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Maxim Khalil denies his wife is jealous of Cyrine Abdel Nour
Happy couple Maxim Khalil and Cyrine Abdelnour
Celebrity husband Maxim Khalil is keen to defend celebrity wife's honor to dispel rumors of female jealousy poisoning their marital bliss. Syrian actor Maxim Khalil categorically denied rumors about his actress-spouse, Sawsan Irshaid's jealousy from peer actress Cyrine Abdel Noor, also his co-star in the Lebanese hit series "Ruby".
Khalil issued a comment regarding his life-partner and co-film-star in the Syrian acting world: "my wife Sawsan Irshaid is a highly rated actress in the Syrian film circuit who carries a lot of clout." In a red-herring statement that seemed more about his pride than aquitting his wife of jealousy charges, he went on to defend her technical film credentials at length. She knows the workings of film from the inside - what filming a scene is really like, how it's edited and how it appears on screen". This may well be an allusion to his wife understanding that the finished product on screen did not always match the process entailed in getting the edited version. The wife is aware apparently of the disparity between the work and the fiction crafted for the small screen.
He went on to say that, Cyrine is my friend, I value her friendship and my wife knows that after filming a scene with her she is still my friend.
Khalil, who has been hob-nobbing around Europe for film awards (incidentally with wife in tow) inbetween intense filming has also also recently spoken of being quite exhausted. After eight arduous months of filming the Lebanese-made series "Ruby," alongside co-star Cyrine Abdelnour, Khalil has openly admitted that he is in need of a long break.
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Tunisian President: Assad is "finished"
Tunisian President Marzouki believes that the regime in Damascus is "finished". He made these comments in an interview published Tuesday, April 24. Bashar al-Assad will eventually go "dead or alive," the Tunisian head of state told "Al-Hayat" daily.
"I think this man (Assad) is ready to make concessions" and "the Russians, Chinese and Iranians must face the fact that he is finished," said Marzouki. The Tunisian President advised Moscow, Beijing and Tehran, which support the Syrian leader to "convince him to leave office."
"You will go one way or another. You will leave dead or alive, and it's better for you and your family to go live," Marzouki told Bashar al-Assad.
"If you decide to go dead, it means that you have killed tens of thousands of innocent people. Enough with the bloodshed," the Tunisian leader stated.
The Tunisian President also believes that the plan of the international envoy to Syria, Kofi Annan, "will fail" because the 300 observers from the UN are "woefully inadequate" to ensure compliance with the cease-fire, which has beenconstantly violated since it came into force on 12 April. Annan's plan provides, in addition to the cessation of hostilities, the withdrawal of troops from cities, the release of detainees and allowing humanitarian access and free press in the country. | <urn:uuid:b4f00836-31a8-4917-bb97-10441eeb07bf> | 2013-05-26T09:45:22Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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Science Fair Project Encyclopedia
Alice Herz (died March 16, 1965) is the first of eight Americans known to have immolated themselves in protest of the escalating Vietnam War, apparently following the example of Buddhist monk Thich Quang Duc. She committed suicide on March 16, 1965 in Detroit, Michigan at the age of 82.
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Southern American English
Southern American English is a dialect of the English language spoken throughout the Southern region of the United States, from central Kentucky and northern Virginia to the Gulf Coast and from the Atlantic coast to eastern Texas. Southern American English can be divided into different sub-dialects (see American English), with speech differing between, say, the Appalachian region and the coastal area around Charleston, South Carolina. The South Midlands dialect was influenced by the migration of Southern dialect speakers into the American West. The traditional dialect of African Americans, popularly called "Ebonics", shares many similarities with Southern dialect, unsurprising given that group's strong historical ties to the region.
Speakers of Southern American English have been stereotyped as uneducated or stupid commonly due the slower rate of speech and intertextualization of cultural factors of the region. Since the use of the dialect is stigmatized, educated speakers often attempt to eliminate many of its more distinctive features from their personal idiolect, settling for a more "neutral-sounding" English, though more often this involves changes more in phonetics than vocabulary. Well-known speakers of Southern dialect include United States Presidents Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton along with playwright Tennessee Williams and singer Elvis Presley.
Few generalizations can be made about Southern pronunciation as a whole, as there is great variation between regions. One phenomenon that is probably found throughout the region is the merger of and [ɪ] before nasal consonants, so that "pen" and "pin" are pronounced the same. This sound change has spread beyond the south in recent decades and is now quite widespread in the Midwest and West as well.
Other typical (sometimes stereotypical) aspects of the Southern accent:
- [z] becomes [d] before [n], e.g. [wʌdn̩t] wasn't, [bɪdnɪs] business
- The diphthong /aɪ/ becomes monophthongized to [aː]. Some speakers have this feature before voiced consonants but Canadian-style raising before voiceless consonants, so that ride is [raːd] and wide is [waːd], but right is [rəɪt] and white is [hwəɪt]; others monophthongize /aɪ/ in all contexts.
- The diphthongization or triphthongization of the traditional short front vowels as in the words pat, pet, and pit: these develop a glide up from their original starting position to [j], and then back down to schwa. This is the feature often called the "Southern drawl".
- The English of the coastal Deep South is historically non-rhotic: it drops the sound of final /r/ before a consonant or a word boundary, so that guard sounds similar to god (but the former has a longer vowel than the latter) and sore like saw. Intrusive /r/, where an /r/ sound is inserted between two vowel sounds ("lawr and order") is not a feature of coastal SAE, as it is in many other non-rhotic accents. The more western (including Appalachian) varieties of SAE are rhotic. Non-rhoticity is rapidly disappearing from almost all Southern accents, to a greater degree than it has been lost in the other traditionally non-rhotic dialects of the East Coast such as New York and Boston.
- The distinction between the vowels sounds of words like caught and cot or talk and tock is mainly preserved. In much of the Deep South, the vowel found in words like talk and caught has developed into a diphthong, so that it sounds like the diphthong used in the word loud in the Northern United States. This diphthong also applies to words outside of such pairs. For example, in "boat," "god", salt" round off the mouth almost to make a schwa preceding the consonant (though not as fully as the di/triphthongization of short front vowels).
- For many Southern speakers, some nouns are stressed on the first syllable that would be stressed on the second syllable in other accents. These include pólice, cément, and béhind.
- The distinction between /ɔr/ and /or/, as in horse and hoarse, for and four etc., is often preserved, especially in non-rhotic varieties.
- Merger of lax vowels with tense vowels before 'l', making pairs like feel/fill, fail/fell, and fool/full homophones.
- The distinction between w and wh, as in wine and whine is preserved for some speakers.
- The distinction between /ær/, /ɛr/, and /er/ in marry, merry, and Mary is preserved.
- Yod-dropping is not found among many speakers, thus /dj/, /nj/, /tj/, in due, new, tune is preserved.
- The distinction between /3`r/ and /Vr/ in furry and hurry is preserved.
- In some regions of the south, there is a merger of [ɔr] and [ɑAr], making cord and card, for and far, form and farm etc. homonyms.
- The distinction between /Ir/ and /i:r/ in mirror and nearer, Sirius and serious etc. is preserved.
- The distinction between pour and poor, more and moor etc. is lost in many regions.
- Use of double modals ("might could", "might should", "might would", etc.)
- "You" may be "ye" ("Did ye get yer car?")
- Occasional preservation of the aspirative "h" for the third person singular neuter ("hit").
- Use of "y'all" as the second person plural pronoun (less commonly "you-all," "all-y'all")
- Some Appalacian and Ozark dialects prefer "you'uns", and by extension "we'uns" and "they'uns".
- Use of "fixin' to" or "a-fixin' to" as an indicator of immediate future action. For example: "He's 'fixin to eat," or "We're 'a-fixin to go."
- Use of the word "done" in place of "already" or "did", such as in "We 'done' did this" (We already did this).
- Use of the emphatic definite article (frequently abbreviated to the dental fricative /ð/): "He went to the Wal-Mart." "I'ma go to th'IGA."
- Use of "over yonder" in place of "over there" or "in or at that indicated place," especially when being used to refer to a particularly different spot, such as in "the house over yonder"
- Use of "the grocery" in place of "the supermarket" or "the grocery store." For example "I went to the grocery earlier today" or "we're fixin' to go to the grocery"
- Use of a quasi-reflexive pronoun "me" or "him". For example, "I'm fixin' to paint me a picture."
- Use of "to love on someone or something" in place of "to show affection to" or "be affectionate with someone or something." For example: "He was lovin' on his new kitten."
- Word use tendencies from the Harvard Dialect Survey:
- A carbonated beverage in general as "coke" (likely influenced by The Coca-Cola Company being headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia and the resultant dominance of Coca-Cola in the region).
- The small land crustaceans that roll when you touch them as "roley-poleys" rather than "pill bugs" or "woodlouse"
- The push-cart at the grocery store as a "buggy"
- The small freshwater crustacean in lakes and streams as a "crawdad," "crawfish," or "crayfish" depending on the location
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Montenegro was part of the former Yugoslavia at one time. Illyrians originally settled the area, followed by the Greeks, Celts, Byzantines, Romans and the Slavs. The nation was eventually Christianized under Nicholas I and later united with Serbia to fight the Turks of the Ottoman Empire. Nicholas oversaw the expansion of Montenegro’s borders and led it toward independence in 1878. Italy occupied the country during World War II, and Montenegro adopted socialism as part of Yugoslavia during the Cold War. In 1992, Montenegro joined with Serbia as Yugoslavia began to break up, leaving behind a truncated Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. While Serbia became involved in the war in Bosnia, Montenegro remained largely out of the conflict. The Democratic Party of Socialists of Montenegro became the dominant political force in the country throughout the 1990s. During this time Montenegro became a hotspot for smuggling due to its location on the Adriatic Sea. In 2003, the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia renamed itself Serbia and Montenegro. This lasted until June 2006 when Montenegro became completely independent. The United States soon thereafter established diplomatic relations with Montenegro.
Lay of the Land: Montenegro occupies an area slightly smaller than the state of Connecticut, and lies between Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Kosovo and Albania. Its terrain is varied, from the mountainous regions with thick forests to central plains and the Adriatic coast, with a few small islands off the coast. The climate is generally continental, and Mediterranean off the coast.
The area now known as Montenegro was originally settled by the Illyrians before the 6th century. Subsequently, the Greeks and Celts formed settlements to enhance trade in the region. The Romans eventually conquered the Illyrian kingdom and divided the territory with the Byzantine Empire.
The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was a conglomeration of six regional republics and two autonomous provinces that was roughly divided on ethnic lines. Following a string of violent conflicts during the 1990s Yugoslavia split into several independent countries, including Serbia and Montenegro,.
In 2009, the and the United States’ leading export to Montenegro were new and used passenger cars ($3.3 million) and drilling/oilfield equipment ($2.3 million). Other major exports included unmanufactured agricultural goods ($2 million), medicinal equipment ($1.3 million), generators and accessories ($1.1 million), plastic materials ($1.1 million), and household appliances ($1.1 million).
Montenegro Accused of Caving to US Pressure on Kosovo
According to the U.S. State Department, Montenegro’s government has been accused of “allowing police mistreatment of suspects in detention, substandard prison conditions, abusive and arbitrary arrests, police impunity, lengthy pretrial detention, delayed and inefficient trials, widespread perception of corruption in law enforcement agencies and the judiciary, physical assaults on journalists, excessive monetary judgments against the media for slander, denial of public and press access to information, mistreatment and discrimination against the large number of refugees and internally displaced persons, sectarian intolerance and homophobia, discrimination against women, trafficking in persons, and discrimination against ethnic minorities,” .
Note: The United States recognized the Republic of Montenegro on Jun 13, 2006 and established relations with it on Aug. 15. The US Consulate in Podgorica became an embassy Oct 5, 2006, with Arlene Ferrill as Charge d’Affaires ad interim.
Montenegro’s ambassador to the United States since November 2010, Srdjan Darmanovic knows a thing or two about strategy, both the diplomatic kind and that used on a chess board.
Sue K. Brown, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, was appointed in November 2010 by President Barack Obama to serve as ambassador to Montenegro. She was sworn in on April 27, 2011.
A native of Rhode Island, Roderick W. Moore served as the first-ever US Ambassador to Montenegro. He was sworn in on September 12, 2007. Moore attended Brown University where he received his BA in Russian studies and international relations in 1986. He also earned an MA in Slavic linguistics in 1987 and has studied Serbian, Croatian, Bulgarian, Russian, Macedonian, Montenegrin, Czech, French, Spanish and Haitian Creole. | <urn:uuid:c5fc41b4-0921-4b39-b0b0-b5e94a33fc6b> | 2013-05-26T09:43:04Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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Water Softener Maintenance
Simple Steps For Effective Water Softening
Water softener maintenance is relatively simple and could save a lot of time and possible repair later if basic care of the machine is taken on a regular basis.
If you do nothing else with your water softener, make sure to keep up with replacing the salt as needed.
A water softener can’t be damaged by operating without salt, but the machine will lose its effectiveness without it.
However, by being proactive and troubleshooting any potential problems, you’ll significantly extend the life of your softener.
What other steps can you take in the area of maintaining a good condition of your water softener?
Extend Your Softener's Lifespan
To lengthen the life of your water softener and the water softener resin located inside the mineral tank, follow this procedure in addition to simply adding salt to your machine.
First, consider the flow. If you have a brine or drain line blockage, the result will be vile-tasting water.
The reason this happens is because part of the water, brine and waste that is circulated and flushed out during the regeneration process will remain in the mineral tank.
In order to prevent this from happening, simply free the drain line, the drain line control and brine line of debris.
First, put your water softener in bypass mode. Next, disconnect the brine line from the brine tank and the control valve.
Inside one end of the brine line, you should see a small cylindrical screen. Take it out and wash it in hot, soapy water.
Remove any obstructions from the brine line. Using the manual, locate your brine injector and use a pin or paperclip to gently remove any built-up debris. Once this is done, replace the cylindrical screen and re-attach your brine line.
Check the Draining Process
The second thing you'll want to do is to check your drain line for ease of flow.
Remove the drain line from the control valve. Inside the control valve will be a fitting that resembles a screen, right where the hose attaches. Remove any debris that is present.
Next, look at your drain line to determine if there are any obstructions. Just to make certain, run water through the line with a garden hose. In order for this to be effective, use an adapter or nozzle with a tight fit.
If the line is free from debris, the water should flow down freely. If the water doesn’t flow freely, remove the exit end of the hose and check for blockage.
Replace the hose if the water is still not flowing freely. Check to make sure the exit end of your hose is not up against anything as well. Re-attach the hose and open your bypass and you have completed your water softener maintenance, until next time.
How often should the maintenance of your water softener be done for optimal performance?
Every home uses a different amount of water, but a good gauge would be to do the maintenance about every 15,000 to 20,000 gallons of water that runs through your system. That might be about every six months or so for the average household.
Water softener maintenance is essential for keeping your machine working at an optimal level and it doesn’t take all that much time.
Perform these steps a few times a year and you'll be thankful you did when your machine lasts longer than it was "supposed" to last.
Related Articles on All Water Purification
Find replacements for the parts that have failed on your softener system.
Something wrong? Use these five steps to diagnose the issue.
Water Purification home page
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Langaleer wrote:They are AC powered and its 1 USB connection per light required
So if I want 4 lights I need 4 USB ports? If that's right I can see a lot of USB hubs being sold...
And assuming that's the case does using a hub cause much of a delay?
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Volume 18, Number 8
Buying New Technology
Making sure you get the return on your investment
By Edward Poll
For most, purchasing new technology represents a major commitment in time and money. Yet many lawyers and law firms seem to make decisions about when and what to buy without adequate preparation-and usually without fully understanding the impact the new hardware or software will have on their firms. For your firm, your investment decision should not be impacted by your method of financing; whether purchasing or leasing, the principles of the acquisition decision are the same.
Before taking the leap, ask yourself the following four questions:
- What is the return on the investment (ROI) of the purchase?
- Will the new technology increase the competence of my staff and make the office more efficient?
- Will the new hardware/software allow me to do something I couldn't do before?
- Will the quality of my services be improved?
If you cannot answer those questions, you are not ready to buy. Let's look at each in turn.
What Is the Return on Investment?
One method used to determine the benefits of a technology purchase is measuring its financial results. The most common measure is ROI. There are several ways to approach ROI. Here's one: Say the slated expenditure is $1,000, and the expected savings or the expected increase in net revenues is anticipated to be $200 annually. Taking the savings as the numerator and the expenditure as the denominator, the percentage is 20 percent per year, which is the return on investment of the purchase.
Another way to look at this is to figure that the $200, if it occurs each year, will result in a recovery of the entire investment after five years, or, put another way, that the payback period is five years.
A 20 percent or five-year return used to be considered a good return by most industries. Then, with escalating stock market prices and the dizzying successes of the dot-com companies, people thought that returns on investment had to be 100 percent in six months or something was wrong. However, after recent economic problems, people's expectations have returned to more reasonable rates of return. Another measuring stick for an appropriate rate of return is comparing the return percentage to today's general corporate interest rate (also called the prime rate). If your rate of return is a multiple of this rate, you're doing well.
When you have a number of projects and expenditures that are competing for your attention, calculating ROI is a great way to rank them in order of financial preference. Then, depending on the budget and resources available, you can select the projects to be undertaken by proceeding down the list, taking the most productive or profitable first.
This analysis, besides being important for your decision-making process, can also come into play if you need financial assistance. With bank borrowing or lease financing, the provider of the capital will want to know how the purchase will impact your practice and how you plan to repay the new debt.
Let's look at a real-world example of how ROI works. Jim, a personal injury lawyer, recently had a large turnover of personnel in his office, and he was upset because the productivity of the new staff was below that of the previous one. Jim thought he had two options that made sense. The first was to wait out the time until his new staff became more proficient under his watchful tutelage. The second was to purchase software created specifically for his type of practice.
Jim determined that the new system would cost $15,000 in actual expenditure plus the cost of training the staff for a period of three months. Jim also determined that the productivity of his staff would increase at least twofold. This would mean he could handle more cases and increase his cash flow. Jim also figured that the new software would save the cost of one half a staff person. He calculated that the net increase in savings and in profitability would amount to $30,000 in the first 12 months alone. Jim's ROI would be 200 percent the first year! And his payback period was six months, meaning that at the end of 180 days, he would have recouped his initial investment.
In Jim's case, the financial decision was a no-brainer, and he went ahead with the purchase. But he forgot to take into consideration the impact of the purchase on his staff. Jim reported to me that his staff was resistant to the change; that they were afraid of the new system; and that, because they hadn't participated in the decision-making process, they had no investment in the outcome. The new system sat on his staff's desks until it became obsolete. Jim did not experience the savings or the profits, he further lost touch with his staff, and he increased his own frustration at not being able to "push the work through the system."
This leads us to the second consideration.
Will Office Efficiency Increase?
Jim needs to go back to the drawing board to create a psychological atmosphere in which his staff will focus on the needs of his clients, as well as the firm's needs to settle or prosecute their claims as quickly as possible and to convert those claims to cash. One way to do that is to bring the staff into the new technology decision-making process early on. This is essential if they are the ones who will be working with the new hardware or software. While they cannot dictate the system, staff can offer ideas that will improve it, and their participation is essential if the system is to work. Without this buy-in, Jim's choice is: Get a new system or get a new staff.
Of course, the choice is rarely so extreme. Normally, the purchase of new technology can help staff increase their competency. For example, the purchase of a case management system such as Amicus or TimeMatters allows the office to become much more systemized and efficient. While the learning curve may be extended, the resulting efficiency and elimination of duplicative efforts can be significant.
Can I Do Something I Couldn't Do Before?
Purchasing a new system may allow you to enter a new practice area. For example, a major law firm performed work in the financial services industry. Its services were based on an hourly rate for significant matters requiring one-of-a-kind efforts. Yet, many of its clients also had work that was repetitive and more like a commodity, which the firm could not perform for a price the clients could afford.
To solve the problem, the firm crafted a new approach that included use of the Internet, a custom-designed database with all the information from the client, the results of litigation available for all interested parties 24 hours a day, and an almost paperless operation. While this new system was very expensive to create, it allowed the firm to enter a new practice area, compete successfully with smaller law firms, and expand its market share with many of its clients.
Will the Quality of Service Improve?
Many of us focus on technology that relates to litigation. But new technology can affect our day-to-day operations in many other ways. For example, Palm-type products let us have our calendars and contact information on hand at all times, and lightweight laptops keep us working whenever and wherever we want. These and other technology improvements allow us to be more available to our clients regardless of where we travel, and to improve our services across the board with timely responsiveness.
Technology is a tool, not a toy. In the legal profession, this concept is often given lip service, but the sexiness of the new toy may be what governs the purchasing decision. Don't be seduced by the toy. Instead, look at ROI, staff competence and office efficiency, exploring new practice areas, and improving the quality of service when making your purchasing decisions.
Edward Poll, J.D., M.B.A., CMC, is a certified management consultant in Los Angeles who advises attorneys and law firms on how to deliver their services more effectively while increasing their profits. He is the author of The Attorney & Law Firm Guide to the Business of Law, 2d ed., published by the ABA. He can be reached via e-mail at email@example.com. | <urn:uuid:3655c426-96d4-47ee-97d0-c1db2d3f5814> | 2013-05-27T02:55:58Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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William Trent built his country estate north of Philadelphia, in New Jersey, at the Falls of the Delaware River about 1719. It was a large, imposing brick structure, built in the newest fashion. An "allee" of English cherry trees led from the entrance down to the ferry landing. Nearby, there were numerous outbuildings as well as grist, saw and fulling mills along the Assunpink Creek. In 1720 Trent laid out a settlement, which he incorporated and named "Trenton." Through careful preservation and accurate historical interpretation, visitors will become aware of the importance of this building in national, state and municipal history. An ambitious restoration project is nearly complete and will provide a more accurate historical representation of the museum's original appearance. | <urn:uuid:818775f9-54d0-4af6-a0e7-c232eb34aa2c> | 2013-05-26T09:45:52Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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The progenitor of my Jones family line is Charles Jones, born June 1802 in Lancashire, England. Charles's known marriages were to (i) Jane and (ii) Gertrude. My family line descends from James H. Jones, the oldest son of Charles and Jane.
Charles and Jane are found in the 1841 census UK (England), living on School Lane in Rochdale, Lancashire, England. Their listing in this census is one of the few lucky happen-stances; the family immigrated to the United States in 1842 and, to date, I have been unable to find them in any of the federal census records until 1860 when the family is found living in Winchester, Winnebago, WI.
The listing in the 1841 census confirms Charles' wife as Jane and confirms that their youngest child is daughter Jane.
Listed in the New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957 list on Ancestry.com, is the family of Charles Jones age 40,"Mrs [ditto]"age 40, James age 20, Susan age 17, Joseph age 9, Edward age 6, Abraham age 4 and Jane age 1. The family arrived in New York City on July 1, 1842, on board the ship The Importer.
The next record documenting Charles Jones doesn't occur until the 1860 federal census when Charles Jones is found living in Winchester, Winnebago, WI, with wife (ii) Gertrude, and children Charles, Alice and John.
While there has been a lot of speculation about the migration of the family from the time they disembarked The Importer, there is no documentation as to where the family spent those 20 years. A popular theory written and published by other Jones family researchers is that this family line settled in Worcester County, MA, near the family of Thomas Ashworth.
Edward Jones, brother to Charles, formed a business partnership with Thomas Ashworth. While there is a collateral connection, there is no documentation that the family of Charles Jones spent time living in the area or working at the Ashworth & Jones woolen mill.
A clue may be found in the listing of New York as the place of birth of John Jones, youngest son of Charles Jones. However, I believe there is an error in this census, recording Gertrude's place of birth as England when other sources cite her place of birth as New York. Could it be that John's place of birth is in error as well?
Charles and Gertrude continued to make their home in Winchester for another 20-years until Charles's death on March 17, 1885. According to his obituary in the March 18, 1885, issue of the Neenah Times: Mr. Jones, of Winchester, and father of Receiver Jones of Menasha, died yesterday from the effects of a fall from a sleigh. His age was 84-years. He was well known and highly respected in this county. The funeral is on Friday morning."
Gertrude survived her husband for almost 4-1/2 years; she died on August 8, 1889. Both Charles and Gertrude are buried in the Winchester Cemetery, also known as the Jones Cemetery, on Grandview Road in Winchester Township.
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Sony is one of the leading brands in the world, and they launched a trio of beautiful handsets this year. Though Xperia S, Xperia P and Xperia U are available in the U.S through different retailers but Sony has officially announced that the three beautiful handsets are …
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One of the most anticipated Android handsets, the Sony Ericsson Xperia X3/Rachael might be getting a December release. That is of course providing the following information proves to be true. According to PDAdb.net, the expected release is December of this year. As the title of …
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Posted by Kenneth on March 10, 2000 at 17:06:51:
In Reply to: Re: Well--what exactly IS your point? posted by Jon on March 10, 2000 at 15:50:15:
screw the theology. this is about classic storytelling...most bibles carry the same set of stories (christian, hindu, muslim...) which illuminate the basic situations of the human condition. That they were translated to animals is only coincidental to Disney.
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with Ali al-Fadhily
RAMADI - U.S. military tank fire killed scores of civilians in Ramadi, capital
of Al-Anbar province, late Monday night, according to witnesses and doctors.
Anger and frustration were evident at the hospitals and during the funerals
in the following days.
Iraqi doctors and witnesses at the scene of the attack said U.S. tanks killed
35 civilians when they shelled several homes in the Al-Dhubat area of the city.
Ramadi, located 110 km west of Baghdad, has been beset with sporadic but intense
violence between occupation forces and insurgents for several months.
On Tuesday, hundreds of people carried the 35 coffins of the dead to a graveyard
in a funeral procession which closely resembled an angry demonstration.
"We heard the bombing and we thought it was the usual fighting between
resistance fighters and the Americans, but we soon realized it was bombing by
large cannons," 60-year-old Haji Jassim explained to IPS at the burial.
"We weren't allowed by the Americans to reach the destroyed houses to try
to rescue those who were buried, so certainly many of them bled to death."
Jassim claimed that everyone killed was innocent, that they were not fighters.
He said that when he and others attempted to reach the rubble of the destroyed
homes, located near mosques whose minaret's loudspeakers had broadcast pleas
for help, "There was a big American force that stopped us and told us the
usual ugly phrases we hear from them every day."
Jassim, speaking with IPS while several other witnesses listened while nodding
their heads, said that ambulances did not appear on the scene for hours because
"we realized that the Americans did not allow them to move," and that
as a result, "there were people buried under the rubble who were bleeding
to death while there was still a chance to rescue them."
Jassim then burst into tears and walked away saying prayers to Allah to bless
the souls of the dead.
A doctor at Ramadi's main hospital, Abdullah Salih, told reporters that 35
bodies had been brought in and he also believed that others had not been retrieved
since access had been limited by ongoing U.S. Military operations.
Another doctor, Kamal al-Ani, said that in addition to the dead, another 17
wounded had been brought into the hospital.
The scene at the hospital was tragic as doctors confirmed the reason of death
for many as severe bleeding that had gone on for several hours. Most of the
doctors were unwilling to discuss too many details for fear of U.S. Military
"You can notice the number of dead is at least twice as high as the number
of wounded," one of the doctors, speaking on condition of anonymity, told
IPS. A local Iraqi policeman who identified himself as Khalif Obeidi told IPS
that tanks had destroyed several houses in the area during the U.S. raid, killing
more than 30 civilians.
"We know that those killed were innocent," said Obeidi, "although
there have been attacks on the Americans from near that area in the past."
Residents of the city and relatives of the dead who were at the funeral were
"There is no other way for the Sunnis than to fight," Ali Khudher,
a 25-year-old carpenter who lost a relative in the attack told IPS. "It
is a religious war and no one can deny that now."
Others who attended the mass funeral chanted anti-American, anti-Israeli, anti-Iranian
and even slogans against the Islamic Party which is now part of the Iraqi government.
Tempers run high in Ramadi also because the city has often been the scene of
large-scale U.S. Military operations and their inherent forms of collective
Last June, thousands of residents were forced from their homes due to military
operations, according to Maurizio Mascia, program manager for the Italian Consortium
of Solidarity (ICS), a non-governmental group based in Amman, Jordan that provides
relief to refugees in Iraq.
At that time, Mascia told IPS, "The Americans, instead of attacking the
city all at once like they've done in their previous operations in cities like
Fallujah and Al-Qa'im, are using helicopters and ground troops to attack one
district at a time in Ramadi."
Mirroring a complaint heard often from residents of Ramadi, Mascia said, "The
main dangers for the population are the MNF (multi-national force) at the checkpoints
and the snipers: both usually shoot at any movement that they consider dangerous
– causing many victims among civilians."
In a phone conversation with IPS, a spokesman for the U.S. Military in Baghdad
said he had no specific details of the incident and that "the U.S. Military
has been conducting ongoing patrols and security details in Al-Anbar for months
now. Our efforts are always to attack the terrorists and protect the civilian
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Alpha & Omega Ministries Apologetics Blog
Hussein Wario and the Cultural Chasm
05/14/2010 - James WhiteHussein Wario is a former Muslim. He has decided to take up not so much a defense of the Caners (he has, so far, only defended minor points---he has so far mainly ignored the legal documentation that has been provided and the issues that data raises) but to use the "attack the messenger" methodology of argumentation. In the process I am really, really hoping that we are seeing a good and educational example of the "cultural chasm." Mr. Wario is not a Westerner in outlook. Sometimes this leads to not only linguistic, but logical problems. Let's look at how this plays out.
I have heard Ergun Caner, in his public talks, speak of "Hadith 9:57." I was taken aback by this, since that makes as much sense as saying "Bible 3:16." No one who actually engages in the study of the hadith on any level at all speaks like this. We would immediately identify a person who said, "Well, it says in Bible 3:16 that Jesus isn't God" as a person fundamentally ignorant of the Bible and Christian theology in general. When I then found that the Caner brothers do this frequently, in their talks and in their published works, I raised this as a question regarding their automatic elevation to the level of "experts" on the subject of Islam. Recently TurretinFan went through the book and provided the following list:
"hadith 9.57" (pp. 19 and 187)
"hadith 5.266" (p. 31)
"hadith 2.460" (p. 32)
"Hadith ... (2.375)" (p. 32)
"hadith 2.448" (p. 33)
"hadith 7.619" (p. 33)
"hadith 1.35" (p. 35)
"Hadith ... (52.42)" (p. 35)
"hadith 7.590" (p. 37)
"hadith 3.826" (p. 42)
"Hadith ... (8.419)" (p. 110)
"hadith 6.60.336" (p. 114)
"The Hadith illustrates ... (2.486) ... (2.498) ... (2.514)" (p. 126)
"hadith 3.826" (p. 134)
"hadith 2.541" (p. 134)
"hadith 1.268" (p. 135)
"hadith 7.62.77" (p. 139)
"Hadith 7.30, 33. Hadith chapter seven also includes ... (7.133)" (p. 140)
"Hadith 7.64" (p. 141)
"hadith 8.76.481" (p. 144)
"The Hadith expounds ... (3.57)" (p. 146)
"hadith 3.46.724" (p. 186)
"hadith 5.716" (p. 188)
"hadith 4.52.79" (p. 188)
"hadith 4.53.412" (p. 189)
"hadith 4.52.317" (p. 189)
"hadith 5.58.240; repeated in 5.59.602" (p. 190)
"hadith 5.59.599" (p. 191)
"hadith 8.73.1" (p. 192)
"Hadith 5.42.85" (p. 192)
"hadith 9.50" (p. 192)
"hadith 4.52.127" (p. 193)
"hadith 4.52.85" (p. 194)
"hadith 5.58.240; see also 4.42. This verse is repeated in 5.59.602" (p. 195)
"hadith 9.93.549" (p. 195)
"hadith 9.93.555" (p. 195)
"Hadith volume 9, book 93" (p. 195)
"hadith 9.93.519" (p. 196)
"hadith 4.73" (p. 196)
There were also a second category of odd references:
"Bukhari, 784" (p. 100)
"Bukhari, 1598" (p. 100)
"Muslim, 3785" (p. 100)
"Bukhari, 4813" (p. 100)
"Sahih Muslim hadith 5339" (p. 114)
"Sahih Muslim hadith 2214" (p. 115)
"Sahih Muslim hadith 6595" (p. 115)
Not every reference appeared to be incomplete. The following references were provided in a more complete form:
"Hadith of Sahih al-Bukhari, explains [quotation] (hadith 1.1.3)" (p. 41)
"Sahih al-Bukhari, Hadith, 6.477" (p. 92)
"Hadith ... (7.590) ... (7.619) ... (4.537) ... (5.275) ... (7.636) ... (7.747)" (p. 98) (see note below about chapter 5)
"Sunan Abu Daawuud hadith 23.3444" (p. 112)
"Sunan Abu Daawuud hadith 41.4937" (p. 112)
"Sahih Al-Bukhari hadith 2.21.221" (p. 116)
"Sahih Muslim hadith 36.6631" (p. 116)
"Book 52 of Bukhari's Hadith ... In the volume ... (4.52.42)" (p. 186)
"Bukhari Hadith 9.57-58" (p. 249)
The facts show a mixture of correct and incorrect citations. I noted on the DL yesterday that various printed editions of the Hadith collections use different referencing systems, and this makes looking up particular texts very difficult. Upon the basis of this information I suggested two things: first, it shows an inconsistency in writing and editing that suggests multiple authors (possibly a different level of knowledge between the authors themselves?) and secondly, any author who writes such things should be careful in the editing process to make these citations consistent, which they did not. I do not understand how any author could read the proofs of their book and miss these problems, but, given that Ergun Caner has been recorded saying "Hadith 9:57," it does not seem to follow that they would see this as an error since they use this incomplete terminology in their spoken presentations.
Now, you will note that I have sought to bring all of these facts together and come up with an explanation that takes all the data as a whole. I am seeking consistency and coherence.
Now compare the approach of Hussein Wario. In a number of Tweets posted today he has challenged not the above information, but instead the entire process of thought behind it. Note the last reference above, "Bukhari Hadith 9.57-58." Taking that one single reference (ignoring the entire list of references that do not distinguish between the collections) Mr. Wario concludes that the case is closed. All the errant citations are irrelevant, if they got it right once, well, they must be experts on Islam! All the rest is to be ignored! And so we read him saying,
@DrOakley1689 "Hadith 9.57" quoted correctly as "Bukhari hadith 9.57" in Unveiling Islam, page 249, r u going to apologize 2 @erguncaner?
@DrOakley1689 You publicly dismiss @erguncaner and @emircaner Objectivity matters. page 249 U.I. answers that link. Will email Turretin now.
[Note how it seems Mr. Wario did not even notice that TurretinFan listed the same reference in his blog article: often Mr. Wario ignores entire points you have made in your presentations, such as when I noted the possibility that Emir Caner was relying upon secondary sources for his "Jesus is named 93 times in the Qur'an" statement. Mr. Wario found secondary statements and on that basis assumed I had been proven wrong, when I had been the one to first raise the issue!]
@DrOakley1689 R u going to stop ur haidth 9.57 and John 3:16 discourse? Revising your open letter to @libertyu ? @erguncaner and @emircaner
[Note how Mr. Wario thinks a single semi-correct reference makes all the errant ones disappear. He does not seem to be able to grasp the relationship between pieces of data and the entire picture, resulting in tunnel vision.]
@DrOakley1689 Your arrogance is what makes me ashamed of you being a reformed theologian. You need to apologize 2 @erguncaner @emircaner
And so on its goes. I pointed out his bias and his irrationality (one is rational when one sees the relationship of distinct points of data or fact; if one cannot see how facts relate to one another--context, flow, argument--one is not rational, i.e., irrational) and he immediately interpreted this as an "insult." There is a fair amount of emotion involved here, it seems.
So aside from providing a rebuttal to what Mr. Wario is claiming (the rebuttal is found in allowing my entire statements to stand as a whole) I think we have here an example of the cultural chasm as well. Often Westerners are left standing with their mouths open at the kinds of arguments Muslims find convincing. Ahmed Deedat is a great example of this. So often his arguments were so shallow, so poor, so disjointed, and yet you will find men shouting Allahu akhbar! in response. Why? There seems to be a cultural chasm at times that is difficult to bridge. Part of it may be language based, but much of it goes beyond mere language. Insistence upon logical thought, coherence, context, argument, is not necessarily the same across cultural boundaries.
I am sorry Brother Wario has chosen to ignore the weight of my statements. I'm sorry he has chosen to oppose me personally rather than thinking fairly and without bias and prejudice, on the greater issues. He is convinced this is a personal issue with the Caners (it is not). I have failed, despite trying (you can listen to the DL where Mr. Wario called in), to communicate to him that this matter transcends personalities. It transcends our current generation or situation. It is a matter of biblical principle and Christian integrity. I hope and pray someone else may be able to find a way to communicate this reality to Brother Wario.
Update: Brother Wario has responded to this attempt to explain his less-than-rational handling of factual information as evidence of prejudice on my part. The amount of emotional fog in the brother's thinking has led me to write to him, "@HusseinWario I leave it to our Lord to judge. No matter what I say, you will interpret it negatively, even when I am trying to be fair." If I try to find a reason for his ignoring facts outside of simply calling him a liar, and his response is, "I can't believe u bring up my background to score a point. Now that is cheap." So, evidently, it is the old "darned if you do, darned if you don't" situation. So, I leave it to the reader to judge, and to our Lord to decide. So as I said to him via Twitter, "I hope someone can explain things to you, brother! May God bless you and keep you." | <urn:uuid:a8faa9d1-d7c6-4685-bd55-f7929b98add7> | 2013-05-27T02:54:49Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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When it comes to the geometry of interior design, rectangles are king. Perhaps that is why I love the look of round mirrors so much. Circular mirrors provide a striking contrast against the sharp angles of a desk, table or fireplace.
What's not to love about the circle? After all, it's the first shape we recognize as newborns. There is a natural and organic feel to round mirrors. But at the same time, the round mirror is a bold visual stamp on the wall, less like a window and more like an eye. A rectangular mirror fits into a room: A circular mirror punctuates it.
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A Good Samaritan told police Monday he opened his home to two men he believed were homeless, but instead of a thank you the pair stole his checkbook and his cash.
The victim said he met the duo at a local shelter Friday. He said the two men told him they had no place to stay and he invited them to spend the night at his apartment, located in the 1200 block of 6th Avenue.
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Summer beach parties are super fun to host, and with these beach party ideas, your friends are guaranteed a great time. One way to make your party stand out is to create a big, billowing, tent, or gazebo. And you can make it yourself with dowels and white sheets, for a romantic effect. This will help your guests find your spot on the beach, as it will help you stand out. But it also creates a festive, welcoming shelter, and center spot for all the food and drink, basically creating a room on the beach. You can also group umbrellas together, creating a separate space.
Within that room, create a living space. Bring lots of pillows, towels (best if they are of the same color group), and tables. Make it a party space, and serve all food from this area. Decorate this space; don't just think of it as the beach, but that you're creating a party.
You can ask your friends to bring dishes for the party, but you need to come up with a theme for the food. You don't want someone bringing a chinese chicken salad if you're serving a mexican menu. So, choose the cuisine, and stay within that genre. Remember that you want to serve food that can hold up in the hot sun (no potato salad), and that's easy to eat on the beach. Alcohol in the sun is a bad combo, but people do love their drinks, so be sure you have plenty of coolers so that your drinks are served cold (and check local laws about public drinking). Sangria is a great, inexpensive, and wonderful drink on the beach, and can be made ahead of time.
Have games available for your guests. Bring paddle games, a football, frisbee, and volleyball. If it's later in the day, have plenty of chairs for your guests, or ask them to bring beach chairs. Ideas for themes include a Mexican Fiesta, a Luau, and a Barbeque. | <urn:uuid:cc5c3b5b-ac2b-41f3-a844-c052cdb065a4> | 2013-05-27T02:55:33Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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During the early 1900’s the first commercial asparagus plantings in the state of Victoria were grown by Thomas Roxburgh - a shipping agent by trade - on a 300 acre farm in the town of Vervale. By the 1930’s the major commercial asparagus production area in Victoria was the nearby Koo Wee Rup and Dalmore area. Soon after, this area was to become the largest asparagus producing area in Australia.
Victoria has a range of soils and climates suitable for asparagus production, including those in Koo Wee Rup, East Gippsland and Lindenow in southern Victoria, Rochester and Myrtleford in north-east Victoria, and in the Mildura and Swan Hill districts of north-west Victoria.
As a result, Victoria has a longer growing season for asparagus than most other production areas in the world. The asparagus season in Victoria also complements that of other states of Australia and helps provide a continuous supply of product. Much of the plantings in Australia are of the California hybrid UC157 because it produces a premium spear of uniform size, length and overall appearance. However, additional varieties are grown in specific regions, such as Mary Washington in southern Victoria and Ida Lea in North-West Victoria.
Victoria is the leading state in Australia for the production and export of fresh asparagus, producing 95% of the national asparagus crop with a Gross Value of 95% of $41.42 m (ABS: Agriculture 2007-08). | <urn:uuid:e3e9a590-942f-4a9f-9131-9d5b31557505> | 2013-05-26T09:42:41Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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You may project an image of being hard and disciplined, and this could make you appear uncaring. Although you are romantic at heart, you do not allow your emotions to manifest on the outer surface. Your partner is restless by temperament, and perfection is the highest priority in their life. They prefer to be rather cold, and will not display emotions directly. However, they will do anything to help you.
You may feel comfort with your partner, but you also may not possess qualities that are complimentary or supplementary to each other. You may struggle to help each other grow. However, being somewhat at peace with one another may allow you to overcome your limitations.
Karmic Pull: [Good] Compatibility between both of you, on a temperamental level, will be above average.
Mutual Gunas: [Average] There may be a lack of understanding between the two of you, and you may find it difficult to cope with the one another’s shortcomings.
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Share 'Could infant feeding on a schedule lower IQ?'
This is a first study, not yet confirmed.
Feeding Your Baby On Demand 'May Contribute to Higher IQ'
A new study suggests that babies who are breast-fed or bottle-fed to a schedule do not perform academically as well at school as their demand-fed peers.
"The difference between schedule and demand-fed children is found both in breastfed and in bottle-fed babies," explains Dr Iacovou.
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The author discusses the law of supply and demand and other basic economic laws. It is mildly interesting, but nothing out of the ordinary. The author is obviously a fierce capitalist, but really does not give other points of view a fair review.
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The new OASIS Symptoms Autonomic Framework - for control event processing
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<p><a href="http://www.oasis-open.org"><img class="alignright" title="OASIS" src="http://xml.coverpages.org/images/oasis150.jpg" alt="" width="180" height="48" /></a>My thanks to Robin Cover at standards body <a title="OASIS home page" href="http://www.oasis-open.org/home/index.php" target="_blank">OASIS</a> for pointing out to me the OASIS Symptoms Autonomic Framework initiative. From the <a title="OASIS TC page for Symptoms Autonomic Framework" href="http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/tc_home.php?wg_abbrev=saf" target="_blank">OASIS TC page</a>, SAF is meant to:</p> <p><span><em>“… integrate information and processes across the organization … by defining, enhancing, and maintaining a standard XML-based framework that will enable the collection, detection, isolation, and remediation/optimization of the operational or business characteristics of complex systems with applicability to both IT and non-IT domains including operational and service management, governance, and security.”</em></span></p> <p>If that paragraph proves difficult to digest, the overview goes on to say more succinctly:</p> <p><em><span>“SAF is intended to provide a common language for exchange of event-driven data in a distributed-computing, multi-vendor environment.”</span></em></p> <p>In other words this is either a <a title="Wikipedia reference" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain_Specific_Language" target="_blank">DSL</a> or XSD for “control events”, of the type handled by TIBCO’s <a title="TIBCO on Complex Event Processing" href="http://www.tibco.com/software/complex-event-processing/default.jsp" target="_blank">CEP</a>-based <a title="TIBCO SPM - CEP for SOA and cloud" href="http://www.tibco.com/software/soa/activematrix-spm/default.jsp" target="_blank">ActiveMatrix Service Performance Manager</a> (i.e. the autonomic services’ performance policy engine) and its cloud (<a title="TIBCO Silver for cloud RAD" href="http://silver.tibco.com/" target="_blank">TIBCO Silver</a>) oriented derivative. So it should certainly be targeting complex event processing of these control events.</p> <p>The <a title="OASIS SAF Charter" href="http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/saf/charter.php" target="_blank">SAF Charter</a> explains the SAF goals further as:</p> <p><em><span>“Ensure that the specifications can be applied to various sources of event data, enabling a methodology to perform pattern matching, diagnostics, and analysis in order to achieve a timely and accurate resolution of a wide range of IT and non-IT situations.”</span></em></p> <p>Sounds possibly a little wide-ranging, but we assume the <a title="SAF membership" href="http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/membership.php?wg_abbrev=saf" target="_blank">3 (as of Oct09) member organizations</a> know where they are going with this.</p> <p>The charter goes on to describe the medical-based terminology used in SAF, including “<strong>symptom</strong>” as a current state, “<strong>syndrome</strong>” as a collection of symptoms, “<strong>protocols</strong>” used to generate “<strong>prescriptions</strong>” which in turn are (data) used to confirm, remediate or optimize a syndrome. Syndrome confirmation is (naturally enough!) via a “<strong>diagnosis</strong>” effected through “validating Symptoms”. One wonders what ailments the authors had when coming up with this healthcare-analogous vocabulary!</p> <p>The architecture roles mentioned also stay in the “doctors and nurses” theme: we have a <strong>Syndrome </strong>and <strong>Protocol Catalogs</strong>, a <strong>Symptom Store</strong>, a <strong>Diagnostician</strong>, a <strong>Practitioner </strong>(to administer Prescriptions), and a <strong>Case Manager</strong> (general manager). Probably someone could do a reasonable mapping of these to the EPTS Glossary and Architecture work…</p> <p>Looking at the <a title="[MS WORD DOC] SAF White Paper 1.0" href="http://xml.coverpages.org/SAF/SAF-WhitePaper.doc" target="_blank">White Paper</a> from the <a title="OASIS SAF documents" href="http://xml.coverpages.org/SAF/" target="_blank">SAF docs collection</a> we see a much closer correlation to the CEP world with use cases of “Denial Of Service attacks” (a.k.a security), “identity theft” (i.e. fraud), energy industry “data analysis”, and manufacturing “process optimization”.</p> <p>Overall this looks an interesting effort - interesting in that the authors have found a compelling reason to develop the SAF standard, rather than the content itself - but one would expect that persuading end-user organizations to comply with a SAF approach to automating diagnostics and remedies will be a tall order. If the standard does prove compelling, then Complex Event Processing tools like <a title="TIBCO BusinessEvents - CEP platform" href="http://www.oasis-open.org/home/index.php" target="_blank">TIBCO BusinessEvents</a> should have no problem in reading SAF payloads, applying SAF roles and implementing SAF-type implementations. So one to keep an eye on, then…</p> <a href="http://www.addtoany.com/share_save?&linkurl=http%3A%2F%2Ftibcoblogs.com%2Fcep%2F2009%2F10%2F14%2Fthe-new-oasis-symptoms-autonomic-framework-for-control-event-processing%2F&linkname=The%20new%20OASIS%20Symptoms%20Autonomic%20Framework%20-%20for%20control%20event%20processing"><img src="http://tibcoblogs.com/cep/wp-content/plugins/add-to-any/share_save_120_16.png" width="120" height="16" alt="Share/Save/Bookmark" /></a> <p>Related posts:<ol><li><a href="http://tibcoblogs.com/cep/2009/08/10/sca-for-event-processing-and-pubsub/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: SCA for Event Processing and PubSub…">SCA for Event Processing and PubSub…</a></li><li><a href="http://tibcoblogs.com/cep/2009/01/20/cloud-event-processing-vs-event-cloud-processing/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: Cloud Event Processing vs Event Cloud Processing?">Cloud Event Processing vs Event Cloud Processing?</a></li><li><a href="http://tibcoblogs.com/cep/2007/04/13/event-processing-languages-epl/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: Event Processing Languages in CEP">Event Processing Languages in CEP</a></li></ol></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ComplexEventProcessing/~4/8nZWFPc2O1s" height="1" width="1" /> | <urn:uuid:0957e142-5af2-45d8-b486-708ee80e5202> | 2013-05-26T09:42:47Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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Arthur Oldham, composer and choirmaster
Born: 6 September, 1926, in London Died: 4 May, 2003, in Paris
By SIMON PIA for The Scotsman.
ARTHUR Oldham, whose funeral takes place in Paris today, will be particularly remembered for establishing his worldwide reputation with the Edinburgh Festival Chorus.
Back in 1945, at the age of only 19, Oldham had been appointed musical director of Ballet Rambert, and he went on to compose for London’s Royal Ballet. He became a familiar figure in Soho’s bohemian milieu, mixing with the likes of Francis Bacon, Dylan Thomas - "whom I met only once, and he was incoherently drunk" - and his intimate friends "the two Roberts", Scottish painters Colquhoun and McBride. click for more | <urn:uuid:d3fe1a00-887e-427b-b10f-f3b1840429ce> | 2013-05-26T09:36:49Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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In Yok, Mollisan Town's seediest neighborhood, Fox Antonio Ortega, Erik Gecko, Mike Chimpanzee, and Vincent Hare are trapped by ignorance, poverty, mediocrity, and their own insecurities. Yet there is a glimmer of hope, a chance that they can overcome their desperate circumstances and gain the freedom to achieve their dreams. The handsome fox yearns for true love; the gecko seeks redemption and freedom from his abusive brothers; the chimpanzee burns for success; and the hare seeks the secret to a meaningful life....
In Yok, Mollisan Town's seediest neighborhood, Fox Antonio Ortega, Erik Gecko, Mike Chimpanzee, and Vincent Hare are trapped by ignorance, poverty, mediocrity, and their own insecurities. Yet there is a glimmer of hope, a chance that they can overcome their desperate circumstances and gain the freedom to achieve their dreams. The handsome fox yearns for true love; the gecko seeks redemption and freedom from his abusive brothers; the chimpanzee burns for success; and the hare seeks the secret to a meaningful life. But when they get close to their desires, will happiness slip out of reach, or can they find the power to grab what they want?
Mollisan Town is unlike any world ever created in literature. Within its colorful streets dwell the desires, dark sides, hopes, and expectations of its plush inhabitants. From romance to ambition, jealousy to despair, the stuffed animals of Yok must grapple with the most human of emotions. The tension mounts within these four gripping tales, and each character's journey leads to a truth that reveals something about the animals of this alternate world—and about ourselves.
Welcome to Mollisan Town, a burg like many another literary venue, full of citizens rich and poor, honest and criminal, loving and mean, where odd and exotic events occur with life-changing regularity. You'd recognize the commingled noir and magic-realist lineaments of the place from books by Jorge Amado and Jeff VanderMeer, from movies like Chinatown and Pan's Labyrinth. Except for one thing. The inhabitants of Mollisan Town are animate stuffed animals. Yes, creatures of cloth and wool batting, fur and buttons, fabricated in factories before being delivered to their designated natal homes, who nonetheless manage paradoxically to eat and breathe, feel, and die.
Lucky readers have encountered Mollisan town and its Steiff-like citizenry in three previous novels: Amberville, Lanceheim, and Tourquai, each book named after a neighborhood of Mollisan Town, as is this latest, Yok. (I'm coming to this playground for the first time.) Their creator, Tim Davys, is someone hiding behind a pen name, ostensibly a writer of Swedish origins. I'll make a wild speculation about Davys's real identity at the end of this piece.
Yok is the poorest, slummiest district of Mollisan Town, and Davys decides to present the broad spectrum of life there via four stand-alone tales, each one bearing a Yokkian neighborhood's name. In "Sors," a fox named Antonio Ortega — a kind of lovable Zoolander airhead, famed more for beauty than brains — falls in love with Beatrice Cockatoo, daughter of mob boss Dragon Aguado Molina. The price for daring to love her proves nearly fatal. "Pertiny" is a pure Cinderella tale, concerning Eric Gecko, whose two brothers, Leopold Leopard and Rasmus Panther, often keep him chained in the basement while they preen themselves for a TV-show contest. Mike Chimpanzee is the protagonist of the slight but still enjoyable tale "Corbod." A creatively anguished rock star, Mike has to endure the interminable wedding plans of his high-class girlfriend, Cocker Spaniel Rozenblatt, the machinations of his manager, and the begrudging ministrations of an accidentally unleashed genie from an ink bottle. Finally, in the longest and most fraught venture, "Mindie," which reads like The Great Gatsby as co-authored by Albert Camus and John Barth, Vincent Hare undergoes a senses-deranging existential quest to unravel the meaning of life for himself and all stuffed animals, but ultimately bumps up against the limits of all living.
Many of the pleasures of Yok inhere in the shifting dynamics between how Davys presents the stuffed animal nature of the characters and how he describes their "person- like" activities. There is a curious and teasing multivalency to their natures. On the one hand, for instance, Vincent Hare "was a light yellow stuffed animal with a crocheted nose. The inside of his long ears was covered with warm pink silk." And of course every good Mollisanian household possesses a "drying cabinet" for restoring dampened fabric skin.
On the other hand, Mike Chimpanzee is subject to his mother, Ilja Crocodile, "holding his head pressed against her voluminous bosom. She had on her tall hat and her thick, dark red coat, with fur trim?. She reeked of perfume." So at times the book reads like any well-done animal allegory, while at other times the reader is swept up in the naturalistic surface narrative. Occasionally, the two levels fuse, as when Vincent makes love to Maria Goat: "The fan exposed fabric that had never before been exposed. It turned her coat to one side and revealed her seams. She moaned again." It all reminds me of a curious forgotten novel I love, Christopher Morley's Where the Blue Begins, about a canine adventurer in a similar shifting venue.
Of course, Yok will also summon up a thousand other associations for readers who have enjoyed this sort of tale before. Tony Millionaire's Sock Monkey graphic novels come to mind. Sometimes one fancies that Brian Jacques of Redwall fame has dipped his pen in. The intersection of toon and human in Who Framed Roger Rabbit? seems highly relevant. And no discussion of Yok's antecedents would be complete without a nod to the Bear of Very Little Brain, Winnie the Pooh.
But the predecessor I am most reminded of is Walter Moers, with such novels as Rumo and His Miraculous Adventures. The same mix of whimsy and black humor, anthropomorphism and feralness. The same overstuffed narratives full of weird occurrences. Could Moers, who has been relatively quiet of late, be hiding behind the Tim Davys byline? Even if Davys is not Moers, these books deserve to share the same privileged shelf space.
Author of several acclaimed novels and story collections, including Fractal Paisleys, Little Doors, and Neutrino Drag, Paul Di Filippo was nominated for a Sturgeon Award, a Hugo Award, and a World Fantasy Award — all in a single year. William Gibson has called his work "spooky, haunting, and hilarious." His reviews have appeared in The Washington Post, Science Fiction Weekly, Asimov's Magazine, andThe San Francisco Chronicle.
Reviewer: Paul Di Filippo
Posted August 17, 2012
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Devon shooters Georgina Geikie and Rory Warlow are both hoping to score personal bests at the Olympics after being named as part of Team GB's 10-strong shooting squad.
Pistol shooter Geikie, 27, and skeet shooter Warlow will both compete in their first Olympics this summer.
"If you're not in it you can't win it, so I'm going to give it my best," Geikie told
BBC Radio Devon.
"I want to shoot a personal best, but a performance is what I'm going for."
Okehampton's Geikie, who won four medals at the 2010 Commonwealth Games, added: "If that performance is good enough to win a medal then that's a bonus."
Elburton-based former national champion Warlow, 22, has twice equalled the British record and is the top-ranked skeet shooter in the country.
He says he has been training just as hard physically as he has with his gun.
"We are athletes and I think that to have a very good level of fitness and strength can only help you.
"Being fit and healthy and having a good diet, all of those things contribute to a good performance.
"I want to shoot to the best of my ability and if I could shoot a personal best I'd be very happy.
"It's very special to be at any Olympic Games, but in your own country is a once-in-a-lifetime thing.
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What percentage of sexual minority adults in the United States have experienced hate crimes because of their sexual orientation?
Every year, the FBI reports the number of hate crimes tallied by local law enforcement agencies during the previous 12 months. Those statistics are useful but, as I explained in an earlier post, they only include crimes that victims reported to the police. Data from the National Crime Victim Survey (NCVS) indicate that about 58% of crimes based on sexual orientation went unreported between July 2000 and December 2003.
In addition, the FBI and NCVS data only tell us about the number of hate crimes committed during a particular period. They don’t yield information about the prevalence of such victimization among sexual minorities — that is, the proportion of the lesbian, gay, and bisexual population that has been targeted for criminal victimization because of their sexual orientation.
Until recently, hate crime prevalence had to be estimated from community-based samples. Those data were tremendously useful but, because of the study designs, none of the samples could be assumed to be representative of the national population of sexual minority adults.
Now, however, prevalence data are available from a survey conducted with a national probability sample. And they show that such victimization is alarmingly common: About 1 in 5 sexual minority adults report they have experienced a crime against their person or property based on their sexual orientation.
I conducted the survey in 2005 with a nationally representative sample of 662 lesbian, gay, and bisexual adults. Participants reported their experiences with violence, property crimes, and harassment based on their sexual orientation since they turned 18. A paper reporting the survey results has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Interpersonal Violence in 2008.
Here are some key findings:
- 13% of respondents said they had been hit, beaten, physically attacked, or sexually assaulted because of their sexual orientation.
- 15% had been robbed or had their property stolen, vandalized, or purposely damaged.
- Combining these two groups, 21% had experienced either violence or a property crime.
- 14% said someone had tried to attack them, rob them, or damage their property, but didn’t succeed.
- 23% had been threatened with violence.
- 13% had an object thrown at them.
- 49% had been verbally insulted or abused because of their sexual orientation.
The risks for victimization weren’t uniform throughout the sample. Gay men were significantly more likely than lesbians or bisexuals to be victimized.More than one third of the gay men had experienced one or both types of crimes, compared to between 11% and 13% of lesbians, bisexual men, and bisexual women. Gay men also reported higher levels of harassment and verbal abuse than the other sexual orientation groups.
These patterns are consistent with previous research. Data from the FBI and NCVS indicate that men are generally more likely than women to be the targets of most kinds of violent crime, especially crimes perpetrated by strangers. This pattern seems to hold in antigay hate crimes as well. Among the men in the sample, those who were gay were more open about their sexual orientation than those who were bisexual, and this greater visibility probably further increased the gay men’s relative likelihood of victimization.
Despite variations within the sample, the survey findings show that hate crime victimization is an all too common experience among all sexual minorities.
Other research has shown that gay and lesbian survivors of hate crimes show higher levels of psychological distress for a longer time period, compared to sexual minority victims of other kinds of violent crime. The data from the new survey indicate that a substantial number of Americans are at risk for this kind of victimization and its often debilitating consequences.
More information about the study is available on my website.
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Tympanoplasty is a surgery done to repair the eardrum and middle ear bones. The eardrum and bones are necessary to hear.
The Middle Ear
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Types of tympanoplasty include:
- Myringoplasty—repair of a tear in the eardrum
- Tympanoplasty with ossiculoplasty—repair of a tear in the eardrum and correction of a defect in the bones of the middle ear
- Tympanoplasty with mastoidectomy—repair of a tear in the eardrum and eradication of bony infection in the area behind the ear
What to Expect
Prior to Procedure
Before surgery, your doctor will check to be sure that you do not have an ear infection.
You will have several tests, including an ear exam and a hearing test. In certain cases, a
is also done.
Talk to your doctor about your medicines. You may be asked to stop taking some medicines up to one week before the procedure, like:
or other anti-inflammatory drugs
Blood thinners, such as
The procedure often only requires local anesthesia. Your ear and the area around it will be numb.
Description of the Procedure
A small incision will be made behind the ear. Some tissue will be extracted from this area. This tissue will then be attached to the eardrum to cover the hole. Other materials may be added to hold the graft in place. If the bones of the middle ear need to be repaired, this is done as well.
A small pack may be left in position in the ear canal. The incision behind the ear will be closed with stitches.
How Long Will It Take?
Will It Hurt?
Anesthesia prevents pain during the procedure.
To insure proper healing, avoid the following:
- Blowing your nose hard
- Exposing your ear to water—Ask your doctor how to wash your hair and shower for the first few weeks after surgery.
- Swimming or diving
- Heavy weight lifting and straining
It will take several weeks after surgery to determine if the tympanoplasty was a success. Complete recovery takes about four weeks. Be sure to follow your doctor's
Call Your Doctor
After arriving home, contact your doctor if any of the following occurs:
- Signs of infection, including fever and chills
- Increasing fluid or foul-smelling fluid draining from the ear
- Redness, swelling, increased pain, bleeding, or discharge from the incision site
- Pain that you cannot control with the medicines you have been given
- Cough, shortness of breath, or chest pain
- Any new symptoms
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Dick Clark was a TV personality known for the shows American Bandstand, $25,000 Pyramid and TV's Bloopers and Practical Jokes, among others.
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Dick Clark’s American Bandstand began in 1957 and continued until 1989. The program's mix of lip-synched performances and its "Rate-a-Record" segment captivated teenagers, propelling Clark to fame. Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve, the long-running special broadcast that aired on December 31 each year, began in 1972, and he created numerous other shows over the years.
Sometimes known as "America's oldest teenager," Dick Clark was one of the most influential figures in popular music. With his show American Bandstand, he helped advance the careers of countless artists, including Paul Anka, Barry Manilow and Madonna.
Born Richard Wagstaff Clark on November 30, 1929, he was the son of a sales manager for radio stations. Clark decided he wanted to pursue a career in radio in his early teens. While in high school, he suffered a great personal loss. His older brother Bradley was killed during World War II. As the war was ending, he began his career in show business. The teenager landed a job in the mailroom of radio station WRUN in 1945. Located in Utica, New York, the station was owned by his uncle and managed by his father. The young Clark was soon promoted to weatherman and news announcer.
After graduating from A. B. Davis High School in 1947, Clark went to Syracuse University. There he majored in business administration and landed a part-time job as a disc jockey at the student-radio station at the university. He also worked at radio and television stations in Syracuse and Utica before moving to WFIL radio in Philadelphia in 1952.
WFIL had an affiliated television station (now WPVI) which began broadcasting a show called Bob Horn's Bandstand in 1952. Clark was a regular substitute host on the popular afternoon program, which had teenagers dancing to popular music. When Horn left the show, Clark became the full-time host on July 9, 1956. Largely through Clark's initiative, Bandstand was picked up by ABC as American Bandstand for nationwide distribution, beginning on August 5, 1957. The program's mix of lip-synched performances, interviews, and its famous "Rate-a-Record" segment captivated teenagers. Overnight, Clark became one of pop music's most important tastemakers. His exposure on American Bandstand, and his prime-time program, The Dick Clark Show, generated countless hits. Clark required a formal dress code of dresses or skirts for girls and coats and ties for boys that helped establish the show's wholesome appearance. The move was an early indication of Clark's innate ability to read the public's mindset, and mute potential criticism. When African-Americans were introduced among the white teenage dancers in a groundbreaking move of integration on national television, Clark was able to use his influence to stifle divisive talk amongst viewers.
During the 1950s, Dick Clark also began investing in the music publishing and recording business.
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Mitt Romney biography
Born in Michigan on March 12, 1947, Mitt Romney is the son of former Michigan Governor George Romney. He founded the investment firm Bain Capital and later ran for the Massachusetts Senate in 1994, losing to incumbent Ted Kennedy. Romney took over the Salt Lake Organizing Committee and helmed a successful 2002 Olympic Games. He became governor of Massachusetts in 2003 and made a run for the Republican nomination in the 2008 election, losing to candidate John McCain. Romney made a second run for the U.S. presidency in 2012, with U.S. Representative Paul Ryan of Wisconsin as his running mate, but was ultimately defeated by President Barack Obama in a tight race.
Born Willard Mitt Romney on March 12, 1947 in Detroit, Michigan, and raised in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, Mitt Romney attended the prestigious Cranbrook School before receiving his undergraduate degree from Brigham Young University in 1971. He attended Harvard Law School and Harvard Business School, and received both a law degree and a Master of Business Administration degree in 1975.
Romney married Ann Davies in 1969; they have five sons, Tagg, Matt, Josh, Ben and Craig. Mitt and Ann Romney are members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, also known as the Mormon Church. Their openness about their faith has brought Mormonism into the national spotlight, creating unique media attention for the Romneys and other famous Mormons.
Entry into Politics
The son of George Romney, a former governor of Michigan who ran for the Republican Party's presidential nomination in 1968 (he was defeated by Richard Nixon), Mitt Romney began his career in business. He worked for the management consulting firm Bain & Company before founding the investment firm Bain Capital in 1984. A decade later, in 1994, he ran for a seat in the U.S. Senate in Massachusetts, but was defeated by longtime incumbent Ted Kennedy.
Romney stepped into the national spotlight in 1999, when he took over as president of the Salt Lake Organizing Committee. He helped rescue the 2002 Winter Olympic Games from financial and ethical woes, and helmed the successful Salt Lake City Games in 2002.
In 2004, Romney authored the book Turnaround: Crisis, Leadership, and the Olympic Games.
Romney parlayed his success with the Olympics into politics when he was elected governor of Massachusetts in 2003. During Romney's term as governor, he oversaw the reduction of a $3 billion deficit. He also signed into law a health-care reform program to provide nearly universal health care for Massachusetts residents.
2008 Presidential Run
After serving one term as governor, Romney declined to run for re-election and announced his bid for the U.S. presidency. He made it through Super Tuesday, winning primaries in Massachusetts, Alaska, Minnesota, Colorado and Utah before losing the Republican nomination to Senator John McCain of Arizona. According to reports, Romney spent about $110 million on his campaign, including $45 million of his own money.
Romney continued to keep his options open for a possible future presidential run. He maintained much of his political staff and political action committees, and raised funds for fellow Republican candidates. In March 2010, Romney published the book No Apology: The Case for American Greatness, which debuted on The New York Times' best-seller list.
2012 Presidential Election
At a farm in New Hampshire on June 2, 2011, Mitt Romney announced the official start of his campaign for the 2012 presidential election. During his campaign, Romney took many standard Republican positions on taxes, the economy and fighting terrorism, while consistently and vocally criticizing his opponent, Democrat President Barack Obama. Specifically, Romney denounced President Obama's health-care reform program—a stance that earned him criticism from the press, as the president's health-care plan is similar to the Massachusetts plan that Romney supported as governor. Additionally, throughout the 2012 presidential race, critics charged Romney with changing his position on several key issues, including abortion; Romney supported Roe v. Wade—the U.S. Supreme Court decision upholding a woman's right to an abortion—while campaigning for a Senate seat in 1994, but maintained an ardent pro-life stance throughout his 2012 campaign for the presidency.
From the start of his campaign, Romney emerged as the front-runner for the Republican nomination. He showed more mainstream Republican appeal than Tea Party-backed competitors like Texas Governor Rick Perry. In January 2012, Romney scored a decisive victory in the New Hampshire Republican primary. He captured more than 39 percent of votes, way ahead of his competitors, including Ron Paul and Jon Huntsman. As the race has continued, Rick Santorum became his greatest competition, winning several states. However, Romney secured a substantial lead in the number of delegates needed to clinch the nomination.
In April 2012, Romney benefitted from a narrowing of the field when Santorum announced that he was suspending his campaign. Romney publicly paid tribute to his former rival, saying that Santorum "has proved himself to be an important voice in our party and in the nation." Following Santorum's departure, Romney only had two opponents left—Ron Paul and Newt Gingrich. Gingrich threw in the towel that May.
Romney's campaign met with negative publicity in July 2012, when President Obama's campaign ran ads claiming that Romney was the head of Bain Capital until 2001, not until 1999 as Romney had previously stated. Around that same time, news reports began to circulate regarding economy-stifling practices by Bain Capital; according to the reports, Romney's company had invested in several businesses that specialized in relocating jobs overseas. The reports, along with Obama's ads, were huge blows to the Romney campaign. But Romney's campaign fired back with its own political ads, which claimed that Obama was more interested in helping his donors than looking out for the American public.
This was only the beginning of the slinging of barbs and arrows that would occur between the two candidates along the campaign trail.
Later in July 2012, Romney made headlines again, this time for comments he made while attending the 2012 Summer Olympic Games in London; in an interview with NBC, Romney stated that London's preparations for the Games were somewhat "disconcerting," spurring outrage from citizens of the city and viewers worldwide. According to The Guardian, following the NBC broadcast, David Cameron rebuked Romney's remarks, stating, "We are holding an Olympic Games in one of the busiest, most active, bustling cities in the world. Of course it's easier if you hold an Olympic Games in the middle of nowhere," referencing Romney's leadership over the 2002 Salt Lake City Games.
In response to the criticism, Romney later retracted, stating, "I am very delighted with the prospects of a highly successful Olympic Games. What I have seen shows imagination and forethought and a lot of organisation and [I] expect the Games to be highly successful," according to The Guardian.
In August 2012, Romney announced 42-year-old U.S. Representative Paul Ryan of Wisconsin as his running mate for vice president. The announcement ended months-long speculation over the potential vice-presidential candidates of the 2012 election, as media attention began to heavily focus on Ryan, a fiscal conservative and chair of the House of Representatives Budget Committee.
On August 28, 2012, Romney became the Republican Party's official presidential nominee, receiving 2,061 delegate votes—nearly double the required 1,144—on the first day of the 2012 Republican National Convention, held in Tampa, Florida. During the convention, election candidates Romney and Ryan received support from several fellow Republican politicians, including Romney's competitor in the 2008 Republican presidential primaries, John McCain. "For four years, we have drifted away," McCain said at the convention. "People don't want less of America, they want more. What they want to know is, whether we still have faith ... Mitt Romney has that faith, and I trust him to lead us."
Romney made headlines after the first presidential debate with Barack Obama in early October 2012. He gave a strong performance, receiving praise for his speaking skills from citizens and critics alike. Most critics agreed that Romney won the debate, and that his performance significantly boosted his public perception and status in the presidential race. However, Obama was praised for his performance during the second and third debates, with many critics claiming that the president had won both.
As each state announced its election results on November 6, 2012, many Americans clung to the edge of their seats. Just before midnight, the results were announced: In a tight race, Romney was defeated by Barack Obama, with the president receiving just over half of the popular vote and around 60 percent of the electoral vote. | <urn:uuid:4284fbd4-f1a9-4853-a37d-a2691ffd047b> | 2013-05-27T02:55:04Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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The "silver" fox, also marketed as a Siberian fox, is a color phase (or specially produced mutation) of the red fox that, after 50 years of experiments in the Soviet Union and Russia, is widely available via the exotic pet trade.
Naturally occurring silver foxes are somewhat rare, comprising only 8% of Canada's wild red fox population. Those seen in captivity, like this male given refuge at Black Pine, are typically outcasts of the pet trade.
Since arriving in September 2012, this male is as yet unnamed and his age is unknown. He was brought to Black Pine by a conservation officer with the Indiana Department of Natural Resources, safely captured while wandering around a residential neighborhood at a northeast Indiana lake.
After consulting with the state licensing agent Black Pine determined if the fox was kept as a "pet", which is likely given the animal's lack of fear of humans, he was apparently not owned legally. With no other apparent options, Black Pine is happy to be able to provide the animal a new forever home.
Foxes have grown in popularity within the exotic pet trade because of their beauty, curious and playful nature, and similarity to dogs. They are, however, very smelly and will continuously scent mark their home by urinating and defecating often and in obvious places. They are often destructive and skittish, nervous animals, so do not do well in people's homes around other high-energy animals, or children. Foxes often kill cats, too, so can pose a danger to both fellow "pets" and keepers.
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Status: Least concern.
Diet: Beef, venison, poultry, fruit, vegetables, dog food.
Life span: 10 to 15 years in captivity.
Weight: 8 to 15 pounds.
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Board Games in Academia V
Yuki Shigeno, Víctor Baroja, Marc Gonzŕlez
Use of the game of go as an educational and therapeutical tool
The game of go has been successfully used recently as an
educational and therapeutical tool, both in Japan and America and
Europe. The simplicity of its rules and the depth of the game make
it very appropiate to achieve several goals, using the method
incepted by Yasuda and Shigeno, japanese professional go players.
Among the values of this game are developing attention, self-esteem,
as well as many other values and concepts present in the curricula
of any modern educational system.
The presentation will cover these topics, an enumeration of
actual application cases, as well as guidelines to apply the method
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More.... it's 2 funny
Chuck Norris doesn't actually write books, the words assemble themselves out of fear.
When taking the SAT, write "Chuck Norris" for every answer. You will score over 8000.
On his birthday, Chuck Norris randomly selects one lucky child to be thrown into the sun.
Chuck Norris and Mr. T walked into a bar. The bar was instantly destroyed, as that level of awesome cannot be contained in one building.
How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could Chuck Norris? ...All of it.
There are no weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, Chuck Norris lives in Oklahoma.
James Cameron wanted Chuck Norris to play the Terminator. However, upon reflection, he realized that would have turned his movie into a documentary, so he went with Arnold Schwarzenegger.
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Former Chief Justice YK Sabharwal allegedly passed judgments that gave business advantage to his sons. A group of lawyers published their findings to this effect. A Mumbai newspaper reported and commented on their findings. The Delhi High Court slapped contempt of court case against the media persons and convicted them. They were sentenced to brief prison terms. The Supreme Court stayed the imprisonment and granted bail to the convicted while it judged the case. All this has led to what is described as the media-judiciary war.
The conviction of the media persons on grounds of committing contempt of court raised eyebrows. Should allegations in a media report against an individual Judge be construed as contempt of court? Meanwhile the movement against Justice Sabharwal gathered force. A large number of celebrities including distinguished legal luminaries entered the fray. There was a demand for a proper inquiry to clear the air.
What do media reports say against Justice Sabharwal? It is alleged that the judgments delivered by him gave advantage to his sons who were businessmen. Assuming this to be correct, was the judgment itself flawed or injudicious? After all, there were other judges on the bench who delivered the same judgments. However, if the outcome of the case under adjudication did affect the business interests of his son, there was clearly a conflict of interests confronting Justice Sabharwal. In the circumstances, should he not have removed himself from the bench to avoid serious breach of propriety? That is where matters rest at present.
The controversy escalated after it became a judiciary-versus-media dispute. Questions are being raised now about the system and about the need to ensure that there is accountability in judges. All this is very well. These are questions that should have arisen decades ago after innumerable incidents involving the judiciary. Journalists patting themselves on the back claiming they fight for justice appear somewhat incongruous. Justice implies consistency. If ten persons flout law but only one is questioned ' would that be justice? The media remained silent during earlier judicial controversies. It is going to town on this. So, is it only to protect itself that the media is questioning the judiciary? People hope this movement against Justice Sabharwal will bring reform. They smell success. This scribe smells a rat.
In the forefront of the present campaign is former Chief Justice JS Verma. He goes so far as to demand that Justice Sabharwal's controversial cases be heard again. It may be recalled that Justice Verma presided over the bench hearing the Jain Hawala case. To ensure fair investigation Justice Verma ordered the government to insulate itself from the probe. The investigation was monitored by the Supreme Court in camera. Only then did the CBI file charges against the accused. Amazingly, Delhi High Court dismissed that case because of inadmissible evidence, even though Supreme Court had monitored the probe. More amazingly, Supreme Court itself endorsed the High Court's view regarding insufficient evidence! If the CBI had deliberately spoilt the charge sheets, could not the Supreme Court have prevented it, since the Court was itself monitoring the case? What follows is perhaps most amazing.
During the hearings, Justice Verma disclosed in the open court that pressure was being exerted on him. Such pressure is criminal. But he refrained from naming anybody. So, was he abetting a crime? One of the petitioners in the case accused judges on the bench of moral turpitude, and of accepting bribes, through an article published in a small journal. Surprisingly, the Judges chose to ignore the allegations that were being circulated in media circles and among lawyers. Eventually, it was Supreme Court Bar Association that slapped a contempt of court case against the petitioner. The article in question also alleged that Justice Sen had visited the house of a prime accused while the case was pending.
During consideration of the contempt case Justice Sen admitted to having visited the house of the Jain Hawala case accused while the case was pending. He claimed he did not know the accused's identity when he visited him. But when he did get to know, why didn't he remove himself from the bench?
The Court dismissed the contempt case. It described the allegations against the judges as scurrilous. Yet, amazingly, it refused to punish the petitioner. It appeared as if it wanted to bury the controversy and possible scandal as quickly as possible. As far as the Jain Hawala case itself was concerned, its final disposal was equally bizarre. The Court ruled that the law be amended to create the post of the Central Vigilance Commissioner who could oversee the functioning of the CBI. Why did the Court suggest this? It cited the Jain Hawala case for justifying the order. But the Jain Hawala case was dismissed because, according to the Court, it had inadmissible and insufficient corroborative evidence!
After retirement Chief Justice Shamim of the Delhi High Court, who dismissed the case, accepted Chairmanship of the National Minorities Commission. Chief Justice Verma, after retiring from the Supreme Court, accepted Chairmanship of the National Human Right Commission. Both appointments were made under LK Advani as the Union Home Minister. Advani was one of the prominent accused in the Jain Hawala case. Did the acceptance of these posts by both Judges conform to any sense of propriety?
Participating in a seminar in 2004, Justice Verma said that the CBI had functioned poorly in the Jain Hawala case, which ought to be revived. A great pity he did not realize this while he headed the bench that had supervised the CBI investigation until the time that charge sheets were filed. In August 2004 Justice Verma appeared on BBC's Hard Talk, and lamented that moral standards of the judiciary had declined and that judges should be made accountable. One can only speculate on how he would rate his own performance during and after the Jain Hawala case. Today he virtually leads the campaign against Justice Sabharwal.
Through all this amazing judicial conduct during the Jain Hawala case, the media had remained mute. It was one among many instances of media's amnesia. Media's underplaying this case was understandable. Forty national leaders including late Rajiv Gandhi had been identified by the CBI for having received money in the Jain Hawala case. How can sauce for the goose be sauce for the Gandhi? | <urn:uuid:80a31f2b-de09-48a7-b1a8-0d77ae2bd0af> | 2013-05-27T02:55:10Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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Sadly, she only had one chapter up but I didn't count that against her. It was very well-written and I loved it but I loved it like a sister or brother.
Comments: Loved it. It was well-written and, like I said, I loved it. But like I love my parents.1st Place:314
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2nd: Put you on my list of really good pieces, become a fan, and read four pieces of your choice.
1st: I'll read ten pieces, put you on my list of really good pieces, become a fan, and recommend you to people. | <urn:uuid:16531727-80d9-4175-bd5f-92e33636806f> | 2013-05-27T02:55:04Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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Guy Sinclair is an insurance agent. But not just any agent. When the company director invites him to a restaurant to talk about his doubts concerning the firm's world renowned business partners, the last thing he expects to be is the target of a suicide bomber. Miraculously surviving, he flies to Saudi Arabia to investigate a routine claim that turns out to be anything but routine. Accepting yet another invitation he should have turned down, Sinclair attends a party turned surreal. Witnessing a brutal murder, he finds himself the suspect. The penalty under Saudi law? Beheading. The only person who can possibly help him? The sister of the woman who blew herself, and his boss, to smithereens. Can it get worse? Yes. It can. When the trail he follows leads close to home. And Sinclair's family becomes involved with him in a deadly foreign policy. | <urn:uuid:e3635095-524f-4ae3-9e3b-b4e728a6f34f> | 2013-05-26T09:35:26Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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#1 "Happy Feet" is both an animated film and a musical.
#2 Taking place in Antarctica, the emperor penguins express their love and find their soul mates by doing what?
Catching a fish
Singing a heartsong
Performing a romantic play
#3 Even though Mumble discovers he can't sing, he finds he can do what instead?
See in color
#4 Mumble's ability is frowned upon and as a result, he is ostracized his whole life. Who is his best friend from childhood?
#5 After being chased by a leopard seal, Mumble finds himself far away from home and in the company of a new set of friends. What is the group made up of bachelor Adelie penguins called?
#6 The leader of the bachelor penguins is Ramon, and the cocky leader of the Adelies is Lovelace. What actor voices both these characters?
#7 Noah, the elder of the emperor penguin colony, sees the famine as punishment from the gods and blames Mumble's dancing for it. What does he do to Mumble?
Appoints him leader
Puts him in a confinement cell
#8 After swimming and being tossed around by the sea currents, Mumble ends up in a marine park and tries to communicate with the "aliens" who surround him.
#9 Who said, "Just a moment. I hear people wanting something... ME"?
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Australia offers guarantee on Corby
Australia has offered Indonesia an ‘‘official guarantee’’ that convicted drug smuggler Schapelle Corby will not breach parole if she is released from jail.
The Australian consulate in Bali delivered the guarantee to the governor’s office at the notorious Kerobokan Jail on March 8.
Senator Carr said most Australians would agree Ms Corby had the right to put her case before parole authorities.
‘‘We’ve advised Indonesian authorities the Australian government supports the granting of parole to Ms Corby,’’ he said in a statement on Sunday.
‘‘This letter of guarantee - backed by strict reporting requirements - is necessary in order for the parole application to proceed.’’
Corby was convicted in 2005 for attempting to smuggle four kilograms of marijuana into Bali in a bodyboard bag.
Her 20-year sentence was slashed by five years when she was granted clemency by Indonesian President Yudhoyono last May on humanitarian grounds, after claiming she was suffering from a mental illness that could endanger her life.
Senator Carr said the process of granting parole was independent of government.
Australia would impose several requirements on Corby for her to meet the guarantee.
These were regular reporting by Corby to the Australian consulate in Bali, the Indonesian government to hold any passport or travel documents and assurances on matters such as where she would stay in the Asian nation.
The 35-year-old would have to serve the rest of her term, due to finish in January 2017, in Bali if parole was granted. | <urn:uuid:c3c0d2fb-95a6-4a45-a93a-3959cb6a487b> | 2013-05-26T09:35:16Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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Colorado Desert, part of the Sonoran Desert, extending southeastward for 164 miles (264 km) from the San Gorgonio Pass in southeastern California, U.S., to the Colorado River delta in northern Mexico. A low-lying, arid region, it is bounded by the Pacific coastal ranges (west), the San Bernardino, Cottonwood, Chuckawalla, and Chocolate mountains and the Colorado River (north through east), and the head of the Gulf of California (south). The typical vegetation of the desert is the creosote bush–desert shrub association. Shifting sand dunes lie in the northwest and in the Algodones sand hills in the east. The Salton Sea, a brackish-water lake, occupies the deepest section of the Salton Trough (Salton Basin), a landform that effectively outlines the Colorado Desert and the neighbouring Yuma Desert of Arizona, U.S., and northwestern Sonora, Mex. The productive, irrigated Coachella and Imperial valleys stretch northwest and southeast from the Salton Sea. Water is supplied to these valleys through canals from the Colorado River, after which the desert was named. Within the desert are several Indian reservations, the Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge, and popular resorts such as Palm Springs.
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...by a diagonally intersecting network of steel cables attached to a concrete compression ring at the perimeter. The Ōsaka pavilion system was later adapted for such large sports stadiums as the Silverdome (1975) in Pontiac, Michigan, and the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome (1982) in Minneapolis. Air-supported structures are perhaps the most cost-effective type of structure for very long...
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Buddhist nun in Israel to teach meditation
By RYAN NADEL, Jerusalem Post, Oct. 11, 2006
Jerusalem, Israel -- The Upper Galilee's natural tranquility has been enhanced recently by the presence of Venerable Tenzin Palmo, one of the first Western women ordained as a Buddhist nun.
<< Tenzin Palmo
The Dharma Friends of Israel, an Israeli network of individuals who study and practice Buddhism and meditation, regularly brings teachers of Buddhism to the country. Tenzin, originally from London, came for the first time at the end of September to teach courses and lead retreats for three weeks. The lectures and retreats were held in various locations across the country, most of them at Kibbutz Tuval in the North.
The final retreat began this week, focusing on a meditation study program directed at understanding the nature of the mind as the basis of all our experiences. The retreat, which lasts for five days, is held in complete silence.
Tenzin, who speaks with a soft British accent and gently emphasizes her words with delicate hands, expressed a familiarity with Judaism and an excitement to be in Israel, "I was brought up in a Jewish district of London and my sister in law is Jewish. It is interesting for me to finally see the places you hear about," she said.
Her journey to the Buddhist nunnery began during her teenage years. "As a child I knew I always needed more," she said. "I tried reading the Bible and the Koran, but I realized that I was not theistically inclined."
In pursuit of her spiritual path, she traveled to India in 1964 at 20. She found her place in the community of Himachal Pradesh, where she studied with the eighth Khamtrul Rinpoche, eventually being ordained as a Tibetan Buddhist nun.
Tenzin remained at this community for six years until she was instructed to pursue a more intense practice, ultimately finding the quiet and peacefulness she longed for in a cave; she remained there for 12 years, the last three in strict retreat. "The hardships didn't matter; I was just happy to be there," she said.
Now she directs her energies to the administration of a nunnery, which she founded in 1999, traveling globally to raise support for it. The nunnery focuses on the spiritual development of women, teaching them philosophy, rituals, English and other practical skills.
The religiously charged environment of Israel and the broader Middle East reinforce a fundamental aspect of Tenzin's approach. "Buddhism is open because it is not based on the idea of a chosen people. It's based on a different perception... The problems here are based on the fact that everyone thinks they are right, they believe God is on their side, and it's ironic because everyone is talking about the same God. Buddhism comes as a relief to this because it is outside of the picture; it's not a part of this ancient strife," she said.
Tenzin lamented the current growth of fundamentalism. "Society is the most educated it has ever been, yet we've retreated behind the most primitive beliefs," she said, suggesting that certain Buddhist beliefs counteract the march toward fundamentalism, especially the belief in reincarnation and Buddhism's openness to other means of spiritual enlightenment.
She dismissed any conflict between the participants' Jewish beliefs and her teachings. "One can be a perfectly good Jew and learn to meditate and calm the mind," she said.
Her lectures focused on the power and importance of meditation. "Normally we are not conscious of how agitated our mind is," she explained. "Meditation is a two-step process; first you have to quiet the mind, then you look into the nature of the mind itself." | <urn:uuid:6212f826-867e-410e-8d40-cf65e3723340> | 2013-05-26T09:42:00Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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Food Substitutions for Cooking and Baking
Cooking and baking foods that are high in calories makes losing weight just that much more difficult. But it's easy to decrease the calorie content of your favorite recipes by trimming the fat with these healthy ingredient substitutions:
- Cream: Use evaporated skim milk. For soups, use pureed potatoes or other vegetables. In coffee and tea, use fat-free half-and-half.
- Butter: Use small amounts of canola oil and broth.
- 2 oz Mild Cheese: Use 1 oz extra sharp cheese.
- Ground Beef: Use 99% fat-free ground turkey or 7% fat ground beef.
- 1/2 cup Butter: Use 1/4 cup applesauce or prune puree and 1/4 cup canola oil.
- 1 Egg: Use 2 egg whites or a product like Deb El Just Whites Dried Egg Whites available from amazon.com.
- Sweetened Condensed Milk: Use Skim Sweetened Condensed Milk.
- 1 cup All-Purpose Flour: Use 1 cup whole wheat pastry flour.
- 1 cup Chocolate Chips: Use 1/2 cup mini chocolate chips.
- Frosting: Use sliced fruit, pureed fruit, or a non-fat whipping cream.
It's up to you how you prepare your favorite recipes. Perhaps finding a good low-fat or low-calorie recipe book will help you get started. Making healthier, lower calorie choices in your cooking and baking will help you maintain a trim, healthy body.
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This grant program is for high school students in the Chicago, Illinios area who will participate in an educational travel program. Grants are awarded to the education partner and/or the travel program provider, not to the individual student. Education partners are public or private schools, community organizations, or student support organizations that provided students with extracurricular support. Eligible students include incoming high school freshman through graduating high school seniors from Chicago and the surrounding area who are from economically disadvantaged families based on the US Department of Health & Human Services poverty guidelines and other family circumstances. Eligible programs, foreign or domestic, include educational travel opportunities provided by established operators that have designed age appropriate programs in which students become immersed in new cultures; programs that allow the student to interact with others from different backgrounds; and programs that are generally two weeks in duration or longer. See website for more details.
How easy is it to apply?
Not too bad
This scholarship's application process may have items such as essays that could take a couple hours.
How much competition is there?
This scholarship has a relatively low number of applicants.
The deadline for this scholarship has passed.
Financial Need: Is this you?
Financial need will be considered.
Class Year: Is this you?
- High school freshman
- High school sophomore
- High school junior
- High school senior
Home State: Is this you?
Location: Is this you?
- Chicago Area
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I'm currently working to create a map a big city, and I could use your opinion. I'm not a professional, and I'm doing it myself since I can't find anyone. I like to make it. So, no problem, but it will be not so "perfect".
I using this tutorial.
I took the ispiration rom this map of Moskow.
I plan to add some personal steps to insert "important buildings".
The numbers on the map indicate where I will add these important building, I'm currently some step behind.
Here's the map.
Here's some question I'd like to ask.
1) the tutorial explains how to create walls. I used a pattern for these walls and not only the color gray. But I also have another type of external wall. The palizade. Can I improve it in some way?
I also create a moat, is it improvable?
2) Gates and towers. I took gates and towers from here. Well, the towers were towers, but for the gates I used some "creativity", using some houses as "gate".
Have you other symbols I can use for gates?
I especially need also symbols for bridges and wooden gates. If you have any I'd really appreciate them.
3) is there any other way to make the bridges?
4) any suggestion for roads, can I improve them in some way?
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I apologize for my ugly english but I'm italian
I'm a novice of the WL and I'm trying to learn the olympic lifts. Currently I'm learning the snatch and I'm following this progression:
2)Hang snatch from below the knees
3)Hang snatch from under the knees
But I found hard to do the overhead squat.
How can I gain the necessary flexibilty to do that?
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.- The Pope remembered the Grand Imam and Sheikh of al-Azhar University, Dr. Muhammad Sayyed Tantawi, after his death on Wednesday. Sheikh Tantawi was instrumental maintaining relations between the Catholic Church and the Muslim world and was the head of the highest Islamic religious authority in Egypt, the al-Azhar.
The Grand Imam and Sheikh died of a heart attack in the airport of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. He was in Riyadh for an awards ceremony this week, according to Arab News.
Cardinal Jean-Louis Touran, president of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue, described him on Wednesday to Vatican Radio as "a man of peace (and) dialogue," adding that he was "very impressed by his profound humanity."
Sheikh Tantawi was known for his positions against Islamic extremists and terrorism, for denouncing female circumcision and approving laws that opened the door to women in top government positions. For these and other reasons, he was acclaimed by moderate Muslims and decried by fundamentalists, the Associated Press says.
On the Pope's behalf, Secretary of State Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone conveyed condolences to the president of the Permanent Committee of al-Azhar for Dialogue among the Monotheistic Religions as well as the family of Sheikh Tantawi.
Cardinal Bertone expressed the "heartfelt and prayerful condolences" of the Pope, who "recalls the distinguished figure of this religious leader, who for long years was a valued partner in the dialogue between Muslims and Catholics."
The Vatican secretary of state conveyed his own grief at the death of the sheikh and he is grateful for the "impulse" the man gave to meetings between the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue and the Permanent Committee of Al-Azhar for Dialogue.
The last meeting of the two entities, at which the Sheikh was present, took place at the end of February.
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Pet sitters do much more than provide your pet with food and water while you're away from home. A good pet sitter also spends quality time with your pet, gives him exercise, and knows how to tell if your pet needs veterinary attention. What's more, pet sitters typically offer additional services, such as bringing in mail and newspapers, watering plants, turning lights on and off, and providing homes with a lived-in look to deter crime.
But just because someone calls herself a pet sitter doesn't mean she's qualified to do the job. This information on this page shows you how to find the best pet sitter for you and your pet.
When you must be away from home -- say for travel or an unexpected emergency -- and don't want to leave your pet in a boarding kennel, who takes care of your pet? If you're like many pet owners, you ask a friend or neighbor to stop in and pour some kibble and water in your pet's bowls. But is this what's best for your pet? There's a good chance that your friends and neighbors lack proper pet-care experience and have even forgotten to show up. They may also resent frequent requests to look after your pet while you're gone. So what is the solution? Consider hiring a pet sitter' -- a professional, qualified individual paid to care for your pet.
Why hire a pet sitter?
A pet sitter offers both you and your pet many benefits.
Your pet gets:
Where do I find a pet sitter?
Start with a recommendation from a friend, neighbor, veterinarian, humane society, or dog trainer. Check the Yellow Pages under 'Pet Sitting Services.' You can also contact the National Association of Professional Pet Sitters (800-296-PETS; www.petsitters.org) or Pet Sitters International (800-268-SITS; www.petsit.com) for a referral. Both organizations offer pet-sitter accreditation to those who demonstrate professional experience, complete pet-care-related home study courses, attend professional conferences, and abide by a code of ethics set by the organizations.
What should I look for?
It's important to learn all you can about prospective pet sitters' qualifications and services. Before selecting a pet sitter, interview the candidates over the phone or at your home. Find out the following:
Can the pet sitter provide written proof that she has commercial liability insurance (to cover accidents and negligence) and is bonded (to protect against theft by a pet sitter or her employees)?
What training has the pet sitter received?
Will the pet sitter record notes about your pet, such as his likes, dislikes, fears, habits, medical conditions, medications, and routines?
Is the pet sitter associated with a veterinarian who can provide emergency services?
What will happen if the pet sitter experiences car trouble or becomes ill? Does she have a backup?
Will the pet sitter provide related services such as in-home grooming, dog walking, dog training, and play time?
Will the pet sitter provide a written service contract spelling out services and fees?
If the pet sitter provides live-in services, what are the specific times she agrees to be with your pet? Is this detailed in the contract?
How does your pet sitter make sure that you have returned home?
Will the pet sitter provide you with the phone numbers of other clients who have agreed to serve as references?
Even if you like what you hear from the pet sitter and from her references, it's important to have the prospective pet sitter come to your home to meet your pet before actually hiring her for a pet-sitting job. Watch how she interacts with your pet -- does your pet seem comfortable with the person? If this visit goes well, start by hiring the pet sitter to care for your pet during a short trip, such as a weekend excursion. That way, you can work out any problems before leaving your beloved pet in the pet sitter's care for longer periods.
How can I help the pet sitter and my pet?
Of course, even the most trustworthy, experienced pet sitter will have trouble if you haven't also kept your end of the bargain. Here are your responsibilities:
Make reservations with your pet sitter early, especially during holidays.
Ensure your pet is well socialized and allows strangers to handle him.
Affix current identification tags to your pet's collar.
Maintain current vaccinations for your pet.
Leave clear instructions detailing specific pet-care responsibilities and emergency contact information, including how to reach you and your veterinarian.
Leave pet food and supplies in one place.
Buy extra pet supplies in case you're away longer than planned.
Leave a key with a trustworthy neighbor as a backup, and give him and your pet sitter each other's phone numbers. Be sure those extra keys work before giving them out.
Show the pet sitter your home's important safety features such as the circuit breaker and security system.
Finally, have a safe and fun trip. And remember to bring your pet sitter's phone number in case your plans change -- or you just want to find out how Fluffy and Fido are doing.
Copyright © 2001 The Humane Society of the United States All rights reserved.
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Dr. Marsh at the South Pole
Even Delaware's coldest winter could hardly rival the frigid environments in which Dr. Adam Marsh works. The marine biochemist regularly travels to Antarctica to learn more about the sea life that dwells in its icy waters. The lowest temperature on the planet has been recorded in Antarctica -- at 128.6°F below zero.
Marsh recently joined the faculty at the University of Delaware Graduate College of Marine Studies. As an assistant professor in the college's Marine Biology-Biochemistry Program, he will teach graduate courses in marine biochemistry with special emphasis on the structure an d function of proteins essential to marine life. He also will conduct research on the early life stages of shellfish and finfish in waters ranging from the Antarctic ocean to Delaware Bay.
"In general, I'm working to find out how marine organisms develop in 'extreme,' or harsh, environments, including polar oceans with their freezing temperatures, deep-sea basins with their crushing pressure, and even estuaries such as the Delaware Bay," Marsh says. "You might be surprised that estuaries could be classified as an extreme environment," he notes. "But wide variations in temperature and salinity occur there, and the marine animals that live in them must be able to adapt quickly to the changing conditions in order to survive."
One of Marsh's projects, funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF), focuses on the Antarctic sea urchin (Sterechinus neumayeri). This animal resembles a pincushion, with long, red spines extending from its round shell. It lives on the seafloor and uses its spines or sucker-tipped tube feet to move about.
Specifically, Marsh is working to find out how the Antarctic sea urchin's embryos are able to develop so well in the extreme cold of the polar sea. The animal's metabolism may provide clues to how organisms grow in other harsh environments.
Marsh earned his Ph.D. in marine science from the University of Maryland. He also has a master's degree in invertebrate zoology and bachelor's degrees in zoology and English literature from the University of South Florida.
His honors include the Lerner-Gray Marine Science Award for Molecular Ecology and an NSF Postdoctoral Fellowship in Biotechnology. Additionally, for the past seven years, he has served as an instructor in the NSF course "Biological Adaptations of Antarctic Marine Organisms" at McMurdo Station, Antarctica.
Marsh's office is in Smith Laboratory at the Hugh R. Sharp Campus in Lewes. His phone number is (302) 645-4367, and his e-mail address is firstname.lastname@example.org. To learn more about his research, please visit his Web site at www.ocean.udel.edu/people/amarsh.
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Lance Armstrong: Doping in sports
Lance Armstrong confessed to doping to win the Tour de France during an interview with Oprah Winfrey on Thursday. In sports, doping refers to the use of performance-enhancing drugs and substances taken to mask performance-enhancing drugs in test. Particual types of drugs are banned by sports organizations. Click to find out more. | <urn:uuid:45774ba8-9c83-4791-a4fa-8a2656dd45dd> | 2013-05-27T02:57:15Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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Pearl River Cruise
The third longest river, the Pearl River, measures 2,129 meters in length. The Guangzhou section of the river is where Guangzhou's most scenic spots are located. Many famous sights are clustered along the river and are the reasons for many people taking a trip to Guangzhou.
The Pearl River got its name from a huge rock island. When the thousand-meter long Pearl River cut through Guangzhou City, a large rock island in the centre of the river was scoured over. Over time this became smooth and bright like a pearl, hence the rock being named "Sea Pearl Rock" and the river "Pearl River". An interesting legend offers an alternative explanation of the rivers name. It was said that an Arabian merchant stole the valueless pearl of his country and came to sell it in Guangzhou. Since the pearl was the treasure of his nation, the Arabian State ordered his people to Guangzhou to bring the pearl back. However, on their ship home, the magical pearl suddenly flew up and fell into the river. Later the pearl changed into a huge shining rock. The river was later named as Pearl River.
The river has a long history and nourishes the civilization of south China. Today standing on the banks of the river are star-graded hotels and commercial buildings, White Swan Hotel, Hotel Landmark Canton, Nanfang Mansion, Aiqun Hotel, Guangzhou Hotel, Gitic Riverside Hotel, all like sky-scrappers. In the evening, both banks are lit brightly joined occasionally by the bright moon hanging in the sky. Full of passengers, pleasure boats for the Pearl River cruise travel from the west to the east elegantly on the river, like playing happy melodies all together.
The evening cruise on the Pearl River is one of the tourist highlights in Guangzhou. The beauty of the Pearl River at night can be compared with that of Hong Kong's Victoria Park. The cruise section from the White Goose Pool to Guangzhou Bridge is the highlight of the Pearl River cruise. Scenery along this part is so fascinating, with jade-colored water and colored lights on shore.
During your cruise you can enjoy beautiful scenery with such romantic names as "Night Moon over the Goose Pool", "Misty Rain over the Twin Bridge", "Red Heart of the Pearl River", "Autumn Moon over the Pearl River", "Clear Waves on the Pearl River" and many more. To help you understand what you are seeing there is a detailed introduction to the 30-odd historical and cultural sites given on board by speakers, thus enabling you to sample a brief taste of the colorful local culture.
Hi Ali, the cruise stars from 18:45 to 23:00 at Dashatou Pier 大沙头码头. The duration is 1-2hrs.
Add: No.464, Yanjiang Dong Road, Yuexiu District, Guangzhou 广州市越秀区沿江东路464号Whitney Liao Replied on 2012-10-18
The night-cruise-along-the-pearl-river is about US$29 per person. It takes about 1.5 hours. If you visit with guide, you need to pay the guide’s entrance free. Please contact me at email@example.com you are interesting in it and also tell me how many people you are.Christy Luo Replied on 2012-09-28
Hi Mr. Davies, it is about 2hrs. Please see details here: http://www.chinahighlights.com/travelguide/transportation/guangzhou-to-hong-kong.htmWhitney Liao Replied on 2012-09-11
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Current emergency and disaster appeals
Christian Aid has a network of partners around the world. They work with local communities to reduce the risk of disaster and build resilience.
But when disasters and emergencies do strike, we are ready to respond - helping to save lives and rebuild communities after earthquakes, floods, famine and other disasters.
Syria Crisis Appeal
Help us provide essential services to those affected by conflict.
More than 19 million people in west Africa are in urgent need of food aid.
A year and a half on from the appeal, find out how your donations are helping communities to recover.
Haiti: three years on
Since the tragic earthquake of January 2010, the people of Haiti have been working hard to get back on their feet, thanks to the £14.4 million raised by you.
Recent Christian Aid emergency responses:
Philippines Typhoon Bopha - December 2012
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Science fiction (abbreviated SF or sci-fi with varying punctuation and capitalization) is a broad genre of fiction that often involves speculations based on current or future science or technology. Fiction is the telling of stories which are not real More specifically fiction is an imaginative form of Narrative, one of the four basic Rhetorical modes. Science (from the Latin scientia, meaning " Knowledge " or "knowing" is the effort to discover, and increase human understanding Technology is a broad concept that deals with a Species ' usage and knowledge of Tools and Crafts and how it affects a species' ability to control and adapt Science fiction is found in books, art, television, films, games, theater, and other media.
In organizational or marketing contexts, science fiction can be synonymous with the broader definition of speculative fiction, encompassing creative works incorporating imaginative elements not found in contemporary reality; this includes fantasy, horror, and related genres. Speculative fiction is a term used as an inclusive descriptor covering a group of Fiction Genres that speculate about worlds that are unlike the real world in Fantasy is a Genre that uses magic and other Supernatural forms as a primary element of plot, theme, and/or setting Horror fiction is broadly Fiction in any medium intended to scare unsettle or horrify the audience
Science fiction differs from fantasy in that, within the context of the story, its imaginary elements are largely possible within scientifically established or scientifically postulated laws of nature (though some elements in a story might still be pure imaginative speculation).
Science fiction is largely based on writing entertainingly and rationally about alternate possibilities in settings that are contrary to known reality. These include:
Exploring the consequences of such differences is the traditional purpose of science fiction, making it a "literature of ideas". Outer space, often simply called space, comprises the relatively empty regions of the Universe outside the escape velocities of Celestial bodies. Extraterrestrial life is Life originating outside of the Earth. This article details time travel itself For other uses see Time Traveler. Psionics is the study and/or practice of using the mind to induce paranormal phenomena Nanotechnology, sometimes shortened to nanotech, refers to a field of Applied science whose theme is the control of matter on an Atomic and Molecular A robot is a mechanical or Virtual Artificial agent In practice it is usually an electro-mechanical system which by its appearance or movements
Science fiction is difficult to define, as it includes a wide range of subgenres and themes. A genre (ˈʒɑːnrə also /ˈdʒɑːnrə/ from French "kind" or "sort" from Latin: genus (stem gener-) is a loose set Author and editor Damon Knight summed up the difficulty by stating that "science fiction is what we point to when we say it". Damon Francis Knight ( September 19, 1922 &ndash April 15, 2002) was an American Science fiction Author, Vladimir Nabokov argued that were we rigorous with our definitions, Shakespeare's play The Tempest would have to be termed science fiction. This page is about the novelist For his father the politician see Vladimir Dmitrievich Nabokov. William Shakespeare ( baptised The Tempest is a comedy written by William Shakespeare. It is generally dated to 1610-11 and accepted as the last play written solely by him although
According to science fiction writer Robert A. Heinlein, "a handy short definition of almost all science fiction might read: realistic speculation about possible future events, based solidly on adequate knowledge of the real world, past and present, and on a thorough understanding of the nature and significance of the scientific method. Robert Anson Heinlein (July 7 1907 – May 8 1988 was an American Novelist and Science fiction Writer. Scientific method refers to bodies of Techniques for investigating phenomena " Rod Serling's stated definition is "fantasy is the impossible made probable. Rodman Edward "Rod" Serling ( December 25, 1924 &ndash June 28, 1975) was an American Screenwriter, best known Science Fiction is the improbable made possible. "
Lester Del Rey wrote, "Even the devoted aficionado– or fan- has a hard time trying to explain what science fiction is," and that the reason for there not being a "full satisfactory definition" is that "there are no easily delineated limits to science fiction. Lester del Rey ( June 2 1915 &ndash May 10 1993) was an American Science fiction author and editor. "
Author Mark C. Glassy stated that the definition of science fiction was very much like the definition of porn; you don't know what it is, but you know it when you see it. Pornography or porn is the explicit depiction of Sexual subject matter with the sole intention of sexually exciting the viewer
Forrest J. Ackerman publicly used the term "sci-fi" at UCLA in 1954, though Robert A. Heinlein had used it in private correspondence six years earlier. Forrest J Ackerman (born November 24, 1916) is an American collector of Science fiction books and movie memorabilia and a science fiction Robert Anson Heinlein (July 7 1907 – May 8 1988 was an American Novelist and Science fiction Writer. As science fiction entered popular culture, writers and fans active in the field came to associate the term with low-budget, low-tech "B-movies" and with low-quality pulp science fiction. Popular culture (or pop culture) is the Culture — patterns of human activity and the symbolic structures that give such activities significance and importance — A B movie is a motion picture made on a low or modest budget Originally the term was used for films intended for distribution as the less-publicized second half of a Double Pulp magazines (or pulp fiction; often referred to as "the pulps" were inexpensive Fiction magazines By the 1970s, critics within the field such as Terry Carr and Damon Knight were using "sci-fi" to distinguish hack-work from serious science fiction, and around 1978, Susan Wood and others introduced the pronunciation "skiffy. Terry Gene Carr ( February 19, 1937 – April 7, 1987) was a U Damon Francis Knight ( September 19, 1922 &ndash April 15, 2002) was an American Science fiction Author, Susan Joan Wood ( August 22, 1948 - November 12, 1980 was a Canadian Author, critic, and Science fiction Skiffy is a deliberate humorous misspelling or mispronunciation of the controversial term "sci-fi" a neologism referring to Science fiction. " Peter Nicholls writes that "SF" (or "sf") is "the preferred abbreviation within the community of sf writers and readers. " David Langford's monthly fanzine Ansible includes a regular section "As Others See Us" which offers numerous examples of "sci-fi" being used in a pejorative sense by people outside the genre. David Rowland Langford (born 10 April 1953 is a British author editor and Critic, largely active within the Science fiction field An ansible is a hypothetical machine capable of Superluminal communication and used as a Plot device in Science fiction literature
As a means of understanding the world through speculation and storytelling, science fiction has antecedents back to mythology, though precursors to science fiction as literature began to emerge from the 13th century (Ibn al-Nafis, Theologus Autodidactus) to the 17th century (the real Cyrano de Bergerac with "Voyage de la Terre à la Lune" and "Des états de la Lune et du Soleil") and the Age of Reason with the development of science itself, Voltaire's "Micromégas" was one of the first, together with Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels. Isaac Asimov (c January 2 1920 &ndash April 6 1992 ˈaɪzək ˈæzɪmʌv originally Исаак Озимов but now transcribed into Russian as, was a Russian TemplateInfobox Muslim scholars --> Ala al-Din Abu al-Hassan Ali ibn Abi-Hazm al-Qarshi al-Dimashqi ( Hector Savinien de Cyrano de Bergerac (6 March 1619 &ndash 28 July 1655 was a French Dramatist and Duelist who is now best remembered for the many works 17th century philosophy in the Western world is generally regarded as being the start of Modern philosophy, and a departure from the medieval approach Science (from the Latin scientia, meaning " Knowledge " or "knowing" is the effort to discover, and increase human understanding Micromégas (1752 is a Short story written in the 18th century by the French Philosopher and Satirist Voltaire. Gulliver's Travels (1726 amended 1735 officially Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World in Four Parts Following the 18th century development of the novel as a literary form, in the early 19th century, Mary Shelley's books Frankenstein and The Last Man helped define the form of the science fiction novel; later Edgar Allan Poe wrote a story about a flight to the moon. Mary Shelley ( Née Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin; 30 August Frankenstein or The Modern Prometheus, generally known as Frankenstein, is a Novel written by the British author Mary Shelley The Last Man is an apocalyptic Science fiction novel by Mary Shelley, which was first published in 1826 Edgar Allan Poe (January 19 1809 – October 7 1849 was an American poet, short-story Writer, editor and Literary critic, More examples appeared throughout the 19th century. Then with the dawn of new technologies such as electricity, the telegraph, and new forms of powered transportation, writers like Jules Verne and H. G. Wells created a body of work that became popular across broad cross-sections of society. Jules Gabriel Verne ( February 8 1828 &ndash March 24 1905) was a French Author who pioneered the science-fiction Herbert George Wells (21 September 1866 &ndash 13 August 1946 He was an outspoken socialist and a pacifist, his later works becoming increasingly political In the late 19th century the term "scientific romance" was used in Britain to describe much of this fiction. See also History of science fiction Scientific romance is a bygone name for what is now commonly known as Science fiction. This produced additional offshoots, such as the 1884 novella Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions by Edwin Abbott Abbott. For other uses see Flatland (disambiguation Flatland A Romance of Many Dimensions is an 1884 Science fiction Edwin Abbott Abbott ( December 20, 1838 &ndash October 12, 1926) English Schoolmaster and theologian, The term would continue to be used into the early 20th century for writers such as Olaf Stapledon. William Olaf Stapledon ( May 10, 1886 &ndash September 6, 1950) was a British philosopher and author of several influential works
In the early 20th century, pulp magazines helped develop a new generation of mainly American SF writers, influenced by Hugo Gernsback, the founder of Amazing Stories magazine. Pulp magazines (or pulp fiction; often referred to as "the pulps" were inexpensive Fiction magazines Hugo Gernsback ( August 16 1884 – August 19 1967) born Hugo Gernsbacher, was a Luxembourg American Inventor Amazing Stories was an American Science fiction magazine launched in April 1926 by Hugo Gernsback 's Experimenter Publishing. In the late 1930s, John W. Campbell became editor of Astounding Science Fiction, and a critical mass of new writers emerged in New York City in a group called the Futurians, including Isaac Asimov, Damon Knight, Donald A. Wollheim, Frederik Pohl, James Blish, Judith Merril, and others. John Wood Campbell Jr (June 8 1910 – July 11 1971 was an important Science fiction editor and writer Analog Science Fiction and Fact is an American Science fiction Magazine. The City of New York The Futurians were an influential group of Science fiction fans, many of whom became editors and writers as well Isaac Asimov (c January 2 1920 &ndash April 6 1992 ˈaɪzək ˈæzɪmʌv originally Исаак Озимов but now transcribed into Russian as, was a Russian Damon Francis Knight ( September 19, 1922 &ndash April 15, 2002) was an American Science fiction Author, Donald Allen Wollheim (October 1 1914 &ndash November 2, 1990) was a Science fiction writer, editor, publisher and Frederik George Pohl Jr (born November 26, 1919) is a American Science fiction writer, editor and fan, with a career James Benjamin Blish ( East Orange, New Jersey, May 23, 1921 – Henley-on-Thames, July 30, 1975) was an Judith Josephine Grossman ( January 21, 1923 - September 12, 1997) who took the pen-name Judith Merril about 1945 was an Other important writers during this period included Robert A. Heinlein, Arthur C. Clarke, and A. E. Van Vogt. Robert Anson Heinlein (July 7 1907 – May 8 1988 was an American Novelist and Science fiction Writer. Sir Arthur Charles Clarke, CBE (16 December 1917–19 March 2008 was a British Science fiction Author, Inventor, and Alfred Elton van Vogt (April 26 1912 – January 26 2000 was a Canadian -born Science fiction author who was one of the most prolific Campbell's tenure at Astounding is considered to be the beginning of the Golden Age of science fiction, characterized by hard SF stories celebrating scientific achievement and progress. The first Golden Age of Science Fiction, often recognized as a period from the late 1930s or early 1940s through to the 1950s was an era during which the science fiction genre gained wide This lasted until postwar technological advances, new magazines like Galaxy under Pohl as editor, and a new generation of writers began writing stories outside the Campbell mode. Galaxy Science Fiction was a digest-size Science fiction magazine, the creation of noted editor H
In the 1950s, the Beat generation included speculative writers like William S. Burroughs. William Seward Burroughs II ( – ˈbʌroʊz was an American Novelist, Essayist, Social critic, painter and Spoken word In the 1960s and early 1970s, writers like Frank Herbert, Samuel R. Delany, Roger Zelazny, and Harlan Ellison explored new trends, ideas, and writing styles, while a group of writers, mainly in Britain, became known as the New Wave. Franklin Patrick Herbert Jr ( October 8 1920 &ndash February 11 1986) was a critically acclaimed and commercially successful American Samuel Ray Delany Jr (born April 1, 1942, New York City) is an award-winning American Science fiction Roger Joseph Zelazny ( May 13, 1937 – June 14, 1995) was an American writer of Fantasy and Science fiction Harlan Jay Ellison (born May 27, 1934) is a prolific American Writer of Short stories, Novellas, Teleplays The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located New Wave is a term applied to Science fiction writing characterized by a high degree of experimentation both in form and in content and a Highbrow and self-consciously In the 1970s, writers like Larry Niven and Poul Anderson began to redefine hard SF. Laurence van Cott Niven (born April 30, 1938 Los Angeles California) is a US Science fiction author. Poul William Anderson ( November 25, 1926 – July 31, 2001) was an American Science fiction author who wrote during a Golden Ursula K. Le Guin and others pioneered soft science fiction. Ursula Kroeber Le Guin (ˈɝsələ ˈkroʊbɚ ləˈgwɪn (born October 21, 1929) is an American author
In the 1980s, cyberpunk authors like William Gibson turned away from the traditional optimism and support for progress of traditional science fiction. Cyberpunk is a Science fiction genre noted for its focus on " High tech and low life. William Ford Gibson (born March 17 1948 is an American - Canadian writer who has been called the "noir prophet" of the Cyberpunk subgenre Star Wars helped spark a new interest in space opera, focusing more on story and character than on scientific accuracy. Star Wars Episode IV A New Hope (originally released as Star Wars) is a 1977 Space opera Space opera is a subgenre of Speculative fiction or Science fiction that emphasizes romantic, often Melodramatic adventure set mainly or entirely C. J. Cherryh's detailed explorations of alien life and complex scientific challenges influenced a generation of writers. Carolyn Janice Cherry (born September 1, 1942) better known by the Pseudonym C Extraterrestrial life is Life originating outside of the Earth.
Emerging themes in the 1990s included environmental issues, the implications of the global Internet and the expanding information universe, questions about biotechnology and nanotechnology, as well as a post-Cold War interest in post-scarcity societies; Neal Stephenson's The Diamond Age comprehensively explores these themes. This is a list of environmental issues that are due to human activity Biotechnology is Technology based on Biology, especially when used in Agriculture, Food science, and Medicine. Nanotechnology, sometimes shortened to nanotech, refers to a field of Applied science whose theme is the control of matter on an Atomic and Molecular Cold War is the state of conflict tension and competition that existed between the United States and the Soviet Union (USSR and their respective allies from the Post scarcity or post-scarcity describes a hypothetical form of Economy or Society, often explored in Science fiction, in which things such as Neal Town Stephenson (born October 31, 1959) is an American writer known primarily for his Science fiction works in the Postcyberpunk genre The Diamond Age or A Young Lady's Illustrated Primer is a Postcyberpunk Novel by Neal Stephenson. Lois McMaster Bujold's Vorkosigan novels brought the character-driven story back into prominence. Lois McMaster Bujold (born November 2, 1949, Columbus, Ohio) is an American author of Science fiction and Fantasy The Vorkosigan Saga is a series of Science fiction novels and short stories by Lois McMaster Bujold, most of which concern Miles Vorkosigan, a physically The television series Star Trek: The Next Generation began a torrent of new SF shows, of which Babylon 5 was among the most highly acclaimed in the decade. Star Trek The Next Generation ( STTNG or TNG) is an Emmy and Peabody Award-winning science fiction television program created by Gene Roddenberry Babylon 5 is an American science fiction television series created produced and largely written by J A general concern about the rapid pace of technological change crystallized around the concept of the technological singularity, popularized by Vernor Vinge's novel Marooned in Realtime and then taken up by other authors. The technological singularity is a theoretical future point of unprecedented technological progress caused in part by the ability of machines to improve themselves using Artificial Vernor Steffen Vinge (ˈvɪndʒi (born October 2, 1944 in Waukesha Wisconsin, U Marooned in Realtime is a 1986 murder mystery and Time-travel Science fiction novel by Vernor Vinge, about a small time-displaced Television shows like Buffy the Vampire Slayer and films like The Lord of the Rings created new interest in all the speculative genres in films, television, computer games, and books. Fictional narratives (and works of art exist beyond their completion e The Lord of the Rings film trilogy consists of three Live action Fantasy Epic films The Fellowship of the Ring ( 2001
While SF has provided criticism of developing and future technologies, it also produces innovation and new technology. The discussion of this topic has occurred more in literary and sociological than in scientific forums.
Cinema and media theorist Vivian Sobchack examines the dialogue between science fiction film and the technological imagination. Vivian Sobchack is an American cinema and media theorist and cultural critic Technology does impact how artists portray their fictionalized subjects, but the fictional world gives back to science by broadening imagination. While more prevalent in the beginning years of science fiction with writers like Isaac Asimov, Robert A. Heinlein, Frank Walker and Arthur C. Clarke, new authors like Michael Crichton still find ways to make the currently impossible technologies seem so close to being realized. Isaac Asimov (c January 2 1920 &ndash April 6 1992 ˈaɪzək ˈæzɪmʌv originally Исаак Озимов but now transcribed into Russian as, was a Russian Robert Anson Heinlein (July 7 1907 – May 8 1988 was an American Novelist and Science fiction Writer. Frank Walker may refer to Frank Comerford Walker, former chairman of the Democratic National Committee Frank Ray Walker architect partner in Sir Arthur Charles Clarke, CBE (16 December 1917–19 March 2008 was a British Science fiction Author, Inventor, and John Michael Crichton, ˈkraɪtən, (born October 23 1942 is an American author Film producer, Film director, Medical doctor, and Television producer
This has also been notably documented in the field of nanotechnology with University of Ottawa Professor José Lopez's article "Bridging the Gaps: Science Fiction in Nanotechnology. Nanotechnology, sometimes shortened to nanotech, refers to a field of Applied science whose theme is the control of matter on an Atomic and Molecular For the university in Ottawa Kansas see Ottawa University. The University of Ottawa or Université d'Ottawa in French " Lopez links both theoretical premises of science fiction worlds and the operation of nanotechnologies.
Authors and filmmakers draw on a wide spectrum of ideas, but marketing departments and literary critics tend to separate such literary and cinematic works into different categories, or "genres", and subgenres. Literary criticism is the study discussion evaluation and interpretation of Literature. A genre (ˈʒɑːnrə also /ˈdʒɑːnrə/ from French "kind" or "sort" from Latin: genus (stem gener-) is a loose set These are not simple pigeonholes; works can be overlapped into two or more commonly-defined genres, while others are beyond the generic boundaries, either outside or between categories, and the categories and genres used by mass markets and literary criticism differ considerably.
Hard science fiction, or "hard SF", is characterized by rigorous attention to accurate detail in quantitative sciences, especially physics, astrophysics, and chemistry, or on accurately depicting worlds that more advanced technology may make possible. Hard science fiction is a category of Science fiction characterized by an emphasis on scientific or technical detail or on scientific accuracy or on both Physics (Greek Physis - φύσις in everyday terms is the Science of Matter and its motion. Astrophysics is the branch of Astronomy that deals with the Physics of the Universe, including the physical properties ( Luminosity, Chemistry (from Egyptian kēme (chem meaning "earth") is the Science concerned with the composition structure and properties Many accurate predictions of the future come from the hard science fiction subgenre, but numerous inaccurate predictions have emerged as well. Hard science fiction is a category of Science fiction characterized by an emphasis on scientific or technical detail or on scientific accuracy or on both For example, Arthur C. Clarke accurately predicted (and invented the concept of) geostationary communications satellites, but erred in his prediction of deep layers of moondust in lunar craters. Sir Arthur Charles Clarke, CBE (16 December 1917–19 March 2008 was a British Science fiction Author, Inventor, and A geostationary orbit (GEO is a Geosynchronous orbit directly above the Earth 's Equator (0° Latitude) with a period equal to the Earth's Some hard SF authors have distinguished themselves as working scientists, including Robert Forward, Gregory Benford, Charles Sheffield, and Geoffrey A. Landis, while mathematician authors include Rudy Rucker and Vernor Vinge. This is about the physicist and science fiction writer You may be looking for his son Robert D Gregory Benford (born January 30, 1941 in Mobile Alabama) is an American science fiction author and Astrophysicist who is on the Charles Sheffield ( June 25, 1935 &ndash November 2, 2002) was an English -born mathematician physicist and Science fiction Geoffrey A Landis works as a scientist and writer of Science fiction. Rudolf von Bitter Rucker (born March 22, 1946 in Louisville Kentucky) is an American Computer scientist and Science fiction Vernor Steffen Vinge (ˈvɪndʒi (born October 2, 1944 in Waukesha Wisconsin, U Other noteworthy hard SF authors include Hal Clement, Joe Haldeman, Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle, Kim Stanley Robinson, Robert J. Sawyer, and Stephen Baxter. Harry Clement Stubbs ( May 30, 1922 in Somerville Massachusetts – October 29, 2003 in Milton Massachusetts) better Joe William Haldeman is an American Science fiction author. Life and work Haldeman was born in 1943 in Oklahoma City Oklahoma Laurence van Cott Niven (born April 30, 1938 Los Angeles California) is a US Science fiction author. Jerry Eugene Pournelle (born August 7, 1933) is an American Science fiction Writer, Essayist and Journalist Kim Stanley Robinson (born March 23 1952) is an American Science fiction Writer, probably best known for his award-winning Robert J Sawyer is a Canadian Science fiction writer born in Ottawa in 1960 and now resident in Mississauga. Stephen Baxter (born 13 November 1957 is a British Hard science fiction Author.
The description "soft" science fiction may describe works based on social sciences such as psychology, economics, political science, sociology, and anthropology. The Left Hand of Darkness is a Science fiction Novel by Ursula K Ursula Kroeber Le Guin (ˈɝsələ ˈkroʊbɚ ləˈgwɪn (born October 21, 1929) is an American author Soft science fiction, or soft SF, like its complementary opposite Hard science fiction, is a descriptive term that points to the role and nature of the Social science fiction is a term used to describe a subgenre of Science fiction concerned less with technology and Space opera and more with Sociological The social sciences comprise academic disciplines concerned with the study of the social life of human groups and individuals including Anthropology, Communication studies Psychology (from Greek grc ψῡχή psȳkhē, "breath life soul" and grc -λογία -logia) is an Academic and Economics is the social science that studies the production distribution, and consumption of goods and services. Political science is a branch of Social sciences that deals with the theory and practice of Politics and the description and analysis of Political systems Sociology (from Latin: socius "companion" and the suffix -ology "the study of" from Greek λόγος lógos "knowledge" Anthropology (/ˌænθɹəˈpɒlədʒi/ from Greek grc ἄνθρωπος anthrōpos, "human" -λογία -logia) is the study of Noteworthy writers in this category include Ursula K. Le Guin and Philip K. Dick. Ursula Kroeber Le Guin (ˈɝsələ ˈkroʊbɚ ləˈgwɪn (born October 21, 1929) is an American author Philip Kindred Dick (December 16 – March 2) was an American Science fiction Novelist and Short story Writer. The term can describe stories focused primarily on character and emotion; SFWA Grand Master Ray Bradbury is an acknowledged master of this art. Ray Douglas Bradbury (born August 22 1920 is an American mainstream, Fantasy, horror, Science fiction and mystery Some writers blur the boundary between hard and soft science fiction - for example Mack Reynolds's work focuses on politics but anticipated many developments in computers, including cyber-terrorism. Dallas McCord "Mack" Reynolds ( November 11, 1917 - January 30, 1983) was an American Science fiction writer
Related to Social SF and Soft SF are the speculative fiction branches of utopian or dystopian stories; The Handmaid's Tale, Nineteen Eighty-Four, and Brave New World are examples. Utopia is a name for an ideal community taken from the title of a book written in 1516 by Sir Thomas More describing a fictional Island in the A dystopia (from the Greek δυσ- and τόπος alternatively cacotopia, kakotopia, cackotopia, or anti-utopia) is the vision of a society The Handmaid's Tale is a dystopian novel by Canadian author Margaret Atwood, first published by McClelland and Stewart in Nineteen Eighty-Four (also titled 1984) by George Orwell (the pen name of Eric Arthur Blair) is a 1949 English Novel Brave New World is a 1932 Novel by Aldous Huxley. Set in the London of AD 2540 (632 A Satirical novels with fantastic settings such as Gulliver's Travels may be considered speculative fiction. Gulliver's Travels (1726 amended 1735 officially Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World in Four Parts
The Cyberpunk genre emerged in the early 1980s; the name is a portmanteau of "cybernetics" and "punk" , and was first coined by author Bruce Bethke in his 1980 short story "Cyberpunk". Neuromancer is a 1984 novel by William Gibson, notable for being the most famous early Cyberpunk novel and winner of the science-fiction "triple William Ford Gibson (born March 17 1948 is an American - Canadian writer who has been called the "noir prophet" of the Cyberpunk subgenre Cyberpunk is a Science fiction genre noted for its focus on " High tech and low life. Steampunk is a subgenre of fantasy and Speculative fiction that came into prominence in the 1980s and early 1990s Bruce Bethke is an American author best known for his 1980 Short story "Cyberpunk" which led to the widespread use of the term and his novel The short story is a literary genre of Fictional Prose Narrative that tends to be more concise and to the point than longer works of fiction such The time frame is usually near-future and the settings are often dystopian. Common themes in cyberpunk include advances in information technology and especially the Internet (visually abstracted as cyberspace), (possibly malevolent) artificial intelligence, enhancements of mind and body using bionic prosthetics and direct brain-computer interfaces called cyberware, and post-democratic societal control where corporations have more influence than governments. Information technology ( IT) as defined by the Information Technology Association of America (ITAA is "the study design development implementation support The Internet is a global system of interconnected Computer networks Cyberspace &mdash from the Greek el Κυβερνήτης (el kybernētēs steersman governor pilot or rudder &mdash is the global domain of electro-magnetics accessed Bionics (also known as biomimetics, biognosis, Biomimicry, or bionical creativity engineering) is the application of biological In Medicine, a prosthesis (plural prostheses) is an Artificial extension that replaces a missing Body part. A brain-computer interface (BCI sometimes called a direct neural interface or a brain-machine interface, is a direct communication pathway between a human or animal Cyberware is a relatively new and unknown field (a Proto-science, or more adequately a “proto-technology” Nihilism, post-modernism, and film noir techniques are common elements, and the protagonists may be disaffected or reluctant anti-heroes. Nihilism (from the Latin nihil, nothing is a philosophical position that argues that Existence is without objective meaning Purpose Postmodernism literally means 'after the modernist movement' While " Modern " itself refers to something "related to the present" the movement of modernism Film noir is a cinematic term used primarily to describe stylish Hollywood crime dramas, particularly those that emphasize moral ambiguity and sexual motivation Noteworthy authors in this genre are William Gibson, Bruce Sterling, Pat Cadigan, Rudy Rucker, and Neal Stephenson. William Ford Gibson (born March 17 1948 is an American - Canadian writer who has been called the "noir prophet" of the Cyberpunk subgenre Michael Bruce Sterling (born April 14, 1954) is an American Science fiction author, best known for his novels and his seminal work on the Mirrorshades Pat Cadigan (born 1953 is an American-born Science fiction author, whose work is described as part of the Cyberpunk movement Rudolf von Bitter Rucker (born March 22, 1946 in Louisville Kentucky) is an American Computer scientist and Science fiction Neal Town Stephenson (born October 31, 1959) is an American writer known primarily for his Science fiction works in the Postcyberpunk genre The 1982 film Blade Runner is commonly accepted as a definitive example of the cyberpunk visual style. Blade Runner is a 1982 American Science fiction Film, directed by Ridley Scott.
Time travel stories have antecedents in the 18th and 19th centuries, and this subgenre was popularized by H. G. Wells's novel The Time Machine. Time travel is a common theme in Science fiction and is depicted in a variety of media Herbert George Wells (21 September 1866 &ndash 13 August 1946 He was an outspoken socialist and a pacifist, his later works becoming increasingly political The Time Machine is a novella by H G Wells, first published in 1895 and later directly adapted into at least two Feature films of the same name as Stories of this type are complicated by logical problems such as the grandfather paradox. This article refers to the Time travel paradox In novels based on the television series Doctor Who, "Grandfather Paradox" is the semi-mythical Time travel is a popular subject in novels, television series (most famously Doctor Who), as individual episodes within more general science fiction series (for example, "The City on the Edge of Forever" in Star Trek, "Babylon Squared" in Babylon 5, and "The Banks of the Lethe" in Andromeda) and as one-off productions such as The Flipside of Dominick Hide. Doctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. " The City on the Edge of Forever " is the penultimate episode of the first season of Star Trek. Star Trek is a Science fiction Television series created by Gene Roddenberry that aired from September 8, 1966 through " Babylon Squared " is an Episode from the first season of the science-fiction television series Babylon 5. Babylon 5 is an American science fiction television series created produced and largely written by J See Andromeda (disambiguation for other uses of "Andromeda" The Flipside Of Dominick Hide is a British television play which has attained cult status
Alternate history stories are based on the premise that historical events might have turned out differently. Alternate history or alternative history is a subgenre of Speculative fiction (or Science fiction) and Historical fiction These stories may use time travel to change the past, or may simply set a story in a universe with a different history from our own. Classics in the genre include Bring the Jubilee by Ward Moore, in which the South wins the American Civil War and The Man in the High Castle, by Philip K. Bring the Jubilee, by Ward Ward Moore (b August 10 1903, Madison New Jersey - d January 28 1978) was the working name of American author Joseph Ward Causes of the war See also Origins of the American Civil War, Timeline of events leading to the American Civil War The coexistence of a slave-owning South The Man in the High Castle is a 1962 Alternate history Novel by Science fiction writer Philip K Dick, in which Germany and Japan win World War II. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including The Sidewise Award acknowledges the best works in this subgenre; the name is taken from Murray Leinster's early story "Sidewise in Time". The Sidewise Award for Alternate History were established in 1995 to recognize the best Alternate history stories and novels of the year Murray Leinster ( June 16, 1896 in Norfolk Virginia - June 8, 1975) was a Nom de plume of William Fitzgerald Jenkins
Military science fiction is set in the context of conflict between national, interplanetary, or interstellar armed forces; the primary viewpoint characters are usually soldiers. Military science fiction is a Subgenre of Science fiction in which the principal characters are members of a military service and an armed conflict is taking For the military meaning see Armed forces. For the Soviet sports society see Armed Forces (sports society Armed Forces Stories include detail about military technology, procedure, ritual, and history; military stories may use parallels with historical conflicts. Heinlein's Starship Troopers is an early example, along with the Dorsai novels of Gordon Dickson. Starship Troopers is a Science fiction Novel by Robert A Heinlein, first published (in abridged form as a serial in The Magazine The Childe Cycle is an unfinished series of Science fiction novels by Gordon R Gordon Rupert Dickson ( November 1, 1923 – January 31, 2001) was an American Science fiction author Joe Haldeman's The Forever War is a critique of the genre, a Vietnam-era response to the World War II-style stories of earlier authors. Joe William Haldeman is an American Science fiction author. Life and work Haldeman was born in 1943 in Oklahoma City Oklahoma The Forever War is a 1974 Science fiction Novel by Joe Haldeman. The Vietnam War, also known as the Second Indochina War, or the Vietnam Conflict, occurred in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including Prominent military SF authors include David Drake, David Weber, Jerry Pournelle, S. M. Stirling, and Lois McMaster Bujold. David Drake (born September 24, 1945) is an author of Science fiction and Fantasy literature David Mark Weber is an American Science fiction and Fantasy author. Jerry Eugene Pournelle (born August 7, 1933) is an American Science fiction Writer, Essayist and Journalist Stephen Michael Stirling is a French -born Canadian - American Science fiction and Fantasy author Lois McMaster Bujold (born November 2, 1949, Columbus, Ohio) is an American author of Science fiction and Fantasy Baen Books is known for cultivating military science fiction authors. Baen Books is an American Publishing company established in 1983 by long time Science Fiction publisher and editor Jim Baen. Television series within this subgenre include Battlestar Galactica and Stargate SG-1. Battlestar Galactica is a franchise of Science fiction Films and television series, the first of which was produced in 1978 The popular Halo videogame and novel series is another prominent modern example. Halo is a Science fiction Video game franchise created by Bungie and owned and published by Microsoft Game Studios.
The broader category of speculative fiction includes science fiction, fantasy, alternate histories (which may have no particular scientific or futuristic component), and even literary stories that contain fantastic elements, such as the work of Jorge Luis Borges or John Barth. Speculative fiction is a term used as an inclusive descriptor covering a group of Fiction Genres that speculate about worlds that are unlike the real world in Alternate history or alternative history is a subgenre of Speculative fiction (or Science fiction) and Historical fiction John Simmons Barth (born May 27 1930 is an American novelist and short-story writer known for the postmodernist and metafictive quality of his work For some editors, magic realism is considered to be within the broad definition of speculative fiction. Magic realism, or magical realism, is an artistic Genre in which magical elements or illogical scenarios appear in an otherwise realistic or even "normal"
Fantasy is closely associated with science fiction, and many writers, including Robert A. Heinlein, Poul Anderson, Larry Niven, C. J. Cherryh, C. S. Lewis, Jack Vance, Terry Pratchett, Roger Zelazny, and Lois McMaster Bujold have worked in both genres, while writers such as Anne McCaffrey and Marion Zimmer Bradley have written works that appear to blur the boundary between the two related genres. The Lord of the Rings is an epic Fantasy literature is Fantasy in written form Historically speaking the majority of fantasy works have been literature Fantasy is a Genre that uses magic and other Supernatural forms as a primary element of plot, theme, and/or setting Robert Anson Heinlein (July 7 1907 – May 8 1988 was an American Novelist and Science fiction Writer. Poul William Anderson ( November 25, 1926 – July 31, 2001) was an American Science fiction author who wrote during a Golden Laurence van Cott Niven (born April 30, 1938 Los Angeles California) is a US Science fiction author. Carolyn Janice Cherry (born September 1, 1942) better known by the Pseudonym C Clive Staples Lewis (29 November 1898 – 22 November 1963 John Holbrook Vance (born August 28, 1916 in San Francisco, Terence David John Pratchett, OBE (born 28 April 1948 is an English fantasy, Science fiction, and children's author. Roger Joseph Zelazny ( May 13, 1937 – June 14, 1995) was an American writer of Fantasy and Science fiction Lois McMaster Bujold (born November 2, 1949, Columbus, Ohio) is an American author of Science fiction and Fantasy Anne Inez McCaffrey (born April 1, 1926) is an American Science fiction Author best known for her Dragonriders Marion Eleanor Zimmer Bradley ( June 3, 1930 – September 25, 1999) was an American author of Fantasy novels such The authors' professional organization is called the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA). Science Fiction Writers of America, or SFWA (ˈsɪfwə or /ˈsɛfwə/ was founded in 1965 by Damon Knight. SF conventions routinely have programming on fantasy topics, and fantasy authors such as J. K. Rowling and J. R. R. Tolkien (in film adaptation) have won the highest honor within the science fiction field, the Hugo Award. The definition of a fantasy author is somewhat diffuse and a matter of opinion – Jules Verne considered H Joanne "Jo" Rowling OBE (born 31 July 1965 who writes under the Film adaptation is the transfer of a written work to a Feature film. The Hugo Awards are given every year for the best Science fiction or Fantasy works and achievements of the previous year Some works show how difficult it is to draw clear boundaries between subgenres, for example Larry Niven's The Magic Goes Away stories treat magic as just another force of nature and subject to natural laws which resemble and partially overlap those of physics. Laurence van Cott Niven (born April 30, 1938 Los Angeles California) is a US Science fiction author. The Magic Goes Away is a Fantasy Short story written by Larry Niven in 1976 and later expanded to a Novella of the same name which
However, most authors and readers make a distinction between fantasy and SF. In general, science fiction is the literature of things that might someday be possible, and fantasy is the literature of things that are inherently impossible. Magic and mythology are popular themes in fantasy. Magic in Fiction is the endowing of Fictional characters or objects with magical powers. The word mythology (from the Greek grc μυθολογία mythología, meaning "a story-telling a legendary lore" There are many elements that show up throughout the fantasy genre in different guises
It is common to see narratives described as being essentially science fiction but "with fantasy elements. Frankenstein is a Horror film from Universal Pictures directed by James Whale and very loosely based on the novel of the same name " The term "science fantasy" is sometimes used to describe such material. Science fantasy is a mixed Genre of story which contains some Science fiction and some Fantasy elements
Horror fiction is the literature of the unnatural and supernatural, with the aim of unsettling or frightening the reader, sometimes with graphic violence. Horror fiction is broadly Fiction in any medium intended to scare unsettle or horrify the audience The term supernatural or supranatural ( Latin: super, supra "above" + natura "nature" pertains to entities events Graphic violence is the depiction of especially vivid brutal and realistic acts of violence in visual media such as Literature, Film, Television Historically it has also been known as "weird fiction. " Although horror is not per se a branch of science fiction, many works of horror literature incorporates science fictional elements. One of the defining classical works of horror, Mary Shelley's novel Frankenstein, is a fully-realized work of science fiction, where the manufacture of the monster is given a rigorous science-fictional grounding. Mary Shelley ( Née Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin; 30 August Frankenstein or The Modern Prometheus, generally known as Frankenstein, is a Novel written by the British author Mary Shelley The works of Edgar Allan Poe also helped define both the science fiction and the horror genres. Edgar Allan Poe (January 19 1809 – October 7 1849 was an American poet, short-story Writer, editor and Literary critic, Today horror is one of the most popular categories of films. Horror films are Movies that strive to elicit Fear, Horror and terror responses from viewers
Works in which science and technology are a dominant theme, but based on current reality, may be considered mainstream fiction. Much of the thriller genre would be included, such as the novels of Tom Clancy or Michael Crichton, or the James Bond films. The thriller is a broad Genre of Literature, Film, Gaming and Television. Thomas Leo Clancy Jr (born April 12 1947) is an American author best known for his technically detailed espionage and Military science storylines John Michael Crichton, ˈkraɪtən, (born October 23 1942 is an American author Film producer, Film director, Medical doctor, and Television producer James Bond 007 is a Fictional character created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve Novels and two Short story
Modernist works from writers like Kurt Vonnegut, Philip K. Dick, and Stanisław Lem have focused on speculative or existential perspectives on contemporary reality and are on the borderline between SF and the mainstream. Modernism describes an array of Cultural movements rooted in the changes in Western society in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century Kurt Vonnegut Jr (November 11 1922 – April 11 2007 (ˈvɒnəgət was a prolific and genre-bending American Novelist known for works blending Satire, Black Philip Kindred Dick (December 16 – March 2) was an American Science fiction Novelist and Short story Writer. Stanisław Lem ( sta'ɲiswaf lɛm 12 September 1921 – 27 March 2006 was a Polish Science fiction, philosophical and satirical writer Existentialism is a philosophical doctrine which posits that individuals create the meaning and essence of their lives and that this essence follows from their existence
According to Robert J. Sawyer, "Science fiction and mystery have a great deal in common. Robert J Sawyer is a Canadian Science fiction writer born in Ottawa in 1960 and now resident in Mississauga. Both prize the intellectual process of puzzle solving, and both require stories to be plausible and hinge on the way things really do work. " Isaac Asimov, Anthony Boucher, Walter Mosley, and other writers incorporate mystery elements in their science fiction, and vice versa. Isaac Asimov (c January 2 1920 &ndash April 6 1992 ˈaɪzək ˈæzɪmʌv originally Исаак Озимов but now transcribed into Russian as, was a Russian Anthony Boucher (born William Anthony Parker White) ( August 21, 1911 – April 29, 1968) was an American Science fiction Walter Ellis Mosley (born January 12, 1952) is a prominent American novelist most widely recognized for his Crime fiction.
Superhero fiction is a genre characterized by beings with much higher than usual physical or mental prowess, generally with a desire or need to help the citizens of their chosen country or world by using his or her powers to defeat natural or superpowered threats. Superhero fiction is a subgenre of Fiction that deals with Superheroes Supervillians super-powered humans aliens, or mutants Many superhero fiction characters involve themselves (either intentionally or accidentally) with science fiction and fact, including advanced technologies, alien worlds, time travel, and interdimensional travel; but the standards of scientific plausibility are lower than with actual science fiction.
Some of the best-known authors of this genre include Stan Lee, Keith R. A. DeCandido, Diane Duane, Peter David, Len Wein, Marv Wolfman, George R. R. Martin, Pierce Askegren, Christopher Golden, Dean Wesley Smith, Greg Cox, Nancy Collins, C. J. Cherryh, Roger Stern, and Elliot S! Maggin. Stan Lee (born Stanley Martin Lieber; December 28, 1922) is an American Writer, editor, creator of comic book characters Keith Robert Andreassi DeCandido (born April 18, 1969 in New York, United States) is an American Sci-fi and Fantasy writer Diane Duane (born May 18, 1952) is an American Science fiction and Fantasy author For the Grenadian politician see Peter David (politician. Peter Allen David (often abbreviated PAD) (born September 23 Len Wein (born June 12, 1948) is an American Comic book Writer and editor best known for co-creating DC Comics Marvin A "Marv" Wolfman (born May 13, 1946) is an award-winning American Comic book Writer. George Raymond Richard Martin ( September 20, 1948) sometimes referred to as GRRM, is an American Author and Screenwriter John Pierce Askegren (1955 - November 2006 of the Louisiana Askegrens was an American Author best known for his work in adaptations of licensed properties and is a lifelong Christopher Golden is an American author of horror, Fantasy, and suspense novels for adults teens and young readers Dean Wesley Smith is a Science fiction author known primarily for his Star Trek novels movie novelizations and other novels of licensed properties such Greg Cox (born 1959 is a Science fiction Writer. He lives in Oxford, Pennsylvania, U Nancy A Collins (born 10 September, 1959) is a United States Horror fiction writer best known for her series of Vampire novels featuring Carolyn Janice Cherry (born September 1, 1942) better known by the Pseudonym C Roger Stern (born September 17 1950) is an American Comic book Author and Novelist. Elliot S Maggin, also spelled Elliot S! Maggin (born 1950 is an American writer of comic books film television and novels
References to the most noteworthy science fiction books and authors are included here.
External link: Locus 1977 All-Time Best Author Poll
Science fiction fandom is the "community of the literature of ideas. Science fiction fandom or SF fandom is a community of people actively interested in Science fiction and Fantasy literature, and in contact with one another . . the culture in which new ideas emerge and grow before being released into society at large. " Members of this community, "fans", are in contact with each other at conventions or clubs, through print or online fanzines, or on the Internet using web sites, mailing lists, and other resources. Fans in Little Italyjpg|thumb|right|Fans in Little Italy Manhattan celebrating the victory of the Italian association football team after the 2006 FIFA World Cup]][[Image Wm-oly-de-cr Science fiction conventions are gatherings of the community of fans (called Science fiction fandom) of various forms of Speculative fiction including Science A science fiction fanzine is an amateur or semi-professional magazine published by members of Science fiction fandom, from the 1930s to the present day A mailing list is a collection of names and addresses used by an individual or an organization to send material to multiple recipients
SF fandom emerged from the letters column in Amazing Stories magazine. Soon fans began writing letters to each other, and then grouping their comments together in informal publications that became known as fanzines. Once they were in regular contact, fans wanted to meet each other, and they organized local clubs. In the 1930s, the first science fiction conventions gathered fans from a wider area. Science fiction conventions are gatherings of the community of fans (called Science fiction fandom) of various forms of Speculative fiction including Science Conventions, clubs, and fanzines were the dominant form of fan activity, or "fanac", for decades, until the Internet facilitated communication among a much larger population of interested people.
Among the most respected awards for science fiction are the Hugo Award, presented by the World Science Fiction Society at Worldcon, and the Nebula Award, presented by SFWA and voted on by the community of authors. The Hugo Awards are given every year for the best Science fiction or Fantasy works and achievements of the previous year The Nebula Award is an award given each year by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA for the best Science fiction / Fantasy fiction One notable award for science fiction films is the Saturn Award. The Saturn Award is an award presented annually by the Academy of Science Fiction Fantasy & Horror Films to honor the top works in Science fiction, Fantasy It is presented annually by The Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Films.
There are national awards, like Canada's Aurora Award, regional awards, like the Endeavour Award presented at Orycon for works from the Pacific Northwest, special interest or subgenre awards like the Chesley Award for art or the World Fantasy Award for fantasy. The Prix Aurora Awards are given out annually for the best Canadian Science fiction and Fantasy literary works Art Works and Awards for Fan Activities The Endeavour Award, announced annually at OryCon in Portland Oregon is awarded to a distinguished Science fiction or fantasy book written by a Pacific Northwest The Pacific Northwest is a region in the northwest of North America (the term refers to the land not the ocean The Chesley Awards were established in 1985 by the Association of Science Fiction and Fantasy Artists to recognize individual works and achievements during a given year The World Fantasy Awards are annual international awards given to authors and artists who have demonstrated outstanding achievement in the field of Fantasy. Magazines may organize reader polls, notably the Locus Award. The Locus Awards were established in 1971 and are presented to winners of Locus Magazine 's annual readers' poll
Conventions (in fandom, shortened as "cons"), are held in cities around the world, catering to a local, regional, national, or international membership. Minicon is a Science fiction and Fantasy convention in Minneapolis usually held on Easter weekend General-interest conventions cover all aspects of science fiction, while others focus on a particular interest like media fandom, filking, etc. Media fandom is a fan term invented in the late 1970s to describe the collective Fandoms for contemporary television shows and movies Filk is a musical culture genre and community tied to science fiction/fantasy fandom. Most are organized by volunteers in non-profit groups, though most media-oriented events are organized by commercial promoters. A non-profit organization ( abbreviated "NPO" also "not-for-profit" is a legally constituted Organization whose objective is to support or engage The convention's activities are called the "program", which may include panel discussions, readings, autograph sessions, costume masquerades, and other events. Activities that occur throughout the convention are not part of the program; these commonly include a dealer's room, art show, and hospitality lounge (or "con suites"). Conventions may host award ceremonies; Worldcons present the Hugo Awards each year. The Hugo Awards are given every year for the best Science fiction or Fantasy works and achievements of the previous year SF societies, referred to as "clubs" except in formal contexts, form a year-round base of activities for science fiction fans. They may be associated with an ongoing science fiction convention, or have regular club meetings, or both. Most groups meet in libraries, schools and universities, community centers, pubs or restaurants, or the homes of individual members. Long-established groups like the New England Science Fiction Association and the Los Angeles Science Fiction Society have clubhouses for meetings and storage of convention supplies and research materials. The New England Science Fiction Association, or NESFA, is a Science fiction club centered in the New England area The Los Angeles Science Fantasy Society or LASFS (pron "Lahss-Fuss" "Loss-Fuss" "Lass-Fass" or "Lahss-Fahss" is a membership fan
The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA) was founded by Damon Knight in 1965 as a non-profit organization to serve the community of professional science fiction authors. Science Fiction Writers of America, or SFWA (ˈsɪfwə or /ˈsɛfwə/ was founded in 1965 by Damon Knight. Damon Francis Knight ( September 19, 1922 &ndash April 15, 2002) was an American Science fiction Author,
Fandom has helped incubate related groups, including media fandom, the Society for Creative Anachronism, gaming, filking, and furry fandom. Media fandom is a fan term invented in the late 1970s to describe the collective Fandoms for contemporary television shows and movies Society for Creative Anachronism (usually shortened to SCA) is a historical re-creation and Living history group founded in 1966 which Historically the term " gamer " usually referred to someone who played Role-playing games or wargames. Filk is a musical culture genre and community tied to science fiction/fantasy fandom. Furry fandom is a Fandom devoted to anthropomorphic animal
The first science fiction fanzine, "The Comet", was published in 1930. Fanzine printing methods have changed over the decades, from the hectograph, the mimeograph, and the ditto machine, to modern photocopying. The hectograph or gelatin duplicator or jellygraph is a Printing process which involves transfer of an original prepared with special inks to a pan of A spirit duplicator (also referred to as a Ditto machine or Banda machine) was a low-volume printing method used mainly by schools and churches A photocopier (or copier is a machine that makes Paper copies of documents and other visual images quickly and cheaply Subscription volumes rarely justify the cost of commercial printing. Modern fanzines are printed on computer printers or at local copy shops, or they may only be sent as email. Electronic mail, often abbreviated to e-mail, email, or originally eMail, is a Store-and-forward method of writing sending receiving
The best known fanzine (or "'zine") today is Ansible, edited by David Langford, winner of numerous Hugo awards. A zine (an abbreviation of the word Fanzine, or magazine ziːn "zeen" is most commonly a small circulation non-commercial Publication An ansible is a hypothetical machine capable of Superluminal communication and used as a Plot device in Science fiction literature David Rowland Langford (born 10 April 1953 is a British author editor and Critic, largely active within the Science fiction field Other fanzines to win awards in recent years include File 770, Mimosa, and Plokta. File 770 is a Science fiction fanzine published by Mike Glyer and named for the party in Room 770 at the 1951 Worldcon science fiction Mimosa is a Genus of about 400 species of herbs and shrubs in the subfamily Mimosoideae of the legume family Fabaceae. Plokta is a Science fiction Fanzine, first published in 1996 Subtitled "The journal of superfluous technology" the magazine includes
Artists working for fanzines have risen to prominence in the field, including Brad W. Foster, Teddy Harvia and Joe Mayhew; the Hugos include a category for Best Fan Artists. Hugo Award for Best Fan Artist. About this award The Hugo Awards the most prestigious awards in Science fiction and Fantasy
The earliest organized fandom online was the SF Lovers community, originally a mailing list in the late 1970s with a text archive file that was updated regularly. A file archiver is a Computer program that combines a number of files together into one Archive file, or a series of archive files for easier transportation In the 1980s, Usenet groups greatly expanded the circle of fans online. Usenet, a Portmanteau of "user" and "network" is a world-wide distributed Internet discussion system In the 1990s, the development of the World-Wide Web exploded the community of online fandom by orders of magnitude, with thousands and then literally millions of web sites devoted to science fiction and related genres for all media. The World Wide Web (commonly shortened to the Web) is a system of interlinked Hypertext documents accessed via the Internet. Most such sites are small, ephemeral, and/or very narrowly focused, though sites like SF Site offer a broad range of references and reviews about science fiction. SF Site is a Webzine edited by Rodger Turner. Established in 1996 by John O'Neill, it is based in Canada, but includes contributors from around
Fan fiction, known to aficionados as "fanfic", is non-commercial fiction created by fans in the setting of an established book, film, or television series. The community surrounding modern Fan fiction has generated a considerable number of unique subgenres and literary terminology over the past several decades A non-commercial enterprise is work that values other considerations above and beyond that of making a profit
This modern meaning of the term should not be confused with the traditional (pre-1970s) meaning of "fan fiction" within the community of fandom, where the term meant original or parody fiction written by fans and published in fanzines, often with members of fandom as characters therein ("faan fiction"). Science fiction fandom or SF fandom is a community of people actively interested in Science fiction and Fantasy literature, and in contact with one another A science fiction fanzine is an amateur or semi-professional magazine published by members of Science fiction fandom, from the 1930s to the present day Examples of this would include the Goon stories by Walt Willis. Walter Alexander Willis (1919-1999 was a well-known Irish science fiction fan, resident in Belfast
In the last few years, sites have appeared such as Orion's Arm and Galaxiki, which encourage collaborative development of science fiction universes. Orion's Arm, (also called the Orion's Arm Universe Project OAUP or simply OA is an online Science fiction World-building project founded by M Galaxiki is a web -based Free content Virtual community Web 2 | <urn:uuid:c1ca71b9-82bb-4291-8b61-15273ec28084> | 2013-05-26T09:42:14Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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At least four people were injured Friday afternoon when police were investigating a stolen vehicle on the city's east side.
Police were investigating the vehicle near East 7 Mile Road and Greeley Street.
Police said it was not a chase. Undercover officers were checking out a report of a stolen vehicle in the area. The officers, in an unmarked car, pulled up behind a black Jeep Liberty which was suspected of being stolen. The driver of the Jeep took off quickly, drove through a red light, struck the pedestrians and another vehicle, drove through a bus stop and struck a building.
Detroit EMS was at the crash.
Four people were taken to a nearby hospital. The 70-year-old driver of the vehicle which was struck was in critical condition. The others' conditions were not known.
The driver of the Jeep and a passenger fled on foot. Police were searching for two suspects. They believe the suspects possibly were as young as 11 years old.
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Roseville police continue to search for a suspect in an an attempted abduction.
A 19-year-old woman was approached by a man in a vehicle naer 12 Mile Road and Gratiot Avenue Friday night.
When the man inquired about her identity, the woman said she was not the person he was looking for and she started to run. The woman said the man chased after her and tried to grab her and drag her to his vehicle. The woman broke free and ran off and the man drove away.
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Long-term Effects of
Contact Lens Wear
BY JOE B. GOLDBERG, OD, FAAO
The corneal lenses I began fitting in 1950 featured spherical base curves that were 4.00D to 6.00D flatter than the flat corneal meridian (flatter than K). This lens design assured peripheral corneal clearance and lacrimal
interchange. The clinical results from this contact lens design were moderate.
The clinical "breakthrough" in my practice and the contact lens industry began in April, 1956. At this time practitioners began fitting
Wesley-Jessen's Sphercon corneal lenses on K for all day wear.
Long-term Benefits of GP Lenses:
- Better tear flow
- Durable lenses
- Clear corneas
- Clear vision with contact
lenses and glasses
- Patient control
I selected the long-term results that are described in Tables 1 through 5 because they are similar to other long-term results I found for thousands of patients I had fit with corneal lenses during my career.
Table 1 and Table 2 describe the long-term results of spherical base curve corneal lenses fit 4.00D flatter than K that the patients wore for 47 and 43 years, respectively. There is no direct mathematical relationship between the induced refractive and corneal topographical changes.
Table 3 describes the long-term results from a patient who wore corneal lenses for 33 years. I originally fit these lenses 4.00D flatter than K. I later refit the patient with aspheric multifocal lenses that featured paraboloidal base curves when the patient became
presbyopic. I fit these lenses 4.00D steeper than K. This created a myopic decrease in conjunction with no direct mathematical changes of corneal curvatures.
Table 4 describes the long-term results from a patient who wore aspheric multifocal corneal lenses that featured hyperboloidal base curves, which I fit 6.00D steeper than the flatter corneal meridian. The patient wore these lenses for 16 years. The refractive and corneal topographical changes do not have a direct mathematical relationship. I changed the OS contact lens to accommodate the induced refractive change.
The patient in Table 5 wore ellipsoidal base curve corneal lenses for 11 years. I fit these lenses 1.50D steeper than K. Prior to visiting me to be fit with these corneal lenses, she had worn GP bitoric corneal lenses. I replaced them with the ellipsoidal corneal lenses, which created a slight refraction change OD and a meaningful change OS. Once again there is no direct mathematical relationship between refraction and corneal topographical changes.
Corneal lenses may induce refractive and corneal topographical changes. These changes result from the lens-to-cornea fitting relationship. The long-term changes I have described confirm that they have no dependable mathematical relationships, and this is consistent with what I reported in a previous study.
Although I found various refractive changes in the patients I mentioned in this article, I did not change the lens design variables if biomicroscopy confirmed that there was no corneal edema. These patients could interchange their contact lenses and conventional spectacles.
There is very little literature on the long-term effects of contact lens wear. This case series summarizes the refraction and keratometry changes for patients who have worn contact lenses for up to 47, 43, 33, 16 and 11 years. Although myopia decrease and astigmatism increase is the norm, other changes may occur.
Interestingly, although some long-term changes in the cornea have been reported as a result of contact lens wear, such as polymorphism and some corneal clouding and
neovascularization, in this group visual acuity did not change. This indicates the long-term success of rigid contact lenses.
References are available upon request to the editors of Contact Lens Spectrum. To receive references via fax, call (800) 239-4684 and request document #94. (Have a fax number ready.)
Dr. Goldberg is an Emeritus Fellow of the American Academy of Optometry and is a Diplomate in the Section of Cornea and Contact Lenses.
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Mumbai, India (CNN) -- Misogyny is so deeply rooted in India's collective psychology that even the president's son -- in this case, Congress Parliament member Abhijit Mukherjee -- could entangle himself with a remark against women protesting gang rape.
He called them "dented and painted women" who go to discos, have little connection with ground realities and are making candlelight vigils fashionable.
After an enormous backlash, he apologized and retracted his comments, but many are not satisfied and want his resignation
Misogyny has long permeated our textbooks, our pedagogy and our parenting. In fact, it runs so deep that it reflects itself even in our linguistics. The Hindi phrase most commonly used to describe sexual violence or rape against women is "izzat lootna," which means "to steal the honor of." Another Hindi word used for rape, "balatkar" (or "bad act"), is considered so erudite and technical that it's barely ever used. (Its English equivalent would be "coitus" instead of "sex.")
So, for the most part, we're stuck with "izzat lootna" -- and the necessary question: Why should a rapist be given so much credit? Rape is a criminal act of force and perverse subjugation. When a woman is raped, her most fundamental rights as a human being are violated.
Yet, she is just as honorable as she ever was. Honor cannot be stolen. It can only be surrendered. Surely in the act of rape, it is the perpetrator, not the victim, who surrenders honor.
The brave girl from Delhi died with her honor intact. Her rapists will live in ignominy.
Unfortunately, in India rape is inextricably linked by men -- and women -- to shame: the ultimate desecration. Many victims are murdered by their rapists or choose to commit suicide. It is also not uncommon for the parents of rape victims to kill themselves. Thus, most victims don't speak up about what happened to them, lest their families be ostracized, lest they never find a husband or be shunned by their friends.
About 10 months ago, I was offered a role of a young, urban woman who gets gang raped. The film explores how she chooses to deal with what happens to her. It is a very powerful script, and most of me wanted to accept the role immediately. But a gnawing part of me worried about how I'd be perceived by the general public were I to perform this role.
Female sexuality in Hindi cinema is extremely fraught, especially because audiences seem unable to comprehend the distinction between what a role demands from an actor and that person's conduct offscreen.
In the script the woman is attractive, confident and self aware; she'd had several consensual relationships with men and enjoyed her sexuality. Truth be told, her character is not far from me in real life. Still, in patriarchal, judgmental, misogynistic Indian society, these are labels most women are afraid to carry publicly. On top of this, the character gets raped.
I was afraid to accept the role. Afraid of whether audiences and the media would think I was promiscuous, desecrated. Embarrassed at the prospect of saying I'm doing a film in which I get raped, lest aspersions be cast on my character.
There lay, in my own mind, the seeds of the same misogyny that makes Mr. Mukherjee's remarks in the wake of the student's gang rape so deplorable. Seeds I had to uproot at once. I accepted the role.
At the time I was offered the film, rape wasn't getting the sort of national attention it is getting right now. It was still a topic that made most people uncomfortable, a topic that women and men alike were not able to freely express their opinions on.
That India's young public is today demanding so vocally the need to address the way we view sexuality and gender equality is empowering. People are sharing their own experiences of sexual violence on blogs and social media. Men and women are collaborating to seek legal reform, to challenge the societal perceptions they have been force-fed.
We now understand that to remain silent bystanders of a crime is to collude with the criminal. It is clear to me that as actors, filmmakers, artists, journalists, activists -- people who use a medium that has the potential to reach so many minds -- it is our responsibility to educate and mobilize, while we entertain.
For the last 10 months, as we have been rehearsing and shooting, the subject of rape has been my foremost preoccupation. Two points have struck me in particular: First, the director, who is also the scriptwriter, is male. His co-writer, the music composer, is also male. These two artists, Tarun Chopra and Daboo Malik, chose to champion a cause that almost always gets packaged as a women's issue.
In India, sexual violence is perpetrated almost entirely by men. Rapists are male. Should men not feel responsible then to prevent the occurrence of this crime? Shouldn't men be disturbed that their mothers, sisters, wives and daughters constantly feel unsafe or feel they have to dress and behave in a particular way to avoid getting raped? Isn't it time men educated other men about consent?
Secondly, and this point took me longer to acknowledge, women are as guilty as men for the mindset that breeds the crime. We kill our own infant daughters, we immolate our sons' wives if they bear female children, we disapprove of women who make an effort to be attractive -- and doubt their character. We still look at marriage as if it's the purpose for which we were born.
But misogyny is no longer misogyny when expressed by a woman. It's self-loathing.
And while it is easy -- and justified -- for women to point fingers at men for the chauvinism in our society, don't we owe it to ourselves to look within?
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Alleged senior member of Tijuana drug cartel extradited to U.S.
updated 5:58 PM EDT, Fri August 31, 2012
Eduardo Arellano-Felix is scheduled to make his first court appearance in San Diego on September 4.
- Eduardo Arellano-Felix, 55, faces charges of narcotics trafficking and racketeering
- He was arrested in 2008, after a gun battle with Mexican forces
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(CNN) -- A man alleged to be a senior member of a Tijuana-based drug cartel was extradited from Mexico to the United States on Friday to stand trial.
Eduardo Arellano-Felix, 55, faces charges of narcotics trafficking, racketeering and money laundering.
He was arrested on October 25, 2008, after a gunbattle with Mexican forces, the Justice Department said. Arellano-Felix was ordered extradited to the United States in 2010 but spent nearly two years on unsuccessful appeals of his case.
"The extradition of Eduardo Arellano-Felix today marks the end of a 20-year DEA investigation into this vicious drug cartel," said William Sherman, the Drug Enforcement Agency's acting special agent in charge in San Diego.
According to a Justice Department news release, his cartel, the Arellano-Felix Organization, "controlled the flow of cocaine, marijuana and other drugs through the Mexican border cities of Tijuana and Mexicali into the United States." Prosecutors said the group brought Colombian cocaine into Mexico by sea and air, then smuggled it into the United States for sale.
The Justice Department estimates the cartel made hundreds of millions of dollars in profits.
"The FBI is pleased with Mexico's efforts to bring to justice a leader from one of the most violent criminal enterprises in our history," said San Diego FBI Special Agent in Charge Daphne Hearn. "The spirit of cooperation between our two countries is a powerful force in disrupting the criminal activities of these groups that instill fear and threaten the safety of our citizens in the border regions of the United States."
Arellano-Felix is scheduled to make his first court appearance in San Diego on September 4.
The Justice Department noted two brothers of the accused already are serving time in the United States. Benjamin Arellano-Felix and Francisco Javier Arellano-Felix were convicted on drug trafficking, money laundering and racketeering charges.
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Implementing flow-based programming in C#
- MessageDispatcher class
- MidiEvent class
- Track class
- Sequence class
- MIDI devices
- InputDevice class
- OutputDeviceBase class
- OutputDevice class
- OutputStream class
This is the fifth version of my .NET MIDI toolkit. I had thought that the previous
version was the final one, but I have made many changes that have warranted a
new version. This version takes a more traditional C#/.NET approach to
flow-based programming, which I'll describe below. I wasn't comfortable with
version four's implementation along these lines, so I took a step back and made
changes that keep the flow-based approach while remaining within C#/.NET
accepted idioms. I'm hoping that this will make the toolkit easier to use and
The toolkit has seen many revisions over the past two to three years. Each revision
has been an almost total rewrite of the previous one. When writing software, it
is usually a bad idea to make updates that break software using previous
versions. However, my goal in creating this toolkit has been to provide the
best design possible. As I have grown as a programmer, I have improved my
skills and understanding of software design. This has led me to revise the
earlier designs of the toolkit without regard to how these revisions will break
code. Not exactly the attitude one wants to adopt in a professional setting,
but since the toolkit is free and since I have used it as a learning experience
to improve my craft, my priorities are different.
Before I get into the specifics of the toolkit, I would like to talk about its
architecture. With each version of the toolkit, I have struggled with how to
structure the flow of messages through the system. I wanted an approach that
would be versatile and allow customization. It would be nice, I thought, if
users could plug their own classes into the flow of MIDI messages to do
whatever they want. For example, say you wanted to write a harmonizer, a class
capable of transposing notes in a specified key to create harmony parts
automatically. It should be easy to simply plug the harmonizer into the toolkit
without affecting other classes. In other words, the toolkit should be
customizable and configurable.
Investigating this problem led me to J. Paul Morrison's excellent
website on flow-based programming. He has written a book on the
subject, which can be found on his website as well as at Amazon.
The idea is simple and will probably seem familiar to most: Data flows through a
network of components. Each component can do something interesting with the
data before passing it along to the next component. In design pattern terms,
this approach is most like the Pipe and Filter pattern and is also similar to
the Chain of Responsibility pattern. Please check out J. Paul Morrison's
excellent book for more information.
(Just to be clear: when I say "component," I'm not necessarily talking about classes
that implement the
IComponent interface. I'm speaking in more
general terms. A component is simply an object in a chain of objects designed
to process the flow of messages.)
Below is a very basic network of components designed to handle the flow of MIDI
The flow of messages begins with the input device. An input device receives MIDI
messages from an external source. Next, the messages flow through a user
component. This component might want to do something like change the MIDI
channel, transpose note messages, or change the messages in some way. Then the
messages pass through the channel stopper. This component simply keeps track of
all currently sounding notes. When the message flow stops, the channel stopper
can turn off all sounding notes so that none of them hang. Finally, the
messages reach the output device. Here they are sent to an external MIDI
Well, this is something I really struggled with. You can read a bit about the
different ways I tried to achieve this by reading my
blog. I found myself going round in circles on this. In version four of
the toolkit, I settled on the idea of using a source/sink abstraction. I created
an interface representing "Sources." A source represents a source of MIDI
messages. "Sinks" were represented by delegates that could be connected to
sources; a sink is simply a method capable of receiving a MIDI message. This
worked well but it was a little confusing because the implementation looked a
little "funny." That is to say, a C# programmer looking at the code for the
first time might be confused as to what is going on.
I decided to do away with the sink/source infrastructure and use something more
idiomatic. Sources of MIDI messages raise events when they have messages to
send. Instead of implementing an interface and having
Disconnect methods for hooking to sinks, they would simply have
events. There are two advantages here: First, sources no longer have to
ISource interface, and second, .NET events are
something very familiar to us. So sources of MIDI messages now look like your
everyday class that just happens to have one or more events.
How about sinks, those objects that can receive MIDI messages? A sink can be
anything. It's just an object that has a method that can receive a MIDI
message. In version four, I had a
Sink delegate for representing
methods of objects capable of receiving MIDI messages. These delegates were
used to connect with sources. This approach of using delegates to "connect"
sources and sinks is still used in the toolkit but not as before. Instead,
delegates are used as adaptors that connect to the events raised in sources and
adapts the events so that objects that need to receive the messages can do so
without any knowledge of the source.
Let's look at an example. Say that we're using an
receive MIDI messages from a MIDI device, such as your soundcard. The
ChannelMessageReceived event each time it receives a
channel message. Suppose that we want to keep track of any note-on channel
messages so that when we decide to stop receiving messages, we can turn off any
currently sounding notes to keep them from "hanging." The
class is just for this purpose. However, the
ChannelStopper has no
knowledge of the
InputDevice class. We need a way to hook them up
so that messages generated by the
InputDevice can be passed along
ChannelStopper. Here is how we can do this with an
InputDevice inDevice = new InputDevice(0);
ChannelStopper stopper = new ChannelStopper();
inDevice.ChannelMessageReceived += delegate(object sender, ChannelMessageEventArgs e)
In this example, an anonymous method adapts events raised by the
so that they can be processed by a
is the source of channel messages and the
ChannelStopper is a sink
capable of receiving and processing channel messages. The nice thing about this
approach is that no explicit source/sink infrastructure is needed. Neither
class knows anything about being a source or sink. The flow of messages is
orchestrated by an external agent, in this case, an anonymous method.
There are several categories of MIDI messages: Channel, System Exclusive, Meta, etc.
In designing a MIDI toolkit, the challenge is to decide how to represent these
messages. One approach is to create two or three general MIDI classes and have
specific types of MIDI messages represented through the properties of those
classes. The Java MIDI API takes this route. Another approach is to create a
large collection of finely grained classes to represent all of the different
types of MIDI messages. For example, there are many types of Channel messages
such as the Note-on, Note-off, Program change, and Pitch Bend messages. The
fine grained approach would create a class for each of those message types. My
approach was to take a middle ground. I created classes for the general
categories of MIDI messages but left the specific types of messages as
properties within those classes. This kept the class hierarchy lightweight and
manageable while providing enough specialization to make working with MIDI
Here is the hierarchy of MIDI message classes in the MIDI toolkit:
Specific types of messages are represented through properties. For example, the
class has a
Command property that can be set to represent the
various types of Channel messages.
All message classes are immutable. This makes sharing messages throughout an
application safe. To create messages, you pass the desired property values to
their constructor. Additionally, the toolkit provides a set of builder classes
for making message creation more convenient.
The toolkit provides the following message builders:
ChannelMessageBuilder and the
use the Flyweight design pattern. When a new message is built, it is stored in
a cache. When another message is needed that has the exact same properties as a
message that has already been built, the previous message is retrieved rather
than creating a new one. When you consider that a typical MIDI sequence is made
up of thousands of messages, many of them identical, it is easy to see how the
Flyweight pattern is applicable.
Here is an example of creating a
ChannelMessage object representing a
ChannelMessageBuilder builder = new ChannelMessageBuilder();
builder.Command = ChannelCommand.NoteOn;
builder.MidiChannel = 0;
builder.Data1 = 60;
builder.Data2 = 127;
After the builder has been initialized with the desired properties, the MIDI message
is built with a call to the
Build method. The MIDI message can
then be retrieved via the
There are several builder classes for creating specific types of meta messages. For
example, to create a key signature meta message, you use the
KeySignatureBuilder builder = new KeySignatureBuilder();
builder.Key = Key.CMajor;
Often there is a need to process a collection of
each message is processed depends on its type. The problem is that you cannot
IMidiMessage's type without an explicit check. The
MessageType property just for this purpose. However,
having to repeatedly check message types throughout your code can be
MessageDispatch class is designed to automate these checks. This
class acts as a source for every type of MIDI message. It raises an event each
time it dispatches a message. The type of event is determined by the type of
message it is dispatching.
MIDI playback is driven by ticks that occur periodically. The source of these ticks
are MIDI clocks. MIDI clocks come in all shapes and sizes. For example,
playback can be driven by an internal or external clock. Also, the way in which
the ticks are generated depends on whether the MIDI sequence has pulses per
quarter note resolution or SMPTE resolution. For the vast majority of
situations, an internal clock generating ticks with pulses per quarter note
resolution is all you need.
IClock interface represents the basic functionality for all MIDI
public interface IClock
event EventHandler Tick;
event EventHandler Started;
event EventHandler Continued;
event EventHandler Stopped;
Tick event occurs when a MIDI tick has elapsed. The
Stopped events are self-explanatory.
However, it should be pointed out that when the
occurs, sequence playback starts from the beginning of the sequence. When the
Continued event occurs, playback starts from the current position.
IsRunning property indicates whether the clock is running.
You may notice that there are no methods in the interface for starting and stopping
a clock. That is because with clocks that are driven by an external source, the
source is responsible for starting and stopping the clock. The clocks receive
messages via MIDI and based on those messages starts or stops generating ticks.
Since all MIDI clocks implement
IClock, it only represents the
functionality common to all the clocks.
At this time, the toolkit provides only one clock class, the
This clock generates MIDI ticks internally using pulses per quarter note
resolution. For the majority of situations, this clock will work fine.
MidiInternalClock has a
Tempo property for setting the
tempo in microseconds per beat. To set the tempo to 120 bpm, for example, you
would set the
Tempo property to 500000. It can receive meta tempo
change messages. When a meta tempo change message is passed to it, it changes
its tempo to match the tempo represented by the message.
A MIDI file is made up of several tracks. Each track contains one or more
timestamped MIDI messages. The timestamp represents the number of ticks since
the last message was played. This timestamp is called delta ticks. The
class represents a timestamped MIDI message. It has three
DeltaTicks property represents the number of ticks since the last
MidiEvent. In other words, this value represents how long to wait
after playing the previous
MidiEvent before playing the current
For example, if the
DeltaTicks value is 10, we would allow 10
ticks to elapse before playing the MIDI message represented by the current
AbsoluteTicks represents the overall position of the
This is the total number of ticks that have elapsed until the current
MidiMessage property is the
In addition there are two internal properties, one which points to the previous
in the track, and one which points to the next
MidiEvent in the
track. In other words, the
MidiEvent class acts as a node in a
doubly linked list of
Track class represents a collection of
is responsible for maintaining a collection of
MidiEvents are not directly added to a
Instead, you add an
IMidiMessage, specifying its absolute position
Track then creates a
to represent the message and inserts it into its collection of
In addition to providing functionality for adding and removing MIDI events, the
class also provides several iterators. There is a standard iterator that simply
iterates over the
MidiEvents one at a time. Another iterator takes
MessageDispatcher object and passes each
to the dispatcher which in turn raises an event specific to the type of message
it is dispatching. The value the iterator returns is the absolute ticks for the
Perhaps the most useful iterator is the one that when advanced moves forward only
one tick at a time. The iterator keeps track of its tick position in the
When the tick count has reached a value in which it is time to play the next
it passes the
IMidiMessage represented by the
MessageDispatcher and returns the absolute tick count. This
iterator also takes a
ChannelChaser object as well as a start
position value and "chases" up to the start position before switching to the
playback mode. In essence, this iterator allows us to stream the
Sequence class represents a collection of
also provides functionality for loading and saving MIDI files, so
can load and save themselves.
Sequence has a division value. This value represents the
resolution of the
Sequence and is represented by a property. There
are two types of division values: Pulses per quarter note and SMPTE. The
SequenceType property indicating the sequence type.
Unfortunately, SMPTE sequences aren't supported at this time.
There are several MIDI device classes in the toolkit. Each device class is
derived directly or indirectly from the abstract
Device class in
Sanford.Multimedia namespace. The
represents a MIDI device capable of receiving MIDI messages from an external
source, such as a MIDI keyboard controller or synthesizer. The
class is an
abstract class that serves as the base class
for the output device classes. The
OutputDevice class represents a
MIDI device capable of sending MIDI messages to an external source or your
soundcard. And the
OutputStream class encapsulates the Windows
Multimedia MIDI output stream API. It is capable of playing back timestamped
There can be more than one of these devices present on your computer. To determine
the number of input devices present, for example, you would query the
DeviceCount property. The output
device classes also have this property.
Each MIDI device has its own unique ID. This is simply an integer value representing
the device's order in the list of devices available. For example, the first
output device on your system would have an ID of 0. The second output device
would have an ID of 1, and so on. The same is true for the input devices. When
you create a MIDI device, you pass it the ID of the device you wish to use to
its constructor. If there was an error in opening the device, an exception is
To find out the capabilities of a device, you query the class'
GetDeviceCapabilities method, passing it the device ID of the
device you are interested in. This method will return a structure filled with
values representing the capabilities of the specified MIDI device.
Let's describe each device class in detail:
InputDevice class represents a MIDI device capable of receiving
MIDI messages. It has an event for each of the major MIDI message it can
receive. To receive MIDI messages, you connect to one or more of these events.
Then you call the
StartRecording method. Recording will continue
Reset is called. The
lets you set the size of the sysex buffer it uses to receive sysex messages.
InputDevice has received a complete sysex message, it
raises the SysExReceived event.
OutputDeviceBase class is an
that provides basic functionality for sending MIDI messages. It has several
Send methods for sending various types of MIDI
OutputDevice class represents a MIDI device capable of sending MIDI
messages. It inherits most of its functionality from the
class. It also provides running status functionality.
The following code creates an
OutputDevice, builds and sends a note-on
message, sleeps for one second, and then builds and sends a note-off message:
using(OutputDevice outDevice = new OutputDevice(0))
ChannelMessageBuilder builder = new ChannelMessageBuilder();
builder.Command = ChannelCommand.NoteOn;
builder.MidiChannel = 0;
builder.Data1 = 60;
builder.Data2 = 127;
builder.Command = ChannelCommand.NoteOff;
builder.Data2 = 0;
OutputStream class is also derived from the
class. It encapsulates the Windows multimedia MIDI output stream API. It
provides functionality for playing back MIDI messages.
To play MIDI messages, you call
will then begin playing back any MIDI messages in its queue. To place MIDI
messages in the queue, you first write one or more
Write method. After writing the desired number of
Flush. This flushes the events to the stream causing it
to play them back.
Sequencer class is back. It's a lightweight class for playing back
Sequences. I felt the previous
MidiFilePlayer class was
not the best means for playing back MIDI sequences. I wanted to give the
toolkit the ability to play
Sequences your create programmatically.
One issue that caused me to shy away from a
Sequencer class (after
having created one in earlier versions) is the problem of a
changing as it's being played by a
Sequencer. I still haven't
solved that problem, but I didn't want that issue to prevent easy
playback. So I'm putting in a new version of the
with the understanding that it's meant to be used for simple playback. For
something more sophisticated, you can use it as the basis for creating
The MIDI toolkit depends on the
DelegateQueue class from my
use it for queueing MIDI events. In turn, the
depends on my
Sanford.Collection namespace, so that assembly is
also necessary for the toolkit to compile. Finally, the toolkit uses the
namespace. I've provided all of the assemblies with the download. I've linked
the projects that use them to the assemblies in hopes that the toolkit will
compile out of the box. Hopefully, the days of having trouble compiling my
projects because of not having the right assemblies are over.
This article has provided an overview of my .NET MIDI toolkit. My hope is that it
will be a useful and powerful tool for writing MIDI applications. It has been a
lot of fun to write. Each version has represented the very best of my skill and
knowledge as a programmer. I welcome feedback and any bug reports you may have.
Take care and thanks for your time.
20th Feb, 2004
07th May, 2004
27th Oct, 2004
08th March, 2006
14th March, 2006
Cleaned up the article a bit.
Consolidated the sources into one generic interface in the
Consolidated all of the sinks into one generic delegate also in the
Fixed a bug in the MIDI File Player demo as well as a bug in the
14th April, 2007
Aside from dabbling in BASIC on his old Atari 1040ST years ago, Leslie's programming experience didn't really begin until he discovered the Internet in the late 90s. There he found a treasure trove of information about two of his favorite interests: MIDI and sound synthesis.
After spending a good deal of time calculating formulas he found on the Internet for creating new sounds by hand, he decided that an easier way would be to program the computer to do the work for him. This led him to learn C. He discovered that beyond using programming as a tool for synthesizing sound, he loved programming in and of itself.
Eventually he taught himself C++ and C#, and along the way he immersed himself in the ideas of object oriented programming. Like many of us, he gotten bitten by the design patterns bug and a copy of GOF is never far from his hands.
Now his primary interest is in creating a complete MIDI toolkit using the C# language. He hopes to create something that will become an indispensable tool for those wanting to write MIDI applications for the .NET framework.
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JOSEPH EARNED MERIT etc. Why the difference that first it is written: And Joseph went up to bury his father, and with him went up all the servants of Pharaoh etc.,2 followed by, And all the house of Joseph, and his brethren, and his father's house,3 and in the sequel it is written: And Joseph returned into Egypt, he and his brethren,4 followed by, And all that went up with him to bury his father? — R. Johanan said: At first, before [the servants of Pharaoh] beheld the glory of the Israelites, they did not treat them with respect;5 but in the sequel, when they beheld their glory, they treated them with respect. For it is written: And they came to the threshing-floor of Atad;6 but is there a threshing-floor for brambles? — R. Abbahu said: It teaches that they surrounded Jacob's coffin with crowns like a threshing-floor which is surrounded with a hedge of brambles, because the sons of Esau, of Ishmael and of Keturah also came. A Tanna taught: They all came to wage war [against the Israelites]; but when they saw Joseph's crown hanging upon Jacob's coffin, they all took their crowns and hung them upon his coffin. A Tanna taught: Sixty-three crowns were hung upon Jacob's coffin.
And there they lamented with a very great and sore lamentation.7 It has been taught: Even the horses and asses [joined in the lamentation]. When [the cortege] arrived at the Cave of Machpelah, Esau came and wished to prevent [the interment there], saying to them, Mamre, Kiriath-arba, the same is Hebron8 — now R. Isaac has said: Kiriath-arba [is so called] because four couples [were buried there], viz. Adam and Eve, Abraham and Sarah, Isaac and Rebekah, and Jacob and Leah — [Jacob] had buried Leah in his portion and what remains belongs to me'. They replied to him, 'Thou didst sell it'. He said to them, 'Granted that I sold my birth-right, but did I sell my plain heir's right!' They replied: 'Yes, for it is written: In my grave which I [Jacob] have digged for me',9 and R. Johanan has said in the name of R. Simeon b. Jehozadak: The word kirah [dig] means nothing else than 'sale' [mekirah], and thus in the coast-towns they use kirah as a term for 'sale'. — He said to them, 'Produce a document [of sale] for me'. They replied to him, 'The document is in the land of Egypt. Who will go for it? Let Naphtali go, because he is swift as a hind'; for it is written: Naphtali is a hind let loose, he giveth goodly words10 — R. Abbahu said: Read not 'goodly words' [imre shefer] but imre sefer [words of a document]. Among those present was Hushim, a son of Dan, who was hard of hearing; so he asked them, 'What is happening?' They said to him, '[Esau] is preventing [the burial] until Naphtali returns from the land of Egypt'. He retorted: 'Is my grandfather to lie there in contempt until Naphtali returns from the land of Egypt!' He took a club and struck [Esau] on the head so that his eyes fell out and rolled to the feet of Jacob. Jacob opened his eyes and laughed; and that is what is written: The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance; he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.11 At that time was the prophecy of Rebekah fulfilled, as it is written: Why should I be bereaved of you both in one day?12 Although the death of the two of them did not occur on the one day, still their burial took place on the same day. — But if Joseph had not occupied himself with [Jacob's burial], would not his brethren have occupied themselves with it? Behold it is written: For his sons carried him into the land of Canaan!13 — They said [among themselves], 'Leave him [to conduct the interment]; for the honour [of our father] will be greater [when it is conducted] by kings than by commoners'.
WHOM HAVE WE GREATER THAN JOSEPH etc.? Our Rabbis have taught: Come and see how beloved were the commandments by Moses our teacher; for whereas all the Israelites occupied themselves with the spoil, he occupied himself with the commandments, as it is said: The wise in heart will receive commandments etc.14 But whence did Moses know the place where Joseph was buried? — It is related that Serah, daughter of Asher, was a survivor of that generation. Moses went to her and asked: 'Dost thou know where Joseph was buried?' She answered him, 'The Egyptians made a metal coffin for him which they fixed in the river Nile so that its waters should be blessed'. Moses went and stood on the bank of the Nile and exclaimed: 'Joseph, Joseph! the time has arrived which the Holy One, blessed be He, swore, "I will deliver you", and the oath which thou didst impose upon the Israelites15 has reached [the time of fulfilment]; if thou wilt shew thyself, well and good; otherwise, behold, we are free of thine oath'. Immediately Joseph's coffin floated [on the surface of the water]. Be not astonished that iron should float; for, behold, it is written: As one was felling a beam, the axe-head fell into the water etc. Alas, my master, for it was borrowed. And the man of God said: Where fell it? And he shewed him the place. And he cut down a stick and cast it in thither, and made the iron to swim.16 Now cannot the matter be argued by a fortiori reasoning — if iron floated on account of Elisha who was the disciple of Elijah who was the disciple of Moses, how much more so on account of Moses our teacher! R. Nathan says: He was buried in the sepulchre of the kings; and Moses went and stood by the sepulchre of the kings and exclaimed. 'Joseph! the time has arrived which the Holy One, blessed be He, swore "I will deliver you", and the oath which thou didst impose upon the Israelites has reached [the time of fulfilment]; if thou wilt shew thyself, well and good; otherwise, behold, we are free of thine oath'. At that moment, Joseph's coffin shook, and Moses took it and carried it with him. All those years that the Israelites were in the wilderness, those two chests, one of the dead and the other of the Shechinah,17 proceeded side by side, and passersby used to ask: 'What is the nature of those two chests?' They received the reply: 'One is of the dead and the other of the Shechinah'. 'But is it, then, the way of the dead to proceed with the Shechinah?' They were told,
Sotah 13b'This one [Joseph] fulfilled all that was written in the other'.1 But if Moses had not occupied himself with him, would not the Israelites have occupied themselves with him? Behold, it is written: And the bones of Joseph which the children of Israel brought up out of Egypt buried they in Shechem!2 Furthermore, if the Israelites had not occupied themselves with him, would not his own sons have done so? And, behold, it is written: And they became the inheritance of the children of Joseph!3 — They4 said [to one another], 'Leave him; his honour will be greater [when the burial is performed] by many rather than by few'; and they also said: 'Leave him; his honour will be greater [when the burial is performed] by the great rather than by the small'.
Buried they in Shechem.3 Why just in Shechem? — R. Hama son of R. Hanina said: From Shechem they stole him,5 and to Shechem we will restore what is lost. The following verses are contradictory: it is written: And Moses took the bones of Joseph with him,6 and it is written: And the bones of Joseph which the children of Israel brought up7 etc.! — R. Hama son of R. Hanina said: Whoever performs a task without finishing it and another comes and completes it, Scripture ascribes it to the one who completed it as though he had performed it. R. Eleazar said: He8 is likewise deposed from his greatness; for it is written: And it came to pass at that time that Judah went down.9 R. Samuel b. Nahmani said: He also buries his wife and children; for it is written: Shua's daughter, the wife of Judah, died etc.,10 and it is written: But Er and Onan died.11
Rab Judah said in the name of Rab: Why was Joseph called 'bones' during his lifetime?12 Because he did not interfere to safeguard his father's honour when [his brothers] said to him, Thy servant our father13 and he made no reply to them. Rab Judah also said in the name of Rab, and others declare that it was R. Hama son of R. Hanina: Why did Joseph die before his brothers? Because he gave himself superior airs.
And Joseph was brought down to Egypt.14 R. Eleazar said: Read not 'was brought down' but 'brought down', because he brought Pharaoh's astrologers down from their eminence.15 And Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh's bought him, Rab said: He bought him for himself;16 but Gabriel came and castrated him,17 and then Gabriel came and mutilated him [pera'], for originally his name is written Potiphar but afterwards Potiphera.18
WHOM HAVE WE GREATER THAN MOSES etc. And the Lord said unto me, Let it suffice thee.19 R. Levi said: With the word 'suffice' [Moses] made an announcement and with the word 'suffice' an announcement was made to him. With the word 'suffice' he made an announcement: 'Suffice you';20 and with the word 'suffice' an announcement was made to him: 'Let it suffice thee'. Another explanation of 'Let it suffice [rab] thee' is, Thou hast a master [rab], viz., Joshua.21 Another explanation of 'Let it suffice thee' is, That people should not say: How severe the Master is and how persistent the pupil is.22 And why so? In the School of R. Ishmael it was taught: According to the camel is the burden.23
And he said unto them, I am an hundred and twenty years old this day.24 Why does the text state 'this day?' [The meaning is], This day are my days and years completed.25 Its purpose is to teach you that the Holy One, blessed be He, completes the years of the righteous from day to day, and from month to month; for it is written: The number of thy days I will fulfil.26 I can no more go out and come in24 — what means 'go out and come in'? If it is to be understood literally, behold it is written: And Moses was an hundred and twenty years old when he died; his eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated;27 it is also written: And Moses went up from the plains of Moab unto mount Nebo;28 and it has been taught: Twelve steps were there, but Moses mounted them in one stride! — R. Samuel b. Nahmani said in the name of R. Jonathan: [It means] to 'go out and come in' with words of Torah, thus indicating that the gates of wisdom were closed against him.
And Moses and Joshua went, and presented themselves in the tent of meeting.29 A Tanna taught: That was a Sabbath when two teachers [gave discourses] and the authority was taken from one to be transferred to the other. It has further been taught: R. Judah said: Were it not for a Scriptural text, it would be impossible to utter the following. Where did Moses die? In the portion of Reuben, for it is written: And Moses went up from the plains of Moab unto mount Nebo, and Nebo was located in the portion of Reuben, for it is written: And the children of Reuben built … and Nebo etc.30 — It was called Nebo because three prophets [nebi'im] died there, viz. Moses, Aaron, and Miriam. — And where was Moses buried? In the portion of Gad, for it is written: And he provided the first part for himself etc.31 Now what was the distance between the portion of Reuben and that of Gad? Four mil.32 Who carried him those four mil? It teaches that Moses was laid upon the wings of the Shechinah, and the Ministering Angels kept proclaiming, He executed the justice of the Lord, and His judgments with Israel,33 and the Holy One, blessed be He, declared: Who will rise up for Me against the evil-doers? Who will stand up for Me against the workers of iniquity?34
Samuel35 said [that God declared], Who is as the wise man? and who knoweth the interpretation of a thing?36 R. Johanan said [that God declared], Where shall wisdom be found?37 R. Nahman said [that God announced], So Moses died there etc.38 Semalyon39 said: So Moses died there, the great Sage of Israel.40
It has been taught: R. Eliezer the Elder said: Over an area of twelve mil square, corresponding to that of the camp of Israel, a Bath Kol made the proclamation, 'So Moses died there', the great Sage of Israel. Others declare that Moses never died; it is written here, 'So Moses died there', and elsewhere it is written: And he was there with the Lord.41 As in the latter passage it means standing and ministering, so also in the former it means standing and ministering.
And He buried him in the valley in the land of Moab over against Beth-peor.42 R. Berechyah said: Although [Scripture provides] a clue within a clue, nevertheless no man knoweth of his sepulchre.42 The wicked Government once sent to
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Ron Lithgow was a political speech writer for a US Senator named Mark Douglas. On vacation camping in the mountains with a friend, Ron and his companion found a strange light near their camp site. When they got to the cave it turned out to be occupied by aliens, which caught Ron and his friend and transferred their brians unwilling into rock-like super bodies. Other creatures, including a deer and a wolf, apparently had their brains transferred into similar bodies. The aliens ran numerous tests on Ron and his friend in their new bodies (mostly for strength and endurance). Frustrated with the seemingly endless testing, they one day managed to overpower one of the alien guards and took his weapon. Ron managed to escaped from the cave leaving his friend behind, who desperately wanted to get his human body back.
After escaping the cave, Ron contacted his friend and former boss Senator Mark Douglas. Senator Douglas called some of his friends at the National Sciences Agency to help Ron out. The NSA and CIA decided after endless testing at their labs, Ron could live his life with some conditions: he would be supervised by one of their doctors and he could not talk about the alien abduction. Ron Lithgow would no longer exist. His new persona became Concrete and his cover story is that he was the product of a government experiment to make a superhuman cyborg. Concrete began making the rounds on the talk show circuit as the media had a field day with Concrete-themed novelties.
As a boy, Ron Lithgow was something of a nerd: chubby, not interested in sports and a voracious reader. Now as Concrete, he has the opportunity to do all the things he read about and wanted to do, much like his idol Richard Burton(not the actor). Regarded by many as "publicity stunts", Concrete has helped farm families, acted as an over-the-top musician's bodyguard, tried to swim the Atlantic Ocean, and attempted to scale Mount Everest. He supports himself by writing about his experiences.
Concrete's powers are amazing. His skin is a smooth grey rock-like structure, unlike Fantastic Four's The Thing. Sledgehammers and small caliber bullets do little more than crack the surface. A bazooka shell did manage to destroy his leg, which miraculously regenerated (although Concrete was unconscious throughout the regeneration). His eyes enable him to see things at approximately 10x magnification over great distances and even in total darkness. Despite his weight and immense body, he is capable of powerful leaps. He is capable of eating just about anything, from trees to rocks to books. | <urn:uuid:14a7930d-b09d-40a2-aaf5-cf14441c2f54> | 2013-05-26T09:45:46Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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Sofia Vergara (who, earlier today, graced a pulpy new poster for Robert Rodriguez's Machete Kills) is eyeing a leading role opposite Jason Statham in Simon West's upcoming Heat, Variety reports.
A remake of the 1987 feature film that starred Burt Reynolds, Heat is being written by two-time Oscar winner William Goldman, who also wrote the original screenplay of the 1987 version, based on his own novel.
The action-thriller tells the story of a tough recovering gambling addict (Statham) who makes his living providing protection in the rough edges of the gambling world. Statham's character refuses to resort to gunplay, strictly using hand and edged weapon combat. When a dear friend is brutally beaten by a high-rolling mobster, he helps her get her revenge and he ends up in more trouble than he ever imagined.
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The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation, through its scholarship and grantmaking programs, helps exceptionally promising, low-income students, from middle school to graduate school, reach their full potential through education. Our work allows us to see first-hand how high-achieving, low-income students overcome obstacles and excel academically. Our research, however, has shown that many high-potential, low-income students are unable to successfully navigate these obstacles. In The Achievement Trap (2007), we found that there is a significant drop off in the number of low-income students who are identified as high-achieving throughout the primary and secondary education system. These student experiences raise important questions about the factors and contexts that help some low-income students overcome personal adversity, limited educational opportunities, and challenging socioeconomic circumstances to excel academically, and how a deeper understanding of such matters can be used to design programs and interventions that will help more low-income students identified as high achieving early in their primary and secondary school years to sustain their academic achievement levels through college and beyond.
In response to this gap in knowledge, the Foundation has created the Cooke Dissertation Fellowship for advanced doctoral students who are completing dissertations that further the understanding of the educational pathways and experiences of high-achieving, low-income students. The fellowship is intended to focus more scholarly attention on the population of students the Foundation serves in order to enable parents, policymakers, and practitioners to better support such students in achieving their full potential.
Dissertation fellowships are intended to support the doctoral student for work done after the student’s dissertation has been successfully defended. Applications are encouraged from a variety of disciplines such as, but not limited to, education, sociology, economics, psychology, statistics, and psychometrics.
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The Vietnamese Street Sweeper - Near Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Submitted: Jul 12, '08
Great Travel Moment
I watched this lady sweep the street after a heavy downpour and I felt tired after a few minutes. I wondered how much back pain she had at the end of the day because her broom was so short. She had to stoop to sweep. It was interesting to see how different the brooms were from one culture to another. When we made eye contact, she smiled at me. I admire the tenacity and resiliency of the Vietnamese. The hardship that they endured during the war did not seem to break their spirit. | <urn:uuid:47bdaa25-c714-4cd8-9d7b-610a41943405> | 2013-05-27T02:55:49Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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Fuzzy316 wrote:In please, but to clarify the following...
"If a game becomes where no player can attack, or the game will become like that. send me a PM.
Attack someone that your not allowed to and you will not win."
What if it is your turn, and you cannot attack a player, but say... the next 2 people could? Would we send a PM to you then, or only when No player can attack. Would not seem fair if we ended up getting boxed in by the player we cannot attack before 2 peeps are eliminated. Essentially, we would have to "miss" turns or simply deploy and end the turn, unless given special privileges.
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Amy Winehouse - Amy Winehouse's Mother Thinks She's A Butterfly09 July 2012
Janis Winehouse believes her late daughter Amy has been reincarnated as a butterfly and she thinks the singer watches over her and her family.
Amy Winehouse's Mother Thinks She's A Butterfly
Janis Winehouse takes comfort in her belief that the 'Back to Black' singer - who was found dead at her London home in July 2011 at the age of 27 - is still with her in spirit.
She said: ''Just knowing that [she is still with us] gives me strength.
''I'm pretty sure she has come back as a butterfly because she would love the freedom of flying.
''[At her funeral] Mitch was giving the eulogy and a butterfly flew in. I think it was a red admiral because, when they close their wings, they are black.
''The butterfly settled on Kelly Osbourne, then flew around Mitch.
''Also, we were at JFK airport in New York shortly after she died. We were eating some food when, all of a sudden, one of Amy's songs came on and a feather dropped onto our table.''
Janis found it hard to come to terms with Amy's death because she had seemed ''OK-ish'' when they had met earlier that day.
She recalled to Britain's HELLO! magazine: ''There didn't seem to be anything particularly untoward. I think that's why it took me time to actually accept it.'' | <urn:uuid:60a71a06-62fd-44fd-a38b-77c546a3240f> | 2013-05-26T09:38:45Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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Jani Lane - Rocker Jani Lane Died From Alcohol Poisoning05 October 2011
Rocker Jani Lane Died From Alcohol Poisoning
The rocker's body was discovered at the Comfort Inn hotel in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles on 11 August (11).
An initial autopsy examination proved inconclusive but now toxicology results suggest he suffered from "acute ethanol poisoning", according to Tmz.com.
Police reportedly found a half-empty bottle of vodka and prescription medication in Lane's hotel room.
The 47 year old struggled with substance abuse for years before his death and hit the headlines earlier this year (11) after he was sentenced to serve 120 days behind bars after pleading no contest to a 2010 Dui charge - his second in two years.
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Convert c sharp to html (c sharp2html,c sharptohtml)
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Your bags are packed, and your cab's out back.
Guess it's too late to change your mind.
But before you leave, do one thing for me,
Just turn around and look me in the eyes.
F#m, E D
And say you love me but you need a little time,
F#m E D
Make me belive that your still mine,
F#m E D
Tell me anything even if it's just a lie,
D A (repeat intro)
but never, never, never say goodbye.
Baby Please, im on my knees,
begging you not to close that door,
'cause I can't live with out you
'cause everything about you
makes my life worth living for yeah
Ooohhh, So say you love me
but you need a little time, just a little time.
E D F#m
make me belive that your still mine.
tell me anything even if it's just a lie
but never, never, never, never, never say good...bye.
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This image was well known in the African American community. First published in 1925, it was reprinted four years later in The Negro in Chicago. This area of State Street (just off the top of Map 3) was located in an older section of black businesses closer to the downtown area than Thirty-fifth Street.
1) Which of the following black-owned businesses that occupied this stretch of buildings would you expect to find in a neighborhood shopping center today: a drugstore, a barber shop, a florist, a tailor, a music store, a photographer, a millinery shop, and a fish market? How might shopping here in the 1920s differ from your shopping experiences today?
2) List the most obvious differences between the buildings pictured here and those found in Drawing 1. What might account for these differences?
* The image on the screen has a resolution of 72 dots per inch (dpi), and therefore will print poorly. You can obtain a high quality version of this photo, but be aware that the entire file will take about 90 seconds to load with a 28.8K modem. | <urn:uuid:b6bceb51-1168-40cf-8d20-3092e9dcc782> | 2013-05-26T09:41:57Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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A schoolmate Nitin would introduce himself with the line: "I'm Nitin, the same backwards and forwards". However cheesy that may be, at least it gave a mnemonic - people didn't forget his palindromic name in a hurry.
Palindromes are words or phrases that read the same in either direction. Words like MUM, DEED, REFER, the famous long one MALAYALAM. Phrases like NURSES RUN and MADAM I'M ADAM and SO MANY DYNAMOS.
When a palindrome appears in a cryptic puzzle, the clue will often make use of its same-both-ways attribute in the wordplay.
Times Sunday 4312: It swivels up and down (7)
FT 13124 (Mudd): Flat food turned over just the same (4)
Times 24250: Standard that may be raised to no effect (5)
Guardian 24502 (Orlando): Witnesses going up and down (4)
- The word "palindrome" is derived from the Greek palíndromos, meaning "running back" (palín = back + dromos = running).
- Other than the traditional palindrome which has character-by-character symmetry, variants such as these are also classed as palindromes:
- Word-Unit Palindrome: A phrase/sentence with symmetry of words rather than letters. e.g. Fall leaves after leaves fall.
- Mirrored Palindrome: A graphically reversible sequence. e.g. WOW, bid. A traditional palindrome is not necessarily mirrored (e.g. DID is not a mirrored palindrome).
- The Shishupala Vadha, an epic Sanskrit poem composed by Magha in the 8th century, has a stanza which is palindromic not just forwards and backwards but also up and down. Read more here.
- The Guardian carried a palindrome-themed puzzle by Araucaria a few months ago. Check it out here: Guardian 24587.
- If you are afraid of palindromes, you're suffering from aibohphobia according to Wikipedia's list of jocular phobias (and if you're really possessed by this fear then don't learn this word as it is itself a palindrome). | <urn:uuid:11496eb9-353a-4c97-a7e5-b6ee42c74069> | 2013-05-27T02:54:17Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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Mr. CARDIN. Mr. President, today is the 37th anniversary of the Helsinki process. Starting with the signing of the Helsinki Final Act on August 1, 1975, this process began as an ongoing conference which helped end the Cold War and reunite Europe. It has continued as a Vienna-based organization that today seeks to resolve regional conflicts and promote democratic development and the rule of law throughout the region.
While serving in both chambers of the U.S. Congress, it has been a unique and rewarding privilege to engage in this diplomatic process and its parliamentary component as a member and chairman of the U.S. Helsinki Commission, with the goal of improving the lives of everyday people. While they may be citizens of other countries, promoting their human rights and fundamental freedoms helps us to protect our own. It is, therefore, in our national interest to engage in this process.
On this anniversary, however, I do want to focus on three U.S. citizens who suffered the ultimate violation of their human rights when they were taken into a field and shot, deliberately murdered, in July 1999 by a special operations unit under the control the Interior Ministry in Serbia. They were brothers: Ylli, Agron and Mehmet Bytyqi .
The Bytyqi brothers were Albanian-Americans from New York. Earlier in 1999, they went to Kosovo to fight as members of the Kosovo Liberation Army in a conflict which eventually prompted a NATO military intervention designed to stop Serbian leader Slobodan Milosevic and his forces. When the conflict ended, the Bytyqi brothers assisted ethnic Roma neighbors of their mother in Kosovo by escorting them to the Serbian border. Accidently straying into Serbian territory, they were arrested and sentenced to 2 weeks in jail for illegal entry. When released from prison, they were not freed. Instead, the Bytyqi brothers were transported to an Interior Ministry training camp in eastern Serbia, where they were brutally executed and buried in a mass grave with 75 other ethnic Albanians from Kosovo. Two years later, after the fall of the Milosevic regime, their bodies were recovered and repatriated to the United States for burial. Ylli, Agron and Mehmet were never given a fair and public trial, an opportunity to defend themselves, or any semblance of due process. Their post-conflict, extrajudicial killing was cold-blooded murder.
In the last decade Serbia has made a remarkable recovery from the Milosevic era. I saw this myself last year when I visited Belgrade. This progress, however, has not sufficiently infiltrated the Interior Ministry, affording protection to those who participated in the Bytyqi murders and other egregious Milosevic-era crimes. Nobody has been held accountable for the Bytyqi murders. Those in command of the camp and the forces operating there have never been charged.
The same situation applies to the April 1999 murder of prominent journalist and editor Slavko Curuvija, who testified before the Helsinki Commission on the abuses of the Milosevic regime just months before. There needs to be justice in each of these cases, but together with other unresolved cases they symbolize the lack of transparency and reform in Serbia's Interior Ministry to this day. Combined with continued denials of what transpired under Milosevic in the 1990s, including the 1995 genocide at Srebrenica in neighboring Bosnia, these cases show that Serbia has not completely put an ugly era in its past behind it. For that reason, not only does the surviving Bytyqi family in New York, as well as the friends and family of Slavko Curuvija, still need to have the satisfaction of justice . The people of Serbia need to see justice triumph in their country as well.
I want to thank the U.S. Mission to the OSCE in Vienna, which under the leadership of Ambassador Ian Kelly continues to move the Helsinki process forward, for recently raising the Bytyqi murders and calling for justice . I also want to commend the nominee for U.S. Ambassador to Serbia, Michael David Kirby, for responding to my question on the Bytyqi and Curuvija cases at his Foreign Relations Committee hearing by expressing his commitment, if confirmed, to make justice in these cases a priority matter. On this anniversary of the Helsinki Final Act, I join their call for justice . | <urn:uuid:d6517b67-25fa-4cce-8748-cdc208daac30> | 2013-05-26T09:36:00Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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Travis Tygart, USADA's chief executive, said Armstrong would also be hit with a lifetime ban on Friday.
Still to be heard from was the sport's governing body, the International Cycling Union, which had backed Armstrong's legal challenge to USADA's authority.
Armstrong, who retired last year, declined to enter USADA's arbitration process -- his last option -- because he said he was weary of fighting accusations that have dogged him for years. He has consistently pointed to the hundreds of drug tests that he has passed as proof of his innocence during his extraordinary run of Tour titles stretching from 1999-2005.
"There comes a point in every man's life when he has to say, "Enough is enough." For me, that time is now," Armstrong said in a statement sent to The Associated Press. He called the USADA investigation an "unconstitutional witch hunt."
"I have been dealing with claims that I cheated and had an unfair advantage in winning my seven Tours since 1999," he said. "The toll this has taken on my family and my work for our foundation and on me leads me to where I am today - finished with this nonsense."
USADA reacted quickly and treated Armstrong's decision as an admission of guilt, hanging the label of drug cheat on an athlete who was a hero to thousands for overcoming life-threatening testicular cancer and for his foundation's support for cancer research.
"It is a sad day for all of us who love sport and athletes," Tygart said. "It's a heartbreaking example of win at all costs overtaking the fair and safe option. There's no success in cheating to win."
Tygart said the agency can strip the Tour titles, though Armstrong disputed that as he insisted his decision is not an admission of drug use, but a refusal to enter an arbitration process he believes is unfair.
"USADA cannot assert control of a professional international sport and attempt to strip my seven Tour de France titles," he said. "I know who won those seven Tours, my teammates know who won those seven Tours, and everyone I competed against knows who won those seven Tours." | <urn:uuid:3817e54c-c549-4600-a558-812d0e7078fb> | 2013-05-26T09:36:25Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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Two Kennett Square brothers were arrested on drug charges following a drug raid last week.
Joshua Rivera, 22, and his brother, Jeremiah, of 500 Los Rosas Drive, were arrested Sept. 5 following a two-month investigation by Kennett Square, said Police Chief Ed Zunino. Approximately one-half pound of marijuana was seized during the raid along with cash and drug paraphernalia.
Joshua Rivera was charged with three counts each of delivery of marijuana; possession of marijuana, and possession of drug paraphernalia. He was also charged with criminal use of communication facility.
Jeremiah Rivera was charged with two counts of possession with intent to deliver marijuana, three counts of possession of paraphernalia and underage possession of alcohol.
Zunino said the raid was coordinated after the Kennett Square Police Narcotics team obtained a search warrant.
Both were arraigned before District Justice Daniel Maisano. Joshua Rivera was sent to Chester County Prison in lieu of $10,000 bail. Jeremiah Rivera was released on unsecured bail.
The investigation is continuing. Police obtained additional information on drug activity in Kennett Square following the arrests. Zunino said more arrests are expected. | <urn:uuid:e5aeb005-3410-47a7-a526-705cba4640bc> | 2013-05-26T09:44:25Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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DAKAR: Pieces of pottery, iron tools and jewellery dating back thousands of years have been discovered in Dakar after recent torrential rains flooded some suburbs, university researchers told AFP on Monday.
Moustapha Sall, a lecturer and researcher at Dakar's Cheick Anta Diop university said he happened upon the items by chance during a visit to the suburb of Ouest-Foire in the north-east of the capital after the rains on August 26.
"While visiting the flooded zone, I stumbled upon... pieces of pottery, perforated shells reused as jewellery, iron scoria and small stones including blades which could have been used to cut or carve," said Sall.
"The water washed away the sand and revealed these archeological objects."
Sall said the area was home to several construction sites, where workers said they had come across pieces of pottery and shells, which could hinder any future archeological digs.
"We will do an analysis of the objects discovered and send them to a laboratory" at the university which specialises in dating historical items, Sall said.
Another researcher at the university, Alioune Deme, said the objects could date back between 2,000 and 7,000 BC. | <urn:uuid:da49ad05-bc79-44a8-82f1-03e16015819b> | 2013-05-26T09:41:56Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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Definitions For Great Lakes Water Withdrawal Registration
For purposes of implementing the Great Lakes Water Conservation and Management Act, the following definitions are applicable for registering water withdrawals and losses.
- Facility is one or more pieces of water withdrawal equipment at the same site, including but not limited to any place of business, farm, factory, industrial or commercial site, institution, structure, open land, vessel, or rolling stock, where water is withdrawn for any purpose.
- Agriculture is the practice of farming on a farm for crops, plants, vines and trees; and the keeping, grazing or feeding of livestock for sale as livestock or livestock products.
- Farm is an agricultural business that may be composed of up to 25 non-contiguous parcels of land within a radius of 40 miles that are under the ownership or control of the same person.
- Water withdrawal is a withdrawal of surface or ground water from the Great Lakes Basin of 100,000 gallons per day averaged over 30 consecutive days.
- Water loss means the consumptive use of Great Lakes water, or the diversion of water out of the Great Lakes Basin, or both.
- Consumptive use is a use of water that results in a failure to return any portion of the amount withdrawn to the Great Lakes Basin.
- Interbasin diversion is a transfer of water out of the Great Lakes Basin through any mechanism such as a pipe or canal and including a change in ground water flow caused by pumping.
- Great Lakes Basin is shown in a map along with a list of basin communities in Appendix A of the Great Lakes Water Withdrawal Registration Program Handbook. | <urn:uuid:f72069d1-80c2-45f6-91ea-30edc52e065a> | 2013-05-27T02:55:14Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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I met my wife in '90, we moved in together in '91, bought our house together in '92 and we got married in '05.
A funny story , every Friday WAPL radio station takes call ins where people call in to announce there wedding, and they dedicate the wedding song to the couples. The wedding song chorus is, "I made a mistake, the day I made my girlfriend my wife!" I called our wedding in, and the DJ asked how long we've been together. I said 15 years and the DJ went nuts. 15 YEARS? Usually they just read the names and play the song but not this time, this time he played the phone call on the air, I don't remember everything said but it was funny as heck. He then played the wedding song for us, then the song that goes " "Don't give me no lines and keep your hands to yourself" and then played G&R's song, "I used to love her, but I had to kill her." The DJ had fun with it for a whole week and played back the phone "interview" again the next Friday. It was quite funny and thankfully my wife also saw the humor in it or I'd still be in the dog house. lol
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The benefits of exercise are many, from producing physically fit bodies to providing an outlet for fun and socialization. When added to a weight control program these benefits take on increased significance.
We already have noted that proper exercise can help control weight by burning excess body fat. It also has two other body-trimming advantages:
1) Exercise builds muscle tissue and muscle uses calories up at a faster rate than body fat and
2) Exercise helps reduce inches and a firm, lean body looks slimmer even if your weight remains the same. Additional benefits may be seen in how exercise affects appetite. A lean person in good shape may eat more following increased activity, but the regular exercise will burn up the extra calories consumed. There are other physical benefits of regular exercise as well.
Regular physical activity helps you feel better because it:
• Increases your strength, movement, balance, and flexibility.
• Helps control blood pressure and blood sugar.
• Helps build healthy bones, muscles, and joints.
• Helps your heart and lungs work better.
• Boosts energy during the day and may aid in sleep at night.
The psychological benefits of exercise are equally important to the weight conscious person. Exercise decreases stress and relieve tensions that might otherwise lead to overeating.
• Exercise builds physical fitness which in turn builds self-confidence, enhanced self-image, and a positive outlook. When you start to feel good about yourself, you are more likely to want to make other positive changes in your lifestyle that will help keep your weight under control.
• In addition, exercise can be fun, provide recreation and offer opportunities for companionship.
The exhilaration and emotional release of participating in sports or other activities are a boost to mental and physical health. Pent-up anxieties and frustrations seem to disappear when you’re concentrating on going that extra mile. | <urn:uuid:ae10b993-5d18-4860-abed-b7693ce836b3> | 2013-05-26T09:34:50Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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- From: "Monty Ree" <chulmin2@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2006 15:14:10 +0000
As you know, /dev/shm is 1777 and attackers used to write his backdoors at that directory.
So I have saw the partition for some time and I can't see any creation of the files.
So I changed this permission to 755, and there was no problem.
1. What's the role of the /dev/shm?
shm means shared memory?
2. Why this directory must be 1777?
Is there any problem when I change the permission to like 755?
Thanks in advance.
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The Internet presents tremendous opportunities for you and your business, whether you are a budding entrepreneur looking to market and sell your great new idea or a large corporation searching for new ways to increase sales.
But selling goods and services on the Internet presents its own set of challenges -- like how to set up and maintain a secure, reliable, cost-effective system for authorizing payment and managing transactions. If you don't know what you're doing -- and even if you do -- it can be difficult, complicated, and expensive.
The Internet has changed everything ... say goodbye to the limitations of yesterday and open your eyes to a new and exciting way of running your business online. Believe it or not, this renaissance has brought and will bring a tremendous difference in the way you run your business.
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We at Designclub7 provides comprehensive payment gateway solutions for your online business, Please mail us your query regarding the same. | <urn:uuid:8f63f433-4354-4cc1-bc62-eb938646d87c> | 2013-05-26T09:34:22Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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3rd October, 1928
PERSONAL AND CONFIDENTIAL
My dear Prime Minister,
As this letter will reach Australia some little time before the General Election actually takes place and as there is a possibility (a) that you may have time to read it (b) that you may, in one or two constituencies, find some difficulty in the matter of the Commonwealth Government's attitude to the wine bounty, I think you may find it useful if I very briefly make a comment on this subject. I am having the whole situation of Australian wine in London most carefully surveyed and am in touch with Sir Francis Floud, the Chairman of the Board of Customs and Excise, in regard thereto. I hope, as soon as I return from Rome, to be able to forward you a very full statement covering the whole position.
For the purpose of this letter, however, I can set out my views very tersely. The consumption of Australian wine in London has remained more or less constant for a number of months with, however, a slight tendency towards a reduction in consumption. The result of this is that there has been no diminution in the enormous stocks of wine at present in bond here. The stocks I believe amount to something in the neighbourhood of 3,000,000 gallons. The chaotic system, or rather lack of system, whereby Australian wines are offered for sale has had a definitely damaging effect. The general attitude towards Australian wine is less encouraging than it was a year ago. Under all these circumstances I cannot help thinking that in one or two districts there may be a good deal of discontent over the Commonwealth Government's attitude. Should this be the case, I am wondering whether it might not be wise for you to state that you were convinced that one of the major troubles of the Australian wine industry was the lack of any proper organization for the marketing of Australian wines in Great Britain; that your Government had stressed this point for the last two or three years but had met with little response from the wine trade. You were, however, prepared to state that the Government was willing to reconsider the whole position with one proviso, namely that the industry was willing to put up an organization of such a nature as to convince the Government that some really effective method of controlled sale would be brought into effect.
It seems to me quite probable that, given an effective organization, it might be wise for the Commonwealth Government to give some form of financial assistance or guarantee to enable a quantity of wine, about equivalent to the surplus stocks in London, to be held in Australia for one or two years in order to ease the whole marketing situation. It is also possible that, if we cannot obtain any improvement in the preference terms from Great Britain, the Commonwealth Government would be well advised to consider whether an additional 3d. or 6d. per gallon might not be added to the bounty for a limited period for (say) three years as the price for completely effective and satisfactory organization.
Yours sincerely, F. L. MCDOUGALL | <urn:uuid:953da813-0b7d-4677-93c8-354e3f11f1ed> | 2013-05-26T09:35:57Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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|This article relies on references to primary sources. (March 2011)|
|Parent company||IHS Inc.|
|Founder||Fred T. Jane|
|Country of origin||England|
|Headquarters location||London, England|
|Publication types||Databases, books, periodicals|
|Nonfiction topics||Military, Defence, Aerospace, Transportation|
Jane's Information Group (often referred to as Jane's) was a British publishing company specializing in military, aerospace and transportation topics. It was acquired in 2007 by IHS Inc., and its open-source intelligence databases and publications continue to be produced under the IHS Jane's and IHS brands.
Jane's was founded in 1898 by Fred T. Jane who had begun sketching ships as an enthusiast naval artist while living in Portsmouth. This gradually developed into an encyclopaedic knowledge, culminating in the publishing of All the World's Fighting Ships (1898) .
The company then gradually branched out into other arenas of military expertise. The books and trade magazines published by the company are often considered the de facto public source of information on warfare and transportation systems.
Based in London for most of its existence, Jane's Information group was acquired by IHS Inc. in June, 2007, having previously been owned by The Woodbridge Company and before that The Thomson Corporation for a number of years.
The company continues to provide open-source intelligence in the defence, security, aerospace and transportation sectors.
List of publications
- Jane's Aircraft Recognition Guide
- Jane's All the World's Aircraft
- Jane's Armour and Artillery
- Jane's Defence Industry News
- Jane's Fighting Ships
- Jane's Guns Recognition Guide
- Jane's High Speed Marine Transportation
- Jane's Infantry Weapons
- Jane's Military Communications
- Jane's Urban Transport Systems
- Jane's Vintage Aircraft Recognition Guide
- Jane's World Railways
- Jane's Special Forces Recognition Guide
- Jane's Defence Weekly
- Jane's International Defence Review
- Jane's Navy International
- Jane's Intelligence Review
- Jane's Intelligence Digest
- Jane's Defence Industry
- Jane's Airport Review
- Jane's Police Review (discontinued)
- Jane's Combat Simulations was a brand of computer flight simulator games produced, between 1996 and 2002, under license to Electronic Arts. They are no longer produced.
See also
- Brooks, Richard (1997). Fred T Jane: An Eccentric Visionary. Coulsdon, Surrey, England: Jane's Information Group. ISBN 0710617518.
- Press release (12 June 2007). "IHS Acquires Jane's Information Group –Move Creates Global Powerhouse for Aerospace, Defense and Security Insight and Analysis". IHS Inc. Retrieved 4 March 2011.
- janes.com, company's official website
|This article about a publishing company in the United Kingdom is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.|
A portion of the proceeds from advertising on Digplanet goes to supporting Wikipedia. | <urn:uuid:53acd44e-a7ab-4bcb-9eec-aed46c9a8f94> | 2013-05-26T09:41:38Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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Dover Middle School is committed to providing behavioral and emotional support for all students. For most, this general support is sufficient. Some students, however, need additional supports, either within the regular classroom or in a smaller environment. OASIS is designed to provide Tier 3 (more individualized) support for students at risk emotionally, behaviorally, socially, academically and organizationally, for whom DMS cannot sufficiently meet the diverse needs of individual students. OASIS provides those necessary support so that students have the ability to be successful in the above mentioned areas. | <urn:uuid:05ae8837-1bdb-4456-882a-a89d20050c5a> | 2013-05-26T09:35:17Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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Concrete Examples of Orderings
Last week, I noted that if you have an object with two components, each of which you know how to order independently, it requires at least a little thought to figure out how to do so. Moreover, there is a commonly used strategy, often called lexicographical order or dictionary order, for taking the ordering strategies for individual components and combining them.
The C++ library is considerate enough to implement dictionary ordering for its users in (at least) three places. The first is the
std::pair template, which defines the six comparison operators in terms of the corresponding operators of the pair's components. Specifically,
pair(x1, y1) < pair(x2, y2) is defined as x1<x2 || (!(x2 < x1) && y2 < y1)
Note that this definition is careful to use only < on components, not > or ==. Part of its technique for doing so rests on the fact that the comparison x2 < x1 can take place only when it has already been established that x1<x2 is false, so that !(x2 < x1) is really a clever way of saying x2 == x1 without using == or !=.
pair(x1, y1) == pair(x2, y2) is defined as x1 == x2 && y1 == y2
This definition is careful to use only == to define == on pairs.
You might think that the other four comparison operators would be defined in terms of the corresponding operators on the component, but you would be wrong. Instead,
pair(x1, y1) > pair(x2, y2) is defined as pair(x2, y2) < pair(x1, y1) pair(x1, y1) != pair(x2, y2) is defined as !(pair(x1, y1) == pair(x2, y2)) pair(x1, y1) <= pair(x2, y2) is defined as !(pair(x1, y1) > pair(x2, y2)) pair(x1, y1) >= pair(x2, y2) is defined as !(pair(x1, y1)< pair(x2, y2))
The underlying principles are easy to understand once explained:
- The pair template never depends on more than the == and < operations on the components.
- Order relations are defined entirely in terms of other order relations.
- Equality relations are defined entirely in terms of other equality relations.
- If the element types have relations defined that meet the library requirements, then the resulting relations on pairs will also meet the library requirements.
As a generalization of
pair, the library tuple template also implements the six comparison operators in terms of < and == on the
tuple's elements. Like
tuple does not reply on the other four comparison operators on elements.
The third place where the library implements dictionary order is in the
lexicographical_compare algorithm. This algorithm accepts two pairs of iterators, each of which defines a range of elements, and uses an extended version of this comparison procedure to compare the sequences:
- If both sequences have the same length and every element is equal to the corresponding element of the other sequence, the two sequences are considered equal. This case holds even if both sequences are empty.
- If one sequence is a prefix of the other, the shorter sequence is considered less than the other.
- Otherwise, the result of the comparison is the result of comparing the elements that make up the first discrepancy between the sequences.
This function offers an easy way to define sequence comparison in terms of element comparison when all the elements have the same type.
Unless there is a good reason to do otherwise, one's first thought about how to define comparison between two data structures should probably be to compare the data structure's elements along the lines that we've been discussing. The main mistake that beginners make is to believe that it is possible to define
pair(x1, y1) < pair(x2, y2) as something such as
x1 < x2 && y1 < y2, which doesn't work.
There is another pitfall in defining comparison relations: Sometimes the obvious way of comparing individual elements doesn't always work. We'll look at some examples of that pitfall next week. | <urn:uuid:9ae4399b-98f5-4509-a4b4-7d88309d0eb3> | 2013-05-26T09:42:30Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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"Green foods" is a general marketing term introduced decades ago that remains popular today. It can refer to products that are made from fruit and vegetable extracts, typically in the form of capsules, tablets, wafers or powders. Marketers typically represent them to be the nutritional equivalents of the fresh produce that you should consume daily but, perhaps, don't. There are also so-called green "superfoods," such as chlorella, spirulina, and wheat and barley grass that are often promoted as a way to improve digestion or absorption. A newer marketing term is "food grown," referring to ingredients that are whole foods, rather than extracts or laboratory products.
Green foods, particularly the grass and algae "superfoods," have never been part of my nutritional recommendations. While I certainly don't object to people using "green food" products as part of a supplement program, the science that addresses their positive contribution to human nutrition is scant at best. The supplement line I designed is evidence-based, and includes ingredients proven to be safe, effective, and beneficial. I share and support the general philosophy of the "food grown" concept, in that I believe supplements should reflect natural nutritional profiles as closely as possible. For example, I recommend mixed carotenoids rather than isolated beta-carotene, and vitamin E as the full complement of tocopherols and tocotrienols found in nuts and seeds. Interestingly enough, while research clearly demonstrates the health benefits of consuming generous amounts of fruits and vegetables, scientists tend to study the effects of isolated components found in them. They have not looked critically at most of the green foods on the market.
The "food grown" products, especially those made from organic, freeze-dried raw materials, sound good on paper as concentrated versions of whole foods, but I still prefer to get my micronutrients from fruits and vegetables, and use supplements only as insurance against dietary gaps. Not only is that a more pleasurable way to get the nutrients you need, it also supports the spiritual and social aspects of eating. I'm also concerned that if your diet doesn't include vegetables and fruits because you're using a green supplement, superfood, or food-grown supplement, you may be filling up on lower quality foods that are high in calories, bad fats, and quick-digesting carbohydrates.
I consider food-grown products to be mostly suitable for young children and seniors who don't eat enough produce. But I wonder whether youngsters who become accustomed to getting their vegetables and fruits through supplements are less likely to develop the eating habits they need for good health throughout their lives.
The only green drink that I consume regularly is matcha, the Japanese powdered green tea. It provides trace minerals and vitamins (A, B-complex, C, E, and K) and is rich in catechin polyphenols compounds with high antioxidant activity that offer protection against many kinds of cancer, cardiovascular disease, and other age-related diseases. Matcha has a significant amount of dietary fiber and practically no calories, and, because I enjoy preparing and drinking it, I have no interest in taking green tea in a pill.
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How to Ask for and Understand Directions in Japanese
7 of 10 in Series: The Essentials of Japanese Words and Phrases for Traveling
Exploring Japan can be quite an adventure, but you need to know how to ask for directions in Japanese and how to understand the directions you are given. After all, if you don't know how to understand what you're told, you might miss the very things you hoped to see.
The first thing you need to know is how to ask for directions. To get help you can say Sumimasen. (Excuse me.); or Michi o kiite mo ii desu ka. (May I ask you for directions?); or Tasukete kudasasimasen ka. (Will you help me?).
The following words can be used when asking for or receiving directions in Japan.
tonari (next to)
mae (in front of)
michi (street, road)
massugu iku (to go straight)
migi ni magaru (to turn right)
kōsaten o hidari ni magaru (to turn left at the intersection)
Be forewarned. It can be very difficult to find streets and houses based on addresses in Japan. An address is usually used to indicate the area of a building rather than its exact location. In fact, most streets are usually not laid out in a grid pattern and most of the time there are no street signs. So, having an address might not be enough information to actually find your destination address.
Here are some phrases that might come in handy when you need directions.
Takushī de nan-pun gurai desu ka. (How many minutes by taxi approximately?)
Mō ichido onegaishimasu. (Could you repeat that, please?)
Yukkuri onegaishimasu. (Could you speak slower, please?)
Chikatetsu de ikemasu ka. (Can we go there by subway?)
Try putting some phrases and direction words together. The following conversation is typical of getting and receiving directions in Japan.
Tom: Chotto sumimasen. Michi o kiite mo ii desu ka. (Excuse me. May I ask you for directions?)
Hiro: Mochiron. (Of course!)
Tom: Hoteru wa doko desu ka. (Where is the hotel?)
Hiro: Daigaku no kita desu. [(It) is north of the university.]
Tom: ATM wa doko desu ka. (Where is the ATM?)
Hiro: Asoko desu. [(It's) over there.]
Tom: Benten to iu resutoran o shirimasen ka. (Do you know the restaurant called Benten?)
Hiro: Hai. Daigaku no minami desu. (Yes. (It) is south of the university.)
Tom: Eigakan wa dono tōri ni arimasu ka. (What street is the movie theater on?)
Hiro: Eigakan wa migi ni arimasu. (The movie theater is on your right.)
Tom: Gakkō ni wa dōyatte iku n-desu ka. (How do I get to the school?)
Hiro: Migi ni magatte, hidari no hito-tsu-me no michi desu. (Turn right, and it is the first street on your left.)
Tom: Sakura Hoteru wa doko desu ka. (Where is Sakura Hotel located?)
Hiro: Hoteru wa eki no tonari desu. (The hotel is next to the train station.)
Tom: Ginkō to yūbinkyoku no aida desu. [(It) is between the bank and the post office.]
Hiro: Massugu iku to arimasu. (Go straight and you will find it.)
Tom: Hakubutsukan wa koko kara tōi desu ka. (Is the museum far from here?)
Hiro: Koko kara hakubutsukan made yaku ichi-kiromētoru desu. (The museum is about one kilometer from here.)
The measurement units used in Japan are different than those used in the United States. For expressing the distance between two locations, Japanese commonly uses kiromētoru (kilometer) instead of mile. One kilometer is 0.621 miles. | <urn:uuid:a149ec0d-6051-4972-985e-8bee89645367> | 2013-05-26T09:44:57Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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Three years after the D700’s success — based in part on using the ultra-sensitive sensor of the D3, Nikon came up with a completely new strategy: instead of adopting the D4’s sensor, the D800 uses an entirely different and much higher-resolution sensor — thus turning Nikon’s camera hierarchy on its head and creating two separate markets for distinctly-targeted usage.
The D800 gives up the very high sensitivity of the D700 in favor of higher resolution. With its 36Mpix sensor, the D800 gives photographers the opportunity to create large prints, up to at least size A2 (24" x 16"), and to crop and enlarge photos while retaining good resolution in a way that simply wasn’t possible with the D700 and its 12Mpix sensor.
So no—the Nikon D800 is not the successor to the D700, not at all. If that were the case, the D800 would have adopted the D4’s super-sensitive 16Mpix sensor, just as the D700 adoped the D3’s 12Mpix sensor. Now the Nikon professional line includes a camera perfectly designed for reportage, the D4, and another — less robust in design but still very upscale, and with extremely high resolution — the D800.
Under the circumstances, it seems unlikely that a D4x will ever see the light of day. | <urn:uuid:a8db64ef-e1d5-4f15-bf69-3572ec288191> | 2013-05-27T02:55:31Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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Heart disease is the leading cause of death in America. It's important to learn about how you and your family can follow a heart-healthy diet.
The key to heart health is eating foods low in saturated fat, trans fat, cholesterol and sodium, and high in omega-3 fatty acids and fiber. Eating a well-balanced diet will include a combination of whole grains, lean proteins, fruits and vegetables and low-fat dairy.
Saturated and trans fats are found in some meats, dairy products, baked goods and deep-fried and processed foods. Both types of fat raise your LDL – or "bad" – cholesterol level. Instead, eat more plant proteins, fish, poultry and low-fat dairy foods. Start cooking with oils high in monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fat instead of butter, margarine or shortening, which are high in trans fat.
Switch refined grains, like white rice or bread, with whole-grain options, such as brown rice and 100-percent whole-grain bread or pasta. Throughout the day, sip on water and limit sugary beverages by choosing fat-free milk and 100-percent fruit juices.
Next time you are at the grocery store, pick up some of these heart-healthy items:
- Beans, peas and barley
- Soybeans, other soy-based foods
- Fruits and vegetables
- Salmon, tuna, sardines and mackerel
- Red grapes and purple grape juice
- Nuts like almonds, walnuts, pecans and hazelnuts
Another way to reduce your risk of heart disease is to be active. Regular, moderate physical activity lowers blood pressure and helps your body control stress and weight. Be physically active in your own way, and start by doing what you can, at least 10 minutes at a time. Children and teens should get 60 or more minutes of physical activity per day, and adults should get two hours and 30 minutes per week. Encourage your family to take a walk after dinner or play a game of catch or basketball.
For more heart-healthy cooking tips and information on reducing your risk for heart disease, consult a registered dietitian in your area.
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21-year-old English soccer player, Marvin Sordell, took to Twitter to vent his frustrations about derogatory remarks made to him and teammates Lee Chung-Yong, Darren Pratley, and Benik Afobe during the Bolton vs. Millwall game. The Bolton Wanderers striker tweeted, "Chungy, Pratts, Benik and I had all sorts of things said to us," instantly garnering the attention of The Football Association who are now investigating his allegations. "Millwall and Bolton Wanderers are investigating allegations made by Bolton player Marvin Sordell that he was subjected to racial abuse by an individual while warming up as a substitute during Saturday's Championship clash at The Den," a Millwall spokesman said. "At this stage, we are trying to find any corroborative evidence we could use to take the allegations forward."
Both clubs remain determined that racist behavior or language, of any kind, will not be tolerated. The former Watford striker, who was part of the Great Britain football squad at London 2012, also wrote on the social networking site, "Putting the match aside, it's 2012 in England and people are still shouting racial abuse at a football game?" While there has been no complaint made to the Metropolitan Police, any allegations of racist behavior or chanting should not be accepted at all. A final word should be handed down by the Football Association by the middle of this week detailing their findings. | <urn:uuid:5be77bf9-ff92-4f54-89f2-bd14c15cfe85> | 2013-05-26T09:36:00Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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THIS is absolutely incredible.
A 12-year-old girl who was abducted and beaten by men trying to force her into a marriage was found being guarded by three lions who apparently had chased off her captors, a policeman said Tuesday.
The girl, missing for a week, had been taken by seven men who wanted to force her to marry one of them, said Sgt. Wondimu Wedajo, speaking by telephone from the provincial capital of Bita Genet, about 350 miles southwest of Addis Ababa.
She was beaten repeatedly before she was found June 9 by police and relatives on the outskirts of Bita Genet, Wondimu said. She had been guarded by the lions for about half a day, he said.
“They stood guard until we found her and then they just left her like a gift and went back into the forest,” Wondimu said.
“If the lions had not come to her rescue, then it could have been much worse. Often these young girls are raped and severely beaten to force them to accept the marriage,” he said.
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yield: Makes 2 servings
- 3 cups fine sea salt
- 1/2 cup (about 4) egg whites
- 1 2-pound branzino, cleaned, head and tail left intact
- 2 sprigs rosemary
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What does this program measure?
Sulfur Dioxide is measured at 4,10,23,and 40 meters above the ground, in units of parts per trillion by volume.
How does this program work?
Why is this research important?
This is part of an effort to monitor long-term of emissions from Kilauea and Mauna Loa volcanoes. It may provide a precursor to the next Mauna Loa eruption. These measurements also detection large sulfur dioxide pollution events from Asia.
Are there any trends in the data?
No trends. Kilauea has been in continuous eruption since 1983. Mauna Loa last erupted in 1984. Since 1994; SO2 levels from Mauna Loa have been low (<500ppt, or parts per trillion).
How does this program fit into the big picture?
What is it's role in global climate change?
The SO2 data can be used to detect periods of volcanic pollution at the observatory. This can provide a non-baseline filter for other measurements.
Comments and References
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Channel Management System
Channel Management System (CMS) is designed for enterprises to better manage the complicated sales channels. It covers from defining sales targets and activities, collecting sales figures to sales prediction and forecasting and so on. The sales locations could also be sophisticated especially in China. Enterprises face challenges in sales team allocation and management. Marketing effectiveness is another aspect system focus on. | <urn:uuid:378dc982-1170-423e-bc82-6c4609d508ba> | 2013-05-26T09:36:09Z | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | [
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Montepaschi Siena comes off a historic 2011-12 season in which it became the first team in the 63-year history of the Italian League to win the title for a sixth consecutive season. Montepaschi managed to add the Italian Supercup and the Italian Cup trophies to round out a near-perfect domestic season. The results were not quite as strong in the Turkish Airlines Euroleague, where after winning its Top 16 group, Montepaschi lost in the playoffs to eventual champion Olympiacos. Things will look a bit different in Siena this season after long time coach Simone Pianigiani stepped down and his assistant Luca Banchi was handed the reins. Siena's basketball roots run deep; Mens Sana Basket claims to be the first Italian club to play the sport soon after Dr. James Naismith invented basketball in 1891. Siena did not reach the Italian first division until 1973 and graduated to European competitions in the late 1990s. By 2002, Vrbica Stefanov, Milenko Topic and Petar Naumoski brought home the club's very first trophy, the Saporta Cup. The next season, Siena marked its Euroleague debut by going all the way to the Final Four led by Michalis Kakiouzis, Mirsad Turkcan and the late Alphonso Ford. Montepaschi returned to the Final Four in 2004 and fell again in the semifinals, this time in a overtime thriller against Fortitudo, but with new players like Bootsy Thornton, David Vanterpool and David Andersen, it went on to lift its first Italian League trophy that spring. Following the promotion of Pianigiani to head coach in 2007, things only got better for Siena. Pianigiani led the club to six Italian League titles in a row plus four Italian Cups during his run with the team. Montepaschi also returned to the Final Four in 2008 in Madrid, where it lost in the semifinals to Maccabi Electra, despite the efforts of players like Terrell McIntyre, Romain Sato, Rimas Kaukenas, Ksistof Lavrinovic and Shaun Stonerook. The latter trio was joined by Nikos Zisis, Marko Jaric, Malik Hairston and McCalebb for an unlikely run to the 2011 Final Four. Two defeats to start the Top 16 following an injury to its best scorer until then, Bo McCalebb, seemed to point Siena to an early exit. Instead, the team rallied with four consecutive victories into the playoffs. There, the process was repeated, as Siena responded to a record 48-point loss to Olympiacos in Game 1 with three consecutive victories to reach the Final Four, in which eventual champ Panathinaikos blocked its way to glory in the semifinals. Last season Montepaschi won its fourth consecutive domestic double to dominate Italian basketball like no other team has before. With Banchi now running the show, a new era dawns in Siena though there is no doubt Montepaschi remains focused on reaching its first Euroleague final and challenging for that elusive continental crown.
Saporta Cup: 2002
Italian National Championship: 2003-04, 2006-07, 2007-08, 2008-09, 2009-10, 2010-11, 2011-12
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Everton U18 v Bolton U18
Everton Under-18s came from behind to earn a 1-1 draw with Bolton at Finch Farm on Saturday afternoon.
The young Blues were looking to bounce back from the previous week's 1-0 defeat at Reading, a result that ended a five-game unbeaten run.
But Kevin Sheedy's side fell behind to the Wanderers when midfielder Luke Woodland struck first on 25 minutes.
Prior to the game, Sheedy had cited errors at the back for the majority of the goals his side has conceded this term - and it was a soft opener again as Woodland was quickest to react to the ball after it had rebounded off the post.
Bolton had only lost once in 13 games prior to their contest with Everton and were eyeing top spot in the division.
It would take a goal from George Waring to get the Toffees back into the game on 75 minutes.
A good break from Chris Long provided the second-half substitute with the perfect cross and Waring made no mistake from inside the box.
Yet despite pressing in the final stages, the hosts were unable to find a winner.
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The Evolution Deceit
[He is] the Originator of the heavens and earth. When He decides on something,
He just says to it, “Be!” and it is.
"He who possessed knowledge of the Book" told Prophet Sulayman (as) that he could bring the Queen of Saba's throne to him very quickly. This is a possible reference to the transmission of images with present-day advanced technology. Another verse on the subject reads:
A demon of the jinn said: "I will bring it to you before you get up from your seat. I am strong and trustworthy enough to do it." (Qur'an, 27:39)
In our day, text, pictures, and films can be sent anywhere in the world in a matter of seconds, thanks to the Internet and advances in computer technology. For instance, carrying the Queen's throne to Prophet Sulayman's (as) court very quickly may well refer to the fact that it will be possible to send a three-dimensional picture or image in the blink of an eye over the Internet.
According to scientists, the teleportation of atoms and molecules, as well as larger bodies, may become possible in the near future. By this method, the item's material characteristics are removed from one location and transferred in every detail and atomic sequence to another location, where they are reconstructed. If this technology becomes operational one day, time and space will no longer represent an obstacle to travel and objects will be able to be transported anywhere in a single moment without traversing any physical distance.184
In 1998, physicists at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) working with two European groups transported a photon. The scientists formed a copy of the photon by reading its atomic structure and then transmitted that information a distance of 1 metre. In another recent teleportation experiment, Ping Koy Lam of the Australian National University (ANU) and other researchers transmitted a laser ray a short distance.185
Indeed, according to a CNN report on 17 July 2002, a group of physicists from the National Australian University in Canberra split a laser ray and "transmitted" it several metres. Ping Koy Lam, the team's head, stated that they had not yet succeeded in transmitting matter in its atomic state, but that such a thing was not impossible and may become a reality in the future.
According to a study published in the science journal Nature, Eugene Polzik of Denmark's University of Aarhus, and his colleagues performed successful experiments on a large number of atoms, using laser rays and quantum physics.186In his analyses of teleportation's potential, published in the journal Scientific American, Australian physicist Anton Zeilinger states that far more complex systems could be teleported without violating the laws of physics.187
As the Qur'an reveals in "We will show them Our Signs on the horizon and within themselves until it is clear to them that it is the truth" (Qur'an, 41:53), these scientific advances may represent a part of the technologies indicated in the Qur'an, all of which reveal its miraculous aspects.
184. Anil Ananthaswamy, "Teleporting larger objects becomes real possibility," New Scientist, 6 February 2002.
185. Dr. David Whitehouse, BBC News Online, 17 June 2002.
186. Atom Experiment Brings Teleportation a Step Closer," Reuters, 26 September 2001, www.space.com/businesstechnology/technology/quantum_teleportation_010926.html.
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