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Texas Gov. Rick Perry has appointed Robert Poole of the Reason Foundation to a committee designed to study private investment options for toll roads in the Lone Star State.
Poole is the director of transportation studies for the Reason Foundation, a free-market think tank he founded. He is widely known as an advocate of public-private partnerships, congestion pricing and the leasing of infrastructure to private investors.
Poole, a resident of Florida, frequently writes on the topics of transportation, privatization and "free market" alternatives to government-controlled infrastructure. He has advised four U.S. presidents on transportation policy.
Perry tapped Poole as one of three appointments he made Thursday, Dec. 6, to the Study Committee on Private Participation in Toll Projects.
Perry also appointed John W. Johnson, a Houston resident who is past commissioner of the Texas Transportation Commission, and Grady W. Smithey of Duncanville who is secretary of the Dallas Regional Mobility Coalition.
Criteria for the committee originated in SB792 that Perry signed into law June 11. The legislation also gave quasi-government tolling authorities an exemption from a moratorium on privately funded toll roads.
Perry stated in a press release that he signed SB792 into law to keep construction moving in areas like Dallas and Houston where regional tolling authorities are building toll roads to battle congestion.
The Legislature directed the governor, lieutenant governor and speaker of the Texas House of Representatives to each appoint three people to the nine-member study committee.
House Speaker Tom Craddick, R-Midland, appointed Rep. Aaron Pena, D-Edinburgh; Rep. Larry Phillips, R-Sherman; and Rep. Wayne Smith, R-Baytown, to the committee in September.
Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst named Sen. John Carona, R-Dallas, chairman of the Senate Transportation and Homeland Security Committee; Sen. Tommy Williams, R-The Woodlands, Senate sponsor of SB 792; and Sen. Robert Nichols, R-Jacksonville.
According to the legislation that created it, the committee must deliver any reports, recommendations and/or proposed legislation to the governor no later than Dec. 1, 2008.
– By David Tanner, staff writer


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Israel News - Stay Informed, Pray Informed
This is part two of a four-part series on Russian maneuvering in the Middle East, and how it affects Israel. If you have not done so already, we recommend first reading Russian Chess in the Middle East - Part I and Russian Chess in the Middle East - Part II
Dmitri Trenin, Director of the Carnegie Moscow Center, a think tank focused on Russian domestic political affairs and foreign policy voiced a more "mainstream" opinion concerning recent Middle East developments.
US-Russian confrontation:
Referring to the battle between Russia and the US over the title of superpower, Trenin said "Moscow withdrew from geopolitical competition in the Middle East against the United States in 1990, at the time of the first Gulf War, and has not re-entered the race since then..."
Addressing the fears that the turmoil in the Arab world might grip Russia and China, the expert argued that the developments were not connected but conceded that the revolts might grip other countries in the region. "It is not so much a rehearsal as setting the stage for a wider regional confrontation. This stage is widening to include Lebanon, Bahrain, Iraq and even Saudi Arabia's Eastern province," he stressed.
According to the expert, the collapse of the current Syrian regime won't mean the end of Russia's influence in the country. "Russian interests in Syria are important, but far less than vital. If Syria indeed slides into chaos, it will cease to be a commercial partner for Russia... The civil war has already taken on a sectarian dimension. The Alawites will fight on, with Assad or without him," he explained.
The expert argued that Russia won't support a US strike on Iran but conceded that Moscow might be willing to "cooperate on the diplomatic track, which might include pressure. For now, however, Moscow thinks new sanctions will only empower the wrong people in Iran, and disempower the more sensible groups," Trenin told Israel Today.
Unlike Safarov, who speaks out against working with the Jewish state, Trenin voiced a more mainstream view, suggesting that the two countries might actually see eye-to-eye on some acute issues. "Most Russians feel a genuine affinity towards Israel," argued the pundit, who points out that -- apart from personal, cultural and economic ties -- many Russians sympathize with Israelis, who are subject to the constant threat of terrorism.
"As for President Putin, he may be Russia's most pro-Jewish leader," explained the expert, referring to the appointment of Mikhail Fradkov – whose father is Jewish – as the head of Russia's foreign security service and, years earlier, the first Jew to serve as prime minister.
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I spoke with a sales rep today about a Diamond Z machine. He was very helpful and gave me lots of information that I needed to help a customer of ours. Just wanted to touch bases with your company and give your guy some recognition. In the future, if I'm looking for equipment, I will use your business.
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Please hire me for this position. I want nothing more than to work at a fun place with funny people where something is being made, be it a magazine, an episode of a TV show or a website. As a television, book and fashion addict, I can fangirl about any of these things for extended periods of time in a variety of forms. I'm pretty sure I have the experience you are looking for, assuming that what you're looking for is a tumblr-obsessed recent grad with a slightly larger ass than she'd prefer.
I write for a popular online publication but that isn't paid, which is kind of bullshit because I write articles for them a lot and some of them get thousands of views and shares. I wrote for my college newspaper as well, which was also unpaid but I like seeing my name in print. Also, I was an intern at a local news station which was kind of fun but mostly boring because there wasn't a lot to do since it was such a small station. I would like to be on a busy set where people are rushing around a lot and screaming. I like to be where the action is.
I also run my own blog, which sadly does not have a lot of viewers but I enjoy updating it and making it look nice. When I started out, I was pretty convinced that I was going to be the next Blonde Salad and my blog would propel me to internet fame and a life full of free clothing and photo shoots. This did not happen in the least, unfortunately.
Desired compensation is to be paid a lot and get lots of free things at work, such as makeup, tickets to shows and food. Also, I want there to be a constant parade of celebrities in the office so I can meet everyone I admire.
I'm available to start working as soon as you interview me and I move to New York. This could be a few weeks or a month, depending on how much money is in my bank account. I don't really know because I haven't checked in a while and I've been buying a lot of pine nut-flavored Sabra hummus.
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I doubt you missed it but this week but WikiLeaks announced some very serious allegations on how vulnerabilities are being used by government agencies to compromise devices then use the devices to listen to conversations and capture all data from those devices. Do I have your attention now?
If you have one of following pay attention:
a. An iPhone
b. An Android phone and/or based device (this category is very wide)
c. Windows
d. Smart TV
e. Home IoT devices
f. Fake versions of security software from McAfee, Kaspersky, and Sophos
The list goes on and on. This truly represents a significant president that an intelligence organization has infiltrated and created a platform to compromised systems for spying. I for one am not surprised. Why????
1. Many companies do not have SDLCs that include security testing and those that do only do the minimums they are required for their particular industry.
2. Many do not threat model or conduct aggressive pen-testing that is required for many of these products.
3. Executives are more inclined to release an insecure product to get revenues versus doing the right thing and securing it from the get go. Go to many startup incubators, they only think about security and privacy when they hit several 1000 of users or larger companies start asking about the security posture. Many of the folks that fund these start-ups consider security a "patching" problem. They want their money so get the product to point where someone is going to pay big dollars for it and we can walk away.
4 .Vendors are not required to provide any assurance to their products. This is why IoT in the consumer and business markets is a bounty of either compromised or to be compromised devices that are used in pivot attacks.
So how do you protect yourself and your organization in this wild west of vulnerable software? Consider the data you collect, store and process then how it is touched by the known vulnerable products listed above. Now, start to remove your critical data from these platforms until the patches and fixes can be provided. Start asking vendors and service providers those uncomfortable questions:
a. How do you securely test and design your software or solution? Prove it!
b. Do you provide free upgraded and patches to your products?
c. When was the last time you experienced a data breach?
d. How is your source code protected and evaluated against backdoors and compromises?
e. What security training do you provide your staff on a regular basis?
f. What 3rd party evaluations have you had conducted against your products?
g. What is your vulnerability disclosure policy?
The answers to these questions are going to give you a good sense to the security posture of the vendor. If they cannot answer these immediate or have to go check. Walk away! A company that has instilled a culture of security will have the answers to all members of staff.
Additionally, I would recommend that you stay off public WiFi networks as these are used to hunt for victims. Stop making it easy for governments to gain access to your devices. This includes corporate confidential and IP data because they take that too. Harden your device as much as you can and use a IPSec VPN to project your data in transit. Finally, encrypt all your stored data. If your systems are compromise you need to have that additional level of protection.


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October 28, 2009
Business-to-business marketers can learn how to apply social media tools and tactics through an in-depth look at three different case studies at the Philadelphia Business Marketing Association's professional education event November 12 at the Manayunk Brewery.
This event will focus on how companies:
Beth Harte, marketer, blogger, speaker, adjunct professor, and Community Manager for Marketing Profs, will moderate this event and field questions from attendees. Beth has more than 15 years of experience that includes integrated marketing communications, strategic planning, branding, SEO/SEM and social media.
This event takes place from 6 – 8 pm. Admission includes appetizers buffet and one drink, plus time to network with peers.
Admission is $35 for BMA members, $48 for non-members. Guests who bring two nonperishable food items to the event will receive a free cocktail. Food donations go to Philabundance food bank, which supports more than 600 Delaware Valley agencies.
For event registration, and information on joining the Business Marketing Association, please visit www.bmaphiladelphia.org.
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Begun in 1922 as the National Industrial Advertising Association, today's Business Marketing Association represents a lifetime of expertise in business-to-business marketing and communications. For more than 80 years, BMA has been the pre-eminent service organization for professionals in this vital industry. As market realities so often prove, no one stays in business that long without continually meeting their customers' needs.


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It is widely known to everyone practicing FMD to avoid the consumption of dairy products due to the fact that it impedes our desire to lose weight. The high sugar concentration found on lactose contributes more on gaining weight than losing them. However, there are unwilling dieters who are hesitant to give up milk (like caffeine). It's because milk has long been part of their lives and a source of calcium.
How do we ensure that we're still getting the adequate amount of calcium without having to drink milk? Are there any other alternatives?
Here are our top 5 best food sources that you can eat and are alternative sources of Calcium:
1. Kale
Kale contains about 300 mg of calcium that is equivalent to a cup of milk. The greatest catch is that you can eat kale in all phases, giving you an opportunity to maximize your daily intake. You can put up to 3 and 1/2 cup of raw kale in your salad recipes.
2. Oranges
Oranges are a great source of vitamin C, but did you know that they are also a great source of calcium? A single navel orange can already give you 60 mg of calcium. You can add orange to your morning smoothie on Phase 1.
3. Salmon
Aside from being a great source of Omega-3, salmon is also packed with this nutrient. Just a 6 oz serving of salmon can already give you 400 mg of calcium. You can eat canned salmon in Phase 3. Bonus tip: you can eat the bones too! They're soft and edible.
4. Sardines
Three ounce serving of sardines will give you almost 400 mg of calcium. You can eat sardines on any phase, especially on Phase 2. Eat sardines on phase 2 as your snack and you're already halfway to your 1000 mg of your daily requirement.
5. Almond milk
Almond milk is one of our healthy dairy-free milk alternatives in the diet. The reason is because although it's not dairy, it is packed with calcium and vitamin D that promotes healthy bone growth. Same also with raw almonds.
Note: You can also add Himalayan or Celtic salt on your foods after you cook them. These salts can also contribute in upping your daily nutrient intake.
Let us already debunk the old myth that milk is the only main source of calcium for you. There are far, healthier foods where you can get more calcium and other nutrients than milk. Always consult with your physician to know your recommended nutrient intake.


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Lag screws are bolts with sharp points and coarse threads designed to penetrate and grip wood fibre as shown in Figure 5.13 below. They are used to anchor metal, or wood, to wood in areas inaccessible to the placement of a nut for a throughbolt, or where an especially long bolt would be needed to penetrate a joint fully.
Although lag screws do have some unique applications, throughbolts are considered to be a more positive means of connection since they are less dependent on workmanship for reliable installation.
The resistance of a lag screw generally increases with the length of the embedded thread portion. However, it is also affected by other considerations such as side plate thickness.
As with other types of metal fasteners, sufficient end and edge distance must be provided to prevent splitting and to provide sufficient area for shear and bearing resistance in accordance with engineering design codes.
Stock sizes of lag screws range from 25 to 400mm (1″ to 16″) in length and 6 to 25mm (1/4″ to 1″) in diameter.
The same requirements for washers apply to those used lag screws as to those used with bolts.
Two hole diameters are used to prepare a member to accept a lag screw, drill bits of two dimensions must be used. The smaller diameter hole is drilled to accept the threaded portion of the lag screw, and a larger diameter hole is drilled to accommodate the shank portion.
Figure 5.13: Lag Screws for Wood Construction


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Publication Date: May-2010
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It's all she's ever wanted to be, but it couldn't be further from her grasp… Dana Hathaway doesn't know it yet, but she's in big trouble. When her alcoholic mom shows up at her voice recital drunk, again , Dana decides she's had enough and runs away to find her mysterious father in Avalon: the only place on Earth where the regular, everyday world and the captivating, magical world of Faerie intersect. But from the moment Dana sets foot in Avalon, everything goes wrong, for it turns out she isn't just an ordinary teenage girl—she's a Faeriewalker, a rare individual who can travel between both worlds, and the only person who can bring magic into the human world and technology into Faerie. Soon, Dana finds herself tangled up in a cutthroat game of Fae politics. Someone's trying to kill her, and everyone seems to want something from her, from her newfound friends and family to Ethan, the hot Fae guy Dana figures she'll never have a chance with… until she does. Caught between two worlds, Dana isn't sure where she'll ever fit in and who can be trusted, not to mention if her world will ever be normal again…Jenna Black brings a new magical adventure series to light with Glimmerglass; the story of Dana, one of the rare children of both a human and a fey parent. Dana is a Faerie Walker, a rare type of magic that allows her to cross the boundary between realms and bring magic, or technology, from one to the other. Her magic is very rare and when it is discovered Dana is in more danger than she can imagine, and no one can be trusted.
Glimmerglass is a compelling story with a protagonist that can be related to easily. Dana is the right mix of confused, impatient and impulsive; with an extraordinarily embarrassing drunk of a Mother, Dana does what any teenager would do: she goes to find her Father.
While at times the dialogue can seem too constructed, and the characters appear fickle, Glimmerglass is written with a refreshing dose of reality. No one, not even Dana's parents, can resist the lure of her magic and Dana must look after herself. This doesn't mean that Dana is in danger from everyone, or that her family and friends don't care, but that they can be distracted from pursuing her protection.
As Uncle Ben says "With great power comes great responsibility" and so must Dana learn that her magic is a lure that many will find hard to ignore.
I didn't like Ethan, he was too distant from the narrative to draw me in as a love interest. Too much effort is made to inflate his mysterious sexiness and there is no real effort by made Black to prove he has his own 'immense powers'. His relationship with his Father and sister also made him less appealing as a person when combined with his actions towards Dana.
Overall though, I was encouraged by Glimmerglass and thoroughly enjoyed the new twist on old magic concepts of two separate realms. The idea of Faerie Walkers fits neatly into our own folk law concerning the Other World, and explains why only a select few can travel between the worlds.
I look forward to getting my hands on Shadowspell which was published in January this year, and puts Dana in the way of worse danger than she has ever faced.
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Hi Hannah,
I'm writing in response to the letter I received from your high school asking for a donation for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. You know, I'm sure, Hannah, that I like to support you and Bradley in all that you do. I am very proud of both of you, even though we are not related. That's why I want to give you an explanation as to why I cannot contribute to this project.
In 2001, Diana and I joined the animal rights movement. I was conflicted at first, wondering if I was on the wrong side, criticizing animal research. My reservations were soon dispelled when I began investigating the researchers at Ohio State. I infiltrated researcher meetings, both undercover and as a "guest" with other animal rights activists. I recall sitting in a meeting with Ohio State's Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee, when the chairman tried to tease us activists by saying that an easy way to "sacrifice" a small research animal was just to whack its head on the corner of one's desk. I once heard a room full of researchers burst into laughter when they saw projected on a screen a picture of a large dead animal, probably a rhinoceros, splayed across as examination table. I learned that the researchers' first concern seemed to be money and being well-paid, not the advancement of science. I learned that they would engage in worthless research if it was lucrative, such as Ohio State's infamous "Cats-on-Meth" research, which my group tried to stop. We uncovered an email message from the leader of the animal research department saying that "Cats-on-Meth" must continue — despite being exposed as crude, useless, and cruel — so that it wouldn't look like the animal rights activists had "won" on this issue. (The cats' misery finally ended a few years later, when the funding dried up. Nothing of value came from it.) And I learned that the animal research industry is a multi-billion dollar business that protects itself from advancements such as using computer models as alternatives to animal research.
It is not easy to uncover data on the animal research at St. Jude Hospital, but I found records from 2006 and 2009 that show that in those two years, seven pigs and 593 ferrets were subjected to experiments involving unrelieved "pain and distress," and that they were at no point given anything to relieve their suffering before dying or being "sacrificed." (Since no records are required for the use of rodents, which are 90% of research animals, we can only guess how many of them were subjected to such treatment.)
One of the hard parts of getting older, Hannah, is learning that many things are not as they seem. St. Jude Research Hospital, with its fine reputation, is one of those disappointments in life.
For 39 years, St. Jude has sponsored the "World's Largest Coon Hunt Benefit for St. Jude" in Decatur County, Tennessee. In what is billed as family entertainment, dogs that have been trained on live bait gang up on, catch, and viciously rip apart live raccoons. This exercise in cruelty reveals that St. Jude has no compassion for animals, and cannot be expected to have any for the unfortunate research animals they torment to keep the charity funds, i.e., research funds for researcher salaries, pouring in.
Because of animal cruelty associated with St. Jude, I'm sorry that I can't contribute to Groveport Madison's charity project this year, Hannah. I know you will understand. Thank you for being such a lovely and caring person.
Your old friend,


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My first read of 2016 and Hall's book was such a pleasure to delve in. As already stated, Hall is getting to be a favourite now and I look forward to reading him with great anticipation.
Of the three books, each has been better than the last. This one however is the prequel to the Burning. Having read Burning before this, I had an idea of how events turn out in Jenny's personal life therefore no suspense there.
However, the plot that finds Jenny Cooper in the midst is a complex story about Biological weapons.
Jenny Cooper is called in to investigate into an apparent suicide. However, when her husband calls her for help when a friend's little girl, mysteriously falls ill and dies, Cooper begins to sense a connection between the two.
What she unravels is a dark secret that connects the dusty dunes of present day Africa to a decades old murder in the United States.
People are killed and Cooper is soon hot on the trail. In the process of uncovering the truth, she ends up compromising her personal life, more importantly the life of those dear to her.
What works:
- I remember reading Robin Cook as a teenage and this bore a stark resemblance to it. However, Hall has a distinct way of approaching his plots. Where Cook tends to get too technical with subject matter, Hall writes for an audience that are non-medics and simplifies complex medical concepts into readable terms.
- The characters. Cooper's flawed, drug-dependent character is so real. I love the character and can identify with it. Also her relationship with David and Alison is quite different to other stable relationships of other who "dunnit" protagnists.
- The plot. It is always a seemingly open and shut case but invariably takes a sinister turn. It is racy, intelligent and full of action. Ticks all boxes for me really.
What doesn't:
Hall's books are beginning to have a predicatable frame. But that for me is familiarity. I like to sit back, start with an outline that I know will pan out into a plot with surprises galore.
It works for me therefore it wouldn't be fair to put it under the "what doesn't" section.
Hall's books are interesting, racy and read well.
A great set of ingredients for a superb read.


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January 23, 2009
By Yevgeny Kiselyov
It is too early to tell if the gas wars between Russian and Ukraine have ended for good. Although it would seem at first glance that the conflict was put to rest when Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko signed a 10-year gas delivery agreement on Monday in Moscow, it didn't take long for Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko's camp to protest the pact.
Yushchenko supporters claim that Tymoshenko didn't have the authority in the first place to negotiate gas prices and sign an agreement with Putin. They accuse Tymoshenko of trading away Ukraine's national interests, including the claim that she supports Gazprom's purported plans for taking ownership of Ukraine's entire gas transport grid. Andrei Kislinsky, the deputy chief of staff in Yushchenko's administration, announced that Tymoshenko and the Kremlin have already created a working group to work out the details of this project. Tymoshenko's main objective in meeting Putin, they assert, was to demonstrate her unconditional loyalty to the Kremlin in exchange for the Kremlin's unconditional support for her in the Ukrainian presidential election in late 2009 or early 2010 (the exact date hasn't been set yet).
It is even possible that on Friday, Ukraine's National Security Council, with Yushchenko as chairman, will declare the gas agreement Tymoshenko signed with Moscow null and void.
It is well known that deliveries of Russian gas were conducted through RosUkrEnergo, a highly controversial intermediary, for the last three years. The company is registered in Switzerland, with a 50 percent stake held by Gazprom and 50 percent owned by private Ukrainian businessmen [!!!] who purportedly profited by manipulating gas supplies and paid big kickbacks to high-ranking officials in Kiev and possibly elsewhere.
RosUkrEnergo has been a major point of contention among feuding political groups for a while; in fact, Tymoshenko made the issue a theme in her 2007 parliamentary election campaign, vowing to eliminate RosUkrEnergo from the transaction. In addition, allegations are occasionally made that Yushchenko has financial ties to RosUkrEnergo.
During the three-week conflict, Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller made a statement implying that Yushchenko had lobbied for RosUkrEnergo's interests and initiated the gas conflict with Moscow when he understood that Tymoshenko was serious about liquidating RosUkrEnergo. Now, as a result of Monday's agreement, RosUkrEnergo has been definitively removed as the middleman. It is difficult to imagine that Yushchenko will simply forgive Tymoshenko for her aggressive moves.
It might seem that Russia came out on the losing end of the gas war.
On the other hand, Moscow achieved at least part of what it hoped to accomplish in its conflict with Kiev. Although the Kremlin wasn't able to drive a complete wedge between Ukraine and Europe, the political elite in Kiev, who set their sights high on becoming integrated with Europe politically and economically, suffered a serious blow when Ukraine earned a reputation as an unreliable partner. But Moscow's largest battle gain was destabilizing Ukraine's internal political situation. Kiev's opposing political groups have again locked horns and are bogged down in another serious confrontation.
The Ukrainian media are already discussing the question: Did Moscow offer to support Tymoshenko in her presidential bid? If so, what did she offer the Kremlin in return? Perhaps a rejection of Ukraine's aspiration to join NATO or an extension of the contract for Russia's Black Sea Fleet that is set to expire in 2017?
In reality, these theories should be treated with skepticism. After all, Tymoshenko has no intention of committing political suicide by risking the alienation of the roughly half of Ukraine's voters located in the western part of the country, for whom a pro-Russia policy is absolutely unacceptable. Moreover, she is a quintessential politician -- which is to say an opportunist above all. She might have made various promises to Putin and President Dmitry Medvedev, but it would be naive to think that she would necessarily make good on all of them.
As is often the case, the Kremlin does not have a backup plan if things go wrong. What if the majority of European countries take Kiev's side in its ongoing battle with Moscow? What if Yushchenko follows through and annuls the gas agreement Tymoshenko signed with Putin?
Beyond the gas conflict, what if the global economic crisis cripples Russia worse than it ever expected? What if oil prices fall to $10 per barrel in 2009? What if the ruble exchange rate reaches 50 to the dollar? What if Putin's and Medvedev's ratings fall? If any one of these events were to happen, the Kremlin would have a lot more to worry about than Yushchenko and Tymoshenko. In this case, the Kremlin would quickly forget about its obsession to punish Yushchenko for all of his sins, including his 2004 Orange Revolution, NATO aspirations and arms shipments to Georgia in the August war.
Yevgeny Kiselyov hosts a political talk show on Ekho Moskvy radio and is chief editor of TVi, a new television channel in Ukraine.
Russia, Ukraine sign gas deal, end standoff
By Nataliya Vasilyeva, with contributions from Yuras Karmanau and Maria Danilova in Kiev, Ukraine.
January 19, 2009
MOSCOW -Russia and Ukraine signed a deal Monday that restores natural gas shipments to Ukraine and paves the way for an end to the nearly two-week cutoff of most Russian gas to a freezing Europe.
The agreement was signed by the heads of Russia's state-run natural gas monopoly Gazprom and the Ukraine's gas company Naftogaz. The signing was witnessed by Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian counterpart Yulia Tymoshenko.
Putin said Gazprom had received orders to resume shipments bound for Europe, which had been cut since Jan. 7 as Moscow and Kiev argued over 2009 gas prices and allegations that Ukraine was stealing gas destined for Europe.
Ukraine disputed this, claiming that Russia was not sending enough "technical gas" to push the rest further west.
Officials say the restored gas shipments could take up to 36 hours to cross Ukraine and reach European customers.
Europe gets about 20 percent of its total gas needs from Russia via Ukrainian pipelines, and the cutoff hit hard at some countries, such as Bulgaria and Slovakia, that rely almost entirely on Russia for gas.
The confrontation has deeply shaken Europeans' trust in both Russia and Ukraine as reliable energy suppliers, as more than 15 nations have been forced to scramble for alternative sources of energy. The dispute was further complicated by geopolitical struggles over Ukraine's future and over lucrative export routes for the energy riches of the former Soviet Union.
Tymoshenko and Putin negotiated a preliminary deal for Ukraine to get gas with a 20 percent discount from this year's average European price, which Russia says is $450 per 1,000 cubic meters. That would double the price Ukraine paid in 2008.
However, natural gas prices for Europe are expected to fall sharply later this year, due to the fall in oil prices. By midsummer, Ukraine could be paying as little as $150 for 1,000 cubic meters, said Ronald Smith, a strategist at Moscow's Alfa Bank.
Ukrainian Parliament Speaker Volodymyr Lytvyn said Monday, citing Naftogaz and Russian officials, that the average price Ukraine will pay this year will be around $240 to $250. He did not elaborate.
Russia won a key principle, however, that Ukraine must pay more for its energy supplies. Russia also won't have to pay higher transit prices to Ukraine to use its pipelines.
Putin said in 2010, Ukraine will have to pay full price for Russian gas, and Russia will pay market prices for transit.
In the long term, it is not clear how Ukraine will pay for the huge amount of Russian gas needed to run its outdated factories and heating systems.
Ukrainian opposition leader Viktor Yanukovych said any gas price higher than $250 would be mean a "collapse" of the economy, which is already coping with a collapse of the national currency, a drastic fall in exports and a shaken banking sector.
Germany could hold key to gas deal
BBC New
January 16, 2009
Of all the countries in the European Union, it is Germany which has the best relations with Russia. And which, perhaps, is best placed to help negotiate an end to the gas crisis.
The two countries are major trading partners. They are even building a pipeline together - North Stream - which will bring Russian gas to Europe under the Baltic Sea, bypassing Ukraine.
Moscow claims this route will ensure there are no further interruptions to Europe's energy supplies.
Vladimir Putin is best friends with the German chairman of the pipeline consortium - former Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder.
What is more, Mr Putin speaks fluent German from his days as a KGB spy based in Dresden. (Angela Merkel speaks fluent Russian - so no language barrier there.)
But as the energy dispute between Moscow and Kiev drags on, the Germans are growing increasingly frustrated with the Russians.
Prior to Mr Putin's visit to Berlin, Chancellor Merkel warned the Kremlin its credibility as an energy supplier was on the line. She promised to pass that message on personally to Mr Putin during his visit to Germany.
Embarrassed and annoyed by the images of Europeans shivering without Russian gas, the Germans have been threatening to diversify their energy sources.
"Within the European Union, the subject of energy security is now very important," Guenter Gloser, Germany's minister for Europe, said.
"We need to be independent of those supplying our energy - so we need more energy efficiency, we need more renewable energies like solar projects and we need a range of energy partners - not just Russia."
That is easy to say - and it has been said many times before, not only by Germany, but by other EU countries.
History repeating itself
The last time Russia turned off the gas taps to Ukraine in 2006, causing temporary gas shortages further west, European leaders vowed that never again would they allow energy disputes to the east to leave Europe freezing.
The phrase "energy security" became the rallying cry of the EU.
There were calls to boost solar energy, wind power, and make plans to import liquid gas by sea. Anything to ensure that Europe would not be too dependant on the Russians and get caught out twice.
But three years on, it has happened all over the again.
Another dispute between Russia and Ukraine - and once again Europe is freezing. The EU is facing accusations it was too complacent and too divided over European energy policy.
"The usefulness of a crisis is that it forces you to look into the mirror," chief correspondent of Die Welt newspaper Michael Stuermer said.
"That didn't happen. This present crisis could be seen on the radar over the last three months. The signals were coming all the time. I don't think the German government or the EU Commission took note of the seriousness. We didn't learn much from the crisis of 2006."
Micahel Stuermer believes the latest row could nudge the EU to come up with a "coherent energy strategy".
Considering that the European Union currently gets a quarter of its gas from Russia, it is difficult to imagine such a strategy excluding Russia.
Gas-starved EU nations seek end to energy crisis
Associated Press
January 14, 2009
MOSCOW -- The leaders of several gas-starved European nations traveled to Ukraine and Russia on Wednesday, pressing them to restore supplies as the EU threatened both with legal action for halting energy deliveries in the midst of winter.
But Ukraine's natural gas company said for a second straight day it would not send Russian gas along to Europe. It claimed that Russia's gas monopoly Gazprom was trying to force it to cut service to parts of Ukraine in order to send the gas along.
For his part, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin accused Ukraine of holding European nations hostage and insisted the EU should not accept Ukraine's claims. He spoke as met with the prime ministers of Slovakia, Bulgaria and Moldova at his residence outside Moscow.
"No matter what papers others provide, I'll burn them in the oven," he told the visitors. "We opened the tap, and are ready to supply gas, but on the other side, the tap is closed.
"Nobody, no transit country, has the right to use its transit location to take other customers hostage," Putin declared.
Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico said "Ukraine is losing the trust of European partners because of its behavior."
"The most unpleasant part is that millions of Europeans feel like hostages and are truly suffering," added Bulgaria's Sergei Stanishev.
With no end to the politically charged dispute in sight -- despite a weekend agreement that sent teams of EU monitors out to pumping stations to keep tabs on the gas flows -- the EU was fed up.
European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso warned Gazprom and Naftogaz, Ukraine's state-run gas company, that he will urge European energy companies to sue them unless they move quickly to restore gas supplies.
"If the agreement is not honored, it means that Russia and Ukraine can no longer be considered reliable partners for the European Union in matters of energy supply," Barroso told the European Parliament.
Gazprom stopped sending gas into Ukraine's pipeline system on Jan. 7, alleging that Ukraine was siphoning off supplies destined for Europe. Ukraine has denied the charges, claiming that Russia has not sent enough so-called "technical gas" to pump the rest of the gas west to Europe.
Gazprom cut off all gas supplies to Ukraine itself on Jan. 1, amid a clash over what price Ukraine should pay for gas in 2009.
The dispute has affected millions of people, mostly in eastern Europe and sent at least 15 European nations scrambling for heat. Thousands of businesses have had to shut down or cut production, forcing workers into involuntary layoffs.
Russia opened a tap to Ukraine on Tuesday after the hard-won EU deal to monitor gas flows, raising hopes across Europe.
But Ukraine's gas company Naftogaz did not deliver the gas to Europe, saying Gazprom demanded that it use a technically arduous route which would force Ukraine to halt supplies to a large swath of its own territory. Ukraine uses Russian gas, but also produces natural gas on its own and has large stockpiles of the fuel.
Naftogaz head Oleh Dubina said Gazprom made the same request again Wednesday -- and he would not agree to halt supplies to Ukrainian consumers.
"Unfortunately, we answered the same way: we cannot leave our regions without gas," Dubina told reporters.
Gazprom has rejected the claim, saying the route was fine.
Earlier in Kiev, Fico urged Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko to hold talks with Putin to resolve the dispute as soon as possible.
"We ask for talks between the prime ministers of Russia and Ukraine. This is an issue that is very important for us," Fico said.
Russia and Ukraine are deeply at odds over what Ukraine will pay for Russian gas in 2009. Ukraine last year paid $179.50 per 1,000 cubic meters of gas and its president said Tuesday that Ukraine will pay no more than $210 in 2009.
Russia wants Ukraine to pay market price for gas, about the $450 that European customers pay.
By Gordana Filipovic
Moscow Times
14 January 2009
Supplies to Europe have been cut off for almost a week in freezing temperatures after Russia turned off the tap to Ukraine in a long-running feud. Even though a deal was reached Monday, the second in two days, gas supplies still failed to restart on Tuesday.
The Balkans took Europe's biggest hit, with hundreds of thousands of households initially losing heat and dozens of businesses forced to halt production.
Analysts said it was premature to assess the impact on growth, but lower industrial output for the month of January was possible. The midterm outlook depends on global economic conditions and the impact of falling global demand.
"Given lower demand, many firms have piled stocks in the last few months, and I don't think demand or sales will suffer," said Raiffeisenbank analyst Zdeslav Santic in Zagreb.
"But some producers, like those of construction materials, may be forced to reduce or stop production, which would lead to job losses," he said.
The economic impact could become more visible if the latest deal in restoring gas supplies hits a snag, especially for countries with little or no reserve, said Vladimir Gligorov of the Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies. "Croatia has had its own reserves to rely on at the time of crisis, Bulgaria may not have sufficient gas reserves, but they've got the European Union to turn to for assistance and Serbia has no reserves and no one to turn to," Gligorov said.
With politicians focusing on restoring heat to households, some factories reliant on natural gas have halted production. After a few days, Hungary and Germany agreed to sell some gas to EU-hopeful Serbia, where drugs company Hemofarm, owned by Germany's Stada, and fertilizer manufacturer Azotara suspended production.
The gas disruption has hurt the backbone of Bulgaria's industry, where steelmakers, chemical and fertilizer producers as well as food processors use natural gas. The national employers' organization has estimated daily losses at 500 million levs ($367 million), but direct losses were lower, at around 13 million levs a day, Economy Minister Petar Dimitrov said.
Neighboring Macedonia's main steel exporter halted work.
In Croatia, steel mills, sugar plants, chemical industry and construction material producers have been the most exposed as they rely on gas, the Croatian Chamber of Commerce said.
Incidentally, the gas outage even caused Sarajevo's eternal flame -- a monument to victims of World War II -- to go out last week.
The flame came on again when Hungary started shipping gas to Bosnia.
But a major impact on the Balkans' economic growth is seen as unlikely.
"The gas crisis is likely to have a modest measurable impact on growth in the first quarter, and the impact will be more sizable if the shutoff continues beyond this week," said Richard Segal, a UBA Capital analyst based in London.
Rhetoric versus reality. Russian threats to European energy supply
By Andreas Goldthau
Energy Policy (36), 2008
Europe's dwindling gas reserves
by Wendy Braanker
Radio Netherlands Worldwide
In an address to Flame, Professor Jonathan Stern from the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies said:
There is criticism from another corner as well. This week, Italian human rights activists - they are not the first - called on Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi not to forget human rights in his trade discussions with Russian President Putin. However, energy is sure to play an important role in the talks between Mr Prodi and his Russian counterpart. Italy's energy giant En is on the point of signing a contract with Russia's state energy company Gazprom.
Soothing words
However, not dealing with Russia is not an option according to dozens of speakers at the Flame conference. Europe needs Russian gas. There are no alternatives.
Clean Beta
Despite reduced energy consumption in 2006, energy production fell 2.3%, which drove up net imports by 2.4% in 2006 and the energy dependence rate to 54% from 53% in 2005.
Finland consumed roughly 10% more energy in 2006 than the preceding year. For the five largest energy consumers, which accounted for nearly two thirds of total consumption in the EU, consumption moved +0.5% in Germany, -1.2% in France, -1.6% in the United Kingdom, -0.6% in Italy and -0.5% in Spain.
Europe has actually gotten more dependent on energy imports in the past few years, especially in Cyprus, Malta, Luxembourg and Ireland. The countries with the least dependency on energy imports were: Poland (20%), the United Kingdom (20%), the Czech Republic (28%) and Romania (29%). More importantly, Denmark has achieved the unthinkable and become a net exporter of energy.


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Life is a journey, full of smaller stages each with its own destination; not THE destination (EC) but "A Destination".
So… Let It Come Down: on August 17 or 18 (or August 31/September 1 if conditions are not favorable), Team Awesome (Ben, Rachael and I) will swim from Palm Beach to Manly; at a distance of about 28km this is becoming a rite of passage for many marathon swimmers: June 2012 it was successfully swum by Tori Gorman, Wayne Arthur and Alistair Newmarch, in August by Iain McGregor and then in February by Jason Connor and Tara Diversi. Helen Conway has more recently swum from Palm Beach to Bundeena, but let's not get ahead of ourselves! I'm sure (or at least I think) that others must have swum it before this generation of crazy ass swimmers, but who knows… this is my (our) turn!
At different times I have swum the entire distance between these 2 iconic beaches: in June 2012 I swam from Palmie to Bungan (being a poorer swimmer then and not able to swim as far as I'd have liked); while I had given up and gotten out of the water by this point, due to fatigue and hypothermia, our team was plagued by a missing swimmer, a pretty terrifying experience; never have the familiar beaches of Mona Vale and Warriewood seemed so hostile and ominous as we circled in the boat looking for him. In August I accompanied Iain from Newport to Dee Why; as for Dee Why to Manly, I have swum that several times in both directions, most recently a return journey!
We have all decided we need an interim goal; something to aim for to break up the months ahead leading to the channel. Already Jennie has agreed to kayak for us, as will Collie; Rachael is pursuing buddies with a kayak and we'll have Nics on the boat (a bit of training with my handler for EC); piloting us we have the ever reliable John Oliver (a photo of his boat is appended), making quite a reputation for himself as a pilot of some note.
28km is no mean feat; I'm pretty sure it will be further than any of us have swum before (who knows how far we swam in Melbourne, but in all likelihood it will be at least an hour longer in the water), but with the mutual support of Team Awesome, our support crew and Coach Vlad (who has prepare a bespoke training schedule!) it's a very exciting proposition; 8 or 9 more weeks of training to achieve a short term goal… one step closer to the channel; if I can swim 28km 10 months before the channel, what is there to stop me!


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Likely voters are fairly confident that their personal financial situation will improve this year, even as 39 percent of them say they are less confident that the economy is improving, according to The Hill Poll.
Just over half of respondents — 52 percent — said they expect their personal finances to improve either a little or a lot over the next year, while 44 percent said they anticipated a downslide.
That faith was expressed even as just 32 percent of likely voters said they were more confident about the economy now than they were at the start of the year. Twenty-eight percent reported they felt about the same amount of confidence.
The poll, conducted on Thursday, came less than a week after the Labor Department reported the economy added only 120,000 jobs in March, the softest employment report of the current year.
It also comes with the economy likely to take center stage in the presumed November matchup between President Obama and likely Republican nominee Mitt Romney, and illustrates the deep partisan divide over the economic recovery.
With Tax Day approaching on Tuesday, 45 percent of likely voters said their taxes have increased over the last year, while 35 percent said they have remained the same and only 12 percent said they have decreased.
And with Republicans and Democrats alike proposing changes in the tax code, voters appear to prefer returning to a Clinton-era top rate of 39.6 percent for the wealthiest taxpayers rather than a proposal recently floated by House Republicans that would drop the top rate to 25 percent.
The poll of 1,000 likely voters, conducted by Pulse Opinion Research with a 3-point error margin, found that Republicans and conservatives were much more likely than liberals and Democrats to feel more pessimistic about both the state of the economy and their own checkbooks.
In all, 63 percent of conservatives and 54 percent of Republicans predicted their personal finances would take a dive in the upcoming year.
But 75 percent of Democrats and almost 80 percent of liberals believed their situation would improve in that same timespan.
Roughly six in 10 liberals were also more confident about the economy than they were at the start of 2012, after employers added more than 200,000 jobs each month between December and February.
The unemployment rate (8.2 percent) is down to its lowest point since January 2009, the month Obama took office.
Still, following the March report, 62 percent of conservatives are less confident that the economy is improving.
Centrists also were more confident about the economy and their own financial condition than independents, while black voters were much more optimistic than whites on both questions.
As for the tax code, half of voters said they could get behind returning the tax rate on the highest earners to 39.6 percent, where it stood during the Clinton administration and where President Obama would like it to return.
Only 32 percent of voters embraced a plan to implement two brackets of 10 percent and 25 percent, a tax reform framework that House Republicans included in their most recent budget.
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The House GOP has not specified the income thresholds for their two-bracket plan.
But even Republicans with an opinion on the proposal haven't exactly been won over, with GOP respondents basically split down the middle on the idea, with 36 percent in favor and 38 percent opposed, a statistical tie given the poll's error margin.
GOP lawmakers have said their plan to simplify the tax code would increase economic growth and help make the United States more competitive. But Democrats have charged that their framework would likely require the elimination of many tax incentives used by the middle-class, like the deduction for mortgage interest.
Obama, meanwhile, has repeatedly said that he wants the Bush-era tax rates to expire for family income of more than $250,000 a year, which would mean an increase for those paying the current top rate of 35 percent.
Even so, voters making more than $100,000 a year were evenly split on both the 25 percent top bracket and the 39.6 bracket proposals.
Those making between $75,000 a year and $100,000 were the most supportive of the GOP proposal at 44 percent, while 60 percent of voters earning between $40,000 and $60,000 preferred returning to the Clinton-era top rate.
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Plate Project. The idea was born from a friend´s joke about all the things that I carried in my purse in order to avoid the use of disposables.
How many disposables could I save if I carried around my own cup and plate? I gave it a thought it wasn´t an absurd idea, at least trying it I could test its usefulness and leave it aside. For how long? One week? A month? One year?... One month would be enough to count how many plates and cups I could save. But why not go further? The dish could be a comparison tool for the use of disposables in other countries as well as a pretext to tell stories about everyday life from around the world through the scope of the food universe.
I was lucky. When I talked about the project, people accepted and were happy to help. The dish is a symbol, a tiny gesture that can touch many people, whoever joins us at the table, cooks, waiters, the onlookers that pass in front of the street food stands and, of course, whom ever generously takes a little time to read us.
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When it comes to The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, I typically refer to the copies posted in my previous entry; while I still use them to look up quotes or information from the appendices, the Barbara Remington-illustrated set is now my go-to copy for reading. This is one of my favourite sets and it took me a decent amount of time to acquire, so I like to use it as much as possible!
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I write this at the end of a difficult week, one full of sadness and reflection. It started on a high, amid 3250 sales leaders at our FKOM in Singapore. But was quickly followed by the devastating news of the death of two very special colleagues: Andreas Raab and Dean Jacobs. I have never written an obituary before, and this isn't one. Rather it is my attempt to piece together what their lives, and now their passing, have meant, and what I've tried to learn from this, after a few fragmented moments of reflection.
Andreas was a key developer of Squeak, under Alan Kay's guidance, and a distinguished member of our technical team at SAP. He died suddenly, and abruptly, earlier this week. And Dean, or Deano as I called him for years, another distinguished colleague and dear friend, succumbed to cancer, but not before giving it a hell of a fight.
All week, since absorbing these two hits, I've found myself wandering along, somewhat numb, wondering just how fragile, and fleeting, transient, life is. How quickly, and abruptly, and certainly, it ends. And how we are never prepared, even when we know. How complacent we are, assuming that there is a tomorrow, and carrying on with minutiae and trivia, knowing, certainly in the back of our heads, if not in the front, that these amount to nothing. How much energy we waste chasing after ghosts, fighting off stupidity, even when we are better off ignoring it, how much time we spend mired in nonsense, being slowed down by the viscosity of the inane and the mundane. Unaware that moments of joy, and togetherness, and love, and passion, and giving, and creating, and being in touch with the nature within, and the nature without, constitute precisely the intransience, and the permanence, that we seek, and yet assume for granted and ignore for the shallow and the meaningless. And yet every once in a while, even if far too rarely, these truths shine through in our work.
After 9/11, Andreas wrote in his blog:
Dear friends and collegues,
The shocking incidents of today make it important for me to say two things: First of all, I wish to express my sadness about what happened in New York and D.C. and I am sure that all of the World is with the U.S. in this hour.
The second issue, which is actually far more important, is that we are in fact working here for a better future - a future in which such horrible incidents don't happen, a future in which our children will live and learn in peace. Computers - the internet - can help to understand other cultures better, can help to understand problems of regions far away better, can help to raise our attention to both, tragedies and threats from parts of this world seemingly far away.
Let us not get distracted by these horrible incidents. Let us work for a better future for all of us, and our children.
My prayers are with the families of all the people in the New York and D.C. area. Although the world will never be as it was yesterday, we can still work to make it a *better* world than before. What I've seen and heard today is in fact giving more hope than one would expect in such an hour.
- Andreas
Andreas, you were right. Computing technologies are still early, with a promise to improve our lot that is far and wide. We can, and must, continue to work for a better future for all of us.
Deano once patiently heard me out on an idea I had, back in 2008, and immediately called it VINA. Those of us who know why I'd named my product HANA, can surmise what VINA would be an acronym of (these were different things). He told me to pursue it with all vigor and passion I could, and even wrote up a two page plan and description for it. He almost single-handedly woke SAP up to some harsh realities of the Cloud world. His observation, that about 2000 1TB DRAM servers could hold all the energy consumption data and compute power to enable more than a billion people around the world (customers of SAP's utilities customers) to play with it, and take better control of their energy destiny.
Both voices now silent, taken far too soon, their dreams far from finished. And yet both lived lives of passion, and love, and creativity and curiosity.
Jiddu Krishnamurti once said, when reflecting on death, that one cannot fully understand death without understanding life, and that "One may try to give meaning to life, as most people do, saying life is this, or life must be that, but putting aside all these romantic, illusory, idealistic nonsenses, life is one's daily sorrow, its competition, despair, depression, agony - with the occasional flash of beauty and love." Both Deano, and Andreas, up wherever you are now, thank you, and Godspeed. You gave us plenty of flashes of beauty and love to celebrate, to remember you by, and to carry on your work and your legacy...


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If you have been tagging along
with me for some time now,
you know all about my
great grandmother, Effie.
She is the one who first
got me interested in cooking ...
I remember helping her in the kitchen -
rolling biscuits and soaking collards.
I would go visit her in Charleston, SC
and stay for a week or two at the time.
She was the kindest, most loving person
who taught me so many things.
And, although she's been gone
for many years now,
Grandma Effie still inspires me daily to
not only be a better chef, but a better person!
So, you can only imagine how ecstatic I was
when my dad called a few weeks ago and told me
he had found her old recipe box!
{It had been MIA since her passing.}
I almost burst into tears when he said the words!
My amazing aunt let me borrow them
so I could snap some photos and copy down
the recipes Effie used and cherished!
You know me ...
I just HAD to share this discovery with you!
Here are some snap shots of her
handwritten cards - which I swear still smell like her!
How awesome, right!?
I took 3 of the photos
and printed each on a small canvas
to hang in my kitchen:
|Those are her serving spoons, too! :)
|How cool is that wooden recipe box!? Had to get a picture of it with the wall art before having to return it to my aunt!
After looking through the TONS
of recipes in her box, I've been inspired!
My plan is to take one of her recipes per week
and share them with you!
My hope is that these special family recipes
will also touch your family's heart
just as they touched ours every time
Effie entered her small square kitchen!
Y'all have a fantastic week!
Talk to you all very soon!


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let's build a boat...
"...and to make sure nobody finds it, we lift it up under the ceiling. That way people may walk right under it without even knowing it's there..."
Tumba station, Botkyrka (map) 22 May 2010
by Bernt Seipl (click photo to enlarge) at 05:27
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Very creative!
Hi, hi! I just walked there.
I like the boat. It is made of beautiful wood.
Carrie Flicka: Isn't it?
Lena Johansson: I've been wondering about it from time to time. They never seem to get it finished....


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text: For our Medieval Times Fairy Tale theme, my class made up their own fairy tale! I wrote at the top of a big white board, "Once upon a time" and at the bottom I wrote, "happily ever after." The kids filled in the rest! Each child who wanted to participate gave an idea, a sentence, or even just a name to the story. It was a lot of fun! I did discuss with them beforehand that we need to introduce characters at the beginning, have a problem in the middle, and solve the problem at the end. I think for the most part that went over their heads, but they did a great job! That night I typed it up into a little book. I left the title blank so each child could come up with their own.


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The #Samsung #Galaxy #Note4 is one of the older generation Android devices that's still being widely used today. Released in 2014, this device is already two years old and is still considered as a solid choice for people looking for a phone that performs well. While it can't beat the latest high end models that have been recently released it can still deliver a good user experience. There are however instances when issues can occur on this device. One such issue which we will tackle today is the Galaxy Note 4 shuts down randomly issue & other related problems. We have gathered several issues of this nature sent to us by our readers and have addressed them below.
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Note 4 Shuts Down Randomly
Problem: Samsung Galaxy Note 4; Will charge up to 100%, but then will shut down randomly once reaching around 30-33% of battery life. Removed battery and held down power button for 10 seconds to clear RAM. Still shut down and attempted to restart, then shut down again. Booted phone in Safe Mode and didn't even get past the lock screen before the phone shut down again. Considered that the battery was faulty, but want to ensure that it isn't a hardware or system malfunction first before replacing the battery. Phone is barely 2 years old.I don't actually know what version my galaxy is, but I am going to assume it is the Nougat Version 7. I am unable to currently check the version as my phone keeps shutting down.
Solution: The latest software version for the Note 4 is Marshmallow so if you have been updating your phone regularly then this might be the software version your phone is running on. Going back to the problem what you can do is to check if the a glitch in the phone software is causing this. You need to start the phone in recovery mode then do a factory reset from here. Take note that you will have to backup your phone data before doing this.
If you haven't backed up your data yet then try doing it by connecting your phone using a USB cord to a computer with Kies or Smart Switch running. Do the backup using the software.
If the issue still occurs even after the reset then you should consider getting a new battery.
Note 4 Intermittent Charging
Problem: Hi, I have a Samsung note 4 and yesterday it started to where when I plug it in to charge it, it makes the noise like its charging and then makes the noise like I've unplugged it and then charging noise again, back and forth over and over the whole time and doesn't charge it at all. I tried multiple other cords and it either does the same thing or doesn't make the noise or charge at all. We are just trying to figure out if it's the battery we need to replace or if it's the charging port itself. Could you please help me!! I don't know the android version.
Solution: Since you have already tried using different charging cords then the most likely cause of this issue is the charging port. Try cleaning the charging port using a can of compressed air or by blowing into it using a straw. Make sure no dirt or debris is in this port. Once you have made sure that the port is clean try checking if the issue still occurs. If it does then you need to have the port checked at a service center. It's very likely that this needs to be replaced.
Note 4 Not Fully Charging
Problem: I just bought this samsung galaxy note 4 phone from a private seller though it's UK used. First, when charging it seems to get stuck at around 76%. It can be plugged in for hours and stay at 76%. I can't always get it to charge above 76%, but when I can it requires unplugging the charger and then plugging it back in. I've tried calibrating the battery, but this proves difficult when I can't get a full charge. The battery looks fine (no bulging or leaking or anything abnormal looking) even when i put it off, but I just can't seem to get this to work consistently. When I use the phone it seems to discharge by a series of sudden drops in charge that don't seem to correspond to how heavily the phone is being used. Overall the discharge is quicker than it should be be. Also when I am using my phone while it's charging it would not move beyond that particular percentage,I have tried changing the battery still it's the same fault also I have tried different original Samsung chargers. pls what else can I do? It has not charged to a 100% except once.
Solution: Since you have already tried using different batteries in your phone then I suggest you check if the phone software is causing this issue. There are cases when corrupt data or even a third party app installed in your phone can cause this problem. Backup your phone data then do a factory reset. Once the reset is done do not install anything in your phone yet. Instead, try to check first if the issue still occurs. It's very likely that the problem will disappear after the reset.
Note 4 Turns Off Randomly
Problem: Phone started turning off about a month ago. (randomly?) Possibly after OS update or app update. Sometimes when turning back on, it stops at ODIN screen saying mmr_read failed. Usually have to pull the battery and let it sit before it will even attempt to turn on. After cache wipe, factory reset and new battery, I've found that the only sure method to prevent it from turning off is to keep the screen on. (Enable dev mode, enable keep screen on while charging, and keep it plugged in.) My screen has been on for several weeks, please help!
Solution: For this type of issue I suggest you try flashing your phone with its updated stock firmware file. This is to eliminate any possible corrupt software issue that could be causing this problem. Take note that you have to backup your phone data before flashing the phone data since this will be erased. Instructions on how to flash your device can be found at several of the popular Android forums online.
If flashing the phone software doesn't work then this is most likely a hardware related issue already. I recommend that you have this checked at a service center.
Note 4 Battery Drains Quickly
Problem: Help. My galaxy note 4 are having problems. The battery is draining quickly. When it reaches the level of 50% and below it shuts down and when i turn it on, it shows 0%. It tried removing the battery and put it back and it shows 30% or sometimes below 30%. At this level, my phone doesn't have any signal. Then after a few seconds, it shuts down again. I tried doing factory reset but still it drains quickly. What is really the problem of my note 4. I'm so worried because i bought this phone just last 2014 and i consider it new since i have this for almost 2 years only. i hope you can help me. Thank you.
Solution: If this phone has been with you since 2014 then the problem could be caused by the battery. This battery degrades as it is constantly being charged and used. If you haven't replaced the phone battery for two years then I suggest you get a new battery.
Note 4 Not turning On After Getting Wet
Problem: Hi there. I just got my samsung galaxy note 4 phone wet, took the battery and the cards out and let it dry. I tried to turn it back on and connected it to the charger. The only thing I'm getting is the green light at the upper left corner but the phone wont turn on. What does this mean? i've tried everything to get my phone to dry and to hope that it will work again. But then again i've been having some problems with my battery so I'm hoping it's just the battery. what do you think? thank you and hope to hear from you asap!
Solution: The bane of all electronic devices is water. Since your phone got wet then there's a chance that some component inside the device got damaged. The risk of damage is increased if the phone is turned on when it got wet since this will cause a short circuit which damages some components. The only component that you can easily check in this case is the battery. If you have made sure that the phone is thoroughly dry then try using a new battery on your device. If the problem still occurs then bring your phone to a service center and have it checked.
Note 4 Not Completely Charging
Problem: Hi can u help me a week ago i bought Note 4 in used first 2 or 3 days it works gud but now i'm facing charging issue my note 4 won't charge more than 87% and when i turn on my mobile data it starts charging without turning on mobile data my cellphone battery stays at 87 to 88% is there any way to solve this problem? I cleared cache partition and tried to charge in safe mode too but still my battery stays at 88%
Solution: You should try to backup your phone data then do a factory reset. This is the best way to check if the phone software is causing this problem. Once the reset is complete check if the phone will now fully charge. If the issue still persist then try getting a new battery and replace the one your phone is using.
Note 4 Turns Off When Battery Low
Problem: My note 4, will die at 30%, sometimes it will even die on 50 or 60%. When it turns off I take out the battery and put it back on, then plug it on charger. When i plug it onto the charger it goes back to the battery percentage it died on
Solution: For this issue you should try to check if the phone software is causing the issue by backing up your phone data then doing a factory reset. If the issue still occurs then the next thing to do is to check if the battery is causing this problem by getting a new one.
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