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W32 Blaster Worm Removal: Delete Nasty Trojans and Viruses from Your Computer
Computer viruses are always a threat. What makes them even more annoying is that they continue to evolve, change and new ones are created every day. The W32 Blaster Worm is a virus that connects to the Internet from your computer, downloads a file named "msblast.exe" from a vulnerable host and performs DDoS attacks on Microsoft's "windowsupdate.com" website. You might not even know you have it, but if your antivirus software missed it, here is how you can manually remove it from your computer.
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Who is Vulnerable?
The W32 Blaster Worm has several variants, but the original virus affects older Windows computers. Windows 2000 and Windows XP are the main targets. Older Windows operating systems do not have the firewall and virus definition protection. Most people do not update their software definition files, so they are not protected from newer viruses. This means that while you might have antivirus installed on your computer (whether it's a Windows internal antivirus or a third-party), you aren't protected against the latest virus attacks. Viruses are written every day, so if your antivirus can't detect it, you're not protected even with the best antivirus software.
Older operating systems that aren't supported by Microsoft anymore are mostly vulnerable, because the W32 Blaster Worm connects to the Internet and newer operating systems have internal firewall software installed. If you have a firewall installed, it should detect the attempt to connect to the Internet and download the malicious file.
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Removing the Virus
The virus needs access to the Internet. In the case of slower Internet connections, the virus affects your speed and performance online. The virus needs specific ports open. These ports include 135, 139, 445 or 593. If you have a firewall application running, you should get an alert and the firewall blocks the connection automatically. However, you still want to remove the virus or it will continue the attempt to connect to the Internet. If you disable the firewall at any point for any reason, it could succeed and download the malicious file.
The initial problem is in the Windows registry. The Windows registry contains a key named "Run" and "RunOnce" buried in the operating system saved settings. These two keys run software when your computer boots. The keys are supposed to be used for software you want to run in the background like booting configuration software every time you turn on the computer. However, it's also used for running malicious software by virus makers.
The W32 Blaster Worm uses the Run key. The following registry value is affected:
To open the Windows registry, click the "Start" button and type "regedit" in the text box. Navigate to the Run key to view the stored values. Look for any suspicious files. Look for the values "mspatch.exe" or "mslaugh.exe." These two are the most popular, but the virus also sometimes uses "teekids.exe" or "enbiei.exe."
When these files are set in the registry, the next time you boot your computer, the virus runs and attempts to make a connection to the Internet. You can manually delete these values in the registry. Make sure you delete only files that you know are related to the virus or you don't need, and also make sure that you are looking at the above registry key. Deleting files from the registry can wipe your computer's ability to boot and you'll need to reinstall the operating system before you can use your computer again.
You can also download software that will clean up the virus for you. For instance, Symantec offers a file download that will clean up the virus.
One issue to note is the flood of traffic that comes from the PC. The virus uses a buffer overflow specific to the Windows operating system. Microsoft acknowledged this vulnerability and offered a patch for the operating system.
What is a DoS?
Denial of service attacks are not new. The concept takes advantage of specific outgoing TCP ports on your computer. Transmission control protocol is one of the rules for networking transmission across the Internet.
While Internet web servers can handle a lot of traffic, they do have limits. Current technology makes it harder for DoS to be effective, but older servers couldn't handle too much web traffic. After all, a web server is only good enough as its CPU, memory and network card. These are the three most important resources when managing a web server (and the hard drive, but a hard drive is more about storage for massive servers).
With a few hundred requests at one time, your web server is fine. However, if the web server gets thousands of web requests within a few minutes, it can overload the server's resources and crash it. This is the main idea for a DoS. With the Blaster Worm, your computer is a part of a DoS without you even knowing it. The worm sends multiple requests to the Microsoft server in an attempt to crash it. The hacker needs more than just your computer, though. He needs multiple servers. This is why the attacker created the virus. The virus infects thousands of computers, and these computers send requests to Microsoft servers. The result is too much resources needed to serve up results and the server crashes.
Microsoft knows about the worm, so the company has taken precautions against the attacks. The result is that your network and computers suffer performance issues. The Microsoft firewall software blocks the TCP ports by default, so typical installations of the operating system aren't harmed other than the software running on your computer. Some network administrators open these ports, and the flood of traffic will affect your network's performance for the infected computer and other users on the network even if they aren't infected.
Download the software needed to clean up the virus and make sure you update the operating system. Also, update your virus definition files regularly to stop these attacks.
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Art Basel 2018 : The power of silent Conversations
Art. Artist. Creation. Creativity.
Such imposing words. So intimidating. So distant.
And yet, we can all appreciate art as beauty, as a question.
As an emotion.
But what is it that we love so much about art? . Is it perhaps the beauty of it all? Is it that it materializes the value of an emotion. Or is it simply knowing that behind every piece there's silence. So much silence in a world where noise is a constant. We're starving for silence and that's exactly what it seems that artists have. The opportunity to listen to their minds. Opportunities to create. Space. Solitude. Yes. we might just be buying the materialization of the greatest commodity of our time. Silence.


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DVBViewer Pro is a software application for Microsoft Windows to watch and record digital TV broadcasts (DVB-T, DVB-S, DVB-C, ATSC). It provides all basic functions you need to enjoy digital television and radio programs. The Kodi addon allows you to use DVBViewer Media Server as a PVR backend of Kodi.
1 Overview
DVBViewer Pro is made by CM&V Hackbart and is available for purchase online at dvbviewer.com. Main feature are watching/streaming live TV and recordings, EPG, extensive web interface, UPnP/DLNA AV server, special iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad support, video transcoding and a lot more.
DVBViewer Pro and DVBViewer Media Server (the backend) is available for Windows only. However the Kodi addon (the frontend) is available on all platforms which are supported by Kodi.
More Information can be found in the wiki: English, German
A list of supported hardware can be found at http://de.dvbviewer.tv/wiki/Unterst%C3%BCtzte_Hardware (German only)
2 Installing DVBViewer PVR backend software
- English: http://en.dvbviewer.tv/wiki/Recording_Service_Installation_Guide
- German: http://de.dvbviewer.tv/wiki/Recording_Service_Installationsanleitung
3 Connecting Kodi to DVBViewer Media Server
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4 DVBViewer not the same software as DVBLink
Note! For DVBLink please see the "DVBLink" article instead.
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Running into the same issue. Did you ever find what was wrong?
2. Re: Remove VdcStorageProfile from VDCcpatidar Jun 26, 2017 8:43 AM (in response to cfor)
I believe using REST API guide you can Create, Retrieve, Update and Delete the objects. Below are few related REST API call which can help you over this:
POST /admin/vdc/{id}/vdcStorageProfiles Add or remove virtual datacenter storage classes.
GET /admin/vdcStorageProfile/{id} Returns the representation of a vDC storage profile
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How to change the storage limit of VDC Storage Quota?
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He attacked her after a social gathering in 2012.
A Sarasota man was sentenced Wednesday to 15 years in prison after a jury convicted him of raping a blind woman.
Gilberto Perez, 34, was arrested in June 2012 and accused of sexual battery against a physically helpless victim. Six jurors were selected Monday, and the trial continued Tuesday and Wednesday before Circuit Judge Frederick Mercurio.
Perez, a friend of the 22-year-old woman's roommate, was in their apartment at a social gathering last summer. The victim woke up the next morning and found Perez assaulting her.
Perez initially denied having intercourse with the woman, said Assistant State Attorney Kate Wallace. However, a medical examination at Sarasota Memorial Hospital detected his semen was found inside the victim, Wallace said.
Perez's defense argued it was a consensual encounter. But the prosecution said bruises on the victim's arms, face, hips and inner thighs were evidence of rape, Wallace said.
"The defense's argument was that she had been drinking the night before, which she had, and that she got the bruises from falling down," Wallace said. "But they were in places you wouldn't get bruises if you had tripped and fallen."
Wallace said Perez took advantage of his friendship, the victim's blindness, and other factors that made her vulnerable.
"In my opinion, it was an opportunistic crime," Wallace said. "The defendant was in the apartment with the roommate's permission. He saw everyone drinking. He knew which bedroom was hers and that she was alone."
Wallace, who often makes plea offers in sex crime cases, said Perez never seemed interested in taking a deal.
"In cases like this, I do want to spare victims the grief of having to go to court and be in the same room as their rapist," Wallace said. "He was adamant he wasn't guilty."
The victim and Perez both testified during trial. The victim and Perez's father also addressed the court prior to sentencing.
To get 15 years — the maximum allowed for this crime — Wallace cited Perez's criminal history and a conviction for attempted robbery. "You have a person who committed a prior violent felony now committing a new violent felony," she said.
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Castles in the UK
A history of internal conflict and external threats has endowed this small island with myriad castles and fortifications, ranging from the miniscule Martello Towers on the south coast to the grandeur and majesty of Leeds Castle in Kent. Hastings Castle in Sussex dates back to the Norman invasion of 1066, and lies only a short distance from the site of the famous battle of Hastings, and Battle Abbey at Battle. Dating back to Roman times, the Tower of London is inextricably linked to the history of the UK, with many pivotal historical figures having lost their heads at the behest of monarchs and the hands of the executioner. For royal history the regal residences of Windsor Castle in Berkshire and Balmoral Castle in Scotland will prove irresistible.
Thankfully UK castles are now something we can visit in safety as tourist attractions, with the welcoming smiles of attendants to greet us rather than a shower of arrows.
Windsor Castle
Windsor Castle is the world's largest inhabited and working castle, a favoured residence of Queen Elizabeth II, who comes here to relax and greet visiting foreign dignitaries. The Castle's medieval style design, with its forbidding walls, towers and turrets, dominate the Windsor skyline, making it easy to find for the hordes of tourists who flock here every year to see one of the United Kingdom's top attractions.
Tower of London
The Tower of London, along with Tower Bridge, stands at the gateway to London on the banks of the River Thames and guarding the City of London. Steeped in history, and now home to Queen's Crown Jewels, it is no wonder the Tower of London is one of most visited UK and London attractions.
Often central to British history as a place of trial and execution – most notably that of Ann Boleyn, wife of King Henry VIII – the Tower of London is now chiefly a tourist attraction, housing the Crown Jewels and an impressive collection of armour, all amid a patchwork of architecture chronicling the history of the Tower of London as a defensive castle, fort and prison.
The Tower of London is also home to Yeoman Guard, better known around the world as Beefeaters, who guard the Tower of London and act as tour guides.
Dover Castle
Whether you were a soldier returning from the embattled beaches of Dunkirk or an illegal immigrant sucking in your last breath in a box of tomatoes, the White Cliffs of Dover have for centuries symbolised sanctuary for those coming to the shores of the UK. But while Dame Vera Lynn sang of bluebirds over these massive chalk edifices it is in fact Dover Castle that stands tallest and proudest atop the cliffs, and as a great UK attraction really should be the first stop for many coming to the UK via this historical port before heading to the Home Office building in Croydon seeking 'asylum'.
Leeds Castle
Built in 1119, Leeds Castle has survived the English Civil War, bore witness to much of the private life of Henry VIII, and has even, in 1999, hosted a concert by Elton John. Today Leeds Castle is perhaps the best example of a medieval castle in the UK, and includes such diverse attractions as an aviary, a duckery, and an antique dog-collar museum. It also plays host to all sorts of events, from hot-air balloon races to open-air music concerts. All this makes Leeds Castle a key UK attraction for British and foreign tourists alike.
Caernarfon Castle
At the heart of the mountainous Welsh region of Snowdonia, Caernarfon Castle stands brooding guard over the port on the banks of the River Seiont. Caernarfon Castle is traditionally the seat of the Prince of Wales – the heir to the British throne – and it is this, together with its oddly fantastical construction that makes it such a popular UK and Welsh attraction.
Edinburgh Castle
Sitting atop volcanic rock some 260 feet above the city, Edinburgh Castle proudly stands its ground as Scotland's most iconic UK attraction. Edinburgh Castle has always been at the centre of Edinburgh life and visitors here can sample a rich tradition and history spanning almost three millennia. As well as providing an iconic backdrop to events such as New Year celebrations, the Edinburgh Fringe theatre festival and Edinburgh Comedy Festival, the castle also plays host to concerts and the famous Edinburgh Military Tattoo.
Arundel Castle
Set in 40 acres of glorious English countryside and rising majestically above the quaint English town beneath, the fairytale castle at Arundel has evolved from its humble origins as a motte and bailey (mound of earth and a trench) castle built just after the Battle of Hastings in 1068
After the original construction commissioned by Roger de Montgomery, Earl of Arundel, a shell keep was added to the top of the motte in about 1140, and curtain walls, a chapel and a garden, possibly England's first Royal garden in England, were added by King Henry II. At only an hour from the capital by train, Arundel Castle is one of the most accessible and unique UK attractions.


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Kahlil Joseph
"Until The Quiet Comes"
Sundance Film Festival
Short Film Special Jury Award
The visually stunning "Until The Quiet Comes" depicts a hauntingly beautiful portrait of Los Angeles' Nickerson Gardens projects. With its wide overhead views, underwater footage, and vibrant night shots, the production value of director Kahlil Joseph's film surpasses that of ordinary online videos and evokes a truly cinematic experience.
Hailed as an experimental music video, "Until The Quiet Comes" is truly an homage to the album of the same name by musician Flying Lotus.
Its climax and Joseph's stylistic pièce de résistance is the film's final sequence, which shows what appears to be a soul dancing its way through death and leaving behind the life that likely struggled as a resident of one of Los Angeles' roughest housing developments.
A mother braces her child and shields him from the horror that is a man lying in a pool of blood. Three boys listlessly stand to her right fixed in the direction of the corpse.
All the while death gently brushes past them.
It is in these final moments where it becomes evident that this scene is not a flashback but rather a dying man's exquisitely choreographed last breath.
And it is also here where Joseph poetically reveals a mystical truth.
That is, even in death there is beauty.
Directed by Kahlil Joseph, "Until The Quiet Comes" features music by Flying Lotus. To view the film and a list of full credits visit Vimeo.com.
Erin Li
"To The Bone"
Slamdance Film Festival
Official Selection
Beautifully crafted, "To The Bone" portrays an intimate day in the life of a migrant farm-working family of three — a father and his two young children, who work days as long as his. Valencia, a defiant 11-year-old, walks a fine line as both the caretaking older sister and rebellious pre-teenager.
The film's bucolic establishing shots perfectly place viewers in the middle of a vast vegetable farm. Valencia is seen wading in a row of leaves, her face dirtied from the beets she's pulled and piled into her wooden crate.
There is a sweet sadness in the juxtaposition of a young child set against a farmland setting. If only she was roaming the fields to play, the scene would be sweeter. It is here where Li's narrative takes shape.
Due to loosely-regulated labor laws for agriculture, children as young as 12-years-old are allowed to work with little oversight and limits outside of school hours. When a labor inspector arrives at the farm, Valencia's father instructs her and her brother to lie and say that they're 12-years-old, if asked their ages. Like most defiant children, Valencia disobeys her dad, yet unlike many of her peers the consequences are severe.
The harsh result of her choice suddenly hits Valencia in the heartbreaking final scene as the family walks down a long, dirt road at sunset. At this moment she learns that they must find work and a home elsewhere, and the viewer learns that the film is more than a reflection on labor laws.
It's an exquisitely-executed, tragic tale of the sacrifices that such families endure in order to survive.
Inspired by events about child migrant farm workers, "To The Bone" was one of six films greenlit by Film Independent for its Project:Involve Fellowship. Li, a Project:Involve Directing Fellow, is currently developing a feature film based on her previously acclaimed short, L.A. COFFIN SCHOOL.
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Data 101 is a training series, jointly developed by the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh and the Western Pennsylvania Regional Data Center, teaches foundational skills and concepts to help people become data literate. This funding will support the creation of a toolkit in partnership with Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh for extending the Data 101 concept to public libraries and other organizations. This work includes documenting existing workshops and materials, developing and testing two additional Data 101 workshops, and piloting training and other models for knowledge transfer to allow new organizations to adopt and teach the Data 101 series. The Regional Data Center and the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh intend to release these materials with an open license, allowing others to use and modify them to meet the needs of their audience. While the Regional Data Center's involvement with Data 101 is largely limited to the first year of the program, the Library intends to institutionalize the series as part of its core programming.
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The impact of the Data 101 toolkit will be measured by continuing to survey Data 101 attendees and tracking the number of organizations that adopt the Data 101 training model. Participants at every workshop have completed a satisfaction survey providing feedback on the workshop, an understanding of the motivation for attending, and ideas for future workshops. Continued use of this survey will allow the partners to assess the quality of new workshops, and understand how the training conducted by new organizations compares to the initial workshop series. The partners will refine our dissemination plan and workshop materials based on this type of feedback.
The partners will also keep track of the number of organizations that adopt the Data 101 training model. Their plan is to publicly post all training materials on the Regional Data Center's open data portal. Doing so will allow them to track metrics such as the number of downloads and views. They will also track the number of technical assistance requests, and record anecdotal information on the number of cities that adopt this model as discovered through their professional networks.


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What would be a good shake to drink before I go to a Zumba or group fitness class in the morning?
Usually in the mornings I'm not hungry, but I force myself to eat breakfast. I have started going to the early morning Zumba class on Wednesdays, and I was thinking to drink a protein shake instead of the whole breakfast thing. I'm diabetic, but I control it so I don't have to take medicine most of the time. But some days I want to just have something good for my work out without having a full breakfast. I go to the Gym 5 times a week—doing Zumba 4 times and 1 time with my trainer doing weights for 30 minutes then 50 minutes on the elliptical machine! Is there a pre-workout shake that you would recommend? – Beatriz
I agree that a full meal before Zumba or a group fitness class doesn't make sense. A light shake would suit you; provided you're going to eat breakfast after class. For ready-to-drink versions, look for it to have total Calories of 150-200, Carbohydrates under 20 grams (Carbs ideally divided with 3 or more grams of Fiber, and total Sugar under 10 grams) and Protein from 8-12 grams. At home you can whip-up this smoothie: a half scoop of whey protein with 3/4 cup frozen fruit and 1 cup milk—my favorites is with berries and 2% milk—blend until smooth. Enjoy! – Debbie J., MS, RD
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I dance zumba 3 times a week n I want to know what kind the shake I can drink instead of food after


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India's Smaller Micro-Lenders Likely to Fail
By: Yoolim Lee and George Smith Alexander
A quarter of Indian microfinance companies may fail after a clampdown last month in their biggest market pared debt payments and curtailed bank financing, said N. Srinivasan, who consults on the industry for the World Bank.
India's micro-lending has expanded at an average annual rate of 62 percent over the past five years in terms of the number of customers, and 88 percent in terms of credit, according to Micro-Credit Ratings International Ltd., a Gurgaon, India-based ratings agency for the industry.
As many as 60 to 70 of the nation's 260 microfinance institutions are likely to collapse in coming months as banks halt lending to them to curb risks, Srinivasan said in an interview Nov. 19 in New Delhi. That would have a "devastating effect" on the poorest borrowers in remote regions, he said.
Lending and collections by micro-lenders have ground to a near halt in southern Andhra Pradesh state after the local government introduced new rules in mid-October aimed at protecting borrowers. A slump in microfinance loans may trigger a chain reaction of defaults by borrowers with multiple debts, Srinivasan said.
"Multiple loans help people manage money, like juggling balls," he said, adding that every poor household in Andhra Pradesh has 9.6 microfinance-loan accounts on average. "What's happening is that right in the middle of it, you remove a ball. Suddenly there is no ball to throw."
Andhra Pradesh, the largest market for most micro-lenders, on Oct. 15 capped interest rates that companies can charge and ordered them to collect payments monthly rather than weekly. It also barred them from using coercive measures to force borrowers to repay debt.
Straining Capital
The move led to a slump in micro-lenders' cash flows, strained capital levels and spooked banks, which account for most of their funding needs. Microfinance companies are seeking 10 billion rupees ($221 million) from banks for a liquidity fund, Vijay Mahajan, head of a lobbying group that represents about 44 micro-lenders, said Nov. 16 in New Delhi.
The new rules sent shares of SKS Microfinance Ltd., the largest such lender in the nation, plummeting 47 percent before Chairman Vikram Akula said on Nov. 19 that the firm had received bank funding and didn't have a cash shortage. The comments helped shares of SKS, more than a quarter of whose loans are in Andhra Pradesh, rally 5.4 percent that day.
Rival Share Microfin Ltd., backed by New Zealand billionaire Christopher Chandler, plans to delay an initial public offering until customers restart payments and state and central governments deal with the current upheaval. Banks need to regain confidence in the companies' operations, M. Udaia Kumar, its managing director, said in a Nov. 18 interview.
'Trickle-Down Effect'
"Even if a single MFI defaults, it might have a trickle- down effect on the entire sector," he said. "Institutions with stronger net worth have a possibility of survival for a period of time."
Share Microfin, based in Andhra Pradesh's capital of Hyderabad, had planned to raise 10 billion rupees in early 2011.
Microfinance, which focuses on loans in poor areas largely shut out from traditional banking services, gained prominence globally when Muhammad Yunus won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2006 for his role in founding Bangladesh's Grameen Bank. India, where banking services are available in about 5 percent of cities and towns, is the largest market for such credits.
India's micro-lending has expanded at an average annual rate of 62 percent over the past five years in terms of number of customers, and 88 percent in terms of credit, according to Micro-Credit Ratings International Ltd., a Gurgaon, India-based ratings agency for the industry.
A shortage of microfinance funding may force borrowers to turn to moneylenders, said Dipak Gupta, executive director of Mumbai-based Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. These unauthorized lenders operate outside the formal credit-delivery system and charge usurious interest rates.
"Money has stopped and a borrower is used to getting that money and circulating it," he said. "If you don't create an alternate system or don't allow the system to rotate, he will go back to the moneylender."
SKS, whose stakeholders include George Soros, has received 3.67 billion rupees from eight lenders including Axis Bank Ltd. in the past two weeks, Chief Financial Officer Dilli Raj said on Nov. 19 from Hyderabad, where the company is based.
Axis, India's fourth-largest lender by market value, is awaiting a report by a committee set up by the central bank last month to review concerns about the microfinance industry, CFO Somnath Sengupta said.
The report, due in January, "will be the guiding principles for lending to the sector," he said in an interview on Nov. 19. "We will continue to be prudent. There is no reason to panic."
Axis's loans outstanding to microfinance companies account for about 1 percent of the total, he said.
Still, the industry is bracing for consolidation, said Mahajan, who is also chairman of Hyderabad-based microfinance company Basix Group.
"We could see casualties among small microfinance institutions," he said.
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A black rubber strap, ultra-hard sapphire glass and water-proofing to 200m ensure the DoP*1 could survive even the on-set rigors of being a stuntman. But what will make it really appeal to cinematographers and other filmmakers is the inclusion of a chronograph that counts down to zero. So when the director says a set needs to be dressed and lit in 30 minutes, you're always aware of the impending deadline.
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'We will continue with our Kurdish language journalism'
The publisher of Welat newspaper, which no printing house can print for fear of government repercussion, said: "They fear our language, but we will continue with our Kurdish language journalism."
When the Turkish government confiscated the Gün Printing House, the only Kurdish language newspaper published in Turkey and Northern Kurdistan Welat could not come out. The administration appealed with other printing houses to continue publication but were rejected. Printing house owners told the paper that state officials had pressured them and ordered them to not print that newspaper. When the paper was not able to be printed, yesterday's issue was published on their website, on social media posts and multiplied by photocopy. The newspaper ran the title, "Ji zimanê me ditirsin / They fear our language" and Publisher Zeynel Abidin Bulut said: "They fear our language. We will continue to wave the flag of free press and meet with our readers."
The story of Welat began in 1992 as a weekly newspaper Welatê Me ve Welat, and continued as Azadiya Welat, Rojeva Medya and Welat. On August 26, 2017 a new phase started for Welat under the motto, "Naşikê û Nakeve". The 36 year long tradition, for the first time, can't find a printing house to print the paper. Since March 29, 2018, no printer will print Welat due to pressure by the AKP government.
The pages of the paper prepared under the title "Ji zimanê me ditirsin" were shared along with the note, "Dear readers, due to oppression and obstacles, today's issue could not be printed. We will be sharing the paper on social media." The paper reached its readers by photocopy in many provinces. The black and white photocopied pages were delivered to readers and subscribers by the paper's distributors. Readers expressed surprise and sorrow when they saw the photocopied newspaper.
Publisher Zeynel Abidin Bulut participated in the distribution of the 217th issue of the newspaper that came out as a photocopy to subscribers in Amed. Bulut said they contacted many printers to have the paper printed, but they all refused due to governmental pressure. Bulut added that until they find a courageous printing house, they will continue publishing an e-newspaper and continue e-journalism and stressed that they will continue their mother tongue journalism efforts, despite everything.
Bulut said dozens of journalists have been martyred, disappeared under custody, threatened by prison and fines as part of the oppression and attacks against free press and Kurdish press, but this tradition has continued its path with a great will for resistance. Bulut added: "In the '90s, the paper stood tall and exposed the governments of the day. Under AKP rule, the methods for oppression and intimidation were enrichened. They no longer limit themselves to killing, shutting down and arresting. They now steal, and put a state officer to head things. They raided and confiscated the Özgürlükçü Demokrasi newspaper and the Gün Printing House. The government thinks they can prevail through these."
Bulut stressed that the free press tradition and Kurdish language journalism will continue despite all oppression and attacks, and that no printing house in Istanbul, Ankara and Adana agreeing to print Welat due to pressure and a fear of the AKP government shows how much they fear Kurdish and Kurdish language journalism. Bulut stated that as the Welat newspaper they will never be silent in the face of pressure and they will continue to prepare the paper: "Our website is acive, we are utilizing social media and we will be delivering photocopies in many cities."


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text: (IL) CHIBIGTEE Report post Posted June 11, 2012 Hello fellow carpers, Tracy here. The new year finally got under way for 2012 and started out on fire. Weather-wise it was sunny, blue-skies and a forecast of mid 90's. My truck registered 95 degrees. South/southwest wind between 10/20 mph. Felt more like Texas than Chicago. Fortunately this venue has trees to hide under. The fish were rolling and cavorting while I put out peg markers at 6am. The draw was 6:30 with a start time of 7am. First fish was only a few minutes after the whistle and was fairly steady for the north sections all day but the southern sections slowed as water temperatures increased. I installed a "new" or different scoring system that will pit each carper only against the carpers in their section. As such the scuffle for the 4 points of each section were fought for with some very close results. Section D had only a 3lb. difference from 1st to 3rd. While section A/B each had 2 carpers over 100lbs. and fought for their 4 points also. Most were within 1 fish of changing their result. For those that follow such: Team Polonia has 2 members competing(Andy B. and Marcin) of which Andy is the current league frontrunner. Extreme Carp Fishing(Bogdan,Mihai,Isetevan,Paul, and Jacob) have joined for the first time. Welcome Guys! Mihai had big fish for the day with a 27-12. 2 newbies to tournament-style carping(Adam and Darren) also Welcome! 2 that are returning after a year vacation(Ed/Juan) Welcome Back! The rest of us grinders are: Dr Frank Rink(THANKS for volunteering to do the stats on your website), Larry S.(last years Champ), Mike O. also former champ, Dan R. current CAG secretary and also former league champ, And lastly, Mr. Paul Wells who wasn't feeling well but still stopped by to say hello. Here's a few pictures of yesterday and I'll see you at Jackson Park Harbor for round 2 in 2 weeks. later Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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Through an elegant shade, lamplight casts a welcoming glow over travelers arriving at the entrance of Mundo Backpackers' Hostel in Kyoto's Kamigyo ward.
While Mundo is Spanish for Earth, staying within its wooden walls will give the traveler a distinctly Japanese cultural experience. Housed in a traditional machiya .Mundo stands in a typically narrow street in the shadow of the ancient Nijō Castle.
Though machiya have defined the architectural atmosphere of downtown Kyoto for centuries, they are rapidly disappearing as the city embraces modernity. However, Mundo has been lovingly restored to showcase the old world charm of this quintessentially Kyoto-style accommodation.
Like the silk thread that runs through the kimono textiles that are also synonymous with Kyoto, the machiya ties the present to the past - the temporal warp to the weft - and Mundo neatly envelopes guests in the rich shroud of its own brand of hospitality.
And the warm glow in the cheeks of these travelers is reflected outside, where the lamp shines on through the night under a grey tiled roof.


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It's been three months since I left my job as Rep. Justin Amash's Communications Director. Part of the reason I moved on was to start publishing under my own name again as I did for years before the transition to Capitol Hill. But I'm stuck. It's not just writer's block, although I think that's part of it. As I've told a few people, I'm still trying to find my voice.
The fact is, I spent the better part of a decade as a mouthpiece for liberty Republicans predicated on the notion that the GOP was improving and had a more libertarian future ahead of it. I naively believed this like gospel for a long time. I
Longtime followers of my work will recall how I watched in horror as Trump rolled over an impressive lineup of Republican presidential candidates in 2016, including my first choice Rand Paul, and ultimately my second choice, Ted Cruz. (I miss that version of Cruz, by the way.) Back
To give a sense of my timeline, Trump became the GOP nominee just weeks before I started in Justin's office during August of 2016. The Republican National Convention occurred between the time Justin offered me the job and my start date. In fact, live tweeting that clown show was my last hurrah speaking only for myself and not representing a politician, albeit an unconventional one who restricted me less than more traditional congressmen would, but a politician nonetheless. I could no longer criticize or offer up snark without it being tied to Justin. It took time to adjust my habits, but I finally learned what the parameters were and, measured by my prior standards, shut up.
Back when I started with Justin, Trump was still considered by the vast majority of people to be an unfortunate but temporary aberration. Everything I had published up to the point when I stopped writing for myself assumed that Hillary would crush Trump and the conservative movement could laugh away that awkward time a profoundly ignorant New York wannabe authoritarian won the GOP nomination because he's famous for the fact that he's been trolling everyone since the 80s. The world I expected to enter when I started writing again simply doesn't exist.
Where do I go in a conservative movement that has either embraced Trump wholeheartedly or resigned itself to him? It seems to me that nearly everyone has decided character doesn't matter, you know, as long as we've got our judges and our tax cuts ($21 trillion in debt be damned, too). Publications I would've wanted to write for in the past, people I would've happily worked with, organizations or politicians I would've consulted for … I simply don't trust them anymore.
I realize that this metaphor is dramatic, but the situation contains many of the emotions endemic to a breakup. Like someone I had faith in betrayed me. On the one hand, sure, if you work in this industry, you're going to become jaded. But I honestly thought the conservative movement as a whole, with all of its preexisting flaws and strange bedfellows, was better than this. To see wholesale political tribalism trump any semblance of principle, decency, and quite frankly sanity, is disturbing. Yes, pun intended.
Plenty of folks I respected—and many randos on the internet—think I'm a loser for feeling this way. For not cheering Trump on when he acts like an insane person. For criticizing him when he doubles down on policies the same people hated from Obama. For refusing to believe that the wholesale degradation of conservatism that comes with allowing Trump, who is anything but genuinely conservative, define the term in the eyes of the public is worth it for a couple of temporary policy wins (which also ignores the bad policies, as Trump's defenders are wont to do).
There's a part of me that knows this too shall pass and everyone will start hero worshipping the new kid in town when he or she arrives on the scene. But this is the current landscape, and I fear that Trump will leave a stain on the conservative movement that won't be easily erased. Perhaps I'm wrong about this like I, and nearly everyone else, was wrong about Hillary losing to him, but I don't see how conservatives who have embraced President Grab 'Em By The You-Know-What can ever claim a moral high ground again.
So here I am, wondering if the conservative movement still has space for a libertarian former Republican who refuses to play the hero worship flattery games necessary to make it in Trump's warped, ego-driven world. There's also a part of me that wonders if I even want to make it in this particular world at all, which has been part of the rut I find myself in.
Why try to associate with people who don't want me around? Do I even want to bother attempting to persuade those who tell me I suffer from derangement syndrome because I haven't engaged in the mental gymnastics necessary to convince myself that Donald Trump, whose active disdain for free speech, constitutional restraint, fiscal discipline, and the vast majority of beliefs considered to be conservative prior to 2016 is our de facto conservative standard bearer?
I go back and forth on this question. We do need dissenting voices. And of course, not everything is about Trump. There are millions of worthy topics to write about, and one of my goals is to expand beyond the pigeonhole of politics. But it's still jarring to navigate a landscape that not long ago felt like home to me yet looks unrecognizable now.
So there it is. My first attempt to articulate this dilemma in writing. To be fair, the trouble is also that I've been telling myself the first piece I publish post-Capitol Hill has to be a Big Thing at a Big Outlet. But no, it really doesn't. I've been allowing that expectation to hold me back as I ghostwrite for others. As it turns out, a stream of consciousness rant on my blog is a perfectly acceptable alternative.


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A Little Journey in a Pittsburgh Taxicab
"A Little Journey in a Pittsburgh Taxicab" by Elbert Hubbard. East Aurora, NY : Roycrofters, 1915.
At fair Harvard there used to be a certain professor who began every address thus: "The subject before us this morning naturally divides itself into three parts--." Then the speaker would name one part and cast around in his subconscious cavity for the other two. My Little Journey in Pittsburgh Taxicabs was for three reasons:
First, the fun of the ride.
Second, to make myself familiar with the New Pittsburgh.
Third, to study the inner workings of the Pittsburgh Taxicab Company.
I arrived at the Pennsylvania Station at seven in the morning. That night I was to speak at the Bankers' Convention at the Hotel Schenley. I had the whole day ahead of me--how to spend it ! There are several ways you can spend time and money in Pittsburgh. I could hunt up "the boys," and they would turn themselves loose to entertain me. Jovians, Ad-Club, Rotarians, Bankers--which should it be? I just decided, for once, to play the game alone. Why, in good sooth--why should I push in the door and obtrude my personality on men who have work to do, disarranging their plans, making them ring up Bill, Jim, Aleck and Linford and knock business galley-west?
"Shall we begin the speaking now, or had we better let the boys enjoy themselves a little longer?" once asked the toastmaster of me. And there in Pittsburgh, on that beautiful Indian Summer day, I said to myself: I'll see this city without a "personally conducted," and I'll study this Taxicab Service from A to Zeppelin.
I had been told several times that the Pittsburgh Taxicab Company was the most efficient concern of its kind in the world. I had my doubts. Prenatally and by habit, I am from Joplin. I do not like those words "biggest," "best," "greatest," "grandest," "finest." Delsarte said, "Conscious weakness takes strong attitudes." Richard Mansfield said, "When a man is not quite sure of himself he raises his voice."
The Pittsburgh Taxicab Company does not advertise itself as having "the best taxicab service in America"--that distinction was bestowed on it by one of its customers, and then corroborated by others.
And so when I arrived at the Pennsylvania Station I just naturally stepped into a taxi, and said, "The Schenley!" And in a jiff I was moving easily and steadily along that delightful asphalt road that skirts the bluff to the Schenley four miles away. Arriving at the Schenley, I disembarked, paid my fare to the slim, good-looking chauffeur, and in two minutes was duly installed in my room, for at the Schenley the clerks seem to know everybody, and you are complimented by hearing your name pronounced before you write it.
Just here let me say that the distinctly modern play of having a good man outside the desk to greet guests is a mighty good plan. You remember a hotel for the greeting and the good-by, just as you remember a speech for the opening words and the closing sentence. Terminal facilities, Terese, good terminal facilities are fine things for orators or landlords.
And behold when I was duly deposited, with two grips in my room, I discovered that I was shy one item, to-wit: a nice Stein-Bloch eighteen-dollar overcoat. And straightway, I hustled downstairs to look for my taxicabby. And he was gone--gone--gone!
I smole a smile as I heard the doorman humming, "Good-by Piccadilly! Farewell, Leicester Square!" and murmured "How appropriate!"
In answer to his look of interrogation, I explained to him the loss of my overcoat. He smilingly assured me that all was not lost; that, as a matter of fact, nothing was lost, and that even though it was a long, long way to the Offices of the Pittsburgh Taxicab Company I should find my overcoat right there.
And then the man added this by way of polite consolation, "Ah, most everybody who rides in a taxi leaves something in it!"
And then a big idea came to me. I am like the late Julius Caesar. I get ideas from everybody, everywhere.
Instead of having one taxi and going all over town in this one machine, with one driver, I would get into a machine, go a few squares, or a mile or two, and when I alighted I would leave some article in the taxi.
I would make a Little Journey in a Pittsburgh Taxicab and test the truth of my friend's statement that nothing was ever lost that was left in a car operated by the Pittsburgh Taxicab Company.
So after breakfast I once more approached the head doorman and asked him to call me a taxi.
In a moment it was there--a beautiful, dark-blue Packard Limousine.
"Here is your taxi, Sir."
I stared. Here was some buzz-wagon, b'lieve me!--a regular royal revel. "Hoot mon!" I said; "that's ower muckle guid for a Pittsburgh taxi!" And he smiled.
Opening a small door beside the driver he showed me the taximeter--hidden away out of sight--and I was convinced.
We have adopted the Packard car as our standard equipment," explained the agent. "We find that the people appreciate the comfort and luxuriance of the Packard car--their looks and lux as it were. The Pittsburgh Taxicab Company's patrons know that the cars are reliable, and that they can be carried to the swellest places and best company in these cars of quality. Also, that it is ofttimes less expensive to take a Pittsburgh Taxicab than to operate their own private car."
So I clomb aboard and told the chauffeur to head for Schenley Park. I went around by the Country Club and back to the High School. I called on my dear old friend John Morrow; hunted up John Brashear, lens-maker maximus; then out to Knoxville to see Byron King, orator, laughter-maker, and gentleman superbus. I went to several iron-foundries and rolling-mills and visited a chow-chow emporium and biscuit-bazaar.
Finally I came back to the Lake Erie Station, because there is a great and good man on whom I always call when in Pittsburgh.
I made eleven stops in all. Sometimes I kept the car waiting, at others I dismissed it. When ready to resume my little journey I called Hiland 4400, told them where I was going, and in a brace of shakes there was a car.
I arrived back at the Schenley Hotel minus a memorandum-book, a pocketbook, a grip, and a pair of gloves. These I just molted.
My best Ingersoll Dollar Watch and a volume of Great Lovers I secreted under the rug of the last car.
And so we had our banquet and talkfest with the bankers at the Schenley and I had an hour to spare before I caught my train.
So I did the obvious thing--took a taxi! When in doubt in Pittsburgh take a taxi!
"Hiland 4400" I told the chauffeur. And away we glided to the General Offices of the Pittsburgh Taxicab Company.
I noticed my chauffeur's coat had five silver bars on the sleeve, also that he was well fed, well groomed and confident. He handled the wheel easily, yet firmly. He was alert, full of vim and vigor.
I made a mental bet with myself that he was married and knew it. Also, that the word "home" was one of the biggest words in his vocabulary. Later I found that my sherlock-holmesie-ing was correct--that the Pittsburgh Taxicab Company employ only married men, because they find that they appreciate a good job when they get it. When a man has a wife and family he has thrills and sensations enough without throwing in the high clutch on a joy-ride.
A house and lot is to be preferred to a lot in the cemetery, and when a man is trying to pay for property he is on his good behavior.
The chauffeurs in the employ of the Pittsburgh Taxicab Company are efficient. They are a cheery, intelligent, sober lot of men.
To be a chauffeur for the Pittsburgh Taxicab Company is a recommendation of all-round excellence of character and reliability. The closest investigation of the manner of living and record of service for five years previous to application for a position as a driver is instituted before the Company will employ a man as one of their staff.
He must be honest and reliable--able to take orders and obey the important rule, "Safety First." The silver bars I noticed on the sleeve of my chauffeur represented five years of efficient service--one for each year he had been in their employ.
The men pride themselves upon these merit badges, and the people of Pittsburgh also appreciate and know that the Pittsburgh Taxicab Company's chauffeurs are to be trusted. Hence it is that you see a great many women and children patronize the taxis. They know that they are in skilful, capable hands.
I arrived at the Offices of the Company, where I was met by an assistant to the General Manager. I stated my case and he listened respectfully. Conducting me to his office--right alongside the big Hiland 4400 switchboard which throws out its tentacles to every part of Pittsburgh--he 'phoned the description of my lost property to another part of the building.
Immediately the answer came, "O.K.--we have it," and in a jiffy a man appeared with the whole shooting match, all neatly labeled with the number of the car and the driver who had turned it in.
I was amazed. Here I had been throwing away all my baggage--leaving it in a dozen different places--and here I was handed a neat package containing every article. I learned my experience was a common one: that thousands of articles were retrieved every day--every hour of the day and night--by these alert public servants, the Pittsburgh Taxicab Company.
Day and night, holidays or Sundays, here are found competent assistants of the General Manager ready for all calls upon their efficient service. They are always "Johnny-on-the-spot"--alert, alive and willing.
I saw a driver come in with his car. He handed out a card on which he had noted that certain parts of the car needed attention. This card was handed to the Mechanical Superintendent, who turned it over to the proper quarter, where the deficiency was corrected.
Every car is overhauled, washed, polished, thoroughly cleaned inside and out, and disinfected before it goes out. Every car carries an extra tire and a set of chains.
And no matter what the weather, every chauffeur must carry them along with his car.
The Pittsburgh Taxicab Company takes no chances--"Safety First."
The taxicab with its energetic and untiring meter is the ever-welcome subject of the cartoonist and the joint stock joke of the comedian.
"The ticking ticker ticks;
And having ticked,
Not all your frowns and swears
Will get you out of it."
You've got to pay--so much a taxicab mile. And a taxicab mile is like the minutes of the last meeting--"passed as read."
It seems strange, though, if taxicab operation is such a paying business, and one which brings such enormous returns, that there are few companies in America that have been successful.
Some businessmen say the reason is because the rates are so exorbitant that people can not afford to use a taxicab. And they talk about the low rates in Europe and advise cutting the taxi fares in half. "If you do this you will double the number of passengers you carry."
Beautiful! Double the work--income same!
You may say, "Oh, but it is more than likely that a cheaper rate would increase your business fourfold."
I scarcely think so.
Conditions in America and Europe differ. European cities are older and more compact. London, for example, with its seven million inhabitants covers an area less than one-third that of Pittsburgh.
When these European cities were planned and built the time of rapid transit was not yet. Folks had all the time there was.
The coach was the chief medium of travel. Later came the hansom-cab, with jesting Jehu on the box and animated toast-rack in the shafts.
Then followed the busses and street-cars--all horse-drawn--to be in turn superseded by the electrification of the street-railroads and by taxicabs.
The taxicab is right in line with European customs and ideals. It is mobile--handy for short distances. To take a taxi is a habit with the European--when he can raise the price!
The washerwoman takes her washing home in a taxi; clerks go to and from their business in them.
There they are on every street-corner. You take a taxi, make a trip, and the taxi goes to the next corner and waits for another fare.
In this way he reduces his empty periods to a minimum.
And when the day's work is finished he finds that his taxicab has been earning practically all the time and been paid for most of the miles it has traveled.
Now how is it in America?
Here our cities cover a greater area--often fifteen or twenty miles in extent. The great street-car system feeds it at all points and rapidly rushes us from point to point. We rush, hurry, hustle, and even borrow time from the morrow.
In the morning we rush east; evening sees us returning westward. During the day traffic is cityward to the business district, and night finds the stream of humanity surging homewards.
The result is that the people who use taxis get them at one end of the system at certain hours. The Taxicab Company has to accommodate them, and so one half of the journey is done "empty."
Another difference between American and European taxicab operations is in the matter of "telephoning calls." Nobody 'phones a taxi in Europe. They are at every corner. But in America it often happens that a taxicab will go a couple of miles in answer to a 'phone call, pick up a passenger, carry him a mile, and travel two miles empty before getting another fare.
Five miles of actual travel and pay for only one!
The Pittsburgh Taxicab Company have endeavored to minimize this "empty mileage" by installing a private telephone system, and with some success.
But even with this wonderful system of telephone their cars are still obliged to travel half the time empty.
There is still another thing that militates against the successful operation of some Taxicab Companies--a defective charge account-system.
As a matter of fact it would be infinitely better if the idea of "charging" taxi trips were abolished.
You've got to pay anyway. And in many instances a charge-account system with an identification card or coin leads to extravagance.
There's the devil to pay as well as the Taxicab Company at the month's end. Especially if by some means "the boy" "finds" the old man's card or coin and uses it for purposes of his own. It can readily be understood what an enormous amount of work, worry and loss a poor system of charge-accounts entails.
Thousands of accounts have to be suspended, and a list of these is given to each driver, who is supposed to identify "sound" fares from "suspended" ones by this means.
If he happens to have a passenger whose credit is withdrawn, and he fails to recognize or identify him, he is obliged to pay the fare himself.
So he keeps the list of suspensions in the crown of his hat and surreptitiously consults it at judicious intervals.
But it has happened that his judgment has proved fallible and he has arrived at the point where his liabilities exceeded his assets: his salary was non est owing to have to settle up for delinquent fares.
As a natural result he changed his job, and the Taxicab Company was forever up against the problem of a constantly changing staff.
If a charge-account system is necessary, then I think the system of charge-accounts operated by the Pittsburgh Taxicab Company is the best I have ever known. They issue coupon-books, like the mileage-books used by railroad companies, and keep their patrons supplied with these books. The last four pages of coupons are a different color, and just as soon as one of these coupons is turned in, along by mail comes another book, keeping their customers constantly supplied.
If the patron doesn't pay, they stop sending him books. When a man has a trip in a taxicab, he pays with coupons and closes each transaction, doing away with all of the unnecessary bookkeeping and annoyance of having his credit questioned by the driver having to consult the list in his cap to ascertain if his account is good. The drivers know only coupons and cash in their transactions.
They send bills on the first of each month for all coupon-books issued during the previous month, and if the amount is paid within ten days, a cash discount is allowed, which is only right, as sometimes the books are not entirely used when paid for.
At one time the taxicab operator served three things: the world (meaning the public), the flesh (himself), and the devil (his employer).
That was before the time of the taximeter, when the charges made depended upon the conscience of the driver, whether you were an Elk or a jay, a royal octavo or just an ordinary common or garden pocket edition.
Disputes between driver and passenger were the rule, and the Taxicab Company suffered from the operation of the law of diminishing returns. Nowadays that is all changed.
The taximeter--that wonderful machine which is a combination of time-clock, speedometer, adding-machine and cash-register--precludes the possibility of argument or overcharges.
It is the tireless monitor that makes mistakes impossible.
The Pittsburgh Taxicab Company are interested in the manufacture of the famous Pittsburgh Taximeter made by the Pittsburgh Taximeter Company.
As a matter of fact, the same men are at the head of each concern.
The Pittsburgh Taximeter is used by taxicabs everywhere.
Each taxicab of the Pittsburgh Taxicab Company is equipped with this semi-human mechanism.
It is right on its job from the drop of the flag until the car ceases to work.
The meter registers fifty cents for the first half-mile and ten cents for every additional quarter-mile. Should you keep the car for a "wait" it checks off the time and charges you at the rate of One Dollar Fifty an hour.
The Pittsburgh Taximeter works all right--but it does not rob. It is accurate and trustworthy and has been adopted by the Pittsburgh Taxicab Company because it is far and away the simplest and most satisfactory taximeter that has ever been invented.
It used to be that any one wishing to pay a compliment to a manufacturing city said, "It is the Sheffield of America."
Now when we wish to pay a compliment to a growing, thriving, evolving county seat we say, "It is a second Pittsburgh." The city of Pittsburgh has created wealth faster than any other city ever has in the history of the world.
This wealth has been made simply by the application of intelligence to raw materials. The metals have been manipulated into things of use and beauty.
And the success of taking raw materials, and out of them evolving valuable commodities for the service of man, has turned on organization--the organization first of men, then of materials.
Let it not be forgotten that Andrew Carnegie and George Westinghouse got their business baptism at Pittsburgh. For all practical purposes, the United States Steel Corporation, the greatest and most beneficent corporation in the world, a concern with a capital of a thousand million dollars, is a Pittsburgh product. And the United States Steel Corporation has benefited the world at large a deal more than it has its stockholders. Besides steel, it supplies safety, sanitation, education--opportunity.
Then we get the American Iron Works, otherwise known as "Jones & Laughlin's"; the Pressed Steel Car Works; a dozen glass-factories, beside manufactories that produce salt, brick of a hundred kinds, stoves, brass, bronze, white lead, pottery, paper, lumber--never for a moment forgetting Brother Heinz with his fifty-seven varieties of palate-provoking pickles.
Art is produced from the surplus that commerce accumulates.
Pittsburgh has passed through the pioneer stage, and is moving out into the world of art and education.
The Civic Center in the vicinity of Schenley Park is one of the unforgettable sights to be seen in America.
Here are hotels, clubs, libraries, great conservatories and university buildings, stretching away on the landscape, all seemingly without crowding, with room to spare, giving us a sort of second Athens.
To be absolutely truthful, the Athens of Pericles did not have one-twentieth of the wealth that Pittsburgh has already invested in technical schools, libraries, art galleries, clubs and gymnasiums.
The original city of Pittsburgh is located at the confluence of the Ohio, the Monongahela and the Allegheny. This section is surcharged with nervous energy, and is as busy as downtown in Boston--and just as crooked. The word "crooked," however, applies only to the topography of the streets; for Boston and Pittsburgh, and all our other big financial centers, have learned the truth that Benjamin Franklin so well knew--honesty pays.
In no city in the world does friendship play a bigger part in affairs than in Pittsburgh. In bustling activity Pittsburgh is only surpassed by Chicago, and even this is a matter of argument; but in Pittsburgh I noticed there is always time for the friendly word.
In Pittsburgh I know a thousand men by name; also I call them by their first names. Health, good-cheer, courtesy and a spirit of friendliness abound.
The Pittsburgh Taxicab Company represents the spirit of Pittsburgh about as well as any institution that comes to my mind at the minute.
The whole idea of the Pittsburgh Taxicab Company is one of service.
Among other distinctions, Pittsburgh can make the proud boast that she wears out automobile-tires more quickly than any other city in America.
While men live longer in Pittsburgh than in most cities, yet automobile-tires are shorter-lived.
Undoubtedly the reasons are the stony streets downtown, the many abrupt turns, the multiplicity of street-car tracks, the hills which make the use of the brake necessary.
The more you apply your brakes, the quicker your stops, the sharper your turns, the more are you knocking the vitality out of your rubber tires.
Pittsburgh is a city of magnificent distances. It just runs over and inundates the landscape for a distance of, say, twenty miles, up and down the Ohio, the Alleghany [sic], the Monongahela.
Some roads are as rough and rocky as the road to Dublin.
Houses are perched on aerie crags and hilltops.
There are winding approaches and picturesque situations which are beautiful to anybody and everybody but the taxi driver.
There is no such thing as running on one speed in Pittsburgh.
The meter, however, does not run fast or slow as you run up or down. Be the road rough or smooth it makes no difference. You pay for just the actual distance traveled.
Altogether, Pittsburgh rates are exceedingly reasonable, when we consider the class of service provided.
It is beautiful to ride in a taxi if you are going somewhere worth while and if you know what you are going for. The money is well expended. Quick, sure, safe transportation to men and women of ability and means is a rare luxury.
With it all, the Pittsburgh Taxicab Company is successful, but not absurdly so. It pays modest dividends.
It pays good wages to every employee.
Nothing is skimped, slighted, overlooked.
The old-time cabby was eminently unreliable.
Lost articles were seldom returned. Truth was at a discount; and the story told by Robert Louis Stevenson of landing in New York at the dock and getting into a cab and being driven seven miles in order to reach his hotel, which he afterwards discovered was immediately across the street, is typical of the old-time service.
Information given you by a Pittsburgh Taxicab chauffeur is reliable. If the man does not know he tells you so, but usually he knows.
All over the city, at a hundred points or more, you will find the Pittsburgh Taxicab Company's telephones.
The box is open. Simply lift the receiver, state your case, and in two minutes the taxi will be there. It is sent from the nearest station. When the driver deposits his passenger he does not go back to headquarters. He reports from the nearest telephone box, and he remains right there until the operator tells him where to go next.
This marvelous telephone system puts a taxi at your disposal from any point in the city, night or day, rain or shine, Winter or Summer, in a fraction of a jiffy.
These telephone boxes are at all railroad-stations, the principal hotels, the big department-stores, at theaters and clubs. It is a service unsurpassed for people of quality who prize the best, who carry big burdens jauntily, and who, like Napoleon, know the value of time.
Courtesy, kindness, sanitation, hygiene, quick, safe, sure transportation--these are the things dealt in by the Pittsburgh Taxicab Company.
The service given is an honor to one of the most picturesque, different and wonderful cities that the world has ever seen.
And best of all, this service is evolving and growing as the city of Pittsburgh grows.
And look you, Genevieve, the city of Pittsburgh, comparatively, is just a debutante--watch her grow!
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Module 1 (Duration: 3 days)
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Module 3 (Duration: 3 days)
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Prosthodontic components
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Laboratory communication
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Custom abutments and frameworks
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Principles of guided bone regeneration
Socket grafting
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Sinus augmentation : internal and external
Bone manipulation : ridge expansion, ridge splitting
Bone augmentation : block grafts
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Computer guided implant surgery
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Mastering Consent and Shared Decision Making
Recall and review
Implant maintenance
Implant complications and failures
Implant dentistry marketing
Digital photography
Scientific literature in implantology
Continuing education in implantology
Modular Hands on sessions/Table demos
A key part of the course is the structured table based series of hands on exercises and the primary purpose of these sessions is to prepare you for laboratory aspects of implantology or to attempt to provide pre clinical competence.
Module 1 :
Stent fabrication
Computer guided surgery workshop
Compuer guided surgery demonstration
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Soft tissue and suturing workshop-animal jaws
Dummy implant insertion single tooth
Dummy implant insertion bridge
Dummy implant insertion overdenture
Module 3 :
Prosthodontic components workshop
Module 4 :
Impression making on dummies
Socket grafting demonstration-model
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Digital photography for implants
Clinical Sessions (All modules)
In keeping with the clinical emphasis of the course, ALL participants will observe clinical demonstrations/videos of implant placement and restoration in the following clinical situations. ALL participants will thereafter also treat patients with similar clinical situations. Only Southern Implants' implant systems will be used on the course to allow ease of training. The following clinical situations should ideally be treated on the course by EVERY participant :
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Panthera Leo
- Female – 1,1 m (3,7 feet)
- Male – 1,2 m (3, 11 feet)
- Female – 1,4 to 1,8 m (4,7 to 5,10 feet)
- Male – 1,7 to 2,5 m (5,6 to 8,2 feet)
- Female – 120 to 180 kg (264 to 396 pounds)
- Male – 150 to 250 kg (330 to 551 pounds)
The African Lion (Panthera leo) stands about 1,1 m (3,7 feet) at the shoulder and weighs 120 to 250 kg (264 to 551 pounds), with males being larger than females. Lionesses have a tawny coloured coat and only the males have the characteristic dark brown to black mane. Both sexes have black tipped tails and black markings behind the ears, a lighter colour underneath the eyes and an almost white underbelly.
The lifespan of a male lion is about 10 years, as they compete rigorously for territories and females and often get killed by one another in the process. Thanks to the protection of the males, females can reach about 14 years.
FOOD AND HABITAT: Lions are powerful animals that usually stalk and hunt their chosen prey in coordinated groups. Unfortunately they are only able to run fast in short bursts, which means they need to be as close to their prey as possible before attacking. They take advantage of factors that limit visibility, so many kills take place at night or near some form of cover. The prey is killed either by strangulation or suffocation, the lion enclosing the animal's mouth and nostrils in its jaws. Their prey consists mainly of large mammals, with a preference for wildebeest, impala, zebra, buffalo and warthog.
They also scavenge animals that died from natural causes or were killed by other predators. Circling vultures aid them in finding food in this manner.
A lion can gorge up to 30 kg (66 pounds) in one sitting, and if it is unable to consume the entire kill in one go, it will rest for a few hours and then eat more. Lionesses do most of the hunting, while males connected to the prides do not actively participate, except in the case of larger quarry such as giraffe and buffalo.
Lions spend much of their time resting and are inactive for about 20 hours per day. They form a group structure known as a pride that consists of 5 or 6 related females, their cubs of both sexes, and one or two males who mate with the adult females.
Both males and females defend the pride against intruders. Females form the stable social unit in a pride and do not tolerate outside females. Sub-adult males are forced to leave the pride when they reach maturity at around 2 to 3 years of age.
Lions tend to roar in a very characteristic manner, starting with a few deep, long roars that trail off into a series of shorter ones. They most often roar at night, and the sound can be heard from a distance of 5 km (3 miles). They roar to advertise their presence.
CONSERVATION: In the recent past, lions occurred throughout the sub-region, but are now only found in the northern and eastern areas. They are largely restricted to the major conservation areas. The main threats to lions are competition by other predators, a high cub mortality rate, human interference and habitat loss.
REPRODUCTION: Most lionesses will have reproduced by the time they are four years old. Lions do not mate at any specific time of the year and the females are polyestrous. A lioness may mate with more than one male when she is in heat. During a mating bout – which can last several days – the couple will copulate twenty to forty times a day, and often forgo eating.
The average gestation period is around 110 days, with the female giving birth to a litter of one to four cubs in a secluded den away from the rest of the pride. She will often hunt by herself while the cubs are still helpless, staying relatively close to the thicket or den where the cubs are hidden. The cubs are born blind and their eyes do not open until about a week after birth.
The lioness moves her cubs to a new den site several times a month, carrying them one by one by the nape of the neck. This is to prevent scent from building up at a single den site, thereby avoiding the attention of predators that could harm the cubs.
The mother will not usually reintegrate herself into the pride until the cubs are six to eight weeks old. However, lionesses are also known to synchronise their reproductive cycles so that they can assist in the raising of the young, who suckle indiscriminately from any or all of the nursing females.
In addition to greater protection, the synchronisation of births also has the added advantage of the cubs ending up being roughly the same size. This gives them an equal chance of survival.
In addition to starvation, cubs also face many other dangers such as predation by other predators, lions and even herbivores. As many as 80 percent of cubs will die before they reach the age of two.
A lioness will defend her cubs fiercely from a challenging male, but such actions are rarely successful and he will usually end up killing all cubs that are younger than two years old.
The lion is considered part of South Africa's rich heritage, and as such, occupies pride of place on the local ZAR50.00 note.
(http://www.cites.org – species page) New site developed: http://www.speciesplus.net/
Van Lill,D. (2005) Wonderful Animals of South Africa. LAPA Publishers: Pretoria. pp. 26 – 36
Stuart, C & Stuart, T. (1988) Field Guide to Mammals of Southern Africa. Struik Nature: Cape Town.
Walker, C. (2000) A field guide to the spoor and signs of the mammals of Southern Africa. Struik Nature: Cape Town. pp. 97


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In this past transfer, Sorella Walton and Sorella Chambers made a goal to hand out 100 copies of the Book of Mormon. They didn't make it. They surpassed it!
"The time is long overdue for a massive flooding of the earth with the Book of Mormon for the many reasons which the Lord has given. In this age of electronic media and mass distribution of the printed word, God will hold us accountable if we do not now move the Book of Mormon in a monumental way."
-President Ezra Taft Benson