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Praful Patel (born February 17, 1957, Kolkata) is a member of the Lok Sabha of India. He currently holds the title of Minister of State for Civil Aviation. He belongs to Gondia, a district in Maharashtra.
He is the son of prominent Congressman Late Shri Manoharbhai Patel. He graduated in commerce from Sydenham College of Mumbai, prior to joining the family business. Further he is one of the few politicians who does not draw a salary from the government. He has been under CID (Criminal Investigation Department) scanner for UTI scam. For further lead on this scam, please refer the link http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/NEWS/India/Praful-under-CID-scanner-in-UTI-scam/articleshow/4760478.cms.
Patel was elected as a member of the Lok Sabha in 1991 at the age of 34. He was then elected three times consecutively to the 10th, 11th, and 12th Lok Sabhas. He lost the 1999 Lok Sabha Elections on account of a split in the traditional congress votes, after the formation of the Nationalist Congress Party which he chose to join. After losing in the Lok Sabha elections in April 2000, he was chosen to join the Rajya Sabha. In 2004 he narrowly lost on account of the presence of a BSP candidate in the field. He is currently a member of the Lok Sabha.


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Jiangsu, Wade-Giles romanization Chiang-su, conventional Kiangsu, sheng (province) on the east coast of China. It is bounded by the Yellow Sea to the east, Shanghai municipality to the southeast, and by the provinces of Zhejiang to the south, Anhui to the west, and Shandong to the north. The provincial capital is Nanjing, which was the southern capital of China during the Ming dynasty (1368–1644) and the capital under the Nationalist government (1928–49). The city also has been the economic and cultural centre of southern and southeastern China since ancient times.
Jiangsu became a separate province in 1667 (the sixth year of the reign of the Kangxi emperor). The name is derived from the prefixes of Jiangning and Suzhou, the names of the two most important prefectures within the province at that time. Area 39,600 square miles (102,600 square km). Pop. (2010) 78,659,903.
The province consists almost entirely of alluvial plains divided by the estuary of the Yangtze River (Chang Jiang) into two sections, Jiangnan (literally, "South of the River") and Subei ("North [Jiang]su"). Jiangnan is fertile and well-watered, famed for its silk and handicrafts, and very densely populated and industrialized. The cities of Suzhou (Soochow), Nanjing, and Wuxi, as well as Shanghai, are all located in this region. Shanghai is situated at the mouth of the Yangtze River, although administratively the Shanghai municipality is at the province level and is controlled directly by the State Council of the central government.
Subei is relatively poor in comparison with Jiangnan. The northernmost section of Subei, from Xuzhou (Suchow) to the sea, is actually part of the great North China Plain in its physical geography, as well as in its agriculture and general way of living; it is densely populated.
Relief and soils
The dominant physical characteristic of the province is its wide alluvial plain, which covers some two-thirds of the total area; nearly another one-fifth of the surface consists of lakes, rivers, and waterways. Stretching from north to south, the plain lies at a low elevation above sea level. Most of the province is less than 150 feet (45 metres) above sea level, making Jiangsu the lowest and flattest of the provinces. Hills of moderate elevation are found only in the southwestern corner of the province and in the extreme north along the Shandong border. Mount Yuntai, in northern Subei near the Yellow Sea, is the highest point in the province, at 2,050 feet (625 metres).
Most of the soils are thus alluvial, both calcareous and noncalcareous, and including some saline soils. There is an intricate network of rivers and canals, lakes and ponds, all protected from floods by dikes. The silt of the great rivers encroaches constantly on the sea, leaving seaports of former ages dry. In coastal areas below the high-water level, cultivation is carried on in polders (areas protected from the sea, mainly by dikes). Extensive canalization and a vast development of polders have been systematically carried out since the early 20th century. This section of the surface of the Earth has been completely altered by human hands.
Jiangnan is drained primarily by the Yangtze River, which enters the province to the southwest of Nanjing on the Jiangsu-Anhui border and flows generally east and southeast before reaching the East China Sea. The waters from upstream meet tidewaters at Nanjing. The river becomes broader at Zhenjiang, widening to more than 11 miles (18 km) at Nantong and more than 56 miles (90 km) at its mouth. It carries an enormous load of silt to the sea annually, depositing it to form the Yangtze delta. Tides and currents carry some of the sediment to form sandbars in the estuary and along the coast. Prior to the completion of the Three Gorges Dam, the delta itself grew at an average rate of about 82 feet (25 metres) per year from sediment deposition. However, the dam now retains a large proportion of the sediment, and the delta's expansion has slowed considerably.
Subei's major drainage systems are Hongze Lake and the Huai River, which flows into the lake; Gaoyou Lake, through which waters from Hongze Lake reach the Yangtze; the Subei Canal, which drains Hongze Lake; and the Grand Canal, which runs through the entire province from north to south and connects Subei with the Yangtze delta. During several periods in Chinese history, northern Jiangsu was also drained by the Huang He (Yellow River), which occasionally left its course and flowed into the Huai. Formerly, the Huai flowed into the sea, but when its channel was gradually usurped by the Huang, beginning more than a thousand years ago, it was unable to reach the sea and instead emptied itself into Hongze Lake.
The Jiangsu lowlands are floodplains formed by the alluvial deposits of the Yangtze, Huai, and (formerly) Huang rivers and their tributaries. Using the Yangtze and the old channel of the Huai as convenient landmarks, the area of these plains may be divided into three sections.
The Jiangnan plain south of the Yangtze forms the principal part of the Yangtze delta, characterized by flatness and lying only 10 to 16 feet (3 to 5 metres) above sea level. It is crisscrossed by streams and canals and dotted with ponds and lakes, forming an elaborate network of flowing water, meticulously maintained by farmers. This area actually has the highest stream density in China: within it, no place is more than 300 feet (90 metres) from the drainage system of Lake Tai (the southern shore of which forms much of the Jiangsu-Zhejiang border). The canals were all dug by farmers of the area. Isolated hillocks dot the edge of the Lake Tai area, which adds to its enchanting beauty. The lakes were parts of former shallow bays and inlets of the sea, obstructed and enclosed by the steady advance of the Yangtze delta. After being cut off from the sea, the water gradually decreased in salinity and formed freshwater lakes. Lake Tai is connected with the Yangtze and its estuary by many distributaries. The Jiangnan Canal (the name for the section of the Grand Canal south of the Yangtze), which runs through the full length of the Lake Tai plain from northwest to southeast, cuts across all the distributaries connecting the Lake Tai basin with the Yangtze, thus forming a vital link of the Lake Tai system.
Between the Yangtze and the ancient channel of the Huai is what Chinese geographers call the Yangtze (Jiang)-Huai plain, built by the alluvium of the two rivers. The centre of this plain is only 6.5 to 13 feet (2 to 4 metres) above sea level, while its periphery stands at about 16 to 33 feet (5 to 10 metres). It is considered to be a section of the Yangtze delta, as it has the same topographical elements, including alluvial deposits and drainage. As a sluggish tributary of the Yangtze, the Huai formerly caused widespread floods during the high-water season, but a water-control project has permanently restricted the high waters of the Huai.
North of the old channel of the Huai is the Xuzhou-Huai plain, built of the alluvium of the Huai and Huang rivers and standing about 30 to 150 feet (9 to 45 metres) above sea level. In the northern part of the plain are low hills with heights of about 650 feet (200 metres).
Within the province, two subtypes of climate may be distinguished: the Yangtze valley climate, in central and southern Jiangsu, and the North China climate, to the north of the old Huai River. The former is humid subtropical, while the latter is cool, temperate continental, with greater extremes of temperature. Nanjing in the south has a mean temperature of 36 °F (2 °C) in January and 82 °F (28 °C) in July. For northern Jiangsu, the mean January temperature is below 32 °F (0 °C), but summer is as hot as in the south. Annual precipitation generally increases from north to south, ranging from about 32 to 47 inches (800 to 1,200 mm), that of Nanjing being 41 inches (1,040 mm). Seasons are distinct in both north and south. Between spring and summer, the south receives prolonged rains of summer-monsoon origin, typical of the Yangtze valley and extremely useful for rice growing. The coast is often visited by destructive typhoons (tropical cyclones) between late summer and early autumn.
Plant and animal life
In Subei grow temperate broad-leaved deciduous trees, typical of the North China Plain, while in southern Jiangsu are found subtropical mixed broad-leaved deciduous and broad-leaved evergreen trees, typical of the Yangtze valley. As the whole of the province has been cleared for cultivation since ancient times, no primary forest remains. In natural flora, it is a markedly depleted territory, because of the dense population and intensive cultivation. There is a warmth-loving and moisture-loving fauna characteristic of the monsoon climate of East Asia. Large areas of the coastal region have been given some form of environmental protection, ranging in status from nature reserves to "transition zones" managed jointly by public and private interests; the nature reserves are renowned for their large populations of migratory birds and as a refuge for the rare Père David's deer. The fauna has considerable economic significance, fish, ducks, crabs, and shrimps being important sources of food. Fish raising is highly developed—the numerous ponds, reservoirs, lakes, canals, and streams are stocked with hundreds of millions of fry that are shipped to other provinces and are also exported to other countries.
There are also numerous agricultural pests, such as rodents and insects, which harm cultivated plants and trees. Great strides have been made in the control of the more common pests, but the insects that damage trees have not yet been brought under complete control, including Thosea sinesis (a species of slug caterpillar moth) and Drosicha corpulenta (a species of scale insect).
Population composition and demographic trends
The population of Jiangsu is almost entirely Han (Chinese), with the exception of a few Hui (Chinese Muslims) and other minority peoples. The inhabitants of Jiangnan speak the Wu (Suzhou) language of Chinese, while those of northern Jiangsu and the Nanjing area speak the Southern (or Lower Yangtze) Mandarin (a subgroup of the Mandarin language).
Jiangsu has one of the lowest natural population growth rates among the Chinese provinces, chiefly because the educational level of its people is higher, and they have willingly adopted family planning. Jiangsu was once one of the most rural provinces, with the great bulk of the population classified as farmers. However, in the early 21st century, the proportion of the people classified as urban exceeded half the total population.
Settlement patterns
Although nearly half of Jiangsu's population is still considered rural, the province contains many of the largest cities of the Yangtze delta. The population distribution patterns of Jiangsu province and Shanghai municipality are inseparable geographically and economically. Population density is higher in the south of the province, a fact explained by its earlier development, which dates from ancient times, and its importance of location as situated at the Yangtze delta. Even the hilly district in southwestern Jiangsu has very high population densities in comparison with Europe and the United States. Shanghai is the largest municipality in China and one of the 10 largest in the world. Other large cities in the region are Nanjing, which is the largest city of Jiangsu proper and is its administrative and cultural centre; Xuzhou, in northern Jiangsu; Suzhou, east of Lake Tai; and Wuxi, in Jiangnan.
The villages are distributed close to one another on the Yangtze delta, generally less than one-third of a mile (about half a kilometre) apart. They are located mostly on the banks of rivers and canals. Villages with several scores of households are the most common. Communication between villages is usually easy, thanks to canals and barges, rural roads (many of them paved), and the ubiquitous bicycles and motorized tricycles. The houses are usually well built of brick baked in local kilns. Dwelling conditions are fair to good by Chinese standards.
Dispersed rural settlement is the rule along the coast and the rivers of northern Jiangsu. Dwellings are found singly along the riverbanks and quite close to each other in groups of two, three, or four among the rice fields.
With the construction of the Grand Canal and development of salterns in Subei during the Sui and Tang dynasties (6th–10th century ce), Yangzhou in central Jiangsu emerged as a major transit centre of grain and salt and iron shipments from southeastern to northern China and became wealthy. Suzhou, Nanjing, and Songjiang became the birthplace of budding capitalism in the region from the mid-Ming dynasty through the development of manual silk reeling. Jiangsu is now among the most economically developed provinces in China and an important industrial base.
Despite the importance of manufacturing in Jiangsu, it is still one of the richest agricultural provinces in China. Roughly three-fifths of the total arable land is in paddy (wet-rice) fields, and the Jiangsu plain is known as the "land of fish and rice." Output is enhanced by multiple cropping, powered irrigation, tractors, and chemical fertilizers. The Lake Tai plain produces rice, wheat, cotton, fruit, silk, tea, and fish, the region being one of the largest centres of sericulture in China. Tea is grown in the southwestern uplands around Yixing, which produces the famous Yixing china tea sets. Cattle, pig, and poultry raising are an important source of food and income, especially since the number and size of private plots allowed to each household increased. Fishing and aquaculture are other sources of food.
Aquatic products abound south of the Yangtze River where hilsa shad (Tenualosa ilisha) and swordfish from the river, whitebait (silversides) of Lake Tai, and freshwater Chinese mitten (or hairy) crabs (Eriocher sinesis) of Yangcheng Lake are all specialty products in the country. Marine fishery products are also abundant, the largest fisheries being at Lüsi in the southeast and at Haizhou Bay in the northeast. Fish varieties include yellow croakers and hairtails, as well as prawns, crabs, and other shellfish.
Resources and power
Jiangsu is rich in energy resources. In addition to coal, there is great potential for exploiting offshore petroleum and natural gas reserves in the Yellow Sea. Among nonmetallic minerals, rock salt is the most important, and the salt mines at Huai'an are among the most productive in China. In addition, there are large-scale mining operations exploiting marble, quartz, rock crystal, and potter's clay. Metallic minerals include iron, copper, lead, and zinc.
Jiangsu has abundant water resources, being one of China's rare water-rich provinces. Surface runoff is enormous, and a tremendous quantity of water transits the province annually through its myriad rivers, streams, and canals. Jiangsu also has vast reserves of groundwater beneath the surface of the plain.
Despite possessing a vast network of rivers and streams, the province has only limited hydroelectric-generating capacity because of its generally low relief. Most power is generated by thermal plants, although the first of several planned nuclear-power stations along the Yellow Sea coast went into commercial operation in 2006.
Jiangsu is one of China's major industrial centres, and it ranks near the top annually in industrial output among the provinces. The pillar industries are those manufacturing machinery, electronics, petrochemicals, textiles, foodstuffs, and building materials with the processing industry as a priority. Since the drive began in the 1980s to reform and open up the country, the province has benefited from considerable foreign investment. There are important development zones in a number of cities, including Changzhou, Nanjing, Nantong, Suzhou, Wuxi, and Yixing.
Nanjing is the most important heavy industrial centre of Jiangsu proper. Major industrial plants produce trucks and parts for motor vehicles, chemical fertilizers, and detergent raw materials. The Nanjing industrial area also produces steel, petrochemicals, electronics, machine tools, cameras, textiles, cement, and sundry building materials. Wuxi, near Shanghai, has become a major industrial centre with good inland waterway connections to all parts of the province. Modern manufactures include machine tools, agricultural and transportation equipment, cotton textiles, silk reeling, and food processing. Good deposits of iron and coal have been found at Xuzhou and are used in a local ironworks and steelworks.
Jiangsu has become one of the country's major exporters. Goods formerly shipped through Shanghai are now handled through the provincial ports of Nantong, Zhangjiagang, and Lianyungang. Two of these ports are among those designated as "open" cities and encouraged to foster foreign trade and investment: Nantong, with its extensive deepwater frontage on the Yangtze, has developed its own economic and technical investment zone; and Lianyungang, as the eastern terminus of the Longhai Railway, is a key export outlet for the central and northwestern provinces along the rail line.
Jiangsu is the communications hub of the eastern China region. A convenient water, land, and air network of transportation has been developed with Nanjing as its centre. Among the assets of the province is the dense water transport network. With more than 14,000 miles (22,500 km) of inland waterways, Jiangsu carries more than one-fourth of its goods by water. By contrast, its railroads carry only a tiny fraction of the province's freight shipments. The completion in 1968 of the Yangtze rail and highway bridge at Nanjing made the city a key north-south and east-west communications hub. The Grand Canal, which is periodically redredged, continues to play an important role in north-south transport.
A network of express highways has been constructed rapidly in the province since the 1990s. Routes run southeastward from Nanjing through Suzhou to Shanghai and from there south to Hangzhou in Zhejiang province, forming the main road artery of the Lake Tai region. The highway from Nanjing also stretches westward to Hefei, the capital city of Anhui province. In addition to a second Nanjing Yangtze bridge completed in 2001 connecting the express highway to Hefei in Anhui province, construction of a bridge spanning the Yangtze River linking highways between Jiangyin and Jingjiang was completed in 1999, facilitating a continuous express highway northward from Wuxi through western Jiangsu and into Shandong province.
The airports at Nanjing, Suzhou, Wuxi, Changzhou, Nantong, and Lianyungang are all part of the domestic air network. Nanjing is the hub of the province's international air traffic.
Government and society
Jiangsu is divided into 13 prefecture-level municipalities (dijishi). The province also contains county-level municipalities (xianjishi) and counties (xian). The provincial capital, Nanjing, is the military regional headquarters for eastern China.
Jiangsu has a rich educational tradition, and the province has been a source for large numbers of noted scholars and intellectuals since ancient times. During the ages of imperial examinations, many candidates from Suzhou won the title of zhuangyuan ("number one scholar"), the title conferred on the one who took first place in the highest imperial court examination. Even in contemporary times, some one-fifth of the members of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Chinese Academy of Engineering were born in Jiangsu. There are dozens of institutions of higher learning in the province, and some of them (e.g., Nanjing University [founded 1902]) are among China's top arts and science universities. In addition, Jiangsu boasts hundreds of institutions of scientific research, and its scientific and technical workforce forms the basis of one of the country's premier centres of technology and research. The proportion of the provincial population with a primary level of education or higher is much higher than the national average. Since 1949 health care expanded greatly, so that it was available to most people. However, after health care became commercialized in the 1990s, some people (especially lower-paid workers) found it more difficult to get adequate services.
Cultural life
The cities of the province fall into two categories based on the standpoint of historical development—the ancient cities and the modern cities. Those in the first group date from ancient or medieval times and include Nanjing, Suzhou, Yangzhou, Zhenjiang, and Xuzhou. Several of them are well known in East Asian history, are rich in cultural heritage, and have a long tradition that has found artistic expression in Chinese traditional architecture, painting, sculpture, flower gardens, stone bridges, and world-renowned handicraft industries, such as silk embroidery and carving of various materials. These cities often possess historical monuments, famous temples, and local shrines and pailou (arches) honouring their illustrious citizens. Many cities have a rich folklore.
Nanjing, especially, abounds in national monuments and famous historical relics. The most renowned are the simple tombs of several Ming-dynasty emperors, now part of a UNESCO World Heritage site (first designated in 2000); the Confucius Temple (Fuzi Miao), originally erected in the 11th century and rebuilt numerous times; and the magnificent Sun Yat-sen (Sun Zhongshan) Mausoleum, at the foot of Zijin Hill. The gastronomic specialty of this ancient capital is the renowned Nanjing salted duck, made from ducks raised in nearby ponds and lakes. Other products from the Nanjing area include handwoven silk (zhijing), particularly cloud brocades, which use every conceivable shade of colour to portray the clouds of sky at sunset. In addition to the Nanjing handiworks, many of the arts and crafts products produced in other Jiangsu cities are world-renowned, including embroidery from Suzhou, clay teapots from Yixing, laquerwork from Yangzhou, and clay figurines from Wuxi. In addition, Jiangsu is the birthplace of kunqu, an elegant and artistic Chinese dramatic form whose system of performance had a major influence on the development of jingxi (Peking opera).
Jiangsu—with its high concentration of hill and water landscapes, gardens, scenic historic sites, and cities of cultural interest—has become a major tourist mecca, and tourism has become increasingly important to the provincial economy. Although Nanjing is the province's main cultural centre, Suzhou also boasts many historic sites and is home to scores of classic landscape gardens, a number of which collectively were designated a World Heritage site in 1997 (extended in 2000). Also attracting large numbers of tourists annually are the world-renowned natural scenery of Lake Tai, the Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum, the Ming Tombs and the Temple of Confucius at Nanjing, the Slender West Lake (Shou Xihu) area of Yangzhou, and the tomb at Xuzhou associated with the Han dynasty (206 bce–220 ce) containing a collection of terra-cotta warriors.
In antiquity, the Jiangsu region was within the jurisdiction of the ancient state of Wu. During the Zhou dynasty (1046–256 bce) much of the area was called Gouwu and was considered to be outside Chinese borders. During the Spring and Autumn (Chunqiu) and part of the Warring States (Zhanguo) periods from the 8th to the 3rd century bce, it was brought into the Chinese empire as one of the "outer states." Known as the Wu region during the Han dynasty, it became the independent state of Wu during the succeeding Three Kingdoms (Sanguo) period (220–280 ce), with its capital at Jianye, the site of modern Nanjing. The golden age of culture in the region was during the more extended Six Dynasties period (220–589), when it received a major influx of immigrants from the north. After the fall of the Tang dynasty in 907, Yangzhou in Jiangsu became the eastern capital of the Nan (Southern) Tang state during the Ten Kingdoms (Shiguo) period, which lasted from 937 until it was finally absorbed by the Song dynasty (960–1279) in 975/976.
Another period of major cultural and commercial development occurred during the Nan Song dynasty (1127–1279). In the early decades of the Ming dynasty (1368–1644), Nanjing was the capital for the entire empire, and even after 1420, when the Ming capital shifted to Beijing, Nanjing remained as subcapital for South China. During the Ming and the succeeding Qing (Manchu) dynasties, Jiangnan was a major rice surplus region, supplying two-fifths of tribute tax grain to the capital by means of the Grand Canal. Jiangnan merchants were among the most influential in China during this period. In the mid-19th century there was significant foreign commercial intervention, based on treaty port privileges. The region was seriously affected during the Taiping Rebellion of the 1850s and '60s, and Nanjing became the Taiping capital in 1853, remaining under Taiping control until the demise of the rebels in 1864.
In the 20th century Jiangsu became an important power base for the Nationalist Party of Chiang Kai-shek (Jiang Jieshi), and Nanjing was made capital of the Nationalist government in 1928. It remained the puppet government capital under the Japanese occupation, after the Nationalist government moved to Chongqing. During World War II the region was the locus of communist-led guerrilla forces of the New 4th Army, from whose ranks many of Jiangsu's post-1949 leaders came.
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TULUM, Mexico (Reuters) - The ancient Maya once believed that Mexico's jungle sinkholes containing crystalline waters were the gateway to the underworld and the lair of a surly rain god who had to be appeased with human sacrifices.
Now, the "cenotes," deep sinkholes in limestone that have pools at the bottom, are yielding scientific discoveries including possible life-saving cancer treatments.
Divers are dipping into the cenotes, which stud the Yucatan peninsula, to explore a vast underground river system.
Hefting air tanks, guidelines and waterproof lamps, they have so far mapped 405 miles of channels that form part of a huge subterranean river delta flowing into the Caribbean sea, and they are only just starting.
Scientists investigating the network of caverns and galleries, formed by rainwater passing through porous limestone, have found a wealth of early archeological relics and prehistoric animal bones.
They also have identified dozens of new aquatic species specially adapted to extreme environmental conditions which could have medical applications.
In the Riviera Maya, a strip of Caribbean tourist resorts including the world-famous archeological site of Tulum, there are more than 500 cenotes. Some are open to the jungle, while others have tiny eye-like holes letting in sunlight and jungle roots.
Their waters have filtered through sponge-like limestone which leaves them so transparent that divers say they feel like they are floating in space. The pools range in depth from a few feet (a meter) to an abyss where explorers have still not touched bottom at over 500 feet.
"It is proving to be a totally unique environment," said marine biologist Tom Iliffe of Texas A&M University. "We are finding things down there including forms of life that no one had ever guessed existed, and there is a lot more work to be done."
The Yucatan sits on a limestone plateau where rainwater percolates down to nonporous rock below ground. Over millions of years, underground river systems have formed that flow out to the sea through caves.
The region's 7,000 to 8,000 cenotes were formed when caves collapsed in on themselves. The resulting sinkholes became a vital water source and a focus for Mayan sacrifices to honor Chac, the volatile, crocodile-like rain deity.
In recent years, biologists delving into the underlying river systems, which unlike the sinkholes are jet-black because of the lack of sunlight, have identified 40 entirely new species, mostly blind shrimps and fish which have adapted to life in the system's harsh conditions, where dissolved oxygen and food are scarce.
Among the startling discoveries are microorganisms that live in the transitional zone where the fresh water rivers flow out into the Caribbean, and salt-water sponges which may contain anti-tumor compounds.
"Research is at an early stage, but it is quite possible that the bacteria and sponges may have potential biomedical applications including cures for cancer," Iliffe told Reuters in a telephone interview. "There is a great deal of scientific excitement about it."
Other finds made by divers roaming the deep, dark corridors include the bones of giant jungle sloths, rabbits and even mammoths dating back beyond the last Ice Age.
"When you come up and tell people there are elephants down there they really think you've gone crazy," said Sam Meacham, an underwater explorer and conservationist.
In the past three decades the population of the Riviera Maya has soared 10-fold to close to 1 million people, as tourists from the United States, Europe and Mexico flock to the palm-fringed strip to soak up the sun.
Environmentalists say that the explosive development has been only patchily regulated and warn that waste produced by resort hotels and service towns in the area is already polluting the complex underground oasis.
"It's totally the Wild West, when what is needed is carefully planned, sustainable development," said Meacham, who runs the Quintana Roo Water Systems Research Center, a local non-profit group that raises consciousness about water issues in schools.
Water conservation will be a key issue when ministers, hydrologists and environmentalists from around the world meet at the World Water Forum in Mexico City from March 16-22.
Meacham says human sewage is pumped deep underground, and that at least one water system in the Yucatan has been polluted with fecal matter. The impact of 250 tonnes of trash dumped in landfills each day has yet to be evaluated.
The hundreds of tourists who dive and snorkel each day in any of a dozen cenotes and caves open to the public are also unwittingly destroying the ecosystems before they can be properly understood, Iliffe says.
"Fish are following the divers into the caves and they gobble up all the life, and they (the caves) are left biologically sterile," he said.
"When you consider that they could possibly lead to a cure for cancer, it is essential to conserve them."


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Never having lived in Israel I can only imagine the cautionary acceptance that must come with being under the constant threat of attack. Most apartment buildings have bomb shelters that are supposed to be resistant to chemical attacks, while air raid maps outline how long residents have to take cover once the alert is sounded.
Imagine a first date, taking a child to school, visiting grandparents and getting stuck in traffic — all under the constant possibility of an incoming attack.
Imagining life under those circumstances, along with this video, could go a long way to helping understand why Israel's Iron Dome is so important and why the U.S. spent so much money helping build it.
The following clip was posted to YouTube yesterday and apparently shows a wedding party and its videographer as they listen to air raid sirens while watching incoming missiles get scuttled by Israel's defensive shield. Punctuated by squeals and claps, the whole high definition scene is nudged along by a female cover version of Maroon 5's Sunday Morning. The picture below the video shows one of the rockets as it slips from its launcher.
The link comes by way of Reddit, posted in the comments section of another video link, and included the accompanying text: "Sirens interrupted a wedding in the city of Beersheba (about 25 miles from Gaza) and a photographer caught a barrage of rockets on video. You can also see about a dozen Iron Dome interceptions."
In the video: At about 18 seconds it looks like the Iron Dome is powering up. At 50 seconds. as the cameraman is starting to wonder if that's going to be it, the rockets come into view on the horizon.
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The Perfect Food
The most convincing argument for breast feeding a baby is human milk is the perfect food for infants. There is so much we don't understand about the complexities of mother's milk, that it's impossible for any formula to live up to it. The nutrients found in each woman's milk vary. The age and health of a mother can affect her milk. This is why it's so important to eat well while nursing your baby. However, breast milk composition also changes throughout the day and as a baby grows. For example, a mother with a premature infant has different milk, more suited for her child's unique needs, than a woman who gives birth to a full-term baby. Formula can never reproduce this made-to-order quality of mother's milk.
As scientists have dissected breast milk into its individual vitamins and minerals and compared it to cow's milk, they've pointed to breast milk's inadequacies. Levels of zinc and iron are much lower in breast milk, for instance. However, these minerals are also absorbed better by babies when taken in human milk.
The nutritional superiority of breast milk is especially apparent in developing countries where good food isn't as readily available as in the United States. For example, babies in the Chinese province of Hubei are taller and weigh more the longer they were breast fed. In fact, it can be said that nursed children are healthier in general, suffering less often from allergies, eczema, upper and lower respiratory infections, diarrhea, skin disorders and most other illnesses.
The Immunity Advantage
Breast fed babies have a health advantage over those given formula because of the immunity factors in human milk. Some researchers have gone so far as to call the human mammary gland or breast, an immunologic organ. It's like Mother Nature guards her newborns with an infection-fighting elixir designed to safely carry them through the first few years of life.
So far, scientists have divided the not-completely-understood agents of human milk into three categories:
Aside from antimicrobials, there are substances in breast milk whose main job is easing inflammation. While these agents don't kill germs, they do decrease the redness, heat, swelling and pain seen in some infections such as otitis media or middle ear infection.


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Also, the willingness of the new improv student to jump into the unknown and be game for anything is a great reminder for more experienced improvisers of how they're supposed to play. I suppose someone could make the claim that this doesn't apply to all level one students, and that my portrait of the level one student is somewhat idealized. And to them I say, "Yup, you're probably right. But some of them do exist, and those are the ones I care about." I think that a beginning student's sense of adventure is a model for those who have been improvising a while longer, and consequently have a bit of a stick up their bum about it. Improvisers who have been working for a long time develop a somewhat understandable sophomoric skepticism about the work. They start to close themselves off from possibilities. Not everyone—just some people. And these are the exact people who need to watch a level one class, and see that the students in there are trying things that are brand new, and playing in a wonderful, earnest way.
As an experienced improviser, I've learned from my level one students to always try new things—which is a great way to prevent myself from developing a myopic view of the world. Being around level one students is one of the reasons I recently forced myself to sign up for a dodgeball group, even though I pretty much suck at dodgeball. Level one students, by their example, continuously encourage me to venture outside my comfort zone. Of course life is and should be about more than just improv—but I guess it's strange that a group of people signing up for an improv class reminds me of that, and reminds me that I should always be looking to try something else – something new, different and definitely uncomfortable. I can't wait to see what I sign up for next. (I'm thinking some sort of martial art. Yeah, that ought to do it. So, thanks for that, too, level one-ers.)
And here comes the creepy cult-like part: I remember when I first started hanging around improv shows and falling in love with improv, and how the people I met became my really good friends—and I like that I see that happening with you students who are just beginning now. I hate to think that any of you will stay shy and/or intimidated in such an open and accepting culture. We can appear to be a closed group at times, but none of us are perfect, and I can assure you that at one point in time all of us were "new." But it did not take long for this community to absorb us. So—see you around!
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SpringSource releases application infrastructure 'alternative'
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Open source tools developer SpringSource yesterday announced the general availability of its new enterprise applications package.
SpringSource Enterprise is bundled with software, services and tech support to help developers build and run Spring-based enterprise apps. The package includes the SpringSource Application Management Suite, the SpringSource Tool Suite, and the SpringSource Advanced Pack for Oracle Database.
The Palo Alto, California-based company (formerly Interface21) has been ramping up its assault on the emerging market for open source in enterprise computing. In January it acquired Tomcat contributor Covalent Technologies.
The firm's boss Rod Johnson, who created the Spring Java and J2EE application framework in 2004, claimed earlier this year that combining the two companies' resources would give enterprises an open source alternative that can match or beat established proprietary software for performance and quality.
SpringSource upped its game as a serious open source contender in the Java application server market in late April with the beta release of the SpringSource Application Platform, its Java application server.
Last month the Silicon Valley start-up confirmed that it had closed a $15m round of venture capital financing that would help the company continue to expand its operations and plump up its growth strategy.
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Edith B. White of Redding, Calif., and formerly of Florence, Kan., passed away Jan. 30, 2013 at the age of 101.
Edith was born Oct. 12, 1911, in Burns, Kan., to Edward M. and Ella E. Robinson of Burns. She attended Burns and Peabody, Kan., schools and graduated from Peabody High School in 1929.
Edith and Glenn R. White were united in marriage on Jan. 2, 1934 in Wellington, Kan.
Edith and her husband operated a dairy in the Peabody area for several years. They moved in 1944 to Florence where she was a busy mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and business owner for many years. She relocated to Redding in 2004.
Edith was the owner and operator of the Town & Country Café in Florence for 36 years. She sold the business in 1996. Edith was honored in 1999 by the City of Florence as the Grand Marshal of the Florence Labor Day celebration for her many years of outstanding community service and support.
Edith is survived by her eight children, Ron (Becky) White of Redding, Ted (Salli) White of Goodyear, Ariz., Doug (Pamela) White of Laguna Niguel, Calif., Jerry White of Wichita, Sharon (Jay) McCubbin of Camdenton, Mo., Beverly (Demetrios) Gournelos of Silver Spring, Md., Jim (Paula) White of Auburn, Kan., and Marilyn Honeycutt of McGregor, Texas; 16 grandchildren; and 13 great-grandchildren.
Visitation will be between 6 and 8 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 15, 2013, at Zeiner Funeral Home in Florence.
Services will be held at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 16, 2013, at the United Methodist Church in Florence.
Burial and interment will be in the Edward M. Robinson family plot in Prairie Lawn Cemetery in Peabody.
In remembrance, the family suggests donations in her name to the Florence Historical Society, PO Box 143, Florence, KS 66851, in lieu of flowers.


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Album Rating: 4.0Only my second review. Go easy on me. Found these guys a couple weeks ago and have been digging them ever since.
Disconnected: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iiSrtBM2EP0
The Answer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMXNrJ16PB0
i just dont think this works at all. Good review anyway.
gonna pos because that avatar is hilarious
just checked out one of their songs....this dude singing is either Spencer from Periphery or he just sounds exactly like him.
Album Rating: 4.0that's exactly what i thought when i first heard him.
they need to lose the screamer then this band will be much more interesting and good
but it's still cool
Album Rating: 4.0the screamer is the clean singer too. lol.
doesnt really sound like Spencer Sotelo at all.
Album Rating: 4.0you don't think so? that's what got me into this band. i love Periphery and when i heard the singer on this band i instantly thought of Spencer.
Band is meh
Review is fantastic
Album Rating: 4.0^thank you very much sir.
his high notes totally do, the song i listened to was disconnected
Don't know about the rest of their stuff
"this dude singing is either Spencer from Periphery or he just sounds exactly like him."
Yeah, any periphery parallels will turn people off instantly.
I've never understood this argument. Yes, generic and not reinventing the wheel are bad things, there's nothing to separate yourself from the horde of bands following the same trend. So I don't understand the 4 rating.
I listened to Disconnected, quite liked a lot of the things they have going on. Particularly the interlude that kicks in around 2:30 and the last chorus/outro. They could do without the screamer and the breakdowns, weakest parts in my opinion.
Album Rating: 4.0agreed. screams aren't great. cleans make up for it in my opinion though.
Where Did I Go Wrong is a jam
Album Rating: 4.0ah, just as I thought. I knew you would like this Snide.
Album Rating: 4.0O really? Didn't think many people knew about them.
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How to Build Wood Deck Handrails
By: Danny Lipford
To give a deck that perfect finishing touch, as well as to address safety concerns, it needs to have a handrail around it. Here Danny shows how to construct the railings and spindles from pressure treated wood.
The top rail is made from a horizontal 2×4 while the bottom rail is secured vertically with a beveled cut to shed water. 2×2 spindles are toe nailed into the rails before the whole unit is set in place. The top rail is then capped with a piece of 5/4" material to finish it off.
Be sure and check your local building codes for approved heights as well as for the gap allowed between the spindles.
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Patrick Marchand Says:
May 23rd, 2018 at 7:06 am
In building railings for a deck you say:
"…. the bottom rail is secured vertically with a beveled cut to shed water. "
Could you precise where the bevel is?
Jordan Saletko Says:
March 28th, 2009 at 12:30 pm
The deck in the house we just bought is only 2 feet above grade with no railing and no posts. How can I install a railing with no posts to stiffen the railing. With the deck only 2 feet high there is no way to reach under the deck to secure railings. Someone can easily fall off the deck accidently and hurt themselves.
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June 20th, 2008 at 11:30 am
Hi Cathy,
You're right, 2×2 spindles look much less cluttered and use half the material of 2x4s. Anytime you rip wood, there's a chance it will bow due to internal stresses and uneven moisture content. This is particularly true of pressure treated pine, since it's not the most stable wood and usually comes still wet with preservative. I would rip them, cut them to length, and stack them out of direct sunlight for a few weeks before installing to allow them to acclimatize. Alternate the direction of each layer in the stack and leave a gap between each spindle so air can circulate, then discard any warped ones before installing. You can either round the edges or not, but since the 2×4 edges will probably already be slightly rounded, it would look best if the cut edges matched. Use a router or shaper with a round over bit to mold the edges. A better—but more expensive option—is to buy treated 2x2s that are made for use as spindles. The reason for a vertical bottom rail and horizontal top rail is that it allows the bottom rail to provide support against sagging while the top rail resists sideways movement. The spindles are centered over both rails.
cathy saffell Says:
June 20th, 2008 at 5:47 am
Some one is building a deck for us. The handrails are yet to be built. The carpenter was planning to split treated 2×4's for the spindles. My husband is afraid that they will warp so he told him to use the full 2×4. It does not look as good. Will the split 2×4's work good? Also, after viewing your video section, I understood that the 2×4 at the bottom of the rail should be vertical and the top one should be horizontal. Was the 2×2 spindle centered between each 2×4. And, is it necessary to round the edges of the spindles to make them look nicer?
Thank you very much,
I enjoy your show very much when I get a chance to watch.
Cathy Saffell
James Tyson III Says:
October 7th, 2007 at 7:47 am
I have a ? for you Danny. I watch your shows alot and I love them. Their really helpful to me because I'm a do-it-yourselfer myself. My ? is how hard is it to add a ledger to brick for a deck? Again, I love your shows and please keep them coming. Thanks alot.
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In the Arctic and Antarctic, completely opposite records were set, this year. While the Arctic is showing the lowest levels of sea ice in satellite-record history, the Antarctic is actually showing the highest ever recorded levels of sea ice. According to the National Snow and Ice Data Center, the Antarctic is seeing this record new high of ice coverage with 19.44 million square kilometers. Meanwhile, Arctic sea ice reached its minimum this year at 3.61 million square kilometers.
Sea ice is drastically shrinking in one place while seeing great growth in another. What does this say about climate change?
Scientists have known for a long time that climate change would affect Northern Hemisphere before the Southern. This is largely because the two hemispheres have extremely different physical geography. Because Arctic ice is surrounded on all sides by land, it is subject to influences from air and sea-surface temperatures. Meanwhile, because the Antarctic is surrounded by vast stretches of open ocean, its conditions are more heavily influenced by ocean currents and stronger winds. Furthermore, the hole in the ozone layer over Antarctica also affects the continent's ice. The ozone hole has made it so the stratosphere absorbs significantly less UV light than it otherwise should. Absorbing less UV light makes the stratosphere in the southern hemisphere much colder and that carries down to the earth's surface. That affects atmospheric circulation in the Antarctic, further helping the sea ice to grow.
With significantly different conditions governing the climates of the two poles, it's no wonder that they see differences in ice coverage. Scientists project that, in the coming decades, Antarctic sea ice will begin to shrink as the generally increasing planetary temperatures will outweigh the influences of the other factors that affect the amount of sea ice in the Antarctic.


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Dr. Duncan is also responsible for the implementation of Murray State University's Quality Enhancement Plan, representing the University on Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education workgroups, and overseeing assessment of academic degree programs.
Dr. Duncan earned her Bachelor's degree from the University of Maryland and her Master's degree and Ph.D. from Florida State University. Dr. Duncan joined the Murray State faculty in 1993.


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DeltaSpot: the Modern Solution to an Age-Old Problem
Fronius Posted 10/07/2009
Welding is a technique almost as old human civilisation. Archaeological finds show that in the fourth millennium BCE, forge welding and soldering were already taking place.
After a five-year development period, we are now in a position to present a solution to some of the problems encountered in resistance welding.
Its name is DeltaSpot.
What is behind DeltaSpot?
DeltaSpot combines a multitude of innovations in the fields of mechanical components, control software, quality monitoring and – last but not least, and indeed most importantly of all – in the field of spot-weld processes.
A process tape is used to stabilise the welding process and achieve reproducible results across high numbers of consecutive spot welds.
The basic concept of this process is not entirely new; in fact it has patents that date from the last century. What is new, however, is the way in which Fronius has combined these old technologies with new ideas.
What advantages does the process tape offer?
Electrode protection
The electrode's contact surface has a significant effect on the welding result. If this surface is characterised by erosion, by build-up of the material to be welded or by sticking of the coating components, then the process will become unstable.
With Delta Spot, electrode tips like the ones shown in the picture are a thing of the past.
The process tape, which runs between the electrode and the material being worked on, prevents this wear-and-tear on the electrodes. Any build-up and coating residues are simply carried away by the process tape, and a new section of tape, with clean surfaces, is spooled over the electrode ready for the next weld.
A clean contact surface means: Long electrode service life, consistent welding conditions, no surface spatters.
Control of the heat balance during welding
The use of a process tape results in noticeable changes in resistance. The resistance situation with a standard resistance welding system is shown in blue, while blue+red shows the situation with DeltaSpot. This increased resistance can be adjusted by changing the material, thickness or coating of the process tape. This additional parameter can be used, for example, to increase the heat generated during the weld process, leading to a reduced current requirement for aluminium welding and to the possibility of influencing the welding-lens position in 3-sheet or multisheet welds and bimetal joints, e.g. between steel and aluminium.
The following simulations of the DeltaSpot process illustrate the difference between welding with and without a process tape. The key aspect here is the thermal input from the process tape during welding.
Economic use of special electrodes
In manufacturing, there will always be problems which cannot be resolved with standard equipment. For reasons of accessibility, sometimes special arm geometry or even a special electrode is needed. But how are these special electrodes serviced, and how long is the electrode life? Is there anything that could be changed or improved upon here? This is where the process tape really comes into its own. As the electrodes are protected from soiling, the problem of milling the electrodes no longer arises.
Among the special features of the DeltaSpot system:
• Fronius X-plorer as the basic software for control and operation.
• DeltaSpot Q-Master for documentation and online observation of the welding spots.
Modern design and many innovations in drive technology.
Fronius X-plorer
The DeltaSpot Control, which is responsible for controlling the process parameters and the whole welding system, is based on the Fronius X-plorer. Thanks to its clear graphic interface and self-explanatory menus, the welder is ready to start adjusting the parameters set by the DeltaSpot system after just a few minutes.
The DeltaSpot Q-Master makes use of the fact that every weld leaves a characteristic print (like a fingerprint) on the process tape. This imprint is recorded by a small camera located on the electrode arm, and then assessed by a learning-capable image processing algorithm.
When using aluminium, we are able to define the position and width of the welding lens to within a few tenths of a millimetre.
Excellent examples of DeltaSpot utilisations
With aluminium:
• Two-(or more)-sheet spot-welded joints
• Thin aluminium foil
• Steel-aluminium spot-welded joints
With steel:
• Two-(or more)-sheet spot-welded joints
• Thin foils or tapes
• From soft- to ultra-hard-coated steel
• Coatings and materials which present problems in conventional spot welding
Using different tapes on each electrode with DeltaSpot makes it possible to control the position of the weld nugget.
Resistance welding was only made possible with the advent of electricity and was first demonstrated by James Prescott Joule as a possible process for joining metals in 1857. Elihu Thompson carried out the critical research for the discovery of resistance welding around 1877. During the following year Nicolai Bernados developed a resistance welding process involving carbon electrodes. Resistance spot welding with copper electrodes was developed by Kleinsmith in 1897, signalling the start of the industrial breakthrough of resistance welding. Around 1910, resistance projection welding and resistance rolling stitch welding techniques were developed. Since 1930, resistance welding has been widely used in industry. Since then, developments in automobiles and resistance welding have been closely linked. For more than 125 years, resistance welding has been an important part of the industry. In the realm of automated welding it retains great popularity because of its simplicity and high level of safety.
All the important developments over the last few decades – from servo-operated spot-weld guns to mid-frequency inverters all the way up to adaptive process control devices – have brought with them many different benefits.
Only a few problems remain unsolved, representing a constant "thorn in the side" of the development of resistance welding.
Among these unsolved problems are the shunt effect, the fitting accuracy of the parts, variations in the base material or variations in the thickness of coatings, and so on.
Take the problem of electrode wear, for example. A great deal of effort has gone into the development of electrode materials or coatings, with no real success.
Even the newest developments in materials, the increasing number of material combinations and new coatings have not managed to resolve the problem. If anything, they have even made it worse!
The solution to some of these problems could be "DeltaSpot"


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- Inventory celebrated the return of David Bowie by looking at 15 notable David Bowie cameos, and looked at adult-oriented side projects from 11 children's entertainers.
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- Jason Heller considered whether the vinyl revival has gone too far, and Todd VanDerWerff examined what we talk about when we talk about Girls.
- Neal Pollack talked to us about surviving the "alternadad" hype in Money Matters.
- The lackluster Burt Wonderstone inspired us to spend the week with five far better films about magicians in Watch This.
- Noel Murray once again asked himself "Why Is This Commercial?" and whether those cute AT&T commercials are pointed enough to work as advertising.
This week in Great Job, Internet!:
- As of this writing, the Internet has given Rob Thomas $3.3 million to make a Veronica Mars movie and set several Kickstarter records.
- The works of Stanley Kubrick were given an animated tribute, and we discovered that Amy Poehler, Tina Fey, Paul Rudd, and a bunch of other great comedy people reenacted Sixteen Candles in 2004.
- Louis C.K. demonstrated why he's not to be interrupted, no matter how nice you think his boots are.
What are we arguing about this week?
In AVQ&A, we discussed the most surprising songs we heard during live performances.
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See: Pickings are pretty slim when your best bet is The Incredible Burt Wonderstone or Spring Breakers. Stream F Is For Fake instead.
Read: A series of correspondence between a California school librarian and a Hollywood producer make for a pretty neat origin story of the 1983 film The Outsiders.
Listen to: If you haven't listened to The Next Day, remedy that. Wild Belle's debut, Isles, is also a good listen.
Watch: Spend the weekend in a heightened emotional state and catch up with The Americans. It's also a good time to track down some Veronica Mars DVDs and see what all the fuss is about.


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One of the greatest joys of site migration is discovering that your social share counts don't follow 301 redirects. But those Facebook Likes, tweets and Google +1's that we've worked so hard to capture don't have to evaporate with a click of a mouse, never to be seen again.
Social Proof
Social proof is essentially a façade and as marketers we must maintain this other side of the off-page SEO smoke and mirrors long enough to convince users that our message is worth reading. Lucky for us Facebook, Twitter and Google+ buttons all have parameters for passing the URL of the page that we want the original social numbers for. That is not to say that the new URL will have the social metrics directly associated with them – they won't.
As social metrics mature within search engines, there is worry that site migrations will cause these metrics to be discarded. It is of no leap of logic to assume that search engines will pass the value of the social share through a 301 redirect. Therefore it should be enough to maintain the social shares on the original URL and display them at the new one.
Essentially for each of these you will want to identify the URL of the original page and set an attribute on social share button to show the shares of the old URL. Here's how you do it.
In the Like Button Documentation Facebook simply provide the href attribute that can be explicitly set. Setting this to a different URL that page the user is currently on causes the number of Likes from the original page to be displayed and any additional likes accrued will also be associated with that original Edge or URL in Facebook's Open Graph.
Naturally, Facebook has a handy Like Button Generator to make this easy for you.
Twitter appears to be the most prepared for this eventuality. In their tweet button documentation they provide a variety of attributes that can be passed to the tweet button to ensure that the share metrics from the right URL is shown and that the correct URL is ultimately tweeted.
When 301 redirecting a page that has performed well on Twitter, be sure to set the data-counturl or the counturl attribute (depending on which version of the button you use) to the existing URL but the URL attribute to the new URL to ensure that any links created by pages that scrape Twitter are attributed directly to the endpoint URL.
There's no Twitter button generator, but the documentation provides a walkthrough of customizations for a variety of configurations.
With Google+ being tied so closely to the world's biggest search engine, one would assume that they would naturally pass +1s through a 301 redirect. Then again, you would also assume that Google would have figured out a way to make Google+ relevant to kids by now as well.
In any event, it should be no surprise that Google+ mirrors Facebook in providing a href attribute for the +1 button in the documentation.
Naturally, Google also provides a button generator:
The Final Word
As social networks mature and meld closer with search engines, it will be expected that Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ will simply follow 301 redirects. For now we can maintain our social proof, for whatever it's worth.
For those of you wondering how to implement this site wide on numerous buttons, do the following:
- Set a variable in your CMS that contains the original URL of the page. In WordPress this would be a Custom Field.
- Add a statement to your share buttons that checks whether that variable is set or not. If it is, set the respective URL value on the share buttons.
Who knows maybe next time we speak I'll have a WordPress plugin for you!
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Zoho CRM Query Component
Zoho CRM Query
This component retrieves data on a Zoho CRM server and loads it into a table. This stages the data, so the table is reloaded each time. You may then use transformations to enrich and manage the data in permanent tables.
Warning: This component is destructive as it truncates or recreates its target table on each run. Do not modify the target table structure manually.
|The descriptive name for the component.
|Basic/Advanced Mode
|Basic - This mode will build a Query for you using settings from Data Source, Data Selection and Data Source Filter parameters. In most cases, this will be sufficient.
Advanced - This mode will require you to write an SQL-like query to call data from Zoho CRM. The available fields and their descriptions are documented in the data model.
|The name of the OAuth entry set up for this service.
|Data Source
|Select a data source from the server.
|Data Selection
|Select one or more columns to return from the query.
|Data Source Filter
|Input Column
|The available input columns vary depending upon the Data Source.
Is - Compares the column to the value using the comparator.
Not - Reverses the effect of the comparison, so "equals" becomes "not equals", "less than" becomes "greater than or equal to", etc.
|Choose a method of comparing the column to the value. Possible comparators include: 'Equal To', 'Greater than', 'Less than', 'Greater than or equal to', 'Less than or equal to', 'Like', 'Null'.
'Equal To' can match exact strings and numeric values while other comparators such as 'Greater than' will work only with numerics. The 'Like' operator allows the wildcard character (%) to be used at the start and end of a string value to match a column. The Null operator matches only Null values, ignoring whatever the value is set to.
Not all data sources support all comparators, thus it is likely only a subset of the above comparators will be available to choose from.
|The value to be compared.
|Custom SQL-like query only available during 'Advanced' mode.
|Combine Filters
|Use the defined filters in combination with one another according to either "and" or "or".
|Limits the number of rows that are loaded from file.
|Connection Options
|A JDBC parameter supported by the Database Driver. The available parameters are determined automatically from the driver, and may change from version to version.
They are usually not required as sensible defaults are assumed.
|A value for the given Parameter.
Snowflake Managed: Allow Matillion ETL to create and use a temporary internal stage on Snowflake for staging the data. This stage, along with the staged data, will cease to exist after loading is complete.
Existing Amazon S3 Location: Selecting this will avail the user of properties to specify a custom staging area on S3.
|S3 Staging Area
|The name of an S3 bucket for temporary storage. Ensure
your access credentials have S3 access and permission to write
to the bucket. See this document for
details on setting up access. The temporary objects created in this bucket will be removed again after the load completes, they are not kept.
This property is available when using an Existing Amazon S3 Location for Staging.
|Choose a Snowflake warehouse that will run the load.
|Choose a database to create the new table in.
|Choose between using a standard table or an external table.
Standard: The data will be staged on an S3 bucket before being loaded into a table.
External: The data will be put into an S3 Bucket and referenced by an external table.
|Select the table schema. The special value, [Environment Default] will use the schema defined in the environment. For more information on using multiple schemas, see this article.
Note: An external schema is required if the 'Type' property is set to 'External'.
|Target Table
|Provide a new table name.
Warning: This table will be recreated and will drop any existing table of the same name.
|When using an 'External' type table, Provide an S3 Bucket path that will be used to store the data. Once on an S3 bucket, the data can be referenced by the external table.
|Distribution Style
|Even - the default option, distribute rows around the Redshift Cluster evenly.
All - copy rows to all nodes in the Redshift Cluster.
Key - distribute rows around the Redshift cluster according to the value of a key column.
Table-distribution is critical to good performance - see the Amazon Redshift documentation for more information.
|Sort Key
|This is optional, and specifies the columns from the input that should be set as the table's sort-key.
Sort-keys are critical to good performance - see the Amazon Redshift documentation for more information.
|The target BigQuery project to load data into.
|The target BigQuery dataset to load data into.
|Cloud Storage Staging Area
|The URL and path of the target Google Storage bucket to be used for staging the queried data.
|Decide on how the files are encrypted inside the S3 Bucket.This property is available when using an Existing Amazon S3 Location for Staging.
None: No encryption.
SSE KMS: Encrypt the data according to a key stored on KMS.
SSE S3: Encrypt the data according to a key stored on an S3 bucket
|KMS Key ID
|The ID of the KMS encryption key you have chosen to use in the 'Encryption' property.
|Load Options
|Multiple Selection
Comp Update: Apply automatic compression to the target table (if ON). Default is ON.
Stat Update: Automatically update statistics when filling a table (if ON). Default is ON. In this case, it is updating the statistics of the target table.
Clean S3 Objects: Automatically remove UUID-based objects on the S3 Bucket (if ON). Default is ON. Effectively decides whether to keep the staged data in the S3 Bucket or not.
String Null is Null: Converts any strings equal to "null" into a null value. This is case sensitive and only works with entirely lower-case strings. Default is ON.
Recreate Target Table:Choose whether the component recreates its target table before the data load. If OFF, the existing table will be used. Default is ON.
|Load Options
|Multiple Select
|Clean Cloud Storage Files: (If On) Destroy staged files on Cloud Storage after loading data. Default is On.
Cloud Storage File Prefix: Give staged file names a prefix of your choice. Default is empty (no prefix).
|Auto Debug
|Choose whether to automatically log debug information about your load. These logs can be found in the Task History and should be included in support requests concerning the component. Turning this on will override any debugging Connection Options.
|Debug Level
|The level of verbosity with which your debug information is logged. Levels above 1 can log huge amounts of data and result in slower execution.
1: Will log the query, the number of rows returned by it, the start of execution and the time taken, and any errors.
2: Will log everything included in Level 1, cache queries, and additional information about the request, if applicable.
3: Will additionally log the body of the request and the response.
4: Will additionally log transport-level communication with the data source. This includes SSL negotiation.
5: Will additionally log communication with the data source and additional details that may be helpful in troubleshooting problems. This includes interface commands.
Variable Exports
This component makes the following values available to export into variables:
|Time Taken To Stage
|The amount of time (in seconds) taken to fetch the data from the data source and upload it to storage.
|Time Taken To Load
|The amount of time (in seconds) taken to execute the COPY statement to load the data into the target table from storage.
Connect to the target database and issue the query. Stream the results into objects on S3. Then create or truncate the target table and issue a COPY command to load the S3 objects into the table. Finally, clean up the temporary S3 objects.


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These findings are similar to those of Mercer Human Resources Consulting. Mercer says CDHP penetration is likely to rise to 20 percent in 2006 and 31 percent in 2007 at jumbo employers — those with 20,000 or more employees.
Relative market share
Note: Percentages may not total 100 because of rounding
Source: Forrester Research Inc.
* Selected 5 on a five-point scale, where 1 = not at all likely and 5 = very likely. Includes employers that currently offer CDH. Figures for 2007 include employers likely to offer in 2006.
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