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Rush Limbaugh and the acceptance of low-level racism against Asian AmericansAugust 5, 2013 2:44 PM
The views expressed in this blog do not necessarily represent the views or policies of AALDEF.
7 comments1. We here at EJS stand in solidarity in protesting these offensive comments and attitudes.
Posted by: Eva Paterson | Aug 6, 2013 2:09 PM
2. Thanks for making this public - that is abominable about the doctor. Sometimes I wonder we will ever progress.
Posted by: JH | Aug 6, 2013 2:17 PM
3. Happened to be talking with someone just last night about films about wars in SE Asia (in light of the new documentary The Act Of Killing) Serious, heavy stuff -- as is the agony of those forced, or felt forced, into selling their bodies (in any context or environment) My own example of disgust on this slur was when I once saw a large window advertisement at a Japanese restaurant in DC promoting 'miso horny soup." Is there a term stronger than "offensive" but weaker than "racist"? Perhaps "discriminatory".
Posted by: Ming | Aug 6, 2013 3:02 PM
4. It really bothers me that all this low level racism can be allowed without any serious blow back. Asian stereotypes were always considered to be funny to anyone that is not Asian in this country. Remember Rosie O'Donnell and her "ching chong ching" comment she made during an episode on "The View." The audience laughed. I don't think she apologized for that one.
Posted by: R Rameshwar | Aug 6, 2013 8:53 PM
5. Of course, this tiresome routine will continue - that is unless the mainstream media and academia grant us the special "victim" status as a racial group, which I know will never happen. As far as general public goes, they are sick and tired of generations of blacks and more lately latinos using racial card for so many of their mishaps that there is this sympathy fatigue for Asian's racial issues. Whites worry once Asians get used to special racial victim mentality, there will be now three major miniority groups to treat like an eggshell. By the way, the title of this article is rather manipulative. It suggests Rush Limbaugh has made or condones low-level racial comments against Asians. Other than making fun of communist China, which I have no problem with, I do not know of single instance of RL mocking Asians in racial context. And believe me, I watch both aisles of political spectrum very carefully for non-sense and hyposcrisy.
Posted by: JW | Aug 14, 2013 2:04 PM
6. I am a Republican. I listen to Rush Limbaugh everyday. Rush is not a racist.
Posted by: Sang Le | Aug 16, 2013 8:26 AM
7. If someone were to make a racist remark about blacks, they would be censored. However, since the victim in Seth MacFarlane's show is Asian, it's considered free speech. This double standard has to be stopped NOW. I found the phone number for the production office of Family Guy -- 323-857-8800.
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text: Home > Nation Former coup leader vs Cory salutes former commander in chief ABS-CBN News Posted at Aug 03 2009 12:55 AM | Updated as of Aug 03 2009 08:55 AM Share Save Facebook Twitter GPlus LinkedIn MANILA - A prominent military officer who took part in the bloodiest coup d'etat against President Corazon "Cory" Aquino's administration in 1989 offered a "snappy salute" to the late former president. Detained Marines Col. Ariel Querubin, a key member of the Rebolusyonaryong Alyansang Makabansa - Young Officers Movement – Soldiers of the Filipino People which launched the bloody 1989 coup attempt against Aquino, said he regrets that he did not have a chance to meet or shake hands with Aquino before her death last Saturday (August 1). "At this time of national grief, and in her honor, I give my former Commander-in-Chief my snappy salute. Farewell, Mrs. President," Querubin said a statement released through his stepson and spokesman Martin Loon. "It is no secret that I was one of those who led the coup against her administration in 1989. And I am glad that 20 years thereafter, the wounds brought about by that exercise have begun to heal. Pres. Aquino stood for freedom and democracy, ideals many of us share. With her passing, I hope that what she stood for lives on and that many, especially those in the military, will take inspiration from her values and the principles she lived by," he added in his statement. Querubin suffered a near fatal gunshot wound in the coup attempt in 1989, described as the bloodiest and almost successful coup attempt, and was even reportedly presumed dead until found to still have a pulse. On Mother's Day last May, Querubin said he "sent flowers and a message of prayer" to Aquino, who was diagnosed with colon cancer. Courage and bravery Querubin also praised Aquino for agreeing to support his group's cause during the Feb. 26, 2006 standoff at the Philippine Marines headquarters, where he allegedly called on several Marine units for an alleged to bid to oust President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. Aquino was one of many political leaders who attempted to enter Fort Bonifacio grounds that evening, to offer support for Querubin's alleged move to oust Arroyo. Aquino had already joined calls for President Arroyo to resign in 2005, following allegations of cheating in the 2004 elections. "Amidst Proclamation 1017 at that time, she (Aquino) braved the dark of the night and the anti-riot police to be one with the people in prayer. Through the years, I have learned to admire her bravery and courage very much. She was brave up to her final moments," Querubin said. A Medal of Valor Awardee, Querubin is detained in Camp Aguinaldo, facing a mutiny charge for his alleged role in the standoff. Querubin, former Army Scout Rangers chief Brig. Gen. Danilo Lim, and then Marine commandant Maj. Gen. Renato Miranda allegedly planned to march to the EDSA Shrine and announce their withdrawal of support from Arroyo. Cory had 'nerves of steel' Meanwhile, former Philippine Constabulary (PC) Chief Maj. Gen. Ramon Montaño, a staunch defender of Cory Aquino during her presidency, said he admired Aquino for her bravery even during the toughest coups launched against her administration. Montaño, who was then a ground commander of PC-Integrated National Police and head of the Metropolitan Police Force, said Aquino stayed composed during the first alleged coup attempt mounted by some groups in the military against her in July 1986. This happened just 4 months after she became president. "The President just moved into the Palace and I was worried about her safety. We found out that she was cooking in the kitchen with teargas fumes swirling all over. She was unbothered and so calm as if her nerves were made of steel," he said. Montaño said that Aquino remained just as calm during the "God Save the Queen" coup attempt in November 1986, as well as during a 1987 coup attempt when military rebels reached the Palace, burned the military's General Headquarters, and seized the Makati Business District for several days. The 'Lady in Yellow' He also described Aquino as "the picture of courage, confidence, and serenity" even during the toughest negotiations between Cabinet members and military rebels. Montaño was one of many military officials who joined a "mutiny" against President Marcos in February 1986. He said they were afraid to go against the dictator at the time, but was heartened by former president Aquino and the crowds that lined EDSA during the famous "People Power" revolt, that sparked the end of Martial Law. "We threw away these fears as we could feel the trust and the faith of the Filipino people in their chosen leader, President Corazon C. Aquino who inspired the whole nation to defy mighty tanks, gun ships and machine guns armed only with prayers and their faith in the Almighty," he said. "The Lady in Yellow, then only known to the soldiers as the widow of the late Sen. [Benigno] "Ninoy" Aquino [Jr.], brought together the soldiers and the Filipino people," he said. Montaño said that Aquino had symbolized "what is good and what is noble in the Filipino people", which became a unifying factor for many soldiers. Share Save Facebook Share on Twitter GPlus LinkedIn Read More: Cory Aquino Corazon Aquino ariel querubin


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I Believe I Believe
I believe in secrets. Deep, dark, breathless secrets. Whether big or small, we need them. Secrets. A truth, that only we know, that if told could only make us less than perfect. I already believe my friends are perfect, and I don't need to know the rest.
I have secrets. Secrets of dreams not yet fulfilled, of failures and of plans for the future. And that's a good thing, because as long as I keep my secret, it drives me to do bigger, better things. Whether it's a memory of what I never want to happen again, or an ambition for what's to come, the secret acts like fire in my gut. I would never extinguish that fire with the banal water of words. I need the flames to push and pull me into warmer, brighter days.
I believe that it is better not to know everything about someone. I love a good mystery. Although I must admit: I'm not the best detective, but I like a good challenge.
I believe life should read like a good book: you can't know everything until the end, and even then I'll slap a cliff-hanger on you.
Despite my selfish need for discretion, some secrets are meant to be shared by two people. When shared, secrets act like glue, keeping you close to the ones that are most important to you. I'll tell you one secret. I'll whisper it to you, like blowing out the flame of a candle.
More than anything, I like to be surprised. I believe that everyday of my life is like a birthday gift. My days come neatly wrapped, in colorful facades of plans and people, but I never know what's in store for me until I tear the layers back. I don't know what your present will be today or how big or expensive it was, and I don't care. All I know is that you received it, and that's enough for me.
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In the Ubuntu world, we release a new version of Ubuntu every six months, and inside each Ubuntu release cycle we cram in a huge amount of work. Through the cycle there is a sync with Debian, a merge of our patches, six alpha releases, a beta, a release candidate and all the feature development, bug fixing and other work that goes into making our favorite Operating System.
While Canonical employs a large number of developers to work on Ubuntu across seven teams: Kernel, Server, Desktop, Foundations, QA, Community, and Mobile, the larger Ubuntu community play a key role in almost every element of Ubuntu. I just wanted to share some examples of the areas in which the community got involved in the Karmic cycle.
Central to the Ubuntu community are our incredible local user groups, known as Ubuntu LoCo Teams, of which there are over 200. Many of them organised the Ubuntu Global Jam, a weekend of face-to-face events in which people get together to work on bugs, testing, documentation, translations and more.
For Karmic, this rocking collection of events took place in Bamako, Tunis, Lagos, Philippines, Birmingham UK, Southend on Sea, Paris, Toulouse, Dublin, Cardiff, Wien, Cornellà, Linköping, Berlin, Luzern, Luxembourg, Zagreb, Siena, Pordenone, Berkeley, Orange County, Orlando, Chicago, Cambridge USA, Detroit, Lake Lure, Cleveland, Philadelphia, Rochester, Syracuse, Vancouver, Montreal, Guatemala, San Pedro Sula, San Miguel, San Salvador, Nicaragua, Manaus, Chile, Bogotá, and Maracaibo. I would like to thank all of teams for putting together these events and getting together to enjoy the spirit of Ubuntu.
Another event that took place in the cycle was the Ubuntu Developer Jam: a series of 25 online tuition sessions showing how people could get involved in Ubuntu as a developer. Many of these sessions were delivered by our community, and hundreds of community members attended. We also run a similar, though less-developer-focused week called Ubuntu Open Week. The next one takes place fro the 2nd - 6th Nov 2009 and includes 40 sessions, delivered by and for the Ubuntu community. In addition to these events, our global community will be celebrating the new release at over 50 Karmic release parties across the world. Check here for more details on where these parties are can be found.
In the Karmic cycle, art and design took centre stage as a key part of Ubuntu, and the 100 Paper Cuts project was started to drive this forward. In this project we identified lots of small usability problems and opportunities, and the community contributed over 80 fixes that were subsequently implemented for Karmic. We also had a large number of wallpaper submissions from the community to be included on the CD, and we ran our Ubuntu Free Culture Showcase competition in which the winning audio, video and photo entries have been included in the Examples folder on a new Ubuntu installation.
Translations were a solid focus throughout this cycle and our stunning translations community have provided what we consider complete translations in Spanish, French, Brazilian Portuguese, Italian, Swedish, German, English, Hungarian, Traditional Chinese, British English, Russian, Dutch, Japanese, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Catalan, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Basque, Greek, Simplified Chinese, Slovenian, Galician, and Asturian. Many translations are close to what we consider complete, including Serbian, Vietnamese, Estonian, Hebrew, Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi and Turkish.
In addition to these key areas we saw tremendous growth in the of brainstorm.ubuntu.com for sharing ideas. We formed a new Community Council board and saw other changes in our governance. A new Ubuntu Code Of Conduct was put in place. We improved community report handling processes, team reporting, and benefits for Ubuntu Members in the project. We also saw many contributions to other parts of the project such as documentation, testing (ISO, EC2, and Ubuntu Enterprise Cloud), marketing improvements and elsewhere.
There were so many contributions from the community in the Karmic cycle that it is impossible to list them all here, but I think provides a good idea of how diverse, enthusiastic and driven the Ubuntu community is, and I can't wait to working with them all in the next cycle: Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx.


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Sam Coffman & The Herbal Resurgence
Sam Coffman & The Herbal Resurgence
–Herbal Resurgence Rendezvous – Near The Grand Canyon – Sept 19th-22nd–
by Jesse Wolf Hardin
We're really stretching the bounds of herbalism and herbal conferences at the 2013 Herbal Resurgence Rendezvous, hosting over 50 of the most adventurous class topics again this September. From Anne Merrill's "Ecology of The Body" to "Animist Herbalism" by Sarah Lawless, teachers will be taking the craft ever deeper into the heart of what the folk tradition is all about.
Now, thanks to a last minute rescheduling, we're pleased to announce the addition of a teacher who can provide a radically strong emphasis on herbal empowerment and preparedness:
Sam Coffman!
Sam is the founder and instructor of the Human Path courses near San Antonio, Texas, a curricula that it rare or even unique in its combining of herbal instruction, physical fitness, self defense, nature awareness and path finding, foraging, mental acuity and much more. He is a rare fellow, an ex-Special Forces medic who is committed to our humanity's role in and responsibility to the living planet whole, and someone who combines strong opinions with deep kindness, irreverent humor and outright fun. Rather than suggesting we hide our heads in the sand and just hope for the best, he suggests we instead equip and train to be "the best possible human in the worst possible circumstances." Check out his classes, blogs and more at: www.TheHumanPath.com
Sam the Plant Healer Writer
Sam will be writing regularly for Plant Healer Magazine, not only on issues of importance but also practical skills such as "ditch herbalism," herbal first aid, foraging and more. Read his awesome first contribution on the topic of Licensing in the upcoming Spring issue, available for download on March 4th. Subscribe at: www.PlantHealerMagazine.com
Sam Interviewed in our new book 21st Century Herbalists
My just completed interview with Sam is one of the most extensive, inspiring and challenging of the 21 conversations appearing in the new Plant Healer book: 21st Century Herbalists. This 386 page, heavily illustrated book will be sold through the Plant Healer website to NonSubscribers as well as Subscribers, and will hopefully be ready for sale March 1st. Look for it.
Sam's Classes at Herbal Resurgence 2013
Last but not least, Sam will be teaching a minimum of 2 cutting edge classes at Herbal Resurgence this Fall. These include one on post-disaster herbal treatments from a man who truly knows his "stuff"… and the first class on the terrible GMP regulations that have been driving small herbal medicine makers out of business. Other conferences have been featuring workshops on "how to comply," making Kiva and I all the gladder to have Sam reminding us there are alternatives to ignorance, obedience, surrender or resignation!
1. Remote & Post-Disaster Herbal Medicine: From Regional Disasters to The Zombie Apocalypse
with Sam Coffman
Natural disasters, social breakdowns and political upheaval are all a natural part of human history, but can be seen to be increasing in frequency and severity. In addition to this, many of the same issues that can be found in a post-disaster setting can also be encountered in a remote setting where resources are limited, and the skills to survive and flourish in these scenarios can make us better and more enlivened practitioners in our everyday lives.
Sam will focus on how herbalists and herbal medics actually can have an advantage over allopathic care in a post-disaster or remote setting as the primary health care responders, addressing:
•What are a few of the most important health-care concerns in this kind of environment that don't require herbs, medicine or supplies?
•What are the primary considerations in setting up a remote clinic where there are little to no resources?
•How do you physically structure a clinic to maximize efficiency and security concerns while giving patients the best care possible when time is limited?
•What is the importance of triage in an herbal clinic?
•What herbal preparation methods work best for a remote or post-disaster setting?
•If I could only choose 10 herbs, what would they be for a post-disaster or remote setting?
•What types of herbal pharmacy methodologies are most efficient in a remote or post-disaster clinic?
…and much more.
2. GMPs: The Dietary Supplements Good Manufacturing Practices Law and Its Impact on Herbalists
with Sam Coffman
During the summer of 2007 the FDA established a regulation entitled the "Current Good Manufacturing Practice" (CGMP) In Manufacturing, Packaging, Labeling, Or Holding Operations For Dietary Supplements. The Dietary Supplement (DS) CGMP rule requires persons who manufacture, package, label, or hold a dietary supplement to establish and follow current good manufacturing practice to ensure the quality of the dietary supplement and to ensure that the dietary supplement is packaged and labeled as specified in the master manufacturing record. Navigating your way through this set of regulations as an herbalist is extremely time-consuming and tedious. Sam will break down the DS GMP specifically as it applies to the independent or small-business (less than 20 full-time employees), and clarify as succinctly as possible what the DS GMP means and what options exist to work with or around this set of regulations. We will cover:
•The history of the current GMP and how (and why) it got to what it is today.
•The DS GMP explained as simply as possible in 10 minutes or less – as it applies to medicinal herb products.
•Is the World Health Organization's GMP different than the US GMP?
•Who is subject to DS GMP regulation by the FDA?
•What's the worst-case scenario, legally, and how would it play itself out step-by-step?
•What actually drives the FDA's need for compliance on DS GMP and how can that be to your advantage?
•How do your 9th amendment rights stand up vs. DS GMP?
•When to use and when not to use an attorney
•For Intrastate commerce only: The legality of Federal mandates to regulate a product that does not cross state borders.
•What is prima facie evidence and why do you need to understand very clearly how this applies to you as a clinical herbalist – whether in relation to GMP or anything else related to your practice?
•What is the easiest and least expensive roadmap through the DS GMP mess for the small business herbalist who complies 100% to these regulations?
•What are all of the options based on who you are and how you are providing your herbal products to the public?
Sam is a full-time teacher and herbalist in Central Texas. While protecting himself legally as a practicing, clinical herbalist (and individual supplier of herbal formulas & preparations), he stepped "through the looking glass" in regards to the American legal system and clearly understanding what our actual constitutional rights are as United States citizens. He has worked with attorneys on these subjects, but more importantly with private citizens who have spent years researching constitutional law and legal precedents.
If you are looking for a through explanation of the regulations and your rights, options and possible responses, than this is the class for you. And many of the lessons that apply to the GMP situation will apply to any other regulating or restricting of herbs or herbalists that we have to face in the future.
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Kitchen herbalists, clinicians, teachers, anarchists and patriots, homesteaders and urban visionaries, herb growing mothers and children who love plants… and now Sam Coffman, another welcome addition to the diverse fabric of this folk herbalism tribe, contributing in his own signature way to this alliance of purpose we call the Herbal Resurgence. Medicine of The People, and so much more.
Thank you Sam. And big thanks to you ALL, for being a part of this.
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Sooooo, this is a post all about the ins and outs of breastfeeding my toddler.
I'm 26 weeks pregnant{Yay! } and never thought I'd still be nursing our 22 mo. old toddler at wake-up, naptime and to sleep at night. I thought if I could get to 12 months it would be a miracle. She went thru a very short lived biting stage around 12 months but really seemed to want to continue so we did.
The past few months I've been prepping her to stop, weaning like a slow rolling hill. She now doesn't ask as much and really just comfort nurses about 30 seconds a side. I can't express manually so she must it seems just be comfort nursing. Which is fine.
Until very recently where any nursing has become incredibly uncomfortable. I've read a bit and figured that she would want to stop by now, but no. And last week I decided I Had to be done. It seems like baby gets really mad each time toddler latches on. I could be having minor contractions, plus the squish little guy gets each time our 35 pounder jumps into my lap ain't no joke. I told her that we had 3 more days of "nurse nurse" and she seemed to be fine with it. I hadn't taken away her naptime, night time comfort chill with Mommy time yet. I was slowing substituting and changing things like book in bed instead of on the nursing chair, putting in the music bear with our routine and switching sides almost immediately.
Finally the last day came on Friday night. I was a bit sad to see the end of our nursing but knew the freedom for us both would finally be a good thing. Then Saturday came. She didn't ask at all to nurse in the morning. Nap time was sad and she cried for a bit. I softly explained that I loved her and we weren't nursing any more and that she is my big girl and can go to sleep on her own now. She didn't buy it and it wasn't long before Daddy had to swoop in to the rescue when she woke up to try and get her back asleep. Success. That time. Then night time came and she cried and cried but finally made it to sleep. Honestly, I realized that I hadn't prepared myself at all for stopping. I felt a mild sense of heartbrokenness. Where did this come from??? I thought I was totally ready. Totally wanted to stop nursing her. What? My husband assured me that we would get thru it. Remembering how pregnant I am, which is like 100%, I just thought it could be hormones.
I successfully distracted her with breakfast the next morning, but ooooh boy. Naptime. Naptime came and I was all prepared, albeit exhausted from a cruddy night's sleep. Tick tock tick tock. Husband was at work this time, pre-schooler was asleep and little Miss just wasn't buying it any longer. She was tired, so I let her cry for a bit, soothing her with backrub and assuring her that Mommy was there and loved her. Not buying it still. Sigh. I had to leave the room where the real wailing and gnashing began. Boogies and alligator tears. After about 15 minutes I realized she just needed Mommy time. That's what she wanted and can tell me in plain English. So I figured even tho{I felt like or worried that} my husband may be disappointed in my giving in and all those people who can wean their kids would be disappointed, maybe I still needed to nurse her too. Bigger sigh.- My husband was and is supportive. He wants me to be happy and for our family to be happy.
Yesterday nursing her was a relief. She fell asleep almost immediately and I let her know that it's okay, that if she needs to continue to have "nurse nurse" time we can do that. She breathed a huge sigh of relief, nursed for about 15 seconds if that long and was out like a light.
I'll breastfeed her until she's done, which may or may not be by the time baby #3rd comes along. For now it's fine and I have been blessed to give this time to our children. Exhausting and trying as it may be, still God has blessed our family with full time Mommy.
And I would be remiss to mention that a whole lot of prayer went into this entire process. Our Lady of Guadalupe and Nuestra Senora de Leche have been my guide, especially when the rough got tough and I just wanted to scream my head off. She has been a true inspiration for how this process has gone and will go. These images have helped and inspired me in all the moments. She has been there for me and I am eternally grateful.
These two images I think are just awesome. I'm not doing any art history here, they just mean a lot to me in that Jesus isn't tiny 7 pound 6 ounce babe. He is a toddler and beyond! And thx to St. Peter's List for the images!
It's very hard for me to listen and heed, but trying to be the best mom to our kids is part of the goal of my vocation as wife and mother. I am{striving to be} the heart of our family. So, I look to the best example of motherly heart I know.
Nuestra Senora, pray for us!


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Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen's speech last week had little effect on mortgage rates. The speech at a Jackson Hole, Wyoming, economics conference signaled that the central bank is moving closer to raising its benchmark rate. The Fed last raised the Federal Funds Rate in December.
Yellen's speech caused home-loan rates to tick up initially but they retreated again to near yearly lows. Treasury yields saw their biggest daily decline in almost two months Monday before climbing back Tuesday. The movement of the 10-year Treasury bond is one of the best indicators whether mortgage rates will rise or fall.
Bankrate.com, which puts out a weekly mortgage rates trend index, found that nearly 90 percent of the experts it surveyed think rates will remain unchanged in the next week, moving no more than plus or minus two basis points (a basis point is 0.01 percentage point).
According to the latest data released Thursday by Freddie Mac, the 30-year fixed-rate average increased to 3.46 percent with an average 0.5 point. (Points are fees paid to a lender equal to 1 percent of the loan amount.) It was 3.43 percent a week ago and 3.89 percent a year ago.
The 30-year fixed rate has stayed below 3.5 percent for more than two months. It has been stuck between a high of 3.48 percent and a low of 3.41 percent since late June.
The 15-year fixed-rate average edged up to 2.77 percent with an average 0.5 point. It was 2.74 percent a week ago and 3.09 percent a year ago.
The five-year adjustable rate average climbed to 2.83 percent with an average 0.4 point. It was 2.75 percent a week ago and 2.9 percent a year ago.
"The 10-year Treasury yield inched up in response to Fed Chair Janet L. Yellen's speech last Friday then settled near last week's average," Sean Becketti, Freddie Mac chief economist, said in a statement. "Mortgage rates have hovered between 3.41 and 3.48 percent for the past ten weeks."
Meanwhile, mortgage applications were higher this week, according to the latest data from the Mortgage Bankers Association.
The market composite index – a measure of total loan application volume – rose 2.8 percent from the previous week. The refinance index increased 4 percent, while the purchase index ticked up 1 percent.
The refinance share of mortgage activity accounted for 63.5 percent of all applications.
"Refinance activity is strong because at these low rates there are borrowers who still stand to benefit, and as home prices appreciate some borrowers who were underwater or had little equity in their home are becoming eligible to refinance," David H. Stevens, Mortgage Bankers Association president and chief executive, said. "However, the last time rates were at these levels, MBA's index tracking mortgage refinance applications was almost twice as high. MBA's economists project that by the end of the year the rate on the 30-year fixed rate mortgage will be 3.6 percent and that total refinancing activity will hit $835 billion. At the same time, a gradually strengthening economy continues to push purchase activity up over last year's levels. By the end of the year, MBA projects $981 billion in mortgage originations for home purchases."
(c) 2016, The Washington Post · Kathy Orton


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WiseImage Pro 5.11 Jun, 2003 By: Ron LaFon
4.5 stars out of 5
WiseImage Pro gives you a fairly large variety of options and toolbars. For experienced users, access to functionality through these toolbars is extremely useful, though they might be somewhat daunting to novice users. The toolbars are repositionable, and you can customize the workspace.
Although WiseImage Pro offers good functionality, the price is high for what it delivers. It cant view DGN file formats (although you can export to DGN), ACIS, IGES, and STEP files. It also doesnt support TGA and PCX raster formats. On the flip side, you can simultaneously load an unlimited number of raster images. Though WiseImage Pros inability to view 3D DWG files is a minus, this is somewhat mitigated by its direct scanner support via the TWAIN interface and its raster-to-vector conversion capabilities. It supports on-the-fly vectorization of specific areas, and color separation tools place colors on various layers. You can make raster copies of vector objects and add them to a raster image. All of these features are relatively easy to use.
About the Author: Ron LaFon
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Service tax, as the term denotes, is levied on specified services rendered in India
and the responsibility of payment of this tax is on the service provider. As provided by the Finance Act, 2001 the service providers are expected to make self-assessment of the tax and file the returns on a half yearly basis. The Directorate of Service Tax with its Headquarters at Mumbai over sees the activities for technical support as well as policy formulations.
Empowered under section 67 of the Finance Act, 1994, the provisions relating to the levy and collection of service tax were brought into force with effect from 1st July 1994. The provisions extend to the whole of India except the state of Jammu & Kashmir. Currently around 100 services are already under this new levy.
The rate of service tax with effect from the 1st June, 2015 is 14%. 2% Primary Education Cess and 1% Secondary & Higher Secondary Education Cess on the amount of service tax has been dispensed with.
Service Tax is administered by the Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC) through
the Central Excise Commissionerates working under it. Corporate assessees are given the liberty to pay tax on the value of taxable service provided by them in a month, by the 25th of the following month while the individual assessees are required to pay the levy only once in a quarter. Returns are required to be filed half yearly and by the 25th of the month following the half-year.
Failure to obtain registrations, failure to pay the tax, failure to furnish the prescribed returns, suppression of the correct value of the taxable services and failure to comply with notice attract penal provisions. But, it is specifically provided that no penalty is imposable on the assessee for any of the above failures, if the assessee proves that there was reasonable cause for the failure. Provisions, under sections 87 to 93 of the Finance Act, 1994, were also provided for prosecution of offenders. However, these provisions were subsequently withdrawn.
Note : This tax has been subsumed in the CGST after the introduction of GST w.e.f. 01-07-2017.
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Casa de Rodeos
House of the Circuits, circa 1726
The Casa de Rodeos takes its name from the Jewish Sephardic tradition of walking in procession seven times around the body of deceased adult male, prior to the interment. These circuits are called rodeamentos in Portuguese, in Hebrew hakkafot.
Above the entrance to the Casa de Rodeos is a citation taken from the Hebrew writings known as the Mishnah: They that are born are destined to die and the dead to be brought to life again (Ethics of the Fathers, Pirke Avot, 4:29).For guided tours, please click here


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January 16, 2001
The Money Laundering and Financial Crimes Strategy Act of 1998 requires the federal government to develop a national strategy to combat money laundering. Under the Act, the strategy is to be developed through consultation with various federal and state law enforcement and bank regulatory agencies, including the Board. In addition, the law requires that annual reports be submitted to Congress detailing the steps the government proposes to take with regard to its anti-money laundering efforts.
The second of the annual reports submitted to the Congress, entitled The National Money Laundering Strategy for 2000, called for the Department of the Treasury and the federal bank regulators, among others, "to develop guidance for financial institutions to conduct enhanced scrutiny of those customers and their transactions that pose a heightened risk of money laundering and other financial crimes." Recently, an expert-level working group has been looking into several areas of potentially high-risk activity for which enhanced scrutiny may be appropriate and has focused on a type of activity involving senior foreign political figures, their immediate family, or their close associates that may involve the proceeds of foreign official corruption.
The working group recognized that banking organizations should be taking all reasonable steps to ensure that they do not knowingly or unwittingly assist in hiding or moving the proceeds of corruption by senior foreign political figures and those associated with them. The group also recognized that endemic high-level corruption is particularly damaging to a nation's economy and development. It found that this type of corruption undermines efforts to establish and strengthen market-based economic systems; interferes with the international community's efforts to support and promote economic development; discourages foreign private investment; and fosters a climate conducive to financial crime and other forms of lawlessness.
The working group developed guidance for banking organizations relating to their dealings with foreign political figures. The guidance provides advice to assist banks and other financial institutions in applying enhanced scrutiny to transactions by senior foreign political figures and closely related persons and entities, so that the institutions may more effectively detect and deter transactions involving the proceeds of foreign corruption. The guidance is also aimed at assisting banking organizations in protecting themselves from being used as conduits for such transactions.
Today, the Board, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Office of Thrift Supervision, and the U.S. Departments of Treasury and State disseminated the working group's guidance, which is entitled Guidance on Enhanced Scrutiny for Transactions That May Involve the Proceeds of Foreign Official Corruption. A copy of the guidance is attached.
The guidance contains resource information that will assist financial institutions in identifying senior foreign political figures. The guidance contains suggested procedures for account opening and maintenance for persons known to be senior foreign political figures, their immediate family, or their close associates. In addition, the attachment sets out a list of questionable or suspicious activities that, when present, may warrant enhanced scrutiny of transactions involving such persons.
The guidance is intended to build upon banks' and other financial institutions' existing due diligence and anti-money laundering programs, policies, procedures and controls, and to assist institutions in the continuing development and implementation of comprehensive due diligence programs in the areas of anti-money laundering, financial crimes, and the identification and reporting of suspicious transactions. Banks should apply the guidance to their private banking activities and accounts and other relevant areas of their operations. Similarly, other financial institutions should apply the guidance, as applicable, in connection with high dollar-value accounts or transactions in the relevant parts of their operations.
The guidance is not a rule or regulation and should not be interpreted as such. It is advice that banking organizations are encouraged to employ in conjunction with existing policies, practices, and procedures. In the event that deficiencies emerge at a financial institution that would have been minimized or eliminated if the advice contained in the guidance had been followed, examiners may encourage or, depending on the severity of the identified deficiencies, may require in appropriate cases that the advice contained in the guidance be integrated into the risk management policies and procedures of the affected institution.
Finally, it is important to emphasize that banking organizations that knowingly engage in transactions that represent the proceeds of foreign official corruption may be involved in the crime of money laundering under U.S. law. Regardless of whether the transactions would be in violation of the money laundering law, business relationships with persons who have high-ranking public positions in foreign governments, or other closely related persons, may however expose financial institutions to significant risk, especially if the persons involved come from a country in which corruption and the illicit use of public office to obtain personal wealth is widespread. This risk is even more acute if the persons involved come from a country whose counter-money laundering regime does not meet international financial transparency standards. Financial institutions that engage, directly or indirectly, in business relationships with senior political figures or closely related persons from such countries may be subjecting themselves to significant legal risks and reputational damage. The attached guidance is one more tool to assist banking organizations in identifying and, when appropriate, reporting and avoiding transactions of an illicit nature.
The guidance should be disseminated to the domestic and foreign financial institutions supervised by the Federal Reserve in your district, as well as the appropriate members of your Reserve Bank's supervision and legal staffs.
Should you have any questions regarding the guidance, please contact Richard A. Small, Deputy Associate Director, at (202) 452-5235.
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Its official now that Samsung Galaxy Grand and Grand Duos will join the galaxy saga in first quarter of 2013. This phone have grand 5 inch screen but with mediocre resolution to maintain its mid range price point. Duos version will have Dual SIM with active swap technology which will definitely allure many Indian customers. These phones are powered by a dual core 1.2 GHz CPU with 1 GB RAM. This computing power will smoothly run Android 4.1.2 with new TouchWiz UI. These phones will have dual Camera one at the front ad one at the back. The front camera is of 8 MP which can capture some stunning pictures and front camera is of 2 MP which will be perfect for Skype and 3G calls. This phone features 8 GB internal storage capacity and also support 64 GB external memory support by mean of micro SD card. Design is same like Samsung Note 2 and Samsung galaxy S3 but on specifications this phones is miles behind.
Samsung Galaxy Grand and Grand Duos Features:
Design and Weight: The phone have similar looks and design like Samsung Note 2 and Galaxy S3. The phone is pretty lighter considering its size with only weights 162 grams. The phone have 9.6 mm thinner and measures 77 mm by 143 mm. The back is glossy and screen is protected by Gorrila Glass.
Hardware: The phone is powered by a Dual Core CPU clocked at 1.2 GHz and features 1 GB RAM. The phone also have various sensors like G Sensor, accelorometer, light sensor and digital compass.
Camera: This phone features a 8 MP primary camera with dual flash at the back. Camera also have features like auto focus, color correction and paronoma capture. Secondary camera at the front is of 2 MP with HD video recording which will allow you to have HD video calls with your loved ones.
Display: This phone has a grand display of 5 inches but sadly it have mediocre resolution of WVGA. It is TFT LCD panel which produce bright and crisp picture with some color saturation.
Connectivity: WiFI, Bluetooth v 4.0, A-GPS and off course 3 G in Indian models and 4G in Global models.
SIM: Grand version has a single SIM and Duos version have Dual SIM functionality.
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Firestone Complete Auto Care offers service and maintenance on batteries, brakes and alignments. It also provides oil changes, tire rotation and some service on steering and suspension.
Other services that Firestone Complete Auto Care offers are air conditioning maintenance, engine repair and radiator service. Along with any requested service, Firestone also offers a free courtesy check of the vehicle. During the courtesy check, a Firestone technician examines the car's tires, belts, lights, wipers and fluid levels. All Firestone stations are also authorized state vehicle inspection centers. As such, they can inspect a vehicle's lights, seat belts, windshield, mirrors and other vital safety features of the vehicle.


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Pier 40 Champions introduce their concept of minimizing the commercial footprint and building on the upland.
After hearing from neighborhood youth sports leagues and their need for even more field space, our designs will change, but the concept of uninterrupted and additional ball field space remains our prime objective.
Read the full article here: Leagues toss a change-up on Pier 40 buildings idea


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This new ashram course exploring the essentials of meditation will combine two 5-day residential retreats with online teaching from the course tutors during the six months in between. The residential retreats will give you the opportunity to immerse yourself in the energy of the ashram and experience its daily routine and teachings. The online input will offer monthly teachings and ashram inspiration in the form of one 60 minute recording each month.
The course is specifically designed for those who live a long way from the ashram yet who are interested in regular ashram input; and it is for those who live busy lives and are therefore unable to visit the ashram as often as they would wish. The course content is suited to both experienced practitioners who wish to revisit their meditation practice and to those who wish to make meditation a fundamental aspect of their daily practice.
Course Content:
• Clear explanations of the purpose and practices of meditation
• Finding your optimum sitting position
• Kaya Sthairam (body stillness) – meditation practice to cultivate steadiness of the body
• Antar Mouna (inner silence) – a meditation practice which awakens our innate witness of inner phenomena such as thoughts, feelings and so forth
• Inner Smile meditation – to cultivate inner acceptance/kindness
• Introduction to mantra and its use in meditation, including the practice of Japa (repetition of a mantra) and Likhit Japa (the practice of writing a mantra)
• Inner Space Meditation - exploration of the physical, mental and emotional inner spaces
• Meditation in daily life
• Ajapa Japa - a classical meditation practice utilising mantra, breath and inner energetic pathways
• Practice of Neti Neti (not this, not this) from the Gyana Yoga tradition
• Appropriate related input on pranayama (breathing practices), mudra (symbolic gestures) and jalandhara bandha (the neck lock)
• Havan (meditative fire ceremony) and mantra
Residential Retreats:
Initial residential retreat: 19-24 September 2017
Final residential retreat: 20-25 March 2018
Online teachings:
These will be shared each month from October 2017 to February 2018. Each month you will be able to download a 60 minute recording. This will comprise of new teaching input, a guided practice to illustrate this new input, and guidelines for how to develop this practice over the month. The recording will be by one or more of the course tutors.
Online feedback:
Each month you will be able to have email contact with one of the course tutors who will act as a personal mentor throughout the course. This monthly contact can give you added motivation, resolve any doubts, clarify questions and enable you to feel supported throughout the course. You will also be able to gain support from your peer group.
Course costs:
Course Fee: £945
(Non refundable) Deposit: £255
Balance: £690 paid in instalments over six months at £115 per month
To optimise the quality of experience for all participants, the numbers will be limited to 20 places only, and will be allocated on a first come first serve basis. Applications to participate in this new course, which is being offered in this residential and online format for the first time by the ashram, can be made through the application form.


text: U.S. does not believe Cuba is behind sonic attacks on American diplomats | 26 Sept 2017 | The White House does not believe the Cuban government is behind the mysterious sonic attacks against U.S. personnel but plans to pull American staff out of Havana as the number of cases climbs, according to multiple U.S. sources familiar with the investigation. "No one believes that the Cubans are responsible," said one source, echoing comments from others who are closely involved in the situation. "All of the evidence points that they're not." Sources would not say who U.S. intelligence believes is responsible. [I'm thinking, Central Intelligence Agency.]


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Prices Below Zero
Wind power has two advantages. Green energy laws in many states require utilities to buy wind energy under long-term contracts as part of their clean-energy goals and take that power even when they don't need it. Wind farms also receive a federal tax credit of $22 for every megawatt-hour generated.
Thus, even when there is no demand for the power they produce, operators keep turbines spinning, sending their surplus to the grid because the tax credit assures them a profit.
On gusty days in the five states with the most wind power - - Texas, California, Iowa, Illinois and Oregon -- this can flood power grids, causing prices to drop below zero during times when demand is light. Wholesale electricity during off-peak hours in Illinois has sold for an average price of $23.39 per megawatt hour since Jan. 1, after hitting a record low of -$41.08 on Oct. 11, the least since the Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator Inc. began sharing real-time pricing in 2005.
'Negative Prices'
Meanwhile, nuclear and coal plants must continue running even as this "negative pricing" dynamic forces them to pay grid operators to take the power they produce.
"It is becoming more pronounced as more wind is coming on," Christopher Crane, chief executive officer of Chicago- based Exelon Corp., said in a phone interview.
If the push to "over-develop" subsidized wind continues, "there is a very high probability that existing safe, reliable nuclear plants will no longer be competitive and will have to be retired early," according to Crane.
More development seems a certainty. Wind power got another boost when Congress, as part of January's deficit deal, extended the production tax credit through Dec. 31, amending current law so that projects begun this year will receive the 10-year tax break regardless of when they come online.
Defending Wind
While few new projects are expected to be built out this year due to developers' mad dash at the end of 2012, "we think 2014 will pick up again," said Rob Gramlich, interim CEO of the American Wind Energy Association, a trade group.
Gramlich doubts wind power is the chief reason that spot- market power producers like Exelon are suffering a profit drain. "Low prices are due to a lot of things, mostly shale gas," he said. "But to some extent wind does reduce power prices and that's a good thing for homes and businesses."
Natural gas is fuel for a growing number of U.S. power plants because of its cost advantage and new environmental rules for coal. Wind is gaining as turbine costs plummet -- they are down one-third since 2010 -- and technology gains make windmills economical in states with lower average wind speeds.
Google Inc. is investing $1 billion in wind and solar projects and Warren Buffett's MidAmerican Energy Holdings, Iowa's largest utility owner, owns 6% of U.S. wind-energy capacity and has invested about $13 billion in renewable energy.
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text: Now I know this isn't blackhat, but figured I'd post it here anyways. I go to youtube for a lot of music videos, and movie trailers. I noticed that most of the ones I watch are youtube partners or whatever they are called, and they're making money of the videos. I believe its $0.02 per view, and $0.15 per comment right? Some of these videos get hundreds of thousands of even over a million views, with thousands of comments, so that could add up to a decent amount of money. Now I was wondering, how do they get the rights to these videos? To become a youtube partner you need to own the rights to post it there. If it's not some insanely expensive method or a procedure that likely wont get me anywhere, it seems like there is a lot of money to be made. Now I know I'm probably thinking to simply though, and many of you probably have a reason why we can't make money like this, but anyways, I'd like to hear some information about this.


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Spring Training Miscellany: Cubs 7, Dodgers 5 – March 18, 2015
[With apologies, I was in-flight and post-flight for much of the game today, so I can't offer much in the way of "oh, hey, I noticed this thing when I was watching."]
The Cubs won again today, beating the mighty-except-it's-just-Spring-Training Dodgers 7-5 at Camelback Ranch. Not that it matters, but the Cubs are now just two games under .500 on the Spring after the long, winless start.
- Jake Arrieta gave up those five Dodgers runs over his four innings of work. He walked two and allowed seven hits, including a homer (a three-run job to Joc Pederson). From the sound of things, Arrieta's stuff was a little flat, and he also suffered from a couple unlucky bounces behind him. He struck out five in his four innings, so it couldn't have been all bad. Just as it was with Jon Lester earlier in the week, have zero concerns about this outing.
- In relief of Arrieta, C.J. Edwards came in, and I can't wait to watch the replay. He gave up two hits over two scoreless innings, but didn't walk anyone and didn't strike anyone out. The late movement on Edwards' fastball makes him just as likely to get weak contact as swings and misses, so I wouldn't be surprised to learn that, although all six outs came on balls in play, it wasn't like he didn't have good stuff going.
- Pedro Strop, Hector Rondon, and Joe Ortiz followed with scoreless innings of their own. While I'm not sure Ortiz is going to make the Cubs' bullpen at this point, the Brett-sized lefty has put in a good Spring,* and could be among the top lefty options to fill in after Opening Day, should the need arise.
- It sounds like Albert Almora was looking pretty good today as a last minute replacement for Matt Szczur, who is recovering from his wall collision yesterday. Almora had a couple doubles.
- Another couple hits for Tommy La Stella and Jorge Soler, who had a rocket-shot double that I'm told I'm going to need to watch.
- It's still Spring Training, but it's been such an important story the last few years, I'm going to start to monitor: the Cubs struck out 10 times for the game (bearable), but walked 0 times (terrible).
*(I kid about the height. I actually have an inch on Ortiz's listed height, so that makes me pretty awesome.)


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SQL Server's partitioned views let organizations tune their systems to handle a lot of data. This feature lets you partition data across several tables; logically uniting the tables via a view makes the partitioning as transparent as possible to users and developers. Several previous articles (including two by Kalen Delaney and me, "Distributed Partitioned Views," August 2000, InstantDoc ID 9086, and "Querying Distributed Partitioned Views," September 2000, InstantDoc ID 9097) covered partitioned views. SQL Server Books Online (BOL) also covers the foundations. In this article, I share a few tips that you might not be aware of, including the negative effect of using Enterprise Manager to make schema changes to partitions, how to circumvent the limitation on how you can insert data into the tables through the partitioned view, and problems caused by using constants in the partitioning criteria.
Altering Partitions from Enterprise Manager
I'm an avid advocate of using T-SQL even for tasks that you can perform easily through Enterprise Manager. Besides improving my T-SQL skills, this approach lets me better understand what I'm doing and have more control over it. In addition, Enterprise Manager doesn't always perform a task the most efficient way. Making schema changes to partitions from Enterprise Manager, for example, can degrade partitioning performance and functionality. To walk through this problem, first run the script in Listing 1 to create the partitions Orders2000, Orders2001, and Orders2002 and the updateable partitioned view Orders.
First, you need to make sure that Orders provides full partitioning functionality in terms of updateability and partition elimination during retrieval. Partition elimination means that SQL Server accesses only the relevant partitions for your query's filter criteria. Populate Orders with the following three orders, each of which goes to a different partition because each partition hosts rows from a different year:
INSERT INTO Orders(orderid, customerid, orderdate) VALUES(1, 'aaaa', '20000109') INSERT INTO Orders(orderid, customerid, orderdate) VALUES(2, 'aaaa', '20010118') INSERT INTO Orders(orderid, customerid, orderdate) VALUES(3, 'aaaa', '20020212')
The Orders partitioned view meets all the requirements for updateability as described in BOL, so the INSERT statements are successful. Now, to verify that partition elimination is occurring for data retrieval, turn on STATISTICS IO and, from the Query menu in Query Analyzer, turn on the Show Execution Plan option. Note that by turning on this option, you request the actual plan that the optimizer generates and uses when you run a query (as opposed to the Display Estimated Execution Plan option, which shows an estimated plan without running the query).
To test partition elimination, issue the following SELECT statement against Orders to retrieve data only for January 2000:
SET STATISTICS IO ON SELECT * FROM Orders WHERE orderdate >= '20000101' AND orderdate < '20000201'
In the STATISTICS IO result, note that SQL Server physically accessed only Orders2000; the amount of I/O against all other partitions is 0:
Table 'Orders2002'. Scan count 0, logical reads 0, ... Table 'Orders2001'. Scan count 0, logical reads 0, ... Table 'Orders2000'. Scan count 1, logical reads 2, ...
In the graphical execution plan, hover your mouse pointer over the three clustered index seek operators. Notice in the yellow details boxes that only the branch in the plan for the Orders2000 partition actually executed (Number of Executes: 1); the others didn't (Number of Executes: 0).
Now, suppose you have to enlarge the customerid column from varchar(5) to varchar(10). Using T-SQL, you can write a short, efficient script that runs in a split second because SQL Server doesn't need to physically access every row to enlarge a varchar column; it just expresses the change in the metadata. Running the following code performs the change:
ALTER TABLE Orders2000 ALTER COLUMN customerid VARCHAR(10) NOT NULL ALTER TABLE Orders2001 ALTER COLUMN customerid VARCHAR(10) NOT NULL ALTER TABLE Orders2002 ALTER COLUMN customerid VARCHAR(10) NOT NULL
Try retrieving data after running this script, then rerun the query against Orders and examine the plan and the results of STATISTICS IO as you did before:
SELECT * FROM Orders WHERE orderdate >= '20000101' AND orderdate < '20000201'
Notice in the results that partition elimination is taking place. Issuing an INSERT query is also successful:
INSERT INTO Orders(orderid, customerid, orderdate) VALUES(4, 'aaaa', '20020828')
To see how Enterprise Manager handles the change, click the Tables folder under the tempdb database where the partitions were created, right-click the Orders2000 table, and select Design Table. In the Design Table dialog box, change the customerid column size to varchar(15). Repeat this process for the Orders2001 and Orders2002 partitions. Click Save Change Script before saving your changes in one of the partitions, and examine the script SQL Server generates. You should get the (abbreviated) script that Listing 2 shows for Orders2002.
Enterprise Manager changes the column size inefficiently. First, it creates a new table, Tmp_Orders2002, with the new size for customerid. Next, Enterprise Manager copies data from Orders2002 to Tmp_Orders2002, drops Orders2002, and renames Tmp_Orders2002 to Orders2002. Finally, it adds a primary key constraint, a unique constraint, and a CHECK constraint.
The CHECK constraint requires special attention when you're dealing with partitioning. The code that adds the CHECK constraint uses the WITH NOCHECK option. This option instructs SQL Server to skip checking whether existing data meets the constraint and check only future modifications. SQL Server has no guarantee that only data from 2002 exists in the partition. SQL Server tracks whether a constraint was added WITH NOCHECK by turning on or off the twelfth bit in sysobjects.status for the constraint's row. When the bit is on, SQL Server knows that it can't trust that all the rows in the table meet the constraint's criteria.
After changing all column sizes from Enterprise Manager, try retrieving data for only 2000:
SELECT * FROM Orders WHERE orderdate >= '20000101' AND orderdate < '20000201'
SQL Server accessed all partitions because it couldn't be sure what data was in each table:
Table 'Orders2002'. Scan count 1, logical reads 2, ... Table 'Orders2001'. Scan count 1, logical reads 2, ... Table 'Orders2000'. Scan count 1, logical reads 2, ...
Try inserting a row into the view:
INSERT INTO Orders(orderid, customerid, orderdate) VALUES(5, 'aaaa', '20021224')
This time, the insert fails, resulting in the following error message:
Server: Msg 4436, Level 16, State 12, Line 1 UNION ALL view 'Orders' is not updatable because a partitioning column was not found.
To fix the problem, drop and recreate all CHECK constraints by running the code that Listing 3 shows. Now, when you retry the SELECT and INSERT queries, the partitioned view works as expected. If you use T-SQL to perform future schema changes, you won't have to fix anything.
A Trick for INSERTs
One documented limitation of an updateable partitioned view is that regardless of whether a column allows NULLs in all partitions, SQL Server requires you to specify all values in your INSERT statements. This limitation can cause problems in client applications' backward compatibility. For example, suppose you developed three applications called APP1, APP2, and APP3 that retrieve and insert data into the Orders partitioned view. All the applications have INSERT and SELECT statements like this one:
INSERT INTO Orders(orderid, customerid, orderdate) VALUES(...) SELECT orderid, customerid, orderdate FROM Orders WHERE ...
Now, suppose that you changed one of the applications, for example APP1, to require an additional column in Orders. You add a nullable column to all the partitions and refresh the view's schema by using the following code:
ALTER TABLE Orders2000 ADD shipperid INT NULL ALTER TABLE Orders2001 ADD shipperid INT NULL ALTER TABLE Orders2002 ADD shipperid INT NULL EXEC sp_refreshview Orders
You might think that this change would let APP1 manipulate shipper ID data in Orders and that because the column is nullable, the change won't affect APP2 and APP3. But as soon as APP2 or APP3 attempts to insert data as usual:
INSERT INTO Orders(orderid, customerid, orderdate) VALUES(6, 'aaaa', '20020418')
you get the following error:
Server: Msg 4448, Level 16, State 17, Line 1 Cannot INSERT into partitioned view 'Orders' because values were not supplied for all columns.
A look in BOL confirms that this behavior is documented. The developers of SQL Server took the conservative approach in this case, requiring you to specify data for all columns. The rationale is that each partition might have different nullability properties for the same column. However, you can force SQL Server to accept INSERT statements that don't provide values for nullable columns. Just create an INSTEAD OF INSERT trigger that reinserts the data from the inserted table back into the view. Sounds strange, but it works perfectly. Running the following code creates the trigger:
CREATE TRIGGER TRG_Orders_IOI_I_Insist ON Orders INSTEAD OF INSERT AS INSERT INTO Orders SELECT * FROM inserted GO
Now issue the previous insert that failed; this time, it's successful:
INSERT INTO Orders(orderid, customerid, orderdate) VALUES(6, 'aaaa', '20020418')
Constant Trouble
The last partitioning tip concerns constants in the partitioning criteria that you write in your CHECK constraints. To demonstrate the problem, run the script that Listing 4 shows to create the partitions T1, T2, and T3 and the partitioned view V1. Note that the partitioning column col1 is a bigint data type (8 bytes) and that some of the constants I specified in the CHECK constraint exceed the maximum possible regular integer value (4 bytes) of 2,147,483,647.
At first glance, the partitioned view seems to meet all the requirements for partition elimination and updateability, but there's still a problem. First, try inserting a row into the view:
You get the following error:
Server: Msg 4436, Level 16, State 12, Line 1 UNION ALL view 'V1' is not updatable because a partitioning column was not found.
But you know that a perfectly valid partitioning column exists—or does it?
To check whether retrieval works efficiently, you can insert values directly into the partitions:
then try retrieving data that's supposed to be in only one partition:
SET STATISTICS IO ON SELECT * FROM V1 WHERE col1 = 10
The results of the graphical execution plan and of STATISTICS IO show that SQL Server accessed all partitions:
Table 'T3'. Scan count 1, logical reads 2, ... Table 'T2'. Scan count 1, logical reads 2, ... Table 'T1'. Scan count 1, logical reads 2, ...
SQL Server has a certain way it interprets the data type of constants that you specify. For example, SQL Server considers 10 an integer. However, it considers a whole number outside the range of regular integers (e.g., 4,000,000,000) as numeric with a scale of zero, not bigint. Now, let's consider the following expression from one of the CHECK constraints:
col1 > 4000000000
Col1 is a bigint column, but 4000000000 is numeric, so SQL Server implicitly converts the value that has the lower precedence data type to the one with the higher precedence. Checking BOL under "Precedence, Data Type Precedence" reveals that numeric (decimal) has a higher precedence than bigint. So your partitioning expression effectively becomes
CONVERT(numeric, col1) > 4000000000
One rule about the partitioning column is that you can't specify it as an argument for a function in the CHECK constraint's expression. In this case, the column implicitly became the CONVERT() function's argument, so you can't use it for partitioning. To fix the problem, explicitly convert the constants to bigint. Drop the old CHECK constraints and recreate the correct ones by running the code that Listing 5 shows. Make sure that STATISTICS IO is turned on, then try to retrieve and modify the view—it works as expected:
INSERT INTO V1 VALUES(11) SELECT * FROM V1 WHERE col1 = 10
Imparted Wisdom
I hope I've convinced you to use T-SQL when performing schema changes or at least to be cautious when using Enterprise Manager. Be aware of what happens behind the scenes, and make sure you use T-SQL when you find that Enterprise Manager doesn't perform efficiently.
In addition, when faced with a limitation that might compromise an important part of your application, such as backward compatibility, don't give up. Always look for a way to get what you want. If you look hard enough, you'll probably find a solution.


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A white and beautiful winter sky, curious tourists and cutting edge architecture set the mood when the big opening of Oslo Runway took place yesterday.
Marble on marble... Stunning location for @oslorunway. Thank you @moodsofnorway for an incredible first show.
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The fashion event runs over two days, and for the first ever it's the Oslo Opera House in Bjørvika which accommodates the fashion spread.
🔛 #blackandwhite #oslorunway @celineaagaard_ @oslorunway #ootd
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The unique encounter between architectural art and fashion was not left unnoticed: Both Norwegian and international press have taken their seats in the splendid artistic building to keep up with what´happening right now in the world of Nordic fashion.
QOMO var tilstede på dag 1 av Oslo Runway, på selveste Operaen i går, og vi gleder oss masse til dag 2!✨ ___________________________________________ #oslorunway @oslorunway #moodsofnorway #veronicabvallenes #johnnylove #bytimo #oslo #oslooperahouse
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"We are incredibly proud to host foreign press at the runway shows. This was the most important goal Oslo Runway was set to accomplish", Matilda Aronsen, Communication adviser at Oslo Runway, says.
By Timo AW16 at Oslo Runway #bytimo #aw16 #oslorunway #thenorwegianoperahouse #operaen #oslo #norway @ditte_thisispr @thisispr @bytimo @teammodels
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It´s the crème de la crème of Norwegian fashion designers who run the total of eleven fashion shows during the two days. Moods of Norway, byTiMos, Veronica Vallenes and Johnny Love were the first to hit the runway.
Oslorunway er i gang og Moodsgutta leverer ;-) #oslorunway #fashion #moodsofnorway
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The fashionistas, Instagrammers and Norwegian celebrities are all present at the Opera House to see what´s cooking.
Nothing like a spectacular sunset to add some extra atmosphere to the occasion:
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The collections varied from editorial to high end, and from the subdued and minimalistic to a more foil and international style.
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THE contrast between weekend human rights demonstrations in Moscow and in Washington is a reminder that the flame of freedom will not be snuffed out by repression. In the American capital, an estimated 200,000 people from around the United States, Canada, and elsewhere - in large part from Jewish organizations, but including representatives from non-Jewish groups such as the National Council of Churches - marched down Constitution Avenue. At one point they joined together to sing ``God Bless America'' and ``Hatikva,'' the Israeli national anthem. ``It would be easier, safer, more diplomatic to remain silent - to negotiate our treaties and never raise the question of human rights,'' Vice-President George Bush told the crowd. ``But,'' he added, ``that would be untrue to ourselves, and it would break our promise to the past.''
Meantime in Moscow, a small group of Jewish refusedniks, Soviet citizens denied exit permits, was roughed up by Soviet police; many demonstrators were taken into custody. Nearby, an official antiwar rally, apparently put together by Soviet authorities, sought to drown out the cries of the human rights demonstrators.
Moscow should know the world was not fooled.
Progress on the arms front, needed as it is, will not drown out legitimate aspirations for stepped-up human rights in the Soviet Union, including the right to emigrate. Between October 1968 and the summer of 1985, more than 250,000 people left the Soviet Union with Israeli passports, well over half of that number going to Israel. Thousands of others, including Armenians and Germans, have left for Western lands.
Thousands more - Jews, non-Jews - want to leave. Since the early 1980s, Soviet emigration has fallen off sharply.
The Soviet Union likes to remind the world community that it is a ``superpower.'' True superpowers are not afraid to let their people go.


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Clockwise from top left: The Eveleigh, Baco Mercat, Lukshon, Next Door by Josie
Wow, what a year! Japanese kaiseke, American gastropubs, Southeast Asian flair, smart molecular gastronomy, a kick-ass brunch and a fabulous return to glamour—2011 proved to be a terrific year for new restaurants in Los Angeles. Rising stars like The Spice Table's Bryant Ng and Night + Market's Kris Yenbamroong went head-to-head with seasoned heavyweights such as Wolfgang Puck and Josie Le Balch. With so many outstanding choices this year, narrowing the year's best new restaurants to a list of merely 20 was difficult. But here it is.
1. The Spice Table
Rising star chef Bryant Ng creates incredible modern riffs on classic Southeast Asian flavors and makes the best possible use of a truly fierce wood-burning grill. (Full review) 114 S Central Ave., L.A., (213) 620-1840
2. Manhattan Beach Post
Chef David LeFevre has created one of the best gastropubs in California, serving sublime farm-to-table fare inspired by his travels around the world. Best (and most massive) french fries of the year! (Full review)1142 Manhattan Ave., Manhattan Beach, (310) 545-5405
Manhattan Beach Post (Peden + Munk)
This is exactly what the the Hotel Bel-Air had been missing for the past 10 years or so: an exquisite modern restaurant in tune with the times. Alfresco dining has never been sexier. 701 Stone Canyon Road, L.A., (310) 909-1644
4. Lukshon
Chef Sang Yoon has gracefully merged casual dining sensibilities with chic, fine dining flare and an outstanding menu inspired by the flavors of Southeast Asia (but branching as far north as Szechuan). (Full review) 3239 Helms Ave., Culver City, (310) 202-6808
5. Ink
Chef Michael Voltaggio is the only chef in Los Angeles who truly understands how to use the tools and tricks of a scientist while also truly comprehending great taste. This is easily the most avant-garde restaurant in town at the moment—and still the city's toughtest reservation. 8360 Melrose Ave., L.A., (323) 651-5866
6. n/naka
It was a daring move for a young chef to open such an expensive restaurant during the height of the recession, but chef Niki Nakayama has risen to the occasion with an exquisite take on Japanese kaiseke (the first restaurant in L.A. to attempt to challenge the legendary Urasawa). 3455 S. Overland Ave., Los Angeles, 310-836-6252
7. The Eveleigh
The story at Eveleigh is all about the brunch, which has never been sexier or more delicious than this. Enough said. 8752 Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood, 424-239-1630
Bloody mary at Eveleigh (Brad A. Johnson)8. Son of a Gun
Seafood has never been so much fun as it is at Jon Shook and Vinny Dotolo's follow-up to their mega-hit Animal. (Wait, does alligator actually count as seafood?) (Full review) 8370 W. 3rd Street, L.A., (323) 782-9033
9. Playa
John Sedlar is clearly one of the smartest, most talented chefs of our time. His modern riffs on classic Latin flavors are often copied but never replicated. (Full review) 7360 Beverly Blvd., L.A., (323) 933-5300
10. Next Door by Josie
Josie Le Balch's casual offshoot of her eponymous flagship next door is exactly that: a casual version of the extraordinary farm-to-table American cooking she's been serving for more than 10 years, along with the same incredible wines. But for a fraction of the price. The burger is easily one of the best in America. 2420 Pico Blvd., Santa Monica, (310) 581-4201
11. Ray's and Stark Bar
Chefs Kris Morningstar and Josh Graves make a hell of a team. The pork belly, damn! The sticky toffee pudding, holy smokes! 5905 Wilshire Blvd., L.A., (323) 857-6180
12. Baco Mercat
Chef Josef Centeno is an absolute master of flavor, even when he's just making a sandwich. Best (non-burger) sandwich of the year! (See: Critic's Notebook) 408 S. Main St., L.A., (213) 687-8808
Baco Mercat (Brad A. Johnson)13. Cook's County
Honest, friendly, neighborhood dining with chef-driven cuisine inspired by the farmers markets. Los Angeles sorely needs more places like this. 8009 Beverly Blvd., L.A., (323) 653-8009
14. Aburiya Toranoko
Aburiya introduced L.A. to an entirely new world of Japanese cuisine that goes way beyond sushi (although the sushi&rsquo
;s pretty damn great, too). 243 South San Pedro St., L.A., (213) 621-9500
15. Public Kitchen
Chef Tim Goodell is back and at the top of his game with impeccable American bistro fare that makes this intolerable stretch of Hollywood Boulevard somehow bearable. Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, 7000 Hollywood Blvd., L.A., (323) 769-8888
16. Maison Giraud
Once again, but this time without all the flash, Alain Giraud proves he's the most important French chef in Los Angeles. 1032 Swarthmore Ave., Pacific Palisades, (310) 459-7561
17. Night + Market
Los Angeles has the best Thai food in America, and Kris Yenbamroong is easily the most inventive Thai chef in the city. His interpretation of Bangkok street food is always fun, authentic and wildly delicious. 9043 Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood, (310) 275-9724
18. Mezze
There have been quite a few newcomers hoping to make a splash with this style of contemporary Mediterranean/Middle Eastern cuisine, but no one is doing it better than Mezze. 401 N. La Cienega Blvd., L.A., (310) 657-4013
19. Artisan House
Gorgeous design. Fun crowd. Hands-on owners. Rising star chef. This French/Italian/American bistro/cafe/bar/market is doing everything right. 600 S. Main St., L.A., (213) 622-6333
20. Picca
Consistently horrible service and unimaginably rude management almost kept this restaurant off the list altogether. The deafening noise levels inside don't help, either. But the Peruvian-inspired small-plates menu is undeniably very good. 9575 West Pico Boulevard, L.A., (310) 277-0133
Alternate: Wolf in Sheep's Clothing
It's just a pop-up, and the sign above the door still reads "Capri," so Wolf in Sheep's Clothing is not officially on the Top 20 list. But it's definitely better than Picca. Young chefs from Joe's and Axe are coming into their own with innovative cooking, bold flavors and plenty of heart. These guys deserve a permanent home. 1616 Abbot Kinney Blvd. (at Capri Ristorante), Venice
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