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Bile salts are produced in the liver. They are included in the bile and sent to the gallbladder, where the bile is concentrated and stored. When the stomach empties its contents into the upper intestines (duodenum) for further digestion, the gallbladder releases the bile into the duodenum to aid in the digestion of fats in the food.
If bile salts are not absorbed properly, they are passed into the intestine where they can cause diarrhea. If your gallbladder has been removed, bile constantly trickles into your duodenum and small intestine – while this is not usually a problem, a percentage of people without a gallbladder will have digestive problems – either because of too much bile (causing diarrhea) or too little (causing improper digestion of fats and indigestion – a bile salt supplement is recommended).
The diarrhea may be watery, and frequently occurs after meals. Testing of the diarrhea specimens will reveal excess amounts of bile salts (acids) present. While the disorder is not life-threatening, it can disrupt normal life due to the number of trips to the bathroom.
Causes of Bile Salt Malabsorption
Bile salt malabsorption is connected to two primary diseases: Crohn's disease and Irritable Bowel Syndrome. However, it is difficult to determine if the malabsorption causes the diarrhea in those diseases, or if the diseases themselves trigger the malabsorption.
The lower part of the small intestine, called the ileum, is responsible for absorbing bile salts. In patients who have had part of their ileum removed, bile salt malabsorption is common.
Another possible cause of bile salt malabsorption is pancreatic insufficiency. In other words, improper function of the pancreas. This can be the result of alcoholism, but can have other causes as well.
If you have had your gall bladder removed, you may experience this as well – about 5% of patients report painful diarrhea after surgery, which does not abate. Studies show that the liver sometimes produces extra bile salts to compensate for the lack of a storage area for bile. This excess bile overwhelms the small intestine and spills over into the colon, where it acts as a laxative.
How Intestinal Bacteria Relates
Recent studies show that the malabsorption of bile acids may also be due to improper balance of intestinal bacteria. The body normally maintains about 400 types of good bacteria (called probiotics) in the intestinal tract. These flora can be killed off when antibiotics are taken for infection. The resulting imbalance of intestinal bacteria may contribute to failure to properly absorb bile salts. (Whenever I take antibitotics, I always take a probiotic supplement afterward.)
Treatment for Malabsorption
The most common treatment for bile salt malabsorption is bile salt binders, called sequestrants. The most common binders are cholestyramine and colestipol, which are both available by prescription. Even though these drugs are effective at stopping the diarrhea, they are often hard for patients to tolerate. Side effects can include abdominal pain and bloating. Other possible treatments may include:
- Welchol (Colesevelam) – a newer drug called Welchol – generic name of colesevelam, is said to be 4 times more potent than traditional binders. This drug has shown fewer side effects and greater likelihood of success. It is available by prescription.
- Medi-Clay – a purified bentonite clay product that adsorbs excess bile salts in a similar way that the drugs do. Although not as potent, every body is different and some may get better results with this.
- Apple Pectin – also helpful for binding excessive bile acids
- Probiotics – because some research points to an imbalance of intestinal bacteria, it may be helpful to supplement with probiotics. These supplements are natural, have few, if any side effects, and can be beneficial for dealing with other digestive disorders. They help gas, bloating, and diarrhea in certain cases. Because of their safety, probiotics may be an excellent way to support the digestive process and correct the cause of bile acid malabsorption. (Probiotics are also found in yogurt.)
- Pancreatic Support – because some bile salt absorption is linked to poor function of the pancreas, treatments that support the pancreas may help the problem. Pancreatic enzymes are readily available over the counter and help the digestion of proteins and fats.


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Honor your commitments with integrity.
-Les Brown
Honor your commitments with integrity.
-Les Brown
A man without ethics is a wild beast loosed upon this world.
-Albert Camus
The history of liberty is a history of resistance.
-Woodrow Wilson
Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.
-Thomas Jefferson
The best road to progress is freedom's road.
John F. Kennedy
The goal of education is the advancement of knowledge and the dissemination of truth.
-John F. Kennedy
To educate a man in mind and not in morals is to educate a menace to society.
-Theodore Roosevelt

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Focus on where you want to go, not on what you fear. Anthony Robbins
The first law of success is concentration.
Concentration is your magic key that opens the door to accomplishment.
When your physical and mental resources are focused,
your power to resolve problems multiplies tremendously.
To do two things at once is to do neither.
Nothing can add more power to your life as much as concentrating
all your energies on a limited set of targets.
Bend all of your energies to one point, and go directly to that point,
looking neither to the right nor to the left.
Success is the result of well directed energy.
The sun's rays do not burn until brought to a focus.


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"Intelligent disobedience" allows service animals, such as seeing-eye dogs, to interpret commands in a way that honors their master's intent, while avoiding hazards that their master might not anticipate. For example, imagine a blind person at an intersection who hears an audible beep from the traffic light that tells him it's safe to walk. He orders his dog to take him across the street, but the dog sees a car about to run that red light. Though trained to obey his master's commands, the animal is also trained to disobey those commands in an intelligent way when it's in his master's best interest to do so.
Have you ever found yourself in a position where following orders would be like walking in front of a car running a red light?
Organizations have a mind of their own, with policies, procedures, rules, and chains of command that help them function. Without such guidelines they wouldn't be very organized. But sometimes going by the book is the worst thing we can do. Sometimes we have to intelligently disobey what we're expected to do in order to produce the most desirable outcome for the organization.
The most successful organizations tend to understand that. They realize that as useful as "the book" might be as a management tool, it shouldn't be a straitjacket. Sometimes people have to think for themselves. Sometimes they have to act on instinct, based on information and insights unavailable to the larger organization, even if it means that they have to intelligently disobey what they are "supposed" to do. Of course, there are also organizations that know nothing beyond "the book." Yet they too can benefit from intelligent disobedience.
What can you do when you find yourself in one of those tricky situations where you know that going by the book will produce an outcome the opposite of what your employer intends, or it's just plain unethical? And how can you do it in a way that benefits your organization without destroying your career? How can you learn to challenge strict orders, voice unpopular opinions, take risks, and come up with creative solutions, all while keeping your organization's goals in mind, and your career (and conscience) intact?
Here's one resource that can help you answer those tough questions:
Modeling Courageous Leadership: Intelligent Disobedience with Bob McGannon
Keith Ellis is a best-selling author, elearning specialist, online training mentor, and management training consultant. He is best known as the author of a classic book about setting goals, THE MAGIC LAMP, as well as the thriller, NO SECRETS, an Amazon Kindle #1 best seller. He is Head of Federal Training for lynda.com, home of the world's most effective online training.


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Coleman Colorado™ 2-Person Fishing Kayak Review
The Coleman Colorado 2-person Fishing Kayak is part of the brand's tradition of providing lovers of the outdoors with high-quality yet affordably-priced kayaking-related gear, supplies and equipment. Even to a novice in kayaking, this inflatable kayak appears to be seaworthy from its thick vinyl materials to its storage spaces.
But this isn't just your regular inflatable kayak! If you're an avid fisherman, you should look into its suitability in meeting your needs and wants for a fishing kayak – durable, functional and beautiful. You may not even look at another inflatable kayak when you have taken this baby on several fishing trips.
Shipping Weight:
40.4 pounds
18-gauge PVC
2 people
30.1 x 11.6 x 19.2 inches
Other Features:
1000D tarpaulin bottom
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Superior Material and Construction
The 18-gauge PVC coupled with the 840 Denier nylon cover and 1000 Denier tarpaulin bottom makes Colorado highly resistant to the impact of sharp stones, glass and thorns on its surface.
You can even drag it over the rocky ground on the way to shore with its bottom and sides intact, although there may be tiny abrasions.
The material's above average for punctures, tears, and rips means that it can also withstand years of use. You must, nonetheless, take proper care of the kayak so that it can last for five years or more. You will get good value for your money in this way.
Multiple Air Chambers
In case the kayak has a hole, there's no need to jump overboard in the fear of it sinking underwater. Its multiple air chambers are designed to ensure that even when one air chamber has a few holes in it, the kayak will stay afloat – even with your weight on it.
The intact air chambers will take up the slack until such time you can reach the shore and repair the damage.
Fast and Easy Assembly
Who wants to spend an hour figuring out the complicated design of an inflatable kayak? With the Colorado kayak, you can set up the entire boat in 10 minutes or less, easy-peasy.
Such ease of set-up is borne of the fact that you only need to connect the pump to the Boston valve in each air chamber and pump away. Within 10 or so minutes of pumping, you should have a fully inflated kayak! Your next step: Pull the kayak into the water and start paddling.
Multiple Storage Spaces
The storage spaces leave nothing to be desired. You have the Berkley Quick Set Rod Holders for placing your fishing rods on and voila!
You can enjoy hands-free fishing. Your paddles can be placed on the paddle holders when you're not using them, such as when idling.
The more important storage options are the mesh pockets for storing small gear and the D rings for fastening supplies. You can bring as much as a weekend's worth of supplies.
Versatile Uses
The kayak can be used for a wide range of related activities. You can ride on it to explore your favorite river, or tend to your larger boat, or go fishing in it.
You can attach a trolling motor, too, in case you want to improve your fishing results. You can catch a large fish, too, and place it in your kayak. The 400-plus pound capacity should be enough for it.
Q: What's in the package?
A: The inflatable kayak plus the carry bag and pressure gauge.
Final Verdict
The Coleman Colorado 2-person Fishing Kayak is your best bet when you want a durable and functional inflatable kayak with fishing-friendly features.
You can rely on the durable PVC and tarpaulin materials to hold their own against possible puncture sources, such as fishing hooks, and hold the kayak together, too.
Your time spent on the water will be maximized, too, since it only takes a few minutes to assemble it although putting your gear in it can take time.
You can use the kayak for other non-fishing activities, too, such as touring the area and getting your exercise. No matter your plans for it, you will be delighted that it lives up to the Coleman name!


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Trans Adriatic Pipeline completes Front End Engineering Design
25 marzo 2013
Baar, Switzerland. TAP has reached another significant milestone in the project development by completing the Front End Engineering Design (FEED) stage. This prepares the natural gas pipeline project for the next steps including detailed engineering, start of tendering for steel pipes and construction services.
TAP's engineering team has now finalised the definition of key technical parameters for the planned pipeline such as the optimal routing onshore and offshore, specification of the pipeline material, and design of valves, crossings, and compressor stations. The comprehensive FEED documentation also describes the logistical effort required for the TAP construction including resources, machinery, time and infrastructure necessary to build the over 800 km long pipeline across Greece, Albania and the Adriatic Sea with a landfall in southern Italy.
One of the main objectives of FEED is to ensure the constructability of the pipeline and to provide solid technical solutions to avoid environmentally protected areas, and also to identify and propose measures for avoiding potential risks to the pipeline's safety.
To complete the FEED, TAP mobilized the world-class engineering expertise of two of its shareholders, Norwegian Statoil and German E.ON Ruhrgas, which are the leading specialists in the implementation of onshore and offshore pipeline projects across the globe.
TAP, together with Statoil and E.ON New Build and Technology, involved over 40 subcontractors and 200 engineers to conclude the FEED. During the past few years they have conducted over 150 technical missions, including offshore and onshore surveys. Overall, TAP's technical team analysed in detail over 10,000 km of terrain to identify the most optimal pipeline route to transport Shah Deniz gas to Europe.
Sigurd Hamre, TAP's Project Development Director, said: "We can be proud of the quality of TAP's Front End Engineering Design. The comprehensive and detailed technical documentation clearly demonstrates that we are developing the project according to the highest international requirements, with special attention to safety and minimizing risks."
Kjetil Tungland, TAP's Managing Director, said: "Completion of FEED is a major achievement for TAP and another confirmation of our technical excellence. It has involved a huge amount of engineering work to analyse in detail all the technical aspects of the pipeline route and to identify the most feasible and cost-effective transport solution for Shah Deniz gas to Europe. Once again, TAP has hard facts to prove that our project is on schedule and fully aligned with the Shah Deniz development."
The FEED report constitutes a part of the Decision Support Package, which will be submitted by TAP to the Shah Deniz Consortium on the 31st of March 2013. The Consortium plans to make a decision on the preferred gas transportation route to Europe by June 2013.
Completion of FEED allows TAP to start preparing for the next phase - Detailed Engineering - which will include tendering for steel pipes and construction services. The construction of the Trans Adriatic Pipeline is planned to start in late 2014 and will be completed by 2018, in time for the first gas coming on stream from Shah Deniz II in Azerbaijan.
About TAP
TAP will transport natural gas from the giant Shah Deniz II field in Azerbaijan to the most attractive markets in Europe.
The pipeline will interconnect with the Trans Anatolian Pipeline (TANAP) near the Turkish-Greek border, cross Greece and Albania and the Adriatic Sea coming ashore in Southern Italy. TAP's routing can facilitate enabling gas supply to several South Eastern European countries including Bulgaria, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Croatia and others. TAP's landfall in Italy, the third largest gas market in Europe, provides multiple opportunities for further transport of Caspian natural gas to some of the largest European markets such as Germany, France, the UK, Switzerland and Austria.
Designed to expand the capacity from 10 to 20 bcm per year, TAP will open up the so-called Southern Gas Corridor, which will enhance Europe's energy security by contributing to the diversification of the region's gas supplies.
TAP's shareholders are Axpo of Switzerland (42.5%), Norway's Statoil (42.5%) and E.ON Ruhrgas of Germany (15%).
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Warren G. Phillips Brain-based teaching strategies
What happens when the teacher announces a science fair? Anxiety! Students are not sure where to start. Parents are not sure how to help. And sometimes, the teacher has not provided enough support to reduce this anxiety.
Of course, students need to learn how scientists discover new information, and they need to learn how to accumulate date, organize it, and present it to others. I think that the best way to proceed is to use the scientific method. I teach the scientific method in a painless way, with the scientific method song – check it out on Itunes. Once the steps of the scientific method are examined, it is necessary to organize the science fair project according to the steps.
The first time through, the teacher should explain and give examples for each part. In fact, I gave a rubric for each part and checked it before proceeding. Students get easily overwhelmed and often misled if not checked periodically during the project. Even when creating a display, students need guidance and a rubric is really helpful, as shown.
Many students put great effort into their work, but organization is sometimes lacking. With great effort, great ideas, and great organization, I have been able to see my students succeed and win science fairs at the local, regional, state, and national levels. During my 41 years of teaching, I created a guide to help students, teachers, and home-schoolers to help organize and present their results. Recently, I have developed an app for their Iphones, Ipads, and Android devices that will guide them through the process. Check it out at the app store…or visit my web page at wphillips.com


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OK people! My carpet bag is finished! I will keep at it and then make the sewing pattern to sell eventually!
I love these leather handles from Homestead Heirloom LLC in Wisconsin! Fabric is a chenille upholstery fabric I had laying around. I lined it with a fun cotton fabric!


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How To Make Videos
You don't need a big budget to start marketing with video. Chances are, you already have everything you need to create your first YouTube video. In fact, some of the most effective videos are made on the lowest budgets.
As an example, below is the finished product of a very low budget video I made for my patients and subscribers of my chiropractic newsletters. The video was made with my cell phone and an 8 year old camera man. Watch it, then the video that follows that shows you step by step how I made it. (I was actually making two videos for two different businesses at the same time!)
First, The Short Nutrition Video:
So, as you see, nothing fancy, yet somewhat effective. It is usually way better to have some content and be in the search engines than to have nothing at all... unless your name is say... "Congressman Anthony Weiner".
Now, let's see how the video was actually created:
You will notice that I used a very inexpensive production crew (my kids), a cheap camera (my phone).


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This years Supercar Event will be held as usual at Dunsfold Park and as usual we need all the help we can get. Bachi, Pete, Richard and myself are the organising committee along with the support team from The Childrens Trust. The Trust has run an article in its Winter 2012 newsletter all about the event and CS's involvement which is attached
The support the event receives from Club Scud and its members is vital to the event and we hope this it can be repeated this year as it really is a fantastic event and a very worthwhile cause
Pete will be starting a thread in the Club Lounge (please keep it there) for the Drivers list and I will start a new thread for volunteers. This thread is for general discussion and questions
Please pass the link to the website and ticket sales on to all your friends, colleagues, company intranets and databases so we can make this event bigger and better than ever.
Bachi, Pete,Richard Mal and all at The Childrens Trust


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Sunday morning worship service at Calvary Baptist Church in Ball Ground Georgia, with Dr. Jeff Hill preaching. Sunday July 28th 2013 – Joshua 3: 2-5; 4: 21-24
Joshua 3
King James Version (KJV)
2 And it came to pass after three days, that the officers went through the host;
3 And they commanded the people, saying, When ye see the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God, and the priests the Levites bearing it, then ye shall remove from your place, and go after it.
4 Yet there shall be a space between you and it, about two thousand cubits by measure: come not near unto it, that ye may know the way by which ye must go: for ye have not passed this way heretofore.
5 And Joshua said unto the people, Sanctify yourselves: for to morrow the Lord will do wonders among you.
Joshua 4
21 And he spake unto the children of Israel, saying, When your children shall ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What mean these stones?
22 Then ye shall let your children know, saying, Israel came over this Jordan on dry land.
23 For the Lord your God dried up the waters of Jordan from before you, until ye were passed over, as the Lord your God did to the Red sea, which he dried up from before us, until we were gone over:
24 That all the people of the earth might know the hand of the Lord, that it is mighty: that ye might fear the Lord your God for ever.


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Second city my butt. Though California and all the other leftie states are what come to peoples' minds when talking about green initiatives, the greening of the windy city — aka Chicago — is more than just hot air. (Disclaimer: Readers should note that my affinity for Chi-town may be because I formerly resided there, but I maintain that it's simply because the city is awesome.)
Chicago's greenness was made all the more apparent after Mayor Richard Daley unveiled his multi-pronged plan to curb carbon emissions. And not by just a little bit, either. Daley's 26-member Climate Task Force calls for a 25 percent reduction in carbon dioxide emissions from 1990 levels within 12 years. Chicago leaders plan to accomplish this green feat by focusing on 29 possibilities for mitigating greenhouse gases in the four sectors most responsible for carbon emissions: buildings, transportation, energy and waste pollution. The Plan also identifies nine actions that could help the city adapt to changes brought on by climate change that are already occurring. According to the press release, though other "cities have set similar goals, Chicago's plan is the first to both identify emission sources and anticipated impacts, and propose ideas that specifically respond to that research."
So, is Daley for real, or is he just trying to push Chicago in the green limelight by announcing lofty greenhouse gas reduction goals? Many Debbie Downers skeptical of the plan point to Daley's failed attempts to bring a successful city-wide recycling operation to Chicago. Okay sure, they have a point: The Blue Bag program, which brought curb recycling to the city in cute, blue bags, wasn't perfect, but that's certainly no reason to toss this new idea in the trash. (As a side note, the Blue Bag program will officially be bagged in 2011 for a more sensible Blue Cart program that keeps recyclables separate from waste right from the start).
Despite the Blue Bag embarrassment, Daley is no green thumb when it comes to making Chicago more eco-friendly. A quick Google search reveals that Daley already has a whole host of environmental directives behind his blue-collar belt. For one, Chicago leads the nation in the number of LEED-registered projects. And, since Daley has committed funds to greening the city, Chicago has planted more than half a million trees in the industry-heavy city. It also has more than four million square feet of green roof projects either completed or underway. Oh right, and Chicago is home of the Chicago Climate Exchange, the first voluntary pilot program for carbon trading. Should I go on?
These initiatives make clear that Daley, at least for now, is walking the walk when it comes to making Chicago the most environmentally friendly city in the nation. And that's good news for everybody, no matter what city you hail from. With any luck, green initiatives will soon be sitting alongside deep dish pizza and 1920s gangsters as Chicago's biggest claims to fame.
Story by Jessica Knoblauch. This article originally appeared in Plenty in September 2008. The story was added to MNN.com. Copyright Environ Press 2008


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Turn off funny Internet Explorer messages on Windows Server 2008Have you ever logged into a Windows server and seen that a dev has installed Chrome or Firefox to get rid of "funny Internet Explorer warning messages"? Yes, well me too. But you can turn these warnings off in a few clicks. Right click "My Computer" Choose Manage In the resulting dialogue click Configure IE ESC (on the right side of the window in the "Security information" section You'll get the following dialogue: From here, it is simple to turn off the messages which are actually called "Internet Explorer enhanced secruity configuration" rather than "funny messages".
UK Government IT incompetence: hmcourts-service.gov.ukpunctuation is treated by our system as illegal characters, including £ and & signs. Can you confirm which internet browser you are using as the site is only compatible with Internet Explorer at the moment. If you're using another browser you may have to switch to a machine that has Internet Explorer in order to submit your claim. Now you my readers are more than aware what is wrong with this - on so many levels. My plea then is to the government. Why in this day and age do you have so many
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Maps happily co-existing in UmbracoI'm getting close to being done with the Umbraco 'place' datatype. As soon as Virgin Media restore my Internet service at home I'll be ready to release!Since my first post, place markers are now draggable for extra accuracy and you can place multiple maps within a document type. Maps in different tabs is now supported after an initial issue with maps which were rendered while not displayed.
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The Belgian won 6-4 6-4 to take her third French title in four years, and her fifth Grand Slam crown in total.
Henin-Hardenne broke Kuznetsova in the opening game on her way to taking the first set, and came back from a break down in the second.
She converted her second match point to win in one hour and 36 minutes.
The 24-year-old becomes the eighth woman to win the Roland Garros title at least three times and first to win back-to-back titles since Steffi Graf in 1996.
"I'm delighted to get my third win here, it has been a fantastic tournament and it is a fantastic feeling to win again," said fifth seed Henin-Hardenne.
"It's a really special feeling playing here, it's unique and I love playing here."
In searing heat on the Phillipe Chatrier Court, Henin-Hardenne broke Kuznetsova in the first game and was soon 4-1 ahead.
Eighth seed Kuznetsova got one of the breaks back and, despite seeing the first set slip away, improved enough to go 2-0 ahead in the second set.
But Henin-Hardenne quickly levelled and when she saved a break point on her serve in the sixth game it proved the last moment of doubt for the Belgian.
"I suffered physically today," said Henin-Hardenne. "I was very tired and didn't sleep well. I played better on the big points.
"When I made the break at 3-3 in the second set that was the turning point."
Kuznetsova admitted: "It's disappointing for sure, but it's still a final at Roland Garros.
"I'm disappointed I didn't take my chances, but Justine played a great match."


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Year — 2014
Originally commissioned by dOCUMENTA (13), Transition 2012 is a large public sculpture permanently installed alongside the N34 highway in Drenthe, the Netherlands. The work borrows its title from a cinema term, indicating a technique of film editing by which scenes or shots are combined. In general, transitions are used to express tone or mood, suggest the passage of time, juxtapose two or more scenes, or separate parts of the narrative. Passing through this tunnel sculpture also proposes a theatrical act, where one either leaves from or appears on stage. Transition 2012 evokes a sense of suspense and a possibly a promise, like the moment when we close our eyes to make a wish, hoping, and at times even expecting, things to change, or our imaginings to become real and that, against all odds, reality has been magically altered.
Materials: EPS, Polyurea, wood, metal, concrete, paint
Dimensions: Radius: 460 cm; cylinder height: 240 cm
— January 10, 2020 —
Some catching up to for 2020. last year was spend wining lost of competitions and some are even soon to be delivered. To start with the last thing we won: Parade a wall with approx 600 3D shapes of fossil fish swimming in a school. each fish has a reflecting eye, forming a starry ensemble of playful dots.
— March 6, 2019 —
— November 26, 2018 —
Our founder Gabriel was recently interviewed by Unseen about a day in the studio, check out the article here
— November 5, 2018 —
During the display of 'Void Non-Void' at NDSM in Amsterdam, Gabriel Lester used the hip-hop culture inspired installation as a set for Yung Internet's new video Binnen. Check out this article to find out more!
— October 15, 2018 —
Gabriel Lester work to be featured at Paris International, check it out!
— October 11, 2018 —
Our piece 'Neck of the Woods' was recently exhibited at Lek Art, we hope you enjoyed it!
— October 1, 2018 —
The Conditioning (2018), our latest site-specific installation for the Busan Biennale pursues a more sober but no less immersive critique of architectural space, and politics. Read More.
— September 24, 2018 —
New piece Trek, an artwork about the politics of migration was installed last Saturday for the South London Gallery on Pelican Estate. "When seen from the block above this group of sculptures, coloured to resemble birds of paradise, are designed to appear as if they are being blown in the wind. From the ground they will look like foreign bodies in motion, alien newcomers passing through the Pelican Estate"
Read about the piece HERE Installed 15/09/18
— April 3, 2018 —
One of our latest projects Void-Non-Void is featured on Designboom.
Read the full article HERE.
— March 7, 2018 —
Nucleus, a commissioned indoors pavilion will open soon at the inauguration exhibition of Tai Kwun
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— March 7, 2018 —
Via PolyLester by Pawel Szubert – a first instalment of light in the shopwindow of the Pelican Studio. A series of interventions curated by PolyLester.
Next: Lennart de Neef
PolyLester – established by Gabriel Lester in 2013 – is a studio focusing on art, public sculptures, architectural interventions, landscape, interior design, stage design etc etc.
Featuring commissioned artworks and designs by Gabriel Lester since 2001, as well as an array of collaborations with a.o. Martine Vledder, Arnaud Hendrickx, Jennifer Tee, Richard Niessen, Koen van Velsen architecten, Irma Boom, KRFT, URA, Hangmen, Hella Jongerius, Rem Koolhaas (OMA), Barcode Architects, Monadnock, BeauArchitects, Auguste van Oppen
Based in Amsterdam, available in the rest of the world.
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Arithmetic operators are used to perform mathematical calculations on fields. Some of them can also be used to work with strings. There are four arithmetic operators described
When working with more than one arithmetic operator, there is precedence when evaluating their calculations. They are resolved in this order: multiplication, division, addition, and subtraction. Of course, you can use parentheses to override this order.
The Multiply (*) operator is used to multiply two values. This can be done in both the SELECT and the WHERE clauses. This operator can only be used with numerical values. This symbol is also used as a wildcard for selecting all fields from a table when used w.ith the SEL:ECT clause. I isting 10.18 and Figure 10.18 show.the use of the multiply operator in both the SELECT and the WHERE clauses. In the SELECT clause it is used to calculate a new book price that includes a 20% discount off the current price. In the WHERE clause it is used to ensure that only books that have a final price of over $10, after the discount has been applied, will be included.
Multiplying Values
The Divide (/) operator is used to divide one value into another. This can be done in both the SELECT and the WHERE clauses. This operator can only be used with numerical values. If you want to cut your book prices in half as long as the final price is over $5.00, you could use the following query:
SELECT speaker_books. book title.
(speaker_books_book-price / 2) as half_price
From speaker books
WHERE (speaker_books.book_price / 2) > 5
The Add (+) operator has two main uses. The first is to add numeric values together. This can be done in both the SELECT clause and the WHERE clause. In the SELECT clause, you would most likely use it to add a set numeric value to a column. The following query would add $5.00 to every book price listed in the speaker_books table if the field already has a value:
SELECT speaker_books.book_title.
(speaker_books.book-price + 5) as new_price
FROM speaker_books
WHERE speaker_books.book_price IS NOT NULL
The second use of the Add (+) operator is to concatenate two string values. Again, this can be done in both the SELECT and WHERE clauses. The following example illustrates the use of the Add operator in both clauses. In the SELECT clause, it is used to concatenate the speaker's first and last name so that it is available to Coldfusionas a single field named 'full_name'. In the WHERE clause, it is used to concatenate the same two fields to see if they meet the string criteria to the right of the operand.
SELECT (speakers.speaker_firsCname +
speakers.speaker_last_name) as full_name.
FROM speakers
WHERE (speakers.speaker_first_name +
speakers.speaker_last_name) 2 Guy Kawasaki'
The Subtract (-) operator can be used to subtract one value from another. This can be done in both the SELECT and the WHERE clauses. This operator can only be used with numerical values. In the following example, $1 is subtracted from all book prices in the speaker_books table where the book_pri ce field is not NULL:
Logicai/BOOLEAN/Conjunctive Operators
Logical operators are used to bind together multiple conditions in the WHERE clause. They return only the Boolean values of TRUE and FALSE. There are three logical operators, and they are described
NOT is used in front of a condition to reverse its result. If the condition returns TRUE, then NOT changes it to FALSE. If a condition returns FALSE, then NOT changes it to TRUE. NOT can be used in front of any condition to change the results. The following example returns all records in the speaker.jiooks table where the book_price is less than 5:
FROM Speaker_books
WHERE NOT speaker_books.book_price > 5
Of course, you can get the same results by just switching the greater than sign to a less than sign. NOT can also be used right alongside several of the following operators:
If there is more than one condition in your WHERE clause and both conditions must be fulfilled, then you would use the AND operator to join them together. A record is returned only if that record said all of the conditions separated by the AND operator. The following query would return 'allbooks with greater than,$5 and less than $10:
FROM speaker_books
WHERE speaker_books.book_price > 5
AND speaker_books.book_price < 10
You might think you could use the BETWEEN operator instead. However, the BETWEEN operator would include book prices that are $5 and $10. To use the BETWEEN operator and get the same results, you would need to use this WHERE clause: WHERE speaker_books. book_pri ce' BETWEEN 6 AND 9.
If there is more than one condition in your WHERE clause and any of the conditions can be fulfilled to return a TRUE result, then you would use the OR operator to join the conditions together-A record is returned only if that record satisfies any of the conditions separated bythe OR operator. The results for the following query and all records will be returned if !he speaker' title includes any of the three words author, director, orfounder:
SELECT speaker_title.speaker_id
FROM speaker_title
WHERE . speaker_title.speaker_title LIKE '%author%'
OR speaker_title.speaker_title LIKE '%director%'
OR speaker_title. speaker_title LIKE '%founder%'


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Children splash through the water, squealing as they run from the sandy beach to a grassy bank, where families have laid out lunchtime picnics on the hottest day of summer.
Impossible to believe that just behind the bushes and beyond a tall black fence unfolds a scene of hellish misery.
Adjacent to Lac-Mégantic's pretty municipal beach, its downtown lies in ruins – a burned-out shell of a charming lakeside town that would be buzzing with summer visitors if an unmanned train hadn't derailed and exploded right in the heart of it on July 6. As of Friday, the bodies of 47 victims had been recovered, out of the approximately 50 people who are believed to have perished.
The town is overrun with emergency workers and media crews whose daily dispatches paint a grim picture. Despite the heartbreaking loss, Lac-Mégantic residents are trying to move forward. But they worry that the tourists they rely on so much during this peak summer season have been frightened away.
At Auberge Majella, on the outskirts of town, the gardens surrounding the charming five-room inn owned by Janique Fredette and her husband, Pierre Champagne, are abloom. A hot tub under a grapevinecovered pergola awaits the languorous. A perfectly manicured lawn rolls toward the sandy beach at Baie des Sables.
Last week, the rooms in this four-star inn were filled up with emergency workers. But what will happen once they check out? "July and August are our big months. In a good year we will be 100 per cent full. But this season there are bare spots in the calendar, and we are trying to keep our heads above water," lamented Fredette, whose husband's family bought the property 80 years ago.
"We are hardy, hard-working and resourceful people here. But for small businesses like ours, if summer business isn't good, things will be very tough come winter."
Fredette, who lost three cousins in the explosion, said she has been heartened by phone calls from former visitors from as far away as Australia checking to see whether they are okay. Some have made reservations for this summer "as a show of solidarity." A couple from Princeville, two hours away, hopped in the car and drove over just to give them a hug.
There are a number of large industrial employers in the region. But Fredette said many locals rely on small, tourism-related businesses like hers for their livelihood.
"If there's nobody at the campground or the provincial park, the students who work there will be sent home. If the restaurant doesn't have enough diners, a waitress gets laid off," she said. "We really need tourists to keep coming. Now more than ever."
In the wake of the catastrophe, anxious tourists fled the area and many have cancelled bookings. Lac-Mégantic Mayor Colette Roy-Laroche has publicly pleaded for them to return so as to spare the local economy a further blow.
Over on Laval St., a few blocks from the disaster's epicentre, the owner of Pizzeria Mégantic is watching yet another television clip featuring graphic aerial footage of the wreckage down the street and feeling mounting bitterness toward news crews.
"Yes, we lost the nerve centre of our town. People were killed and we are mourning the dead. But the whole place has not been razed as these sensational reports would have you believe," says Dadoune Afid as he sits in his empty restaurant, waving at the television screen overhead.
"If you come here you will see people out and about.
People riding their bikes and swimming at the beach, enjoying the scenery. You will find a place of exceptional beauty."
A donation to the Red Cross isn't the only way to help Lac-Mégantic, Afid suggested. Hop in the car and head over. Stay in an auberge or at a campground in a nearby village. Stop by for a meal at one of the 10 restaurants in town that are not inside the disaster zone. Have a slice of his Mégantic special – an all-dressed pizza with mushrooms, green pepper, grilled chicken and meat sauce.
The blast affected a 1.4-square-kilometre area in downtown Lac-Mégantic, but the whole region is suffering the consequences, restaurateurs and innkeepers say, even though its breathtaking natural landscapes, sleepy villages and heritage architecture remain completely untouched by the disaster.
In this "faraway place" 250 kilometres east of Montreal, where villages are spread apart, divided by hilly roads and endless fields and forests, the people who rely on tourism for their living fear that they have been abandoned.
Le Magasin General is a quirky bakery-dinerantique store-guest house in an exquisitely restored Second Empire-style building in Notre-Dame-des-Bois, a picturesque hamlet a half-hour's drive from Lac-Mégantic. There's not a soul in sight on a sunny weekday morning, except for the owners, Michel Pilon and Lucie Vincent, who pop up from their breakfast on the balcony at the sound of a car door slamming.
The tarts and squares in the fridge haven't been moving very fast since the name Lac-Mégantic started being mentioned on the news alongside terms like "runaway train" and "Red Zone," so they have cut down on their baking.
"This region was already off the beaten path. Now we are known for all the wrong reasons," Pilon said. "We will die if people stop coming."
Marie-Georges Bélanger, who is in charge of customer service at Mont Mégantic provincial park, says she understands the discomfort travellers feel about coming to a disaster zone.
"They don't want to vacation amid devastation, where they will feel guilty or awkward. Nobody does," she said. "If only we could make them realize that there is so much to see and do in this immense region with its breathtaking scenery. So much that is completely untouched by the sadness."
Bélanger says the reasons to come are not just economic. People in the region are by nature friendly and open and it does locals good to see new faces, to feel less isolated, she says.
"Our lives have been turned upside down. We have all lost brothers or sisters or cousins or neighbours. But we want to begin to go back to normal life, to resume work and be part of the world again. It is part of the healing process" Well-wishers are welcome, but gawkers are less kindly received. At Ste-Agnès Church, which sits on a hill overlooking the disaster zone, a steady stream of outsiders gathers to get a closer look. Some stand on their tiptoe peering through binoculars over the security fence erected by police around the so-called Yellow Zone and into the rubble.
"People have been very kind to us and we appreciate it," says Pierrette Bolduc, a retired teacher who is volunteering at a tribute to the victims that has been set up in front of the church's altar. "But some people can be insensitive."
Richard Foret and his wife, Claire, retirees from Montreal, are the kind of visitors locals are happy to see. Last week, they cancelled their planned trip to Gaspé, got on their Goldwing motorcycle and drove to Lac-Mégantic.
"We figured they need our money more over here," they said at the breakfast table of Auberge aux Toits Rouges, a cozy retreat in Notre-Damedes-Bois, their base for a week of stargazing and touring.
"Everywhere we go, people are so glad to see us. They thank us for having come and sometimes in the middle of a conversation they might start to tell a story of fleeing the fire in their pyjamas or searching for a friend. Other times, though, they just want to talk about something else."


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I think that popular usage fairly clearly indicates that there is demand for a term to refer to highly contagious ideas. I think they should be called "supermemes".
A rather obvious way of classifying memes is according to how popular they are. So, following metric-system conventions, we might call memes with more than a million existing copies "megamemes" and memes with more than a billion existing copies "gigamemes". In the future, we may see "teramemes".
However, for an umbrella term to refer to "very popular" memes, I think "supermemes" is the best term. Supermemes may be highly contagious, very persistent - or preferably both.
It seems likely that the culture of today is relatively poor at occuping human brains - compared to what will be possible in the future. So maybe most of the "supermemes" are yet to come. However, it seems as though there is no point in reserving the term for future use. Some of today's memes are "super" enough.
I note that others have previously used the term. For example, Rebecca Costa says:
Supermemes are ideas that have such strong support or opposition that the mere mention of them clouds peoples' thinking or prevents people from even looking at alternatives.That's close to my proposed usage. We both have the basic underlying idea of a powerful, successful meme.
One possible problem is the mismatch with the concept of a Supergene. It looks to me as though that one should yield. It seems generally better if "super" refers to fitness rather than mere size.


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At a moment when many of his former voters believe that America is facing a genuine democratic crisis, former President Barack Obama has been largely silent about what is happening in American politics. Other than a handful of appearances—an interview with David Letterman in a new Netflix show, or an oral history project at MIT—he insists on following protocol and tradition for former presidents, resisting the temptation to jump back into the political fray.


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- Baryon number and electric charge fluctuations in Pb+Pb collisions at SPS energies (2006)
- Event-by-event fluctuations of the net baryon number and electric charge in nucleus-nucleus collisions are studied in Pb+Pb at SPS energies within the HSD transport model. We reveal an important role of the fluctuations in the number of target nucleon participants. They strongly influence all measured fluctuations even in the samples of events with rather rigid centrality trigger. This fact can be used to check different scenarios of nucleus-nucleus collisions by measuring the multiplicity fluctuations as a function of collision centrality in fixed kinematical regions of the projectile and target hemispheres. The HSD results for the event-by-event fluctuations of electric charge in central Pb+Pb collisions at 20, 30, 40, 80 and 158 A GeV are in a good agreement with the NA49 experimental data and considerably larger than expected in a quark-gluon plasma. This demonstrate that the distortions of the initial fluctuations by the hadronization phase and, in particular, by the final resonance decays dominate the observable fluctuations.
- Baryon number conservation and statistical production of antibaryons (2000)
- The statistical production of antibaryons is considered within the canonical ensemble formulation. We demonstrate that the antibaryon suppression in small systems due to the exact baryon number conservation is rather different in the baryon-free (B=0) and baryon-rich (B>1) systems. At constant values of temperature and baryon density in the baryon-rich systems the density of the produced antibaryons is only weakly dependent on the size of the system. For realistic hadronization conditions this dependence appears to be close to B/(B+1) which is in agreement with the preliminary data of the NA49 Collaboration for the antiproton/pion ratio in nucleus-nucleus collisions at the CERN SPS energies. However, a consistent picture of antibaryon production within the statistical hadronization model has not yet been achieved. This is because the condition of constant hadronization temperature in the baryon-free systems leads to a contradiction with the data on the antiproton/pion ratio in e+e- interactions.
- Charm coalescence at relativistic energies (2003)
- The J/psi yield at midrapidity at the top RHIC (relativistic heavy ion collider) energy is calculated within the statistical coalescence model, which assumes charmonium formation at the late stage of the reaction from the charm quarks and antiquarks created earlier in hard parton collisions. The results are compared to the new PHENIX data and to predictions of the standard models, which assume formation of charmonia exclusively at the initial stage of the reaction and their subsequent suppression. Two versions of the suppression scenario are considered. One of them assumes gradual charmonium suppression by comovers, while the other one supposes that the suppression sets in abruptly due to quark-gluon plasma formation. Surprisingly, both versions give very similar results. In contrast, the statistical coalescence model predicts a few times larger J/psi yield in the most central collisions.
- Charm estimate from the dilepton spectra in nuclear collisions (2001)
- A validity of a recent estimate of an upper limit of charm production in central Pb+Pb collisions at 158 AGeV is critically discussed. Within a simple model we study properties of the background subtraction procedure used for an extraction of the charm signal from the analysis of dilepton spectra. We demonstrate that a production asymmetry between positively and negatively charged background muons and a large multiplicity of signal pairs leads to biased results. Therefore the applicability of this procedure for the analysis of nucleus-nucleus data should be reconsidered before final conclusions on the upper limit estimate of charm production could be drawn.
- Chemical freeze-out parameters at RHIC from microscopic model calculations (2001)
- The relaxation of hot nuclear matter to an equilibrated state in the central zone of heavy-ion collisions at energies from AGS to RHIC is studied within the microscopic UrQMD model. It is found that the system reaches the (quasi)equilibrium stage for the period of 10-15 fm/c. Within this time the matter in the cell expands nearly isentropically with the entropy to baryon ratio S/A = 150 - 170. Thermodynamic characteristics of the system at AGS and at SPS energies at the endpoints of this stage are very close to the parameters of chemical and thermal freeze-out extracted from the thermal fit to experimental data. Predictions are made for the full RHIC energy square root s = 200$ AGeV. The formation of a resonance-rich state at RHIC energies is discussed.
- Chemical freezeout in relativistic A+A collisions: is it close to the QGP? (1997)
- Preliminary experimental data for particle number ratios in the collisions of Au+Au at the BNL AGS (11A GeV/c) and Pb+Pb at the CERN SPS (160A GeV/c) are analyzed in a thermodynamically consistent hadron gas model with excluded volume. Large values of temperature, T = 140 185 MeV, and baryonic chemical potential, µb = 590 270 MeV, close to the boundary of the quark-gluon plasma phase are found from fitting the data. This seems to indicate that the energy density at the chemical freezeout is tremendous which would be indeed the case for the point-like hadrons. However, a self-consistent treatment of the van der Waals excluded volume reveals much smaller energy densities which are very far below a lowest limit estimate of the quark-gluon plasma energy density. PACS number(s): 25.75.-q, 24.10.Pa
- Comment on 'Comparison of strangeness production between A + A and p + p reactions from 2 to 160 A GeV', by J. C. Dunlop and C. A. Ogilvie (2000)
- A recent paper on energy dependence of strangeness production in A+A and p+p interactions written by Dunlop and Ogilvie (Phys. ReV. C61 031901(R) (2000) indicates that there is a significant misunderstanding about the concept of strangeness enhancement and its role as a signal of Quark Gluon Plasma creation. In this comment we will try to clarify some essential points. 25.75.Dw, 13.85.Ni, 21.65.+f
- Critical line of the deconfinement phase transition (2005)
- Phase diagram of strongly interacting matter is discussed within the exactly solvable statistical model of the quark-gluon bags. The model predicts two phases of matter: the hadron gas at a low temperature T and baryonic chemical potential muB, and the quark-gluon gas at a high T and/or muB. The nature of the phase transition depends on a form of the bag mass-volume spectrum (its pre-exponential factor), which is expected to change with the muB/T ratio. It is therefore likely that the line of the 1st} order transition at a high muB/T ratio is followed by the line of the 2nd order phase transition at an intermediate muB/T, and then by the lines of "higher order transitions" at a low muB/T.
- Equation of state, spectra and composition of hot and dense infinite hadronic matter in a microscopic transport model (1998)
- Equilibrium properties of infinite relativistic hadron matter are investigated using the Ultrarelativistic Quantum Molecular Dynamics (UrQMD) model. The simulations are performed in a box with periodic boundary conditions. Equilibration times depend critically on energy and baryon densities. Energy spectra of various hadronic species are shown to be isotropic and consistent with a single temperature in equilibrium. The variation of energy density versus temperature shows a Hagedorn-like behavior with a limiting temperature of 130 +/- 10 MeV. Comparison of abundances of different particle species to ideal hadron gas model predictions show good agreement only if detailed balance is implemented for all channels. At low energy densities, high mass resonances are not relevant; however, their importance raises with increasing energy density. The relevance of these different conceptual frameworks for any interpretation of experimental data is questioned.
- Equilibrium and non-equilibrium effects in relativistic heavy ion collisions (1999)
- The hypothesis of local equilibrium (LE) in relativistic heavy ion collisions at energies from AGS to RHIC is checked in the microscopic transport model. We find that kinetic, thermal, and chemical equilibration of the expanding hadronic matter is nearly reached in central collisions at AGS energy for t >_ fm/c in a central cell. At these times the equation of state may be approximated by a simple dependence P ~= (0.12-0.15) epsilon. Increasing deviations of the yields and the energy spectra of hadrons from statistical model values are observed for increasing bombarding energies. The origin of these deviations is traced to the irreversible multiparticle decays of strings and many-body (N >_ 3) decays of resonances. The violations of LE indicate that the matter in the cell reaches a steady state instead of idealized equilibrium. The entropy density in the cell is only about 6% smaller than that of the equilibrium state.


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Germany's identity debate bodes well
BERLIN - Early last month, a German judge provoked an outcry by citing the Koran as grounds for denying a divorce to a German Muslim woman whose husband beat her.
Last week, Der Spiegel ran a scare story on the case with a cover showing an Islamic crescent rising over the Brandenburg Gate. But the most fascinating aspect of the case was neither the clash between liberal Western and conservative Muslim values nor the misplaced multiculturalism of the judge.
The most gripping element was that the judge's ruling drew outrage not only from women's groups and politicians, but from Muslim leaders as well.
Germany - like most Western European nations - is wrestling with how to integrate its growing Muslim population. The issue has become more intense since Sept. 11; Mohamed Atta organized the plot from Hamburg.
Germany's population of 82.4 million includes a Muslim minority of 3.2 million to 3.5 million, the largest in Western Europe after France. And the numbers are steadily rising. But the intense public debate here on issues of identity, religion and belonging makes Germany's prospects for coping seem more promising than France's.
About three-quarters of Germany's Muslims, including most of the 800,000 who have become citizens, are immigrants from Turkey and their descendants. (Only about 5 percent are of Arab origin.) Turks came as guest workers in the 1960s and 1970s, and stayed.
Unlike the Algerian immigrants in France, Turks come from a country that was never colonized by Europeans and looks to join the European Union. Turkey has not been convulsed by Islamism, and has not exported such thinking to Germany.
Unlike the ugly concrete suburbs of Paris known as banlieues, where North African Arabs are stashed and angry youths riot, Berlin's Little Istanbul neighborhood in the central district of Kreuzberg feels peaceful. It is filled with Turkish restaurants, bakeries, and travel agencies hawking cheap fares to Turkey. Older men in baggy pants and knit caps followed by elderly wives in scarves and long black coats speak Turkish. But you hear ethnic Turkish parents speak German to their children.
But even Little Istanbul has serious problems. Most Turkish immigrants come from rural Anatolia with a village outlook that keeps women in thrall. Second- and third-generation men bring over young wives from Anatolia who speak no German. Many Turkish and other Muslim children do badly in school.
Germany only recently admitted that it is an immigration society in which citizenship does not depend on bloodlines. In the United States, hyphenated Americans are the norm, but the concept of hyphenated Germans is new.
Wolfgang Schauble, the interior minister in Germany's conservative government, is wrestling with how to create immigrant loyalty to the liberal values of the German state. He has started the German Conference on Islam, which brings leaders from Germany's organized Muslim religious groups and independent Muslim personalities together with government representatives to discuss controversial issues such as the wearing of head scarves, religious education, and the training of Muslim imams.
Schauble wants to institutionalize such dialogue. German officials are nervous about the possibility that Turkey may one day enter the European Union.
"In the next 30 years we may have 6, 7 million Muslims," says the Turkish German writer Zafer Senocak, who writes about the difficulties young Muslims have in bridging the gap between life in Germany and Islamic upbringing. (One of his essays is titled "Between the Sex Pistols and the Koran.")
"Schauble is trying to bring Muslims into the discourse and to show them they are part of society," Senocak told me. "But how can Schauble change Muslims? Muslims must change themselves."
Other prominent Muslims argue that Schauble's effort mistakenly aims to find a few religious representatives who can speak for all Muslims. "This is not realistic," says Omid Nouripour, one of a handful of Muslim members of the federal parliament. Germany's Muslims come from many different backgrounds, he points out, and only about 20 percent are mosque-goers. "The key to modernizing Islam is to keep pluralism. If you push them together, the one face will be orthodox."
All these criticisms are no doubt true. But what strikes me in Germany is that the debate is out in the open, with many Muslim groups taking part, including the Muslims who opposed the judge's ruling as contrary to the German constitution (the Frankfurt court ultimately removed her from the case).
This debate is healthy. The way toward integrating Muslim immigrants into European countries will be rocky. But only if the myths on all sides are confronted can progress be made.
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- Making the Commodity Sector Work for Developing Countries - Local Impacts, Global Links, and Knowledge Gaps
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We were elated when we approached the parking lot at Disney on Friday night. Apparently, no one goes on a Friday night at the end of the fourth week of school in September! This was the perfect time! And it was Ellie's birthday. No waiting in the lines!
We'd parked so close, we didn't even need the first group of people movers. We'd be in by 6 p.m. and have a good four hours of rides, plus time for a nice dinner. We had it all mapped out.
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We're closed.
Others approaching were in the same boat. The man stopping us was sympathetic; we asked questions. "Since when?" They'd changed the hours the previous week. There was nothing written on our mini brochures about closing times. He called his supervisor for us and the others.
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A second woman came, and was more understanding. By now, Ellie was crying, "But it's my birthday." They wrote our names on an envelope (refusing to give us something in writing) and said we could come tomorrow, though it's a restriction day for us.
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