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Your doctor has prescribed high blood pressure medicine to help lower your blood pressure. You also need to make the other lifestyle changes that help reduce blood pressure including: reaching and maintaing a healthy weight, lowering sodium (salt) intake, being more regularly physically active and limiting alcohol to no more than one drink a day (for women) or two drinks a day (for men). Following your overall therapy plan will help you get on the road to a healthier life!
What should I know about taking medicine?
- Your doctor may prescribe one or more drugs to bring your blood pressure down to normal.
- The medicines work in different ways to help lower blood pressure.
- Medicine only works when you take it regularly.
- Don’t ever stop taking medicine on your own.
- Even after your blood pressure is lowered, you may still need to take medicine — perhaps for your lifetime — to keep your blood pressure normal.
How can I remember to take my medicine?
Sometimes it’s hard to keep track of your medicine. But to be safe, you must take it properly. Here are some good ways:
- Take your medicine at the same time each day.
- Take medicine along with meals or other daily events, like brushing your teeth.
- Use a weekly pill box with separate compartments for each day or time of day.
- Ask family and friends to help remind you.
- Use a medicine calendar.
- Leave notes to remind yourself.
What types of drugs are there?
- DIURETICS rid the body of excess sodium (salt) and water and help control blood pressure.
- BETA BLOCKERS reduce the heart rate and the heart’s output of blood, which lowers blood pressure.
- VASODILATORS, ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING ENZYME (ACE) INHIBITORS, ANGIOTENSIN II RECEPTOR BLOCKERS (ARBS) and CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS relax and open up the narrowed blood vessels and lower blood pressure.
What are their side effects?
For many people, high blood pressure medicine can effectively lower blood pressure, but some types may cause side effects. Tell your doctor if you have side effects, but don’t stop taking your medicine on your own to avoid them. Here are some of the side effects that may occur:
- Weakness, tiredness or drowsiness
- Cold hands and feet
- Depression or sluggishness
- Trouble sleeping or nightmares
- Slow or fast heartbeat
- Skin rash
- Loss of taste or dry mouth
- Dry, constant cough; stuffy nose or asthma symptoms
- Ankle swelling, leg cramps or aches in the joints
- Headache, dizziness or swelling around the eyes
- Constipation or diarrhea
- Fever or anemia
How can I learn more?
- Talk to your doctor, nurse or other healthcare professionals. If you have heart disease or have had a stroke, members of your family also may be at higher risk. It’s very important for them to make changes now to lower their risk.
- Call 1-800-AHA-USA1 (1-800-242-8721), or visit heart.org to learn more about heart disease.
- For information on stroke, call 1-888-4-STROKE (1-888-478-7653) or visit us online at StrokeAssociation.org.
We have many other fact sheets and educational booklets to help you make healthier choices to reduce your risk, manage disease or care for a loved one. Visit heart.org/answersbyheart to learn more.
Knowledge is power, so Learn and Live!
Do you have questions or comments for your doctor or nurse?
Take a few minutes to write your own questions for the next time you see your healthcare provider. For example:
Should I avoid any foods or medicines?
What reactions or side effects should I expect?
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5. What Marches Down The Mountain Pass?
Part Five: "What Marches Down the Mountain Pass?"
" . . .The winds awaken, the leaves whirl round,
Our cheeks are pale, our hair is unbound,
Our breasts are heaving, our eyes are agleam . . ."
W. B. Yeats, The Hosting of the Siddhe, (1893)
Another parley took place at the mountain gate early the next day, but Thorin remained obdurate, even after learning that Bard held the Arkenstone as security against a rightful share of the hoard. Furious at the hobbit, Thorin banished Bilbo Baggins from his sight, telling him he could use his promised fourteenth to give to the men of Esgaroth. Even the revelation of the presence of Gandalf did not soften Thorin's heart.
"You are not making a very splendid figure as King under the mountain," Gandalf chided, as the group watched Mr. Baggins being let down the rock wall that guarded the gate. "But things may change yet."
"They may yet indeed," replied Thorin, and he refused to relinquish the fourteenth share of gold until a time of his own convenience. It was apparent to all that he hoped the arrival of Dain would relieve him of even this obligation, while forcing the return of the Arkenstone. Bard set a deadline of twenty-four hours for the delivery of the gold, but this seemed an empty demand as the delegation made its way back down the mountain trail, richer by only one small hairy footed burglar.
"The dragon greed is in full possession of him," Thranduil said sadly. "Our last hope of avoiding a battle is to intercept Dain and persuade him to talk some sense into Thorin. However, given the nature of dwarves and treasure, I fear that there is little chance of it."
Legolas noted that his father carefully avoided looking at Mithrandir, who was very much the author of this current muddle. Bard merely looked grimmer than ever. Legolas knew that it was not for greed that Bard fought. The men and women of Esgaroth had placed their trust in him, and without the gold to rebuild, the town and its folk would die out.
The day passed, and the night. The next morning dawned grey and chill, with a wind out of the west. Winter was upon them, as were the Dwarves, for runners reported that an army of Naugrim had rounded the eastern spur of the mountain and were marching up the valley.
Trumpets blew, calling men and elves to arms.
Legolas watched while Galion performed the grim duty of putting Thranduil's hair into braids and strapping on his leather armor. He marveled at his father's apparent calm, and then marveled again as Thranduil turned about to strap Galion into his gear. "We have had much practice at this, Galion and I," Thranduil said. "One does not stand on ceremony before a battle."
"You expect a battle this day?"
"I still have hopes for a peaceful resolution, yet my experience tells me otherwise. Have Fefelas armor you up."
The main host of the Naugrim halted at the river, but a few of the dwarves continued on to make an envoy.
"We are sent from Dain son of Nain," they said when Bard and the Elvenking went out to meet them. "Who are you that sit in the plain as foes before defended walls?"
These dwarves were a different matter entirely from Thorin's half starved band, and Legolas could see that they meant deadly business. They wore full chain mail over leggings of flexible mesh and helms of iron. They carried heavy axes, but each also was armed with a short broadsword and a round shield. Their long beards were plaited into what looked to Legolas to be the dwarvish equivalent of warrior braids and tucked into their belts. The very look of them made Legolas keep a ready hand on his bow.
"We have business with Thorin," answered Bard, "and you shall not pass until we have received our due from him. Then we will retire."
The dwarves liked this not at all, and many angry words were exchanged before they retreated, muttering in their beards. Bard immediately sent messengers up to the gate, but a hail of arrows rather than the promised gold met them. Meanwhile, the dwarvish army began to advance northward along the eastern bank of the river along the mountain spur.
"Fools," said Bard. "They know little of battle strategy above ground. My spearmen and archers can have them in volley from the heights of the eastern spur at my word. I say we attack them now while they are still tired from their march."
Thranduil shook his head. "Nay, Bard, you are still new to kingship. This war is for gold, and I will wait a long time before I begin a battle for gold alone. Do not be eager to waste your men's lives without dire necessity. We have the advantage of numbers and position. Let us hold and hope that some compromise can still be reached."
But it was too late. The dwarves sprang suddenly forward in the attack. The battle had begun. Arrows hissed down from the eastern heights, and Legolas drew his own bow, waiting until the first of the advancing Naugrim should come within range.
Even more suddenly, the sky darkened and thunder and lightning sounded from the mountain's peak. A black cloud of moving shapes in the sky appeared from the north, moving not with the wind but with their own volition. Legolas saw his father look upward with an expression of pained horror.
"Halt! Dread has come upon you all!" cried a loud and masterful voice. Gandalf strode out between the two advancing armies, his arms held wide. Fire flew from the tip of his staff, and the sight of him brought the two sides to an amazed standstill. "The Goblins are upon you! Bolg of the north is coming, and his bats provide a cover of darkness. They ride upon wolves and Wargs are in their train!"
The fighting ceased, as dwarves, elves and men stared at the sky in horror and confusion.
"Come," said Gandalf, "there is still time for council."
Thranduil and Bard retired hastily to the camp to plan a defense. Within a short time, Dain joined them. "Only a fool fights in a collapsing cavern," he said tersely, "and my father, Nain, raised no fools."
"We are outnumbered," said Thranduil, with a look at Gandalf. "Our only hope is to lure the orc army between the spurs of the mountain, where we can catch them as if between two jaws. You, Bard, have men already upon the eastern spur. I will set my archers and pikemen upon the southern spur, ready to charge when the goblins come into the valley."
"I will join Bard on the east," said Dain. "His army is fewer and my dwarves are closer to that spot."
"Who is to lead the feint that will draw the orcs into the valley?" said Mithrandir.
"My men will do it," replied Bard. "The orcs will think us easier prey than dwarves or elves. Come! To the mountain! Let us take our places while there is yet time!"
Some of the swifter elves accompanied Bard to the top of the eastern spur to spy out the approaching armies. Legolas would have gone to join them, but Thranduil shook his head. "Time to do what I brought you here to do, Legolas. You and your men will stand with me on the ridge they call the Raven Hill. My nobles and I will have need of a body-guard before this day is out."
He motioned the others on and bade Legolas stay behind with him for a moment. "This orc attack is what I feared all along. I now have little hope that the rest of my army will arrive in time, but we must hold out as long as possible. I am keeping you near me for a reason. If I should fall, the elves will look to you. Keep your head and listen to Magorion and Séregon."
"And if I should fall?" Legolas said.
Thranduil smiled bitterly. "In that case, one of my nobles will lead what is left of Mirkwood. You and I will be meeting in the Halls of Mandos, and we will be beyond caring, I deem."
The hike to the heights of the Raven Hill took about half an hour, and time was drawing short. Mithrandir was with them, along with the hobbit, who looked overwhelmed but ready to make a good showing of himself, with his short Elven sword. Magorion was there, and Séregon, and others of the lords of Thranduil's court, all in full battle attire, and a group of what Legolas realized to be Elf-women, dressed in male clothing and wearing armor. These were the healers, and although they carried weapons, they would not use them until the utmost need for self-defense, as it was believed that their power to heal was diminished by the taking of life. They found an old dwarvish guard post cut into the rock of the Raven Hill, where the healers could shelter and defend at the very last.
Elven pikemen were arrayed along the lowest slopes of the spur among the rocks, with groups of archers stationed above them. The thunderstorm had passed to the southeast, but the day was turning ever darker as the flights of bats grew thicker in the sky above.
They had not been long upon the hill when the first of the orcish wolf riders rounded the eastern spur of the mountain and were met by a group of Bard's men. The Esgaroth soldiers held out long enough to whet the orcs' fury and to allow their army to gather behind the resistance. Seeming to give back in defeat, they retreated to either side, causing the orcs to pour into the valley in a disorganized rush after the fleeing men.
When the orcs were well within the confining spurs of the mountain, Thranduil gave the signal, and the Mirkwood archers let loose a volley of arrows. With the goblins reeling from the bombardment, the pikemen charged down from the rocks in a deadly rush. The rocks were soon slippery with black blood, and the orcs retreated back toward the east.
Then, from the eastern ridge came the deep-throated cries of, "Moria!" and, "Dain!" as the dwarves charged in, wielding their two handed mattocks. With them came the men of Esgaroth, brandishing their long swords.
As the orcs met this new attack, yet another wave of Mirkwood pikemen charged in, this time led by Pallanen, the captain of the forest guard. From the heights, Legolas could see his dark head disappear into the melee and hear his voice among the battle cries. Legolas longed to loose a shot into the fray, but he heard his father's calm voice say, "Hold. Save your arrows. They will be here soon enough."
For a while, it seemed that the orcs were being beaten back and were retreating south down the valley, but soon there came cries from the north. The orcs had scaled the mountain and were pouring down the southern slope above the gate. Some made their way along the ridge and assailed the Raven Hill from the north, just as the orcs in the valley recovered and began to swarm up the valley slope.
Now, Legolas brought his bow into use, as did Glavras beside him, along with the rest of the bodyguard and those of the nobles who carried them. One after another, Legolas took careful aim and knocked back orcs who came up the ridge. He heard the sing of metal behind him as Thranduil drew his sword. The Elvish blades all glowed with a blue light now, even that of Mithrandir, who sat upon the ground, seemingly deep in thought or meditation towards some blast of magic before the end.
Down on the valley floor, a host of wargs came snarling, and with them rode the bodyguard of the goblin king, Bolg. These were not the puny cave goblins but huge orcs with metal armor and scimitars of steel. Legolas could see the forces of Bard being forced back up the sides of the eastern spur, and the tide of orcs now reached the Raven Hill. The carnage in the valley was terrible, and the bats plunged from the sky to feast upon the blood of the dying.
"Form ranks," Legolas yelled to his men "Form ranks around the king!" He fired his arrows as fast as he could pull them, and yet the orcs steadily advanced.
All at once there came a cry from the gate. Trumpets sounded and the wall of rocks collapsed into the pool. Out sprang Thorin and his dwarves. "To me, elves and men," Thorin cried in a voice so powerful that Legolas could hear him over the din of the battle. "To me, my kinsfolk!"
Thorin and his dwarves were a relative few, but the fire of battle filled them, and they charged through the goblin ranks like a battering ram. At the sight, Dain's folk took heart, along with the men of the lake. They flooded back into the valley.
Thorin fought mightily, but the bodyguard of Bolg, whose iron ring he could not pierce, brought him to a halt and soon he was surrounded himself.
Legolas was no stranger to combat, but his experience had been with forest skirmishes, quickly over. This was his first time in such a protracted battle, and although new to it, he could tell that his side was losing. The orcs were close upon him now, so near that he could almost see the pores in their skin and smell their foul breath. He stepped back involuntarily and caught his father's eye sidelong. Thranduil had a strange look about him. He shook his head as if to say, "I am sorry," and then uttered a high-pitched, bloodcurdling scream. This was the first time Legolas had heard his father give an Elvish battle cry, but he had little time to reflect upon it, for he heard the same cry coming from his own throat and from the throats of those around him as he followed his father headlong down the hill in a full out charge.
He was running fast now, so fast that he would surely have fallen if he had paused to worry about where he put his feet, but Thranduil's scream had filled him with a kind of madness, as it had the other elven lords. The orcs, met with this daunting rush of Elf-warriors in full battle-fever gave back against the onslaught. Legolas fired one arrow after the other. Soon his quiver would be empty and he would be forced to scavenge from the bodies of the dead. He drew his bow yet again, felt an arrow pass close enough to his head to waft his hair. At the same time he heard a twanging sound. His bow abruptly lost tension, he felt a stinging pain at his right eye, and that side of his vision went dark. He put his hand to the right side of his face and brought it away covered with blood. It took him a few moments to understand that his bowstring, snapped by the passing arrow, had lashed him across the eye. He dimly hoped that he still had an eye left behind that torrent of blood, but he was far too deep in the battle fury to much care.
He wasted only a few seconds trying to slip his now useless bow into its carrier before abandoning the attempt and letting it fall. He hated to see it trampled underfoot, but no weapon, no matter how cherished, was worth his life. He reached back to his quiver and drew his matched knives. The world looked strangely flat to him now, but he could fight with his knives on instinct alone. Magorion had taught him well.
He could see Magorion swinging his sword, just up the slope beyond Thranduil and Galion. He spared a moment of gratitude for the patient hours his father's general had spent teaching a clumsy elf-child the rudiments of close combat. Many a time, those very sharp blades, inexpertly wielded by the novice prince, had nicked Magorion. Had it not been for the fact that elven skin healed without a scar, Magorion would probably resemble one of those patchwork quilts the Edain favored. That patient instruction was saving his life now, and Legolas knew it.
They had reached the valley floor by now and were in the thick of the fighting. It became much harder to see the course of the battle from the midst of it. All Legolas could do was to keep any attacking orcs away from his father as best he could until the battle ended however it ended. He heard cries, something about eagles. He heard a strange roaring sound and saw what looked to be a bear moving through the fray, batting orcs to right and left. The Elvenking's group fought their way toward the spot where Thorin had been surrounded. Whether they were anywhere near to reaching it, Legolas could not tell.
Legolas had stayed to Thranduil's right, so that he could keep his father in the view of his good eye. He realized his fatal strategic mistake too late, when he was hit from his blind side and knocked flat. Something heavy stepped on the back of his head - it felt like the paws of a warg - grinding his face flat into the dirt for a few moments. He heard the swish of a flying spear.
When Legolas came to himself and was able to make his limbs work again, the battle seemed to have passed off to the south. All around, he heard the sounds of groaning and weeping, and the muttering of the dying. Groggily, he pulled himself up and staggered toward the spot where he had last seen his father.
He saw Thranduil sitting on the ground, cradling Galion's head in his lap. The broken off shaft of an orcish spear protruded from the esquire's chest.
Thranduil looked up. "Ai Rodyn, Legolas, what happened to you?"
Legolas shook his head impatiently. "My bowstring snapped. It is nothing. What of Galion?"
Thranduil nodded in the direction of a headless orc and the equally dead warg he had been riding. "He came at me. Galion threw himself in the way of his spear. Such a stupid, brave thing to do!"
Thranduil returned his attention to his stricken esquire. "Why, Galion?" he whispered.
"My duty, Sire," Galion said weakly. "How bad is it?"
"Not bad," Thranduil lied.
"It hurts like a demon," Galion said, and a fine trickle of blood appeared at the corner of his mouth. Thranduil and Legolas exchanged a silent look of dismay.
"For the love of Elbereth," Thranduil cried, "will someone fetch a healer?!"
* * * * * * *
To be continued . . .
Rodyn: Sindarin for Valar, the gods.
This is a work of fan fiction, written because the author has an abiding love for the works of J R R Tolkien. The characters, settings, places, and languages used in this work are the property of the Tolkien Estate, Tolkien Enterprises, and possibly New Line Cinema, except for certain original characters who belong to the author of the said work. The author will not receive any money or other remuneration for presenting the work on this archive site. The work is the intellectual property of the author, is available solely for the enjoyment of Henneth Annûn Story Archive readers, and may not be copied or redistributed by any means without the explicit written consent of the author. | <urn:uuid:9ddbe23b-8939-48ca-83c6-eb358a2622be> | 2013-05-18T06:00:32Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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Learning is the means whereby we acquire new working knowledge about the world. Memory is the means whereby we retain that knowledge over time. Our abilities to learn and remember are essential to our sense of self and our ability to function effectively in daily life. Memory is the glue that holds our mental life together. As a result, we are who we are in large part because of what we have learned and what we remember from past experience.
But what is memory? How does the brain capture and sustain it? Why does memory sometimes fail us? Those simple questions, of course, have exceedingly complex answers, and many biological details about the process of memory in humans and other animals remain unknown.
HHMI investigator Eric R. Kandel of Columbia University, however, has provided a good start. His studies of the molecular basis of learning and memory underpin much of what we know about how events are recorded by the brain, processed by individual nerve cells, and etched in gray matter. For his work on learning and memory, Kandel was awarded a share of the 2000 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
In the 1960s, Kandel began his studies of learning and memory by focusing on the behavior of the sea slug Aplysia, which he found to be a marvelously tractable system in which to study the cellular basis of these abilities. With only about 20,000 nerve cells — compared with the roughly thousand billion in humans — and a well-delineated neural circuitry, it proved possible to zero in on a biologically interesting reflex pathway. Like humans and other animals, Aplysia is capable of learning to modify this reflex, and this learning involves making memories.
Kandel found that the cellular basis for memory depends on persistent changes in synapses, the connections between nerve cells. The differences in the strength of these connections come about through learning. Kandel found that when, in the simple withdrawal reflex, the gill reacts to touch, the connection between the sensory nerve cell and motor nerve cell of the reflex are activated. When the sea slug was taught to ignore a harmless touch, the connections between the sensory nerve cell and motor cell weakened. When the same light touch was coupled to an unpleasant fearful stimulus the animal became sensitized. It would now react strongly to the light touch because the same set of connections had strengthened.
Kandel later discovered that short-term memory is kindled by the modulation of synapses and that long-term memory is sustained by the activation of genes. The formation of memories, Kandel determined, is a function of biochemical changes that occur at the synapse. To make short-term memories, the proteins involved in a chain of events at the nexus of nerve cells are chemically altered by the addition of phosphate groups. To cement a memory for the long haul, proteins are added at the synapse to make new connections with sensitization and lose connections with habituation.
In the 1990s, he turned from studying simple forms of learning to more complex forms using genetically modified mice and showed that similar principles for short and long term memory were at work here as well.
By laying a foundation for understanding the events that shape our ability to learn and remember, Kandel's work has helped us understand not only the cellular processes that occur during the acts of learning and remembering, but also - through his work on mice - where things can go wrong when dementia and other illnesses that affect memory arise. The cellular processes revealed by Kandel are among the targets of drugs used to alleviate these disorders of memory. Pinpointing the activity of individual nerve cells engaged in the process of learning and memory may help in the development of new, more effective agents to treat diseases that affect the brain.
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Sunday, May 06, 2012
The Kenyan police have launched a major manhunt for an Al-Shabaab fighter who recently hurled a grenade on worshippers at a church in Nairobi, killing at least two people and injuring 15 others.
Police Commissioner Mathew Iteere also appealed to Kenyans to assist the police with the information that may lead to the arrest of a man, alias Amar, whom the police said returned to Kenya early this year from Kismayu in southern Somalia where he has been operating with other members of the al Qaida allied terror group.
Iteere also released the photograph of Amar which he said was taken in a beach in Kismayu a few months ago before he returned to Kenya to carry out the attack on God’s House of Miracles International Church in Nairobi on April 29 which Al-Shabaab has since claimed responsibility.
"We have reason to believe that the assailant was the person whose photograph appears here known as alias Amar.
"The photograph was taken in a beach in Kismayu a few months ago and we have learned that he returned to Kenya together with others early this year," Iteere told journalists in Nairobi on Friday.
He requested any person who may have information on their whereabouts to pass the same to the nearest police station for possible arrest.
"It is important to note that he is dangerous and believed to be armed with a pistol and may be in possession of explosives," the police chief warned.
Iteere said the assailant, a young slim man, had gone to the God’s House of Miracles International Church pretending to be a worshiper but walked out on noticing that the service had not started.
He said the church worshippers noted that this was a new member who had not been to the church before.
"The service started at around 08.30hrs but 20 minutes later the stranger entered the church and sat among the congregation," he said.
According to Iteere, the pastor invited the worshippers to the pulpit for prayers and this is the time Amar threw a grenade at them.
"The grenade exploded and injured 15 people, two of whom have since died," the police chief said.
After throwing the grenade, he said, the assailant immediately rushed out and started running away with some of the worshippers who had witnessed the act in hot pursuit.
"When he realized that he was about to be cornered, he wiped out a pistol and started shooting and this accorded him the opportunity to escape," Iteere said.
He said one of the Al-Shabaab leaders, Sheikh Ismael Ali, while addressing some members of the group within Kismayu on May 1 claimed responsibility for the attack and vowed to dispatch more suicide bombers to Kenya.
"I therefore call upon all Kenyans to be vigilant and to be aware of their neighbours and surroundings.
"We should not drop our guard and should continue with the screening exercise at all public places including those of worship," Iteere said.
He said the police will continue with surveillance and intelligence collection to protect Kenyans who have been living in fear of imminent terrorism attack.
The April 29 attack comes barely a week after the U.S. embassy warned of an imminent terrorist attack in Kenya is possible.
A warning from the embassy said the likely targets include Nairobi hotels and prominent Kenyan government buildings including places foreigners assemble, including shopping malls and night clubs.
"The U.S. Embassy informs U.S. citizens residing in or visiting Kenya that the U.S. Embassy in Nairobi has received credible information regarding a possible attack on Nairobi hotels and prominent Kenyan government buildings," the embassy said in a statement on April on 23.
The warning comes as the country’s security forces have been on high alert across the country especially in northern Kenya over an imminent suicide bombing attack by members of the Al-Shabaab group from neighbouring Somalia.
The police chief also admitted that some suspected Al-Shabaab members from Somalia have entered the country but noted that the authorities have stepped up security measures across the country.
Local media reports reported on Friday that nine aliens are suspected to have entered the east African nation from Burgavo and other small towns in Somalia’s Lower Juba region, and who have been forced out by Kenya’s military offensive in the these parts, and the disintegration of Al-Shabaab.
The latest Nairobi attack came almost a month after two people were killed and over 35 others injured in the explosions in the city of Mombasa, which disrupted activities in the coastal town.
In the first incident that happened on March 31, the terrorists hurled explosives at a Christian prayer meeting taking place at a bus terminus in Mombasa.
The second grenade attack happened at about 15 minutes later and targeted revellers at a popular restaurant.
The two attacks come barely three weeks after Al-Shabaab sympathizers attacked travellers at a busy bus terminus in the capital Nairobi.
Six people died and over 60 others were injured in the evening blast.
Kenya’s government blamed the attack on Al-Shabaab and its operatives.
The attack was the fourth since Kenya’s Defence Forces (KDF) crossed into Somalia in October last year to flush out Al-Shabaab militants, who it blamed for abducting tourists and threatening her economy.
More than 30 people have been killed in Kenya mostly in northern region blamed on Al-Shabaab who have since joined al Qaida network to cause terror attacks in East African nation.
The deaths have been recorded after Kenya sent its troops into Somalia in October 2011 to hunt down the insurgents who were blamed for a series of murders and kidnapping on the Kenya soil.
The Kenyan police have particularly warned against the laxity in the screening of cars for explosives at all shopping malls and any business or social gatherings with at least 10 people at any given moment that these might be vulnerable to attacks.
Kenya sent troops into Somalia to battle Al-Shabaab rebels in October 2011 after several attacks, including the kidnapping of a French woman and a British tourist – and the killing of her husband – damaged its key tourism industry.
Kenya’s government says armed attacks and kidnappings threaten the country’s tourism industry—a key driver of the economy—that had bounced back after near collapse following postelection violence four years ago in which more than 1,200 people died.
Al-Shabaab militants have vowed to attack Nairobi after the east African nation which hosted protracted negotiations that culminated in the signing of the federal charter for Somalia in 2005, invaded Somalia to flush out the insurgents it blamed for kidnappings of tourists.
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Oct 7 2012
President Hugo Chavez's crusade to transform Venezuela into a socialist state is being put to the stiffest electoral test of his 13 years in power in a closely-fought presidential election.
Reveille blared from campaign vehicles around the capital Caracas to awaken voters and the bugle call was later replaced by folk music mixed with a recording of Mr Chavez's voice saying "those who love the homeland come with me".
Mr Chavez's challenger, Henrique Capriles, has united the opposition in a contest between two camps that distrust each other so deeply there are concerns whether a close election result will be respected.
The stakes could not be higher. If Mr Chavez wins a new six-year term, he gets a free hand to push for an even bigger state role in the economy, further limit dissent and continue to befriend rivals of the United States.
If Mr Capriles wins, a radical foreign policy shift can be expected along with a loosening of state economic controls and an increase in private investment. A tense transition would likely follow until the January inauguration because Mr Chavez's political machine thoroughly controls the wheels of government.
Many Venezuelans were nervous about what might happen if the disputes erupt over the election's announced outcome.
David Hernandez, a Chavez supporter, said: "Chavez is going to win and Capriles will have to accept his defeat. If Capriles doesn't accept his defeat, there could be problems."
Lissette Garcia, a 39-year-old Capriles supporter who voted in the affluent Caracas district of Las Mercedes, said: "I'm really tired of all this polarisation. I want to reconnect with all my friends who are 'Chavistas'."
Mr Chavez's critics say the president has inflamed divisions by labelling his opponents "fascists", "Yankees" and "neo-Nazis", while his backers allege Mr Capriles would halt generous government programmes that assist the poor.
During Mr Chavez's final rally on Thursday in Caracas, he shouted to the crowd: "We're going to give the bourgeoisie a beating." | <urn:uuid:5e09dcc6-cfee-4279-b78c-eda9e9ad5a43> | 2013-05-18T05:13:41Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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American author Mark Twain, after witnessing the 1895 Kumbha Mela in Allahabad
Our technological know-how is very well, but our ancients were understanding things much better. Something is there, something which I am not exactly knowing, something which is hidden; something which I may not be able to prove technically, but which I know to be there in my soul. Agra, India engineer A.K. Sharma, 48, reflecting during his pilgrimage to the 1998 kumbha mela on the delightful phenomenon of India's forging into the technological age while simultaneously maintaining ancient traditions, as witnessed by the mela's drawing twenty-five million?plus pilgrims.
As my own guru, Harry Cohen Baba, used to say, "If we stopped following the herd and followed the unheard for a change, the world would be a more peaceful place." Swami Beyondananda speaking of Pranava Aum, the soundless sound
It is the unfailing fall of rain that sustains the world. Therefore, look upon rain as the nectar of life. Tirukural, Verse 331
It's amazing. Here is the population of all of Israel! I was amazed that even in the cold of night, they kept going in the water. Israeli tourist Noam Zaradez, who came from Rishon-le-Ziyyon outside Tel Aviv to witness the kumbha mela at Haridwar
Change is inevitable, except from a vending machine.
I just got lost in thought. It was unfamiliar territory.
A minister in King Akbar's court hated Birbal. He couldn't understand why Akbar made such a fuss over a Hindu. Akbar said, "It's not because he is a Hindu that I have him here, but because he's so intelligent and helps me whenever I have a problem. I don't think there's a single problem that he can't solve or a single question he can't answer." "What exaggeration!" the minister thought. One day the minister said to Akbar, "If there is any question Birbal can't solve, will you make me prime minister?" Akbar laughingly agreed. The next day in court, the minister asked Birbal, "Tell me how many stars there are in the sky." Birbal requested ten minutes to think of an answer, left the court and returned with a goat. He said, "If the minister wants to know how many stars there are in the sky, he should count the number of hairs on this goat. That will give him the exact number." | <urn:uuid:19425122-ce06-4983-bfc7-17e2d8da1a01> | 2013-05-18T06:20:33Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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Ever since his first tour in 1991-92, Sachin Tendulkar has established a special bond with Australia. Being one of the best to play the game, it was natural for the Little Master to win respect in Australia, known to be the toughest place to play cricket.
On Tuesday, the bond grew
stronger when Tendulkar was conferred the Order of Australia.
Minister for Regional Australia and Minister for the Arts Simon Crean displays the Order of Australia conferred upon Sachin Tendulkar during an event in Mumbai. AP Photo
Simon Crean, a senior minister, honoured the batsman with a medal and stump. He now joins Brian Lara, Clive Lloyd and Gary Sobers as the non-Australian cricketers to be given the honour.
Highlighting a reason for the admiration Australians have for him, Tendulkar said, “They are fierce competitors and if you do well against them, they shower you with compliments and that's what happened to me.”
Recalling his initial impression of the country, Tendulkar said, “After seeing matches in floodlights as a 12-year-old in 1985, I started dreaming of playing there.”
It turned into reality when Tendulkar played in the 1991-92 tour of Australia. “Playing for three-and-a-half months transformed me, one had to play Down Under to experience it,” he said. | <urn:uuid:a0d62ef5-0a4f-4f24-b513-5e143edc1c0e> | 2013-05-18T05:29:33Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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Manslaughter trial of Indian-origin surgeon Jayant Patel opened on Friday with prosecutors saying that he was "criminally liable" for "negligence" that led to the death of a 75-year-old patient.
Patel is facing a trial on charges of manslaughter of Mervyn Morris, who died on June
14, 2003, at the Bundaberg Base Hospital.
The case opened in the Brisbane Supreme Court, with Crown prosecutor Peter Davis opening the Crown's case in five parts.
62-year-old Patel has pleaded not guilty to the manslaughter of Morris.
Prosecutors presented the arguments to a 12-member jury on the first day of the trial, Herald Sun reported.
Crown prosecutor Davis said that Crown was not suggesting "for one moment" that the accused intended to kill or badly harm the patient, Morris, rather that he had been "criminally negligent".
"The accused performed some medical procedures on Mr Morris," Davis said, adding "The Crown case is that as a result of those medical procedures, Morris died".
"A failure to take reasonable care and or have reasonable skill leaves the doctor criminally liable for the consequences of that negligence," Davis said.
"The accused was under a legal obligation to take reasonable care and reasonable skill in administering treatment to Mr Morris," he said.
The court heard Patel performed two operations on Morris in May, 2003, after the man complained of rectal bleeding and stomach pain.
The first, and major, procedure on May 23, 2003, was a "sigmoid colectomy and colostomy", an operation to remove part of the bowel and connect it to an opening in the abdomen, through which faeces could pass into a colostomy bag.
Davis said that though Patel did not perform the operation "incompetently" however, the surgery should not have been done at all.
Davis said Morris was old, had a "poor heart", liver problems, and potentially cancer, meaning he was not suitable to be subjected to such a "significant" and "unnecessary" operation.
The court heard that Morris's health declined after the first procedure Patel performed on him and following a second operation on May 30, 2003, to repair a dehiscence or "breaking open" of the original surgical wound.
"You will hear experts say they were caused by the operation and the failure of the accused to give appropriate post-operative care," Davis said.
Davis said the operation had been done for "no good reason" and it had "killed him (Morris)".
The jury was selected on Wednesday after a lengthy and exhaustive empanelling process, a first in Australia.
Judge George Fryberg said it was essential the jurors were impartial due to the "massive and prejudicial publicity" the case had sparked in the past.
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I think director Madhur Bhandarkar has been very unfair to Aishwarya by shelving a film starring her just because she is pregnant.
Let’s face it, people go to see her films to see her face, not her acting. So who wants to see a podgy pageant queen?
But I don’t see the same standards
applied to male stars when they turn up blotto...
Yes, but then they do sober up the next day while the lady is not going to be herself for quite a while.
Madhur could have rewritten the script in true Hindi film style in which the ageing actress played by Aishwarya suffers from an eating disorder which
makes her fat.
I suppose you will then say that in the end she will realise that it’s not cheeseburgers alone that are making her put on weight but the fact that she was pregnant and was eating for two.
I can think of many permutations and combinations in which both Aishwarya and Madhur could have come out smelling of roses.
You could be on to something here. Maybe, the film could show a portly Ash and in the end it could be revealed that actually all along it was Govinda in drag. Though I don’t think Ghulam Nabi Azad would appreciate this.
Do say: She's got a real body of work.
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If Pahlsson is a tank for playing 275, what does Pando get for 283?
You'll remember that Madden has won the Selke before. Madden and Pandolfo are the two best shut down checking forwards in the game. Look at how Pandolfo was able to stifle Jagr in all of thier meetings. I think Pandolfo should get it. | <urn:uuid:fd04e483-5db0-45f2-8c05-8508d53eab15> | 2013-05-18T05:53:28Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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Women’s cross training shoes take every possible motion into consideration. Cross training may involve step aerobics, weight lifting, dancing, or kickboxing. You need a shoe that gives you proper support, stability and cushioning. Cross training shoes are designed for multi-sport activity. Women’s cross training shoes are ideal for strength training and group exercise at the gym. Holabird Sports has a wide variety of women's cross trainers at every day discount prices. | <urn:uuid:39ad45bd-cb9b-4fe5-865b-a6fd16e608bb> | 2013-05-18T05:32:26Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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Perched at the ocean's edge, this inviting home is the perfect holiday retreat. Located in the Canadian Gulf Islands -- between Vancouver and Victoria, this oceanfront vacation home offers a modern, fully-equipped kitchen, a seaside patio, and a wood-burning fireplace. Stairs lead to the beach and a sun deck at the water's edge.
Pender Island is a beautiful, natural, west coast setting with a mild Mediterranean climate and a peaceful, slower pace of life.
Fill your day watching eagles, seals, otters, and whales. Explore the seashore or sit in the sun with a good book. As the day draws to an end, enjoy the spectacular sunset.
Hike our many parks and trails. Explore the shoreline by kayak. Take a boat tour, play a round of golf, or sample the wines from our nearby wineries. Visit an artist's studio, or take in the Saturday morning Farmer's Market. Dine out at one of our restaurants or seaside pubs.
Take a day to visit the quaint capital city of Victoria and the famous Butchart Gardens or spend a day island hopping to the nearby islands.
Our vacation destination offers an oceanfront main home and an oceanfront sleeping cottage. Guests may rent only the main house (which accommodates up to four people) or both the house and cottage (which accommodates six guests total). Families with older children or grandparents wishing to enjoy their own space will appreciate the separate cottage. The property is only rented to one party at a time, to ensure your privacy.
The home's main floor offers an open-plan kitchen, and dining and living areas where you can enjoy the spectacular ocean views. A dishwasher, microwave, washer, and dryer are provided for your convenience.
There is one bedroom with comfortable twin beds, and one bathroom on the main level. On the ground level there's a second bedroom which has a sea view and a queen-size bed.
You'll be lulled to sleep by the waves that lap below your window.
The sleeping cottage is adjacent to the main house, and offers a queen-size bed and its own bathroom. Tall paned windows frame the spectacular ocean views. There is also a deck to enjoy the marine activity.
There are stairs to the water where you can explore the shoreline when the tide is out. There is space for kayakers to keep their kayaks.
If you are traveling with young children, the stairs to the beach are steep and sundeck over the water is not fenced, so children must be supervised.
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This Sept. 15 image purports to show smoke rising over Camp Bastion in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, after what a Taliban media unit said was an attack at the base. / SITE Intel Group via AP
The Taliban terrorists who pulled off one of the most damaging attacks of the Afghanistan War were probably trained for the plot in Pakistan, illustrating how the U.S. ally threatens to jeopardize a successful withdrawal, military experts say.
The attack on the heavily defended Camp Bastion in Helmand province destroyed six U.S. aircraft and killed two Marines on Sept. 14. One of the attackers survived and has revealed that he received some of his training for the plot in Pakistan, a senior U.S. military official told USA TODAY. The official requested anonymity because of the sensitivity of the issue of U.S.-Pakistani relations.
The Pentagon has long complained to the Pakistani government and military about sanctuaries in Pakistan that put Taliban leaders outside the reach of the U.S. military. The latest intelligence on the Camp Bastion attack shows little has changed, experts say.
"Unless the Pakistanis do more about those insurgents crossing the border into Afghanistan, you're going to have a critical security challenge," said Mark Jacobson, a former NATO official in Afghanistan at the German Marshall Fund. "It makes the situation post-2014 more precarious than it would be otherwise."
Most U.S. combat forces will withdraw from Afghanistan at the end of 2014. U.S. and Afghan officials are negotiating over a residual force that would stay behind for counterterrorism missions and support for Afghan security forces.
Coalition and Afghan forces have weakened the Taliban throughout southern Afghanistan, and the group's financing and leadership inside Afghanistan have been devastated, according to NATO. However, many Taliban leaders remain safely in Pakistan, and fighters regularly slip cross the border to launch attacks.
The attack on Camp Bastion displayed an uncommon amount of planning and training, said Marine Maj. Gen. Charles "Mark" Gurganus, commander of Regional Command Southwest.
"It was months in the planning," Gurganus said. "This was not a bunch of local yahoos who were just thrown together and said, 'Hey let's go attack Camp Bastion.'"
Camp Bastion is part of a sprawling coalition complex in Helmand province; its security is the responsibility of British forces. On a moonless night, the insurgents used seven bolt cutters to open a hole in a perimeter fence.
Dressed in U.S. military uniforms, they split into three five-man teams and used a dry streambed to creep toward the flight line in sight of guard towers, armed with assault rifles, rocket-propelled grenades and machine guns.
They were able to keep up a nearly four-hour firefight, destroying six Marine AV-8B Harrier jets, damaging two others and three refueling stations, sending flames high into the air. A coalition counterattack killed all but one of the insurgents.
The jets cost $24 million apiece, and total damage to the base was estimated at $200 million, according to Arizona Sen. John McCain, ranking Republican on the Armed Services Committee. He called the attack "perhaps the most brazen and least-reported attack this year."
The dead insurgents had spray-paint residue on their faces, suggesting they used the spray as an inhalant to deaden their senses and get them high for a suicide mission.
"They came here prepared to die," Gurganus said.
More than 100 servicemembers responded to the attack, using numerous weapons at the base, including a machine gun taken from the rear of an Osprey, a tilt-rotor aircraft. Helicopter gunships fired hundreds of rounds at insurgents from the air.
One of the Marines killed in the attack was the Harrier squadron commander, Lt. Col. Christopher Raible. He helped lead the counterattack, charging at the insurgents with only his sidearm, McCain said.
Copyright 2013 USATODAY.com
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Two rednecks were looking at a Sears catalog and admiring the models. One says to the other, 'Have you seen the beautiful girls in this catalog?' The second one replies, 'Yes, they are very beautiful. And look at the price!' The first one says, with wide eyes,'Wow, they aren't very expensive. At this price, I'm buying one.' The second one smiles and pats him on the back. 'Good idea! Order one and if she's as beautiful as she is in the catalog, I will get one too.' Three weeks later, the youngest redneck asks his friend, 'Did you ever receive the girl you ordered from the Sears catalog?' The second redneck replies, 'No, but it shouldn't be long now. I got her underwear yesterday!' | <urn:uuid:4f6b2e08-de79-4ca1-a3c3-159905826383> | 2013-05-18T05:50:10Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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I'm having a bit of problem receiving, but I think it's my config setting at my DNS service. The first thing I did to be able to send was open port 110 and 25 on my AP router as well as my DSL modem.
These might be able to help you troubleshoot your configuration.
Email/SMTP Test Utility: http://www.zoneedit.com/smtp.html
Mailbox/POP3 Test Utility: http://www.zoneedit.com/pop3.html?ad=smtptest | <urn:uuid:ea13f665-36ed-409a-9a37-b0eb161ba958> | 2013-05-18T06:00:59Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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I cannot delete an icon on my desktop. This is the error message which appears when I try to delete or move the icon to another location (recycle bin or a folder on my desktop:
"Could not find this item. This is no longer in C:\Users\Owner\Desktop. Verify the items location and try again."
I have tried to remove the icon by running System Restore to a date prior to the down load to the program, to no avail.
I also tried to delete the icon in Safe Mode, to no avail.
Thank you for any suggestions! | <urn:uuid:53cee561-1889-44bb-9daf-f31871da0758> | 2013-05-18T05:58:41Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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HP Systems Insight Manager was running fine, but now I receive error messages in the console, such as authentication failure, and error accessing database
when trying to run HP Systems Insight Manager.
Solution: In order to resolve this issue, be sure that the DNS server correctly associates the network address used by HP Systems Insight Manager with the hostname of the CMS. If it you are using a DHCP server to assign the CMS IP Address you should statically allocate the IP address. You cannot change the hostname of the HP Systems Insight Manager.
From the command line, I have entered mxmib -f SHIPPING CFGs not preloaded.txt
, and I receive the error The following is an invalid argument value: CFGs.
Solution: The command mxmib cannot handle spaces. Place the file name in quotes, for example, enter mxmib -f "SHIPPING CFGs not preloaded.txt"
The command mxagentconfig -a cms_name -p password
Unknown hostname: 'cms_name'
Solution: For verification purposes, use nslookup cms_name
to test the network name resolution on the managed system. To correct the problem, setup a network name resolution properly on the managed system by adding CMS information to the managed system /etc/hosts file.
fails with: Unknown host: ‘system_name’ System
to test the network name resolution on the CMS.
Solution: Setup network name resolution properly on the CMS.
I am receiving a message, Another user is currently using mxmib, please try again. How do I resolve this?
Solution: This is expected behavior. Run mxmib -r to clear the interlock.
MXMIB allows me to compile a MIB with a different file name, but the same internal module name already exists and is a compiled MIB. This is causing inconsistency in the database.
Solution: The module name and file name must be consistent. If the names do not match, it causes potential corruption.
If attempting to compile a MIB that already exists in the database, the CLI message states that it is importing even though it is actually updating.
A Cluster is not identified as a Cluster.
Solution: If a cluster is not being defined as a cluster or any of its nodes are not being identified correctly, be sure all the Cluster Management Agents are installed (if necessary reinstall) on every cluster node of that cluster.
After manually adding a system as a Cluster, the system type does not change even if the system is not a Cluster.
Solution: If you manually add a system as a cluster, the system type might not change even if the system was not a cluster to begin with. To reset the system type, you should delete the system and run Discovery.
Clusters or Cluster Nodes are not identified correctly.
Solution: Clusters or Cluster Nodes might not be found for the following reasons:
Be sure the IP ranges in Automatic Discovery are set to include the Cluster and Cluster Nodes (and not exclude them).
If there has been a name change of the Cluster or its node, be sure the DNS servers being used by the Cluster and HP Systems Insight Manager both have the new name.
The Cluster Node might be down.
The Cluster Node has Insight agents older than version 4.22.
The Insight agents are not running on the Cluster Node.
The SNMP agents are not running on the Cluster Node.
The network traffic is swamping the network for a significant time period.
The Cluster Management Agents must be running on all the Cluster Nodes.
The system must be identified as a Server or Cluster in order for cluster identification to run against that system during Discovery.
The Cluster Monitor does not display Cluster Resources for specific Clusters or Cluster Nodes.
Solution: This can result from specific HP Insight Management Agents for those Cluster Monitor Resources not running at the time Discovery was run. The remedy is to ensure the correct agents are running on the Clusters and Cluster Nodes, and then rerun Discovery.
The Cluster Node is not identified properly by Discovery.
Solution: The Cluster Node name for the DHCP Server might be different from its Windows NT name. The remedy is to explicitly place the Windows NT computer names into the LMHOSTS file on each Cluster Node, and then rerun Discovery.
Cluster Monitor is not displaying properly.
Solution: Ensure that the Small Fonts is selected as the Font Size on the Settings tab in the Control Panel on the browser.
The list boxes under Cluster Monitor within Settings are not working properly.
Solution: It takes a few seconds for the down arrows to be on the list boxes. If there is more than one list box, you must make a selection from the first box, then wait a few seconds to make a selection from the second box, and each subsequent box. If you make a selection too soon, the list boxes might not work properly. The remedy is to take an action to replace the right windowpane, and then return to the list boxes.
The Cluster Nodes are not discovered when the Cluster alias is used as the system in Manual Discovery.
Solution: In Manual Discovery, add the Cluster alias and each node separately to assure they are entered into the database. Alternatively, include the Cluster alias and the node IP addresses in the IP range.
What to expect when running HP Systems Insight Manager on a Cluster.
Solution: HP Systems Insight Manager is not a Cluster aware application. If each node of the Cluster has an instance of HP Systems Insight Manager installed, each node has a different certificate with the name of the node, not the name of the Cluster, unless you have created your own certificates using a certificate server or other certification authority. When browsing to the Cluster, if your browser is configured to Warn about invalid site certificates the browser should display a security alert, warning you the name you have browsed to does not match the name in the certificate. If you have not imported the certificate into the browser, or the certificate has not been issued by a trusted certification authority, the security alert also informs you of the untrusted origin of the certificate. Verify the certificate is correct and continue.
During a failover, one node fails and the other node becomes active. Because HP Systems Insight Manager is not Cluster-aware, any browsers open to HP Systems Insight Manager need to be closed, and you should re-browse to the Cluster. You might again be presented with another security alert, using the certificate of the other node as previously described. If so, verify the certificate and continue.
Any managed system that establishes a trust relationship with the HP Systems Insight Manager server (for example, for Single Login support, Replicate Agents, Update Software, etc.) should trust all nodes of the Cluster since any node could be active and issue the desired command to the system.
I am having problems identifying clusters.
Solution: If you notice that the cluster name or cluster member name is the IP address of the system and not the hostname, download new HP Insight Management Agents for Windows 2000/Server 2003 for each cluster member of the cluster.
Go to http://www.hp.com and click Support & Drivers
On the Support & Drivers page, click Select my product from a listing.
On the Support for your HP or Compaq product page, click servers.
Click ProLiant and Pentium/Xeon servers.
Click Compaq ProLiant Servers.
Click the appropriate ProLiant series, for example, Compaq ProSignia 720 server series.
Click the appropriate server, for example, Compaq ProSignia 720 server 3/350-512.
In the tasks for your selected products box, click download drivers and software.
In the select operating system list, select the appropriate operating system for example, Microsoft Widows 2000.
In the select a category list, select Software - System Management.
Click HP Insight Management Agents for Windows 2000/Server 2003.
The agents are installed.
Custom Command Problems
My custom command fails with the following error:
C:\Program Files\OpenSSH\bin\switch.exe: *** can´t create title mutex ´Global\cy
gwin1S3-2003-11-04 16:46.title_mutex.0´, Win32 error 0
Solution: The user who is trying to run the custom command is not in the Administrators group. Add the user to the Administrators group.
A system that has had a new IP address assigned to it, is discovered as a new system in HP Systems Insight Manager instead of having the existing system in HP Systems Insight Manager updated with the new IP address. The original system shows a Critical status.
Solution: This is caused because DNS is not being configured on the network. HP Systems Insight Manager tries to use system names from DNS to match previously discovered systems with new systems of the same name. Be sure that DNS is configured on the HP Systems Insight Manager server and ensure that the DNS server itself is properly configured for the systems in question.
Event/SNMP Trap Problems
Why am I not receiving notification when there is a SNMP Authentication trap received?
Solution: The default setting for Enabling Trap Handling in SNMP Extensions is Disabled (Not Processed). The reason for this is because typically, a system can be set up with an incorrect community string or an incorrect community string is set in HP Systems Insight Manager, which results in an Authentication Failure trap to be sent to the management server each time a request is made to the system. This results in many traps being logged. To change this setting to Processed (Enabled), complete the following steps:
Open HP Systems Insight Manager (http://machinename:280).
Log in as a user with full configuration rights.
Select OptionsEventsSNMP Trap Settings.
In the Mib Name field, select rfc1215.mib.
In the Trap Name field, select authenticationFailure if it is not already selected.
In the Enable Trap Handling field, select Yes.
These steps set the Authentication Failure Trap to Processed and you are notified of all failures.
The keyboard does not always respond the way I expect.
Solution: If you are used to the Windows Operating System, you anticipate the behavior of certain keys, such as the Tab, Enter, or Alt keys. However, in Java applets, and in Web-applications in general, the Windows style is not necessarily used. Therefore, you might need to use the mouse to return focus to a specific page. For example, if you enter an invalid entry for a system IP address or time, the Criteria or Schedule page is re-focused, but the keyboard access might not be restored on the last entry field. This typically happens after several attempts. To return the focus, simply use the mouse to click the page you want to use.
User names are not listed in alphabetical order.
Solution: User names are grouped by authorization level (full configuration rights, limited configuration rights, and none). Within the groupings, the users are listed in the order they were created.
Logging in from dial-up connection takes a long time.
Solution: Your connection depends on many factors that are beyond your control. You might have a slow modem, the server you are connecting to might not be operating at peak efficiency, or you might have a bad phone line. Installing the local java plug-in file while connected to the LAN should help your remote connection and performance.
HP Systems Insight Manager Problems
You get a message regarding memory address violation when you close the browser.
Solution: You might need to reinstall the SNMP agent after installing Windows NT 4.0 SP3. If you install Windows NT 4.0 SP4, you must install the SNMP hot fix. The SNMP service has a memory leak and consumes your system resources if you do not install the SNMP hot fix.
I have MDAC 2.5 or greater installed. When browsing to HP Systems Insight Manager for the first time, the Java Plug-in attempts to install, but halts abnormally after unpacking the files, but before the main plug-in screen displays. However, the Java installation does not complete.
Solution: The following steps allow the Java Plug-in installation to successfully complete (Windows only):
Stop the HP Systems Insight Manager Service from the Control Panel.
Let the plug-in install complete.
Exit the current browser session.
Restart the HP Systems Insight Manager Service.
Start a new browser session and log in to HP Systems Insight Manager.
I have JRE 1.4.1 installed on my Windows system, but when I browse into HP Systems Insight Manager, the login page tells me that I must install the JRE 1.4.1 before I can log in.
Solution: Internet Explorer uses the last JRE that was installed, regardless of the JRE versions actually installed (Windows only).
Uninstall the JRE 1.4.1 installed on the Windows system.
Reinstall the JRE 1.4.1.
Start a new browser session and log in to HP Systems Insight Manager.
The system list panels do not display.
Solution 1: The current set of Java Plug-in Applet Cache files stored on the client machine might need to be deleted. From the client Windows machine, select StartSettingsControl Panel. Select the Java Plug-in icon off the Control Panel. The Java Plug-in Control Panel should display. Select the CACHE folder off the Java Plug-in Control Panel. Click Clear JAR Cache. A Clear cache panel should display, informing you that the Plug-in cache files have been removed. Click [OK].
Solution 2: HP Systems Insight Manager only run correctly when using the Java JRE 1.4 plug-in. If you have a newer version you must delete that version and re-install JRE 1.4. After the newer version is removed, you must log in to HP Systems Insight Manager and version JRE 1.4 is automatically on your system.
Solution 3: Go to the Control Panel on the client machine this is seen on, double click the [Java Plugin] or [Java Plugin 1.4.1_*] Control Panel applet. Select the Advanced tab, and in the Java Runtime Parameters field enter the following: -Dsun.java2d.noddraw=true. Click [Apply] and close both the browser and the Control Panel applet. Restart the browser and the problem should not occur again.
After creating a user with full configuration rights, the user name is shown in the user list generated from the SQL Analyzer. However, after editing the UserID file, exiting HP Systems Insight Manager and restarting HP Systems Insight Manager, the user is not listed when selecting OptionsSecurityUsers and AuthorizationsUsers, although, the user name is listed in the database.
Solution: Any attempt to manually modify the UserID file, or any user information hash file, causes the user account to be removed from HP Systems Insight Manager. Therefore, the user can no longer access HP Systems Insight Manager.
Database connection is lost while using the MIB installer tool or command-line MIB Manager or command-line System Type Manager, but tools indicate successful completion.
Solution: If you lose accessibility to the database when running these command line tools outside HP Systems Insight Manager, you can potentially corrupt the operation you were performing and predictable results and recovery are not guaranteed.
The Home and Logout links are missing in the banner area.
Solution: Click the Refresh button at the top of the browser window.
Solution: If more than one browser session is open to the same CMS, using the same user account, it is possible that the banner customization was changed in one session, leaving the other out of sync with the database. To re-synchronize the browser with the database, click the [Refresh] button at the top of the browser window.
The banner is no longer getting updated.
Solution: If more than one browser session is open to the same CMS, using the same user account, it is possible that the banner customization was changed in one session, leaving the other out of sync with the database. To re-synchronize the browser with the database, click the [Refresh] button at the top of the browser window.
After creating a new HTTP category, it is not listed in the criteria box on the Advanced Search> page when searching for new event types.
Solution: To search for new event types generated by HTTP events, you must select events by Event Category and then select the event type from the and type is list.
Microsoft Internet Explorer Problems
Hot keys or other keys such as Tab and Enter might not work as expected in the browser.
Solution: Use the mouse to ensure expected results.
During the installation, the system reboots, and then the installation launches the browser. Internet Explorer displays a message saying that it could not establish a connection with the local host. The browser is being launched before the service has had time to start.
Solution: Try to access the URL again by placing the cursor in the URL field, and pressing the Enter key. Keep trying until the application loads in the browser.
Sometimes the browser [Back] button does not take the user back to a previous window.
Solution: In Internet Explorer, when the framesets are changed, the browser history is lost. Navigate back through the HP Systems Insight Manager header that is present at all times.
Right clicking the mouse within a browser frame generates unexpected results.
Solution: Navigation through right-mouse clicks in Java applets is not supported. Navigation through right clicks of the mouse can sometimes fail to bring a user back to a previous page. This problem is solved the same way as Issue 6 when framesets are replaced.
The browser closes abnormally.
Solution: Issues with Internet Explorer when running Java applets sometimes causes the IEXPLORE process (Internet Explorer) to stop abnormally. Re-opening the browser and logging back into HP Systems Insight Manager resolves the situation. Try upgrading to the latest Microsoft Internet Explorer if this happens repetitively.
Clicking the browser [Back] button while viewing a list returns the user to the appropriate system or event overview page.
Solution: This is correct functionality. The browser history is not being updated due to frameset updates. Click the system or event list to navigate back to the list page.
Unable to drill down on a list or unable to drill down on an agent link on the System Page.
Solution: When two browsers are open on the same system and they are each pointed to a different HP Systems Insight Manager Management server, unexpected results can occur. Some inconsistencies include not being able to open a list or not being able to drill down on an agent (for example, Configuration History Reports (Survey Utility).
Unable to access HP Systems Insight Manager on the local system at http://localhost:280/.
Solution 1: Verify proxy server configuration in Internet Explorer. An invalid proxy server address prevents Internet Explorer from browsing to any addresses, including the local system.
Solution 2: Some systems might not be able to resolve the name localhost. If this is the case, use http://127.0.0.1:280/ or http://machine_name where machine_name is system where HP Systems Insight Manager is installed.
When the All Systems window sits idle for an extended period, and I launch a new browser window, the All Systems window turns white and Internet Explorer hangs. I am forced to end the task. How can I avoid hanging up in Internet Explorer?
Solution: Avoid leaving Internet Explorer open for extended periods with the All Systems list displayed. You should log out of HP Systems Insight Manager before leaving your monitor, not only to prevent this situation but also for security reasons.
Using FAT file system on Windows 2000 and Windows NT, the disk space requirements seem larger than stated.
Solution: The disk space requirements assume you are using NTFS file format. NTFS is more efficient and provides greater security. Using a FAT file format, which can require more disk space on installation. If you experience this error, try to increase the amount of space on the disk where you have specified you want to load HP Systems Insight Manager.
I am unable to load HP Systems Insight Manager on Windows NT 3.51.
Solution: Windows NT 3.51 is not a supported platform.
You receive the error Database Connection Error during the Java-based database installation portion of HP Systems Insight Manager installation.
Solution: Verify that the target Microsoft SQL Server service (MSSQL) is running (select Control PanelServicesMSSQ).
The Java Runtime (JRE) is not installed during runtime.
If the Java Runtime (JRE) is listed in Control PanelAdd/Remove Programs, uninstall it.
Log back into HP Systems Insight Manager as user with full configuration rights.
The JRE should automatically download again.
If the JRE does not start and you still get the message stating you must install the JRE, then go to ...\Program Files\HP\HP Systems Insight Manager SP2\www\ui\classes, and click j2re-1_3_1_02-win-i.exe. This procedure manually installs the Java Runtime files.
Global Unique Identifiers are the same for all systems when using Disk Imaging software on servers.
Solution 1: If the disk image has not been taken, perform the following after installing the HP Insight Management Agents on the source machine and capture the image before restarting the Insight Management Agents.
Uninstall all Insight Management Agents from one of the systems.
Use the Disk Imaging software to copy the configuration from the system without the Insight Management Agents installed.
Use the disk image from step 2 to copy to the target systems.
Reinstall the HP Insight Management Agents on all the systems.
Solution 2: If the disk image has already been deployed, perform the following to remove the image from each target system. The following information is divided by Network Operating Systems.
The Globally Unique Identifier information is stored in a 16-byte file on the SYS:\SYSTEM subdirectory of the NetWare server. This file is created and populated with the Globally Unique Identifier when HP Systems Insight Manager performs an SNMP SET command to the NetWare server.
To remove the permanence of the Globally Unique Identifier, delete the file \SYSTEM\CPQBSSA.CFG in the NetWare SYS volume.
After the file is deleted, restart the Insight Management Agents and a new Globally Unique Identifier is assigned by HP Systems Insight Manager when the system is discovered.
The Management Agents create the Globally Unique Identifier information in an entry in the Windows NT registry.
To remove permanence of the Globally Unique Identifier, remove the entry:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Compaq Insight Agent\hostGUID
After the entry is removed, restart the Insight Management Agents services and a new Globally Unique Identifier is automatically generated.
The Globally Unique Identifier information is stored in a file that is created and populated with the Globally Unique Identifier when HP Systems Insight Manager performs an SNMP SET command to the UnixWare server.
To remove the permanence of the Globally Unique Identifier, delete the following file from the UnixWare system.
After this file has been deleted, restart the Management Agents and a new Globally Unique Identifier is assigned by HP Systems Insight Manager when the system is discovered.
I am receiving the following error message when canceling a reinstall during a file copy: _INS5176_MP.exe has generated errors and is closed by Windows. You must to restart the program.
Solution: This error occurs when canceling a reinstall during a file copy when running Windows 2000 Professional. Restart the installation program.
This program does not adversely affect your system or the installation of the product. It is an error message that is generated when a cancel is issued during a file copy.
During an upgrade, if I click [Cancel] while the files are copying, and I click [Yes] when asked to confirm my intention to cancel the installation, the installation procedure exits but I get a Dr. Watson error message, Dr. Watson for Windows NT, an application error has occurred and an application error log is being generated. _INS517B_MP.exe Exception access violation (0x00000005), Address 0x004347e0. If I try to restart the installation procedure, I get another error screen displaying, Setup Initialization Error, Setup has detected that unInstallShield is in use. Please close unInstallShield and restart setup. Error 432.
Solution: Reboot the machine to clear all active processes.
While installing HP Systems Insight Manager on a Windows 2000 system, a message box is displayed with no message.
Solution: This message is issued from Installshield, and is specific to Windows 2000 systems. The intent behind the message box was to alert you that you need NT Admin privileges. The error message could not be mapped, which causes an empty message box.
To resolve this problem:
Go to Computer Management.
Assign the user full configuration rights.
When installing HP Systems Insight Manager on a server that has never had HP Systems Insight Manager installed, running NT 4.0, SP6a (Server or Enterprise Edition), and using a remote SQL 7 or SQL 2K database, I get an erroneous reboot now or later window displaying after the Java runtime installs.
Solution: This is a prompt from the Java Plug-in Installer and not from the installation of HP Systems Insight Manager. You can select either option.
Using NT 4.0 (Enterprise Edition or Server) and SQL 2000 (local or remote) databases, I get an Authenticity Check when the install goes to install Sun Microsystems Java Runtime.
Solution: This happens on a system that has not had HP Systems Insight Manager installed before. Click Yes to trust this vendor for Java Runtime to complete installation.
IP Address Problems
When systems change IP addresses on the network, the information in the database becomes unreliable. For example, the system name comes from one system, and the description comes from the new system that took that address.
Solution: After systems have been discovered, they can never be "un-discovered." Systems that are no longer reachable, need to be deleted through a list (logged in with full configuration rights). For systems that HP Systems Insight Manager can no longer talk to, change to Critical status. Systems can be deleted by selecting systems in the list and clicking [Delete].
I am unable to delete a list because HP Systems Insight Manager reports that the list is in-use. However, no browser is actively using the list.
Solution: If you have viewed the list during the current browser session, then close the browser, and then reopen it before you can delete the list. If another user on the network has viewed the list, and their browser is still open, then the list still cannot be deleted. All users that have viewed the list must close their browsers in order for the list to be deleted.
In multi-user situations, a search or list might be altered without a your knowledge.
Solution: In the same user authority, HP Systems Insight Manager uses the basis that the last person to save a search or list, or delete a search or list, is the one that it uses. In situations where there is severe conflict, HP Systems Insight Manager prompts the user that a category, etc. has been altered and tells the user the appropriate action to take.
While trying to create a duplicate list name in a Public or Private section, an error message is generated.
Solution: Duplicate list names are not allowed in Public or Private sections. You can have the same list in the Public section as you do in a Private section, but not two lists by the same name in one section.
While logged in as a user an administrator, a list is created in the Private section of that user each time a user is deleted.
Solution: This is expected behavior called Inheritance. When a user is deleted, a list is created in the administrator's Private section that contains all of the lists that the deleted user created in the past.
After deleting a system, the Product Name or Web agent criteria are not removed.
Solution: After a product name or Web agent is discovered, then that search criteria remains in the database until the database is reinstalled. This enables you to search on criteria that was present once and might be present again in the future (For example, base tasks off a list with these criteria, and set it to run when new systems or events meet the search criteria).
Machine names that have spaces within their name are truncated at the space character in a list.
Solution: When HP Systems Insight Manager writes a discovered system to the SQL database, SQL truncates the name if a space occurs in the machine name. Rename the system to not include a space.
When trying to sort a list, it sometimes requires multiple clicks in order for the column to sort.
Solution: Quick mouse movements inhibit the applet from reading mouse clicks. Hold the mouse absolutely still while clicking the column to sort.
When sorting a search by IP address, the addresses are not listed in numerical order.
Solution: The IP addresses are listed in numerical order, which implies an order like 184.108.40.206, 220.127.116.11, 18.104.22.168, 22.214.171.124, 126.96.36.199, 188.8.131.52. HP is investigating the possibility of providing a fix in a later release
If the system or event list shows as all white in the browser on Windows, this is caused by a known bug in the Java Plugin. This is sometimes seen when logging out and back in within the same browser or leaving a session logged in overnight. There is a work around for this problem.
Solution: Go to the Control Panel on the client machine this is seen on, double click on the [Java Plugin] or [Java Plugin 1.4.1_*]
Control Panel applet. Select the Advanced tab, and in the Java Runtime Parameters field enter the following: -Dsun.java2d.noddraw=true. Click [Apply] and close both the browser and the Control Panel applet. Restart the browser and the problem should not occur again.
I am unable to log in to HP Systems Insight Manager on Windows XP using a blank password.
Solution 1: Use a non-blank password, which provides better security. Have an administrator re-configure the Windows User Accounts to specify a non-blank password.
Solution 2: If you must use a blank password, disable the following Security Policy on the Windows XP machine: Accounts: Limit local account use of blank passwords to console login only.
On a Windows system, to limit local account use of blank passwords to console login only, complete the following:
Open Local Security Settings MMC Application by selecting ProgramsAdministrative ToolsLocal Security Policy.
Open the Local Security Policies folder, then open the Security Options sub-folder.
Disable the policy.
Unable to login to HP Systems Insight Manager on Windows XP.
Solution: If using a blank password, refer to the preceding problem. Otherwise, change the following Local Security Policy on the Windows XP machine: Network Access: Sharing and security model for local accounts from Guest Only to Classic.
To change the setting, perform the following:
Open Local Security Settings MMC Application by selecting ProgramsAdministrative ToolsLocal Security Policy.
Open the Local Security Policies folder, and then open the Security Options sub-folder.
Change the setting from Guest Only to Classic.
If Guest Only is the preferred policy setting, perform the steps above, login to HP Systems Insight Manager, and then add either domain accounts (not local accounts) or the local Guest account, as accounts to HP Systems Insight Manager. Restore the local policy setting back to Classic when done.
Single Login fails on Cluster systems.
Solution: Single Login does not work on a Virtual Cluster system. It works on the physical systems that comprise the Cluster.
By using a proxy server, you might inadvertently or intentionally bypass IP address login restrictions configured for the user.
Solution: A proxy server can be used to bypass specific IP exclusions, if the proxy server IP address is not included in the IP exclusion ranges on the Automatic Discovery - General Settings page. Likewise, the possibility that a valid proxy server is included in the IP exclusion ranges, would prevent a valid user from logging in through that particular proxy server.
Ensure valid proxy servers are within a valid Inclusion ranges and make the Inclusion ranges as small as possible. Using IP inclusion ranges is more effective than using IP exclusion ranges since Inclusion ranges exclude all addresses not specified in the IP inclusion range.
Unable to login to HP Systems Insight Manager or to managed systems browsing from HP Systems Insight Manager using Internet Explorer 6.0.
Reason 1: Internet Explorer has a problem with underscores in system names, which prevents the authentication cookie from working properly.
Solution 1A: For HP Systems Insight Manager, if you are using Internet Explorer 6.0 and your HP Systems Insight Manager server has an underscore in the name, use the IP address of the HP Systems Insight Manager server instead of the name in the Internet Explorer address field.
Solution 1B: For managed systems, if the names of the systems have an underscore, use the IP address of the system. Configure HP Systems Insight Manager to create links to the system using the IP address instead of the name:
Browse and login to HP Systems Insight Manager.
Select OptionsSecuritySystem Link Configuration. The System Link Configuration page is displayed
Select Use the system IP address.
Note: By using IP addresses instead of names, you might encounter security alerts, if the name in the managed system certificate does not match the name in the link. The default certificate for managed systems uses the system name, not the IP address.
Solution 2A: Change the browser privacy security policy setting. From the Internet Explorer browser menu, select ToolsInternet Options, then select the Privacy tab. The privacy setting can be modified in one of the following ways:
Set the privacy setting to Accept all Cookies by sliding the slider bar to the bottom. This setting allows a browser to accept all cookies for both first-party and third-party sites. When browsing to HP Systems Insight Manager or directly to a managed system, it is considered a first-party site. When navigating to a managed system through HP Systems Insight Manager, the system is considered a third-party site.
Customize the handling of cookies by clicking Advanced and enabling Override automatic cookie handling. Then select the appropriate radio buttons for first-party and third-party cookies to either Accept or Prompt. If you select Prompt, the browser prompts you on how to handle a cookie each time a cookie is received. You can choose to block or allow the cookie each time, or for all times. Enabling Always allow session cookies does not resolve the problem because the Web Agents do not use session cookies.
Browsing to systems by IP address instead of by name can cause the browser to consider those systems to be in the Internet Zone. Instead, browse by name. You can configure HP Systems Insight Manager to use system names when creating links to systems by selecting OptionsSecuritySystem Link Configuration and selecting Use the system name.
If your browser is configured to use a proxy server, you can configure your browser to bypass the proxy server for specific systems, which removes those systems from the browser Internet Zone. From the browser menu, select ToolsInternet Options, then select the Connections tab. Click LAN Settings, and if you are configured to use a proxy server, click Advanced. In the Exceptions list, you can specify a list of addresses that should bypass the proxy server. These addresses are no longer be in the Internet Zone and are not affected by the privacy settings policy.
Selecting a link that opens up a new browser window requires another login.
Solution: If you are browsing using the Internet Explorer link from within Windows Explorer, you must instead start Internet Explorer as a separate process. Start Internet Explorer by selecting it from the Windows Start menu or using the desktop icon.
I cannot log into the HP Systems Insight Manager server from Windows NT, Windows 2000, or Windows XP.
Solution: The Windows accounts used to access HP Systems Insight Manager must have the access this computer from the network right selected.
In Windows NT 4, open the User Manager by selecting StartProgramsAdministrative Tools. In the Policies menu, select User Rights. In the Rights drop down, select access this computer from network and ensure the HP Systems Insight Manager users are granted full configuration rights.
In Windows 2000 and Windows XP, open the Local Security Policy by selecting StartProgramsAdministrative Tools. Expand the Local Policies tree, and select User Rights Assignment. Ensure the HP Systems Insight Manager users have the access this computer from the network right and that they do not have the Deny access to this computer from the network right selected.
I am receiving the exception org.apache.jasper.JasperException while logging in to HP Systems Insight Manager.
Solution: Delete all the files in the work directory and log in again.
I am unable to download a server certificate in Mozilla.
I am unable to use Mozilla on an HP-UX or Linux system.
Solution: You must register the Java plugin to use Mozilla on an HP-UX or Linux system. At a command prompt, enter the following commands:
mv libjavaplugin_oji.so libjavaplugin_oji.so.bak
ln -s /usr/java/j2re1.4.2_02/plugin/i386/ns610/libjavaplugin_oji.so
ln -s /usr/java/j2re1.4.2_02/plugin/i386/ns610-gcc32/libjavaplugin_oji.so
Operating System Problems
When the operating system changes on a system and system discovery restarts, HP Systems Insight Manager still discovers an instance of the system running the old operating system with no items in the system links section. HP Systems Insight Manager also discovers the system with the new operating system and with the correct system links.
Solution: After systems have been discovered, they can never be "un-discovered." systems that are no longer needed can be deleted. systems that are no longer active (the management server can no longer talk to the system) change to Critical status.
My Evo Workstation 6000 system does not show the correct operating system when it is running Windows XP.
Solution: The root problem is that the SNMP agent does not correctly recognize this version of Windows. Stop the SNMP service and set it to a manual startup, then re-run Data Collection from HP Systems Insight Manager to get the correct information.
Paging Notification Problems
On an upgraded version of HP Systems Insight Manager, which has a paging user upgrade, I am receiving an error indicating that the user does not exist! but I can see the user on the Users page. Why do I get this message?
Solution: A user with full configuration rights must delete the existing paging user and create a new paging user with the same details as the original paging user.
Select OptionsSecurityUsers and AuthorizationsUsers.
Find the paging user in the Pager Configured column, Yes is displayed if the user is a paging user.
Select the user account to delete.
Create a new paging user account by entering the information obtained in step 3.
When printing a container view page that includes a Rack Display, the display does not print correctly.
Solution: In Internet Explorer 5.x, select ToolsInternet Options, then select the Advanced tab. Select Printing and then select Print background colors and images. The system Details page should now print the Rack Display correctly, showing all details of the rack.
When trying to print In Internet Explorer, I am receiving a message stating that my printer is not configured. In Mozilla, the print dialog box is displayed to print to a file.
Solution: The printer must be installed before trying to print in both Internet Explorer and Mozilla.
When printing lists or reports in HP Systems Insight Manager, selecting Landscape as the paper orientation is not changing the printout to landscape.
Solution: From Control PanelPrinters, set the orientation to landscape.
The reporting System Software table still shows the software which has been uninstalled from the HP Systems Insight Manager server.
Solution: The reporting System Software table is based on the DC_Output table, the DC_Output table is updated by both Status Polling and Data Collection Tasks. Therefore, if software has been removed/uninstalled from the server, run the Software Status Polling Task. Next, run the Data Collection Task. After the reporting tables have refreshed, run the report again. This should give a correct listing of software installed on the server.
It takes five minutes or more to load when https:// is entered in the URL address.
Solution: The URL address should be entered http://, without the "s". When https:// is entered in the URL, a SSL message is sent to the server causing delay.
You are being asked for your login credentials when accessing a trusted system.
Solution: Verify that you have a valid trust relationship setup between HP Systems Insight Manager and the managed system. Also, verify that you are authorized for an appropriate tool on the desired system. Tools that enable Single Login to managed systems include System Management Homepage as Administrator, System Management Homepage as Operator, System Management Homepage as User, Replicate Agent Settings, and Install Software and Firmware.
Receiving a security alert when accessing a system.
Solution: Be sure that you have the system server certificate imported in to your browser and that you browse to the system using the same name as specified in the certificate. For example, Browsing to localhost is most likely the cause for this security alert.
Receiving the following error message when browsing to different pages within HP Systems Insight Manager:
This window contains both secure and non-secure items
Solution: Several conditions could cause the browser to display this warning message:
There is a known problem in Internet Explorer 5.5 that causes this warning message to be erroneously displayed. Pages within HP Systems Insight Manager that are likely to experience the problem include the Home page and the Task Results page, though this problem is not limited to those pages.
To resolve this problem with the browser, ensure that you have at least version 5.50.4522.1800, by examining the Version string in the browser About box.
For more information on the problem with Internet Explorer, refer to Microsoft Knowledge Base article Q269682. For more information on how to determine which browser version you have installed, refer to Microsoft Knowledge Base article Q164539.
If you navigate to a HP Systems Insight Manager System Page for a system that does not support SSL, system links to the system specify the usage of HTTP, a non-secure protocol, rather than HTTPS. This would cause the browser to display both secure items from HP Systems Insight Manager and non-secure items from the system, thus prompting the warning.
There might be newer versions of the HP Insight Management Agents for your system that support SSL. If there are not, or you want to view the system now, click [Yes] to display the non-secure items or you are not be able to view the system. All data between the browser and the managed system continue to be encrypted using SSL, and data between the browser and the system are not be encrypted using SSL. The login applet for older HP Insight Management Agents takes special care to separately encode your login credentials so that you can securely login, but all other data is not encrypted.
The browser might be attempting to display an error page, in which case it displays this warning message. For more information, refer to Microsoft Knowledge Base article Q184960.
I am receiving security alert pop-ups on the System Page when I click a system link to the Insight Management Agents that reside on the HP Systems Insight Manager Server that I am logged into.
Solution 1: If the security alert states that the name on the certificate does not match the name of the site, you can change settings in HP Systems Insight Manager so links to systems use the same format as the names in the system certificate.
Select OptionsSecuritySystem Link Configuration. The Systems Link Configuration page is displayed.
Select one of the available options. View the system's certificate to see the name format it is using.
If your system certificates use a name format that does not resolve correctly on your network, then you must select a link format that does. In this case you continue to see this name mismatch alert, whether or not you have imported the system certificate into the browser trusted list or not. It can be avoided by turning off the check in Internet Explorer. To do this, select ToolsInternet Options, select the Advanced tab. Under Security settings, clear Warn about invalid site certificates. However, this is not recommended and should be considered carefully in accordance with your own security policies and guidelines.
Disabling the Warn about invalid site certificates setting in your browser not only reduces your ability to properly identify the HP Systems Insight Manager server or managed system you are browsing to, but also any external or internal internet sites having nothing to do with Web-based management products.
Solution 2: If the security alert is for another reason, such as an untrusted or invalid certificate, refer to Networking and Security - About Login for more information.
When browsing to Insight Management Agents on the HP Systems Insight Manager Server itself, multiple security alerts are displayed and continue to pop-up while browsing the agent.
Solution: This occurs under the following conditions:
Browsing to Insight Management Agents on the same system as the HP Systems Insight Manager Server. For example, if the HP Systems Insight Manager Server is named DAMON, and while browsing to HP Systems Insight Manager, you navigate to the System Page for DAMON and select one of the Web-based management links such as System Management Homepage.
Both certificates for the Insight Management Agents and HP Systems Insight Manager are not imported into the browser.
Even though HP Systems Insight Manager and the Insight Management Agents are both running on the same system, they are not the same SSL Web server and do not have the same certificate.
To stop the security alert pop-ups from displaying, import both certificate for HP Systems Insight Manager and the Web-based management agent into the browser. Refer to Server Certificates - Importing a Server Certificate for more information. The information provided there can also be applied to importing the Web-based management agent’s certificate as well.
If the security alert is due to a name mismatch between the name on the certificate and the name on the address, importing the certificates does not resolve the problem. Instead, browse to HP Systems Insight Manager and/or the management agent using the name in the certificate. Or browse to one using the certificate name and the other not using the certificate name. For example, browse to HP Systems Insight Manager using the IP Address and to the management agent using the system name, or vice versa. Using two different names helps separate the two domains in the browser, preventing confusion with different certificates for the same domain. Refer to remaining security problems for more information.
Starting with HP Systems Insight Manager attempts to synchronize its certificate and private key with the local HTTP server for the Insight Management Agents to alleviate this problem. If synchronization has occurred, the system should be restarted to ensure both HP Systems Insight Manager and the HTTP server restart with the synchronized certificate. Refer to
Server Certificates - Synchronizing Certificates for more details.
Executing a tool on a managed system results in the error: Authentication failure: The central management server (CMS) and managed system time clocks may not be
synchronized, or a communication time limit may have been exceeded.
Solution: The CMS and managed systems must be time-synchronized to prevent authentication failures. The communication time limit is 20 minutes, and exceeding this limit causes authentication failures. Use the command xntpd(1m) to configure the time synchronization.
SNMP Agent Problems
How do I enable or disable the Restart Agents option that is available for the SNMP Agents when using the HP Systems Insight Manager Replicate Agent Settings Task?
Solution: The option must be changed from inside the HP Systems Insight Manager Replicate Agent Settings Task.
Select ConfigureReplicate Agent Settings .
Select a target system and click [Next]. Refer to Using Tasks - Creating a Task for more information on selecting the target system.
Select the configure link related to system.
On the Insight Management Agent page, select the radio button for Enable or Disable of the option Restart Agents.
Click [Apply] and close the SNMP Configuration page
Return to HP Systems Insight Manager and click [Refresh].
The updated configuration is displayed in the Replicate Agent Settings Task
Complete setting up the Replicate Agent Settings Task by clicking [Next] and define a task name, select a list and defining a schedule for the task. Click [Save] to complete the setup and return to the Tasks Results page.
Software Status Problems
The SW Status column displays Unknown. How do I determine why the status is Unknown?
Solution: There are several reasons why the SW Status displays Unknown. To assist in determining why a status is unknown, position the cursor over the SW Status column that displays Unknown. A tool tip appears and displays a hint indicating what is unknown. Any of the following can display:
If the status cannot be determined, then the tool tip displays Click for Details.
Systems displaying on the system list page with Critical status, do not display IP/IPX address and have no system Link.
Solution: HP Systems Insight Manager has assigned this system's address to another node. This can happen when addresses change due to DHCP or other change in system configuration. The following scenarios can cause this to occur:
The system is temporarily removed from the network. When it returns, the system returns to a managed state. This can happen when a laptop computer is removed from the network for an extended period of time and its previous address has been reused by DHCP.
The system could have changed names; however, this was not discovered by HP Systems Insight Manager. HP Systems Insight Manager continues to look for a system by that name.
Links on the System Page that participate in HTTP communication do not get updated when an agent is stopped.
Solution: When browsing to a particular system that has a Web agent (http://machinename:2301), the first link/GIF on the window (usually Insight Manager Web Agents) is the "proxy" agent that sends all HTTP commands. If a Web agent is stopped that is not the "proxy" agent, then the appropriate HTTP command is not sent to HP Systems Insight Manager allowing the link to the Web agent to be updated. To verify that you have the correct links for a system, execute Discovery or the Daily Identification Task, which verifies all Web agents running on a particular system.
When drilling down on links on the System Page, time outs occur.
Solution: This often happens when the HP Systems Insight Manager Management server can see multiple subnets. However, the system that the user is browsing from cannot. When drilling down on some links (like Management Agents), HP Systems Insight Manager connects to http://systemIPaddress:2301 with added URL information. This is connecting directly to the agent running on that system. The machine that the user is browsing from must be able to speak to the system in question through TCP/IP (for example, be able to ping the system).
When drilling down on a Critical system, the System Page still displays all links that were present before HP Systems Insight Manager could not talk to the system.
Solution: This is expected behavior. Links remain in case the system in question is in a reboot state or some other state of flux. If the system is actually down, the links time out when connecting to any agent or Web-server.
My SNMP parameters are not saved when I add a system with a host file. I created a file that did not exist on the network. For example:
#$IMXE: SNMP_RET=4 SNMP_TIM=10 SNMP_MON=HP SNMP_CON=HP
How can I save the SNMP parameters?
Solution: This problem only exists when a system is not online yet. However, HP recommends the following workaround:
#$IMXE_DEFAULT: Type = Server SNMP_RET=4 SNMP_TIM=10 SNMP_MON=HP SNMP_CON=HP
When the All Systems window sits idle for a few minutes, and I launch a new browser window, the All Systems window turns white and Internet Explorer hangs. I am forced to end the task. How can I avoid hanging up in Internet Explorer?
Solution: For security reasons, you should always logout of HP Systems Insight Manager before closing Internet Explorer. Logging out prior to closing Internet Explorer resolves this issue.
When creating a task, I am unable to use the Backspace key to delete text in any of the text boxes. How can I edit my entry?
Solution: When creating a task, use your mouse to select the text to be corrected, or use the Delete key to delete text from the text box. Enter the updated information.
I am receiving the HTTP - 404 error when trying to launch a tool.
Solution: This error is received when you try to access any tool that you are not authorized to use.
Windows NT Event Log Problems
If you receive the following error message in the Windows NT Event Log, DCOM was unable to communicate with computer<system> using any of the configured protocols., disable logging the WMI errors. These error messages are not generated by WMIMapper. Rather, they are generated by the Microsoft Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) service when it is unable to communicate with the target system to get the WMI information. Usually, the target system is a non-Windows system.
Solution: To disable logging the WMI errors to the NT Event Log, perform the following procedure on the system where WMIMapper is installed.
In Windows NT, stop the Pegasus WMI Mapper service. (Control PanelAdministrative ToolsServices)
Right-click My Computer.
Select Manage. The Computer Management page is be displayed.
Expand Services and Applications.
Select WMI Control and right click on it. The WMI Control Properties page is be displayed.
Select the Logging tab.
Select Disabled from the Logging level section, and then click [OK] to close this page.
From the Computer Management window, double-click Services, and then select Windows Management Instrumentation service. Stop and restart the service.
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Taliban kill Afghan girls' school headmaster - AlertNet
Afghanistan has a female literacy rate of 12.6 percent, the lowest of any country in the world, according to the 2009 United Nations Human Development Index
LOGAR, Afghanistan, May 25 (Reuters) - Taliban gunmen killed the headmaster of a girls' school near the Afghan capital after he ignored warnings to stop teaching girls, government officials said on Wednesday, the latest attack by hardline Islamists who oppose education for women.
Education for women was banned by the Taliban government from 1996-2001 as un-Islamic and there are still periodic attacks against girls attending schools, teachers and school buildings.
Women have won back some rights since the Taliban were toppled by U.S.-backed Afghan forces in late 2001, including education and the right to vote.The Afghan government and its Western backers have pledged to guarantee those advances, although the promise seems precarious as Afghan leaders begin a reconciliation process that includes talks with the Taliban.
Development agencies fear that Western governments are focusing too heavily on plans to complete a security handover from foreign forces to Afghans by the end of 2014 without cementing gains for women such as education. Girls have returned to schools in recent years, particularly in the capital, Kabul, although such rights are harder to enforce in the more remote and conservative areas of Afghanistan.
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American PoetryIf we define poetry as the heart of man expressed in beautiful language,
we shall not say that we have no national poetry. True, America has
produced no Shakespeare and no Milton, but we have an inheritance in all
English literature; and many poets in America have followed in the
footsteps of their literary British forefathers.
Puritan life was severe. It was warfare, and manual labor of a most
exhausting type, and loneliness, and devotion to a strict sense of duty.
It was a life in which pleasure was given the least place and duty the
greatest. Our Puritan ancestors thought music and poetry dangerous,
if not actually sinful, because they made men think of this world rather
than of heaven. When Anne Bradstreet wrote our first known American
poems, she was expressing English thought; "The tenth muse" was not
animated by the life around her, but was living in a dream of the land
she had left behind; her poems are faint echoes of the poetry of England.
After time had identified her with life in the new world, she wrote
"Contemplations," in which her English nightingales are changed to
crickets and her English gilli-flowers to American blackberry vines.
The truly representative poetry of colonial times is Michael
Wigglesworth's "Day of Doom. This is the real heart of the Puritan,
his conscience, in imperfect rhyme. It fulfills the first part of our
definition, but shows by its lack of beautiful style that both elements
are necessary to produce real poetry.
Philip Freneau was the first American who sought to express his life in
poetry. The test of beauty of language again excludes from real poetry
some of his expressions and leaves us a few beautiful lyrics, such as
"The Wild Honeysuckle," in which the poet sings his love of American
nature. With them American poetry may be said to begin.
The first historical event of national importance was the American
Revolution. Amid the bitter years of want, of suffering, and of war; few
men tried to write anything beautiful. Life was harsh and stirring and
this note was echoed in all the literature. As a result we have
narrative and political poetry, such as "The Battle of the Kegs" and "A
Fable," dealing almost entirely with events and aiming to arouse military
ardor. In "The Ballad of Nathan Hale," the musical expression of
bravery, pride, and sympathy raises the poem so far above the rhymes of
their period that it will long endure as the most memorable poetic
expression of the Revolutionary period.
Poetry was still a thing of the moment, an avocation, not dignified by
receiving the best of a man. With William Cullen Bryant came a change.
He told our nation that in the new world as well as in the old some men
should live for the beautiful. Everything in nature spoke to him in
terms of human life. Other poets saw the re1ation between their own
lives and the life of the flowers and the birds, but Bryant constantly
expressed this relationship. The concluding stanza of "To a Waterfowl"
is the most perfect example of this characteristic, but it underlies also
the whole thought of his youthful poem "Thanatopsis" (A View of Death).
If we could all read the lives of our gentians and bobolinks as he did,
there would be more true poetry in America. Modern thinkers urge us to
step outside of ourselves into the lives of others and by our imagination
to share their emotions; this is no new ambition in America; since Bryant
in "The Crowded Street" analyzes the life in the faces he sees.
Until the early part of the nineteenth century American poetry dealt
mainly with the facts of history and the description of nature. A new
element of fancy is prominent in Joseph Rodman Drake's "The Culprit Fay."
It dances through a long narrative with the delicacy of the fay himself.
Edgar Allan Poe brought into our poetry somber sentiment and musical
expression. Puritan poetry was somber, but it was almost devoid of
sentiment. Poe loved sad beauty and meditated on the sad things in life.
Many of his poems lament the loss of some fair one. "To Helen," "Annabel
Lee" "Lenore," and "To One In Paradise" have the theme, while in "The
Raven" the poet is seeking solace for the loss of Lenore. "Eulalie--A
Song" rises, on the other hand to intense happiness. With Poe the sound
by which his idea was expressed was as important as the thought itself.
He knew how to make the sound suit the thought, as in "The Raven" and
"The Bells." One who understands no English can grasp the meaning of the
different sections from the mere sound, so clearly distinguishable are
the clashing of the brass and the tolling of the iron bells. If we
return to our definition of poetry as an expression of the heart of a
man, we shall find the explanation of these peculiarities: Poe was a man
of moods and possessed the ability to express these moods in appropriate
The contrast between the emotion of Poe and the calm spirit of the man
who followed him is very great. In Henry Wadsworth Longfellow American
poetry reached high-water mark. Lacadio Hearn in his "Interpretations
of Literature" says: "Really I believe that it is a very good test of any
Englishman's ability to feel poetry, simply to ask him, `Did you like
Longfellow when you were a boy?' If he says `No,' then it is no use to
talk to him on the subject of poetry at all, however much he might be
able to tell you about quantities and metres." No American has in equal
degree won the name of "household poet." If this term is correctly
understood, it sums up his merits more succinctly than can any other
Longfellow dealt largely with men and women and the emotions common to us
all. Hiawatha conquering the deer and bison, and hunting in despair for
food where only snow and ice abound; Evangeline faithful to her father
and her lover, and relieving suffering in the rude hospitals of a new
world; John Alden fighting the battle between love and duty; Robert of
Sicily learning the lesson of humility; Sir Federigo offering his last
possession to the woman he loved; Paul Revere serving his country in time
of need; the monk proving that only a sense of duty done can bring
happiness: all these and more express the emotions which we know are true
in our own lives. In his longer narrative poems he makes the legends of
Puritan life real to us; he takes English folk-lore and makes us see
Othere talking to Arthur, and the Viking stealing his bride. His short
poems are even better known than his longer narratives. In them he
expressed his gentle, sincere love of the young, the suffering, and the
sorrowful. In the Sonnets he showed; that deep appreciation of European
literature which made noteworthy his teaching at Harvard and his
He believed that he was assigned a definite task in the world which he
described as follows in his last poem:
"As comes the smile to the lips,
The foam to the surge;
So come to the Poet his songs,
All hitherward blown
From the misty realm, that belongs
To the vast unknown.
His, and not his, are the lays
He sings; and their fame
Is his, and not his; and the praise
And the pride of a name.
For voices pursue him by day
And haunt him by night,
And he listens and needs must obey,
When the Angel says: 'Write!'
John Greenleaf Whittier seems to suffer by coming in such close proximity
to Longfellow. Genuine he was, but his spirit was less buoyant than
Longfellow's and he touches our hearts less. Most of his early poems
were devoted to a current political issue. They aimed to win converts to
the cause of anti-slavery. Such poems always suffer in time in
comparison with the song of a man who sings because "the heart is so full
that a drop overfills it." Whittier's later poems belong more to this
class and some of them speak to-day to our emotions as well as to our
intellects. "The Hero" moves us with a desire to serve mankind, and the
stirring tone of "Barbara Frietchie" arouses our patriotism by its
picture of the same type of bravery. In similar vein is "Barclay of
Ury," which must have touched deeply the heart of the Quaker poet. "The
Pipes of Lucknow" is dramatic in its intense grasp of a climactic hour
and loses none of its force in the expression. We can actually hear the
skirl of the bagpipes. Whittier knew the artists of the world and talked
to us about Raphael and Burns with clear-sighted, affectionate interest.
His poems show varied characteristics; the love of the sterner aspects of
nature, modified by the appreciation of the humble flower; the conscience
of the Puritan, tinged with sympathy for the sorrowful; the steadfastness
of the Quaker, stirred by the fire of the patriot.
The poetry of Ralph Waldo Emerson is marked by serious contemplation
rather than by warmth of emotional expression. In Longfellow the appeal
is constantly to a heart which is not disassociated from a brain; in
Emerson the appeal is often to the intellect alone. We recognize the
force of the lesson in "The Titmouse," even if it leaves us less devoted
citizens than does "The Hero" and less capable women than does
"Evangeline." He reaches his highest excellence when he makes us feel as
well as understand a lesson, as in "The Concord Hymn" and "Forbearance."
If we could all write on the tablets of our hearts that single stanza,
forbearance would be a real factor in life. And it is to this poet whom
we call unemotional that we owe this inspiring quatrain:
"So nigh is grandeur to our dust,
So near is God to man,
When duty whispers low, Thou must,
The youth replies, I can!"
James Russell Lowell was animated by a well-defined purpose which he
described in the following lines:
"It may be glorious to write
Thoughts that make glad the two or three
High souls like those far stars that come in sight
Once in a century.
But better far it is to speak
One simple word which, now and then
Shall waken their free nature in the weak
And friendless sons of men.
To write some earnest verse or line
Which, seeking not the praise of art,
Shall make a clearer faith and manhood shine
In the untutored heart."
His very accomplishments made it difficult for him to reach this aim,
since his poetry does not move "the untutored heart" so readily as does
that of Longfellow or Whittier. It is, on the whole, too deeply burdened
with learning and too individual in expression to fulfil his highest
desire. Of his early poems the most generally known is probably "The
Vision of Sir Launfal," in which a strong moral purpose is combined with
lines of beautiful nature description:
"And what is so rare as a day in June?
Then, if ever, come perfect days.
Two works by which he will be permanently remembered show a deeper and
more effective Lowell. "The Biglow Papers" are the most successful of
all the American poems which attempt to improve conditions by means of
humor. Although they refer in the main to the situation at the time of
the Mexican War, they deal with such universal political traits that they
may be applied to almost any age. They are written in a Yankee dialect
which, it is asserted, was never spoken, but which enhances the humor, as
in "What Mr. Robinson Thinks." Lowell's tribute to Lincoln occurs in the
Ode which he wrote to commemorate the Harvard students who enlisted in
the Civil War. After dwelling on the search for truth which should be
the aim of every college student, he turns to the delineation of
Lincoln's character in a eulogy of great beauty. Clear in analysis, far-
sighted in judgment, and loving in sentiment, he expresses that opinion
of Lincoln which has become a part of the web of American thought. His
is no hurried judgment, but the calm statement of opinion which is to-day
accepted by the world:
"They all are gone, and, standing like a tower,
Our children shall behold his fame,
The kindly-earnest, brave, foreseeing man,
Sagacious, patient, dreading, praise, not blame,
Now birth of our new soil, the first American."
With Oliver Wendell Holmes comes the last of this brief American list of
honor. No other American has so combined delicacy with the New England
humor. We should be poorer by many a smile without "My Aunt" and "The
Deacon's Masterpiece." But this is not his entire gift. "The Chambered
Nautilus" strikes the chord of noble sentiment sounded in the last stanza
of "Thanatopsis" and it will continue to sing in our hearts "As the swift
seasons roll." There is in his poems the smile and the sigh of the well-
"And if I should live to be
The last leaf upon the tree
In the Spring.
Let them smile; as I do now;
As the old forsaken bough
Where I cling."
And is this all? Around these few names does all the fragrance of
American poetry hover? In the hurry, prosperity, and luxury of modern
life is the care if the flower of poetry lost? Surely not. The last
half of the nineteenth century and the beginning of the twentieth have
brought many beautiful flowers of poetry and hints of more perfect
blossoms. Lanier has sung of the life of the south he loved; Whitman and
Miller have stirred us with enthusiasm for the progress of the nation;
Field and Riley have made us laugh and cry in sympathy; Aldrich, Sill,
Van Dyke, Burroughs, and Thoreau have shared with us their hoard of
beauty. Among the present generation may there appear many men and women
whose devotion to the delicate flower shall be repaid by the gratitude of
Contributed by Carhart, Margaret Spraque
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US renewable oil and bioproducts company Solazyme is teaming up with Japan-based Mitsui & Co. to jointly develop a suite of triglyceride oils for use primarily in the oleochemical industry, the companies said on Thursday.
The $20 million, multi-year agreement includes further development of Solazymes breakthrough high myristic algal oil, a raw material in the oleochemical industry, as well as additional oils that Solazyme is developing for the oleochemical and industrial sectors.
Mitsuis extensive knowledge of the end use markets for the jointly-developed triglyceride products, including both the oleochemical industry and applications further downstream, makes Mitsui an ideal fit for Solazyme, said Jonathan Wolfson, CEO of Solazyme. We look forward to rapid progress on our research and development efforts, and to commercialize these novel products thereafter.
Product development is expected to span a multi-year period, with periodic product introductions throughout the term of the joint development alliance, according to the companies.
End use applications may include renewable, high-performance polymer additives for plastic applications, aviation lubricants, and toiletry and household products.
Collaborating with Solazyme allows us to develop highly attractive products to penetrate the traditional oleochemicals industry, and expand beyond the supply limitations caused by both regional oil production and constraints in conventional oil profiles," said Daiji Kojima, general manager of Mitsui's specialty chemicals division.
"Solazymes flexible manufacturing process and oil tailoring capabilities helps to support long-term competitiveness, independent of price swings inherent to this industry, while allowing us to produce tailored oils that are in demand in the marketplace, he continued.
"Mitsui looks forward to strengthening its position in the oleochemicals industry through the successful development and commercialization of these novel products as a potential source of new sustainable materials to oleochemical companies." | <urn:uuid:7a74a61a-6307-4b4d-9b69-dbc172690de1> | 2013-05-18T05:50:12Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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The Matter at Issue: The Throne of France
The Hundred Years War was fought largely over who would be the king of France. The English kings, who had originally been French nobles that invaded and conquered England in 1066, still held lands in France. The English lands in France had long been viewed uncomfortably by the French king. Through the 13th century, strong French kings had reclaimed French lands held by the English kings. By the early 14th century, three events came together. First, the English kings noted that one more push by the French would deive the English completely out of France. Second, the French were entering a period of weak kings. Third, the English throne was now occupied by the young, vigorous, able and (ultimately) long lived Edward III. In any other circumstances it would appear absurd for the English king to come up with the idea of claiming the French throne in order to protect English lands in France. But Edward III was bold and, in one of those uniquely Medieval ironies, he had law and custom on his side. The English claim to the French throne was strong, as were the English armies and Edward IIIs resolve. The resulting war outlived Edward, and his great grandson, Henry V, came within a hair of actually taking the French throne.
The items below explain the situation in rather more detail.
Historical Kings of France
Historical Kings of England
The English Position of the Throne of France
The French Ultimatum
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Nader Ebrahimi, Amir hossein Fardi, J'afar Ebrahimi
Active children and teen literature faces grab Imam Mehrabani's first awards
As an object to honor children and teen's active faces, "Imam Mehrabani's" first awards were presented to the authors that had more works on Imam Khomeini, past 30 years; late Nader Ebrahimi, Amir hossein Fardi and J'afar Ebrahimi
IBNA: "Yar and Yadegar" second literary festival's closing ceremony on late Imam Khomeini and his son Seyyed Ahmad Khomeini was held on 4th March in Alborz high school. The festival was categorized on "poetry", "fiction" and "literature prose".
Haj seyyed Ahmad's son, Yaser Khomeini, the festival's secretary, Hamid Honarjou, the poet, Hamid Sabzevari and some poets and authors attended the festival.
The festival's secretary, Hamid Honarjou said:" the literary award had an attractive festival quality this year, last year it was held as a literary session (poetry-oriented).
He added:" Adding the fiction and literature prose the festival was fruitful this year, the selected persons will be honored and the high quality works will be published as books.
Talking about Imam Khomeini's thoughts influence on Islamic revolution literature the fiction category judge, Khosrow Aghayari said:" this major event was created by Imam Khomeini, preparing peoples mind and influencing their hearts.
In an order, Neda Sohrab-zadeh from Azerbaijan-e-sharghi, Morteza Akherati from Neishabour, Sharareh Kamrani from Tehran were the selected poets and Koros Ahmadi and Fatima Nazeri were honored too.
In the fiction category the selected authors were:
1) Mona Eskandari from Hamedan
2) Masoume Eyvazi and Pejhman Karimi
3) Zeynab Seyyed yousef kalkhoran and Mohammad Akbari from Tehran
In the literature prose category the selected were:
1) Javad Na'eemi from Mashhad
2) Seyyed Mas'oud Alavi
3) Habibullah Torkashvand
Zohreh Abdulmohamadi from Karaj and Naser Saremi from Malayer were honored too.
The "Imam Mehrabni" first literature awards with an object to praise children and teen's active literature faces (with more works in the past 30 years on Imam Khomeini and the Islamic revolution) was concurrent with the "Yar va Yadegar" second literary festival's closing ceremony.
In the second "Yar va Yadegar" closing ceremony, "Imam Mehrabni" first literature awards went to "Didar-e- Arezooha"(visiting the wishes) by Late Nader Ebrahimi, " Hekayatha va dastanhaee ba moz'o Imam Khomeini va enqelab Islami (stories about Imam Khomeini and the Islamic revolution) by Amir hussein Fardi, and J'afar Ebrahimi-nasr for his poetry collection on Imam Khomeini and Islamic revolution.
In the second "Yar va Yadegar" closing ceremony an ghazal about Imam Khomeini by Qeysar Aminpour and relating the same issue, Hamid Sabzvari and Mehdi Dehghan nayeri recited some ghazals too.
The closing ceremony was held March 4th.
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In fact, the United States apparently just emerged from the hottest spring on record.
The period between June 2011 and May of this year was the warmest on record since NOAA record keeping began in 1985. Aside from Washington, every state experienced higher-than-average temperatures during that period, which also featured the second-warmest summer and fourth-warmest winter in almost 28 years.
The nation's average temperature during those 12 months hovered at 56 degrees Fahrenheit, reportedly 3.2 degrees above the long-term average, surpassing the previous record, which was just set in April, in an analysis of temperatures between May 2011 and April 2012. The warmer-than-average conditions persisted through the winter and spring, resulting in a limited snowfall that the Rutgers Global Snow Lab reports was the third-smallest on record for the contiguous U.S.
The rising temperatures may have altered precipitation patterns as well, according to NOAA. While the country as a whole actually experienced a drier spring than usual, the West Coast, Northern Plains and Upper Midwest regions were simultaneously wetter than average.
On a more concerning note, the prevalence of natural disasters, such as the disastrous tornado in Joplin, Mo., and the massive, hurricane-caused flooding in Vermont, that plagued the country over the past year were also far form usual. The U.S. Climate Extreme Index, which tracks extremes in temperatures, precipitation, drought and tropical cyclones, reached 44 percent this past spring. That's twice the average value.
The NOAA report is not the only recent analysis to note the prevalence, and consequences, of rising temperatures. On Thursday, NASA reported that scientists have discovered unprecedented blooms of plant life beneath the waters of the Arctic Ocean. While that certainly does not seem like cause for concern, NASA noted it was likely caused by a thinning of the Arctic Ocean's three-foot thick layer of ice, allowing the sun to penetrate that ice to foster plant life under the sea.
A continuous rise in summer temperatures is expected to triple the number of heat-related deaths in the U.S. by the end of the century, the Natural Resources Defense Council reported last month. In an analysis of peer-reviewed data, the organization said summer temperatures could rise by 4 to 11 degrees Fahrenheit by that time due to human-induced climate change, which could increase the number of summer heat-related deaths from 1,300 to 4,600 a year. | <urn:uuid:628e935a-7678-4d56-8179-04a384233ade> | 2013-05-18T06:36:55Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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After making his name as a key player in Johan Cruyff's 'Dream Team' of the 90s, Pep Guardiola, as manager, has assembled a Barcelona team that looks even better. Where once there was Romário, Michael Laudrup and Hristo Stoichkov, now there is Leo Messi, Andrés Iniesta and Xavi.
In 11 illustrious seasons as a Barcelona player after his debut in 1990, Guardiola won 16 trophies. As manager, however, he has won 13 from a possible 16 in under four years, a phenomenal record that has already seen him overtake Cruyff as the most successful manager in Barcelona's history.
After enrolling at Barcelona's famous La Masía youth academy aged 13, Guardiola grew up playing football the Barcelona way. A graceful ball-playing defensive midfielder, he was crucial to the club's success and became one of the world's most acclaimed players. He made well over well over 300 appearances for Barcelona, becoming captain in 1997, and won 47 caps for Spain.
As manager, Guardiola has taken his success to another level. He was appointed in 2008 to replace Frank Rijkaard, and his impact was immediate. In his first season in charge, Barcelona won every trophy possible as they recorded a historic sextuple. It set the tone for what was to follow.
Guardiola has instilled a sense of identity, passion and family at Barcelona that was lacking under Rijkaard. He has combined an outstandingly gifted collection of players to devastating effect, and won more Clásicos against Real Madrid than any other Barcelona manager in history.
His side's glorious playing style is unrivalled in modern football. Intricate possession play and fluid attacking movement have been Barcelona's methods for years, but never before have they been so effective. Pep Guardiola has created arguably the greatest side of all time, and now Icons are offering you the chance to own fantastic products signed by the man himself. | <urn:uuid:46cc2e8c-11ff-4655-9822-172375e5cad6> | 2013-05-18T08:09:37Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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Carolyn: I'm a high school junior and I hate it. I am not bullied, but I don't have a lot of friends and the whole thing is just ridiculous.
I am already taking a few AP courses and finally talked to my guidance counselor today about graduating early. He said I can if I really buckle down, take on some independent study and do one GED requirement class online. School is pretty easy for me, and I don't have any other distractions.
I also need my parents' permission, but I don't think they'll let me. They know how unhappy I am, but keep saying how this is the last carefree time of my life, and I should enjoy it.
I'm not, and I won't. If I graduate early, I can start classes at community college. My plan is to build up enough credits that I can transfer to a four-year school as a junior and save a lot of money. Then I won't have huge debt.
I realize my plans could change, but I still want to finish high school and get on with my life. How can I convince them that these aren't the best years of my life?
WANT TO MOVE ON
You don't "think" they'll let you. I see the same trail of breadcrumbs you're seeing, but that's still not the same thing as knowing how your parents will respond.
That's point 1. Point 2, you have a guidance counselor who knows at least the outline of your situation. Any chance you can fill in some details and get more guidance on the parent-management side?
Point 3, one of the most powerful tools of persuasion, is to understand and acknowledge your parents' concerns. If you approach it by dismissing each of their points, then you're just playing into a perception that you're too young to know what's best. If you say, "I understand, you're afraid I'll look back someday and wonder why I was in such a rush to stop being a kid. And you might be right about that - I won't pretend I can see the future. The thing is, though, I'm not enjoying being a kid at this time at this school, and I'm hoping you'll help me find a way to finish out these years that suits me - even if it's not what you've had in mind."
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UFA – The Russian U20 national team’s coaching staff owns the most titles at the World Juniors in Ufa. Mikhail Varnakov and Vladimir Myshkin can boast a combined 11 titles at various levels.
In June last year, the 54-year-old Varnakov was appointed as head coach of the Russian U20 national team. He replaced successful coach Valeri Bragin, who won World Junior gold in 2011 and silver in 2012. Bragin left the team to lead CSKA Moscow.
It was Zinetula Bilyaletdinov, the head coach of the men’s national team, who recommended hiring Varnakov. From 1979 to 1987 they played for the Soviet national team and for Dynamo Moscow during the North American tour in the 1985/1986 season.
After this they worked together as coaches at Dynamo Moscow (1997-2000, 2002-2004) and Ak Bars Kazan (2006-2008).
“Bill,” as Bilyaletdinov is nicknamed, thought that Varnakov would use a style of play and ideas similar to his on the junior team. At the same time as Varnakov came on board, Vladimir Myshkin became the goaltending coach for all Russian national teams.
Varnakov and Myshkin got to know each other with the club Krylya Sovietov Moscow when it was on tour against NHL teams at the end of 1978. The line of Alexander Skvortsov – Vladimir Kovin – Mikhail Varnakov from Torpedo Gorky (now Nizhny Novgorod) was invited by the Moscow team. It became the best line and scored more goals than any other. That was the way how Varnakov piqued the interest of Soviet national team coach Viktor Tikhonov, despite turning down the chance to play for Tikhonov’s club team, CSKA Moscow.
Tikhonov took Varnakov and Myshkin to the 1979 Challenge Cup, a series of three games between the USSR national team and an NHL All-Star Team in New York. In the crucial third game, the “Red Machine” won 6-0, and goalie Myshkin became famous, as he played in place of starter Vladislav Tretiak. Varnakov also did his part. In the second game, which the guests won 5-4, he scored the second goal to reduce the deficit to 3-2.
However, Varnakov was not invited to play at the 1979 IIHF World Championship or the 1980 Olympics. He waited for six long years to debut at the World Championship, but during this period he did participate in Transatlantic series against NHL clubs and at the 1984 Canada Cup. Varnakov loved to play against Canada – although in that country he is best known for being on a 2-on-1 with Kovin during the semi-final of the ‘84 Canada Cup, which Paul Coffey broke up just before the overtime winner was scored by Mike Bossy.
He also played against Team USA’s Phil Housley, now head coach of the U.S. U20 national team, for the first time one year later in a 7-4 win of Dynamo Moscow against the Buffalo Sabres.
Varnakov scored a lot, but for the 1984 Olympic Games in Sarajevo, Tikhonov invited only Skvortsov and Kovin while their usual linemate was left off the national team. The coach was not pleased with Varnakov’s decision not to play for CSKA.
After the success in the 1979 Challenge Cup, Myshkin's career thrived. At the 1980 Olympics in Lake Placid he replaced Vladislav Tretiak in the famous “Miracle on Ice” loss to the United States.
Varnakov made his debut in an official IIHF tournament only in 1985. It was the World Championship in Prague, where the Soviet national team won bronze. But Varnakov was in good standing, and a year later he participated in Moscow and won his first World Championship gold medal. In the next World Championship in Vienna his history with the national team came to an end as did Bilyaletdinov’s.
Myshkin wasn't called to play on home ice in 1986. On his place 19-year-old prospect Belosheikin got the call.
Myshkin’s national team career was interrupted for three years. Tikhonov didn't forget a curious mistake of his goalie in a 2-1 defeat against Czechoslovakia when Vladimir Ruzicka opened the score. Fortunately, Myshkin was invited to play in the 1989 and 1990 World Championships, albeit as a backup.
Varnakov’s coaching career is not as rich in titles. He was coaching his hometown club Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod and Amur Khabarovsk. Prior to his appointment with the U20 national team he worked for a small team, Sarov, in the second-tier league VHL. But as Bilyaletdinov’s assistant coach, he won two championships in 2000 with Dynamo Moscow and in 2006 with Ak Bars Kazan.
He hit rock bottom when Salavat Yulayev Ufa ousted Ak Bars in the 2008 play offs. He was blamed for everything. Some players said they disliked working with him and alleged that he was checking the car’s temperature to find out whether they were having a party.
But Bilyaletdinov didn’t drop a friend who was in trouble. Now they are back together.
Of course, Varnakov is doomed to be compared with the previous U20 coach Bragin in light of Russia’s U20 success over the last two years, even though the squad is not stronger than it was previously. To play on home ice with huge expectations certainly doesn’t reduce the pressure.
Varnakov's debut with the team was difficult. In the summer series against Canada, dedicated to the 40th anniversary of the epochal 1972 Super Series, the Russian team won twice, and lost once in regulation and once in overtime. During the November tour in Canada Varnakov's team won half of the six games against the all-star teams of the OHL, QMJHL and WHL.
“We know how to play against Canadians,” the head coach said. “It is unlikely that they would surprise us.”
After losing the last Preliminary Round game against the team with the red Maple Leaf, Varnakov didn’t hide his thoughts.
“We lost because of a stupid penalty,” he said. “The Canadians shouldn’t be given such an opportunity. Some of our forwards didn’t do a good job.”
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Walton Family Foundation gives millions to ocean privatization efforts
In a August 16th news release from Wal-Mart corporate headquarters in Bentonville, Arkansas, the Walton Family Foundation announced investments totaling more than $71.8 million awarded to various environmental initiatives in 2010, with over $36 million alone handed over to Marine Conservation grantees including Ocean Conservancy, Conservation International Foundation, Marine Stewardship Council, World Wildlife Fund and Environmental Defense Fund (EDF).
Walton Family Foundation gives millions to ocean privatization efforts
by Dan Bacher
The Recreational Fishing Alliance (RFA), a national grassroots recreational fishing organization, on August 17 slammed the Walton Family Foundation's contribution of $36 million to ocean privatization efforts through "catch shares" programs and the creation of so-called "marine protected areas."
The foundation, set up by the family who founded Wal-Mart, announced this week "its efforts to help fund the demise of both the recreational and commercial fishing industry while also working to ensure that the next generation of sportsmen will have less access to coastal fish stocks than at any point in U.S. history," according to a news release from RFA.
In a August 16th news release from Wal-Mart corporate headquarters in Bentonville, Arkansas, the Walton Family Foundation announced "investments" totaling more than $71.8 million awarded to various environmental initiatives in 2010. The foundation handed over $36 million alone to Marine Conservation grantees including Ocean Conservancy, Conservation International Foundation, Marine Stewardship Council, World Wildlife Fund and Environmental Defense Fund (EDF).
The five top grantees were: Conservation International, $18,640,917; the Nature Conservancy,$9,305,449; Environmental Defense Fund
$7,086,054; the Marine Stewardship Council, $4,500,000; and the Ocean Conservancy, $3,757,768 ((http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/walton-family-foundation-invests-718-million-in-environmental-initiatives-in-2010-127835788.html).
Critics of Wal-Mart, the largest retailer in the world, have blasted the company for decades for being able to sell its products at cheap prices only by employing sweatshops, undercutting competitors, wielding its market power to cripple both competitors and suppliers, and flouting national and international health, safety, labor, and environmental standards. Anti-corporate globalization opponents have long regarded Wal-Mart as a virtual "Darth Vader" of retailers, as documented in the film, "The High Price of Low Cost." (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJMYZwL8sPA).
Greenwashing Wal-Mart's image
However, in 2006 the retail giant hired Adam Werbach, former Sierra Club president, to "polish" its image (http://reclaimdemocracy.org/walmart/2006/green_greenwashing.php). This latest release is apparently part of a carefully orchestrated campaign to greenwash its image - and extend control over public trust resources.
According to the release, the Walton Family Foundation "focuses on globally important marine areas and works with grantees and other partners to create networks of effectively managed protected areas that conserve key biological features, and ensure the sustainable utilization of marine resources - especially fisheries - in a way that benefits both nature and people."
"We focus our work in the United States' primary river systems and in some of the world's most ecologically significant marine areas," said Scott Burns, director of the foundation's Environment Focus Area and the former director of marine conservation at the World Wildlife Fund. "It's important to us to protect and conserve natural resources while also recognizing the roles these waters play in the livelihoods of those who live nearby."
The RFA countered that these specially managed areas of coastal waters are also referred to as "marine protected areas" or "marine reserves," and the end result is denied angler access, of little or no benefit to the very people whom Wal-Mart claims to benefit.
Marine protected areas without real protection
"A quick visit to the Ocean Conservancy website should be telling enough for anglers interested in learning where Wal-Mart's profits are being spent," said RFA executive director Jim Donofrio. "These folks are pushing hard to complete California's network of exclusionary zones throughout the entire length of coastline, and they've made it very clear that they would like to see the West Coast version of the Marine Life Protection Act (MLPA) extended into other coastal U.S. waters."
Grassroots environmentalists, fishermen, California Indian Tribes, civil liberties activists and environmental justice advocates have criticized Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's Marine Life Protection Act (MLPA) Initiative, privately funded by the shadowy Resources Legacy Fund Foundation, for its numerous conflicts of interest, institutional racism and the violation of numerous state, federal and international laws.
The so-called "marine protected areas" established under the MLPA Initiative fail to protect the ocean from oil drilling and spills, water pollution, wave and wind energy projects, military testing, corporate aquaculture, habitat destruction and all other human impacts upon the ocean other than fishing and gathering. In an extreme case of corporate greenwashing, Catherine Reheis-Boyd, the president of the Western States Petroleum Association, served as chair of the MLPA Blue Ribbon Task Force that created these questionable "marine protected areas."
The release also said that targeted marine protected areas moving forward include Indonesia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama, the Gulf of California and the Gulf of Mexico. It will be interesting to see if these marine protected areas, like California's MLPA Initiative, will disrespect and fail to acknowledge the sovereign gathering rights of the indigenous people of these countries and regions.
Will these marine protected areas be like the one imposed by the Mexican government that denied members of the Cucapa Tribe the right to fish in the Colorado River Delta, spurring the Zapatistas (EZLN) and the Tribe to set up a "peace camp" from February to May 2007 to affirm their sovereign rights? (http://www.counterpunch.org/bacher04212007.html)
Donofrio said of Ocean Conservancy in particular, "Here's an organization which has publicly opposed creation of artificial reefs used by Wal-Mart's tackle buyers, in some cases openly advocating for their removal, yet the Walton family is handing over tons of money for support."
Wal-Mart boycott follows Safeway boycott
"Shopping for fishing equipment at Wal-Mart is contributing directly to the demise of our sport, it's supporting lost fishing opportunities and decreased coastal access for all Americans," Donofrio said. "I hope all RFA members across the country will remember that when it's time to gear up, but I would also wonder if perhaps our industry can help spread the message and support our local tackle shops by also pulling product off Wal-Mart's shelves."
RFA in April announced its support of a national boycott of the Safeway Supermarket chain, including Genuardi's in New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Delaware, because of that corporation's support for California's widely-contested MLPA initiative.
"Apparently Safeway has gotten some bad advice from the people in the ocean protection racket, a community to which the California-based mega-corporation is now donating profits," said Jim Martin, West Coast Regional Director of the RFA. "Safeway says it is supporting groups that make a difference like the Food Marketing Institute's Sustainable Seafood Working Group, the Conservation Alliance for Seafood Solutions and the World Wildlife Fund's Aquaculture Dialogues, but it's little more than corporate greenwashing."
Donofrio believes it's time that Wal-Mart was added to the angler boycott list as well.
"The Walton family created this huge corporate entity that has threatened the vibrancy of our local retail outlets, and now they're essentially doing the same thing with our fishing communities," Donofrio said.
"Much like Safeway has done with their financial investment in the environmental business community, Wal-Mart apparently prefers customers buy farm-raised fish and seafood caught by foreign countries outside of U.S. waters, while denying individual anglers the ability to head down to the ocean to score a few fish for their own table," noted Donofrio.
Foundation pushes catch shares program
The Walton Family Foundation is also working "to create economic incentives for ocean conservation," while candidly pledging their support for "projects that reverse the incentives to fish unsustainably that exist in 'open access fisheries' by creating catch share programs," according to the official news release.
A broad coalition of commercial and recreational fishing, consumer and environmental groups is opposing the catch shares programs being pushed by NOAA Administrator Jane Lubchenco, a former vice-chair of the Board of Directors of Environmental Defense, because these programs amount to the privatization of public trust resources by concentrating fisheries in the hands of a few corporate hands. Wherever catch shares have been introduced, local fishing communities, fish populations and the environment have been devastated.
"A catch share, also known as an individual fishing quota, is a transferable voucher that gives individuals or businesses the ability to access a fixed percentage of the total authorized catch of a particular species," according to Food and Water Watch. "Fishery management systems based on catch shares turn a public resource into private property and have lead to socioeconomic and environmental problems. Contrary to arguments by catch share proponents – namely large commercial fishing interests – this management system has exacerbated unsustainable fishing practices."
“Fish are a public resource," explained Wenonah Hauter, Food & Water Watch Executive Director. "Unfortunately, private investment groups and even some public interest groups have shamelessly and publicly compared access to fish to the stock market and are treating it like an investment that can be bought and sold for personal profit. They’re aiming to model the fishing business after big agribusiness on land, with giant commercial operations controlling the market.” (http://www.fishnewseu.com/latest-news/world/6013-food-a-water-watch-launches-campaign-against-catch-shares.html)
Donofrio emphasized, "Our local outfitters and tackle shops along the coast have had to face an immense challenge by going up against Wal-Mart's purchasing power during the last decade, but now that the Walton family is so up front about their opposition to open access fisheries, it's hard for me to believe that any sportsmen would ever be interested in shopping there again."
"California anglers have been outraged to learn that money they spend at a Safeway grocery store might end up in the hands of anti-fishing groups like the EDF and the Ocean Conservancy, so I hope more anglers will join the national boycott by sending a message to Wal-Mart as well as Safeway," Martin added.
Sam and Helen Walton launched their "modest retail business in 1962" with the guiding principle of helping "increase opportunity and improve the lives of others along the way," according to the Walton Family Foundation website. It is that principle the foundation says, that makes them "more focused than ever on sustaining the Walton's timeless small-town values and deep commitment to making life better for individuals and communities alike."
RFA said grassroots efforts to combat the corporate anti-fishing, pro-privatization agenda are more than just an uphill climb.
"The EDF catch share coffers are already filled to the top, while Pew Charitable Trusts has billions in reserve," Donofrio said. "When you add another $36 million annual commitment from the Walton family each year, I can't see how our local efforts can get anywhere unless the national manufacturers step up and openly denounce this corporate takeover once and for all."
"The individual anglers and local business owners are being denied opportunity, and I hope the federal trade representatives are willing to get onboard with their support of real small-town values," Donofrio said, adding that Ocean Conservancy and EDF combined received more than $10 million in Walton Family Foundation grants in 2010.
EDF: RFA is 'just wrong'
Tom Lalley, communications director for the Oceans Program, Environmental Defense Fund, responded to RFA's release by claiming, "RFA’s contention that the contribution in question was made by Wal-Mart is just wrong."
"The contribution was made by the Walton Family Fund and not Wal-Mart," he told http://www.fishnewseu.com. "These are two different entities. There is no connection between the two other than the fact that the fund’s money comes from private holdings of the same Waltons who started and managed Wal-Mart, but none of the money comes from the existing company. So it was the family, and specifically the family’s foundation, that made a contribution for sustainable fishing and ocean conservation, and not the store."
"That's B.S.," Martin said, responding to Lalley's statement. "The foundation money is Wal-Mart money sheltered from taxation to push the Walton's family agenda."
"Mr. Lalley is putting a false spin on this issue," added Donofio. "The fact is that the Walton family's money comes from the profits on the Wal-Mart stores that they founded. The Waltons are still in the top management tier of the company."
Commercial fishermen join recreational anglers in denouncing Wal-Mart and Walton Family Foundation
Zeke Grader, executive director of the Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen's Associations (PCFFA), praised the RFA for criticizing the Walton Family's contributions to ocean privatization efforts and welcomed the organization's call for a Wal-Mart boycott.
"Wal-Mart is wrong on this issue, just as it has been in the past on labor and community issues," said Grader. "The privatization of public trust resources is the antithesis of conservation."
"I've been boycotting Wal-Mart for decades and it's absolutely great that recreational and commercial fishermen are together on this," noted Grader.
It is worth noting that Conservation International and the Nature Conservancy, the two top recipients of Walton Family Foundation funds, are known throughout the world for their top-down "environmental" programs that run roughshod over local communities to achieve their corporate greenwashing goals.
The Nature Conservancy in California is a strong backer of state and federal plans to build a peripheral canal or tunnel to export more Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta water to corporate agribusiness and southern California water agencies. Canal opponents, including recreational anglers, commercial fishermen, Delta residents, family farmers and California Indian Tribes, believe the construction of the canal would result in the extinction of Central Valley steelhead, Sacramento River chinook salmon, Delta smelt, longfin smelt and other imperiled fish populations.
About the Recreational Fishing Alliance:
The Recreational Fishing Alliance is a national, grassroots political action organization representing recreational fishermen and the recreational fishing industry on marine fisheries issues. The RFA Mission is to safeguard the rights of saltwater anglers, protect marine, boat and tackle industry jobs, and ensure the long-term sustainability of our Nation's saltwater fisheries. For more information, call 888-JOIN-RFA or visit http://www.joinrfa.org.
MLPA Initiative Background:
The Marine Life Protection Act (MLPA) is a law, signed by Governor Gray Davis in 1999, designed to create a network of marine protected areas off the California Coast. However, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger in 2004 created the privately-funded MLPA "Initiative" to "implement" the law, effectively eviscerating the MLPA.
The "marine protected areas" created under the MLPA Initiative fail to protect the ocean from oil spills and drilling, water pollution, military testing, wave and wind energy projects, corporate aquaculture and all other uses of the ocean other than fishing and gathering.
The MLPA Blue Ribbon Task Forces that oversaw the implementation of "marine protected areas" included a big oil lobbyist, marina developer, real estate executive and other individuals with numerous conflicts of interest. Catherine Reheis Boyd, the president of the Western States Petroleum Association who is pushing for new oil drilling off the California coast, served as the chair of the MLPA Blue Ribbon Task Force for the South Coast.
The MLPA Initiative operated through a controversial private/public "partnership funded by the shadowy Resources Legacy Fund Foundation. The Schwarzenegger administration, under intense criticism by grassroots environmentalists, fishermen and Tribal members, authorized the implementation of marine protected areas under the initiative through a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the foundation and the California Department of Fish and Game (DFG).
Tribal members, fishermen, grassroots environmentalists, human rights advocates and civil liberties activists have slammed the MLPA Initiative for the violation of numerous state, federal and international laws. Critics charge that the initiative, privatized by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger in 2004, has violated the Bagley-Keene Open Meetings Act, Brown Act, California Administrative Procedures Act, American Indian Religious Freedom Act and UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
MLPA and state officials refused to appoint any tribal scientists to the MLPA Science Advisory Team (SAT), in spite of the fact that the Yurok Tribe alone has a Fisheries Department with over 70 staff members during the peak fishing season, including many scientists. The MLPA Blue Ribbon Task Force also didn't include any tribal representatives until 2010 when one was finally appointed to the panel. | <urn:uuid:e1336c32-75cd-4de0-a9dc-239595d7c8fb> | 2013-05-18T06:21:13Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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One of the most esteemed car auctions of the world held annually by Gooding & Company in the U.S. in the Pebble Beach Concourse d'Elegance. Concourse d’Elegance has become a valuable barometer for the collectible-car market.
According to the report, a 1937 Bugatti Type 37SC Atalante Coupe brought a record value at the Gooding & Company's annual Pebble Beach auction in California. It was the most expensive car ever sold in the United States which was auctioned for $7.92 million. It was the highest price ever paid for an automobile in the United States.
However, 1937 Bugatti Type 37SC Atalante Coupe wasn't the most expensive car in the world. That honor belongs to a 1961 Ferrari 250 GT SWB California Spyder which was sold for $10.9 million. The production year marks 1937 Bugatti Type 37SC Atalante Coupe it as one of the original cars produced by Bugatti brand.
The original Bugatti company was founded in 1909 in Molshelm, France as a manufacturer of high performance automobiles. The original company is fabled for producing some of the most exclusive and fastest cars in the world. However, brand failed with the coming of World War II. It struggled a lot and released last model in 1950. Finally it closed its doors in 1963 and sold for manufacturing airplane parts rather than automobiles.
Eventually, the Bugatti name was reunified with the auto industry and today, it is owned by Volkswagen AG who have revived it as a builder of limited production exclusive sport cars. Thus, Bugatti now graces a limited line of luxury autos from Volkswagen group.
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Punch (Wan D'Ghi)
Description: 17-year old Wan-Deuk comes from a poor family and his grades in school are equally poor. He is rebellious and troubled student, but unrivalled when it comes to fistfights. Wan-Deuk's life takes a turn when he gets to know his annoying and weird teacher Dong-Joo. Dong-Joo gradually changes from an enemy to a friend as the two get to know each other. Learning to express his anger at the world by taking on kickboxing, the unlikely hero experiences emotional growth and what it means to have a dream.
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In the roughly 27 hours from early Saturday to Sunday morning, police in Hayward, Union City, San Jose and San Francisco each opened fire and killed a suspect who either allegedly hit them with a car or drew a pistol.
The most recent clash ended around 3:20 a.m. with a Hayward police officer firing into a Honda that rammed his cruiser, which carried a civilian passenger. About 4½ hours prior, Union City police shot and killed a man who they said pulled a gun on them during a foot chase around 10 p.m.
These deadly confrontations come just days after two Santa Cruz police officers were shot and killed Tuesday by a suspect who sneaked up on them. It's also been a bloody start to 2013 for California police, who have already seen six officers killed in the line of duty, including those in Santa Cruz, according to the Officer Down Memorial Page.
"Is it because of all these incidents that these officers did what they did? I don't think so," said Hayward police Sgt. Eric Krimm. "Would an officer under similar circumstances maybe have it in the subconscious? Absolutely. If people just listened -- if they heed the verbal orders and do what the officer is telling them, there won't be a use of force. But when faced with a deadly situation where someone's life is in danger, the officer can and may respond with lethal force."
The spate of violence started around 12:30 a.m. Saturday when Daly City police shot and killed a suspected car thief
Later in the day, a San Jose officer tried to pull over a car he thought was suspicious. Instead of stopping during the run-in at approximately 2:35 p.m., the suspect allegedly rammed his car into the officer's cruiser, sparking a high-speed chase that ended when police boxed him in.
"Two officers fired several shots at the suspect when he made a threatening motion," San Jose police Officer Albert Morales said Saturday.
In the most recent shooting, a Hayward officer opened fire into a Honda that slammed into his cruiser during a traffic stop around 3:20 a.m. Sunday, at the intersection of Fletcher Lane and Watkins Street, said Krimm. The bullets hit the passenger in the Honda, a white man in his 20s. The car later crashed, so police are looking into whether the wreck played a role in his death.
About five hours earlier, two Union City police shot a man who allegedly pulled a gun from the waistband of his pants and pointed it at them. Union City police Cmdr. Ben Horner said the officer tried to pull over the suspect about 10 p.m. on Dyer Street south of Meteor Way.
The suspect allegedly ran from police, ignored their commands and then pulled the pistol. Horner said a loaded gun was found at the scene.
The suspect was transported to a local hospital by ambulance and died a short time later, Horner said.
The officers in Hayward and Union City were placed on routine leave after the deaths. The Alameda County District Attorney's Office will investigate both incidents.
The identifies of the dead suspects and victim have not been released.
Autopsies are scheduled for early next week, an Alameda County Coroner's Office spokesman said Sunday.
Oakland-based civil rights attorney John Burris said there is usually a rise in officer-involved shootings following the death of police officers. Burris referenced Vallejo, where there were 10 officer-involved shootings in which six people died in 2012. The shootings followed the shooting death of a Vallejo officer in November 2011.
"It's an alarming number," Burris said of the weekend violence. "You have more police shootings of civilians after there's been a fatal police shooting. That's always of concern because you wonder whether or not police are overreacting to an event because of heightened fear."
Police made at least one arrest in connection with the fatal confrontations. The man behind the wheel of the Honda in Hayward, identified by police as 23-year-old Arthur Pakman, of Oakley, was taken into custody on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon. The weapon in this case was the car, which police said he rammed into the passenger side of a police cruiser.
The officer, who was driving with a civilian ride-along passenger, pulled over the "suspicious vehicle" but the situation quickly grew dangerous. The driver ignored police commands and allegedly drove toward the cruiser, slamming into the passenger side door. The civilian jumped back into the cruiser as it was struck, and was not injured. The officer, a 5- to 6-year veteran whose named was not released, then opened fire.
After speeding away, Pakman crashed at D Street and Foothill Boulevard, and ran about 30 yards before lying down and surrendering.
The shooting left people in the area rattled. Irvin Lopez, 21, whose apartment faces the site of the Hayward shooting, said he heard the confrontation from his home. He recalled hearing a car speed down Fletcher and abruptly stop, followed by shouting. Then came three shots and two more.
"This is usually a great area. It's really calm," he said. "That's why it was a surprise to us."
Staff Writer Irma Widjojo contributed to this report. Contact Joshua Melvin at 650-348-4335. Contact David DeBolt at 925-943-8048. Contact Natalie Neysa Alund at 510-293-2469. Follow them at Twitter.com/melvinreport, Twitter.com/daviddebolt and Twitter.com/nataliealund. | <urn:uuid:4c13fa8b-cc4c-451d-9fc5-fb51f9cb6893> | 2013-05-18T06:27:02Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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Donald Trump's head nearly exploded Tuesday night.
It's safe to say The Donald isn't pleased over President Obama's election victory, if his tweets are a good indicator.
"Well, back to the drawing board!" he posted Tuesday night, followed by a series of increasingly disgruntled remarks.
"We can't let this happen. We should march on Washington and stop this travesty," Trump continued. "Our nation is totally divided! Lets fight like hell and stop this great and disgusting injustice! The world is laughing at us. This election is a total sham and a travesty. We are not a democracy!"
Actually, I think the world is really laughing at Trump's hair.
"Our country is now in serious and unprecedented trouble ... like never before," he continued. "Our nation is a once great nation divided! The Electoral College is a disaster for a democracy. Hopefully the House of Representatives can hold our country together for four more years ... stay strong and never give up! House of Representatives shouldn't give anything to Obama unless he terminates Obamacare."
I have a feeling he wasn't ranting against the Electoral College in 2000.
Of course, there was plenty of reaction to Trump's rantings, according to E! News.
"Donald Trump just called for a Revolution. Doesn't like democracy I guess," tweeted actor Mark Ruffalo.
"I'ma run a sedative up to Trump Tower#BRB," added Bravo exec and "Watch What Happens Live" host Andy
"Hey Trump, did you see Mitt Romney's concession speech? That's what graciousness and good hair looks like," posted "Modern Family" executive producer Steve Levitan.
Meanwhile, NBC News anchor Brian Williams didn't tweet, but his election coverage comment was tweeted by many, including Levitan: "Donald Trump has driven well past the last exit to relevance and veered into something closer to irresponsible."
And then there was Alec Baldwin, who tweeted: "@realdonaldtrump. You trust the voters when they choose The Apprentice. But not now?"
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Inspiration Archives: Deborah King
Deborah is a master healer, a teacher, and the New York Times bestselling author of Be Your Own Shaman.
If I could share 500 words to inspire, this is the important wisdom I'd want to pass along to others...
Those two words encompass an entire philosophy of life. According to the ancient seers, we are asleep, dreaming that our day-to-day world is all that is. And that who we are - who we really are - is much more than our familial and societal roles, much more than our occupation, bank account, politics, gender, marital status, or sexual orientation. More than our history as a victim or perpetrator.
There's a wonderful little story about Buddha:
One of his students asked him, "Are you the messiah?"
"No," answered Buddha.
"Then are you a healer?"
"No," Buddha replied.
"Then are you a teacher?" the student persisted.
"No, I am not a teacher."
"Then what are you?" asked the student, exasperated.
"I am awake," Buddha replied.
What does it mean to be awake? It means that you have done the inner work to clear out the old beliefs you unconsciously absorbed while growing up - the ideas you may unknowingly hold about yourself and the world around you.
It means that you know how to process and release the emotions that flow through you rather than trying to ignore or bury them. When you don't acknowledge your jealousy, anger, shame, guilt, and all the other emotions we all experience, they fester within and turn toxic; the distorted energy can affect your ability to be healthy, to be fully alive.
You are awake when you are available to experience all that life holds.
It means you understand presence - the state of being where you live in the present moment, the here and now, rather than being bogged down in the past or wary of what the future may hold. Presence is the ability to listen with full attention and compassion. The Dalai Lama, who radiates presence, has said that his religion is kindness. How simple, and how totally present!
Waking up also means that you awaken the innate gifts you have... and yes, you have the ability to go beyond the veil of illusion that is the seemingly rock-solid wall of physical reality. You can nurture and practice seeing more than the eye can behold, hearing sounds that the ear cannot hear, sensing beyond what can be touched. Haven't you ever had a strong "gut feeling" that kept you out of danger or helped you to avoid a destructive relationship? Or knew who was calling before you answered the phone, or thought of that person before the phone even rang? Where did that come from?
Most of all, wake up from the dream of separation. You can awaken to Oneness. We are not separate from each other, or from any other part of the universe. Humanity desparately needs to wake up from the collective nightmare of "the one with the most toys wins." Greed, on a personal and corporate level, and the arrogance of mankind in believing we are somehow the top of the evolutionary ladder, has brought the world nuclear catastrophe, endless war, environmental distress, and a host of societal ills like homelessness and starving children.
In the words of a little three-year-old friend, who has clearly heard her pre-school lessons: sharing is caring.
It's time to wake up to who you are. You will be happier, healthier, more content with your life, more aware of your purpose here on earth, and a blessing to all around you.
The music of success is sweetest when you play in a band with winners. Surround yourself with excellence!
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Think positive thoughts. Believe in yourself and others. Share hugs and spread love.
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What Is It?
Varicose veins occur when veins just below the skin's surface are damaged, become swollen and fill with too much blood.
Veins are the blood vessels that return blood to the heart. Arteries carry blood away from the heart to the rest of the body.
Varicose veins most commonly occur in the legs. In about 50% of cases, the condition runs in families, and probably is related to an inherited weakness in the veins' walls or the valves inside veins that keep blood from backing up.
Pregnancy is another common cause of varicose veins. During pregnancy, the volume of blood increases causing veins to expand. Also, occupations that require uninterrupted standing (waitresses and waiters, nurses, mothers with young children) may force leg veins and valves to work against gravity for hours, increasing the risk of pressure-related vein and valve damage. Garters also can increase the risk of varicose veins if their tight elastics slow blood flow in the legs.
Varicose veins are 2 to 3 times more common in women than men. Obese people are more likely to develop varicose veins.
Varicose veins can be associated with prior blood clots and damage to the deeper veins in one or both legs, a situation that sometimes can lead to chronic venous insufficiency. When this happens, the veins lose their ability to effectively move blood back to the heart. This can cause significant leg swelling and skin sores or ulcers.
In the legs, varicose veins commonly are found along the inside of the leg, at the ankles and at the back of the calf. The affected veins look blue, swollen or stretched out, kinked or twisted.
In some people, varicose veins do not cause any symptoms. However, other people may experience one or more of the following:
- A dull ache in the legs
- A feeling of pressure or heaviness in the legs
- Swollen feet and ankles
- Itching skin near the damaged veins
In more severe cases of chronic venous insufficiency, a slowing of blood flow through the vein can lead to localized skin changes, including dryness, a rash or brownish discoloration and open sores (ulcers). Slow blood flow also can cause a clot to form inside the affected vein. This condition is called thrombosis.
In general, symptoms of varicose veins are worse at the end of the day, especially after periods of prolonged standing. Some women also find that their symptoms are more intense during the days before their menstrual periods, and during pregnancy.
Your doctor will ask you about your symptoms and about your family history of varicose veins. He or she also will ask about your lifestyle, especially the number of hours that you spend on your feet. In women, your doctor will ask about your pregnancy history and about the tightness of elastics on the socks or stockings you wear.
Your doctor can diagnose varicose veins with a simple physical examination. In most cases, no special tests are necessary.
Varicose veins are a long-term problem, but symptoms can come and go. If you are pregnant and experiencing severe problems with varicose veins, your symptoms will improve after delivery. However, your varicose veins probably will not disappear totally, and you can expect symptoms to return during future pregnancies.
You can help to prevent varicose veins by maintaining a normal weight and by avoiding situations where you must stand for prolonged periods. Even with these preventive measures, however, you still may develop varicose veins if this condition tends to run in your family.
If you already have varicose veins, you can prevent symptom flare-ups by periodically lying down or sitting down with your legs elevated above the level of your chest. Some physicians also recommend that you wear support stockings or more specialized compression stockings when you walk or stand for long periods of time. The stockings prevent blood from pooling in the veins, and prevent strain on the valves and leg swelling.
Treatment for most people with mild symptoms of varicose veins includes:
- Elevating and supporting the legs periodically throughout the day
- Wearing compression stockings
For varicose veins that are close to the skin, dermatologists or vascular surgeons may offer sclerotherapy or laser therapy. Sclerotherapy involves injection of an irritating into the affected vein, causing the vein to scar and shut down. Laser therapy can be effective for the smallest varicose veins.
People with severe venous insufficiency can develop recurrent blood clots and skin ulcers. The traditional surgery is called vein stripping and ligation. In this surgical procedure, the abnormal veins are tied off and pulled out of the body through series of small cuts in the skin. Another surgical procedure, called ambulatory phlebectomy, also removes veins through small skin incisions, but it is less invasive than classic stripping and ligation.
Newer therapies include endovenous thermal ablation and transilluminated power phlebotomy (a modified form of ambulatory phlebotomy). Endovenous thermal ablation uses laser or high-frequency radio waves to heat the abnormal veins. These newer procedures appear to cause less scarring, with less "down time."
External laser therapy is reserved primarily for cosmetic removal of small, superficial, spider-like veins.
When to Call a Professional
Call your doctor whenever you have pain, swelling, skin ulcers or an unexplained area of bruising on your legs. New leg swelling, especially in just one leg, can be caused by a blood clot, which requires immediate treatment.
If you have varicose veins, call your doctor immediately if you develop an ulcer or a painful, black and blue area near a varicose vein or if you cut the skin over a varicose vein and you have trouble controlling the bleeding.
Varicose veins are a long-term problem, but their symptoms often can be controlled with leg elevation and therapeutic stockings.
Surgical procedures remove varicose veins permanently, but they leave scars, and they cannot prevent new varicose veins from forming.
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Gay and Lesbian Issues
The adolescent years are full of challenges, many related to sex and sexual identity. These issues can be especially difficult for teens who are (or think they may be) homosexual. Homosexual teens deserve the same understanding and respect as heterosexual teens, and it is important for everyone to know the facts about homosexuality. Here are the basics.
Each of us has a biological sex (we have a male or female body), a gender identity (we feel like a male or female), and a sexual orientation (we are attracted to males or females). Homosexuality refers to a person's sexual orientation; homosexual teen-agers have strong romantic or sexual feelings for a person of the same sex. Heterosexual teen-agers are attracted to people of the opposite sex, and bisexual teens are attracted to people of both sexes.
The word "gay" is used to describe both men and women who are homosexual, with the word "lesbian" specifically referring to a homosexual woman. It is estimated that 10 percent of the population in the United States and throughout the world is lesbian or gay.
Although scientists don't know why some people are homosexual and others are not, most believe that homosexuality is a normal variation of sexual orientation. It may be genetic, result from natural substances (hormones) in the body, be influenced by the environment before or after birth, or, most likely, several of these things working in combination. Homosexual teens are found in all types of families. Homosexuality is not caused by "bad parenting." If your teen is gay, it is not because of anything you or anyone else did.
Homosexuality also is not something a person chooses, nor is it an illness that can be cured. According to the American Psychiatric Association, so-called therapies such as "reparative therapy" and "transformational ministry" don't work and actually can be harmful, causing guilt and anxiety in homosexual teens.
Not all teen-agers who are attracted to members of the same sex are homosexual. Many teens experiment with their sexuality during adolescence, in much the same way that they experiment with clothing, body art or music. This brief sexual experimentation is thought to be a normal part of sexual development. For homosexual teens, the attraction to people of the same sex is stronger and longer lasting.
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Every family is different. While one parent may find out by chance that a teen is homosexual, others may hear directly from their teen in person, in a letter or by a phone call. When a teen tells other people that he is homosexual, it's called "coming out." Although this process sometimes can be difficult or painful for families, it also can be a time of tremendous growth. It is important to remember that all teens need their family's support and acceptance, especially when they are dealing with sensitive issues.
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"Coming out" can be scary and painful, and parents need to reassure their children that they will not be loved any less for sharing the truth about themselves. If your teen tells you he is gay, let him know that you love him unconditionally, and accept him no matter what.
Show your teen that you care by learning more about homosexuality. Read books on the subject or check out reputable Web sites (such as www.pflag.org). Talk to some adults you know who are gay. Look for organizations or support groups in your community that can give you information on homosexuality. It will be easier for you to support your teen when you know more and are comfortable with the subject.
Parents may worry about how friends, neighbors and family will react to their teen's homosexuality. It is usually best not to share any information without your teen-ager's permission. Unfortunately, prejudice against homosexuals is widespread, mostly due to ignorance and fear. When your teen is ready for you to let others know, you should talk with them about your teen's sexual orientation and help them to understand, by using what you have learned.
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Growing up as a homosexual in a mostly heterosexual society often is not easy. Gay and lesbian adolescents sometimes must cope with unfair, prejudiced, and even violent behavior at school, at home and in the community. They may feel fear or be alone and unsupported. This can push some teens to use drugs and alcohol, engage in risky sexual behavior, or even attempt suicide. It is important that homosexual teens feel supported by their parents and always able to talk openly with them about these issues.
Overall, most gay and lesbian youth grow up to be well-adjusted and happy adults, with successful careers and family lives.
Books for parents of the newly out:
"Is it A Choice? Answers to 300 Most Asked Questions About Gay and Lesbian People" by Eric Marcus
"Loving Someone Gay" by Don Clark, Ph.D.
"My Child is Gay" by Bryce McDougall, editor
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The satellite images displayed are infrared (IR) images. Warmest (lowest) clouds are shown in white; coldest (highest) clouds are displayed in shades of yellow, red, and purple. Imagery is obtained from the GOES and METEOSAT geostationary satellites, and the two US Polar Orbiter (POES) satellites. POES satellites orbit the earth 14 times each day at an altitude of approximately 520 miles (870 km). As each orbit is made the satellite can view a 1,600 mile (2,700 km) wide area of the earth. Due to the rotation of the earth the satellite is able to view every spot on earth twice each day. Data from multiple orbits are mosaicked together to provide wide scale global and full earth views in a single image. Occasional dark triangular areas that occur on POES images are a result of gaps in data transmitted from the orbiters.
A weather satellite
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of the Earth. These meteorological satellites, however, see more than clouds
and cloud systems
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, ice mapping, boundaries of ocean
currents, energy flows, etc., are other types of environmental information collected using weather satellites.
Weather satellite images helped in monitoring the volcanic ash cloud from Mount St. Helens and activity from other volcanoes such as Mount Etna. Smoke from fires in the western United States such as Colorado and Utah have also been monitored.
Other environmental satellites can detect changes in the Earth's vegetation, sea
color, and ice fields. For example, the 2002 oil spill off the northwest coast of Spain was watched carefully by the European ENVISAT, which, though not a weather satellite, flies an instrument (ASAR) which can see changes in the sea surface
El Niño and its effects on weather are monitored daily from satellite images. The Antarctic ozone hole is mapped from weather satellite data. Collectively, weather satellites flown by the U.S., Europe, India, China, Russia, and Japan provide nearly continuous observations
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All children are required to have School Lunches. These
are cooked on the premises by Aramark. Aramark sends a menu home each month
by email. The children are also provided with a snack in the morning or
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... 1542, Catherine Howard was beheaded for adultery at the Tower of London. Of this queen (below right), the 5th of 6 wives of the English King Henry VIII, this website writes:
Catherine Howard did not have an impact upon English history. She is perhaps the most inconsequential of Henry VIII's six wives, her reign as queen a very brief eighteen months. She bore no children and made no lasting impression upon those who knew her. But it should be remembered that she was thirty years younger than her husband, a silly young girl who never understood the dangers of royal regard. Her life was over before it had truly begun; we can only wonder how it might have ended differently.Not a word of fault found with the fatally fickle king.
... 1961, officials in the province of Katanga announced that the man who'd served from June to September 1960 as Congo's 1st Prime Minister, Patrice Lumumba, was dead. It was claimed that Lumumba (below left) had been "killed by villagers trying to take him into custody"; however, years later that was deemed not to be the whole truth. According to the BBC:
A Belgian Government inquiry into the murders reported in November 2001 that they would not have taken place without the complicity of Belgian and American intelligence services.
In February 2002 the Belgian Government made its first official apology for its part in the assassinations and has set up a $3m fund to encourage democracy and development in the Democratic Republic of Congo. | <urn:uuid:c6b75581-5f17-4895-9f06-f0141c2afcc0> | 2013-05-18T07:00:22Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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Rhino Cement, under the ownership of Athi River Cement of Kenya, is going to commission two largest plants in east and central Africa beginning next month.
The plants with the total capacity of producing 2.3 million tonnes of cement annually are in the final stages of construction and staff recruitment at Mkuranga in Coast Region and Tanga city in Tanzania.
The Mkuranga plant, with the capacity of 750,000 tonnes is coming up for commissioning next month while that of Tanga will start production next year.
Speaking to this paper recently Athi River Mining Limited public relations and communication manager Julius Nyabicha said the company is currently recruiting staff to begin production at Mkuranga.
He said the Mkuranga plant will employ 300 people, of whom 100 will be skilled and the remaining unskilled.
The Tanga plant, with the capacity of 1.5 million tonnes annually is in the final stages of construction and is due to start work next year.
Besides cement production, he said, the factory will also produce 1 million tonnes of clinker annually for own use and sale to other cement producing companies, he added. Upon completion, the Tanga plant is expected to employ more than 1,000 staff, he said.
Nyabicha said the mining company has decided to invest in Tanzania because of the country’s vast demand in cement, prevalence of a conduicive investment climate, availability of raw material and the leadership’s willingness to welcome foreign investment.
He said the company sees high power costs and its availability as some of the biggest challenges it is going to face.
To overcome them, he said, the mining firm plans to start production of its own power at Mkuranga Township.
“We are going to commission production using 6MW generators per day,” he said.
Later, he said, the company will come up with a power generating plant to harness hydroelectric power within the country, he said.
He said its plans are to produce at least 66MW for its Mkuranga (6MW) and Tanga (25MW) plants out of which the remaining would be sold to the state power utility. | <urn:uuid:d9443ff4-1dc3-4885-90b6-a5a02979e3ea> | 2013-05-18T07:24:29Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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Urban water woes
2 January 2013
In Zimbabwe’s capital, Harare (population 3,000,000), a man relieves himself in the dirt next to his tin shack, holding his nose to ward off the stench of a nearby overflowing latrine. In Ramallah (population 300,000) in the occupied Palestinian territory a 14-year-old girl wakes with menstrual cramps - and skips class because her school lacks a washroom where she can clean herself in private. In Bangladesh’s mega-capital (population 12 million), a monsoon-season flash flood leaves thousands with cholera. | <urn:uuid:6d095cec-ee08-4931-8d31-8300aa81fe8e> | 2013-05-18T05:54:12Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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Internal Revenue Bulletin: 2006-35
August 28, 2006
Amplified describes a situation where no change is being made in a prior published position, but the prior position is being extended to apply to a variation of the fact situation set forth therein. Thus, if an earlier ruling held that a principle applied to A, and the new ruling holds that the same principle also applies to B, the earlier ruling is amplified. (Compare with modified, below).
Clarified is used in those instances where the language in a prior ruling is being made clear because the language has caused, or may cause, some confusion. It is not used where a position in a prior ruling is being changed.
Distinguished describes a situation where a ruling mentions a previously published ruling and points out an essential difference between them.
Modified is used where the substance of a previously published position is being changed. Thus, if a prior ruling held that a principle applied to A but not to B, and the new ruling holds that it applies to both A and B, the prior ruling is modified because it corrects a published position. (Compare with amplified and clarified, above).
Obsoleted describes a previously published ruling that is not considered determinative with respect to future transactions. This term is most commonly used in a ruling that lists previously published rulings that are obsoleted because of changes in laws or regulations. A ruling may also be obsoleted because the substance has been included in regulations subsequently adopted.
Revoked describes situations where the position in the previously published ruling is not correct and the correct position is being stated in a new ruling.
Superseded describes a situation where the new ruling does nothing more than restate the substance and situation of a previously published ruling (or rulings). Thus, the term is used to republish under the 1986 Code and regulations the same position published under the 1939 Code and regulations. The term is also used when it is desired to republish in a single ruling a series of situations, names, etc., that were previously published over a period of time in separate rulings. If the new ruling does more than restate the substance of a prior ruling, a combination of terms is used. For example, modified and superseded describes a situation where the substance of a previously published ruling is being changed in part and is continued without change in part and it is desired to restate the valid portion of the previously published ruling in a new ruling that is self contained. In this case, the previously published ruling is first modified and then, as modified, is superseded.
Supplemented is used in situations in which a list, such as a list of the names of countries, is published in a ruling and that list is expanded by adding further names in subsequent rulings. After the original ruling has been supplemented several times, a new ruling may be published that includes the list in the original ruling and the additions, and supersedes all prior rulings in the series.
Suspended is used in rare situations to show that the previous published rulings will not be applied pending some future action such as the issuance of new or amended regulations, the outcome of cases in litigation, or the outcome of a Service study.
Revenue rulings and revenue procedures (hereinafter referred to as “rulings”) that have an effect on previous rulings use the following defined terms to describe the effect:
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Sheikh `Abd al-Rahmân al-`Ajlân, lecturer at the Grand Mosque in Mecca
It is unlawful for a Muslim to drink alcoholic beverages or to take any intoxicating substance. It is a great sin in Islam to drink or take drugs, and it can lead to other evil behaviors. People who are intoxicated lose their inhibitions ad good judgment which can lead them to fall in adultery, theft, murder, and other despicable acts.
It is the obligation of any Muslim who falls into the sin of imbibing alcoholic beverages or taking drugs to abandon the practice and hasten to Allah in repentance. Repentance requires a sincere sense of regret on the part of the penitent person as well as a firm resolve never to return to the sin.
The person should also refrain from confessing to other people a sin that Allah has concealed. Allah forgives those who are sincere to Him in their repentance.
If a person who drank or took drugs the night before wakes up sober and clear-minded during the day in Ramadan, then that person's fast is intact.
If, however, the person wakes up during the day still fully inebriated and incoherent, then that person will have to make up that day of fasting later on.
And Allah knows best.
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Terms and conditions
Who may enter the "Jerusalem 2111" Contest?
1. Anyone, artist or otherwise, who registers at our website http://www.jerusalem2111.com/ (for using the materials – or the "raw material" – on our website, each contestant shall receive Username and Password); and
2. Submits a video clip depicting the city of Jerusalem in 100 years from now – i.e., in the year 2109; and
3. Agreeing to and to be bound by any and all terms of conditions (as they may change from time to time) of the Contest listed herein.
4. Each contestant must ensure and undertake that the submitted video clip does not contain any illegal material including (but not limited to) defamatory material and/or material infringing any individual's basic right to privacy and/or material that is offensive in any way to any individual and/or the general public or could be interpreted as such and/or anything that could offend public sensibility and/or anything that could infringe any rights of a third party including intellectual property rights.
5. The contestant must agree to allow the Contest's organizers to make commercial use of and distribute the submitted video clip, and waive any rights he might have for using the submitted video clip non-commercially.
6. Although the contestant is allowed to use the "raw material" – video clips, photos etc. – he does not have to do so. Put differently, one does not have to utilize the "raw material" in any way to take part in the Contest. If, however, the contestant chooses to use the "raw material", he shall be granted a one-off license to do so without infringing any intellectual property rights as a result.
7. The contestant must be the sole owner of all rights connected with creating, producing and/or broadcasting the submitted video clip, and he must undertake that no third party has any such rights in respect with the submitted video clip.
8. From the time a video clip is submitted until the names of the Contest's winners are officially made public, the contestant must not transfer the submitted video clip to any third party and/or allow him to use it in any way, unless the contestant received a prior consent in writing from the Contest's organizers.
9. The Contest's organizers are allowed to disqualify any contestant for not complying with any rules, terms, conditions or requirement set out in this document
10. The Contestant hereby declares that the Raw Material on the Jerusalem 2111 website shall be used for the sole purpose of creating the Video Clip. Any claim, including, without limitation, the filing of a suit or other legal action, arising as a result of using such materials for any other purpose, shall be the sole responsibility of the Contestant, and the Contestant shall indemnify the Contest's Organisers for any damage incurred by them as a result of such claim.
11. It is made clear that the Contestant is solely responsible to protect its Video Clip. The Contest's Organisers shall not be deemed responsible for any claim regarding illegal use and/or copying and/or any other copyright infringement claim raised by any of the Contestants.
12. The same Username and Password each contestant will receive for using the "raw material", will also allow him to upload his video clip onto the website.
13. The submitted video clips must be posted on the Contest's website according to the instruction listed there.
14. The video clip must be submitted in DVD format together with a signed statement of the contestant at the following address: __________________
15. A submitted video clip must comply with the following requirements:
• It must be between 60 and 180 seconds long
• The is no limitation on the video clip's method of production so long as it meets all other criteria and complies with al the terms listed herein
• It must be in DVD format.
16. Prior to posting the video clip onto the website, the contestant must fill in the following documents:
• Signed statement that could be downloaded from the Contest's website.
• Registration form with personal details about the contestant and information about the video clip to be submitted.
• Not providing such information would make one ineligible to take part in the Contest.
17. A committee of judges will choose, at its sole discretion, the best video clips from the video-clips of all the eligible contestants, taking into account professional artistic considerations as well as those that are subjective and immeasurable
18. Selection Process:
The final selection of Contestants shall be made via a prior selection committee and public voting. Following the finalization of the Contestants' list in accordance with the above, the contest judges shall declare the winner. It is made clear that the Contest's Organizers reserve the right to determine the final number of Contestants selected by both the prior selection committee and public voting.
19. The judges shall also have regard to the following matters:
• The Urban Vision of the city of Jerusalem, its unique characteristics, its heritage and future in the context of solving problems in such areas as transport, population density and building upward, conservation vs. innovation, environment protection vs. industrialization.
• Creativity and artistic merits of the suggested urban solutions and the submitted video clip itself as a work of art
• Skill and expertise in making the video clip; usage of innovative media; sound track and other components of the video clip.
• General impression
20. The judges' decision shall not be subject to debate or appeal: it shall be final. | <urn:uuid:183925ca-0d63-4966-b3d7-edf8fbbeb869> | 2013-05-18T07:13:24Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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HIRSCH, FRANZ ARNOLD:
Austrian dramatist and miscellaneous writer; born in Horitz, Bohemia, June 15, 1815; died in Vienna Nov. 24, 1896. After leaving the gymnasium Arnold studied medicine at the University of Vienna (1838-41). He practised very successfully in Vienna as a homeopathist until 1852, when he definitively abandoned medicine for literature. After marrying Sophie Wehle he traveled several years, and lived by turns in Dresden, Florence, Rome, Paris, and London. In 1861 he settled in Paris.
Hirsch wrote, often under the pseudonym of "Eginhard Quelle," numerous papers on political economy and medicine, literary essays, short stories, and novels, mostly in "Das Familienbuch des Oesterreichischen Lloyd" in Triest, and feuilletons for Vienna periodicals. Among his plays were: "Der Familien-Diplomat" (1859), comedy in three acts, produced at the Hofburgtheater in Vienna, the famous comedian Beckmann making a great hit in it; "Sand in die Augen" (1861); "Eine Tour aus dem Contre-Tanz, oder So Passt's" (1862; after the French of Fournier and Meyer), "Zu Jung und Zu Alt" (1866), one-act pieces; "Blanca von Bourbon," tragedy in five acts, produced at the Dresden Theater Royal in 1860 (this play won for its author from the Grand Duke of Weimar, before whom he read it, the scholar's gold medal); "Die Fremde," "Dora," "Freund Fritz," "Postscriptum," etc., adapted from the French. Hirsch translated into German Napoleon III.'s "Idées Napoléoniennes."
- Neue Freie Presse, Nov. 25, 1896, p. 5;
- Bettelheim, Biograph. Jahrbuch, 1897, pp. 341-342. | <urn:uuid:8d59689f-b86e-4ba3-93a4-8ad46e2ca24e> | 2013-05-18T08:02:04Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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Update : please write to the President of the State of Israel, Shimon Peres, to say that you support Professor Ada Aharoni's idea of a Day to remember the uprooting of the Jewish communities of the Arab world. Email firstname.lastname@example.org
"The moment has arrived for us to mark the destruction of the Jewish communities in Arab countries with a special memorial day," says Professor Ada Aharoni. Dr Aharoni told Yediot Haifa in an interview published on 16 December that she had 'no doubt' such a day would advance the peace process.
Egyptian-born Dr Aharoni said: "I have no doubt if the facts were made clear it can progress the peace process. Nowadays the Palestinians are getting more difficult about their 'right of return': I have no doubt that if they knew there were more Jewish refugees, who had to leave their homes in the dead of night leaving all their property behind, it would be easier for them to understand that they will not be permitted to 'return'.
"We Jews attach great significance to remembering the Exodus from Egypt and ancient Jewish history. We should also remember the Second Exodus (in modern times)."
Dr Aharoni has written to both the President of the State of Israel, Shimon Peres, and the Prime Minister, Bibi Netanyahu, suggesting that Israel should declare such a memorial day.
Please sign petition
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The First Liberation Day in the DP Camps
Livik's opinion was clear: There was no reason to celebrate or to put on a festive face, since "joy has been silenced in the Jewish heart, our words are still full of sorrow"... Shmuel Grinberg, in contrast, agreed that She'arit Hapleta would soon be marking Liberation Day... but warned against losing the historical perspective of what was happening. Even though anti-Semitism had not disappeared and Jewish suffering had not ended, "we neither have nor want to weaken the great historic truth, the great struggle against the monster of human oppression, for our spiritual and moral liberation". Leo Schwarz, who took part in the meeting, explained: "One of the main questions was, should the liberation be commemorated today as a day of mourning or a day of thanksgiving. There was little disagreement about the memory of the murdered martyrs... concerning celebrations of Liberation Day there were differences among groups within She'arit Hapleta, but the victors were those whose psychology had already been influenced by the positive dialectic of the future. Most members of the Central Committee supported the declaration of "a memorial day combined with the liberation, which must express our grief and bitterness over the great tragedy of European Jewry, and simultaneously be a day of thanksgiving, which will be celebrated as a national symbol and will emphasize that the Jewish people still lives". It was decided to observe the 14th of Adar as Liberation Day (15th May in 1946), as a memorial and victory day.
From: Mankovitz, Ze'ev, Ideology and Politics Among She'arit Hapleta in the American Zone of Occupation in Germany 1945-1946, Ph.D. thesis, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 1987, pp. 279-280 (Hebrew).
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DEPUTIES OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE
DEPUTIES OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE, representatives of Jewish communities in Russia to the government during the reign of *Alexander I (1801–25). After parts of *Poland-Lithuania had been annexed by Russia, the large communities sent shtadlanim to the court at St. Petersburg to represent them and defend their rights. Most of the shtadlanim were merchants or contractors who visited the city on business. When a committee was set up to frame a "Jewish constitution" in 1802–04 it was joined by several government-appointed Jewish advisers (N.N. *Notkin, A. *Peretz, and J.L. *Nevakhovich). The government also requested some important communities to send representatives to the committee. Together they tried to influence the committee in favor of Jewish rights. In 1807 the government appointed a "Jewish committee" to implement the inimical "Jewish constitution" of 1804 and proposed that the communities elect deputies to represent the Jews before the provincial governors. The memoranda of these deputies were referred to the "Jewish committee" in St. Petersburg and were influential in obtaining a temporary halt to the expulsion of Jews from the villages. It was also proposed to abolish the prohibition on the lease and sale of alcohol by Jews. During the invasion by Napoleon two "deputies of the Jewish people," Zundel Sonnenberg and Eliezer Dillon, accompanied Alexander's military headquarters in 1812–13, and acted as liaison between the czar and the large Jewish population in the combat area. They regularly presented memoranda and petitions concerning Jewish affairs to the court and transmitted its instructions to the Jewish communities. After the war an attempt was made to convert the committee of deputies into a permanent institution. The Jewish communities were requested to send representatives to St. Petersburg to maintain permanent contact with the ministries of religious affairs and popular education. On August 19, 1818, electors from the 12 districts (gubernia) of the *Pale of Settlement convened and elected three deputies, Zundel Sonnenberg, Beinush Lapkovski, and Michael Eisenstadt, and three deputy representatives. In order to raise funds to cover their expenses, which probably also included furnishing bribes, the assembly resolved that every Jew was to donate the silver headpiece of his prayer shawl. The change in Alexander's policy toward the Jews at the end of his reign reduced the importance and status of the deputies. Sonnenberg was dismissed because of "impudence toward the authorities." In 1825 the Jewish deputation was officially suspended "until the need arises for a new deputation," and the institution was thereby abolished and not renewed. However, the government continued to make use of Jewish representatives. In 1840 consultative committees, chosen from among "enlightened" Jews, were created and attached to governors in Kiev and five other towns. In 1844 the function of "Learned Jew" (uchoni yevrei) was created, meaning an expertand consultant in Jewish religious affairs attached to the district governers and responsible for education and interior affairs.
J.I. Hessen (Gessen), Yevrei v Rossii (1906), 421–32; idem, in: Yevreyskaya starina, 2 (1909), 17–29, 196–206; S. Pen, in: Voskhod, nos. 1–3 (1905).
[Yehuda Slutsky /
Shmuel Spector (2nd ed.)]
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Judaic Treasures of the
Jerusalem was and remains the holiest of cities in the Holy Land, but Jews also gave a measure of holiness to three other cities there: Hebron, Safed, and Tiberias. The holiness of Jerusalem arises in part from what remains there, but more from what took place there. So it is with its sister cities. Hebron is where the patriarchs and matriarchs lived and are buried, and it was the first capital of King David. Tiberias, on the shore of the Sea of Galilee, was chosen by the patriarch of the Jews in the second century as his seat. The Palestinian Talmud was largely composed in its great rabbinical academy. in the environs of Safed, high in the Galilean hills, are the graves of the leading rabbis of late antiquity. Its stature as a holy city was enhanced in the sixteenth century, when it was the greatest center of Jewish mysticism and seat of Jewish legal scholarship. To gain entree into the company of the three more ancient holy cities, it called itself Beth-El, suggesting identity with the biblical site which Jacob called "The Gate of Heaven."
A striking pastel-colored manuscript "holy site map" links these four holy cities together. Drawn and painted in Palestine in the second half of the nineteenth century, it depicts those venues which indicate their holiness. There is a suggestion of their geographic positioning, but the "map" is far more a statement of the place these cities hold in Jewish veneration, than of the geographical site they occupy. To pious Jewish families, such wall plaques were more meaningful depictions of the Holy Land than the most aesthetically beautiful and topographically exact representations.
A small illustrated guide book to the burial places of biblical figures and saintly rabbis in the Holy Land, Zikaron Birushalayim, appeared in Constantinople in 1743. It tells the pious pilgrim where graves may be found and what prayers are to be said. Prefaced by a panegyric to the land, it cites a midrashic statement that, in time to come, when Jerusalem shall be rebuilt, three walls-one of silver, one of gold, and the innermost of multicolored precious stones-will encompass the dazzling city.
In Hebron the pilgrim is not only directed to the holy grave sites, but also regaled with wondrous tales. One tells of a sexton of the community sent down to search for a ring which had fallen to the depths of the patriarchs' burial cave, finding at the floor of the cave three ancient men seated on chairs, engaged in study. He greets them; they return his greetings, give him the ring, and instruct him not to disclose what he had learned. When he ascended and was asked what he had seen, he replied: "Three elders sitting on chairs. As for the rest, I am not permitted to tell."
For actual pilgrims, the little volume provided factual information. For pilgrims in their own imagination, it offered edification through tales and quaint illustrations. The last page has a woodcut of Jericho, a seven-walled city, below which a man surrounded by a multitude is sounding a shofar. The most striking woodcut is of an imposing building, representing the Temple in Jerusalem.
In the concentric circles of holiness cited in the Tanhuma, Jerusalem is at the center of the Holy Land; the Temple at the center of Jerusalem; and the Holy of Holies at the center of the Holy Temple. The Temple is prominently featured in illustrated books about the Holy Land. In A Pisgah-Sight of Palestine, three chapters describe and three engravings portray the Temple. Early Hebrew books are quite poor in illustrations, because relatively few deal with subjects that demand visual presentation.
Among these are books dealing with laws concerning the Temple, and since its architecture and vessels are pertinent to the laws, they invite illustration. A case in point is Sefer Hanukat Ha-Bayit by Moses (Hefez) Gentili (1663-1711), published in Venice in 1696. A treatise on the building of the Second Temple, it abounds in engraved architectural illustrations, including a menorah, the seven-branched candlestick; most notable is a large pull-out map of the Temple, identifying fifty-eight components of the Temple's structure. The engravings were added after the printing, as was the map, and a copy containing both is rare.
Moses Gentili, born in Trieste, lived in Venice where he taught Talmud and Midrash, and perhaps philosophy and science as well. His best-known work, Melekhet Mahashevet, Venice, 1710, a commentary on the Pentateuch, contains a picture of the author, a clean-shaven, ministerial-looking gentleman.
There are many published descriptions and illustrations of the Temple's appearance in many languages. Some are based on careful study of the available sources, others are creations of the imagination, generally inspired by the grandest building the artist knew. A plan of the Temple to be is found at the end of the 1789 Grodno edition of Zurat Beit Ha-Mikdash (The Form of the Holy Temple) by Yom Tov Lipmann Heller (1579-1654), one of the major figures in Jewish scholarship in the first half of the seventeenth century. The book is one of Heller's earliest works and is a projection of the plan of the Temple as envisaged in the prophecy of Ezekiel.
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Unnatural Selection: Choosing Boys Over Girls, and the Consequences of a World Full of Men
by Mara Hvistendahl
One of history's more curious encounters occurred in early March 1766 at a country estate in southern England, near Dorking. The estate belonged to Daniel Malthus, a gentleman of independent means and wide intellectual interests. The philosophers David Hume and Jean-Jacques Rousseau were traveling in the neighborhood, seeking a house for Rousseau, who had just recently arrived in England under Hume's patronage after having been driven out of Switzerland.
Daniel Malthus was known to both philosophers, at least by correspondence, so they paid him a brief visit, in the course of which they saw his son Thomas, then just three weeks old. So there, presumably in the same room, were Hume, Rousseau, and the infant Thomas Malthus. It was an odd grouping: the serene empiricist, the neurotic social optimist, and the future oracle of demographic doom.
Hume had actually dabbled in demography himself some years earlier. He had been one of the first to argue against the belief, common until his time, that the ancient world was more populous than the modern world. Demography, along with its cousin discipline of economics, was "in the air" during the later eighteenth century, waiting for the grown-up Malthus to cast his cold eye upon it in his momentous Essay on the Principle of Population (1798).
Of these two cousin disciplines, it is a nice point for argument which better deserves to be called "the dismal science." I would vote for demography. It must be hard to maintain a cheerful composure while scrutinizing the ceaseless, often inexplicable ebbs and flows of nativity and mortality.
It is a strange thing, too — and a depressing one for anyone of an empirical temperament — that what ought to be the most exact of all the human sciences has such a sorry record of prediction. What, after all, could be more certain than that a nation with number N of five-year-olds today will have N fifteen-year-olds in a decade's time, give or take some small margin for attrition and migration? The human sciences don't come any more precise than that. Yet large-scale predictions by demographers have been confounded again and again, from those of Malthus himself to that of Paul Ehrlich, who told us in his 1968 bestseller The Population Bomb that "The battle to feed humanity is over … Billions will die in the 1980s."
Ehrlich's book was very much of its time. The third quarter of the twentieth century was dogged by fears of a Malthusian catastrophe. Popular fiction echoed those fears in productions like John Brunner's novel Stand on Zanzibar (1968) and Richard Fleischer's movie Soylent Green (1973). It was assumed, reasonably enough, that populous poor countries were most at risk, being closest to the limits of food supply. Governments and international organizations therefore got to work promoting birth control in what we had just recently learned to call the Third World, with programs that were often brutally coercive.
Birth rates soon fell; though how much of the drop was directly due to the programs, and how much was an inevitable consequence of modernization, is disputed. The evidence is strong that women liberated from pre-modern subordination to their husbands, and given easy access to contraception, will limit their pregnancies with or without official encouragement.
There was, though, a distressing side effect of the dropping birthrates. Many countries have a strong traditional preference for male children. So long as women in those countries were resigned to a lifetime of child-bearing, the sheer number of offspring ensured that the sex ratio at birth (SRB) would be close to its natural level of 105 males to 100 females. The post-natal ratio might be skewed somewhat by local traditions of female infanticide and by the loss of young men in war, but a rough balance was kept. China in the 1930s had around 108 males per 100 females.
Once the idea of limiting births settled in, however, people sought assurance that one of their babies be male. If a mother gives birth twice, there is a 24 percent chance neither baby will be male; the chance of no males in three births is twelve percent; the chance of no males in four births, six percent. Female infanticide continued to be an option, but not an attractive one — nor, in most modern jurisdictions, a legal one.
Technology met the need by providing methods to determine the sex of a fetus. From the mid-1970s to the early 1980s, amniocentesis was used for this purpose. Then high-quality second trimester ultrasound became widely available and took over the business of fetal sex determination. It caught on very fast all over East and South Asia, allowing women to abort female fetuses. The consequences showed up in last year's Chinese census, whose results are just now being published. They show an SRB of 118 males per 100 females.
These unbalanced sex ratios and their social and demographic consequences form the subject matter of Mara Hvistendahl's book Unnatural Selection. An experienced journalist who has lived for many years in China, Ms. Hvistendahl covers the history, sociology, and science of sex-selective population control very comprehensively. She has organized each of her book's fifteen chapters around the experience of some significant individual: "The Bachelor," "The Parent," "The Economist," and so on.
Her book's scope is by no means restricted to China: "The Student" of Chapter 6 is an Indian who commenced his medical training at a big hospital in Delhi in 1978, when sex-selective abortion was just taking off in India. We get a side trip to Albania, whose SRB is treated as a state secret, but seems to be at least 110. We also learn that sex-selective abortion is common among couples of Chinese, Korean, and Indian descent in the U.S.A. The subjects here are not just newly arrived immigrants, either. A research team from Columbia University found that:
If anything, mothers who were U.S. citizens were slightly more likely to have sons. Sex selection, in other words, is not a tradition from the old country that easily dies out.
South Korea makes a particularly interesting study. That country's governments were more foresighted than most in spotting the problems that might arise from sex-selective abortion. They outlawed the procedure in 1987, and followed up with rigorous enforcement. South Korea's SRB is now at the natural level.
There is more here than meets the eye, though, as Ms. Hvistendahl uncovers. As elsewhere, sex selection was mainly resorted to for second or subsequent births. The SRB for first births is essentially normal worldwide. And first births is wellnigh all the births there are now in South Korea. Our author tells us that: "In 2005 Korea bottomed out with the lowest total fertility rate in the world, at an average of 1.08 children per woman." Things have since recovered somewhat. The 2011 estimate for total fertility rate is 1.23. That still makes for a fast-declining and aging population, though — surely not the ideal solution to the problem of sex ratio imbalances.
What of the issue of angry young surplus males unable to find wives? Ms. Hvistendahl takes a less alarmist view than the one put forth by Hudson and den Boer in their 2004 book Bare Branches. That there is a causal relationship from excess males to political despotism, as those authors argued, is not well supported by historical evidence. As Hvistendahl notes: "Adolf Hitler came to power at a time when Germany had over two million more women than men as a result of the toll taken by World War I." (She might have added that the most authoritarian episode in recent Indian history was the 1975-77 "Emergency," instigated by a female Prime Minister at a time of normal adult sex ratios.) One feels intuitively that a surplus of sex-starved young men will generate trouble, but on the evidence so far, things may not go beyond domestic disorders of the containable kind.
Ms. Hvistendahl seems to be of conventionally feminist-leftist opinions, but she has visible trouble keeping those opinions in order when writing about sex-ratio imbalances. She of course favors "reproductive rights," yet cannot but deplore the fact that those rights, extended to Third World peasant cultures, have led to a holocaust of female babies and the trafficking of young women from poorer places with low male-female ratios, to wealthier places with high ones.
She works hard to develop a thesis about it all having been the fault of Western imperialists terrified of the breeding potential of poorer, darker peoples, in cahoots with opportunistic Third World dictators hungry for World Bank cash, but she cannot quite square the ideological circle. As she points out, abortion was frowned on throughout Asia until modern times. (Chinese people used to consider themselves one year old at birth: older Chinese still reckon their birthdays in this way.) Where would "reproductive rights" be in Asia if not for those meddling imperialists?
These blemishes are minor, though, and probably inevitable in any book written by a college-educated young woman of our time. If you skip over them, you will find a wealth of research and much good narrative journalism in Unnatural Selection. The occasional feminist, leftist, and anti-American editorializing aside, this is a rich and valuable book on an important topic. David Hume would have admired Hvistendahl's respect for the data, even when it leads to conclusions that make hay of her prejudices. Rousseau would have applauded her egalitarian passions. Thomas Malthus, had he read the book, would have been tearing his hair out. | <urn:uuid:f6399029-a683-4014-83d3-8e457d2526dd> | 2013-05-18T05:49:36Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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BEIRUT - Lebanon's army said on Saturday its forces raided a southern district of Beirut and arrested a member of a powerful Shi'ite Muslim clan which claims responsibility for the kidnapping of 20 Syrians and a Turkish businessman.
"Army forces carried out a raid to execute arrest warrants against individuals that were linked to kidnappings ... The army arrested a number of wanted, including Hassan Meqdad," an army statement said, without mentioning the kidnapped.
The Meqdad clan abducted the men on Aug. 15 in what they said was a response to the capture of one of their kinsmen in Damascus by the Free Syrian Army, the armed wing of a revolt which aims to topple Syrian President Bashar Assad.
The kidnappings have reinforced fears that the Syria conflict could trigger more instability in a much smaller neighbor where Damascus has had a major influence for decades. | <urn:uuid:ab68f203-d7a8-4076-bd97-9afa0952a1ce> | 2013-05-18T05:20:04Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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TEHRAN - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Saturday the
Islamic Republic would soon announce "very important" achievements in
the nuclear field, state TV reported.
He was speaking on the 33rd
anniversary of the Islamic revolution. Tens of thousands of Iranians
joined state-organized rallies across the country to mark the occasion.
the coming days the world will witness Iran's announcement of its very
important and very major nuclear achievements," Ahmadinejad told a crowd
at Tehran's Azadi (Freedom) Square in a speech relayed live on state
television. He gave no details.
carrying Iranian flags and pictures of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali
Khamenei chanted "Death to Israel" and "Death to America."
Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh, who arrived in Iran on Friday for
three-day trip, also spoke at the ceremony. Haniyeh vowed that the Hamas
movement will never recognize the State of Israel and will continue its
resistance until all Palestinian lands are liberated.
On Friday, Iran pledged to back Palestinian resistance against Israel. "Soon the Zionist regime will be punished for its plots and
aggression," AFP quoted Iran's first Vice President Mohammad Reza
Rahimi as saying to Haniyeh.
"Iran will not retreat one iota from its position on defending the
rights of the Palestinian people," added Rahimi. | <urn:uuid:f97b586f-bdd2-444a-9a3c-148d053d0a16> | 2013-05-18T05:22:36Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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Indiana University soccer star Orianica Velasquez is on a mission — to get to the London Olympics with Colombia's women's soccer team. And she wants to send a message about the country where she was born.
"My dream is to get a medal for Colombia," she says, adding that she wants to show the world "it's just not violence, it's just not drugs — we can play soccer and we can do great things because we have great people there."
Credit Jim Commentucci / The Post-Standard /Landov
What's plentiful in upstate New York? Cows and prison inmates, to name a few things.
Reformists in the two communities don't make natural allies, but organizer Lauren Melodia is trying to do just that.
"I was living in this prison town, and at the same time, the dairy industry was in a lot of turmoil," Melodia tells The Salt. "We thought this [dairy] might be the perfect ally in trying to build a different economy in upstate New York, and shift some of the economic dependency away from the prison system." | <urn:uuid:027dd247-0c05-42b9-bf52-2e6d6c083138> | 2013-05-18T05:32:28Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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|He that shows mercy will lend to his neighbor, |
and he that strengthens him with his hand keeps the commandments.
|Lend to your neighbor in the time of his need; |
and in turn, repay your neighbor promptly.
|Confirm your word and keep faith with him, |
and on every occasion you will find what you need.
|Many persons regard a loan as a windfall, |
and cause trouble to those who help them.
|A man will kiss another's hands until he gets a loan, |
and will lower his voice in speaking of his neighbor's money;
but at the time for repayment he will delay,
and will pay in words of unconcern,
and will find fault with the time.
|If the lender exert pressure, he will hardly get back half, |
and will regard that as a windfall.
If he does not, the borrower has robbed him of his money,
and he has needlessly made him his enemy;
he will repay him with curses and reproaches,
and instead of glory will repay him with dishonor.
|Because of such wickedness, therefore, many have refused to lend; |
they have been afraid of being defrauded needlessly.
|Nevertheless, be patient with a man in humble circumstances, |
and do not make him wait for your alms.
|Help a poor man for the commandment's sake, |
and because of his need do not send him away empty.
|Lose your silver for the sake of a brother or a friend, |
and do not let it rust under a stone and be lost.
|Lay up your treasure according to the commandments of the Most High, |
and it will profit you more than gold.
|Store up almsgiving in your treasury, |
and it will rescue you from all affliction;
|more than a mighty shield and more than a heavy spear, |
it will fight on your behalf against your enemy.
|A good man will be surety for his neighbor, |
but a man who has lost his sense of shame will fail him.
|Do not forget all the kindness of your surety, |
for he has given his life for you.
|A sinner will overthrow the prosperity of his surety,|
|and one who does not feel grateful will abandon his rescuer.|
|Being surety has ruined many men who were prosperous, |
and has shaken them like a wave of the sea;
it has driven men of power into exile,
and they have wandered among foreign nations.
|The sinner who has fallen into suretyship |
and pursues gain will fall into lawsuits.
|Assist your neighbor according to your ability, |
but take heed to yourself lest you fall.
|The essentials for life are water and bread |
and clothing and a house to cover one's nakedness.
|Home & hospitality. Sir.29.21-28|
|Better is the life of a poor man under the shelter of his roof |
than sumptuous food in another man's house.
|Be content with little or much.|
|It is a miserable life to go from house to house, |
and where you are a stranger you may not open your mouth;
|you will play the host and provide drink without being thanked, |
and besides this you will hear bitter words:
|"Come here, stranger, prepare the table, |
and if you have anything at hand, let me have it to eat."
|"Give place, stranger, to an honored person; |
my brother has come to stay with me;
I need my house."
|These things are hard to bear for a man who has feeling: |
scolding about lodging and the reproach of the moneylender.
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In addition, health issues, such as pain, asthma, restless legs syndrome, and back problems, also can contribute to lack of sleep. So can some medications, such as decongestants, steroids and some medicines for high blood pressure, asthma or depression.
Secrets of good sleep
You can take steps to shift your body and mind into more beneficial sleep habits:
- Keep your bedroom dark, quiet, comfortable and cool. “Making your bedroom a sanctuary conducive for sleep can make a significant difference in the quality of sleep you get,” says Dr. Wolfson.
- Go to sleep and wake up at the same time, even on weekends. Doing so helps keep your internal “circadian clock” in balance, which signals your body to sleep and wake in a regular pattern.
- Establish a regular, relaxing bedtime routine that might include reading a book, listening to soothing music or doing something else you find relaxing. “A relaxing, routine activity right before bedtime helps separate your sleep time from activities that can make it more difficult to fall asleep or remain asleep,” says Dr. Wolfson. “Parents know that a bedtime routine can help children get a good night’s sleep. Doing the same for themselves can have the same results.”
- Make sure your mattress is comfortable and supportive. Good-quality mattresses generally last about 10 years. Have comfortable pillows and make the room attractive and inviting.
- Avoid caffeine close to bedtime. Caffeine products, such as coffee, tea and colas, remain in the body, on average, from three to five hours, but they can affect some people up to 12 hours later.
- Avoid alcohol close to bedtime. Many people think of alcohol as a sedative, but it actually disrupts sleep, causing nighttime awakenings.
- Quit smoking. Nicotine is a stimulant that can make it more difficult for smokers to fall asleep, stay asleep and wake in the morning. Smokers should never smoke in bed or when they’re sleepy.
- Finish eating at least two or three hours before your regular bedtime. Be aware that large, high-fat or spicy meals may cause heartburn, which leads to difficulty falling asleep and discomfort during the night.
- Exercise regularly but complete your workout at least a few hours before bedtime. Exercising regularly makes it easier to fall asleep and contributes to sounder sleep. However, working out right before going to bed will make falling asleep more difficult.
- Find ways to manage stress and anxiety. Relaxation exercises, meditation or deep breathing work for many people.
“If there are problems or issues keeping you awake, try writing them in a notebook and putting it away,” suggests Dr. Wolfson. “That way, you’ve registered your concerns but become free to put them aside until morning.”
When to seek help
If your sleep problems persist for longer than a week and are bothersome, or if sleepiness interferes with the way you feel or function during the day, don’t self-medicate with sleeping pills; make an appointment with your doctor.
“The key to better sleep is recognizing you’re not getting enough deep, restorative sleep, and then doing something about it,” says Dr. Wolfson. “Failure to do so puts you and others at risk.” | <urn:uuid:1cbff567-0d53-485f-b0da-b9c3af53d7f1> | 2013-05-18T08:11:48Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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An Australian radio network at the heart of a hoax targeting Prince William's pregnant wife canceled the show responsible for the prank on Monday, expressing deep regret for the death of a nurse who took a call from the DJs involved.
The two DJs "will not return to the airwaves until further notice," the statement from the network, Southern Cross Austereo, said. The company also suspended all prank calls, pulled advertising and ordered a comprehensive review of relevant policies and processes.
The DJs, Mel Greig and Michael Christian, who were impersonating Queen Elizabeth and Prince Charles, called the hospital Tuesday and gained some information about the condition of Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge -- which they subsequently played on air.
On Friday, the nurse who transferred the call through to the ward, Jacintha Saldanha, was found dead after apparently committing suicide.
"First and foremost we would like to express our deep and sincere condolences to the family ... for their loss. We are very sorry for what has happened," Rhys Holleran, the network's chief executive officer, said in Monday's statement.
"We don't claim to be perfect and we always strive to do better. We have initiated a detailed and rigorous review of our policies and procedures to inform any improvements we can make."
Greig and Christian also apologized in interviews with the Australian TV shows "A Current Affair" and "Today Tonight" on Monday.
"There is nothing that can make me feel worse than what I feel right now," Greig said on "Today Tonight."
Christian told "A Current Affair" the prank had become "a tragic turn of events that I don't think anyone could have predicted or expected."
"I'm still trying to make sense of it all," he said, offering "our deepest sympathies" to Saldanha's family. | <urn:uuid:d6b80584-dc9e-4378-941f-8b13292f09ae> | 2013-05-18T05:26:36Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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Launch Logistics: Speedy Rocket, Slow Electronics
Weird things jump out at me in press releases.
Take the press kit NASA prepared for the GRAIL mission. GRAIL consists of two nearly identical spacecraft that are on their way to the moon. Once there, they will make a precise map of the moon's gravitational field. Such a map will help scientists refine their theories about how the moon formed and what the interior is made of.
So I'm reading through the GRAIL press kit, learning about the size of the spacecraft (washing machine-sized), how long it will take to make the map (approximately three months), and where the mission control room is (at a Lockheed Martin facility just outside of Denver).
I also learn that GRAIL can launch any day between Sept. 9 and Oct. 19. And then I get to this sentence:
"On each day, there are two separate, instantaneous launch opportunities separated in time by approximately 39 minutes."
That's weird. Now, I wasn't surprised that this mission had an extremely precise launch opportunity — "instantaneous" means the launch window is essentially a second long. I know you have to wait until the moon's orbit around the Earth, and Earth's orbit around the sun, and the Earth's rotation around its axis are all in exactly the right position before you can launch your rocket.
But what's up with two instantaneous launch opportunities. Why 39 minutes apart?
I called the NASA press office. They were stumped and promised they'd find someone who could give me the answer. In the meantime, I called several universities with large aerospace programs, and asked if anyone there had the answer.
Nope. Nada. Nothing.
So now this is beginning to bug me. I'm also beginning to worry. If an aerospace engineer can't figure this out, how am I ever going to understand it?
While I'm pondering this, GRAIL deputy project manager Tom Hoffman called. I asked him about the two instantaneous launch opportunities.
"It's a pretty simple answer not driven by the mission at all," Hoffman told me. "It's driven by the launch vehicle."
The launch vehicle? Not orbital mechanics or a complex trajectory? The problem, Hoffman said, is some slow electronics.
There is actually a launch window of 40 minutes or so each day. Modern computers in modern rockets can calculate the precise direction the rocket needs to launch on a second-by-second basis. But GRAIL was launching on a Delta II rocket, and Hoffman told me the Delta II rocket is a rather old design. It's been around for more than 20 years, "and so the rocket just can't, it can't do that internally, in its own computer system. It basically has to be fed all the information," he said.
Hoffman said it takes about 39 minutes to load in the new information, and then check to make sure that it was loaded correctly.
Not the answer I was expecting, but there's something oddly pleasing about a brand-new space mission launching with some rather old electronics.
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What is the Keystone XL Pipeline?
The 1,700-mile long Keystone XL Pipeline would connect the Alberta oil sand fields in Canada to refineries in Texas. The multi-billion dollar project is being proposed by TransCanada, a Canadian energy company. TransCanada has been attempting to get a permit for the pipeline for over three years. The proposed line would travel through six U.S. states: Montana, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas. The line would cross through 16 counties in North and East Texas. The pipeline itself would be 36 inches around.
Since the pipeline crosses international borders, TransCanada needs to obtain a Presidential Permit through the State Department for construction of the portion of the pipeline that goes from Canada to the U.S.
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The clubs inconsistent League form is the reason for Pellegrino being fired which includes a 4-0 beating against Malaga last week following a disappointing 2-0 loss to Atletico Madrid.
In a statement on the club's website, president Manuel Llorente said: "After the match [with Real Sociedad], we had been exchanging views, and we have taken the decision to dismiss coach Mauricio Pellegrino.
"It was a decision which, as you can all imagine, was painful, but we think that within the scope of our responsibility, we have to take such decisions. In all the time I've been at Valencia, this is the first time we have removed a coach. I feel responsible, I'm the president.
"After analysis of the encounter and our form since we started the season, this is what had to be done. And it hurts a lot, because I have always held Mauricio in very high regard.
"The intention is that we take the team to the Champions League, it is our responsibility to take decisions to straighten our future. It is more comfortable not to take it, but we are obliged to."
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Make me to understand the way of thy precepts: so shall I talk of thy wondrous works.
- King James Bible "Authorized Version", Cambridge Edition
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Make me to vnderstand the way of thy precepts: so shall I talke of thy wonderous workes.- King James Version (1611)
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Make me understand the way of Your precepts, So I will meditate on Your wonders.- New American Standard Version (1995)
Make me to understand the way of thy precepts: So shall I meditate on thy wondrous works.- American Standard Version (1901)
Make the way of your orders clear to me; then my thoughts will be ever on your wonders.- Basic English Bible
Make me to understand the way of thy precepts, and I will meditate upon thy wondrous works.- Darby Bible
Make me to understand the way of thy precepts: so shall I talk of thy wondrous works. - Webster's Bible
Let me understand the teaching of your precepts! Then I will meditate on your wondrous works.- World English Bible
The way of Thy precepts cause me to understand, And I meditate in Thy wonders.- Youngs Literal Bible
Make me to understand the way of Thy precepts, that I may talk of Thy wondrous works.- Jewish Publication Society Bible
View Wesley's Notes for Psalms 119:27
119:27 Understand - More throughly.
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How It All Started
Legend has it that the Klement's Racing Sausages started to take shape in the early 90's. In their formative years, they were little more than a cartoon running a virtual race every home game on the giant scoreboard in centerfield.
As the movement began to take shape and a buzz developed about our racing weenies, eventually the Bratwurst (#1), Polish Sausage (#2) and the Italian Sausage (#3) made their debut out of the left field corner of County Stadium on selected Sundays throughout the season. Just when the suspense of the highly technical Klement's Racing Sausage video was too much to handle, the actual Klement's Racing Sausages emerged from the left field corner and sprinted toward home plate aided by the applause of an enthusiastic crowd.
What started as a fun way to entertain many of the children attending afternoon games became an instant hit. The three sausages added a fourth when the Hot Dog (#4) came on board in the middle of the 1990s.
The race grew in popularity among young and old alike. During the 2000 season -- the final year of County Stadium -- the virtual race was thrown out and the actual sausages began to race every game.
This tradition continued as the Brewers moved across the parking lot to Miller Park in 2001. Running with the Sausages took on a life of its own as having an 'in' with the club might mean the chance to dive into the costume and scurry along the warning track prior to the seventh inning. Hideo Nomo, Pat Meares and Geoff Jenkins are just three of the lucky players to boast "Racing Sausage" among their personal accolades. In 2007, the Chorizo (#5) rejoined the Klement's Racing Sausages after a brief run of one game in 2006.
The success of the Klement's Racing Sausages has blossomed beyond initial expectations. Sausage bobbleheads, t-shirts, dolls and pins immediately flooded the market and were immediately snatched up by the legions of the Klement's Racing Sausage fans. For those wanting to be closer to the action, the 5K Sausage Race was developed.
With this success naturally come the imitators. There is a heated competition that exists between the Klement's Racing Sausages and the Pittsburgh Pierogies. Under intense media scrutiny and public debate, these two parties finally raced. Not to boast, but let's just say the Klement's Racing Sausages have an early lead in race victories since this feud began.
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Mary Anne Dunkin
Louise Chang, MD
Two decades ago, if you had moderate to severe Crohn's, there were few treatment options. In the late 1990s, however, the first in a new class of treatment options emerged for Crohn's disease. Referred to as biologic response modifiers, biologic agents, or simply biologics, these drugs target specific parts of an overactive immune system to reduce inflammation.
Biologics not only relieve Crohn's symptoms but also can bring about remission and keep you in remission. They are indicated for use when someone has moderately to severely active Crohn’s disease and has not responded well to other Crohn’s disease treatments. Many people with Crohn's now live with significantly fewer symptoms, but may worry about side effects. Here's a look at the risks and benefits of biologics.
In Crohn's disease, an overactive immune system causes inflammation and damage to the digestive tract. Made from living organisms, biologics work just like substances made by the body’s immune system and can help control the immune system response.
Four biologics are FDA approved for Crohn's. Three of the four block a protein called tumor necrosis factor (TNF) that's involved in inflammation. These drugs are often called anti-TNF drugs or TNF inhibitors. They include Cimzia (certolizumab), Humira (adalimumab), and Remicade (infliximab).
The fourth medication, Tysabri (natalizumab), is called an integrin receptor antagonist. It blocks certain types of white blood cells that are involved in inflammation.
Because they suppress the immune system, all biologics carry an increased risk of infections, which in rare cases can be serious. Cimzia, Humira, and Remicade carry a boxed warning for increased risk of serious infections leading to hospitalization or death. If someone taking a biologic develops a serious infection, the drug should be discontinued. People with tuberculosis, heart failure, or multiple sclerosis should not take biologics because they can bring on these conditions or make them worse.
In rare cases, some people taking TNF inhibitors have developed certain cancers such as lymphoma. Lymphoma is a type of cancer that affects the lymph system, which is part of the body’s immune system.
Tysabri increases the risk of a very rare but potentially fatal brain infection called progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML). Tysabri also can cause allergic reactions and liver damage. Tysabri should not be used at the same time as other treatments that suppress the immune system or TNF inhibitors.
However, most infections that occur with biologic use are far less serious, says Richard Bloomfeld, MD, associate professor of medicine and director of the Inflammatory Bowel Disease Program at Wake Forest University School of Medicine in Winston Salem, N.C. "Infections such as colds, upper respiratory tract infections, and urinary tract infections are common and don't necessarily alter our treatment of Crohn's."
Other common side effects from biologic use include headache, flu-like symptoms, nausea, rash, injection site pain, and infusion reactions.
So who should take a biologic for Crohn's? Many gastroenterologists reserve these drugs for people who have not responded to conventional medications that suppress the immune system. But some gastroenterologists may treat Crohn's more aggressively.
"If you let inflammation go, inflammation leads to scarring and scarring leads to narrowing of the intestines, which becomes a surgical problem," says Prabhakar Swaroop, MD, assistant professor and director of the Inflammatory Bowel Disease Program at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas. "You want to treat the person aggressively to prevent these problems."
"In addition to improving symptoms, the anti-TNF modifiers are associated with mucosal healing," says Bloomfeld. "We hope that in healing the mucosa we can stop the progression of the disease and prevent complications of Crohn's that result in hospitalization and surgery."
While there are other treatments that suppress the immune system to treat Crohn's, they too have side effects, says Bloomfeld. Like the biologics, drugs that suppress the immune system increase the risk of lymphomas and infections, which can be severe.
Cortiosteroids like prednisone, for example, can cause a wide range of adverse effects including weight gain, mood swings, bone loss, skin bruising, high blood pressure, and high blood sugar. Those side effects are why corticosteroids may be used to control a flare, but aren't the choice to treat Crohn's over a long period of time. "The stop-gap method, which is steroids, is something we cannot use long term," says Swaroop.
When prescribing any drug, doctors look at the potential risks against the benefits they hope or expect to achieve. Although doctors don't all share the same philosophy on when to start biologics for Crohn's disease, they do agree that biologics should be used when people have severe disease that can lead to permanent damage and make surgery unavoidable.
Swaroop says he looks for signs that the disease is progressing, such as how long between a person's diagnosis of Crohn's and when they have fistulas. "These are the patients who generally do better on biologics, who have the quality of life improvement, who are able to avoid surgery and get back in the workforce," he says.
Before prescribing biologics, doctors check for potential problems. "In the beginning, of course, we go ahead and make sure the person does not have an active liver infection or TB," says Marie Borum, MD, professor of medicine and director of the Division of Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases at George Washington University in Washington, D.C.
Once someone starts a biologic, the doctor looks for side effects in order to find them before they become serious. Monitoring includes include lab tests and possibly regular skin checks for signs of skin cancer.
All effective therapies for Crohn's disease come with some risk, says Bloomfeld. "It is not an option not to treat Crohn's, so we certainly need to weigh these risks against the benefits of having the disease well treated."
"It may be challenging for the individual to consider all of these risk and benefits. They need to work with their gastroenterologist to decide what might be most beneficial for them and what risk they are willing to accept to effectively treat Crohn's disease," Bloomfeld says. "You have to be willing to accept some risk to adequately treat Crohn's disease."
SOURCES:Crohn's Colitis Foundation of America: "Biologic Therapies."Marie Borum, MD, professor of medicine; director, Division of Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases, George Washington University, Washington, D.C.Richard Bloomfeld, MD, associate professor of medicine; director, Inflammatory Bowel Disease Program, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, N.C.Prabhakar Swaroop, MD, assistant professor; director, Inflammatory Bowel Disease Program, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas.
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I am working on these supposedly "easy" mittens: http://www.woolencollectibles.com/in...amples/Mittens
The pattern asks for me to "Place next 11 sts on holder. Cast on 1 sts over 11 sts on holder"
My question is: Where do I cast on these stitches and how many am I casting on? I am using a spare dpn for my holder, so do I cast on these stitches beside my 11 stitches that I moved, or do I ignore the holder and cast on the stitches on the next needle?
Also, further along the pattern, when it comes time to make the thumb, the pattern instructs: "Place 11 sts from holder onto needle. Pick up 4 sts in cast-on row, placing 4 of these sts on one needle and 5on one needle on the other needle."
For these directions, it tells me to place 4 of the cast-on stitches on one needle and then 5 on another. What happens to the rest of the stitches I've cast on earlier (assuming that I cast on 11)?
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An Idaho man accused of slapping a crying 19-month-old boy on a Delta flight pleaded not guilty in federal court Wednesday in Atlanta.
Joe Rickey Hundley is charged with assaulting a minor in connection with the incident last month. Accompanied by his attorney outside the courthouse, Hundley appeared solemn and looked toward the ground.
Before Hundley's court appearance, his attorney, Marcia Shein, said that he would be entering a plea of not guilty.
After the hearing, Shein issued a statement on Hundley's behalf, saying that the day before the flight on February 8, her client had learned that his son had overdosed on insulin and was in a coma on life support.
"Mr. Hundley had been up for 24 hours over this tragic news and was heading to Atlanta to decide, with his son's mother, if they should take him off life support as he had no brain activity. On the flight he was in distress, upset and grieving," Shein said. His son died the next day, she said.
According to court documents, the boy's mother, Jessica Bennett, and her son were seated in Row 28, Seat B on Delta Flight 721, which originated in Minneapolis.
She spent part of the flight in the rear of the plane to get away from Hundley, who she said smelled like alcohol and was slurring his speech, according to John Thompson, attorney for the child's family. In her statement Wednesday, Shein did not address whether Hundley was drunk.
As the plane began its descent into Atlanta, the boy began to cry because of the altitude change, and his mother tried to soothe him.
Hundley, who was seated next to the mother and son, allegedly told her to "shut that (N-word) baby up."
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Monday, November 21, 2011
Unitarian Universalist Rev. David Miller discusses, among other things, the role of religion in social activism (and specifically the "Occupy" movement).
SAN DIEGO One local religious leader is supporting the "Occupy San Diego" movement with a simple message: Let them eat pie.
"OCCU-PIE San Diego" takes place Monday, Nov. 21 from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. The idea was conceived by Unitarian Universalist Reverend David Miller, who is urging people to not only attend, but to also bring apple, pumpkin, peach or even chicken or turkey pot pies with them to share.
Miller says those who attend this evening's downtown event in Civic Center Plaza should leave with a full stomach.
"It's Thanksgiving week," he said, "and I just felt it was a good week to offer thanks and gratitude for what we already have. And to feed each other and nourish each other."
Despite the event's punny name, Miller is serious about the protests.
He sees the country's growing wealth disparity as a crucial moral issue, and said the "Occupy" protests share a pedigree with such societal conflicts as the civil rights movement.
"To [Unitarian Universalists], and to others I know - people of what I would maybe call progressive faith - this is a moral movement about human relations and human justice and economic justice and human dignity," said Miller.
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The next wave of smartphones and tablets might have super-sturdy screens fashioned from the human-made version of a gemstone.
Manufactured sapphire, a substance already used to armor some military vehicles, would be an almost unbreakable alternative to the glass now used on the displays of mobile devices, according to a report in the MIT Technology Review.
Sapphire is the second-hardest material on the planet, behind only diamond. According to the MIT report, a sapphire smartphone screen wouldn't break when you dropped it and couldn't be scratched with a car key or by a sidewalk.
"I'm convinced that some (manufacturers) will start testing the water and release some high-end smartphones using sapphire in 2013," Eric Virey, an analyst for the market research firm Yole Développement, said in the report.
Currently, Apple uses manufactured sapphire to protect the camera lens on its iPhone 5.
Manufactured sapphire is made by melting down aluminum oxide, the compound that crystallizes into sapphire in nature, allowing it to cool and then cutting it with a diamond-coated wire saw.
One stumbling block could be price. Currently, a sapphire display for a smartphone would cost about $30, compared with $3 for the screens made by Corning's Gorilla Glass, the protective cover that's on more than 1 billion devices.
The MIT report estimates that sapphire would be about three times stronger than Gorilla Glass. But Corning spokesman Daniel Collins said the company isn't too worried.
"It is unclear to us if this could provide better overall performance than actual glass," he wrote in an email. "There also are the questions about cost and product weight that must be addressed before sapphire would be a serious consideration for mass market applications."
Collins noted that Gorilla Glass can be molded into curved designs and multiple shapes without losing its strength, and he questioned whether the same could be said for manufactured sapphire.
The company says its most recent product, Gorilla Glass 3, will be in phones this year and is twice as strong as previous versions.
Virey said the cost for a sapphire screen could fall to $20 in the next few years, which might be affordable enough to make consumers give it a shot.
Another alternative would be ultrathin (and less costly) sapphire covers that would fit over glass screens for added durability.
GT Advanced Technologies, a New Hampshire company, is developing a method to make synthetic sapphire sheets that are the width of a human hair.
Other companies in the United States, South Korea and Russia are working on similar technologies.
"If costs can get low enough, these manufacturers may have a large market waiting for them," Kevin Bullis, senior editor of the MIT Technology Review, wrote in the report. "But they'll have to continue to contend with the incumbent technologies -- Gorilla Glass and similar materials offered by other manufacturers." | <urn:uuid:1b579b37-674e-4e39-8cd7-a137b3f398ee> | 2013-05-18T08:02:39Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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When Crystal Kelley agreed to carry someone else's baby, she didn't, in her words, "dot every 'i' and cross every 't.'"
That turned her surrogacy dream into a nightmare.
Surrogacy has become an increasingly popular way of having a baby. In 2010 there were 1,448 babies born to surrogates, up from 738 babies in 2004, according to the Society for Assisted Reproductive Technologies. Celebrities such as Nicole Kidman, Sarah Jessica Parker and Giuliana Rancic have helped increase awareness by using a surrogate.
In a surrogacy arrangement, a woman agrees to carry someone else's baby for a fee, which is usually between $20,000 to $25,000 for a single fetus. The egg and sperm can come from the couple who hire the surrogate, or a donor egg or sperm are used.
Sometimes parents know their surrogate -- she might be a sister or a friend. Other times the parents meet the surrogate through an agency.
Surrogates and intended parents must be well matched, says Melissa Brisman, who practices reproductive law in New Jersey and runs a surrogacy agency.
For example, if parents feel strongly they would terminate the pregnancy if a fetal abnormality were found, they shouldn't be matched with a surrogate who is adamantly opposed to abortion.
"You want to flesh out those issues and make sure you're on the same page," Bisman says.
Serious conflicts between surrogates and intended parents are relatively rare; Brisman estimates that out of thousands of surrogate pregnancies, only about a dozen have ended up in court.
But when problems do arise, as in Kelley's case, the ending can be disastrous. Kelley says she assumed the parents were, like her, against abortion because the mother said her frozen embryos were her "babies" and she had to give them a chance at life. But when the fetus Kelley was carrying turned out to have birth defects, the parents wanted to abort and she didn't.
Making assumptions when going into a surrogacy arrangement is not a good idea, says Brisman, a founding member of the American Academy of Assisted Reproductive Technology Attorneys.
Here are her tips for having a surrogacy arrangement with a happy ending.
1. Each side should have an attorney
The surrogate and the intended parents should each have their own lawyer review the contract.
2. Understand the limits of the contract
Even if the surrogate signs a contract agreeing to abortion if there's a fetal abnormality, she can later change her mind. "You can't force her to have an abortion," Brisman says.
3. Agree on prenatal testing
Sometimes intended parents want an amniocentesis but the surrogate doesn't want the test, which would involve having a needle stuck in her stomach. The two sides should come to an agreement before the pregnancy takes place.
4. Have a full psychological evaluation
In Brisman's practice, the surrogate and intended parents sit together for five or six hours to have a full discussion on many issues, including abortion.
Kelley said the intended parents weren't present at her evaluation, which was done over the telephone. The subject of abortion never came up, she added. She said the evaluation was done by Rita Kron, who works at Surrogacy International, the agency that arranged the surrogacy.
That's a problem, Brisman says. A person who works for the agency stands to benefit financially if the surrogacy goes through, and might be tempted to overlook potential conflicts that could kill the deal.
CNN contacted Surrogacy International, and a woman who said her name was Rita answered the phone. "You have to understand something -- there is a privacy that exists and that's the end of the story," she said and then hung up. Kron did not return CNN's emails.
5. Understand the relationship after birth
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By Grant Bissell
CRESTWOOD, Mo. (KSDK) - A brave neighbor pulled a wheelchair-bound man from a burning home in Crestwood Wednesday afternoon. The home is located in the 9500 block of Big Bend Boulevard.
Marc Stevener says he was driving by when he saw smoke pouring out of the windows. He called 911 and says he and another man ran to the home to check for anyone inside.
Stevener says he kicked in the front door and found the homeowner laying on the living room floor alive, but badly burned.
"When I kicked in the door the first thing I noticed was the ceiling of the room was just like rolling orange," said Stevener. "And then when I looked in and the gentleman laying there I thought we don't have a lot of time to look around let's grab him."
Stevener and the other man dragged the homeowner outside just seconds before the ceiling collapsed.
The homeowner was taken to Mercy Hospital. No word yet on how badly he was hurt.
Crestwood firefighters extinguished the flames and St. Louis County Police crime scene investigators were called in to help determine the exact cause of the fire. Right now, it's not clear what started the blaze but it's not considered an arson investigation.
Stevener says he's not a hero for rushing into the burning home, he was just acting on instinct.
"No, no. I'm not at all," said Stevener. "I think anyone in this neighborhood presented with the situation would have done the same." | <urn:uuid:18e0ad34-ecf4-4e32-b4bf-15d6f1e51f4d> | 2013-05-18T05:24:09Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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Daytona Beach, FL (WFTV/CNN) - Police in Daytona Beach, Florida are trying to find the man in the video above.
Surveillance video caught him stuffing stolen shoes down his pants at a Marshalls.
Police say he put four pairs of shoes in his shopping cart, cut off the security sensors on the shoes, then tried to hide the shoes down his baggy blue jeans.
A worker confronted him in the parking lot.
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SOUTH ST. LOUIS, Mo. (KSDK) -- Police are investigating a robbery that happened around 10:30 pm on Friday evening on the 1900 block of Serbian Drive.
The victim, a 26-year old white male, was robbed as he was walking to his home after getting out of his car.
The victim said that an unknown male, approached the victim, pointed a gun at him, and demanded money. When the victim said that he had no money, the suspect demanded whatever the victim had. The victim surrendered his cell phone and the suspect ran south on Serbian Drive.
The suspect is described as a black male in his early twenties, approximately 5'10" in height. He was wearing dark clothes and a dark scarf around his face at the time of the robbery.
The investigation is ongoing.
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Ryan O'Neal is facing a cancer diagnosis once again, but the 70-year-old actor remains optimistic.
As he reveals in a statement to People magazine, O'Neal was "recently diagnosed with stage 2 prostate cancer." While he was "shocked and stunned by the news," he says he still has a reason to feel fortunate.
In a previous statement, O'Neal erroneously said he had been diagnosed with stage 4 prostate cancer.
"It was detected early, and according to my extraordinary team of doctors, the prognosis is positive for a full recovery," he says in the statement.
He goes on to express his gratitude to friends and family for their support, and he also encourages "everyone to get regular check-ups, as early detection is the best defense against this horrible disease that has afflicted so many."
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Professors: Batsell, Boatwright, Érdi, Gregg (Chair), Hostetter, Tan
Psychology, broadly defined, is the study of animal and human behavior as well as human experience. The discipline involves the use of scientific methods in the discovery of facts and confirmation of theory as well as applications to problems. The major, therefore, includes a focus on the understanding and use of research skills and techniques. Psychology is a diverse field with important connections to biology, education, philosophy, and sociology. Increasingly, psychologists may be found in business, industry, education, government, and medicine, as well as in the more traditional areas of research and mental health.
Given its diversity and connections to other disciplines, psychology is a reasonable choice of major for students who seek a broad liberal arts undergraduate education. Psychology is also a practical major for those who seek careers immediately after graduation in fields where interacting with other people is primary—management, criminal justice, or human services, for example. Students interested in careers in such applied fields, however, may find the human development and social relations (HDSR) major a better choice.
Psychology majors may choose to pursue advanced degrees in three general directions: one, as scientists, leading to careers in higher education or research settings; two, as practitioners, leading to roles as clinicians, school psychologists, industrial psychologists, and health psychologists; and three, as professionals in other fields such as law, medicine, and business administration. | <urn:uuid:7affa0fc-5217-4217-977e-70e7e826d39f> | 2013-05-18T05:25:39Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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Bleasdale wins European gold
8:48pm Saturday 2nd March 2013 in Sport
POLE Vaulter Holly Bleasdale has won the European Championships Indoor gold medal in Sweden this evening.
The Blackburn Harrier triumphed in the pole vault following a dramatic jump-off with defending champion Anna Rogowska after both athletes had failed with three attempts at 4.72 metres and could not be separated on countback.
Bleasdale, Britain's first ever European pole vault champion, revealed she initially thought she had finished second.
"I knew they did them (jump-offs) but I've never ever been in one before," said the 21-year-old, who was sixth at the London Olympics but came into the competition as number one in Europe.
"I thought I had just come second so I was waving to the crowd and then they told me I had to do a jump-off.
"I didn't really know what one was but I am glad we did it. We had the option to share the gold medal or do a jump-off and I wanted to do a jump-off. I wanted the gold medal to myself.
"I was in the moment and felt really good and felt if I got my jump together I could clear the bar easily."
Bleasdale and Rogowska both failed with one more attempt at 4.72m in the jump-off, with the bar then lowered to 4.67m. Rogowska suffered another failure but Bleasdale took her chance with a fine clearance to seal victory.
Team captain and room-mate Jenny Meadows, who celebrated with Bleasdale on the track after reaching the 800m final on her return from an 18-month injury lay-off, said: "I talked to Holly beforehand about lots of different scenarios but we didn't talk about a jump-off.
"But she did brilliantly. She is really naive in a lovely way. When I was younger I over-analysed things but Holly's not like that. She's got so much talent. She believes she can jump 5.20m in her career and I believe her."
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The Movimento dos Trabalhadores Rurais Sem Terra, or Movement of the
Landless Rural Workers (the MST), was formally created at the Primeiro Encontro
de Trabalhadores Sem Terra [First Meeting of Landless Workers], which took
place from January 21-24, 1984, in Cascavel, in the State of Paraná,
in the south of Brazil. Today, the MST is organized in 22 states and pursues
the same objectives defined at this 1984 Meeting and ratified at the First
National Conference at Curitiba, Paraná, in 1985: to fight for land,
for agrarian reform, and for the building of a just society, without exploiters
and exploited. Since its creation, the MST has included in its political agenda
the fight for schools and the discussion on what kind of school should be a
part of the life of the Sem Terra family.
This article discusses the pedagogical lessons that we can learn from the historical
experience of the MST. Before introducing some of these, however, it is important
to situate the context that allows us to think of a social movement of farm
workers as a place that may have lessons to offer on the processes of human
The MST came into its seventeenth year of existence reflecting deeply on two
of the great tasks that were defined throughout its history: first, to help
put an end to the "mortal sin" of the latifundium, decentralizing the
lands of this immense country, Brazil, and making them socially productive;
and second, to help humanize people, to develop human beings with dignity, identity,
and a project for the future. This second task, perhaps the one that the MST
has accomplished best since its undertaking, is what causes us to think more
directly of the educational dimension of the Movement.
The educational work of the MST has three main dimensions: first, the recovery
of the dignity of thousands of families who once again have roots and purpose.
The poor in everything have become citizens: people with rights, people who
work, study, produce, are a part of their communities, and who, in their daily
challenges, set a new agenda of discussion for this country. The second dimension
is the building of a collective identity, one which goes beyond each person,
family, and settlement. The identity of the Sem Terra [Landless],
and the capital letters without a hyphen, like a proper name that identifies
those who are no longer individuals who lack something have no land (land-less)
but are individuals with a choice that of fighting for more social justice and
dignity for all. This places each member of Sem Terra, through his/her
participation in the MST, in a movement that is related to the re-encounter
of humanity with itself. The third dimension is building the educational project
of different generations of the Sem Terra family, one that combines schooling
with broader concerns of human development and the training of militants.
Viewing the history of the MST in this perspective, we encounter some pedagogical
lessons, or how the proponents of a social struggle and a collectivity in movement
deal with, and are concerned with, education. These lessons can help us reflect
on each of our own educational practices, including those that we undertake
in the schools. Reflecting on these lessons, we may begin to understand something
even more profound: the MST has a pedagogy, that is, it has a praxis
(combined theory and practice) of how people are educated, of how human beings
develop. The Pedagogy of the Sem Terra Movement is the way through which
the Movement has historically developed the social individual of the name Sem
Terra, and has daily educated the people who are part of it. And the main
educational principle of this pedagogy is the movement itself, a movement
that unites diverse pedagogies, and in a special way unites the pedagogy
of social struggle with the pedagogy of the land and the pedagogy
of history, each one helping to make an imprint on our identity, mística,
project. Sem Terra is the name of one who fights for the people who have
roots in the land the land that is won, tilled, cared for and in the movement
This is the main discussion we have today in the MST with our educators: how
to make of the Pedagogy of the Movement a reference for our practice and our
thought. To be an educator in the MST is to succeed in understanding the educational
dimension of the Movementís actions, making them a mirror for its educational
practices. It is a reference viewpoint to aid in discerning the limits and challenges
of these practices. A mirror also educates our viewpoint to see beyond the
MST, beyond the Sem Terra. The Pedagogy of the Movement takes shape
in a dialogue with other educators, other students, and other pedagogical movements.
It was precisely in the interaction with people and works concerned with human
development that we managed to think about the MST as a pedagogical subject.
From this new synthesis, we continue our dialogue with theories and practices
of human development, along with specific thinking on the educational environment
of our schools.
From this dialogue with the Movementís practices and the thinking on human
development throughout the history of humanity, an initial result regards the
very concept of education. When we discuss practices of humanizing the field-workers
as a product of education, we are in fact recovering an essential link to the
work in education: to educate is to humanize, to cultivate learning to be a
The MST works all the time at the limit between humanization and dehumanization;
its struggle is that of life or death for thousands of people, who make their
participation in the Movement a tool for re-learning to be human. This is the
day-to-day task of the education of the Sem Terra in each march, each
camp, each settlement And it is this same day-to-day practice that shows that
the task is necessary and possible; that the adultsí and the agedís nearly lost
humanity can be recovered through learning, and that it is even more necessary
and possible to help in this learning from childhood.
From this conception of education, there are pedagogical lessons we have managed
to derive in this reflective counterpoint among the daily life of the MST, the
diverse theories and practices on human development, and the concerns with how
to educate the Sem Terra. These are lessons that also help us think and
rethink the curriculum and the educational environment of our schools.
1. People are the greatest value produced and cultivated by the MST
The Movement is the way that people collectively produce the Sem
Terra identity and carry out the struggle for agrarian reform that is the
root and strength of this identity. At times of the most acute social conflict,
such as those we live through today, this is even more visible: it is on the
people, on each one of them, that resistance depends, as well as the determination
of the proposals, the conduct that persists as an image for society, the continuity
in the face of the fiercest conflicts, the identity. The MST has succeeded in
arriving at its seventeenth year because it has learned to value every person
who is a part of its organization, and because it has defined human development
as one of its main priorities.
As educators, we need to be clear about what is in question every time we meet
with those we are educating: we are facing human beings, who deserve our respect
and dedication as human beings, and as members of an organization that fights
for dignity. Our work in a school where the Sem Terra study, for example,
needs to be thought of in the perspective of a great educational effort, which
makes us responsible, interested, and committed.
We need to reflect always on some basic questions: what human being are we
helping to develop through our practice? Is there coherence with the humanity
that the MST struggle has been producing and planning for throughout its history?
And those we educate: what human being do they see when they look at themselves
and their settlement companions? Have our educational practices helped them
to value themselves as persons and take on the collective identity they help
2. People are educated by learning to be
One of the things that often calls attention to the MSTís actions is the self-respect
of the people who take part in it. This self-respect, or feeling of dignity,
is produced to the extent that these people learn to be Sem Terra
and to be proud of that name. And on taking on this social, collective identity
we are Sem Terra, we are of the MST these people gradually discover dimensions
of their personal and collective identity, as well: Iím a woman, Iím black,
Iím a rural worker, Iím young, Iím an educator They are new individuals who
are formed and begin to demand their place in the world, in history; they know
they can and ought to fight for the right to be human wherever they are, with
or against whomever they are.
This returns us to the notion that this is an essential human task of learning:
to look in the mirror of what we are and want to be, to take on personal and
collective identities, to be proud of them, at the same time we are challenged
with the movement of our permanent self-construction. To educate is to help
build and strengthen identities, to draw faces, to form subjects. And this has
everything to do with values, way of life, memory, culture.
3. People are educated in the actions they perform and the works they produce
The MST forms the Sem Terra by putting them in a movement, which
means in permanent action, action with the dynamic of a social struggle: occupations,
encampments, marches, demonstrations of solidarity, the building of a new kind
of life in the settlements, schools, activities of development. It is through
such action that they learn that nothing is impossible to change, not even people,
their propensities, their positions, their ways of life, their values.
People are educated in action because it is the movement of action that molds
the way to becoming human. Actions produce and are produced through social relations:
that is, they set in motion another fundamental pedagogical element, which is
the interaction between people, how they behave among each other, which is measured
by the tools inherited from those who have produced other tools before (culture).
In these relations, people show who they are, and at the same time they construct
and revise their identities, their way of being.
We are speaking of any action, or of acting for actingís sake, without any
intentionality. We are speaking of action that produces works (material or not)
that become the mirror in which people can see what they are or even want to
be; and we are speaking mainly of work and the material production of our existence.
There is no true education without action, without work, and without collective
works. And, as the children remind us, there is also no education without games
and play, which can also be thought of as collective action producing works.
4. People are educated by producing and reproducing culture
The actions of the Sem Terra are loaded with cultural meanings that
they learn to produce and express. In an occupation, on a march, or in the organization
of a settlement, there appears not only what these families of workers are today,
or at this particular moment. Every action brings together with it the way of
being human that these people bear, the developing weight of the objective
circumstances of their whole previous existence and the type of education they
have received or lived. At the same time, their collective action is also usually
the negation of certain traditions that have marked their lives up to now, and
the projection of values they learn or re-learn in the pedagogical process of
the Movement. The MSTís expressions, symbols, art, way of struggle, embody a
cultural moment that neither begins nor ends at the moment of action. Each landless
person who enters the MST also enters a world already productive of symbols,
expressions, human examples, values, which, with each action, s/he learns to
signify and resignify.
One of the great pedagogical challenges of the MST with its social base has
been precisely to help people make a new cultural synthesis, one that joins
their past, present, and future in a new, rooted collective and personal identity.
To live as if one struggles, to struggle as if one lives This is a coherent
position that has been seen as necessary to the Movementís aims of social transformation,
as well as in its permanent conflicts and challenges. Memory, mística,
discussion of values, criticism and self-criticism, the study of history, these
are some cultural tools that the Movement has been using in this construction.
We can reflect then that to educate is to also to share meanings and tools
of culture (Jerome Brunerís expression, in Arroyo 2000). It is to help people
in the learning of signfying and resignifying their actions, in
such a way that they may transform them into values, behavior, convictions,
customs, expressions, symbols, art, that is, into a way of life chosen
and reflected by the collectivity of which they form a part. This means, among
other things, that to educate people is help to cultivate their memory; it is
to become acquainted and reacquainted with their symbols, expressions, words;
it is to situate them in a wider cultural and historical universe; it is to
work with different languages, organize different moments and modes so that
people may think about their practices, their roots, their plans, their lives
5. People are educated by living values
Values are a fundamental dimension of culture; they are the principles of life,
that for which we consider it worth living. Values are what move our
practices, our life, our being human. Values are what produce in people the
need to live for the sake of freedom and justice. Values are what move the striving
of the Sem Terra to make their settlements utopian communities, consistent
with the struggle that won them over.
The MST has been very concerned with the cultivation of values, because it
knows that it is the values, translated into culture, that it will leave as
a heritage to its descendants and the new generations of those who fight for
the people. And values only exist through people, their experiences, positions,
convictions. And they are not born with each one: they are learned, cultivated
through the collective processes of development, of education.
For the MST, this has not been an easy battle: to recover and cultivate human
values like solidarity, loyalty, the spirit of sacrifice for the collective
well-being, companionship, seriousness, discipline, indignation in the face
of injustices, the valuing of the Sem Terra identity, humility - in a
society that day by day degenerates with the counter-values of individualism,
consumerism, social apathy, lack of commitment to life, the exclusion of those
who take part in social struggles But it is only by taking on the job of educating
and re-educating people in its values that the MST can realize the project of
6. People are educated by learning how to solve problems
In the actions of a social struggle knowledge is acquired and produced,
and it is a very important dimension of the strategy for the humanization of
the people. But one of the pedagogical lessons we have gleaned from the day-to-day
life of the Movement is that the process of producing knowledge that effectively
aids in the development of the person is that which is connected to the large
and small questions of life. When a Sem Terra needs to know how to calculate
an area in order to measure the land where his agro-villa will be settled, or
when he needs to study geography to best choose the place for an occupation,
this knowledge will certainly have more human and social density for him. When
a Sem Terra child learns how to measure the materials that she needs
to begin building her playground, or learns to write letters to people she likes,
the same thing occurs. The expression "to know is to solve," from the Cuban
educator José Martí, brings us to an even more radical question:
it suggests to us that there is no true knowledge outside of concrete situations,
or the solution to problems of "real" life. And it really seems to be so, especially
when this question is put into the context of pedagogical processes.
To educate is to socialize knowledge and is also the tool for producing knowledge
that affects peopleís lives in their various dimensions of identity and universality.
To learn in order to solve problems means to understand knowledge as a comprehension
of reality in order to transform it, comprehension of the human condition in
order to make it fuller, which is a very old lesson that the Pedagogy of the
Movement is merely recovering.
7. People are educated by learning from the past to plan for the future
It was in this way that the Movement made itself as it is: learning from those
who had struggled before, cultivating the memory of their own path. History
is made in this way: planning for the future beginning with the lessons of the
past cultivated in the present. ĎThe land holds the rootsí, says one of the
MSTís songs. Education also must hold the roots, helping to cultivate
the memory of the people and in the development of historical consciousness.
Educators have a very specific task for this: their meetings with their learners
can be a privileged time for learning to cultivate the collective memory, and
for the study of a broader history. To know that this can make a difference:
the memory of the debts to the people that were not paid, the wounds that were
not healed, is not erased.
It is necessary to educate every Sem Terra family so that their rural
roots, their culture, and how these roots take part in the formation of the
Brazilian people, are not forgotten, so that all the Sem Terra may learn
how they came to the condition of being rural landless workers, and how they
have many other brothers all over the world in a similar condition, who are
also carrying on a struggle for the land and for agrarian reform as we are.
And as educators we also need to learn from this memory and its cultivation,
not to remain imprisoned in the past, but, on the contrary, to set it in motion
and plan for the future what is best for everyone.
8. People are educated in collectivities
The MST is a collectivity. And in it the Sem Terra learn that
the collective is the great subject of the struggle for land as well as its
great educator. Nobody gets his/her land by him/herself; the occupations, the
encampments, the settlements are collective works. The force of each person
is in his roots, which is his part in a collectivity with a memory and project
for the future. It is through taking part in the collective and its works that
people are educated not alone, but in relation to others which potentializes
their own singular, unique person.
People do not learn to be human by themselves. Without the bonds of their participation
in collectives they cannot go forward to a fully human condition. Uprooted people
are dehumanized people, who do not recognize themselves in any past and have
no project for the future. To educate is to help root people in strong collectives;
it is to potentialize social, human harmony in the construction of identities,
values, knowledge, feelings. An educational environment is fundamentally an
educational collective, moved and planned by teachers, but shared by all of
its members. In a true collective, all are at the same time educators and educated,
because all are a part of the process of learning and re-learning to be human.
9. The educator educates by conduct
The educator educates by conduct much more than by words. The strength of the
MST is not in its speeches, but in its actions and in the positions of the Sem
Terra who make them happen. It is the practices and the conduct of the collective
that educates the people who take part in the Movement or live with it.
It is for this reason that in the MST we have as educational references people
like Paulo Freire and Che Guevara. They were not educators only for what they
said or wrote, but through the testimony of the consistency between what they
thought, said, and effectively did and were, as persons and as militants in
the causes of the people.
To be an educator is, therefore, a way of being, a way of being with the people
that is a living message of values, convictions, feelings, of a conscience that
moves us and that we claim to defend in our organization. It is to have a complete
committment, which is not easy. Only a collective can help us in the process
of criticism and self-criticism, in the calls and in the affections that show
us when we are vacillating and also show us the right path so that we may return
Individuals are not only formed in school. There are other experiences that
produce even stronger learning. The Pedagogy of the Movement is not contained
by the school, because neither the Movement nor human development is contained
by it. But the school is a part of the Movement and its pedagogy, so much so
that historically the MST has tenaciously fought so that all the Sem Terra
may have access to schools. The school that is a part of the Pedagogy of the
Movement is the one that returns to its original task: taking part in human
To think of the school as a workshop of human development means to think
of it as a place where the educational process or the process of human development
occurs in an intentionally planned way, conducted and thought about for this
purpose, a process that is guided by a project for society and the human being,
and is sustained by the presence of people with specific knowledge for the work
of education, by the sincere co-operation of everyone who is there to learn
and to teach, and by the permanent link with other social practices that have
begun and continue this work.
The expression also helps us to rethink the pedagogical logic, or the pedagogical
method of the school. We claim that the school is not only a place for teaching,
and that a method of education is not the same as a method of teaching. It is
necessary to plan various pedagogical strategies in view of the different kinds
of learning that make up the complex process of human development.
In a school conceived as a workshop of human development, educators are architects,
organizers, and stimulators of the educational environment. This demands
great sensitivity and mastery of the arts of pedagogy to form the schools from
a clear perception of how the educational process is developing in each student
and in the collectivity as a whole; to perceive the contradictions and not be
overwhelmed by them, but to work with them pedagogically; to be aware of what
dimensions need to be emphasized at one moment or another, what type of actions
need to be performed and with what contents, what relations need to be worked
on and at what time.
It is a very important kind of learning: one needs to be humble enough to place
oneself always in the situation of an apprentice of the process, as apprentices
that we all are, of this complex art of building humanity, of which the MST
also has a part, albeit but a small one.
Arroyo, M. G. Ofício de mestre. Petrópolis: Vozes, 2000.
Caldart, R. S. Pedagogia do Movimento Sem Terra. Petrópolis:
Caldart, R. S. A pedagogia da luta pela terra: o movimento social como princípio
educativo, trabalho solicitado pela 23a Reunião Anual da ANPED,
Trabalho Movimentos Sociais e Educação, 2000.
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e a luta pela terra no
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Los Angeles: An officer-involved shooting occurred during an undercover operation.
On August 2, 2007, at around 9 PM, Northeast Area Narcotics Enforcement Detail plain-clothes officers were conducting a narcotics investigation in the 4900 block of Echo Street. They were being assisted by Northeast Area patrol officers.
Both plain-clothes and uniformed officers had arrested two suspects for possession of a firearm and narcotics when they saw four more possible suspects leaving the area. As the uniformed officers attempted to detain them, one of the uniformed officers saw a male suspect walking toward him holding what he believe to be a handgun. The uniformed officer fired one round at the suspect. The suspect, later identified as a plain-clothes narcotics officer, was not stuck by the round.
No other officers or suspects were injured.
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The Seventh-day Adventist Church founded La Sierra University in the scenic Southern California City of Riverside in 1922. Riverside is a city of over 250,000 located within one hour of beaches, mountains, deserts, and Los Angeles. The University's fundamental purpose is to provide higher education in an environment for learning that emphasizes personal integrity, intellectual development, and generous service to humankind and the church. La Sierra University is a multicultural campus with students from over 70 nations. La Sierra University is a religiously-qualified Equal Opportunity Employer with the right to prefer Seventh-day Adventists in hiring. In the event that a qualified Seventh-day Adventist is not available to fill a position in the University, preference will be given to applicants of other faiths who have religious beliefs compatible with those of the Seventh-day Adventist Church and who support the published mission of the University.
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Yeah, you can try to get Loyola to match, but many schools are having issues right now with endowments, so who knows.
The more important issue concerning the scholarships is the requirements to keep the scholly. You need to know the GPA/class rank you need to keep the money, and then determine which might be easier to maintain. Also, ask how they put people in sections. It's possible that they load one section with students on schol and then let you battle it out to the death, so to speak, knowing that many of you will therefore lose money after the first year. | <urn:uuid:3c01f05a-4ba1-4efb-b7c6-028aa09099e2> | 2013-05-18T05:22:46Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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How To Play Bring Me Some Water By Melissa Etheridge
This is a great song, and on this page Im going to explain how to play Bring Me Some Water By Melissa Etheridge.
Melissa Etheridge has been around the music business since she was a teenager in the mid 70's playing in all male
country bands. After leaving the Berklee College Of Music in Boston in the early 1980's, she headed out to
Los Angeles to get a music career started.
You've heard the old saying "right place at the right time". Well one of women in the bar that night was married
to music manager Bill Leopold who helped Etheridge get more exposure. One thing led to another and by 1988, her
first album, "Melissa Etheridge" was slated for release.
Just four days before release, her record company rejected the final product, So in four days, changes were made
and her first album spawned the single "Bring Me Some Water".
How To Play Bring Me Some Water By Melissa Etheridge Kirby Style
Chord wise this is a pretty simple song. Im using a G - F - C - D and a D7. In the beginning parts of the
verses you can hammer on the D string and catch the B string on the first while on the G chord. And on the
C chord, grab the bottom string briefly on the first string.
Further on in the song we move from the G chord, to an Em and F, but just on the Bass. The the Am chord and
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Session 5Guided Channel-TalkLife Posting
Dogs and cats are great examples of animals whose diversity is the result of artificial selection. The variation that is evident among breeds has been purposefully developed by breeders. In your Channel-TalkLife posting for this session, describe how you could develop a unit on the fundamentals of evolution (e.g., variation, adaptation, natural selection) using these animals. Be sure to discuss how you would tailor the concepts addressed during this session to the grade level you teach.
Breeders for thousands of years have bred dogs for particular purpose. In ancient China the Chow was admired for its loyalty to owner and its ability to withstand harsh temperatures. The poodle swims very well and is very intelligent. The terrier breed is known for its tenacity and for catching rats. In third grade I would ask each student to chose a breed of dog or cat and then research the characteristics of that breed in regard to physical traits. I would then ask the students to share with the class how the breed differs from others and why breeders have selected those qualities. I would then discuss how it is that breeders can purposefully bred dogs that have puppies with those desirable characteristics.
Session 6 Guided Channel-TalkLife Posting
Both the National Science Education Standards and Benchmarks for Scientific Literacy propose standards or goals for understanding big ideas in evolution starting in the elementary grades. Of the ideas addressed in Session 5 (variation, genes, mutation, adaptation, natural selection, artificial selection) and Session 6 species, evolution of new species, relatedness, common ancestry, tree of life), which do you consider appropriate introduce at the grade level you teach? Why? Discuss this with your colleagues in your Channel-TalkLife posting for this session. Be sure to share any experiences you've had.
In third grade appropriate concepts to introduce are: variation adaptation, genes, natural selection, artificial selection, species, evolution of new species, tree of life and common ancestry. I think that if conversations develop within the classroom at an early age that teachers should have the knowledge and background in science to explain these concepts in an age appropriate way. I think that it would be unprofessional to teach the vocabulary only and not provide hands-on activities for younger children to be able to begin making connections with these concepts. I have taught some evolutionary concepts when our classroom conversations went in that direction, but evolution is not part of the third grade curriculum.
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I hope they set it free outside their home...
Oh, no! I think Denney's been taken prisoner by Al Gore and the PETA Green Team.
Where is the Orkin man when you need him?
Try sleeping only to have a scorpion and a brown recluse spider crawling on you, of course at two separate occasions. Didn't happen to me but, my husband wasn't too happy.
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The Return of Epaphroditus
“I have thought it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus my brother and fellow worker and fellow soldier, and your messenger and minister to my need” (v. 25).- Philippians 2:25–26
It is always fascinating to get a look at the personal relationships between members of the first-century church, and we are fortunate that Philippians 2:19–30 provides us such a glimpse. Thus far we have been given a hint of the warm affection that Paul felt for Timothy and the genuine love that both the Apostle and his delegate felt for the Philippian congregation (vv. 19–24). Today we are introduced to another early church relationship with Paul’s reference to Epaphroditus in Philippians 2:25–26.
When Paul wrote to the church at Philippi, he was planning to send not only Timothy but also Epaphroditus to the Philippians (vv. 19, 25). Scholars generally agree that Paul intended on sending Epaphroditus immediately after writing the epistle, maybe even as the letter’s courier. The Apostle would then send Timothy some time later, after gaining clarity on his legal status (v. 23). In any case, we should note the way Paul calls Epaphroditus the Philippians’ “messenger” and “minister” to his needs in prison (v. 25). This tells us that Epaphroditus brought the Philippians’ monetary gift to Paul in Rome, and this is confirmed in 4:18. You may recall that in the ancient world, the state did not take care of prisoners as it does in our modern penal system. Prisoners such as Paul depended on the care of family and friends to meet their needs, and since the money Epaphroditus brought would have been used for his care, the Apostle rightly saw him as a minister.
Epaphroditus, therefore, was one of the Philippian Christians whom Paul loved dearly, and this Philippian believer also had a great love for his fellow brethren in the city. As 2:26 tells us, Epaphroditus was longing for the Philippians because they had heard that he was sick. Evidently, he knew that his brothers and sisters in Christ were greatly concerned for him and worried about his condition; thus, he wanted to get back to them as soon as possible in order to reassure them that he was all right. Epaphroditus’ attentive care to calm his fretful brethren is certainly an example of looking to the interests of others (v. 4), and we should likewise be attentive to the feelings of our Christian brothers and sisters if we are to fulfill the Apostolic imperative to love one another (1 John 3:11).
The depth of Epaphroditus’ love for his brothers and sisters in Christ is seen in that his chief worry was not about his own health but that his fellow believers would not have to suffer too much emotional pain in their concern for him. This indicates a profoundly selfless orientation, and it is something that we should be praying daily for the Holy Spirit to develop in us. Let us, by this same Spirit, seek to cultivate the virtue of Christian selflessness.
Passages for Further Study
1 Thessalonians 4:9
2 Thessalonians 1:3–4
2 John 5
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Common streaming audio formats and players
Uncompressed CD-quality WAV and AIFF files are too large to stream over the Internet for playback in real time. Instead, lighter-weight compressed formats such as MP3 and RealAudio are employed for streaming network audio. These formats use what are called "lossy" compression schemes, reducing file sizes by eliminating certain inaudible data from the original files without too significantly degrading playback sound quality. MP3 and RealAudio are excellent streaming formats, achieving performance factors great enough to allow real-time encoding/decoding over current network bandwidth conditions while delivering satisfying audio quality.
MP3 and RealAudio are not the only players in the network streaming audio arena. We'll also look at Macromedia's Flash and the Ogg Vorbis project from the Xiphophorus group. Since RealAudio's Internet history begins the earliest, we'll start with RealAudio.
In 1995, Progressive Networks (now RealNetworks) introduced RealAudio, the Internet's first widely-deployed streaming audio format. The RealAudio player (RealPlayer) was freely distributed to users who at that time were typically connected to the Internet via low-bandwidth modems; thus, the player supported connection rates as low as 14.4 Kbps, which delivered audio quality comparable to the sound of a decent AM radio. Faster connections such as ISDN accordingly improved reception speed and sound quality.
By giving away basic versions of RealPlayer and the RealProducer content-production utility, Progressive Networks seeded the market for their commercial product line and sparked an explosion in network multimedia. Today you can find an astonishing number and variety of RealAudio-enabled sites. As a curious example, I searched Google for "realaudio history", hoping to find some background material on the format; instead, I found thousands of sites dedicated to various historical topics, all of which included audio presentations requiring RealPlayer.
RealPlayer: RealAudio in X
Happily, RealPlayer is available for Linux, and you can retrieve it for free as either an RPM or tarball package from the Real.com downloads page. Installation is fairly straightforward, but there are a few snags to report. Close your web browser before installing the software, then become the root user and run the installation package. The RPM file needs to be renamed:
mv rp8_linux20_libc6_i386_cs1_rpm rp8.linux20.libc6.i386.cs1.rpm
before installing it (as root) with this command:
rpm -i rp8.linux20.libc6.i386.cs1.rpm
The tarball must have its permissions set (as root again):
chmod u+x rp8_linux20_libc6_i386_cs1.bin
Now you can run the installation package:
The installation procedure will automatically set up RealPlayer as a helper application in Netscape, but be forewarned: It will also overwrite any custom settings you have for audio formats such as WAV, AIFF, and AU, so you may want to back up your Netscape preferences before installing RealPlayer. Also, the installation will not automatically update the RealAudio plug-in. Close Netscape, copy the
rpnp.so file from your new
$HOME/RealPlayer directory to
$HOME/.netscape/plugins, fire up Netscape again, and your RealAudio plug-in should now be enabled. Check the Help/About Plugins menu item in Netscape for a status report.
TRPlayer: RealAudio for the console
At least three RealAudio players are available for the Linux console. They all depend upon an existing installation of RealPlayer and act as wrappers for RealPlayer, making its functions available to console applications. The RAP and RaWrapper players require support for the frame-buffer device; I wanted to avoid the need for any special graphics support (such as SVGA, frame-buffer, or
ncurses) in my console RealAudio player, so I chose Matthew Campbell's TRPlayer.
TRPlayer is available as a binary in RPM and DEB packages, but I chose to build the latest beta version (2.0.b2) from the source tarball. TRPlayer's only unique requirement is the slang library and header. Fortunately, slang is found on most mainstream Linux distributions, and a straightforward
./configure; make should have your player ready to rock. However, due to the filesystem vagaries of Linux distributions your build may fail with this message:
main.cc:17: slang.h: No such file or directory make: *** [main.o] Error 1
If so, change this line in
to this line:
When the build is complete, become root (
su root), run
make install, and you will have a new command-line RealAudio player. You can call it from the prompt at the console or in
xterm, invoking it with an address linking the player to the RealAudio stream:
You now have streaming RealAudio at the Linux console. Cool...
RealNetworks deserves praise for maintaining and steadily improving a freely available RealPlayer for Linux, particularly since there's no other way to enjoy all those RealAudio-empowered sites. Harder-core users and developers might be dismayed to learn that Real's software is available only in binary format and that source code is not freely available. Nevertheless, there's only one place to go for RealPlayer, so if you want it, there you go.
Now let's look at that other major streaming audio format, the notorious MP3. | <urn:uuid:ed3f2ebc-5ea1-4b6f-ae69-05a098955a7a> | 2013-05-18T06:26:13Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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Originally Posted by Edstorm
Besides that, is there a good reason to why Iceweasel is better to be used than firefox?
Thanks a lot!
You can easily replace iceweasel with firefox if you want to (I did). Just remove iceweasel, then download firefox, untar it, and copy the firefox directory to /usr/lib/. Then cd into /usr/bin/ and run:
ln -s /usr/lib/firefox/firefox firefox
so the launcher on the bottom panel still works. Backup your /usr/lib/iceweasel/plugins/ first in case you need to replace any of them (like flash). For java, just cd into /usr/lib/firefox/plugins/ and run:
ln -s /usr/lib/jre<VERSION>/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so /usr/lib/firefox<VERSION>/plugins
It will be up to you to manually update firefox from then on. | <urn:uuid:10f087b4-f04c-405e-a3a6-53b9c41e7142> | 2013-05-18T08:04:15Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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Thank you for the update.
That's quite a lot rewrite rules, isn't it? :wink: I can imagine how slow Apache would be.
It is cuased by a limit imposed during parsing XML configuration file. It has been increased to around 32KB. Please download the updated package and try again. :-) | <urn:uuid:e83b3d09-e7c6-4906-b933-133f78f5eb1d> | 2013-05-18T06:31:59Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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