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The Laird Telemedia Fujinon OS Lens to Element Technica Lens Control Unit Cable - 7 ft is a Hirose 10-pin to Lemo 10-pin cable that connects a Fujinon "Old Style" lens to an Element Technica Lens Control Unit for RS-232 control of the lens.
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Nicholas Bayley is lead for Canada within Accenture Strategy, helping clients solve strategic problems at the intersection of business and technology. He also plays a variety of additional roles that help address organizations' most complex issues, including: global lead for Accenture Strategy's IT Transformation Community of Practice, member of the North America Banking Strategy team and Canadian lead for IT Strategy.
Mr. Bayley has more than 20 years of industry and consulting experience. He joined the Strategy team of Accenture in 1996 where he focused on a variety of business strategy issues in several industries before joining the Technology Strategy practice. Previously, Mr. Bayley worked at TD Bank in Canada, holding a variety of business roles.
Mr. Bayley has a Master's degree in business administration from the University of Toronto and a Bachelor's degree from Queen's University, Canada. He has worked in many countries and industries across five continents is currently based in Toronto, Canada.
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NEW YORK — Some questions and answers about the NBA's labor impasse:
Q: What's the damage so far?
A: NBA Commissioner David Stern canceled the first two weeks of the regular season Monday, with both owners and players estimating losses at hundreds of millions of dollars.
Q: What happens next?
A: No meetings are currently scheduled, and Stern warned that more games could be lost with each passing day.
Q: What were the NBA's revenues last season?
A: The league brought in about $4.3 billion, of which $3.8 billion fell into the category of basketball-related income (BRI). BRI is basically all the money made through basketball operations, including gate receipts, broadcast revenues, in-arena sales of novelties and concessions, arena signage revenues, game parking and program revenues, sponsorship revenues, etc.
Q: So what's the problem?
A: Players were guaranteed 57 percent of BRI, and the league says owners were destined to lose money when they only kept 43 cents of every dollar.
Q: How bad was it for owners?
A: They say they lost $300 million last season, after losing hundreds of millions in every year of the previous collective bargaining agreement that was ratified in 2005. The league says 22 of its 30 teams lost money, including losses of $20 million or more for 11 of them.
Q: Couldn't they avoid those problems if the teams that made money shared more with the others?
A: That's what the players say, calling the NBA's revenue-sharing program "insignificant." The league says a more robust revenue-sharing plan is coming, but not until after a new CBA with the players, because right now all it would be doing is sharing losses.
Q: What do the owners want?
A: The league has two goals in the negotiations: A system that would guarantee owners a chance to make a profit, and a system where all teams would have a chance to compete equally for a championship.
Q: How far apart are they financially?
A: Each side's last formal proposal was a 53-47 revenue split in its favor. Given each full BRI percentage point was worth nearly $40 million last season, the sides are officially around $240 million apart in the first year of a deal.
Q: Why is competitive balance a problem now?
A: Because the NBA's "soft" salary cap system allows teams to spend above it by using various exceptions. There is a luxury tax level in which teams have to pay a $1 tax for every $1 they exceed the threshold by, but big-market teams simply absorbed the penalty that smaller-market clubs were unable to. So the league says small-market teams can't compete in the NBA like they do in the NFL, where Green Bay, Indianapolis, New Orleans and Pittsburgh have won recent Super Bowls.
Q: What do players think about a hard cap?
A: They're completely opposed, to the extent that union executive director Billy Hunter has called it a "blood issue." Players believe a hard cap would eliminate fully guaranteed contracts for all but a handful of top players and set up a system like the NFL, where teams cut even high-performing players for cap reasons and aren't required to pay their full contracts.
Q: Is playing overseas a viable option?
A: Not as good as players hoped, which is why Stern downplayed it as a bargaining threat from the start. Economic difficulties in Europe mean teams there simply can't pay enough to entice NBA stars, and China essentially removed itself as an option when it ruled its teams couldn't offer contracts with opt-out clauses, meaning players who sign there are required to stay all season.
Q: Can they still play a full 82-game season?
A: Stern said everything is negotiable, but it will be difficult. Arenas have few dates available and already have been told they can book events on nights games were scheduled for the first two weeks of the season.


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Two senior aides to President Barack Obama knew weeks ago about a watchdog report on the U.S. Internal Revenue Service targeting of conservative groups, a spokesman said on Monday, shifting the focus to the White House in a fast-moving controversy.
White House Counsel Kathryn Ruemmler was told on April 24 about an upcoming report by the Treasury's Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) on the IRS practice, which an IRS official apologized for on May 10, triggering the controversy.
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Soon after she learned of the report, Ruemmler briefed White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough and other members of the senior staff, White House spokesman Jay Carney told reporters at 7a news briefing.
Ruemmler decided there was no need to inform the president, Carney said, as the administration struggled to put a lid on the IRS affair which has become a major distraction early in Obama's second term.
Carney defended White House inaction prior to the completion of the inspector general's probe, saying any intervention would have been inappropriate. In any case, he said, there was no urgency because the activity in question had stopped about a year earlier.
Carney last week said Ruemmler had not necessarily been told of the contents of the TIGTA report, which found IRS agents had targeted conservative groups for extra scrutiny based on the use in their names of key words, such as "Tea Party" and "Patriot."
Ruemmler was told on April 24 the report would address "line IRS employees improperly scrutinizing ... organizations by using words such as Tea Party and Patriot," Carney said on Monday.
"While we had an indication of the likely findings, until the IG finalizes his report, the findings and conclusions are subject to change," Carney said.
"That's why we had to wait, appropriately, until the report was publicized or published for the president to be able to review it and respond, as he did very quickly," Carney said.
Obama fired acting IRS Commissioner Steven Miller on Wednesday and called the inspector general's findings outrageous. The report found no evidence of political motivation for the targeting or of any White House involvement.
There was no White House intervention at any time into the contents of the report, Carney said.
As the White House fought to contain the political damage, two congressional committees were preparing to hold hearings on the report, with some lawmakers calling for the Obama administration to fire more people linked to the scandal.
Lois Lerner, chief of the IRS tax-exempt unit, was scheduled to testify on Wednesday to a Republican-controlled investigative committee of the House of Representatives, along with other officials. Lerner's apology on May 10 for the IRS targeting at a legal conference in Washington set off the furor.
Representative Sander Levin called for Lerner's resignation on Friday, saying she had recently testified to a House subcommittee and failed to disclose what she knew about the targeting. "This is wholly unacceptable," he said.
Levin is the top Democrat on the House Ways and Means Committee, which writes tax law and oversees the IRS.
Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell's office on Monday drew attention to a Washington Post article that questioned Lerner's statements, including her contention that applications for tax-exempt status by groups had doubled during the time period in question.
Republican Vern Buchanan, another member of the Ways and Means panel, last week called for Lerner to be dismissed.
Joseph Grant, acting commissioner for the IRS tax-exempt and government entities division and Lerner's boss, said last week that he will retire.
"I don't see how Lois makes it (survives in her post???). It's saddening to me," said Philip Hackney, assistant law professor at Louisiana State University who worked until 2011 at the IRS with Lerner. "She is nonpartisan; I say that with great confidence."
Lerner was scheduled to testify on Wednesday to the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee alongside Deputy Treasury Secretary Neal Wolin, former IRS Commissioner Douglas Shulman and Treasury Department Inspector General for Tax Administration J. Russell George.
On Tuesday, George, Miller and Shulman were set to testify before the Democrat-controlled Senate Finance Committee.
As the IRS scandal as widened, Republicans have focused on what officials knew about the targeting and when they knew it.
The inspector general's report showed that the targeting got under way in mid-2010. In 2011, Lerner was told about how the practice was being handled at a Cincinnati field office. She halted the use of the controversial key words, but lower-level employees by January 2012 had resumed using them.
At a first congressional hearing on the matter last Friday, Republicans made clear they are looking beyond the IRS.
"This appears to be just the latest example of a culture of cover-ups and political intimidation in this administration," Republican House Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp said on Friday.
Democratic Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus and top committee Republican Orrin Hatch on Monday requested documents on possible White House involvement and sought nearly 300 tax-exempt status applications delayed by the targeting.
Baucus and Hatch also asked for documentation of any disciplinary action taken, and whether some lawmakers' calls for the IRS to crack down on tax-exempt groups played any role.


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esatemps needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 56 designs submitted by 16 freelance designers.
We are a legal staffing company in business for thirty years. We want to launch a new company designated specifically for a new target market.
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We need a new logo design for a legal staffing company in the Philadelphia area. This is a subsidiary of our parent company Elayne Scott Associates, Inc.
The new company name is 5 County Legal
We want a sophisticated and clean design geared toward attorneys and law office personnel.
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I can't say that I'm super-crazy about eating a bunch of cookies. I may eat a few each week, but I find a greater joy in making them for others. Something about Christmas makes me want to bake and look at the products in a pretty glass container, but not necessarily eat them... strange, huh? Each year I make one type of Christmas cookie per week - this year I'm leaving a few at home each week, and then sending the rest to work with my husband for his employees to enjoy, or taking them to work for my coworkers. I love that homemade cookies can bring a smile to other's faces. I especially love that my little one can eat them now, and she sure does enjoy them too!
I found this great recipe last year - it is a Peter Pan Peanut Butter and M&M recipe. Peanut butter is definitely one of my favorite things, but I liked the fact that they had oatmeal and chocolate too. They are yummy and if you are truly a holiday cookie-eater, then you will love these! Best dishes and yummy dreams!
Holly Jolly Peanut Butter Oatmeal Cookies
1 c. all-purpose flour
2/3 c. rolled oats
1 1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp. salt
1 c. peanut butter
1/2 c. butter
1 c. brown sugar, tightly packed
1/3 c. sugar
1 egg
1 1/4 tsp. vanilla
1 package of red and green M&M's
1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and spread parchment paper on cookie sheets.
2. Combine flour, oats, baking powder, and salt in a large bowl.
3. Blend peanut butter, butter, and both types of sugar with a hand mixer in a separate large bowl until smooth.
4. Beat in egg and vanilla with the hand mixer.
5. Gradually add the flour mixture and blend on low.
6. Stir in M&M's with a spoon.
7. Roll mixture into 1 inch balls, place on a cookie sheet, and press down the dough with a fork.
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Info2052 needed a new web page design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 60 designs submitted by 12 freelance designers.
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We are an Internet Marketing Company and mostly do "our own" Business. We create and manage WebSites for our customers. The Design is not about us, but about the Customer which want to live healthy and tries to stay like that.
This site is for People who are interested in Natural remedies. Mostly they are very health oriented and good situated.
The Design should be something like... see the links
The objective of the site is to be become a resource for people who want to live healthy and or searching for enhance their health with natural suplementaries.
Please, keep in mind that this site is for the German Market and the Design should also Target "germans" sounds funny, "i know" but they are a bit different in what designs they like. For "us" a clean design, with no bragging, is most appealing. Links should be links (with underline).
The more grounded the design is, the better.
The site should have a left menu (and be able to have a right one) and under that boxes for other usefull information. The Menu should be expandable.
Breadcrumbs well be required and on the header there should be also
a Menu bar. Well mostly like in the Link provided.
There is no logo... you may invent it yourself :-)
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More than a dozen of the biggest U.S. banks have questioned a proposed accounting change meant to boost reserves for risky loans, saying the results would be vastly different from those of a similar rule being developed by global standard-setters.
A key reform arising out of the 2007-08 global financial crisis, the proposal would require banks to look ahead and reserve for expected losses on the day a loan is made.
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Currently, banks do not have to reserve for risky loans until there are signs of a loss.
Reserves were criticized as being "too little, too late" during the global crisis, when major banks were buffeted by defaults on loans and other debt. Many had to be bailed out because they had not set aside enough for losses.
Numerous banking regulators have called for more timely reserves, though critics have also warned that proposed accounting changes would make quarterly earnings more volatile as banks adjust their expectations for losses.
In a letter to accounting rule-makers, banks suggested that trying to predict losses too far ahead would be unreliable.
Banks signing the letter included Bank of America Corp, Citigroup Inc, JPMorgan Chase & Co and Morgan Stanley. Spokesmen for the banks either declined to comment or did not respond to requests for comment.
The letter, dated May 10, was addressed to the Connecticut-based Financial Accounting Standards Board, which sets U.S. accounting standards, and the London-based International Accounting Standards Board, which sets international rules.
FASB is seeking comment on its proposal through May 31, and its details may change. Analysts said it would likely not be effective before 2015. A separate rule on loan losses was proposed by the IASB in March.
The letter intensified pressure on the two boards to align their rules. U.S. companies use FASB's generally accepted accounting principles, or GAAP. Much of the rest of the world uses IASB's international financial reporting standards (IFRS).
The two boards have been working for over a decade to merge their standards. Financial accounting has been a key focus since the global crisis, but the boards parted ways on loan loss accounting last year.
"Relative to the IASB's proposal, the FASB's proposal would generally require entities to recognize allowances for credit losses sooner and in larger amounts," said Bruce Pounder, director of professional programs at Loscalzo Associates, a Shrewsbury, New Jersey-based accounting education company.
The balance sheets of U.S. banks could look significantly worse than that of banks using international standards, even in identical economic conditions, he said.
FASB officials have estimated some U.S. banks may have to increase their reserves by 50 percent under its proposed change.
Donna Fisher, a senior vice president at the American Bankers Association, said banks are trying to get standard-setters to agree on a middle ground.
"The FASB model will result in significantly larger, more volatile and less reliable (loan loss) allowances," Fisher said.
FASB's proposal would require businesses to look at both past experience and reasonable estimates of future losses, and reserve for those losses the day a loan is originated.
The IASB's proposal would only make banks consider losses expected over the next 12 months, unless a loan's credit has deteriorated significantly. If that is the case, reserves would have to be made for the full expected loss.
Friday's letter said banks had concerns with both models. It suggested losses be estimated over 12 months, or the period that could yield reliable estimates, whichever is greater.
FASB spokeswoman Christine Klimek said the board will consider the bank's suggestions along with other feedback.
(Reporting by Dena Aubin; Additional reporting by Huw Jones in London; Editing by Richard Chang)


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BLUE Bones are tasty, highly digestible dental chews that will help freshen your dog's breath and make his teeth sparkle. Plus, BLUE Bones are the only dental chews with a unique blend of ingredients designed to help support joint, heart and immune system health. Features: Hours of irresistible chewing for the avid chewer Food Type: Treat Food Consistency: Chew Life Stage: All stages of life Primary Ingredient: Whole Ground Potato Package Weight: 27 oz, 97 Count Warning: As with all dog chews, please take antler away if it becomes small enough to swallow. Feeding Instructions: While your furry friend would probably love to eat the whole bag, BLUE Bones are for intermittent or supplemental feeding only. We recommend feeding him just one BLUE Bone a day. Choosing the right size of BLUE Bones is important too-this bag of mini size BLUE Bones is ideal for dogs 5-15 lbs. Ingredients: Whole Ground Potato, Whole Ground Rice, Water, Vegetable Glycerin, Gelatin, Peas, Carrots (source of Vitamin A), Beet Juice, Sunflower Oil (source of Omega 6 Fatty Acids), Oat Bran, Flaxseed (source of Omega 3 and 6 Fatty Acids), Natural Chicken Flavor, Blueberries, Dried Parsley, Alfalfa Meal (source of Chlorophyll), Calcium Carbonate, preserved with Citric Acid, L-Ascorbyl-2-Polyphosphate (source of Vitamin C), Zinc Propionate, Vitamin E Supplement, Glucosamine Hydrochloride, Chondroitin Sulfate, Taurine Guaranteed Analysis: Crude Protein: 15.0% min Crude Fat: 3.5% min Crude Fiber: 3.0% max Moisture: 20.0% max Vitamin A: 5000 IU/kg min Vitamin E: 100 IU/kg min Glucosamine*: 300 mg/kg max Chondroitin Sulfate*: 50 mg/kg max L-Ascorbyl-2-Polyphosphate (Vitamin C)*: 50 mg/kg min Taurine*: 0.09% min. *Not recognized as an essential nutrient by the AAFCO Dog Food Nutrient Profiles. Caloric Content: 1,736 Kcals/kg, One Mini Bone = 19 Kcals
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Even as Apple crashes and burns, the market is protected by a firewall of factors that could help stocks break through to new highs.
The S&P 500 briefly rose above the psychologically important 1,500 for the first time since December, 2007, while Apple collapsed, losing 11 percent in an earnings induced tailspin.
Apple was pummeled with no signs of bargain hunting to prop it back up, and it continued to stay at its lows in afternoon trading. The S&P 500 was flattish, while the Dow was higher. Apple is about 9 percent of the Nasdaq, which was more than a percent lower on the day.
"I would call this a very encouraging and healthy reaction—that the market's able to sustain itself without the pre-eminent player," said Jack Ablin, CIO of BMO Capital Markets. (Read More: Pros: S&P Can Rally While Apple Sputters Lower )


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Flanked by female supporters, President Obama assures people without health insurance that they'll be able to get it this fall.
As procrastinating Americans raced to confirm brunch plans and flower deliveries for Mother's Day, the president of the United States took a policy-oriented approach to the holiday, pitching the benefits of his health care reforms to moms nationwide.
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President Barack Obama speaks on the Affordable Care Act on May 10, 2013 in the East Room of the White House.
During an event at the White House, President Barack Obama decried "misinformation" about the law and urged parents not to be "bamboozled" by those critical of the law's lingering criticisms about the 2009 legislation.
Flanked by female supporters, the president praised the legislation's provisions, including new rules that eliminate price hikes relating to women's health and allow young people to stay on their parents' insurance plans for longer.
"This is too important for political games," he added. "Most moms and dads don't think about politics when their kid gets sick."
The Affordable Care Act was passed in 2009 over the vigorous objections of Republicans, but most of its sweeping provisions are only beginning to be implemented now. The process of enacting the reforms has had a rocky start; bill drafter and Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus, a Democrat, warned that businesses confused about the law could face a "train wreck."
Obama conceded that "undoubtedly there will be some mistakes and hiccups as this thing gets started up" but that the program's implementers are quickly responding to problems.
Touting the legislation's specific benefits to women, Obama reminded foes that the 2012 election results mean the "law is here to stay."
"The same folks who fought tooth and nail a couple years ago and tried to make political hay out of 'Obamacare' are still telling tall tales about its impact," he said.
At the outset of his remarks, the president offered a tongue-in-cheek reminder to those who may have forgotten the upcoming Mother's Day holiday.
He joked that, early in his marriage to wife Michelle, he wondered aloud why such a fuss is made over moms for one day in May.
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A resolution modifying the master list of architects and engineers originally approved by Resolution No. R94-1050.
Whereas, Section 2.08.040 of the Metropolitan Code of Laws provides:
A. The metropolitan county mayor is authorized to execute and enter into on behalf of The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County professional services contracts with any and all firms listed on the master list of architectural/engineering firms on a project-by-project basis and upon the recommendation of the capital improvements architectural/engineering review board.
B. Architectural/engineering firms may be added to the master list of architectural/engineering firms by resolution.
Whereas, Regulation R2-302.01, subsection (a)(ii) of the Metropolitan Government Procurement Standards Board calls for the Director of Finance to enter the master lists of architectural and engineering firms in a central file available to all departments and agencies of Metropolitan Government.
Whereas, the Director of Finance and the Purchasing Agent propose to add to the master lists the architectural and engineering firms named in the document attached hereto as Exhibit A and to modify the entries on the existing architectural and engineering lists as shown in the document attached hereto as Exhibit B.
Now, therefore, be it resolved by the Council of The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County:
Section 1: That the architectural and engineering firms listed in Exhibit A attached hereto shall be added to the master lists, and the existing entries on those lists shall be modified as indicated in Exhibit B.
Section 2: This resolution shall take effect from and after its adoption, the welfare of The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County requiring it.
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Mr. Ajay Lobo and his wife Christine are the hosts of the beautiful abode who stay in the house with their two young sons. Ajay is an educationit and is also involved with animal Welfare while Christine is a teacher. They both are simple, soft-spoken, humble, generous and hospitable hosts. Christine is an amazing cook and prepares both vegetarian and non-vegetarian dishes. Vegetarian dishes include paneer (cottage cheese), rajma (red beans) with fried rice and chapatis, whereas non-vegetarian dishes may vary from chicken to fish as per the taste of the guest.
The homestay is a residential building with ground floor and first floor. The hosts stay on the ground floor while the guest area and rooms are on the first floor. The stairs going upwards from in-house parking space lead to the entrance to the guest area. It mainly consists of the living area in the centre with two rooms, a well-equipped kitchen and bathroom around it. The rooms are hygienic, clean, adequately furnished and comfortably draped to give a home-like feel. The house is a very peaceful, comfortable and affordable option for those planning stay in the otherwise expensive tourist hub.Staying with an Indian Christian family will allow one to experience the mix of cultures in today's Indian society. Ajay, having been brought up in Jaipur is well aware of the culture and everyday trends seen in Jaipur. He is more than willing to assist and guide his guests in planning a tour of the city.
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|Question about Allergy Medications
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Dr. McGowan,
In trying to avoid immune system activation during the fall allergy season in which my severe ragweed allergy usually acts up, what are the best allergy meds to take for people both on meds and who have not started meds yet?
Is it worth wearing a mask when going outside and investing in a room air purifier?
Each year it seems this allergy gets worse in the fall, this may be due to higher pollen counts in certain years or the actual allergy getting worse.
Are allergy meds that suppress immune response dangerous?
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Dear M.
Thanks for your post.
This is a very important issue.
Allergic rhinitis, or hayfever or other seasonal allergies are more common in people with HIV. When CD4 counts are low these symptoms can be more severe. Keeping the CD4 count up is important.
The best strategy is to start a long acting, non-sedating anti-histamine such as loratadine (claritin) or cetirizine (zyrtec) or fexofenadine (Allegra) on a daily basis throughout the season in which you have the allergy. These are OK on or off HIV meds. These can block histamine which causes the runny nose, itchy eyes and sinus congestion. When there is congestion a decongestant such as pseudophederine can be used as needed as long as you do not have high blood pressure. Nasal sprays can be used (steroid and non-steroid) for inflammation. If you use a steroid nasal spray you should discuss it with your doctor because some may interact with your HIV medication (especially protease inhibitors). It is best to be proactive with seasonal allergies and stay on the non-sedating antihistamine throughout the allergy season.
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Merck, Bristol-Myers Squibb Announce Major Price Reductions for Poorest Countries: Major Access Progress but Questions Remain
February 28, 2001
On March 7 Merck & Co. Inc. announced it would sell Crixivan® (indinavir) in some poor countries for $600 per patient per year, and Stochrin® (efavirenz, better known in the U.S. as Sustiva®) for $500. The same price will be available to governments, international agencies, nonprofits, and private companies such as employers who want to provide access to AIDS treatment to their employees. The only condition placed on this program is that the drugs must be used in the country and not exported. Merck claims that it will not make a profit on these sales to developing countries. It said it expects to triple production of Crixivan to meet the new demand.
And on March 14 Bristol-Myers Squibb Company announced that it was making its drugs ddI and d4T available "in every country in Africa" at 15 cents per day for d4T and 85 cents per day for ddI, which it said is below its cost, "under its existing ACCESS partnership program with international agencies, including UNAIDS, World Health Organization, World Bank, UNICEF and U.N. Population Fund." (March 14 company press release.)
Bristol-Myers Squibb also said that it would not let its patents interfere with access to its AIDS drugs in Africa. "The company will ensure that its patents do not prevent inexpensive HIV/AIDS therapy in Africa. The patent for Zerit, rights to which are owned by Yale University and Bristol-Myers Squibb, will be made available at no cost to treat AIDS in South Africa under an agreement the company has recently concluded with Yale. The company has no other patent rights in Africa which it will allow to prevent AIDS therapy there" (March 14 press release). Outside of Africa, "we will maintain our existing ACCESS pricing program and address the subject on a country-by-country basis" (About 70% of people with HIV or AIDS in the world live in sub-Saharan Africa.)
Last May, Merck, Bristol-Myers Squibb, and three other major pharmaceutical companies announced major price reductions for developing countries, through the ACCESS program with UNAIDS and other agencies. But that program required country-by-country price negotiations between each government and the companies. Only three countries (Senegal, Rwanda, and Uganda) have completed these negotiations, while about 30 others have expressed interest; after 10 months, only about 2500 people are being served. The new procedure should be much simpler in practice, because of the transparent (public), uniform price.
With prices currently announced for poor countries by other pharmaceutical companies (which might be reduced in the near future), prices to Africans for triple therapy including either Crixivan or Stochrin (efavirenz) will still be over $1000 per person per year. Two Indian generic manufacturers (Cipla Ltd. and Hetero Drugs Ltd.) have now offered a nevirapine-based triple combination for as low as $350 per year or less. (Efavirenz and nevirapine are in the same drug class, non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors; indinavir (Crixivan) is a protease inhibitor. Indinavir is more difficult to manufacture than nevirapine; we do not know about efavirenz.)
A March 7 Wall Street Journal report attributed Merck's and other new pricing programs for poor countries to "increasing concern by pharmaceuticals executives that generic competitors are winning a public-relations battle that could eventually undermine international patents -- their most precious asset."
In a March 19 op ed in The New York Times, one of the inventors of d4T, William Prusoff of the Yale University School of Medicine, looked at the history that led to the current developments. He supported the drug being either cheap or free in sub-Saharan Africa, while also acknowledging the contribution of Bristol-Myers Squibb, which tested the d4T at its expense in more than 13,000 patients in the U.S. and Europe before it was able to get any income from sales. He is amazed at how rapidly this issue has moved recently.
CommentThese programs are clearly an important step forward, and have generally been welcomed by agencies and advocates trying to make treatment available. But clearly the $500 or $600 price will require international assistance for countries with income levels less than that and public health expenditures sometimes less than $10 per person per year -- in addition to money for training and other infrastructure. Eventually millions of people will come in for treatment, and it is not known how much funding will be available to help provide it.
While we do not contest the companies' statements that it will not profit on the sale of the drugs at these prices to developing countries, we do note that any such calculation is based on many accounting choices, which are not public. Also note that with the huge profit margins on patented pharmaceuticals in the industrialized world, patent holders have little incentive to reduce production cost, since it makes up so small a part of the price. So even accepting the companies' statements fully, developing countries will have to bear production costs set by rich-world economics and not appropriate for them.
For the same reasons, there is not necessarily any conflict between Bristol-Myers Squibb's statement that it will sell ddI at a loss, and at least one generic company's quote for ddI at a fraction of the price. Bristol has little incentive to reduce production cost; generic companies have great incentive. This is one of the reasons many activists insist that generic competition must remain an available option for providing these life-critical but expensive drugs in poor countries.
We should think through the pros and cons of having an individual-patient price (such as $600 per year for Crixivan) for critical drugs for poor countries -- as opposed to governments, international agencies, and others contracting to pay pharmaceutical companies a flat price to manufacture whatever amount of drug is needed for treatment programs there. The problem with the individual-patient price is that it could end up being charged as an out-of-pocket expense to individual patients, who often have no possibility of paying that much. On the other hand, the problem with not having an individual price is loss of flexibility; for example, the drugs might be restricted to governments, some of which will not have distribution programs ready even when some private employers want to provide coverage. Perhaps using both would be best: government and other public programs could receive the drugs at a flat price regardless of quantity, yet employers, insurance plans, and other private organizations could buy the drugs for each patient they treat, if for whatever reason the government did not provide them.
Both generics and reduced-price drugs from patent holders will likely be used in the world's poorest countries. Either way, the key to treatment access for most people will be effective institution building to bring together the necessary support -- including money, education and other infrastructure, and rules that everyone can live with.
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Although most of my work is with microfinance institutions, I have the good fortune to catch up with great institutions doing quite innovative work every now and then. D.Net is one such institution, who I interned with way back in 2006. Most of their work is in the realm of ICT4D (ICT for Development) and over the years they have pushed out a couple of quite successful technology-reliant solutions.
One of the latest one they are working on is this concept called the Info Lady. It's an entrepreneurial woman who is provided skills training and a notebook and other digital equipment, who goes around in a bike in her own community and those near it and provides livelihood information, usually for a fee. Sounds a little … far-fetched, right?
Turns out, it actually works and is a sustainable business model. The original idea was inspired by D.Net's success with Pallitathya Kendras, or Village Information Kiosks where people would come to these centers and obtain all manners of livelihood information for a fee. The Info Lady model simply extends this idea by taking that information to the doorsteps of clients, literally.
There are 90 possible services that could be provided, but based on demand most Info Ladies provide 20 to 25 services. Offerings include everything from health services (blood pressure, pregnancy tests etc.) to information on income generation activities to assistance for workers seeking employment abroad to taking pictures or videos at weddings. In fact, the last one has turned out to be quite popular and is also a good source of income for the Info Ladies.
Info Ladies require a fair bit of training on domain knowledge and technical expertise, which requires an extensive training program over a couple of weeks. The program is being rolled out in a handful of districts. There are 57 Info Ladies in the field at the moment, with 105 undergoing training. The target is to have 300 Info Ladies offering their services by the end of the quarter.
There is an upfront cost to getting the Info Ladies set up. The total up-front cost can vary between $1,500 to $2,000 depending on the equipment options. D.Net is subsidizing a part of the costs, but the Info Lady is expected to come up with most of it on her own, or take responsibility for most of it. One option is a 3-yr loan from the public National Bank that comes with a 3-month grace period and a 9% interest rate (commercial interest rates are around 19%). The average earnings reported is about $150 per month, which makes a monthly loan servicing amount of $50-$60 conceivable. By the way, the highest consistent earnings reported is a little over $600; while this can't be taken as the average scenario, it does show the earning potential of the practice.
D.Net is also trying to get the Bangladeshi Diaspora involved by getting them to sponsor Info Ladies – another hallmark of D.Net projects.
Here's an article that came out in The Daily Star (link to an archive because the paper's website is currently migrating to a new one..). And here's a powerpoint that gives a bit more detail on what an Info Lady does:


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Marlyss M. Brunner, 91, formerly of Ramona, died Thursday at Gardner. She was born Oct. 29, 1920, in rural Hillsboro to Fred W. and Adeline (Bessel) Unruh.
She was a homemaker and farm wife, and a member of Trinity Lutheran Church in Ramona.
She is survived by a daughter, Jane Hogan of Gardner; a son, Charles Ryan of Overland Park; two granddaughters; and four great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her first husband, Charles Ray Ryan. She married David J. Brunner on Sept. 20, 1946, in Wichita. He preceded her in death. She was also preceded in death by a son, Edward Ryan; three brothers, Fred J. Unruh, Morris Unruh, and Raymond Unruh; and six sisters, Adeline Meier, Selma Enns, Viola Pestinger, Pauline Meyer, Delores Schwartz, and Edna Stubby.
Her funeral was Monday at Trinity Lutheran Church with the Rev. Clark Davis officiating. A memorial fund has been established for Trinity Lutheran Church.
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To reach KD Sales' headquarters, turn east at England, Ark., and head towards Sherrill, population about 57. If you blink and end up in Altheimer, you've gone too far.
Why is the well-known, successful earth-moving equipment business located in rural Arkansas?
"That's where I was born and raised," says Kevin Derden, who runs the company. "My father stopped farming in the 1980s and that's where our land and buildings were. We could easily be in California or New York. That would make shipping and distribution — our main focus — easier. But this is where we want to be. Out here, we're under the radar and that's fine."
But just because KD Sales is in small-town Arkansas doesn't mean it's shut itself away from the world. Quite the opposite has occurred, actually.
Derden says to be successful in a large equipment manufacturing business one must build a contact list and expand it.
"You'll never make it being isolated."
Can't afford it
Because it's easier to control and watch product closely, Derden has always wanted to build KD equipment in-house. But that is no longer affordable.
"At the end of the day, we're locked into a price. You have to get or pay X amount for a certain part. If you're trying to sell a part for $10 that cost you $100 to make, it won't work."
So, four or five years ago, KD Sales went to Mexico looking for business partners.
"Eventually, we bought our own company there so we can control things a bit better. The labor and products produced there are great. We've had trouble getting the steel, the raw materials, to make parts, though."
There are places where such hindrances don't exist. Derden found that Eastern Europe — Latvia specifically — has raw materials in abundance. Latvia's educated, motivated workforce was icing on the cake.
Several years ago, Derden hooked up with Viktors Melbardis through an old fraternity brother.
"This UCA (University of Central Arkansas) fraternity brother of mine has a lot of worldwide expertise in manufacturing and has a bunch of contacts. He knew Vik and suggested he'd be a good working partner."
When Melbardis and Derden finally got together, they explored the possibilities.
"We talked things through for a couple of years — a slow approach," says Derden. "You don't just travel to Latvia, knock on a factory door, and say 'Hey, man, I want to buy from you.'"
"That's true," agrees Melbardis, director of Baltic Manufacturing Group (BMG), headquartered in Latvia's capital, Riga. "The culture calls for developing a relationship. The first time Kevin and I spoke was in 2003. That was over the phone and it was another 18 months or so before we got the first purchase order going. It took a couple of months until the first parts were shipped across the border."
Derden eagerly awaited that first container full of equipment parts. "Getting that first container out of the country is tough. It's kind of like having a baby — nerves and difficulties. But now we're old hands at it and have the containers moving along pretty well."
KD Sales has also invested in the Latvian company Melbardis oversees. "We don't just want to be a customer, but a partner. We want the slaps on the back along with the kicks in the butt."
Derden describes the Latvian and Mexican plants as "yin and yang. One company does a consumer-based, sheet-metal, precision work. The other company is more of a manufacturer. KD Sales deals with earth-moving equipment. Building it isn't terribly detailed. It's not like building cars, although it is very labor intensive.
"We've found labor costs in Eastern Europe are cheaper than Mexico's. They aren't as cheap as in China, but close. Few would guess that.
Melbardis — raised in Indiana by Latvian immigrant parents who fled during WWII — says Latvia offers not only lower labor costs but lower operational costs. The country, a member of both the European Union and NATO, has "a business-friendly environment. For example, the corporate income tax rate there is set at 15 percent. That alone makes it very attractive to those wanting to set up a business. This 'new' part of Europe is attracting many businesses. Businessmen there want to find a good customer and stable orders. Along with that is more cash-flow and investment in more modern equipment."
BMG represents a strategic alliance between two manufacturing companies in Latvia. One is a precision metal-working outfit with sheet-metal, laser-cutting, stainless steel welding and other things. The other company is more of a machine shop dealing with turning, lathing, milling, fabrications and so forth.
"These two companies are premier companies in Latvia," says Melbardis. "They're absolutely comfortable in the European market and looking to grow. We've got our act together and want to get across the Atlantic Ocean to the world's largest market. We're doing that one small step at a time. But with the market being so large, that's the proper approach."
Continue growth, expansion
Partnering with KD Sales "whet our hopes," he says. "We want to find other partners to continue growth and expansion."
Another plus of Latvian products is the quality is second to none, says Derden.
And there are few culture clashes. Latvians get along well with Americans, says Melbardis.
"There's definitely a cultural similarity between the region of Europe where I'm from and the United States. We click — there's the same values and work ethic. We understand each other and I've found Americans are very comfortable finding partners and doing business there."
One of the things keeping many U.S. manufacturers from working overseas is "they're scared to let go. It's like holding onto a baby. They want to see something being built. I used to be the same way."
Such fears are easier to let go of after seeing Latvian and Mexican engineers "working wonders," says Derden.
"I think Latvian engineers make $250 a month. The expertise level in Latvia is superior. They pay attention to the details. In Mexico, they'll work for $350 and also do a fantastic job. They have technical computer skills."
Mexico continues to build an impressive manufacturing workforce. Skills pushed from early age help.
"Look, I went to a small private college prep school. Meanwhile, Mexican guys my age were in shop class. That's what they were learning — lathes, calibration machines, all kinds of stuff. Workers in both countries are fantastic."
When asked about his American-style English, Melbardis says he often "jokes about how good the English-language schools are in Latvia. And, in truth, the language barriers are quite low there. Most Latvians in business circles speak English."
That's a good thing because Derden wants to continue using Latvian or eastern European companies to build components for KD Sales equipment. The Latvian-made components will be sent to Mexico for final assembly.
"The assembled equipment is so large, it's prohibitive to put it in a container and ship it," says Derden. "It's much easier to ship it north from Mexico.
"And the business situation is working well. There's an alliance between Latvia and Mexico that's played into this. We can import duty-free and don't have to deal with a bunch of tariffs and taxes. It's been win/win."
The Arkansas-based company has forged a long-term bond with BMG, says Melbardis. "Our relationship is more than arm's length, filling orders. BMG now has the exclusive license to build scrapers in Latvia for the European market."
Agriculture is foundation
The prospect excites Derden, as well. "We're going to do that. Agriculture is the foundation for any country's growth. But folks are finding out this type of equipment can help build roads, housing, whatever. It's just a much cheaper way to move earth."
By building partnerships in Mexico and Eastern Europe, K D Sales has been able to move beyond selling just scraper parts.
"We've successfully launched our own whole goods line in the scraper market. We've also been working with several small companies in looking at 'contract manufacturing.' We've built a variety of things such as: cotton picker parts, school lockers, tool boxes, and ornate security gating and fencing.
"If it's made of metal, we will look at it. We prefer to make a sample and then let the customer judge the quality…before asking for the order."
Doing business overseas requires much trust.
"When you're wiring Euros to a foreign bank for the first time you think, 'Man, hope this works,'" says Derden. "But if you've done your homework, you have to trust it's for the best."
One thing Derden has learned: to work with overseas companies, you must have a reliable "on the ball" contact.
"There's a new problem every day. Whether in Mexico or Eastern Europe, you've got to have a man on the street. The Internet makes the world smaller but it isn't a substitute for a trained eye looking at a part. Vik is the best at filling that role — he wants this to work. We both want to make this a success for our families."
The main message Melbardis wants to get out is the "need to get over the fear of looking beyond the backyard. I think small American businesses are hurt by that. To work in a global environment you don't have to be a big transnational corporation. That's no longer the case. There are plenty of opportunities available for smaller companies too."
(For more information on KD Sales, visit www.kdsales.com)


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- Spanish GP - Qualifying
Raikkonen takes little satisfaction from beating Alonso
Kimi Raikkonen says he will not be able to get any satisfaction out of beating team-mate Fernando Alonso until the Ferrari is more competitive.
For the second time this year Raikkonen qualified ahead of Alonso at the Spanish Grand Prix, but the two Ferraris could only manage sixth and seventh on the grid. Raikkonen said that until Ferrari is fighting at the front, beating Alonso does not give him much pleasure.
"Obviously people are interested in that side, but for me until we are in the front it does not interest me," he said. "Obviously I try to stay in front of him, but it doesn't give me much satisfaction when we are sixth and seventh - that's not where we want to be.
"It's a much bigger picture that we have to look at and right now if I'm in front it's nice but it doesn't really change my life. I want to win as a team at the front and then it makes a difference, but right now it does not make that big a difference."
Raikkonen improved from being 14th fastest in final practice, but said the car was still difficult to get a quick lap out of.
"If you looked in the morning it was a disaster and then we changed the car quite a bit, but it's still really difficult and we have to find a lot to get the one lap out. It's small things all the time but it's tricky to get one lap on the line without making massive mistakes, it seems to always happen the mistakes. It's just a big fight always to get the lap out of it. We're still disappointed, it's still sixth and seventh and we want to be in the front so we cannot be happy, but that's how it goes."
Asked if a podium was possible, he said: "That's the aim, but is it going to happen? Hard to say. In previous races this year there has always been something happening and it's been difficult, so hopefully we will have a normal race, but let's wait and see."


text: Evan, We just built a smaller version of that, a 4x3 display wall. We went the dual-output video card route and deeply regret it. The performance is rather lackluster and getting the screens to align correctly e.g. not displaying broken chunks of images, is damn near impossible with DMX/Chromium. We originally configured it so that each video card ran two frame buffers, one for each screen, allowing us to configure each displays bounderies manually. The problem was that running two frame buffers on each card resulted in further degrading each machine's performance. If at all possible, make sure you have one machine for each screen. Of course, YMMV, but this has been our experience in the matter. Good luck. Brian Smith On Tue, 2004-10-12 at 21:47, Evan Cull wrote: > Hi all, > > I was told this list would be a good place to ask for advice on the > following project. (I've tried to search through list archives for > related info, but I haven't managed to spot anything so far.) > > I'm helping with a project that want's to drive a wall of about 50 LCD > panels with a linux cluster running Syzygy: > http://www.isl.uiuc.edu/syzygy.htm > > I was considering a cluster of either 50 single processor nodes or 25 > dual processor + dual output graphics card nodes. I suppose 50 dual > processor nodes would be nice, but I'm pretty sure that's well out of my > budget range. I'm betting that the 50 single processor nodes would > easily have twice the graphics performance of the 25 dual nodes because > they have 2x as many video cards. The tradeoff here is that the dual > processor nodes might be more useful for other more general computing > tasks we could run on them. > > Does anyone here have experience buying rackmountable cluster nodes > *with graphics cards* who can point me to a vendor? > > For that matter, have any of you built a similar system & have any > suggestions / comments? > > thanks, > Evan Cull > > _______________________________________________ > Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf at beowulf.org > To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf


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NEW YORK – In just a few days, a walkout by thousands of dock workers could bring commerce to a near standstill at every major port from Boston to Houston, potentially delivering a big blow to retailers and manufacturers still struggling to find their footing in a weak economy.
More than 14,000 longshoremen are threatening to go on strike Sunday – a wide-ranging work stoppage that would immediately close cargo ports on the East Coast and the Gulf of Mexico to container ships.
The 15 ports involved in the labor dispute move more than 100 million tons of goods each year, or about 40 percent of the nation's containerized cargo traffic. Losing them to a shutdown, even for a few days, could cost the economy billions of dollars.
"If the port shuts down, nothing moves in or out," said Jonathan Gold, vice president of supply chain and customs policy at the National Retail Federation. And when the workers do return, "it's going to take time to clear out that backlog, and we don't know how long that it's going to take."
Shipments of such varied products as flat-screen TVs, sneakers and snow shovels would either sit idle at sea or get rerouted, at great time and expense. U.S. factories also rely on container ships for parts and raw materials, meaning supply lines for all sorts of products could be squeezed.
Joseph Ahlstrom, a professor at the State University of New York's Maritime College and a former cargo ship captain, called container ships the "lifeblood of the country."
"We don't fly in a lot of products. It's just too expensive," Ahlstrom said. "The bulk of the products we import come in inside containers."
The master contract between the International Longshoremen's Association and the U.S. Maritime Alliance, a group representing shipping lines, terminal operators and port associations, expired in September. The two sides agreed to extend it once already, for 90 days, but they have so far balked at extending it again when it expires at 12:01 a.m. Sunday.
The union said its members would agree to an extension only if the Maritime Alliance dropped a proposal to freeze the royalties workers get for every container they unload. The Alliance has argued that the longshoremen, who it said earn an average $124,138 per year in wages and benefits, are compensated well enough already.
Federal mediators have been trying to push negotiations along, but there has been no word from either side on the progress of the talks since Dec. 24. As recently as Dec. 19, the president of the longshoremen, Harold Daggett, said the talks weren't going well and that a strike was expected.
The work stoppage would not be absolute. Longshoremen would continue to handle military cargo, mail, passenger ships, non-containerized items like automobiles, and perishable commodities, like fresh food.
Yet the economic damage could still be severe.
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The Regents Bachelor of Arts (RBA) is an innovative degree program designed for adult students. It's flexible format offers adults a chance to complete their bachelor degree in a timely manner while taking a variety of courses. The program builds on any of our associate degrees. The program provides considerable flexibility in how, when, and where the course requirements are met. RBA students do not have a time limit for completing the degree requirements, and students may earn credit through traditional college courses, standardized exams, cooperative education, institutional-based challenge exams, licensure/certification/formal training programs met through State Standardized Awards , military training assessed by the American Council on Education (ACE), or by portfolio review.
The RBA Program operates on the same level of academic quality as other, more traditionally structured baccalaureate degree programs, and students entering the RBA Program are entitled to the same privileges as other WVU at Parkersburg students. They are eligible for financial aid, scholarships, awards, and the use of college facilities, and RBA students are governed by the same basic academic regulations as other students enrolled at WVU at Parkersburg including the rules on academic forgiveness (for past poor grades), grading, probation or suspension, student rights and responsibilities.
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The Regents Bachelor of Arts Degree Program differs from other baccalaureate degrees in the following aspects:
RBA students can be awarded college equivalent credit for some work and life experiences towards degree requirements, which is a unique aspect of this program. Students may develop a portfolio, which includes identified college courses and a verification section and narrative explaining their experiences. Portfolios are evaluated by college faculty and if an RBA student can demonstrate his/her existing knowledge and skills are reasonably comparable to those of college-trained students, then college equivalent credit is awarded.
For those seeking college equivalent credit through portfolio development there is an initial $300 assessment fee (regardless of the number of credit hours requested) and an additional $10 per credit hour fee for credits actually awarded and posted to the transcript.
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Upon completion of degree requirements, students graduate from WVU at Parkersburg at regular commencement exercises, and West Virginia University at Parkersburg is identified as the institution conferring the degree.


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The Bedouins of the Gebeliya Tribe - 'the people of the mountains'
- are descendants of European Macedonians, who were sent to Saint Katherine
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When hiking tourism began, problems also occurred in St. Catherine. Bedouins who spoke the best English were taking all the guide work and the ones that didn't speak a foreign language were left with nothing. To solve
this problem, Sheikh Mousa proposed to create one office
to deal with all the treks. With the whole tribe's agreement, trekking in the mountain is now organised through this office. In this way, jobs are delegated on a rotating basis, spreading the work evenly among all of Saint Catherine's guides.
With just one phone call, the guides, the camels and the cooks can be ready for a trek through the magnificent Sinai mountains. The tribe feels very comfortable with
this system, because everybody is employed which in turn means they can preserve
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Your Bedouin guide will help you discover the natural beauty and experience the unique culture of our very special region.
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Secluded basins with many ancient Orthodox chapels and views down on the surrounding wadis...
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A notable fact that should be remembered when we talk about the different areas of knowledge in Muslim heritage—and which should be emphasised in these troubled days marked by the tragic situation in the Middle East—, is that until the middle of the 20th century, Palestine was an integral part of the Muslim world. The contributions of Palestinian men and women to Islamic civilisation are so numerous that it is impossible to count and describe them briefly. The following article is an outline of the life and work of the Palestinian geographer Al-Muqaddasi (10th century), an early and most original geographer.
A fact that should be remembered when we talk about the different areas of knowledge in Muslim heritage —and which should be emphasised in these troubled days marked by the tragic situation in the Middle East—, is that until the middle of the 20th century, Palestine was an integral part of the Muslim world.
The contributions of Palestinian men and women to Islamic civilisation are so numerous that it is impossible to count and describe them briefly. For example, one of the most notable geographers in the Muslim civilisation was Al-Muqaddasi. Al-Muqaddasi was a scholar originally from Al-Quds (Jerusalem) who travelled through the Islamic world in late 10th century and produced one of the most original works of Arabic geography. This work due to its sociological and ethnographical tone was and remains appealing to contemporary scholars.
|Figure 1: Al-Quds (Jerusalem): Alleyway in the Old City (Source).
Another scholar from Palestine is Shihab al-Din Ahmad Ibn al-Ha'im (d. 815 H/1412 CE), a mathematician born in Cairo who spent his entire adult life in Al-Quds (Jerusalem) and was referred to as Ibn al-Ha'im al-Maqdisi. Although he was a jurist, theologian and a teacher, his fame resides in him being a mathematician alongside author of several mathematical treatises. These include Al-Nuzha fi 'l-hisab, Al-Wasila fi 'l-hisab, Al-Nuzha fi sharh murshidat al-talib, all of them being original treatises studied by historians of science today. In his scientific work, Ibn al-Ha'im took a special interest in a practical branch of mathematics that was of particular use to the Muslim society of the time, namely successoral calculations (hisab al-fara'idh). This is why he was known as Ibn al-Ha'im al-Faradhi.
Palestinian women, like many Muslim women in other countries in the classical Muslim world, were not confined to household tasks. They were writers, poets and even calligraphers of the Qur'an, a most prestigious work. One of them, Zaynab bint Ahmad b. Abderrahim al-Maqdisiya, known as Bint Al-Kamal, was a devout lady versed in religion and hadith (Prophet Muhammad's teachings) and Qu'ranic sciences. Born in 646 H/1248 CE, she died in 740 H/1339 CE. One of her legacies, besides the many occurrences of her name in history books (e.g., Abu al-Fadhl, Al-Durar al-kamina fi a'yan al-mi'a al-thamina, Haydarabad, 1972, 2nd edition, vol. 2, p. 248; Al-Zirikli, Al-A'lam, Beirut, 5th edition, 1980, vol. 8, p. 229), is a beautiful copy of the Qu'ran calligraphed by herself in 731 H/1330 CE. The Qu'ran was written with black ink, decorated with colours and illumination. Additionally, there was a leather binding with a stamp-block decoration. It is a rare manuscript example of such a work as this having a celberated female calligrapher.
Figure 2: Al-Aqsa Mosque and the Dome of the Rock in Al-Quds (Source).
The contribution of Palestinians to modern Arabic culture is so rich and varied that it is impossible to estimate. Aside from poets (here we have just to pronounce the names of Mahmud Darwish, who passed away last year, and Samih al-Qasim), novelists, film makers, painters, journalists, to scientists and many creative people in all areas of knowledge and culture. Staying in the field of Muslim heritage, two of the most eminent Arab historians of science in the 20th century were Palestinians: Hafiz Qadri Tuqan, from Nablus, whose family produced the well-known poet Fadwa Tuqan, and Ahmad Salim Sa'idan. Ahmad Salim Sai'dan is commonly referred to as one of the most prolific historians of Arabic mathematics who settled in Amman for a long period of his life, after he was expelled from his homeland in the aftermath of the nakba and occupation of Palestine.
Al-Muqaddasi: Biographical Outline
Muhammad Ibn Ahmad Shams al-Din Al-Muqaddasi, also known as Al-Maqdisi (born ca. 945-46-died ca. 1000) was a notable early Arab geographer. A traveller, geographer, and author, he is by far one of the most instructive of early Islamic social scientists. He was originally from Al-Quds (Jerusalem) in Palestine, hence his name. He is best known for his treatise entitled Ahsan at-Taqasim fi Ma'arifat Al-Aqalim (The Best Classification for the Knowledge of the Climes (or Regions) [1] which was completed in 375 H/985 CE. A revised edition was produced three years later [2].
According to Al-Muqaddasi himself, his grandfather (al-Bana) was a revered architect employed by Ibn Tulun to build the Acre seaport. In his early years, Al-Muqaddasi had the advantage of an excellent education and after having made the Pilgrimage to Mecca at twenty years of age, he determined to devote himself to the study of geography. For the purpose of acquiring the necessary information, he undertook a series of journeys which lasted two decades, and setting out from Jerusalem, carried him in turn throughout the Muslim world. It was only in 985 CE that he set himself to write his book Ahsan a-Taqasim fi Ma'rifat al-Aqalim, a systematic account of all the places and regions he had visited.
Figure 3: Front cover of The Best Divisions for the Knowledge of the Regions, the English translation of Al-Muqaddasi's Ahasan al-Taqasim Fi Ma'rifat al-Aqalim by Basil Anthony Collins (Garnet Publishing, 2000).
The book is an epic geographical treatise and also a great work of literature. This treatise was based on some twenty years of personal experiences and observations noted in his survey of the realm of Islam, from the Atlantic to the Indian Ocean. Early in the second half of the nineteenth century the German orientalist Aloys Sprenger, brought to the attention of the West, a manuscript of Al-Muqaddasi's work. Sprenger's enthusiasm over the content of the manuscript is reflected in his judgment that its author is the greatest geographer of all time - this view is shared by many scholars.
Le Strange also commented on Al-Muqaddassi work, outlining:
"His description of Palestine, and especially of Jerusalem, his native city, is one of the best parts of the work. All he wrote is the fruit of his own observation, and his descriptions of the manners and customs of the various countries, bear the stamp of a shrewd and observant mind, fortified by profound knowledge of both books and men" [3]. A good description of this book is given by J. H. Kramers who concludes that "there is ... no subject of interest to modern geography which is not treated by Al-Muqaddasi" [4]. From his part, André Miquel (the French specialist of Islamic studies) calls the book as one of "total geography science" [5].
Al-Muqaddasi had a sound sense of his identity as a Palestinian. In the following paragraph, he speaks of his journey to Persia:
Figure 4: Front cover of the Arabic text of Ahsan at-taqasim fi ma'rifat al-aqalim by Muhamad Ibn Ahamd Al-Muqaddasi (Beirut, 2003).
"One day I sat next to some builders in Shiraz; they were chiselling with poor picks and their stones were the thickness of clay. If the stone was even, they would draw a line with the pick and perhaps this would cause it to break. But if the line was straight, they would set it in place. I told them: 'if you use a wedge, you can make a hole in the stone'. And I told them of the construction in Palestine and I engaged them in matters of construction.
"The master stonecutter asked me: Are you Egyptian?
"I said: No, I am Palestinian.
"He said: I heard that you carve stones like you would carve wood.
"I said: Yes.
"He said: Your stones are malleable and your craft gentle" [6].
Al-Muqaddasi divides the Islamic world in 14 "Iqlim-s" (climes or regions); then, he deals with each region separately. He divides his work in two parts, first enumerating localities and providing adequate description of each, especially the main urban centers. He then proceeds to other subjects: population, its ethnic diversity, social groups, before moving onto commerce, mineral resources, archaeological monuments, currencies, weights etc, and also to the political environment. This approach is in contrast to his predecessors, whose focus was much narrower, whilst Al-Muqaddasi wanted to encompass aspects of interest to merchants, travelers, and people of culture [8]. Thus, it becomes no longer the sort of traditional `geography', but a work that seeks to understand and explain the foundations and the functioning of Islamic society. Out of this, excellent information, regarding many subjects can be gleaned, such as water management, fiscal issues and finance, weights and measures, and city and urban developments [9].
Figure 6: World map by Ibn Hawqal, commentated by Shiva Balaghi (see: "The World according to the Andalusians: Cultural Flow and Geography": Source).
The Ahsan at-Taqasim is marked by a narrative style organised like a modern ethnographic essay. In this sense, the book is a real social, urban and geographical account of the realm of Islam in late 10th century. During his travels, the author noted his observations on the region's topography, climate, hydrology, vegetation, development, architecture, language, religion and culture. This work speaks of an interested and interesting man, seeing his world through a frame of reference derived from his deeply held religious belief, striving scrupulously to get at the truth of the matter as a true scientist.
Following a tight methodology of observation, he brought to geography actual ethnographic experiences of having been to at least most of the places he describes. In this way he is attempting to be far more scientific and systematic in his approach, hence the kinds of typologies that he offers. It is this penchant for classification that makes him such a favourite source for historians of economic history, archaeologists and other contemporary scholars in the field of Islamic studies.
In Ahsan at-Taqasim, Al-Muqaddasi shows himself to be a hardy, intelligent, versatile, resourceful and well-informed man. He designed his book to appeal to a variety of interests, and even to entertain. Yet, quite strikingly, his perspective on aspects of the geographical method touches on concerns which have received greater attention only in more recent times. For example, his ranking of settlements according to their functions is quite prescient, his use of maps in accord with modern practice, and his excursion into determinism based on toponymy is, to say the least, unusual.
Figure 7a-b: Views of the oldest Islamic epigraphy in the world located in Al-Masjid al-'Umari in Nuba, near Al-Khalil, in Palestine. The mosque was built on the remains of the old mosque which is said to have been built by Caliph 'Umar Ibn Al-Khatab after that the Muslims conquered Palestine in 636 H (Source).
Extract from Ahsan al-Taqasim
In the following excerpt [10], Al-Muqaddasi describes his method of collecting information, and his experiences as a traveller through much of the world of Islam in the late 10th century:
Figure 5: Two pages from a copy of the Holy Qur'an written by the female Palestinian calligrapher Zaynab b. Kamal al-Din al-Maqdisiya in 731 H/1330 CE. This piece is displayed in the Museum of Islamic Art in Cairo (Source).
"You should know that a number of scholars and ministers of state have written about this subject, and then rather confusedly; in fact, most of them ––let me say all of them–– have relied on hearsay. But for our part, no region remains that we did not enter, and even the slightest matters we have brought within the purview of our knowledge. At the same time, we have not omitted research, or making enquiries, or speculating. Our book, then, comprises three elements: firstly, what we ourselves have experienced; secondly, what we have heard from reliable persons; and, thirdly, what we have found in books devoted to this subject or to others. There is no king's library that I did not assiduously examine, no sect but I studied its writings, no juridical schools but I became acquainted with them, no ascetics but I associated with them, no preachers in any country but I attended their assemblies. In this way I found a correct knowledge of what I was seeking in this subject.
"I have been given thirty-six names by which I have been called and spoken to: Muqaddasi [Jerusalemite], Filastini [Palestinian], Misri [Egyptian], Maghribi [North African], Khurasani [Khorasanian], Salami [Salamian], Muqri' [teacher in reading the Quran], Faqih [jurist], Sufi [mystic], Wali [saint], Abid [devout man], Zahid [ascetic], Sayya [pilgrim], Warraq [copyist], Mujallid [bookbinder], Tajir [merchant], Mudhakkir [[discourser], Imam [leader in prayer], Mu'addin [summoner to prayer], Khatib [preacher], Gharib [foreigner], Iraqi, Baghdadi, Shami [Syrian], Hanifi [follower of the jurist Abu Hanifa], Muta'addib [scholar], Kari [lodger at charitable foundation], Mutafaqqih [jurist], Muta'allim [savant], Fara'idhi [notary], Ustadh [master], Danishumand [sage], Sheikh, Nishastah [learned one], Rakib [courier], Rasul [messenger]. All these names were given to me through the number of countries in which I resided, and the many places I visited. There is nothing that befalls travellers of which I did not have my share, barring begging and grievous sin.
"I studied law and letters, practiced asceticism and piety, taught theology and letters, preached on the pulpits, called to prayer on the minarets, led the prayers in the mosques, preached in the congregational mosques, frequented the schools. I said the prayers in convocation, spoke in the councils. I have eaten their "harisa" [porridge] with the mystics; supped "tharid" [broth] with the monks, and " `asida" [pudding] with the sailors. I have been ejected from mosques at night, have travelled in the solitudes, gone astray in the deserts. At times I have been scrupulously pious; at times I have openly eaten forbidden food. I have become acquainted with the devout men on the mountain of Lubnan [Mount Lebanon], and also been on intimate terms with governors. I have owned slaves, but have had to carry baskets on my own head.
"A number of times I was close to drowning; our caravans were waylaid on the highway. I have served the judges and the great ones, have spoken with rulers and ministers. I have accompanied the licentious on the way, sold goods in the markets, been confined in jail, been accused a spy. I have witnessed war with the Romaeans in battleships, and the ringing of church bells at night. I have been a bookbinder to earn money, have bought water at a high price. I have ridden in sedans and on horseback, have walked in the sandstorms and snows. I have been in the courtyards of the kings, standing among the nobles; I have lived among the ignorant in the workshops of weavers. What glory and honour I have been given! Yet my death has been plotted more than once. I have performed the Pilgrimage, and visited Medina; have been on forays, and in frontier posts. I have drunk "sawiq" [a potage of grains] from the public fountains in Mecca, eaten bread and chickpeas in a monastery.
Figure 8: European historical maps of Palestine, from the 18th century (Source).
"I have depended on the hospice of Abraham, the Friend of God, and on the free sycamore figs at Ascalon. I have worn the robes of honour of the kings, and they have ordered gifts to be given to me. Many times I have been naked and destitute. Yet rulers have corresponded with me. Nobles have reproved me, yet I have been asked to take charge of religious endowments. I have had to submit to blackguards; heresy had been imputed to me; I have been accused of greed; princes and judges have placed me in their confidence. I have been entered in wills, made an administrator; have had good experience of pickpockets, and seen the artifices of scoundrels. Contemptible people have hounded me, and the envious have opposed me; I have been slandered to the authorities. I have entered the baths of Tabaraiyya [Tiberias], and the fortress of Fars [South Iran]; I have witnessed the festival of al-Fawwara [the fountain], the Feast of Saint Barbara, he Well of Budha'a, the castle of Ya'cub [Jacob], and his villages.
"Experiences of this kind are many, but I have mentioned such a number of them that the reader of our book may know that we did not compile it haphazardly, nor arrange it in any random fashion. The reader will thus be able to distinguish between it and the others; for, after all, what a difference there is between one who has undergone all these experiences, and one who has compiled his book in perfect ease, basing it on the reports of others.
"In my travels I spent more than ten thousand dirhams; I have, moreover, been lax in matters of the "shrari'a" [sacred law]. For there was no license of any juridical school, but I took advantage of it; doing, for washing the feet, a simple rubbing; getting by with praying using the one word "mudhammatani" [the dark-green gardens; the pious Muslim includes at least one verse of the Quran in his prayers, and Sura LV v.64 consists of this one word]; I have departed [from Mina, at Mecca] before sunset; have said the prescribed prayers on the back of an animal, having detestable filth on my clothes. I omitted the "tasbih" [prayer of glorification] in my "ruku' " [bowings] and "sujud" [prostrations], and made the prostration of negligence before the prayer of salutation. I have grouped prayers together, and curtailed pious journeys freely undertaken for God's sake. Just the same, I did not depart from the prescriptions of the leading jurists, nor did I ever, at any time, defer saying my prayers.
"In fine, I have never travelled the highroad when there was a distance of ten farsakhs or less between me and a town but that I quit the caravan and made my way to the city, that I might see it before the others. Sometimes I employed some men to accompany me, making my journey at night, so that I could return to my companions –at a great cost of money and labour".
References and further reading
1. On Al-Muqaddasi
- Al-Muqaddasi, Descriptio imperii moslemici. Edited by M. J. Goeje. Leyden: Brill, 1877. Reprint Brill, 1967. Reprint, Frankfurt: Institute for the History of Arabic-Islamic Science, 1992.
- Al-Muqaddasi, Palestine under the Moslems. A description of Syria and the Holy Land, from A.D. 650 to 1500. Translated from the works of The Mediaeval Arab Geographers by Guy Le Strange. Published for the Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund. London: Alexander P. Watt, 1890.
- Al-Muqaddasi, Description de l'Occident musulman au IVe=Xe Siècle by Al-Muqaddasi (Chams Ad-Din Abu Abd Allah). Alger, Carbonel, 1950. Texte arabe et traduction française en regard avec une introduction, des notes et 4 index par Charles Pellat.
- Al-Muqaddasi, Ahsan at-Taqasim Fi Ma'Rifat Al-Aqalim (La Meilleure Répartition Pour La Connaissance Des Provinces). Damas: Institut Français de Damas, 1963.
- Al-Muqaddasi, Ahsanu-t-taqasim fi ma'rifat al-aqalim. Frankfurt: Institute for the History of Arabic-Islamic Science, 1989.
- Al-Muqaddasi, The Best Divisions for the Knowledge of the Regions. Ahsan al-Taqasim Fi Ma'rifat al-Aqalim. Translated into English by Basil Anthony Collins. (Great Books of Islamic Civilization). Garnet Publishing, Reading, 1994. Paperback 2000.
- Collins, Basil Anthony, Al-Muqaddasi: The Man and his Work. With selected passages translated from the Arabic. Ann Arbor: Dept. of Geography, University of Michigan, 1974.
- FSTC: Al-Muqaddasi: An Encyclopaedic Scholar.
- Miquel, André, "Les Portes D'Alep chez Al-Muqaddasi". Arabica (Brill), vol. 7, N° 1, 1960, pp. 60-71.
- Zakariyeh, Mohammed: Maqdisi: An 11th Century Palestinian Consciousness, Double Issue 22 & 23, 2005, Jerusalem Quarterly (Journal dedicated to the history and life of the city of Jerusalem (formerly the Jerusalem Quarterly File), published by the Institute of Jerusalem Studies (IJS), an affiliate of the Institute for Palestine Studies), pp. 86-92. Arabic version: Al-Jughrafi al-Maqdisi wa-nass al-hawiya al-filistiniya, Hawliyat al-Quds, n° 3, Spring 2005.
2. On Islamic Geography
- Al-Monaes, Waleed, "Muslim contributions to geography until the end of the 12th century AD". GeoJournal (Springer Netherlands), vol. 25, N° 4, December, 1991, DOI 10.1007/BF02439491, pp. 393-400.
- Castelló Moxó, F., Vernet, J., Estudios sobre un tratado de geografía árabe : [el Dikr al-aqalim wa ijtilafuha de Ishaq ibn al-Hasan ibn Abi-l-Husayn al- Zayyat. Barcelona: Edicions Universitat de Barcelona, 1981.
- FSTC: Islamic Geography in the Middle Ages.
- FSTC: Mapping the World.
- FSTC: A Review of Muslim Geography.
- FSTC : An Introduction to Islamic Social Sciences.
- Kramers, J. H., "Geography and Commerce". In The Legacy of Islam, edited by T. Arnold and A. Guillaume. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1931, pp. 79-197.
- Maqbul, Ahmad S., History of Arab-Islamic Geography. Amman: Publications of Ahl al-Bayt University, 1995.
- Maqbul Ahmad S. and Taeschner, Fr., "Djughrafiya". In Encyclopaedia of Islam, 2nd edition, vol. 2 (Leiden: E. J. Brill/London: Luzac, 1965), pp. 575-590.
- Netton, Ian (editor), Islamic and Middle Eastern Travellers and Geographers. (Critical Concepts in Islamic Thought). Hardback. London/New York: Routledge, 3 vols (1520 pp.), 2007.
- Sezgin, F. (1992). Islamic Geography. Frankfurt am Main, Institute for the History of Arabic-Islamic Science.
- Sezgin, Fuat, Geschichte des Arabischen Schriftums. 12 vols. Leiden: Brill, 1967-2000. Vol. 10-12 (2000): Mathematical geography, geography, and cartography.
- [Wikipedia], Al-Muqaddai, From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
- Zayyat, Ishaq ibn al-Hassan, and Castelló, F., El Dikr al-aqalim: tratado de geografía universal. Barcelona: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Instituto Millás Vallicrosa de Historia de la Ciencia Árabe de la Universidad de Barcelona; Departamento de Filología Semítica, Universidad de Barcelona, 1989.
End Notes
[1] Al-Muqaddasi, Ahsan al taqasim fi ma'rifat al-aqalim, Arabic text, edited and commented upon by Ghazi Tlimat, Damascus, 1980. Another Arabic edition was published recently by Chakir Lai'bi, Beirut, Al-Mu'assasa al-'arabiya li-'l-dirasat wa-'l-nashr, 2003. The Arabic text was edited before in the famous "Bibliotheca goegraphicum arabicum": Al-Muqaddasi, Shams Al-Din Mohammad Ibn Ahmad, Kitab Ahsan al-taqasim fi ma'rifat al-aqalim, edited by M. J. de Goeje, pars tertia, Leiden, 1877; 2nd edition 1906. A partial French translation was performed by André Miquel (Damascus: Institut Français de Damas, 1963). See also the recent English translation in the series "Great Books of Islamic Civilization": The Best Divisions for the Knowledge of the Regions: Translation of Ahsan Al-Taqasim Fi Ma'Rifat Al-Aqalim, Translated by Basil Anthony Collins, Garnet Publishing Ltd, 1994, Paperback edition, 2000.
[2] This revised version exists in two manuscript copies (preserved at Berlin and Istanbul) and have the form of a later recension (dated 378 H). The book became known in Europe through the copy brought from India by Sprenger, and was edited by Professor M. J. de Goeje as the third part of his Bibliotheca Geographorum Arabicorum (Leiden, 1877). See also the English translation (unfinished) by G. S. A. Ranking and R. F. Azoo, in Bibliotheca Indica, New Series, Nos. 8-99, 95-2, (Bengal Asiatic Society, 1897-1901); Mukaddasi's Syrian chapter has been separately translated and edited in English by Guy le Strange (London, Palestine Pilgrims Text Society, 1886); in German by J.Gildemeister in Zeitschrift des deutschen Palestina-Vereins, vol. vii. (1884).
[3] Guy le Strange, Palestine Under The Muslims, London, 1890, pp. 5-6.
[4] J. H. Kramers, Analecta Orientalia, Leiden, 1956, vol. 1, 182-183.
[5] Al-Muqaddasi, Ahsan at-taqasim fi ma'rifat al-aalim. La meilleure répartition pour la connaissances des provinces. Traduction partielle annotée par André Miquel. Damas: Institut Français de Damas, 1963, p. xxiv.
[6] Rihlat al-Maqdisi: Ahsan at-taqasim fi ma'rifat al-aqalim (Beirut, 2003), op. cit., p. 362. See also Zakariyeh Mohammed: Maqdisi: An 11th Century Palestinian Consciousness, Double Issue 22 & 23, 2005, Jerusalem Quarterly, pp. 86-92. Arabic version: Hawliyt al quds, n° 3, Spring 2005: Al-Jughrafi al-Maqdisi wa-nass al-hawiya al-filistiniya.
[7] A good summary of it is given in J. H. Kramers, Analecta Oriantalia, vol. 1, pp. 182-183; extracts of the book can be found in D. M. Dunlop, Arab Civilisation to AD1500, Longman, 1971, pp. 116-117.
[8] S. M. Ahmad, "Al-Maqdisi", in Dictionary of Scientific Biography, edited by Charles C. Gillipsie, New York, 1970-1980, vol. 9, p. 88.
[9] See extracts on these subjects in FSTC, Al-Muqaddasi: An Encyclopaedic Scholar.
[10] From: A Source Book in Geography, edited by George Kish (Source Books in the History of the Sciences). Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1978, pp. 200-202.


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