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I saw you for the last time today. I didn't want to leave you alone yesterday. All by yourself with your loved ones gone. Just like I didn't want to leave you today laying at the top of a hill. Good news is your daughter is close to you.
Everyone commented on how good you looked. But I didn't think you looked good. I knew what they meant but I'm positive they agree – I liked you better when you were alive.
Warm skin. Tight embrace. Involuntary and voluntary motions. Warm blood. Beating heart. Comforting accented voice.
I couldn't bring myself to kiss your forehead. That's always the part of funerals that I hate. I hate touching the body and feeling how cold and hard it is. You go from soft and fleshy to cold and lifeless. I kept trying to see the rise and fall of your chest. It didn't happen.
I touched your arm and it felt like my chest was going to rip open. The heaviness was unbearable. The tears wanted to flow with the accompaniment of a painful scream. I think I manage to hold myself together pretty well in public.
I went into the bathroom and cried and asked you to forgive me.
I remember kissing my great grandma on the forehead when I had to pay my respects. The coldness lingered on my lips for hours.
When we were saying farewell to your physical form, I fixed the flower in front of your daughter's grave. It felt like grieving for two people at once.
You would have been so happy to see everyone in the family there today.
People socializing and eating. Laughing and crying. Kids running around and playing with one another. New life.
Your other daughter played a song you really liked. The lyrics said "don't cry for me." I know you wouldn't want us to be sad because you always said you would be in a better place.
Everyone kept saying how much fun you and your daughter must be having in Heaven right now. I hope that's true.
The Priest today mentioned a biblical verse that referenced the dead to those asleep. I'd like to think of it that way instead. A deep slumber.
Grief hits you in the oddest of ways. One day you think of the person gone and you feel heavy but you breathe and know you will be alright. Then you're in Target and are reminded in some way and start to tear up in the middle of Target. Holding some obscure random object. The next you're out with friends and laughing at something stupid. You're reminded that it will be alright.
The laughter feels like a release. It feels good. Then you're walking down 86th street in Brooklyn listening to salsa music and the singer says in Spanish: "This is my grandmother's music" and you feel a rip of pain. Then to top it off he also mentions Puerto Rico's dish, Cuchifrito, the nickname you always called me, and you feel like breaking even more. It's a wonder you don't stumble over and cry in the middle of the street.
I miss you. The house is not the same without you. No one is the same without you. I miss you.
I wish I could hold you again but those wishes will not come true. I still wrestle with whether there is an afterlife or not. I hope one day you prove to me that there is one. Show me a sign.
Grief reminds you that you also have a life to live. Even though it's painful. Even though you're without that person. Weed out the negative and destructive relationships in your life. If you have to question a friendship more times than you can think of reasons to value it, that's a red flag. It's a cliché saying but life is too short. It's cliché for a reason, it resonates with enough people. It holds truth. I still have another grandmother to love. I still have my parents to love. I still have my friends to create memories with. I still have countries to visit and be fascinated by. I still have lives that I haven't touched. I still have to see the little ones grow up and be wonderful beings. I still haven't experienced falling in love. I am still someone's niece, cousin, Titi, daughter and friend. Maybe even someone's future mother.
Get that drink with your cousin who you haven't seen in a while. Form new healthy and exciting relationships. Do something you are afraid of. Tell people how you feel about them, when you feel it. Hug and kiss them whenever you have the chance. Live spontaneously. Be nicer to your parents. Even though you think they will never understand you, they've had their fair share of pain and struggle too. Stop holding so much inside. Let it out. Even if you have a 9-to-5 job you don't really like in order to pay bills, do something outside of that job that gives you purpose and makes you happy. Then, slowly but surely leave that job to replace it with one you do like. Take more steps to stop being so angry. Why are you so angry? Leave the past where it is. It will never change and it's not coming back. And maybe, that's a good thing. Stop holding other people's opinions so valuable when you do not even agree with them. You think they're idiots anyway. Read a new book. You do not have to go to school in order to constantly learn new things. Stop wasting time. Your time is very valuable and every day you are alive is one day closer to your expiration date.
My first semester of college, my favorite professor asked us how often we think about death. I told him I think about it all the time.
Know that you are not immortal. Let that settle in. Now, go from there.


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Israel and the United States have had a strong, dynamic, commercial and economic relationship for many years. The government's decision to found an investor visa in Israel, and come to a similar agreement with the U.S., speaks to the continuous reinforcement of the commercial relationship that they hold. In 2013, the exchange of products between the U.S. and Israel – mostly made up of products manufactured by the chemical industry, pearls and precious stones, machinery and mechanical equipment - reached approximately $27 billion.
The government's bill to found an investor visa in Israel was passed on March 30, 2014, and will enable American investors who have- or wish to make a significant investment in a business or entrepreneurship (that holds the potential of contribution to the Israeli market), to stay in Israel and develop their investment.
The total sum of direct foreign investments in Israel during 2012 stood at $10 billion and is estimated to have risen past $15 billion in 2013. Over $2 billion was invested in Israel by Americans in 2012, and the U.S. is currently at the top of the list of countries which invest in Israel. Comparably, Israel has been the source of $2 billion invested in the U.S., and as such, is ranked as one of the top 20 countries that invest in the U.S. Throughout the past decade, the direct foreign investments from Israel to the U.S. stood at approximately $60 billion. In fact, Israel invested in the U.S. almost as much as China did, and in 2010, was one of the top 20 countries whose direct investments in the U.S. was highest. Israel was even ranked higher than countries such as Brazil, India, Russia and Taiwan.
Hundreds of Israeli companies operate in the U.S. in a variety of different industrial sectors, including production, research, development and professional services through subsidiary companies and/or business partners. The investor visa enables investors and their employees to transfer and work in Israel for the purpose of developing their investment. In order to receive a work permit, or an extension on the permit, the investor will need to prove that the investment is active and that the company is developing in such a way that will contribute to the Israeli economy.
The U.S. and Israeli governments have only continued to strengthen their cooperation and ties after approving the law that enables Israeli citizens to apply for the investor visa (E-2) in the U.S. Israel is currently writing the procedures and regulations that would enable a U.S. citizen to begin applying for the investor visa in Israel. U.S. citizens will have the ability to submit an application for the Israeli investor visa in the free trade areas (Washington, Chicago, New York, Houston and San Francisco), after which it will be reviewed by an inter-office committee made up of representatives of the Population Immigration and Border Authority, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Finance.


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It is increasingly clear that we are moving from a time in history where, at least in the developed world, we have had it good for decades in terms of easy access to food and water to a time that will present many different challenges. These are big challenges and require us to radically rethink how agriculture is practiced and how we produce the water we need.
Vast quantities of oil are used to grow, process, store and transport food to us. For the last 30 years we have been almost literally 'eating oil', as our food supply system is underpinned, and indeed made possible, by the uninterrupted flow of cheap oil and gas. In the US, the food system has been estimated to require 10 calories of fossil fuel for every 1 calorie that lands up on our plates (Giampietro and Pimentel 1994). We can no longer rely on the assumption that cheap fossil fuels will continue to be available into the indefinite future. It will no longer make sense to be importing fruit to Ireland from abroad by airplane.
With a rising global population and greater demand, the coming decades will likely see increasing price volatility and interruptions to supplies of liquid fuels. Having food and water systems that are very oil dependant is a high risk strategy for a region that has to import all of the oil it uses.
The other great challenge is climate change. To avoid runaway climate change we need to radically reduce emissions in the coming decades. The current food systems cause far too much emissions at all stages. In addition, a certain amount of climate change will happen regardless because of historical emissions since the start of the industrial revolution. It is predicted that the west of Ireland will be warmer and wetter in the near future. Sea level change is also occurring. We will need to accept that low-lying coastal land may be at risk of flooding and some may be lost to the sea. Any changes in climate will, of course, affect how we manage our water supplies as they are inextricably linked.
While we produce much of our food nationally, we are far more vulnerable in terms of food than we were several decades ago. In the past, the region was largely self-reliant for food with its core needs produced locally. In contrast, many elements of the present food system are fragile. Although we now have access to a greater variety of foods from all corners of the globe, there is insecurity in on the 'just-in-time' distribution system that we are increasingly dependent on. We are only a couple of days away from a major food crisis should, for example, the lorries that make it possible stop running, as we saw starkly in 2000 during the lorry drivers' dispute in the UK.
Much of the fertiliser used on Irish farms is produced from natural gas. In addition, many pesticides and other agrochemicals are also produced using fossil fuels. Given that the vast majority of fossil fuels are imported this leads to a high degree of vulnerability.
Potash is mined from the earth and is used to make fertiliser used in modern large scale industrial agriculture. Global reserves of potash are running low. Ireland currently imports most of the potash it uses. The price can fluctuate greatly. Some argue that given its essential role as a fertiliser, 'peak potash' could be more of a problem than peak oil.
We are currently in the age of supermarkets and convenience foods. The large supermarkets have a very strong grip on the Irish food market. This grip can have a detrimental effect as the big supermarkets wield a great deal of power which can result in local suppliers and producers not getting a fair price for their produce. The current globalised food system is profoundly unsustainable. It is a vast system that sources food from whoever in the world that can produce it cheapest. Local suppliers and producers often have to compete with imported goods that are produced in places with lower environmental and labour standards.
Human population is rising, especially in the developed world, and more are adopting western dietary habits that are high in meat. Unfortunately, large scale industrial meat production has a large environmental impact. On a finite planet, there is a limit to how much meat can be produced.
There has already been significant environmental damage as a result of current farming practices. Soils have been degraded. There have been exceptions, but on the whole, we have lost a lot of biodiversity and habitats have been damaged on our intensely farmed agricultural lands.
In our seas we have overfished and taken more fish than we should have. If this massive overfishing continues, stocks will soon collapse.
A large proportion of the food we produce is needlessly wasted. This is not only a waste of valuable resources but is also unacceptable given that there are many people going hungry. Another wasteful practice is when a country exports millions of tonnes of a food product such as potatoes to another country but then imports millions of tonnes of the same food product from the same country. Vast amounts of oil are burned transporting all of this food around.
A very high proportion of the water we produce in Galway is lost in the old and defective water pipe system that delivers water to our homes and businesses.
Given the impending lack of security in supply of cheap oil and the urgent need to reduce emissions that cause climate change, a shift in how we feed ourselves is inevitable. This chapter contains some possible solutions that might help make the transition to a truly sustainable and resilient food and water supply system. Such a transition is challenging and urgently needed but it is possible.


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Published by Chris Johnson, on Tuesday, April 23, 2013
SharePoint 2010 finally saw the recommended item limit for lists and libraries essentially lifted (Microsoft says lists can contain up to 30 million items!), but what happens when we need to query items in these large lists?
I'm not just being dramatic. We recently encountered a scenario in which a CAML query, executed by the server object model against a list containing a measly 15,000 items, failed immediately with the following exception:
Microsoft.SharePoint.SPQueryThrottledException: The attempted operation is prohibited because it exceeds the list view threshold enforced by the administrator.
The default value of the List View Threshold property for a web application is 5000 items. You can find this setting in Central Administration –> Manage Web Applications, by selecting a web application, clicking the down-arrow beneath the "General Settings" ribbon button, and then selecting "Resource Throttling":
The "List View Threshold" web application setting in Central Administration
Given that 15,000 is relatively far from 30,000,000 (by a factor of 2000, but who's counting?), I just assumed that this "list view threshold" was set arbitrarily low. Knowing our document library would probably max out at about 120,000 items, I considered simply bumping the threshold and calling it a day.
But researching the List View Threshold further yields some interesting information, notably the following:
Microsoft's documentation on querying large lists is nothing if not expansive, but it's also confusing. The whitepaper offers this fun little nugget of knowledge:
Some operations, such as non-indexed queries or adding a column to a list, take time and resources that are proportional to the number of items in the list. […] As the list size increases, these operations take longer and use more resources. Rather than let these operations run unbounded, the list view threshold blocks them.
SharePoint blocks queries that return more than 5,000 items because it takes a long time to perform the query. It would follow that bumping the threshold, as I had planned, is a bad idea:
Even changing the limit from the default of 5,000 to 10,000 has a significant effect on performance. Rather than raising or lowering the list view threshold to improve performance, we recommend that you do not change the default list view threshold and focus instead on making sure queries perform well.
But here's the catch: my query can't "perform well" if it isn't allowed to execute. Later on, Microsoft gets right to the point:
List view threshold exceptions can be common, especially immediately after upgrade. It might seem simpler to resolve these issues by changing the list view threshold. We strongly recommend that you do not change the list view threshold.
Microsoft offers some advice regarding how to improve a query such that it is allowed to execute. We can always override the QueryThrottleMode property of the SPQuery object to ignore the list view threshold as follows:
SPQuery oQuery = new SPQuery(); oQuery.QueryThrottleMode = SPQueryThrottleOption.Override;
While similar to bumping the web application's list view threshold, this option is slightly more sandboxed. In the same "Resource Throttling" menu in Central Administration as the standard List View Threshold setting, there is a second setting, called "List View Threshold for Auditors and Administrators":
This threshold is different from the standard threshold setting due to the fact that it can only be used when the query is run programmatically, under a service account with appropriate permissions, and explicitly overridden:
Allowing the object model override specifies whether service accounts can use the list view threshold for auditors and administrators. A farm administrator must enable the object model override and programmatically specify that a list is an exception. Then, programmers with appropriate permission can programmatically request that their query or list use the higher list view threshold size for auditors and administrators to take advantage of it.
But this accomplishes the same end as bumping the list view threshold in Central Administration, which is to simply allow the query to execute without regard for the inevitable performance degradation.
The same goes for setting a time window within which such queries can run (and because our use case requires all users to be able to execute this query at any time, this was out of the question). For more information on the "daily time window" override, see the section in the aforementioned whitepaper.
We could get a little wilder by permanently disabling the list view threshold for the list itself (which can only be accomplished via the object model and, you guessed it, is also discouraged):
SPList myList = myWeb.Lists["My List"]; myList.EnableThrottling = false;
You can presume why that is a bad idea. So we are left with a few options for improving our query:
SPQuery CAML queries are executed against the default view of a list unless otherwise specified; one way to avoid the list view threshold exception is to query against a view that returns fewer items.
You can specify the view against which an SPQuery object executes by using the second constructor when initializing your SPQuery object:
var oQuery = new SPQuery("My Limited View Name");
The query will then be executed against the view you specify instead of the default set of all list items.
This option was off the table for us (our use case required us to query against all items anyway), but querying against a view that preemptively limits the base number of items against which an SPQuery selects (to a number beneath the list view threshold) will cause the SPQueryThrottledException to disappear.
SharePoint 2010 introduced the ability to index specific columns in a list. On a bit of a whim, we decided to see if indexing the integer column on which we were querying would allow the query to run– and it worked.
It turns out that Microsoft has an entire MSDN article dedicated to Query Throttling and Indexing, which explains that adding a column index allows queries on large lists to run un-throttled. This article more succinctly states the operation of the list view threshold in relation to queries:
The list view threshold does not apply simply to the number of results returned by your query. Instead, it restricts the numbers of database rows that can be accessed in order to complete execution of the query at the row level in the content database.
The article proposes a scenario similar to ours, in which a query is executed against a list of 10,000 items :
If you were to build a query that returns the first 100 items [in a list of 10,000] sorted by a non-indexed Title field, the query would have to scan all 10,000 rows in the content database in order to determine the sort order by title before returning the first 100 items.
So what happens when we add an index to the Title field?
This would enable SharePoint to determine the top 100 items sorted by title from the index without scanning all 10,000 list items in the database. The same concepts that apply to sort operations also apply to where clauses and join predicates in list queries.
To index a column in a list, navigate to the list settings and click the "Indexed columns" link in the Columns section:
Click the "Indexed columns" link at the bottom of the "Columns" section on the list settings page.
On the next page, click "Create a new index." Select the column you want to index; you also have the option of index a secondary column (think: dual-column primary keys in SQL):
You can index on any column, but it should be the main field in the "Where" clause that you use to select list items in your SPQuery.
After indexing the column "My Integer Column" as above, the following query will be permitted to execute against a large list:
var oQuery = new SPQuery(); oQuery.Query = "<Where><Eq><FieldRef Name = 'My Integer Column'/><Value Type='Integer'>" + "{Some integer value}"</Value></Eq></Where>"; SPListItemCollection results = myLargeList.GetItems(oQuery);
To wrap things up, here's the deal with querying large lists:
As always, my colleagues at PSC Group deserve a big thank-you for working with me on this fun little problem.
May your future SPQuery-against-large-lists endeavors be slightly less bad!
Categories: SharePoint,CAML,large lists,List View Threshold,PSC,Resource Throttling,SPQuery,SPQueryThrottledException
Original Post: https://thedotnetter.wordpress.com/2013/04/25/spquery-and-the-list-view-threshold/


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My Natural Vacation To MadnessPar jadedanyplace4975 dans Accueil le 10 Mai 2014 à 06:28I usually have some pretty boring weekends, interpretation I watch a little bit of TV, get bored stiff, and then go on a walk through the community, but lately I had some odd issues that happened to me.
See, I was walking through the park, only I didn't see this big gaping gap that was in the midsection of nowhere, and I fell into in that pit faster than a rock on the moon, which is twice the size of a standard moon.
I kept falling and falling, and quite soon I was in this big subterranean city, that kind of looked like a typical city, only it was subterranean.
It still had outlets and persons walking around, and all the individuals looked like regular humans, only there was something very different about them.
Of course, when I noticed that they were in some way much, much smarter than standard people, I naturally wished to explore the limits of my own knowledge, so I could possibly mix it with theirs, but I had to come home.
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Other than, when it was time it was time to come home, and I somehow forgot everything that happened, except I still have some strange goals from time to time.
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If you love Oscar de la Renta's live in love Eau de Parfum, prepare to fall head over heels for this scented body scrub. The creamy formula hydrates skin while leaving behind a gorgeous scent. Light notes like sweet hyacinth, rose, and jasmine sambac lend an ultra-feminine feel, while the woody scents of amber, musk, and sandalwood give it a unique edge.
I was a bit worried that this would be an overwhelming fragrance for a body wash but I was gladly wrong! This was a light but wonderful body scrub. I love the way my skin felt after I was through with my shower. I was very happy to receive this in a mystery sample pack! Now I want the full size!5


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Loggly can automatically retrieve new log files added to your S3 bucket(s). This includes Amazon Elastic Load Balancer (ELB) access logs. You can read more here.
Recently, we started using Loggly to manage logs coming from our Amazon Web Services infrastructure. One of the reasons we decided to use Loggly was its ability to ingest JSON formatted logs via an easy-to-use RESTful interface. This capability proved especially useful when we were looking for a way to push Amazon Elastic Load Balancer (ELB) access logs into Loggly.
Most of our production servers are set up to log directly to Loggly. But we had a few legacy Windows servers sitting behind an Amazon ELB handling RESTful API requests. We wanted to log the requests hitting these servers along with a few other details such as HTTP response and client IP address. Rather than configure Loggly on each legacy server, we wanted to use the access logs generated by the Elastic Load Balancer.
Unfortunately, there is no way to configure the ELB to point to anything other than S3, and there is no way to configure Loggly to directly ingest the ELB access logs. We also did not want to run any additional EC2 instances for the sole purpose of pushing logs from S3 to Loggly. What we did want was a standalone service to push the ELB logs from S3 to Loggly with as little touch as possible.
I decided to solve this problem using a new Amazon Web Service called Lambda. AWS Lambda is a compute service that runs your Node.js code in response to events, such as a new object being written to S3. You can learn more about AWS Lambda here.
AWS Lambda, along with Loggly's RESTful API, turned out to be a simple and trouble-free way to continuously push our ELB logs into Loggly. The Lambda code I wrote to do this is called elb2loggly and can be found on GitHub.
(Side note: I was happy to have a real-world problem to solve while trying out AWS Lambda.)
Using elb2loggly to push ELB logs from S3 is pretty easy to set up if you are familiar with AWS. At a high level, you follow these two steps:
The Node.js Lambda script (elb2loggly.js) is invoked whenever a new object is placed in the S3 bucket being watched. The name of the S3 object is passed into the Lambda script in an event object. The script fetches the log file from S3 and transforms each entry from its CSV format into a JSON format.
During the transformation process, I found that I had to do further manipulation on two fields in the ELB access logs. For some reason, Amazon decided not to split the client IP and client port into their own columns of the CSV file and also decided to put both the URL request method and URL into one quoted string. All of the other columns names map directly from the CSV file to a JSON field of the same name.
Finally, elb2loggly pushes the newly formatted JSON logs to Loggy using the bulk RESTful endpoint: https://logs-01.loggly.com/bulk/. The Loggly TOKEN that is used in this upload request is configured by adding a tag to the S3 bucket that contains the ELB access logs. The name of the tag needs to be "loggly-customer-token," with the value as your Loggly customer token. You can also optionally set a tag called "loggly-tag" on the S3 bucket if you want your logs to be tagged in Loggly (e.g. "Production" or "Staging".)
One thing to keep in mind with this solution is that the Lambda function processes each log entry line by line. A very busy site could generate more entries than the Lambda function can process. You may need to keep an eye on your CloudWatch logs and tune the Lambda memory or timeouts settings to handle the size.
I hope that you can make good use of my script for your own ELB access logs. The script is on GitHub. If you would like to make any improvements, please send me a pull request and I will incorporate them.
You'll also find information in the Loggly documentation.
Chris Boscolo is Vice President of Product Development at Optimum Energy. In this role, he doesn't often have the opportunity to write software but occasionally finds projects that help his team operate Optimum Energy's OptiCx Platform, a cloud-based platform that delivers energy optimization and management integrating on-site operational modules, machine learning, web and mobile apps.
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Custom Softball Uniforms are cut and sewn to order allowing you to design your Softball Uniforms any way you like. We allow you to make team uniforms that are truly unique.
We use the same professional grade fabrics in all of our uniforms. Our Softball Uniforms are truly D1 College quality. They feature Tackle-Twill (sewn) lettering and numbering. We can customize any of these uniform styles to your specifications. You can choose your fabrics, colors, trims, panels, lettering, numbering and embroidery.
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|The Fourth Phase – 1973 Constitution and the Subsequent StepsThe Assembly of 1970 will always be remembered for electing a woman, Begum Dr. Ashraf Abbassi as its Deputy Speaker for the first time in Pakistan's parliamentary history.When the Constitution Committee was formed in 1972, three ladies, Nasim Jahan, Mrs Jennifer Qazi and Begum Ashraf Abassi were made its members.It was also during this time when another Woman Member, Mrs. Nargis Naeem was appointed as the first woman Parliamentary Secretary in the House.The revival of parliamentary democracy and the subsequent passage of the first consensus Constitution of Pakistan in 1973 enabled a sea-change in women's parliamentary participation when women were not only provided with 10 reserved berths in the Lower House but the then Government of the country's first elected Prime Minster, Mr. Zulfikar Ali Bhutto also supported women to the Upper House, the Senate. As a result, Samia Usman was elected as the first woman Senator. Besides, it was also in 1974 when Begum Rana Liaqat Ali Khan was appointed as the Governor of the province of Sindh — the first and only woman to take oath of such an exalted position so far in Pakistan's 62 years of history.This trend was vigorously followed when women's parliamentary strength rose to 10 after the general elections in 1977. The new Assembly elected the following women on reserved seats:
Women Members on Reserved Seats in the National Assembly of Pakistan March 1977- July 1977
Source: Library of National Assembly of Pakistan Records
In addition to the above, one more woman, Mrs. Shavak Rustum, was also elected against one of the seats reserved for the minorities.
The elections of 1977 are also historic for the fact that in these elections, a woman, Begum Naseem Wali Khan, was directly elected for the first time from any general seat. She returned successful from two constituencies of the North West Frontier Province. Though Begum Naseem never took oath as a Member because of the Opposition's boycott, nevertheless it remains an unbroken record in its own right since no other woman has since then been able to get elected from this province on a general seat.
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Every year, Chicago-based cardiologist Ziyad Hijazi accompanies two or three children and their families to his native Jordan for heart operations using medical devices that are not approved in the United States.
In one such case, Hijazi implanted a device to close a hole between the lower chambers of the heart in a child from Massachusetts. The device, called an amplatzer muscular VSD, manufactured by Minneapolis-based AGA Medical, was available for 9 years in Jordan before it was approved in the United States in 2007.
According to Hijazi, who is chief of pediatric cardiology at Rush University Medical Center, and other doctors, children are getting worse treatment in the United States, and have even died, because pediatric medical devices are not approved.
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By all rights this should be a golden opportunity for all those innovation evangelists to put aside their usual claptrap and strut their stuff to beneficial effect. Getting beyond the usual problem that too much innovative thinking tends to be in an echo chamber that blocks out any reverberations concerned with consequences, this is an example of a well-defined problem for which a robust solution would greatly benefit the general public. Nevertheless, you are unlikely to find any of those evangelists preaching about this particular problem in dire need of a solution. It does not take long for Sherman to get to the heart of why this is the case:
One factor is that companies that make medical devices focus on adults because the market is bigger. Heart diseases in children, for example, are more likely to be congenital, and rare, while in adults they are more likely to be progressive, and common.
A law signed late last year provides financial incentives to companies for making devices for children, but also requires those companies to track patients at their own expense.
"It's a paperwork nightmare. They have to commit resources and follow these patients forever," Forbes said. "If I'm a J&J stockholder, I'm saying, 'I love kids, I'd love to help them out, but move on.'"
There you have it: When innovation evangelists write their sermons, they are not preaching about solving problems; they are writing about new opportunities for Return on Investment (ROI). Put another way, they are interested in innovations that benefit shareholders; and, in the classic language of The Gilded Age, "the customer be damned." If too many children (or, for that matter, adults) can no longer receive effective health care through improved medical technologies, then the only consequence that seems to matter is that the "surplus population" may be reduced.
There is another lesson from Sherman's anecdote, which is that those who currently can enjoy better health care are those who can afford the expense of having a procedure performed in another country. Thus, the sort of "surplus population" that receives so little thought by our innovation evangelists are, as usual, the poor. The problem is that the poor are not receiving much more attention by the strongest voices of health care reform either, particularly when it comes to a complex socio-technical issue like being able to deploy the best technology to solve the most challenging problems. Thus, like so many other stories about the primacy of the interests of shareholders, this is ultimately another story about the War Against the Poor; and it appears that this particular skirmish is being waged on a battlefield where most of the casualties will be children.


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The film adaptation of JRR Tolkien's The Hobbit: an Unexpected Journey received mixed reviews in the US with some describing it as tedious and the 3D technology overrated.
"An Unexpected Journey" is the first of three films made by Peter Jackson that adapt Tolkein's fantasy novel, which was first published in 1937.
TheWrap.com's Leah Rozen said that fans of the books will "doubtless love this movie," and that the film is "ambitiously epic and visually inventive," but that "it's neither as engrossing nor exhilarating as the first time around with Rings."
Variety's Peter DeBruge criticised Jackson for adding a "mythologically dense, computer-generated-heavy prologue" that was not faithful to original story.
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As the start of the Sochi Winter Olympics comes closer, harassment against civil society activists has intensified.
Pussy Riot activists recently released from prison have "extended an olive branch" to the Russian Orthodox Church.
The feeing of one defendent is only a half-measure in achieving justice for the three members of punk group Pussy Riot, human rights groups say.
The trial and imprisonment of Russian feminist punk band Pussy Riot has split the country, brought criticism on the Church and provoked global outrage.
Vladimir Putin's election to a third term as Russian president has spurred debates about civil society and church-state relations within the Russian Orthodox Church.
Amnesty International is calling for the immediate release of three Russian opposition activists detained in Moscow.
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The executives involved in the scandal surrounding Japanese camera maker Olympus have been given suspended sentences for their role in the accounting fraud.
Former Chairman Tsuyoshi Kikukawa, who was forced to resign over accounting irregularities, was given a suspended three-year jail sentence for his part in the $1.7 billion cover up. Former executive vice-president Hisashi Mori was given a three-year suspended sentence and Hideo Yamada, a former auditing officer, was given a two-and-a-half year suspended sentence.
All three pleaded guilty last year to falsifying accounts and hiding huge losses at the firm over a period of more than 20 years. The fraud came to light in 2011 after Michael Woodford, the company's CEO, blew the whistle on the company. Woodford was subsequently sacked and he sued Olympus for unfair dismissal. He settled his suit with the company last year.
(Read More: Japan's 'Abenomics' Will Fail: Ex-Olympus CEO)
Contacted by CNBC on Wednesday, Woodford declined to comment on the sentencing of his former colleagues.
"I've written and spoken extensively about the Olympus scandal. The lessons of this sad tale should be obvious to anyone who is paying attention, and I do so hope that people in Japan are paying attention," he said.


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text: Statue in Tarsia dedicated to persecuted people [Rosie Scammell/Al Jazeera] Tarsia, Italy - Few refugees imagine ending up in a field in the toe of Italy's boot. But this rural slope between Tarsia, a hilltop town in the Calabria region, and the remains of the country's largest fascist concentration camp, may soon become the final resting place for those who lose their lives en route to Italian shores. "Dedicating a part of our territory to the burial of these victims is simply an act of great humanity," says the town's mayor, Roberto Amerusa, who is spearheading a campaign to build the first cemetery for victims of the Mediterranean refugee crisis. Amerusa governs a community of just 2,000 people in Tarsia - a "land of peace and solidarity", according to a sign at the top of the windy road into town.While rural Calabria may appear an unusual location for such a project, the mayor insists such a gesture is in the "cultural DNA" of a town living with the legacy of the Ferramonti concentration camp. Refugees from another time Established by fascist leader Benito Mussolini in 1940, the camp housed more than 3,000 people, mostly foreign Jews who the Italians interned there with the intention of later moving them to Nazi Germany. The transfer never happened, and Ferramonti was liberated by British forces in 1943.Among those freed were survivors from a shipwreck. Around 500 Jews had been picked up by an Italian warship in 1940 after their boat, the SS Pentcho, was shipwrecked in the Aegean Sea. They had attempted a dramatic escape down the Danube River from Bratislava. "The story of these people that were saved from the water, moreover in the Aegean Sea, today the theatre of this migratory wave ... makes this history ever more current," says Amerusa. Model of Ferramonti concentration camp [Rosie Scammell/Al Jazeera] 'Dignity at least in death' A total of 8,632 people have died or gone missing trying to reach Europe by sea since the start of 2014, according to UN figures. While many of the bodies are never recovered, those brought ashore have in the past been buried in various cemeteries in southern Italy. It was one particular shipwreck - when 360 people drowned on October 3, 2013 - that prompted a Calabrian activist to call for a rethink of the somewhat haphazard burial practice. "Seeing those coffins and those people without a name, because they were buried and almost all continue to be buried with a number, is inhuman," says Franco Corbelli, who approached various town halls before his idea was accepted in Tarsia. "We must give [them] dignity at least in death ... Each one has a relative; each one has a mother, a brother, a sister. If one day they want to go and bring a flower or say a prayer, where will they go?" he asks. A refugee cemetery Putting the plans for a refugee graveyard into motion has fallen to Francesco Sansone, Tarsia's technical officer, who has spent more than 30 years working at the town hall. Surrounded by project diagrams and maps, he outlines the cemetery design, which includes a memorial and a chapel. "You need to take account of the religions, because they're very important," Sansone says, explaining the different burial options, including space for funeral urns. "No one knows which religion these poor people are from. It's thought the majority would be Muslim, but not only ... also Christians, so we've prepared for a bit of everything." The one-hectare Tarsia site also fills a local need, as there is no space left in the town's nearby graveyard. Sansone's plans, therefore, include a large section dedicated to Italians, separated from the refugee cemetery by Purgatory Street. Amerusa says citizens were initially sceptical about the idea, but have come round to it.The mayor is also aware a refugee cemetery could have financial benefits for his town, likely drawing visitors and creating jobs, although he says such an evaluation was not a motivation. A signal of unity On the streets of Tarsia, one local describes the project as "a beautiful thing, to do this for the migrants". Joining the debate outside a cafe, where most conversation is conducted in thick Calabrian dialect, another man says the cemetery is "the right thing to do". But elsewhere one business owner says he doubts the government will pay for the project, reflecting on the high costs of sea rescue operations which he has heard about on TV. A detailed outline of figures puts the projected costs at 4.3 million euros ($4.8m), with Tarsia seeking co-financing from the Calabria region and Italy's interior ministry. Neither office was immediately available to discuss the plans, which were submitted earlier this year, leaving Sansone awaiting a response on works which he says can begin as soon as funds are allocated. Current Tarsia cemetery - as seen from the proposed site for the new cemetery [Rosie Scammell/Al Jazeera] "Unfortunately, [it's] the bureaucracy in Italy. It doesn't depend on us sometimes but we are, in this way, accomplices but also victims," he muses. There are hopes in Tarsia that the cemetery could host many of the victims of the worst shipwreck in recent decades. On April 18, 2015, at least 800 people were killed when their boat capsized. The few bodies that were recovered at the time were buried in Sicilian graves, while an Italian exercise is currently under way to raise the wreck, within which are the remains of hundreds more victims. But the head of Italy's missing persons commission, Prefect Vittorio Piscitelli, who is involved in the operation, says under current plans the remaining April 18 victims will be buried in cemeteries across Sicily. Reflecting on the Tarsia plans, Piscitelli is positive about the concept but says it seems officials running the region of Calabria have not been very active in pursuing the project. RELATED: Burying refugees who die in the Calais 'Jungle' "It could be good to give the image of our country as a welcoming country and the gate to Europe. A signal that migrants are welcome," he says, likening the cemetery to those for fallen US and UK soldiers in Italy. Piscitelli has also heard suggestions that a refugee graveyard be built on land seized from the Calabrian mafia - the vastly wealthy Ndrangheta, which wields huge power over the impoverished region. But such an idea has not made it to the planning stages and so the Tarsia site, which would take up to a year to build, seems the most likely option. Carlotta Sami, a Rome-based spokeswoman for the UN's refugee agency, UNHCR, says dedicating a place to shipwreck victims is good, although another priority in dealing with the dead must also be addressed. "The important thing is that real support is put in place for the identification of victims and the possibility to put in place contact with relatives," she says. "This should be the priority. Then if there is the possibility to remember and give a place for these people to be buried that is positive and commendable." Sign in Tarsia that reads: 'A land of peace and solidarity' [Rosie Scammell/Al Jazeera] One of the few victims to have been identified is Alan Kurdi, a three-year-old Syrian boy whose body on a Turkish beach prompted a massive outpouring of sympathy for refugees fleeing to Europe. Amerusa says the Tarsia project will be named after the Syrian toddler, with hopes that the new cemetery will serve as both a memorial to the victims and a political message in Europe. "Through this cemetery we want to give an important signal to civil society. A signal of unity, a signal of humanity, a signal of civility," says the mayor. "Today there is perhaps the need for great courage, which those who represent states must have. To not think of the next elections, but the next generations." SOURCE: Al Jazeera ABOUT THE AUTHOR Rosie Scammell Refugees Italy


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Book Review: America's Other Army
America's Other Army is a picture of the Foreign Service (and to a lesser extent, the State Department Civil Service) as seen through the eyes of Nicholas Kralev. Kralev is not and has never been a Foreign Service Officer, but he does have years of experience covering international affairs as a journalist and was granted unprecedented access to the State Department's inner workings while researching this book. It shows.
A lot of the book is mainly useful as an orientation to who FSOs are, what we do, how we do it, and why. If you are kind of sort of maybe perhaps interested in joining the FS, I highly recommend it as intro reading material. But as an FSO I learned some things from it too. Between the historical perspective Kralev provides on the evolution of the State Department and U.S. foreign policy over the last few decades and his top-to-bottom, east-to-west, 7th floor-to-basement, Afghanistan-to-Zimbabwe survey of the Foreign Service as it is right now, the book covers the breadth and depth of the FS experience in a way that a single newbie vice consul in a sleepy African backwater can't hope to match. The overall tone was informative and friendly but not fawning, and Kralev did not skimp on pointing out the risks, flaws, and challenges of the Foreign Service, both as a lifestyle for individual officers and as an organization operating in the modern political world. However, every criticism in the book was raised by an FSO, and none of them took me by surprise.
The one section that made me cringe a bit was Chapter 7: Consular Affairs. Let's just say this book is probably not going to sell you on the glories of consular work. The chapter starts off with a journalist excoriating a consular officer for not doing something that happens to be illegal, and closes with a litany of FSOs who have been convicted for selling visas. In the intervening pages consular officers try, but fail, to save the lives of Americans overseas; inform an American couple they can't take their injured adopted child to the United States because they screwed up the paperwork; and go the extra mile to help U.S. citizens in distress only to have their efforts lambasted in print. Officers on the visa line are pilloried in the press simultaneously for letting too many people into the U.S. and keeping too many people out, while being spat on - figuratively and literally - by unsuccessful visa applicants. There are a couple of success stories in there too, but mostly this chapter is kind of a downer. All of the things he mentioned do happen; some of them have happened to me personally. But as someone who does consular work for a living, let me tell you that in general it's not as bad as this section of the book makes it sound.
Despite his apparent distaste for consular work, Kralev does an excellent job explaining the FS in simple language that makes sense. He plays the roles of the Ghost of Foreign Service Past, the Ghost of Foreign Service Present, and the Ghost of Foreign Service Future with equal facility, and I hope he will be successful in helping some anti-State Department Scrooges change their minds. In any case, if you have any interest at all in how the United States represents itself on the world stage this is not a book to be missed.
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My husband, a career Consular Officer, had the same feelings about chapter 7. I haven't read it, so don't have a comment yet.ReplyDelete
George R.R. Martin really crushed my soul with that last book. The third season on HBO starts in a few weeks. I started reading the books when the HBO series first started in spring 2011, and the story wasn't moving fast enough. Then last summer I re-read them all, because I'm a nerd, in anticipation of the new book coming out.ReplyDelete
I have real conflicting feelings about the whole series - on one hand, I'm absolutely and completely enthralled by the story and the landscape and all the rich round dynamic characters.
On the other hand, I have this fear that Martin is going to ruin it all before it over. I'm pretty convinced of this fact, confirmed by how he ended the last book, shattering my hopes and dreams. I'm also disturbed by how gruesome it is. Literally, let's kill everyone, in the most horrific way imaginable. And dragons don't make the best pets.Replies
I've pretty much gotten used to the slaughter at this point, but I had some issues with the later books too. The universe and the plot have just gotten so sprawling it's hard to keep track of. There are so many characters it's hard to keep track of them, let alone bond with them, especially knowing that any one of them may get knocked off without warning at any time. Martin is going to have to start pulling all these divergent threads together eventually, preferably sooner rather than later, but from where Book 5 left off I can't really see this getting realistically wrapped up for at least two more books. Which is fine, I guess, but it's a lot.Delete
Based on the first two seasons I think I actually prefer the TV series to the books, which is not usual for me. The show is a little bit tighter, better edited. We'll see if that holds true as the TV series gets into some of the more sprawling material in the coming seasons.


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Meowga is a 60 Minute yin yoga class designed to help you relax in a purrfect way. Here you can combine therapeutic yoga with the joyful play of adoptable cats. These kitties visit us from our local SPCA and are looking to cuddle up with you forever.
The yin yoga postures are meant to release your fascia, reducing joint aches & pains. Especially in the are of the hips, lower back and pelvis. No prior experience needed and any level of fitness can participate. In this class you can relax, re-energize your mind and cuddle a cat or two.
We start on the floor, practice on the floor and finish on the floor, relaxation in a purrfect way!
Donations are appreciated and will go to the SPCA and Inverted Elephant.
(Sorry, August 19th class is booked up, you can wait list. Next scheduled MEOWga will be September 23rd)


text: Wow how time flies! The end of year is fast approaching so the time has come to announce our Christmas mini studio sessions, held here at our new studio on Macauley St Albury. We only have 2 days of sessions with after school times also available. So please don't leave it to late to book in your little ones. Perfect for babies first Christmas and the family. Prints also make a lovely Christmas gift. PM or email firstname.lastname@example.com to book.


text: How do you enter I hear you ask? Well it couldn't be easier! Simply head to one of the participating arenas and ask the staff to sign up! Easy right? You can scroll down for a list of all the arenas participating in the next season of the Arena Clash.


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The Grand opening and Pranapratishtha-Mahakumbhabhishekam of the authentic Hindu Temple in Morganville, NJ, will be conducted on Sunday, the 1st of July, 2012 in a grand scale. The religious proceedings will start on Thursday, the 28th of June and the celebrations conclude on Wednesday, the 4th of July. The Temple plans to perform this authentic celebration with the participation of learned religious scholars from India, and other parts of the world. Mahakumbhabhishekam of the Vimanams and Rajagopuram are planned to be conducted on the same day! Several cultural programs by artists from the USA and India will be organized as part of the celebrations. Showering of flowers from a helicopter during the Kumbhabhishekam, worship of cow and elephant, traditional Nadaswaram recital by musicians from India, a ceremonious car-festival and procession with the Lord seated on top of the elephant in the evening of July 1st, will add to the excitement!
The presiding deity of the Temple is Lord Guruvaayoorappan. In addition, the temple will house, Ganesha; Balaji with Sridevi & Bhudevi; Siva with Ambika; Subrahmanya with Valli and Devasena; Ayyappa; Satyanarayana; Kannikaparameshwari; Bhadrachalam Rama, Krishna, Durga/Lakshmi/Saraswati, Gayatri, Kalabhairava, Hanuman and Navagrahas. All deities are made of Granite and sculptured by traditional artisans of Tamilnadu. Lord Ayyppa sanctum will have the 18-steps similar to those in Sabarimala in Kerala.
In addition, the temple has several unique features. It houses the utsava murty's of Lord Kalyana Srinivasa with Sridevi and Bhudevi from the Tirumala-Tirupati Devasthanam (TTD), and Lord Satyanarayana from the Annavaram Satyanarayana Swami Devasthanam. The temple hosted a spectacular Kalyana Utsavam of this Kalyana Srinivasa by TTD in May 2010, with the participation of their priests and several officials from TTD. Similarly, Satayanarayana Vratam was hosted by the Temple when the Annavaram Devasthanam performed it in 2010 also.
The sanctums and vimanams of Guruvaayoorappan and Ayyappa will be similar to those in Kerala, with wood-copper finish. The others will be of typical Tamilnadu/Andhra architecture, using glass fiber-reinforced-concrete (GFRC) for better durability.
The Temple completed the priest quarters consisting of twelve, fully-furnished apartments in 2010. A 130-feet walkway, with fountains and lighting, is to be completed before the Kumbhabhishekam. The upper level of the temple houses all the sanctums within an area of ~17,500 sq. ft. The lower level has a multi-purpose hall, facilities, gift-shop, class rooms etc. Broad magnificent granite steps lead to the temple in the upper level. The temple is built on a ~40 acre property with parking for over 300 cars, with access from Texas Road and Wooleytown Road in Morganville, and is one of the largest temples in USA.
HATCC invites everyone to be part of this grand celebration. Please visit www.krishnatemple.org or contact the temple for various sponsorship opportunities and be part of the temple builder.
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Colemans are a family run business established for over fifty years. We offer an extensive range of paint and decorating equipment - Everything you need for a professional job.
We operate several trade centres providing the professional decorator with a comprehensive range of paint and decorating sundries. Members of the public and DIY enthusiasts are also welcome.
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We also stock a huge selection of decorating equipment, accessories and sundries: Brushes, Abrasives, Fillers, Rollers, Ladders, Tools and much more.
Colemans are one of the largest independant distributors of wallcoverings in the U.K. Our trade centres stock the best quality wallcoverings from the premier U.K. manufacturers including CWV, Fine Decor and H-A Interiors. We import a range of exclusive collections from Italy, Germany and France to create a balanced offer for all aspects of the wallcovering market.
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Kang Eun Bo (Jin Se Yeon) is a woman on a mission. When her twin sister is murdered, she vows to find the killer and bring them to justice.
But during the ultra-conservative Joseon Dynasty era (1392-1910), the only woman with the power to order a manhunt for a murderer is the Queen. So Kang Eun Bo resolves to win the prized royal title so she can one day avenge her sister's death.
To do so, however, she must first win the heart of Joseon King Yi Kyung (Kim Min Kyu). Yi Kyung grew up in a time of great political unrest, and is less interested in matters of the heart – and more concerned with bringing peace to the realm.
Kang Eun Bo soon discovers that winning the king's favor will not be easy – the royal court is also inundated with beautiful young women, many of whom hope to wed the king.
But when the king suddenly realizes that he recognizes Kang Eun Bo from a dream, the two begin to form an unlikely bond.
Will Kang Eun Bo ever find her twin's killer? And could love bloom between the streetwise Kang Eun Bo and the idealistic king?
"Queen: Love and War" is a 2019 Viki Original historical drama series directed by Kim Jung Min.
- Original title
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- Volunteer Team
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"Queen: Love And War" Finale Breaks TV Chosun Ratings Record; "Tell Me What You Saw" Soars To All-Time High
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Direct Action
Radical Pacifism from the Union Eight to the Chicago Seven
Taking us through the Vietnam war protests, this detailed treatment of radical pacifism reveals the strengths and limitations of American individualism in the modern era.
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1: The Journey to War Resistance
2: Forging a New Radicalism: Conscientious Objectors during World War II
3: Rebels without a Revolution, 1945-1952
4: Slumber and Awakening, 1952-1957
5: Direct Action, 1957-1963
6: The Vietnam Era
History: American History
Political Science: American Government and Politics
You may purchase this title at these fine bookstores. Outside the USA, see our international sales information.


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Song Ji Hyo Personally Goes To Check Out Her Birthday Subway Ad, Thanks Fans
On August 22, actress and "Running Man" ace Song Ji Hyo took to her personal Weibo to thanks fans for their birthday gift, a subway ad wishing her a happy birthday.
Song Ji Hyo uploaded onto Weibo a slew of photos of herself standing next to the subway ad. She wears a face mask and hat in an attempt to conceal her identity in the busy train station.
Along with the photos, Song Ji Hyo writes, "I heard about [the subway ad] so I went, and it was real. Thank you so much."
Song Ji Hyo celebrated her 36th (Korean age) birthday on August 15.
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For reference: Procedural Ships I (three years ago).
There will always be more to do. Even as far as I've come, you could easily single out a thousand things to improve. The texturing is awful. And is that a complete lack of bumpmap? Yikes. Spec map is boring. Every plate is pretty much the same -- no color, no different texturing, no nothing. Boring. The geometric structure? It's a 60-line algorithm, terribly simple and still terribly illogical.
And yet, somehow, I find myself falling in love with these ships. They are something more than the sum of their parts. Somehow, in the childish simplicity of it all, there is beauty.
Three years ago I was on the tip of the iceberg. Now, I feel, nothing has changed in that regard. The ships are a thousand times better, and yet, every moment that I explore proceduralism is another moment in which I realize that the iceberg is bigger than I ever did -- perhaps ever will -- comprehend. I now find it quite likely that I'll live out my entire life on the tip of this iceberg. It isn't a bad thing 🙂


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I got the call from Fyevel early in the week. "What's your plan this weekend? They're predicting nice weather. Might be our last chance to paint." After a few text messages and phone calls, I rounded up a part of the crew. Jone, Real, Swel, Fyevel and myself spent Saturday adding an extra layer of paint to the Pointe St-Charles arena. Good times.
Here's a snapshot once done and ready to roll out.
And here is what it looked like on the sunny bright day after.
Pictures by Patrick Béland © 2011.


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You can now IM a Librarian through AIM, MSN or Yahoo.
Just add the library to your contact list.
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For more details see our Chat Help page.
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New Delhi: A massive fire on Tuesday morning destroyed the National Museum of Natural History located on the sixth floor of the Ficci auditorium in central Delhi.
According the officials, almost everything including the collection and documents on display in the museum, was destroyed.
"Important documents and property has been destroyed. We are yet to audit the damage," an official said.
Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar visited the site and ordered an energy and fire audit of all the establishments under his ministry throughout the country.
"The museum was on the Ficci property, we will assess the damage as soon as we are handed it over and see how we can restore it," Javadekar said here.
The blaze which broke out around 1.48 a.m., was controlled by 6 a.m. Parts of the Ficci auditorium were also destroyed.
"The fire had been completely doused. However, the operation is still on since smoke is still rising from the museum," a fire bridage officer said.
Five fire brigade officers were rushed to hospital as they were injured while trying to contain the blaze.
As many as 35 fire tenders were pressed into services.
The cause of the fire, according to the officials, was yet unclear.
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BERNE (Reuters) - Credit Suisse has lost a limited amount of business as a result of pleading guilty to charges that it helped wealthy Americans to evade taxes, the head of its private bank said on Monday.
The Zurich-based institution became the largest bank in decades to plead guilty to a U.S. criminal charge, agreeing to pay more than $2.5 billion in penalties to resolve its long-running dispute with the United States.
The investigation brought a rare criminal indictment for a major financial institution, raising fears it would hit business at Credit Suisse's private bank and deter institutional clients.
"That has been very limited," Hans-Ulrich Meister said in Berne when asked about loss of business during a roundtable discussion on Swiss banking. "We also had new business at the same time."
Credit Suisse finance chief David Mathers last week said that trading revenue has been slightly disappointing so far this quarter, though not "out of kilter" with that of its peers.
Mathers said that both of Credit Suisse's main businesses - investment banking and the private bank - had won new mandates since the guilty plea was announced.
Reporting by Joshua Franklin and Albert Schmieder; Additional reporting by Oliver Hirt in Zurich; Editing by David Goodman


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Silver & Gold Coin Offer: Get the best of discount and Cashback deals this festival season on coins in 1g, 2gm, 5gm, and more weights. Explore the website page to find premium quality from top most brands such as WearYourShines, E Gitanjali, Malabar Gold and Diamond, Kalyan Jewellers, Bluestone, JPearls, and more. No promo code is required to avail the sale. Choose and order through cash on delivery or prepaid modes.
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The greenhouse effect is essential to most life on Earth. If the Earth's atmosphere did not create a greenhouse effect, the Earth would freeze over. However, if we turn up the thermostat too much by increasing the greenhouse effect, we may produce too much global warming, which in turn may change our environment forever.
Increased global warming would be serious for humans?
The greenhouse effect causes global warming?
The greenhouse effect is a bad thing?
The greenhouse effect keeps most of the Earth at a nice temperature (for us). It's only if the greenhouse effect is increased that there might be problems. So saying the greenhouse effect is a bad thing is a bit like saying water is a bad thing because we sometimes get floods.
What is the greenhouse effect?
The greenhouse effect, which occurs in the Earth's atmosphere, creates a barrier to stop heat escaping from the Earth. It effectively forms a cosy layer around the Earth, which keeps the surface temperature at an average of 15°C. Without our atmosphere and the greenhouse effect it causes, the surface of the Earth would be a very chilly -18°C.
Some of the radiation from the Sun is absorbed by the land and oceans. This heats the surface and this heat energy is carried away by convection in the atmosphere and by infra-red radiation. Much of this infra-red radition is absorbed by the gases in the Earth's atmosphere such as water vapour, methane, nitrous oxide and carbon dioxide. As a result, the atmosphere itself warms up and radiates energy not only out into space, but back towards the Earth. It is this complex process we call the Greenhouse Effect.This process was first suggested as the means by which the Earth was warmed by a famous French mathematician called Fourier in 1820, although it was a long time before his ideas were taken seriously.
Jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier
(1768 - 1830)
What is global warming?
For planets, such as the Earth, which have an atmosphere containing gases that can create a greenhouse effect, there is always a delicate balance between the quantity of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere and the resulting temperature on the planet's surface. It is this balance that may be upset if human activity changes the contents of our atmosphere by, for example, increasing the amount of carbon dioxide. If we do that, the average temperature all over the Earth may increase significantly and we would have global warming, which could possibly lead to serious climate change.
Why is global warming a problem?
Advanced life
on Earth has evolved in the present environment
and humans have learnt to live on the planet under
these conditions. Global warming could change these
conditions so that a dramatic change in the balance
of life on Earth and the ways humans live might be
It is not the greenhouse effect itself that is bad. A problem only occurs if any changes in the strength of the effect lead to large changes in the Earth's climate on a very short timescale.
Even small changes in temperature could have a devastating effect on the
climate and environment leading, for example, to more storms, droughts
and floods.
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News Release - 27th November 2014 - Risk in the UK from extreme weather set to rise
Climate change and population growth will hugely increase the risk to people from extreme weather, a report says. The Royal Society warns that the risk of heatwaves to an ageing population will rise about ten-fold by 2090 if greenhouse gases continue to rise.
They estimate the risk to individuals from floods will rise more than four-fold and the drought risk will treble. "It is impossible for us to avoid the worst and most unexpected events. But it is not impossible to be prepared for an ever-changing world. We must organise ourselves right away."
causes the amount of different gases in the Earth's
atmosphere to change?
When coal
or other fossil fuels are burnt, the carbon in
them reacts with oxygen to form carbon dioxide.
This increases the amount of carbon dioxide in the
atmosphere and can upset the delicate 'greenhouse' balance.
More energy will be absorbed by the Earth's atmosphere, and this raises the temperature of both the atmosphere and the Earth. Don't forget that plants use up a lot of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, so we could help regain the natural balance by planting more trees.
Where does the name 'greenhouse effect' come
A greenhouse is designed to keep plants warm. Visible light comes through the glass and heats the ground and air inside the greenhouse. The main reason a greenhouse then stays warm is that it stops the warm air inside mixing with the colder outside air by the process of convection. A greenhouse is actually an anti-convection house. The process going on in a greenhouse really isn't the same as that in the Earth's atmosphere, but the result might be considered to be similar and so the name seems to have stuck.
What is deforestation?
Trees and plants can soak up a lot of carbon dioxide
from the atmosphere during photosynthesis,
so one way of helping cut down the amount of carbon
dioxide in the atmosphere is to have more plants
and trees on Earth. Unfortunately in some areas
the exact opposite is happening.
Deforestation is the process of clearing trees from a large area. Of course, we need wood to make furniture, paper and to build houses, and the cleared forest areas make room for fields to grow crops or to build villages and towns. However, it is important to limit the number of trees cut down and to replace them whenever possible to help keep the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere under control.
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There are talkings on the possibility of having a SMX event in Israel 3 months from now, on February 2008. As most of you probably know, SMX stands for "Search Marketing Expo" and the SMX event is, as the searchmarektingexpo site puts it: "the new search engine marketing conference from "Third Door Media", the company behind the Search Engine Land news site and the "Search Marketing Now" webcast series.
To make it short:
1. SMX events are quite popular and prestigious conferences in which online marketers can get the last updates from the world of search marketing.
2. Having the February SMX event in Israel sounds terrific and is highly recommended to anyone who is the business of search marketing and alike.
3. Section 2 can happen only if enough marketers will show a real interest in this SMX in Israel, as Catoon Barry says it on his blog.
Vote for SMX Israel on Sphinn
Those of you who are into SEO, SEM and SMX event in Israel can vote for it on Sphinn.
I had already done it… 🙂