tracks
Fresh Tracks is a travel company based in Vancouver, and we are the 'trusted experts for creating memorable experiences in Canada & Alaska'.
Our strategy is to bring people in through about 10 niche sub-sites that show up naturally in the search engines, or appear through pay-per-click - for example, http://www.CanadianTrainVacations.com , http://www.CanadaPolarBears.com or http://www.AlaskaRailVacations.com - then later we direct them to our main site http://www.FreshTracks.ca for repeat business.
This strategy works well for search engine ranking and for conversion of searches into sales - but it does rather diffuse our brand identity.
So this project is about finding a unifying theme by creating a strong identity for Fresh Tracks without overpowering the site names.
If you like, you can consider it as a "Kellogg's strategy' - all our subsites are different products like Cornflakes, Rice Krispies etc - but the Kelloggs brand gives them a unity without overpowering the name. Or you could think of it as like trying to put an 'Intel Inside' seal on a computer - only in our case the inside magic is a service.
The common theme about all Fresh Tracks sites is that behind them you have a trusted expert to talk to. We are the opposite of a booking engine - we are real friendly people who can make a difference to your experience.
70% Americans, 10% Australians, 10% Brits, 10% others. Middle to upper income. Baby Boomers and Seniors, 45 plus - but our biggest selling site by far is http://www.CanadianTrainVacations.com and these tend to be older. We want to bring in younger people without putting off the older ones. Our clients tend to be professionals, independent-minded travelers - but because we only do Canada & Alaska we must be a 'broad-church' that appeals to most people 30+.
Psychographically our current clients are probably mostly 'no-hassle travelers' - in other words they just want a nice well-planned vacation. We would like to broaden our appeal to two other groups - a) 'free spirits' who want to sample lots of things and care about the quality of the experience, and b) 'authentic experiencers' who care about adventure and getting off the beaten path.
(Our company used to focus on adventure before rail trips took over and we would like to recover some of our 'adventure soul' in this process, without putting our existing clients off. )
We want a fresh tracks logo that can unify our sites e.g. see http://www.entreecanada.com - but ideally ours would express the concept of talking to a trusted expert with the benefit of getting a better experience.
Encouraging people to talk to an expert is what sets us apart. Sometimes we say 'ask a local expert', sometimes we say 'ask a friendly expert' - and either works I think.
Please go to http://www.CanadianTrainVacations.com and look at the bit that says 'a division of Fresh Tracks' - that is the part we want to turn into a logo that communicates the idea of an expert to talk to. (You can forget about the words 'a division of...' or you can add words as you wish.)
I leave it up to you how you do this - it could be dialog boxes (e.g. as in Charles Schwabb, or it could be a 'wise old traveler' figure or it could part of the fresh tracks typography or a letter or some kind of other symbol like an animal or some made up Indiana Jones or pioneer character...)
Our belief is that most great journeys begin with a conversation - as when pioneers sought out an experienced guide to talk to.
Don't worry about the rest of the site design or the site name at this stage - we will work out how that all fits in around the fresh tracks logo after we get the logo organised. You can feel free as you like to choose colors etc but the logo needs to work horizontal and vertical and big and small.
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Centuries ago, explorers searched for a trade route from Europe to Asia, navigating a treacherous maze across the Arctic to find an elusive Northwest Passage.
Since then, few adventurous souls have braved the passage under their own power, and none has been able to do it in a single season.
But that could change as four men are set to embark Canada Day on an 80-day rowboat journey through the most cantankerous climate zone on the planet in the spirit of adventure and in an effort to reveal the shocking effects of climate change on the Arctic.
Meet the crew: There's Kevin Vallely, an architect whose adventure resume includes some of Canada's most harrowing expeditions; Paul Gleeson, an Irish cyclist and rower; and award-winning Canadian environmental filmmaker Frank Wolf. The fourth is Denis Barnett, also Irish and a team rookie who Vallely says brings "the wide-eyed enthusiasm of a neophyte" to the expedition
The 3,000-kilometre journey in an eight-metre rowboat will begin in Inuvik and wind through Tuktoyaktuk in the Northwest Territories to Pond Inlet, Nunavut. Along the way, they'll contend with deadly threats such as unexpected storms, wild animals and bitter cold.
While expeditions to highlight global warming are not new for B.C. explorers — Gulf Islands resident Tim Harvey spent two years travelling around the world under his own power to raise awareness about the issue — this will be the first time anyone has been able to undertake an expedition because of global warming.
"This has never been done before because it never could be done before," he said. "The reality is there is less and less ice."
Fifteen years ago, Vallely was mulling over what he called the "last great firsts" left to conquer as an adventurer, and he came up with the idea of traversing the Northwest Passage by human power in a single season.
But he didn't believe it could be done. There was too much ice. Until now. So last year, he and adventuring cohort Gleeson assembled the four-man team with the idea of making the trip in a rowboat — while at the same time filming a documentary to show the world what has happened in that region because of global warming.
"We are hoping when and if we pop out the other end that people will say 'wow 20 years ago you needed an icebreaker, now these guys rowed it in a thin-hulled rowboat? What the hell is happening up there? That is what I am hoping we can show, then in a way we are taking our gesture of an adventure and connecting with people in a unique way," said Vallely.
Since no one has ever done the route quite like this before, Vallely couldn't study past accounts or train with the masters, but he's certainly not heading out unprepared.
The outdoorsman has trekked through Alaska, Yukon, several jungles and holds the record for the fastest unsupported trek to the South Pole.
Their trip is sponsored by clean energy firm Mainstream Renewable Power, something Vallely is proud of given the nature of the expedition, and the team had a special rowboat designed and built for the harsh conditions by Vancouver Island kayak designer Robin Thacker.
The hull is shaped more like those of a Viking boat or a large kayak and is much flatter and rounder than a traditional rowboat, explained Vallely. "If we are ever in 'a bit of bother,' as Paul would say, we could haul it up on the ice."
If all goes to plan, they'll row straight through the entire trip, with two men taking four-hour shifts at the oars, while the two others rest.
The boat, which has already been tested for capsize safety, is loaded with survival gear: an inflatable raft, drysuits, flares, guns and dried food, including more than 700 power bars.
Roald Amundsen made the first successful crossing of the Northwest Passage from east to west between 1903 and 1906. He finished by anchoring near Herschel Island at the mouth of the Mackenzie River and skied 800 kilometres to the city of Eagle, Alaska to send a telegram announcing his success.
Several explorers have done the trip under human power, but not in a single season.
In 1990, Canadian adventurer Don Starkell journeyed north by kayak from Churchill, Man. and then west to Tuktoyaktuk. The trip lasted three seasons and had to be terminated 50 kilometres short of its planned completion point at Tuktoyaktuk, because he got frostbite.
Starkell lost the tops of his fingers and some of his toes.
Victoria Jason, the first woman to paddle the passage solo, did it in four years, while another paddler, Jonathan Waterman, did it in three.
Canadians Jeff MacInnis and Mike Beedell accomplished the first wind-powered crossing of the Northwest Passage over three summers in the late '80s.
"People have sailed it, but most people who sail do it under motor (power) and it's very different," said Vallely. "If you get into a dicey situation with ice and you're not sure it's really nice to have motor because you can turn around and get out. When you are rowing you can't go faster than the ice. So we are exposed and vulnerable and that ramps up the difficulty and the commitment."
Vallely said the team hopes to add one more voice to the call for global action on climate change, adding that maybe if enough people keep hammering the message, people will take notice.
"We have the capacity to think ahead for generations and, darn it, you know we have that responsibility to do something. I have kids. What do I say to them in 20 years, 'sorry I just didn't care?'"
Vallely will blog for The Vancouver Sun throughout the trek at vancouversun.com/lastfirst.


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Maximize efficiency by using an algorithm-based driving strategy with a vehicle model and GPS track data. Maximilian Amm, Alexander Hammerl, and Maximilian Mühlbauer designed a velocity controller for their EducEco / Shell Eco Marathon vehicle. Hammerl and Mühlbauer join Christoph Hahn, of MathWorks, to present their vehicle model and discuss their integration of a longitudinal velocity controller.
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On Monday, we noted that the director of Europol, which conducted an investigation into the massive match-fixing scandal that has called into question a great deal of soccer's recent history, was a little surprised that the plot infiltrated the United Kingdom. Europol's Rob Wainwright told reporters, "[W]e were surprised by the scale generally of the criminal enterprise and just how widespread it was. It would be naive and complacent of those in the UK to think such a criminal conspiracy does not involve the English game and all the football in Europe."
It might also be naive to think that match-fixers left the United States untouched. Yesterday, Outside the Lines played video of an anonymous El Salvadoran player rhetorically asking why El Salvador was so compliant at moments in games that might have affected betting lines, and the program noted the possibility that a friendly between the U.S. Men's National Team and El Salvador in February of 2010 had been affected by match-fixers. The U.S. won in the 92nd minute (see the play at 6:25 in the video above) after a series of agonizing missed opportunities at the goal. The investigation is ongoing, but according to Outside the Lines, the U.S. Soccer Federation itself is not under suspicion of match-fixing. FIFA confirmed that a number of matches played by the El Salvador national team are under investigation.
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Balint Zsako's work attempts to filter the disparate elements of contemporary art through the language of figurative painting. His approach ranges from conceiving the works as performance art recorded using Indian miniatures, land art described by medieval illumination, conceptual art acted out by the figures on a Greek vase or installation art transcribed into Egyptian hieroglyphs. Typically the starting point for these pieces begins with copying the pose of a figure from a photograph or an old master painting. The next step is attempting to work out what direction the narrative is going to take, whether that is a minimalist construction of microphones and light bulbs, a flock of birds or a vascular system that turns into the roots of a flowering plant. Many of the narrative elements in Zsako's paintings focus on themes of bodily functions, human interactions, sex and death. These concerns are balanced by strict considerations of geometric and color relationships.
Balint Zsako was born in Budapest, Hungary in 1979 and immigrated to Canada with his family in 1988. Since graduating with a B.A in Fine Arts from Ryerson University in Toronto, he has exhibited his photographs, collages, sculptures, paintings and drawings internationally. The New Yorker Magazine, Harper's Magazine, The Walrus Magazine, Poetry Magazine and the New York Times Magazine have all featured his works.
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America's Got Talent: Episode 15 Review
Last night we saw our share of wonderful and awful performances during 'America's Got Talent.' But this time America chooses who they want. Let's see if America made the right choices in the results show.
Everyone who competed last night are waiting in anticipation as to whether or not they'll be able to make it out of the quarterfinals. They're going in right away, letting them know who made it or not. First is the musical acts which includes Michael Nejad, the man who can make an instrument out of everything along with singers Nikki Jensen and the cute father-daughter duo Maurice and Shanice Hayes.
Before they release the results to the three each one of the judges basically recaps what they said to each contestant, and pretty much filling up time. The act that they choose to go forward to the next round is Shanice and Maurice Hayes. This may be great news but at the same time you have to recognize that Nikki pretty much got close to her dream but wasn't able to reach it. Maybe she'll be able to get a second chance after appearing on this show.
Then, of course, before we find out the results they let Cirque du Soleil do a performance. We're not entirely sure what the theme was for this performance but hey, everyone enjoyed themselves.
The Scott Brothers, Lil Starr and the 787 Crew are up now. Each one of these are very unique dance acts but also are wonderful in their own ways. You have The Scott Brothers, amazing dancers with some killer moves while the 787 Crew deals more with acrobats. Then there's Lil Starr, the hyper little girl with a knack for tap-dancing. But who will make it to the next round? Surprisingly it's The Scott Brothers who make it out on top. Since the two have been performing for the past who knows how many years surely they must be feeling spectacular. Howard thinks that The Scott Brothers may have the singers terrified. We'll see. After all, we haven't even seen half of the talent perform in the quarterfinals yet.
Bring out David Garibaldi and his CMYK's, Jarrett and Raja and the American BMX Team because only one of them is going to the next round. It's surprising that none of the judges are going out and saying who exactly they think is going to make it. Are they afraid that they'll be proven wrong? Perhaps. Thankfully David Garibaldi and his CMYK's were voted to be the best out of the three. Color us happy, along with Howard Stern who thinks that they can run away with this whole thing.
In order to cool their nerves, they brought the America's Got Talent contestants on a fun trip across New York City and ate some pizza. But before we're able to find out who's the last person to be voted in for the semifinals, we have to sit through Will.I.Am's latest auto-tuned song.
The Distiguished Men of Brass, Todd Oliver and Edon are the last group to step on the stage tonight to hear the final results. But there's a twist! The judges have to decide who to choose. But first they have to eliminate one of the three in order to make the judges' big decision slightly easier. Sadly that means The Distinguished Men of Brass are gone. That's disappointing to see.
Edon and Todd Oliver are the last two standing, but the judges have to decide who they want. For Howie, he thinks that Edon is "the chosen." But Howard Stern, even though he loves Todd Oliver, they're going ahead with the "child prodigy" Edon. Does anybody else think that Sharon is lying when she says - after Todd is eliminated - that she would have voted for Edon?
But now we're done for this first part of the quarterfinals. Check out the rest of the quarterfinals next week on 'America's Got Talent.'


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The Other North Korea
Jia: A Novel of North Korea
North of the DMZ: Essays on Daily Life in North Korea
A Corpse in the Koryo
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Escaping North Korea: Defiance and Hope in the World's Most Repressive Country
The short version is easily told. North Korea is one of the world's most closed societies, a tightly run police state wedded to a rigid totalitarian ideology. Obedience is enforced by an all-encompassing system of surveillance and control; the merest deviation can land not only the guilty individual but his entire family in a concentration camp. The militarization of life is broad and deep: a population of 23 million supports a 1.2 million–man army, one of the world's largest, and uniforms are common even for non-military professions. Kim Jong Il, the nation's ruler, is the object of a surreal personality cult. The message of unquestioning fealty to him is hammered into the population day and night through an array of state media. Radios in the country are manufactured so that they can receive only government-approved stations—just one more way the regime strives to ensure that its subjects know only what it wants them to.
All this has been true for decades, and could well remain true for the foreseeable future. And yet this picture of life in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) leaves out a great deal—and just possibly the most important parts of all. Consider, for the sake of argument, the travails of the eponymous North Korean heroine in Jia, the remarkable novel of Hyejin Kim—a South Korean who spent several years working with humanitarian aid organizations in the Chinese provinces bordering the DPRK. Jia, whose parents were sent off to the camps for some minor transgression, grows up in a Pyongyang orphanage to become a folk dancer, a relatively privileged position that allows her to find a measure of peace with the system. But then she falls victim to an unhappy romance. The boy she loves reveals a depth of fanatical belief in the regime that ultimately destroys their relationship, since she's afraid to reveal to him her own "tainted" background. It's a situation that would seem to be emblematic for a society in which every individual has secrets that have to be concealed.
And then comes the news of the death of the country's founding leader and reigning demigod, Kim Il Sung. (The date isn't mentioned in the book, but we know that he died in 1994.) His demise is a harbinger of disaster. Floods wash over the countryside. Gross state mismanagement compounds the catastrophe, and soon famine is sweeping the land. As the state-run food distribution system collapses, people realize that the only way to survive is to rely on their own ability to buy and sell things that others want:
On TV and radio, the government told us the nation had recovered from the natural disasters, but the situation only seemed to be worsening. The appearance of the city had changed completely; instead of going to work, people wandered all day. The streets teemed with people carrying big bags on their shoulders, as they went into alleys to sell their belongings. The police couldn't control the black market. Never had street…
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Kcal/Kg = 3,565 (calculated)
Kcal/Cup = 490 (as fed)
Whitefish, Whole Ground Brown Rice, Whole Ground Barley, Menhadden Fish Meal, Oatmeal, Canola Oil (preserved with Natural Mixed Tocopherols), Whole Potatoes, Tomato Pomace (natural source of Lycopene), Dried Chicory Root, Whole Sweet Potatoes, Natural Chicken Flavor, Whole Carrots, Blueberries, Cranberries, Flaxseed, Barley Grass, Dried Parsley, Alfalfa Meal, Kelp Meal, Taurine, L-Carnitine, L-Lysine, Glucosamine Hydrochloride, Yucca Schidigera Extract, Green Tea Extract, Turmeric, Garlic, Sunflower Oil (natural source of Omega 6 Fatty Acids), Herring Oil (natural source of Omega 3 Fatty Acids), Chicken Fat (preserved with Natural Mixed Tocopherols), Fructooligosaccharides, Monooligosaccharides, Black Malted Barley, Oil of Rosemary, Vitamin A Supplement, Vitamin C, Vitamin E Supplement, Vitamin D3 Supplement, Beta Carotene, Calcium Ascorbate (source of Vitamin C), Vitamin B12 Supplement, Niacin (Vitamin B3), Calcium Pantothenate (Vitamin B5), Riboflavin (Vitamin B2), Pyridoxine Hydrochloride (Vitamin B6), Thiamine Hydrochloride (Vitamin B1), Folic Acid, Biotin, Choline Chloride, Calcium Phosphate, Zinc Amino Acid Complex (source of Chelated Zinc), Iron Amino Acid Complex (source of Chelated Iron), Copper Amino Acid Complex (source of Chelated Copper), Manganese Amino Acid Complex (source of Chelated Manganese), Potassium Amino Acid Complex (source of Chelated Potassium), Cobalt Proteinate (source of Chelated Cobalt), Potassium Chloride, Sodium Selenite, Salt, Lactobacillus acidophilus, Bacillus subtilis, Bifidobacterium thermophilum, Bifidobacterium longum, Enterococcus faecium.
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Crude Protein 22.0% min
Crude Fat 12.0% min
Crude Fiber 4.0% max
Moisture 10.0% max
Calcium 1.0% min
Phosphorus 0.90% min
L-Carnitine* 100 mg/kg min
Omega 3 Fatty Acids* 1.30% min
Omega 6 Fatty Acids* 2.75% min
Beta Carotene* 5.0 mg/kg min
Glucosamine* 400 mg/kg max
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First and fourth ingredients are named meat products, uses good quality grains and whole vegetables.
Minimum acceptable meat content, some filler.
The first ingredient in the food is a named meat product, as is the fourth. Since the first is fish inclusive of its water content (about 80%), once that is removed it is likely that this ingredient would be more accurately placed somewhat further down the ingredient list (ingredients are listed in order of weight). The food uses fish as its primary meat ingredient and we note that the manufacturer does not claim to use ethoxyquin-free sources (ethoxyquin is a chemical preservative commonly added to fish destined for meal, and is believed to be carcinogenic).
The second and third ingredients are grains, as is the fifth. All are good quality, but present in amounts that suggest a very grain heavy product. Potatoes are a further carbohydrate source, tomato pomace, however, is primarily filler. Black malted barley is a source of sugar we prefer not to see in dog food, and is likely to contribute to yeast infections.
We appreciate the use of whole vegetables in the food. There is a good range of probiotics also. Glucosamine and Chondroitin are present, but not in any significant doses. Despite the product title, there is precious little sweet potato in the food either.
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Trash Barges from Pier 18, an illegal dumpsite, operating on the shores of Manila Bay. The presence of the Pier 18 dumpsite exacerbates the pollution problem in Manila Bay. Purportedly a garbage "transfer station," the facility has been stockpiling trash for decades. The facility violates existing laws such as the Ecological Solid Waste Management Act (RA 9003), the Clean Water Act (RA 8275) and the Clean Air Act (RA 8749). Greenpeace and EcoWaste Coalition are calling for the immediate closure of the dump, as well as for its clean-up and rehabilitation. The activity was held during the visit of the Greenpeace ship Esperanza for the "Ocean Defender Tour of Southeast Asia 2013." The tour aims to tell the story of the richness and the beauty of the Philippine seas, expose destruction that causes marine degradation, and sound the alarm to call for urgent government action to save the Philippine seas from crisis. Filipinos can join the growing movement of people dedicated to saving the seas by signing up at www.defendouroceans.org.
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Elle Gronewold
In Her Own Words
My name is Elle Gronewold, a senior Business Administration major at UIS. I participated in an Applied Study Term over the Summer 2010 semester for credit toward my BBA.
My AST placement was at the Department of Revenue in Springfield at the Willard Ice Building. My job was to assist taxpayers with their questions about individual income taxes. I was in the Call Center within the Taxpayer Assistance Division where taxpayers could receive help with individual income taxes by calling a toll free number that would direct them to us.
I thoroughly enjoyed this experience and was honored that I was chosen to do this internship. Not only did I receive college credit for this internship but I was also compensated for my work, which was very fortunate because some internships are not paid.
- I learned from this experience to be a more effective communicator in the workplace and to not be shy and worry about what people think if I state my opinion. Before this internship I was shy, reserved, and really did not put in effort to start a conversation.
- I learned that communication is a major factor in whether or not a job is a success or a failure, and that I needed to have courage because communicating effectively in the workplace can be a very powerful tool to success.
- I learned that communicating effectively would allow me to network, giving me more opportunities to advance and get my foot in the door to become that next possible hire.
I really enjoyed meeting and working with all the people connected to my internship. They were so welcoming and always there if I needed help.
From this experience I have gained knowledge and insight into tax issues and would not mind after college possibly applying for a job at the Department of Revenue. Overall this will be an experience I will not forget!


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This year's BlackBerry Achievement Awards recognized the cutting-edge contributions of exceptional businesses, entrepreneurs, and developers from all around the world. With five new award categories, including App of the Year, Putting Customers First, Mobile Innovation of the Year, Making the World a Better Place and Entrepreneur of the Year, we saw an impressive number of submissions. For the first time, we also opened up each of the categories for public voting. Over 11,000 votes were cast!
We put together a short video highlighting several of our award recipients, including ING DIRECT Canada, e-Cycle LLC, DIRECTV PanAmericana, Nobex Technologies Inc., PriceCheck Pty. Ltd and Cine Hoyts Argentina. These customers discuss their relationship with BlackBerry, their experience with the BlackBerry 10 platform and the ease to develop for BlackBerry.
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IKEA does not accept child labor
Child labor does exist in countries where IKEA products are manufactured, but IKEA does not accept child labor at its suppliers or their sub-contractors. IKEA works actively to prevent child labor.
We base our work on the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989), which defines the basic principle of always putting the best interests of the child first. The work IKEA does in this regard is also based on the International Labor Organisation (ILO) Convention number 138 (1973) concerning minimum working ages, and the ILO Convention number 182 (1999) concerning the worst forms of child labor.


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**Jean Moulin, who unified French Resistance, is one of the greatest heroes in France, perhaps supplanting even Joan of Arc.
Yet he is completely unknown outside France.
Even though I am not a Frenchman and came across his name only by chance, I find his legend a fascinating story on a number of different levels, and it is a shame that he is not better known in the United States.
His story of undoubted heroism and tragic fate is an inspiration for everyone in our cynical times. But as you will find in this website, stories surrounding his life and death tell much more than that.
I can only hope that this humble website will somehow serve the memory of all those who fought against tyranny of all kinds. **
The Republican Background
Moulin called to duty in April 1918
from same period
_Moulin as sous-prefet in Châteaulin. _
_Moulin (at the center) with Pierre Cot(right), André Labarthe(left), Néna Cot (second right), and Andrée Chatain on a cycling tour in 1938. _
Moulin with Andrée Chatain and Pierre Cot in the same tour of the Gorges du Tarn.
Léon Blum
In 1939, when Jean Moulin was the youngest prefect in France at the Department of Eure-et-Loire, he made a speech expressing his pride in being "a great grandson of a Soldier of the Revolution, grandson of one who knew the prisons of the Second Empire for having dared to proclaim his support for the Republic".
Moulin came from a family where republicanism was lived like a religion. His father ANTONIN MOULIN(1875-1938), a history teacher, was an ardently anti-clerical republican, a Freemason, and the president of local chapter of League of Rights of Men(La Ligue des Droits de l'Homme). He was actively involved in the local Radical Socialist Party at a time when the Third Repubic(1871-1940) was in the throes of a crisis called the Dreyfus affair, which divided France into two warring camps of the right-wing monarchists and left-wing republicans.
Simply put, following the French Revolution, in which the bourgeoisie overthrew the monarchy with help of the proleteriat and established a republic, French history has become a series of crises and bloody conflicts between these two opposing sides.
In one of such tormoils, after the Paris Commune uprising was brutally crushed towards the end of May 1871, the Third Republic was proclaimed when Adolphe Thiers became its first President on 31 August 1871, This regime was supposed to be an interim for a monarchist government, but eventually was won over to republicanism.
It was with this background that Moulin was born on June 20, 1899 in Beziers, France.
A Civil Servant
However, there was nothing in Moulin's early life to indicate his future role in the destiny of his country. In 1917, Moulin was a year too young to be drafted for the First World War and he did not volunteer for a military service probably under his father's influence. He worked at the prefecture of the Hérault and studied law at Montpellier University. When in April 1918, he was finally drafted, he was trained as a military engineer. In the army, he served as a carpenter, a navvy, and a telephone operator. That he did not see a combat must have haunted him as he was later to say, "I was everything except a soldier."
After the war, Moulin continued his way up in the civil administration. From this point on, his life was marked by a series of rapid promotions thanks to his superb administrative abilities, which were later to become an important asset to Resistance. Moulin became the youngest under-prefect (of Albertville) at 26 in October 1925, and the youngest prefect (of the Aveyron) at 37. (A prefect, who serves as a representative of the central government, is the highest official in an administrative district, called department in France - as such, an equivalent to major general in rank.) Shortly before the war, he was transfered to the department of Eure-et-Loire, where he witnessed the fall of France and where his first act of resistance was to begin.
Moulin, perhaps still stung by his non-action in the First World War, enlisted as an air gunner. However, when Ministry of Interior discovered this, the Minister insisted on his immediate demobilization.
Spanish Civil War
While Moulin's 20-year career was almost entirely spent in the civil administration, he briefly became involved in national politics through his friendship with PIERRE COT, whom he met through their shared passion of skiing. This friendship with Cot and his colleagues was to become controversial in later years.
In October 1933, Moulin became a chief of staff to Pierre Cot when he was appointed the minister of brand-new Ministry of Air. Cot was a leader of so-called "Young Turks", who sought a foreign policy that was pacificist and pro-Soviet in a response to the threat of Nazi Germany.
Pierre Cot's political tendency is perhaps best epitomized by a following anecdote. Shortly after his appointment in 1936, Cot arrived at his new ministry, where government air factory workers were on strike. When the new minister noticed a group of strikers outside the building, he abandoned his officials, walked over to the strikers, and standing in front of them gaved the clenched-fist salute and joined them in singing the communist anthem, Internationale.
It was during this time that Moulin witnessed firsthand the precarious state of his beloved Republic brought on by one of those political crises - this time, the Stavisky scandal that implicated many politicians in a fraud involving investment bonds.
In a response to this scandal, an extreme-right movement called Action Francaise held a demonstration on February 6, 1934. This turned into uprising leaving 15 people dead and 1,435 wounded. The mob of 30,000 supporters of Action Francais attempted to storm the Chamber of Deputies.
Eventually, the mob had been dispersed. But Moulin, who was watching all this from the Chamber of Deputies, sobbed in despair. When his colleagues tried to comfort him, he would only say, "Now do you understand?"
Until the Third Republic was finally dissolved in 1940, French goverments came and went with revolving-door cabinets, and Cot was the minister of Air on again and off again. (The political disharmony of this time is perhaps best reflected in Maurice Chevalier's chanson of unity, Ça fait d'excellents français.)
The Popular Front
In April 1935, the Popular Front government was formed by a coalition of left-wing parties including the French Communist Party. Moreover, the prime minister was a Jewish socialist named LÉON BLUM. Needless to say, the right-wing factions in France were outraged. Charles Maurras, the leader of Action Française, proposed that Blum should be "shot in the back." Cot was again the minister of Air, and Moulin his chief of staff and closest advisor.
The same development follwed in Spain as the Popular Front was formed in February 1936. The response of the Spanish Right was much more violent. When the Spanish Civl War broke out shortly after with the royalist rebels led by General Francisco Franco, the French Popular Front government was naturally predisposed to aid their counterpart in Spain.
But under the pressure from Great Britain and right-wing press, Blum had to abandon such plan and officially adopt the non-intervention policy. However, unofficially, Blum authorized "elastic noninterventon" policy, which meant that government officials could give military support to the Spanish republicans as long as it was kept secret. As the chief of staff in Air Ministry, Moulin conspired with GASTON CUSIN, ANDRÉ LABARTHE, and his future eulogist ANDRÉ MALRAUX to smuggle French warplanes into Spain.
Moulin, who had been alarmed by fascist movements across Europe including France, carried it out with conviction. Under this operation, the planes that were suppsoedly sold to Finland and other countries turned up in Spain.
'Hideous Leah'
This was the first clandestine activity that Moulin was involved, which was to become an apprenticeship for things to come.
However, since Cot favored an understanding with the communists as long as they supported the anti-Nazi line, Air Ministry got too cozy with the communists and Comintern agents in the eyes of some people. Later in Resistance, Moulin was to work closely with his former colleagues of Air Ministry, some of whom were or eventually became communists or pro-communists.
This development and Moulin's dedicated support for the Popular Front were later to form a basis for revionists to claim that Moulin was in fact a crypto-communist or even a Soviet agent.
We will never know what was Moulin's attitude toward the communists at the time of Spanish Civil War. Cot once described Moulin as "the most left-wing member of my staff."
However, following the signing of the Nazi-Soviet Pact in 1939, the Popular Front's hopes of pro-communist anti-fascist world campaign for peace came crashing down.
To quote Arthur Koestler, the men of the Popular Front faced the bitter truth as Jacob did in Genesis, who awoke on the morning after his wedding night to find that after seven years of struggles he had won not the beautiful Rachel but her hideous sister, Leah. Some, like Koestler, were profoundly disillusioned by the Nazi-Soviet Pact while for others the commitment to communism survived the pact.
In Moulin's case, actions speak louder than any conjecture that revionists come up with.
When France declared war on Nazi Germany in 1939 and the French Communist Party did everything it could to support its new Nazi allies and sabotage French war effort, Prefect Moulin ordered police surveillance and the repression of known communist agitators. Under Vichy regime, Moulin did his best to stall the repression of Jews and men of the Popular Front, but he showed more activity in dealing with the communists.
One can only conclude that all this controversy surrounding Moulin's supposed pro-communist tendency is just another chapter in the long history of often violent political strifes that continued since the French Revolution.


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For today, I wanted to announce the winner of the Zakka Style book giveaway. Congratulations to Helen (who blogs at Archie the Wonder Dog) who said:
Archie the wonder dogMay 14, 2012 6:12 PMI don't think I've made anything that could be considered Zakka but I did find some lovely ribbon/trim in a shop last week - I bought some just in case I had a zakka moment!!
In addition to the book, I have 5 sampler packs of Aurifil thread to send to some lucky readers. Congratulations to:
elnoracMay 14, 2012 9:16 PMGeez, a guy who sews... I love it! Your mug rug looks great. Have done some of the Sew Along and may tackle this project, too. Thanks to you, to LRStitched, and to the sponsors.
Chez RooMay 15, 2012 12:18 AMI have made a few zakka style pouches with linen and cute fabrics. Thanks for the giveaway, I love the projects that I've seen.
LoBo333May 14, 2012 11:37 AMI've never sewn anything that could be considered zakka, but you-all are making me want to. Thanks for the opportunity to win and thanks for the great inspiration.
AliMay 17, 2012 7:39 PMThat's such a cute little cloud! I haven't made anything I'd consider Zakka, is it wrong I'm waiting for everybody to finish the sew a long so I can just browse ideas from more brilliant minds than mine before I try my hand at it? ;0
FrancineMay 14, 2012 11:38 AMLove the mug rug - and finally have to order my copy of the book - the projects look so fun! I had to look up the def. of "zakka" lol but now that I know, I would say that all my projects attempt to be zakka. I love pillows, throws and things that are readily seen by guests.


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With a roster that has seemingly gotten thinner by the game over the past month, no wins have come easy for the Orlando Magic down the stretch.
It's why the Magic expected to get a strong effort from a woeful Charlotte Bobcats team that came in battling against all-time NBA futility.
The Bobcats hung tough, but the Magic made just shots from beyond the arc to hold on for a 102-95 victory Wednesday night, Charlotte's 22nd consecutive loss.
J.J. Redick had six 3-pointers and scored a career-high 31 points as the Magic snapped a three-game losing streak and more importantly secured the sixth seed in the Eastern Conference playoffs.
Ryan Anderson added 24 points and 13 rebounds and Jason Richardson had 17 points and nine rebounds for the Magic, who lost forward Glen Davis to a sprained right ankle. He is the latest injury to strike the Magic's roster and drain an already shallow pool of Orlando big men following Dwight Howard's season-ending back surgery last week. Davis limped off the court, though initial X-rays taken on the ankle in the locker room were negative. His status is day-to- day.
"Obviously, it was good for us," Redick said. "There was definitely some worry (about Davis). You immediately think to yourself 'How are we going to go forward if he's out for an extended period of time?' But it sounds like he'll be back this weekend. Hopefully he'll have a great recovery."
Richardson said while it was nice to lock up a first-round matchup with Indiana, it wasn't at all their focus going into the game.
"We just wanted to play and wanted to win a game," Richardson said. "We haven't won in a while, had some tough games and a tough road trip. I don't think anybody was thinking about what was going on with the playoffs. We just wanted to win."
D.J. Augustin led the Bobcats with 23 points, while Gerald Henderson had 17 and Derrick Brown 16.
Charlotte (7-58) heads into its season finale on Thursday needing to beat New York to avoid the worst winning percentage in NBA history. The longest losing streak in NBA history was the 26 games by Cleveland last season. Should the Bobcats lose their finale against the Knicks, their 7-59 record and .106 winning percentage would eclipse the 1972-73 Philadelphia 76ers and their mark at .110, when they went 9-73.
"Nobody in here is used to losing like we have lost this year," Henderson said. "It just kind of humbles you and teaches you a lot about what it takes to be successful in this game. It also teaches you what it takes to have a good team in the NBA.
It's a learning process and hopefully we will come out with a win tomorrow."
Bobcats coach Paul Silas said he was proud of his team's effort.
"I was really happy with the way we played," he said. "We just came up a little short, but we gave it our all."
The Magic were active early offensively and beginning to cruise late in the first quarter when Davis stepped on Byron Mullens' foot and rolled his ankle.
The injury couldn't have come at a more inopportune time for Orlando, which has seen starters Hedo Turkoglu (facial fracture) and Howard both undergo surgery in the past month.
Howard, of course, is gone for the rest of the season as he continues rehabilitation in California. Turkoglu may return as early as Thursday's regular-season finale against Memphis and be ready for the postseason, but that is still to be determined.
The Bobcats used the moment as a spark and rallied after Davis' injury to cut what was a 17-point first-half deficit to 67-66 late in the third quarter.
Orlando got it back up to 10 points entering the fourth quarter before seeing one final push by Charlotte.
It was 89-84 when Henderson was whistled for his fifth personal foul and forced to the bench with just over 6 minutes to play. That was immediately followed by Richardson's third 3-pointer of the game to give the Magic a little more breathing room.
A 3 a few possessions later by Redick made it 95-86 and following a Charlotte miss Redick nailed his final 3 of the game to push the lead back to 12 points with 4:26 to go.
The Magic kept around a 15-point lead throughout the first half before seeing the Bobcats close the gap to 10 at the break.
Orlando pulled away early by connecting on 10 of its 22 3-point attempts in the half, led by Redick's five 3s and 16 points. Anderson added 14 points and Jameer Nelson eight points and seven assists.
"Basketball is a game of runs. They made their run and we made ours," Nelson said. "We're very fortunate to come out with a victory."
Said Magic coach Stan Van Gundy: "It just keeps getting crazier by the day. ... It was a good win even though the team you're playing is 50 games under .500."
The loss was Charlotte's 11th straight on the road. ... Brown left the game with a sprained right ankle in the fourth quarter. ... The Magic improved to 25-5 when scoring 100 or more points. ... Turkoglu has been cleared for contact by doctors after three weeks of rehab following surgery to repair facial fractures. He wore a new protective mask during the Magic's morning walkthrough, but said it bothered him and needed to be adjusted before his return to action.


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Hey Everybody.
I've been inactive for a long time now, mainly because of my "new" computer I got almost a year ago. The computer I had before the one I'm using right now was very outdated. It couldn't run most of the games I really wanted to try, so my family went out and bought a new one. I managed to play many games I had wanted to try for ages, like Minecraft and League of Legends.
But there was a problem. My new computer made me drift away from editing. Since my old computer was a fail, I spent a lot of my time editing wikis, mostly this wiki though. My new computer was killing my love for wikie diting.
After months of on and off editing and tons of failed attempts to type this (my computer didn't let me on the website for some reason :/), I have decided to quit editing. I feel no incentive to keep editing at all.
However, I will never forget the memories I've had editing on The Pokémon Wiki. I still remember teaching myself how to upload images correctly on templates. I still remember being voted User of the Month. I still remember my goal to be on the leaderboards, which I accomplished. I have many fond memories on this wiki that I hope I won't ever forget.
If an admin find this page, feel free to delete it. I don't think I'll ever come back to editing. I will, however, continually check this wiki for info, and remember all the memories I've had here.
Thank you to all those who helped make my time on this wiki amazing.
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I never thought I had an addiction, but Su Doku is definitely bad for me. Havent gone out lately and Su Doku is to blame.
I've torn the solution pages out, because I like abit of mystery.
Complete a puzzle is very satisfying, it means you see things that others cant. Just like beauty, it is all around, but not everyone can see it.


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In Reply to: Re: Can anyone relate? ( very little sleep nightly) posted by Tina on July 17, 2000 at 05:13:32:
: : : I've been dealing with insomnia since 10/99. I've tried Ambien and decided it wasn't worth the headaches and weird feelings the next morning. I also sought a Naturopathic physician for other remedies( 5HTP, cal/mag. supplements, magnesium citrate, herbal teas, etc.) NOthing is as powerful as the sleep medications though. I read books and thought at one point that I was getting better, however the insomnia has returned. This is an example of some of my nights: Sleep at about 9pm, then get up a couple hours later and cannot fall asleep again. I get up and start to get frustrated. One other night I was really tired and fell asleep at 8:30pm, woke up at 10:00pm, managed to fall asleep again shortly after, but then woke up again at 1:45am, and was unable to fall asleep until 4:30-4:45am. It's just horrible! I feel so alone. Is there anyone out there that experiences what I'm going through? Could use your input and support. Please respond... greatly needed and appreciated!!
: : Hi. Well I have been having sleeping problems for 8 years now. I have tried different prescriptions but they too give me really weird side effects. My disorder is a little different. I go to sleep about 4:00 or 5:00am each morning. I have to get up for work at 6:30am. I have learned to survive with just an hour or two each day. My fiance just told me tonight that I don't need a lot of sleep - so trust me I need some support too. My doctor tells me I am very stressed and I need to clear my thoughts before going to bed. I have been advised not drinking anything with caffeine in it before going to bed to just using your bedromm for sleeping. Nothing has worked. The worst part - in the past years I have steadly gained weight. I am munching at 2 or 3:ooam and it's catching up to me. Your not alone in this world - there are hundreds of us walking around, doing dishes, watching TV, surfing the web late into the morning hours. Hope this makes you feel less alone - Jody
: Thanks Jody!: Your message really helped... It's so unfortunate that we have to suffer. Can you really function with 2 hours of sleep? Do you exercise as well? I keep praying that one day this will be behind me. I remember when I first started having insomnia, I was scared because I thought if I don't get enough sleep, how am I to function? My thoughts made the insomnia worse. I started to read a book called" Say Goodnight to Insomnia" I refer back to it and must continue reading it because I started the program but then got better and stopped reading it. I don't like to take medications so I just suffer. I am 30 years old and have 2 kids. I also work and have many responsibilities that involve concentration and accurateness. Who doesn't? I always seem to let my thoughts get in the way... It's extremely hard to think "it's just sleep, find something else to do". I've always been a good sleeper. I don't know what happened last year. I guess it only took a couple of sleepless nights to trigger anxiety about insomnia. Now it seems like it won't go away. I sometimes just sit and cry because its so frustrating!!! My husband is no help being that he snores. He's asleep before his head hits the pillow ( very annoying) I thank you again for your input... I do feel better being that you are up too...... I have faith that one day we will retain our precious Z's and will never have to deal with insomnia again! Keep: in touch so that we can be support for each other.Hello. I,too, have insomnia. It isn't every night, but once I have one night of insomnia, more follow. I have found that hot chamomile tea along with a warmed herbal neck wrap helps. I also listen to relaxtion tapes. When the bed becomes my enemy, I surrender and take 12.5-25mg of benadryl. My pattern of insomnia varies so does my treatment. The herbal wrap I found at an arts and craft fair, but they do have a web site; herbalconcepts.com. Sweet dreams!
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The Bean Validation API (JSR0303) can be hooked up with JPA so that you have validation of an objects values prior to persistence, update and deletion. To do this
To give a simple example of what you can do with the Bean Validation API
@Entity public class Person { @Id @NotNull private Long id; @NotNull @Size(min = 3, max = 80) private String name; ... }
So we are validating that instances of the Person class will have an "id" that is not null and that the "name" field is not null and between 3 and 80 characters. If it doesn't validate then at persist/update an exception will be thrown. You can add bean validation annotations to classes marked as @Entity, @MappedSuperclass or @Embeddable.
A further use of the Bean Validation annotations @Size(max=...) and @NotNull is that if you specify these then you have no need to specify the equivalent JPA attributes since they equate to the same thing.


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Compact flash cards don't normally come into our arena of examination, given that they're generally only for use with high-end digital cameras, but as we had the chance to play with this one, we though we'd include it.
This 4GB Adata card is a good price for the amount of storage you get, and the speed is noticeably better than cheaper cards, especially when your camera is writing colossal RAW or TIFF images to memory.
And while this 4GB card is plenty for most, Adata also makes 8GB and 16GB versions for all you memory-hungry snappers out there.


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A Hindu Undivided Family can be created by following ways:
1. Blending of individual property with the family Hotchpot
2. Receipts of Gifts
3. Doing Joint labour for the benefit of HUF
4. Inheritance through a specific bequest under a Will
5. Partition of a larger Hindu Undivided Family
6. Reunion of separated coparceners
A. Creation of HUF Corpus by Blending
Blending means transfer of ones individual property in the common hotchpot and make it a part of the common property of the HUF. There must be an intention to throw the separate property into the common stock and it is necessary to waive all separate rights in respect of the property, which must be clearly established through a declaration. Only the coparcener is entitled to throw in HUFs common property.
a. Blending can be utilized for creating smaller HUF. HUF can be created by impressing ones self acquired property with the character of HUF property by bringing in to existence an HUF comprising the person himself, his wife & children.
b. Applicability of Section 64(2) of I. T. Act, 1961
Transfer of individual property in the common hotchpot is deemed to be a gift and income from the transferred asset is deemed to be the income of individual under Section 64(2) of the Income Tax Act, 1961. As per section 64(2) of the Income Tax Act, if any property has been transferred by the individual, directly or indirectly, to the family otherwise than for adequate consideration then the income derived from such property shall be deemed to arise to the individual and not to the family and where the converted property or any part thereof is received by the spouse of that individual on partition the provisions of sub-section (1) shall apply. Similarly provision was inserted in the Wealth Tax Act, 1957 under section 4(1A).
c. Rights of members of HUF do not get enlarged on throwing property into family hotchpot, income from said property had to be treated as assessees individual income only. The property can change its legal incidents on the birth of son.
d. Partition of HUF after blending
This is for achieving distribution of immovable property among members because giving it in any other manner will require registration for effective transfer.
Each division is entitle to claim exemption under Sec 5 (vi) of the Wealth Tax Act.
B. Creation of HUF by receipts of Gifts
HUF is a creation of law and cannot be created by the act of parties, therefore, HUF cannot be created for the first time by a gift from the stranger. If HUF already exists, gift can be made by a stranger to such HUF.
The gifted property will be HUF property if the gift is made to HUF.
Intention of donor & the character of the gifted property will depend on the construction of the gift deed.
Precautions to be taken by family while accepting gifts
- Clear declaration of intention through affidavit. {C.N. Arunachala Mudaliar Vs C.A. Muruganatha Mudaliar & Anr. AIR 1953 SC 495: (1954) SCR 243 (SC)}
- Gift to be valid & genuine.
No specific bar to a gift by the father to the HUF of his son, his wife & minor children. However, for avoiding the clutches of sec 64 (1)(vi) such gifts better be avoided.{CITVs Smt. T. Suryamani Kothavalsala (2003) 263 ITR 271 also see CIT Vs S.N. Malhotra (1989) 178 ITR 380 (Cal)}
- HUF can accept gifts from relative who may not be the member of the family.
C. Creation of HUF by Doing Joint labour for the benefit of HUF
Property acquired in the course of some business carried on by the persons constituting a joint Hindu family, takes the characteristic of joint family property.
As per Hindu law, in case of properties not acquired with the aid of joint family property, it is presumed that property acquired by coparceners by working together is joint family property unless the persons concerned desire to hold it as co-owners. This is valid if the coparceners are carrying on work together and belong to the same line of ancestors.
The income from such property is out of the purview of section 64(2) of the Income Tax Act, 1961 and section 4(1 A) of the Wealth Tax Act, 1957.
In the cases of properties acquired with the aid of joint family property is also the joint family property.
D. Creation of HUF by Inheritance through a specific bequest under a Will
A HUF can also be created by will of a person provided the will is valid and there is a specific bequest in favour of the HUF as held by Punjab & Haryana High Court in CIT vs. Ghansham Dass Mukim (1979) 118 ITR 930. Moreover, HUF need not be in existence at the time of execution of will. Even a stranger can bring a HUF into existence by making a will in the favour of HUF of a person.
Creation by will
- No existence of HUF at the time of execution of will.
- Valid will should be there. {CIT Vs Ghanshyam Das Mukim (1979) 118 ITR 930 (Punj & Har)}
- An HUF is created if there exist a valid will.
E. Creation of HUF by Partition of a larger Hindu Undivided Family
Partition of an existing HUF can also result in creation of many smaller HUFs. As per Hindu Law, the property does not change its character on partition. Property received by a coparcener having a family, continues to have characteristic of HUF. An unmarried coparcener receiving any property will own the property in the status of HUF until he acquires the status of HUF. In case of married coparceners who have no child, the property will continue with the status of HUF as held by High Court of Madhya Pradesh in CIT vs. Krishna Kumar (1982) 10 Taxman 292 (MP).
However, the partition has to be total partition because the law does not recognize partial partition as per section 171(9) of the Income Tax Act, 1961.
F. Creation of HUF by Reunion of separated coparceners
Even after partition of HUF, members may re-unite to form a new HUF. However, there are certain conditions to make such reunion valid in the eyes of law. Reunion can take place only when there was in existence a HUF and there was total partition of such HUF. It can take place only between persons who were parties to the original partition and to support such reunion, there must be an agreement between the parties. To constitute a reunion there must be an intention of the parties to reunite in estate & interest and such intention is evident. As per Mitkarsha, Dayabhaga and Smriti Chandrika, a member of a joint family once separated can reunite only with his
o father,
o brother or
o paternal uncle but not with any other relation.
Gems of Judiciary
1. Paramanand L. Bajaj Vs CIT (1982) 135 ITR 673(Kar)- Under the Hindu Law:
o It is possible among persons who were on earlier date, members of HUF.
o There must have been a partition in fact.
o Reunion must be effected by the parties or some of them who had made their partition.
o Must be a junction of estate & reunion of the property
Further, share of property of reunited members got at an earlier partition &
o its possession at the reunion
o becomes the property of the joint family.
2. CIT Vs A.M. Vaiyapuri Chettiar & Anr. (1995) 215 ITR 836 (Mad)- It is not necessary that all the property
o Belong to HUF should be brought back
o in to the re-united joint family
o This reunion is said to be VALID
3. CIT Vs Rupchand Routhmall (1963) 50 ITR 295 (Cal) The minor cannot be a part of reunion neither by self nor by someone on behalf of such minor.


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Friday, February 12, 2010 at 3:00 PM
I wanted to update you on the status of our Matrix AAU tryouts this weekend to keep you informed, as I know there may be a lot of questions out there.
There is currently considerable uncertainty surrounding the use of Fairfax County gyms this weekend – some gyms are, in fact, available and will be used for FCYBL county games this weekend. But, we likely will not have access to Fairfax County facilities for our tryouts.
Thankfully, Arlington County facilities are all open this weekend, and we still have access to those gyms. However, some FCYBL games may be rescheduled for Saturday night and Sunday morning, which would affect our tryout schedule for all age groups.
As of now, we are still waiting to hear more based on the FCYBL game reschedules before we can confirm our tryout times and locations, as the availability of our coaches and players depends on those game schedules. It is possible that we may not be able to schedule our tryouts to avoid all conflicts with county games, but we will do our best to avoid as much as possible.
All the FCYBL game reschedules for this weekend – including Sunday - should be completed no later than 3pm on Saturday, so we will let you know by tomorrow afternoon, if not sooner, about the status of our tryouts. Please continue to check your e-mail and the Matrix website at www.MatrixBasketball.net for the latest.
We understand that it is very difficult on families to have such short notice for so many weekend activities. One might ask, why don't we simply postpone our tryouts for the following weekend? However, the scheduling over the next two weekends only gets more difficult because of more rescheduled games and the FCYBL playoffs, which is why we are working hard to try to get some of our tryouts in this weekend since we do have available gym space.
We will keep you posted as soon as we hear more.
Thanks very much for your patience and understanding.
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CSF Leak Following Microvascular Decompression: the Benefit of Routine Postoperative Lumbar Tap
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|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01932255
Recruitment Status : Withdrawn (inadequate data)
First Posted : August 30, 2013
Last Update Posted : May 13, 2015
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Even at centers with very large experience, the risk of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leakage in surgery for microvascular decompression is reported up to 3%.
Prevention of leakage is important since meningitis may follow. Also, leakage usually means longer hospital stay and increased cost.
In case of detected leakage extra sutures may be applied, placement of a lumbar drain may be considered or a revision and improved closure may be attempted. With leakage in the subcutaneous tissue, but not through the skin, a local accumulation causing local symptoms may also occur. In addition to being burdensome and being associated with longer hospital stays with possible revision surgery, such complications are also very costly. The best way to reduce cost and burden, and to improve patient care, is to prevent CSF leakage.
The aim of this study is to determine if prophylactic lumbar tap is beneficial for prevention of cerebrospinal fluid leakage following microvascular decompression, by comparison of surgical approaches in 3 geographical areas in the Scandinavian health system.
Hypothesis: There is no difference in cerebrospinal fluid leakage between the group subject to prophylactic spinal tap versus the group without prophylactic spinal tap.
|Condition or disease
|Cranial Nerve Diseases Facial Neuralgia Trigeminal Neuralgia Hemifacial Spasm
|Procedure: prophylactic spinal tap Procedure: no prophylactic spinal tap
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|CSF Leak Following Microvascular Decompression: the Benefit of Routine Postoperative Lumbar Tap
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|October 2013
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|July 2014
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|December 2014
prophylactic spinal tap
Microvascular decompression surgery approach at the Karolinska University Hospital, i.e. a small craniectomy (removal of bone without putting it back), and postoperatively serial prophylactic lumbar tap
Procedure: prophylactic spinal tap
no prophylactic spinal tap
Microvascular decompression surgery approach at St Olavs Hospital Trondheim University Hospital and the University Hospital of North Norway, i.e. not comprising a policy of preventing CSF leak by performing prophylactic lumbar taps or its equivalents
Procedure: no prophylactic spinal tap
- cerebrospinal fluid leakage [ Time Frame: 30 days ]Any leakage after 3rd postoperative day (since one hospital introduces iatrogenic leakage the first 3 days after surgery)
- overall complication risk [ Time Frame: 30 days ]
- Specific complication risk [ Time Frame: 30 days ]risks associated with prophylactic treatment: meningitis, positional head-ache (need for epidural blood-patch)
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Inclusion Criteria:
- microvascular decompression surgery for neurovascular conflict (hemifacial spasm, trigeminal neuralgia)
- surgery between 1990 and 2013
- Follow-up visit registered in medical charts > 30 days postoperatively (at either local hospital, treating neurologist or at neurosurgical clinic)
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To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01932255
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|Asgeir S Jakola, MD PhD
|St. Olavs Hospital
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What is the ruling behind using the letter Sa'd when there is a little 'seen' on top of it?
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There are some Arabic words that originally have a , but when the letter is near it, it is pronounced and written by some Arabs tribes as a . This is reflected in the Qur'an, as it was revealed in the language of the Arabs. There are four words in the Qur'an in which the is written with a and read by some of the Qira'aat or in some of the turuq of Hafs with a and by other turuq or other qira'aat as a . Sometimes in one tareeq or qira'ah it is allowed to read it either with a or a .
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In the Medina Printing Complex copy of the Qur'an for Hafs, the words are written with the reading of Hafs 'an 'Aasim by the tareeq Ash-Shaatibiyyah in mind. The first two examples are read with a , and thesmall letter is written above the to show that we read it with a . In the third example, it is allowed to read with either the or the , so the is written below the . In the last example, it is read with only a by Hafs 'an 'Aasim by the tareeq of Ash-Shatibiyyah, so it is written with the only, with no small added in the enhancements of the writing.
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I picked up an almost free 1998 Ford Explorer Limited from a coworker in NASTY condition. This will be an ongoing project.
I eventually got this thing home after running it through a drive-through car wash just to knock as much of the crusty grime off.
The hood...
..geez it looked rough! I pulled that front deflector thing off to scrape all of the dirt off the hood. It was actually thick!


text: From National Aquarium education specialist, Maria Madero: On a cold November morning, four Aquarium on Wheels (AOW) students, De'Quan, Asia, Paul, and Dana met Aquarium staff supervisors, Nancy, Maria, and Jeremyat BWI airport to begin their weekend adventure at the Youth Ocean Conservation Summit at the MOTE Marine Lab in Sarasota, FL. From the moment we stepped into the airport, there was an air of excitement. For some of our AOW students this was a once in a lifetime opportunity. In fact, it was Asia's first time flying! Once up in the air, she was glued to the window, amazed at the sights below just as the rest of the students. On the way to Tampa! We flew into Tampa and had a gorgeous coast line drive to Sarasota, FL (filled with many sing-a-longs). The summit began that evening with a Community Ocean Conservation Film Festival featuring the short film, This is your Ocean: Sharks by Jim Abernethy and George Schellenger! The festival also featured student produced ocean conservation short films showcasing how youth of all ages are taking action to protect our marine environment. The festival inspired our AOW students greatly. They want to continue the mission set forth by Jim Abernethy by creating their own video! Exploring the beautiful Sarasota beach On Saturday, our group attended the full day summit at MOTE Marine Lab. We learned how the youth of Florida are making a difference in their community and beyond. Our AOW students were inspired by the personal stories of successful action plans and could not wait to make their own! Thankfully, our next session was all about action planning. We had time to brainstorm ideas and come up with an action plan that we could take back to our community and make a difference! Our group hopes to focus on a Chesapeake Bay-related issue, such as overfishing and harvesting, for the play they'll be performing at the Enoch Pratt Free Library in Baltimore. They will also be creating a film that highlights this issue in hopes to spread the word even farther than Baltimore! The group after a successful day at the summit We spent the remainder of the summit in workshop sessions building the foundation and gathering the skills needed in order to implement our action plan. Workshop session topics included fundraising, plastic pollution, public service announcements, conservation through art, branding, and marine debris prevention. This diverse array of topics allowed for our students to develop a broad knowledge base to bring back to others in their program to make their project a success. On Sunday morning, we had the wonderful opportunity to go kayaking in the mangroves with MOTE Marine Lab educator Brad Tanner. This was definitely one of the highlights of the trip for our students; they had never seen an environment like this! Not only was the location gorgeous, but we had the rare chance to see and interact with manatees! It was an unforgettable experience. Paul and De'Quan were amazed to be so close to a manatee! As a supervisor, getting a chance to see the students you work with on a regular basis have such a great experience is an invaluable thing. This summit inspired our students, who are now brainstorming and excited about implementing their action plans for this year. I could not be more proud of them! The attention, participation and drive of our AOW students as well as Sean has inspired all of us. A huge THANK YOU to Nancy, also known to our students as "Aunt Nancy," who made this whole trip possible! For more information on The Youth Ocean Conservation Summit and Sean Russell's efforts, please visit www.stowitdontthrowitproject.org. Sean and our AOW students are proof that everyone, no matter your age, can make a difference! Tags: aquarium-on-wheels-program, florida-aquarium, national-aquarium-2, ocean-conservation, thoughtful-thursdays, youth-ocean-conservation-summit Categories: Animals, Behind-The-Scenes, Conservation, News Previous Post Next Post


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- 1/4 cup fresh lemon juice
- 1/4 cup olive oil
- 3 garlic cloves, minced, mashed to a paste with the back of a knife
- 3 tablespoons chopped fresh thyme leaves plus sprigs for stuffing
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh rosemary
- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh sage
- 2 2 1/2–3-pound whole chickens
- 2 tablespoons kosher salt
- Freshly ground black pepper
- 1 lemon, halved
Peppers and Corn
- 1/4 cup olive oil
- 1/2 cup minced red onion
- 1/4 cup minced capers plus 1–2 teaspoons caper brine
- Kosher salt
- 8 cups thinly sliced yellow, orange, and red bell peppers (about 5 large peppers)
- 4 red Fresno chiles, seeded, thinly sliced
- 3 cups fresh corn kernels (from about 4 ears)
- 2 tablespoons minced flat-leaf parsleyt
- 2 tablespoons red wine vinegar
Pistachio Salsa
- 1 cup unsalted shelled pistachios, coarsely chopped
- 1/4 cup thinly sliced fresh chives
- 2 tablespoons finely grated lemon zest
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1 cup extra-virgin olive oil
Recipe Preparation
Whisk lemon juice, oil, garlic, 3 Tbsp. thyme, rosemary, and sage in a small bowl; set marinade aside.
Season chickens with salt and pepper inside and out. Place each inside a resealable plastic bag; divide marinade between bags. Spread marinade evenly to distribute. Seal bags and chill for at least 4 hours and up to 24 hours.
Preheat oven to 450°. Transfer chickens from bags to a small roasting pan; gently blot excess oil from marinade with paper towels, leaving herbs intact on chicken skin. Stuff each chicken with a lemon half and several thyme sprigs. Tie legs together with kitchen twine, if desired.
Roast until well browned, 30–35 minutes. Reduce heat to 350° and continue roasting, occasionally basting chickens with pan juices, until an instant-read thermometer inserted into the thickest part of the thigh registers 165°, 20–30 minutes longer. Transfer chickens to a carving board; let rest for 20 minutes before carving.
Peppers and Corn
Heat oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add onion, capers, and red pepper flakes. Season with salt and cook, stirring occasionally, until onion is soft but not brown, about 5 minutes. Add peppers and chiles; season with salt and cook, stirring occasionally, until soft, 10–12 minutes. Stir in caper brine, corn, parsley, and vinegar just before serving.
Pistachio Salsa
Combine first 4 ingredients in a small bowl. Stir in oil. DO AHEAD Can be made 2 days ahead. Cover and chill. Let come to room temperature before serving. Serve with chicken, peppers and corn.


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Today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe '78 Cedric is claimed to be the only one in the United States, that's it, no mas. Coincidentally, there's an old song by Harry Nilsson that claims that one is the loneliest number. Will the numbers in this Nissan's price ensure that it's the lonely one?
You know, The Terminator was a kick-ass movie. Terminator 2 was much of the same but with a decent budget, but then after that, well… they went all kinds of down hill. Terminator 3, or T3 to those with ADHD, was about as much fun a cinematic experience as sitting between a pair of lepers who are sharing one tub of popcorn between them. The last one, Terminator- Sal the Haitian was directed by McG, need I say more.
Terminator 3's crappiness didn't seem to rub off on yesterday's movie tie-in 2003 Toyota Tundra however, as it managed to ride the peak of an almost perfect 50/50 split before finally squeaking by with a 53% win by the third reel.
How many people do you know named Cedric? Yeah, I didn't think so, as it just doesn't seem to be all that popular a name these days. In fact, it's even gone out of fashion at Nissan, where for years Cedric was the marque's JDM jumbos. The funny thing is, while the Skyline is Nissan's most well known and venerated larger sedan, that car wasn't originally a Nissan to begin with.
Nissan in fact introduced the Cedric as a competitor to the Prince Skyline six years prior to the two brands' merger and after the hook-up positioned their own car as kind of the dowdy big brother to the now Nissan-branded Skyline.
That doesn't make vintage Cedrics any less interesting, especially since most of us have never seen one in the metal. This 1978 Cadric is claimed to be the only one in town here in the U.S., and that alone makes it all kinds of interesting.
White over beige with doily accouterments, this Cedric made a short appearance on BaT earlier this month, and you can see what they had to say about it there. We've got more pictures than they had, and if you've got a little time on your hands - and after all it's Friday so who doesn't? - here's a six and a half minutes of walk around Cedricporn of the car too.
Do you need to go change your undies after that? No, I didn't think so. Still, that's a pretty cool car embellishing pretty much everything that was great about Japanese cars in the '70s, including fender mirrors, ornate badging and exaggerated styling tropes - Coke anyone?
This being a '78 it's powered by an L20 - a smaller version of the six in the contemporary Z car - and that produced 123-bhp in the Cedric. If you listen to it in the video you'll note that it seems to need a valve lash adjustment. You also might notice that the engine bay is orange - in fact seemingly the same hue as my own 240Z - which might indicate that the white exterior is a respray.
The video also shows off the interior which looks serviceable but not 100% complete. It is right-hand drive which I know has all you mail men salivating, and of course is a manual transmission, just the way you like it. It's old enough that outside of California nobody's going to care much about giving it a tag, and it seems to run okay and not need anything major, which is perhaps owed to its relatively low sub-100,000 kilometerage.
Yes, I know rarity doesn't necessarily equate to value, but dudes and dudettes, this isn't just rare, it's the only one here. Imagine a male stripper at a sorority party (I'll give you a minute) now think how much attention - plus dollars stuffed into his g-string - that lone hot dog is going to get amongst all the buns. Okay, so that's not a very good analogy, but you get the point. Plus now you have the image of some steroidal stallion wearing a thong rolling in your head. Ha!
Back to reality however, it's now time to weigh in on this claimed one and done Cedric and its $15,000 price tag. What do you think about that price for this rare opportunity? Is it worth that just to rock those cool fender mirrors? Or, is this a Cedric with a price that you would not entertain?
You decide!
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