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Your child has had a hypospadias repair operation. This procedure moves the opening of the penis to the right place so your child can pee more easily.
After a hypospadias operation, most children go home the same day. Here is some information you can use to help your child heal at home.
As with almost any operation, many children get a fever on the first day after the procedure. It is also normal for children to have some pain in the first few days after an operation.
If your child has a fever or mild pain after his operation, give him acetaminophen (Tylenol or Tempra) or ibuprofen (Advil or Motrin). Always read the label on the medicine bottle and follow the instructions.
Do not give your child ASA (acetylsalicylic acid or Aspirin).
If your child has more severe pain or if these medications do not help, your child may also be prescribed morphine. Make sure you read the label on the bottles of medicine to find out how often you should give your child each medicine. Follow these instructions exactly. If you have concerns, talk to your pharmacist or to the nurse at the urology clinic.
Your child will have a plastic tube called a stent in his urethra. This stent keeps the urethra open so that it heals properly. The urethra is the tube inside the penis that carries urine out of the bladder.
The stent is held in place with a stitch. You will have to bring your child back to the urology clinic to have the stitch and the stent removed. This will happen about 1 week to 10 days after the operation.
Sometimes, the stent falls out at home. If this happens, call the urology clinic at the hospital.
Depending on how complex the hypospadias repair operation was, your child may have a catheter instead of, or as well as, a stent. A catheter is a tiny plastic tube that drains urine out of the body.
Some children have what is called a Foley catheter placed in the urethra instead of the stent. If this is the case, it will likely stay in for up to 2 weeks.
More rarely, a child may have a suprapubic catheter. This catheter is surgically placed between the bladder and the outside of the belly. It drains urine to an attached bag. A suprapubic catheter is removed about 1 week after either the Foley catheter or stent has been removed from the urethra. If your child has a suprapubic catheter, you will be given more information on how to care for it.
To learn more, please read "Urinary Catheter: Care at Home."
Your child will come home with a bandage on his penis. Within 2 days (48 hours) of coming home, start giving your child warm baths. You can bathe your child 3 or 4 times a day. The bandage should start to come off on its own in the bath, if not, you will need to take it off. The bandage should be fully removed within 1 to 2 days (24 to 48 hours) after the surgery. If you have problems getting the bandage off, call the urology clinic.
Every time you bathe your child, let his penis dry by itself. Then put an antibacterial cream such as Polysporin on the whole area.
If your child's stent or catheter is long enough, you can double diaper him. This means he will wear 2 diapers, one over the other. First, diaper him as always but tape the tube to the outside of the diaper. Then put the second diaper over top of the first so that the pee can drip into the second diaper.
If the tube coming out of your child's penis is not long enough to do this, just diaper him as you normally would.
You may see a little bleeding from your child's stitches. This is more likely to happen if your child bumps or bangs himself. A little bleeding is normal. You may see a small amount of blood when you change your child's diaper in the first few days.
If there is a lot of bright red active bleeding when you get home from the hospital, press firmly with your hand on your child's penis right away. Keep pressing for 15 minutes and call the urology clinic.
Your child needs to have plenty of liquids after the operation. He should drink more than he normally would when he gets home from the hospital.
Codeine and other medicines may cause your child to have constipation. Constipation means problems having a bowel movement (poo). It is important to avoid this. If your child becomes constipated, he may push too hard when he has a bowel movement. This can cause pain. Your child may need stool softeners and glycerin suppositories if he is having constipation. If you are unsure of what product(s) to use, please talk to the pharmacist or call the urology clinic and speak to a nurse.
Drinking lots of water will help. Your child should also eat foods that have lots of fibre. These include whole grain breads and fresh fruits. These foods will prevent constipation while your child is less active and recovering.
Your child's nurse will talk to you about other foods that have lots of fibre.
To learn more, please read "Higher Fibre Diet."
Your child should wear loose clothing or diapers. He should participate in quiet activity and avoid toys he has to straddle for the first several weeks after surgery. Once your child is feeling better, he can return to activity and day care or school as usual.
Having a catheter in the bladder can sometimes cause spasms. These spasms may cause pee to leak from the penis. Spasms are also uncomfortable. If your child cannot cope with his bladder spasms, call the urology clinic. Medication is available to help prevent bladder spasms. Keeping your child's catheter draining freely will also help. Your nurse will discuss with you the best way to treat bladder spasms at home.
If you have urgent questions about your child's care at home, call the urology clinic.
Your child will need 2 follow-up appointments.
About a week after the operation, you will bring your child to the clinic to have the stent removed by the urology clinic nurse.
About 3 months after his operation, you will bring your child back to the clinic for a follow-up appointment. If your child is toilet-trained, he will have a flow rate test to measure how well he is peeing. If you can, make sure your child drinks lots of fluids before coming to the appointment.
Download a handout that shows the normal stages of healing that occur after hypospadias repair. It shows how healing can look different in different patients.
Cathy Daniels, RN, MN
If your child has a high fever, uncontrolled pain, or there is no pee coming from the stent, you should see to the doctor. You can visit your local Emergency Room or the Hospital for Sick Children Emergency Department. If you have any questions, you may also contact your family physician or paediatrician.
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A marked Adams County sheriff deputy's vehicle was stolen Monday morning and recovered a short time later after it crashed.
Sgt. Paul Gregory, a spokesman for the sheriff's office, said deputies responded just before 9:10 a.m. to a house near 66th Avenue and Knox Court on a report of a disturbance.
The suspect was identified as Bernard Martinez, 31.
Gregory said when the first deputy arrived, he was "immediately confronted by a male, and he and the male got into a struggle, a fight."
In the course of the fight, Martinez was able to break away from the deputy and jump into the patrol vehicle, officials said.
"Fortunately, we had another deputy who was just pulling in," Gregory said.
That deputy chased the stolen vehicle.
A Colorado State Patrol trooper who joined the chase crashed into the stolen car at 70th Avenue and Pecos Street to end the pursuit at 9:25 a.m.
The deputy whose car was stolen and the trooper who crashed into the stolen vehicle were transferred to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, Gregory said.
Martinez was arrested after the crash.

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Network Telecom Engineer - Oracle Managed Cloud Services
Oracle's Cloud Infrastructure team is seeking a bright, motivated, hardworking individual to fill our
Network Telecom Engineer
position. Our customers run their businesses on our cloud, and our mission is to provide them with best in class compute, storage, networking, database, and security. The ideal candidate possesses a strong work ethics, attention to detail, the ability to meet deadlines, work on his own with minimal supervision and a commitment to Operational Excellence.
Network Telecom Engineer
m onitors network performance and implements performance tuning when necessary. Also manages firewalls, load balancers, VPN's, switches, routers and other network devices . Actively participates in incident management, asset management, change management, project management, and continuous improvement of network environment. As well as creates and updates documentation utilizing organizational standards to ensure retention and collaboration of knowledge.
Basic Qualifications:
4 years experience as a Network/Logistics Engineer/Technician.
Experience with the design and implementation of networks.
Experienced with installing, monitoring, maintaining, supporting, and optimizing all network hardware, software, and communication links.
Strong knowledge of network routing/switching (VLANs, trunking, spanning tree, mst, rstp, vpc, link aggregation, routing protocols, multi cast, other LAN protocols).
Experienced in configuring and support of Cisco routers, switches, other LAN devices. (Cisco 6500,4900,2900 Nexus 9k,5k,2k)
Experience in configuration and administration of routing and security protocols (ACL's, BGP, OSPF, IPSec, SSL).
Experience with packet capture(sniffer) and analyzation .
Experience with Juniper Firewalls (SRX and Netscreen) .
Experience with F5 load balancers (LTM, GTM)
Excellent verbal and written communication skills .
Excellent interpersonal, analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
Must be a self-starter & team player with ability to work independently with limited supervision
Available to work on an On-call rotation for after-hours and weekend support .
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Technical Certifications such as JNCIA, CCNA, CCNP and CISSP preferred.
Bachelors degree in Computer Science or Engineering
As part of the Network Services team within Oracle*s Global Information Technology organization, you will be responsible for the delivery of IT services to Oracle*s businesses worldwide, these services include the management and delivery of network infrastructure.
Maintain records of equipment failure and liaise with engineers and suppliers as necessary. Escalate client problems according to established procedures. Manage the network using network management tools, analyze network performance and recommend network enhancements. Analyze network performance to ensure adequate bandwidth for business needs. Recommend enhancements to the network infrastructure, and with management agreement enhance proactive network management tool set. Troubleshoot network problems on the campus network, remote locations and country wide area network though to resolution. Perform Project Engineering including specification definition, design of solution in compliance with corporate standards, implementation, testing through to production. Respond to monitor alarms to identify the root cause of an outage and coordinate the corrective action in a timely fashion. Provide on-call support services as needed and provide assistance to others.
Job duties are varied and complex, needing independent judgment. May have project lead role. 5 years relevant work experience and degree/diploma in computer science or IT discipline.
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text: Andreas Tille dijo [Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 03:02:31PM +0100]: > Well, in fact it is helpful if you teach upstream to organise releases > that way that watchfiles would work. This is not only in the interest > of Debian but for the whole FLOSS community so other interested users > will be able to transparantly download software as well and upstream > will start using a consistent version management. This will not work > for upstream dead software - but here are watch files void anyway. Heh, start a bit earlier (think Ruby)... Educate maintainers to release proper .tar.gz, not braindead .gem packages containing the equivalent to an orig.tar.gz (but created due to a nice don't-ask-me-why-that's-not-properly-implemented bug in December 31, 1969)... And then complaining if you are distributing in stable anything older than their nightly checkouts. Yes, Perl and the CPAN rock my world, although my programming is nowadays mostly Ruby-based. The Ruby general mindset is WAY inferior. -- Gunnar Wolf - firstname.lastname@example.com - (+52-55)5623-0154 / 1451-2244 PGP key 1024D/8BB527AF 2001-10-23 Fingerprint: 0C79 D2D1 2C4E 9CE4 5973 F800 D80E F35A 8BB5 27AF


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Let's find a couple of things anyone can do indoors this week.
The indoor amaryllis bulbs are now in stock at garden centres, and you will see they are cheaper to buy as individual bulbs rather than in boxes complete with pot and compost.
If you look carefully at those in boxes, you will see they have different names and there are several different colours too. You might like one which is a light pink or perhaps a deep red.
If you are choosing one without a box, ensure the bulb is firm. There may be roots at the base, these will be white and brown but don't pick one with wet slimy roots.
Choose an earthenware fancy pot with a hole in the base allowing the pot to be four inches wider than the bulb. Soak the pot in water for an hour and let it dry. If new clay pots are not soaked the clay quickly dehydrates the compost in the pot.
Choose John Innes compost number 2 or 3 (either will be suitable) and once a piece of crock has been put over the hole in the pot a little amount of compost is placed inside and the bulb lowered so that the roots can then be lightly packed round with compost.
The bulb is now watered and left in a light place and a flower stem will emerge in January or February. Once the flower fades, the seed heads are removed. If the seeds are kept and sown, they will take five years to flower so don't bother if you are over 100 years old!
Feed the plant once a month with a liquid tomato fertiliser. Keep it in a place with plenty of light and this will help keep the leaves from growing too long.
Stop watering in August, and put the pot on its side to allow the bulb to dry off. The leaves will become brown and the moisture and nutrients will go down into the bulb. This process induces a new flower in the bulb.
By October, all the leaves should be brown. If not, cut them off, take the bulb out of the pot, wash and dry the pot and then replant the bulb.
Don't water the bulb until you see the fat flower bud in the neck otherwise there will be leaves but no flowers!
Do you remember that anemones can be planted at any month of the year?
Plant five corms, the right way up – look to see where the stem scars are on top of the corms – in a four-and-a-half-inch pot, lightly covering the corm. Water and they will emerge in five weeks or less.
Once the pots are full of roots, plant them outdoors, but don't disturb the roots and you will have wonderful anemone blooms in early summer.


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WOW ---- Has it really been 5 months since I posted anything????? I am so sorry!! And now it's time for a new catalog to come out.
Stampin' Up! posted the retiring lists today. Check out the link on the left side. This will take you to the list. This is the biggest list ever! There are over 200 stamp sets on the list! These sets will only be available until May 31, 2012. After that --- they are gone!
The retiring Accessories list will be out April 25th. There is not much telling what will be retiring on that list. Come back on the 25th and check out that list. Those items will be on a "first come, first served" basis. Meaning that when the stock of an item is depleted (prior to May 31st), it will no longer be available.
You may be asking why there is such a large number of sets retiring. Well part of the reason is that Stampin' Up! is making a change in their catalog management beginning with the new catalog. In the past we have had the one main Idea Book & Catalog with around 240 pages and 3 "mini-catalogs" Beginning June 1st - there will be the main catalog with about 208 pages and 2 seasonal catalogs with about 40 pages each (8 1/2 X 11 size). The two seasonal catalogs will last for 5 months instead of 4 now.
Though I'm sad to see some of the sets go --- I am excited to see what new sets will be in the catalog when it is released June 1st.
Oh --- don't forget too that the 2010-2012 In-Colors will be retiring too. If you remember, five In-Colors are introduced each year and are available for 2 years. Well it's time to say goodbye to -- Peach Parfait, Poppy Parade, Pear Pizzazz, Concord Crush, and Blushing Bride. What 5 new colors will they have for us this year??? We'll just have to wait & see!
Again, I'm sorry that it's been so long since I visited with you. I'll try to post a picture or two in the next couple of days of some things that I've done lately.
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Beth Israel Committees
Beth Israel's committees enable us to offer the programming and outreach to our membership and to the greater community:
|Adult Ed
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|Fundraising and Long Range Planning
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Adult Ed
Our Adult Education Committee plans our Seminary Shabbat, Hebrew Language learning classes, and other opportunities to learn more about Judaism. Please visit our committee's web page for our current class offerings
The Building Committee is in the midst of planning for our move to a new home in the Merrimack Valley which is more central to our two original congregations in Andover and Lowell.
CBI Cares
CBI Cares, a collaboration of Sisterhood and the Social Action Committee, works with the entire CBI community to provide assistance to congregants in need. CBI Cares helps our fellow congregants by providing meals, rides, and other services for members of the CBI community who are, for example, welcoming a new baby, recovering from an illness, or weathering a personal crisis. We hope that congregants will come forward when they have a need, knowing that there is a support network in place to lend a helping hand.
If you or someone you know could benefit from CBI Cares, please contact us.
If you or someone you know could benefit from CBI Cares, please contact us.
Religious School
The Religious School Committee manages the education of our youth. Programming begins with our Toddler Playgroup and our T'nua B'Ivrit early Hebrew language learning. Our school runs from Pre-K through grade 6, and our Midrasha attacts students from seventh grade through high school.
Our Youth Committee supervises the United Synagogue Youth (USY), Junior USY, and Kadima youth groups at Beth Israel.


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(The Hosting News) – Despite no official announcement, the NSA's Utah data center may already be up and running.
According to a report from the Salt Lake Tribune on Thursday, the secretive government agency declined to provide confirmation. However, they did provide some insight into how the process works.
"We turn each machine on as it is installed, and the facility is ready for that installation to begin," commented agency representative Vanee Vines via the report.
The $1.5 billion dollar data center located in Bluffdale itself is expected to house massive amounts of data for the U.S. intelligence community. Making the facility operational was officially expected to happen sometime this fall.
The NSA, otherwise known as the National Security Agency, has been the face of controversy in recent months after former NSA contractor Edward Snowden revealed that the agency was without warrants storing intelligence on U.S. citizens.
However, the U.S. government sees things differently. The Obama administration has emphasized the NSA's programs are maintained to protect against terrorism.
The data center was previously the site of a July 4th protest attended by demonstrators numbering around 150.


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Panthers Wrap-Up: Flyers 3, Panthers 2by Glenn Odebralski / Florida Panthers
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SUNRISE, FL (AP) - Danny Briere, Braydon Coburn and Matt Read scored and Ilya Bryzgalov made 31 saves in the Philadelphia Flyers' 3-2 victory over the Florida Panthers on Sunday night.
Bryzgalov won for the fourth time in five starts.
"You always give credit to your opponent when they beat you in your own building. There was a mixture of I don't think our will to compete was that strong tonight. I think that was a big difference maker for us and those things are really noticeable when you get on the power play and you have the extra man."
- Head coach Kevin Dineen on the Panthers power play going 0-5.
1. A Tough Pinch: Trailing 1-0 and in the second period, defenseman Mike Weaver made a decision to pinch on the play as the puck came towards him along the boards. Unfortunately he never got to it as the Flyers reached it first, and thus started a 3-on-1 odd-man rush with just defenseman Dmitry Kulikov back. Kulikov took the original shot lane away from Jakub Voracek but the winger passed it just out of Kulikov's reach to Braydon Coburn and the defenseman deposited it into the back of the net with Jose Theodore unable to get over enough on the pass. Making it 2-0, the Flyers were able to play their game, thus leaving the Panthers to really play catch up.
2. Penalty Shot Back Breaker: On a Panthers power play, Flyer forward Matt Read found himself on a semi breakaway four minutes into the third. Jason Garrison looked like he got his stick on the puck before taking Read down but the officials called for a penalty shot. Read made good on the shot as the puck snuck through Theodore's pads making it 3-1 in favor of the Flyers. It was the first penalty shot goal given up by the Panthers at home since 1996-97 season when Mario Lemieux scored on John Vanbiesbrouck on April 11 (eight attempts). The goal made it a two goal game and ended up as the game-winner with Tomas Fleischmann scoring with time running out.
3. Power Outage: Both the Panthers and Flyers certainly had their chances all night as the two teams combined for 54 penalty minutes, ending up with 12 power play chances but both penalty kill units were up to par, killing off all 12 opportunities (seven for Philadelphia and five for Florida). What was really tough was the 40 seconds the Panthers had in 5-on-3 time right before the eventual game-winner on the penalty shot. The Panthers could not get set up and failed to get a recorded shot on net. They had a perfect chance to tie it at two but the Flyers penalty kill units frustrated the home team. That was the case all night as Florida had nine shots on net while on the man advantage. Florida's penalty kill unit was just as impressive allowing just nine shots (on the seven Flyer opportunities).
Memorable twitter posts from the game.
@TaoBoxer: Panthers lost. But it's a long NHL season. #WeSeeRed #FlaPanthers
Memorable fan posts from the game.
Chris Burt: Not our best game tonight, but not awful either. Flyers are pretty tough, especially with Bryzgalov and Pronger.
Stefan Willette: Depressing turn of events, but I do love the energy at the end. The old Panthers would have given up. These guys have some jump. 3-2 is still better than 3-1
Thomas Ouillette: Nice fighting guys. Way to give 110% till the buzzer.
Adam Hernandez: Good try but a series of of unfortunate events led to this only thing that I saw that we did wrong was turnovers in the PP but not cause of lazy play but just cause their PK is pretty damn good. Also Bryzgalov played well.
Joanne Ruimy: Very disappointing game tonight, sloppy plays, no control of the puck, I love my team but what happened tonight?
1. Rushing up the left side of the ice, Evgeny Dadonov netted his first of the season in his first game of the season (called up on Saturday from San Antonio). Dadonov scored with 10:20 gone in the second. The winger has had success against the Flyers scoring in both his games against them while posting three points.
6. It was the first time in seven games that the Panthers failed to register a point to put towards their record and just the first time in November. Florida had gone 3-0-3 in the previous six games.
7.4. Trailing by two, the Panthers got just a bit closer as Tomas Fleischmann scored with the Panthers net empty with 7.4 seconds left on the clock for his sixth goal of the season. The Panthers had just enough time for one last crack at tying it as they won the face-off and raced down the ice but the shot went high.
10. After posting just eight shots on the Panthers net in the first period, the Flyers more than doubled their output as the posted 18 in the middle stanza.
40. The Panthers had a golden opportunity to tie the game at two as they had a five-on-three power play opportunity for 40 seconds after Jaromir Jagr went to the box for hooking just 1:53 into the third and then Max Talbot went off for four minutes for high sticking. The Panthers couldn't convert as they failed to get off a single shot.
33 Shots, 31 Saves, .939 SV%
Florida hits the road for two games during the week, heading to Dallas (Tuesday) and Saint Louis (Thursday) before returning for four straight at the BankAtlantic Center. The Cats look to improve on their impressive road start to the season (6-3-0) in Dallas on Tuesday as they take on the Pacific Division leading Stars. Dallas has had an exceptional start to their season, going 11-5-0 thanks to a huge effort from netminder Kari Lehtonen who leads the league with 11 wins (11-2-0) and has a .934 save percentage and 2.20 goals against average.
Author: Glenn Odebralski | FloridaPanthers.com


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Our choices for the 2nd and 25th legislative districts
This editorial will appear in Monday's print edition.
Politically, Pierce County's 2nd and 25th legislative districts look red and purple. The November election will tell us just how red and how purple.
The 2nd is rural and conservative. It encompasses a strip of East Thurston County, including Yelm, and an enormous swath of southeast Pierce County, including Eatonville and Mount Rainier.
The district's Senate seat is now held by Republican Randi Becker of Eatonville, who ousted Democrat Marilyn Rasmussen four years ago. She has a strong Democratic challenger in Bruce Lachney of Eatonville – a farmer, retired airline pilot and former member of the Eatonville School Board.
He'd be a fine state senator. We're inclined to stick to Becker, a retired medical clinic administrator, who's now had four years of experience in this office and has seen some successes despite being in the Senate minority.
The state redistricting commission gave the district a windfall last year when it drew state Rep. Gary Alexander out of the 20th and into the 2nd.
Alexander, a career budget manager who now works as Thurston County's deputy auditor of finance, is the senior Republican on the House Ways and Means Committee.
He's a bulldog, and his influence will serve the area well. His Democratic opponent, Greg Hartman of Graham, should be thanked for making this a contest, but Alexander is the clear choice in this race for Position 1.
Speaking of competition, Republican J.T. Wilcox has none in Position 2.
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text: This patch series adds support for the SC2892 DUART.This chip is quite similar to the SC2692 but has more baud ratesand bigger FIFOs.The driver should probably be renamed (sc2xxx ??) but I haven'tdone that yet to keep the patches readable.I also intend to add support for the 28202 chip.Unfortunately not having SC2692 hardware I haven't been ableto regression test this.


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Varsities to have Rajiv Gandhi Chairs
October 23, 2005 19:42 IST
Plans are afoot to set up soon Chairs named after former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi in ten universities across the country to pursue research on issues like panchayati raj, women's empowerment and nuclear disarmament, subjects close to the heart of the late leader.
"We are keen that they are available from 2005/06 academic session," University Grants Commission Chairman V N Rajashekharan Pillai said.
Funded entirely by the Centre, the Chairs would be fully autonomous institutions, he said, adding the UGC will be the nodal agency to support the scheme.
The Chairs would be set up in the Universities of Punjab, Delhi, Mumbai, Calcutta, Madras, Allahabad, North Eastern Hill University, Shillong, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agriculture Sciences and Technology, Srinagar, Cochin University of Science and Technology and Barkatullah University in Bhopal.
There would be a national coordination committee to advise on the activities of the Chair and make it unique in approach and functioning, Pillai said, adding it was aimed at providing capacity building activities for teachers, researchers and students in colleges and universities on key issues.
Pillai said the plans are to turn the Chairs into Centres for study and research on themes on which Rajiv Gandhi made an indelible impact.
The objectives of the Chairs will be to identity national level discussions and dialogues on broader themes which would include topics like Impact of Technology on Society and Livelihood and Food Security.
Pillai said that UGC would support the initiative for five years and distinguished persons of eminence would be appointed and supported by research fellows.
He said that a meeting of Vice Chancellors of the ten universities is being convened here on October 25 to finalise the initiative.


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Someone just sent me an email saying they couldn't get my method to work. I've used it on like 4 different versions with no problems. They stated they are trying to use it as: /z-wD:\software\applications\wpi\ati\decoder I haven't had much luck with long paths in the command. You must remember this install is thinking it is pulling from a CD. I usually copy it to a folder right off the root of C: like C:\Decoder or something and it works fine. Also remember this doesn't work on the package you download...they put checks in there that this doesn't fool. You have to first have a valid CD and run the downloaded package to get the EXE file that installs it. This app also checks for a valid CD and can be fooled with my approach. Thus, I also cover my butt with ATI in that you need a valid CD to do it in the first place, then those of us with legit copies can run it in silent, etc after it is extracted/downloaded with the package.
Run the Setup.exe that the Decoder downloads with: /z-wF:\ as the commandline/switch where F: is the location of the CD. This is the command that the Install button sends... When I monitored file access it accesses the following files: ***\BIN\aticdfp.sys -I imagine fp is FingerPrint/FolderProperties/Etc and shows where the folders/files are. I tried tricking the installer by making empty folder structures, but it didn't work...it did however work with the Setup.exe that is downloaded and only needs to see one other file. ***\install\DVDDcdr\DVDDcdr.dat So create a folder...say C:\FakeCD and under it have the following folders: \BIN\ \install\DVDDcdr\ In \BIN\ put aticdfp.sys and in \install\DVDDcdr\ put DVDDcdr.dat Now run Setup.exe /z-wC:\FakeCD That's pretty much it, and about as far as I'd go since this still requires an original CD to copy the files from and get the Decoder downloaded...and since ATI is awesome I don't want to tick them off by giving away any more secrets. Repackaging the Decoder may make them mad since they put so much effort in hiding it, and could get a lawsuit slapped on you. Gotta be careful these days.


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Thanks for coming! Watch this space for news of the next Tini Tinou.
Tini Tinou International Circus Festival
28 April – 10 May, 2016
This year we celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Tini Tinou International Circus Festival.
A showcase of contemporary circus from around the world, the 2016 edition features artists from Australia, Canada, Indonesia, Nepal, and France along with performers from Phare, The Cambodian Circus and the National Circus School of Cambodia.
There will be nightly full-length performances, free outdoor parades and pop-up shows, and a public panel discussion about the business of performing arts in Cambodia.
We hope you enjoy the festival!
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Over the two-week festival, artists from Nepal, Indonesia, Afghanistan and Cambodia will collaborate together and learn techniques in the theme of "Improvisation in Public Spaces". Combining their skills, they'll create and perform spontaneous pop-up shows around Battambang (2 – 6 May) and Siem Reap (7 – 10 May)
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Phnom PenhChenla Theatre
- 28 April – 1 May, 2016
- Preferred seating:
- $20 Adults
- $12 Children
- General seating:
- $10 Adults
- $6 Children
- Doors open 30 min before show.
BattambangPhare Ponleu Selpak
- 3 May – 6 May, 2016
- Preferred seating:
- $12 Adults
- $5 Children
- (no VIP seating)
- Arrive by 6:30 pm to see free pre-show performances in the garden before the show.
Siem ReapPhare, The Cambodian Circus
- 8 May – 10 May, 2016
- Preferred seating:
- $20 Adults
- $12 Children
- General seating:
- $10 Adults
- $6 Children
- Doors open 30 min before show.
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Sustainability in the Arts ConferenceApril 27, 2:00 pm at Institut Francais, Phnom Penh
Why is it important to connect art and business? How can the private sector support the growing arts scene in Cambodia? How can arts organizations market themselves effectively?
Panelists include prominent members of the Cambodian business community, arts leaders and international stakeholders.


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Ben and Connor had their Kindergarten screenings this morning. And would you believe, I was the one who was nervous?? I have no idea why.
They did great though, or so I am told, since Mommy isn't allowed in with them. All of Austin's therapists stopped by and oohed and aahed over how much the three boys look alike. And of course the boys were as charming as could be! Though Connor did his best to convince the school nurse it was a cucumber on the eye chart and NOT an apple, then said he was just kidding!
Next up will be Connor's CPSE to CSE meeting at the end of the month. At this point we will discuss if he needs any therapies. I already know the PT will recommend once a week. My concern is whether they will give Connor a shared aide. I think he'll need it; transitions are still very hard for him, but we'll see.


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Armando Gabino gave up three runs in the top of the eighth inning and retired only one batter before manager Dave Trembley went to his bullpen again. Both teams have four runs and nine hits.
David Hernandez has replaced Gabino, who came off the 40-man roster when the Orioles signed Mark Hendrickson.
Angel Sanchez hit a two-run triple off Gabino.
Update: Hernandez got the last two outs, including a strikeout.
Today's crowd of 8,088 is the largest in Ed Smith Stadium history for a baseball game.


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There were two tax-related events in California yesterday — one got a ton of publicity on conservative talk radio and in blogs, and the other did not.
The ballyhooed "off with his head" rally to start the recall drive aimed at GOP state Assemblyman Anthony Adams drew an anti-tax crowd of just 15.
The under-the-radar San Diego food bank visit by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, aimed at telling low income people how to apply for tax credits to get through the recession, drew 1,000.
So what does this tell you?
Maybe in an era of 10 percent unemployment and crippling economic downturn, California voters have some priorities. And the political career of one state assemblyman just isn't one of them — not when they're struggling to get food on the table.
The anti-Adams rally was certainly pushed and publicized around SoCal by radio hosts like KFI's John and Ken, and in coverage from Web sites like the Flashreport.
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Conservatives like former state GOP chairman Mike Schroeder spearheaded it and heralded what was supposed to be a pitchfork-wielding crowd to serve recall papers on the GOP legislator who, they say, made the traitor's move to sign the state budget, after he had signed an anti-tax pledge.
But bloggers like the Claremont Insider published evidence that the crowd responding to the clarion call for public anti-tax outrage against Adams was, well, not a crowd at all.
In fact, the cops outnumbered the protesters, who were there to greet Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, the star of a fundraiser for Adams — and another target of the state's conservative blogosphere.
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But Tuesday's events showed Californians will gather, in droves, for a cause they care about. The same day, and just a few hours before, Schwarzenegger stood with about 1,000 state residents who showed up at the San Diego Food Bank, which was distributing meals and information on social services.
Radio station KPBS reported that Schwarzenegger had a tax-related message for the crowd: He "encouraged low income people to see if they're eligible for the earned income tax credit."
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"Nationwide nearly a quarter of those who qualify are not claiming the credit, which provides tax refunds of up to $4,800 dollars a year," KPBS reported.
The radio report said Californians attending the resource fair "also got help with their taxes and signed up for food stamps. Food Bank officials estimate nearly half a million people in the San Diego area are currently at risk of going hungry."
The report notes the presence of families who said they never believed they would need such help, and pictures show the governor wading through the crowd of needy Californians at the event.
Note to the organizers of that Adams event: go figure.


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From today's editorials: The closing of some rest stops around the state isn't the end of the world. And it might be the state of something beautiful: leaner government. Isn't that what we've been demanding?
It is 14 miles from the aging Schroon Lake rest stop on the northbound side of the Adirondack Northway to the next one in North Hudson. To put a fine point on it: At 65 miles an hour, the new High Peaks rest area is all of 13 minutes away.
If you're going south, the next stop is about 40 miles away near Glens Falls, a half hour's drive or so.
If you're willing to pull off the road, you can get gas and food just seven miles away, in Pottersville.
New York could save $1 million a year by closing a half dozen rest stops much like Schroon Lake — roadside spots with bathrooms and perhaps a few vending machines within fairly easy driving distance of others just like them, or private facilities not far off the highway. And the state Department of Transportation plans to do just that, shutting down, at least temporarily, Schroon Lake and five other rest stops on Interstates 81, 87, 88 and 90 in the coming months.
It isn't the end of the world, drivers — particularly truckers who are complaining about the move. In the case of Schroon Lake, the southbound facility had already been closed for some time. With the northbound side closing, too, it means a 56-mile stretch of Northway without a rest stop — less than one hour's drive in all. There are still places on both sides of the road for drowsy drivers to pull over in a pinch.
These kinds of cutbacks are hardly a surprise when New York faces at least several more years of deficits — $37 billion worth through 2013, according to the state comptroller's office. There are really only two ways to put the budget in balance — raise more revenue through taxes and fees or cut costs.
But step back a moment from hard times. Go back a few years to the good old days when New York was a model of fiscal restraint and low taxes. Don't remember that? Neither do we.
The fact is, New Yorkers have been railing for years about high spending and high taxes. It's taken a recession and its ongoing aftershocks to get state government truly focused on cost cutting.
But instead of saying "it's about time," all the cuts seem to bring is outrage from one injured party or another. Whether it's a handful of rest stops, state parks, hospital reimbursements or school and local aid, someone — health care advocates, teachers and school boards or truckers — is unhappy when government cuts back.
All that waste that everyone talks about cutting is in the eye of the beholder. One person's unnecessary rest stop is another driver's absolutely essential oasis. What one motorist sees as a few minutes' drive is another's apparent agony.
We have met the special interests, and they are us. It just takes the right cut to find one's cherished pork.
Face it, New York, if we can't wait 13 more minutes for a soda or plan our bathroom breaks or roadside naps a little better, we really have lost our way.


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Last time I made a backpack, I was maybe 11… made little scruffy backpacks for me and friends, I think they were a thing back then?
I like making working cosplay props. I've never been to cons, and quick googling didn't even find any in Finland outside anime world so making things that would never get worn or used just doesn't feel right.
I also have no room or interest to build a museum of stuff especially as the shelves are already filled with dolls – I rather introduce geeky stuff to be used in daily life.
If I ever get a toaster, you bet it's gonna be like the dancing toaster from Ghostbusters, or the talking one in Red Dwarf. I also really would like a sonic screwdriver, but it's better be a working Flashlight, be used as a pen or even a real screwdriver (I actually found two! 10th doctors screwdriver from thinkGeek and 11th Doctor Who Sonic Screwdriver
from Amazon)
Okay, so anyway, working props and cosplay, it's time to make Lara's Backpack from Tomb Raider!
Very first draft, quickly sewn together with some scrap fabrics to test out the size, and also a drawstring mechanism I then discarded.
The size was good, but then I had another problem. I only got a large fat quarter of the brown pleather fabric. Also, wondered what could I use to stiffen up the back to help it keep it's rectangular shape?
Then I remember purchasing a bunch of A5 craft foam sheets' few months ago!
They'd be perfect! So eventually, I re-patterned the backpack to A5 size. It is maybe little bit too small, but figured it's all good for first draft anyway…
BASICALLY the pattern pieces are 3x A5 (front, back, flap), 1x half A5, lenghtwise (bottom), and 2x third of A5, cut from short side – with 1cm seam allowances added to all sides.
the straps, pockets and little pieces were cut to fit the fabric, it was a puzzle and there were so little of the fabric that I was left only a 1cm strip leftover, so close it went!
If you are planning on making this, I recommend getting at least half a yard of fabric, large fat quarter is fine for the main piece, but if you want to make sure to match all the pieces, half yard or more is better.
So, this is the Tomb Raider Backpack Mark 1, made with fake leather, craft foam, recycled cotton and reclaimed buckles. Made with broken down sewing machine…
The biggest problem is my sewing machine, that has jammed into tiny stitch 😦 I'm not taking custom orders before getting that fixed, because it really affects the quality of sewing.
Rectangular, with working buckles. Side pockets are small, but they are working.
In the back, there is zippered pocket to fit a smartphone etc. (I said I like making working props)
The straps, I ran out of fabric and didn't have the needed accessories to make them adjustable, so instead there are loops sewn in the bottom edge, and you may adjust the straps with tying ribbons at the end of straps. F0rget making pretty bows, just tie them with anchor hitch and they will hold.
Inside lining has brown cotton printed with woods and bears! This used to be a skirt of mine, which didn't fit anymore and had fraying lining, but I couldn't bear (lol) to let go of such whimsy fabric. Here, I feel it's a nice choice for Lara's backpack 🙂
In the lining there is a little pocket too.
It's kinda nice but there's lot I would change as well.
For Mark II, fixes:
– Sewing machine. Fix it, get new one, get access to better one, something, I NEED LONGER STITCHES!
– Need more fabric, preferably cotton canvas instead of pu leather
– If making bigger, bigger sheets of foam or other similar stuff
– Piping the edges might help maintain the rectangular shape even better.
– Better buckles -maybe just decorative with snaps?
– The straps(handles, preferably pattern curved version with adjustable straps
– pattern the back pocket properly
– maybe more inside pockets as well
– pattern bulkier side pockets (so you can actually store something in them)
– zipper or extra fabric to cover the upper edges? Re-try the drawstring? So it doesn't rain in the backpack?
Well, it was a nice little project, and will be sufficient for now ( I still have most of the costume to do!) but definitely will try to make this again some time!


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Go and catch a falling star,
Get with child a mandrake root,
Tell me where all past years are,
Or who cleft the devil's foot,
Teach me to hear mermaids singing,
Or to keep off envy's stinging,
And find
What wind
Serves to advance an honest mind.
If thou be'st born to strange sights,
Things invisible to see,
Ride ten thousand days and nights,
Till age snow white hairs on thee,
Thou, when thou return'st, wilt tell me,
All strange wonders that befell thee,
And swear,
No where
Lives a woman true and fair.
- "Song" by John Donne
The Witch's Name
On the day that Jill Lewin's most curious adventure began was the day that the weather in the local park turned most curiously strange.
The wind was conspicuously absent from the park, leaving the whole of it swelteringly hot. Not a breeze stirred the trees nor an errant zephyr any water.
Hammerly Park was a park like many others; it had a small and mostly ornamental pond, it had a common area that was filled mostly by grass and a few sparse, small trees, and it had an area for cars to park. And it had one more thing, which was not unusual for parks, but the sheer number of them was indeed odd: trees. Trees filled every corner of the park that was not taken by grass, water, and parking spaces. Evergreens, willows, oaks, and more trees created the illusion of space that wasn't quite there.
The park was entirely too hot, and because of the strange weather, Jill found herself mostly alone in the park.
It was a place very enjoyable for dogs, and on that particular day Jill Lewin's dog Rick was amusing himself immensely while she followed behind him, prepared with a plastic bag and a grimace to pick up any presents he might leave her.
Rick sniffed his way over the fallen leaves, searching for some particular doggy smell that Jill just couldn't catch, and the thought crossed her mind that he might never find what he was looking for, and she might be cursed to forever follow him, bag in hand.
Unerring as an arrow, the shepherd mix led her this way and that between the trees, snuffling through the leaves like a pig hunting truffles.
There were thick groupings of trees that were dark, and in places were thick enough to obscure any and all view of what lay on the other side of them, and it was one of these that caught Jill's attention.
The leaves of the thick grove whispered together and shivered in an unseen wind.
It was at the barest edge of her vision, but it grabbed her wandering mind and she just couldn't look away. The deepest, darkest part of the grove, which wasn't very dark at all, was getting darker. And deeper, as if the very fabric of reality was twisting away to reveal--what?
It pulled and pushed, and a faint scream that was not human at all wound its way out of the grove. Rick pulled at his leash, and Jill tightened her grip on the worn leather. She plunged her other hand precisely into the right place in the messenger bag that was shoved up under her armpit and felt the familiar smoothness of the butt of the gun tucked therein.
It wasn't a large gun, but it was a gun, and for the most part that was what mattered to muggers and would-be rapists. A woman armed was a woman who was untouchable, and Jill was a proud member of the local chapter of her armed women's group that practiced weekly at the shooting range.
Another short scream--more inhuman this time--came out of the tiny wood, and Jill curled her fingers around the gun and tried to tell herself that she wouldn't really need to pull it out.
She looked around for any help from other people in the park, but the trees around her were conspicuously absent of dogwalkers and passersby. Not curious for Hammerly Park on a day as oddly hot and windless as this one.
When the blur of motion finally came from the center of the trees, it made her eyes swim and her head so dizzy that she had to look away, which was probably what saved her from passing out when more blurs emerged from the trees.
A few feet away from the trees was when each blur became a horse with a rider on its back, but the horse that was farthest from the trees--and the first blur out of the grove--was the one that convinced Jill that it all was some kind of stunt pulled by local performing art students. That horse had more legs than any horse should rightfully have, like some kind of triplet set that had failed to completely divide from a single egg, though it didn't seem malformed at all. And only one dark, shining head rose from one set of dark, strong shoulders.
Upon its back was a boy, and on his face was a look of such sheer desperation that it made Jill's heart ache to see it.
The other three riders were hooded and cloaked in white, mounted upon black horses. And each of them carried a sword.


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Bartram production
The Bartram Trail High School theater department presents "You Can't Take It With You," at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 1 through 3 in the school auditorium. The production was written by Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman and published by Dramatisits Play Service, Inc.
Tickets, which can be purchased in advance or at the door, are $10 for adults; $7 for students.
Ticket booth opens at 6 p.m. and doors open at 7 p.m. for general seating.
Flagler festival
Flagler College will host the "Flagler Creates!" handmade festival from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday on the Flagler College West Lawn at the corner of Sevilla and Valencia streets, offering handmade items that Flagler students, faculty, staff, alumni and Flagler families have created. Included are artwork, jewelry, sewn items, knitted accessories, clothing, accessories and photography.
Flagler College staff members Marsha LeDuke and Shonas Kibbee started "Flagler Creates!" to provide students with a venue in which to sell their handmade items.
Local business and specialty shop owners are welcome to come and discover new and unique handmade items to carry in their stores.
This year there will be a food truck and live music. The festival will be on the Flagler College campus and is free and open to the public. Event parking will be available in a lot on Markland Place near the 100 block of King Street.
For information, contact Marsha LeDuke at email@example.com or Shonas Kibbee at firstname.lastname@example.com
Applications to sell handmade and created items are limited to the Flagler community and are available at www.flagler.edu/our-community/events/Flagler-Creates.
Toys for tots
The fire and police departments of the City of St. Augustine are asking for donations of new toys to the second annual Toys for Tots Christmas Train.
The Florida East Coast Railway has joined once again with the United States Marine Corp to collect toys for under privileged children.
An FEC train will make several stops in Florida, including at 8:45 a.m. Dec. 10 at the Sebastian Way Crossing north of St. Augustine, to pick up toys from the community. The fire and police departments will be there to hand off all of the toys to a representative from FEC Railways.
4-H workshops
The St. Johns County 4-H Program will be hosting a two-part "It's My Future" workshop for youth interested in thinking about their future.
A workshop led by Patricia Simes will be from 7 to 8 p.m. Dec. 5 at the St. Johns County Agricultural Center, 3125 Agricultural Center Drive. Youth will be giving an opportunity to brainstorm career paths and determine what action is needed for them to accomplish their goals. Youth will learn to ask the questions and find the answers that will give them a peek at their future dreams. These workshops will provide questions to help youth think about the possibilities that lie ahead, how to plan for these opportunities and how one decides which career path to travel.
RSVP to the St. Johns County 4-H Office, 209-0430. Both sessions are free and open to all youth, ages 8 to 18.
Essay contest
St. Augustine Elks Lodge #829 is sponsoring its annual Americanism Essay Contest. This year's theme is "Why I Am Proud To Pledge Allegiance To Our Flag."
First, second and third-place winners will receive saving bonds. They will be invited along with their parents to a reception at the Elks Lodge to receive their prize.
Students attending St. Augustine area schools in grades 5th through 8th are eligible to enter. First place winners at this lodge will go on to district, and perhaps state and national competition.
Entries must be received by Jan. 10. Contest details and rules have been delivered to local schools and can also be found at www.elks829.com and selecting the Americanism Essay contest heading or by calling Randy Stay at 347-7858.
Talent search
The Art Institute of Jacksonville, a branch of Miami International University of Art & Design announces its search to find the winner of The Art Institutes Passion for Fashion Competition 2012. Teens who are looking for an outlet to express their love of style are encouraged to unleash their creativity and submit an entry to The Art Institute of Jacksonville for an opportunity to earn a tuition scholarship. Entries must be postmarked by Jan. 20.
Go to www.artinstitutes.edu/passion4fashion or www.multivu.com/players/English/51392-art-institutes-passion-for-fashion.
The competition at The Art Institute of Jacksonville will accept entries in the Fashion Marketing & Merchandising and Retail Management category. The local winner will earn a $3,000 tuition scholarship to The Art Institute of Jacksonville and compete nationally in the same category.
The Art Institute of Jacksonville does not offer Fashion Design and so cannot accept entries in that category.
To learn more about the competition and see complete rules, go to www.artinstitutes.edu/passion4fashion or www.multivu.com/players/English/51392-art-institutes-passion-for-fashion.


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REPORT DATES: July 22nd (rookies), July 25th (veterans)
SITE: Under Armour Performance Center, Owings Mills, MD
CAMP OBJECTIVES: After losing coordinator Chuck Pagano as well as three experienced regulars to their high-caliber defense during the offseason, the Ravens enter this year's camp in need of some rearranging in that area. The most notable and important absence comes at the rush linebacker spot, where 2011 NFL Defensive Player of the Year Terrell Suggs will be out until at least November after partially tearing his Achilles tendon in the spring. His injury puts the spotlight on projected replacement Paul Kruger, a fourth-year pro who's flashed difference-making ability in spot duty but has never been a full-time player at the pro level. Rookie Courtney Upshaw, Baltimore's second- round pick in this past draft, will also be asked to step into a featured role at outside linebacker with valued veteran Jarret Johnson departing in free agency, while the team will be counting on promising youngsters Arthur Jones and Pernell McPhee to help fill the void left by end Cory Redding's decision to join first-year head coach Pagano in Indianapolis. A changing of the guard could take place at one cornerback spot as well, with gifted 2011 first-round selection Jimmy Smith a candidate to push incumbent Cary Williams into nickel situations after being eased in as a rookie. Do-everything running back Ray Rice won't have to worry about losing his status after recently signing a long-term contract, but there will a battle brewing between rookie Bernard Pierce (3rd Round, Temple) and seldom-used sophomore Anthony Allen for the backup job. Another interesting competition could take place at quarterback, where former Colt Curtis Painter was signed to vie with the lightly-seasoned Tyrod Taylor for the No. 2 position on the depth chart.
PRESEASON SCHEDULE (All Times Eastern):
Aug. 9 - at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m. Aug. 17 - vs. Detroit, 8 p.m. Aug. 23 - vs. Jacksonville, 7:30 p.m. Aug. 30 - at St. Louis, 8 p.m.


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I want to learn working with designer.
what all i have to do, if I want to use it ?
I installed database Oracle 9i.
(I have cd's with Developer tools and Application server. All 9i)
Could you tell me all steps what I have to install next ?
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Democratic response to State of the Union
Jan 31st
In his response to the State of the Union message, Democratic Virgina Governor Tim Kaine leaves no doubt that he is in fact a Democrat, although a relative moderate. He harps on WMDs not being found in Iraq. (I'm glad he did that; it's a sure loser for… more »
Experts' opinion on Republican problems
Jan 31st
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The Solaris 7 installation programs have a new check box for selection of 64-bit support. The check box is active (not grayed-out) if 64-bit support is a valid option for either the hardware or the software group (metacluster) selected for installation.
Selection of 64-bit support is appropriate if the system is to be used to either develop or run applications compiled for the 64-bit SPARC instruction set. The 64-bit SPARC instruction set is currently supported on UltraSPARC systems.
Deselection of 64-bit support for an UltraSPARC system removes the ability to run or compile a 64-bit program. An UltraSPARC system with 64-bit support should execute 32-bit programs at comparable speeds (typically within a few percent) to a system running without 64-bit support.


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Priest And Pagan
( Originally Published Early 1900's )
Men's beliefs are their most precious possessions. The gold and the furs and the tobacco of the New World were bright allurements to the western adventure; but it was the desire to keep their faith unmolested that planted the first permanent English colony on American shores, and Spanish conquistadores and French voyageurs were not more zealous for wealth and war than were the Jesuit Fathers, who followed in their foot-steps and outstayed their departure, for the Christianizing of the Red Man's pagan soul. It is to these missionary priests that we owe most of our knowledge of the Indian's native beliefs — at least, for the earlier period. They entered the wilderness to convert the savage, and accordingly it became their immediate interest to discover what religious ideas this child of nature already possessed. In their letters on the language, institutions, and ideas of the Indians, written for the enlightenment of those intending to enter the mission field, we have the first reliable accounts of Indian myth and religion.
To be sure, the Fathers did not immediately understand the aborigines. In one of the earliest of the Relations Pčre Lalemant wrote, of the Montagnais: "They have no form of divine worship nor any kind of prayers"; but such expressions mean simply that the missionaries found among the Indians nothing similar to their own religious practices. In the Relation of 1647-48 Pčre Raguenau said, writing of the Huron: "To speak truly, all the nations of these countries have received from their ancestors no knowledge of a God; and, before we set foot here, all that was related about the creation of the world consisted of nothing but myths. Nevertheless, though they were barbarians, there remained in their hearts a secret idea of the Divinity and of a first Principle, the author of all things, whom they invoked without knowing him. In the forests and during the chase, on the waters, and when in danger of shipwreck, they name him Aireskouy Soutanditenr, and call him to their aid. In war, and in the midst of their battles, they give him the name of Ondoutaete and believe that he alone awards the victory. Very frequently they address themselves to the Sky, paying it homage; and they call upon the Sun to be witness of their courage, of their misery, or of their innocence. But, above all, in treaties of peace and alliance with foreign Nations they invoke, as witnesses of their sincerity, the Sun and the Sky, which see into the depths of their hearts, and will wreak vengeance on the treachery of those who betray their trust and do not keep their word. So true is what Tertullian said of the most infidel Nations, that nature in the midst of perils makes them speak with a Christian voice, — Exclamant vocem naturaliter Christianam, — and have recourse to a God whom they invoke almost without knowing him, — Ignoto Dec."
Exclamant vocem naturaliter Christianam! Two centuries later another Jesuit, Father De Smet, uses the same expression in describing the religious feeling of the Kansa tribe: "When we showed them an Ecce Homo and a statue of our Lady of the Seven Dolours, and the interpreter explained to them that that head crowned with thorns, and that countenance defiled with insults, were the true and real image of a God who had died for love of us, and that the heart they saw pierced with seven swords was the heart of his mother, we beheld an affecting illustration of the beautiful thought of Tertullian, that the soul of man is naturally Christian!"
It is not strange, therefore, that when these same Fathers found in America myths of a creation and a deluge, of a fall from heaven and of a sinful choice bringing death into the world, they conceived that in the new-found Americans they had discovered the lost tribes of Israel.


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This post originally appeared on My Green Lake. For more Green Lake news and information, check out MyGreenLake.com.
The Puget Sound Concert Opera is performing Lakmé by Léo Delibes at Green Lake's Bethany Lutheran Church (7400 Woodlawn Ave NE) on Sunday, February 6, 2011 at 5 p.m. There is a $15 suggested donation ($10 for students and seniors).
From Wikipedia:
Lakmé is an opera in three acts by Léo Delibes to a French libretto by Edmond Gondinet and Philippe Gille.
Set in British India in the mid 19th century, Lakmé is based on the 1880 novel Rarahu ou Le Mariage de Loti by Pierre Loti. Delibes wrote the score during 1881-82 with its first performance on 14 April 1883 at the Opéra Comique in Paris.
The opera includes the famous and popular Flower Duet (Sous le dôme épais) for sopranos performed in the first act by the lead character Lakmé, the daughter of a Brahmin priest, and her servant Mallika. Another famous aria from the opera is the Bell Song (L'Air des clochettes) in Act 2.
©Amy Duncan for My Green Lake | Seattle's Green Lake Blog, 2011.
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AfriGeneas Writers Forum
Re: Instantpublisher.com
In Response To: Instantpublisher.com ()
All the best to you with publishing your book.
Instantpublishers.com was one of the companies I consider to publish a church session (minutes) records book 1820-1889. I went with a local company, which offer a similar package as instantpublishers. I chose self publishing because I can order few books at a time, maintain my rights as author of the book, and I keep all of the small profits. Although I have been a self publishing author for only three weeks, I am pleased with the process.
My limited experience is that proof readers and a system of promoting your book are two tools needed with self-publishing. I am sure there are plenty more.
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Optomec launches new Asia Pacific operations center in Singapore
Metal 3D printer machines manufacturer, Optomec is expanding its business to Asia Pacific, has announced the opening of new Operations Center in Singapore. The center is located at at Galaxis One North, in the heart of a business park developed for R&D and high technology in Singapore.
"Establishing an official base of operations underscores our decision to strengthen presence in the APAC region to address growing demand for Optomec products and to enhance support for our customers and resellers" said Dave Ramahi, Optomec CEO. "I am also pleased to announce the appointment of Pascal Pierra as Director of Sales for APAC region. Pascal brings 20 years of international experience in the Semiconductor and Additive Manufacturing industries with regional roles in APAC since 2004. Pascal will work with Optomec customers and an extensive reseller network spanning Australia, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand, Philippines, South Korea, Taiwan and Thailand. Click here for more information."
"I am excited to join the Optomec team and I look forward to the challenge" said Pascal Pierra. "I will focus on growing our business in the region in close collaboration with our regional partners".
Optomec is a privately-held, rapidly growing supplier of Additive Manufacturing systems. Optomec's patented Aerosol Jet Systems for printed electronics and LENS 3D Printers for metal components are used by industry to reduce product cost and improve performance. Together, these unique printing solutions work with the broadest spectrum of functional materials, ranging from electronic inks to structural metals and even biological matter. Optomec has more than 200 marquee customers around the world, targeting production applications in the Electronics, Energy, Life Sciences and Aerospace industries.


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The Games Creche is now up and running, due to loads of requests we decided that it was best to launch with the funds we could find. Please check out the site for the games that are now available for you to exchange - next gen games coming soon after christmas - www.thegamescreche.co.uk
Welcome to The Funding Page For The Games Creche
" I initially created the Games Creche to function as a bricks and mortar business offering a safe and secure gaming centre that would also incorporate the games exchange system. However due to unplanned relocation this idea had to be revised. The desire to provide a realistic games exchange system is still very much a reality and as such we have tailored our pitch to focus around this. "
Welcome to "The Games Crèche"
For too long gamers (myself included) have been ripped off when coming to part-exchange completed or unwanted games. if you are a gamer yourself our have purchased games for your children in the past then you will know the full extent of the cost of these games - and lets not forget £30 - £40 is at this current time IS a choice purchase.
The exchange system on the high street works along these lines - I paid £40 for the XBOX 360 title Call of Duty Ghosts on the day it was released (7 days ago at the time of writing) this game is now worth £15 cash or £22 trade in value! Therefor if i wish to take another title in exchange say Battlefield 4 i will pay an additional £20 (BF4 costs £42) in effect i have paid a total of £62 for BF4 as i now only have 1 game for my £62 spend - or i have paid £42 for BF4 and £20 to rent COD Ghosts for 7 days. Not really a good deal or giving me any value at all for my game?
Swapping the same games at the Games Creche would have cost £6 inc return p+p!
All too often our young gamers are trading in games for upwards of 30p to around £1.70 for games over a year old at some high street exchange shops - meaning they have to trade several games just to get another game of the same age...
Our system will ensure that a game fitting into a £10 or £30 category is offered for sale at that price - we dont mark up, the price you see is the price it is. As our system is focused around exchanging we can give your games the value they deserve. There is nothing more sickening than being offered £12 for a game only to see the pre-owned price being offered at £37!
This is not fair and needs to stop...now!
"..The Games Creche is designed to allow trading within a small price bracket making sure that everyone has the opportunity to build a personal games collection not constantly trade it all in to get the latest games.."
What Will The Funds Raised Be Used For?
The funding amount of £5000 is to be able to create a ready to go games librabry with a wide selection of computer games across various formats - including the next generation ones due in the coming weeks. Advertising will need to be inplace including local and national adverts in approprate magazines as well as promoting via a dedicated website. This site is now online to create awareness of the Games Creche.
In order to ensure that all games traded back to our customers are in pristine condition we are also investing in the latest disc cleaning equipment - we want our customers to be totally satisfied with our service and become repeating customers who look to us all the time to trade up their games. This service will also be offered as a stand alone service and generate additional income and will be discounted for members.
Real World Trading & Creating Employment
Early in 2014 I would like to move the Games Creche to a small high street outlet that will then create a Saturday job for a future school leaver. They will over a period of time become familiar with the process of dealing with orders both via mail order and through the door and once they leave school will move into full time employment this will then open up another opportunity for filling the Saturday job.
If the Games Creche grows as planned then extra dedicated staff will be taken to process disc repair, mail order packing and stock monitoring as and when required., initially a part time job will be created for a 16yr old Saturday job with the view to setting this person on full time when they leave school in May 2014. Hopefully by the begining of the New Year some premesis would be sourced and all operations moved there where the business can expand and trade via footfall through the door as well as continuing online - this would give an increased choice of games available to everyone.
Do I Know What I Am Talking About?
Yes. I have previous experience in the computer games market as ran a video & games rental store from 1995 to 2006, first intorducing the rental of Megadrive & SNES games and following with Playstation then PS2 & Xbox games. I have been a keen gamer myself since the good old Megadrive days and have at times had to exchange my games along the high street - feeling sick for days at the amunt of money i had just lost.
I understand about early adopting of new hardware the need to have the latest games, but more importantly I am a parent and understand the pressures that are regularly placed on parents becasue their child wants the latest games "like their friends have" when in reality its not financially viable for the rest of the family budget.
Thank you for your time in reading this and hopefully The Games Crèche can become a reality.


text: Moody's Investors Service has upgraded its outlook on the U.S. life insurance industry to stable from negative, LifeHealthPro reported. The credit rating and research service, which has maintained a negative outlook on the industry since September 2012, said in a report Wednesday that the outlook change is driven by its expectation that interest rates will continue their gradual rise in 2014. According to Moody's, the U.S. economy will continue to show greater stability over the next two years, expanding 2 to 3 percent in 2014 and 2.5 to 3.5 percent in 2015, which is credited to the continued improvement of the housing market and unemployment rate. With this, Moody's sees a rise in the demand for life insurance and annuity products.


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July 30, 2008
Nepal Launches HIV-Friendly Hospital Program
Nepal launches HIV-friendly hospital program
KATHMANDU, July 30 (Xinhua) -- The National Network against HIV/ AIDS, Nepal (NANGAN), has selected three hospitals to launch HIV- friendly Hospital program, The Rising Nepal reported on Wednesday.Under the program supported by donor communities, HIV-affected persons will be provided quality health services in the hospitals.
Speaking at a workshop organized by NANGAN's regional branch in Pokhara in western Nepal on Tuesday, program coordinator Sweety Vaidya said the doctors, HIV-infected people, social mobilizers and health workers would be trained at the initial phase on the concept of HIV-friendly hospitals.
Laxmi Adhikari, who has been living with HIV for the last 12 years, said the HIV-infected should also be involved as per their qualifications in counseling and awareness programs against prevention and control of HIV.
These hospitals are Teku Hospital in the capital Kathmandu, Gandaki Zonal Hospital in Pokhara and Bheri Zonal Hospital in Nepalgunj in mid-western Nepal.
(c) 2008 Xinhua News Agency - CEIS. Provided by ProQuest Information and Learning. All rights Reserved.


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Posted by dav at 2003 March 17 05:29 PM
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Just sat through Bush's war announcement in a San Diego airport bar. Nothing new really, except for the demand that Saddam's sons also leave the country (within 48 hours). The mood in the room here was very somber. +ne person started clapping when the president went off the air, but gave up after a couple of seconds when he realized no one else shared his enthusiasm.
--Dav via Danger Hiptop
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