Mitochondria are organelles which provide the energy to cells. Mitochondrial DNA is inherited from the mother. There are a number of genetic mitochondrial disorders which can cause stroke, blindness, ataxia, neuropathy, and a disorder termed Leigh syndrome.
DNA blood tests can diagnose these disorders as well as identifying mothers who are "carriers." It is estimated that 2500 women of childbearing age in the UK carry this risk.
A team led by Professor Doug Turnbull in the UK has developed the "pro-nuclear transfer" technique. Nuclear material of the parents' fertilized egg, which contains the damaged mitochondria, is removed and is implanted into a donor's healthy egg from which the nuclear material has been removed. The undamaged mitochondria of the donor's egg remains. There is a similar technique in the US, but there, fertilization takes place after the parents' DNA is implanted into a healthy egg.
Which mother does the child look like? Mitochondrial DNA contains only 37 genes compared with 23,000 in the nuclear genome. Thus, the donor will have little effect on the child's DNA.
As expected there are religious objections. Nevertheless, the UK will likely approve this procedure to start in 2016.
The above is a summary of an article by Andrew Jack in the Financial Times, January 20, 2016.


The Boulder International Festival brings together over 40 different dance groups with styles from all around the world. Learn about other cultures, buy hand crafted goods, and dance, Dance, DANCE. A public square dance kicks off the festival on Friday evening.
the weekend in the public garages.


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Q: Get image from web and display using Synapse I want to get an image from the web into stream (without saving) and displaying it on TImage.
The following code produces an error:
response := TMemoryStream.Create;
try
   HttpGetBinary('http://www.example-url/example_image.jpg', response);
   Image.Picture.LoadFromStream(response);
finally
   response.Free;
end;

Project ------- raised exception class 'EReadError' with message:
Stream read error
This is the function in Synapse library(in the picture.inc) that the error points to:
function TPicFileFormatsList.FindByStreamFormat(Stream: TStream): TGraphicClass;
var
  I: Integer;
begin
  for I := Count - 1 downto 0 do
  begin
    Result := GetFormats(I)^.GraphicClass;
    if Result.IsStreamFormatSupported(Stream) then   // <<<<<< this is the error line
      Exit;
  end;
  Result := nil;
end;

A: You have to include the JPEGLib unit somewhere in your project, so that the JPEG graphic class gets registered.
uses
  JPEGLib, // to support JPEG
  PNGcomn, // to support PNG
  httpsend;

response := TMemoryStream.Create;
try
   if HttpGetBinary('http://www.example-url/example_image.jpg', response) then
   begin
     response.Seek( 0, soFromBeginning );
     Image.Picture.LoadFromStream( response );
   end;
finally
   response.Free;
end;

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Paul Lapointe Knows Transparency Won't Solve All of U.S. Soccer's Problems, but It's a Damn Good Place to Start.
The whole process of running for president of U.S. Soccer is draped with questions, suspicions, and controversy. There are no clear answers to even the simplest of questions.
Like, who votes?
Or, how does someone get nominated?
These two basic questions should have incredibly simple answers. But they don't.
Paul Lapointe and I spent an hour discussing some of these key issues. He talked about what he's learned during this whole campaign process. And he reassured me that he has no need to follow the rulebook or toe the line because he has absolutely nothing to lose.
Paul Lapointe Knows Transparency Won't Solve All of U.S. Soccer's Problems, but It's a Damn Good Place to Start.John Pranjic
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The idea of transparency, or lack thereof, came up more than once. And for good reason. Paul and other candidates have been given the runaround by U.S.S.F. in more ways than one.
Take the nomination process for example. Paul submitted his official paperwork to become a candidate and was left waiting for approval, unable to secure official nominations, while others had already hit the campaign trail.
Or how about the rule change midway through the game? It seems like the standard practice in American soccer to create rules or change them so they benefit (or block) certain people from achieving positions of power. And that's exactly what happened during this nomination process. Paul and I talked about that and how it has affected his campaign and potential to be an official candidate on the final ballot.
Even with the deck stacked him, you'll hear Paul crack jokes and you can almost hear his smile coming through the speakers. His heart is in the right place.
It's a blessing to have guys like Paul, someone who is an outsider and whose livelihood doesn't depend on sucking up to those currently in charge of American soccer. He's able to come on a podcast like this and just speak his mind.
Do I agree with all of his ideas? No. Does he agree with all of mine? No. And that's the beauty of this whole thing. Guys like Paul and Eric and some others are willing to welcome other opinions into the conversation. They understand that transparency and diversity are necessary ingredients if we really want anything to actually change in this country.
Meanwhile, other candidates have a long and proven track record of denying people a seat at the table.
So, while Paul and I might have different ideas, we also find common ground on some of the most fundamental aspects of soccer, sports, and humanity in general. We both support inclusion over exclusion, and yes, that promotion and relegation. We both agreed that transparency is necessary for progress. And we both want to see our country succeed in soccer in local communities and on the global stage – from top to bottom, men's and women's, boys and girls.
I hope you enjoy this episode of the #343podcast with Paul Lapointe.
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Oh how we wish we had Michelle Keegan's hair. Whether it's long or short, she always looks ready for a night out in Essex with husband Mark Wright, or out with her friends in Manchester – her home town. For the 31-year-old's Christmas 2018 look, Michelle has gone for something a little different to see in the festive period – she has gone lighter AND longer. Simply stunning.
The Our Girl star headed to see Couture Colour Specialist Calum Tierney at the Terence Paul hair salon in Greater Manchester, and he spoke to HELLO! about Michelle's new 'do. He told us: "Michelle is always up for change" when it comes to experimenting with her hair. For her festive new look Calum used Wella colour with colour contouring around the face (which is a technique used at Terence Paul) to add subtle caramel lights. He told us: "She had a lob last time so we wanted to change it up for Christmas so I added Rapture hair extensions for length," Calum told us.
RELATED: Michelle Keegan's new black jumpsuit has a Meghan Markle twist – can you spot it?
The future is looking rosy for the Stockport-born beauty. In 2019 she will be back on our TV screens in Brassic, a Sky One working class comedy, alongside a Joe Gilgun, Damien Moloney, and Tom Hanson. Calum pointed out that Michelle can't change up her hair during shooting (because of continuity) so now she's all done with work for 2018, she can really let her hair down – literally.


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Gov. Parson asks school administrators to develop statewide plan to increase teacher pay
Published: Jul. 29, 2019 at 5:54 PM CDT
According to the National Education Association, the average teacher salary in Missouri for the 2018-2019 school year was $50,064. That's just about $12,000 lower than the national average of $61,730.
That puts Missouri in 44th place across the 50 states.
It's something Governor Mike Parson isn't happy about.
"It's a sad day for all of us in this room, including myself as Governor, including you as administrators," Parson told a conference of superintendents and school administrators at the Margaritaville Lake Resort in Osage Beach Monday. "That is not what we want to be known for in this state."
Parson said the state is on the right track when it comes to the education of students, but says teacher pay is not competitive enough to bring teachers to or keep teachers in the state.
It's a problem Warsaw R-IX School District Superintendent Shawn Poyser says he knows knows all too well.
"It's very difficult. What you have to try to do is, is there a niche? Is there something you can attract them with, a culture, or maybe a four-day week, or whatever it may be, and then support them while you have them and hope they stay," Poyser said.
Parson is asking administrators to come up with a plan that is feasible in the next three to five years that will increase teacher pay across the state.
"I want you to get to 30 [th place]. That's what I'm asking you today to do. That you work and tell me how you can get that done because they are the future," Parson said. "They are the future of this state, is those teachers, and they're just as much a part of workforce development as anyone else is. We've got to have them, but I need your help to make sure that happens."
But, Poyser said there is a very specific thing that needs to happen in this plan for teacher salaries to increase.
He said there has to be a specific line item in the budget for schools only for teacher salaries because shrinking school budgets make it harder for schools every year.
"If you don't increase the pie, if you will, it gets siphoned off for other things, and other things suffer," Poyser said. "We've seen that in the course of time. Transportation funding's been cut."
Parson says he has faith in the school administrators to find the plan to make it happen.
"We've got to figure out a way to be better," Parson said. "I think the ladies and gentlemen who are here today, if anybody can figure it out, they can figure it out."


After much anticipation/hinting that it would come…Subrosa has confirmed that they are rolling out a 22″ in their 2019 lineup.
Part of the Malum line (it goes by "Malum 22") it appears to be solidly spec'd.
The frame, fork & bars are 100% cro-mo.
Watch for these to be hitting your local Subrosa dealer any day now (if they're not there already).


The St. Louis Cardinals finalized a two-year, $14-million US free-agent deal with shortstop Rafael Furcal, a trade deadline pickup who helped them in their run to the World Series title.
The deal was completed Wednesday after the 34-year-old Furcal passed a physical. He gets salaries of $6 million next year and $7 million in 2013, along with a $1 million signing bonus.
Furcal batted .255 with St. Louis, solidifying the defence along with the leadoff slot. He turned 36 double plays, most among National League shortstops, in the final two months.
The Cardinals moved to retain Furcal after star slugger Albert Pujols signed with the Los Angeles Angels, freeing up payroll. They had been considering giving prospect Tyler Greene a shot at regular duty.


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Biography – PEACHEY, JAMES – Volume IV (1771-1800) – Dictionary of Canadian Biography
Source: Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons
PEACHEY (Peachy, Pitchy), JAMES, surveyor, draughtsman, army officer, and artist; probably of British origin; d. 24 Nov. 1797, likely in Martinique.
Records of James Peachey begin with the first of his three visits to North America. Nothing has been discovered about his early life or training. In 1773 or 1774 he began employment in the Boston office of Samuel Jan Holland*, surveyor general of the province of Quebec and of the Northern District of North America. The Board of Trade, under whose sponsorship Holland was working, wanted the most up-to-date general maps of North America possible, especially with the approach of the American revolution. Peachey may have been hired specifically for this project. In late 1775 Holland sent him and two assistant surveyors to England. Lodged in London apartments, they were to prepare maps for a publication that never materialized. The board gave its financial support to Joseph Frederick Wallet DesBarres*'s rival proposal for the Atlantic Neptune, into which Holland's surveys were incorporated. Peachey not surprisingly disappeared from Holland's pay-list by 1777. Remarking on the visual similarity between the supplementary topographical views in the Atlantic Neptune and Peachey's works, Michael Bell has suggested that Peachey's talents were perhaps utilized in this publication.
By 1780 Peachey had again crossed the Atlantic. He spent the next few years in the Quebec region, as evidenced by the earliest known, dated examples of his artistic production. Through his portrayal of Governor Haldimand*'s entourage and of habitants in idyllic local landscape settings exquisitely executed in water-colour, Peachey captured the attention and patronage of the governor and of William Tryon, former governor of New York. In correspondence with the latter in 1784, Holland referred to Peachey as being "for Som time Draughtsman to General Haldimand" and "on the footing of a Gentleman, of which he has made himselfe deserving of, as well by his Conduct & Improvements in Drawing & Painting."
By May 1783 Peachey was employed as a deputy surveyor under Holland. His assignments were connected with surveying and laying out lots of land for disbanded troops and refugee loyalists in the future Upper Canada. Peachey and his colleagues René-Hippolyte Pepin*, dit Laforce, and Lewis Kotte (Koth, Cotté) were instructed to journey the north shore of Lake Ontario to Niagara (near Youngstown, N.Y.). Peachey wintered in the vicinity of Cataraqui (Kingston), where in association with Kotte until 1784 he continued the surveys of Adolphustown and Fredericksburgh (North and South Fredericksburgh) townships begun by John Collins the previous year. In November Peachey accompanied Haldimand to England.
Among other works Peachey then produced two distinguished series of Canadian views, frequently of identical subject. The first, represented in the collections of the Public Archives of Canada, consists of several fine small-scale water-colours, alphabetically keyed, which were probably at one time insets of a large-scale plan of the St Lawrence valley, possibly intended for publication. A second series, now dispersed, is dated 1785 and may have been commissioned by Haldimand. Peachey used the technique of pouncing to transfer the elements of his preparatory drawing in producing some of these highly finished works. He sometimes copied works after his associates Kotte, James Hunter, and Peter Couture.
Peachey capitalized on his modest success on the London scene by producing his compositions in varying formats, media, and sizes. He prepared etched outlines of topographical views related to his second visit which were then coloured by his own or another hand. He also sought professional assistance to produce aquatints, published in London in 1785 and 1786, after his Canadian views. Residing in the Mayfair district, he exhibited views of Montreal and Quebec at the Royal Academy in 1786 and three more Canadian subjects in 1787. In all likelihood his success was enhanced by his connection with Haldimand. His works may have influenced the perception that Englishmen formed of Canada.
Peachey also tried his hand at book illustration through an association with the London printer C. Buckton. He etched the frontispiece to A primer, for the use of the Mohawk children . . . (2nd ed., London, 1786) by Christian Daniel Claus and the frontispiece and 18 biblical scenes for The Book of Common Prayer . . . translated into the Mohawk language . . . to which is added the gospel according to St. Mark, translated into the Mohawk language by Captn. Joseph Brant . . . (4th ed., London, 1787).
On 3 Oct. 1787 Peachey obtained an ensign's commission in the 60th Foot under Haldimand's command. He arrived at Quebec in August 1788 to join the 1st battalion, then mustered at Niagara. His correspondence with Haldimand refers to a view of the Niagara Falls and a portrait of Catharine Brant [Adonwentishon*], the wife of Joseph Brant [Thayendanegea*], but no Canadian works unmistakably dated to his third visit are known to have survived. By 1790 the 60th had moved to the Montreal region, and Peachey worked under Holland as a deputy provincial surveyor. He was required to amend earlier plans and surveys and to make new ones, including a survey of the rivers St Lawrence and Ottawa above Repentigny in 1793; some of these were compiled into larger plans. On 31 Oct. 1793 he was promoted lieutenant and transferred to the 7th Foot, then stationed at Quebec. A year later the regiment moved to Halifax and in 1795 returned to England. Peachey was made captain 29 July 1795 and transferred to the 43rd Foot on 2 Feb. 1797. His death that year was likely due to an epidemic which decimated the regiment while posted in Martinique.
W. Martha E. Cooke and Bruce G. Wilson
The names Wm Peachy and W. Peachy, inscribed on two aquatints after Peachey, are probably erroneous. Representative examples of Peachey's works are in ASQ, BL, the Metropolitan Toronto Library, the National Gallery of Canada (Ottawa), the New York Public Library, PAC, PAO, the Royal Ontario Museum (Toronto), and private collections.
BL, Add. mss 21737, pp.183–84; 21784, pp.34–37; 21892, ff.13–14 (transcripts at PAC). PAC, RG 1, E15, A, 25/2–27/2; 45/1. PAO, RG 1, A-I-6, 1, Copy of instructions to Mr James Peachey . . . 15 Feb. 1793; Peachey to Holland, 28 Feb. 1793; Holland to Peachey, 17 March 1793. PRO, AO 3/140, pp.52–57, 73, 81; CO 42/16, pp.230–33; CO 323/29, pp.20–22; WO 12/5563, f.79; WO 17/1500–5. [Frederick Haldimand], "Private diary of Gen. Haldimand," PAC Report, 1889, 175, 243. "James Peachey (active/connu 1773–1797)," intro. and catalogue by B. G. Wilson, Archives Canada Microfiches (Ottawa), 2, (1975–76). Mary Allodi, Canadian watercolours and drawings in the Royal Ontario Museum (2v., Toronto, 1974). Catalogue of the manuscript maps, charts, and plans, and of the topographical drawings in the British Museum (3v., London, 1844–61; repr. Brussels, 1962), III. W. M. E. Cooke, Catalogue of paintings, water-colours and drawings in the W. H. Coverdale collection of Canadiana (forthcoming). Algernon Graves, The Royal Academy of Arts: a complete dictionary of contributors and their works from its foundation in 1769 to 1904 (8v., London, 1905–6; repr. 8v. in 4, East Ardsley, Eng., 1970). G.B., WO, Army list, 1788–99. Image of Canada, documentary watercolours and drawings from the permanent collection of the Public Archives of Canada, intro. Michael Bell ([Ottawa, 1972]). Landmarks of Canada . . . a guide to the J. Ross Robertson historical collection in the Public Reference Library, Toronto . . . (2v., Toronto, 1917–21; [new ed.], 2v. in 1, 1967), I. [The authors wish to thank Michael Bell, Douglas Schoenherr, Mrs J. M. White, and Peter Winkworth for their assistance. w.m.e.c. and b.g.w.]
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HOLLAND, SAMUEL JOHANNES (Vol. 5)CLAUS, CHRISTIAN DANIEL (Vol. 4)COLLINS, JOHN (d. 1795) (Vol. 4)DesBARRES, JOSEPH FREDERICK WALLET (Vol. 6)HALDIMAND, Sir FREDERICK (Vol. 5)LAFORCE, RENÉ-HIPPOLYTE (Vol. 5)OHTOWAˀKÉHSON (Vol. 7)THAYENDANEGEA (Vol. 5)BOUCHETTE, JOSEPH (Vol. 7)DAVIES, THOMAS (Vol. 5)
HOLLAND, SAMUEL JOHANNES
DesBARRES, JOSEPH FREDERICK WALLET
HALDIMAND, Sir FREDERICK
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CLAUS, CHRISTIAN DANIEL
DAVIES, THOMAS
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W. Martha E. Cooke and Bruce G. Wilson, "PEACHEY, JAMES," in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 4, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003–, accessed January 21, 2020, http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/peachey_james_4E.html.
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Burundi: Nigeria may finance Mpanda hydroelectric dam
The Nigerian government is examining the possibility of financing the construction of a 10.4MW hydroelectric dam at Mpanda, in the Bubanza province.
Nigerian Vice-President Atiku Abubakar and the Burundian authorities discussed the $33m project during a late February donors' conference in Bujumbura. The World Bank says a feasibility study for the project carried out by Hydroplan and Fichtner in 1997 needs to be updated. The project is part of list presented in 2002 by Burundi's former Energy and Mines Minister Mathias Hitimana to President Olusegun Obasanjo. Nigeria was prepared to finance this project and others through a deal by which Abuja would borrow $243m from the African Development Bank and Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa (Badea) and then make a loan to Burundi to help Bujumbura clear its debts with these multilateral banks and finance projects. Beside the Mpanda power station, the list also included the second phase of the Nyemanga power station ($2.5m), according to plans drawn by Lahmeyer International and EdF
International, the renovation of the low-medium voltage grid in Bujumbura ($10m), expansion of the Bujumbura grid ($2m), extending electricity supply to 14 villages ($6.5m) and doubling the capacity of the Buhinga hydroelectric station ($0.5m). However, plans were put on hold after former President Pierre Buyoya's decision in early July 2002 to sack Hitimana, who had negotiated the deal and claimed to be a close friend of Obasanjo. Relations with Nigeria have improved since Buyoya's departure in April 2003 and his replacement at the head of the transitional government by Domitien Ndayizeye. In late 2004, former Burundian trade minister Thomas Minani concluded an agreement with Abuja for a 15,000 b/d quota of Nigerian crude at a preferential price for Burundi. According to Burundian officials, Obasanjo agreed to increase the oil quota last February during a meeting with Vice President Alice Nzomukunda in Abuja.


Kokua Kailua Village Stroll ~ March 2014 - Hawaiian Energy Sports Journal and Blog - Hawaiian Energy Sports - Feel the Power of the Islands!
Historic Kailua Village's Alii Drive becomes a festive pedestrian-only marketplace filled with music, artists, shopping, & restaurants encouraging people to shop, dine and buy local.
An afternoon at Huilhee Palace begins at 4:00 pm with Hawaiian Music Concert on the Palace's South Lawn at 4pm.


Read more "Wedding Photography vs. Videography: An Old and Pointless Debate"
Today we go behind the scenes of the "wedding highlights" spoof (shot on the Scarlet) that I blogged about yesterday. Find out how they did it and why I think it caused so much confusion.
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This week we interview celebrity event filmmaker and uber-multi-award winner Brett Culp. Brett talks about success, competition, and his documentary about "Batman"!
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Today we have the "head coach" of wedding filmmaking himself, Matt Davis. Some great business advice is to be had. So click through and be edumacated.
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Implementing the PWDVA: Safeguarding women from domestic violence
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Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) is one of the most widespread, and yet the least recognized, human rights violations across the world. It can manifest in many forms, but the most common form experienced by women globally is physical violence inflicted by an intimate partner. Documenting this continues to be a challenge due to lack of reliable, timely datasets. In 2005, the government of India enacted the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act (PWDVA), which came into force in 2006. Nine years later, progress in its implementation is insignificant as it remains plagued by challenges such as inadequate funds and human resources, poor coordination across implementing agencies and ineffective monitoring mechanisms. Addressing these would go a long way in strengthening the Act and making it effective. This also corresponds with the Indian government's wholehearted commitment to 'Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls' by the year 2030 through its adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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According to Wikipedia, the Hindu Kush — also known in ancient Greek as the Caucasus Indicus — is an 800 kilometres-long mountain range that stretches near the Afghan-Pakistan border, from central Afghanistan to northern Pakistan. I was reminded of the Hindu Kush when I heard of the targeting of Al-Rawda Mosque in northern Sinai Friday, 24 November. The Sinai-based terrorists gunned down, in cold blood, 305 worshippers during the weekly Friday prayers. The mosque is known to be a place of worship for Sufis. The attack was a wake-up call for all concerned that it is high time for a thorough rethink of the strategy followed in countering terrorism in northern Sinai. This strategy has always been defensive and static in nature, and reacts to attacks rather than pre-empting them.
Strangely enough, the strategy employed along the western borders of Egypt with Libya is mostly pre-emptive, judging by the communiques regularly released by the Army High Command on shadowing and destroying all-terrain vehicles that cross the border carrying arms, ammunition and terrorists into Egypt. I believe the Al-Rawda attack is our 11 September regarding its impact on public opinion and the need to change tactics and strategies in dealing with terrorist groups that make inaccessible and forbidding mountainous and desert areas their hiding places from where they plan attacks. This brings us to the relevance of the Hindu Kush to Egypt's war on terrorism.
Al-Qaeda terrorists and Taliban militants had used parts of the Hindu Kush as a natural staging ground for attacks against targets of their choosing inside both Afghanistan and in Pakistan's tribal areas along the Pakistan-Afghan borders. This had assured them the element of surprise and safe and quick retreat to their bases. After 11 September, the United States military went into Kabul, toppled the Taliban regime in October 2001 and began a very effective strategy not only to hunt down the terrorists but also their leaders. In order to succeed, the change of strategy entailed tactics that kept these groups and the Taliban on the run, denying them the time to plan and execute attacks in Afghanistan and abroad. The Americans began to rely heavily on drones in monitoring the movements of terrorists and in targeting them. The command centre for drone operations was in the continental United States. One novelty that the Americans introduced in their fight in Afghanistan and Pakistan's tribal areas was the "militarisation" of Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) operations. That ensured rapid and deadly offensive operations as well as reprisals. I recall that in November 2001 an American drone equipped with Hellfire missiles nearly hit Osama bin Laden. He left the house targeted minutes before the attack. The Americans got him in May 2011 in Abbottabad, Pakistan. Special Forces carried out the operation based on reliable human intelligence that took years to ascertain.
These tactics call for reliable human intelligence on the ground. As a matter of fact, this is one of the lessons that the United States military and intelligence community gained from the 11 September attacks. Prior to the attacks on the World Trade Centre in New York City, the United States had depended to a large degree on what is known as Signal Intelligence (SIGINTEL), collecting intelligence through satellites and other electronic means. The attacks on 11 September proved that approach ineffective in the war on terror.
The war on terror is asymmetrical in the sense that classic army formations are arrayed against small groups of terrorists who always master the element of surprise. In these kinds of wars the need is for highly-mobile military units, heavily-armed and well-trained, for carrying out counterinsurgency missions with air cover if need be.
There is no independent and verifiable means to ascertain the success and effectiveness of this strategy. Judging by the savage attack on Al-Rawda Mosque, the terrorists operated the usual way. They choose their targets, make necessary reconnaissance, plan the attack as to the needed men and firepower to deal with the chosen target, move using four-wheel drive vehicles, carry out the attack, cover their retreat, and they are gone. Air reprisals against the attacking force comes minutes later.
I recall the first Rafah attack against an Egyptian military post in August 2012. A group of terrorists surprised the post when the soldiers were breaking their fast (it was Ramadan) and after mowing them down, they got hold of an armoured car and drove it into the Israeli Negev desert to attack an Israeli settlement to the north. Less than 10 minutes after they had crossed into Israeli territory, their armoured carrier was completely destroyed by an Israeli plane. The reason for the rapid response was the fact that company commanders have the authority to request air support.
The asymmetrical war on terror in Sinai needs re-evaluation. Past tactics have provided terrorist groups with the ability to plan, move, attack and retreat without being intercepted. We need to keep them on the run, unable to plan or move across open spaces without interdiction. We must deny them safe havens. Having said so, I have to admit that the fact that they operate most of the time in civilian centres is a highly constraining factor for the Egyptian military in fighting and chasing them.
What happened in the Hindu Kush years back is a good lesson for Egypt.


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"YOUNGER NOW" VERSUS "TELL ME IF YOU LOVE ME", Same day album launch controversy between MILEY CYRUS and DEMI LOVATO
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In 2011, Miley Cyrus and Demi Lovato both completed their successful period of responsibility with Disney channel shows which brought them stardom. Since then, both of them have focused on their singing careers, making brief returns to acting a few times in the middle. During their Disney days, Miley and Demi were part of the Disney Holy Trinity, alongside fellow Friend for Change, Selena Gomez. But one-time friends have drifted apart over the years, as their careers and (BEIBER?) personal lives took different paths.
The "Wrecking ball" singer is regarded as an important artist making distinct creative choices while Demi is considered as a journeyman hit-maker? or, in more simple terms, a hack.
But on Friday both of these former Disney divas released her sixth studio album.
Miley's "Younger Now" and Demi's "Tell Me You Love Me" releasing on the same day is truly a gift as both of them have become household names in the recent years. Their music styles differ a lot but certainly a treat for music lovers.
Here's what we can expect from these two albums.
First, let us take a quick look at Miley's "Younger Now". People all over the world have appreciated and loved the pre-released songs of Miley's new album. With refreshing melodic songs like Malibu, Younger Now, and most recently Week Without You, Miley has returned to her self-styled country roots, showing off her beautiful vocal range, and reminding us never to underestimate a Cyrus.
Although everyone was hoping for a sister collaboration between Miley and Noah Cyrus, sadly it seems that might not happen on this album. But instead, we will be getting the lovely treat of a duet with godmother Dolly Parton, on the track Rainbowland. But, there's more to it. This might not just be the best album by Miley considering that some of the songs are a bit formless to depict the right notion which was meant to be shown by this album in the first place.
On the other hand, Demi Lovato's "Tell Me You Love Me" introduces us to a singer burning with passion and purpose. There's no comprehensive narrative or story here. She collected a set of songs she made with different writers and producers climbing their way up to the A- list. The songs are not just hackwork, but they are funny, catchy, sexy and an absolute treat. Songs such as "Sorry Not Sorry", "Tell Me You Love Me" and 'Daddy issues" have already gone rounds on the internet getting a lot of attention, which it truly deserves.
Both of these albums were meant to be successes considering the artists involved but due to the clash of the releasing dates, it will be interesting to see who gets on top of whom on the music charts this season.
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People who want to extricate themselves from joint-ownership of a property with a sibling, friend or family member who is not a spouse can do so simply and quickly, Barrie civil litigator Scott Hawryliw tells AdvocateDaily.com.
Owners who don't want to sell the property can't do much to prevent it if it's launched through the province's Partition Act, says Hawryliw, founder of SRH Litigation.
"Many of the cases I handle include cottages that parents handed down to more than one child or investment properties purchased by friends, he says. "These are not matrimonial homes, and as such, the same rules don't apply.
"It's really any situation where people bought property with someone who is not at arm's length, like a friend or a cousin, or property inherited with a sibling," Hawryliw says.
If a sale is desired by one of the owners, "the process involves bringing an application for a partition or sale under the Partition Act, and in most circumstances, it's going to be granted," he says. "Only in exceptional situations would the sale be prevented."
That means if someone wants to get his or her money out of a jointly owned property and remove their name from the mortgage, they can do so quite easily, Hawryliw says.
"I don't want to say a person has an absolute right to get out of jointly held property no matter what, but it's pretty close," he says. "An owner has a prima facie right to partition or sale. If someone owns a property jointly with someone else, and they don't want to continue in that, they most likely have the ability to bring that joint ownership to an end."
The courts will likely determine the owners didn't work out their issues and an order to sell will be granted, Hawryliw says.
"These situations often start out with something that causes a fair amount of hostility between owners, and that can increase when the parties try to work it out themselves," he says. "A partition and sale application is very straightforward and can be done quickly in most cases. It allows people to move on with their lives and gain access to the capital they've invested or are entitled to."
If one party refuses to buy out the other, Hawryliw says he can launch a partition application quite quickly.
"We can normally have these applications before a judge to get an order for the sale in a matter of weeks," he says. "If there's no reasonable way to partition the property, the court will make an order to sell it," he says.
Everyone who enters a joint ownership should have a contract, Hawryliw says.
"I'm a big fan of that, but it depends on the circumstances," he says. "If you and your sibling inherit a property from your parents, you're not usually going to have a contract. What I see quite often is that things are OK for a while and then there's some sort of a falling out."
One sibling may claim the ownership is 50-50, but the other may insist they paid a larger share of the mortgage, the taxes or other expenses, and, as such, wants a larger share of any sale earnings to offset the costs, Hawryliw explains.
"I often see someone with bad credit or without a down payment purchase a property with another person jointly, on title as an equal owner, despite the fact that the other person only provided their name for mortgage approval or a small initial down payment," he says. "In cases like this, because that other person is on title as a joint owner, they have the right to bring a partition application to have their half bought out or to force a sale to liquidate the property."
Hawryliw says when someone buys a property with another person as a co-signer on the mortgage, the co-signer can claim 50 per cent ownership, demanding either to have their half bought out or can force a sale to liquidate the property.
"These cases get very heated," he says. "You're doing this because you think family is helping you out by co-signing or, in extreme cases, even putting the title in your family member's name completely while the real owner makes the mortgage payments through the family member's account.
"People should be very careful when adding anyone to the title of their property, even if it's a family member. The reality is that a mortgage company will often require a co-signer to be a co-owner and that a family member providing a downpayment might want the security of being a co-owner, but if the agreement is something other than what is reflected on title, you need to have a written contract setting out what the agreement between the parties really is," Hawryliw says.
He says he is often asked if a contract is necessary when entering into these kinds of arrangements with family members.
"My response is that these joint ownership disputes are almost always between family members," Hawryliw says.
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L'affaire de Léningrad (Ленинградское дело) est une série de procès intervenus de la fin des années 1940 au début des années 1950 sous le régime stalinien contre des membres du Parti communiste soviétique et hauts fonctionnaires de la République socialiste fédérative soviétique de Russie. Les victimes de cette répression furent tous les dirigeants du parti communiste des différents districts, villes et cantons de l'oblast de Léningrad et presque tous des hauts fonctionnaires soviétiques qui furent nommés de Léningrad à Moscou et dans d'autres organisations régionales après la Grande Guerre patriotique.

Les arrestations se produisirent non seulement à Léningrad, mais aussi à Moscou et dans des villes telles que Gorki, Mourmansk, Simferopol, Novgorod, Riazan, Pskov, Petrozavodsk ou Tallin.

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Staline, devenu de plus en plus méfiant au fil des années, craint la rivalité de Léningrad auréolée de son prestige de « ville martyre » en raison du terrible siège de Léningrad (1941-1944) et ancienne capitale ayant conservé une certaine aura intellectuelle. Il a donc l'intention de briser toute velléité de concurrence entre les deux , d'autant que les dirigeants et hauts fonctionnaires de Léningrad sont souvent plus jeunes et plus doués. L'influence de Sergueï Kirov et de Léon Trotski, pourtant assassinés, se fait, croit-il, encore sentir dans certains groupes. Les survivants du siège font figure de héros et les dirigeants locaux de l'époque, coupés du pouvoir central pendant trois ans, ont pris le goût d'une certaine autonomie.

En , la mort d'Andreï Jdanov, qui avait remplacé Kirov à Léningrad et qui était détesté par Gueorgui Malenkov et Nikita Khrouchtchev, transforme l'atmosphère politique :

Selon l'historien Robert Service : .

Déroulement
En , des proches de Jdanov, Piotr Popkov, Alexeï Kouznetsov et Nikolaï Voznessenski, président du Gosplan, organisent une foire commerciale à Léningrad sans demander d'autorisation préalable au Kremlin pour relancer l'économie de la région et subvenir aux besoins des habitants de Léningrad. Des biens et services d'autres régions d'URSS y affluent. Dès le début, la propagande du parti attaque la tenue de cette foire en la décrivant comme un moyen de détourner le budget fédéral de Moscou dans le but de développer l'affairisme local. Pourtant le budget alloué à cette foire a bien été voté et approuvé par la commission du Plan et le gouvernement soviétique.

Les accusations sont formulées en premier lieu par Malenkov, considéré à l'époque comme le collaborateur le plus proche de Staline, qui le dépêche à Léningrad en , puis sont relayées de façon virulente par Khrouchtchev et Lavrenti Beria. Les membres du parti communiste de la région de Léningrad sont accusés de vouloir fonder un nouveau parti communiste dans la République socialiste fédérative soviétique de Russie : Rodionov réclame l'ouverture un . Les dirigeants de Leningrad se voient aussi reprocher leur enthousiasme excessif pour Tito et l'expérience titiste en République fédérative socialiste de Yougoslavie, avant la rupture Tito-Staline.

Plus de deux mille personnes de la municipalité de Léningrad et des différentes instances régionales sont arrêtées. On compte parmi eux des directeurs d'usine, des scientifiques, Alexandre Voznessenski, recteur de l'université de Léningrad et son frère Nikolaï Voznessenski, président du Gosplan, des professeurs d'université, des intellectuels et des conservateurs de musées. Des hommes politiques sont arrêtés dans toute l'URSS. Ils sont tous remplacés par des communistes staliniens issus de l'appareil de Moscou. Des centaines de personnes sont chassées de leur emploi dans l'administration et les milieux intellectuels.

Le premier procès du  condamne à mort Nikolaï Voznessenski ; Mikhaïl Rodionov, président du conseil des ministres de la RSFSR ; Alexeï Kouznetsov, premier secrétaire du comité central du Parti communiste soviétique ; Piotr Popkov, premier secrétaire du parti communiste de l'oblast et de la ville de Léningrad et son deuxième secrétaire Yakov Kapoustine ; Piotr Lazoutine, président du soviet municipal des députés du Peuple de Léningrad ; Alexeï Boubnov, secrétaire du comité du soviet des travailleurs, etc.

Une vingtaine de personnes sont fusillées à Moscou. L'affaire de Léningrad coûta la vie à plusieurs centaines de cadres du parti de la région.

Le dernier procès a lieu en  et concerne une cinquantaine d'accusés. Vingt-trois personnes sont fusillées, deux personnes mortes avant leur procès en prison, 69 personnes condamnées au Goulag, ainsi que 145 membres de leurs familles (en tant que proches des accusés).

Deux mille personnes sont chassées de leur poste et plus de deux cents envoyées au Goulag, dont l'historien d'art Nikolaï Pounine, qui y meurt en . La condamnation porte sur la trahison envers la Patrie, la formation de groupes contre-révolutionnaires et la poursuite d'activités anti-soviétiques.

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Annexes

Articles connexes
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Bibliographie

Liens externes
  Olga Popova l'Affaire de Léningrad
  Stalin and the Betrayal of Leningrad (film de la BBC)

Purges staliniennes
Histoire du communisme
Histoire de Saint-Pétersbourg

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There are more than 204,000 objects, mostly rocket bodies, debris, and satellites in orbit around planet Earth. At Just, we've taken all this public data and turned it into a beautiful interactive infographic. Giving you a sense of what is out there.
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This project is my masters thesis on Faculty of Art and Design on the Jan Evangelista Purkyne's University in Ústí nad Labem . Its going to be an app for electronic evidence of income. This is the new law in Czech republic, that every income has to be send to ministry of finance and then printed to a receipt. It should prevent tax avoidance BUT It is also very dangerous because it can ruin small businesses, who can't afford expansive solutions that are available for now.
I consider that as dystopian, also I don't agree with the law. All I can do however, is mitigate the impact. So our solution offers web based app for every device that can be connected to bluetooth printer, its also going to be free for small businesses.
The user will be able to turn on the "plotter" mode to print facts about the minister of finance, like when he joined communist party etc. It could also print last tweets of the business and so on.
I have designed visual identity and web based app for this project.
The system is officially called EET, that's why I decided to style the ee letters to a shape of a receipt. Etos (Ethos) in ancient greek means character, which I think our minister is lacking 🙂 I have drawn whole logotype so its font is unique.
The screens should be reminiscence of the real world receipts and are based on Luke Wroblowski's UX researches. I have coded the front end of the app, using HTML, CSS, jQuery and Bootstrap. App is also using AJAX to make the experience smooth. The main goal was to create smooth experience with transitions between each steps, while focusing on meaningful animations based on real world experience.
I have designed a logotype for the Czech Presidency of Visegrad Four. A public competition concept.
Mavla.cz is new e-shop with olfactory fences and repellents.
The conception of the logotype is based on an idea of bordering with olfactory fence. The bordering is not physical, in fact we can go through, but for an animal it is more of a psycological barrier. That's why the border is discontinuous. I'm working with that even more on other materials such as business cards, the borders cannot be seen at first but they can be felt by touch. This effect is done with spot varnishing. Like the olfactory fence the border cannot be seen but it can be smelled (touched as a metaphor), so the contact is not visual.
Unfortunately the shop owner got sick and quit his business, so I can't link his the website that I have designed.
Sometimes I just have fun with code.
Hacking User Interfaces is a playground for me which at some point will grow up to a website with cheeky UI hacks.
Honest Budget Builder That won't let you select cheap, fast and good at the same time.
Video Quality Selector A bit too exact. You can send that to a client for free right away!
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I have built a responsive wordpress theme for e-shop Eisha Store, designed by Nam Do Hoai. Although from our site everything worked well the client stopped paying for the domain. So I am hosting it here.
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America's first hijabi Olympian writes book to inspire girls of color who look like her
Fatiatu Inusah Apr 11, 2019 at 02:00pm
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Ibtihaj Muhammad has added to her impressive achievements by writing a children's book that addresses the many unwholesome remarks about the hijab. The book, 'The Proudest Blue', which is set to go on sale on October 22, 2019, discusses the experience of two sisters Faizah and Asiya who are wearing hijab for the first time on their first day of school.
Her hijab, a beautiful blue fabric, is described by her little sister Faizah as the sky on a sunny day. Albeit described as beautiful by Faizah, the hijab is welcomed by the students with hurtful comments but the sisters will stay strong in the face of these challenges and remain proud of who they are.
Ibtihaj says her desire to see children of color represented in literature inspired her to write the book. When she was asked in an interview with Bustle about what inspired her to write the book, she said "One of the earliest and most powerful forms of representation for children comes through reading. I wanted to tell this story so that young children that look like me could see themselves in a picture book. So that children of color, Muslims, and both (like me) know they aren't alone and that there are many out there with a shared experience. It's important that children of color see themselves represented in literature. Representation matters."
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Fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad is the first Muslim American to compete and win a medal at the Olympics. She recounts in her memoir "Proud" how she was faced with racism and xenophobia among those with whom she competed. She also added that she was bullied when she was young because she wore hijab. However, she pushed past these setbacks by embracing and loving who she is.
Speaking in an interview with The Guardian in 2018, she alleged that while a member of the US Fencing Team, her teammate and staff treated her unpleasantly. She was left out of team emails, ignored by her teammates, left off official team sheets and not invited to team dinners.
She added that the team coach Ed Korfanty called her 'lazy' and accused her of 'slacking off' during the Ramadan, a period of fasting for all Muslims. She also claimed that Korfanty accused her of skipping training after she was diagnosed with a sprained ankle by the team's doctor.
One wouldn't expect that Ibtihaj would face such treatment in her field but that is the contrary. She said "My thing is that I shouldn't have to deal with that treatment [I received], especially at the highest level of the sport." "It is hard enough to climb your way to the top. Being made to feel different is what makes it all the more difficult," she added.
In the face of these harsh realities, she still stands by her identity and says "My hijab brings me closer to God and reminds me to lead every step with faith," she told Bustle.
It is not uncommon to find Muslim African-Americans sharing such stories since the surge in Islamophobia after the September 11 terrorist attacks. Muslims in America have been met with such remarks.
Being the first Muslim-American to have achieved such feats in her sport, she has motivated other girls to engage in sports. "Since my time at the Olympic Games, I have seen a lot of young Muslim girls inspired by my story and motivated to be more involved in sports. It is often difficult to see yourself in spaces where there is little to no representation. I hope that seeing me become the first Muslim woman to win an Olympic medal for our country inspires more of us to embrace the power of difference and to be the first at something as well," she told Bustle.
The Olympic medalist also mentioned in her interview with The Guardian that Fencing is an expensive sport that is not open to children in public schools and inner cities that had a minority population. It was mostly white children from rich families who engaged in the sport.
Her book, "The Proudest Blue", co-authored by S.K. Ali relates a story that is meant to uplift hijab wearing children to remain strong despite the challenges they would encounter from wearing the hijab. That notwithstanding, they should embrace who they are.
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is a 1964 Japanese chambara film directed by Kimiyoshi Yasuda and starring Shintaro Katsu as the blind masseur Zatoichi. It was originally released by the Daiei Motion Picture Company (later acquired by Kadokawa Pictures).

Adventures of Zatoichi is the ninth episode in the 26-part film series devoted to the character of Zatoichi.

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Outside of town, a man asks Ichi to give a letter to a maid called Sen at Musashi Inn. Ichi does this and there  shares a room with a young woman called Saki. Saki is looking for her father, the headman of a nearby village disappeared while protesting against the harshness of new government intendant Gorota Kajime.

With the support of the new intendant, local crime boss Jinbei demands an extortionate 40% of the takings of all the town vendors who have come to town. Worried that a man called Shinsuke has escaped, the boss's henchmen plan to take his sister Sen to Jinbei but Ichi intervenes.

At night Ichi overhears a meeting between Sen and the man who gave Ichi the letter: Shinsuke. To cover up the crimes of Jinbei and the intendant, Shinsuke was told to kill a man but Shinsuke was double-crossed and sent to gaol. He plans to kill Jinbei.

Ichi goes to Jinbei's gambling house and again (like the last film) spectacularly cuts weighted dice in two and retrieves the genuine, fair dice from their hiding location in the thrower's top-knot. Ichi is taken to a back room where the boss and the intendant are playing go. A skilled retainer, Gounosuke, acting as the intendant's bodyguard tests Ichi in an impromptu iaijutsu display. The end of Ichi's sword-cane handle is cut off and Ichi asks to be excused. After he leaves the go table, a foot thick block of solid wood, falls in half.

Tired of waiting for her companion Gosuke, Saki decides to travel to Shimokawa and is abducted by Jinbei's men. Ichi followed her and his reputation prompts the men to release her. Ichi and Saki return to the inn where Gounosuke is waiting and demands a rematch. Ichi declines but Gounosuke insists until Ichi cuts in mid air a spinning top thrown at Gounosuke; the top remains spinning after it hits the ground then splits in two. Gounosuke accepts an invitation to drink. Gonosuke says as the third son of a minor lord he couldn't expect much more than his lowly job. All he wants is to meet someone who can beat him in a duel. Ichi just wants to celebrate by worshipping the new year's sun on Mount Myogi but Gounosuke insists on a duel.

Walking about town Ichi meets the town drunk. Over sake the old man relates how he had a son who would be about Ichi's age but that he lost him nearly 30 years ago as a young boy while worshipping the new year's sun on Mount Myogi. The old man gives his name as Giju and Ichi looks surprised and later says to himself that, despite the similarities between his childhood and Giju's story, Giju couldn't be the right name.

At night Ichi he accompanies Sen to see Shinsuke. Ichi calls Shinsuke a fool for treating his sister so badly. Jinbei's men followed Ichi who fights them. Shinsuke nearly escapes but is mortally stabbed, as he dies he confesses to Sen that he killed the headman.

Just after her companion returns, Ichi tells Saki of her father's death and that she should go home as Jinbei plans to kill her. He hires Giju to guide her around checkpoints to escape but Giju is paid by Jinbei and betrays her.

Two young boys tell Ichi Giju betrayed Saki. Ichi confront Giju but spares him because Giju reminds him of his own father. As he leaves Ichi is attacked by six swordsmen. Sensing their attack he kills five and the sixth throws himself to the ground to avoid being attacked.

Ichi goes to the guardhouse, frees Saki then duels Gounosuke as a gentle snow falls. He fights dozens of guards and kills many as well as Jinbei and the intendant. At dawn he worships the new year's first sun light before walking off alone.

Cast
 Shintaro Katsu as Zatoichi
 Eiko Taki as Osen
 Miwa Takada as Saki
 Mikijiro Hira as Gounosuke
 Kichijiro Ueda as Boss Jinbei
 Akitake Kono as Gorota Kajima
 Koichi Mizuhara as Kamazo
 Ikuko Mori as Hanokama

Reception

Critical response
Adventures of Zatoichi currently has three positive reviews, and no negative reviews at Rotten Tomatoes.

References

External links

Zatoichi sekisho yaburi  review by Brian McKay for eFilmCritic.com (20 April 2004)
"Zatoichi the Blind Swordsman, Vol. 9 - Adventures of Zatoichi", review by J. Doyle Wallis for Home Vision Entertainment (19 August 2003)
Review: Adventures of Zatoichi (1964) " by Thomas Raven for freakengine (27 November 2011)

Japanese adventure films
1964 films
Zatoichi films
Daiei Film films
Films set in Japan
Films shot in Japan
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On the Job: GIS Guides Rescuers to Adrift Rower
14 Sep, 2005 Cadalyst
SARMAP software helps pinpoint adventurer Tiny Little's location in Atlantic Ocean
A newly improved geographic information systems (GIS) technology was used to help guide rescuers to a trans-Atlantic rower at end of his 100-day attempt to cross the Atlantic Ocean.
SARMAP (search and rescue mapping), a digital graphic geographic information system developed by the Rhode Island company Applied Science Associates, was used by rescuers to determine and plot a course in the middle of the ocean to look for adventurer Tiny Little after his rowboat was caught in an unmapped current. Little was running out of food, and his boat was getting pulled farther and farther out into the Atlantic.
Predicting Probable Location
The SARMAP system improves the computer modeling used to calculate the speed, direction and location of floating objects, such as floating debris, or debris washed up along shorelines. Predicting the probable location of people and vessels adrift in a large body of water involves taking into account many factors and performing complex calculations. Drifting objects move constantly in response to many forces, such as the speed and direction of winds, tides, currents and wave action.
ABSAR (Antigua Barbuda Search and Rescue) spokesperson Jonathan Cornelius said, "ASA gave ABSAR free access to the SARMAP computer program so they could determine where to send their rescue boat. Although rescuers had good communication with [Little], they used SARMAP to predict his drift 50 miles northeast of Antigua so that the retrieval vessel could plot an accurate course for intercept. They spotted him visually within 1.5 miles of the predicted location."
The report generated by SARMAP for this rescue scenario shows the map location, and the small box to the right of the drift track indicates the position where Little was located.
One Day from Home
James "Tiny" Little had set out in a small rowing boat and left the Canary Islands on January 10, 2005. He had rowed across the Atlantic and was within one final day of reaching the Antigues when he encountered a current that threatened to sweep his specially equipped ocean rowing craft away from land and out into the Atlantic Ocean.
SARMAP is used by numerous government agencies to predict and identify the location of crashes and accidents at sea. ASA spokesperson Nicole Whittier said, "We can use SARMAP to speed up the identification of crash location and expedite search and rescue operations to save more lives."


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(The SDHSAA will soon decide whether to adopt the recommendations from the National Federation of State High School Associations, which outlined a set of "best practices" to reduce exposure to concussions for high school football players.)
One youth football league in Sioux Falls, the Siouxland Youth Football league, is looking to an innovative helmet design for an added measure of protection for its players.
The 12-team, faith-based league begins its first season in August, and when its fifth- and sixth-grade players take to USF's Bob Young Field to play they'll be wearing SG Helmets.
Using a blend of carbon and Kevlar, the helmet's most pronounced feature is its reduced weight – the youth model weighing just 1.4 pounds compared to the standard 4-to-6 pound helmets most commonly used at the youth and high school levels.
It would appear to hold up to the testing, too, though the foam-like liner – which costs $26 to replace – has been known to endure cracks in testing.
"If you go by the drop test it's twice as safe as any helmet on the market," said SYFL founder Jeff Adler of the helmet.
The SG Helmet 2.0 and 2.5 were given five-star ratings in Virginia Tech's most recent grades of adult helmets. The company points to tests conducted by an independent researcher, where its helmets performed well on tests concerning the amount of G forces felt by the head.
Adler heard about the helmet through a connection at his other job – at Cypress Risk Management in Sioux Falls – and became intrigued about its potential usefulness the more that he learned about it.
Adler's not just a football devotee, but also an avid sprint car racing fan. SG Helmets, as it turns out, were designed by Motorsports Hall of Fame inductee Bill Simpson and Chip Ganassi, another experienced racer.
(The "S" from Simpson and "G" from Ganassi make up the company's SG name.)
Simpson made a name for himself in racing for developing helmets and other life-saving equipment – most notably with fire-resistant suits – and transitioned to football helmets to fulfill a perceived need in the sport.
SG Helmets have even made their way into the pro game, where exclusive contracts can be cause for a relative dearth in helmet innovation.
Bill Simpson on NFL Total Access talking about the evolution of the helmet.
"I knew what he'd done to protect that sport. I knew that he'd changed the safety of the fire suits and the helmet," Adler said.
And so he looked further into the SG Helmet. Adler said the results from researchers affirmed clear safety advantages for the helmet.
"When Simpson builds a race car helmet, it's designed so your head doesn't move independently of the helmet – everything moves together," Adler said. "The football helmets are designed with that same idea in mind."
Helmet designs over the years focused on reducing skull fractures; Simpson's helmet was designed with a focus on reducing concussions. That strategy is rooted in reducing the effects of rotational acceleration – cause for the brain and skull colliding with one another as the head moves – as opposed to just blunt force.
The potential added benefits come with a cost, though: On SG Helmet's website youth and varsity models list for $299-324, with plenty of customization options that can raise the cost. That price can easily reach $400 per helmet within a few clicks.
For the SYFL, with a $250 registration fee to join the league, that means potentially running at a loss for the league's first few years.
"We could have bought the same helmets that everybody else uses – for $300 less," Adler said. "But after doing some research and knowing about these helmets, it was the pure fact that if my son is going to play football – he's six – I couldn't ever put him in one of those [standard] helmets.
"So I can't put someone else's kid in them, either."
The underlying hope is to reduce the number of brain injuries in kids. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimated in 2009 that nearly 2 million brain injuries occur in adolescent athletes every year. Many of them are football players.
But while the aforementioned efforts – from leagues, coaches, new policies and programs, and potentially innovative technologies – would point to hope in terms of progress, new data suggest concussions aren't going away.
It could be a necessary next step to make inroads with regard to safer equipment. For the SYFL, that will start with a helmet that's almost three times lighter than the rest.


Mr Nicos Kessaris undertook his specialist registrar training in general surgery and transplantation at the London Deanery. He spent his last two years of training at Guy's and St Thomas' as well as Hammersmith Hospitals.
He worked at St George's renal transplant unit as a consultant between 2007 and 2012. During this period he established the ABO and HLA incompatible transplant programs.
Mr Kessaris has been at Guy's and St Thomas' since April 2012. He is currently involved in renal, pancreas as well as paediatric transplantation. He also participates in vascular access and peritoneal dialysis surgery.
ESOT 2009 Young Investigator Award - European Society for Organ Transplantation, Paris, September 2009.
ABO and HLA incompatible transplantation.
Mr Kessaris set up a multicentre study to investigate patients' views on kidney allocation in the UK.
He is also interested in the role of sCD30 in kidney, pancreas and antibody incompatible transplantation using ELISA.
Previous work involved assessing the incidence and risk factors for developing cancer after transplantation using data from the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS), USA.
e-poster of distinction, Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland, Bournemouth, May 2008.
Download a list of Nicos Kessaris' publications (Word 168Kb).


I'm also falling in love with the new stamps from the Varied Vases set, so crisp and clean. These will be available in the new 2018/19 Catalogue that goes live on June 1st. I can't wait to share this one with you, it's going to make your creativity a breeze!
I kept the design clean and simple using Mint Macaron, Black and White as my colour combo which keeps it nice and fresh.
I love that there is a matching punch to go with this stamp set, making it easy to whip up a card in no time. I have plans for a class focussing on these lovely new goodies so if you are on my mailing list keep an eye out for something soon. If you don't have a local Demonstrator and would like to be added to my mailing list please get in touch.


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El homestead es una antigua unidad de superficie del sistema anglosajón. Equivale a 64,7497027584 hm² (hectómetros cuadrados) o ha (hectáreas). También es igual a:

Véase también
Sistema anglosajón
Unidades de superficie

Unidades de superficie


Today I am doing something a little bit different, instead of reviewing a skincare product or some makeup, I'm doing a Book Review on Michelle Phan Make Up– Your Life Guide to Beauty Style and Success Online and Off. So if you are a book reader this review is for you! Keep reading to find out more about this book.
If you don't know who Michelle Phan is she is basically the ultimate beauty guru on YouTube, in fact I think she is the one that pioneered beauty videos. She has a GAZILLION followers on everything and she's an ambassador for LANCOME (jealous). And she is the owner of IPSY which I've been apart of for a long time now (see latest bag here), and she owns her own makeup line. Look her up on YouTube, you won't be disappointed!
This book has something for everyone, not just the beauty lover. It starts off with her back story which I was really interested in because a lot of it I had no idea about. She also talks about skincare and makeup and how to get a smokey eye. But if you don't care about beauty at all there are tons of things in this book for you too.
Those are just a few of the topics in this book that can really help anyone. All of the things she writes about in this book Michelle has learned from her own experience along the way.
This hardback book is $23 and can be bought at Amazon, Target, and anywhere books are sold.
I really like this book, first of all I love the size of it, it's smaller than a standard coffee table book, but perfect for stacking together with other books to display. The cover is also really cute. Looks aside, I think this book is really inspirational for me. Seeing where she came from to where she is now and how she has accomplished so much at a young age really gives me a ton of motivation. As far as some of the tips go I think that is probably for a younger audience because I personally already know about skincare and makeup, and how to make eye contact with someone when first meeting them. But a younger reader would definitely benefit from this.
I'm not saying the whole book is geared towards younger people, because it isn't at all. But if you are older you may think to yourself a few times, "I already knew that". I think this would make a great Christmas present.
I received this book from the Blogging for Books program in exchange for this review, but all opinions are 100% my own.
Have you ever watched a Michelle Phan video?
I didn't know she owned Ipsy! She would be a good person to take advice from, particularly about turning your passion into a profession!
Yea she is definitely someone to take advice from when it comes to owning your own business and all that jazz. It's a great resource!
This book sounds like the ultimate guide to life. It covers everything! And I had no idea she owned Ipsy. That is so cool!
What a great review! I've done a few book reviews, so I always like to see how other people do it. To be honest, I don't wear a lot of makeup and probably never would have given this book any thought, but you did a great job including more information as to why I might like it. Glad to have found you via the Peony Project!


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Q: "Can't read from the source file or disk" when I try to copy files from my C:\ to another drive When I try to drag & drop files from my C:\ onto my Mac hard drive (I use MacDrive for HFS support), Windows reports:
Interrupted Action

Can't read from the source file or disk

Specs:

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*Windows 8 Professional x64

*MacDrive 9.0.3.35

*Mac OS X 10.8.2

*MacBook Pro 2009

A: Windows 8 uses new hardware drivers, which appear to MacDrive as if the whole computer is new, requiring reactivation.
Upon reactivating MacDrive with my same old serial number, drag & drop and editing Mac drive functionality was restored.


Is Life merely a journey from birth to death?
Does Life end with Death?
Is there more to Life than just a mechanical process?
Is there a purpose and meaning to Life?
While the modern worldview owing to its Abrahamic origins considers this life as a onetime event, a journey that ends at death forever, the Indic worldview, which is informed by Hindu philosophy posits life as a perpetual journey of the Jiva-s from one body to another body until this journey finally comes to an end with the realization that this entire cycle of birth and death was merely an appearance, a superimposition which when removed leads to the reality of Atman as one birthless unchanging infinite whole. Death in Indic worldview is not a full stop, but merely a comma, where the Jiva discards the old body and takes up the new.
In other words, Life is a journey from unreal to real, from ignorance to knowledge and from death to immortality as beautifully summarized in the famous verse from Brihadaranyaka Upanishad (1.3.28): असतो मा सद्गमय | तमसो मा ज्योतिर्गमय | मृत्योर्मामृतं गमय || Thus, the ultimate goal of life is Knowledge and Liberation, which in Hindu philosophy is called as "Moksha".
It may be asked that if knowledge and not pleasure is the goal of life as Swami Vivekananda posits, what about pleasures? What about happiness? After all, we can see in our own experience, as well as the experiences of others that our life is driven towards pursuit of happiness. We are forever indulging in various activities to fulfil our desires and derive happiness from it. The pursuit of education, job, marriage, children—all these are aimed at deriving happiness and satisfaction in life. If there is no place for pleasure and happiness in life's journey, is it even worth living such a life?
Rephrasing the question, we can ask whether there is a framework to better understand our life, our desires, and our needs, and to reconcile the dichotomy between the pursuit of pleasure and knowledge, so as to arrive at a more informed understanding.
"Purusha" means a human-being or a Jiva and "Artha" means goal, purpose, or meaning. Purushartha means "goals of life". Hindu dharma conceives of a four such goals: Dharma, Artha, Kama and Moksha.
This framework of life wherein each human being has been conceived as having an obligation to pursue the four-fold goals in his or her life is a unique and very important contribution of Hindu philosophy.
Human life is considered very precious in Indic civilization because when compared to plants, animals and other organisms, it is humans alone who have a fully developed faculty of intellect. All organisms except humans are invariably driven by natural instincts. It is humans alone who can exert their discrimination and free-will. To regulate this free-will and provide a guidance for the exertion of choices in a righteous and meritorious way that the Hindu philosophy has conceived this fourfold Purushartha-s.
While Artha and Kama refer to pursuing sensory pleasures and material prosperity, respectively, Moksha refers to pursuing Self-Knowledge that results in ultimate liberation from the Karmic cycle of birth and death. Every person has one or the other desires they want to accomplish. The desire may be to look beautiful, or to earn money or having a relationship with a person. All kinds of desires are categorized under Kama. Similarly, all wealth, all objects that are acquired in order to fulfil these desires and enjoy a comfortable and secure life is termed as "Artha".
But, is it desirable to pursue all sensory desires and objects with no restraint? The answer is no. For example, a person who commits murder out of greed may end up in prison. Similarly, a person who sexually assaults someone to satisfy his sexual urges may also end up in prison. The point is, reckless and unmindful pursuit of Kama and Artha will ultimately result in suffering in one way or the other. To prevent such a disastrous outcome, the Hindu tradition posits Dharma or the sense of righteousness and duty as an independent goal of life. Using this Dharma, one can decide whether an action is desirable or not, whether an object of pleasure must be pursued or not.
Thus, Dharma in the form of righteous duties facilitates each individual to attain all the four Puruṣartha-s.
To understand the necessity and importance of Purushartha-s in life, let us correlate the elements of Purushartha framework with elements of Maslow's hierarchy of needs. Abraham Maslow was an American psychologist who conceptualized the famous Maslow's hierarchy of needs in 1943 to explain and better appreciate various human needs that motivates people to work towards fulfilling them. He categorized various human needs into a 5-tiered pyramidal model and placed the most basic physiological needs like food, clothing, warmth, etc. at the very bottom. Above this, he places the human need for safety and security in life. The third position in the hierarchy is occupied by the emotional needs of people like the need to feel loved, emotional security, having intimate relationships, etc. Above this is placed the esteem needs i.e. the need to feel self-respect and esteem in what one is and what one does and the need to feel accomplished. Finally, at the very top, Maslow places, the goal of self-actualization.
In short, Maslow places the most basic human needs at the bottom, the psychological and emotional needs at the middle, and what he calls as "self-actualization" at the top.
• Physiological and safety needs, which at the bottom of Maslow's hierarchy corresponds to Artha of Purushartha model.
• Emotional and Esteem needs, which are at the middle of Maslow's hierarchy corresponds to Kama of Purushartha model.
• Self-actualization, which Maslow defines as "What a man can be, he must be" (Maslow, A (1954). Motivation and personality. New York, NY: Harper), refers to each individual's inner potential and the individual's need for realization of this potential in life. This is nothing but the Svabhava or the inner-calling of an individual that manifests as Svadharma. In other words, Self-actualization corresponds to Dharma of the four-fold Purushartha-s.
• While Moksha did not find any place in the original Maslow's hierarchy, in his later years, he created a new category called self-transcendence, higher than self-actualization, which he posited as a higher goal rooted in spiritualism.
It is interesting that just as Maslow presented the needs in the form of pyramidal hierarchy, the Hindu texts categorizes the goals of life in a particular way as well. While the order of priority in the Hindu scheme is Kama, Artha, Dharma, and Moksha as far as relative merit is considered, the order of categorization available in Hindu texts is: Dharma, Artha, Kama, and Moksha.
Moksha is placed towards the end to denote it being the ultimate goal of the journey of Jiva through many lives, Dharma is placed at the very beginning highlighting its prominent position as well as its connecting aspect. As Brahmmasri S Gurunatha Ghanapadigal notes in of his lectures that Dharma is placed at the very beginning, since pursuing Dharma will automatically result in one attaining other purusharthas as well. Thus, Dharma is considered as the principal purushartha. As if reflecting this Hindu understanding, Maslow's hierarchy places Self-actualization at the very top of the pyramid indicating it as the most prominent and defining need. Similarly, Maslow places Safety and Physiological needs at the bottom indicating their foundational importance in life reflecting how after Dharma it is Artha and not Kama is placed in the Hindu scheme.
Despite its numerous limitations, what such a correlation between Maslow's pyramid and Purusharthas bring out clearly is the realization about how puruṣārtha-s are very vital for people to lead their lives to the fullest. An individual will feel content and fulfilling in his life only when he is able to understand his inner temperaments and potentials, and then strive towards realizing these potentials in life. Such a realization of inner-calling when pursued together with fulfilment of other needs of life: both mundane and spiritual, leads one to true happiness, knowledge and contentment. Such a comprehensive way of living one's life by performing righteous actions is called as "Svadharma" and through the pursuit of this Svadharma, one finds meaning to life and attains self-actualization.
Meaning: One's own duty, though defective, is superior to another's duty well-performed. Death is better while engaged in one's own duty; another's duty is fraught with fear.
So, what does it imply to practice Svadharma? Hindu Dharma enunciates two aspects of Svadharma: Samanya or Universals and Vishesha or Specificities. Samanya are ethical tenets like truth, non-injury, non-stealing, sense-control and purity which have universal applicability. Vishesha dharma refers to tenets which are contextual and changes from person to person. These are special duties which are unique to individuals based on their location, time, inner temperament, competency and stage in life.
Two most important elements of this Vishesha Dharma are Varna and Ashrama. Varna refers to an individual's temperaments, inner calling, potential, and competencies. Varna Dharma is the life path which caters to this inner calling. Based on whether one's inner calling is towards pursuit of knowledge, politics & administration, wealth, or creative arts and service skills, an individual can be classified into the categories of Brahmana, Kshatriya, Vaishya, and Shudra, respectively. Ashrama dharma refers to actions that are obligated to be performed based on one's stage in life: student, householder, forest dweller, or a renunciate. Together, they provide a comprehensive path of svadharma, which can take an individual towards self-actualization.
Notably, this model places knowledge, particularly spiritual knowledge (Adyatmavidya) and transcendent knowledge (Atmavidya) as the ultimate goal and posits them as the source of infinite happiness and bliss, and thus reconciling the dichotomy between knowledge and pleasure that we discussed at the beginning of this essay.
Life is basically about making choices and performing actions. But, a person's need of actions is dependent on the Purusharthas. One may perform an action either to fulfil a call of duty (Dharma), or to fulfil a material desire (Kama & Artha), or to fulfil a spiritual hankering (Moksha). Whatever be the motive, a balanced way of pursuing these goals is needed for overall fulfilment in life.
Bhagavad Gita provides three such approaches or comprehensive pathways for balancing the Purusharthas and working towards self-actualization. These are Karma Yoga, Bhakti Yoga, Jnana Yoga and Raja Yoga.
Using this framework of different Yoga-s from the Bhagavad Gita, one can fine tune one's attitude towards life and prioritize the Purusharthas. One can then pursue them in a balanced manner and attain a more fulfilling experience of life.
Thus, an understanding of the framework of Purushartha-s can be life changing. It facilitates each individual to align their lives towards Self-actualization, and discover a meaning and purpose to this journey.
This article was submitted for the Essay competition for Dr Bharat Gupt's workshop previously announced here.
Nithin Sridhar has a degree in Civil Engineering, and having worked in construction field, Nithin passionately writes about various issues from development, politics, and social issues, to religion, spirituality and ecology. He is Editor of IndiaFacts & Advaita Academy and is based in Mysore, India. His latest book "Musings On Hinduism" provides an overview of various aspects of Hindu philosophy and society.


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