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Problems requiring the Simpol approach
Climate Change
The main way to address climate change is through reducing our global carbon emissions – most experts agree on that. But even though we know that, the pace of change is very slow. Very few countries are actively reducing their emissions at the rate required. Why?
For any country to reduce its emissions, it will need to make substantial changes - pass laws and legislation that regulate and reduce the emissions of big business.
But if they do that, they run a risk - a risk that those businesses will just take their operations and thousands of jobs to a country that doesn't have such strict rules and regulations.
In effect that country will have made themselves economically uncompetitive in comparison to countries with fewer regulations. This is why we see countries being really slow to reduce their emissions, or some countries pulling out of climate agreements altogether.
Tax Avoidance and Tax Competition
The rate of corporation tax around the world has been in steep decline for some time – falling 37% in 37 years between 1980 and 2017. Good news if you own a business, not so great for the rest of us. Why? Because the less businesses contribute in taxes to the countries they operate in, the less those governments have to spend on public services like schools, hospitals, and public transport.
So why has the rate of corporation tax been falling so steadily for so long?
The main reason is Destructive Global Competition. Governments want to attract the capital and investment of big businesses, so they cut their corporation tax rates to lure them in. Of course, when one government does it, others feel compelled to do the same.
It's a tit-for-tat race that sees country after country making big cuts to the money businesses could be paying in tax, and those businesses profiting as a result.
It's this same need to stay attractive to business that sees nations turning a blind eye to Tax Avoidance – when those same businesses exploit loopholes in legislation to avoid paying the little tax they do owe. Most nations are deliberately slow to recognise when avoidance is taking place, and when they do, they don't do much about it.
Nuclear disarmament
Nuclear disarmament is the ultimate 'Prisoner's Dilemma' – it would be better for all of us if every country decommissioned their weapons, but no nation is going to be the first to do it. No nation wants to leave a rival with a military advantage, despite the global catastrophe of a potential nuclear war.
The reasons for the development of nuclear and other weapons of mass destruction are not always directly linked to Destructive Global Competition. However, what stimulates tensions between nations to the point of war is wealth inequality and competition for resources. In a world where destructive global competition widens the gap between rich and poor, tensions between nations rise, and war looms. And so everyone hangs on to what they've got, or even increases the development of their weapons.
Is it any wonder that isolated nations like North Korea pursue nuclear development at all costs? And why, even after the terrible atrocities of the past, no agreement for everyone to disarm has ever been reached?
This is the place where a Simultaneous Policy really could do the most good – where every country could agree to disarm at exactly the same time, and agree enforcement measures to keep it that way, so leaving the world a much safer place to live in.
Financial Market Regulation
How do you solve a problem like mobile financial markets? It's hard to think of them without thinking about the 'casino economy' that has been built around them. In an economic culture that encourages taking big risks to make even bigger profits, it's always citizens who end up footing the bill when things go wrong.
Mobile financial markets aren't just vulnerable to bad behaviour from within. Terrorism, trafficking and international crime syndicates thrive in an economy that makes laundering money easy through Tax Havens. In the context of Destructive Global Competition, the free movement of capital within these markets is only making it harder for nations to introduce regulatory measures without incurring costs to themselves.
What's missing is global regulation. Ideas such as a 'Tobin Tax' on all financial transactions have been suggested to keep the markets in check, but only global and simultaneous implementation of that kind of tax would guarantee its success.
Sustainable business
We all want corporations to act responsibly and sustainably. If they do, they're more likely to attract our custom, our loyalty, and even our talent.
But corporations operate in a global market – their shares are quoted on global stock markets, and they are open to competition from others around the world. In this globally competitive market, any responsible or sustainable action a business takes which risks reducing profits can put them at a disadvantage to competitors. The question becomes – can a business afford to act responsibly, if competitors aren't doing the same?
Without appropriate global regulation, even the most ethical businesses will limit their responsible choices to those that don't undermine profits. This is why the scope of sustainable or responsible business is so limited, and why we only ever see a few businesses really act sustainably if it can give them a market edge.
So how can we make ALL businesses behave responsibly and sustainably? There is no viable alternative other than the simultaneous implementation of appropriate global regulations.
In the Western world, immigration policy is still the winning, or losing, ticket for political campaigning. How to cope with the movement of people across borders is the question on everyone's lips.
There are lots of pros and cons to immigration, and even more reasons behind it. Whether displaced by conflict, responding to economic insecurity, or simply embracing the idea of being a global citizen, it is the unregulated nature of human movement across borders that drives popular resentment, debate in parliaments, newspapers and living rooms around the world.
Destructive Global Competition makes the issue even more complicated. By driving nations to reduce corporation taxes and pursue business capital at all costs, it widens the gap between rich and poor. In a climate of extreme wealth inequality, every struggle is worse, conflicts between and within nations increase, and people naturally migrate in response – often across borders.
Global cooperation – both to manage the flow of people and to address the systemic issues behind that movement – is the only obvious and lasting solution.


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the blue-green bacteria (formerly called blue-green algae), a subgroup of the kingdom Procaryotae, unicellular or filamentous phototrophic organisms that use water as an electron donor and produce oxygen in the presence of light. They are the only organisms that fix both carbon dioxide (in the presence of light) and nitrogen. Most species are photosynthetic and many are strong nitrogen fixers. Several species are common causes of water pollution and are often used as indicators of eutrophication of lakes and streams.
A division of the kingdom Prokaryotae consisting of unicellular or filamentous bacteria that are either nonmotile or possess a gliding motility, reproduce by binary fission, and perform photosynthesis with the production of oxygen. These blue-green bacteria were formerly referred to as blue-green algae.
Synonym(s): Cyanophyceae
Cyanobacteria/Cy·a·no·bac·te·ria/ (si″ah-no-bak-tēr´e-ah) a subgroup of bacteria comprising the blue-green bacteria (blue-green algae), which are photosynthetic and also fix nitrogen.
Etymology: Gk, kyanos, blue + bacterion, small staff
blue-green bacteria, unicellular or filamentous organisms that fix both carbon dioxide (in the presence of light) and nitrogen. Several species are common causes of water pollution and cause cyanobacteria poisoning. Formerly called blue-green algae.
A division of the kingdom Prokaryotae consisting of unicellular or filamentous bacteria that are either nonmotile or possess a gliding motility, reproduce by binary fission, and perform photosynthesis with the production of oxygen.
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Synonym(s): Cyanophyceae.
cyanobacteria (formerly blue-green algae)a PHYLUM within the DOMAIN BACTERIA (see CLASSIFICATION). Cyanobacteria are a group of photosynthetic PROKARYOTES capable of OXYGENIC PHOTOSYNTHESIS. Some are also capable of ANOXYGENIC PHOTOSYNTHESIS. They were formerly called blue-green algae mainly because of the colour of many species, caused by a blue pigment called phycocyanin. They may also contain a red pigment called phycoerythrin. All members contain chlorophyll a. However, Prochloron additionally contains chlorophyll b (see CHLOROPHYLL). The cyanobacteria were possibly the first ORGANISMS on the earth to produce OXYGEN by photosynthesis. There is fossil evidence for their occurrence 3.5 x 109 years ago. The CELL WALL is analogous to that of Gram-negative BACTERIA (see GRAM'S STAIN and the LIGHT REACTIONS of photosynthesis occur on the THYLAKOID MEMBRANE system, within the cell. Other structures in the cell include carboxysomes, polyphosphate bodies as a PHOSPHATE reserve, and gas VACUOLES for buoyancy Some cyanobacteria are UNICELLULAR, others are filamentous (see FILAMENT (2)). They reproduce by fission or fragmentation. A number of species shows CELLULAR DIFFERENTIATION, with the formation of, for example, AKINETES, and specialized cells for NITROGEN FIXATION, called heterocysts. Cyanobacteria are widespread, being found in both terrestrial and aquatic environments that are illuminated. Some live in very inhospitable environments such as hot springs, where the temperature is in excess of 85 °C. They are responsible for much of the photosynthetic oxygen evolution in oceans and contribute to productivity through CARBON DIOXIDE fixation (see DARK REACTIONS) and NITROGEN FIXATION. Sometimes they accumulate in large numbers as BLOOMS on the surface of lakes, reservoirs and so on. These blooms may produce TOXINS.
photosynthezing bacteria of widely varying form and inhabiting many environments including marine and fresh water. They produce a green pigment which changes color to blue or blue-green when the bacteria are stressed or dying. Formerly classified as algae (division Cyanophyta) and known as blue-green algae. Some species are non-toxic, some produce hepatoxins, others produce neurotoxins, and still others produce dermatoxins. Toxic species include Anabaena, Anabaenopsis, Aphanizomenon, Coelosphaerium, Cylindrospermopsis, Fischerella, Gloeotrichia, Gomphosphaeria, Haplosiphon, Hormothamnion, Lyngyba, Microcystis, Nodularia, Nostoc, Oscillatoria, Pseudoanabaena, Schizothrix, Seytonema, Synechococcus, Tolypothrix, Trichodesmium. Called also cyanophytes. See also algal poisoning.


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Erin Gray - Conservation & Environment, Rainforest Conservation in Peru
On my very first Google search for 'volunteering abroad', Projects Abroad appeared in the first five hits on my Internet page. And with good reason! Projects Abroad was a brilliant programme. They had the most diverse number of offered placements that I'd seen, answered all of my questions for my preparation to leave for my placement, and were merely a phone call or e-mail away if I needed them while abroad. I don't think I could have possibly picked a programme where I felt more looked after and safe, one of the most important things I was looking for as I travelled to a foreign country.
If I had one tip for future volunteers, it would be this: never go anywhere without your camera. My first day at the Taricaya Rescue Centre, I went without my camera, instead wanting to just focus on getting to know my new environment and learning the activities I'd be working on for three months. But at my very first activity, Animal Feeding, I immediately regretted it when the tapirs wandered up to take the bananas right from my hand. Of course, it was an experience that I would repeat many times before I left but to miss the first time was so disappointing!
Conservation Work in Peru
From that day on my camera went with me everywhere I went and that way, I was able to capture a million other experiences: playing with baby Spider Monkeys, bird watching on the observation platforms, releasing hundreds of baby turtles into the river, and using a single machete to cut down trees. Not a day went by that I didn't take at least ten pictures and I returned home with over 1,500 photos. Trust me, it is worth a little risk to your camera to keep it on you at all times.
The wide variety of animals at Taricaya amazed me. Howler monkeys, Spider monkeys, Capuchins, Squirrel monkeys, tapirs, parrots and macaws, Peccary pigs, and wild cats, to name a few. The opportunity to get up close with these animals was amazing. Even just entering to feed them can be an adventure, usually from monkeys jumping on you, eager to grab a banana from your bowl. Training and playing with the animals was some of the most fun I've ever had.
Volunteering with animals
One of my favourite memories related to the animals is releasing the baby turtles. Egg collecting happens earlier in the summer and they hatch in the fall, so I arrived just in time to assist with the release. We filled three huge tubs with over two hundred baby turtles (and this was still when barely half of our nests had hatched) and loaded them into a boat. We headed up river and reached the beach where the eggs were originally found. I was one of the lucky volunteers who actually got to overturn a tub.
Watching all of the little turtles come running out of the tubs, heading straight for the river's edge, knowing instinctively where to go, was amazing beyond words. Even though the weather was wet and windy, even though it was following a long day of exhaustive activities and we were all hungry for dinner, it was a thrilling experience and I wouldn't have missed it for the world.
Of course, there is a lot more to Taricaya than just the animals. One of the things I loved most about this placement is that no two days are the same. There are a wide variety of activities and they change every day depending on what has priority to get done that day. We built new enclosures for animals that will one day be released, planted trees and worked with the local community on their agriculture and impact on the forest, gathered information about local floral and fauna, and so much more.
Maintenance and building work
Out of all of the activities, I was surprised how much I came to love building. During my three months there, we worked on a new cage for the Howler monkeys, a set of new enclosures for other monkeys, and a brand new two-story Animal Kitchen and Animal Hospital. Only the Howler monkey enclosure was completed before I left but to see it completely finished and housing the monkeys filled me with so much satisfaction. It was a thrill to see it go from a cleared area of the forest to a tall home for the monkeys.
Plus Taricaya is just plain fun! Even working and sweating in the humidity and the sun, I had a blast with the staff and my fellow volunteers. Swimming in the river, taking walks along the paths, playing cards and other games, watching movies, playing soccer/football at the local hang-out Amazon Planet, and trying to hold conversations while a thunderstorm pounds on the roof above; we had plenty of laughs.
Living in the jungle with other volunteers
While other projects offer a placement with a host family, which gives you an amazing view of the people and culture you're living among, I loved the opportunity to live with the other volunteers and staff. I made so many friends from around the world, and I was glad to be working alongside people who were experiencing the same things as me for the first time. It felt like a community, all of us working together to get things accomplished. To those who didn't mind the early hours and put their all into the activities, I was honoured to work beside them.
I can't recommend Projects Abroad, and the Peru Conservation Project at Taricaya in particular, enough to anyone interested in volunteering abroad. Already a few of my friends have found projects of interest and are saving their money for their own trips. I learned so much, had many wonderful experiences and adventures, and made numerous friends from around the world.
Even if I am able to take another journey with Projects Abroad, which I would love to do one day, I know I would never be able to repeat this experience and, personally, I wouldn't want to even try. It was unique and will never be forgotten. Everyone should have the opportunity to enjoy their own irreplaceable adventure, wherever they decide to go.
Erin Gray
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First thing I'll say: Very sorry if this is the completely wrong place to be asking this question.
Second: I know very little about this series, but my question is pretty much unrelated. I don't know if this is the right place to be asking this, but I have no idea where to ask.
(( Thank you for moving this to a better place :P ))
A long, long time ago someone bought me some small gundam figures. They are not models, but rather toys made of that sorta-flexible plastic stuff. I have no idea what it's called. They came in a set/pack of five, and I wish I still had the box, since I have no idea where to find them any more.
They are an inch or maybe a bit taller, have been identified as some people I've talked to as SD. (super deformed) Their heads can turn and their arms can rotate and be removed, and are interchangeable. The set came with two grey ones with guns (one had a shield, but I have no idea which one anymore) and one had a jetpack-with-wings sorta thing on its back. There are two black ones, one with a little fun and the other with a shield and green scythe -- the scythe can be taken out of its hand -- and a white one with a dragon-head sorta thing for one arm and a green-flame-tipped spear in its other hand. (it can also be removed)
I don't know how much of this information is at all helpful. Oh -- one more thing. Each one has a bit of writing on the bottom of their feet. On the right foot, it says B.03 and then below it, (c)SA.S. On the left foot, it simply says China. there's also a small hole (for a peg or something?) in the left foot. I have no idea what it's for.
If you have any idea what these things are called, please respond. These little toys have never failed to provide me with amusement. <_<;
- Gundam SD (Approx. 1 inch in height)
- Removable, interchangeable arms.
- Legs do not move.
- Arms and head can rotate.
- Made of semi-flexible plastic.
- On bottom of feet: B.03, (c)SA.S, China, small hole.
- Set of five.
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Where is the "mouth" of a Gundam?
I always thought (and still do) that it is the "lines" above the red block. And those without "lines" (eg Zeta) are Gundams with mouths covered.
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PORTLAND — A Biddeford man escaped from his maximum-security cell in the Cumberland County Jail during the weekend and crawled to a female inmate's cell, where the two had sex, Sheriff Kevin Joyce said Monday.
An hour after Arien L'Italien, 23, snuck out of his cell, a corrections officer saw him sliding along a second-floor landing, trying to sneak back from Karla Wilson's cell to his own.
Jail officials are doing an internal review to determine how the incident occurred, Joyce said during a press conference Monday.
"It appears that the physical location and environmental design of the corrections officers' station, as well as some lack of attention to detail by the corrections officers on duty, played a major role in the security breach," he said.
A review of security tapes showed that L'Italien sneaked out of his cell at 11:50 p.m. Friday.
He was caught trying to return at 12:50 a.m. Saturday, Joyce said.
He said the episode raised serious safety and security concerns.
Inmates in maximum security typically are dangerous or difficult to manage, or need to be segregated from other inmates.
"Somebody could have seriously gotten hurt with this guy out — one of our employees," Joyce said.
L'Italien is being held on federal charges of attempted murder of a federal officer and possession of a firearm by a felon.
He was arrested in Portland in January after a shootout with deputy U.S. marshals, in which he was shot.
The U.S. Marshals' Violent Offender Task Force was searching for L'Italien that night in connection with a New Year's Day stabbing in Biddeford.
Wilson, 25, of Portland is being held on charges of gross sexual assault and aggravated assault. She allegedly helped a man rape a woman in an apartment on Park Street last summer.
L'Italien and Wilson knew each other through friends, officials said, but had not been involved with each other outside the jail.
The pair arranged the tryst by somehow communicating through the jail's ventilation system, Joyce said, but the arrangement must have involved other inmates because the two would not have been able to communicate directly through the vents.
Male and female inmates typically do not mingle when they're allowed out of their cells.
Cameras showed L'Italien making his way across the floor, Joyce said, but they are just two of the 100 security cameras in the jail, and not all of the cameras can be monitored constantly by officers.
Jail officials found it was not L'Italien's first attempted rendezvous.
Security video showed that he snuck out of his cell two days earlier, but couldn't get into Wilson's cell and had to retreat.
The episode pointed out several issues for the jail, Joyce said.
Foremost is the way the two inmates tampered with the locks on their doors.
They used pieces of plastic, like the kind issued with deodorant, to keep their doors from closing securely, said Chief Deputy Naldo Gagnon.
The maximum-security pod was full with 24 inmates — 21 men and three women, Joyce said. L'Italien's bank of cells was on the second floor, separated from the women's cell block by a small landing.
Two corrections officers man a watch station, but its position — on the ground floor in the center of the pod — didn't give a clear view of the second-floor landing between the cell blocks.
One of the officers happened to glance up and see L'Italien's leg as he crawled along the floor.
The station has been moved to provide a better view of that area, Joyce said.
There is little concern that L'Italien might have escaped. There are several doors between the unit and the outside, and they can be opened only by officers in the master control room of the jail.
In the maximum-security pod, inmates are allowed out of their cells just four hours a day.
Each bank of cells opens onto a day room, which is separated from the landings and stairwells by another locked door.
Most of the time, there are four locked doors between a person in one cellblock and someone elsewhere in the pod.
However, the staff at the 18-year-old jail had left the day room doors ajar at night because the locking mechanism, opening and shutting, is very loud.
Joyce said he has changed that policy so that the day room doors are locked, and get unlocked each 15 minutes when corrections officers make their rounds to check on inmates.
Joyce said L'Italien also took advantage of the officers' routine of visually inspecting cells every 15 minutes.
That gave him time to sneak from his cell to Wilson's before an officer returned — after stuffing his bunk so it would appear he was there.
Joyce said officers will be instructed now to break up their routines.
Each cell room is illuminated at night by a sort of night light. L'Italien hid in Wilson's room by climbing under her bed when they heard an officer coming upstairs, and letting her sheet drape off the mattress, Gagnon said.
L'Italien has been moved to the "supermax" section of the jail, away from all other inmates. Wilson is now segregated in the jail's intake unit.
Joyce said they're unlikely to face new criminal charges, because the incident does not appear to meet the definition of escape.
Both are pre-trial detainees who have not been convicted or sentenced.
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Police posing as children online have arrested 11 men accused of trying to solicit sex from minors in Montgomery and Conroe counties.
Officers from the area's Internet Crimes Against Children division went undercover, posing as kids on the Web to try and find predators specifically trageting children under 17.
Each of the men allegedly believed he was meeting a minor he contacted online to engage in sexual contact when he arrived at pre-determined locations.
ICAC has been focusing resources toward catching pedophiles online for a over a year, according to the Montgomery Country District Attorney' Office.
Officials said these arrests, all during the month of February, show just how big the problem is.
"Unfortunately, as the arrests in February clearly show, there is plenty of business out there for our team," said ICAC's Chief Prosecutor Cindy Pulcher. "We will continue to focus on these offenders until the message is clear: do not prey on the children of Montgomery County."
The men arrested are:
- Jose Ismael Gonzalez
- Dustin Day
- Victor Quintero
- Mazed Adelkader Elzarak
- Nicholas Washington
- James Newman, Jr.
- Nathan Mark Esselman
- Kenneth Gelestin Thirolf
- Forest Scott Greenberg
- Tad Aaron Wright
- Armando Salgado
They are all being held at Montgomery County jail on a second degree felony charge of online solicitation of a minor.


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Buying Halloween Candy on Amazon.com
Halloween is fast approaching, and with all of the trick-or-treaters in Katy, you need a lot of candy! We decided to buy online this year through Amazon, and I wanted to write a quick review because our experience was very positive.
We ordered four types of chocolate candy, all for unbeatable prices. The bags came in one big box surrounded by about fifteen ice packs to keep the sweets from melting. If you get Super Saver Shipping (which is free shipping) you really could not ask for a better deal. Now, I do not have to worry about stocking up on overpriced candy, and I have a lifetime supply of lunch bag coolers!
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Day 3 of our 2012 holiday checklist walks you through how to get your students signed up for Edmodo.
Once you've organized your groups and resources, follow these steps to get your students on Edmodo:
- Introduce students to Edmodo by showing them the Edmodo at a Glance video.
- Help students understand how they can sign up with our Student Guide to Edmodo.
- If they need more direction, have them watch the How to Create a Student Account video.
- Before using Edmodo in the classroom, you may want to provide guidelines for your students to follow. Check out these sample Edmodo Guidelines.
- You may also want to have your students sign a "Code of Conduct" as a promise to follow the guidelines you've set forth.
Be sure to get your students signed up before winter break begins so you can integrate tomorrow's mini-lessons, which will help students reflect on what they've learned and prepare for the year ahead!
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Hi, there seems to be insufficent reference on this page (ie. none) and in the Student Guide to Edmodo to students agreeing to the Edmodo Terms and Conditions and especially the key point that their parents need to agree.
Surely clear reference needs to be made to this?
I can't just tell pupils to sign up to web accounts without pointing out this can I?
@Jonathon Yes, you are correct, parents do need to consent. Creating that permission slip was mentioned in our first post of this "Holiday Checklist" series- http://blog.edmodo.com/2011/12/12/holiday-checklist-get-ready-for-2012-with-edmodo/
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There's something wrong with the How to create a Student Account video. It can't be seen at the begining, the screen is all green. It can be heard.
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Peter Hartlaub
San Francisco Chronicle
There was a time when Cirque du Soleil had the element of surprise, pulling into your town under cover of dark, with no Wikipedia or YouTube to make sense of what you were about to see. �Where are the elephants?� you said to yourself, before the mix of performance art, acrobatics and music absolutely blew your mind.
Twenty some-odd years later, the troupe has become the Law & Order of theatrical entertainment, spun off so many times that it�s hard to know where it starts and ends. The film Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away highlights both the strains of the franchise and the willingness to promote the brand at any cost � including a coherent narrative. It�s a big promo reel, and not a carefully disguised one.
There are good filmmakers attached. Andrew Adamson, who directed Shrek and The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, is behind the camera. James Cameron produces. But the project was doomed the moment someone decided to include each of the seven (?!?) Cirque productions that were running in Las Vegas when the film was shot in 2011.
The imperial battle fantasy K�� must co-exist somehow with the dreamy water-themed O, an Elvis-inspired production and a show that mines the Beatles catalog. It�s a ham, ice cream, deep fried banana and octopus sandwich of a movie.
Worlds Away begins with one conventional scene, of a young woman (Erica Linz) meeting a handsome young aerialist at a circus. They look longingly at each other for a few moments, before falling through a giant quicksand portal, and straight into a pamphlet from the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority.
Cameron�s attention to technical detail is an asset. The visuals are sharp and the 3-D above average. But the performances are shot with edits that are too quick, camera angles that are too close and a frustrating slow motion that makes degree of difficulty much harder to ascertain. The best moments come when the camera pulls back and lingers, allowing context for the various feats from an audience point of view. These scenes are few and far between.
Other problems are comparatively minor. The Cirque du Soleil makeup was never meant to be seen from a few inches away � clowns who look interesting at a distance are intensely creepy up close. Igor Zaripov is physically impressive as the aerialist, but with no plot, spinning shiny things in front of Linz is what passes for courtship.
There may be a way to replicate the thrills of Cirque in a movie theater, but this isn�t it. It would be like watching a movie of people eating sushi, and then thinking you just dined at Nobu. Until further notice, Cirque du Soleil is best experienced live.


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The dollarization (US ) of Zimbabwe is the key . .
Been there again and they MINTING it *HAHA* and not *hehe* . .
The rich get only richer ; the dude (Me calls him only Philip C) ; shame his way to scared to wanna be known . . showed me around . . Dollars everywhere and SHOPS full !
Lifestyle : - They live like Royals ; you can't buy property in Zim under a million rand . . .Brooks (The subburb) rock's and where you going to get a country where the most educated is going to rub your feet ; cloth you etc etc for $50 (US) a month . . talk about slavery . .
I don't know whether I wanna be sad or eppy. .
Zim deserves the DOLLARS and it will reach the poor for sure !
Hey guys ; if you doing bad business here move over to the country the WEST loves to hate . .
Zimbabwe ! ! ! Way to Goooo !
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We've seen Panasonic's 3D camcorder, but the company is also releasing a standalone lens that will allow otherwise stock still cameras to shoot 3D.
It's a lens of Micro Four Thirds proportions, built specifically for the LUMIX G line of cameras... though the nature of the Micro Four Thirds standard means that this lens may very well work on similar cameras from Olympus as-is and even brands like Samsung with proper adaptors. Impressively, it manages to shoot 3D content even onto a single CMOS chip without retrofitting the internals of the camera. That's good news in that even if you don't like 3D, at least the industry knows better than to require a whole new camera to have it.
We have no price, and in terms of a date, all we know is that it's coming by the year's end. And sadly, rumours of each lens coming with a personal-sized bucket of blue body pain are still unconfirmed. [Panasonic via CrunchGear]


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Kansas regents' new social media rules come under fire
Several members of Kansas State University faculty and other education groups are asking the board of regents to repeal a new social media policy devised in the wake of criticism about a journalism professor's anti-NRA tweet.
The Kansas Board of Regents last week decided that university officials can fire faculty and staff who post messages on social media that conflict with the institution's best interests and efficient operations.
The policy came partly in response to a tweet by Kansas University journalism professor David Guth that blamed the National Rifle Association and its opposition to gun control in the September Navy Yard shootings that killed 13 people in Washington, D.C.
Philip Nel, a Kansas State distinguished professor of English, co-wrote a letter to the regents calling for the policy's immediate repeal, The Lawrence Journal-World reported.
"By revoking the faculty and staff's right to freedom of speech, the new social media policy is an affront to academic freedom and academic excellence," the letter stated.
More than 40 Kansas State professors signed the letter, which also warned that the policy could also drive "away both potential hires and current faculty."
"Every faculty member with which I've spoken has expressed the same outrage I have," Nel said.
The Kansas conference of the American Association of University Professors has also urged the regents to withdraw the policy "before any more reputational damage is done to the state's otherwise excellent regents institutions."
Ron Barrett-Gonzalez, a KU professor of aerospace engineering and president of the Kansas Conference of the American Association of University Professors, said he has heard that some faculty members changed their lesson plans out of concern that social media they use in classes could make them liable under the policy.
The national AAUP also published a statement condemning the policy as a "gross violation of the fundamental principles of academic freedom that have been the cornerstone of American higher education for nearly a century."
And, the national Foundation for Individual Rights in Education has criticized the policy on legal grounds, arguing that the Supreme Court says academic freedom has special consideration under the First Amendment.
Regents Chairman Fred Logan disagreed that the policy is a violation of academic freedom.
"I think the policy was very carefully drawn to protect both First Amendment rights and academic freedom," he said, but it also "recognized a duty to the employer."
Logan said the regents are open to feedback.
"Any policy that the board adopts is always the subject of additional conversation," he said.


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Fairmont Hotels & Resorts today announced the opening of Fairmont Baku, Flame Towers, the luxury brand's first development in the emerging destination of Azerbaijan. Located within the highest part of the city in the heart of Baku's vibrant centre, Fairmont Baku lies within one of the three Flame Towers: an extraordinary, award-winning, new development, now the tallest building complex in the country.
Described by some as one of the most audacious buildings of modern times, the Flame Towers' three columns are an apt symbol for this "land of fire". Extraordinary as it seems, HOK International, the architects behind the project, brought the ambitious building to life from a single inspired sketch.
The new 36-floor property, opening initially with 140 rooms and suites, will feature 318 spacious well-appointed guestrooms, suites and apartments, all with spectacular views of the city of Baku, the old Inner City or the Caspian Sea. Working seamlessly with the design of the building, interior designer HBA International has created crisp, modern interiors. The neutral palette is accented by bursts of color progressing up the tower culminating with the Royal Suite, featuring rich, deep burgundy tones and finishes. Custom pieces, such as a dramatic six meter (20 foot) glass chandelier formed in the shape of water droplets, catch the eye in the 17 meter (56 foot) lobby area. A world-class, contemporary art collection, commissioned and collated by Farmboy Fine Arts, further complements the building's innovative design.
The premier accommodation is all about the view and is situated on the higher levels of the hotel with automatic access to the private Fairmont Gold Lounge. The suites range from one bedroom, boasting a vast 100 square meters (1,076 square feet) of space to the 120 square meter (1,291 square feet) Caspian Sea Suite with its double height windows looking out over the water, to the 140 square meter (1,506 square feet) Grand One Bedroom Suites and up to the Royal Two Bedroom Suite with its lofted ceilings, sumptuous décor and its 375 square meters of space (4,036 square feet) – perfect for work or for play – and all featuring the latest technology.
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It's our blogaversary!
That being said, here's our very first post ~ 4/20/2010
Today we're starting our blog. For years we've sipped great coffee, nibbled tasty treats, talked through the life dramas, and read our writing to each other. Frequently we've had a silent partner in all this: Ted Kooser, Jane Yolen, Lary Bloom, Art Plotnik, Anne Lamott. We've read their books about writing and let their wise words inspire us. This blog is going to be another silent partner we think, but right now getting going with it is a bit like trying to get clear, cool water from the faucet. We need to run the water for a while to swish out whatever's been lodging along the old pipes. Sometimes those pipes clank and the water sputters. Sometimes we curse and talk about whether or not the plumbing's ever going to be right. And then it happens. Luscious, clean, boy-is-this-well-good-or-what water. That's the way it will be with our fussing with a writing blog. Just keep the tap on we've decided. It'll come.
And come it has.
Words We Women Write was born out of, well, unbridled curiosity and wonder.
The adventure of uncertainty lured us in. (That, and there was nowhere else we needed to be.)
Now, seven years later, we've birthed two more ~
Click here to read Patty's middle-grade novel blog, Isabel the Storyteller.
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We still fuss with the plumbing.
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Germany opens criminal probe into U.S. tapping of Merkel's phone
Almost a year after news surfaced that the United States had been spying on German communications, Germany's top prosecutor announced Wednesday that he's launched a criminal investigation into the tapping of Chancellor Angela Merkel's cellphone.
"Let me be clear: Espionage is a crime in Germany regardless of whether those spying are friends or enemies," Federal Public Prosecutor Harald Range said as he opened a news conference to announce the investigation, which he disclosed first during a closed session of the Parliament's judicial committee.
Range's decision _ and his unusual candor in branding the surveillance of Merkel's phone a crime _ underscored just how raw German nerves remain over the revelation that the United States had been eavesdropping on Merkel's cellphone for years. Range noted that an espionage conviction would carry a 10-year prison sentence.
He said his office had developed information that specific individuals, not impersonal computer programs, had been involved in tapping Merkel's phone _ and that that was one reason his office had decided to pursue the case.
"We're finding ourselves in a new reality here. James Bond 007 is yesterday. James Bond 2.0 is today," he said.
In Washington, White House adviser Ben Rhodes didn't directly address the probe when he was asked about it but he acknowledged ongoing discussions with German officials about National Security Agency surveillance issues. "We believe that the best way to address the concerns that Germany has had about NSA's activities is through a direct dialogue with us," he said. "We believe we have an open line and good communication with the chancellor and her team, and that's where we're going to continue to focus our efforts."
Range said he'd contacted former NSA contractor Edward Snowden through Snowden's German attorney to testify. Snowden, who's been living in Moscow since he leaked hundreds of thousands of secret documents last year that revealed the extent of NSA electronic surveillance, has yet to respond, Range said.
What role Snowden's documents may have had in the revelation that the U.S. was eavesdropping on Merkel's phone remains uncertain, however.
The German newsmagazine Der Spiegel reported in October that its reporters had uncovered the information during their investigations into American spying. But unlike other reports in which they were quick to credit the Snowden documents, this one didn't cite him as the source. Spiegel said only that its reporters had seen Merkel's private number on a secret NSA list of spying targets, and not how it had obtained the list. Some members of Parliament have suggested that the information might not involve Snowden's documents.
Still, news and allegations surrounding the NSA surveillance scandal have been front and center in German politics and discussion since the first story broke a year ago. Germans have a heightened sensitivity to government spying programs, drawn from their experience living through the Gestapo of Adolf Hitler's Nazi reign and communist East Germany's Stasi secret police.
By October, when the news broke that the United States had tapped Merkel's cellphone, German anger at what was termed a breach of trust and friendship had hit a fever pitch.
Privacy advocates have repeatedly noted that German law protects all German citizens from spying, and the government has been under severe public pressure to open criminal probes not only into the tapping of Merkel's phone, but also into the electronic surveillance the NSA undertook on millions of everyday German communications.
Range said, however, that for now he didn't have enough evidence to prosecute wider allegations of NSA spying and had ruled out pursuing a case against U.S. spy agencies for having peeked into the private communications of everyday citizens. His office did say it would continue to monitor developments in the broader case.
The announcement that charges are being investigated in the tapping of Merkel's phone resonated here. While critics frequently note that the chancellor is no more deserving of privacy than any other German citizen, Germans in general have seen tapping her cellphone as an insult to all of them. Merkel's cellphone is often identified as an extension of the chancellor herself, and she's frequently photographed cradling the phone to her ear.
Many Germans expressed surprise that a criminal case is being pursued. Some had started to doubt that their government had the nerve to challenge the United States on the matter, which has become an anchor weighing down U.S.-German relations.
Range made it clear that his probe targets Americans. A statement from his office said that "extensive preliminary investigation has uncovered sufficient factual indication that unknown members of U.S. intelligence services" had tapped Merkel's phone.
The statement said the investigation formally began Tuesday.
It noted that any charges would likely come under Article 99 in the German penal code, which reads, in part, "Those who carry out secret service activities for a foreign power against the German state are subject to up to five years or in extreme cases up to 10 years in prison."
The statement added: "There are sufficient indications for the allegations."
The statement made no mention of the NSA but said the prosecutor's office "will keep watching the mass collection of telecommunication data of the public in Germany by British and U.S. intelligence services. We will intensify the prosecution of cyber espionage."
Range noted that the prosecutor's office has set up a cyber espionage unit to investigate current and future claims.
The German newspaper Bild reported that the case had advanced because it became clear to German authorities that the tapping of Merkel's phone wasn't the work of nameless, faceless and invisible computer programs.
The newspaper reported Wednesday that "There are now indications that beyond pure electronic surveillance, there were American agents in Berlin for the purpose of spying on the chancellor."
This, if true, would go against the reassurances to German officials from the Obama administration that the sole nature of the surveillance was electronic and impersonal.


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GK Artist, Carmine Rojas is an American bass guitarist, musical director, composer, and producer. Musical versatility spans Rock, R&B/Funk, Jazz.
Rojas toured the world with David Bowie from 1983–1987, recording bass on several multi-platinum hits such as Let's Dance, China Girl, Modern Love and Blue Jean.
He recorded and tour with Julian Lennon as a musical Director and bassist from 1985–1986.
He recorded and toured with Rod Stewart as a musical director and bass guitarist from 1988 through 2003. One of the multiple albums recorded during that time includes the MTV multi-platinum live CD and DVD, Unplugged…and Seated. He also co-wrote songs on the albums Vagabond Heart and A Spanner in the Works.
Carmine has also recorded , toured and played alongside with / Tina Turner, Keith Richards, Stevie Wonder, Ron Wood, Stevie Ray Vaughan, BB King, Mick Jagger, Eric Clapton, Joe Bonamassa, Eric Johnson, Al Green, Carly Simon, Ian Anderson, Steve Winwood, Billy Joel, Herbie Hancock, Lee Ritenour, Julian Lennon (Musical Director/Bassist), John Hiatt, Carole King ,Beth Hart, Bobby Womack, Blondie Chaplin, Billy Gibbons, Leslie West, Joe Lynn Turner, Carlos Santana, Todd Rundgren, Patti LaBelle, Nona Hendryx, Michael Bolton, Allen Toussaint, Phil Ramone, Kevin Shirley, Trevor Horn, Charlie Sexton, Jewel, Brandy, Dave Mason, Mike Patton, Glenn Hughes, and many others.
Rojas is currently recording and touring with blues rock guitarist Joe Bonamassa. He started in 2005 with the recording of You and Me, and has continued to date, culminating in five studio CDs, in addition to Beth Hart (Can't Explain) Live from Nowhere in Particular and the DVD Live from the Royal Albert Hall and Live from the Beacon Theatre.


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Japan conquered the Northern Mariana Islands from Imperial Germany during World War I, and expelled all German Capuchin priests and missionaries in the archipelago. However, there were no initial attempts to inhibit freedom of religion. Japan negotiated with the Vatican and Spanish Jesuits quickly replaced the German priests. At the same time Japan was also sending Buddhist and Shinto missions into the Northern Mariana Islands and the rest of Micronesia. The earliest Buddhist temple was established in Saipan in 1919. However, Shinto was particularly favored by the Japanese government as a means to acculturate the indigenous and immigrant Okinawan populations into more Japanese patterns. Shinto was the Japanese state-sponsored religion until 1945, and is believed to have been founded around 660 BC in Japan. The religious climate of Japan's mandated islands in the Pacific changed in the 1930s in conjunction with ideological changes in the home islands. Shinto, today referred to as "State Shinto,"was increasingly forced on the Northern Marianas in order to further assimilate the population. The timing of the construction of Hachiman Jinja places it solidly within this framework. Additionally, the selection of Hachiman, the spirit/god of war, as the chief Kami honored at the shrine further illustrates the militant aspects of "State Shinto" that was conducted at the site.
The results of state indoctrination became very evident during the battle for Saipan starting July 9, 1944. With American victory imminent, hundreds, perhaps thousands, of civilians committed suicide by throwing themselves off "Suicide Cliff" and "Banzai Cliff" at the northern tip of the island. This self-sacrifice was totally in character with the expectations generated by the Japanese nationalistic ideology of the 1930s and 1940s. Although no longer used as a place of worship, Hachiman Jinga is an important testimony to Japan's 30-year presence in the Northern Marianas.
The entranceway to the Jinga is an impressive concrete stairway that is flanked by large limestone walls. Two large concrete lanterns are located on either side of the staircase and a large concrete plynth is located west of the stairs. The staircase is plain poured concrete, measuring 6.3 meters by 3.7 meters, and is currently in a deteriorated condition. The visitor climbs the staircase to the entrance of the shrine proper. To either side of the southern end of the staircase are two short pillars. Directly to the south of the staircase is a fallen Tori gate. To the west of the gate is a basin. A well-kept lawn stretches south from this entrance until the visitor reaches a raised courtyard terrace. Originally the pillars would have supported a pair of carved stone dogs, which served as guardians of the sacred site. Beyond this area lies the haiden, an outdoor space (approximately 14 x 8 meters) that is clearly defined by rock and cliff face and by being a raised terrace that is surrounded by a stone and concrete retaining wall.
The haiden at Hachiman Jinga is only accessible from two staircases. The honden, or inner sanctuary, is the most sacred area of the shrine. This portion of the jinja is only approached by the most senior Shinto priests. The entrance is marked by a cedar wood Tori gate. The two bases of the Tori columns as well as the two cross bars are bound in copper. Through the Tori gate visitors pass a concrete sill and transverse a slightly upward sloping natural limestone fissure toward the inner sanctuary. Two meters past the concrete step one encounters a concrete sill and the remnants of concrete gate posts or possibly a support for a former Tori gate. The concrete gates are deteriorated and reveal that they were constructed of mortared limestone rubble with a smooth concrete face in the standard Japanese Period manner. The innermost shrine is found at the end of the corridor. Four concrete steps rise a meter to a 2 x 1.5 meter concrete platform that stands before the shrine. The inner shrine is constructed of concrete and measures 1.43 by 1.62 meters and takes the form of a miniature building.
The architectural style of the current roof is in the style of nagare zukuri, though the limited space within the fissure constrains more elaborately projected eaves. The original structural elements were almost certainly damaged or destroyed in World War II during fierce combat at the shrine—bullet pockmarks are present throughout the site and artillery shell duds and shrapnel were once common before they were collected. The doors and roof style are consistent with other Shinto shrines and it is likely that the former practitioners and their priest attempted to reconstruct the honden to its original form. The concrete base and walls of the inner shrine are all original. The reason that the honden is considered the most sacred area of the jinga is that the objects associated with the Kami are stored in the inner shrine. These objects, typically mirrors, are called shintai. Shintai are considered sacred because the Kami invest the shintai with their presence during the rituals.
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Tasha from Spiral Cats, Korea's most famous cosplay collective is back. This time, she's bringing League of Legends' bestial huntress Nidalee to life. To do that, Tasha wields a big spear and wears big fur.
The bellybutton ring, however, seems to be a Tasha embellishment.
This latest photo set proves once again that Spiral Cats continually serves up some of the best cosplay on the block. If you're interested, check out more Spiral Cats' cosplay right here.
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Pet Patrol: Meet Jezabell, Lucy and Linus
Meet Jezabell, Lucy and Linus at the Tri-County Humane Society.
Meet Jezabell.
Jezabell is a 1 ½ year old spayed brown tabby. She's at the shelter because her owner had too many animals.
Jezabell came in with her seven little kittens who were too small at that time to be adopted. So Jezabell and the kids made a family trip off to foster care.
Her foster parents said that while she enjoyed occasional petting sessions, she's pretty independent and will seek you out when she's looking for attention.
They described her as curious, smart and very well-behaved.
Jezabell qualifies for the 'Name Your Own Price' sale.
Meet Lucy and Linus.
Lucy and Linus are 2 female American Guinea Pigs who came to the shelter because their owner didn't have enough time for them.
Linus is 10 months old and Lucy is 1 year old. Both are used to being handled and enjoying supervised time outside of their cage on a daily basis.
Since Lucy and Linus are a bonded pair, it's highly recommended they go home together.
They enjoyed getting the occasional treat of carrots, as well as small wooden chew blocks.
Both are talkers (called wheeking), but Linus is the chattiest. They tend to wheek most when they want attention or a treat.
Check out all the animals available for adoption by going to the Tri-County Humane Society's website or Facebook page. Or visit them at 735 8th Street Northeast in St. Cloud. They're open Monday through Thursdays Noon to 6; Fridays noon to 8; Saturdays 11 to 5; and Sundays Noon to 5.


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Mass volleyball making its mark in Mongolia
Ulan Bator, Mongolia, August 16, 2013 – A Volley All Festival was held in Mongolia at the Yanzag Youth Camp, 30 km away from the capital city of Ulaanbaatar. This was the first time that the Mongolian Volleyball Association (MVA) has taken part in the event.
A total of 900 young players joined the competition, which included 109
girls' teams and 109 boys' teams coming from different provinces and districts
around the country. Many private TV channels were on hand to publicise the
festival and local sponsors lent their support to the event.
The festival, which took place on June 16, was also an occasion to celebrate the achievement of judoka Nyam-Ochir, who won a bronze medal for the country at the 2012 Olympic Games in London.


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The Azure Code Samples are currently available in English
Event correlation with Apache Storm and HBase
WARNING: This example was created and tested with Windows-based HDInsight clusters. Starting with HDInsight version 3.4, Linux is the only operating system used for HDInsight. This example will not work on HDInsight 3.4 or higher due to incompatibilities between the .NET components that it relies on and Mono (used to run .NET on Linux clusters).
This example demonstrates how to use Apache Storm and a persistent data store (Apache HBase in this case,) to correlate pieces of data that arrive at different times. This example was written and tested using HDInsight on Microsoft Azure.
This example is based on tracking session state. When a session begins, a START event is sent through the topology. This event, the time it was sent, and the Session ID are stored in HBase.
Later, an END event is received. The topology uses the Session ID to look up the previously received START event and calculate the duration (time elapsed between the two,) and then stores the END event and duration to HBase.
The SessionInfo project is a basic HBase client application that can be used to create, delete, or do some basic time range queries against the table in HBase.
Running this sample
Create a new HDInsight HBase cluster. This is where data will be stored by the Storm process.. See Get started with HBase in HDInsight for information on creating an HBase cluster.
Create a new HDInsight Storm cluster. This is where the Storm topology runs. See Get started with Storm in HDInsight
Create the HBase table
Open the SessionInfo project in Visual Studio.
Right click on the project and select Build (to restore packages and such,) then right click again and select Properties.
In Properties, set the URL to your HBase cluster (https://clustername.azurehdinsight.net/,) and the admin user name and password for the cluster. You can leave the table name and column family entries as they are.
Run the SessionInfo project. When prompted, select 'c' to create a table.
Configure and deploy the topology
Open the CorrelationTopology project in Visual Studio.
Right click on the project and select Build (to restore packages.) Then right click again and select Properties.
In Properties, set the URL to your HBase cluster (https://clustername.azurehdinsight.net/,) and the admin user name and password for the cluster. You can leave the table name and column family entries as they are.
Right click the project and select Submit to Storm on HDInsight. You may have to authenticate to your Azure subscription here. When the dialog appears, and lists your clusters, select the Storm cluster to deploy to.
After deployment, the Topology viewer will appear. At this point the topology is running. Give it a few seconds to start generating events.
Query data
Go back to the running SessionInfo project. From here, select 's' to see START events that have been logged.
When prompted, enter a start time of around the time the topology started on the Storm cluster. Use a time format of HH:MMam or pm.
When prompted, enter an end time of the current time, or some time in the future to make sure you have a time range of a couple minutes.
The utility will search HBase for START events in the given time span and return a list of events.
Searching for END events works the same how, however END events happen between 1 and 5 minutes after the START event. Once END events are fired, more START events will occur. The topology will keep generating these events as long as you leave it running
After you have finished running this, you can stop the topology from the topology viewer in Visual Studio. Select the topology, and then use the Kill button to stop the topology.
To remove the table from HBase, select 'd' from the SessionInfo application.
If you are finished with the HBase and Storm clusters, you should delete both clusters from the Azure portal, as you will be charged for every hour that the clusters exist.
About the code
The Storm topology uses the following components:
Sessions - session.cs defines the session object used in this example. Sessions have the following properties:
- id - a randomly generated GUID
- state - 'START' or 'END'
- emitted - the last date/time that the session was emitted
- timeout - how long (in minutes,) after a session has been 'START'ed, that it is eligible to be 'END'ed.
Spout - spout.cs generates 100 sessions, which all begin life in the 'START' state. Each session is also assigned a random timeout.
Once the spout emits the session into the topology, it then waits until sessions start timing out. When this happens, it sets the state to 'END' and emits the session. Then the session's slot is recycled with a new session.
HBase lookup bolt - hbaselookupbolt.cs is used to calculate the duration of a session. If the incoming session (from the spout) is 'START', it gives a duration of 0 and passes it through. If it is 'END', it will look up the corresponding 'START' from HBase and calculate the duration, then emit the 'END' message with the duration value.
Note that this is a perfect world scenario that assumes that for every 'END' received, there was a 'START'. And that the 'END' arrives after the 'START'. In the real world, you may have situations where the events arrive out of order, or are duplicated.
HBase bolt - hbasebolt.cs writes the incoming session (from HBase lookup bolt,) to HBase.
More information
For more information on this example, see Correlate events with Storm on HDInsight
For other examples for Storm on HDInsight, see Example topologies for Storm on HDInsight
Project code of conduct
This project has adopted the Microsoft Open Source Code of Conduct. For more information see the Code of Conduct FAQ or contact email@example.com with any additional questions or comments.


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Katie Manley needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 141 designs submitted by 24 freelance designers.
Avila Beach Concerts at the Cove "Follow me to Paradise"
We are developing a concert series at the Avila Beach Golf Resort. The location on the golf course where the concerts will take place is called Paradise Cove. All things related to the concert series will be branded with the theme of the slogan "Follow me to Paradise" For example, the wine that will be sold at the concerts is called "Paradise in a bottle" Our concerts at the Cove provides the audience quality entertainment with lawn seating over looking beautiful Avila Beach; the most scenic view to watch a concert on the Central Coast! . The series will consist of 6-10 concerts (May-Oct). The entertainment at these concerts will be a wide range of mainstream music which will hit many different age demographics. The logo should be appealing and eye catching for the audiences as well as simple and easy to brand. We have had live music at this venue for over 20 years but only recently want to develop a concert series so we are known in our area as being a concert venue as well as a golf course.
Wide age demographic depening on the entertainment (25-60).
We are open to multiple versions/interpretations of the logo. So feel free to be creative if you have ideas outside of the requirements listed below.
Version 1 requirements:
Stylized illustrated version of the venue (see attached image concet1.jpg), which should include the palm trees that frame the stage, the beach, and the stage and some of the stage foreground. Including the audience is not necessary, grass will be sufficient.
Some keywords and emotions the logo should invoke are: summer, fun, music, festive, beach, friendship, good times, relax, celebrate life.
Version 2 requirements:
-Include sunset
-ocean in the background
-grass ( visual of the golf course, maybe a flag somewhere on the green)
-include a vehicle, maybe an older truck with a surfboard on it with "Follow me to Paradise" written or scratched in on the side of the truck.
-include two-three palm trees maybe framing the logo.
-Would like to see "Avila Beach Concert Series" written somewhere below it.
-add a music element: either the stage, music notes, an instrument, something that reminds people they are at a concert
-Not too cartoon looking.
-More on the simple side-include what you can from above to make it look simple
Possible subtext includes: "Avila Beach Concerts at the Cove" and/or "Follow me to Paradise".
Please also provide black and white versions as this logo will be used as an icon across multiple forms of media.
I want the audience to look at the logo and get a sense of the venue
Be creative....imagine sitting at a golf course on a hot summer day, overlooking the most beautiful beach on the Central Coast all while listening to your favorite concert.
Need a fresh log to go with our amazing concert venue.
Palm trees are a signature of the venue
Find out how a design contest works or learn more about our logo design services.


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Jethro's Visit
Open Your Bible
Exodus 18:1-27, Deuteronomy 17:8-11, Acts 6:1-7
BY Guest Writer
Scripture Reading: Exodus 18:1-27, Deuteronomy 17:8-11, Acts 6:1-7
The story of Jethro coming to the aid of Moses is an echo of an earlier story. In fact, so are the first eighteen chapters of Exodus. In them, we find a creation narrative patterned after Genesis 1. You could sum their message succinctly as, "And God said, 'Let there be Israel.' And it was so." The newly-minted nation, like the newly-formed earth, is good. Moses has been charged with its care, but the task soon proves to be too much for one person. Observing his solo leadership efforts, Jethro says, "What you are doing is not good" (Exodus 18:17).
Not good.
Jethro's words echo God's words in Genesis 2: "It is not good for the man to be alone" (Genesis 2:18). If there is to be orderly ruling and subduing, if there is to be fruitfulness and multiplication as God has decreed, the work cannot be done alone. Just as God provided Eve to be a necessary ally to Adam, He now provides Jethro and the leaders of Israel to be necessary allies to Moses.
Don't miss this: The concept of self-reliance is wholly foreign to the Christian faith. We are created to need God and others. We are designed for interdependence and community. There is no such thing as a Lone Ranger Christian. It matters that we understand this as we listen for the echo of our own story in that of Moses.
Every believer's story is this: "And God said, 'Let there be new life,' and it was so." You and I may not be called to bring orderly rule to a nation, as Moses did, but we are called to submit our hearts to God as He brings orderly rule to our hearts as new creations in Christ. The Bible calls this sanctification. In God's name, we take dominion over sin. We cultivate the fruitfulness of love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control (Galatians 5:22). Like Moses and Adam, we are called to rule and subdue, to be fruitful and multiply. And like them, it is not good to attempt the good work alone. Nor is it necessary. God has provided necessary allies for us.
First, He has sent His Spirit to comfort and convict. Any effort to grow in holiness apart from the help of the Spirit will teach us, as Jethro says, "The thing is too heavy for you. You are not able to do it alone" (Exodus 18:18). But He also sends help in the form of Christian community. He provides us teachers to guide us through the scriptures, mentors to guide us in wisdom, brothers and sisters to encourage us and hold us accountable.
What sin are you striving to rule in your own strength? The thing is too heavy for you. Ask for the Spirit to train and convict you. Seek the ready help of the family of God. Trade self-reliance for the gift of dependence on the Spirit and interdependence with the saints. "So it will be easier for you, and they will bear the burden with you. If you do this, God will direct you, you will be able to endure" (Exodus 18:22-23).
Jen Wilkin is a wife, mom to four great kids, and an advocate for women to love God with their minds through the faithful study of his Word. She writes, speaks, and teaches women the Bible. She lives in Flower Mound, Texas, and her family calls The Village Church home. Jen is the author of None Like Him: 10 Ways God Is Different from Us (and Why That's a Good Thing) and Women of the Word: How to Study the Bible with Both Our Hearts and Our Minds.
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I find it hard to have a community to lean on since I graduated high school and left my hometown. Since then my husband and I have moved three times to new places and we aren't done unfortunately. It's so hard to root ourselves in a small group in church when everyone knows we will be gone again soon. I pray God will help us find community somehow, especially now that we have a little one due in a month!
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Thanks for starting the Arduino Users Map Mowcius !After fiddling a bit I managed to place myself on it. It might be helpful for noobs like me if you could add a few instructions like:Sign in using Gmail accountInserted a PlacemapChange the default Placemap avatar to the "outline-of-person" avatarCheers, K
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Resurgent Republic, the conservative polling firm spearheaded by former Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour, is out with a cool new infographic detailing what questions swing voters want Barack Obama and Mitt Romney to answer during tomorrow night's presidential debate.
The questions to Romney are the most interesting, and reflect the success the Obama campaign has had with shaping the narrative of the presidential race.
Here are some highlights:
- How would you create jobs for the 47% you spoke of last week?
- How are you going to get people back to work when companies you owned went bankrupt and you made a profit?
- If I cannot afford to loan my child money for college, how will they go?
- Exactly what deduction cuts would you make in the personal tax code?
- If your wife were raped, would you support her having an abortion?
- What is your honest plan for Social Security and Medicare?
- Do you even like the American people?
- How would you save us, in detail?!
Check out all of the questions below (click for larger image):


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TULSA, Okla. -- The Department of Labor announced Thursday it is suing a Tulsa-area restaurant chain over nearly $1 million in unpaid wages it alleges the business owes to more than 220 employees.
The lawsuit was filed earlier this week in Tulsa federal court and claims El Tequila LLC, a Mexican restaurant chain with four locations, violated the Fair Labor Standards Act by not paying employees _ kitchen and wait staff, hosts and bussers _ overtime and minimum wages and not keeping proper records. The suit seeks the back wages, a federal order prohibiting future violations of the law and court costs.
The 10-page complaint, five of which list the names of the workers owed back compensation, also names restaurant chain owner Carlos Aguirre as a defendant. A manager at one of the locations said Aguirre was out of town Thursday afternoon and unavailable to comment. It was not immediately clear in court records if Aguirre had an attorney.
The department suggested in the lawsuit that more employees may be owed money.
"The restaurant industry employs some of our country's lowest-paid, most vulnerable workers," Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis said in a statement Thursday. "When violations of the FLSA are discovered, the Labor Department will take appropriate action to ensure workers receive the wages they have earned and to which they are legally entitled."
The investigation, which dates back to October 2009, found that some employees who worked as many as 72 hours a week were paid a fixed salary instead of overtime for working more than 40 hours. The department also found that wait staff were required to hand over their tips to management at the end of every shift, and doing so sometimes caused their pay to fall below the federal minimum wage of $7.25 an hour.
Federal labor law requires employees to be paid at least the minimum wage for all hours worked, plus time and one-half of their regular rates for hours worked beyond 40 in a week, according to the department.
The restaurant has two locations in Tulsa and two more in the city's suburbs of Owasso and Broken Arrow. Investigators found labor violations at all four locations, according to the department.