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Home Advantage for Mosque Opponents
A conflict over plans to build a new mosque in the German town of Wertheim extended over 20 years. The documentary film Heimvorteil (Home Advantage) portrays the main participants in this dispute and shows how blocking the construction of a mosque turned back the clock on integration. By Klaus Heymach
The Tauber River flows languidly alongside narrow medieval streets; the riverbanks are lined by beautifully restored half-timber houses and lush green meadows; white puffy clouds decorate the bright blue sky. It's an idyllic setting, complete with a hill-top castle, the former seat of the Counts of Wertheim.
Local businessman Willi Schwend stands atop this fortified stronghold and gazes down at the confluence of two rivers, the Tauber and the Main: "That's our homeland and we'll defend it and endeavour to preserve it," he says on camera, as he launches a challenge to the Muslims of the city.
Fervent opposition to changing the status quo
For his final film project at the Baden-Württemberg Film Academy, director Jan Gabriel documented this conflict and accompanied the opposing parties for two years, from early 2005 to 2007.
The film was broadcast on SWR, a regional German TV network, under the title Moschee, nein Danke! (Mosque, No Thanks!). Without taking sides or making comments, Gabriel managed to get the antagonists to voice opinions on camera that they would normally only mutter to themselves or venture to pronounce when among friends at their local pub.
Schwend is a local businessman who earns his money by producing glass coatings. When the Islamic community decided to build a house of worship next to his factory, he went ballistic. "Everything looks picture-perfect here. And that's the way it's going to stay."
Ömer Akbulut also earns a living processing glass. His father came to Baden-Württemberg in 1969 as a guest worker. The town of Wertheim needed him to work in the newly established glass industry.
A lack of communication
When Ömer was ten years old, he used to walk past a crucifix on his way to school. "I've never understood this cross," he says to the camera as the filmmakers accompany him almost four decades later. "What cruelty must be behind this, how can you hang a person like that? A ten-year-old doesn't understand such things."
There are misunderstandings, prejudices and ignorance on both sides – unconsciously or deliberately – which ensure that the residents of Turkish origin and old-established families keep to themselves.
It was only when the Muslims asked the town council for a piece of land to build a new and presentable mosque that many people in Wertheim found out that the town already had a Muslim prayer room in a dilapidated old building, says Akbulut, the longstanding spokesman for the Islamic community. This was when he first realized that he needed to go out and advocate their project. He visited schools and kindergartens in the small town and explained how Muslims pray and what is written in the Koran.
A key question for the system
While Schwend was busy collecting thousands of signatures and stirring up fears, Akbulut continued to pursue the idea of building a magnificent house of worship.
"A mosque is also an essential part of feeling that you are at home," he says. "If I, as a Muslim, cannot build a mosque, then the entire system here is no good." Praying in a courtyard or a production hall is thus out of the question for this family man, who is perfectly integrated, speaks with a southern German accent, and has a gregarious personality. As a member of society, he also wants his religion to have a place in everyday life – complete with a minaret and a gilded dome.
But Schwend was determined to prevent the new construction next to his factory: "Building regulations always offer an opportunity to block a mosque," he says on film. The town council also adopted this approach.
They eventually offered the Muslims a plot with an old pigsty, located next to a discotheque, and added the condition that hedges and trees had to be planted as a screen – so the mosque wouldn't be visible from the main highway. When the Islamic community actually accepted this stipulation, the city withdrew its offer.
Clearly, this is not about parking space problems and architectural issues. Schwend has good connections in the city. He introduces his brother Gerhard to the camera team, an honorary citizen of Wertheim who sat on the town council for 40 years as a member of the conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU).
"They have to rewrite the entire Koran," the former mayor says to the camera. His son Michael is now carrying on with his political legacy. "I could also travel to Africa and say that I have to kill ten nigger kids every day, that's my religion," he adds during the same scene, which was omitted from the film, but can be viewed online (http://heimvorteil-film.de). He says the state must prohibit immigrants from pursuing similar "radical ideas" in Germany.
Diplomatic clichés
Akbulut's idea of a large mosque on the Tauber may also have been too radical for many residents of Wertheim. In the end, he was even dropped by his own people. The Muslim community in the town is now led by men who hardly speak German and are not particularly well integrated.
They are converting an old commercial building into a house of worship that is not recognizable as a mosque from the outside – and are falling back on diplomatic clichés: "We are satisfied with the town of Wertheim and the town of Wertheim is satisfied with us."
And Willi Schwend, who wanted no minarets or domes in his home town, has taken his cause on the road as a "travelling salesman in the fight against Islam," as Gabriel says in his film. The anti-Islam activist is now the chairman of the "Bürgerbewegung Pax Europa" (Pax Europa Citizens' Movement), which warns of the "creeping Islamisation" of Germany and Europe.
A lesson in integration
In the town of Wertheim, the documentary film has opened a number of people's eyes to what they have been roped into, as Gabriel puts it.
In that sense, the film is a documentation of failure: churches, local politicians, the media and civil society, and also the Turkish Islamic Union for the Institution of Religion (DITIB) all failed to support pro-integration segments of the Islamic community, says the director.
"Muslims can also learn from this conflict," says Gabriel, "and if they want to build a mosque, they have to work for it." Otherwise such a project – at least in provincial regions of Germany – may also engender a sense of "irritation" among those who are not hostile to Islam. In Wertheim the Turks are once again praying in the industrial park, where they have the place to themselves.
Klaus Heymach
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Debate on New Mosque Buildings
Too Weak to Bear outside Influence?
The frequent resistance against the construction of mosques in Germany derives from many sources: an instable German identity, cultural and religious insecurity, and fear of Islam, perceived as a threat. An essay by Salomon Korn
Mosques in Germany
"Criticism Is Allowed, But Not Hate Speech"
The Catholic bishops have published guidelines on 'Mosque Building in Germany' as a contribution toward 'making the debate more objective'. It is a rejection of all those who attempt to politically instrumentalize people's fears at Islam's growing presence. Claudia Mende reports
Muslims in Germany
Vanguards of "Euro-Islam"?
Prestigious mosques, well established organisations, university chairs – Islam in Germany has outgrown its status as a minority religion. Could this be the start of what is known as Euro-Islam in the Federal Republic, asks Gregor Taxacher


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As they regularly remind us, teens know everything. Money is no exception.
In a recent Capital One 360 poll, 87% of 12- to 17-year-olds reported knowing at least an average amount about managing finances. Or not. That study also found that 24% of them think a debit card is used to borrow cash.
And a Charles Schwab poll found that fewer than a third of teens understand how credit card interest works and four in 10 can't budget.
Parents' money talks with high schoolers tend to start and end with "How much do you need?"
"The more you teach your kids before they go off on their own, the better prepared they are," says Daniel Hebert of Jump$tart, a coalition promoting financial literacy.
The most critical skills to impart:
Managing on a limited budget
The key word is limited. "Teens need to know that money is finite," says Anton Simunovic, founder of ThreeJars.com, a money-management site for kids.
How to build the skill. Figure out what you're spending for junior's clothing, entertainment, and gifts for friends. "Then give that amount to your kid and let him pay for those things," says Jayne Pearl, author of a series of books on kids and money.
Set teens up with a checking account and debit card, and when they mess up, resist the urge to bail them out.
"It is important to make them responsible for their financial actions while the consequences are not serious," says Jeffrey Arnett, a psychology professor at Clark University and co-author of When Will My Grown-Up Kid Grow Up?
Paying yourself first
"You want to get your child in the habit of putting something aside," says Stephanie Bell, spokesperson for Junior Achievement USA.
A good goal is to stash 10% of every allowance, paycheck, and birthday check. And nothing provides better motivation than an understanding of how money makes money — a.k.a. compound interest.
How to build the skill. Use an online calculator to show your teen how compounding works, says Beth Kobliner, author of Get a Financial Life. (Try the Simple Savings Calculator at Bankrate.com.) You might also sweeten the pot by offering to match her with, say, $25 for every $100 she banks.
Steering clear of credit debt
Just 9% of college kids pay their credit cards off every month, a study in the International Journal of Business and Social Science found. Help your child understand the value of being in that minority.
How to build the skill. The next time you pay with plastic in your child's presence, point out that it's borrowed money and that compounding works against you when you carry a balance. Later, show her your bill, specifically the box illustrating how long it will take to pay off and how much it will cost if you fork over only the minimum.
Make sure she understands, too, that you're "graded" on your use of credit; regularly paying late, for example, could result in a higher rate on a car loan. When she's ready for her own card — around age 21 — "ask for a $500 limit," says Hebert. Well prepared as your child may be, it never hurts to use training wheels the first time out.


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Jan. 20, 2013 - 02:12PM
The Guardian remains hard aground on Tubbataha Reef in the Philippines. In this view from Jan. 19, the ship, which struck the reef bow-on, has been swung broadside to the reef by wind and waves. The reef is clearly visible in the foreground. (Armed Forces of the Philippines)
While the ship's condition remains stable, a U.S. destroyer has arrived on the scene in the Sulu Sea and a salvage team headed by a rear admiral is being established as more ships and assets head to the area.
Weather conditions remain rough, and the ship, once pointed straight into the reef with her bow hard aground, has swung broadside on, where most of the starboard hull is in contact with the coral.
As of the night of Jan. 19 Eastern Standard Time, the ship experienced a "slight increase to a port list," according to the Navy. But as of the evening of Jan. 20 Philippine time, there was no evidence the ship was taking on more water. Concerns persist, however, that the ship will sustain further damage.
No injuries have been reported, and the entire crew of 79 sailors was taken off the ship Jan. 17. No one has been back on board the Guardian, the Navy confirmed.
On Jan. 18, the service revealed that a digital chart used by the ship to navigate in the region misplaced the location of a reef by about eight nautical miles, and may have been a significant factor when the ship drove on to the reef on Jan. 17.
As of Jan. 18, U.S. Navy ships have been directed to "operate with caution" when using similar electronic charts and compare the map data with paper charts, which are considered accurate.
The Guardian drove onto Tubbataha Reef around 2:25 a.m. on Jan. 17 (some sources cite a date of Jan. 16, since that was the date in Washington, D.C., when the incident occurred; there is a 13-hour time difference between Washington and the reef). The reef is about 80 miles east-southeast of Palawan Island in the western portion of the Philippine archipelago.
The ship was at Olongapo City in Subic Bay, and was en route to Indonesia when she struck the reef, according to the Navy. Earlier plans for the ship to refuel at Puerto Princessa in Palawan Island were cancelled before the Guardian left Subic Bay, the Navy said, and media reports that the minesweeper was bound for Puerto Princessa when she struck the reef are incorrect.
The Guardian is homeported at Sasebo, Japan.
The mine countermeasures vessel, with a wooden hull sheathed in fiberglass, has been taking on water and moving on the reef, and 79 crew members were taken off the ship on Jan. 18, 45 transferring to the Navy survey ship Bowditch and 34 sailors to the C-Champion, a commercial vessel chartered by the Navy's Military Sealift Command.
The Guardian has not been abandoned, the Navy said, and the service said removal of the crew was a temporary safety measure. But the ship remains threatened by the weather, according to the Navy official. Rough, unpredictable seas coming from different directions added to the ship's movement on the reef.
Aerial surveys by U.S. Navy P-3C Orion maritime surveillance aircraft indicated no fuel leaks and no additional flooding on the ship on Jan. 20, a Navy official said, although the hull continues to be battered, particularly on the port side.
The Japan-based destroyer Mustin arrived on the scene on Jan. 19 and is assisting, the Navy official said. A salvage assessment team is on board the Bowditch. On Jan. 20, 36 Guardian crewmembers were transferred to the Mustin, and as of the evening of Jan. 20, 35 sailors remain on the C-Champion with 8 on the Bowditch.
The Mustin departed the scene Jan. 20 for Puerto Princessa on Palawan Island to embark Rear Adm. Thomas Carney, commander of Task Force 73 and the U.S. Navy's Singapore Area Commander, who will take charge of the salvage operation. The destroyer is expected to be back on scene with the Guardian by Jan. 21.
A Philippine salvage tug, the Trabajador, also is on the scene and assisting, as is the Philippine Coast Guard. The salvage ship is equipped with environmental container booms but has been unable to deploy them in the rough weather. Conditions are expected to improve Jan. 22, and the booms will be deployed when the weather permits, the Navy said.
Forecasts for the region over the next one to two days are for 15-to-20-knot winds and four-to-six-foot seas.
The Vos Apollo, an anchor-handling ship from Singapore, is expected to arrive at Puerto Princessa Jan. 21 to load lighterage and oil recovery equipment for the salvage operation, the Navy said
Other U.S. Navy teams are gathering at Puerto Princessa to assist the operation, including a Seabee detachment, technicians from the Southwest Regional Maintenance Center, and a Navy marine chemist.
The Pearl Harbor-based salvage ship Salvor also is en route, although she is not expected on the scene until late next week.
Digital ErrorThe Digital Nautical Charts (DNC) used by the Guardian and most Navy ships are produced by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), a largely secret organization headquartered in Springfield,Va.
The DNC charts come in several versions. "General" and "coastal" versions are used in open areas such as the Sulu Sea, and "approach" and "harbor" versions are used for operating in and around harbors. According to an NGA memo sent to the Navy on Jan. 18, the error was in the coastal DNC, apparently in use on board the Guardian at the time of the grounding.
The general DNC and hardcopy charts show the reef's location correctly, NGA said.
Letitia Long, the agency's director, told the Navy that the coastal DNC chart for the Sulu Sea would be corrected by Jan. 30, and advised ships not to use DNC coastal charts in the area until then.
The Navy's head navigator took things a step further, advising in a message sent to the fleet Jan. 18 "to operate with caution when using NGA-supplied Coastal Digital Nautical Charts due to an identified error in the accuracy of charting in the Sulu Sea."
Rear Adm. Jonathan White, Oceanographer and Navigator of the Navy, said in the message that preliminary analysis of the error indicates it "resulted from incorrect geographic rectification of satellite imagery used to build" the coastal DNC charts.
"NGA has found no other anomalies, but is currently conducting a comprehensive review of its source data," White said in the message.
He cautioned Navy ships "to compare coastal DNC charts with general DNC library charts, and not rely on [a] single source for navigation data.
"Commanding officers," White added, "are directed to report any anomalies immediately to NGA."
The agency expects to complete its review of all coastal DNC charts by Jan. 22, White noted.
A Navy official cautioned that while the digital chart error may have contributed to the incident, an accident investigation is continuing.
"This guidance to the fleet does not presuppose the cause of the USS Guardian grounding," the official said Jan. 18. "The investigation will look at a number of potential contributing factors."
The Guardian is commanded by Lt. Cmdr. Mark Rice, who first reported to the ship in October 2011.
The 14-ship minesweeper fleet, which generally toils in obscurity, has become the focus of major refurbishment and modernization efforts with the delay of planned replacements, renewed concerns about anti-mine capabilities, and a surge deployment to the Persian Gulf.
Guardian is one of four ships forward-deployed to Japan and is assigned to Mine Countermeasures Squadron 7. Four other mine countermeasures ships are homeported at Bahrain, where four San Diego-based ships also are operating. Two others remain at San Diego, home base for the mine force.
The ships entered service between 1987 and 1994.
Environmental WorriesThe Guardian grounding triggered worries in the Philippines about potential damage to the coral reef, which is in a Unesco World Heritage zone where entry is restricted. Many local media are portraying the incident as an environmental issue, rather than a maritime accident.
No fuel leaks have been reported from the ship as of Sunday evening local time, but on Saturday, the U.S. Seventh Fleet commander issued a statement of regret regarding the grounding.
"As a protector of the sea and a sailor myself, I greatly regret any damage this incident has caused to the Tubbataha Reef," said Vice Adm. Scott Swift. "We know the significance of the Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park and its importance as a World Heritage Site. Its protection is vital, and we take seriously our obligations to protect and preserve the maritime environment."
In the statement, the Seventh Fleet declared that, "When the Guardian is safely recovered by the U.S. Navy, the U.S. government will continue to work with the Republic of Philippines government to assess the extent of the damage to the reef and the surrounding marine environment caused by the grounding. The Republic of the Philippines government was promptly informed of the incident and is being updated regularly by U.S. officials."


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The Rise of Open Source
May 16, 2012 5:00 AM PT
SugarCon, the SugarCRM user meeting held in San Francisco a couple of weeks ago, did some important things for Sugar. It was a coming out party of sorts for a company with a distinct business model and strategy, namely open source. It was also validation of that strategy and, for many, a new realization of what open source means.
In my discussions with CEO Larry Augustin and CTO and cofounder Clint Oram, I got a new sense of how pervasive open source really is in the software marketplace. Many of us might have gotten a glimpse of open source as an industry force reading Don Tapscott's book Wikinomics, in which he discussed the Linux operating system and the Apache Web server products. Each product is referenced as an open source project in which hundreds of professional developers contribute ideas and code to build and improve product features at no cost.
But our attention might have drifted after Wikinomics, leaving us with an outdated idea that open source is fine for things way down in the stack but not so important for higher-tier products that drive today's technologies. That would be a mistake.
It's All Relative
Oram patiently explained in a recent blog post that open source products are at the core of today's hottest technology ideas, including social, mobile, big data, cloud and analytics. In fact, in market after market, he identifies a proprietary leader and an open source equivalent. For instance, in small device operating systems, Apple has iOS, which Oram calls a walled garden, and Google offers Android, an open source-ish OS that we're all familiar with.
But Oram goes a step further by showing that even though Apple may be proprietary, it is a distinction of degree and not an absolute. He goes to great lengths to show open source certificates even for the products that we think of as walled gardens. So in my analysis, the difference is more a distinction between a pure open source approach and one that leverages it more directly for profits (i.e. a walled garden). I would also add that the latter category has delivered more robust products in many categories to date.
That's not surprising to me. An open source project has the same quality control issues as a private project. And what the open source project gains in low or no cost is often made up for by slower time to market with bulletproof solutions. This may not be an iron law, but a casual examination of the Android vs. iPhone/iPad (iOS) competition shows the open source solution on the bleeding edge with a sometimes buggy and crash-prone but 4G offering vs. a 3G solution that is close to bulletproof. You may differ, and this is only an analogy, which can be disagreed with. Oram offers many other examples in social media and database technology, for instance, and I think the analogy holds.
My point is that, given time and the efforts of some very bright and altruistic people, the open source solution will be highly competitive. When Tapscott wrote Wikinomics, Apache had already captured half of the Web server market and an important commitment from none other than IBM. So there's definitely a future in open source.
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The good news for Sugar and its customers is that they have been down the curve with their open source solution. Today they sit atop a growing empire of open source CRM that can go toe to toe with other CRM solutions. Moreover, their business model has expanded to provide multiple ways for them to earn a profit. Sure, they offer open source CRM, and for many small companies or those with in-house development capacity, it's fine out of the box (or off the wire, as the case may be). But there's also a thriving community of partners offering services and an ecosystem of others delivering enhancements and modules at low cost.
With this approach you could say that the company has made itself both an open source powerhouse and a walled garden. You could also say that Sugar is a good example of how to bring open source directly to the end user.
This looks much like the evolving business model of the music industry, which I watch closely because my sons are trying to enter it. Music, like software, is transitioning from a product model in which you buy digitized product on a disk, to one where the product is just about free, but the service -- customization, a performance, a T-shirt -- become the focus of fees and profits.
This is a model that companies adopt only with great difficulty. The music industry, as you know, is in the midst of wrenching change mainly because its route to profits is disintegrating and almost no one save the musicians and customers has the appetite for the creative destruction needed to reach a new set point. The software industry faces a similar predicament for established players, though they are transitioning more easily. But for new entrants like Sugar, there is little or no transition.
The hot topics in technology today are social, mobile, cloud and big data, and justifiably so. But the hot topic in the technology business is, or ought to be, the delivery model. In this, Sugar appears to be ahead of the pack.


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Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight Rises is (obviously) the trending topic of discussion, and Anne Hathaway's performance as Selina Kyle is widely considered one of the film's highlights. So… will the Cat-burglar be getting her own vehicle?
Hathaway had made it known that she's interested in a spinoff, so long as it maintains tonal continuity with the Nolan-verse iteration of the feline femme fatale. The actress is certainly not alone, as many fans are eager for a Catwoman movie that wipes away memories of Halle Berry's solo outing as the character.
Digital Spy asked Hathaway about the idea, and she responded:
"I think it would be lovely to see more of her but only if it's with the right people. She lives in [Nolan's Gotham City] and so it would have to be established by the people who have made this Gotham City. For me, at least."
The Oscar-nominated actress expounded on her stance towards a Catwoman spinoff, while discussing her approach to tackling the iconic Batman antiheroine role:
"I didn't want to focus on the other peoples' interpretation of [Catwoman] because I didn't see where that would get me; it would only be a rehashing of something already done – and done very well. I thought it was probably best to focus on being a part of Chris Nolan's Gotham City."
Nolan has made it known that he has no plans to serve as a central creative guide in the developing DC comic book movie universe. However, that doesn't exclude the possibility of a Catwoman movie where Nolan serves in a secondary position and helps get the project off the ground (as he did with Man of Steel).
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This Catwoman movie talk from Hathaway and Nolan puts the ball into play in the court of public opinion (if nothing else). Furthermore, it's worth mentioning: Dark Knight Rises avoids an intimate exploration of Selina Kyle's backstory, so there is worthwhile material for a spinoff to explore.
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Cocktails and Cuisine in Sight of the Gowanus Canal at Lavender Lake
In the past five years we've seen Gowanus slowly grow into somewhat of a culinary destination, very few restaurants though, have set up shop west of Third Avenue, opting to keep their distance from the eyesore that is the Gowanus Canal. There is good reason though, to venture toward the water and find Lavender Lake, a bar and restaurant that would be inconspicuous on most city blocks but is distinct among the warehouses and art studios.
The bar's most successful cocktails feature bold and assertive flavors. The Street King's ($11) mix of lager and sriracha, spiked with La Pitaya tequila and lightly sweetened by ginger syrup is reminiscent of a michelada, but much stronger. More subtle cocktails, like the River's Edge ($11) fare just as well, delivering a balance of herbal New Amsterdam gin, floral lavender, and tart grapefruit bitters.
By reputation, Lavender Lake is known as a bar more than a restaurant, but their kitchen is putting out thoughtfully prepared dishes that pair well with a few stiff drinks. Small and tender Anchovy Fillets ($7) marinated in olive oil over avocado and toasted sourdough make for a salty two-bite snack.
Deep fried Brussels Sprouts ($6) are thoroughly crisped and impressively unburdened by oil; an accompanying lemon mayo brightens with a tangy acidic bite. A selection of Pickled Vegetables($5) offer some surprising flavors; most memorable among them is the cauliflower that's strongly scented of cinnamon.
Their tomato Gazpacho ($10) is not quite silky smooth, but it benefits from its slight chunkiness. The rough blend lends to spoonfuls of distinct flavors: cucumber, red pepper, and olive-oil-toasted bread. I only regret that I did not get to try the soup with the advertised avocado ice cream, which was unavailable on a recent visit.
With the arrival of the cool autumn weather, it feels appropriate to indulge in something as hearty and comforting as the incredibly moist Pan-Seared Chicken ($18), which brandishes a crisp, dark skin and lays over a marsala and cremini mushroom glace.
Speaking of seasons, the Summer Gnocchi ($16) is among the few misfires on the menu. The potato dumplings are overwhelmed by the olive oil they are fried in. The addition of sauteed kale and a thick red pepper romesco only call more attention to the oil's presence.
There's certainly no shortage of spacious backyards, exciting cocktails, and seasonal menus in Gowanus and the neighboring Carroll Gardens, but Lavender Lake exists at the intersection of all three. To top it off, it's a bit friendlier on your wallet and rarely requires a wait for a table—at least not yet.
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For the past week or so, I've been dreaming in dimsum: little dishes, big "heart warmers." Of the countless types available, I have many favorites but in keeping with the spirit of M.I.Y.O. Monday, here's the dimsum duo I desire.
The first are the sweet potato pastries that Edsa Shangri-La's Summer Palace does so well. Converging crusts, flaky and light, protect a paste of mashed sweet potato. When cracked (or bitten into) wafts of heat and sweet escape and lift the spirit. I have to wrench myself in mid-reverie to flick away the errant crumbs that dot my dress.
I maintain that no dimsum meal is complete unless it ends with an egg tart. Much to my despair, they are a dying breed in Manila. But really now, who won't weaken in the wake of a crust that crumbles and a custard that caresses the tongue? It will be a sad day in Manila when egg tarts become extinct. For now, I haven't found an egg tart in Manila — THE ONE that lifts me to egg tart heaven but the ones at Ying Ying Tea House in Binondo, Manila come very close.


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Kenny Chesney Strikes Gold With 'Come Over'
As his latest hit, 'Come Over,' inches its way to the top of the country singles charts, Kenny Chesney is already celebrating the song's success in another way. The latest release from his 'Welcome to the Fishbowl' album has now been certified gold with digital download sales exceeding 500,000. With its new certification, 'Come Over' becomes the fastest single of Chesney's career to reach the mark.
'"Come Over' is one of the most emotionally universal songs I've ever recorded," Chesney says of the song that was penned by Shane McAnally, Josh Osborne and Sam Hunt. "When you break up with someone, you don't break up all at once. You break up over time. And that's the thread of the song. Letting go is hard."
This week on the charts, 'Come Over' sits at No. 2, waiting to top the charts as early as next week. When it does hit the top, the tune will mark Chesney's 24th career No. 1 song and his second hit from his current album. The album's lead single, 'Feel Like a Rock Star' (a duet with Tim McGraw), also became a milestone for Chesney when it debuted at No. 13 on the country singles chart — his highest debut yet.
Next weekend, Chesney and McGraw will continue on with their current Brothers of the Sun Tour with stops at the Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Ind. and also at Browns Stadium in Cleveland, Ohio. Click here for a full list of the trek's remaining dates.


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According to a recent IDC research note, the transition toward mobile and cloud-based computing is unstoppable, with tablet volumes expected to pass total PC volume in the fourth quarter of 2014 and on an annual basis in 2016. Even smaller tablets are facing stiff market competition from large-size smartphones (phablets).
While some semiconductor firms are using Moore's law to design increasingly more powerful, 64-bit, multiple-core processors to power mobile devices, others IC design houses are focusing on how to better tap the functionality and potential of mobile devices by connecting them to an increasing array of peripheral devices - such as TVs, keyboards, mice, and storage devices. One such company is Analogix and at Computex 2014, Digitimes stopped by to speak with Matt Ready, sales VP at Analogix, and discuss the importance of connectivity with mobile devices.
Q: Analogix has a brand called SlimPort. Can you give us a primer on the difference between SlimPort and DisplayPort?
A: DisplayPort is an industry standard display interface developed by VESA that is used to connect computing devices to a display. It was developed to replace interfaces such as VGA and DVI, with the key being DisplayPort is royalty-free and the interface can also be used to carry audio and high-speed data (USB).
On the mobile side, VESA developed a lighter version called MyDP (Mobility DisplayPort) that provides connectivity between mobile devices and external displays and HDTVs. SlimPort is the Analogix brand that complies with MyDP. So basically, SlimPort-based devices can connect to any DisplayPort device and there are adapters to connect to any HDMI or VGA device as well. And there are more than 800 million DisplayPort devices in the market, so it's quite a big market.
Q: Where and why is SlimPort being implemented?
A: SlimPort was first implemented in the Google Nexus 4 back in 2012 and has continued to be used in a number of high-end tablets and smartphones from Fujitsu, Asustek, LG, and ZTE, as well as finding its way into Chromebooks from brands like Hewlett-Packard (HP), among others. The key is that the technology enables more features and can reduce costs. For example, users want to have the ability to take mobile audio and video and get it up on a big screen. Previously, the ability to get the video off of a tablet/smartphone was typically done by running it through a micro-HDMI port. Using SlimPort allowed the OEMs to drop the micro-HDMI port and simply run everything through the five-pin micro-USB port that is needed for charging. SlimPort simply takes control of the connector when a SlimPort dongle is plugged in, and while the devices are connected, SlimPort enables the display to also charge the mobile device. In 2013, support for Full HD was added but we really expect the technology to take off this year with SlimPort Pro.
Q: Why's that?
A: While SlimPort was great for connecting mobile devices to a display, the issue was that it was unidirectional. When you plug a SlimPort accessory into the micro-USB connector, it takes over the bus and allows the audio and video to come off of the mobile device, but you no longer have the USB functionality, which is the data functionality. This year, Analogix introduced SlimPort Pro, which is bidirectional. So now you can have audio and video, while also supporting data simultaneously. All are moving across the PHY in the micro-USB connector, and that data connection is moving both ways. This means a mobile device can be plugged into a hub where multiple USB ports can connect to a mouse, keyboard and monitor. And the content that is viewed can be controlled externally through the mouse and keyboard. So basically, a mobile device like a smartphone can become a PC in your pocket.
A number of other improvements are included with SlimPort Pro as well. Bandwidth increased from 5.5Gb/sec to 6.75Gb/sec so you are seeing support for Ultra HD (4K) video. We are also working with partners like Qualcomm for improving the charging performance in the PHY. SlimPort delivered up to 9W of charging but with Qualcomm Quick Charge 2.0 users can receive up to 18W, enabling a much quicker recharge for the mobile device.
Q: So how does SlimPort Pro work? Are the chips the same in all devices? Are they in the market?
A: There is a transmitter chip (SlimPort Pro Tx) in the mobile device and a receiver chip (SlimPort Pro Rx) that will go into accessory devices like hubs, dongles and docking stations. We saw first silicon in the first quarter of this year and you are now seeing demos at Computex 2014. We should be the first out there with mass production with that push coming in the second half of the year. The first products for both tablets and smartphones should be coming to market late this year.
Q: How has the reception been at Computex?
A: If you look at Analogix, we have a number of revenue streams, including licensing DisplayPort IP. We also have a family of converter chips used in ultrabooks, motherboards and on dongles and we have PC related products such as timing controllers. But this year at Computex the main interest in the market has been for SlimPort Pro.
First of all, application processors all have Ultra HD capable engines so customers are looking to moving to the Ultra HD support we have in SlimPort Pro. But with a bidirectional PHY, we are also enabling simultaneous audio, video and data connectivity. This is really capturing the imagination of players in the market, from mobile device vendors, to in-car entertainment suppliers, to IoT (Internet of Things) players.
The reason is that people are seeing SlimPort Pro as having the potential to unlock the power of mobile devices such as smartphones. If you look at the development of the smartphone market through today, the increased functionality of the devices has killed off the digital camera market and it has killed off the GPS device and MP3 device markets. All of that functionality has become standard across all smartphones. Now if you embed a SlimPort Pro Tx into a high-end smartphone, you can exploit the increased performance that is being supplied by the wave of new quad-core and 8-core processors hitting the market. You now have a PC in a pocket.
The ability to simply put your mobile device into a cradle and have all types of functionality, such as enabling keyboard, mouse, and external storage support, as well as audio and display support allows for a number of potential solutions that can seriously challenge the consumer notebook market over time. With SlimPort Pro we believe that mobile devices will get there sooner rather than later.
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Talking Teen Barbie might have said, "Math class is hard," but that's coming from a doll with very little brain. What's more disturbing, says Cordelia Fine, an academic psychologist and author of "Delusions of Gender," are intellectuals who reinforce that same message.
The debate about women's brains and their biological proclivities has gone through a revival — bolstered by 21st century imaging and molecular technology. A bevy of new books has hit the market in recent years advocating "hardwired" differences between women and men.
Fine, 35 and the mother of two boys, acknowledges there are differences — male brains tend to be larger, for example. However, she is wary of neuroscientists who seem to be deciding that nature plays a far more important role than nurture in determining a person's interests and aptitudes.
"Avid readers of popular science books and articles about gender may well have formed the impression that science has shown that the path to a male or a female brain is set in utero, and that these differently structured brains create essentially different minds," says Fine, a senior research associate at Macquarie University and an honorary research fellow at University of Melbourne. "These cultural lores, which in popular hands can become nothing short of monstrous fiction, are standing in the way of greater sex equality — just as measures of skull volume, brain weight and neuron delicacy did in the past."
Fine's own inquisitive nature might be a case in point. She is the daughter of Anne Fine, a former children's laureate in Britain who penned "Madam Doubtfire," and Kit Fine, a professor of philosophy at New York University specializing in metaphysics, logic and philosophy of language. Discussions around the Fine family dinner table were a lively, intellectual affair, with members pointing to book passages to reinforce their point.
So in the future, when scientists see a certain response in the brain on an MRI, expect Cordelia Fine to be that voice urging them to look not just at the DNA but the dinner table, too.
If you want the answer to persisting gender inequalities... take a look right over here, please, at this brain scan. If only it were that simple.3
- Cordelia Fine
SOURCES: 1 Hill, Amelia, "Gender Gap A Scientific Myth," The Guardian, Sept. 10, 2010. 2 Freeman-Greene, Suzy, "A Brain Strained by Sexism" The Age, Sept. 25, 2010. 3 Fine, Cordelia, "Delusions of Gender," W.W. Norton & Company, Inc, 2010. 4 National Center for Education Statistics (NCES, 2000). Trends in Educational Equity for Girls and Women. U.S. Department of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement. Washington, D.C.: National Center for Education Statistics. 5 American Association of University Women (AAUW, 2010). Why so few? Women in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. Washington, D.C.: American Association of University Women. Photo Credit: © Dean Cambray.


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ISP CAN cut off pirates with 'three strike' rule, says Irish beak
Arrgh! Me pipe's been slashed off, ye scurvy law-dogs
Four music record companies have won a court order in Ireland overturning a ban placed on an anti-piracy policy operated by the country's largest internet service provider (ISP).
In December last year Ireland's data protection watchdog had issued an enforcement notice banning Eircom from operating its 'three strikes' system. The Office of the Data Protection Commissioner in Ireland (ODPC) had expressed concern that Eircom's system of using IP addresses to identify alleged copyright infringers invades customers' privacy, according to media reports at the time.
However, the Commercial Court in Ireland has ruled that the order given by the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner in Ireland (ODPC) be overturned on the basis that it had been invalid, according to a report by the Irish Times.
The ODPC failed to give reasons in the notice why it had served in the first place, the judge determined. The judge also said that the apparent reasons relied upon by the ODPC for it serving the notice "involved a misconstruction of the relevant law," according to the Irish Times' report.
Eircom's 'three strikes' system warns customers suspected of illegal file-sharing that they face being cut off from the internet if they persist with the activity. The system, which Eircom agreed with EMI, Sony, Universal and Warner, had been approved by the Irish Government.
The ODPC would only tell Out-Law.com that it was "studying" the court's ruling. In 2010 Ireland's High Court ruled that Eircom was able to monitor for illegal file-sharing after determining that the practice did not breach data protection laws.
The ODPC had questioned whether or not the use of internet protocol (IP) address information and monitoring of users' activities broke privacy laws. The Court said though that Eircom's system was legal.
Software identifies copyright-infringing activity and finds out which IP address unauthorised material is being sent to. If that address relates to an Eircom account the ISP is obliged to write twice to the bill payer to inform them that copyright infringement has taken place and must stop. On a third occasion the internet access will be cut off for a week and permanently disabled following a fourth offence.
The Court said that this activity did not break data protection laws because the record labels and DetectNet did not discover and were not interested in subscribers' identities. The information being processed did not count as 'personal data', it said.
In December last year though the watchdog had said that it had "concluded" a six-month long investigation into Eircom's 'three strikes' system. The ODPC had launched its investigation after discovering that Eircom sent 'first strike' warning letters to 300 customers wrongly accusing them of illegal file-sharing. At the time Eircom put the wrongful identification of users down to a "software failure caused when the clocks went back last October".
Last year the European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled that although the protection of intellectual property is a fundamental right under EU law, it is not "absolutely protected" and has to be balanced against other fundamental rights. It ruled that a Belgian court had not struck a "fair balance" between the rights of a music royalties collecting society and those of an internet service provider (ISP) and its customers when ordering the ISP to filter online traffic in search of copyright infringement. Under the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights individuals generally have a right to privacy and protection of personal data. The Charter also confers rights on free speech, the freedom to conduct business and states that intellectual property (IP) "shall be protected".
In the UK leading ISPs will be required to issue copyright infringement notices to their customers under new plans drawn up by Ofcom.
Copyright © 2012, Out-Law.com
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Barges and ferry services run daily from River Heads (20 minutes south of Hervey Bay) to World Heritage-listed Fraser Island. Services also run from Inskip Point to Hook Point in the south (note: these are run by the Manta Ray not by Fraser Island Barges).
The Fraser Venture runs three return services daily from River Heads to Wanggoolba Creek and the Kingfisher Bay Ferry runs five return services from River Heads to Kingfisher Bay Resort.
From Brisbane travel north on the Bruce Highway to Maryborough then follow the tourist signs to Hervey Bay. Once on Maryborough Hervey Bay Road, you will come to a well signposted round-about and will need to take the right hand exit to River Heads.
Follow this road and signs to River Heads. Follow River Heads Road to the very end and you will end up in the barge ramp car park. The barge ticket office is on the right hand side as you drive in.
Fraser Island is the world's largest sand island and is strictly four-wheel driving territory.
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Season 2 Episode 6 | 50m 30s
Yeardley reveals that the colony faces a new and potentially devastating threat, while Massinger finds himself in a vulnerable position. An eclipse darkens the sky and ghostly happenings finally reveal the Catholic spy and murderer amongst the colonists.
Aired: 12/24/18
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Society as we know it has advanced so quickly due to the progress of the computer & electrical products manufacturing industry; everything from blenders to sophisticated computers. Plastics have played a key role in the advancement of computer and electrical technology.
Advantages of plastics
The advantages of plastics in computer & electrical industries are numerous. Plastics are relatively economical as they are easily mass produced. Plastics also contain conductive properties necessary in computer and electrical production.
Materials Utilized Within Industry
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TECAFORM™ AH ID (Metal Detectable Acetal)
TECAFORM™ AH ID is the first commercially available thermoplastic that can be detected by the standard metal detection equipment typically used in food quality inspection.
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TECAFORM™ is commonly used as bushings, rollers, wear strips and other applications requiring a combination of strength, low moisture absorption, chemical resistance and dimensional stability.
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How do you propose to the ultimate Indy fan? Not with snakes or crystal skulls, that's for sure. You pop the question with the snap of a whip. Or at least a whip ring.
Reddit reader Homerliwag proposed to his own Willie Scott with this ring. Its band is fashioned after a coiled bullwhip and the amber stone mimics the Idol from The Temple of Doom. Homerliwag even went so far as to first present his lady with a ring box full of sand — apparently Indy got to it first — before hopping on the inflatable-raft-cum-escape-sled of love. [Reddit via Technabob]


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I rent a house in the SF Bay Area. The house is not exactly new, but it's in good condition; hopefully the AC installation is the same. Most AC outlets are without grounding; but fortunately, there are two outlets in the backyard that do have ground connectors.
I am thinking to build a kiln to fuse and slump glass. The problem is, these things draw a lot of power. I was told I may need 8 kW, perhaps more. Well, that's 72 A on a 110 V grid.
Is it safe to draw that much power from a regular outlet? If not, what other options do I have? Keep in mind, I rent this house, so I can't do any hacks.
The heating elements will probably be controlled via some nice hefty triacs (with an Arduino behind them, or something), which will open earlier or later during each AC cycle depending on how hot I want to make the kiln. Probably doesn't matter, but anyway, it's not a purely resistive load.


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Both the Sony PlayStation 4 and the Microsoft Xbox 720 will be launched this June at E3 2012.
Today is a big day for news, with the iPad 4 being leaked for an October release – and now the joy of PS4 and Xbox 720 not only being real but coming as soon as this June. Could this mean GTA V is going to be a lead title for the Xbox 720 and PS4? We hope so.
The source comes from a very high level according to MCV. This will be the first time in 17-years that three comparable consoles are out head-to-head at the same time – the Nintendo Wii U being the third.
The only downside to all this is that it will likely be a June reveal for both the PS4 and Xbox 720 at E3, but a later release date – perhaps as late as Christmas 2012.
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Beef and Lamb Stew
I asked for this recipe after a recent trip to South Africa with my church. This stew includes lots of fresh garden vegetables and meat. I've made it for my friends on several occasions, and they thought it was great and enjoyed the interesting combination of flavors. It's traditionally served with brown rice or pumpkin fritters.—Dennis Kuyper, Creston, Iowa
Total TimePrep: 50 min. + marinating Cook: 8-1/2 hours
Makes12 servings (3 quarts)
- 1/2 cup dry red wine or beef broth
- 1/2 cup olive oil
- 4 garlic cloves, minced, divided
- 1-1/2 teaspoons salt, divided
- 1-1/2 teaspoons dried thyme, divided
- 1-1/4 teaspoons dried marjoram, divided
- 3/4 teaspoon dried rosemary, crushed, divided
- 3/4 teaspoon pepper, divided
- 1 pound beef stew meat, cut into 1- inch cubes
- 1 pound lamb stew meat, cut into 1-inch cubes
- 10 small red potatoes, halved
- 1/2 pound medium fresh mushrooms, halved
- 2 medium onions, thinly sliced
- 2 cups fresh cauliflowerets
- 1 can (16 ounces) kidney beans, rinsed and drained
- 1-1/2 cups cut fresh green beans
- 3 medium carrots, cut into 1/2-inch slices
- 1 celery rib, thinly sliced
- 1 cup beef broth
- 2 tablespoons minced fresh parsley
- 2 teaspoons sugar
- 3 tablespoons cornstarch
- 1/4 cup cold water
- 6 cups hot cooked brown rice
- In a large resealable plastic bag, combine the wine, oil, 2 minced garlic cloves, 1/2 teaspoon salt, 1 teaspoon thyme, 3/4 teaspoon marjoram, 1/2 teaspoon rosemary and 1/4 teaspoon pepper; add beef and lamb. Seal bag and turn to coat; refrigerate for 8 hours.
- In a 5- or 6-qt. slow cooker, layer the potatoes, mushrooms, onions, cauliflower, kidney beans, green beans, carrots, and celery.
- Drain meat and discard marinade; add to slow cooker. Combine the broth, parsley, sugar and remaining garlic, salt, thyme, marjoram, rosemary and pepper; pour over the top.
- Cover and cook on low for 8-10 hours or until meat and vegetables are tender. Combine cornstarch and water until smooth; stir into stew. Cover and cook 30 minutes longer or until thickened. Serve with rice.
Nutrition Facts1 cup: 377 calories, 12g fat (3g saturated fat), 48mg cholesterol, 499mg sodium, 44g carbohydrate (5g sugars, 7g fiber), 22g protein. Diabetic Exchanges: 2-1/2 starch, 2 lean meat, 1 vegetable, 1 fat.
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For all those vegetables, one cup of liquid is not even close to being enough. I have a large slow cooker; it was packed so full I had to squash it down to get the lid on; after 9 hours the meat was dry, the veggies were cooked nicely (although they didn't look nearly as appetizing as what shows in the picture!), but there was not nearly enough liquid to add cornstarch to in order to make any kind of gravy; although I suppose I could drain the vegetables, make a gravy with what liquid there is, and then add it back. But the meat is really quite inedible. It could be my crock pot, I suppose, but even looking at it from the beginning, I was skeptical that it would work.


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Diving to Rescue Coral Reefs
by Ruth A. Musgrave
Filmmakers Michele and Howard Hall dive into an eerie world. The usually colorful corals are a ghostly white. Most of the fish, crabs, and other animals have disappeared. The reef is sick and dying.
How different this coral reef near Fiji is from the Great Barrier Reef the Halls filmed in Australia. There, in a healthy reef, schools of fish swam through brightly colored corals that decorated the seafloor like flowers in a springtime garden.
Diving for hundreds of hours with bulky camera equipment, fighting dangerous currents, and avoiding sharks, the Halls capture it all. Their IMAX movie will show the world both the beauty and the destruction in the coral reefs.
An Ancient Web of Life
Coral reefs are often called "the rainforests of the sea" because of their abundance of life forms. A great diversity of animals finds food and shelter in every crack and crevice. Some animals eat the coral itself. Others eat the animals that eat the coral. It's a complex food web made up of colorful fishes, eels, octopuses, sponges, shrimps, and crabs. Even sharks, sea turtles, and sea snakes come to the coral reef to find food.
Today's reefs are 5,000 to 10,000 years old. Found in sunny, shallow water in warm seas all over the world, reefs are made up of the hard shells, or exoskeletons, of millions of corals. As corals live and die, their exoskeletons create a giant, rocky honeycomb. Only a thin top layer is living coral.
It takes a long time to make a coral reef. A reef grows only about as fast as your fingernails—three-quarters of an inch a year. But coral reefs are huge, and in time a healthy reef can be thousands of miles long.
Delicate Partnerships
"Coral reefs are a story of partnerships," Michele says. "In the reef, one species needs another to survive."
One great partnership is between corals and microscopic algae called zooxanthellae (pronounced zo-zan-thell-ee). Together, the algae and the coral build the reef. Zooxanthellae live in the coral's soft tissue, where they are protected and receive the sunlight they need to grow. In turn, the zooxanthellae provide the coral with oxygen and essential nutrients. It is the zooxanthellae that give the corals their rainbow of colors.
The ghostlike corals Michele and Howard found in Fiji had lost their zooxanthellae and turned white. Scientists call this "bleaching." Unless the zooxanthellae are replaced, the corals will die within a short time.
What's Killing the Coral?
But how zooxanthellae are lost is not completely understood. The Halls and other experts believe that higher sea temperatures may be one explanation. "Unlike the air, ocean temperatures change very slowly," Michele says. "A change of only one or two degrees can be enough to harm the coral."
But there may be other causes. "Widespread deforestation is another problem hurting the partnership between corals and zooxanthellae," Michele explains. How can cutting down trees on land hurt corals in the ocean? When too many trees are removed, the soil is exposed to erosion. Wind and rain wash tons of soil into the sea. A muddy silt then settles on the coral, blocking the sunlight the zooxanthellae need. Other forms of pollution from the land are also harmful. Chemicals from our homes, yards, cars, and factories wash into storm drains and sewage systems. Streams and rivers then carry the chemicals to the ocean.
Destroying the Balance
If the reef is a story of partnerships, then people have a partnership with the reefs, too. Millions of people around the world rely on reef fish and other animals for food. And reefs provide protection from storms at sea. Without thousands of miles of reefs surrounding coastal areas, many beaches and even whole islands could be destroyed by the pounding of powerful ocean waves.
"Reefs save lives in another way, too," Michele says. Medicines made from compounds found in reefs treat heart disease, leukemia, asthma, and other illnesses. Sometimes people are good partners, protecting and caring for reefs. Sometimes they're not.
In some places, people have taken too many fish and other animals. Often they fish not just for food but for home aquariums or to make jewelry. Sometimes they even use poisons or explosives to catch the fish. These harsh fishing methods kill coral and other animals nearby.
It's easy to destroy the natural balance of the coral reef, according to Michele. "Let's say a grazing animal like the parrot fish is overfished," she explains. "Without them, the kind of algae that the fish feed on could grow like weeds and take over the reef. The competition for space and sunlight could then starve the coral, making it very hard for the reef to survive."
Rescuing Reefs
Nearly 27 percent of the world's coral reefs have been lost or damaged. But there is hope.
Many reefs around the world—including the Great Barrier Reef in Australia and the reefs off the Florida Keys in the United States—are now protected areas where scientists study how to keep reefs healthy. They determine how many and which kinds of fish can be taken for food without hurting the reef's delicate balance. They also teach reef visitors how to enjoy snorkeling or scuba diving without accidentally harming the habitat that took thousands of years to grow.
The Halls have hope, too, that people will learn to be good partners to the reefs. "We want our film to inspire people to help coral reefs," says Michele. "For me, as a diver, even though I may not go back to the South Pacific, just knowing the reefs are there and thriving brings a sense of contentment to my spirit."
Want to learn more about coral reefs?
Read Coral Reefs: Earth's Undersea Treasures by Laurence Pringle.
- What kinds of things and activities are harmful to coral reefs?
Answer: Deforestation, pollution, higher sea temperatures, overfishing, and removing pieces of coral are harmful to coral reefs.
- Why is it important to protect coral reefs?
Answer: Coral reefs provide homes for fish and other animals that people eat. The reefs protect the coastlines of islands from waves. Reefs provide useful compounds for medicines.
- Imagine that you work for a group that is trying to protect a coral reef. Write an advertisement that tells people why they should take care of coral reefs.
Answer: Answers will vary.


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(转)SQL Server 2005: Get full information about transaction locks
SQL Server 2005: Get full information about transaction locks
Sometimes we wish to know what locks are being held by the transaction. Also it would be great to know what SPID owns the transaction, on which objects the locks are being held, what SQL statement caused the locks, etc...
With the introduction of DMV's in SQL Server 2005 getting this information is quite easy with this query:
SELECT L.request_session_id AS SPID,
DB_NAME(L.resource_database_id) AS DatabaseName,
O.Name AS LockedObjectName,
P.object_id AS LockedObjectId,
L.resource_type AS LockedResource,
L.request_mode AS LockType,
ST.text AS SqlStatementText,
ES.login_name AS LoginName,
ES.host_name AS HostName,
TST.is_user_transaction as IsUserTransaction,
AT.name as TransactionName,
CN.auth_scheme as AuthenticationMethod
FROM sys.dm_tran_locks L
JOIN sys.partitions P ON P.hobt_id = L.resource_associated_entity_id
JOIN sys.objects O ON O.object_id = P.object_id
JOIN sys.dm_exec_sessions ES ON ES.session_id = L.request_session_id
JOIN sys.dm_tran_session_transactions TST ON ES.session_id = TST.session_id
JOIN sys.dm_tran_active_transactions AT ON TST.transaction_id = AT.transaction_id
JOIN sys.dm_exec_connections CN ON CN.session_id = ES.session_id
CROSS APPLY sys.dm_exec_sql_text(CN.most_recent_sql_handle) AS ST
WHERE resource_database_id = db_id()
ORDER BY L.request_session_id
Let's look at it one DMV at a time from top to bottom:
Shows us all locks held on all resources for all transaction. We start from this view since we want to get information about locked resources.
Contains information about partitions in the database. We can join it to the sys.dm_tran_locks on the hobt_id only for resource_type values 'HOBT', 'Page', 'RID' and 'Key'. With this join we get the object_id of our locked table.
Contains data for all schema scoped database objects. We join it to sys.partitions to get the Name of the locked object which is usually a table name.
Shows data about all active sessions on SQL server. We join it to sys.dm_tran_locks to get user login information for each held lock.
Shows data for all transactions for a session. By joining in to sys.dm_exec_sessions we get a link to all active transactions in the session.
Shows data for all active transactions in SQL Server. By joining it to sys.dm_tran_session_transactions we only get information for the session we want.
Shows data for all connections in SQL Server. By joining it to sys.dm_exec_sessions we get connection info for our session.
Returns SQL statement that is associated with the SQL handle input parameter. By cross applying it to the sys.dm_exec_connections we get the last executed statement for the connection, which in our case is the statement that is holding locks.
By applying the filter in the where clause you get the answers to questions like:
- What SQL Statement is causing the lock?
- Which user has executed the SQL statement that's holding the locks?
- What objects/tables are being locked?
- What kinds of locks are being held and on which pages, keys, RID's?
- etc...


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Nashbar Bee's Knees 650B Single Speed Hardtail Preview and Photos
By Gregg February 06, 2013 650B
After recently riding and testing 5 of the hottest 650b/27.5 All Mountain bikes on the market today, I recently received the polar opposite end of the spectrum. The Nashbar Bee's Knees is a single speed hardtail that sells for $500. That's right, a complete bike for 5 Benjamins. To be perfectly honest, there is nothing in common between the $5000, full suspension, all purpose rigs we tested in the 650b Round Up and the this bike save wheel size. Does that mean a bike that costs 1/10th of the others will only deliver 1/10th of the fun? We aim to find out.
The bike hasn't touched dirt yet, but we wanted to post some photos and initial thoughts on the bike. Lovers of fine bikes we are, bike snobs we are not. But we can't help but say that the single biggest strength of this bike (low cost) is directly proportional to its single biggest weakness (weight). On the official Mtbr shop scale, the Bee's Knees weighs in at 26.49 lbs (without pedals). For a single speed hardtail with no suspension fork, that's heavy.
What is also heavy is the stock gearing. The 38 tooth ring and the 16 tooth cog are more oriented towards commuting than ascending mountains. We will be switching these out ASAP. We will also be swapping out the stock 620mm wide handlebars for something a bit longer with more leverage for tackling those stand up and grind single speed climbs.
Of course, at this price the frame is chromoly, thus the weight. The paint and welds are surprisingly clean. The dark green with white (only color option) has a nice clear coat on it. The pure white on the down tube seems ripe for stickers, so go crazy. The rear brake is located inboard (between the seat stay and the chain stay) which is a nice touch. The frame uses horizontal slotted dropouts and also features a standard 1-1/8 headtube and a square taper bottom bracket, so your options are limited on certain upgrades. Tire clearance is not an issue on this bike.
Nashbar Bee's Knees - 650 SS hardtail
Standout components are the Kenda Nevegal 650b tires, the FSA Hammer headset and the Avid BB5 mechanical disc brakes. (Yes, at this price, the BB5s are a standout component.)
As far as durability, ride quality and fun factor – stay tuned for our extended review.
If single speeding is not your game, the Nashbar Bee's Knees is also available in an alloy framed 2×10 configuration with front shock as well.
For more info: http://www.nashbar.com


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