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I can't tell you the name of the small city where this tale unfolds, because it would be too easy to figure out the family involved, whom I like a great deal. But all the dialogue is real—if anything, the attitudes are typical. And this story suggests that Libya's road to a free society will be a rocky one.
"Libya people no good, everyone thief, stealing things. I want to die in Syria!" Standing in the mejlis, or reception room, of his aunt's modest house, Mo'ad, twenty-seven, looked the picture of a jihadi fighter. With a palm-length black beard and a shorter-than-usual djellabiya—the robe-like long-sleeve shirt that covers but also allows freedom of movement—Mo'ad had come back from combat in Syria to spend Eid, the end of Ramadan, with his family. Yet now, after only a few days home, he couldn't wait to rejoin his comrades. (While going to fight in Syria is uncommon enough to earn notice in Libya, many people know someone who is there. When I visited Derna, Randa el-Goudary, a Libyan-American from Virginia I met there, said she knows three young Derna men fighting in Syria.)
"Syria has three times or four times the population of Libya," I objected to Mo'ad. "The Syrian people have to free themselves. How did they help your revolution? You need to help build your own country." His mother crouched in a corner during the conversation, probably not more than sixty years old but looking seventy-five, very overweight, like nearly all older Libyan women, suffering from knee pains, listless, knowing enough English to shake her head slowly at Mo'ad's fervor. Her oldest child, Aisha, had been killed in a car accident four months ago. If Mo'ad were to die in Syria, she would have lost two of her five children in just a few months.
Mo'ad's remaining sister Fairouz, twenty, also sat listening as Mo'ad answered my question with a now-familiar litany: how he would get seventy-two virgins for wives, how he was doing his duty as a Muslim. Pretty, slim Fairouz has almost finished her university studies and speaks the best English in the family, though Mo'ad has a diploma from Tripoli University's English department. But it wasn't clear what kind of job Fairouz would be able to find. Social rules prevented her from living away from home until she married—something she was in no hurry to do—and her city was too small to offer many sophisticated jobs. Even commuting an hour to the next, bigger city was out of the question here. "Men can do everything, women can do nothing," she'd muttered when we were alone before Mo'ad walked in. "It is unfair."
I'd met Mo'ad and his cousins Shawki and Fathi when I was covering the war in Libya last August and they were all revolutionary fighters for their town. We stayed in touch as Libya moved from chaos to relative order, and I saw them again in October 2011.
At that second meeting, Mo'ad had been smoking pot on the beach of his hometown. He'd asked if I could help him get a visa to America and spoke about finding an American wife. Jihad in Syria hardly seemed in the cards. It was his cousin Shawki, not Mo'ad himself, who seemed a natural for the military life. Just nineteen, he'd attracted the attention of his commanders for his cool, his athleticism, and his way with weapons. He needed to finish high school—he'd dropped out before the revolution after a fight with a pro-Qaddafi teacher—and one of his commanders promised to help him enter officer training. Though he was known to dislike school, and didn't even have enough familiarity with the Internet to be on Facebook, it looked as though Shawki might have a bright future in the military.
But Shawki was driving when Aisha was killed. She was only thirty-one and left four young children. Shawki was in a coma for three days after the accident and his left leg was broken in four places. Once so graceful, he now walks awkwardly on crutches. Even his "good" leg seems unstable and he almost falls twice while we are together. He needs help even to sit down in a chair.
After our recent lunch the third musketeer, Fathi, arrived and we all drove to another relative's country house for coffee. Fathi was much tamer than his cousins, a good boy who'd finished his degree and was now doing graduate work in Cairo. He kept the other two young men from doing anything really stupid, I thought.
But neither Shawki—driving despite his injured leg—nor Fathi, in the death seat, were wearing seat belts. No one in Libya does. On a road trip, it's always a question whether it's better to be in the death seat, where the seat belt will work, or in the back, where the belts are certain to be trapped under the seat and useless. In 2008, the last year that statistics were available, there were eight thousand accident deaths in a country of no more than six million, as compared with about four times that many in the US, a country fifty times bigger.
"Come on," I said to Fathi, "if Aisha had been wearing a seat belt she would be alive."
"If Shawki were a better driver Aisha would be alive," he muttered. "I do not like these things. You know how we believe, if it is my time, it is my time."
Later, at the country house, Fathi told me that he had studied in Germany and that he was unimpressed with the West. "Our way is better," he said. This "way" centered on a common theme among Libyan men, the need to protect their women—primarily, in a Westerner's eyes, from having any rights or a full life. The Libyan way is to "allow" a woman like Fairouz to get an education, but prevent her from using it. Fathi confessed that he'd missed some of his exams in Cairo, setting back his progress toward his graduate degree. I didn't have the heart to say that a Westerner wouldn't have done that.
Shawki has never learned English, so we communicated by bits and pieces and friends' translation. He explained that he'd applied to the government for funds for medical treatment for residual effects of the auto accident in Europe. Meanwhile, Shawki had bought a Jet Ski for 10,000 dinars (about $8,000) with his savings. How he would ride it with an injured leg was a question he had apparently not confronted.
Later, at the local beach, Shawki said it was his first time in the water since the car crash. He swam as badly as he walked, not so much because of his leg but because of a shoulder injury also caused by the accident. I wanted to ask him why he didn't spend his money on English courses, or on starting a business, or, for that matter, on taking care of his sister's four kids, so that their father didn't have to remarry when her body was hardly cold. ("Her husband got another wife two months after," Fairouz had complained to me before Mo'ad entered the house. "It is not fair.")
Like other cities in Libya, the seaside town where Mo'ad lives is relatively stable now, the guns largely gone from the street. People have some understanding of democracy. Perhaps more importantly, they have pulled together to get basic services running. The trash is picked up regularly, the schools have a surplus of teachers, and there is a functioning department of public health. But just as I start to become an optimist about Libya, I have an afternoon like this one and realize that the human materials in this society are broken in ways that will likely take a hundred years to fix.
I should add, however, that Libya has some factors in its favor. Most of the individuals I've met would be perfectly capable of functioning well in an organized society like our own. And many have done so—an astonishing percentage of Libyans have lived overseas at some point. Libyan expat communities in some US cities consist of only a handful of families, but there are said to be, for instance, more than two thousand Libyan physicians working for the National Health Service in the UK. Yet inside Libya, the social environment makes an otherwise capable citizenry less than the sum of their parts.
For example, at Tripoli Airport, waiting to check in for flights to Benghazi, the scene was pure third-world chaos, replete with pushing, shoving, and, just before I arrived, brandished guns. (How did they get past the baggage screening? "No one is looking at the monitor," one Libyan commented.) A morning flight had gone no further than Misrata, less than halfway to its destination, before mechanical problems forced its diversion, and our plane carried passengers from the cancelled flight before us, as well as the flight after us.
"That's how things were under Qaddafi," a friend in Benghazi, Lou'i Hatem, commented when he picked me up at the airport. "Chaos. That was how he controlled us." It's not the only method used by dictators, but it's one that works: you remove the lynchpins of society and then present yourself as the only bulwark against disorder. Now Libyans are having to construct their own order from a concatenation of half-remembered customs, half-understood Western examples, the Koran, and politicized Islam from other countries. And so far, what they have built doesn't add up.
To a Western visitor—and perhaps this word "Western" is misleading, because I have no doubt that a Japanese or Korean or Hong Kong visitor would agree with me—Libya seems a terribly thin culture, a place where there is close to nothing to do, except play soccer—the only sport Libyans bother to play or watch.
When I talk about tens of thousands of books published every year, of hundreds of thousands of scholarly articles, of twenty or more art openings a week in New York, I suspect that I am thought to be exaggerating, just as when I mention that there are thousands of restaurants in Boston, a city about the size of Benghazi, which seems to have fewer than a dozen sit-down eating spots outside the major hotels' pathetic offerings. (Libyan food is another topic. It involves the laborious transformation of fresh ingredients into an unattractive, overcooked, starchy, and bland mess. Perhaps because the food is so unsatisfying, it is speedily consumed in overly large quantities and obesity is rampant.)
Apparently Benghazi used to have an active local theater scene, both official and semi-underground, before the revolution, but now, as then, there is no live music. The museum has been closed for decades. There are occasional art events. On August 31st, there was a photography opening organized by Amer Ben Ali, a Benghazi architect from a distinguished local family who helped start the Media Center that got word of the revolution out to the world in February 2011. Lou'i, my friend in Benghazi, took me to an open-air exhibit of imaginative animal figures welded together from weapons parts (it'd been up in the former royal palace for months now)—but that was pretty much it.
Libyans tend to have little appetite for learning, even about their own professions. I interviewed Iman Bougaighis, a Benghazi academic, about her efforts as head of the orthodontics department at Garyounis University's School of Dentistry. She told me that she had insisted that students read a book, though a short one, instead of photocopied handouts. This, Dr. Bougaighis admitted, had provoked a near-rebellion with some of her faculty colleagues taking the students' side.
This intellectual laziness is partly a legacy of the endemic corruption of the Qaddafi years. It didn't matter what you knew, just who you knew. For the same reason, it's still hard today to get a straight answer when you ask a Libyan businessman what he does. "Business," he is likely to answer. If you ask what industry, the vague and imprecise answer might be that he both runs a construction company and imports perfume. There's no sense of developing a functional expertise that leads to a life's work. "Business" just means exploiting whatever family or friendship connections you can to sell something for more than you buy it, or to get a commission on some transaction.
And the laziness is also part of the way Islamic culture plays out here, as in other countries. If you think everything is fated, then what point is there to exert yourself to be the best in your field? If the Koran tells you everything you need to know about living your life, what point is there to broaden your mind, challenge your beliefs, or become well informed? Couple this passive orientation with the pessimism bred of a long dictatorship—if Qaddafi can take everything away from you in a moment, why bother to work hard?—and you have a recipe for cultural stagnation.
This laziness, combined with a Mediterranean impatience and present-mindedness, means that Libyans are passive even about causes they claim to support.
It is hard not to thrill when you hear the Serbian-Libyan singer Dania, whose father is from Zwara, singing on the town's radio station in the Tamazight language. She invokes "all the people of Numidia" in a song about the revolution. Speaking to an imagined lover, she says, "Don't meet me here in Tunis, I don't want to see you here. Go to fight and I will see you in [free] Zwara." But though Zwara's citizens only speak Tamazight amongst themselves, and are often passionate about designating Tamazight an official language of Libya, few are willing to do much about it. "We got only two hundred people for a demonstration in support of Tamazight as an official language," filmmaker Essa el-Hamisi complained in Zwara.
When Iman Bougaighis offered me a ride back to my hotel, I commented that she was the first Libyan I'd seen wearing a seat belt, adding, "God helps those who help themselves." She quickly replied, "There is a sura in the Koran that says, 'Do not throw your hand to destruction.'"
"We are destroyed people," she continued. "We have to build our capacity. There is a sura in the Koran that says, 'God will not change the people until they change what is inside their souls.'"
By coincidence, I flew out of Tripoli to London the morning of the 9/11 attack on the US Consulate in Benghazi that killed four Americans, one of whom I'd met. As e-mails poured in from friends wondering if I was all right, I tried to explain again and again that most Libyans are not at all anti-American, that a small group of extremists had hijacked a fragile city-state, and that most Libyans are desperately eager to rebuild their society. The counterweights, however, are formidable. I am hoping the Libyans will rise to the occasion and give God a hand.
Ann Marlowe is a visiting fellow at the Hudson Institute and a World Affairs blogger.
Photo Credit: Bernd.Brincken


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Clean, simple lines and easy functionality make the JELD-WEN V-2500 Single-Hung vinyl window a great addition to any home. Designed with a fixed top sash and a bottom sash that moves smoothly up and down, they're ideal for use in both new construction and remodel projects. Efficiency plays a big role in the V-2500 series to keep your home cooler in the summer and warmer in the winter, lowering energy costs and keeping you comfortable. Durable, efficient and simple to operate, this window is an attractive addition to any room.
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Important Requirements
Before you implement this application in your own test server, bear in mind that this was tested to work on the following setup:
- PHP Version: 5.2.5
- Server: Apache
- OS: Linux
- MS Word version: MS Word 2002
You will need the following PHP functions/components to make this work:
- require_once
- file_get_contents
- mt_rand
- fopen
- fwrite
This web application won't work if you try to implement it on a free web hosting platform, because hosting agencies will disable some of the functions listed above.
Also you will need to have a recaptcha account; this is the captcha solution that is used for this application. For the recaptcha to work, you will need:
a. Public Key
b. Private Key
c. Recaptcha PHP library files
You can get that on this page: http://www.google.com/recaptcha
It is highly recommended that you test this application first in the local server, such as XAMPP. So make sure you have a PHP-Apache test server installed on your system before uploading files to your web hosting company.
{mospagebreak title=Strategy for creating this application}
Since this application does not use .com objects, an alternative solution focuses mainly on the fopen PHP function. Below is the flowchart of this application:
Suppose you are going to use PHP to convert a .txt file to .doc. It starts by checking to see if the web form has been submitted. If the web form has been submitted, PHP will validate the recaptcha, file type (file uploaded should be of the .txt file type) and file size (for example, if it is less than the 100 KB upload limit).
If there are no errors in this validation, PHP will simply get the content from the uploaded text file, which is placed in the temporary upload directory of the server. If the file is not created, fopen will create the .doc file.
Once the file has been created, PHP will write the contents to an MS Word file using the fwrite command, and finally, present the download link to the client.
To manage the size of the upload directory, and for maintenance, an external PHP script will be regularly executed using web hosting cron tab (http://adminschoice.com/crontab-quick-reference) features. The objective of the script is to check for files in the directory (with the .txt and .doc extensions) which were created more than three minutes ago in the directory. If the files were created more than three minutes ago, those files will be scheduled for deletion by the cron job.
This feature is added to prevent temporary files from clogging the server's temporary upload directory, to save some disk space.
The entire process looks simple, and this tutorial will guide you through all of these steps in detail.
{mospagebreak title=The Basic Web Form Source Code}
Based on the flowchart, the first major steps are presentation of the web form and recaptcha. Below is the source code for this section:
<TITLE>Convert Text File (.txt) to MS Word (.doc) using PHP</TITLE>

Convert Text File to MS Word

Background: This will convert your text file (.txt extension) into an MS Word file (.doc extension).The converted version is compatible for MS Word 2002 but it may also work with newer versions of MS Word.

Bear in mind that files are deleted every 3 to 10 minutes so you need to download the converted file right away.

Note that after downloading and opening the file, you might encounter these two common errors:

1. MSWRD632 related errors. In this case, you need to read this solution: http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/wordcreate/thread/ce3a65ce-fba1-4c16-af9c-d4131a281527

2.) Now if another error appears like asking you install a text converter or like that just click "Yes" to proceed to any installation. This will let you open the converted files without any error the next time around.

Maximum allowable Text File upload size: 100kB

<!– Input form begin –>
<form NAME="texttoword" ACTION="<? echo $PHP_SELF; ?>" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data">
Filename:

<input type="file" name="file" id="file" />
<INPUT TYPE="HIDDEN" NAME="ref" VALUE="texttoword">

Type the captcha below:

$publickey = "***PUT YOUR OWN PUBLIC KEY HERE***";
echo recaptcha_get_html($publickey);

<INPUT CLASS="DEFAULT" TYPE=SUBMIT VALUE="Convert this text file to MS Word">

The code looks self-explanatory. It includes user-friendly information that will be useful if the client encounters a problem when opening the converted MS Word file.
Also, the recaptcha code snippet should be placed above the submit button and the </form> tag.
The form should look like the screen shot below:
{mospagebreak title=PHP Script: Validation, File get Contents and Writing to .doc file}
Here is the PHP script to make this application work, complete with comments:
//First, check if the web form has been submitted by checking the value of $_POST[ref]
if($_POST[ref] == "texttoword") {
//If the form has been submitted, check if the recaptcha entered by the client is correct.
$privatekey = "***PUT YOUR OWN PRIVATE KEY HERE***";
$resp = recaptcha_check_answer ($privatekey,
if (!$resp->is_valid) {
//Display error back to the client if the recaptcha entered is incorrect.
die('ERROR: The recaptcha code was not entered correctly or expired. If you think it expired or correctly entered; click Recaptcha refresh button to get a new challenge and press submit again.');
//Check also if the file uploaded by the client is a text file.
//Check also the file size, it should be less than 100kB.
//Accept file input in terms of plain text from the user. Plain text has a file extension of .txt
if (($_FILES["file"]["type"] == "text/plain") && ($_FILES["file"]["size"] < 100000))
if ($_FILES["file"]["error"] > 0)
echo "Return Code: " . $_FILES["file"]["error"] . "
";
if (file_exists("upload/" . $_FILES["file"]["name"]))
echo $_FILES["file"]["name"] . " already exists. ";
"upload/" . $_FILES["file"]["name"]);
//Display error back to the client if the file uploaded is invalid.
die('Invalid file uploaded.');
//If there are no errors during the validation done above, then get the posted uploaded file and assign to a PHP variable
$filetoread="upload/" . $_FILES["file"]["name"];
//Extract the text content of the text file using file_get_contents PHP function, and then assigned the extracted text to a PHP variable.
//To prevent file duplication conflict in case several users are downloading the converted file at the same time, use a unique random key appended to the doc file.
//Generate random number between 10,000 and 99999
$uniquerandomkey = mt_rand(10000, 99999);
//Append unique random key to the word file name
$wordfilename= 'convertedtoword'.$uniquerandomkey.'.doc';
//Create a temporary word file in the upload directory and then prepare this for writing
$fp = fopen("upload/$wordfilename", 'w+');
//Assign the text content extracted from file_get_contents to $writetexttowordfile PHP variable
$writetexttowordfile = $text_content;
//Finally write the text content to the newly-created Word file
fwrite($fp, $writetexttowordfile);
//After writing the file, close it.
// Now that word file has been created, present the download link to the client.
$file = "upload/$wordfilename";
echo '
Download link
';
echo '
';
echo 'Right click here then Save as to Download';
echo '
';
echo '
';
//Show error in case the form is not posted.
elseif ($_POST[ref] == "texttoword") {
echo 'This form is not posted.';
{mospagebreak title=Deleting Temporary Files in the Server Upload directory}
Of course, since you are allowing text and doc files to be uploaded/created, they will clog that directory for some time and consume a lot of disk space. Below is the script that will delete these files (.txt and .doc).
//This is variation of the public domain source code found here:
// http://www.jonasjohn.de/snippets/php/delete-temporary-files.htm
// Define the folder to clean
// (keep trailing slashes)
// You need to run this script using your web hosting cron tab (consult your web hosting agency for details) at least every 10 minutes.
// This script will only delete files created and uploaded if the file is more than 3 minutes old.
//Define path, YOU NEED TO CHANGE THIS PATH!
$uploadfolder = '/home/www/php-developer.org/convert-txt-to-msword/upload/';
//Delete MS Word files first
$fileTypes1 = '*.doc';
// Define the expiration minutes , default 3 minutes
$expire_time1 = 3;
// Find all MS Word files in the path
foreach (glob($uploadfolder . $fileTypes1) as $Filename1) {
// Read file creation time
$FileCreationTime1 = filectime($Filename1);
// calculate the age of the files.
$FileAge1 = time() – $FileCreationTime1;
// Condition to evaluate age of files
if ($FileAge1 > ($expire_time1 * 60)){
// If the file is more than 3 minutes old, then schedule it to be deleted in the next cron job execution of this script.
//Same thing above, but this will delete only text files
$fileTypes2 = '*.txt';
$expire_time2 = 3;
foreach (glob($uploadfolder . $fileTypes2) as $Filename2) {
$FileCreationTime2 = filectime($Filename2);
$FileAge2 = time() – $FileCreationTime2;
if ($FileAge2 > ($expire_time2 * 60)){
Implementation and the Complete Script
You can download the complete source code and see an actual implementation here: http://www.php-developer.org/convert-txt-to-msword/
The deletefiles.php is the actual PHP script that you will need to run using your web hosting cron tab. It is recommended that you change the file name from deletefiles.php to another name for security reasons.
After downloading the file, extract it and upload the folder to the root directory of your server.
In the upload folder, an .htaccess has been added to prevent browser execution of text files. This is a security feature in case someone uploads a text file which in reality is not a text file.
You might as well try uploading text files to the actual page here: http://www.php-developer.org/convert-txt-to-msword/ so that you can see how the web application works as planned.
To download the MS Word file, you will simply right click and save as the appropriate file type to your desktop.


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On April 10, 2008, the FDA released a safety alert concerning a possible relationship between CellCept (mycophenolate mofetil) and a devastating neurological disease known as progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML). [1]
This adds to the wide list of associations between PML and immune deficiency of any cause. PML occurs in patients born with immune deficiency, AIDS patients, patients with sarcoidosis, and patients undergoing immunosuppressive treatment for rheumatic diseases (in particular systemic lupus erythematosus) as well as Crohn's disease and multiple sclerosis. Lupus patients were previously warned about the occurrence of PML after treatment with rituximab. Recent medical reviews noted the association of PML and rituximab treatment in rheumatic disease patients and concluded that such complications were extremely rare. [2, 3]
PML occurred in lupus patients long before rituximab and CellCept were used as treatments for lupus. There is little reason to believe either that lupus patients are uniquely susceptible or that these two drugs are uniquely dangerous in causing PML. Rather, PML is a well recognized complication of intense immunosuppression and is among the many infectious complications to which persons undergoing such treatment are at risk. Recent reports of PML stand as a warning to physicians not to overtreat their lupus patients, but PML is sufficiently rare that intense immunosuppression remains the best option for patients who have life-threatening disease.
1. FDA Safety Alert, April 10, 2008
2. Looney RJ, Srinivasan R, Calabrese LH. The effects of rituximab on immunocompetency in patients with autoimmune disease. Arthritis Rheum. 2008 Jan;58(1):5-14.
3. Calabrese LH, Molloy ES, Huang D, et al. progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy in rheumatic diseases: evolving clinical and pathologic patterns of disease. Arthritis Rheum 2007; 56: 2116-2128
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On April 12, 1942, she married Orville Kenneth Gardner in Washington, D.C. As an Army wife she lived in many states plus Okinawa. Each of her three children were born in different states (Suzie – Okla., Kenn – Texas, Barb – N.M.). In 1958, they were transferred from Massachusetts to Colorado Springs, where they lived for 40 years – Army Signal Corps service, civil service and retirement. In 1998, they moved to Moab to be close to their daughter, Suzie (Tom) Stengel, and her youngest grandchildren, Becky and Jamie Stengel.
Gladys loved history and traveling (Japan, Europe, Turkey, Russia, Israel, Australia, and riding a camel in Egypt). She was rich in age, in character and in heart. Her memory and friendliness are legendary. At age 93 she still remembered names and dates of her families many generations ago. Meeting people anywhere she would ask where they are from, how many children, how they met their spouse, what their interests are, etc. – and remembered that info. She inspired many people to investigate their own genealogy. She also loved playing Scrabble and won many games. She was very supportive of education and loved being a volunteer tutoring first-graders.
She was preceded in death by her husband; parents; sister, Vera Harper; and brother, Jim Hancock.
She is survived by a sister, Sue (Bill) Norovich; brother, Jerry (Astrid) Hancock; daughter, Suzie (Tom) Stengel; son, Kenn Corwin (Trina) Gardner; daughter, Barbara Gardner; six grandchildren and one great-grandchild. She was very proud and supportive of all her family, and everyone wildly loved her.
Gladys will be cremated. There will be a memorial service at St. Francis Episcopal Church on May 25 at 11a.m. Her ashes will be buried later at Chapel of Our Saviour in Colorado Springs, Colo.
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Initial Machine Testing
When we unplugged part mounting plate from circuit board, the machine had no visible screen and we could not see the the information on the LCD screen.
When we unplugged the white wire that connects the circuit board to the sample holder, the machine's temperature was unable to be monitored and could not be regulated
Our group did our test run on October 24, 2012. During the test run, we ran into no problems with the machine. We were done and found our results in a matter of 1 to 2 hours. The Open PCR machine was connected to one computers to control each temperature of each cycle of PCR during the experimental.
Polymerase Chain Reaction
How PCR Works:
Step 1: Denaturation by Heat: Initially, heat separates a DNA strand into two separate strands. This is allowed because the hydrogen bonds holding the DNA together are weak and easily separable when heated.
Step 2: Annealing Primer to Target Sequence: We want to target a sequence specifically and to do that you must use primers. Primers mark the ends of the target sequence. Two primers are included in the PCR one for each of the strands that were just separated during denaturation. The beginning of the DNA target sequence is also marked by the primers that bind (anneal) to the complementary sequence.
Step 3: Extension: After the primers bind to the complementary DNA, the temperature is raised and the enzyme Taq DNA polymerase is used to replicate the strands. The Taq DNA polymerase, active at high temperatures, facilitates the binding and joining of the complementary nucleotides. It synthesizes an identical double-stranded DNA strand. Extension begins at the 3' end of the primer because Taq DNA polymerase synthesizes exclusively in the 5' to 3' direction, so the free nucleotides are only added to the 3' end of the primer.
How to Amplify a Patient's DNA sample 1. A PCR Machine is created to amplify a patient's DNA sample. In order to use a PCR machine, the steps include to first gather the DNA samples, 50 μL each. 2. The frozen DNA samples are separated into tubes and once melted, 8 transfer pipettes were used to add primer. 3. Once the samples are ready, we processed the DNA in the openPCR system.
Flourimeter Measurements
"'Fluorimeter assembly procedure'"
How to open images in Image J- Save the pictures to the phone. Download the pictures onto a computer that has Image J. Open them with Image J by going to add image.
Research and Development
Specific Cancer Marker Detection - The Underlying Technology
Cancer Associated with the gene: Breast and Colorectal cancer with a susceptibility to LiFraumeni Syndrome
"In response to DNA damage and replication blocks, cells prevent cell cycle progression through the control of critical cell cycle regulators. To investigate checkpoint conservation, Matsuoka et al. (1998) used PCR and database analysis to identify CHK2, the mammalian homolog of Saccharomyces cerevisiae Rad53 and Schizosaccharomyces pombe cds1+, protein kinases required for DNA damage and replication checkpoints. The longest human cDNA encoded a 543-amino acid protein with 83% identity to mouse Chk2 and 34% identity to Drosophila Dmnk, a protein highly expressed in ovaries for which a function in meiosis had been suggested. Human CHK2 protein is 26% identical to Rad53 and 26% identical to cds1+. Sequence analysis revealed a single forkhead-associated (FHA) domain, a 60-amino acid protein interaction domain essential for activation in response to DNA damage that is conserved in the Rad53/cds1+ family of kinases. CHK2 has a potential regulatory region rich in SQ and TQ amino acid pairs. Northern blot analysis revealed wide expression of small amounts of CHK2 mRNA with larger amounts in human testis, spleen, colon, and peripheral blood leukocytes. CHK2 complemented the lethality of a Rad53 deletion." - Omim.org
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Baye's Rule:
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Core Data Services, Preparing views for Associations/Joins
You will learn
- How to prepare a basic view for Association; in other words, for joining with other views
Make sure that your Eclipse Framework from the S/4HANA instance is opened in the ABAP perspective and that the basic view (
ZXSHI_AIRLINE) from the previous S/4HANA tutorials is available:
You are now in the ABAP Eclipse perspective. Make sure you are in the Project Explorer tab. Here you will create in the
TMP-SHA Package a new ABAP object for type DDL source.
Select the package
TMP-SHA and expand it. Then expand the Code Data Services folder as well. From there select the subfolder Data Definitions (1 in the screenshot below). Right-click on the subfolder Data Definitions (2 in the screenshot), select DDL Source and press Finish.
In the new window DDL Source (Create a DDL Source), the Project is called
S4H_100_sha_en and the Package is called
$TMP. Enter
Airline text, private view, VDM interface view as the Description and
ZXSH_I_AIRLINETEXT as the Name and click Finish.
Edited fields:
Code for the newly created view named
ZXSH_I_AIRLINETEXT is generated:
In the generated code, replace these values:
|Current value
|New value
sql view name'
|delete entire line 3
Airline text, private view, VDM Interface view
Airline Name
|select from
data source name
Edited code:
Now consider the generated code again. You will enhance the code by inserting new annotations after line 4:
@ObjectModel.dataCategory: #TEXT
This is shown in number 1 in the screenshot (2 shows the drop-down choices)
Drop-down choices:
@Analytics.dataExtraction.enabled: true
@VDM.viewType: #BASIC
View type:
In the generated code, you will modify the view name after the
define viewstatement as follows:
Zxsh_I_Airlinetext with
Next, enhance the generated code with the assignment of the following key columns:
key carrid as Airline,
key spras as Language,
Now, enhance your generated code again by inserting following new annotations:
In the line after the expression
key carrid... insert:
@Semantics.language: true
In the line after the expression
key spras ... insert:
@Semantics.text: true
@Semantics.text: true
Next, prefix the column names with the ERP table name
- Line 9 should read:
key scarr.carrid as Airline,
- Line 14 should read:
scarr.carrname as AirlineName,
Insert after line 7 an additional annotation for object representative key:
@ObjectModel.representativeKey: 'Airline'
Inserting an annotation for the language was done to demonstrate the possibilities available with annotations. Since here there is only one language it does not make sense to use this annotation. Therefore, comment out lines 11 (
@Semantics.language: true) and 12 (
key spras as language). Save, and activate the generated enhanced code. The final version should be identical to this:
You can now preview the content of the created text view,
ZXSH_I_AIRLINETEXT. In the left panel, select and right-click on the view
ZXSH_I_AIRLINETEXT, select
Open Data Preview and then press
You can copy this content from here and paste it to the code editor of your ABAP perspective as well instead of enhancing the generated code on your own by typing:
@AbapCatalog.sqlViewName: 'ZXSH_IAIRLINET'
@ClientDependent: true
@AccessControl.authorizationCheck: #NOT_REQUIRED
@EndUserText.label: 'Airline Name'
@ObjectModel.dataCategory: #TEXT
@Analytics.dataExtraction.enabled: true
@VDM.viewType: #BASIC
@ObjectModel.representativeKey: 'Airline'
define view ZXSH_I_AirlineText as select from scarr {
key scarr.carrid as Airline,
// @Semantics.language: true
// key spras as Language,
@Semantics.text: true
@EndUserText.label: 'Airline Name'
scarr.carrname as AirlineName
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This tutorial is part of the S/4HANA Core Data Services. More information is available here:
- Step 1: Prepare the ABAP perspective
- Step 2: Create a DDL source
- Step 3: Edit the generated code
- Step 4: Add annotations
- Step 5: Add annotations to the select statement
- Step 6: Prefix the column names with the table name
- Step 7: Add Annotation for Object representative key
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Super Rugby
Pocock relishing new challenge with Brumbies
ESPN Staff
July 28, 2012
David Pocock was frustrated by the Force's lack of success © Getty Images
Australia flanker David Pocock has confirmed he is to leave the Western Force for the Brumbies following this season's Super Rugby competition.
The 24-year-old released a statement on his Facebook page, explaining his decision to quit the Western Force, where he has played all of his Super Rugby so far. Pocock said the decision had been "unbelievably hard" but he is looking forward to a new adventure with Jake White's Brumbies after signing a three-yead deal with them.
The Western Force had earlier conceded their failure to persuade Pocock to remain at the franchise, admitting their inability to secure big-name signings, such as the Reds' Australia scrum-half Will Genia, and challenge for a place in the Super Rugby play-offs had proved costly.
Pocock said: "Some decisions in life are very difficult. And with those decisions, more often than not, the more you wrestle with the options the harder it is to make a decision. This has certainly been the case in thinking about my playing future.
"I've loved living in Perth and playing for the Emirates Western Force and although it's time to begin an exciting new adventure with Em in Canberra, the decision has been unbelievably hard."
The 44-cap Wallaby, who lead Australia against Scotland and Wales recently, paid tribute to the Force fans and admitted the team's lack of success in recent years is a prime reason for his decision to leave.
Pocock said: "There have been times we have fallen well short of our potential and while the commitment of everyone at the club can't be faulted, for all of the attitude and best intentions - both on and away from the field, I wouldn't be honest if I didn't acknowledge that.
"And of course that has factored into our decision to leave, but it's only one in a number of factors that have convinced Em and I that it's time for a fresh start. Playing under former Springboks coach Jake White with all of his knowledge and experience will allow me to have a fresh approach to the game and continue to challenge myself."
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text: Job Discussion Forums :: View topic - Jobs in Germany Get TEFL Certified & Start Your Adventure Today! Job Discussion Forums"The Internet's Meeting Place for ESL/EFL Students and Teachers from Around the World!" FAQ Search Memberlist Usergroups Register Profile Log in to check your private messages Log in Jobs in Germany Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> Germany View previous topic :: View next topic Author Message atswimtwoJoined: 04 Nov 2010Posts: 1 Posted: Fri Nov 05, 2010 12:02 pm Post subject: Jobs in Germany Hey, I'm in Berlin at the moment and looking for a job as a an ESL trainer. I'm having trouble finding any kind of listings though, I'm not really sure where to begin as a result. Does anyone know where to find job listings, or is it best to apply to schools directly? If so, does anyone know any reputable schools. I appreciate it! Danke Back to top JNJoined: 17 Jan 2008Posts: 214 Posted: Sat Nov 06, 2010 4:49 pm Post subject: I don't know if there are listings of schools, as I am new at this in Berlin, too. However, someone suggested I join ELTABB, the Berlin-Brandenburg teacher's association, as it could be helpful for jobs, general information and just getting to know people. Maybe you could try that. Back to top artemisiaJoined: 04 Nov 2008Posts: 875Location: the world Posted: Sat Nov 06, 2010 8:49 pm Post subject: I worked in two different German cities - not Berlin - so I can't recommend ESL schools there. Do you have a Yellow Pages directory? Die Gelbe Seiten are pretty informative and you just look up Sprachschulen. Failing that you can have a look online. I think the Berlin School of English is on the second lot of pages (16-30). They often advertise for freelance English teachers and hold a CELTA course which I'd like to think makes them reputable. I think it best to find schools and apply directly. There are also a few universities & Fachhochschulen (roughly - polytechnics) that may be worth a look.Last edited by artemisia on Thu Nov 18, 2010 12:09 am; edited 2 times in total Back to top InsubordinationJoined: 07 Nov 2007Posts: 392Location: Sydney Posted: Sun Nov 07, 2010 10:47 am Post subject: I agree, yellow pages online is the easiest/most comprehensive. There is an expat forum which I think is called 'Toytown', which sometimes has jobs. I think there is also an 'English teachers in Germany' forum, though I haven't seen it for a while. Maybe do a search. Back to top Spanish Tickle2Joined: 14 Jan 2006Posts: 16 Posted: Wed Dec 15, 2010 4:11 pm Post subject: Hi, I worked in Berlin for Lingurama for 2 years. They were great, I had no problems with them at all. Always got paid on time and there was training at least twice a month. I heard they only take CELTA trained teachers now. You can find them on the 4th floor of Friedrichstrasse 60. Just down from Checkpoint Charlie. It's all business English, mostly in company but they pay for travel. Probably the easiest money I've ever earned. Starters earn around 15-16 per 45 mins. Hope that helps. Back to top cajun902Joined: 24 May 2011Posts: 5Location: Phoenix Posted: Mon Jun 13, 2011 1:39 am Post subject: Do you know if they have a branch in Munich? Back to top Display posts from previous: All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> Germany All times are GMT Page 1 of 1 Jump to: Select a forum Where to Begin----------------General DiscussionNewbie ForumCurrent Events ForumTechnology ForumOnline Teaching Forum Africa Forums----------------General Africa Forum Asia Forums----------------CambodiaChina (Job-related Posts Only)China (Off-Topic)Hong KongIndiaIndonesiaJapanMalaysiaPhilippinesSingaporeTaiwanThailandGeneral Asia ForumVietnam Caribbean Forums----------------General Caribbean Forum Europe Forums----------------Czech RepublicFranceGermanyGreeceItalyMacedonia and the BalkansPolandRomaniaRussia & C.I.S.SpainTurkeyUkraineUnited KingdomGeneral Europe Forum Latin America Forums----------------ArgentinaBrazilChileColombiaCosta RicaMexicoMexico (off-topic)PeruGeneral Latin America Forum The Middle East Forums----------------BahrainEgyptIsraelKuwaitOmanQatarSaudi ArabiaUnited Arab EmiratesGeneral Middle East Forum North America Forums----------------General North America Forum Oceania----------------Australia/New Zealand You cannot post new topics in this forumYou cannot reply to topics in this forumYou cannot edit your posts in this forumYou cannot delete your posts in this forumYou cannot vote in polls in this forum This page is maintained by the one and only Dave Sperling. Contact Dave's ESL Cafe Copyright © 2018 Dave Sperling. All Rights Reserved. Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2002 phpBB Group Teaching Jobs in China


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My interest in the communities that make up the garden is often less about practicalities and more about taking cool pictures of whimsical insects. However, the interest and respect that guides me as a photographer is the same as the philosophy behind SLUG's agricultural practice. When we think about increasing yields from the garden, we look for ways to mitigate insect and microbial pests and increase soil nutrition and moisture capacity by maintaining balance in the ecological community.
Because of our fall-term-oriented production schedule, many of our beds don't get planted until many weeds are well established – Canadian thistle is our worst enemy in this respect. For many of our plants, we avoid the endless weeding battle using a technique called lasagna gardening. After a cursory weed or mowing, we cover the bed in thick newspapers to deter weed shoots. For tomatoes, we place a 6-8 inch layer of unsifted finished compost and transplant seedlings directly into it, burying most of the stem to foster a large and sturdy root system. Other plants prefer a mix of sifted compost and soil. Even though the thick compost makes these beds among the most fertile in the garden, they are the least weedy because of these physical barriers.
After transplanting, we mulch with straw to maintain moisture. The humus and woodchips in the compost hold water and release it slowly, while the straw shades the soil and limits evaporation. Our tomatoes are big drinkers!
To deter pests and increase the productivity of each bed, we transplant chives along the edges and basil down the center and edges of most tomato beds. According to garden folk wisdom, the aromatic compounds in both are repellent to pests – while both are delicious to us, take a bug's eye view by imagining biting into a chive wider than your bed. Our honeybees love the chive flowers, and they are one of the only things flowering during the so-called dearth, when there is little food available for bees.
Our tomatoes are supported by twine wires running the length of each row. These wires train the plants to grow in easily harvestable rows and also support the weight of many heavy fruits. Our progressive trellising system makes it apparent how fast these guys grow – we often have to add higher supports two or three times in a week!
Our tomatoes are supported by twine wires running the length of each row. These wires train the plants to grow in easily harvestable rows and also support the weight of many heavy fruits. Our progressive trellising system makes it apparent how fast these guys grow – we often have to add higher supports two or three times in a week!
The work doesn't end with a beautiful mature tomato plant – all those flowers need pollinating. And not just any pollinating: tomatoes, like many members of the nightshade family, require buzz pollination, in which a bee vibrates its wings while sitting on the flower to shake pollen loose from the stamen to the bee's pollen baskets. (Amazingly, bees attract pollen to the hairs on their pollen baskets using static electricity). Honeybees are excellent pollinators, but they are not adapted to the habits of native American plants like tomatoes; they cannot perform buzz pollination. Only bumblebees can accomplish this important feat.
However, bumblebee hives emerge much earlier in the season than tomato flowers, and they need other food plants to provide for them and attract them to the garden. To feed and attract bumblebees, along with our own honeybees and many other wild bees, we have established borage, a self-seeding annual, all over the garden. It is beautiful, and it brings all the bees to our "yard." Our bumblebees are uniformly Bombus impatiens, the Common Eastern Bumblebee. Hopefully we can welcome other bumble species to the garden in the future by increasing our "insectary plantings."
Bumblebees bring up another garden friend: mice. Mice enjoy nesting in underground burrows, hay stacks, and dormant compost piles. Abandoned nests are preferred nesting sites for bumblebees, whose queen makes a new nest each Spring. While we may not like what mice do to our seedlings sometimes, but we appreciate the fact that they make nice homes for bumblebees!
Thus, we make tomatoes with the full cooperation and support of the garden community. While we don't allow the weeds to fulfill their ecological function (they are well-meaning but often overbearing and occasionally prickly), we do their job for them by adding rich compost to the soil, preventing erosion with mulches, and mixing plants with diverse flower types, rooting depths, and ecological functions. We keep pests away to achieve our goals, but we understand both that we must share our place in the garden and that using blunt synthetic poisons would destabilize the predator-parasite-prey systems we rely on to mitigate pests.


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Students combine science and systems engineering to develop a mission to search for life in our solar system. The mission must meet budgetary, mass and power constraints while still producing significant science. An extensive set of "equipment... (View More) playing cards" determines all critical mission factors such as mass limit, cost, weight, scientific instruments, mobility, and all systems- including power, computer, communication, instrumentation, mechanical, as well as entry, descent and landing. The equipment cards, a design mat and student worksheets are included. The lesson is part of the Mars Education Program series; it models scientific inquiry using the 5E instructional model and includes teacher notes and vocabulary. Next Generation Science Standards are listed. Next Generation Science Standards are listed. (View Less)
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text: Soybeans Decline on Concern About Weakening China Demand March 21, 2014 03:31 AM Tweet TAGS: Marketing, Overseas December 18, 2014 By Bloomberg Email Soybeans fell the most in more than a week in Chicago on concern about falling demand from China, the biggest buyer of the oilseed. Chinese soybean demand will weaken in the second and third quarters as crush margins slump in the next three months, with imported shipments accumulating and outstripping consumption, Chen Xuecong, vice president of Sinograin Oils Corp., said at the sidelines of an industry conference in Beijing. Soybean futures for delivery in May dropped 1.2 percent to $14.165 a bushel on the Chicago Board of Trade by 6:27 a.m. The contract declined the most since March 12, trimming a weekly gain to 2 percent. "In soybeans, operators are showing their concern about the cancellation of Chinese purchases from South America, maybe the beginnings of a downward revision of the country's import requirements following a drop in demand," Paris-based farm adviser Agritel wrote in a market comment today. China's soybean imports fell to 4.81 million metric tons in February from 5.91 million tons in January, the lowest in four months, customs data show. The country may import 67 million tons in the year through Sept. 30, 2 million tons less than predicted by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Chen said. Palm oil for June delivery fell 1.6 percent in Malaysia to the lowest close in a month amid an outlook for rising production in Indonesia. May-delivery soybean oil, which competes with palm oil, fell 1.1 percent to 40.84 cents a pound in Chicago. Wheat for May delivery dropped 0.7 percent to $6.99 a bushel in Chicago, still headed 1.7 percent higher this week. The contract touched $7.235 yesterday, the highest level since May. November-delivery milling wheat traded on NYSE Liffe in Paris fell 0.6 percent to 203.25 euros ($280) a ton. Egyptian Tender Egypt, the world's biggest wheat buyer, bought 60,000 tons from Russia and 60,000 tons from Romania in its latest tender on March 18, as well as 55,000 tons of U.S. wheat. "The Black Sea offer is still leading the way in terms of competition," Jaime Nolan-Miralles, a risk analyst at INTL FCStone Inc. in Dublin, said by phone today. Corn for delivery in May slipped 0.3 percent to $4.7725 a bushel in Chicago, set for a weekly decline of 1.8 percent. Back to news


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PORT WASHINGTON, N.Y. (MarketWatch) — Raising the minimum wage, like other interference in the market by the government, can cause more harm than good.
A good example of this is when the government sets a price floor. That is, it mandates that all transactions of a particular type cannot be priced below a certain level.
The best-known example of this is the minimum wage. By definition, this is a wage that is higher than would ordinarily be set by the market for labor, based on the supply of workers and the demand for them.
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The literature says that when the minimum wage is raised, the supply of workers increases as more people find it worthwhile to enter the labor force.
Meanwhile, the higher minimum wage tends to decrease the demand for these workers. Either the higher rate of pay is more than employers think these workers are worth, and/or some simply cannot afford to pay this rate.
Obviously this causes unemployment to increase — especially among teens that are most likely to be paid this wage. As proof, their unemployment rate is consistently above the average for all workers, in good times and in bad.
To sum it up: The minimum wage may go up, but it benefits only a few — usually those who get paid more than this wage. Those on the bottom of the rung tend to suffer because there are fewer jobs available for them at this new rate.
Farm products are another example of what happens when the government does not let the market clear on its own.
The price floor in this case is a subsidy to farmers so they can grow as much as they can of a particular crop.
This creates a surplus, since supplies are much greater than demand at this above-market price. To support farm prices, the government buys up the surplus food and stores it at taxpayer expense — an unintended consequence to be sure.
Then there are price ceilings. The best example of this is rent control, a vestige of World War II, which, believe it or not, still exists in some locales.
Under rent control, the demand for apartments priced below the market is greater than the supply. This creates shortages, since landlords will supply fewer apartments at this price while renters will seek more.
The price of apartments may be held down, but few can take advantage of it. Meanwhile, those units in buildings that are rent controlled tend to be in worse shape than those in market-priced buildings.
So whenever the government tries to legislate a particular market outcome, it is hurting that market more than it is helping.
The best thing the government can do is to let the invisible hand of the marketplace determine the equilibrium price.This is the point where supply equals demand and where both sides can maximize their economic well being as well as that of the economy.


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Rochester Institute of Technology is again being recognized as one of the nation's best institutions for undergraduate education, according to The Princeton Review. The education-services company features RIT in the just-published 2013 edition of its annual book The Best 377 Colleges.
In its profile on RIT, The Princeton Review quotes extensively from students at the university who were surveyed for the book. The publication credits RIT for "uniting creativity, innovation and applied knowledge where the technical left and artistic right brains collide." According to the summary of RIT student comments: "There is an 'emphasis on hands-on learning' and most majors require student to complete a cooperative work experience designed to 'give you the opportunity to make connections in an industry within your field.'"
"We commend RIT for its outstanding academics, which is the primary criteria for our selection of schools for the book," says Robert Franek, Princeton Review's senior vice president, publisher and author of the publication. "Our choices are based on institutional data we collect about schools, our visits to schools over the years, feedback we gather from students attending the schools and the opinions of our staff and our 30-member National College Counselor Advisory Board."
RIT President Bill Destler noted that the latest recognition from the education services company follows two other notable rankings earlier this year. In April, The Princeton Review, in collaboration with the U.S. Green Building Council, recognized RIT among the nation's most environmentally responsible green colleges. In March, The Princeton Review teamed with PC Gamer to produce the "Best Schools for Gaming 2012." RIT's game design and development program was ranked second at the graduate level and sixth at the undergraduate level in international rankings.
"This is more validation of RIT's rapid ascendancy into the ranks of the nation's and world's finest universities," Destler says.
The Princeton Review is a company known for its test preparation, education and college admission services. The Princeton Review has posted the school profiles and ranking lists in "The Best 377 Colleges" at PrincetonReview.com.


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I think a polls only forum would be pretty cool. Polls could still be posted else where but this could be a place for people to get a quick multi choice response from many different users.
As many polls would be consentrated in one forum members would be able to provide their opinions to a wide range of questions quickly. This means polls would probably provide much greater feedback than when they are just placed in other posts.
Speaking for myself i'd be alot more lightly to add my opinion to polls if they were all posted in one forum and i could go there quickly before i logged out.
What does everyone else think ?


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So you're looking for a great vacation escape to Mexico. Somewhere that looks like Mexico, not some noisy, crowded generic strip of hotel highrises. Somewhere that feels like Mexico, not some playground party scene for grinning gringos in sequined sombreros. Yes, folks, you can find plenty of Cheez Whiz atop your huevos rancheros south of the border these days, but here's an antidote: Mexico Boutique Hotels (MBH), an organization of 45 small, mostly independent properties scattered throughout Mexico.
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Seven years ago, John Youden, a Canadian expat who publishes magazines in Puerto Vallarta, was travelling around Mexico with his French-born wife looking to stay in the kind of hotels he enjoyed in Europe: small, high-quality lodgings with character and charm. "I wasn't looking for a Small Luxury Hotel of the World, but I wanted personalized service -- mom 'n' pop owners who cared about their hotel."
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After having trouble finding such places, Youden returned home and decided to start an organization dedicated to identifying properties and promoting them. "Usually, these kinds of places don't have the money or savvy for big advertising campaigns," he explains. "They survive word-of-mouth."
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Youden, who was born and raised in Prince Rupert, B.C., hired a small staff to, first off, find small, independent hotels offering one-of-a-kind allure and authenticity. He then decided that for Mexico Boutique Hotels to have credibility with the travel industry he needed to establish a qualification system. All of his hotels must meet a certain set of criteria and are inspected regularly. "You can't buy your way in," says Youden.
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Starting with a dozen hotels in 2000, MBH steadily grew and now has more than tripled in size. The only organization of its kind in Mexico, it added 13 new members this year and has hotels in practically every state in Mexico. Youden hired another Canadian, Sylvie Laitre of Gatineau, to be the company's director.
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Mexico Boutique Hotels have several things in common, starting with a small-is-beautiful philosophy. Most have fewer than 50 rooms, which helps assure intimacy and a high level of service, says Youden. Many flaunt idyllic surroundings -- dreamy Pacific Ocean coves, the turquoise-coloured Caribbean, Mexico's colonial heartland. And most are deluxe -- a handful belong to the Small Luxury Hotels of the World group -- but few have the refinement and polish found at a St. Regis or Fairmont, says Youden.
"We're best exemplified by the small hotelier who makes his presence felt by his special care or feeling," he says. "It might be in the food or the decor or the service. I got a nice note from a traveller about one of our Oaxaca hotels. She had mentioned to the owner that she wanted to buy some special candles to bring back to the U.S. The next day, she found those candles sitting in her room."
Mexico Boutique Hotels vary widely in style, mood and concept. They include former haciendas, urban oases, pristine beach hideaways and one -- Quinta Real in Zacatecas -- is located in a former bullring. (See above for examples.)
The largest member of of the group is the 70-room Villa del Sol, a venerable beachfront property in Zihuatanejo often ranked among Mexico's most lovely hotels. The group's smallest hotel is Casa Cid de Leon, a meticulously decorated, four-room house in Oaxaca's historic centre. Generally, they are single-owner hotels, but a few are drawn from two premium chains: Quinta Real and Starwood.
"What they have in common is they reflect the passion of their owners," says Youden. "These hotels have some kind of distinctive stamp or personality. They reflect the flavour of a region."
When he started Mexico Boutique Hotels, Youden envisioned the association serving simply as a kind of Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval for small hotels. Now, its role has expanded to include a website with a reservations system that allows consumers to book hotels directly without paying a fee.
The website also offers a toll-free phone number for free consultations, which is especially helpful for information about lesser-known destinations. Mexico Boutique Hotels' staff also helps put together "circuit tours" for guests -- self-guided itineraries combining hotel stays in different cities. One popular idea is to split a visit between an Old World city -- Oaxaca, Morelia, Merida -- and a nearby beach town.
While Mexico Boutique Hotels are generally expensive, a small number offer rooms for less than $150 per night. Most of them are "pocket-friendly" during Mexico's off-season -- May through early December -- and offer discounted rates.
"We appeal to travellers who want to experience Mexico rather than just come down to get a tan and drink margaritas," says Youden. "Mexico is such a rich, vibrant country but travellers stuck in big hotels sometimes never see it."
For more information, check www.mexicoboutiquehotels.com; 1-800-728-9098.
Nick Gallo is a Seattle writer who has twice won the prestigious Pluma de Plata prize for top travel writing about Mexico.


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We were in Japan (Kagoshima, Kobe, Tokyo, Hakodate, Aomori) recently and fell in love with many things, esp. the food. Basically we ate local everywhere, searching out popular spots outside of tourist areas. In Hakodate we saw bento lunches for sale at the train station and it was so appealing that I started looking in Bento upon our return home. Voila, JustBento and JustHungry popped up and off we go on a new experience.
My approach to this is like many other things that I try, first learn the basics, practice and then assemble. So far Salmon Teriyaki, Furikake-Sardine (#10), Tamago-yaki and Miso Soup are going well, all from the basic ingredients. Today we went to Pacific Mall and picked up a stainless Bento box for $3.99 at Galtak Houseware in the Market Village next door. They also have Lock&Lock containers. The food ingredients came from Sanko and T&T.
Next is a bit of practise making maki-sushi, then my first Bento lunch.
Our favourite stores here are T&T (Cherry Street),Market Village/Goldfield Food Mart, Tap Phong (Spadina Ave) and Sanko on Queen St. We are rather blessed living in Toronto, it doesn't matter what cuisine you choose to try, there is lots of ingredients available.
I am already proficient with Indonesian cooking, and we are now really looking forward to Japanese . My wife is very proficient with western style cooking and also baking. Together we just love to create meals that satisfy our curiosity about food.
Thank you for creating this wonderful site, it means I don't need to learn Japanese just yet :-)
I hope you'll be sharing your learning, practicing, and assembling with us!
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The other night we had some friends over, they kept our condo-sitter occupied while we were on our 65+ day cruise. This is the cruise where we fell further in love with Asian cuisine, and me in particular with Japanese. We spent a week on the north island of NZ, this was just the beginning of our culinary delights! Our travel blog is idle for a while so I might start one for food, as well as post here of course.
The menu was Miso soup with tofu (from homemade dashi), salmon teriyaki, broccoli and orzo. Tonight I made maki-sushi from the leftover orzo, worked surprisingly well. I have however been told/asked to make it with rice on Sunday:-) I also used up the remaining salmon, pan fried with a bit of pepper, finished off with sesame oil and soya sauce for flavour and colour. The salmon flavour really came through.
My return to part time job is delayed while my finger heals, beware of sharp Japenese and Chinese knives, don't let your mind wander while chopping. (Shanghai is a great place to buy cooking knives, Aomori had a great shop as well) But in meantime I will make some bento's for lunch and post some photos soon.
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Structured reflection connects and reinforces in-class work, text book readings, and civic engagement experiences. It provides an opportunity to think critically about civic experiences, examine and challenge personal values, beliefs, and opinions. It provides a platform for students to ask questions, share ideas and experiences, challenge current solutions to community issues, and develop plans to address community needs.
It is important to incorporate structured reflection so that students develop a deeper understanding of course subject matter outside of the traditional classroom environment. Reflection promotes; interpersonal communication, problem solving skills, self-awareness, a sense of civic responsibility, and a sense of belonging.
Providing a safe, respectful, and nurturing environment for you and your classmates to express the wide range of emotions experienced is necessary.
The sample questions below are basic and broad in nature. They are meant to give you an idea of how reflection may be structured in your classroom.
1) Group Discussions
Discussions can occur in several small groups or as one large group. Topics can vary but should be structured.
Examples for the beginning of the semester (may be used in journaling assignments as well):
Examples for during the semester (may be used in journaling assignments as well):
Toward the end of the semester (may be used in journaling assignments as well):
2) Journaling
A journal is a record of meaningful events, thoughts, feelings, interpretations and ideas. In this class your journal will be focused on service experiences and the learning you gain from the experience.
You may be asked to keep a journal to document experiences at the community site. These entries should include more than just what you did that day. Journals should include information on how you were affected by your experience. Journals may be collected and reviewed several times throughout the semester.
Why a service-learning journal?
Examples of journaling assignment questions:
3) Papers
A final paper or several small papers throughout the semester may be an alternative to journaling or may be a way to organize what has been written in a journal.
Example: Describe the community site where you served, including the site's mission and goals. What were your duties and responsibilities at the site? How has this experience changed your value and belief system? How has your service affected your own sense of civic responsibility?
In what ways has your service-learning experience made the course material relevant? Be specific and provide concrete examples.
Explain why your service was important to you and the service-learning site.
4) Portfolios
Your professor may utilize this medium as a way to present a collection of information obtained throughout the semester. It may include portions of your journal, pictures, community site information, brochures, etc. Portfolios may be used in a formal presentation or to hand in for grading.
5) Presentations
Presentations may or may not be a part of the course. This medium can be used for you to showcase to your class, community site and/or college community your service-learning experience. This can be accomplished in a large group, in several small groups, or individually.


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I found this cat at one of the buildings at a Buddhist temple in Southern Thailand the other day. It didn't appear to be in good shape, I could be wrong.
There was no mother cat around, I stayed around the area for 30 minutes. It had urinated and was rolling in it. It was covered in urine and feces smell.
It was old enough to be walking around, it must have been sick to be laying there on it's side and crying out like that.
There were monks around. Some foreigners that were staying at the temple to meditate. Nobody gave it a second look.
Buddhism, as you may have seen in my Dying Monkey Video doesn't cause people to act to fix animals that are dying. I've seen it countless times in Thailand.
The animals are left to die, in pain sometimes. I told you about a dog that was backed over by a car as I ate at an open-air restaurant. Nobody did a thing for it. His back was broken and he dragged his twisted back legs behind him as his front legs tried desperately to pull him forward. He whined the entire time.
Nobody did a thing. Did I? Nope. I have this idea about watching the culture I'm in and seeing what is the norm. I'm a visitor here, not an animal savior.
BUddhists have this idea of fate. If it's going to happen, then don't worry about. Let the gods sort it out.
So, this kitten may die, or not. Some monkeys may take it up into the trees and drop it out for fun, or whatever reason. I've seen that at another temple a couple of times.
The Buddhist monk, Buddhadasa bhikku, who started the temple featured in the video, had a favorite saying... Thathata... suchness... as it is... just as it is... and there is nothing wrong or that needs fixing, it is just the reality of life here on this planet...


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