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First - it was National Day of Remembrance for Pregnancy and Infant loss. I have spent a lot of time these past few days thinking of our little ones in heaven.
- My first pregnancy - I would have been due on October 20th. We found out on March 8th that the baby had died. I was barely 7 weeks but didn't actually miscarry until 11 weeks. Baby Crider1 - I think of you throughout the month of October - you would be turning six.
- My second pregnancy that only lasted long enough for me to know I was pregnant and then miscarried the next day... baby Crider2 - you would have been due September 7th.
- When I got pregnant the fourth time, imagine our shock and delight when the ultrasound showed twins... twins!! My Mom is a fraternal twin, so we knew it was a possibility... I was so excited. When the "magic" 12-13 weeks had passed, we began sharing our exciting news. Nothing prepared me for the shock of going in at 16 weeks to find that Megan's twin had died around 14 or 15 weeks. Emily Rose, if your sister Megan is any indication of the little person you were... our house misses your joy each and every day!
- Much like my second "pregnancy", my fifth one lasted only long enough for me to know that I was pregnant and then miscarry the following day. baby Crider - you would also have been due in September.
- My sixth pregnancy lasted six weeks. We knew something was likely wrong from the get-go because all of my numbers in my blood work were much lower than previous pregnancies. We lost this little one while visiting family in Cleveland... baby Crider - you would have been due in November... I was pretty excited with the idea that I had a chance for an 11-11-11 baby!
Thirdly - and on a happier note... October 15th marked 10 months for little Lauren. It's hard to believe how fast the time is going by!!


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She regularly exhibits her paintings throughout Ireland and has completed residencies at the Tyrone Guthrie Centre, Monaghan, Cill Rialaig Project, Kerry, Nes Artist Residency, Skagaströnd, Iceland and Camino Artes, Spain. One of her paintings is held in the Dundalk Town Council collection.
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LLM in European and International Trade & Investment Law (Master 2 in partnership with the State University Lumière Lyon 2)
General information
- Prerequisites for enrolment
- Bac + 4
Admission conditions
- Length of studies
- 1 year
- City
- Lyon
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- English
- What next?
• Lyon Track : Two semesters in Lyon (from September to May). Successful students will be awarded a French Master 2 of European and International Trade and Investment Law (French Official Master 2 degree) and a LL.M. degree from Lyon Catholic University.
• St John's Track : One semester in Lyon (from September to December) and one semester in New-York, at our partner University, St John's University (from January to May). At the end of both semesters, successful students will be awarded a Master of European and International Trade and Investment law (French official Master 2 degree) and a Master of Laws (LL.M.) by St John's University (New- York).
• St John's Track – New York Bar Option : Students choosing the St John's Track have the opportunity to prepare for the New York Bar.
Students may decide to stay for another semester at St John's University to prepare for the New York Bar exam after having successfully completed the St John's Track – Dual LL.M. Master of European and International Trade and Investment Law and the LL.M. of St John's University.
Dual LL.M. students would have to enroll in at least 12 credits during the autumn semester. With respect to the tuition fees, St John's University would charge a preferential rate for the second semester of coursework at St. John's University.
If you are interested in doing this, you should indicate your choice in your application for the St John's Track since it would impact some of the courses that dual LL.M. students would have to take during the spring semester at St. John's University.
The core courses of this LL.M. programme cover the WTO agreements, the EU major external trade agreements and their interaction with the EU Single Market. Various courses are also dedicated to International Investment Treaties and the Trade Disputes settlement mechanisms.
In an increasingly international legal market, UCLy offers the opportunity to our students to study in France, allowing them to gain valuable legal and language skills, as well as experience of other cultures thanks to the multinational dimension of our classes.
The European Union (EU) is the world's largest single market area. UCLy offers the opportunity to our students to study in France, allowing them to gain valuable knowledge about the EU legal order and, thanks to the proximity to Geneva and Brussels, to be exposed to legal experts coming from the WTO, the European Union but also other stakeholders, e.g. members of the European Chambers of Commerce.
An important and increasing share of world's imports and exports is ruled by free and preferential trade agreements, making them central to the business activity of international companies and States. Lawyers who are specialized in this area will therefore have a valuable expertise into the legal market. The curriculum covers extensively trade in goods, services, trade and intellectual property, taxation of international trade, customs law and foreign direct investments.
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In partnership with Saint John's University Law School of New York (USA).
Why choose this exciting double diploma? click here!
Prerequisites for enrolment : Bac + 4
Required former training
The program requires that applicants possess a good level of English language proficiency. Therefore we only accept applicants with a minimum IELTS Score of 6.5, a minimum TOEFL IBT score of 90 or CAE score of 58. Nevertheless, we might consider any experience establishing the command of the English Language.
There are no particular requirements regarding French language.
Admission conditions
Please note that there is a non refundable application fee of 100 EUR. We can only process your application after proof of payment of the application fee has been received.
Decision on Admission :
Your application is reviewed by the Admissions Commitee. A formal decision will be sent to you by the Faculty or Department. If you are admitted you will receive an enrolment letter from the Law Faculty containing information on the steps you need to take to your student housing, take care of immigration formalities (if applicable) and arrange student registration.
Application deadline : 30th June 2019
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You can also fill out the downloadable Paper Application Form and send it back along with the following documents to the following email address: firstname.lastname@example.com
Every document should be translated in English.
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- A curriculum vitae.
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- Any document you might find relevant.
The documents should be sent by mail preferably to the following addres: email@example.com. Should your documents be too heavy to send in one mail, do not hesitate to use free online transfer plateforms and insert the download link into the mail.
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Lyon Track:
Home/European Economic Area Students : 8000 EUR
Non-European Economic Area Students : 9 000 EUR
St John's Track (New York):
For all: 18 000 EUR
September to December, in Lyon (Lyon Track and St John's Track)
January to May, in Lyon (Lyon Track)
January to May, in New York (St John's Track)
Lyon is ideally located in the heart of Europe. Officials from the WTO, the European Union, the OECD, but also other stakeholders (such as members of the European Chambers of Commerce) are an integral part of the Academic Staff.
Students should consider applying for internships in legal departments of corporations, in law firms or international organisations in Lyon, or in other French cities or abroad. Those internships provide students with hands-on legal experience and may lead to genuine career opportunities.
Career Opportunities
Why should I enroll?
This LL.M. will give you an added value for your curriculum vitae. You will have contacts with practitioners and experts from international organizations and prestigious law firms in several jurisdictions. You will also develop a valuable network with other students coming from various parts of the world.
Study visits to the World Trade Organization in Geneva and/or the European Union in Brussels are an integral part of the program.
Abel, from Cameroon, said: 'The LL.M. added more than enough value to my worth. I had the opportunity to meet with practitioners and high profile scholars from around the globe who are very influential in international trade. I further met a vibrant body of students who only helped to enrich my stay in France with much diversity. Above all, these persons (from teachers to students and well wishers) constitute a very solid contact base for which I do and will always network with.'
Alvaro, from Guatemala, said 'I really enjoyed the time spent in the LL.M. at the Catholic University, the opportunity of sharing a class with people from the most varied origins and with very different backgrounds and being able to bond with practically all of them is something that really impacted my life and radically changed the way I see the world now.'
What have they done?
A European student joined an international law firm as a tax lawyer after the LL.M. program.
Recent graduates have joined law firms (either for internships or job opportunities), international companies or international organizations.
LL.M. Programs Director
Delphine Vinegla
LL.M. Programs Coordinator
Université Catholique de Lyon
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PU fails to verify degrees of 1,100 MPs in two months
Lahore, Sept 22: Degrees of around 1,100 legislators could not be verified in over two months while the Punjab University, on average, verifies over 4,000 degrees a month, a fact which creates serious doubts about mysterious handling of the issue. According to PU sources, the varsity has verified over 33,000 degrees, excluding of MPs, from January to August with an average of 40,00 a month.
The PU and other varsities receive degrees, in routine, from government departments and private organisations for verification of degrees of job seekers. The departments are required to submit complete documents including original degrees, certificates and registration number etc to the varsities so that the process could be completed without any waste of time. Sources said delay in the provision of required documents to universities was the sole cause of a slow verification process otherwise the whole chapter would have been closed by now.
In June, the Higher Education Commission (HEC) had sent degrees of around 1000 MPs to universities across the country for verification while the rest were not received by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) by the time. Out of them dozens were sent back to the HEC as they were unreadable.
A number of varsities, including the PU, have yet to complete verification of some MP degrees. The PU is waiting for documents of around 18 MPs while it has verified and sent back over 300 degrees of MPs to the HEC after verification. Sources said the HEC directive to varsities in August 2010, to collect photocopies of national identity cards (NIC) and matriculation and intermediate certificates from MPs was being seen as delaying tactics.
Officials of different varsities, on condition of anonymity, said delay in the provision of required documents seemed to be a deliberate effort to slow down the process of verification otherwise it was not rocket science.
Talking about political pressure, they also referred to news reports related to the HEC chairman according to which Dr Javaid Laghari was under tremendous pressure from different quarters. After the reports, a meeting between Dr Laghari and Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani was also held in which the HEC chairman was assured of full support from the government for verification of degrees.
A number of deadlines were set by the HEC for universities to complete the process but to no avail. The latest deadline to varsities is September 24. When contacted, neither Dr Javaid Laghari nor executive director Dr Sohail H Naqvi were available for comment despite repeated attempts. However, Dr Mahmood Raza, head of a review committee constituted by the commission for verification of degrees, denied any political pressure on the issue. He said to keep the whole process fair and compatible, varsities had been asked to collect other academic documents including certificates of matriculation and intermediate from MPs, adding that earlier verification was being done through photocopies of graduation degrees only. Dr Raza said some varsities took the HEC directive as infringement on their autonomy, however, they later started collecting the required documents from the MPs. The news
LHC suspends expulsion of 15 QAMC students
Bahawalpur: The Lahore High Court's Bahawalpur Bench on Tuesday temporarily suspended the expulsion of 15 students of the Quaid-i-Azam Medical College and summoned the principal and members of the academic council along with relevant record tomorrow (Thursday).
The expulsion orders were suspended on a writ petition filed by the students. The petitioners contended that the expulsion orders were mala fide and the academic council had no powers to do so as only the college's disciplinary committee could take action against them on the charges of violence.
They also submitted that they were not summoned for explanation by the academic council before the issuance of the expulsion orders.
MULTAN: The Nishtar Medical College's Student Action Committee has demanded suspension of the Quaid-i-Azam Medical College principal and the Bahawalpur district police officer besides withdrawal of expulsion of 34 QAMC students.
Speaking at a press conference here on Tuesday, Mansoor Awan, Usman Gujjar, Adnan Mehboob and other members of the Student Action Committee deplored that the QAMC management had expelled 34 students despite the fact that none of them belonged to any specific group or political party.
They said the only fault of these students was that they were peacefully protesting for their rights. They alleged that at the behest of the principal the district police tortured the students (including girls).
The Punjab government had not taken action against the police and the college administration even a month after the issues developed, which showed political pressure on the government, they said. Dawn
Teachers, students rally against autonomy to colleges
Lahore: A large number of college teachers and students took out a rally on Tuesday to protest autonomy to 26 public colleges and establishment of boards of governors (BoGs) in these institutes by the Punjab government. The protesters also criticised the federal government for ignoring the Higher Education Commission (HEC), saying the public universities were facing the worst financial problems owing to lack of funding to the Commission. The "Save Education" rally was organised by the Joint Action Committee (JAC), a consortium of the Punjab Professors and Lecturers Association (PPLA), Senior Staff Association (SSA) and Islami Jamiat-e-Talaba (IJT), from Nasir Bagh to Faisal Chowk.
'Teachers, IJT campaign anti-education'
Lahore: A spokesman for the Higher Education Department, Punjab, has said that talented students want to acquire quality education through four-year degree programme. He, however, said that under the ulterior motives, a group of teachers, who taught in academies and private colleges during college time, was opposing the programme. The spokesman termed the protest campaign of the Asatza Mahaz and the Islami Jamiat-e-Talaba an anti-education step, saying these elements were trying to destroy the peace of educational institutions.
Teachers protest HEC budget cut today
Faisalabad: The Academic Staff Association (ASA) University of Agriculture, Faisalabad in a bid to show solidarity with the Federation of All Pakistan Academic Staff Association (FAPASA) will observe a protest against cut in budget of Higher Education Commission (HEC) in the front of administration block of the University on Wednesday (today) at 10:30 am.
Highlighting details, ASA general-secretary Dr Masood Sadiq Butt said academic and administrative Staff of the university will demonstrate their protest in favour of their demands of increase in salaries and other resources for Research and Development (R&D). Dr Butt said the university employees will conduct a peaceful rally in 1st phase and academic boycott would be observed in 2nd phase.
Admissions conclude: New Admissions for post-graduate, under-graduate and intermediate pre-agriculture programmes in University of Agriculture, Faisalabad have concluded with highest ever record applications in the history of the university. Lauding highest rate of applications in various degree programmes, Prof Dr Iqrar Ahmad Khan, VC UAF termed it landmark for the agricultural sector of the country. The news


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As the reels of the car move forward, her memories were unfurling like a nuclear fission in all possible directions. The air conditioner could seal off the blazing sun outside, Can the same be done to the thousands of volcanoes erupting inside? The day eventually came, like a blow to the pride. She cannot cope… Continue reading A Silence between two teardrops


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Sony has already sold 1 million PS4s, and is hoping to sell a total of 5 million units before March 2014, but Ubisoft is expecting even bigger things from the next-gen consoles.
Senior VP of Marketing and Sales for Ubisoft, Tony Key, recently said that Ubisoft's "feeling is the installed base of these machines will be much faster to take hold than previous generations" when discussing the PS4 and Xbox One during an interview with Games Industry International. When referring to the number of current generation consoles sold over the same period of time, Key said: "In the first couple of years, we expect double the installed based of previous generations. The reason why is: The last cycle was longer, so there's a lot of pent up demand."
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Jury shown 2 faces of Rajaratnam in closing words3 min read . Updated: 21 Apr 2011, 10:42 AM IST
Jury shown 2 faces of Rajaratnam in closing words
Jury shown 2 faces of Rajaratnam in closing words
New York: Raj Rajaratnam wanted to "conquer the stock market at the expense of the law," a US prosecutor said in closing arguments of the hedge fund manager's insider trading trial on Wednesday.
But a lawyer for the Galleon Group founder countered in his summation that "the government's narrow view is very unfair" and Rajaratnam acted legally in seeking out information about investments on behalf of his customers.
As the six-week trial wound toward a conclusion, the voice of Rajaratnam rumbled repeatedly over speakers in a New York courtroom as prosecutor Reed Brodsky replayed excerpts of FBI phone taps to remind the jury that the defendant timed his stock trades, sometimes seconds after learning corporate secrets.
"You heard the defendant committing his crimes time and time again in his own words," Brodsky told the jury in 4-1/2 hours of summing up the government's evidence that Rajaratnam made an illicit $63.8 million between 2003 and March 2009.
He said the case, built in part on trial testimony from three cooperating witnesses, demonstrated "overwhelming" and "devastating" evidence of Rajaratnam's guilt in the government's biggest probe of insider trading at hedge funds.
In contrast, chief defense lawyer John Dowd said the testimony from these witnesses was "unreliable and worthless." Dowd also said the government failed to make its case.
"The government's case rests on the fictional idea that company information cannot become public until a company issues a press release," Dowd said.
He also told the jury, "In the real world information can become public in all kinds of ways. If it's public, you must acquit."
Rajaratnam, a 53-year-old one-time billionaire, is the central figure in the sweeping US government probe of insider trading at hedge funds, and the only defendant so far to go on trial. If convicted, he could face up to 25 years in prison.
To convict, the government must convince jurors beyond a reasonable doubt that Rajaratnam received material nonpublic information from people who had a duty not to disclose it, and that he knew it was wrong to trade on it.
During Brodsky's animated presentation, he sometimes raised his voice to emphasize a point from a lectern directly in front of the jury box. Dowd used a more matter-of-fact tone, mostly reading from the lectern.
Both men referred to documents in evidence that were projected onto screens in the courtroom.
Dowd spoke for about one hour, and is expected to continue his closing statement on Thursday. The jury could start deliberations later that day or on Monday. Court is not expected to be in session on Friday, which is Good Friday.
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The Sri Lankan-born defendant faces securities fraud and conspiracy charges relating to secrets about earnings or acquisition activity involving more than a dozen companies such as chipmakers Advanced Micro Devices Inc and Intel Corp and Internet search company Google Inc.
Brodsky said Rajaratnam tried to cover up illegal trades with email trails and patterns of buying and selling stocks.
"The defendant's insider trading scheme helped him pad his profits that kept him at the top in a game to be the best, and conquer the stock market at the expense of the law," Brodsky told the 12 jurors and four alternates.
Rajaratnam sat expressionless, surrounded by at least 10 lawyers and a few friends.
Brodsky said Rajaratnam orchestrated several conspiracies to get tips, including one involving Rajat Gupta, a former worldwide managing director at consultancy McKinsey & Co who also sat on the board of Goldman Sachs Group Inc.
Recalling trial testimony from Goldman chief executive Lloyd Blankfein, Brodsky said Gupta repeatedly told Rajaratnam about the Wall Street bank's private board discussions.
Within seconds of hearing "great news" from Gupta in September 2008, which turned out to be a critical $5 billion investment in Goldman by Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc, Rajaratnam bought 217,000 of the bank's shares, Brodsky said.
Then, that October, he learned from Gupta that Goldman would suffer its first quarterly loss as a public company, Brodsky said, and Rajaratnam sold his Goldman stake first thing the next morning. The loss became public in December.
"There's no other rational explanation for the timing of the calls, the timing of the trades," Brodsky said. "Those calls say it all."
Brodsky also reminded jurors of the testimony of witnesses who admitted conspiring with Rajaratnam and Dowd responded by attacking their credibility. These witnesses included former McKinsey partner Anil Kumar, former Intel Corp executive Rajiv Goel and former Galleon portfolio manager Adam Smith.
Dowd said Kumar, Goel and Smith testified "because they were coerced by the government" and wanted to get "sweetheart deals" when they are sentenced after pleading guilty to criminal charges.
The case is USA v Raj Rajaratnam et al, US District Court for the Southern District of New York, No. 09-01184.


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producer and artiste, Babatunde
Okungbowa aka OJB Jezreel who
passed on Tuesday, June 14, 2016 have
revealed details of the late singer's
burial activities.
OJB's final burial rites will commence
on July 4, 2016, which is the day he
would have turned 50.
Via a statement signed by his brother,
Apostle Albert Okungbowa, the family
stated that the ceremony will kick off
with a candle light procession on
Monday July 4, 2016 from 5pm at his
residence 4, Gbaja street, Surulere,
The respected music maker who was
credited for the success of many top
Nigerian artistes today including Wizkid
and 2Face battled with kidney
problems since 2013 until he passed
away this month.
His body has already been deposited in
Farewell Funeral Homes, Isolo.
He is survived by his father, Chief
Anthony Okungbowa(Arase of Agbor);
siblings, Mrs.Theresa Ebunola Gamba
(USA), Mr. Cornelius Archibong
(England), Mr. Albert Okungbowa(USA),
Mr. Anthony Okungbowa, Marvin
Okungbowa, Bose Ajila Okungbowa,
Joseph Okungbowa; wives, Mabel
Babatunde Okungbowa, June
Okungbowa, Korede Okungbowa and
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Candle Light Procession
Monday July 4, 2016
Kick off point;
OJB's house,
#4, Gbaja street,
Surulere, Lagos.
Wake keeping/Service of songs/Tribute
Thursday July 7, 2016
Ojays, National Stadium, Surulere.
Laying in State at his Residence: #4,
Gbaja str, Surulere, Lagos.
7am – 8am
Service at Redeemed Christian Church
of God, Grace Chapel
#129,Ogunlana Drive Surulere,
Burial at Ikoyi Cemetery, Ikoyi after
Apostle Albert Okungbowa
For the family
May his soul rest in peace. Amen


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Holy Motors(2012): Over the last couple of years when I started watching movies much more seriously, I have realized that more often than not I hate the movies that purposely make themselves difficult to understand. Hate probably is the strong word but I definitely don't see myself supporting them. From whatever I had heard about Holy Motors(2012) before going in made it a perfect candidate for such a film. Now, I know that as a good movie-buff, you are not supposed to go with preconceived notions about anything but sometimes you just can't help it. However, somehow all the polarizing talk about this movie made me more intrigued about it rather than turning off and I decided to give it a chance. After all, I don't get many opportunities to see foreign movies on big screen and guess what? I Loved it and I only have two words - Denis Lavant.
Amour(2012): If you haven't noticed all the three movies here so far are French. All the three movies have been in discussion a lot, for good or bad reasons. What is little interesting to me is, despite all three getting such an international acclaim, their official nomination for Oscar is yet another wonderful film which is one of my favourite movies of the year and is almost certain to get nominated as well. 4 movies with such an international acclaim - even though it is France, I am not sure how often does that happen. What is even more interesting is I not only loved them all, Amour, Holy Motors and The Intouchables are all in my top 10 right now with Amour being the best movie I have seen so far this year.
Having gone through very similar experience myself with my own grandmother few years back, it was very easy for me to connect with this film even though personally I was never in George's role as a primary caretaker - that was my Parents role and we were more in passive role, much like Eva. Also being on the other end of it for over two years now, made it a little easier to look at it candidly and probably is what made it my favourite. There is nothing right or wrong, good or bad when you are in such a position. From the first hand experience I can tell you that all you can do or you usually end up doing in this condition is react to it and more often than not you are lucky even if you get to do that. There is no point in blaming anyone. George doesn't become a bad person because he looses it and hit her once. George knows that she is helpless better than anyone else but sometimes you just can't help it. Haneke captures all of these emotions in few moments very beautifully. Some of them break your heart, some of them put a smile on your face or rekindle small hope in you. If not for the moments like Anne trying out her new wheelchair and Alexander, her student playing Bagatelle for them, it would have been an overbearing emotional experience impossible to sit through. What makes this movie even better is painstakingly real and honest portrayal of their relation with each other, gradual but continuous effects of her illness on them both and on those around her. I loved that there were people to help them, who genuinely cared for them. And knowing that it is Haneke, I was really thankful that nothing shocking happens to either of them. Watching her deteriorate over time was hard enough, I really didn't need any more villains. I don't think I have seen either Riva or Trintignant before but they were both revelatory in their heartbreaking performances. I have heard people complaining about its slow pace of it but to tell you the truth, I was happy it was slow. It gave me time to gather myself up. I would have been a blabbering mess otherwise.
Once Upon a Time In Anatolia(2012): First of all, many people will probably count this movie as a 2011 movie and they are right as it was released in many parts of the world in 2011. But it was recently pointed out to me that it had it's US release in 2012. So, I can include this in 2012 list. I had heard lot about it since last year and hence I was really happy when I saw it pop up on Netflix Instant few months ago. As far as I remember this is my first Turkish movie. Turkey and Australia have always been two of my favourite destinations, I really wish to visit them sometimes. Now, Turkey we see in this movie is far different from what I had in my mind but it is still equally beautiful and as for the cinema, I hardly could have asked for a better introduction.
Now, the basic story of Once Upon a Time in Anatolia is very simple. Somewhere in anatolian parts of Keskin, a local prosecutor, local police chief and a doctor have two suspects who have confessed a murder. With the help of few others and some sergeants, they are trying to find the location of the body. What starts of like an easy enough job to wrap up the case turns out to be quite an ordeal and tastes everyone's patience. To tell you the truth, after reading the synopsis and looking at the running time of over 2 and half hours, I wasn't sure how can they stretch such a simple theme for so long? As it turned out, I could not have been more wrong as what makes it interesting is it's treatment. It literally grabbed me from the very first scene and kept me engaged till the very end - this in itself is a major, major success of the movie in my books. Anything beyond that is a bonus. Why I say this is there is nothing unusual or really shocking that happens throughout the movie and despite it, director somehow managed to keep it interesting. All there is going on for most of the time is usual bickering amongst all the government employees for having to work overtime, blaming each other for it, sub-ordinates blaming their higher officers for not helping them and officers blaming those under them for not being efficient. Pretty usual passing around the blame and ruminating over their woes. And in the mean while, they are going from one place to another to identify the location and find the body. It is long, it is slow but it is damn interesting. There is no conventional Hero-Heroin-Villain here, even the two suspects aren't really treated as villains. Almost everyone in the cast shares the limelight at one point or the another and everyone is so subtle and so natural in their performances. It does drag a little in last 40 minutes or so once they come back home but majority of the part is them looking for the body and it was fascinating. To help it immensely, it is shot wonderfully. I have seen a lot of movies that are really beautiful to look at but this one isn't like anything I have seen before, simply because it makes things that you will never think of as pretty look stunningly gorgeous, almost poetic. I have never seen barren piece of land look so beautiful or an apple falling off the tree and rolling into the nearby stream never really wowed me like it did here.


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AARP Suddenly Worried About Cuts to Medicare But Supported Obama's $500 Billion Cuts to Same Program (Video)
Talk about fear-mongering?
The far left group AARP is running ads claiming the current debt negotiations will result in "Social Security and Medicare benefits seniors have earned through a lifetime of hard work."
The group is running national television ads:
From the AARP website:
Right now, President Obama and Congress are considering a deal to pay the nation's bills that could cut the Social Security and Medicare benefits seniors have earned through a lifetime of hard work.
One proposal would cut the Social Security cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) — a change that would cost seniors thousands of dollars over their lifetimes…
This is the same group that supported Obamacare – a plan that cut $500 billion from Medicare.
Then again, it was later discovered that AARP stands to reap an extra billion dollars in profits from ObamaCare. Worse, this extra profit is largely BECAUSE of the Medicare cuts.
Typical leftists.
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Having recieved a Chromecast and a Roku Streaming Stick, I had hoped to compare and review both devices together, however due to various problems with the Roku, I was unable to do this. Many hours were wasted on this device and many expletives were uttered.
Firstly, the Roku asked for payment details on setup, and since I don't have a Credit Card or any of the other options I had to phone a premium rate number just to get them to setup an account without payment details. Luckily only a few minutes and they called me back to save me the expense on a long phone call, which was handy as there were more problems to come.
After sorting the account details, I had to restart setup on the device. At this point the remote decided to stop working, it refused to pair. Tried resetting the Roku, and resetting the remote, many, many times! It also kept rebooting itself and freezing up during the attempted pairing! Tried, on the suggestion of the helpline staff, using it in another TV in a different room as apparently the remote works on Wifi and suffers interference problems! They even suggested turning off the router, which seems a bit pointless since there are dozens of other wireless devices around this area and the router is of course needed for other stuff. Such a shame as this device was quite promising but it is going back to the shop unfortunately. The advantage over the Chromecast of having a proper remote (if it worked properly!), making it more standalone, would have been great.


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There was just too much music this week, man. Fortunately the time opened up and here we are with 3 hours of hard vintage riffs, soaring psychedelic journeys and balls-to-the-wall rock and roll. Keep an ear out for new tracks from previous OTRRH guests Strange Majik and Mother Feather, a sneaky preview of a new release from Sunrise Ocean Bender, another toke from the new Mondo Drag, and nods to the legends Keith Emerson & George Martin who left this world in recent days. I promise you, this is one for the records books.
Tune in, turn on, trip out!


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I have some really awesome and exciting news to share! I've been busy for the past few months raising money for this year's Relay For Life, which is the American Cancer Society's #1 annual fundraiser. This is something I have done every year for 13 years...but this year is special. THIS year I have a force of awesome standing behind me in my efforts...and that force is Regretsy.com
April Winchell runs the website which is downright snarky and mean...which is why I love it. April is a snarky bitch with a heart of gold. She recently raised money through Regretsy to help an Etsy seller, HiBird, to get a new sewing machine, and when I saw how quickly the Regretsy community rallied for this cause I wanted to cry. She did something totally amazing and life-changing in a matter of hours. It gave me hope. I emailed April to tell her how amazing that was and how I really needed that to lift my spirits since my own fundraising had hit a roadblock...money is tight this year, and everyone's feeling it. Without being asked, April graciously donated $100 leftover from the sewing machine fund to my personal Relay Fund, and now she set up this, just for me:
I am so excited about this! Now there are so many ways to help!
-To donate directly to me, go HERE!
-You can also buy from my two Etsy shops, BunnyBeads and BunnyBaubles, because 25% of total sales through May and June are donated.
-You can also donate to me directly, HERE!
-You can bid on the Regretsy Ebay items.
-You can buy April's Regretsy book directly from Amazon.com where her royalties will go to my fund and Amazon.com will kick in an additional 5%.
-Did I mention you can donate directly HERE...?
-You can also donate items to go into one of two gift baskets that will be raffled off at the Relay on June 11. The first basket is going to be full of Regretsy-themed goodness, the second full of offerings from the Etsy Maine Team.
Big thanks to April and the Regretsy community, and to all my friends who have also generously donated to this cause! Thank you!!!
Monday, May 24, 2010
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Best Bluetooth Speakers To Gift This Christmas: Stay Cool This Season: Christmas season is already on for this year & again thoughts have started floating about what to gift your beloved ones this Christmas. So there are few cool ideas to help you all out of this difficulty. We have brought to you the coolest & best Bluetooth speakers of the year to have this Christmas.
Coolest Bluetooth Speakers To Gift This Christmas:
1) Beats Pill+:
With so gorgeously designed packed up like a pill, offering crystal clear sound, this can be your present this Christmas. Either you listen R & B, some Hip-Hop music or go for some Rock, this will definitely let you rock all the way. Easy controls just one touch away with the new LED fuel gauge you are definitely going to love the heartfelt soothing music. [Read more….]
2) Beoplay A1:
A surprise full of the true 360 degrees sound within a pocket-sized wireless speaker will definitely bring joy this Christmas to your beloved ones. The smallest wireless Bluetooth speaker by B & O in pretty affordable range may carry the heaviest beats of your favorite music this festive season. [Read more….]
3) JBL Flip 3:
Catch up with your old friends this Christmas & gift them the splashproof designed Bluetooth speaker that needs no more caring like spills & from rain while enjoying. A good & powerful sound will leave you in full joy on this occasion & without much investment of time & money you can have this power packed gift for your friends. [Read more….]
4) JBL Cinema SB450:
A revolutionary 4K ultra high definition sound experience awaiting your doorsteps knocking behind on the Christmas this season. None other than the Harman Display surround sound technology equipped in this SB450 carrying the soundbar & an additional subwoofer too for your perfect gift on the special occasion of Christmas. [Read more….]
5) Beloit 15:
Just think about the moment your friend opening the gift pack & finding out the gift to be a perfect sound companion having 360 omnidirectional surround sound i.e Beolit 15. So perfectly designed to carry & listen by Bang & Olufsen, it is the second ever Bluetooth speaker & also represented as "the best music system of its kind on the planet". [Read more….]
See Also: 10 Best Tech Gifts For Christmas 2016
6) Edifier Extreme Connect MP260:
So perfectly designed, a funky speaker that won't compromise with its sound quality any time may lead to strengthening your bond with your beloved one's even more stronger. It has been proven as a perfect companion for an extreme music lover with light weight & awesomely designed. The speaker comes in a variety of bright shades to you, so no more compromise in any case of design & sound needs to be done this festive season. [Read more….]
7) JBL Go:
The palm size Bluetooth speaker offers great sound in so small size pack. Choosing one in a million is a tough job but when coming on to the great sound from JBL you will definitely need not to be investing much time. This Harman's series of the speaker from JBL was announced at CES 2015 but still remains as the best micro-sized speaker you can ever get. This gift on the Christmas will definitely leave your companion in all smiles. [Read more….]
8) UE Boom 2:
Sound contained inside bright colored, designed with sexiest & most uninhibited premium materials known in-universe, the speaker system will be adding on to the party wherever it may be going on will bring a perfect smile on your beloved faces this Christmas. UE Boom 2 lets you stream the favorite musical track from any nearby devices available & also lets you take your group calls very easily. [Read more….]
9) JBL Clip 2:
This ultraportable Bluetooth speaker with a built-in the carabiner, complete waterproofing with IPX7 technology will prove to be a perfect gift to those who love to travel very often & love to enjoy the pool parties as well. Now no more sitting on your office desk & getting tired is required, you can party anywhere anytime with the ultraportable JBL Clip 2. [Read more….]
10) Beoplay A9:
Wonderful & luxurious I must say this time for not only the sound but of course the design as well. There will be no limitation & compromise with the music anymore if you are going to have the Beoplay A9 this Christmas. Resembling like a show piece giving an extraordinary performance in every aspect, crafted with unique materials, you are just going to be a fan of the A9. [Read more….]
The wonderful festival of Christmas is here again, bringing with it lots of happy moments and good wishes from family and friends. So, as you await the arrival of Santa who is bringing lots of fabulous gifts for you, do remember to send across some tech gifts to your loved ones to spread joy amongst them on this auspicious occasion. These wide range of wonderful gifts are the perfect medium for sending your wishes and thoughts to your family and friends that would make their festival much more memorable. So be choosy with the gifts this festive season & Merry Christmas.


text: About Centre Coming Soon!!! Introduction National Institute of Electronics and Information Technology (NIELIT Calicut) National Institute of Electronics and Information Technology (NIELIT) is a Centre of NIELIT New Delhi, which is an autonomous body of Department of Electronics and Information Technology, Ministry of Communications & Information Technology, Govt. of India. The Centre is a premier organisation for education, training, R&D and consultancy in IT and electronics. The history of NIELIT dates back to 1974 when the Department of Electronics (DoE) now Ministry of Communication Information Technology (MCIT), Govt. of India and the University Grants Commission (UGC) set up the first CEDT within the premises of Indian Institute of Science (IISc.), Bangalore with assistance from Swiss Development Corporation. The objective was to bridge the gap between the academic institutions and industries. A decade after the successful running of CEDT, Bangalore, the then Department of Electronics (DoE), initiated a programme to set up similar centres in other parts of the country with a wider objective to develop human resources at different levels and in different specialised areas of Electronics Design. CEDT Calicut was established in 1989 . Later in December 2002, it was renamed as DOEACC Centre Calicut. The Centre adopted its current name NIELIT since 2011.The present infrastructure is developed in 25 acre campus provided by Government of Kerala and houses advanced facilities. The beautiful buildings accomodates several state of the art laboratories in a lush green scenic ambience. The unique Kerala style architecture of the buildings, its proximity to world class institutions like NIT & IIM, makes it one of the best NIELIT Centres in the countryThis Centre is engaged in the conduct of industry oriented quality education and training in the state-of-the-art areas through various formal and non-formal programs.The Centre is an implementing agency for various Government schemes related to human resource development in the field of Information, Electronics and Communications Technology (IECT).The centre is also engaged in R & D activities and provides product development and industrial consultancy services. The Centre has 5 excellent laboratories, fully equipped with the latest systems and development tools in the area of Information Technology, Product Design, Digital Systems, Process Control & Instrumentation and in CAD/CAM.Large collections of reference books in the above areas are accessible to the trainees from the Centre's library in addition to IEEE Online Journal access & NKN connectivity. All the labs, library and office are connected through the central network and students can retrieve information from their terminals itself and through well connected Wi-Fi system. The fully furnished NIELIT Calicut hostel (ladies & mens) in the campus can accommodate around 200 students. Construction of new hostel building to accommodate another 100 candidates is also under progress. NIELIT Calicut has successfully executed many software development and electronics design projects for reputed organisations like TISCO, BPL, BPL Telecom, KEL, Kannur University, Kerala Feeds, KCMMF Ltd., MTAB, etc. NIELIT Calicut is also having 50 authorised training centers in Kerala for conducting computer software and hardware courses at present. Long term regular programmes such as M.Tech. in Embedded Systems, M.Tech. in Electronics Design and Technology, M.C.A. under University of Calicut are also offered from the Centre. NIELIT Calicut is also an implementing agency for the various Central Government sponsored job oriented training programmes for SC/ST, minority and women in Kerala and some districts in Karnataka. The Centre is recently recognised as a research centre by University of Calicut to undertake Ph.D. programs. Responsibilities Coming Soon!!! Advanced Faculty/ISEA Member Coming Soon!!! Research Coming Soon!!! Faculty Training Program Coming Soon!!! Paper Publication Coming Soon!!!Secure and Efficient File Sharing in Hybrid CloudSecure and Efficient Location Verification SystemDesign of Efficient Computational Offloading in Mobile Cloud Coursewise Design Coming Soon!!! Download Coming Soon!!! Conference/Workshop Coming Soon!!!


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Registered Modified Barium Swallow Impairment ClinicianCertified Lymphedema Therapist, Head and Neck Lymphedema Therapist
Erika Carachilo, Speech Language Pathologist, was drawn to the level of care provided at Cancer Treatment Centers of America® (CTCA). "The level of service here challenges me to provide the best care possible," she says.
After earning a Bachelor of Science in Communicative Disorders at Marywood College in Scranton, Pennsylvania, Carachilo completed her master's degree in Speech Pathology at West Chester University, also in Pennsylvania.
Since 1995, Carachilo has served as a speech language pathologist in various settings, including home care, hospitals and rehabilitation clinics. Her work has focused on diagnosing individuals coping with neurological impairment, head injury, voice disorders, and other conditions affecting speech-language, cognitive and swallowing abilities.
She has created and executed treatment plans, using state-of-the-art technology to evaluate issues that can impair speech and swallowing. She has also provided education, and trained family members in various aspects of speech pathology care.
Carachilo is a licensed speech pathologist by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. She holds a certificate in clinical competence in speech language pathology from the American Speech and Hearing Association. She is also a registered modified barium swallow impairment clinician, allowing her to accurately diagnose speech impairments and recommend targeted treatments based on the evidence provided through this testing.
Carachilo joined CTCA® in 2008. At CTCA, she provides interventions related to communication, vocal quality, cognitive-linguistic skills and swallowing function. She conducts speech, language and cognitive assessments, provides tracheostomy care and speech valve evaluation.
Carachilo assists patients treated for head and neck cancer with rehabilitation. For patients who have undergone total laryngectomy, Carachilo provides voice restoration therapy, using techniques such as tracheoesophageal voice prosthesis and electrolaryngeal speech. For other patients, therapy may focus on vocal and oral hygiene or managing dry mouth, a common side effect of some cancer treatments.
Carachilo uses recent technologies, such as auriculotherapy to assist in the treatment of dry mouth, alongside time-tested exercises and other interventions. Her overall goal for her patients is to assist them toward recovery following cancer treatment, ensuring comfort and the quality of life they desire.


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I've tried KDE on Windows Vista on my laptop previously (4.2.2), but various issues prevent me from seriously recommending it to anyone. I've decided to give it another try to see how things have improved in the last minor release (4.2.3).
Any complaints I can say about the installer have already been said by many others, so I'll skip those ones. What I will say is that as long as there are aspell and internationalization packages littering the package selection list, they should be grouped into a tree, and other packages (such as kdegames and kdeedu) should also be tree items allowing selecting only certain programs from the package.
Below, I've taken a simple look at some of the software available as part KDE. Things mostly look good. There are issues in the libraries, but I'm certain those will be smoothed out during the year.
With Internet Explorer 8 (I've used 7, but not 8), Firefox 3 (I used up to 2.something when it was just too sluggish; is 3 any snappier?), Opera 10 (my browser of choice), and Chrome (which I haven't used), I don't see where there's any chance for Konqueror as-is as a Windows browser.
That said, Konqueror is fairly snappy even on my laptop which is slow when running Windows.
I imagine it's because of being based on the Qt framework that Konqueror uses Vista's file chooser when used under Windows Vista. This is where Qt outshines other toolkits such as GTK, as programs written in Qt will take on the look and feel of the environment they're run in.
I use Dolphin in Linux for most file management, but sometimes I need to use Konqueror because Dolphin is simply too limiting (such as a lack of splitting views). For Windows Vista, Explorer looks to be a better program for the most part. The points on Dolphin's side seem to be the ability to select multiple files using only the mouse, and tabs, both found also in Konqueror.
I don't use Gwenview, but it looks like a decent image viewer with light editing capabilities. I haven't checked if the rating and description have interoperability with setting that data in Explorer.
KWrite and Kate
KWrite is a feature-light advanced text editor. I don't know much about it, as I don't use it.
Kate is a feature-filled advanced text editor, and its my text editor of choice.
Both will outdo Notepad. A default Windows Vista install does not provide an advanced text editor.


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The San Fernando Valley Japanese American Community Center
We are immensely grateful to our many volunteers who take care of the Center and one another. Whether you are interested in traditional Japanese cultural classes or modern team building activities that are inter-generational, you will find your place here. Thank you to the organizations and clubs for making SFVJACC our home away from home.
As you know, the temperature in the valley can reach 110 degrees. SFVJACC members enjoy a healthier temperature during Senior Hot Meal on Tuesdays and Fridays, or when they check out a book from the Japanese and English collection in the conference room library. It's heavenly!
The SFVJACC From Above
Did you ever wonder what a bird's eye view of the SFVJACC would look like? This amazing video was taken during a recent land survey of the SFVJACC by KHR Associates.
Drone Footage "Pacoima" uploaded to YouTube by Scott PLS
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Our kilim rug cleaning business in Brooklyn NYC analyzes fibers carefully to provide the best cleaning process. Most of these rugs are made of wool and cotton but sometimes hemp fibers are used instead. Whatever the type of fibers in the rug, our cleaning process is customized to prevent damage to the materials on the top and bottom. We use a specialized device to hold rugs in place to suction away debris before dusting it with eco-friendly cleansers. Most rugs are cleaned efficiently with this method due to having a small amount of debris, but we also offer additional services.
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Rug soaking is a process that is needed for rugs and our kilim rug cleaning business in Brooklyn NYC is able to provide this service. Occasionally, a rug is stained with beverages, food or pet urine, requiring an extensive soaking to remove debris and odor. To prevent shrinkage, the rug is kept stretched on a device as it is lowered into a soaking solution that lifts stains from fibers without scrubbing. Full immersion rug washing is accomplished quickly to avoid degrading the cotton and wool fibers. After this cleaning process, we are able to begin the drying process.
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text: AirLink Sierra Wireless offers a full line of high value fixed and mobile wireless data solutions for industrial, commercial, public safety and M2M applications. Familiar to many in public safety is our line of trusted MP in-vehicle modems, which are now available for EV-DO Rev A and HSDPA networks. Additionally, Sierra Wireless now offers an expanded line of AirLink in-vehicle modems, M2M solutions, and fixed wireless terminals.


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Well It's the first of a new month which means it's time for another Deedee's Digi Of The Month Challenge. You are going to love this one. It is precious. Here is what I made for this challenge.
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Well It's the first of a new month which means it's time for another Deedee's Digi Of The Month Challenge. You are going to love this one. It is precious. Here is what I made for this challenge.
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Sweet card. Love that ribbon treatment!ReplyDelete
A fabulous card Donna, such a fun image and lovely colour combination.ReplyDelete
Congratulations to your Grandson, another milestone reached.
As cute as can be!!! I love all the Daniel's and this is one of my favorites now. Love the way he looks like he's swimming across the card. Great way to frame him out too. Everything just goes together perfect!ReplyDelete
You've really done this image justice with such a cute card Donna! I just LOVE how you tied those 2 ribbons together, what a genius idea!! I'm glad you're able to enjoy the nice weather this year and hope you've having lots of fun doing outdoor activities! Congrats to your grandson on his graduation too!ReplyDelete
OMG, he is adorable.I love how you used the ribbon too. A new College Grad in the family, how exciting. Proud Grandma, I am sure.ReplyDelete
Hi Donna! Your card made me smile; thanks, I needed that! Such a great sentiment. Congratulations to your grandson!!ReplyDelete
This is such an adorable image, Donna, my favorite of the entire set. Love your card design and the papers are wonderful. :-DReplyDelete
Cute image and sentiment mix - love your sketch and papers too! Fun! HugzReplyDelete
Have been enjoying Diver Dan as I've been doing some blog surfing this evening. Your rendition of this cutie is just clever as can be. Love the image, but the die shape looks so perfect for Dan as he's floating along. The papers are so complimentary together, and of course I'm liking the little 'bubbles' that are floating upward as he kicks along. Well done, Donna. TFS & HugsReplyDelete
Super sweet card, Donna! I got mine yesterday and can't wait to play with it! :o)ReplyDelete
Donna, your card made me smile, what a cute image and love the colours you've used, hugs Carole Z XReplyDelete
OMGosh, this is an adorable card Donna! I love Daniel, he is so cute in his flippers and snorkel. A big congrats to your grandson too!!! Hugs, BrendaReplyDelete
Donna, this is so cute! I'm looking forward to working with this image!ReplyDelete
Donna what a cutie image and how fun is your darling card.ReplyDelete
Hugs, Pat♥
This is such a sweet image! Love how you used this little cutie!ReplyDelete
Super card Donna. Love the sweet little duck and fabulous design xxReplyDelete
Just adorable, Donna!! Cute image!!ReplyDelete


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Yooooooooo, if u r in Asheville then I suggest you come support this event!!!!
I luv how this lady MC is getting involved. Activism has always been a big part of hip-hop and the MC and DJ community.
PinkCheetahVintage and The WreckingKrew decided to sponsor an hour gift certificate to Massage Envy to help raise funds for Planned Parenthood and give out the code STEADYREP10 for a 10% discount at the store.
I even like the name 'Planned Parenthood'. I love the whole idea of planning whether u have a family or not----conscious procreation and/or NOT procreating. Man, I admire all the people with no children. I have no doubt, that you are probably of higher intelligence and/or at least educated at a higher level---in general. At least, from what I've seen... Yeah, I have like 5 kids sooooooooooo there's that.
Here are a few examples of the kids at HR & Jon's house with Ace!!!! (Family/frends)
(They have all been gone for over 2 weeks and we misssssss them!!!!!)
These 5 were all PLANNED by a total of four people at dif times and yet, we still have a rather muddled situation.
I have an immediate family member who is ill and all I want is my whole family together.
My ex-husband and his new girlfriend first introduced these children together as siblings when they started living together as a family.
I think the girls would like to have their brothers with them, but it is clearly complicated.
All we can do is try our hardest to respect the relationships the children have made that were originally the adults' decision.
It's not ez in the modern world, although step-children and step-parents are rather standard in the history of families.
Classics are written about this v common scenario.
For instance!
Cinderella, Snow White, Hansel & Gretel...
There was a common theme throughout.
Be careful what u wish for, r??????
Also, unless u want a mess of childrens like u see above, then please talk about and support Planned Parenthood.
Here I am in HR's vintage vest which I may have posted b4, but it's worth a repeat.
I need to fix these sunnies, tho. We have am eyeglass repair kit that may work if I can find the earpiece that broke off.
Anyways, PLANNED PARENTHOOD ftw <3
Love & Light,
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Subject: [ecasound] Re: [linux-audio-dev] huge latency peaks with 2.4.10-smp kernel
From: Paul Davis (pbd_AT_op.net)
Date: Fri Oct 19 2001 - 20:56:08 EEST
>I don't like the way it's done. Mainstream goes digging latency holes all
>the time and small group of people is running after and trying to fill those
>holes. I'd like to see more co-operation and less one-eyed way of doing
agreed. but this is happening less and less. Ingo, Andrew and now
Richard's work is making many more people think about scheduling
latency issues. this would never have happened without their
demonstrating the amazing effect of their patches.
>That's why he should be thinking about every feature "how this affects
>throughput and latency". If it increases throughput by 10% but causes
>latencies to raise by order of magnitude that "improvement" should be
there are many, many users of the linux kernel who would not agree with you
at all about this. probably even the majority.
>Yes there is, virtual interrupts with priorities. Higher priority interrupts
>go over lower priority ones and interrupts are never disabled at hardware
You *have* to disable them at the h/w level. You can do it for a very
short time, but it still has to be done: you cannot service one IRQ
while another IRQ is already being processed. Its just impossible
without writing incredibly hideous code. I know, because I've done it,
and trust me, its not worth it. A fully instruction-level preemptable
context switch? Been there, done that, don't want to go back.
> Kernel should buffer interrupts. Something like RT-Linux does for the
>Linux kernel.
Linux is not RTLinux. The core kernel code does not claim ownership of
all interrupts. Thats what device driver interrupt routines are for.
It just so happens that despite the presence of a very nice design for
fast interrupt handling, many people, including some people who should
know better, have written interrupt handling systems that don't do the
right thing.
It doesn't seem reasonable to me to respond to this situation by
saying: "because programmer X didn't do the right thing in a *device
driver* (not an application), Linux must take over total
responsibility for hardware interrupts". That adds code to the common
case to solve a specific problem caused by someone's bad
design. Linus, myself and many others would never agree to such a poor
> We could also do some parallel interrupt processing in SMP
>machines ala RT-Linux. Soundcard interrupts could be fed to CPU #1 while
>everything else is handled by CPU #0.
There are patches to do task binding to processors, which is closer to
what you want than IRQ binding. But they slow down the common case,
and they are therefore not in the main kernel.
>Kernel could also disable badly behaving driver. Once too long in driver and
>*bang* driver is unloaded and device disabled.
Ouch. You mean instrument every place where we block and unblock
interrupts? Linus and 99.9% of the rest of the world are going to
really love that!
And besides, most of the places that concern us are not just in
drivers, but in the VM system. Note that there are also h/w designs
that are impossible to use in a low latency system: even BeOS warned
against any use of *any* joystick driver on their kernel for precisely
this reason. Certain MIDI implementations (*cough*sblive*cough*) could
be considered in the same category. Are their drivers "badly behaved",
or do you as a user, have to understand the implications of using them?
The point is to identify such pieces of code, and make sure people know about
them, ideally to the point of someone (the original author, or not)
rewriting the code in question and/or making sure users know the
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Last week I wrote a piece about the importance of giving a damn about yourself and your local problems. The purpose was to comfort those in times of loss and struggle, even though the problems of the world seem like much bigger and much more important problems. It's advice even I struggle to listen to. That being said, it's not that hard to arrive at that conclusion logically: we won't be able to make the world better if we ourselves are not in a position to do that effectively in the first place. Usually the only people who are going to solve your individual struggles are you and the people close to you, so you might as well work on the problem if you're one of the people who can fix it. This does not, however, only apply to immediate problems within our local everyday lives; this philosophy extends to much larger collective movements and many struggles that we fight against.
Many times when we advocate for a cause, we are met with pushback with the transparent purpose of derailing our fight because we aren't solving "the real problems". When last week's murders of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile at the hands of police officers prompted justified outrage, status quo defenders came out of the woodwork to say, "Black-on-black crime is a much bigger problem. Why aren't you focusing on that?" The atheist community in America often gets backlash from conservative apologists, who will chide us by stating, "Atheists have it pretty easy in America, why don't you care about the ones in the Middle-East that are killed?" A similar tactic is used to dismiss feminist causes, since any injustices that women face in America are not nearly bad as honor killings and female genital mutilation that appear in certain countries as a result of religious hegemony.
I already brought up the quote by Richard Feynman in the aforementioned piece, but since I find it such an immensely useful quote, I will bring it back up as an example of wonderful advice from one of history's most rational minds.
"The worthwhile problems are the ones you can really solve or help solve, the ones you can really contribute something to… No problem is too small or too trivial if we can really do something about it."
The problems we focus on are the ones we choose because we can do something about it. Let us not delude ourselves that every cause will be equally fruitful with the same amount of effort we put in. Furthermore, since we are finite beings with finite energy and finite time without an omnipotent force on our side, we will always have to pick our battles. As such, there is no shame in using our finite resources on apparently small potatoes, as long as we get some fruits out of our labor.
Black-on-black crime is absolutely a problem. So is white-on-white crime, since crime overwhelmingly tends to be intraracial, especially due to housing patterns where people of similar color will gravitate towards the same neighborhoods. White-on-white crime is the same problem as black-on-black crime, which is violent culture. This is a pretty hefty problem in a country that worships guns and the military. I'm absolutely not saying that it's an impossible or unworthy problem to solve; changing hearts and minds is something many of us work on everyday as atheists and secularists. However, solving this problem is a large and abstract task. Racial justice advocates have very concrete plans that can be written into laws and justice system policies for police reform, and how to educate and advocate for these causes . Don't get me wrong, this will hardly be an easy battle to fight, but we have a much more direct course of action with clear ways of achieving our goals than just attacking "violence" in general.
The same goes for any societal hurdles that atheists and women face at the hands of religious hegemony. Groups like the American Humanist Association (AHA) and Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) are known for filing lawsuits against seemingly frivolous offenses such as prayers at public school graduations, exclusively Christian representation in government meetings, or religious symbols on public property. There are certainly more harmful offenses being committed at the hands of religion such as religious-based workplace discrimination, public school indoctrination such as the teaching of creationism, and fucking Hobby Lobby. However, the aforementioned groups certainly seem to spend a lot of time focusing on apparently smaller issues. Certainly America is a great place for religious freedom already! We have no blasphemy laws. We have no rules against apostasy, unlike a variety of middle-eastern countries. We have no Raif Badawi over here. Why are we so focused on things as harmless as a mere cross in a park when ISIS still exists? Why are women so focused on silly and relatively benign gender roles in the United States when women in Saudia Arabia get lashes for being raped? These are BIG problems, why are we focusing on the small ones?
Simply put, because we can win them. I'm obviously firmly against the laws against religious freedom in the Middle East. While there are organizations that can help, we can only be so effective overseas. In comparison, FFRF clearly wins battles. If you give right-wing evangelcals an inch, they will try and take a mile, and we are far from having true religious equality in the United States as it is.
We should protest and speak out against laws in Saudi Arabia that prevent women from driving or walking around without a chaperone, but it will be difficult to make that change from here. By contrast, challenging traditional gender roles in the west is one of modern feminism's best endeavors (in my opinion). When you begin to challenge people on things women cannot do compared to men, the arguments get pretty silly. Just look at some of the things said against Mad Max: Fury Road or having a woman president (not just against Hillary, women in general). I'm not saying that it's a guaranteed win; fighting some of these battles can be just as fruitless as arguing against certain religious apologists. At the same time, our society is slowly becoming more egalitarian over time, and that's a result of our efforts in these conversations.
Consider, then, that whenever you want someone to focus on a "bigger" problem that you come across as tone policing. Everyone fights their battles in their own way. Unless someone appears to be actively causing harm, I tend not to police people's way of changing the world. It's worth talking about why someone would choose to fight in one way and not another, and maybe both people involved in the conversation can learn from each other. But by being dismissive of a cause you are diverting the conversation away from where solutions are being developed. You are actively putting your energy into preventing problems from being solved, whether or not that is your intention.
Some reading this may protest, stating, "It's only logical and reasonable that we focus on big problems? Why should we waste time on ones that aren't as important?" I have to mention that you are also committing an informal logical fallacy when you make this appeal. The dismissal of certain concerns due to the presence of more pressing concerns is known as the Fallacy of Relative Privation. If we can't care about prayers at board meetings because Saudi Arabia beheads people for blasphemy, then there are a lot of problems we can't solve here anyway. We aren't allowed to get food for our family because children are starving around the globe, we can't care about violence in America because there are still bombings in the Middle East, and we can't care about whooping cough while there are still AIDS epidemics in Africa. If you think this is a valid conclusion, I'm no longer concerned with your opinions because I think they are ludicrous.
There are pragmatic reasons to focus on the small issues. For one thing, change tends to be more effective the more local the problem is. Not only will there be fewer institutional and legislative hurdles to overcome at the local political level, but we are far more motivated to be involved with problems that affect us directly. This doesn't only apply to issues that hit close to home geographically, but also ones that directly affect our identities and the people close to us. If a trans person faces discrimination or they can't even pee where they work, you bet your ass they are going to have a much stronger fire lit under them to affect change in that area compared to other problems. If they're going to be effective at changing one particular thing for the better, why would you ask them to focus on something "way worse", such as gays being thrown off of buildings in Iraq? If you are interested in diverting their focus, you are acting like the parents who want to force their child to be an engineer when they have no math skills or interest in that type of field. It's simply not going to work.
And ultimately, there's nothing preventing us from caring about multiple causes. While we have finite resources, we are capable of caring about crosses at public parks as well as blasphemy laws. Both are important causes. Both are worth discussing and doing something about. You may only have the resources to focus on one, or enough to focus on both, or neither, and all options are ok. Join FFRF or The International Humanist and Ethical Union if either seem like good causes to you. I've only put money into one, but that doesn't mean I don't value the other. And that's because I've come to the conclusion that it isn't really up to anyone to decide what cause is important for anyone else (unless that cause is actively doing harm). I am always willing to "sell" why what I care about is important, but I think dismissing someone else for focusing on something I'm not as personally motivated for is misplaced. I have no good reason to say X is bad because Y is better.
So please do not police causes you see as pointless or useless. Chances are, they are serving a purpose. After all, if a problem can be solved, the important thing is that it can be solved. Someone will have to do it, even if it means taking time away from your favorite cause. That's ok, because the best problems worth solving are the ones that can be solved, however small.
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