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Thursday January 31st, 2008
* Michael Headley's All Inclusive Fete
Heard great things about this fete and have yet to check it out because of the logistics involved with time and distance. This is a daytime to late evening affair. There is also a very popular night affair (UWI Splash) to attend. MidNight Robber swears by this fete. This is his take on it: "After you make the 2+ hour trek to the eastern side of Trinidad, through winding unpaved roads and little villages hidden n the countryside, you arrive at the Estate overlooking the Atlantic Ocean. Food!! Unlimited..drinks…topshelf..unlimited drinks……..did I mention it was topshelf and unlimited. Patrons even get a little gift as they come through the front. The crowd is mature with a very nice mix of lively older people and a mature younger crowd. This fete comes highly recommended despite the price tag".
* Beach House Carnival All Inclusive Fete
This is the other popular daytime to late evening affair. I have attended this fete and the 1 thing I could say, BAR CANNOT BUSS. The other thing I could say, they must do better with the food. Not quality but quantity. Dat appetizer food station thing they had going on last year nah go work. Set in the Valleys out in Maracas-St. Joseph off a winding road. Where cell phone reception is non existent. So calling yuh transportation when its time to go is a lost cause. You will walk 3 miles back into town to meet yuh transport b/c the narrow road will be blocked off by police for incoming traffic or by people making u turns to head back out.
* Alternative Thursdays
Never been, but that Alternative word and Down D Islands doesn't make me feel comfortable..
* Tribe Ignite
Tribe Fete usually runs up against UWI Splash on Thursday night. The stoosh Tribe faithfuls will be in attendance. Nothing special here, the usual performers will make their round robin of appearances (i.e. Machel)
Friday February 1st, 2008
* Island People Girl Power
Never went to this thing because of the reported stoosh factor. Now I have a bit ah stooshness in meh, in that I like to party with civilized folks. But at d same time I like rell bachannal. Well supposedly this fete was d sleeper fete last year and it was good.
* Blue Range Cooler Fete
Never went but hear it suppose to be good.
* Rise All-Inclusive – Never went
* Cooler Fete – Pier 1
This was a yearly pilgrimage for me in my youth. Nothing better dan taking yuh alcohol on road wit yuh. But fight after fight after fight is a rell vibes killer. So this fete was eliminated from my itinerary all together.
International Soca Monarch Finals
Bring yuh crew!!, arm yourself with weapons, and go with a Rambo mentality. It's survival of the fittest if you are down on the field. Think 300 Spartans. This event is an All out war set to live Soca music. I have visions of an old 1970's (yes, I'm showing my age) Gang movie based in NYC called "The Warriors". Attending Soca Monarch Finals can literally be you and your crew against the world and your job is to make it back to Coney Island alive with everyone in tact. You might lose some members of your crew along the way but that's the chance you take for fukkin with the wrong crowd. Every psycho, heartless, criminal minded individual in TnT will be here. VIP isn't really VIP being that they are 150 Yards from the front of the stage. They do get a perfect view of the bacchanal going down on the field though. They might root for your survival. Ah remember meh pardnas from d old neighborhood telling stories last year of how d bar buss because it was robbed, dey see men in d crowd wit full case ah Stag and ting. And yeah d brawls in d crowd was like a scene from 300 Spartans. "Caaaannn youuuu Diggit and Lets get Ready to Rumblllllllle". Very appropriate battle cries for this fete.
Saturday February 2nd, 2008
* Panorama Finals
Pan is sweet. And people should attend.
* Island Style Insomnia Fete
This fete was the mother of all fetes. It was the 1 fete that I always looked forward to in Trini. This fete was the ultimate test of yuh endurance and would verify yuh as a true warrior. But as the years have passed, this fete has passed my liking. I have become displeased with the quality of performers and the fighting. And NO I not going to pay for no overpriced VIP. Performers would come give yuh a quick ting and den dey gone. I got use to seeing d sun come up wit Machel performing, last year no sun. I eh really see no foreign acts either except for the MC from Brooklyn who in Trinidad asking Brooklyn people to show d crowd how Brooklyn people does do it.
* Trini Posse All-Inclusive Fete
Cute fete, dey look like dey does be having a good time.
* Sunny Side Up All-Inclusive Breakfast Party
Heard it's a very well put together and intimate fete.
Sunday February 3rd, 2008 (Carnival Sunday)
* Moka All-Inclusive Fete
Never been there.
* Brian Lara All-Inclusive Fete
The reports are this is the Bourgoise/Stoosh fete of the Carnival season. If yuh is somebody, think yuh somebody or want to be somebody, then empty yuh pockets and go push yuh nose up in d air wit yuh people. Will never see me. NEVER.
***Coming Soon: Super Scalpers……Friend or Foe***


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Uniforma Collection by Little Paper Planes
It's funny how small the world can seem sometimes. I recently discovered that not only does Kelly Lynn Jones, artist and creator of Little Paper Planes, live in Oakland, but she also lives almost down the street from me! I'm thrilled to have such a talented, cool lady living nearby. I'm hoping that if we hang out more, I'll acquire some of her curatorial wisdom and entrepreneurial spirit by osmosis. Her most recent endeavor is launching a new line of small leather goods in fun, punchy colors.
The Uniforma Collection has three styles: pocket wallets, camera straps and art pouches. All are made of genuine lambskin with brass hardware and come in cucumber, watermelon and blueberry. My favorite is the art pouch (shown above), a clever and unusually shaped purse that unfolds to reveal a series of pockets and sleeves. You can see the whole collection here, and be sure to check out Kelly's other ingenious idea over at Little Paper Planes: The Big Exclusives. It all makes me desperate to sneak back into art school. — Kate

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No NHS funding for fertility treatment in York
NHS bosses in York have decided to continue a policy of not funding fertility treatment.
The NHS Vale of York Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) is currently the only area in England not to support IVF treatment.
Funding was suspended in 2010 by the former primary care trust as part of a bid to save money.
Dr Tim Hughes, a GP member at the CCG, said the decision had been made "with a heavy heart."
Dr Hughes said the governing body had "voted to temporarily defer the commissioning of IVF services" but hoped to provide fertility treatment sometime in the future.
"The commissioning of IVF services carries a great element of financial risk for the CCG and with prevalence data highlighting that approximately 110 couples per year will come forward for IVF treatment, the cost pressure could be as much as £2 million per year.
"To put this into perspective, in a year, £2m equates to either two fully staffed and operational hospital wards, 293 major hip replacements, treatment for more than 21,500 average attendances at Accident and Emergency or 43 qualified nurses employed full time for a year."


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3 Proven Types of Content that Quickly Go Viral
What's the #1 difference between a successful blog and a losing one? If you said "content", you're absolutely right. We all know content is king. But what type of content is king? What kind of content usually goes viral online? What type of content attracts more links, social shares, subscribers and sales? Are you struggling … Continue reading "3 Proven Types of Content that Quickly Go Viral"


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https://www.btwholesale.com/includes/adsl/main.html Isn't showing that I'm connected to a cabinet at all. "Telephone Number 01463****** on Exchange INVERNESS CULLODEN"
I'm connected to the Culloden(Inverness) exchange which recently has started "accepting orders" for infinity but after entering my phone number, I can't get it.
Speeds are generally fine during the morning/early afternoon(4-7mb) but in peak times I'm getting anything from 0.3-1 which makes it completely unusable. Tried phoning BT about this to find out whats going on but they said they cannot help or escalate it because the issues are during peak times only. Problem has been going on for at least 4-5 months now and sick of it.
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A historical Buddhist site near Gulbarga, 584 km from Bengaluru, where the first inscribed image of Ashoka was discovered, has become the latest communal flashpoint in Karnataka. For the past two weeks, Dalit organisations and a Buddhist monk have been protesting against what they claim is an attempt by Hindus to appropriate the monument by placing a Durga idol.
Four Dalits and a Buddhist monk have been arrested for removing the idol. However, the protesters claim that they had removed the idol only to take it to the deputy commissioner's office when they were arrested.
"On 5 February, a group of Dalits led by a Buddhist monk tried to forcibly take away the Durga idol," says R Vishal, deputy commissioner of Gulbarga city.
Banteji and four Dalit leaders have been booked under various IPC sections for promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of peace, unlawful assembly intended to outrage religious feelings. […]


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The 'soft launch' of BBC iPlayer on Virgin Media happened a few weeks ago with it being available through the red button from any on-air BBC channel. From next week a BBC iPlayer channel will be added to the Virgin Media EPG. The news comes from an official Virgin Media press release (click here). The BBC iPlayer service will be fully integrated into the On Demand menus (like Catch Up TV) in a few months (the exact date is not yet confirmed).
Month: May 2008
'Rabbit' has launched
The new interactive dating & chat service from Teletext – 'Rabbit' – has launched on Freeview channel 102. The channel used to be home to Teletext Cars but was renamed to 'Rabbit' on the EPG recently. The 'Rabbit' service has now launched. The service enables viewers to text in and get their messages put on-screen and also allows them to send in pictures of themselves & have them displayed on the channel. 'Rabbit' is very much like one of those Sky dating channels. It's all done using MHEG technology so it's quite impressive what features it has when you think it's only an MHEG application.
Virgin Media rolls out set top box update
Updates are rolling out to Virgin Media set top boxes at the moment. These updates are for standard set top boxes (the 'V' boxes) – 'V+' boxes got upgraded a while back. The application version my set top box is now running is '13.100.1_ukcable' (ex-NTL area). To get the update, you should just need to turn your set top box off at the wall socket and then power it back up. A message should come up on the screen saying it's updating itself. As Virgin Media usually stagger the release of updates between regions, the update may not be available in your area yet. The update appears to add the following;
– When you switch subtitles on and off from the mini guide bar it prompts you to make sure you want to turn the subtitles on/off
– This update seems to convert all the channels that were originally using analogue (888) subtitles to the digital format (so they are selectable from the Subtitles option on the mini guide bar
– Reminders can now be unset via the OK button with the mini guide bar up
– The programme information popup is much bigger giving more room to fit in long programme descriptions and names
– If you hold the power button in on the front of the set top box, it will restart the box (you no longer need to switch it off by the wall to restart it)
– It seems to flick through the channels faster when using the left and right arrows
– All the menus (including iPlayer via the red button on any BBC channel) just seem to load quicker
'Picnic' service not launching anytime soon
The proposed pay TV service from Sky called 'Picnic' doesn't look likely to launch on DTT anytime soon as the Ofcom consultation continues, and delays any plans. If 'Picnic' were to launch, it would replace their existing free channels on Digital Terrestrial and they would likely be replaced by Sky One, Sky Movies and Sky Sports. The Guardian say the ongoing Ofcom consultation "would appear to make it unlikely that Sky could launch its DTT pay-TV service – if it were given permission to do so – before the summer of 2009".
'Rabbit' placeholder appears; Teletext Cars removed
Teletext Cars – the interactive service from Teletext – has been removed and replaced with a placeholder message for the new interactive dating service 'Rabbit' on channel 102. 'Rabbit' is thought to be launching this month. Teletext Cars had been dormant on Freeview for a while.
BBC Parliament to be removed for the Olympics
BBC Parliament will be temporarily removed from Freeview for the duration of the 2008 Olympic Games this August. The freed-up video stream will mean more Olympic coverage can be provided for Freeview viewers. MediaGuardian is reporting "BBC Parliament's Freeview capacity will be used to enhance the quality of the interactive TV streaming the BBC is planning to use for the Olympics, which take place between August 8 and 24". BBC Parliament will return to Freeview after the Olympics have finished. UK parliaments and committees are likely to be in recess for the duration in August anyway, so BBC Parliament shouldn't be missed too much and will mean better interactive video services for those viewers on the Freeview platform.
Free Setanta Weekend
The Setanta Sport channels are free for the entire Bank Holiday weekend (2nd-5th May). You must be subscribed to the M or L TV package for this offer. XL TV customers already get them for free, so they will see no change. The Setanta channels are, Setanta Sports 1, Setanta Sports 2, Celtic TV, Rangers TV, Arsenal TV, Setanta Golf and Liverpool TV.


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Randolph was charged Friday with two counts of first-degree injury to a child causing serious bodily injury in Weathorford, Texas.
After searching for them for more than half an hour, she said, she found them locked in a small four-door vehicle on the property.
"When they refused to exit, Randolph told police she shut the vehicle door to teach Juliet a lesson, thinking she could get herself and her brother out of the auto when ready", a probable cause affidavit for the incident stated. Authorities say that the suspect admitted to locking the toddlers inside her vehicle on goal to teach them a lesson. Randolph then told investigators she went into her home, smoked marijuana and went to sleep for two to three hours.
After extensive interviews with police, investigators determined that Randolph actually intentionally left the children in the auto to teach young Juliet a lesson. Even though, my mom could be completely nuts, she would never try to teach my brother and I a lesson by leaving us defenseless in a hot locked vehicle.
Cynthia Marie Randolph, 25, told investigators with the Parker County Sheriff's Office that she was trying to teach her 2-year-old daughter a lesson by putting in the vehicle with her 16-month-old brother.
Authorities were called to the home at about 4 p.m. when the mother said she had discovered them unresponsive in the auto.More news: Bradley Dredge: Welsh golfer two over after US Open first round
She then told officers that she had to break a window and rescue the children, then called 911, authorities said.
Ms. Randolph was booked into the Parker County Jail on Friday. According to NBC Dallas-Fort Worth, temperatures reached 96 degrees that day.
Randolph has been jailed and no bail has been set. The Tarrant County medical examiner's office has not yet ruled on the manner and cause of each child's death.
Randolph initially said she was inside her home folding laundry and watching TV while her kids played in an enclosed back porch that was visible from the living room.
Less than a month after the tragedy, Randolph has been arrested after her original explanation for her children's deaths unraveled.


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Isabelle supports the three main platform families: Linux, Windows, Mac OS X. The platform-specific application bundles include sources, documentation, and add-on components. A few extra dependencies are explained below.
The raw Isabelle distribution archives are available for completeness, but assembling them by hand is not recommended! Past releases are available from the archive. Further technical background information may be found in the Isabelle System Manual.
Warning: Pre-packaged versions of Isabelle and some add-on components that are floating through the web as deb, rpm, port etc. are typically incomplete and outdated!
- Isabelle2013-2_linux.tar.gz
- Perl 5.x with libwww
- Python 2.x
- LaTeX (optional, for document preparation)
- 32-bit C/C++ standard libraries on 64-bit Linux (optional, for improved performance of Poly/ML)
The bundled archive contains everything required for Isabelle on Linux. It can be unpacked into an arbitrary directory like this:
- tar -xzf Isabelle2013-2_linux.tar.gz
The Isabelle/jEdit Prover IDE can be invoked like this:
- Isabelle2013-2/Isabelle2013-2
Other Isabelle command-line tools can be invoked from the terminal like this:
- Isabelle2013-2/bin/isabelle
- Isabelle2013-2.exe
- LaTeX (optional, for document preparation), see below
The self-extracting archive contains everything required for Isabelle on Windows. It can be unpacked into an arbitrary directory. The installer starts the Isabelle/jEdit Prover IDE automatically for the first time. It also creates a desktop alias to the main executable for later use.
Isabelle2013-2\Cygwin-Latex-Setup augments the Cygwin installation of Isabelle by major parts of TeX live, as required for typical applications of the Isabelle document preparation system.
Isabelle2013-2\Cygwin-Setup allows to modify the Cygwin installation of Isabelle, e.g. to add further packages manually.
Isabelle2013-2\Cygwin-Terminal allows to run Isabelle command-line tools, as known from Unix.
Mac OS X (10.9, 10.8, 10.7)
- Isabelle2013-2.dmg
- LaTeX (optional, for document preparation), e.g. see MacTeX
The above disk image contains an application bundle with everything required for Isabelle recent Macs (64-bit). The Isabelle application can be placed into the
/Applications folder and started as usual. Note that the target directory needs to be writable when Isabelle is started for the first time, to build the required logic image.
The main Isabelle distribution is hidden inside the
Isabelle2013-2.app folder. This is relevant when invoking Isabelle command-line tools, e.g. like this in the Terminal application:
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- Research
- Open Access
Awareness and attitude to the law banning smoking in public places in Osun State, Nigeria
- Samuel Anu Olowookere1Email author,
- Ebenezer Gbenga Adepoju2 and
- Olalere Omoyosola Gbolahan3
© Olowookere et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. 2014
- Received: 27 December 2013
- Accepted: 21 March 2014
- Published: 27 March 2014
This study determined the awareness and attitude towards the Osun state prohibition of smoking in public places law.
Descriptive cross-sectional study design. 520 consenting respondents recruited using a convenience sampling method were interviewed using a semi-structured questionnaire covering their smoking pattern, awareness and attitude towards the law of prohibition of smoking in public places in Osun State. Data analyzed using descriptive and chi-square statistics.
Only 38% were aware of the law while none had seen the document. Fifty six percent felt cigarette smoking is a problem that required the law to be implemented, while only 20% agreed that the law will stop tobacco use. The radio (58%), bill boards (45%) and newspapers (44%) were the major sources of awareness of the law. The perception of risk posed to the public and family health by cigarette smoking was poor among the participants.
There is poor awareness and attitude to the law of prohibition of smoking in public places in Osun State. It is necessary to increase sensitization of the general public and enforcement of the law.
- Law on cigarette smoking prohibition
- Public places
- Osun state
- Nigeria
There are about 1.3 billion smokers in the world and approximately 80% of them live in the developing countries [1]. Previous studies on the burden of tobacco use in Nigeria had reported a prevalence of current smoking as high as 31.9% in some urban areas and as low as 17.6% in the rural areas [2, 3]. A recent study in Osogbo, Osun state reported that 8.7% of their study participants were current smokers [4]. Various studies in Nigeria and beyond have also suggested a high level of passive smoking in the general population [2–5]. For example, Desalu et al. in 2011 reported 38.8% of their study population having regular exposure to second hand smoke with 24.4% from public places [3].
In Nigeria most states do not have a law in place to control smoking in public places [6], and in states where a law exists, such as in Osun state there had been no studies, to our knowledge, that assessed public awareness and attitudes to the law, hence the objective of this study was to determine population awareness and attitudes to the law prohibiting cigarette smoking in public places in Osun state, Nigeria.
Study setting
Osun state was created out of old Oyo state by the Nigerian Federal Government on August 27, 1991. It is located in the heartland of Yoruba people in the South west geo-political zone of Nigeria. It shares the distinctive high urbanization attributes of most parts of Yorubaland. It is bounded in the north by Kwara state, in the east partly by Ekiti state and partly by Ondo state and in the west by Oyo state. According to the 2006 population census, Osun state has a population of 3,416,959. The study site is Osogbo, the capital of Osun state. The population of Osogbo by 2006 census is 288,455. The bill regulating smoking in public places in Osun state was sponsored by the Osun State House of Assembly which was eventually signed into law by the Executive Governor on 14th December, 2009.
This is a descriptive cross-sectional study. The required sample size of 384 was calculated using an appropriate statistical formula for estimating the minimum sample size in descriptive health studies [n = Z2pq/d2] and estimated prevalence of cigarette smoking taken as 50% since it is not exactly known. The minimum sample size was increased by 10% to take care of incomplete/non response and refusals. A total of 520 consenting respondents were interviewed out of 640 Osogbo residents (response rate 81.3%) approached to participate in this study. Convenience sampling method was used to enroll these participants during the month of March, 2011. Permission to conduct the study was granted by the Osun State Hospital Ethics and Research Committee. Informed consent was taken from the respondents while they were reassured of the confidentiality of the information obtained.
The respondents included 239 males (46%) and 281 females (54%). Their mean age (SD) was 42.2 (12.4) years ranging from 15 to 68 years. Most of the study participants were civil servants (21.4%) and Transporters (24.8%). They were interviewed with a pretested semi-structured questionnaire that included questions on their sociodemographic information, smoking patterns, awareness and attitude to the law prohibiting cigarette smoking in public places in Osun State, source of awareness of this law and their opinion about cigarette smoking. The respondents' cigarette smoking status was categorized into 'ever smokers' and 'never smokers'. 'Ever smokers include former and current smokers. 'Current smokers' were respondents who smoked at least a cigarette in the one month prior to the study. 'Former smokers' were reported as those who had smoked for six months but had not smoked for at least one month prior to the study. Those who 'Never smoked' had never smoked a cigarette [4].
Statistical analysis
Data was entered into and analysed with SPSS version 16. Frequencies and proportions were used to summarise categorical variables, while quantitative data were presented as means and standard deviations. Chi-square statistics were used to determine the strength of association of different factors with their cigarette smoking status. p values < 0.05 was considered statistically significant.
Sociodemographic characteristics of the respondents
Frequency (n = 520) N (%)
Age group
34 (6.6)
134 (25.8)
152 (29.2)
50 and above
200 (38.4)
239 (46)
281 (54)
Marital status
150 (28.8)
350 (67.4)
20 (3.8)
Highest education level
64 (12.4)
92 (17.6)
188 (36.2)
176 (33.8)
Civil servant
111 (21.4)
138 (26.5)
87 (16.7)
129 (24.8)
55 (10.6)
466 (89.6)
23 (4.4)
31 (6.0)
294 (56.5)
210 (40.4)
Traditional religion
16 (3.1)
Smoking pattern
Current smokers
42 (8.1)
Former smokers
57 (10.9)
Never smokers
421 (81.0)
Respondents' awareness and attitude towards the Osun state prohibition of smoking in public places
Cigarette smoking status
Total (n = 520)
*p value
Ever (%)
Never (%)
n = 99
n = 421
Awareness of the no smoking law
28 (28.3)
170 (40.4)
198 (38)
71 (71.7)
251 (59.6)
322 (62)
Seen the no smoking law document
0 (0)
0 (0)
0 (0)
99 (19)
421 (81)
520 (100)
The law is needed to control smoking
15 (15.2)
276 (65.6)
291 (56)
84 (84.8)
145 (34.4)
229 (44)
Smoking affects public health
16 (16.2)
278 (66)
294 (56.5)
83 (83.8)
143 (34)
226 (43.5)
Law will stop cigarette smoking
12 (12)
92 (22)
104 (20)
23 (23)
234 (45)
Don't know
64 (65)
118 (28)
182 (35)
Smokers deserve right to smoke
59 (59.6)
50 (11.9)
109 (21)
40 (41.4)
371 (88.1)
411 (79)
Respondents' opinion on cigarette smoking
Cigarette smoking status
Total (%)
*p value
Ever (%)
Never (%)
n1 = 99
n2 = 421
Smoking is harmful to health
15 (15.2)
271 (64.1)
286 (55)
78.452; 0.001
84 (84.8)
150 (35.9)
234 (45)
Number of cigarette stick safe
53 (53.5)
295 (70.1)
348 (67)
9.901; 0.002
46 (46.5)
126 (29.9)
172 (33)
Smoke free environment is necessary
26 (26.3)
80 (19)
106 (20.4)
2.603; 0.107
341 (81)
414 (79.6)
Smokers should not smoke at home
32 (32.3)
89 (21.1)
121 (23.2)
5.614; 0.018
67 (67.7)
332 (78.9)
399 (76.8)
Sources of awareness of the Osun state prohibition of smoking in public places
*Sources of awareness
Frequency (n = 198) N (%)
115 (58)
Bill board/poster/leaflet
89 (45)
87 (44)
Health workers
73 (37)
69 (35)
45 (23)
26 (13)
8 (4)
No response
6 (3)
This population based study assessed the awareness and attitude of the respondents to the Osun state prohibition of smoking in public places. It reported low awareness among respondents with the radio as the main source of awareness. It should however been noted that the radio remains the commonest source of general awareness among this population making it a very important route of communication with the populace. Hence policy makers need to make use of such medium to inform, educate and communicate to the general public about this law.
Studies had showed that smoking is the most important avoidable cause of premature morbidity and mortality in the world [1, 5]. This study reported about one-fifth of respondents were ever smokers. Several studies in Nigeria had reported similar finding [6].
Over three fifth of the respondents were not aware of the law prohibiting smoking in public places while none of the study participant had read the actual document. This situation can make it difficult for the legislation in public places to be effective therefore, it is essential that there is more sensitization of the general public or else the chances of failure remain high. It is therefore important to disseminate information about the law in order to eliminate smoking in public places. Its proper implementation and enforcement will further reduce tobacco induced diseases in this study environment [5, 7].
While the majority felt that the law prohibiting cigarette smoking in public places in Osun State is necessary, fewer smokers saw the necessity of this law in protecting both their and public health. In fact, some smokers felt that the law cannot stop smoking in public places and that smokers deserve the right to smoke wherever they like at anytime. These views expressed by the smoking population contradict the general opinion of non smokers. This further showed the need to enhance awareness and support enforcement of the law. Previous studies had reported that few states in the country have adopted the law, therefore its successful implementation lies on both the government and the citizens; the power to implement and enforce the law lies with the government while the will power to embrace and obey the law lies with the citizens [5].
Some of the smokers in our study believed that cigarette smoking is not dangerous to their health. This view needs consideration as it implies that these smokers are either unknowingly or carelessly endangering their life but that of their close family members, co-workers and neighbours. Also, only a few smokers felt a smoke free environment is necessary. This calls for urgent attention in order to reduce the effects of tobacco exposure among this population. There is urgent need for more public education in Osun state and beyond on the danger of cigarette use in both the smoking and non smoking population.
To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study performed to assess the awareness and attitude of Osogbo residents to the Osun state prohibition of smoking in public places law. We were also unable to identify other studies done to assess such law in operation in other states in Nigeria. A limitation is the use of the convenience sampling technique to select the study population, which limits its generalizability to the population of the State or Nigeria in general. This was done to ensure a proportionate increase in the smoking population among the selected respondents.
In conclusion, the present level of awareness of the law prohibiting cigarette smoking in public places in Osun state was poor. It is recommended that strategies to increase the present level of public awareness on dangers of cigarette smoking and enforcement of the law of prohibition of smoking in public places should be put in place. These strategies will include awareness creation activities in public places, bill boards, jingles on the radio and other mass media venues.
The authors thank the entire staff of Department of Preventive Medicine, State Specialist Hospital, Osogbo for their support and cooperation during the study period.
Short report
There is poor awareness and attitude to the law banning cigarette smoking in public places in Osun state, Nigeria. Also, the perception of risk posed to the public and family health by cigarette smoking was poor. Sensitization of the general public and enforcement of the law is essential.
Authors' Affiliations
- The Global Tobacco Surveillance System. The GTSS.http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/global/gtss/tobacco_atlas/pdfs/tobacco_atlas.pdf.
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"We know that God doesn't listen to sinners, but if anyone is a worshipper of God, and does his will, he listens to him." (John 9:31, YLT)
Human hopes versus tragedies are not just stumbled upon -- but are caused by your prayer, your work, and how you handle what comes your way, in other words, your actions and reactions. Pray for the right/better results (blessed and successful) in things big and small.
Do you want to pray for yourself and others for spiritual and physical blessing? Pray for whatever the Bible says to pray, and as the Bible says to pray. Here are some scriptures of what the Bible says to pray for, or not to, how to pray, and why.
1Avoid causing "unwanted results" by your behavior and actions so you can receive your desires when you pray. Be careful of what you stand for, actually do and what you cause. Be generous to God and your fellow man, and:
"6 ...he who sows generously will also reap bountifully/generously. 7 Each one must do just as he has purposed in his heart, not grudgingly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. 8 And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that always having all sufficiency in everything, you may have an abundance for every good deed;"[1]
2Realize that God so loves the world and loves to fulfill his word. Yet, we are held to some of the consequences of our behavior -- this means simply "cause and effect", so be careful of what you cause:
- "God is not mocked whatever a man 'sows' that shall he also 'reap'." (Galatians 6:7)[2]
3Read and know about effectual, fervent prayer based on "God has said it; you can believe it; it's settled!" Not only believing but doing is part of effectual prayer:
- "...the effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man [right with God] avails much"(James 5:16)[3] is a promise in the Bible.
4Get right with God: not just reforming, but be sure that you have been born again by the spirit, by grace through faith. Accept God's plan, allowing God to love others through you, putting away malice (meanness, ill will), picking up your cross daily and following Christ on your "pathway", which is set before you to walk.
5"Choose the fear of the Lord...", then expect God to honor your effectual prayers, but we are held to consequences of our bad behavior, though forgiven.
6Have faith in God when you pray, and agree totally with God's Word. Expect God to honor your prayers and His Word.
7Pray effectively for the following persons and things, according to the scriptures:
- Workers in the harvest for souls. (Matthew 9:37-38)
- Conversion of the Lost to be a follower. (Isaiah 58:6, 66:8; I Tim 2:4)
- Presidents and rulers for the peace, holiness and honesty. (I Timothy 2:2)
- Maturity in the churches. (Galatians 1:2, 4:19)
- Wisdom and understanding. (Proverbs 2:2 -- 11)[4]
- God to open the door for missionaries. (Ephesians 6:12, 6:19)
- Fullness of the Holy Spirit and His anointing for Christians . (Acts 8:15)
- The realization of Spiritual Gifts for Christians. (I Corinthians 14)
- Pastors, teachers, missionaries, and workers. (1 Thessalonians 5:25; 2 Thessalonians 3:1)
- Christians to receive wisdom. (James 1:5)
- Physical, Mental and Spiritual healing for Christians. (James 5:15)
- Power to Glorify Jesus in evangelism. (II Thessalonians 1:11-12)
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10Realize why some people (though saved believers) fail to get rewards or their prayers answered:
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- God laughs at those who fold their arms and falsely expect good results, from their "answered prayers" (God also answers, "No.").
"26 I will also laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your dread comes, 27 When your dread comes like a storm and your calamity comes like a whirlwind, when distress and anguish come upon you." (Proverbs 1:26 -- 27)
- "If you sow the wind, you shall reap the whirlwind;" (Hosea 8:7)[5]
- Why the answer can be no!
God says: "28 Then they will call on me, but I will not answer; they will seek me diligently but they will not find me, 29 Because they hated knowledge and did not choose the fear of the LORD. 30 They would not accept my counsel; they spurned all my reproof. 31 So they shall eat of the fruit of their own way and be satiated with their own devices. 32 For the waywardness of the naive will kill them, and the complacency of fools will destroy them. 33 But he who listens to me shall live securely and will be at ease from the dread of evil." (Proverbs 1:28 -- 33)
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- ↑ " ...he who sows generously will also reap bountifully/generously... " http://biblebrowser.com/2_corinthians/9-6.htm
- ↑ God is not mocked,... man sows/and reaps... http://bible.cc/galatians/6-7.htm
- ↑ "...the effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man [right with God] avails much" http://bible.cc/galatians/6-7.htm
- ↑ Wisdom and understanding http://biblebrowser.com/proverbs/2-2.htm
- ↑ sow the wind, reap the whirlwind http://bible.cc/hosea/8-7.htm
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In India rampant rebellious and subversive activities of Naxalites are casting slur upon the image of world's biggest democracy. In recent months naxalites attacks on passenger trains, mining companies and decapitating of police personnel are challenging national prestige and dignity. The growing influence of Naxalites and glorious-luscious Indian image delineate the dichotomy of Indian democratic government. Such conundrum is hampering India to become a regional power. Owing to unbridled heinous and atrocious insurgency by Naxals in India, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in 2006 called Naxalites, "the single biggest internal security challenge ever faced by our country". In September 2009, he also said the country was "losing the battle against Maoist rebel" and added; now dealing with left-wing extremism requires a nuanced strategy- a holistic approach.
In order to grasp the essence of Naxalite- Maoist Insurgency/Naxalism, let's take into account the answers of the following questions.
Who are Naxalites, what they want and despite the ideological affinity are Indian-Maoists different form Nepalese-Maoists?
What factors account for the genesis of Naxalite-Maoist Movement?
What is the quantum of their socio-political, geographical and military strength?
Is Naxalite really a secessionist movement or has anti-government stance?
What are the level of ramifications of insurgencies over Indian national cohesion and how will India move towards with East (impoverish region) West (enrich region) syndrome?
Is this insurgency aided and abetted by xenon-forces?
Did Indian government chalk out any counter-insurgency plan?
The word Naxalites is stem from the village of West Bengal "Naxalbari". Geographically naxalites wield their influence in North-Eastern states Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Bihar and West Bengal and South-Eastern states Orissa, Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh. Impoverishment, scarcity of basic necessities of life and absence of governmental reforms are the dominant themes of these regions. Naxalite demand effective and applicable land reforms, level playing fields and resource management between East (impoverished regions) and West (enriched regions). The nomenclature of this insurgency is two-fold. One is geographical i.e. Naxalites and the other is ideological i.e. Maoist. Maoist ideology gave an impetus to Naxals for their up rising. As Hindustan Times wrote down that, "The naxal movement, which was inspired by Chinese leader Mao Zedong, took its root in tribal dominated Srikakulam agency in Andhra Pradesh in December 1968." Affinity between Nepalese Maoists and Indian Maoists is a natural phenomenon, but the means of both Maoists to achieve ends are totally different. Nepalese Maoists are 'moderate' and adhere the policy of joining a democratic coalition government. On the other hand Indian Maoists are 'radicals' and staunch follower of Mao's ideology of revolution. They argue that only revolution can wipe out the social evils and purify the society. Naxalites project guerrilla warfare as propounded by Mao-ze-Dung. They consider parliamentary politics is futile and advocate continued armed struggle and people's war to seize the state affairs.
Naxalite-Maoist insurgency is the outcome of dichotomy in the policies of Indian government. India, who is beating the drum of eradicating the feudalism and harbinger of democratic system in South Asia, can't keep the compliances with her acts. Jawahar Lal Nehru propounded that 'abolition of Zimindar system' is the prerequisite for the consolidation and culmination of parliamentary democracy, but Nehru's policy was not implemented in its letter and spirit, consequently the land lords of north east regions stonewalled the land reforms which infuriated locals e.g. Dalits and Adivasis. Even today in Andhra Pradesh there are landlords who owned between 1000 to 1500 acres of land, these landlords have political kinship and mostly are politicians who always denounce land reforms. Negligence of governmental authorities, sense of alienation, deprivation and exploitation of poor class -Dalits and Adivasis- by industrialist and feudal lords gave birth to Naxalite-Maoist Movement who picked up the guns to fight for their rights.
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Naxalite movement came to light as a 'peasant uprising' in 1967 in the village of Naxalbari. Charu Mazumdar was the main force behind this uprising who wanted to overthrow feudal order by launching agrarian revolution. In this tumultuous scenario the death of Mazumdar in police custody added fuel to fire and gave a momentum and pace for the uprising of this movement. Later government's juvenile and atrocious policies further strengthen their anti-government stance. The movement which started as a peasant uprising now exerts its influence over more than 180 Indian districts out of 630. Along with the aforesaid affected regions Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka are also becoming the epicenter of Naxalite insurgencies. These all regions are known as Red Corridors. Naxalites has controlled over 92 square kilometer land. In the first half of 2009, 56 Maoist attacks have been reported. According to the Indian intelligence agencies the movement has 22000 armed cadre and over 50000 regular members. Politically Naxalites got momentum in 2004. Maoist rebel organization People's War Group and the Maoist Communist Center of India merged and formed a single coherent body i.e. Communist Party of India (Maoist).
Within 40 years unbridled social, geographical and political proliferation of naxalites is imposing severe challenges to national integration. Naxalites are acting as the state. To say otherwise would mean to admit the possibility of imperium in imperio, a state within a state or a government within a government. Now intelligentsia perceives rampant influence of Naxalites in India as a secessionist movement. The fact is that, Naxalite Movement is an insurgency and has anti-government stance. The United States Department of Defense (DOD) defines insurgency as "An organized movement aimed at the overthrow of a constituted government through use of subversion and armed conflict." In a secret interview to weekly magazine 'Open', Naxalite leader Ganpathi vehemently stated, "the people will rise up like a tornado under our party leadership to wipe-out the reactionary blood sucking vampires ruling our country". At another point Ganpathi titled government as 'sharks' who want to ransack the wealth and drive the tribal people of the region to further impoverishment.
Snowball reverberations of Naxalite insurgencies are hindering India's growth to become a regional power. The ramifications of Naxalites-Maoist movement can be summed up as follows:-
Naxals main targets are security forces, telecommunication towers, railways and power transmission centers. Now educational institutions e.g. schools are becoming the prey of rebel fighting. At least 30 schools have been attacked in the remote state of Jharkand and 12 in Bihar since November 2008. School children are more prone to traumatic disorder. According to statistics tabled in the Lok Sabha, on December 16, 2008, a total of 62 telecommunication towers have been damaged in Maoist blasts between 2005 and November 30, 2008, in the States of Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Maharashtra and Orissa.
India is facing the massive level Human Rights violation. Both unbridled naxalites activities and offensive atrocious strategies by government sponsored self-defense groups e.g. Salwa Judum & The Ranvir Sena and counter-insurgency military forces are responsible for gross human rights violation. In 2008, the state worst hit by Maoist violence is Chattishgarh, where rebels killed 241 people security forces. The causalities and collateral damage in other areas depict parlous and acute picture of violation of human rights. "More than 6,000 people have died during the rebels' decades-long fight for a communist state in parts of India." (BBC News, December 19, 2007)
Another alarming situation for India is energy and mineral sector. The areas where Naxals have sway are energy El-Dorado regions. The rebellion is strongest in states that have abundant reserves of natural resources specially 'coal'. As reported by the Indian media "India's electricity generation is predominantly coal- based and the five states in which the movement is strongest account for 85% of India's coal deposits". Notwithstanding this Indian defense expenditures are shooting up like a rocket. M.L.Kumawat special secretary of Internal Security and Chief of the Bureau Security Forces (BSF) told Reuters in an interview that, "1.7 billion dollars would be spent over the next five years to increase deployment along Pakistan and Bangladesh borders and modernize the force". This whole scenario is hampering the economic boom of India who is competing global economy race with China.
Naxalites access to Indian nuclear arsenals is the most alarming and perturbing situation not only for Indian but for the whole world as well. The Daily Mail's investigations indicate that, most of India's top nuclear and missile facilities are located in the extremely Naxal terrorists struck districts of India, located deep down in the "Red Corridor". The whole world criticizing Pakistan that its nuclear arsenals are not in safe hands but no one shedding light upon a frightening situation in India, comparatively naxalites in India has more momentum and pace than Talibans in Pakistan.
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To leash the unbridled guerrilla activities of naxals Indian Government has decided to deal them with iron handed. According to Home Ministry officials, some 75,000 federal paramilitary forces along with personnel drawn from the state police will carry out the offensive against the Maoists. Six districts in the worst hit states of Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Orissa and Maharashtra will be the focus of the operations initially. The offensive has been launched on December 3, 2009. This operation is codenamed as Operation Green Hunt. This offensive, Green Hunt, was launched against insurgents in Chhattisgarh, the epicenter of violence between Maoist fighters and security forces.
Invisible hands and foreign assistance in the rampant influence of naxalites is a matter of grave concern for Indian government. Maoists triumph in Nepal in 2008 is a clear indication of domino-effects for India. Recently Indian Home Minister P. Chidambaram mentioned about a possible supply of arms form Nepal. His apprehension came true when a senior Standing Committee member of the Unified Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist (UCPN-M) CP Gajurel aptly remarked that "We have extended our full support and cooperation to the Indian Maoists, who are launching armed revolt." He also added that "They are doing what they think is right". He further pointed out that "The Maoists are launching their movement in India and we are launching ours here, there is no need to oppose the movement launched by them". What type of support and cooperation they have extended towards Indian Maoists is still debatable and intelligentsia is mooting upon it. The fact is there is no ambiguity in recognizing a datum of greater natural affinity between Chinese-Nepalese Maoist and Indian Maoists, but it doesn't mean to perceive such ideological kinship as aid and abet form Nepal or China.
The fact is Naxalites still want massive level reforms for the commonweal of Dalits and Adivasis. If Indian democratic government launches offensive strategies, continues torture and extra judicial killings, deals them with 'sticks' and gives no 'carrots', then there will start a bloody revolution in India which exacerbate the situation and generations would heal the wounds.
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Small gravity field generators prototypes were used to attack a S.H.I.E.L.D. priority red transport transporting an asset. It is mentioned that Dr. Franklin Hall (the asset) spent much of his life on the discovery and application of Gravitonium, and is the leading expert. He gave a seminar on Gravitonium at Cambridge at the same time Ian Quinn was there.
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As Coulson's team were unwillingly being brought to the Hub, they realized that the data from the cases they worked would be valuable to their HYDRA enemies. Ward wondered if the Gravitonium would be confiscated with everything else, but Coulson assured him that it was off the records and kept in a secret level of the Fridge.
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- Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
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text: Dian Seidel is a Fellow and former Councilor of the American Meteorological Society and has chaired the AMS Committees on Climate Variability and Change and on Environmental Stewardship. She was Senior Scientist for Climate Measurements at NOAA's Air Resources Laboratory in College Park, Maryland, before retiring from federal service in 2016. Her research addresses global and regional climate change from the atmospheric boundary layer to the stratosphere; climate measurements and observing networks; climate engineering; and air quality. Her work has been recognized by the World Meteorological Organization, NOAA, the Department of Commerce, and others. She has contributed to the WMO/UNEP Scientific Assessments of Ozone Depletion and to the Nobel Peace Prize-winning Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. She is a member of the DC Chapter of the AMS and enjoys judging local science fairs. She currently serves as a Director of the American Institute of Physics. Dian is a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley (BA), San Jose State University (MS), von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics (MS) and the University of Maryland, College Park (PhD). She is a Certified Consulting Meteorologist (CCM No. 649).


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York City manager Billy McEwan beat yesterday's transfer deadline to snap up Republic of Ireland Under-21 goalkeeper Stephen Henderson.
The 20-year-old agreed to join the club on a month's loan from Bristol City, whom he joined this summer after two years with Premiership Aston Villa.
Henderson enjoyed a baptism of fire with the Coca-Cola Championship side when he was pitched into his debut in the second-half of Bristol City's season opener against Queens Park Rangers at Ashton Gate after first-choice Adriano Basso suffered a thigh injury. The Robins thought they had the points won when Scott Murray put them in front in the first minute of stoppage-time, but just over a minute later Henderson was beaten by a header from QPR's Damien Stewart for a 2-2 draw.
That was Henderson's sole appearance this year, but he is likely to get a bigger taste of the action with City as regular number one Tom Evans is likely to be axed after a poor start to the Blue Square Premier campaign.
Had McEwan not acted to get another goalkeeper in, he would have been faced with plunging 18-year-old Carl Pentney into the fray for City's next match at home to Altrincham on Tuesday night. It looks now as if Henderson will be the man for that task.
Henderson's Ashton Gate employers have imposed a 24-hour recall clause on the month's loan for the Dublin-born shot-stopper, who is eager to get more senior games under his belt.
Declared Robins' boss Gary Johnson: "He'll go and get some games. He's had his carrot of playing for the first team and enjoyed it, now he can go and get some more first-team experience at York."


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$5,000 in design center upgrades! Welcome to Cedar Pointe! 47 Lots. Wooded home sites. Shen Schools. Ranch, Colonial, 1st Fl Master plans. Beautifully designed kitchens w/islands, Schrock cabinetry, granite, LED recessed lighting, 5" maple hardwood flooring. Masters w/WIC and luxury master baths w/ ceramic tile, double bowl, granite countertops. 9' ceilings on first floor. Windsor casing, 5 1/4" baseboard. Gas fireplace w/wood mantel. Designer interior lighting package. Vinyl siding w/shakes and cultured stone.
|Microwave oven
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|Cable television available
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|Dining area
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|Wall to wall carpeting
|Walk-in closet(s)
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|School district: Shenendehowa
|Attached parking
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Regardless of their merits, some UFO "mysteries"–like the "Roswell Incident"–live for decades in the public imagination, proclaimed to the nations of Earth by UFOlogists, and recorded in the sacred scrolls of government cover-ups. A sighting last month in Marion, Ohio, however, might rank as the shortest-lived UFO mystery-or the smoothest clean-up job by the Men in Black.
Journalist Russ Kent in the January 27, 2001 edition of the News-Journal (Mansfield, Ohio) reports that on Thursday evening, January 25, Marion resident Mike Ulery saw "a bright light in the sky, moving east to west." He went to his garage to get a pair of binoculars for a closer look. A view of the object magnified convinced him that it was not an aircraft. Ulery called his wife Yolonda outside to witness the unidentified object, which she described as a steady, "bright, white light moving across the sky."
Ulery commandeered his wife's car and hotly pursued the object for a few minutes up to the local high school. Low on gas, he had to turn around but insisted that he would have "followed it all the way to Cleveland to find out what it was."
The mysterious object intrigued local law enforcement as well. Kent writes: "A Marion County Sheriff's Department deputy submitted a similar report at 8:57 p.m. He said he saw a bright light in the sky and didn't know what it was. The deputy followed the craft for about ten minutes before it disappeared in the sky above Hardin County."
Was it aliens? A top-secret Skunk Works super-weapon? A promotional stunt by Jonathan Frakes's agent? Russ Kent followed up on a more mundane possibility at the Perkins Observatory in Delaware, Ohio.
In the Sunday, January 28, News-Journal, Kent quotes observatory director Tom Burns: "Every time Venus is this close to Earth we get calls like this. . . . It's Venus and it's not actually moving across the sky." Burns had been fielding calls in recent weeks about an unidentified object moving east to west between the hours of 8 and 9 p.m. "If people look up at that thing for long enough, it does appear that it's moving. . . . Actually it is, but not enough so that anyone can notice."
So the mystery object wasn't from Venus it was Venus-one of the brightest celestial objects in the night sky: my condolences to Art Bell and Stanton Friedman.
If Briefs readers have the urge to contact Russ Kent to thank him for a fine job of terrestrial reporting, they can contact him by mail at: Russ Kent, News-Journal, 70 W. Fourth St., P.O. Box 25, Mansfield, OH 44901.


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French Social Security (Public Sector)
Online and Batch Programs
COBOL-IT® Compiler Suite Enterprise Edition
COBOL-IT® Developer Studio
Bull Escala PL829R (Power4+) Servers
Micro Focus Server Express 4.0
Oracle 9
C-ISAM data files
Bull Escala Power 7
COBOL-IT Compiler Suite
Oracle 11g
C-ISAM data files
Micro Focus Server Express 4.0
Large French Social Security Fund moved their Revenue Collection application from Micro Focus Server Express to COBOL-IT. They were then able to reduce COBOL costs while updating their entire Enterprise Solution Stack.
"I express my satisfaction for the successful conclusion of the project, which was performed in a good atmosphere" , J. M., Deputy Director of National Funds of Revenue Collection application – French Social Security
"I can confirm that the migration of the technical platform went really well, from my point of view, there is no negative feedback. The new system keeps on going; Atos proved to us their knowledge and professionalism on that subject." S. F., System Architect, Revenue Collection application – French Social Security
"With this project, we faced numerous challenges: complex integration with third parties like MANTIS, many proprietary Micro Focus COBOL features to migrate, OS and Oracle upgrades, etc. Thanks to our strong partnership with COBOL-IT, we were able to go live on time and under budget. Alain CIVEL, ATOS Technical Director (Sophia Antipolis)
About the Large French Social Security Fund
Located in Paris, France, the Large French Social Security Fund is a social security framework for self-employed persons. The mission of this Social Security division is to manage the compulsory social protection of more than 6.2 million independent entrepreneurs and their beneficiaries.
This division has an annual revenue of 18 billion euros, with over 6000 employees.
The Large French Social Security Fund application for Revenue Collection
The Revenue Collection application is a highly strategic, mission-critical application, used for the collection of the Social Solidarity Contributions made by privately owned companies under the rules established by the French Social Security. Currently, Social Solidarity Contributions exceed 5 billion euros per year.
The Revenue Collection application was originally written in the 1980's in COBOL on a Bull Gcos7 Mainframe. It was then migrated to a set of Bull Servers running AIX with Micro Focus Server Express and a front-end developed using the MANTIS (CINCOM) 4GL. The MANTIS programs call COBOL programs where business functions are performed, and return data to the MANTIS interface. The application contains also a large batch component.
The application is currently being maintained by a dedicated team of developers and IT professionals, who maintain and enhance the application as required by legislative changes. Altogether, the application consists of over 500 COBOL programs, and 300 MANTIS programs. There are 170 shell scripts. Data was managed in 120 tables in an Oracle 9 RDBMS, 536 Sequential Files, and 81 Indexed Files. Production, Pre-Production, Test and Development environments all required migration.
The migration was completed in less than 9 months, and continues to be maintained by the same Development/IT team. The Development team is now using the COBOL-IT Developer Studio to maintain and enhance the Revenue Collection application.
150 end-user staff use the COBOL-IT application to service the 6.2 million individuals who serve as contributors and beneficiaries under the Large French Social Security Fund program.
The Decision to use COBOL-IT
The Social Security hardware and software had been operating reliably for close to 20 years. As the hosting platforms aged however, the risks began to outweigh the benefits. Retaining support for some of the older components in the Platform stack became increasingly difficult and it became clear that updates would be cost-effective. The customer then began a renovation initiative which included updating their Bull hardware, AIX operating system, Oracle RDBMS, and MANTIS/COBOL business processing programs.
The Large French Social Security Fund entered the renovation initiative with the goal of upgrading all of the software and hardware components in their Solution Stack, preserving functionality, and realizing improvements in performance. As they priced out their initiative, they discovered that Micro Focus prices for an upgrade to their latest COBOL version were significantly higher than previous prices and they elected to examine alternative solutions.
COBOL-IT provided full compatibility, including interoperability with the programs written in MANTIS at a fraction of the cost. COBOL-IT's ability to provide a stable price with no new license costs was a key differentiator. Performance improvements were recorded in all areas of the application.
The Challenges
Upgrades to the Bull Servers and AIX operating system were handled without problems.
Upgrades to the Oracle RDBMS was handled without problems.
There were 170 shell scripts, parts of which had to be re-written to replace Micro Focus components and flags with COBOL-IT components and flags.
The Large French Social Security Fund application made broad use of compiler directives, including EXTFH and EXTSM.
Partners identified the equivalent settings in the COBOL-IT configuration file, and were able to preserve full functionality, and match the runtime behaviors affected by the directives.
The application had an extensive interface between programs written in the MANTIS 4GL and COBOL. While this is an unusual occurrence, it did not present an unusually difficult challenge. The MANTIS rules for calling COBOL were mapped from the Micro Focus API to the COBOL-IT API, with no problems.
"When Companies are upgrading older hardware and software, and when they are using Micro Focus COBOL, they are likely to find price increases being quoted for their new COBOL licenses. We encourage all Corporate Enterprises, ISVs and Government Agencies who are upgrading their hardware and software to evaluate COBOL-IT. They will find lots of satisfied customers, and will find that they can preserve their functionality with high performance and interoperability at a fraction of the cost."
Stephane Croce, CEO of COBOL-IT
|Customer Benefits
|Interoperability with MANTIS programs
|Minor modifications to the MANTIS programs to interact with the COBOL-IT Runtime API
|No change apparent to users
|High number of Micro Focus Compiler Directives
|Partners identified corresponding settings in COBOL-IT configuration file
|Runtime behaviors identical
|Large number of IBM C-ISAM indexed files
|COBOL-IT has compatibility with IBM C-ISAM files through EXTFH
|No data conversion necessary
|High costs
|Avoid new license costs with COBOL-IT
|Subscription-based pricing guarantees a stable price regardless of changes to the operating platform and Solution Stack
|High performance
|COBOL-IT Compiler, Runtime running on updated platforms
|Some batch programs registered performance improvements of 300%
|No code changes
|100% preservation of functionality. Change is transparent to users
COBOL-IT Marketing team


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Justice Denied in Sprawling Cases of Corruption at Immigration
While the cases of Won Hong Kim and the eight visa foils are dominating recent headlines, there was no shortage of scandal at the Immigration Department that necessitated immigration officers being taken before the Public Service Commission for various offenses. At today's hearing, Teresita Castellanos charged that the Department made recommendations for pursuing such matters as the infamous switch of Wilhelm Dyck, among others, but there was no indication of follow-up by the over-arching Ministry.
Mark Lizarraga, Senator, Business Community
"We all knew a lot of things were happening, and I am trying to find out why were more people were not brought before the [Public Service] Commission for disciplinary action. Because you saw things; Miss Marin saw things; everybody knew about things but nothing was done."
Teresita Castellanos, Former Administrative Officer, Immigration Department
"The Director, the Acting Director – she was working on cases from when she was the deputy Director; she was working on cases of people complaining, and those were, yes, sent to the Ministry, so I don't know… those two big cases on the visa and the passport – Kim – I believe those were huge cases that the Ministry made sure they took on, but there were other cases – the Wilhelm Dyck case, I think that occurred in 2012; Ms Marin was in charge of doing investigation and reports. I know some information but she can tell you more on that when she comes back. But the recommendations were made to the Ministry, because when Miss Marin took over – I was not aware of many things, because I told Miss Marin before she took over that normally the F.O. is given the spares – the incoming did not come to me, so I was not aware – but when she took over, as the Finance Officer, the incoming, all the correspondences are put in a file and those were sent to me and from there I knew a lot of things. The public used to complain – "This happened at the Northern Border; this officer this, this officer that…" – and those were dealt with. The recommendations, I'm sure, were sent to the Ministry, but the big cases they took it on, but other recommendations were being sent."
Mark Lizarraga
"But you're saying, basically, many other recommendations were made, and sent to the Ministry, and the Ministry did nothing; that is basically what you were saying?"
Teresita Castellanos
"Basically, yes."
Castellanos is to return for the third time at next week's hearing as the Committee asked for time to peruse documents she provided to them in support of her testimony.


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This was sent to me in an email and it has good information for fall bloomers in the garden! Enjoy!
Final Flourish
by Gene Bush – posted 08/15/11
Think about adding some of these underused fall-blooming beauties to your shade garden later this season. After the heat lets up a bit, you will want to get back out there and expand your season and plant palette.
Gardeners in this region tend to give up on gardening come mid to late July and into August. Still fewer gardeners are aware September, October and into November can be filled with flowers. The fact that fall-blooming flowers are not found more frequently is due more from an absence of information than a lack of performing plants.
Aster divaricatus'Woods Purple'
Aster divaricatus 'Woods Blue'
Aster laevis 'Bluebird'
Aster photos Courtesy of Bailey Nurseries
Gardening myths about lack of blooms in shade gardens during summer and fall are just that. Myths. Gardening references tend to switch over to evergreens, bark textures and various colors of berries with the mention of blooms sadly missing after September. Bark and berries are important for the backbone of a garden—to basic design—but blooms are what we gardeners truly desire.
Fall-blooming perennials are no more difficult to grow than plants blooming in spring or summer. If you have been successful with a bed, border or garden containing bulbs and perennials you can grow fall-blooming plants to perfection. The exact requirements concerning soil, moisture and sun or shade varies from plant to plant. In general, I begin with the classic "well-drained soil with plenty of humus and adequate moisture." My next step is a good gardening encyclopedia or nursery catalog that gives tips and hints for success with each family of flowers and special needs for individuals within a family.
Since some of the fall bloomers are not as well known as spring bloomers, you might have to shop a bit to locate specific species or cultivars. A local nursery or catalog specializing in a full inventory of perennials is my first choice.
Asters (Aster species and hybrids)
Asters are well known, but to the best of my knowledge, sadly underused in local gardens for fall bloom. Since they are such a widely adaptable and easily grown plant, it is hard for me to understand why they are not used more often in gardens. Perhaps it is a case of familiarity breeds contempt for numerous species of asters decorate our fields, fence rows and woods during September and October. Asters are a must-have for middle to back of a border with its stately foliage and wide range of bloom color from all the new hybrids.
There are numerous species, hybrids and cultivars to choose from with a range in height from 18 inches to well over 6 feet. In decent garden soil, give them room—for they will form clumps rather quickly making for a large show. The taller species benefit from shearing or pinching back around June to make them more compact and fuller in foliage.
One of the features that makes an aster an aster is the yellow disk in the center of each ray of petals. Flower petal colors include blue, lavender, white, pink and red. Great drama in color combinations can be easily achieved by using goldenrods as companions with all their different shades of yellow.
Monkshood (Aconitum species and hybrids)
Monkshoods or aconitum are masters of the open shade garden in fall and early winter. Depending on the species or hybrid, you can have blooms from June through December.
Aconitum are easily grown to perfection in the Midwest when given three basic needs. Provide a good compost-rich soil dug relatively deep. Place them in all the light you can provide without full sun. Mulch around (but never over) the crown to retain moisture.
Almost all aconitum are tall and stately with a range in height from 2 ½ feet to more than 6 feet. The blooms have their top two petals fused together, which forms a helmet or hood shape that gives it the common names of helmet flower or monkshood. Blooms are numerous toward the upper third of the plant with most en masse at the top of the main stem. Colors can be white, rose, yellow and bi-color, but blue and lavender are the most common.
All aconitum are toxic to mammals and caution should be exercised. Use gloves when handling or planting.
Gentian (Gentian species and hybrids)
My favorite fall-blooming flowers are gentians. Imagine, if you will, the red, brown and gold of falling leaves. Then picture rich green foliage decorated with masses of the most beautiful blue blooms. There are some 200 to 350 species of gentians around the world plus numerous hybrids. Among the fall bloomers are species growing wild in local woodland edges, fields and roadsides. Bloom shape can range from a bottle to crested trumpets. Size can begin at less than 1 foot to more than 3 feet in height. There are numerous gentians that begin blooming in September and October lasting into November.
The two most common species in the Midwest are the bottle gentians (G. andrewsii and G. saponaria). The common name comes from the resemblance in shape of the blooms to small bottles. I think they look like the old-fashioned Christmas tree lights with the rounded tips. The blooms do not fully open on these two species. Other easily grown gentians I enjoy are summer and fall blooming species and hybrids from Asia. Two species on the smaller size in foliage with large trumpet-shaped blooms are the G. paradoxa and G. septemfida or everyman's gentian.
Toad Lilies (Tricyrtis species and hybrids)
Toad lilies have been gaining popularity in the last few years. They originate from Japan, Asia and the Himalayas with about 18 species and many hybrids to choose from. There is a toad lily for every shade garden, since growth can range from 6 inches to more than 4 feet. Blooms can be upright cups to hanging bells and exotics resembling orchids in shape. Colors run most of the spectrum with rich buttery yellows to spotted bi-colors of lavender and pink. The individual species and hybrids chosen determines the period of bloom. It is possible to have a toad lily in bloom from June through the first hard frost. The blooms are frost sensitive so you will need to cover the plants if an early frost is forecast. One of my favorites for fall blooms in the shade garden is T. hirta x miazaka. This hybrid toad lily is one of the most graceful with its arching habit and height of about 2 feet. Be sure to place it on a raised bed near a path where you can see the blooms up close.
There is a wealth of bulbs to choose from that will provide blooms from September into November. There are fall-blooming crocus and colchicum, which are often confused with the crocus. Several species and hybrids of flowering onion (Allium sp.) make gorgeous displays. The native spider lily (Hymenocallis occidentalis) is seldom seen and blooms about the same time as our resurrection lilies, or naked ladies. Hardy cyclamen are seldom seen in gardens and there are at least three species and their hybrids with some performing into December.
There are far too many flowers blooming during fall and into early winter to give up on gardening now.
Fall-Blooming Perennials
• Japanese anemone (Anemone hupehensis)
• Hardy begonia (Begonia grandis)
• Bluebeard (Caryopteris sp.)
• Turtlehead (Chelone sp.)
• Bugbane or Fairy candles (Actaea aka Cimicifuga)
• Hardy cyclamen (Cyclamen hederifolium)
• Joe Pye weed (Eupatorium sp.)
• Lobelia (L. cardinalis, L. siphilitica)
• Goldenrod (Solidago sp.)
Gene Bush is a nationally known garden writer, photographer, lecturer and nursery owner. Contact Gene at munchkinnursery.com.
Related articles
- Six Perennials With Late-Flowering Habits (casasugar.com)
- Planting Perennials For Your Fall Garden (casasugar.com)


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Perfect Peace – Earnest Pugh
Sometime in my life, my disappointments outweighed my trust for what could have been. It took at least one special person outside of my immediate family to show me that not everyone is out to harm me. Thus as I've gotten older (and wiser), some friends became acquaintances and some acquaintances are no more. These days, I stay close with a tight group of people I admire and aspire to be like in some way. We all have some kind of positive influence in our lives that gives us the boost to take on the world. That was my prayer years ago and I pray He keeps opening my eyes to many more.
The Word says, "Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus." Philippians 4:6-7 #trustinginHimalways
– Divine Diva


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Mobile startup AppGlu gives business people a direct interface with their app. They can update and manage content and even use targeted marketing with their analytics platform.
Brands can more directly update and augment their mobile app when they use the development platform AppGlu. When businesses have new content or get more data about how their customers use the app, AppGlu offers a web-based Control Center that enables them to do directly, rather than working through technical staff or remotely working developers. This simplified approach gives brands a way to easily manage or update content as well as deliver personalized content to their users, gain insight on content performance and engagement, as well as drive app users with retargeted messages based on usage preferences and behavior.
Non-developers can update content with spreadsheets or external sources
New content is key for apps to continue to engage customers, and AppGlu's Content Center aims to make adding or updating content as easy as possible. The Content Center provides a space for previewing, testing, and publishing changes. Managing content occurs on an Excel-like spreadsheet or custom form, giving marketers and other staff a more intuitive interface that they can use without working through a developer. Data can also be pulled from preset sources such as Salesforce, Facebook, Oracle, etc. with the Content Sync Engine, as well as from other external sources. Customizations are also available so that users see content according to their behavior and preferences that is more relevant and engaging.
Brands can deliver personalized experiences powered by behavior metrics
Beyond content management, AppGlu's other features give even more flexibility to brand apps. The AppGlu Insight Center delivers metrics in realtime on app performance that gives more detail than click-throughs and screen views. The content analytics provide effect data from push notifications and custom emails to gauge the success of campaigns, and aggregates other analytics data sources from Google, iTunes Connect or Twitter. The Engagement Center provides a place to put these insights into action - the app administrator can build and deploy personalized messages, target user subsets, and time delivery. These features can all be used without requiring a developer, and after the app has launched.


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O'Reillys and Goldbergs Weren't Always Part Of The 'Establishment'
Jon Stewart reminds Bill O'Reilly and Bernie Goldberg that the wealthy descendants of immigrants shitting on those fresh off the boat is our American heritage.
Jon Stewart reminds Bill O'Reilly and Bernie Goldberg that the wealthy descendants of immigrants shitting on those fresh off the boat is our American heritage.
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|Tigger2 Fri, Nov 16, 2012 10:54:33am
America has been changing from the first day it was founded, I don't know why some people don't understand that, and are scared of it.
|CriticalDragon1177 Fri, Nov 16, 2012 11:26:14am
Charleston Chew,
Bill O'reilly should listen to Jon Stewart on this, America is hardly going to be destroyed by new immigrants.
|Destro Fri, Nov 16, 2012 11:39:10am
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re: #2 Zasta Krockett
re: #3 Tigger2
re: #4 CriticalDragon1177
[breaking up a fight] Cut it out! Cut it out! Cut it out! The hell's the matter with you?! Stupid! We're all very different people. We're not Watusi. We're not Spartans. We're Americans, with a capital 'A', huh? You know what that means? Do ya? That means that our forefathers were kicked out of every decent country in the world. We are the wretched refuse. We're the underdog. We're mutts! Here's proof: his nose is cold! But there's no animal that's more faithful, that's more loyal, more loveable than the mutt. Who saw "Old Yeller?" Who cried when Old Yeller got shot at the end? [raises his hand] Nobody cried when Old Yeller got shot? I'm sure. [hands are reluctantly raised] I cried my eyes out. So we're all dogfaces, we're all very, very different, but there is one thing that we all have in common: we were all stupid enough to enlist in the Army. We're mutants. There's something wrong with us, something very, very wrong with us. Something seriously wrong with us - we're soldiers. But we're American soldiers! We've been kicking ass for 200 years! We're 10 and 1! Now we don't have to worry about whether or not we practiced. We don't have to worry about whether Captain Stillman wants to have us hung. All we have to do is to be the great American fighting soldier that is inside each one of us. Now do what I do, and say what I say. And make me proud.
[edit] - Stripes (film)
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