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Drug Resistance in the Malaria-Endemic World
The development of resistance to drugs poses one of the greatest threats to malaria control and results in increased malaria morbidity and mortality. Resistance to currently available antimalarial drugs has been confirmed in only two of the four human malaria parasite species, Plasmodium falciparum and P. vivax. It is unknown if P. malariae or P. ovale has developed resistance to any antimalarial drugs. P. knowlesi, a zoonotic monkey malaria that infects humans in forest fringe areas of Southeast Asia, is fully susceptible to chloroquine and other currently used drugs.
Drug-resistant P. falciparum
Chloroquine-resistant P. falciparum first developed independently in three to four areas in Southeast Asia, Oceania, and South America in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Since then, chloroquine resistance has spread to nearly all areas of the world where falciparum malaria is transmitted.
P. falciparum has also developed resistance to nearly all of the other currently available antimalarial drugs, such as sulfadoxine/ pyrimethamine, mefloquine, halofantrine, and quinine. Although resistance to these drugs tends to be much less widespread geographically, in some areas of the world, the impact of multi-drug resistant malaria can be extensive. Most recently, a low-grade resistance to artemisinin-based drugs has emerged in parts of Southeast Asia.
Drug-resistant P. vivax
Chloroquine-resistant P. vivax malaria was first identified in 1989 among Australians living in or traveling to Papua New Guinea. P. vivax resistance to chloroquine has also now been identified in Southeast Asia, on the Indian subcontinent, and in South America. Vivax malaria parasites, particularly from Oceania, show greater resistance to primaquine than P. vivax isolates from other regions of the world.
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This site will be devoted to game of MAH-JONG. Rules are mostly CO ("Chinese Official") though it might be of use for un-American styles also.
In particular, through extensive calculations some items were identified and quantified adding knowledge on Mah-Jong game strategy.
I share my findings and I am sure that ultimately it might help to cope with real table problems.
As some examples-teasers I ask you to answer the following questions:
· Why two-suiter B33345 C55567 calls for 4 tiles?
· How many waits is "Nine Gates" (1112345678999)?
· What are most popular "Scoring Elements" to finish hand (under "CO" Rules)?
· Having 22222111 what is do better: to Pung or to collect "Seven Pairs"?
· For how long you should wait until needed tile comes during the game?
· Etc.
At this very site you would find answers for above questions and much more..
P.S. Some places may be under construction.
Both cases or "Single-Suited Wait" and "Two-Suited Wait" have been studied thoroughly to deliver tables and ideas. Innovative notion of "Chameleon" have been introduced.
More than 1000 (!) hands were played in "Four Winds". Scores were placed into database and analyzed in details.
Entirely NEW approach is offered for AT_THE_TABLE estimations of calling/ drawing toward hand patterns.
Some hands were played in "Four Winds" software. Those hands were saved and classified accordingly.
Stand-alone analytical essays and references to forum threads could be found here.
You are offered to answer questions to know better MJ community.
MJ humor.
Rules, links, references etc.
Click here to see ideas for future projects.
Some kind of disclaimer: All materials are for evaluation and informational purposes only. Main intent of the site is to deliver extra knowledge of the Game of Mah-Jong to players. Author pursues no commercial interest for third parties. Any errors and misinformation would be corrected immediately.
Please write to: vitaly.novikov AT mail.ru
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08-26-04 Drivers deal with changing speed limits
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Celina's borders have stretched in all four directions during the past few years, causing a continuing challenge for law enforcement. Celina's growth seems constant, with new annexations extending Celina to the west, east, north and south. Since 1966, the city's land area has doubled, officials say. A recent annex on the west end of Celina, on state Route 29, has caused city leaders to reduce the speed limit to 35 mph out to Celina Tent. Celina Police Chief Dave Slusser said the automatic speed trailer will be put out to remind drivers of the reduced speed. "There's nothing subjective about it, the state code dictates what speed limits are," Slusser said of recent speed limit changes. Because Logan Street also is a state highway, the speed limit in town has to be 35 mph, unless the area is designated as a business district. When Celina annexed land east of town, on state route 29, the speed limit was reduced from 65 mph to 50 mph. State route 29 is considered a limited-access highway east of Celina, meaning there are a limited number of driveways and streets intersecting it. The state-approved speed limit for a limited access highway is 50 mph inside a city. When state route 29 comes into Celina from the east, the speed limit drops to 25 mph at Enterprise Street. That is because a state-defined business district begins there, and the limited-access highway is no longer limited. "Since the city annexed the four lane, there's been a great reduction in accidents," Slusser said of the intersection with state route 29 and Havemann Road. He said that intersection was one of the most dangerous in the county for a two-year stretch in the 1990s. U.S. 127 also is considered a limited-access highway, so it follows the speed limit rules for state highways. When U.S. 127 comes into Celina from the north, the road is 50 mph until Summit Street, where it changes to 35 mph. Currently Main Street is 35 mph from Summit to Anthony streets, then it is reduced to 25 mph through downtown. Slusser said he has been talking with state and local officials about possibly reducing the Main Street speed limit between Summit and Touvelle streets to 25 mph, because it appears to fit the business district description. When U.S. 127 leaves Celina from the south, it goes back to 35 mph after Lake Shore Drive and up to 50 mph after Sugar Street. State Route 197 also comes into Celina from the north and it follows Wayne Street, staying 35 mph through the city. Slusser said he also has brought up the idea to state officials to have state route 197 relocated, possibly to Myers Road. If Wayne Street were no longer a state highway, the speed limit would be reduced to 25 mph for the length of it, Slusser said. Myers Road would be a more "appropriate route for a state highway," he added. "We're just trying to get everything up like the way it should be," the police chief told The Daily Standard this morning. "Our goal is not to write tickets, it is to accomplish driver safety ... There's no arbitrary decisions in this."
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I do that mostly because I believe that the fantasy business is in terrible trouble right now, for several reasons, not the least of which being the almost Democrat vs. Republican mentality of readers on the Internet. (Quote by - R. A. Salvatore)
I've never seen myself as a fantasy writer - ever. (Quote by - Jonathan Carroll)
When I do a horror or a fantasy film it all boils down to something in the script that surprises me. It could be a big thing or a small moment. If it's there I'll do it. (Quote by - Lance Henriksen)
I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living. (Quote by - Dr. Seuss)
I try to stay focused on my life and do try not to be brought into the Hollywood fantasy. (Quote by - Jennifer Connelly)
One's real life is so often the life that one does not lead. (Quote by - Oscar Wilde)
They say the first World Series is the one you remember most. No, no no. I guarantee you don't remember that one because the fantasy world you always dreamed about is suddenly real. (Quote by - Sparky Anderson)
When a fantasy turns you on, you're obligated to God and nature to start doing it - right away. (Quote by - Stewart Brand)
We live in a fantasy world, a world of illusion. The great task in life is to find reality. (Quote by - Iris Murdoch)
We do a hard fantasy as well as hard science fiction, and I think I probably single-handedly recreated military science fiction. It was dead before I started working in it. (Quote by - Jerry Pournelle)
Fantasy should be as close as possible to journalism. (Quote by - Dino Buzzati)
I had read tons of science fiction. I was fascinated by other worlds, other environments. For me, it was fantasy, but it was not fantasy in the sense of pure escapism. (Quote by - James Cameron)
Fantasy is, of course, booming, and I think it's beginning to stretch its range as well. (Quote by - Sarah Zettel)
I aim to tell the truth about any subject, not a romance or fantasy, not avoid the truth. (Quote by - Anita Desai)
I wanted the feel in these books to be like an epic fantasy, with kings, queens, dukes and court politics, but of course like what I was explaining before, about making the science make sense, you have to make the politics make sense, too. (Quote by - Kevin J. Anderson)
To me, fantasy has always been the genre of escape, science fiction the genre of ideas. So if you can escape and have a little idea as well, maybe you have some kind of a cross-breed between the two. (Quote by - Sheri S. Tepper)
If the general opinion is pessimistic, fantasy is going to hold its own. (Quote by - David Eddings)
I've had trouble being in relationships and writing. This has been a real problem for me. I don't know if it's because I'm not free to fantasize or create these fantasy things about other people. (Quote by - Lucinda Williams)
I had a friend, and we always used to pretend to be twins. We had this fantasy about going to Hollywood together. We were about four. (Quote by - Radha Mitchell)
I had some fears as a kid, but I was also relatively fearless. Maybe that's a result of living half the time in reality and the other half in fantasy. (Quote by - Suzanne Vega)
Fantasy allows you bend the world and the situation to more clearly focus on the moral aspects of what's happening. In fantasy you can distill life down to the essence of your story. (Quote by - Terry Goodkind)
I absolutely adore working in the realms of fantasy. (Quote by - Richard O'Brien)
What people really want in the theater is fantasy involvement and not reality involvement. (Quote by - Edward Albee)
The gift of fantasy has meant more to me than my talent for absorbing positive knowledge. (Quote by - Oscar Wilde)
Truth will flourish in fantasy, only to wither and die in what you are pleased to call reality. (Quote by - Bernard Schubert)


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Four years ago this moment...
He tastes every delicious moment
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While filling out paperwork at work, I remember the head of HR congratulating me on my impending motherhood of a boy. She has a girl and a boy too (hers are both grown), and she imparted some wisdom that I never forgot: "Oh, there's that mother-daughter relationship that nobody can penetrate. But you're going to be knocked over by your boy. There's a special kind of love a mother has for her boy, and he's going to bring you a different kind of love you'll always treasure."
The minute I saw him in the hospital I knew she was right. I knew instantly he was an old soul, and the telepathy that mother and baby have (because its not like we'd have even differentiation of cries for at least a few months, much less conventional language for a year or so) indicated he had stuff to teach me. Namely finding the boy inside me and loving him for it. It's like I told a friend a couple of weeks ago: "Sammy is basically mini-me with a penis" only to be answered with "But V'ron, you already have a penis!" And so in falling in love with my baby boy (which happened very shortly after noon four years ago) I learned to love myself.
I watch and marvel as Stella gracefully dances in her ballet slippers, but I can only be amazed that such a thing came out of me. With Sammy, on the other hand, I can spar his kung fu with him, I can play linebacker as he barrels over me, we scream monster noises at each other. He's brought out my inner boy in ways I never knew existed. We nicknamed Sammy "little buddy" (and many permutations: "Budski" "Sama-Lama Buddinski") and he's lived up to the Buddy name. He really is my little buddy, temperamental, demonstrative, physical, but with a heart so big I don't know how his body contains it. Out of the clear blue sky he'll walk into the living room and declare "Mommy, I love you!" and then take his dishes to the kitchen. Sometimes he is a massive pain the the butt; yet not once has the question "Is he worth it" ever crossed my mind. He tells me silly little boy jokes, and he amazes me when he gets some remark I make that I thought was over his head. Like Stella, his intelligence floors me, even when it means I can't hide things from him, and as we did with Stella, Brian and I shake our heads in resignation of the difficulty of it all: "Well, at least he's not a stupid child." Every day I see him discover something new, every day he throws his arms around me for a "big squeezy hug," every time he calls me on some adult inconsistency or hypocrisy my heart explodes with gratefulness and joy that this little buddy is in my life. Like the song goes, thank goodness for little boys.
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Natalie Bassingthwaighte has been confirmed as a judge on The X Factor.
The former Neighbours actress and Rogue Traders singer, who also presented reality TV show So You Think You Can Dance, will now join Ronan Keating, Guy Sebastian and Mel B on the panel for the Australian version of the television talent contest.
Bassingthwaighte told Who magazine that she had a hunch that "2011 would be fantastic", especially as "11 is [her] lucky number".
The star was first linked to the show in March, when presenter Luke Jacobz said that he had heard her name mentioned among producers.
Mel B was confirmed as a judge last month and later said that she thought the experience would be "fun and very interesting".
Former judge Kyle Sandilands announced earlier this year that he would not be returning to the series because it involves too much "work".


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- CakeJs - This scene-graph library was one of the fastest and most responsive that I found and it has some support for mobile devices too. It has many performance optimizations that are key for using the html5 canvas.
- Processing.js - The classic Processing graphics framework ported to javascript. The neat thing is that it translates a converts a regular Processing .pde file into a javascript file for use on the canvas. This means you could have a program that works on both a java applet and one that works on an html5 canvas! Plus it has a large community from the javascript side and the enormous processing community.
- Three.js - A really awesome and powerful library for doing 3D graphics using the canvas or webgl.
- EaselJS - Another neat scene-graph library, although not as fast as CakeJs it has a lot of support for use with external libraries like animation and sound.
- Paper.js - A very very very pretty canvas scene-graph library that uses scalable vector graphics(SVGs) to render really clean and fast interactive graphics.
- Raphael - The library we're using for our project. Its another very very very pretty scene-graph library except it doesn't use the canvas and renders everything directly using SVGs so its externally fast for things with a low load of dynamic and moving content. It also works very fast on mobile devices and supports multi-touch. Also if you've seen the really neat graphs and charts on github, those are similar to what can be done using Raphael.


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Di NAR Nuh Deh-een
The title of this week's column is written not in English, but in a variety of Tobagonian speech that is variously called 'dialect', 'raw dialect', 'backayard talk', 'deep creole', 'basilect', and 'broken English'. (Indeed, from the way I have spelt it, it looks like a broken version of English. But if I had spelt it - more elegantly, I think - as The NAR No De-iin, you might have taken a little longer to interpret the intended sounds.) It translates into Standard English as something like 'The NAR is out of favour', but the structural beauty and semantic economy of the original are lost in the translation, especially of the compound verb deh-een.
Deh-een includes meanings such as 'be in season', 'be in vogue/ in the fashion', 'be in good form'. You would have to pick the meaning that suits a particular context. So a sentence like 'Mango deh-een' would translate as 'Mango is in season'; a sentence like 'Bell-battam pants deh-een' would translate as 'Is it fashionable to wear bell-bottom pants?'; and one like 'Mi hand deh-een' (as in a game of marbles) as 'My hand is in good form'. And you will now easily understand what I mean when I say of our international cricket team 'West Indies nuh deh-een'. Deh-een includes all the different interpretations that I have given (and more), and its potential to have these interpretations establishes its semantic economy.
So when I say 'Di NAR nuh deh-een', think of its meaning potential before translating into Standard English. And if you come up with 'The NAR is out of power', you are doing fine. If, as I suggested earlier, you come up with 'The NAR is not in favour', then you are right, for 'out of power' must imply 'not in favour' (eh Ramesh?). If you come up with 'The NAR is out of fashion' and 'The NAR has little or no appeal', then you are doing very well indeed. And if you translate 'The NAR is a pariah', that is a little rough, but, hey, it is a potential gem!
Out of power in 2001, after being in power from since the diluted restoration of the Tobago House of Assembly in 1980, the Tobago NAR will be like a fish out of water. Lacking in effective community and organisational structure, as well as in a credible doctor politics (which was for all those years its sustaining basis), it will find it desperately hard to stay with the illusion of coherence it enjoyed while in power.
It got into power on the basis of the idea of Tobagonian self-governance/ autonomy/nationalism articulated by the credible doctor politician, ANR Robinson. But with Robinson gone into the presidency, Hochoy Charles as de facto successor but no doctor status, and credible alternatives to Robinson having been (mercifully) alienated by authoritarian leadership politics in the party, only the idea remains. But it is an idea that was given its most focused chance (barring the days, circa 1977, of Robinson's motion for internal self-government) in the last four years of Charles' Tobago government in the light of Act 40 of 1996. Charles offered the electorate the scandals of ADDA, Ring Bang, lack of accountability, and Morgan Job, and, to compound matters, he attempted to be doctor without having the substance or the personal constituency to sustain the role.
The NAR sea of support parted, and the PNM walked through on dry ground.
The PNM de-iin now, and the NAR no de-iin. The PNM will have to run real politics to stay in, but it can bask for a time in the heady fact that, out of power, the NAR has little to keep or grow its popular support.
Already, the signs are there. Apart from the loss of bedrock supporters during the last elections, some of its principals have resigned and/or migrated. Charles himself has automatically held on to the leadership of the party and been behaving as if business is as usual, in characteristic defiance of those of his (erstwhile) followers who are calling for his resignation. And the party as a whole is faced with some disruptive facts.
Perhaps the most important is the perception that the NAR lost the election because of Charles and his disconnected adventurism. A second is that Charles did not offer his resignation after such failed adventurism. A third is the perception that, out of government, the gruff, authoritarian persona of Charles is not a calling card. A fourth is the party's heavy loss of potential leaders from its intelligentsia as well as its grassroots. A fifth is that Charles has never led the party to victory in elections (I ignore the unrepresentative 1997 by-elections). And a sixth is the mundane fact that people do not rally around losers, especially self-opinionated ones.
How will the party face these facts? Will it have to spend many years in the wilderness like the PNM rebuilding? What are the issues that will drive the rebuilding process? The time-honoured ones of nationalism, anti-PNMism, and leader statesmanship? Or new (that is, untested) ones such as community democracy and an assembly of autonomous villages?
But can the party rebuild itself along these lines with Charles at the head? Can it do so when it en de-iin?
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last saturday on 26th May I met my fellow beauty blogger friends in Grand City.We had our lunch at Pique Nique and talked a lot. Sadly I've got to go home at 5pm because my driver was already at the lobby waiting for me to go home.
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It's been a while since Selena's last album entitled "Stars Dance" released in 2013. So when she dropped her single "Good For You" feat. A$ap Rocky, we kept our fingers croossed that she was bound to release a new album sometime soon. And so it happened!
Selena isn't teasing us at all - her reps have already confirmed to media publications that she is set to release her upcoming album Revival on October 9th.
For now, celebrate Selena's birthday by rocking one of our favorite looks below! Also, scroll to the right to watch the music video of Good For You.
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By John Donovan—June 10, 2010
Synopsys announced this morning that it had signed a definitive agreement to buy Virage Logic for $315M in what looks to be a mutually beneficial transaction. Synopsys needed to expand its semiconductor IP (SIP) IP offerings, and Virage Logic—having built out their portfolio and positioned themselves as a "trusted IP vendor"—needed the additional financial muscle and marketing channels that Synopsys brings to the table.
Synopsis has long been building up an IP portfolio to supplement its EDA tool offerings and now has the largest such portfolio of any EDA firm. Fifteen years ago Synopsys started out with interface IP. Last year they acquired MIPS' Analog Business Group (ABG), adding an analog portfolio. Virage Logic, for its part, started out making SRAM instances and has expanded aggressively into other areas with their acquisitions of In-Chip Systems in 2002 (standard cell logic), Ingot Systems in 2007 (DDR memory controllers, PHYs, DLLs), Impinj in 2008 (their NVM technology) and ARC International in 2009 (configurable processors). Last November Virage added a missing analog/mixed-signal capability with their acquisition of NXP's horizontal advanced CMOS semiconductor IP (SIP) technology.
Synopsys CEO Aart de Geus said in this morning's conference call, "Virage products provide a perfect complement to the Synopsys Interface analog IP portfolio by adding embedded memories, standard cells and programmable cores for control and multimedia subsystems." All that and then some.
Acquiring Virage's IP libraries complements Synopsys' emphasis on electronic system-level (ESL) design. Synopsys' recent acquisition of CoWare, whose software is focused on ESL, works hand in hand with expanding their IP offerings. If you're pushing system-level design, the more of the system you can provide the stronger your position. Synopsys, Mentor and Cadence are all taking different paths to the same place.
One possible glitch—won't Virage's ARC processor cores compete with those from ARM, long a close ally of Synopsys? Not according to either de Geus or John Koeter, Vice President of Marketing for Synopsys' Solutions Group. Keoter: "The IP that we're acquiring is really largely complementary to ARM. The ARC cores are really programmable cores, more for audio and video subsystems; they're really ancillary processors to the ARM cores and not competitive with ARM on the CPU front." Fair enough. ARC went toe to toe with ARM for years before retiring to those niches, albeit too late to survive.
Is IP a significant strategic growth initiative for Synopsys? According to Koeter, "Yes, it is. We view IP as a natural adjacency to the EDA market. It's all about helping our customers get their complex chips out the door. As a corporate strategy we view IP as a growing adjacency to our core market. IP and systems represent about a $200M run rate for Synopsys, about 13% of the company. This is something that we've been investing in on both the IP and the systems side, and we view it as a nice growth opportunity."
With EDA becoming a mature industry (read: flat or declining revenues off into the sunset), finding complementary revenue streams is key to survival; and doing so by acquisition during tough times is a fast track to growth. With the semiconductor IP (SIP) industry growing faster than either the semiconductor or EDA industries, this is an attractive area for expansion.
Expanding into IP from EDA makes sense for an equally basic reason: SoCs are becoming increasingly complex, requiring licensing IP from a variety of vendors. In the absence of totally uniform models—a core problem when it comes to analog IP—acquiring IP from a single vendor who can guarantee not only interoperability but compatibility throughout their tool chain is a compelling proposition. And the more IP you can offer the more attractive your tool chain becomes.
Expect to see other EDA companies snap up SIP vendors over the next several months.


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Plum Village, a monastery for monks and nuns and a Buddhist practice center for lay people, was founded in 1982 by the Vietnamese Zen-Master Thích Nhất Hạnh (Thầy). Every year, Plum Village welcomes thousands of friends from all around the world. Due to its rapid expansion in recent years, the community is now comprised of four hamlets: Upper Hamlet, Son Ha Temple, Lower Hamlet, and New Hamlet. Plum Village also has practice centers located in The United States (Deerpark, Bluecliff, Magnolia), Maison de l'inspir Paris, EIAB Germany, Plum Village Thailand, Plum Village Hong Kong, and Entering Stream Australia.
Throughout the year we offer retreats at Plum Village — we also have special retreats, events, and tours which take place throughout the year. See the event listings for more information. Please plan your retreat carefully, reading the relevant event information page as well if you are attending a special event, retreat or tour.
In the winter, spring, and autumn retreat, the Venerable Thich Nhat Hanh offers teachings every Thursday and Sunday in the early morning. In-depth Dharma sharing in small groups usually take place every Thursday and Sunday. When Thây is not in Plum Village, the teachings will be given by monastic and lay Dharma teachers of Plum Village; or we will watch a video of Thây.
Practice at Plum Village helps us weave mindfulness into all daily activities, not focusing just on sitting meditation in the meditation hall. This enables us to meditate throughout the day, while eating, walking, working, and enjoying a cup of tea together. All friends are invited to help in communal activities, such as preparing meals, general cleaning, and washing dishes, as a way of continuing mindfulness practice while performing everyday tasks.
Transcription of Dharma Talk by Thich Nhat Hanh about Plum Village:
I Have Arrived, I'm Home: Celebrating twenty years of Plum Village life"


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This cuddly soft knit teddy bear is perfect for little hands because the bear's arms and legs are completely movable. This classic stuffed animal is ready to cuddle during naptime and playtime and makes the cutest prop in baby's first photos.
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On a late July morning here, only a breeze off the ocean keeps the
heavy air from turning into a sauna. Stepping into the
air-conditioned lobby of 110 E. Broward Blvd., headquarters of
Tralliance Corp., is like plunging from a rain forest into an
Ed Cespedes' 15th
floor office is a cool and businesslike perch over the city, where
Cespedes, the company's CEO and, since July, president, has been
busy hammering out a new reality for the company, setting the
direction and pace for marketing Tralliance's single asset: the
dot-travel (.travel) Internet domain.
It is blue jeans
day at Tralliance, and Cespedes, dressed in casual tan slacks and
an open-collar shirt, seems relaxed, though he quickly makes the
point that he seldom talks to reporters. It's a tradition of
practiced silence that he may well have picked up from his mentor
and investment partner, Michael Egan, the founder of Alamo Rental
Car and majority owner of Tralliance's parent company, TheGlobe.com.
At various times in
Egan's and Cespedes' roller-coaster business history, there have
been good reasons to keep talk to a minimum. These include the
spectacular rise and sale of Alamo, followed by the company's
precipitous plunge into bankruptcy; the scorching burnout of
TheGlobe.com at the height of the dot-com implosion, which saw the
company morph from a Wall Street rocket into a Pink Sheets shadow;
and the ill-fated DrKoop.com, which Cespedes and investment
partners bought for a bundle and later ushered quietly into
"We've made some
mistakes along the way," Cespedes allows.
While the darker
corners of their investment portfolio clearly bear a few financial
scars, Cespedes and Egan have made hundreds of millions of dollars
over the years, and in the process they have grown used to hardball
business practices. Cespedes, a one-time ace on the Columbia
University baseball team, doesn't back up in the box.
But on this day,
there is good reason to talk. The subject is Tralliance and
dot-travel, and things are changing fast for both the company and
the domain. That much became evident in early July when news
surfaced that Ron Andruff, the public face of Tralliance and the
man widely considered the father of the dot-travel effort, was
suddenly leaving the company.
His departure has
raised questions about the direction Tralliance is taking, while
the company's financial condition has raised questions about its
stability. At the heart of these concerns is an even larger
question: Does dot-travel, long promulgated as the travel
industry's home on the Internet, have a legitimate purpose and a
viable future?
Cespedes says he
knows that skepticism in the industry about dot-travel is
widespread, rumors are rampant and the company is perceived as
struggling. Such perceptions, he says, are among the challenges the
company must overcome, though clearly the chief challenge right now
is addressing widespread predictions that dot-travel is headed for
an untimely death.
"I really want to
lay to rest all this nonsense about dot-travel going out of
business," he says. "That isn't going to happen. Dot-travel will
never go dark."
As he talks,
Cespedes is seated next to Mike Stone, a veteran of Egan's tour
company, Certified Vacations, and of the travel industry at large.
Stone grew up around his family's travel agency, and his father,
the late Joe Stone, was a prominent chairman of ASTA.
Stone, now the
marketing and, informally, communications chief at Tralliance, has
encouraged Cespedes to talk about where Tralliance is headed and
about the optimism that Stone says they both share about the
company. Though Stone sits quietly as Cespedes fields questions,
the CEO frequently turns to Stone as he speaks, as if addressing
his responses to him.
"Our credibility is
on the line," Cespedes says. "But I think the industry will give us
some more time. We are now willing to spend, where we were not
willing to spend before. We need a million domain names or two
million names, and if we have two million names, our credibility
But with fewer than
40,000 names assigned so far, Tralliance is barely putting money in
the bank. In fact, its financial health has required resuscitation
lately in the form of bailouts by Dancing Bear Investments, Egan's
and Cespedes' investment company.
What baffles many
outsiders, Cespedes acknowledges, is why someone like him, an
entrepreneur who sees proposals for multimillion-dollar deals
almost every day, is devoting this much time to a company with only
about $2 million in revenue.
"Because this isn't
a $2 million business," Cespedes insists. "This is a billion-dollar
A tortuous history
Dot-travel is less
than two years old, but its history dates from the late 1990s, when
it was touted as the future first step of any journey for tens of
millions of the world's travelers.
It has also been
positioned as an industry asset for promoting travel, a money-maker
for the myriad travel industry associations that authenticate the
bona fides of enterprises applying for dot-travel Internet
addresses and a global tool for destination marketing worldwide --
not just for the industry's giants but for small providers, as
But dot-travel, by
any reasonable assessment, has foundered to date. Financial
troubles at TheGlobe.com, the recent management shake-up that
ousted Andruff and other concerns have given the domain an aura of
At the same time,
industry leaders express concern about what they see as a growing
chasm between what dot-travel was promoted to be at its inception
and how it seems to be evolving.
In a series of
interviews for this report, it became clear that skepticism about
the value of the domain and whether it will ever be embraced by the
industry continues to grow. In addition, financial documents and
other records, plus dozens of conversations with people who played
insider roles in dot-travel's history reveal that concerns about
maintaining the integrity of the domain as it was conceived are
Key among those
concerns is whether Tralliance will continue to build the
dot-travel domain as a reliable industry resource or will look to
recoup its investment and turn bigger profits by taking steps that
the original nonprofit sponsor of the domain, The Travel
Partnership Corp., promised would not be taken.
For example, TTPC
promised strict adherence to a policy ensuring that every Web site
with a dot-travel suffix was owned and operated by a legitimate
travel operator, that so-called "generic" domain names would be
kept to a minimum (with some, like cruise.travel, specifically
prohibited) and that the domain would not turn into another auction
of cyberspace real estate, as happened in the dot-com
Cespedes and Stone
insist that management changes at Tralliance herald a new day,
backed by an infusion of millions of dollars from Egan, Cespedes
and their investors. Much of this investment is earmarked for a
consumer advertising campaign on television and in print. They
contend the campaign will supercharge the effort to bring
dot-travel to full flower.
That kind of
investment, they say, was being inhibited under previous management
by "small thinking" when what was needed was a full swing for the
Sources close to
both sides say -- and Andruff does not dispute -- that there was a
strong difference of opinion about how dot-travel should be built
going forward, and that the struggle for control of dot-travel's
direction resulted in Andruff being pushed out.
Though the finer
points of that disagreement are not being discussed, Cespedes
doesn't pull punches.
"Ron's vision for
dot-travel has always been a lot smaller than mine," he says. "He
may be proven to be in the right. But we have a greater vision than
making a few bucks a year on a couple of hundred thousand domain
names. You can see changes under way at Tralliance and at
dot-travel. We have already gone from signing up 100 new domains a
month to signing up 1,000 per month. This is a viable business. We
believe in it or we wouldn't be here. And it will be
Sources in the
travel industry's Internet community told Travel Weekly that
despite his departure, Andruff, still a Tralliance stockholder, did
not intend to give up on dot-travel and had in fact already made a
"generous" bid to acquire Tralliance from TheGlobe.com.
Andruff declines to
comment when asked if he is trying to acquire Tralliance. Cespedes,
citing SEC regulations (TheGlobe is a publicly traded company),
says he cannot confirm, deny or comment on any potential offer for
But Cespedes also
says that TheGlobe has a fiduciary responsibility to stockholders
to review any serious acquisition proposal.
"As a public
company, we would entertain any viable offer" he says. "We would be
compelled to. But let me put it this way: We don't believe that
anyone we know can currently afford what this company is
(Editor's note: At press time, Andruff confirmed to Travel
Weekly his offer to buy Tralliance, but he said that Egan had
"declined the offer as undervaluing Tralliance."
"It was an offer almost equivalent to the share price for
the TheGlobe, the full public company, just for the subsidiary,"
Andruff said. "It seems incongruous to me that he would reject this
as undervaluing the company when, according to the [quarterly
earnings reports], Mr. Egan himself is putting money into TheGlobe
at a discount of 60% of the share price, or at one cent per share.
That's far under the value of our offer [for just the Tralliance
TheGlobe's stock traded last week at about 2.6 cents per
share. SEC records show that Dancing Bear Investments, controlled
by Egan and Cespedes, made cash infusions this summer into the
financially struggling TheGlobe in exchange for stock warrants
valued at one cent per share. While declining to offer details,
Andruff said his offer would have been equivalent to 2.5 cents per
share of TheGlobe, or somewhere around $3.5
Andruff told Travel Weekly he had responded to Egan and
TheGlobe's board by letter, offering to negotiate, and that he was
awaiting a reply.)
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Although, it will probably be less about my thyroid and more about "me". I am currently on this journey to getting to a place of peace, which could be described as getting back to who one really is at his or her core. The thyroid issue made me slow down and it also made me really take a hard look at my life. The thyroidectomy was one of the scariest things I have done. I remembered being so frightened of so many different things and truthfully, I am still afraid of a few things, but I was a jumble of thoughts and emotions that I could not process. It was more than my thyroid or thyroid brain. It was that I had to sit still and think about every and anything I had been through and how I was slowly turning into the people I had been so desperate to get away from and be different from.
Shortly, after my thyroidectomy I went to see a therapist with the hope that I could sort some things out from being deployed to Iraq, but it quickly turned into something else and he could see that I was genuinely hurting inside. I was breaking out in hives and having these mini panic attacks because I just didn't want to feel and something happened on that operating table that took away my ability to go numb. I hear the thyroid has something to do with how you process stress and your memories, but it seems like my thyroid must have been tuckered out from me pushing everything I had been through deep down inside of me. Since I can remember, I've always been running (literally) either for exercise or moving in this military life and not living. One expects that to change when you have children, but that spark of life you get from your children fades after some time if you've never taken the opportunity to process the shit that's messed up about you. Anyway, so I go see this therapist and he got me to say that I didn't want to feel. It was like I was admitting that I was an alcoholic. I was embarrassed that I just didn't want to deal with life in the moment. I just wanted to go through the motions and he informed me that I wasn't living and truthfully, when you go numb, you're nothing but a robot.
So...I'm on this journey. Along this road, I've dropped a few toxic relationships and learned to cry, laugh, and trust again. My relationship with my husband has evolved into something I dreamed about, but was to scared to work towards. I laugh at and with my kids more. I let them be, because they are children. My relationship with my parents is either nonexistent or strained. I'm working to make that better, but first I must heal. I've been attempting to read Thich Nhat Hanh's book about healing the inner child because my actions, my truths, and my example affect my children. I would like the pain to stop with me.
Anywho, I know this is supposed to be about the thyroid stuff and I understand if no one reads this blog again, but this is my journey to getting back to me.
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The Richmond City Council will vote on two resolutions opposing the mining, transportation, handling and burning of coal, as well as supporting strong regulations to regulate open coal and pet-coke piles.
Coal-hauling trains travel uncovered for hundreds of miles from Colorado. The rail company BNSF estimates that on an average trip a Coal train can lose up to 500 pounds to 1 ton of coal dust per trip. If the plan to turn Oakland into a major coal exporting port is allowed to go forward, the impacts on Bay Area residents' health and quality of life will be enormous.
The first resolution, a policy statement, opposes coal mining, transport, export, and burning and restricts city-owned land, including the Port of Richmond, from being used to export coal and petcoke. The second resolution calls on the Bay Area Air Quality Management District to pass a new regulation requiring coal and petcoke storage piles to be covered, to restrict the amount of coal dust that gets into the air in the local community. There are 2 locations with open coal and petcoke piles related to the export facility in richmond: one at the Levin Richmond terminal itself, and another at the coking facility next to highway 4 between Martinez and Rodeo.
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When I went to college, I noticed that students from the South matched their lipstick to their nail polish. It's what their mothers taught them was the prim and proper way to beautify. I always thought it was a little bit much for me, but they definitely looked more put together than I ever did.
The matchiness made me notice the details of beauty products more, and I started to appreciate how nail polish can be an accessory to complement any outfit. Over time, I find that I coordinate it with my clothes more than I do with the rest of my makeup, though. As a general rule, do you match your lipstick to your nail polish?


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Terrible service
By suee9999 on 3/10/2014
Worst dinning experience I ever had. The staff there is incrediably rude and the service was horrible especially the hostess. A tip for the owner of Bills re-evaluate the people you have working there because if they continue to be that rude and condsening to patrons people will stop frequenting your establishment. I know my friends and I will never be back.
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WAAAY BETTER THAN shake shack!!!
By Bri_Ap_Sr on 7/22/2012
I'm always looking for a great burger and i Just so happened to find the BEST burger that i ever had! I live in Pa., about 75 mins away, and from now on whenever i crave a good burger i'm heading for NYC! there were 4 of us and each one of us had something different and we all agreed it was the best we've ever eaten! Bigger than the OVERRATED shake shack and better tasting! We ate at the rockefeller center location and it wasn't as busy as i thought it would be for a saturday eve! service was great, everything was clean, food was the best! i'll definitely be here at least once a month!
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delicious, low key and the price is very, very nice
By yasgirl on 1/6/2011
Ate here with my husband and parents....all of us decreed these burgers (we ordered 4 different combos) to be juicy, flavorful, not too salty with excellent quality beef. These are fairly straightforward, not too fussy burgers. Personally, I do not like the shake shack burgers, nor do I like $22 dollar overly gourmet burgers. Good fries, crisp onion rings and tasty jalepeno bombs with Stella and Guiness on tap round out a satisfying if death defying meal. For these prices, truly excellent value. However, not being a fan of cupcakes, we did desert Bill's for Pastis across the street for dessert.
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Unremarkable .
By nymababs on 5/23/2010
I have been reading many burger reviews on various trips to NY and finally pulled the trigger on this one due to poetic waxing about "custom blend of beef" "glorious meat" "already one of New Yorks best". To call this (Classic burger) anything other than extreme mediocrity in a bun is overstating it's qualities. No flavor. There is just nothing notable to mention about it. Moving on...
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great burger, friendly, attractive service
By jfhbyron on 11/22/2009
Best burger I have ever eaten. It looks beaten up but the flavor is amazing. I was also impressed by the attractive and overly friendly staff, most of whom where female. I am gay, but they made me question why. What's better than a great meal served by women you would take home to your parents?
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overhyped and not better than Shake Shack
By starskione on 11/5/2009
Good burger but not the best in my opinion. My major peeve is how the bun just disintegrated and I was touching lettuce and ketchup. Also seemed a bit overcooked. Service was beyond hurried - kept taking things off the table that we needed - it became annoying. Perfect if you need to have dinner within 30 minutes. Loved the veggie fries. Bonus is its way quicker than Shake Shack.
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Exodus 3:14 God said to Moses, "I am who I am . [1] This is what you are to say to the Israelites: 'IAM has sent me to you.' (New International Version)
John 8:58 "I tell you the truth," Jesus answered, "before Abraham was born, I am!" (New International Version)
I was regretting the past
And fearing the future
Suddenly my lord was speaking:
"my name is I am"
He paused, I waited
He coed
When you live in the past
With its mistakes and regrets
It is hard
I am not there My name is not I was
When you live in the future
With its problems and fears
It is hard
I am not there
My name is not I will be
When you live in this moment
It is not hard
I am here
My name is I am
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My latest at ProfHacker: Managing Meeting Notes with Meshin Recall
Meetings, meetings, meetings. They're part of many people's lives, and there's no exception for those of us in academia. Often, when we attend meetings, we need to keep notes about them.
One way, of course, is to do it the old-fashioned way: with pen and paper. Those who prefer to take notes electronically, however, might want to have a look at Meshin Recall. Meshin works in tandem with Evernote and with the calendar application on your iOS or Android device. Opening the application brings up an agenda view of your calendar events. Clicking the + sign next to an event starts a new note in Evernote; you can assign the note to any notebook you wish, and Meshin gives you the option to set a notebook as the default if you like.
You can quickly find your notes in one of two ways. If you want a quick overview of which calendar events have notes, just tap the icon in the top right corner …
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* A is obsessed with this princess sticker book. She doesn't do it "right" but enjoys dressing the princesses in ragtag ensembles (one appears to be wearing what looks like thigh high boots and a scarf for a top). "I think we're in trouble," she said when we ran out of skirt stickers. omg.
* I'm getting tired and need to end this so I can go to bed. I really liked reading all of your workout strategies on yesterday's post though.
workout: 30 minute barre3 "bounce back" workout. (So far I think my favorite is "total body rev." In case anyone else is doing these!)
interesting: I like this zen habits post. I think it's important to pay attention to the way I am living and whether it lines up with how I want to be living. Even if I don't necessarily like the idea of wallowing in my poor choices at bedtime.
positive: Josh and I are watching American Ninja Warrior (yes, I know. It's literally the only TV show I've seen in weeks, too) and I can't help it -- I love it :)
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Dear Basu Sir,
I want to invest in Debt mutual funds since my time frame is for 2 yrs only. I find it as better option than RDs. I can manage upto 2 k for this. Kindly guide whether i need to split it in 1k-1k or not? Also which is the best fund for it.
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I don't think debt funds are efficient (especially when it comes to taxation) than FDs if your time horizon is just 2 years (less than 3 years). Instead, I suggest to use combination of Bank FDs and Arbitrage Funds.


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When comedies and sports come together, they usually create video gold. And we can thank Bill Murray for the latest unforgettable sports stunt as the perfect Friday treat.
Good ol' Billy boy got the task of throwing the season's first pitch at Wrigley Field for the Chicago Cubs. Usually that person of honor strides up to the pitcher's mound, winds up, throws woefully short, giggles a little bit at said bad throw, and goes on with their lives.
Not Bill, of course.
Never one to give up on opportunity on how we need to stop taking ourselves so damn seriously, Bill decided to do a hilarious impromtu sprint around the bases and, after relief pitcher Kerry Wood's encouragement, slide into home base. It's pretty freakin' hilarious.
Here's the awesome vid:
Gotta love how he clutches his chest midway through the run -- it always looks like such a deceptively short distance when the professionals sprint from base to base on TV. But it's much farther than you'd think, and I'd probably be huffing and puffing away, relieved to be sliding and/or collapsing into home base, as well.
And unfortunately for Cubs fans, this was probably the highlight of their day, as the Cubs went on to lose 2-1 against the Washington Nationals. Hey, at least they had something to cheer for and laugh about before the game even started.
Bill's been a long-time Cubs fan, and it's really great when celebrities come out to support their favorite teams. Though the slide into home was pretty good, nothing compares to this video announcing the Cubs' lineup back in 1987. Not only can Bill not pronounce half of the players' names, he talks about how terrible and overrated they are, too. I don't know how his co-announcer keeps his composure! Trust me, it's worth the 9 minutes out of your day:
How hilarious is Bill Murray and his love/hate for the Cubs?
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I've been working on this cabinet for the last 2 wk's trying 2 get it right. This is something new 4 me.It took me a while 2 figure out how 2 keep the Bark from curling up.This bark is White Oak,It doesn't come off easy.I've been hording bark all Spring&Summer,I figured some day I would figure out what 2 do with.Popular bark peels off pretty easy.The Cabinet is 3 ft by 24 in, the door is 18 by 30 in,the top in 20 by 32 in,bark size is 16 by 30.It is heavy so I put it on casters.I'm goin 2 do a bark coffee table soon with a pour on bar top finish.THANKS 4 LOOKIN.
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#1 posted 10-04-2014 07:48 PM
I think you are "barking" up the wrong tree.
It's definitely different. I'm still trying to decide if I like it. Let's see what others have to say. I'm not gonna start hoarding bark….yet.
-- I am going to go stand outside so if anyone asks about me, tell them I'M OUTSTANDING!
#2 posted 10-04-2014 11:08 PM
I like it. It looks sturdy as can be and the wood looks great! Nice job.
-- Use it up, Wear it out --------------- Make it do, Or do without!
#3 posted 10-05-2014 05:32 PM
Caught my eye as it is a different approach. It's the Art in artisan? Don't know if you know that it depends on when the log is cut as to whether the bark comes off or not winter cuts vs. summer cuts.
Good luck on your journey.
-- Cau Haus Designs, Thomas J. Tieffenbacher
#4 posted 10-06-2014 01:10 AM
Really beautiful piece. I really like the look of it.
-- Nature created it, I just assemble it.
#5 posted 10-06-2014 11:47 AM
thank u Monte
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Hello fellow bloggers, Dave here with a selection of concepts for a comic book character that I am co-designing with a Sam from the comic shop. Essentially I am trying to create a 'cowl' like mask for this hero that incorporates the fedora hat. We also want to try and make him distinguished from other comic characters that have a similar design such as The Spirit, Green Hornet, The Shadow etc. At one point I even applied an old fashioned motor cycle cap to be used as part of his disguise.
So far it has been an engaging exercise to push the boundaries a little on concept and design and I hope I get to see this project through to the end, and maybe illustrate his first outing maybe. Who knows.


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A Question of Semantics
The stand of the pro-TRO senators is slowly revealing the obvious, notable being the statements of senators Trillanes and Guingona.
For Trillanes, would he still have time to regret "breaking an unlawful order" when the ramifications of his disobedience are far greater than the "unlawfulness" he wants to quash? And for Guingona, (to be blunt, his is truly laughable) his Ciceronian rhetoric is a classic trademark of traditional politicians: an appeal to pure emotions – stirring, yet sadly lacking in substance.
It makes one think of how elected Filipino officials truly are an apt reflection of society at large: the former, a mirror of the common citizens made artificially ignorant by the status quo to become ideal sheep (fit for slaughter); the latter, a reflection of the status quo unfairly perpetuating that very ignorance for personal ends. Nevertheless, serious matters loom ahead…
The turn of events regarding Ms. Tingson's cross-examination and the disputed documents puts a question in the minds of all: can a thuggish act justify the motive for righteousness? Put simply, can one justify an error with another? If yes, where then is the so-touted "fairness of the law", that not only should cater to the aggrieved but to the accused and convicted as well?
Dura Lex, Sed Lex?
No human society can exist without laws – more so with the institutions that enforce them. From the code of Kalantiaw to the Islamic Shari'ah, pre-Hispanic Philippine societies acknowledge the necessity of peace and order in the rudimentary laws they promulgated. Without them, their continued existence would be difficult if not impossible. And so it is with the Ten Commandments bestowed by God through Moses – not so much to enforce obedience to guarantee an afterlife in Heaven, but to protect man from himself. For the ancient Romans, the written law is a shield – to protect individuals against one another and against the awesome power of the state (Reid). One can academically discuss at length the necessity and indispensability of the law. Human history has shown its contribution to a number of known civilizations (except China, which shall be mentioned later). There can probably be only one gripe with it – its rigidness. Half a world away from ancient Rome, another civilization chose to do away with laws. Being an inflexible apparatus of the state, opponents claim it is unable to address countless exceptions in human relationships. A solid dependence on written laws can only give rise to misunderstandings – the contradictions or legal double-standards that plagued ancient Rome and other societies within in cultural ambit ever since. These opponents, the Chinese Confucians, ran their empire by putting their full trust in the innate goodness of its citizens – and that thought has persisted even today (which owes much to the cultural clashes in modern Chinese society). It is those contradictions – the exceptions of the law – that has brought many a dilemma in Philippine courts. As such, in the event of disputes, interpretations from both sides are relied upon then judged which is of greater merit. It is unfortunate that any human creation – even laws – has seriously exploitable flaws. As one can see, there is no perfect human law.
The Prosecution's Gambit
From there, it's the contradiction in the laws where the prosecution draws their premise: though the evidence was illegally obtained, but it turned out that very evidence was instrumental in proving an offense to be true, the ends justify the means.
But, can justice achieved through acts of overt vengeance be laudable? Must the world be seen – no, dictated – in black and white for due process to be utterly disregarded? To reiterate that previous question: can one error be justified by another?
Even if one sways public opinion and the courts to laud and give merit to such an act, does it still have merit when that very act has imperiled greater matters – like legally permitting violations of civil liberties and harming the national economy?
There is a popular folktale in Japan entitled, "The Forty-Seven Ronin". But, before proceeding it pays to introduce the readers to some Japanese terms. Ronin are samurai (bodyguards, roughly speaking) deprived of a master or overlord (daimyo in Japanese) to serve for or caused to be withdrawn from a daimyo's employ - the oft-heard "shogun" is the ruling military dictator of Japan then. In the tale, the ronin took vengeance against a daimyo who caused their master to be unjustly subjected to ritual suicide. In those days, ritual suicide – or formally referred to by Japanese as seppuku – is the mode of punishment for men of high standing in Japanese society. The murder committed by those ronin to cleanse their master's shame put the Shogun in a dilemma – should these men be put to death for avenging an injustice committed against their master?
Under the principle of Hagakure, truly loyal samurai shall uphold the honor of their master even in his death. This principle, which the Shogun is also aware, befuddled his choice of verdict for quite some time. In the end though, the laws of the land took precedence. As it was to custom, the ronin – down to the last man – took their own lives and were buried near their master's grave.
Who has the superior power now?
It is with the personal, biased interpretations of the laws that many get their misguided moral principles. Case in point are the biased interpretations of some people who are personally against Philippine laws permitting cousin marriages, as well as of US officials with religious leanings against the laws permitting stem cell research. In the former, misguided morals hamper the right of free will of others who choose partners that (though socially taboo) are permissible under the sound and verified logic of the law and medical science.* For the latter, prudish and ill-informed decisions based on murky, religious doctrines has put the lives of seriously-ill patients who stand to benefit from the fruits of such life-saving research.
As for Banal's antics, it is obvious enough he acted out of vanity. Deluding himself to be doing the right thing, his myopia has seriously put his motherland's economy on the brink of collapse. Being a public official genuinely guarding the public's welfare it also means ensuring economic stability – assuring the people's livelihoods or their employment maintains the integrity of the social fabric. Furthermore, he has permitted a dangerous precedent by satisfying personal political objectives at the expense of liberty.
It should have been in his best interests to permit free reign to the courts and not complicate their job.
And what of the equal footing between the Senate and the Supreme Court? Though many admit the Constitution is not that perfect, logic dictates that EVERY convicted citizen be given the right to appeal .
Even if the Senate get their way of being above the Supreme Court, that alone has precipitated a constitutional crisis itself – that of denying the right of appeal of a convicted citizen, a human right duly mandated in the Constitution.
Of Right or Might
Eventually, the prosecution will force into the minds of all the righteousness of the circumstances in gaining Corona's bank documents. The exhortation to sway opinion in their favor borders on demagoguery, and not an appeal to democracy. The prosecution's righteous stance has begun to alienate and disgust the masses. It is the most lethal of errors to employ the stand of righteousness when the public has been made aware it's merely used to finish an ugly personal vendetta. Nothing can be more revolting than to use the noblest of social values to gain personal ends. Think of it as using open generosity with strings attached or to twist religious principles for sexual favors (as what Padre Damaso did to Maria Clara's mother in, "Noli Me Tangere"). It is sheer irresponsibility to blindly work up emotions and bear them on the zeal of misguided principles.
At so it is that even the most altruistic of intentions where catastrophes arise. People with misguided principles are often the easiest victims of swindlers, or are those who can lead a nation into ruin – as Mao Zedong did with his "Great Leap Forward". The crash program that was meant to jumpstart his nation into almost overnight industrial status has ended up causing hardship and starvation to his people. The Dot Com bust was also the result of wrong assumptions and misconceptions – and left many companies broken and ruined in its wake.
The moral of the story: well-informed decisions and temperance always pays.
*the website, cousincouples.com, is a good introduction to the legal merits and scientific backing of cousing marriages and cousin romances
T.R. Reid, "The Power and Glory of the Roman Empire" ,National Geographic, July 1997
Dennis Bloodworth, "The Chinese Machiavelli"
Jonathan Fenby, "The Dragon Throne"
Stephen Turnbull, "Samurai Warriors"
Prof. Teodoro A. Agoncillo, "The History of the Filipino People – 5th edition"


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Friends Gary Black (Nathan Phillips) and Dumby Red (Luke Carroll) are on the same soccer team in their coastal Australian town. But to local racists, they're a world apart: Gary is white and Dumby is an Aborigine. This becomes an issue when one of the team's Aboriginal players becomes involved in a crime. In response, Dumby is demoted even though he's the star player, and Gary is given his place. Will Gary have the courage to speak out before tragedy results?
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The financial windfall long promised by casino proponents has finally begun to make its way to Ohio's 88 counties and eight largest cities.
The financial windfall long promised by casino proponents has finally begun to make its way to Ohio�s 88 counties and eight largest cities.
The first quarterly payment from the Ohio Department of Taxation will be dispersed today, and Columbus and Franklin County will receive a combined $1.03 million.
The state�s portion of the tax revenue from the new Cleveland and Toledo casinos during the second quarter of the year � April to June � was $19.8 million.
From that total, 51 percent goes to the state�s 88 counties, based on population. In counties in which the largest city has a population of 80,000 or above, half the total goes to those eight cities.
Under that system, Franklin County and Columbus will each receive $514,490 today.
This quarterly figure is expected to grow substantially when casinos in Columbus and Cincinnati are completed. Hollywood Casino Columbus is slated to open on Oct. 8, and Horseshoe Casino Cincinnati early next year.
�This money will go into our general revenue fund and is not earmarked for any specific project or program,� said Scott Varner, spokesman for the county commissioners.
He said the money �is appreciated, but it�s also far less than the cuts the county has endured from major cuts in state funding to local governments.�
The city also has not decided how to utilize the funds, said John Ivanic, spokesman for the city council.
�A budget will be presented in November, and there�s a lot of time between now and then,� he said.
Starting next year, 25 percent of the tax revenue the city and county receive from the casinos is earmarked to pay for the $42.5 million purchase of Nationwide Arena, as well as fund upkeep and future improvements.
This percentage will begin to increase in 2015, topping out at 32 percent by 2022.
Horseshoe Casino Cleveland opened on May 14 and Hollywood Casino Toledo on May 29, which means they were in operation for only a portion of the three-month quarter.
When all four casinos are operating, a 2009 Department of Taxation study estimated the annual tax revenue for the state will be $643 million.
In addition, the four host cities will receive 5 percent of the tax revenue from their local casino. Today�s payment to Cleveland was $648,431, and Toledo received $339,575.
However, the annual estimate was based on no competition from �racinos.�
Gambling operations at Scioto Downs began on June 1, and four other racetracks have applied for licenses with the state lottery commission.
If all seven of the state�s racetracks operate electronic gambling machines, the Department of Taxation�s estimated yearly income to the state would drop to $470 million.
Varner said the Department of Taxation has estimated the county will receive about $2 million this year.
Because the payment from fourth-quarter tax revenue won�t be made until late January, that means the county � and city � will receive one more payment this fiscal year.
�It will be close,� Varner said of the chances of the county receiving the estimated $2 million total.


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Seazoo Ready Their Debut Album, Drop New Single
Having already written about the forthcoming Seazoo album, I'd be remiss if I didn't drop this new single. While it opens noisily, all things considered, the group settle into a subtle groove, riding guitar lines and shared vocal duties. There's a noisy little ambling in the song's mid-point, allowing the group to flex their songwriting chops. But, little keyboard notes trickle in, joined by the male/female vocal duet, crashing down in pure pop fashion, taking us to the song's end. Another little ditty that pretty much guarantees the band will have a hit on their hands when Dig is released on January 26th.


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Our mirrors end up looking like this (yup, there's my fingers too!):
When we learn something new we watch the tutor do it and then we go off and try it on the dolly/mannequin heads. We then show the work to the tutor and, if it's the Wed/Thurs tutor, you can bet she'll say "great... this, this and this are wrong. Take it out and do it again." I don't think I could count the number of times I've repeated the same task over and over but you know what? It works. Each time to try something a little differently, or you pick up time, or something else clicks.
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I am Kristin. I am an almost-27 year old teacher. However, I chose to not renew my contract last May, because the drive was killing me (an hour each way). I taught at a Title-1 urban elementary school in southwest Atlanta, and although there were challenges, it was a great learning and growing experience. Unfortunately, I have not been able to secure a job since (due to the economy..getting a job is like auditioning for American Idol), so I am substitute teaching for two counties and working on my TPT store, while actively pursuing interviews/jobs. I still keep up with the latest innovations and techniques, and common-core related things going on though, because I am very antsy to get back into my own classroom.
|my nephew , Trent
Anywho, I am very close to my family. I love them, and we all live within an hour of each other. I have three siblings, and my brother and his wife just blessed everyone with a precious baby boy, so now I am an aunt!
I love my friends, although I just have a few...they are friends I've had through thick and thin. My best friend and I have been friends for 14 years!
|my best friend, Erin, and I on a rare snow day in GA
We do not have kids (yet), but we do have the most precious rescue dog in the world, Pawley, who we adopted last September. I love him. He is adorable.
Aside from creating teaching materials and resources, and blogging, I love:
traveling! I want to visit everywhere :)
Board games!
|cupcakes and toppers I made for my husband's 30th bday!
all food basically!
working out to my fitness dvds (I am a big Jillian Michaels fan).
Spending time with those that I love!
So, that is me in a nutshell ! I hope I did not bore you too much !
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