text: Scenes from America, circa once upon a time. White men taking sledgehammers to the door of the jailhouse in Marion, Ind., intending to murder three black prisoners. The sheriff orders his men not to interfere. White men hearing testimony tying two white defendants conclusively to the kidnap, torture and murder of a black boy in Money, Miss. The jury takes less than an hour to set them free. There are other examples - literally thousands - but let two suffice to make the point. Which is that blacks have frequently found the justice system to be about anything but justice. From the day slavery ended, that system has often been its surrogate, a tool used specifically for the suppression and control of black people. There was no artifice about it. This conspiracy of beat cops and county sheriffs and district attorneys and judges and senators and attorneys general operated openly and with impunity. Everyone knew there were simply different rules, different enforcement and different punishment for blacks. Maybe your impulse is to seal all that off in a mental box called history, interesting, lamentable, but hardly relevant. In which case, what will you say about Jena? Meaning, of course, the tiny Louisiana town now infamous for a series of events that began a year ago when a black high school student asked the principal if it was OK for him to sit under a shade tree white kids claimed as theirs. The principal told him yes. But the next day, nooses were found hanging in the tree. The principal wanted the white kids who did it expelled, but the superintendent overruled him, briefly suspending them instead. Expulsion, he felt, was excessive for this "prank." There followed weeks of racial brawls and even an arson fire. A black student, Robert Bailey, was hit in the head with a beer bottle by a white kid who was later charged with simple battery and released on probation. After a white student, Justin Barker, supposedly taunted Bailey about it, six black kids allegedly jumped him, kicking and stomping. Barker was knocked out and had a black eye. He was treated and released at the hospital and felt well enough to go out that same night. Yet the district attorney called it attempted murder. Yes, charges against five of the six were eventually reduced. Yes, an appeals court just overturned the aggravated battery conviction of the only student whose case has been adjudicated. But it is hard to be sanguine. This unjust justice is hardly unique. A 2000 study co-sponsored by the Justice Department codifies the obvious: People of color receive starkly unequal treatment in the "justice" system. Where blacks are concerned, it seems, that system often still exists not to enforce law and protect order, but to intimidate and compel. But at least they care enough about appearances these days to lie. "Race? This has nothing to do with race. Oh, no." One might ask why it is that black justice so seldom looks like real justice, even today. The answer is that history does not fit in a box. And once upon a time is now. Leonard Pitts Jr. is a columnist for the Miami Herald. His column publishes most Wednesdays and Sundays. 4A Wednesday, September 19, 2007 Questions or Comments? Call the American News (605) 622-2300 or 1-800-925-4100, ext. 300 That government is best which governs the least, because its people discipline themselves. President Thomas Jefferson TODAY IN HISTORY P Sept. 19 1783 - Jacques Etienne Montgolfier launched a duck, a sheep and a rooster aboard a hot-air balloon at Versailles in France. 1957 - The United States conducted its first contained underground nuclear test, code-named ''Rainier,'' in the Nevada desert. 2002 - President Bush asked Congress for authority to ''use all means,'' including military force if necessary, to disarm and overthrow Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein if he did not quickly meet United Nations demands to abandon all weapons of mass destruction. 1986 - Federal health officials announced that the experimental drug AZT would be made available to thousands of AIDS patients.


text: Windows Server AppFabric fills an important vacuum left in the wake of COM and COM+'s demise as the .NET platform has risen to prominence. Provided as an extension to Internet Information Services (IIS), the built-in application server frees you from having to create your own Windows services to perform application hosting. Instead, you can take advantage of plumbing and infrastructure that Ms provides for you, freeing you to focus on just your business logic while still being able to deploy n-tier solutions on Windows Server. In this way, Windows Server AppFabric solves the problem of developing, deploying, and reliably hosting middle-tier WCF/WF services.

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The best lessons of life ( part 2)
Hi friends..
Thank you very much for your comments… If I can I I'll try to add long episode..
Its very different friends not nly her past love is haunting her but something other than that made her very strong in her life and her carrer(it will b the main suspence of the story it I'll revealed in my final episode nly..so pls cont reading)
The episode starts with Jhanvi's
parents take her out to change her
mood..but her mood is still sinking in something and is not able to happy with her family..
Jhanvi's parents and her brother(Vishnu) are her strength and weaknesses..
He studying in college 2nd yr..he s elder brother of jhanvi.. He is always best than a friend, gud than a teacher and better than a brother to jhanvi.. He always extends his hand in support to jhanvi whenever she falls weak..
jhanvi always think him as a gud frnd whenever she want to share her sorrrow
and worries.. But she also hidden about her love(it's better to say infatuation in her age..actually its not her love but infatuation and she find her true love in arrange marriage) to her brother..Jhanvi's age will be between 14 and 15yrs..(I think y I said it s just infatuation now u understood)..
Jhanvi's family reached back to home after having little fun and dinner outside..
Jhanvi goes to her room sees a paper which is kept in her cupboard… On going through that paper she gets somewhat angry and she kept back it in locker and locked it so that she will not see that back again in nxt 6months..
Jhanvi thinks of something and decides to talk to her parents..
Jhanvi's parents and brother hav been sitting in sofa and chatting about something when jhanvi enters hall all gets silent and sees jhanvi..
Jhanvi comes to her mother and sits beside her..
All r watching jhanvi with ques in their eye thinking what happened to her today she came to talk to them in hall after so many months..
Her parents and her brother gets happy that jhanvi is getting back to
Jhanvi says to her family that..
Jhanvi: I wish to move on in life and join in some course for another 6 months and after that I will join back to school..
Father and mother: smiles and says if u wish to join v I'll b happy dr.. Don't worry..and asks her brother to chk the computer course near our house.. Her brother nods yes and smiles…
Nxt day her father took her to nearby computer course center and ask her which course she want to join..
Jhanvi ask the instructor there how many months for each course..they replied depending on the classes conducted and attended by students.. If they come on daily except weekends the each course It I'll b finish
between one to one and half months..
So jhanvi decides to study from basic to the level she can..
So she asked her father about that and joined in course..
They left computer course center after they get details about course and timings..
Jhanvi ask her father for ice cream when he s about to get into car..
He smiles and compiles..
Jhanvi get into the car for gng to ice cream parlor..
Jhanvi says to herself that I want to move on in my life for the sake of my family and never think about her past and cry and decides to become strong..
What is Jhanvi's past? Y she decided to not think about her past? What happened to her at this age that changed her life? Y she didn't cont her studies for one year?
To know jhanvi's story keep reading my episodes..
First day in computer course center..
Hi frnds..
It's actually a real story of a girl who overcome her weaknesses and get succeed in her life..its mainly about her family support to her..sry if I bored u…
Pls leave ur comments and suggestions.. Bye..
Credit to : Vibhu


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Posted by Rama Krishna on August 25th, 1999
Virtual Developer Workshop: Containerized Development with Docker
Environment: VC6, NT4/Win9X
Basically, to use ATL Object wizard in a project following criteria must be met :-
Project must have an idl file with atleast the following block:
library projectname { }
The project.cpp file should have the following piece of code
BEGIN_OBJECT_MAP(ObjectMap) END_OBJECT_MAP()
The appwizard presnted in this article generates a project that meets these criteria. You can use it to generate console application as well as windows application.
To use it you just need to copy the file atlconwz.awx to [visual studio directory]\Common\MSDev98\Template


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U-M political scientists offer analysis of presidential election
In making sense of the 2012 elections, three U-M political scientists came to the same conclusion about what led to President Obama's victory: race and gender affected which candidate voters chose.
Less than 24 hours after most ballots were counted, Vincent Hutchings, Donald Kinder and Michael Traugott offered their election analysis during a panel discussion Wednesday at the Institute for Social Research.
|From left, Donald Kinder, Vincent Hutchings and Michael Traugott conducted a panel discussion on the 2012 presidential election. (Photo by Eva Menezes, ISR)
Most national polls accurately predicted a close U.S. presidential race. However, until the final few weeks before the elections, it was unclear how race and gender would affect the outcome. Exit polls showed several results that could impact future elections, especially for the Republican Party, the experts said.
Hutchings, professor of political science, and Afroamerican and African Studies, noted Tuesday's election could be described as having a racially divided electorate: 39 percent of whites voted for Obama, while 59 percent voted for Republican challenger Mitt Romney.
African-American, Hispanic and Asian voters went to the polls in large numbers. While the number of African-American voters for Obama dipped slightly in the 90 percent range, 71 percent of Hispanics voters selected the president this year compared with 67 percent four years earlier. Romney had 27 percent in 2012. Asian voters preferring Obama jumped to 73 percent this year compared with 64 percent four years earlier.
"The partisan divide has been increasingly racialized in our post-racial environment," Hutchings said, noting that the Democratic Party is appearing non-white while the Republican Party looks largely white. In addition, the number of minority voters is growing while the opposite is happening among white voters, he said.
Obama's race has contributed in part to his approval ratings dropping among white voters, said Kinder, James Orin Murfin Professor of Political Science and Philip E. Converse Collegiate Professor of Political Science. However, the same factor – as well as effective campaigning efforts – led to large numbers of African Americans mobilizing to vote during the last two presidential elections, Kinder noted.
Before the elections, Kinder said, he thought fewer African Americans might support Obama after he backed same-sex marriage.
"The black church, for a long time, has been the center of political mobilization for the black community and I thought that (the same-sex marriage issue) would be a problem for him," he said. "Exit polls show that it wasn't an issue to keep them from the voting booths."
The gender gap is "alive and well," Hutchings noted, with 56 percent of women voting for Obama this year. The percentage of white women comprising this segment of the Democratic Party was smaller than four years ago: 42 percent in 2012 compared with 46 percent in 2008.
Traugott, professor of political science and communication studies, said labeling it the "gender gap" also should encompass race and marital status.
Overall, the president's success speaks to his grassroots efforts to mobilize supporters to get to early voting locations, to submit absentee ballots or to take them to the polls Tuesday.
"Obama was able to identify supporters … and get them to the polls," Traugott said.
While some pundits will second-guess Romney's strategies, exit polls also indicate that he was not a flawed candidate compared to the GOP's 2008 nominee, Sen. John McCain.
Romney increased the support of Republicans by 3 percent and independents by 6 percent compared with McCain four years earlier, Traugott said. By comparison, Obama increased support of Democrats by 3 percent.


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Imran Khan, Zaid Hamid and MQM trend on twitter at the same time
Following Tariq Mir's leaked statement that revealed MQM obtained funds from RAW, Pakistani twitterati could not hold back their rage against the political party and started trending the hashtag #TariqMirExposesMQMRAWNexus.
#TariqMirExposesMQMRAWNexus MQM had been killing their own workers and blaming on Rangers such was their terrorism! pic.twitter.com/XBRZpEsEUi
— Farhan Khan Virk (@FarhanKVirk) June 27, 2015
#TariqMirExposesMQMRAWNexus Finally no more hidden enemy agents we Pak can see all our enemies now & will defeat all enemies from BLA to MQM — Ahmed Ashraf (@aashrafbdo) June 27, 2015
#TariqMirExposesMQMRAWNexus Altaf hussain knew about the RAW funding in other words he propagated RAW agenda in Pak pic.twitter.com/Xy8FOyHUOl
— Muhammad Aftab Khan (@MuhammadAftabK) June 27, 2015
Everyone from their target killer to leader has admitted being facilitated by RAW, how is it not banned yet? #TariqMirExposesMQMRAWNexus — Danish Khan (@KhanDanish_) June 27, 2015
"I am sorry but I also don't know @abidifactor and @WasayJalil " –Altaf Hussain #TariqMirExposesMQMRAWNexus pic.twitter.com/eftf4t4nFQ
— Alveena (@AlveenaSehar) June 27, 2015
As PPP co-chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari returned back to Pakistan from Dubai, PPP jiyalas set about tweeting in favour of their leader and against Imran Khan. Hence, the hashtag #BhagNiaziBossAagaya started trending:-
#BhagNiaziBossAagaya @giffsonsabir pic.twitter.com/izr39fTUVj — Awaisbaig pppsm grw (@PPPGujranwala) June 27, 2015
Look like @BBhuttoZardari is calling #BhagNiaziBossAagaya pic.twitter.com/nd25SMBTjo
— M_Afzaal PPP SM (@TeamBilawalRWP) June 27, 2015
#BhagNiaziBossAagaya About time he blessed us with his presence — Shehreen Umair (@Shehreeen) June 27, 2015
#BhagNiaziBossAagaya pic.twitter.com/THHavn0wZh
— Awaisbaig pppsm grw (@PPPGujranwala) June 27, 2015
#BhagNiaziBossAagaya pic.twitter.com/Cm5F8YVlsf
— imran malik (@imranmalikawan) June 27, 2015 Imprisoned in Saudi Arabia, Zaid Hamid loyalists continued to pound twitter with his pro tweets:-
#PakLovesZaidHamid We want Zaid Hamid back home asap. pic.twitter.com/9jsFrgjXIU
— Mishkaat Umair (@mishkoo90) June 26, 2015
I've just heard Zaid Hamid is behind bars in Saudi Arabia. Imagine Pakistani Police arresting a Saudi Journo. Can't imagine? I can't either.
— Haroon Hayat (@Rjharoon) June 27, 2015
Zaid Hamid is cray cray but hes a Pakistani who has been arrested by Saudis for exercising freedom of speech, his right! #releasezaidhamid
— Ali Gul Pir (@Aligulpir) June 27, 2015
Notwithstanding the craziness of his views,awful 2hear about Zaid Hamid's reported punishment in Saudia:8 years&1200 lashes.For free speech?
— Mehr Tarar (@MehrTarar) June 25, 2015
Never agreed with Zaid Hamid. But his reported detention in Saudi Arabia is wrong. Let him speak! #ReleaseZaidHamid pic.twitter.com/R0axnoZhy5
— Raza Rumi (@Razarumi) June 24, 2015


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March 2012 Bar Bulletin
Remembering the Lessons of Gordon Kiyoshi Hirabayashi
By Lorraine K. Bannai
During World War II, Gordon Hirabayashi was a 24-year-old senior at the University of Washington - an American citizen by birth - when, as acts of civil disobedience, he defied a curfew imposed on persons of Japanese ancestry and refused to comply with military orders forcing Japanese Americans to leave the West Coast and enter concentration camps.
Forty years later in 1983, Hirabayashi - represented by a remarkable team of Seattle attorneys - reopened his case and won vacation of his conviction based on evidence that the government, while arguing his case before the Supreme Court, suppressed, altered and destroyed material evidence bearing on the issue of military necessity.
We learned with sadness of Hirabayashi's passing on January 2. As many recalled at a conference at Seattle University School of Law marking the 25th anniversary of his coram nobis case, he and the cases he pursued, both in the 1940s and 1980s, have left us many lessons.
He was a native son, raised in Auburn. He took a courageous stand during World War II and, years later in reopening his case, aided in vindicating the Japanese American community. On a broader level, Hirabayashi spoke for all of us in seeking to hold this country to its promise of equality. As he said in later years, "I never looked at my case as just my own, or just as a Japanese American case. It is an American case, with principles that affect the fundamental rights of all Americans."
After the bombing of Pearl Harbor in December 1941, the popular press, vocal members of the public and government officials turned against the Japanese American community and called for these people's removal from the West Coast. In the spring of 1942, pursuant to authority granted by President Roosevelt, Gen. John L. DeWitt of the Army's Western Defense Command began issuing a series of orders to control the perceived "Japanese problem."
He first issued a curfew order, requiring immigrant Germans and Italians and all persons of Japanese ancestry, including citizens, to stay in their homes during the evening hours. Hirabayashi questioned why he had to run back from the library to his dorm before curfew - just because he was of Japanese ancestry - when his classmates did not. Hirabayashi wrote, "Why the hell am I running back and nobody else is? Am I an American?"
DeWitt then began issuing a series of civilian exclusion orders, 108 in all, requiring Japanese Americans to report for removal from the West Coast and for eventual incarceration in desolate camps across the interior United States. More than 110,000 persons of Japanese ancestry, two-thirds of whom were American citizens, were ultimately confined.
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"We believe, the administration believes that the Greeks and the Europeans broadly the IMF, the EU. have the capacity to deal with these challenges," he said.
"We continue to believe that they can and will. We have been encouraged by some of the steps that the Greek government has taken and we encourage them to press on with the reforms necessary to get this situation, to get it right."
Euro zone finance ministers gave Greece two weeks from Monday to approve stricter austerity measures in return for another 12 billion euros in emergency loans, increasing pressure on Athens to get its ragged finances in order.


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Bharatiya Janata Party leader Gopinath Munde leaves the trial court on April 18 after finishing his testimony in the Pramod Mahajan murder case.
Munde's revelation could take Pravin Mahajan closer to conviction by the trial court for murdering his brother-in-law. His statement in the court on April 11 that the slain BJP leader had received a 'threatening' SMS from Pravin a few days prior to being shot at last year, has come as shot in the arm for the prosecutors in the case.
Ab yachna nahi ran hoga! Jivan vijay ke sath jiye ya maran hoga (It is war now, no more skirmishes! Either one lives victorious or embraces death) -- according to Munde, Pramod received this message a few days after Pravin had gone to Pramod's residence, demanded Rs one crore and said that he would face the consequences for not paying him the amount.
After receiving the message, Pramod asked me to speak to Pravin about it, the BJP leader added.
On April 17, Munde identified Pramod's cell phone and also the threatening SMS before Additional Sessions Judge Shrihari Davare. A day later, Special Public Prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam submitted a six-page supplementary charge sheet containing the statement and certificate provided by Reliance Infocom officer Gyanendra Upadhyay about the message.
The computer-extract stated that a message was sent from mobile number 9323960307 (owned by Pravin) to mobile number 9811445454 (owned by Pramod) on April 15, 2006 at 1639 hours. The message was found in the inbox of a phone.


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Labor's Son Robbed MotorbikeA labor man went to check CCTV footage at Bang Saray information centre after his son had been robbed a motorbike.
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SATTAHIP – May 31,2016 [PattayaDailyNews]; at 18.00pm Mr.Kriangkrai Yodkhamtun aged 46 went to BangSaray information centre in order to check CCTV footage after his son, Thanawan Yodkhamtun, had been robbed his motorcycle. The incident took place on May 29.
Upon inspection the thief took a minibus before he got down at Mae Toey market. Later he put a crashing helmet and ran up to hop on a motorbike and ride away. However, the footage is unclear and it's difficult to identify identity of the thief.
Mr.Kriangkrai added that he is just a labor and he had to work hard to make downpayment and he paid it off for only 3 months. He would like the robber to sympathise him and contact him at his telephone number under the motorbike seat.
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This is the scary version of the Ugly Christmas Sweater.
Date: November 30, 2013.
Location: Venice, California.
Good Morning, Miss. I like your glasses. You look a little sad. Don't forget to smile today.
Date: November 25, 2013.
Location: Marina Del Rey, California.
Happy Father's Day, Dad. We Love you. This is me and my brother in the shoes that we got our dad for his Birthday. It all started with a first step. Thank you, Aldo.
Date: June 16, 2013.
Location: Paris, France.
Just Start Singing that song from that guy, "YOU'RE BEAUTIFUL….YOU'RE BEAUTIFUL…IT'S TRUE." Thank you, Kelly.
Date: June 07, 2013.
Location: Marina Del Rey, California.
Perfect days are made of these. Thank you, Susan, for your support.
Date: May 27, 2013.
Location: Brooklyn, New York.
Sittin' on a Penny Floor.
Making sure I look up in the mirror.
Why not go along as I sing this Penny song.
Date: April 15, 2013.
Location: Los Angeles, California.
Cloudy day on the French Riviera. Thanks for all the support.
Date: April 14, 2013.
Location: Nice, France.
Boots and Pennies are quite a powerful combination. Thank you, girls.
Date: April 01, 2013.
Location: Los Angeles, California.
Happy 50th Birthday, Mr Jordan. Thank you for showing a whole generation what greatness truly is.
Date: February 17, 2013
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Saturday, November 21, 2009
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Great news about the job Gabi!ReplyDelete
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I love this precious image - how beautiful is the bridal gown and how cute are the flower girls giggling away!
Diana x
PS - thanks for the lovely comments about spoon on my blog - I'll tell chef Yianni that you're waiting for his lentil soup ;o)
i think you should get the chair !!!!! arh if only - money SUXReplyDelete
My Granny has a chair just like this! I'll have to keep it in mind for when my time comes!ReplyDelete
Wow, this is so beautiful and romantic! And the background is the dreamed scenery for my future wedding... Thank you for your blog, it's sooooo inspiring!ReplyDelete
I too love the look of indoor furniture outside or in a garden. This photo is absolutely adorable.ReplyDelete
Keep an eye out for the buy and sell - you may be able to get a great vintage piece on the cheap!!


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Can states choose whether to accept Syrian refugees?
Editor's note: University of Illinois labor and employment relations professor Michael LeRoy teaches a course on immigration law and has written a casebook titled "Immigration, Employment and Public Policy." In an interview with U of I News Bureau business and law editor Phil Ciciora, LeRoy discusses the legality of some state governors refusing to accept Syrian refugees.
Can governors unilaterally declare that they won't accept more refugees?
Public policies for refugees are set by federal legislation, the Immigration and Nationality Act, under specific provisions for political asylum. The president proposes to Congress a quota, called a refugee ceiling. Most years, Congress accepts the number, probably because it's so low. It was 70,000 in 2015. Where do governors fit in this process? They don't, at all. But this is about politics, not the law.
Deciding the fate of refugees – is this a new role for governors?
Actually, no. Former Gov. Jan Brewer of Arizona was instrumental in helping to pass several anti-immigrant laws that tested the boundary between state and federal law. Parts of Arizona's law have withstood Supreme Court scrutiny – for example, a controversial provision that de-authorizes any corporation from doing business if it knowingly violates a state requirement to verify the immigration status of workers.
How successful are state efforts to make immigration laws?
In my judgment, too successful. The U.S. Supreme Court has upheld certain parts of Arizona's S.B. 1070, which requires police to determine the immigration status of someone arrested or detained when there is "reasonable suspicion" they are not in the U.S. legally. Nearly two dozen states passed copycat versions of S.B. 1070 – a number that approximately matches the number of anti-Syrian proclamations from Republican governors.
What can governors do to enforce their proclamations?
They would need, first, to have their legislatures pass some type of enabling legislation, maybe patterned after the "deterrence" model of S.B. 1070 in Arizona. Another approach is to criminalize the act of renting housing to the targeted immigrant group. This aggressive approach was taken up by Hazleton, Pennsylvania, in the mid-2000s. But after 10 years of litigation, including at least one trip to the U.S. Supreme Court, Hazleton's anti-immigrant ordinances were struck down by federal courts.
What's the next move at the state and federal levels?
The president has significant power to regulate policies under the Immigration and Nationality Act, so one might anticipate a countermove by President Obama. On the other hand, a federal appeals court in the 5th Circuit recently struck down his plan to provide 4 million undocumented immigrants with deportation relief and work permits. In this case, 26 states successfully litigated against the president's more lenient approach to immigration. Resolution of this case – assuming it goes to the Supreme Court – will affect the latest effort by Republican governors to erect a wall of fear around America.


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We support procurement staff working in the Civil Service.
Who we are
We're an informal network for civil servants who work in, or are involved with, procurement for government.
The Procurement profession is one of the Civil Service Professions. Improving the capability and confidence of procurement staff is critical to the successful implementation of the government procurement reform strategy and is at the heart of the Procurement Profession. There is an expectation to have a higher percentage of trained, skilled and qualified staff.
Our priorities
Our main priorities over the next 2 years are to:
- increase in spend managed through GPS
- make sustainable savings through CSR 10
- reduce sourcing time and cost, with unnecessary barriers removed
- increase our spend with SMEs
- increase the percentage of trained and qualified staff
- deploy and use enabling technology
- develop sectoral pipelines to support supply chain management
Career opportunities and professional development
The Procurement Professional Curriculum contains learning relevant to everyone within the profession, wherever you work in central government. Other professional learning and development opportunities are available through your department's own formal training arrangements or through informal on the job training, coaching and mentoring.
Departments are currently working together to design the curriculum for the profession. Learning products will be added in phases as they are developed, so they are available to you as soon as possible. The curriculum will develop and change over time to reflect the changing needs of the profession.
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If you would like to find out more about the Commercial Fast Stream please join our mailing list and register your interest.
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The holidays are upon us, and everyone is either stocking up on tokens for their loved ones or hoarding for themselves. In any case, we've got just the thing for you: Radioactive Mushrooms in the Forest.
Hand-made and cruelty-free, Radioactive Mushrooms in the Forest is here to please the senses.
The holidays are upon us, and everyone is either stocking up on tokens for their loved ones or hoarding for themselves. In any case, we've got just the thing for you: Radioactive Mushrooms in the Forest.
Founded by Wiji Lacsamana, the brand started as a little project with her husband for the annual Art in the Park bazaar. Her natural fascination with perfumes and unique scents in high school has evolved into a full-on business. Wiji makes handcrafted organic scents and natural makeup stored in the cutest packaging (really, they're to die for).
We're no strangers to the power of the sense of smell. Scents can easily take us back to the moment when we first encountered it before (e.g. gingerbread smells like Christmas, coconut smells like summer, and so on). Every scent by Radioactive Mushrooms ITF stems from fleeting moments and cherished memories, such as days you want to stay under the covers or the feeling after hiking in the mountains. These memories are encapsulated in their oil perfumes and candles.
For all the Wes Anderson fans out there, it's time to experience his films up close and personal with Wiji's limited edition "The Wes Anderson inspired collection." Taking notable scenes and characters from these films as her inspiration, you can evoke your inner Margot Tenenbaum with the scent aptly named "Margot" (floral scent that dries down into smoky tobacco and musk notes), walk into Mendl's patisserie with "Mendl's" (sweet with a powdery finish) or fall in love all over again with "Summer's End" as inspired by the love of Suzy Bishop and Sam Shakusky (gardenia and cedar wood).
The imagination tints on the other hand are definitely next in line in the search for your next holy grail item. Each tint is versatile as they can even be used as an eyeshadow, bronzer or a highlighter depending on the shade. As an added bonus, all items are natural and cruelty-free. Since these are all just hand-crafted and made in small batches, you better snag your own bottle before they start running out.
Order online at: https://shop.radioactivemushrooms.com/. Photos from Radioactive Mushrooms In the Forest.


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Discussion in 'MacBook Air' started by Mr. Zarniwoop, Jan 5, 2011.
Including 240GB model... faster than RunCore?
They kick butt
Just played with one at CES. It blew away the apple SSD in a side by side. I ordered one as soon as I got back to my hotel.
They also had the 2010MBA with their upgrade. 360GB in that machine is brilliant. These guys rock!!!
All I have to say is ouch!!! they are expensive!!! BUT I would love to have one for my MBA...


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Because he packed a season's worth of production into two months last year, it can be a little easy to forget the 2017 season was the first full MLB season of Gary Sanchez's career. He usurped Brian McCann as the starting catcher late last year and so convinced the Yankees he was ready for full-time catching duty that they traded McCann over the winter. They didn't keep the veteran safety net.
Sanchez, who is three weeks away from his 25th birthday, left zero doubt he is not only the catcher of the present for the Yankees, but a centerpiece of their new core. He missed a month with a biceps injury early in 2017 and still hit .278/.345/.531 (130 wRC+) with 33 homers in 122 games. Thirty-three different catchers had at least 300 plate appearances this season. Here are Sanchez's ranks:
- AVG: .278 (7th)
- OBP: .345 (9th)
- SLG: .531 (2nd behind Kurt Suzuki (?!?))
- wRC+: 130 (1st)
- HR: 33 (1st)
- XBH: 53 (1st)
- fWAR: +4.4 (1st)
- bWAR: +4.1 (1st)
At worst, Sanchez has established himself as the best power-hitting catcher in baseball. Only seven players have hit more homers than Sanchez since he was called up for good last August 3rd. That's among all players, not only catchers. Sanchez missed a month and he's still hit more homers (53) since last August 3rd than guys like Nolan Arenado (52), Edwin Encarnacion (51), and Kris Bryant (51). He beat Giancarlo Stanton in the first round of the Home Run Derby this year (in Miami)! And that bat drop.
At best, Sanchez has established himself as one of the two or three best all-around catchers in baseball. Yes, that includes defense. Buster Posey remains the gold standard among two-way catchers. Sanchez is much closer to challenging him for that title that a lot of people seem to realize. By this time next year, the crown could be he is. Let's review Gary's first full big league season.
You Can't Spell Kraken Without Rake
Coming into the season, I was among those who thought Sanchez had no chance to continue last season's pace, and he didn't. Gary put up a .299/.376/.657 (171 wRC+) batting line with 20 homers in only 53 games last year. Doing that again seemed impossible. That isn't to say I thought Sanchez would be bad. I just didn't expect him to be that good again. And he wasn't. But he was still great!
What impressed me most about Sanchez this year was how, in four of his five healthy months, he was dominant offensively. And I mean dominant. Not pretty good or a tick above average. Gary was a force pretty much all season aside from a July swoon. His month-by-month splits:
- April: .150/.190/.300 (23 wRC+) in five games before the injury
- May: .293/.398/.440 (130 wRC+)
- June: .307/.390/.659 (175 wRC+)
- July: .231/.273/.396 (69 wRC+)
- August: .287/.347/.648 (157 wRC+)
- September: .303/.354/.528 (134 wRC+)
At one point in August, when most catchers are starting to wear down a bit in the dog days of summer, Sanchez swatted nine homers in the span of 12 games, including the second longest home run in baseball in 2017, a 493-foot moonshoot at Comerica Park. He started 117 total games between catcher and DH and only 24 times did he fail to reach base.
High-leverage situations? Sanchez hit .390/.422/.561 (162 wRC+). Men in scoring position? He hit .281/.356/.477 (118 wRC+). Gary's go-ahead two-run double in Game Four of the ALCS is on the short list of the biggest hits of the season. It certainly felt like the biggest at the time.
Sanchez led all qualified hitters in pull rate (51.6%) this season — Carlos Santana (51.4%), Brian Dozier (50.4%), and Rougned Odor (50.3%) were the only other hitters with a pull rate over 50% in 2017 — and when he struggles, it's almost always because he gets pull happy and starts chasing everything. His swing rate on pitches out of the zone gradually increased as the season progressed, even as pitchers threw him fewer pitches in the zone.
On one hand, that seems bad. Pitchers threw fewer pitches in the zone as the season progressed and Sanchez chased more and more. On the other hand, Sanchez raked in August and September, so maybe it's not that big a deal? Gary is certainly capable of going the other way. Look at the video of the ALCS Game Four double again. He split the right-center field gap. Sanchez also homered to right field in Game Four of the ALDS.
Again, this was Gary's first full big league season, the first time he went threw the league multiple times and the first time he had pitchers adjust to him and had to adjust back. His strikeout (22.9%) and walk (7.6%) rates certainly weren't unwieldy. Sanchez is just a young hitter who has to learn when to stop being so pull happy. There's nothing wrong with being a pull hitter and I wouldn't try to change anything. What Gary is doing works, so keep doing it. As he gains experience and figures out how pitchers are attacking him, he'll be even more dangerous.
Throwing & Framing
We all know Sanchez can hit. He's a great hitter regardless of position and an elite hitter for a catcher. His defense is quite divisive, however. Everyone agrees he's a great thrower, right? Right. Sanchez threw out 23 of 60 basestealers this season, or 38%. The league average is 27%. Remember when he threw out Brock Holt with a one-run lead in the ninth inning on August 19th? It was flawless.
- Cardinals: 86 (Yadier Molina)
- Indians: 87 (Gomes)
- Yankees: 91 (Yo Soy Gary)
And that's with Sanchez missing a month and Austin Romine's miserable throwing arm — Romine threw out only 10% (!) of basestealers in 2017 — filling in as the starter for a month. As long as Gary stays on the field, teams may attempt fewer steals against the Yankees next season than any other team. His arm is that good. Teams don't even bother testing him much of the time.
There is more to catcher defense than throwing out basestealers, obviously. Sanchez was either comfortably above-average or comfortably below-average at pitch-framing this season, depending who you ask.
- Baseball Prospectus: +3.5 runs
- StatCorner: -3.8 runs
Hmmm. I trust Baseball Prospectus more only because I know more about their methodology, though I was surprised to see Sanchez rated so well at pitch-framing. He ranks 19th among all catchers. That isn't to say I thought Sanchez was a bad framer. Bad framers stick out like a sore thumb. Those dudes are easy to spot. I thought Gary was closer to average based on the eye test, which is what you get when you average out Baseball Prospectus and StatCorner.
Let's Talk About The Passed Balls
Now let's get to the elephant in the room. Sanchez's blocking was so bad at one point this season — Gary allowed five passed balls in a 12-game span in late-July/early-August — that the usually protective Joe Girardi called him out publicly. He never does that. Sanchez allowed a passed ball that let a run score in a loss to the Indians, and afterwards Girardi called him out.
"He needs to improve. Bottom line," said Girardi after the game. "I don't have a problem with his effort, but sometimes he shows his frustrations … He's late getting down. That's what I see sometimes, and it's something we've been working on and we continue to work on. He's capable of doing a better job."
Not only did Girardi call Sanchez out, he benched him him for a few days, and he did it in such a way that got the message across without hurting the team. Gary sat the day after the passed ball, which was a day game after a night game, meaning he was probably going to sit anyway. The next day was an off-day, then the next day he was the DH. That's three days away from catching but only one day out of the lineup, a day he was going to sit anyway.
Did the benching work? Only Sanchez can answer that. What we do know is that before the benching, Sanchez allowed 12 passed balls in 59 games, or one every 4.9 games. After the benching, he allowed four passed balls in 40 games, or one every ten games. Big improvement! I thought Gary's best defensive stretch of the season came during the playoffs, particularly when he blocked the hell out of Masahiro Tanaka's splitters in Game Three of the ALDS.
All told this season, 110 different players caught a game in the big leagues. Here is the bottom of the leaderboard of Baseball Prospectus' catcher blocking metric:
106. Jonathan Lucroy: -2.3 runs
107. Mike Zunino: -2.6 runs
108. Gary Sanchez: -2.6 runs
109. James McCann: -2.8 runs
110. Wilson Ramos: -3.2 runs
Yep, bottom of the league. To be fair, the Yankees do not have the easiest pitching staff to catch. Sanchez (and Romine) had to contend with Tanaka's splitters in the dirt, Sonny Gray and Jaime Garcia throwing nothing straight, David Robertson spiking curveballs, Dellin Betances having no idea where the ball is going most of the time, so on and so forth. According to Statcast, only four teams threw a higher percentage of pitches in the dirt than the Yankees this year.
Now, that said, there were many blockable pitches along the way that Sanchez did not block. And given the nature of blocking pitches in the dirt, it's so very easy to blame them on Gary being lazy, and I hate that. He gets called lazy because he's from the Dominican Republic and that garbage stereotype exists in baseball. I hate questioning effort level and the only time I do it is when it is particularly egregious. Andruw Jones jogging after balls in the gap in 2012 is the best recent example I can come up with of a Yankee straight up dogging it.
Sanchez, more than anything, has to improve his blocking technique. He has to better anticipate pitches in the dirt, get down quicker, and get himself square to the ball. Gary can do it! I know he can. He's already come a very long way defensively in his career. Catching is hard, man. Especially for young catchers. Almost all of them struggle when they first get to the big leagues. Most struggle at the plate. Sanchez has struggled behind it.
And you know what? Even if Sanchez never improves his blocking and is among the league leaders in passed balls year after year after year, under no circumstances should the Yankees move Gary out from behind the plate. He's a great thrower and at least an adequate framer, and of course his bat is elite for the position. Move him to first base or DH and he's merely above-average. At catcher, he's a cornerstone type. Keep him there. Keep him there keep him there keep him there. Keep him there.
2018 Outlook
Sanchez was outstanding this season. Yes, his blocking stunk, and no, he was not as good as he was during his 2016 cameo, but he was excellent overall. On the very short list of the best catchers in baseball, truly. There is no question the Yankees will go into next season with Sanchez as the starting catcher and a middle of the order hitter. He is the team's best and most important hitter aside from Aaron Judge. I think he is their most indispensable player. The drop off from Sanchez to his replacement is greater than the drop off at any other position, I believe.
And here's the thing: I think Sanchez is going to get better. I think there's room for growth in his game, both offensively and defensively, and I think he'll make those improvements as he gains experience. I expect Gary to become a better hitter once he understands what pitchers are trying to do to him and that getting so pull happy can be a detriment, and I think his blocking will improve too. Even with the blocking issues, Sanchez is a franchise catcher, and as good as he was in 2017, the talent is there for him to be even better. I believe it.


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A Decadent Vegan Chocolate "Cheese" Cake
This is a decadent dessert that's perfect to serve on special occasions. I came up with the recipe for my sister, who is dairy-intolerant. The cake is nutrient-dense and full of flavor — just a small piece will leave you satisfied!
- 1 cup(75g) walnuts
- ½ cup whole buckwheat
- 1 cup (200g) dates
- ¼ tsp sea salt
Caramel sauce
- 1 cup(200g) dates
- 3 tbsp hot water
- 1 ½ cup (180g) cashew nuts
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 6 tbsp maple syrup
- ½ cup coconut cream
- ¼ tsp sea salt
- 2 tbsp coconut oil
- 2 tbsp lemon juice
- 1 cup of peanuts
- 120g of dark chocolate (70%)
- Preheat the oven 350°F.
- Soak the cashews for 1 hour in hot water, then rinse well.
- Grease a 20cm springform cake tin and line it with baking paper.
- Optional: roast buckwheat and peanuts for 7-10 minutes.
- Process the walnuts and buckwheat until a crumb consistency forms then add the dates, and sea salt until well mixed. Make sure to not over process this – you'll want to see small chunks still. Press the mixture into the tin evenly then refrigerate for 1 hour. Note: If mixture is too wet add more walnuts; add more dates if it's too dry.
- Blend the dates for the caramel mixture until a smooth consistency forms. Then, slowly add the hot water until smooth and set mixture aside.
- Blend with a high powered blender all the filling ingredients, until a smooth consistency forms.
- Remove the base from the refrigerator. Spoon half the date mixture around the base crust then pour the filling into the tin to cover the base evenly. Next, add half the roasted peanuts and bash it a little on the counter to remove air bubbles and to let the peanuts sink. Place the tin in the freezer for 4 hours or more.
- Melt the dark chocolate.
- Remove the cheesecake from the freezer then top with the remaining date paste and the rest of the roasted peanuts.
- Drizzle the chocolate over the top and put it back in the freezer for 1 hour.
- Remove from the tin while frozen and leave it out to soften a little before serving.
Nuts – interchange with any nut you desire such as Brazil nuts, pecans or pistachios
Buckwheat – any nut
Coconut cream – coconut milk, almond milk, cashew milk
Maple syrup – honey, rice syrup
Prep time: 40 minutes
Cook time: 4-6 hours in the freezer
Total time: 6 hours
Servings: 12
- Nutrition per serving:
Yields and nutritional information are estimated and will vary depending on produce size and equipment used.


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Introduction to Economic & Social Rights | Responsibilities
Economic and Social Rights (ESRs) deal with survival and development. They govern how people are able to live and work together in dignity and with opportunity, and deal with their right to basic necessities as a source for achieving freedom, justice and peace.
ESRs are a broad category of human rights guaranteed in the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESC) of 1966 and other legally binding regional human and international rights treaties.
States, such as Jamaica, that parties to the Covenant are obligated through their governments to work toward respecting (not violating these rights), protecting (ensuring that other people or bodies do not abuse these rights) and fulfilling (making these rights a reality) economic, social, and cultural rights of its citizens.
International law allows for the fact that making economic, social and cultural rights, this does not mean they can do nothing – they have to take steps towards fulfilling them. As an initial step, they must prioritise "minimum core obligations" – minimum essential levels of each of the rights. Under the right to education for example, core obligations include the right to free primary education.
Governments must not discriminate in their laws, policies or practices and must prioritise the most vulnerable when allocating resources.
The ICESC is monitored by the United Nations (UN) Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. All States Parties are required to submit regular reports to the Committee outlining the legislative, judicial, policy and other measures they have taken to implement the rights affirmed in the Covenant.
Key Definitions
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Economic Justice – Describes a situation in which socio-economic institutions are designed to enable people to earn a living, enter into contracts
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Is this the first book you've ever written? Are you wondering where to start or what to do? You've come to the right place. Writing a book can take over your life, and possibly make you crazy. Talking to characters in your head, mumbling to yourself, crying while typing that last tender kiss before sending the hero off to war. This is all normal. For writers at least.
To write a novel you must actually finish the story, type the highs and lows and the climax all the way to The End. The point is to actually finish. Pay no attention to making it perfect, ignore the voice that tells you to polish the scene you wrote last night before starting on new scenes. Get through that first draft. It'll be ugly and if you are like me you'll leave not so helpful notes to yourself like Put exciting fight here, and Stuff that adds emotion here.
You now have a first draft? Great, congrats you've accomplished something many people do not. Go read a few books as a reward. :) Now lets polish. Go back through and fill in those holes. Put in emotion, exciting fight scenes round out those character and plot arcs. Now put it away for at least a week or so, once that week is over read it through, did you make sense? Was that the story you wanted to tell? If not, rework chapters, characters, verbs even. Think you're ready? Almost!
If you read my last post you've learned about accepting critiques. You'll need to be ready because now you need some. Find a friend who likes to read, or another writer, maybe an acquaintance who's great at English, ask then to objectively read and send you feedback. Sometimes it helps to guide them, What did you like best in this chapter, what made you laugh, what questions do you have about the story, how would you rate this book. . .
You are free to rewrite and rewrite as you please, polish that baby and make it shine. But know when enough is enough. Don't get stuck here. If you are unsure, put the book away for a while and work on another, later pull it out and reread. what do you think? How does it feel? You can rewrite again, send to a freelance editor or prep for a query letter and synopsis of the novel, but those are entirely different beasts. :)
For extra help I recommend attending conferences. Wouldn't you know, we are having a hands-on, two day workshop this coming weekend, more info on the right side bar.
Best of Luck to Y'all
Wednesday, July 10, 2013
Writing a Novel
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- Donna K. Weaver said...
Yes, and if you were a rank beginning like me, and that first book is also your learning project, there might be a LOT of those edits because as you learn things you have to edit them in or out.
- July 11, 2013 at 5:27 AM
- Canda said...
I think I do so many revisions because I don't know all the things to look for at once. So when I learn something new, I revise and do that thing. Then I learn another new thing and revise for that. On and on and on. It's getting better though and can incorporate many things together now--sometimes even on the first draft.
- July 11, 2013 at 9:44 AM
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(I lie. It is 23rd June, St John's Eve, but this is the 'real' midsummer, the truly magical time.)
Just outside London, a steep hillside covered in big field daisies, meadows filled with full-headed field grasses. In the corners of the field, elder trees just about ready to bring forth their fruit, and blackberry bushes in full bloom with pink-tinted flowers. Both a hint of berries to come when we move into autumn.
Purple and white clover delicately fragranced. (When we were children we pulled out a single strand from the bloom and sucked the base because our parents thought it was amusing to tell us this was how bees got honey.)
Wild woodbine (honeysuckle), old-fashioned roses with a fragrance that evokes memories of childhood. Oak leaves (because it is a magical time of the year.) And ferns, massive, jungle-like, primitive, in woodland with sunlight flashing through tall trees.
A tiny woodlouse strolls across the path. The only sound is the wind whispering through the grass. I have a micro-moment of realisation of existence.


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Marking the centenary of the influential graphic designer's birth, a new exhibition at London College of Communication (11 – 29 January 2014) celebrates the enormous contribution Tom Eckersley made to graphic design and design education in Britain over six decades as a practitioner, teacher and irrefutable master of poster design.
The exhibition features 40 posters selected from the University of the Arts London's Eckersley archive, housed at London College of Communication (LCC), where Eckersley set up the UK's first undergraduate graphic design course in 1954, at the then London College of Printing (LCP).
During a long and distinguished career Eckersley is recognised as being instrumental in conceptualising modern graphic design as a professional practice of communication distinct from commercial art.
During World War Two he was a cartographer for the Royal Air Force and created designs for the General Post Office. In 1948 he was awarded the Order of the British Empire for his services to poster design. He joined LCP (now LCC) in 1954 and was Head of Graphic Design until 1977, where graduates benefiting from his tutelage included Ralph Steadman and John Hegarty.
The show aims to recognise Eckersley's immeasurable legacy to graphic design. On display you'll see iconic poster designs from the 1940s through to the 1980s, created for organisations including London Transport, the United Nations, the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents, the Worldwide Wildlife Fund and London College of Printing.
Tom Eckersley: Master of the Poster
Private View: Friday 10 January 2014, 6– 9pm
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Monday, October 14, 2013
Cake of the Week - Spiderman Cake
This week's Cake of the Week comes to us from Clair Hayden. This fantastic Spiderman cake was for her son's 4th Birthday and was her first attempt at a two tier cake and fondant. Did she do a fabulous job or what ? Well done Clair and thanks so much for sharing your cake with us ♥
Have you made a fantastic children's birthday cake lately & want to show it off ? Then send it through to us at firstname.lastname@example.com, we would love to hear from you! (The only condition, is that we need good quality photographs.)
Kate xxx
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Here are various small/incomplete/unfinished programs
rtf2html is a small application for converting rtf (Rich Text Format) to HTML (Hypertext Markup Language) files. rtf2html utlizes Project Jedi TJvRichEditToHtml component and does not attempt to convert tabs, tables, images, or other advanced RTF markup instructions.
rtf2html can be run as a normal GUI program or from commandline (latter is useful if you want to use rtf2html in script or program).
HTML output from rtf2html:
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens)
Most of the adventures recorded in this book really occurred; one or two were experiences of my own, the rest those of boys who were schoolmates of mine. Huckleberry Finn is drawn from life; Tom Sawyer also, but not from an individual, he is a combination of the characteristics of three boys whom I knew, and therefore belongs to the composite order of architecture. The odd superstitions touched upon were all prevalent among children and slaves in the West at the period of this story -- that is to say, thirty or forty years ago.
Although my book is intended mainly for the entertainment of boys and girls, I hope it will not be shunned by men and women on that account, for part of my plan has been to try to pleasantly remind adults of what they once were themselves, and of how they felt and thought and talked, and what queer enterprises they sometimes engaged in.
~The Author, Hartford, 1876
Note that you don't have to specify output file or title. rtf2html will use filename and parh from the input file and replace .rtf extension with html; also input filename without path or extension will be used as a title if not otherwise specified. If output file exists, it will be overwritten.
Using rtf2html from command line
In addition, you can specify command "Open". That will open resulting html file after conversion.
rtf2html "c:\My Books\The Adventures Of Tom Sawyer.rtf"
rtf2html "c:\Tom Sawyer.rtf" Open
rtf2html "c:\Tom Sawyer.rtf" "c:\My Ebooks\Tom Sawyer.html"
rtf2html "c:\Tom Sawyer.rtf" "c:\My Ebooks\Tom Sawyer.html" Open
Unfortunately TJvRichEditToHtml is not very fast; converting of a big book may take up to minute or few.
Konverter is my attempt to create simple plugin-based unit converter. I have no further interest in it after I finished Konverter and Plugin Manager, so I guess it is as ready as it will ever become. If you happen to like it and create plugins for it then you're most welcome to send them to me - I'll add them to Konverter.
Since many .nfo files are made on Linux, they have just linefeed instead of normal carriage return/linefeed combo. Therefore, on Windows text viewers they look garbled and rather strange. SimpleNFO can display such files normally, ie handle lf like in Linux. Note that on picture is options dialog, not main program window.
I don't really know why I made this small program.
lf2crlf is a small utility to convert text files with Unix/Linux style line breaks (linefeed only) to Windows style line breaks (carriage return/linefeed combination)


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Submitted by alvin on Mon, 2016-06-20 10:07 Washington DC: A common treatment for breast cancer is less effective in smokers as compared to non-smoking counterparts, according to a new study. Principal investigator Helena Jernstrom said that smokers who were treated with aromatase inhibitors had a three times higher risk of recurrence of breast cancer compared with the non-smokers who got the same treatment. Jernstrom added that the Lund University study also showed that the smokers also had an increased risk of dying, either from the breast cancer or from other illnesses, during the time we followed them. The researchers followed 1,016 patients in southern Sweden who were diagnosed with breast cancer between 2002 and 2012. At the time when they were booked in for surgery, they were asked whether they were smokers or non-smokers. Approximately one in five women stated that she was either a regular smoker or a "social smoker". The impacts of smoking were analysed depending on what type of breast cancer treatment the patients received after their surgeries. What the study shows most clearly is that women over the age of 50, treated with aromatase inhibitors, are affected by smoking. This treatment against breast cancer prevents the body from generating oestrogen in fatty tissue and thereby reduces the risk of recurrence in women with oestrogen-receptive positive breast cancer. One finding which surprised the researchers was that so few patients quit smoking during their treatment, despite being informed of the importance of doing so. Out of a total of 206 smokers, only ten per cent stopped smoking in the first year after their surgery, a number so small that the researchers could not study whether giving up smoking during treatment had any effect. The study is published in the British Journal of Cancer.(ANI)
Common breast cancer treatment works less in smokers
Submitted by alvin on Mon, 2016-06-20 10:07 Washington DC: A common treatment for breast cancer is less effective in smokers as...
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The 2013 edition of the Australian Engineering Week concluded recently after the completion of 29 events across Sydney that engaged young and old in the diverse and interesting work of engineers.
John Nichols, President and Australian Engineering Week Chairman said that the weeklong activities were designed for a wide cross-section of the community.
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The philosophical debate on whether or not humans have free will has been going on for thousands of years. In this blog post I do not intend to settle the debate once and for all. People much smarter than me have already tried. Here I will simply expound upon my own personal thoughts behind the concepts of causality, determinism, and free will.
Much of this info is taken from the Information Philosopher website and the book Free Will Scandal which I encourage you to look at if you are interested in this topic.
First I think we need to define a couple of terms to get started.
Causality is the basic idea that all events have causes. When every event is caused completely by prior events and their causes, it leads to the idea of determinism. A causal chain links all events to earlier events in a limitless sequence.
Determinism is the idea that everything that happens, including all human actions, are completely determined by prior events. There is only one possible future, and it is completely predictable in principle, most famously by Laplace's Supreme Intelligent Demon, assuming perfect knowledge of the positions, velocities, and forces for all the atoms in the void.
Indeterminism is the idea that some events are uncaused, specifically that they are random accidents with only probabilistic outcomes.
Libertarianism is a school of thought that says humans are free, not only from physical determinism, but from all the other diverse forms of determinism. Libertarians believe that strict determinism and freedom are incompatible. Most libertarians in the past have been mind/body dualists who, following René Descartes, explained human freedom by a separate mind substance that somehow manages to act indeterministically in the physical world. Religious libertarians say that God has given man a gift of freedom.
Free Will
Free Will is sometimes called Freedom of Action. Libertarian Free Will includes the availability of alternative possibilities and the ability to have done otherwise. How you define this term is tricky, as there can be various interpretations of the term, and depending on these interpretations, you may end up confirming or denying free will.
Thoughts on Determinism
Lets take a look at determinism first. Do I think that determinism is true? Well, no. At least, not in the sense of pre-determinism, the idea that the entire past (as well as the future) was determined at the origin of the universe.
I think that there is potentially such a thing as self-caused events, or at the very least, a probabilistically caused event. Why do I think this? Well essentially, it is based off my interpretation of quantum mechanics. Based on our modern conception of physics, the Laws of Nature are not deterministic. They are probabilistic due to the underlying quantum mechanics that has replaced classical mechanics as the proper description of the universe's fundamental particles. Probability is the explanation for alternative possibilities and unpredictable uncaused causes.
I believe that adequate determinism it the most apt way to describe our universe. This is the idea that macroscopic objects are adequately determined in their motions, giving rise to the appearance of strict causal determinism. Where as microscopic objects show the probabilistic consequences of indeterminism, due to quantum mechanics. These probabilistic effects usually average out in large objects, leading to the illusion of strict causal physical determinism, the powerful idea of deterministic laws of nature.
Essentially I think that ontological randomness (true randomness) does indeed exist, at the very least, on the microscopic or quantum level.
Even if you deny the idea quantum mechanics implies ontological randomness, I have a simpler, albeit more naive argument for you. Take a look at the chains of causality. If you follow the chain of causality all the way back to the beginning you need to ask yourself the question, well what caused that beginning? What created the first link in the chain? What is the primary cause?
Really, for me, the only thing that makes sense here is that we have an uncaused cause or a self-causing cause. If you really wanted to, you could say that this self-causing cause is God. This is the idea behind Artistotle's "prime mover" or "unmoved mover". I take this a step further and say, why stop at one prime mover? Why can there not be more than one? Why limit it to the very beginning of the causal chain? We could have uncaused causes filtered throughout chains of causality. This would then lead back to the idea of ontological randomness.
The universe is adequately determined, essentially meaning that there are both factors of determinism and indeterminism at play here.
Thoughts on Free Will
So how does the idea of adequate determinism fit in with the idea of free will? Well this really depends on how we define free will. You can define it as the ability to have done otherwise. Meaning that if you reset reality back to the exact state it was 5 minutes ago, before you made the decision to choose between vanilla and chocolate ice cream, you could actually make a different choice here.
A hard determinist would say that no matter how many times you rewind the clock, you will always make the same choice. You will always choose chocolate. Due to adequate determinism I say that, if you do rewind the clock, there will be some times that you choose chocolate and other times that you choose vanilla. To most people this change in choice is simply random, and not actually a case of free will. If I just randomly choose one flavor over another, it cannot be said that my choice here is really free. Technically though, I would say that this fulfills the requirement of 'being able to do otherwise'.
Think that the criticism of the ice cream example, saying 'that isn't really free', is a valid criticism based on that specific idea of free will. However I do not think that this idea of free will gets us anywhere, as it does not actually exist in any real sense. We have a much more plausible idea of free will that we use on a day to day basis. When you go to sign a legal contract, and the witness asks you, "are you signing this contract of your own free will?", and you say "yes", this is essentially what we mean by free will, that you are free from outside coercion.
More specifically I would define free will as essentially being reasons responsive. What does this mean? Reasons-Responsiveness describes an agent who has the kind of control needed to initiate or originate an action. Being "reasons-responsive" and taking ownership of the action means the agent can say the action was "up to me."
To put it a little more simply, you could say it literally means that you are response to other reasons. For example, lets pretend that you plan to go on a bike ride outside to exercise. Your reasons for this is that riding your bike will help you burn calories and become healthier. You then hear on the news that there is going to be a heavy thunderstorm outside in 15 minutes. Due to this, you decide to not go on your bike ride, and instead stay inside. In this case you were responsive to other reasons as to whether you should ride your bike or not. Therefore it can be said in this case that you exercised your free will.
Lets take the same case but modify it a bit. Pretend that you now have a diabolical fitness instructor that has brainwashed you into thinking that you must always ride your bike outside no matter what. Even though you hear on the news that there is going to be a heavy thunderstorm outside in 15 minutes, you will still go outside and ride your bike regardless. In this case, you were not response to other reasons, and it cannot be said that you exercised your free will.
Some people might think of this idea of free will as a type of cop out, but for me, this is the only concept of free will that really makes sense, and it useful to us as humans. This concept of free will is common to those who embrace compatibilism. Compatibilism essentially argues that determinism is compatible with human freedom. This allows us to take responsibility for our actions, including credit for the good and blame for the bad.
My full view on the matter is more accurately described as that of comprehensive compatibilism. You can read a whole lot more about comprehensive compatibilism in this PDF on page 385. The following is a simplified definition:
Comprehensive compatibilism is the belief that free will can be reconciled both with adequate determinism and with indeterminism. Free will is not a metaphysical mystery or gift of God. It evolved from a natural biophysical property of all organisms. Comprehensive compatibilists believe that normally actions are adequately determined by deliberations prior to a decision, including one's character and values, one's feelings and desires, in short, one's reasons and motives. They believe that free will is reasons responsive. Comprehensive compatibilists put limits on both determinism and indeterminism. Pure chance, irreducible randomness, or quantum indeterminacy in the two-stage model of free will is limited in the first stage to generating alternative possibilities. But also note that sometimes we can "deliberately" choose to act randomly, when there is no obvious reason to do one thing rather than another. Comprehensive compatibilists believe that humans are free from strict physical determinism, or pre-determinism, and all the other diverse forms of determinism. They accept the existence of ontological chance, but believe that when chance is the direct and primary cause of actions, it precludes agent control and moral responsibility.
Essentially, it is a complex two stage model of free will. In the first stage, ontological randomness is able to generate additional possibilities. This can be simply expressed as additional thoughts popping into your head, or changes in your memories as you try to recall them in-order to make a decision. Ontological randomness also ends up being a core component of creativity in the human mind. Then in the second stage, we use our adequately determined will to choose from these potential possibilities, or potential reasons. This in the end, give us free will.
Final Thoughts
I hope you think that I have made a somewhat compelling case for comprehensive compatibilism. It has taken me much time, deliberation, research, and existential panic to decide that this conclusion makes sense to me.
I would also like to point out that the majority of modern day philosophers consider themselves to be compatibilists, and that indeed the ancient Stoic philosophers were some of the earliest proponents of compatibilism.
I tried to keep the ideas in this post as simple as possible so that they might be accessible to people who are not as familiar with the free will debate. It is possible that in the process of keeping things simple, I have done a disservice to the complexity of certain ideas and viewpoints. Again I implore you to look into these ideas yourself, and see what conclusions you reach.
So, what is your take on free will?


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