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Happy Holidays and may the best be yet to come!!!!
Here's to 2011!!!!!!!
Ten Great Tips For 2011
1. Stay out of trouble.
2. Aim for greater heights.
3. Stay focused on your job.
4. Exercise to maintain good health.
5. Practice team work.
6. Rely on your trusted partner to watch your back. Take your time trusting others.
7. Save for rainy days.
8. Rest and relax
9. Always take time to smile.
10.. Realize that nothing is impossible.
Grant me the senility to forget the people
I never liked anyway,
The good fortune to run into the ones I do, and
The eyesight to tell the difference.
Now, . .you are supposed to share this with a bunch of your friends.
And remember this:
"You don't stop laughing because you grow old,
You grow old because you stop laughing!!!"
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Officials from the Prince George's Hospital Center say the hospital's water system was the source of the bacterium pseudomonas found in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) and other patient care areas.
Three babies in the NICU tested positive for the bacteria, which can cause a potentially deadly infection. Hospital officials said on Aug. 10, the infants were "clinically asymptomatic for any active infection with the bacterium."
Nine infants were moved out of Prince George's Hospital Center to Children's National Medical System in Washington, D.C.
Following the initial reports, the Prince George's Hospital Center tested the water and found pseudomonas in a patient care area outside the NICU.
Bacterium pseudomonas were found in six sinks in the hospital, inculding four sinks in the NICU, officials said during a news conference Friday. Those sinks have since been removed and treated.
The hospital is now using a bacteria water filtration system throughout the hospital.
While the hospital's water supply was found to be the source of the bacterium pseudomonas, officials say the water is safe to drink.
The hospital has also added new disinfection and treatment procedures for the water as well as a long-term water monitoring plan. Current high-risk pregnancies were also transfered to other hospitals for delivery.
Pseudomonas bacteria often can be transmitted through water, hospital officials said.
Pseudomonas infections can cause ear infections, skin rashes and mild illnesses in healthy people, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
But the infections can cause severe illness or death in people with weakened immune systems, the CDC said. About 400 deaths per year are attributed to drug-resistant pseudomonas infections, the CDC said in a 2013 report.

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Practicing Praise in the Workplace
There has been a recent meme going around on social media, particularly Facebook, of posting things you are grateful for and nominating friends to do the same. At the same time, my company has a practice of sending a weekly newsletter with "shout outs" written by colleagues to other colleagues, praising them for their good work. The newsletter always is sent around the same time of the week and it's one of the few emails I look forward to reading.
I have recently been reading Simon Sinek's latest book, Leaders Eat Last: Why Some Teams Pull Together and Others Don't (referral link), which talks in-depth about the biological reasons behind what encourages safe, productive, trusting, and happy workplaces. Sinek's premise is that many of our bio-chemical responses, like serotonin, dopamine, oxytocin, and endorphines, when released in proper balance, can help people be productive and happy at work and that as leaders, our job is to build a culture and environment in which that is possible.
I believe one way to build that culture is through establishing a practice of praise. Research suggests that expressing gratitude helps not only oneself but also encourages others. In one study conducted by the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, fund-raisers made 50% more calls than a control group when they were thanked by their boss for their work.
Working remotely and managing a mostly remote team means that some of the social benefits of being in the same physical vicinity as my colleagues are lost. It's not as easy to clap a colleague on the back or thank them in passing in the hallway. Our friendly weekly email gives everyone the chance to express some gratitude for their coworkers and can trigger real bio-chemical response that can help build healthier and stronger colleagues and teams.
I'd be remiss if I didn't thank my colleague, Tim Cosgrove, for the link to Harvard's article on gratitude and also my wife, Abigail McMurray, for the copy of Sinek's book.
How are you practicing praise in your workplace today?


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Risk for Impaired Gas Exchange - Nursing Diagnosis for Rheumatic Heart Disease
Rheumatic heart disease is a condition in which permanent damage to heart valves is caused by rheumatic fever. The heart valve is damaged by a disease process that generally begins with a strep throat caused by bacteria called Streptococcus, and may eventually cause rheumatic fever.
Symptoms may include:
- Joint inflammation - including swelling, tenderness, and redness over multiple joints. The joints affected are usually the larger joints in the knees or ankles. The inflammation "moves" from one joint to another over several days.
- Small nodules or hard, round bumps under the skin.
- A change in your child's neuromuscular movements (this is usually noted by a change in your child's handwriting and may also include jerky movements).
- Rash (a pink rash with odd edges that is usually seen on the trunk of the body or arms and legs).
- Fever.
- Weight loss.
- Fatigue.
- Stomach pains.
Nursing Diagnosis and Interventions for Rheumatic Heart Disease
Risk for Impaired Gas Exchange related to the accumulation of blood in the lungs due to increased atrial filling
Goal: risk for impaired gas does not occur
Expected outcomes:
- Demonstrating adequate ventilation and oxygenation of the tissue, indicated by blood gas analysis / oximetry in the normal range and free of symptoms of respiratory distress.
- Participate in a treatment program within the ability / situation.
Intervention and rationale:
1. Auscultation of breath sounds, note: crackles, mengii.
2. Instruct the patient to cough effectively, breathing deeply.
3. Maintain a semi-Fowler position, chock the hand with a pillow if possible
4. Collaboration in the provision of supplemental oxygen as indicated.
5. Collaboration for the examination of blood gas analysis.
6. Collaboration for the administration of diuretics.
7. Collaboration for the administration of bronchodilator drugs.
1. Stating pulmonary congestion / collecting secretions indicate the need for further intervention.
2. Clearing the airway and facilitate the flow of oxygen.
3. Lowering the oxygen consumption / needs and enhance maximum lung expansion.
4. Increasing alveolar oxygen concentration, which can improve / lower tissue hypoxemia.
5. Can be severe hypoxemia during pulmonary edema.
6. Lowers alveolar congestion, improve gas exchange.
7. Increasing the flow of oxygen to dilate small airways and emit a mild diuretic effect to reduce pulmonary congestion.


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I'm proud to present a unique event on Friday November 27th 3 pm at The Virgin Lounge in Eagle Place, London with Richard Strange, founder of proto-punk band The Doctors of Madness, who inspired The Sex Pistols, The Damned, Spandau Ballet, Richard Branson, The Jam, Joy Division et al.
Richard will talk about leading the pop art / punk rock revolt and the wider notions of disruption in music and business. He will share some hilarious and insightful stories, including his time as a Virgin Records artist, how not to deal with Bryan Ferry and various other delights Strange will also talk about a mammoth undertaking last year, where he put on an entire theatre production at the Royal Festival Hall to celebrate the life of William Burroughs, author of "Naked Lunch" and a primary figure in the Beat Generation who influenced David Bowie, The Beatles, R.E.M, Steely Dan and U2 to name but a few.
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Join us in the Lounge with Richard for an interview supplemented with great video footage, Q and A, meet and greet and possible mini acoustic performance.
Please contact the London Eagle Place Lounge on 0207 439 8802 to register your place.


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Girls Growing Up In Later Medieval England
By Jeremy Goldberg
History Today, Volume 45, Issue 6 (1996)
Introduction: Children, our grandparents were told, should he seen and not heard. The historian of the later Middle Ages finds that children, and particularly younger children, are rarely either seen or heard. And if this is not so true of boys, it is rather more true of girls. Most medieval sources are concerned with householders. Householders were exclusively adults and predominantly adult males, who enter administrative, judicial or fiscal records because they tended to carry obligations of service or taxation, or because they were held responsible for their own transgressions or those of their dependants, he they wives, servants or children. We lack the diaries, letters or autobiographical materials that do so much to illuminate the childhoods of at least a literate few from the end of the sixteenth century. Those sources that do exist, be they sermons or advice manuals, tend to be prescriptive rather than simply narrative.
It is in the absence of sources that obviously reflect affective relation- ships that a particular historiography of medieval childhood has emerged. We are told that children were born into a hostile or at least uncaring world. Numbers of girl babies were disposed of at birth as a burden to their parents. There was little bond between mother and child as many children passed their infancy suckled by a wet-nurse. As an infant the child was constrained in swaddling bands and left unattended and unchanged for many hours on end. Until the child reached her fifth birthday, she was treated with indifference because high rates of infant and child morality warned parents against investing emotionally in such fragile lives. Parents regularly brutalised their children by beating them. From the age of about seven to nine a girl might be sent into hard service. There she might be ill-treated or sexually abused by masters or other males within the household. By the time she reached her twelfth birthday a girl was of age to be married. This would be a business transaction in which the girl was merely a chattel transferred from the patriarchal authority of her father to that of a husband and a father-in-law. She would pass from a childhood largely devoid of nurturing, of play, or of what we would recognise as education, to the role of wife and mother whilst still a teenager. Happily, two of the most recent monograph studies of medieval childhood reject some elements of this particular story, hut the discussion that follows is predicated against this background.
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Following the new decree 46NQ-CP, the passport's holders from 5 Europeans countries (France, Germany, Spain, Italy and United Kingdom) are exempted of visa for a stay of no more than 15 days.
Decree is valid from July 01 st 2015.
For a stay of more than 15 days, visa must be required according usual procedures.
During the period from February 05 th to February 15 th 2016, the competent authorities of Vietnam does not issue invitation letter due to leave the traditional festival of the lunar New Year. All payment made from February 02 nd for an arrival date before February 15 th will be refunded immediately by our accounting department.
If you want to get your Visa for Vietnam avoiding long and expensive bureaucratic procedures here is a way to get your visa upon arrival in Vietnam.
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In order to do that you must hold a visa approval letter, validated by Vietnamese immigration department. The letter will allow you to leave your country without visa and to get one upon your arrival at the airport in Vietnam. This procedure is known as "Visa on arrival".
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On this anniversary, June 10, a dear friend experienced another death. It was that of a tiny rabbit she had rescued, but despite all her best efforts the little bunny died. I wanted to say I would pray for her sadness to become happiness soon, but then it struck me - are thoughts the same as prayers? You see I could only offer my very best thoughts on this. Do they "count" as prayers?
Churches I have known
My parents believed in exposing me to a multitude of different churches. I don't remember them going to church at all. None of us were baptized. They figured when we'd determined which church we liked we'd be able to do that anyway. They never really reinforced any religion at home, but any time I showed an interest in a new church, I was free to go and "try it out."
I really liked this, as any curious child would. There were a number of churches in my Zululand village where I grew up. At various times I attended the Anglican, Methodist, Presbyterian, Dutch Reformed, Lutheran, and, somewhat more obscure, The Path of Truth. The latter was memorable because they had one segment of the service devoted to meditation, and I discovered that was quite enjoyable. Nothing like closing your eyes to really focus on peacefulness.
I missed out on the Baptist one until much later in life when I came to Canada. They are nice people, and I loved their music. Their praying was quite different though - more like uninhibited exhortation, but very powerful stuff.
Actually, I do remember my mother attending The Path of Truth one with me at least twice, probably because it seemed a bit over the top, after my reports to her. But mostly my memories were concerned with joy at wearing my best clothes and hats. I adored wearing the hats, and remember them in detail. Whatever happened to them, I wonder?
The other highlight at the Methodist Sunday school was gazing in fascination at the beautiful little text cards with illustrations that I was supposed to learn during the week for the next Sunday. I loved those texts, and found it quite easy to repeat them. Going on from there, I liked reading the pages they came from in the Bible. So ultimately, I could make some pretty good quotes from the Book.
At school we always said the daily prayer - psalm 23. So that was a prayer? The voices of children, in unison, saying words without enthusiasm, by rote, still ring in my ears today. 'They probably all know how to pray properly,' I thought. I never confessed to anyone that I really had no idea how to pray, or even worse, that I couldn't imagine what God looked like.
But I entered into the spirit of it all, although I realise now my specialty was bargaining with God. I'd mentally say things like, "If you'll see that there are baked potatoes and sausages in the Aga oven for lunch, I promise I'll walk home without going anywhere else along the way." Or, "If you'll stop my brother from punching me, I'll even walk on the same side of the street with him." So you could say, my prayer methods were strictly home grown.
Sometimes I'd be allowed to go and stay with an adopted aunt and her family. They were all Italian and devout Catholics. They had a couple of Mother Mary statues in the house, and a shrine. They prayed a lot, and still I couldn't fathom what their God looked like, although they assured me He was listening to their prayers. They used to pray out loud, so you could hear them, as well as God could. "Holy Mary, mother of God . . ." They'd start. But that seemed a bit strange, because now they'd transferred over from God to Mary. And God, in their minds at least, was a He.
Oh I know, the whole business of religion is very complex, once you start delving into it. But it seems to me they all have the same basic message, that God is Love. That's pretty straightforward, you'd think. So the other thing I've never really understood, is why people go out and hate each other, kill each other by the thousands, millions even, in the name of love for their God? And then they pray, sometimes multiple times in a day. It just doesn't seem to work for me somehow. In fact you'd think it's diametrically opposed to the whole concept of love.
Ways to Pray
It took me many years to figure out something about prayer for myself, just as my parents knew it would. I never have actually "belonged" to a church, much as I've loved the people who feel they do. It just didn't seem necessary. I love the way church religions help people feel connected, part of a family even. How they look after each other in times of need. But as far as prayer goes, I'm still none the wiser.
Some say during their prayers they have a conversation with God. That seems pretty tough, when you don't know what the person even looks like, male or female. I mean, a conversation is usually a back and forth thing - you expect answers, otherwise you get discouraged and leave it.
I normally think about things like this in my garden, where I usually feel a great sense of peace and happiness. Do I actually pray, even though my way seems different? When I, trowel in hand, want something to happen, and I think about it, wishing for it to happen, and focus, then send my thoughts out into the great Universe, is that a prayer? I love that feeling of satisfaction when I do it, so maybe that is?
I have a hard time believing God, if male or female, would be even remotely interested in every action of mine, every day. So surely there just has to be a big driving force behind all that happens, the incredible design of all nature, us as well; are we so arrogant as to believe we are not part of the whole scheme?
Could prayer then be what sets us apart from the other kingdoms of nature in our lives? A turning to the magnificence around us all, provided we can stay out of the rat race. See, there's the perfect example. "Please, God, let me stay away from the things I really don't like. And please, keep me healthy." Nothing fancy, and I have no thoughts of a reply.
Maybe my silent thoughts of appeal and appreciation for what I have are just feelings of peace and oneness with a universal God. Not male or female, not someone "above". A force of goodwill, that makes me want to make my little world around me a better place. "May the force be with you." As in Star Wars. That's okay with me.
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Long flights can make your body tight and your sour your disposition. Do these simple exercises anywhere, even in coach.
TV Stretches
Begin seated, feet flat on the floor, knees tracking right over your toes.
Tilt your head to the right bringing your right ear towards your right shoulder. Switch sides twice. Hold the last time each side and give yourself a gentle stretch with your hand. Now, turn your head to the Right then to the Left. Repeat twice. Hold the last time, curling your chin into your ampit and possibly using your had on the back of your head to increase the stretch.
Finally, interlace your fingers behind your head. Curl your chin to your chest and gently stretch.
The Hundred Breathing
Seated tall, inhale for a count of 5 then exhale for a count of 5. Do ten sets of this breathing concentrating on keeping the powerhouse pulled in and up and breathing into your lower back and sides.
Cat and Cow
As you inhale, arch your back opening your collar bone and tilting your tailbone towards the back of your head.
Exhale round your spine trying to bring the crown of your head towards your tailbone. Keep the connection to the powerhouse throughout
Knee Stirs
Sitting tall pull your right knee into your chest.
Without moving anything but your arms circle the knee in the hip joint three times in each direction.
Think of using your powerhouse to move your knee not just your hands.
Knee Holds
After the last knee stir hold each knee into your chest with your powerhouse for the count of five.
Side Bend
Sit tall and cross your arms across your chest.
Pull your powerhouse in and up and bend right then left just moving your upper body not your hips.
Stay in the same position and now twist the upper body to the right then the left, avoiding moving your hips.
Roll Down
Inhale sit up tall. As you exhale curl your chin to your chest rounding your spine forwards your knees. Keep your tailbone and sits bones pointing straight down towards the floor and avoid "tucking" the pelvis under.
Then roll up sequentially through your spine until you are sitting up tall once again.
Repeat this three times. On the last rep reach down and grab onto your ankles to get a deeper stretch.
Hamstring Stretch
While standing, open your feet hip width apart. Place your hands on something hip height and bend your knees a lot. Arch your back and try to keep your tailbone sloped upwards as you attempt to extend your legs slowly.
After your stretch stand in a small Pilates stance (heels together feet no wider than a fists width apart) Place one had on a seat back or wall.
Bend your knees keeping your heels on the floor. Lift just your heels glued together. Then extend your legs, finally lower your heels to the floor.
Repeat by starting with straight legs, lifting your heels, bending your knees, lowering your heels, straightening your legs. Keeping the powerhouse engaged and your heels superglued together the whole time.
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Apr 06, 2018
Data Structures was really interesting over all, also assignments are quite challenging. It's important to consult the external references & discussion forums if you want to get the best of it.
Nov 23, 2019
The lectures and the reading material were great. The assignments are challenging and require thought before attempting. The forums were really useful when I got stuck with the assignments
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Apr 14, 2017
Algorithms in lectures were useless to programming assignment
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Apr 15, 2016
The fact that test cases are not available is extremely frustrating and time consuming. I absolutely disagree with the instructors about the reason why test cases are hidden.
Michael Levin
Learning new complex things is time consuming, it is essential, and it is ok. Without this time spent you wouldn't have learned even half of what you've learned while trying to find your mistakes yourself. Also, the testing techniques presented here are indispensable in the real life, and many learners of the Algorithmic Toolbox course have already confirmed this
Hello Mr. Levin,
First please forgive me for communicating with you in this place. I am not sure if there is a direct way to answer you, but I believe you will have access to my response.
I entirely agree with what you said that this needs time and I do not mind spending time learning new things. That is why I am here in the first place. But I think that hiding the test sets misplaces the balance where this time is being spend.
Let me give you an example: week 3 – hash chains - assignment no. 2. I wrote the app, submitted this and it failed on test no. 5. Having generated tons of test cases I was nowhere closer as all looked good, but still failed your engine. As it turned out the problem was not with the algorithm implemented but with the presentation layer. 'Check x' command when x is not found in the hash table should return blank line and my program returned nothing. I could not find this in the specification hence lots of hours trying to figure out the solution.
It was not a bug with the program, it was the problem how the data is presented. I do not mind spending time developing solutions to the assignments. I would love if there were more advanced (even optional) problems to solve but I want to spend this time on the algorithm and solving the task rather than trying to figure out how to display the data.
Please, do not get me wrong, I absolutely adore the course, lectures are brilliant and my opinion should be regarded as a constructive criticism even if you do not agree with me. Thank you again for what you are doing.
por Dhiraj K P•
Mar 02, 2019
Good Course for Knowledge
por Cameron H•
Mar 11, 2019
Excellent course. Great coverage of data structures. Good practice questions and explanatory videos.
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Mar 01, 2019
Great course
por Adel F•
Dec 11, 2018
Lots of fun problems to solve. To get the most of this course, solve every single problem. Good content, not enough sample problem on tree.
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Mar 02, 2019
It was difficult in using of pseudocode in my code
por Alexander R•
Dec 11, 2018
second course is just as good as first..
por Yuchen L•
Dec 12, 2018
It's a real good course! I have acquired so much essential knowledge about data structure and programming.
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Dec 12, 2018
I got too much to learn. All helped me alot.
We love you all.
Thanks all.
por Vamsi K P•
Jan 26, 2019
I enjoyed the course.
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Dulla Bhatti
Dulla Bhatti
Buried at Miani Sahib Qabristan (Graveyard)
|mid-16th century
Pindi Bhattian, Punjab, Mughal Empire
(modern day Pakistan)
Lahore, Punjab, Mughal Empire
(modern day Pakistan)
|Other names
|Abdullah Bhatti
Dulla Bhatti (popularly referred to as the "Son of Punjab" or "Robin Hood of Punjab", sometimes spelled Dulha Bhatti and also known as Abdullah Bhatti) (died 1599) came from the Punjab region of medieval India and led a revolt against Mughal rule during the reign of the emperor Akbar.
The deeds of Bhatti are recounted in folklore and took the form of social banditry. According to Ishwar Dayal Gaur, although he was "the trendsetter in peasant insurgency in medieval Punjab", he remains "on the periphery of Punjab's historiography".[1]
Early life[edit]
Dulla Bhatti lived at Pindi Bhattian in Punjab,[2] and came from a Muslim Rajput family of hereditary local rural chiefs of the zamindar class. Both his father, Farid, and his grandfather, variously called Bijli or Sandal,[a] were executed for opposing the new and centralised land revenue collection scheme imposed by Akbar. Dulla was born to Ladhi four months after the death of his father.[4]
Coincidentally, Akbar's son, Shaikhu (later known as Jahangir), was born on the same day. Advised by his courtiers that Shaikhu's future bravery and success would be ensured if the child was fed by a Rajput woman, Akbar gave that responsibility to Ladhi despite her connection to a man who had rebelled against the Mughal throne. This decision appears to have its basis in realpolitik: Akbar perceived that Ladhi was resentful, that Bhatti might become the third generation of rebel and that royal favour might offset this.[5]
A part of the royal patronage was that Bhatti attended school. Although at that time unaware of the fate of his ancestors, he refused to accept the strictures that were intended to mould him into a good citizen and objected to being a part of an establishment that was designed to produce elites. He left to engage instead in childish mischief-making.[5]
A chance remark led to Ladhi having to explain the fate of Farid and Bijli to her son. Gaur says that this caused his general anti-authoritarian, rebellious nature to "crystallise" with the Akbar regime as its target, although not as a means of revenge specifically for the deaths of his relatives but in the wider sense of the sacrifices made by rural people generally. Bhatti saw this, says Gaur, as a "peasant class war".[6]
Bhatti's class war took the form of social banditry, taking from the rich and giving to the poor.[7][b] Folklore gives him a legendary status for preventing girls from being abducted and sold as slaves; he arranged marriages for them and provided their dowries.[9]
His efforts may have influenced Akbar's decision to pacify Guru Arjan Dev Ji, and through Dev's influence the people of Bari Doab, by exempting the area from the requirement to provide land revenues.[7]
The end for Bhatti came in 1599 when he was hanged in Lahore. Akbar had hoped to make an example of him at the public execution, expecting that he would quake with fear, but Bhatti was steadfast in his resistance to the end. Shah Hussain, a contemporary Sufi poet who wrote of him, recorded his last words as being "No honourable son of Punjab will ever sell the soil of Punjab".[10][11]
Only fragments of the vars (medieval poetry put to music) concerning Dulla Bhatti have survived to the present day[12] and dhadi performances recounting his exploits have become less common.[13]
The memory of Bhatti as a saviour of Punjabi girls is recalled at the annual Lohri celebrations in the region to this day, although those celebrations also incorporate many other symbolic strands.[14] The song "Sundri-Mundri" is sung during the celebrations and is a tribute to him.[10] Among the significant modern literature inspired by the life is Takht Lahore, a 1973 play written by Najam Hussein Syed.[15] A novel based on the life of Dulla Bhatti has been written by Baldev Singh Sadaknama.
See also[edit]
- ^ Surinder Singh's analysis of regional folklore names Bhatti's grandfather as Sandal and suggests the possibility, given the influence that he had in the region, that the area of Sandal Bar is named after him.[3]
- ^ Social bandit is a concept devised by Eric Hobsbawm, defined as "peasant outlaws whom the lord and state regard as criminals, but who remain within peasant society, and are considered by their people as heroes, as champions."[8]
- ^ Gaur (2008), pp. 27, 37, 38
- ^ Ahsan (1996), p. 120
- ^ Singh (2008), p. 106
- ^ Gaur (2008), pp. 34, 37
- ^ a b Gaur (2008), p. 35
- ^ Gaur (2008), pp. 35-36
- ^ a b Gaur (2008), p. 36
- ^ Hobsbawm (2010), p. 13.
- ^ Purewal (2010), p. 83
- ^ a b Gaur (2008), p. 37
- ^ Ayres (2009), p. 76
- ^ Singh (1997), p. 448
- ^ Nijhawan (2004), p. 267
- ^ Purewal (2010), p. 83
- ^ van Erven (1992), p. 174
- Ahsan, Aitzaz (1996), The Indus Saga and the Making of Pakistan (2nd ed.), Oxford University Press, p. 120, ISBN 9780195776935
- Ayres, Alyssa (2009), Speaking Like a State: Language and Nationalism in Pakistan, Cambridge University Press, ISBN 9780521519311
- Gaur, Ishwar Dayal (2008), Martyr as Bridegroom: A Folk Representation of Bhagat Singh, Anthem Press, ISBN 9788190583503
- van Erven, Eugene (1992), The Playful Revolution: Theatre and Liberation in Asia, Indiana University Press, ISBN 9780253112880
- Hobsbawm, Eric (2010) [1969], Bandits, Hachette UK, ISBN 978-0-297-86531-5, retrieved 4 February 2014
- Nijhawan, Michael (2004), "Transitions in the Public Realm: Dhadi in the Early Twentieth Century", in Muthukumaraswamy, M. D.; Kaushal, Molly (eds.), Folklore, Public Sphere, and Civil Society, National Folklore Support Centre (India), ISBN 9788190148146
- Purewal, Navtej K. (2010), Son Preference: Sex Selection, Gender and Culture in South Asia, Berg, ISBN 9781845204686
- Singh, Harbhajan (1997), "Medieval Pubjabi Literature", in Paniker, K. Ayyappa (ed.), Medieval Indian Literature, 1, Sahitya Akademi, ISBN 9788126003655
- Singh, Surinder (2008), "Mughal Centralization Local Resistance in North-Western India: An Exploration of the Ballad of Dulla Bhatti", in Singh, Surinder; Gaur, Ishwar Dayal (eds.), Popular Literature and Pre-modern Societies in South Asia, Pearson Education India, ISBN 9788131713587


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The jubilee, the fiftieth Tourism Fair in Berlin, more than 180 countries and 10 thousand participants presented the tourist offer in the year-ridden regional conflicts and immigrant crisis. Serbia and Belgrade, however unencumbered issues of stability and security promoted the offer when it comes to Belgrade, short city breaks, events and regional campaigns.
Thanks to cooperation with the World Federation of Chinese cities, Belgrade first appeared as a destination for the Chinese market. At a press conference v.d Director of TOB, Miodrag Popovic presented the visual design and slogan for this year's campaign. A significantly greater number of meetings in relation to last year's fair in Berlin, agreed arrivals and the opening of new markets such as India and Polish, to the agreed performance Belgrade and our offer under the Christmas holidays in Budapest. Popović Director also gave an interview for the German national network Ve-De-Er and agreed to revitalize cooperation with the renowned French publisher of tourist guides.


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We all know that exercise is super important for our health, but did you ever stop to think about the heart benefits as we grow older? It's especially true of seniors. Even mild to moderate exercise in seniors can help them prevent stroke, heart disease and high blood pressure. It can also lower cholesterol levels and even help eliminate type 2 diabetes. Here are some other benefits for seniors who get regular exercise:
We have pretty much been told nowadays that Alzheimer's reduces people down to nothing more than a shell of what they used to be. Family and caretakers often feel they have to just stand by and watch their loved one slip away. The good news is that there ARE things you can do to help your senior loved one have a better quality of life by staying engaged and active! Follow the ideas in this article to help your senior loved one feel valued and secure.
When it comes to arthritis, older adults and seniors are among the hardest hit. As the weather gets colder, pain from arthritis increases and natural ways to combat this disease are sought after. There are many prescription medications that can help ease the symptoms of arthritis, but many of them come with unpleasant side effects that can be tough to endure. However, there ARE natural remedies to help ease arthritis pain! Read on.
Studies show that as older adults age, hearing loss is common, along with some type of decline in cognitive health. In fact, seniors with hearing loss will experience cognitive decline nearly 40% faster that those without. The bottom line is, by taking active steps to prevent hearing loss as early as possible, you may also be protecting your independence as you age.
Christmas has passed and now 2019 is upon us! This means more parties and more celebrating for most of us. However, if you have a senior loved one, late night parties aren't exactly an easy thing to endure. New Year's Eve often includes staying up late and partying hard, but there are many wonderful activities that allow for a grand time with the seniors in your life, that don't include staying up half the night. Read on for our tips!
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Holidays can be a crazy for time for many of us, especially if you are hosting family members. Perhaps you remember everyone gathering at your parents' house when you were growing up, and now the mantle of responsibility falls on you—how do you prepare for hosting elderly relatives? We have some tips!
As we become adults, the tables begin turning as our parents start aging, and in some cases, we even become caretakers for parents who begin having cognitive impairments like dementia or Alzheimer's. It can be tough on everybody when seniors know they have memory loss and can't do anything about it. Even though they may seem checked out, it's SO important to be careful of what we say around them. Here are a few tips to help you remember what NOT to say to your aging parents.
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As you begin to move into your senior years, choosing healthy food is a smart thing to do. When you approach the age of 60, your body begins to change, and your metabolism slows down. The food you eat is responsible to provide the nutrients that you need. Use these tips to select better for a healthier you!
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It's estimated that nearly a million people will have a stroke this year. But here's the good news: up to 80% of all strokes are preventable! The National Stroke Association and other agencies like it, have dedicated themselves to educating the public about how to recognize the symptoms of stroke, as well as how to prevent them. Scores of deaths could be prevented with this information.
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As your aging parent grows older, their immune system becomes more fragile, so sleep is crucial for them to stay healthy. Even though seniors tend to need less sleep in their older years, they should still get at least 6-8 hours of good rest each night. Read on to discover a few of the ways poor sleep can affect your health.
Everyone knows that the kitchen is the heart of the home. Unfortunately, kitchens are also the number one place in the home for accidents, especially for seniors. How safe is your kitchen? Read on to find out what to look for to make sure your kitchen or that of your senior loved one is a safe place to be.
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It is now known that sugar has a serious impact on Alzheimer's Disease, so if you know or care for someone who has Alzheimer's or dementia, now is the time to help them cut sugar out of their diet because their overall health depends on it! Let's look at some tips and info that will help you stay aware of the sugar your household is consuming and what you can do about it. There are many myths revolving around the great sugar debate, so we will now break down some of the more known ones.
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It's that time of year again where flu season is upon us. Did you know that seniors, as well as their caregivers, are more vulnerable to the flu? It's true, but there are things you can do to protect yourself and shorten the lifespan of the illness if it does happen. To help you prevent colds and flu, here are some important tips:
All of us get cold in the winter, but seniors are even more prone to being unable to warm up easily during those cold months. Most of us grew up with our mothers warning us we would get sick if we're cold, but this is especially true with elderly people. They really can get dangerously sick just from being cold. Why is that? Read on…
It's not uncommon for seniors to have increased pain in their joints and muscles during the winter. Doctors will tell you that there are more prescriptions written for aches and pains during colder temperatures than other times of the year. Here's some helpful tips for reducing joint pain and discomfort in seniors:
Thanksgiving is a wonderful holiday for Americans, meant to enjoy loved ones, good food and a relaxed atmosphere. Planning for all this fun and relaxation can sometimes be a bit stressful, especially if you're a caretaker for the senior loved one in your life. But fear not! Our tips will help you get through Thanksgiving with ease, so you can get back to enjoying what the day is all about—giving thanks for the special loved ones in your life.
Witnessing a loved one with dementia or Alzheimer's can be a very painful experience. As they progress in the disease, memory problems become more noticeable. Eventually, that impairment causes the loss of self and they may not even recognize their friends and family. Communication with loved ones who have dementia can be tricky at times, but not impossible. Here are some tips on how to communicate with your loved one with dementia:
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Local Information: Shanagarry, Co. Cork
Located in the village of Shanagarry is the Stephen Pearce Gallery. This purpose built 12,000 foot facility houses the pottery workshop downstairs and a spacious Gallery and Cafe upstairs. Tours of the Pottery take place throughout the year at the Stephen Pearce Gallery but booking is advisable.
The tours include the opportunity to see master potters at work and to learn the secrets of a living Irish craft which has changed very little over the last two hundred and fifty years in one of the few potteries still using pure native Irish clay.
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The recently announced deal between the Walt Disney Company and Google that allows content to be streamed to Android devices, may hasten the death of Movie theaters. The movie industry is already reeling mostly because of the advances made in digital information transfer, the disruptive technology of streaming content via, and box office receipts continue to head south. It is not the content that can be blamed , but there are several other factors noted for the decline. The response has been to raise ticket prices, but movie goers responded negatively. Many have complained that going to the movies is no longer as enjoyable it was once was. Attempts have been made to enhance the experience with new viewing formats such as Image MAXimum, otherwise known as IMAX and 3D technology , but the rate of adoption of streaming services continues to accelerate.
The entire movie industry is being transformed and the studios also appear to be caught in the transformation. Streaming services are also expected to affect the cable television industry, and consumers are constantly seeking way to cut cable costs, either by reducing the choice of options or simply subscribing to different services.
At the moment there appears to be very little that can be done to bring movie goers back into the theaters. The experience along with the prices no longer offer the value to consumers, who now have a host of other options. One area that can be explored, may be to transform the experience into something much more than simply passive viewing. It may require some radical thinking, such as allowing the audience to participate in some form, such as presenting an option of alternative ending,s or contests during the showing on a second screen.
Online services such as those provided by Hulu, Amazon and Netflix are quickly replacing the experience of spending nights out at the movies, and with the addition of the ability to stream to any device, may be the atypical nail in the coffin for the movie industry. The Android mobile platform is currently the most pervasive operating system on the planet. It currently powers more than 80 percent of all devices and as the globe moves to tighter connectivity with the Internet-of-all things and an all mobile world, it can only be expected to be even more ubiquitous. It can be a wise strategy for the studios such as Disney to reach the consumers where they happen to be , and that may be any place, sitting at home in front of television sets, or even out of their homes as long as access to the web is maintained with a mobile device, such as iPhone. tablet or even a wearable such as a watch. The agreement with Google has entered into with Disney now means now it is possible to view Disney titles on Android devices. The option was previously only allowed on Apple iOS platforms, but with this latest venture, it means that movies can now be purchased at Google Play along with iTunes and other digital services, and it basically cover the majority of all mobile devices.
Movie watching has changed over the last two decades, and the movie studios should be worried. With the Disney Movies Anywhere service,and the deal that Google gas signed with Disney, all that is required is the installation of a free app, and for a much cheaper costs, consumers can have their pick of many of the top rated Disney titles.While it may be a bit early to predict death of the movie theater, movie goers, or what remains of them can expect a transformation, and it is even more interesting to see how the transformation turns out.
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Fact check: Harry Reid on deficit reduction
Sen. Harry Reid was doubly wrong when he claimed that Congress already has cut $2.6 trillion from projected future deficits by reducing "non-defense programs" alone.
In fact, legislation he refers to applied to both security and non-security spending. Furthermore, a good chunk of the deficit reduction came from tax increases, not spending cuts.
Reid made the claim — twice — on ABC's This Week on Feb. 3, in support of his argument that further deficit reduction should include more tax increases and cuts in military spending.
Reid: The American people need to understand that it's not as if we've done nothing for the debt. $2.6 trillion, $2.6 trillion already we've made in cuts. And all those cuts have come from non-defense programs.
And he repeated his spurious claim again, later in the program:
Reid:I repeat: $2.6 trillion already, all coming from non-defense. If we're going to have a sequester, defense is going to have to do their share.
Reid's $2.6 trillion figure (which covers a 10-year period) has been puffed up a bit since he said on the Senate floor — only three days earlier — "We have already made nearly $2.5 trillion in historic, bipartisan deficit reduction." Since then, he has added over $100 billion to the 10-year total and started claiming that it's all from non-defense spending, which is not the case.
Democratic claims of $2.5 trillion in deficit reduction refer not just to spending cuts. For example, President Obama said at a news conference on Jan. 14 that he had signed "a total of about $2.5 trillion in deficit reduction over the past two years." But Obama included in that figure only $1.4 trillion in actual "spending cuts."
Obama's figure also included more than $600 billion in tax increases on upper-income individuals, which he signed Jan. 3. And it included about $500 billion in reduced interest payments, resulting from reduced future borrowing. A spokesman for Reid, whom we contacted by email, also conceded that Reid's higher figure includes what he called "tax savings," by which of course he means higher taxes.
According to a White House "fact sheet" issued Jan. 1, the spending cuts the president is describing include $1 trillion from the Budget Control Act of 2011, which resolved a debt-ceiling crisis that year. Reid's spokesman also confirmed that his total included "the spending caps in the BCA." But contrary to Reid's claim on ABC's This Week, that legislation called for caps on all "discretionary" spending, including both "security" (a category mostly made up of military spending) and "non-security" spending.
The caps on discretionary spending began in fiscal year 2012 and were imposed again this fiscal year. The Obama administration estimates that they will reduce "security spending" by "about $420 billion … over the next 10 years compared to CBO baseline levels," including about $330 billion "specifically from the Department of Defense."
It's important to note that the bulk of these "cuts" have yet to materialize. The Budget Control Act imposed "caps" on discretionary spending that Congress is supposed to comply with in future appropriations bills. The White House's projections of $2.5 trillion in deficit reduction include budgets through fiscal year 2022, and, of course, it remains to be seen what specific cuts to federal programs those future Congresses will actually make.
Even if Congress does meet those caps, huge deficits will continue unless further action is taken. By fiscal 2023, the debt owed to the public will reach nearly $20 trillion, according to new figures released Feb. 5 by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office. That's an increase of more than $8 trillion on top of the $11.6 trillion already owed.


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On 30th September 2015, celebrities, VIP's and reality TV fans were out in force to celebrate the 5th annual National Reality TV Awards, which took place at Porchester Hall London.
The National Reality TV Awards is the only awards ceremony worldwide to re-define the sub genres that make up the entire industry of Reality TV. All categories were nominated and voted for by television fans – over 6.5 million voted!
Hosted by Jordan Kensington and Louise Gookey, the awards were presented by guests such as Kerry Katona, Calum Best, Sinitta and Caprice. We were delighted to have the opportunity to sponsor the award 'Best Business Show', presented by our very own surgeon Nick Percival, and thrilled to see Storage Hunters UK win.
A brilliant night celebrating reality TV, we enjoyed performances from Britain's Got Talent's Old Men Grooving, X Factor Star Andrea Faustini, and a 10 minute comedy routine from BGT's Danny Posthill.
The full list of winners for the National Reality TV Awards 2015 included:
Best Docu-Soap 2015 Reggie Yates – Extreme Russia
Best Entertainment Showsponsored by Mokingo.com - Strictly Come Dancing
Celebrity Personality of the Year - Alesha Dixon
Best Business Showsponsored by Cosmetic Surgery Partners - Storage Hunters UK
Most Inspiring TV Showsponsored by Beyond Beauty Cosmetic - The Apprentice
Best Reality TV Judge - Karren Brady
Best TV Presentersponsored by Zing by Mvbii - Rylan Clark
Best Reality TV Competition Showsponsored by Turntable Bar and Restaurant - The Apprentice
Best Reality Non-Competition Showsponsored by St. Moriz - Killer Magic
Reality Personality of the Year - Charlotte Crosby
Best Game Showsponsored by Blu e-cig - The Chase
Best Dating Show - Married At First Sight
Best Talk/Panel Show - The Wright Stuff
Best Performance on reality TV - Andrea Faustini (X Factor)
Best Female Personality - Karren Brady
Best Male Personality - Matthew Wright
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Best Social Experiment Show 2015 - Love Island
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There are two versions of this story, an abridged version for small children and a longer version for older ones. The last time my kids heard the abridged version because we were with younger children, so I chose to tell them the longer version this time. My favorite part of the longer version is where Moses asks to see God's face and God explains that no man can see God's face and live. Instead, God places Moses between two rocks and allows him to see God from behind. The GP storyteller then makes the statement that seeing God face to face is too much for us. But if we see him from behind, we can then follow Him all the days of our lives.
|The heart in the foreground has the two greatest commandments
that Jesus said summed up the 10 Commandments:
Love God, Love people, and a reminder that God loves us.
The Ten Commandments themselves are on the other plates to the left.
During the wondering phase, my son found the most important and best thing to be how Moses always put God first. Both children were pretty aghast that the children of Israel would worship a golden calf, which led to a discussion about what kinds of things people today worship. The only single commandment that either child seemed to mention or identify with was the first one, probably because we have been learning the commandments together. That's one of the great things about "Wondering" in Godly Play: you can focus on the things that speak to you at that particular point in time and then find something new at a later date. In that respect, GP is a lot like Lectio Divina.
We have been learning one commandment a week during our family time before the kids go to bed each night. I have been using a kid-friendly version of the Ten Commandments that you can find here. I let the kids make up hand motions to go with each commandment and this has been effective in helping them to remember.


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Despite living my whole life in the 'City of dreams', a strong connection with the 'God's own country', my native land, still prevails. Although such a connection is quite evident from basic elements like language, the most prominent impact is seen when it comes to food. Any international cuisine from the best chefs in the world can only be ranked second to the 'sadya' (feast) served on the banana leaf. Such is the nature and obviously the taste of Kerala food. While there are numerous dishes emphasising the plethora of the Kerala cuisine, personal preferences still exist. And among such preferences lies the undisputed King of gravies- 'The Jack Fruit Sambar.'
Jackfruit, which forms the essence of this beautiful work of culinary, is an interesting fruit. I call it interesting not solely considering the variety of ways in which it can be consumed- directly as the fruit or as a jam popularly known in Malayalam as 'chakka varattiyathu' or in the form of the jackfruit sambar. While the variety of ways in which it can be consumed definitely contributes to the tag I give it, I call it so, mainly considering the manner in which it must be cut for consumption.
In modern times, the cutting is done through any common knife we find in the kitchen. The traditional approach however is definitely better. A knife vertically mounted over a wooden board comprises the jackfruit cutting equipment. The fruit is systematically passed through the knife to slice it. Considering the size of the fruit, it is initially sliced into two by passing it horizontally through the vertical knife. This step is again followed with the two halves to reduce them to four quarters. Each quarter is now further reduced to smaller parts. The rind is separated through a similar process and the seeds are removed to render the jackfruit ready to be eaten or cooked.
One may feel what is so interesting about these straightforward steps. One won't, if one has ever cut or at least witnessed someone else cut the fruit.
The Jackfruit contains a thick layer of latex on its inner side. The challenge aggravates as this layer is not only thick but extremely sticky. A knife if passed through a jackfruit would definitely cut it but the latex remains stuck to it. It becomes extremely difficult to get the latex off the knife. Not only does cleaning the knife becomes a tedious challenge, it can no longer be used for other items as despite the best of efforts, some part of the secreted latex stays back on the knife. Not to forget mentioning the fact that the latex also prevents the smooth flow of the knife through the fruit thereby leading to further problems. If this sounds a great problem, one would definitely not want one's hands to get sticky, cleaning which would be an equally tedious job. At the same time, the remains would be even more undesirable.
Every problem has a solution and so does this. The best part about nature is she herself provides us with solutions to the challenges she offers. We only need to identify them correctly. A jackfruit problem is resolved with a coconut solution.
In order to avoid the latex from sticking, coconut oil is applied to the hands and knife. While this does not completely prevent the latex from sticking, it greatly reduces the amount as well as the stickiness. Moreover, cleaning also becomes easier.
Our world too is just like the jackfruit; filled with the latex of delusional clinging and desire motivated thoughts and actions which obstruct the smooth flow of the knife of our lives. It all depends on how well we lubricate ourselves with the oil of wisdom that determines the fruit we reap.
And just as you reap your fruit, don't forget to sow the seeds too.


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Monday, June 27, 2011
14 comments:
Lazy Bastards, no PHunny PHotos?
Die PHroonzU Die!
- June 27, 2011 5:41 am
- Steve said...
For those who want to read a Montreal Newspaper hiding behind a paywall. If your using Chrome, just clear your history and you have another 20 page views.
- June 27, 2011 9:47 am
- Steve said...
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- June 27, 2011 10:17 am
- Steve said...
I see the media blitz is on to make Winnipeg seem livable to the former Thrashers. hockey wife who grew up in Winnipeg is collecting a list of highlights and sending it to all the new Peg Wives. I got a copy.
For full post with PHucken Funny Photos(click and blow them up for full effect cause I dont know how to make them look big without losing foucus)
- June 27, 2011 11:43 am
- Steve said...
So what did you think about the draft steve?
- June 27, 2011 3:01 pm
- Steve said...
I feel pretty good, in 2017 not only will we have every 5'9" 160 lb two way forward under contract somewhere, Montreal will be the only team with defense prospects under 25.
It really makes a lot more sense than drafting based upon nationality.
- June 27, 2011 3:03 pm
- HabsFan29 said...
God bless you Steve
It's official btw, goodbye Kirk. we'll miss you
- June 27, 2011 3:10 pm
I like the sound of this Josiah Didier character. Sounds like and Amish pervert (aren't they all) - "The Diddler". Hey, what's every Amish woman's dream? Two Mennonite.
L Dude
- June 27, 2011 3:25 pm
*Sigh* Adios Senor Trabajo! Via con Dios.
OK enough of this drabs of summer hockey news, got PHucken' hammered Friday and Sunday and on Sunday got to try the famous Balvenie double oak you're all on about, good for the price, kinda has a foot in both worlds, smooth like the blends with a touch of peat.
As for whomever was accusing me of being one of them der rich guys 'cause of my purchase of a Highland Park 25, turns out I underpaid by $65 as the SAQ had entered the wrong price in the system!!
NTTAWWT! Wish I had bought 2.
- June 27, 2011 4:58 pm
- Steve said...
If Diddler makes the team, will they take him on those "goodwill trips" to meet the young habs fans. I am just thinking about the legal ramifications if god forbid he made a faux paw. " Your honor what sane organization would take a man named Diddler to the Greater Montreal All Star Catholic Young boys Choir as selected by the priests?"
- June 27, 2011 5:04 pm
Goodbye CHicken, don't have to watch you fall on your ass anymore.
So long Pyatt, won't have to watch Gregory Campbell use you for a punching bag anymore.
Adios Captain Picard, you can't "Make it so" anymore.
Finally, best of luck to the last Hab I actually was a fan of, Kirk Muller. If we only had somebody like that on the present day team.
- June 27, 2011 5:46 pm
Chickens gone!!??
- June 27, 2011 6:54 pm
- Number31 said...
One more for old time's sake:
I missed yelling that. Except, you know, it was so rare he'd actually score that I didn't actually get to do that more often.
Then again, they could still sign any number of these guys after July 1st you know. Just without arbitration and such. Sneaky.
- June 27, 2011 7:48 pm
- Number31 said...
Still laughing at this... Habs drafted a genius. An orange is not a veggie, Dietz.
- June 28, 2011 12:00 am


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How to Unlock 20GB iPodsby Dustin Thornton
The 20GB iPod is part of the classic iPod series. Occasionally, due to hardware malfunctions, the unit can freeze up and stop responding when you attempt to use the device, preventing you from listening to music on the player. You can usually resolve the issue and unlock the iPod by resetting the unit. If that fails to unlock the 20GB iPod, you can restore the unit to original factory settings. Note that restoring the iPod removes any music currently on the system; always attempt to reset the iPod before restoring it.
Reset iPod
Step 1
Switch the "Hold" button, located on the top left corner of the iPod, off and back on twice, ending on the "Off" position.
Step 2
Press the top of the control wheel ("Menu") and center "Select" button simultaneously.
Hold the buttons for approximately six to 10 seconds until the "Apple" logo appears on the screen. The iPod will reboot and reset itself.
Restore iPod
Step 1
Connect the iPod to a computer with iTunes installed and an active internet connection, using the USB cable.
Step 2
Open iTunes by double-clicking on the desktop icon or selecting it from the "Start" menu.
Step 3
Highlight your iPod in the "Source" panel on the left side of the iTunes program window. Click the "Summary" tab in the center of the iTunes program window. Information about your iPod will appear.
Step 4
Click the "Restore" button in the "Summary" tab. Do not interrupt the system while iTunes restores the iPod to factory settings. Restoring occurs in two phases. During phase one a progress bar appears on the computer screen; during phase two an Apple logo and second progress bar appears on the iPod screen. Once the iTunes Setup Assistant window appears on the computer screen, the process is complete.
Step 5
Input a name for your iPod into the "Name" field in the iTunes Setup Assistant window and select your syncing preferences (automatically sync songs, photos and applications or not).
Click "Done" to complete the restore process. If you chose to automatically sync music to your iPod, iTunes will automatically reinstall the songs saved on your computer to your iPod.
Items you will need
- iPod USB cable
- iTunes
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There's been a significant increase in the news content deals this year, and there are signs that more are in the offing: Business Standard has announced a content tie-up with UTVi, the business news channel from UTV. UTVi will air BS Wire, BS Alerts and BS breaking news, and senior BS journalists and subject experts will be involved in shows on UTVi. Business Standard will also have access to extracts of interviews and stories on UTVi, and will print highlights of shows and interviews. Remember that Business Standard recently parted ways with Financial Times, which is reported to be partnering with Network18 for a newspaper. There are reports of a "Mint TV" and a business news channel from BCCL for the Economic Times as well.
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After more than 100 years, we now know that imposed solutions rarely work on First Nations. It is time to try voluntary solutions because they empower people. Surely we know that First Nations people need empowering.
The Idle No More movement was a response to the governments imposed solutions on Aboriginal people.
Historically, First Nations have resisted imposed solutions. Starting with the Indian Act, which sought to undermine traditional tribal governance, First Nations resisted being told what to do. But, successive governments have continued to impose rather than propose solutions for our First Nation people.
Here are a few of those impositions to refresh your memory.
The White Paper of 1969 was opposed universally because it sought to fundamentally reshape the relations between native communities and Canada without their consent.
First Nations opposed the First Nations Governance Act, a legislative change that would have altered band governance because it was perceived to be imposed.
Now this resistance is the First Nations reaction to the Federal Education Act. Bands oppose this legislation because it gives too much power to federal bureaucrats.
Of course, there are some good things in the act.
Certainly, many Aboriginal people and other Canadians agree that ensuring that fundamental justice is needed, such as matrimonial property rights and financial transparency.
The Federal government needs to change its ways. Rather than trying harder and harder to impose things on First Nations, it needs to trying proposing and working with them.
There are, in fact, voluntary initiatives that work. It's just that they are not known by bands, and the federal government needs to promote these initiatives.
The most obvious is the First Nations Land Management Act (FNLMA). Under the FNLMA, First Nations opt out of the land provisions imposed on them by the Indian Act.
Most importantly, the evidence shows that bands perform better under FNLMA than without it. FNLMA is about the only example where Ottawa has made headway with First Nations.
Section 83 of the Indian Act allows bands to voluntarily collect tax to pay for services. This is something that Bands choose to do. Again, evidence from the National Aboriginal Economic Development Board shows that bands that collect tax perform better than those who don't.
There are other voluntary initiatives that are largely unknown by Canadians. There are, for example, voluntary initiatives that focus on outside accreditation. The First Nations Financial Management Board (FNFMB). Bands that participate in FNFMB are able to obtain financing through the First Nations Finance Authority for badly-needed infrastructure at preferential rates.
There is also the ISO certification. Developed by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), this system ensures that bands have standardized and transparent management processes. By using such quality assurance systems, First Nations can demonstrate that they are credible and accountable to their own people and to other Canadians.
An excellent example is the community of Membertou, a Mi'kmaw First Nation located on Cape Breton. This community has successfully used its ISO certification to develop businesses and employment. The band now operates more than 10 businesses in gaming, fishing, entertainment, retail, food and beverage, and insurance.
In the 1990s the band employed about 50 employees. Now it employs about 500 employees. Membertou currently generates almost 90 per cent of its revenue through its businesses. This stands in contrast to most bands that are completely dependent on the federal government.
There are, of course, many other initiatives that bands and the Feds could explore for First Nations housing, electrical power, school bussing, and other services.
The Federal government must see that it is better for it to promote voluntary initiatives rather than continue to impose solutions on First Nations that will ultimately be rejected by chiefs and band councils.
There are many more voluntary initiatives that could successfully work for First Nations.
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text: Researchers at Universität Wien and the Austrian Academy of Sciences in Vienna, Austria, the Austrian Research Center in Seibersdorf and Ludwig Maximilians Universität in Munich, Germany, have demonstrated a new way to put valuables under lock and key. The group recently reported the transfer of €3000 over a 1.45-km link between Vienna City Hall and the headquarters of Bank-Austria Creditanstalt using quantum cryptography.To accomplish this, the scientists generated a randomized encryption key via pairs of entangled photons. In doing so, they produced a code key immune to eavesdropping."In a sense, the key comes into existence at both sides simultaneously," explained Anton Zeilinger, a professor of physics at Universität Wien. "It does not have to be transported from A to B anymore."A code key generated via quantum key distribution has been used to ensure a completely secure wire transfer. The setup relies on the production of entangled photon pairs by spontaneous parametric down-conversion in a nonlinear crystal.In their demonstration, the scientists used a 16-mW, 405-nm diode laser to pump a nonlinear crystal. This produced 8200 polarization entangled pairs of 810-nm photons per second. The investigators generated the ones and zeros of the code key by observing the polarization of the entangled photons. The results, Zeilinger said, were used to encode the account numbers, amount of money and purpose of the transfer. One-time-use random keys have been proved theoretically to be absolutely secure.Environmental stressBecause of the entanglement, the polarization of the two photons in a given pair matched. Quantum physics predicts that changing the state of one entangled photon instantly changes the state of the other -- no matter what the distance is between the two. In practice, environmental interactions destroy entanglement, given enough time.In their demonstration, the researchers separated the pairs of photons by sending one down 1.45 km of fiber optic cable strung through Vienna's sewer system. This real-world environmental stress, they found, didn't damage the entanglement. The roundabout underground route resulted in one photon pair sitting at the bank while the other was at city hall.At both ends, the scientists placed a prototype quantum key encryption device, which consisted of a detector and electronics. One side produced the entangled photon pairs and also had a synchronization controller. When an entangled photon was detected at that location, the synchronization controller fired a 1550-nm laser pulse to the other. The device at the other end then measured the pulse and photon, ensuring that the two devices were reading the polarization of the same entangled pair.From strings of photon pairs, the researchers created encryption keys out of the equivalent series of ones and zeros. The system generated keys at a rate of about 80 bits per second, making it possible to distribute a randomized and secure key many times a minute. Such a key was used to encode the wire transfer.Quantum cryptography systems that depend on attenuated laser pulses to simulate single-photon sources are commercially available, but they can produce two photons per pulse, making them prone to eavesdropping through beamsplitting. That's not the case with the entangled-photon approach. Partly as a result of this advantage, Zeilinger predicts that entanglement-based cryptography systems will be the technology of the future.