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Frontline Season 2001
S2001 E00Jan 16, 2001
The Clinton Years Jan 16, 2001 He was a masterful campaigner - a skilled politician whose command of the issues and ability to connect with an audience impressed seasoned politicos and voters alike. Yet a rocky transition and a succession of scandals and mistakes - both personal and political - very nearly derailed the presidency of William Jefferson Clinton.As a new president takes the helm of the ship of state, FRONTLINE and ABC's Nightline join forces to present "The Clinton Years." A weeklong series of special Nightline reports culminates in this two-hour FRONTLINE documentary that follows Bill Clinton from the governor's mansion in Little Rock through a hard-fought campaign and his eight years in the White House. Through interviews with George Stephanopolous, Dee Dee Myers, Madeleine Albright, and other key administration officials, this seminal documentary hosted by Nightline's Ted Koppel offers the first inside look at the Clinton presidency.
S2001 E00Feb 13, 2001
Hackers Feb 13, 2001 Designed to facilitate the free exchange of ideas, the Internet has become home to confidential-even classified-information from virtually every nation in the world. Financial information, national infrastructure, even state secrets can be accessed via the complex computer network that is the World Wide Web. But how safe is that information if computer-literate teenagers can break into top-security computer systems, infect them with viruses, or steal sensitive-even dangerous-documents? FRONTLINE investigates the role of hackers and reveals how their exploits highlight the profound insecurities of the Internet and the software that drives it. Through interviews with teenagers, information warriors, security experts, and law enforcement officials, FRONTLINE illuminates a virtual world where many of our most sacred beliefs-including the very notion of bordered nations-are called into question.
S2001 E00Feb 6, 2001
Saving Elian Feb 6, 2001 On November 25, 1999, a five-year-old Cuban boy was plucked from the shark infested waters off Florida, and what began as a Thanksgiving story soon erupted into a political and social firestorm that transfixed the nation and rocked Miami's Cuban-American community to its core. FRONTLINE examines the passion and the purpose behind the battle over Elin Gonzalez and its effect on both the Miami community and the Cuban-American cause. With footage from Miami and Cuba, and interviews with participants and observers on both sides of the controversy, the documentary explores how one little boy became a symbol of a forty-year struggle for the future of a nation.
S2001 E00Jan 30, 2001
Juvenile Justice Jan 30, 2001 Should teenagers who commit serious crimes be tried as juveniles or adults? What happens to young offenders who reach the 'end of the line' in the juvenile court system - and how do you rehabilitate these young people to prevent future criminal behavior? FRONTLINE explores these questions as it follows four juvenile offenders - one white, two Hispanic, and one African American - through the Santa Clara, California, juvenile courts, observing how the criminal justice system treats their cases and determines their fates.
S2001 E10Apr 10, 2001
Medicating Kids Apr 10, 2001 Today, millions of American children are being prescribed powerful behavior modifying drugs such as Ritalin, Prozac, Adderall. But are these medications really necessary-and safe-for young children or merely a harried nation's quick fix for annoying, yet age-appropriate, behavior? FRONTLINE investigates the rapidly growing use of psychoactive drugs by children and the challenges of parenting and schooling in a world of high stress and increasing family disintegration. Through an intimate portrait of several families in an American suburb, the film explores how medication has increasingly become an integral part of caring for our kids. The documentary also examines the role of doctors, educators, pharmaceutical makers, and insurance companies in advancing this trend.
S2001 E10May 15, 2001
LAPD Blues May 15, 2001 All is not well inside the Los Angeles Police Department. The worst corruption scandal in the force's history has devastated a police department once epitomized by Dragnet's Joe Friday and the clean-cut crew of Adam-12. FRONTLINE correspondent and New Yorker writer Peter J. Boyer unravels the mysteries that swirl around recent reports of police brutality, departmental racism, and corrupt cops who take part in everything from dope deals to bank robberies.
S2001 E10Sep 13, 2001
Hunting Bin Laden Sep 13, 2001 The United States has determined that Osama bin Laden is the orchestrator of the 1998 bombings of two U.S. embassies in East Africa, the October 2000 attack on the USS Cole in the Yemeni port of Aden, and finally, the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the Pentagon and World Trade Center which killed over 3000 people. In FRONTLINE's "Hunting bin Laden," a Pulitzer Prize-nominated team of New York Times reporters and FRONTLINE correspondent Lowell Bergman investigates the man who has declared holy war on the U.S. -- a wealthy Saudi Arabian exile believed to be hiding in the mountains of Afghanistan with a $5 million bounty on his head.
S2001 E10Oct 4, 2001
Target America Oct 4, 2001 Last month, the nation's top leaders gathered to decide the U.S response to the September 11 terrorist attack. Some of the same individuals were in Washington, DC, twenty-two years ago when the United States suffered its first humiliation at the hands of Islamic militants. U.S. embassy employees were taken hostage and held captive before the world. Over the decades, incident followed incident - the bombing of the U.S. Marine barracks in Beirut, the killing of American soldiers in a Berlin nightclub, the downing of Pan Am 103, and the first attack on the World Trade Center. In "Target America," FRONTLINE uncovers a long-standing division within the nation's security apparatus about how to deal with an enemy that has been targeting America and Americans for decades.
S2001 E10Oct 9, 2001
Looking for Answers Oct 9, 2001 The attack on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon was not only the most devastating terrorist attack in history, it was also the biggest failure of U.S. intelligence since Pearl Harbor. FRONTLINE correspondent Lowell Bergman and The New York Times investigate why the CIA and FBI failed to uncover the hijackers dramatic plot to strike at the heart of the U.S. government and its economy. The film also examines the U.S. failure to understand fully the hatred for America among Muslim fundamentalists, and its roots in the U.S. government's support for Israel and for authoritarian regimes in the oil-rich Middle East. A FRONTLINE co-production with The New York Times, this special episode is anchored by Bill Moyers.
S2001 E10Oct 18, 2001
Dangerous Straits Oct 18, 2001 Since the terrible events of Sept 11th, the United States has worked hard to put together a worldwide coalition against international terrorism. Where will China come down? FRONTLINE and The New York Times explore the tensions between the U.S. and China and the troubles the relationship presents for President Bush, who plans a visit to China in October. The dramatic U.S. spy plane incident off the coast of China in early 2001 reminded us of the dangerous suspicion that exists between the world's most powerful country and its most populous one. China has been supportive of some Islamic states that the U.S. counts as its enemies, and there is also the simmering question of Taiwan. American support for Taiwan means that if it declares independence, the U.S. could be drawn into an international dispute that might lead to war. The Straits of Taiwan have been described by one China expert as "one of the most dangerous places in the world."
S2001 E10Jun 5, 2001
Blackout Jun 5, 2001 Power shortages. Rolling blackouts. Skyrocketing utility bills. California's power disaster has made "energy" a national front-burner issue. The state's power crunch has affected everyone from homeowners and small businesses to the big-business consumers of electricity who originally pushed for deregulation. Now, the state's largest utility, PG& E, has filed for bankruptcy. But is California's energy crisis the result of flawed deregulation and the weather-or, as some charge, market manipulation by a new breed of power entrepreneurs? Or a bit of both? And could other states face similar energy shortages?
S2001 E10Feb 27, 2001
The Merchants of Cool Feb 27, 2001 FRONTLINE journeys into the world of the marketers of popular culture to teenagers. They spend their days sifting through reams of market research data. They conduct endless surveys and focus groups. They comb the streets, the schools, and the malls, hot on the trail of the "next big thing" that will snare the attention of their prey - a market segment worth an estimated $300 billion a year. They are the merchants of cool: the creators and sellers of popular culture, who have made teens the hottest consumer demographic in America. But are these marketers merely reflecting a growing coarseness in teen culture, or have they helped create it? Are they simply reflecting teen desires or have they begun to manufacture those desires in a bid to secure this lucrative market? And have they gone too far in their attempts to reach the hearts - and wallets - of America's youth?
S2001 E10Mar 27, 2001
Organ Farm (1) Mar 27, 2001 Imagine a world where every patient who needed an organ transplant could receive one right away. Such a future is promised by xenotransplantation, the experimental process of transplanting genetically modified pig cells and organs into humans. But while a scientific breakthrough in cross-species transplants could offer hope to millions of desperately ill patients, such procedures could introduce new infectious agents into the human population, posing a public health risk to millions. Do the benefits of xenotransplantation outweigh the still-unknown dangers? FRONTLINE presents a rare inside look at the multi-billion dollar xenotransplantation industry, including a secret transgenic pig organ farm somewhere in North America. FRONTLINE presents extraordinary cutting-edge footage of the organs being developed and an unprecedented glimpse into a bio-secure, air-locked barrier world where science fiction may soon become science fact.
S2001 E10Apr 3, 2001
Organ Farm (2) Apr 3, 2001 Imagine a world where every patient who needed an organ transplant could receive one right away. Such a future is promised by xenotransplantation, the experimental process of transplanting genetically modified pig cells and organs into humans. But while a scientific breakthrough in cross-species transplants could offer hope to millions of desperately ill patients, such procedures could introduce new infectious agents into the human population, posing a public health risk to millions. Do the benefits of xenotransplantation outweigh the still-unknown dangers? FRONTLINE presents a rare inside look at the multi-billion dollar xenotransplantation industry, including a secret transgenic pig organ farm somewhere in North America. FRONTLINE presents extraordinary cutting-edge footage of the organs being developed and an unprecedented glimpse into a bio-secure, air-locked barrier world where science fiction may soon become science fact.
S2001 E20Nov 8, 2001
Gunning for Saddam Nov 8, 2001 As Americans are confronted by acts of bioterrorism, powerful forces in the nations capitol believe Iraqi President Saddam Hussein is to blame, for this and many other terrorist acts during the last decade. Many are lobbying to mobilize a military operation to oust Hussein when the next phase of the war on terrorism kicks in. Proponents of the plan, including former Clinton administration CIA director James Woolsey, contend Saddam Hussein was involved in the first World Trade Center bombing, the attempted assassination of President George H.W. Bush in 1993, and the ongoing state sponsorship of terrorist activities. Foes of this plan argue that attacking Saddam will destabilize other nations in the region, most prominently Saudi Arabia, and no doubt destroy the carefully crafted coalition presently hunting for Osama bin Laden in Afghanistan. FRONTLINE investigates Americas other enemy, Saddam Hussein.
S2001 E20Nov 22, 2001
The Monster that Ate Hollywood Nov 22, 2001 The box office is booming. New international markets are opening weekly. Amazing advances in technology hold the promise of new delivery systems. Yet there's trouble bubbling just below the surface in Hollywood today as movie industry creative types struggle to adapt to new business realities. On the eve of one of the biggest weekends for new movie releases, FRONTLINE explores the changing Hollywood, revealing how once-fiercely independent studio bosses must now answer to the megacorporations that have swallowed the industry whole.
S2001 E20Nov 15, 2001
Saudi Time Bomb? Nov 15, 2001 President Bush says that if the nations of the world are not with us in the war on terrorism then theyre with the terrorists. But what about the United States' supposed ally Saudi Arabia? After September 11th many Saudi citizens reportedly applauded native son Osama bin Laden as a hero. Then the monarchy hesitated to renounce the Taliban and they are still reluctant to allow U.S. warplanes to fly from their bases. Why have Saudi and other Gulf charities sent money to support Islamic fundamentalist schools that are encouraging jihad? And are the Saudis dragging their feet when it comes to assisting U.S. law enforcement agencies that are tracking down terrorists? Whose side are the Saudis on? FRONTLINE and The New York Times explore the fragile alliance with this ultra conservative fundamentalist kingdom upon which the U.S. depends for fifteen percent of the countrys oil needs.
S2001 E20Oct 25, 2001
Trail of a Terrorist Oct 25, 2001 On December 14, 1999, Ahmed Ressam was detained at the U.S./Canadian border when an alert customs agent became suspicious of Ressam's hesitant answers to her questions. When the trunk of his car was opened, agents discovered a powerful bomb and a plot for a millennium attack on America. Ressam said nothing at his trial but, facing 130 years in prison, decided to testify against an accomplice. His chilling testimony reveals his motives, his methods, and his connection to an Algerian terrorist group that had already carried out bombings in Europe. Ressam described his training at the Osama bin Laden camps in Afghanistan, where he became skilled in urban warfare, sabotage, and covert operations. With access to Ressams testimony, police files, and officials in the U.S., Canada, and France, correspondent Terence McKenna follows the trail of a terrorist.


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Arrival at the hotel
A few years ago, a film maker did a documentary about us, touring and playing the US and Australia and his general theme was - "what do you do when your hobby becomes a job"?
Since I've been through playing the ukulele for a hobby and playing it as a professional, I can tell you that the initial enthusiasm and lustre soon wears off when it becomes work. So I was a bit nervous about going up to Carlisle for the second time to play with the band and staying in the same hotel as our audience, unlike other hotels when we go on tour - nobody knows who we are, but here, everybody knows who we are
Evening of our arrival - having a bite to eat
The event was completely sold out months ago and there are 215 peole staying specifically for this weekend - it is run by Matt Fuddle and his partner Diane plus Andy Webster (from the League of Ukulele Gentlemen). Matt runs various ukulele related enterprises - events (like this one) a ukulele shop and a glossy ukulele magazine, he is a big guy who wears a bowler hat a lot (which always reminds me of the film 'A Clockwork Orange' - Matt is a pussycat though!).
Running through Pinball Wizard - which we hadn't played for a while
The event was held at the Gilsland Hall Hotel another of these 'financially unviable' old fashioned hotels (which I heard had changed hands twice since we last played here) its a spa hotel, and is located in the beautiful countryside of 'the Borders' - a lady guest had pulled me aside to tell me that I had called it the Lake District in my last blog - apologies!). It had the feel of a wartime hospital - fairly spartan, but the rooms were clean and the staff were friendly. Since the weather in England has been extremely mild the hotel had made sure, in its eccentric way, that the heating was on full blast.
George was back with us for this gig as Leisa wasnt doing it - so we were still an eight piece, but needed some quick rehearsal to get some numbers up to scratch. We were scheduled to run a workshop and give a concert.
Here we are going into the workshop - the guy on the right is Tim Smithies of Dead Mans Uke (he plays Tiny Tims ukulele!).
Here we are waiting to go on to play the concert. This was a small show by our normal theatre standards, but a great one (I even had a go at rapping!) - once again the smaller the room, the better the band come across. While we are very lucky to be playing to big theatre audiences both here and in Europe - the intimacy and intensity is less in larger venues.
During the interval - Dave found these two badges and we took a selfie.
After the show we stayed in the bar to chat to punters and fellow guests.
Doug (sound) Jodi (manager) and Richie pose with their drinks. All in all it was a fun weekend and special thanks go to several of our German fans who made the long trip over to come and hear us play (Thats you Doris and Klaus - Danke Schoen!) - and thank you to all who came and to Matt, Andy and Diane for organising it.
On our way back, Will spotted this photo display at Carlisle train station of the Virgin mascot with various celebrities (Virgin Trains runs the franchise and is often in the doghouse with passenger groups about their service).
We're back on the 26th Jan in Germany Campers - see you there.

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The benefits of such technology are obvious. Rather than lugging along extra input devices such as a mouse or a keyboard, the user need only his finger to manipulate the chosen device. But it's not just mobile devices that benefit from this type of input. All kinds of devices can be equipped, including TV and computer monitors, LCD screens, and the older CRT computer monitors. As a result, a bartender can press on a screen to ring up drinks on a busy night rather than type in a price, a nurse can input patient information with one hand. Truly, the possibilities with touch screen monitors are endless.
Touch screen monitors usually come in three varieties that enable it to recognize a person's touch. These are resistive, capacitive and surface acoustic wave. The resistive type works by having two panels with a thin space between them. When the user presses the screen, the two panels touch at that point, and the exact coordinates are then registered with the computer.
A capacitive system runs a small electrical charge throughout the touch screen. When the user touches the chosen area, some of the electrical charge is distributed to the finger, lessening the charge at that location. The coordinates are again recorded and sent to the computer. This type of touch screen produces a clearer picture because it transmits more light and doesn't require two panels.
Finally, the surface acoustic wave system is the best, and results in the clearest picture. Transducers are used to send electrical signals across the screen, and if a user touches the screen, they can determine where based on how the electrical signal is received from one transducer to the other.
Since the capacitive system must have a finger to absorb electricity, most non-living objects won't register as a touch. Resistive and surface acoustic wave systems on the other hand react to just about any form of pressure. Each has its different advantages as a result, and manufacturers will only find new ways to make use of them.
Finally, although touch screens provide a natural interface for computer novices, they are unsatisfactory for most applications because the finger is such a relatively large object. It is impossible to point accurately to small areas of the screen. In addition, most users find touch screens tiring to the arms after long use.


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The Bali Fintech Agenda
DATE: October 11, 2018
DAY: Thursday
LOCATION: Bali International Convention Center (BICC), WE-1-Mangupura Hall
OverviewThis panel will discuss the wide-ranging opportunities and challenges raised by technology in potentially transforming the economic and financial landscape. Fintech can support growth and poverty reduction by strengthening financial development, inclusion, and efficiency but may also pose risks to financial stability and integrity, as well as to consumer and investor protection.
Join the conversation via #BaliFintech
The Bali Fintech Agenda
Moderator: Geoff Cutmore
Geoff Cutmore isco-anchor for CNBC's flagship Squawk Box programin EMEA.The three-hour show, which broadcasts worldwide five days a week, bookends the opening of European equity markets and is a must-see for financial professionals, C-suite executives and investors.Cutmore is one of CNBC's most experienced presenters, with more than 20 years covering the financial markets. He has anchored programs for CNBC in both Europe and Asia and has particular interest in China having spent nearly a decade working in Hong Kong.Cutmore covers the biggest business gatherings for CNBC including the World Economic Forum meetings in Davos and China, the IMF/World Bank Annual Meetings in Washington, D.C. and the United Nations Climate Change Conferences. He regularly hosts key panels at these events with top newsmakers. Twitter: @GeoffCutmore.
Panelist: Christine Lagarde
Christine Lagarde is a French lawyer and politician who has been the Managing Director (MD) of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) since 5 July 2011. Previously, she held various, senior ministerial posts in the French government: she was Minister of Economic Affairs, Finance and Employment, Minister of Agriculture and Fishing and Minister of Trade in the government of Dominique de Villepin. An anti-trust and labour lawyer, Lagarde was the first female chair of major international law firm Baker & McKenzie, between 1999 and 2004.
Panelist: Mark Carney
Mark Carney, Chair of the Financial Stability Board, is Governor of the Bank of England and Chairman of the Monetary Policy Committee, Financial Policy Committee and the Board of the Prudential Regulation Authority. His appointment as Governor was approved by Her Majesty the Queen on 26 November 2012. The Governor joined the Bank on 1 July 2013. In addition to his duties as Governor of the Bank of England, he serves as Chairman of the Financial Stability Board (FSB), First Vice-Chair of the European Systemic Risk Board, a member of the Group of Thirty and the Foundation Board of the World Economic Forum. He is also Chair of the Global Economy Meeting (GEM) and the Economic Consultative Committee (ECC) at the Bank for International Settlements. As recently reported in the press, Mark Carney will stay in charge until 2020, despite being sharply criticized by those who support Britain's withdrawal from the European Union (No Deal Brexit). Twitter: (@bankofengland)
Panelist: Sri Mulyani Indrawati
Sri Mulyani Indrawati is Chair of the Development Committee and Indonesia's Finance Minister since 2016. In 2002, she was the Executive Director representing 12 countries in the South East Asia (SEA Group) at the IMF. From 2005-2010, In 2005, she served as Finance Minister. In June 2010 she was appointed as Executive Director of the World Bank Group. She earned her BA in economics from the Universitas Indonesia in 1986 and her PhD in Economics in 1992.Instagram: @smindrawati
Panelist: Lesetja Kganyago
Lesetja Kganyago was appointed Governor of the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) with effect from 9 November 2014. Prior to his elevation as Governor, Lesetja Kganyago served as Deputy Governor of the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) and as the Chairperson of the Standing Committee on the Revision of the Banks Act. He was also a member of the the Board Risk and Ethics Committee (BREC), the Governor's Executive Committee (GEC), the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) and the Financial Stability Committee (FSC). He was also a member of the Financial Stability Board Standing Committee on Standards Implementation (SCSI) and Co-Chair of the Financial Stability Board Regional Consultative Group for Sub-Saharan Africa. He represented South Africa in international organizations such as the World Bank, the IMF, the G20 and the African Development Bank. In this role he served as the Chair of the Development Committee Deputies and also co-chaired a G20 Working Group on the reform of the IMF. Mr. Kganyago holds a MSc in Economics from SOAS London University and a BCom degree in Economics and Accounting from UNISA. He also received various training in Finance, Economics and Management. Twitter: @KganyagoLesetja
Panelist: Jim Yong Kim
Jim Yong Kim M.D., Ph.D., is the 12th President of the World Bank Group. Soon after he assumed his position in July 2012, the organization established two goals to guide its work: to end extreme poverty by 2030; and to boost shared prosperity, focusing on the bottom 40% of the population in developing countries. In September 2016, the World Bank Group Board unanimously reappointed Kim to a second five-year term as President. Kim's career has revolved around health, education, and improving the lives of the poor. Before joining the World Bank Group, Kim, a physician and anthropologist, served as the President of Dartmouth College and held professorships at Harvard Medical School and the Harvard School of Public Health. From 2003 to 2005, as director of the World Health Organization's HIV/AIDS department, he led the "3 by 5" initiative, the first-ever global goal for AIDS treatment, to expand access to antiretroviral medication in developing countries. In 1987, Kim co-founded Partners In Health, a non-profit medical organization that now works in poor communities on four continents. Twitter: @JimYongKim


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New Studies Reveal Coconut & Olive Oil and Butter Are Much Better for Cooking Than Vegetable Oils! Here's Why…
The most frequent oil for cooking is the vegetable oil, but according to recent studies this oil should be replaced by olive oil, coconut oil and butter. According to the discovery of the researchers vegetable oils can release dangerous chemical substances that can trigger cancer and also other severe illnesses.
Further researching was done on this issue, and it was revealed the name of these harmful ingredients that oils release during the cooking process, and that is aldehydes. Aldehydes are chemical substances related to cancer, dementia, heart issues, and various other serious conditions and illnesses.
One of the experts in this research was Professor Martin Drootveld, who maintains that the popular fish and chips that have been fried in grease have in their content 200 times more aldehydes than the allowed amount of them. Further on, he explains why the use of olive and coconut oil, and also butter are better solutions for frying your food; they release smaller amounts of aldehydes which is not the case with the vegetable oils.
Another expert, Dr. Stein from the Oxford University states that frying foods in sunflower oil can trigger changes in the brain. However, the NHS has declared vegetable oils safe for use when cooking.
Many researchers react strongly on this declaration of the NHS as all of them claim that vegetable oils are harmful for our body when frying and strongly recommend the use of coconut oil or butter. The reason why vegetable oils are dangerous underlines in their production as during this process the vegetable oils are subjected to dangerous chemical procedures which can result in the piling up of plenty of dangerous substances that are being released at high temperatures.
So, if you want to preserve your health, then you should avoid the intake of processed and fried foods and incorporate in your cooking healthier alternatives. Exclude the use of sunflower oil and prevent the occurrence of serious illnesses like cancer.


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Quasi with the Magic Magicians and Shannon Wright at Lee's Palace, September 30. Tickets: $12. Attendance: 100. Rating: NNNN
according to quasi frontman Sam Coomes, the title of their most recent album, The Sword Of God (Touch and Go), is a reference to the rock 'n' roll spirit that fuels the dynamic drums-and-piano duo onstage. Coomes and bandmate Janet Weiss were obviously feeling some divine inspiration Sunday night as they rocked a near-empty Lee's Palace well into the wee small hours.
Openers the Magic Magicians did their best Built to Spill act but fell short. Axeman John Atkins (of 764-HERO) displayed ample instrumental skill but was lacking in the vocal department; his nasal yowling grew abrasive, and he strained to hit the few notes within his range. Both Atkins and drummer Joe Plummer forgot they were playing to an audience, eschewing stage banter and focusing (with eyes closed) on the music. No magic here -- more like a jam session in your mom's garage.
After the Magicians stumbled off the stage, weird, distorted noise and spooky, filmic music drew the crowd forward, transfixed by the slide show of suburban bungalows and blue-rinsed old ladies. With the audience reverently hushed, Shannon Wright silently took the stage. The shaggy-haired redhead practically made love to her guitar, convulsing as if possessed by demons.
Quivering centre-stage, Wright demonstrated her vocal prowess -- first slurring lyrics in a little-girl whisper, then howling madly, and then purring like a Brechtian cabaret madam. Her powerful pipes were matched by masterful classical piano and dissonant art-rock guitar.
But Quasi was the main attraction for the handful of people present, and the former husband-and-wife team (now divorced) didn't disappoint. They served up a 90-minute-plus set, heavy on new material, of their trademark squelchy distorted keyboard and virtuoso percussion.
Charming Coomes built walls of guitar feedback and waged a full-body attack on his piano, while Weiss proved she's the coolest chick in rock, hypnotizing with a relentless, frenetic bashing of the skins. The crowd of hardcore fans played off the pair's energy, bopping to the 60s bubblegum vocal harmonies and shouting out requests.
At the moment, Quasi is still a for-those-who-know phenomenon, but that should soon change.


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A topmost window is one which stays on top of other windows even while it's not in focus. Normally all application popup windows will go to background once they lose focus but a topmost window doesn't.
Let me explain or show you the code which does this. Everybody knows how to achieve this but still some don't, so for them here is how we do this and as always in the form of a function.
[sourcecode language='cpp']void SetTopMost( HWND hWnd, const BOOL TopMost )
ASSERT( ::IsWindow( hWnd ));
HWND hWndInsertAfter = ( TopMost ? HWND_TOPMOST : HWND_NOTOPMOST );
::SetWindowPos( hWnd, hWndInsertAfter, 0, 0 , 0 , 0, SWP_NOMOVE | SWP_NOSIZE );
The second parameter passed to ::SetWindowPos is the one that does the trick. It' called hwndInsertAfter, if we specify the after window as HWND_TOPMOST then we get a topmost window, if we specify after window as HWND_NOTOPMOST then topmost setting is unset and our window becomes a normal window.
Equivalent MFC variables for HWND_TOPMOST and HWND_NOTOPMOST are wndTopMost and
wndNoTopMost respectively.
HWND_xxxxx variable are mere #defines just have a look.
[sourcecode language='cpp']#define HWND_TOP ((HWND)0)
#define HWND_BOTTOM ((HWND)1)
#define HWND_TOPMOST ((HWND)-1)
#define HWND_NOTOPMOST ((HWND)-2)[/sourcecode]
::SetWindowPos is an interesting function, we can use it
- To change the tab order/z-order of a control
- To 'just' move a control (SWP_MOVE)
- To 'just' size a control (SWP_SIZE)
- To generate 'just' nc-paint messages
- To generate 'just' nc-calcsize messages
- To repaint a window
As a homework suggest you to have a look at the flags that are passed to it.


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At The Wild Reed, Michael Bayley has a short extract from an old NCR article by Arthur Jones on Richard Sipe, speaking about the disjunction of the official teaching on sexual matters and the attitudes and practices of the laity.
At one point in Jones' article, Sipe notes that "In terms of human sexuality, the Church is at a pre-Copernican stage of understanding" – a reference, notes Jones, to "15th century Catholic priest and astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus, who resurrected, despite church opposition, the scientific theory of the sun rather than the Earth as the center of the solar system."
Says Sipe: "The church has not come to understand the nature of sex. And it's not easily understood – we have to struggle along with the neurological, the genetic, the psychological, the evolutionary basis of it. The church has not done that and is frightened of doing it."
The post then continues with observations on the response of the laity and its importance:
What the laity has began to realize, [Sipe] said, is that the reason the [clergy sexual abuse] scandal is so destabilizing to the church is because it goes to the fundamentals of the doctrine. The laity wants all these questions reexamined and rediscussed – from contraception, homosexuality, masturbation, sex before marriage, to sex after divorce, even abortion. The laity is beginning to ask the church on questions of human sexuality, "On what basis are you saying this is natural and this is unnatural? The laity is questioning the church's reasoning on what is natural and how it's natural and demanding it be rethought. This questioning is so compelling that nothing can turn it back," he said.
"If you put it in religious terms, where we are today," said Sipe, "concerns the obvious step from the hypocritical to an actual reformation. Historically, corruption comes from the top and reform comes from the bottom. I mean why does reformation come about? Reformation comes about because, my God, you're teaching this and you're practicing that. And people say: Either change what you're practicing, or change what you're teaching.
The laity is the force," he said. "Articles say, 'Oh, it'll be different when we get a new pope.' It may or may not. That's not the real force in this. The real force of this is in the sensus fidelium, because, if the people don't believe it, it's not true."
From a personal point of view, what I found remarkable was how these few paragraphs bring together the key conclusions that I have been reaching myself, with with some recent comments on this site, and with some very recent reading I have been doing elsewhere. As I wrote in my own comment on the post:
The official teaching of the church on sexuality no longer has the support of the sensus fidelium; this goes to the heart of the problems facing the church, especially the problem of abuse; and that what is need now is not just a new poe or some tinkering with the doctrines, but a complete reformation.
But I do now want to dwell too much on the Michael's content. Read the full post yourself at "If People Don't Believe it, it's Not True" (and follow the excellent links to some of his related posts.)
I was equally intrigued by what for me was the sequel to my reading. One of the comments asked,
"What is one then to make of those early years of the Church when Arianism was rampant, and by some accounts, the majority of "believers" did not affirm the Divinity of Christ?"
This reference tot he Arian heresy reminded me of another Wild Reed post I read some time ago, so I tried to track it down – and eventually did, at Robert McClory's Prophetic Work. Guess what? Totally contradicting the anonymous commenter, McClory quotes Cardinal Newman to show that the heresy was not overturned by the hierarchy acting in defiance of the laity, but by the hierarchy yielding to the sensus fidelium:
Following the Council of Nicaea, for example, many Catholic bishops campaigned against the correct teaching on Jesus' humanity and divinity. Instead, they told people to accept heretical Arianism. But the laity did not listen, and 56 years later the correct dogma was reiterated at the Council of Constantinople. Cardinal John Newman later wrote about the incident: "The Nicene dogma was maintained during the greater part of the fourth century . . . not by the unswerving firmness of the Holy See, Councils or bishops, but . . . by the consensus fidelium."
This highlights for me yet another theme I have become conscious of: so much of our popular perceptions of church history (where we have any at all) are simply wrong. The hierarchy makes no attempt to correct these misperceptions, instead selectively extracting from 2000 years of history that suits and matches their interpretations of what "must" have been, not of what actually was the case.
Then another nugget: In trying to track down the quotation I was looking for, I found another excellent and useful post on McCrory, "A Catholic Understanding of Dissent." This deals with a keynote address McCrory gave to a prayer breakfast, in which he spoke (inter alia) about Bishop Nienstad, and an extraordinary action he took concerning his predecessor, Bishop Raymond Lucker.
"At that time," said McClory, "[Nienstedt] had done something newsworthy in relation to a book entitled, Revelation and the Church: Vatican II and in the Twenty-First Century. This book had been largely written and edited by his predecessor, Bishop Raymond Lucker," explained McClory, "and, in it, Bishop Lucker said that there were a lot of things that the Church needs to think about. He listed 37 matters of authoritative Church teaching that have undergone substantial change over time – including the Church's approach to religious liberty, the Bible, slavery, and the Jews. Bishop Lucker's book also contained a list of 15 teachings that could change in the future, including clerical celibacy, artificial birth control, intercommunion between Protestants and Catholics, condemnation of homosexual activity, and the ordination of women. When Bishop Nienstedt came in and saw that book he said: 'Take that off the shelf.'"
This, of course, chimes very well with yet another theme becoming very clear to me: the startling arrogance of some bishops in asserting their own views over their colleagues (think Bishop Martino of Scranton before his sudden departure), but also the welcome existence of countervailing views, in the hierarchy as well as the laity.
Too often, it is the stridency and arrogance of the hardline conservatives that get the publicity. We need to do what we can to publicise and promote more widely the moderate countervailing voices. I would be particularly interested in further exploring, and promoting, Bishop Lucker's book, about which I had not heard before.


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Outsourcing is the most common business practice which provides several advantages to your enterprise, in this guide to startups, we look at what we should to outsource when expanding into China.
- What activities should be outsourced
- Reasons to outsource when expanding into China
- Overcoming barriers when expanding into China
- Identify your core and non-core busines
- Reasons to outsource when expanding into China
- How to overcome the main barriers of expanding into China?
- The China Example
Identify your core and non-core busines
Many startups will make the mistake of taking on too much work at the beginning, when they really should be invested in improving their product or service. Instead of focusing on these improvements they are good at doing, startups will have to tackle hiring employees, tax law, and benefits. More and more businesses specifically startups, are choosing to outsource their secondary activities to companies that specialize in these areas. But why?
For any new company on the block, it is important to identify what are the strengths and weaknesses of the organization. In this way we can quickly tell apart between core and non-core business
It is important to understand what is the core business of your startup, which is related to the main company activities as well as the competitive advantage your company has over others.
For example, a company that makes printers and focuses on expanding its research and development department may have difficulty creating an efficient accounting department. If your core business is to make printers, it is more cost-effective to improve and expand your printer technology and outsource any non-core business methods to the professionals.
Now the question arises, how do you identify your non-core business? The short answer is, your non-core business is anything outside of your essential business activities or operations that are the main revenue source of business. Therefore, non-core items are considered to be from peripheral or incidental activities.
What are the most commonly outsourced services
After having identified the disruptive non-main activities to be outsourced, startups will often encounter difficulties when addressing human resource activities, including administrative duties, employment and payroll duties. Making a mistake in any of these areas, specifically payroll and tax law, can mean serious fines and warnings for your company. That is why, in a survey by Deloite more than 50% of companies decided to outsource their non-core businesses to a company with expertise in human resources, legal and tax management. Survey's respondents represent more than 25 different sectors.
Reasons to outsource when expanding into China
I have no idea about a market's labor law in practice
Countries' labor laws consist of a mediation where both parties try to discuss and find a solution. Generally, the mediations are between employees, trade unions, governments, and employing organizations.
When expanding your startup into new markets, there are many important matters to consider when managing your human capital.
- You should determine how you will proceed with the hiring process. Firstly, how many employees will you hire? Secondly, will these employees be dispatched from your home country's headquarters or directly hired on-ground. You ought to consider if there is talented staff in the target country and if they have sufficient expertise in the field.
- Understanding local labor law is a must for every employer. For example, understanding how employee leaves should be managed such as annual leaves, sick leaves, maternity leaves, marriage leaves, etc… Or being aware how termination procedure and severance pay policies are applied. A wrong appliance of these may result as an economic and legal burden for employers.
- A different Individual income taxation scheme may not only cause changes in the net salary of your employees, but also affect their tax contributions in their home country. Therefore, receiving advice from a local partner is recommended in order to settle down your employees' fiscal situation, as well as investigate on the existence of double taxation agreements between both countries.
As described above, adjusting to employment laws when expanding overseas can be a tough task, even more when dealing with high-regulated countries with tedious bureaucratic processes.
Cost effective market entry
Generally, startups which do not get to be highly financed by investors, they need to tightly fasten the belt in order to reduce costs and optimize their resources.
Although there are plenty of manners in which companies can enter new markets. A single market entry strategy cannot be applied for all international markets. Since each country has its own specificities and requirements for foreign direct investment.
Furthermore, it is important to consider what kind of legal entity would better fit in the target market.
They speak and think different from me
When doing business in a global economy usually we find multicultural difficulties that complicate communication. Nowadays, despite the assistance of technology to facilitate communication with others with a foreign language, there are many challenges in terms of frame of references, emotions and behavior displayed.
How are you going to hire a local employee who does not necessarily speak English? Will the communication with the state tax agency go smoothly? Are you familiarized with the labor law of the destination country?
All these questions arise when dealing with human resources when expanding a business. Are you able to handle everything on your own or will you keep in touch with related field professionals?
High Immigration Policies barriers
In the international business scene, the workforce inevitably will end up being multicultural. Wherever you need to send personnel to work, immigration policies still establish several requirements that put restrictions on labor movement.
Bureaucratic barriers that may arise when expanding overseas are the immigration requirements between countries. If you are planning to hire foreign workers, there might be the need to apply for work and resident permits for your employees. In that case, outsourcing the document collection and visa procedure is recommended to avoid future bureaucratic issues.
Find your transparent partner
Partnerships can be dimensioned into various shapes and sizes. You can opt for a support agreement where you can piggyback off another's success and know-how or you could use a professional global agency to assist with company setup. Global vendors also can provide networking if the target is applying a local know-how and is contributing to the business value chain.
How long are you willing to spend finding your loved partner? Therefore, think on how your partner can help ease such a process.
How to overcome the main barriers of expanding into China?
Developing your business internationally can seem like a particularly daunting prospect. How will you be able to manage your company when you are not based in that country? How do you operate within the boundaries of local regulations that you have very limited experience of?
Decide your market entry strategy
A market entry strategy must embrace the sociopolitical and economical barriers, marketing costs, sales and delivery, and the expected outcome when expanding your business into new markets.
In low-barrier markets, difficulties could decrease, however, entering new ones in which things change frequently seems like a tough task. According to the Doing Business Annual Report, markets such as China, Indonesia, Vietnam, Philippines are the most difficult ones for foreign companies to establish commercial operations, recognized local consulting firms are requested to find the more acute strategy solution.
The China Example
The number of foreign companies expanding to China is increasingly rising in recent years. However, China's business environment isn't the friendliest for foreign investors. Meaning that it requires a lot of complex, lengthy and costly paperwork in order set-up an entity.
Foreign companies, specially trading and consulting companies, have realized that by using PEO solutions, they were able to develop a business activity at a highly cost-efficient price. Enabling them to have employees on-ground representing their company without actually setting-up an entity in China.
Outsourcing your employment to a PEO
Within the complex decision of entering a startup into a new market, gathering your workforce could be simplified by outsourcing your employment to a Professional Employment Organization (PEO). PEOs are used to outsource all HR, legal and administrative requirements when hiring employees overseas.
These services also known as Employer of Record services, employee leasing or PEO solutions; enable foreign companies to legally hire an unlimited number of employees on ground without the need to setup a legal entity or company. Furthermore, it is known as the most flexible method to increase or decrease a presence in a foreign market at initial stages.
As a company can easily increase their workforce by hiring outsourcing more employees to the PEO; as well as decrease their presence by terminating the employees.
Professionals employment organizations (PEO)are fully up to date with the latest regulations and laws. We can avoid personnel payroll administration headaches because it can simply vary due to its complexity. Employer of record agencies specialize in payroll and employees' tax may help when planning employee's salary packages and it may also reduce your expanding employment cost instead of configuring an internal HR team.
Employee leasing or (PEO) also provide Visas to the foreign employees which involves a cumbersome process and dealing with different types of visas and their respective requirements can take a lot of time that you could be using instead to generate profit for your startup.
Overall, it provides startups the solidity and flexibility to have a team on-ground which doesn't require any administrative or HR tasks, as these are managed by the PEO.


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People with a curiosity surrounding causes of death, tissue testing, and various pathologies, might consider becoming a pathologists' assistant (PA).
According to the American Association of Pathologists' Assistants (AAPA), these medical professionals—analogous to physicians' assistants—have a variety of surgical, autopsy-related, and administrative duties, typically performed under the supervision of a licensed pathologist. PAs prepare tissue samples for testing (e.g., immunohistochemical staining, light microscopy, flow cytometry, etc); help complete autopsies; document specimen and autopsy test results; compile and summarize clinical histories; educate medical and legal personnel on research findings; and maintain cleanliness (and inventories) in medical research facilities.
These highly skilled professionals are employed in a wide range of environments including morgues, forensic pathology research organizations, community hospitals, medical schools, and private laboratories. Not surprisingly, PAs are rigorously trained and may even seek national certification through the American Society of Clinical Pathology (ASCP) following the completion of a PA program accredited by the National Accrediting Agency for Clinical Laboratory Sciences (NAACLS).
Read on to discover what to expect from a pathologist assistant school, as well as information about common program requirements, curricula, professional certification, and program accreditation.
Programs that are specific to the pathology assistant (PA) career are at the master's level. Many students take the additional step of obtaining a bachelor's degree in medical laboratory sciences in order to ensure they meet the prerequistes for a future MS program, although this is certainly not a requirement. Following are the prerequisites (i.e., admissions requirements), curricula, and example programs for both the bachelor's and master's level path to becoming a pathologists' assistant:
Finally, programs at both the bachelor's and master's level typically include preparation for national certification through the American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP). Please reference the professional certification section below for more information.
As mentioned above, forensic pathologists' assistant (PA) programs are increasingly being offered at a master's level, as evidenced below. For instance, Wayne State University transitioned its popular bachelor of science (BS) pathologists' assistant program to a master of science (MS) degree in fall 2016.
To give aspiring students a flavor for what to expect, here are two other PA programs accredited by the National Accrediting Agency for Clinical Laboratory Sciences (NAACLS). Please reference the final section to learn about the benefits of program accreditation.
The University of Maryland School of Medicine—based in Baltimore—has a NAACLS-accredited master of science (MS) program for prospective pathologists' assistants. This program boasts a 100 percent first-time passing rate on the ASCP national certification examination, as well as an employment rate in the field "approaching 100 percent" among its graduates. With specialized instruction in surgical pathology, systemic pathology, and autopsy pathology—among other areas—this 38-credit program also involves clinical rotations at various world-renowned facilities including Johns Hopkins Hospital.
Drexel University's Philadelphia campus offers a pathologists' assistant (PathA) program at the master of science (MS) level. Drexel's two-year program begins in May with the first year marked by some laboratory exposure and comprehensive coursework in histotechnology, applied anatomic pathology, and medical microbiology, among other subjects. The second year comprises clinical rotations among several local hospitals and continued advanced instruction in the fundamentals of pathology. Drexel also has a Center for Academic Success (CAS) with several student-support services including testing preparation, counseling, and free tutoring.
Due to the hands-on nature of the training, laboratory work, and graduation requirements of accredited pathologist assistant (PA) programs, there are currently limited options for fully online degrees in this field. That said, some schools offer partially online or hybrid (i.e., combined in-class and online) coursework, particularly for non-laboratory components of degree plans. For example, the Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science—a North Chicago-based school—has some online learning. Check specific university websites for an overview of the web-based learning options.
Since 2005, the American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP) has been offering national certification for pathologists' assistants (PAs). Prerequisites for this certification include providing documentation of experience, training, and postsecondary education, as well as passing an examination.
This certification is valid for three years and can be renewed following the completion of the Certification Maintenance Program (CMP) which involves 45 "points" (i.e., credits of continuing education) including one point in safety, 20 in anatomic pathology, and 24 in anatomic pathology, management, education, or other relevant subfields. The ASCP and the American Association of Pathologists' Assistants (AAPA) have opportunities for continuing education to maintain the certification.
Although professional certification may not be required for practice, it is often preferred by employers of PAs. Furthermore, those who successfully fulfill the requirements can identify themselves as PA (ASCP), a title of distinction within the field of forensic pathology assistance.
Finally, according to the AAPA, as of 2018 Nevada is currently the only state which requires a license to practice as a PA although New York and California also have restrictions. California allows uncertified PAs to dissect specimens as long as a certified pathologist is on-site. The AAPA adds that federal law holds anatomic pathology to be a form of "high complexity" testing, and therefore all uncertified practitioners must have at least an associate degree in the discipline. Check the AAPA or governmental (i.e., state or federal) websites for more information on local licensing ordinances which are subject to change.
Programmatic Accreditation
Aspiring pathologists' assistants (PAs) are advised to seek out academic programs which are accredited by the National Accrediting Agency for Clinical Laboratory Sciences (NAACLS). The NAACLS has worked to establish and promote quality among PA programs across the country, recognizing those schools which have achieved high standards of curricula, student outcomes, faculty instruction, and clinical training.
Institutional Accreditation
In addition to the NAACLS—a programmatic accrediting agency—there are also institutional accreditation organizations which evaluate universities on the whole. Divided by region, there are six common agencies recognized by the US Department of Education:


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LEVITTOWN, PUERTO RICO — The winds had eased, the debris was no longer soaring through the air, the chaos had subsided. Elizabeth Serrano Roldan decided to lie in her bed and rest. In her gated, middle-class community in the San Juan suburbs, it appeared Hurricane Maria had finally passed.
Then came the water.
It was murky, and sudden, and it flowed into Serrano Roldan's home with ferocity. Needing a wheelchair to get around, she was marooned on her mattress — her 82-year-old mother was similarly trapped nearby — as the water rose a foot, then two, then more. Her bed had become an island. There was no way out and no one heeding her pleas for help.
"We called and called and called," Serrano Roldan said. "They promised to come, and nothing happened. It kept rising and rising and rising."
She looked to the three crosses hanging over her bed, the painting of the Virgin María on the wall. And she prayed. No storm had ever done this here, not in this neighborhood. Hurricane Maria, it seemed, was coming to get her even after it was already gone.
Neighborhoods like this one across Puerto Rico have become disaster zones, the 100-mile island covered in detritus, destruction and despair. As of Thursday afternoon, more than 24 hours after the strong hurricane's eye had cleared out, the scope of Maria's damage was still unknown. Much of the U.S. territory remained without power — and could lack electricity for months. Communications were in many places nonexistent.
The information that did trickle out Thursday included images of downed power lines, caved-in buildings and streets blanketed in choppy brown water. Roofs in the capital of San Juan were torn apart, leaving the interiors open to the elements. Enormous trees were pulled from the ground by their roots, and forests were stripped of their leaves.
Stark images and grave news also emerged out of other islands battered by Maria. In the island nation of Dominica, the prime minister said Thursday that at least 15 were confirmed dead and 20 more were missing in the wake of the storm, according to the Associated Press.
'Oh my God'
Here in Levittown, one of the largest planned communities in Puerto Rico, the flooding was triggered after authorities opened the gates to the Rio de la Plata, in the center of the island, to bring water levels down. The action caused an artificial lake to overflow about 8 or 9 p.m. Wednesday, flooding the community of thousands and trapping residents in their homes.
Early Thursday, emergency management teams and the National Guard rescued dozens of residents, taking them to nearby shelters. But many more remained stuck in their homes with almost no cellphone reception, some of them waiting on their rooftops.
More than 30 neighbors rushed to the two-story house where Serrano Roldan lives with her mother. The neighbors, many of them elderly, needed to find higher ground, and the Roldan family's home was the only one on the block with a second floor. The women welcomed them.
As the neighbors sought refuge in the three small rooms upstairs, along with their five dogs, Serrano Roldan stayed downstairs, in her bed. Serrano Roldan has spinal muscular atrophy and uses a wheelchair; she must be lowered into her accessible bed with a crane.
With the waters swiftly rising around her on the first floor, she prayed: "Thy will be done."
In front of her, sleeping on a lower bed, even closer to the rising water, was her mother, Anna Roldan, weeping.
"I couldn't leave her," the mother said.
As the sun rose, the water began to slowly pull away, allowing the neighbors to start filtering back to their homes. Residents assessed the damage. Many found all of their belongings — their furniture, their cars — destroyed from the floodwater.
The flooding was a shock to Levittown residents, not only because it was unexpected but because it was unlike anything the neighborhood had experienced. It is the largest housing development in the Toa Baja municipality, and historically, it had been considered safe from hurricanes. Residents across Levittown said their homes had never before flooded.
By midday Thursday, some of the neighborhood's most vulnerable residents still hadn't found a way out of their wet, damaged homes.
Serrano Roldan sat in her doorway in her waterlogged, inoperable wheelchair. She was stuck, sweating in the humid, wet home, with a bandage wrapped around an open vein on her right wrist.
The gray-haired woman, a college professor at the University of Puerto Rico, was recently diagnosed with bronchitis and sepsis. Before the storm made landfall, she had been receiving IV treatment from a home nurse. She desperately needed to be taken to a hospital but could no longer make calls on her landline.
Her mother reached over to her, trying to feed her a bologna sandwich.
"I don't have an appetite right now," she said. "Nothing."
Her mother, who has severe arthritis, walked slowly through the first level of the home, assessing the damage. In the bedroom, where Serrano Roldan's butterfly collection lines the walls, nearly everything was lost. All of their clothes, dressers, bedding, all of the machines Serrano Roldan uses to get around on a daily basis, soaked in the floodwater.
"Oh my God," the mother said.
Thursday happened to be her 82nd birthday.
'Very perilous shape'
Puerto Rico, home to 3.5 million U.S. citizens, was still getting pelted by Maria's outer bands Thursday as search-and-rescue operations began. The heavy rains sparked dangerous flash floods, particularly in more remote mountainous areas, which the National Hurricane Center called "catastrophic" and "life-threatening."
The poor conditions complicated efforts to assess the full scope of damage, though authorities in Puerto Rico are already estimating that the cost could reach into the billions.
President Trump acknowledged the likelihood of severe damage. The island is in "very, very, very perilous shape," Trump told reporters in New York during a meeting with Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko.
Across the continental United States, people pleaded for information about their loved ones on the island, sending panicked messages on social media and dialing and dialing and dialing, getting nothing but silence or busy signals.
About 5 million Puerto Ricans live on the U.S. mainland, including 700,000 in New York City and more than a million in Florida.
"People are begging for information," Vanessa Pahucki, a teacher in New York, wrote in an email. She has not yet heard from her uncle, who is in Naguabo, on the eastern side of the island. Pahucki started a Facebook group called Loved Ones in Puerto Rico — Check In, where people are asking for updates about areas where loved ones live, and where people on the island are sharing videos.
Rep. Nydia M. Velázquez (D-N.Y.) hasn't heard from her five siblings in Yabucoa. She did speak to a sister near San Juan who lost her home when a nearby river flooded.
"It's terrible, but it's the story," she said. "We're just getting so many phone calls. People are desperate because they don't know. They don't know the whereabouts, they don't know if they are fine, and it's terrible. This is unprecedented. This is beyond the imagination of everyone."
'We'll find someone'
Waiting with Serrano Roldan and her mother were a married couple, Barbara Terreforte and Vicente Sanabria, the last of the Levittown neighbors that had sought refuge in the home. They are both in their mid-70s, and Sanabria has diabetes.
They sat by the front door, wondering how they might get out of there. The roads were still flooded, and the only means of escape would be in a large SUV.
Terreforte's daughter had managed to walk more than an hour to check on her parents. Around the neighborhood, scores of other Puerto Ricans trudged through knee-deep waters to check on their relatives.
With no cellphone reception, it was nearly impossible for families to communicate. Some of the Levittown residents were in shelters, but many others were still in their homes. Families drove around with their windows open, asking locals if they had seen their aunts, parents or friends. Others, on the mainland and around the world, posted messages on Facebook and Twitter. They posted coordinates, house numbers and names of their relatives in Levittown, asking authorities to please help rescue them.
Terreforte's daughter went to fetch an SUV to try to bring her parents to safety. But Terreforte didn't want to leave Roldan and her daughter behind.
"How do you know someone will come get you?" Terreforte asked.
"Go, don't stay here. You'll be safer there," Roldan said. "We'll find someone."
Then, minutes later, a white SUV pulled into the driveway. It was a family friend, who had heard from Serrano Roldan's daughter in Florida that her mother and grandmother were stranded in Levittown. The family friend offered to drive the mother and daughter to a hospital for Serrano Roldan to receive the treatment she needed.
She was "like a little angel," Serrano Roldan said, tears forming in her eyes.
Roldan quickly grabbed what she could — clothes, essential medicines, identification — and stuffed it in one of her daughter's butterfly-print suitcases. The family friends helped lift Serrano Roldan out of her wheelchair and into the car.
"I'll sit with you and hold onto you," her mother said. Then, waving to neighbors, they drove off through the flooded streets. A way out.
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This new patch is making Hex all nice and shiny for Steam.
Great to have these changes.
I hope the AH is high on the list after S4 now.
It would also be really helpful to link to the Patch notes page in the patch announcement since that page is not all that easily found (I realise the news item goes up before the patch notes page is updated but you can easily say "this is where it will be when we update it at patch time"
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Currently Most Wanted HEX development: AH overhaul
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Just a heads up, "altar" is misspelled as "alter" in the new little store tutorial.
Love how the client feels much more "smooth" - transitions between screens seem to be faster.
Also, a wild (and improved) Lady Cassandra appeared!
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The Wrath of Zakiir is also in, though for some reason I don't seem to have gotten any of its equipment.
Now that the meaning of our name has been officially changed from a Keep Name to an Account Name, will you be issuing name changes to the people who actually followed the instructions and named their account as a keep? Places' names are silly now as account names if we are no longer "Lord of [NAME]", but simply "Lord [ACCOUNT NAME]".UI for creating an account name has been updated
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KUALA LUMPUR – March 24, 2016: A heated debate has erupted in the cyberspace after former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad filed a lawsuit against Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak for his alleged abuse of power in public office.
Scores of netizens ranging from those who were supportive of the establishment and those against it have been ceaselessly arguing with one another via social media since last night.
Some have pointed out that Dr Mahathir was desperate for attention and that his "Najib-ouster" via political means had failed hence his latest change in strategies.
"He's angry that his so-called 'Citizen Declaration' had failed to gain traction and with few signatories on the petition he cannot prove to the Council of Rulers that people hate Najib," was the acrid remark by Facebooker Kerengge On Wheels.
One of them even gave the impression that Dr Mahathir was un-Islamic to do so because as a Muslim, he can only take legal actions against someone if he have solid evidence instead of hearsay.
"Islam rejects legal actions based on perception. One can give opinion but that opinion must base on credible sources," wrote Aznil Hisham.
"Madey (Dr Mahathir) prefers to trust dubious sources. Madey accuse without solid evidence. Is this the kind of person you want to follow?" he added.
There were also those who deemed that Dr Mahathir will create more ruckus if he lost his lawsuit.
"When he lost, he will moan that the PM (Najib) has controlled the entire judiciary institution," wrote Ajoy Yusof.
"Should he do this then he will instigate people to doubt and hate the institution," he added.
Some had even implore for Dr Mahathir to "give it a rest" and live his remaining lives in peace.
"Tun (Dr Mahathir) you're entering an age where your grave is calling to you. At this age you're supposed to devote yourself to God and repent for your sins," Anok Jatey Kelate pointed out.
Nonetheless, those who supported Dr Mahahir's move lauded him for his "courageous act" to continue defy Najib and his "corruptions."
"Keep up your good work Tun! We're behind you 200 per cent," wrote Sue Anna, "Ignore those naysays from Jibby's stooges. This coming GE (general election) we will boycott the entire BN (Barisan Nasional) government."
"We stand by you Tun! This fight for our future generation. Remove Najib," As Dulina Arieana commented on Facebook.
Another Facebooker Saifuddin Amir pointed out that the "rakyat" (people) should not be disappointed even if Dr Mahathir's lawsuit gets quashed because "at the end of the day BN will lose in the next general election."
"They (BN) will meet their end at the next GE," he wrote, "The people will know just what to do with an oppressive government."
"We understand that Tun loves Umno but the present Umno is too stained and spoilt…they can no longer be washed clean only need to be removed," he wrote.
Aside from Dr Mahathir, former Batu Kawan division chief Datuk Seri Khairuddin Abu Hassan and former Umno Langkawi Putri chief Anina Saadudin were also the plaintiff named in the lawsuit against Najib.


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The Smart Key Fob Concept May Be The Next Big Thing
Although it's in the aftermarket through Behance only right now (and is GT-R specific), the Smart Key Fob Concept could be the next tech to take off. Especially for supercars and high-end vehicles. You can basically see all the stats and variables you'd ever need straight from wherever you are, whether you're in the car or not.
You can check the car is locked and alarmed, as well as swipe through essential functions. Warm up or cool down the car interior before going on a journey with the interactive climate controls. Remote start from outside of the car to warm the engine before going for a drive. You can tell your fuel range, oil levels, next service date and so much more!
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- Movie Director: Ashu Trikha
- Cast and Crew: Vinod Khanna, Sunil Shetty
- Releasing Date: 9 May, 2014
- Music Composers: Sunil Singh, Sushant-Shankar
- Lyricist: Surendra Mishra
- Production House: AMA Entertainment
- Fun Fact: Vinod Khanna, who played a Godfather-like character, had his look for the film finalised over chat application WhatsApp.
- Why it Made News: Suniel Shetty began his second innings in Bollywood with Koyelaanchal, after quite a few special appearances.
Movie Synopsis:
Saryu Bhan Singh (Vinod Khanna) a Mafioso forces everyone to acknowledge him as their maalik and any kind of protest or dissent against him s met with brutality and violence. However, things change when District Collector Nisheeth Kumar (Sunil Shetty) takes charge and asks questions which has never happened before with Saryu Bhan Singh. In order to scare off Nisheeth Kumar, Saryu Bhan Singh sends his man, Karua (Vipinno), who ends up injuring Nisheeth's wife and abducting their infant child. What follows is a thrilling battle.


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RI town selling surplus property online: wpri.com
Taken from http://www.wpri.com/dpp/news/local_news/east_bay/middletown-selling-surplus-property-online by Darren Soens
MIDDLETOWN, R.I. (WPRI) – The town of Middletown plans to begin raising extra revenue by selling its old, unwanted items online.
The town used to sell its surplus property the old fashioned way, through a sealed bid process at Middletown Town Hall. Now Middletown officials hope integrating in the internet into the auctions will draw more interest and help raise thousands of extra dollars.
Middletown's information technology director, Matthew Wainwright, explained how people can bid on the surplus property.
"The user will come onto our website, they can click on the bid system, it will take them to the Municibid website. They will see all of Middletown's items that are for sale, and they can actually bid on that."
Middletown's surplus items will be featured on theMunicibid website beginning April 9.
"We're going to have computer equipment, monitors," Wainwright explains. "There's a safe, a fire-proof safe we want to get rid of, so several different items, all different categories."
The town also auctions off unused vehicles, such as old police cars.
"We will also try to incorporate some vehicles in the coming weeks. We have to identify which vehicles, and deem whether they're safe or not to be sold. Once they're deemed safe, we'll put those online as well."
Wainwright hopes the auctions will bring in between $5,000 and $10,000 at first, and possibly more as the auctions catch on.
"I can see that possibly reaching 15 thousand dollars. It's nominal but it's still making use of stuff that otherwise may just sit around for ten years and potentially be deemed surplus and destroyed."
Wainwright says the online auctions will not cost Middletown any money. Instead, the bid system will keep eight percent of each item's value as a service fee.
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Thursday, February 19, 2015
Wenger Wood EVO 14
Wenger Wood EVO 14. The wood scaled knives Wenger were producing were made with reclaimed Walnut wood scraps from a furniture maker in Switzerland. Another eco friendly way to produce these fine wood scaled knives. This knife is a basic Traveller model with EVO wood scales. I think this is the unstained version so it looks much lighter than other walnut scaled knife scales I have seen.Edit 2019/03/19: I think the wood is Pear.
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Statistical Data Return 2016 to 2017
The Statistical Data Return is an annual online survey completed by all private registered providers of social housing in England.
The SDR collects data on stock size, types, location and rents at 31 March each year, and data on sales and acquisitions made between 1 April and 31 March.
The responsible statistician for this statistical release was Amanda Hall. The lead official was Jonathan Walters.
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We did it!
Karen Maddock raised £1,551 from 102 supporters
Start your own crowdfunding page
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We've raised £1,551 to to buy and insure a new mobility scooter for my friend Phil a double amputee who had his stolen. Please read our story.Thanks.x
- Shaw, Oldham, UK
- Funded on Thursday, 16th August 2018
What is crowdfunding?
Crowdfunding is a new type of fundraising where you can raise funds for your own personal cause, even if you're not a registered nonprofit.
The page owner is responsible for the distribution of funds raised.
My friend Phil a double amputee has had his mobility scooter stolen, smashed to pieces and dumped. How can anyone be so cruel! Someone has kindly donated one until they can save up to buy a new one. Phil enjoys going on his scooter to the park with his wife kath and grandchildren. The scooter gives him some freedom and independance to be able to live a normal life and enables him to spend time outdoors with family & friends. Phil and kath where a very outgoing couple with full time jobs which enabled them to have active social lives, Phil a keen Manchester united supporter loving football both enjoying partys, derby days, holidays and generally living life to the full. Unfortunately Phil became ill and after spending a long time in hospital eventaully had to have both his legs amputated. Kath a full time retail manager had to give her job up to become Phils full time carer. I rememeber how didficult it was for them and to see how far they have come and how they have learned to live with this and still be happy breaks my heart that someone can upset them and take away the freedom they have. Anyone who knows them will tell you what amazing people they are. Caring, thoughtful, loyal, funny,selfless, best friends, hearts of gold, welcoming and thats just a few of the thoughts that come to my head when i think of Phil and Kath. Please help me raise the money to replace the scooter and insure it. Lets get Phil his independance back and take away the financial stress and get him his replacement scooter. Thanks everyone. Please donate, please share.xxxx
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Pile burning occurring through Friday southwest of Capitan
Piles consist of pinon-juniper slash
Officials with the U.S. Forest Service plan to ignite hand-piled pinon-juniper slash in green grass southwest of Capitan through Friday.
The piles are on 18 acres north of Cora Dutton Road and about one mile southwest of the town. Ignitions were planned for Aug. 1-3.
Forest management personnel ignite piles during period of high moisture to reduce the possibility of future wildfires feeding off material cleared in fuel reduction efforts.
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With Ottawa being the red hot spot for real estate investing in Canada right now, a lot of you are wondering what to buy in this great city. What are the best investments? Where can I get solid cashflow in good quality buildings?
You will hear a different answer from almost everyone you speak to, but as a Realtor who works with many of these projects, I will explain why some of the best opportunities right now, are Airbnb rental properties. While this is still a fairly new investment style, Airbnb in Ottawa has a proven track record with increasing demand every year.
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CASHFLOW. The cashflow on these furnished rentals is substantially higher than most other residential investments. Take the standard rent for that type of property, and double it for Airbnb. Yes, Airbnb will be, on average, at least twice as much monthly income as a normal, long-term tenant. The numbers are solid, with healthy profit margins, and the demand is strong across most downtown neighborhoods.
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NO TENANTS. Another very attractive aspect of these rentals, is that as a landlord, you will not be subject to landlord/tenant bylaws. The clientele is short-term 'guests' (not tenants), and therefore don't come with same headaches that tenants do (and every landlord has had their share of tenant nightmares).
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Julia P. Cooper
The information listed below is current as of the date the transcript was finalized.
Interview Details
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Abstract of Interview
Julia P. Cooper was born in Morristown, New Jersey, one of three children. Her father was at first an engineer, then a psychologist interested in the psychology of vision. At first Julia lived in Trumbull, Connecticut, but when she was in elementary school, her family moved to Washington, D.C., where her father had a job with the Army Research Institute, studying how people see in order to make them see more efficiently. Her mother worked with early computers at Bell Laboratories until her children were born; after they were in junior high school, she and a friend started their own business indexing, mostly for the Board of Veterans' Appeals. Julia's brother was an engineer but left the field for work with computers; her sister owns a gourmet food store.
Julia felt that her early schooling was uninspiring; it was only in college that she discovered biology. During her high school summers she worked as a waitress and one summer travelled to Yugoslavia with her father. She began Emory University planning to be a geologist, but a biology class introduced her to plant physiology, and she switched her major to biology. She worked on cockroach muscles in a lab in college. She began graduate school in pharmacology at the University of Colorado. In Paul Hagerman's class she discovered that DNA is flexible, an exciting and beautiful idea to her. Hagerman became her Ph.D. advisor; in his lab she studied the biophysical properties of branched DNA. During her years at Colorado she met and married her husband and had her first child as she was finishing her degree.
After travelling in Switzerland, Julia, her husband, and their first child went to Washington, D.C., where she accepted a postdoc at the National Institutes of Health. She worked on chromatin structure in Robert Simpson's lab. She had a second child while in Washington, and then she accepted another postdoc in Thomas Cech's lab at the University of Colorado at Boulder; there she worked on telomeres in fission yeast. After three years she wanted to work with Paul Nurse at the University of Cambridge in Cambridge, England. She spent a year there and then accepted a position at the University of Colorado at Denver. From there she moved to the London Research Institute, where she continues her research on telomeres and genomic stability. Cooper also discusses balancing family life with her career, which includes the usual searching for funding; publishing; working toward tenure; variable administrative duties; and working in the lab.
|Emory University
|University of Colorado, Health Sciences Center
Professional Experience
University of Colorado, Health Sciences Center
National Institutes of Health
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Imperial Cancer Research Fund
National Cancer Institute
European Molecular Biology Organization long-term fellowship
National Institutes of Health R01
Human Frontiers in Science Program Research Grant
|1999 to 2003
Pew Scholars in the Biomedical Sciences Award
Electred Chair of Gordon Research Conference on Chromosome Dynamics
Table of Contents
Family background. Early schooling in Trumbull, Connecticut. Parental expectations. School in Fairfax, Virginia. Impact of religion on Cooper.
Matriculates at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. Becomes interested in biology. Her first laboratory experience in college. Summer jobs. Cooper's impression of Atlanta, Georgia, and living in the South.
Begins graduate school in pharmacology at University of Colorado, Boulder. Inspiration from a course taught by Paul J. Hagerman. Her doctoral research in Hagerman's laboratory studying the biophysical properties of branched DNA. Hagerman's mentoring style. Journal articles in Hagerman's lab.
Her postdoctoral fellowship at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Robert T. Simpson's chromatin structure laboratory. Gender issues in science. Simpson's mentoring style. Cooper's postdoctoral fellowship with Thomas R. Cech at University of Colorado, Boulder. Attends a course on fission yeast at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. Her research in the Cech laboratory on telomeres in fission yeast. Competition in science. Works in Paul Nurse's laboratory studying Taz1 protein and telomeres in fission yeast.
Accepts a position at University of Colorado, Denver. Setting up and managing her lab. Funding. Prioritizing her research projects. Cooper's current research in molecular genetics studying telomeres. Teaching responsibilities.
Cooper's move to the London Research Institute. More on Cooper's current research on telomeres and genomic stability. Setting up her lab in London. Foreign students as science graduate students and postdoctoral fellows. More on gender issues in science. Balancing career and family. Patents. Writing journal articles. Administrative duties. Tenure process at the London Research Institute. Her professional and personal goals.
About the Interviewer
Karen A. Frenkel is a writer, documentary producer, and author specializing in science and technology and their impacts on society. She wrote Robots: Machines in Man's Image (Harmony 1985) with Isaac Asimov. Her articles have appeared in many magazines and newspapers including The New York Times, CyberTimes, Business Week, Communications Magazine, Discover, Forbes, New Media, Personal Computing, Scientific American, Scientific American MIND, The Village Voice, and Technology Review. Ms. Frenkel's award-winning documentary films, Net Learning and Minerva's Machine: Women and Computing aired on Public Television. She has been an interviewer for Columbia University's Oral History Research Center's 9/11 Narrative and Memory project, The National Press Foundation's Oral History of Women in Journalism, and the International Psychoanalytic Institute for Training and Research's Oral History. Professional memberships include: The Authors Guild, National Association of Science Writers, Writer's Guild of America East, and New York Women in Film and Television: Past Member of the Board and Director of Programming. Her website is www.Karenafrenkel.com.


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A sweet ladies Omega watch from the Retro era, c1960's! In working order, this lovely vintage watch is crafted in a vibrant 18ct yellow gold and features a round face and attractive textured band. The feminine design features a petite round case with a subtle silver-tone dial and darker coloured hands and batons ... allowing for ease when reading the time! There is a lovely faceted glass border giving extra retro flair! The dial reads "OMEGA", along with 'SWISS MADE" at the bottom. An Omega winder can be found at the side of the case. The fixed band has a wonderful Florentine textured finish along the centre, combined with polished gold edges. An inward taper to the band near the case adds an elegant touch, as well a subtle taper to the remaining band at the back. There is an Omega fold-over adjustable clasp, along with a safety chain for extra security. At the back of the clasp bears the gold standard stamps "18K" and "0.750", denoting 18ct gold. There is an engraving to the back of the case - "L.M.B" and "25.25.64" (likely the date!)
The Swiss manual-wind 17 jewel mechanism works well, not skipping a beat within 24 hours! The mechanism reads "OMEGA WATCH Co", "SWISS" and numerals "21343130". A simple wind of the crown to kick-start the cogs is needed every time it's worn.
At some stage over the years the band to the watch has been shortened - it's a very small length at 14.5cm (5 3/4" inches) long, measured from the longest clasp adjustment. It does not come with spare links and has been priced accordingly.
A sweet ladies watch from the wonderful Retro era.
|Retro, c1960's
|18ct yellow gold
|Stamped- "18K" and "0.750", denoting 18ct gold
|23.95 grams
|Very small length at 14.5cm (5 3/4" inches) long
|Excellent vintage condition. Some light normal surface wear consistent with the age, there is no apparent damage to the case or band. The glass and dial are in superb original condition. The band's clasp and safety catch works well. The manual-wind movement works well and appears to keep perfect timing within 24 hours - albeit has not been recently serviced, therefore the timing cannot be guaranteed.