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Insider news & Analysis in Iran
Iranian opposition
Power Struggles Make Iran's Regime Unstable
Published: Sunday, 04 June 2017
Although many believed that Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei was preparing conservative cleric Ebrahim Raisi to be his heir by placing him in the presidency, the election results gave Hassan Rouhani a second term, instead.
The run up to the elections prompted all candidates to unveil corruption in their senior ranks, giving rise to increased demands from the people of Iran. Protests and demonstrations were seen in more than 30 cities and towns across Iran.
In an article by Shahriar Kia for The American Thinker, he says this was followed by the bankruptcy of two state-run financial firms, Caspian and Arman.
Additionally, a new international coalition is shaping and targeting Tehran's interests. The Arab-Islamic-American alliance, includes 55 States, but excludes Iran.
As well, the victory of Iranian opposition People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK), in transferring all its members from Iraq to a number of European countries, shows that it has become ever more powerful. Their vast network of supporters inside Iran were able to significantly influence the recent elections and place the regime in a quagmire like never before.
In Paris, on July 1st, the annual major rally held by supporters of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), the political umbrella group of Iranian dissidents, including the PMOI/MEK is expected to be attended by more than 100,000 people based on attendance of last year's rally. Policymakers and influential figures from across the globe will gather to provide a concrete plan to establish freedom and democracy in Iran, and peace and stability in the Middle East.
US President Trump strongly condemned Iran during his trip to the region for its support for terrorism, destructive role across the Middle East, and meddling in Syria, Iraq, and Yemen.
Kia writes, "Tehran is most specifically concerned with world leaders denouncing Iran's human rights violations and acknowledging how the Iranian people are the main victims of the mullahs' atrocities." He adds, "Despite the heavy blows and new sanctions against Tehran, Khamenei has chosen to remain completely silent."
The Trump administration imposed sanctions on several Iranian companies, which sends an important message. Sanctions have now encompassed not only ballistic missiles, but also human rights, and designation of the Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) as a foreign terrorist organization is now under consideration.
Fars news agency described a new U.S. Senate bill as an "effort to bring Europe aboard in nuclear sanctions."
Naseem Online cited a UN report, "Foreign investment in Iran during the past four years has halved during the past four years, lowering from $4.6 billion to $2.05 billion."
Kia writes, "The Arabs, as the flagbearers of implementing U.S. sanctions, have launched the domino of freezing Iran's money abroad. Iranian bank accounts in countries such as Turkey, Oman, and the UAE, especially in Dubai and Abu Dhabi, are being blocked one after another. This can be considered the prelude to comprehensive sanctions on Iran's banking network."
Iran's power structure is controlled by the Supreme Leader, so Rouhani is unable to carry out any measures without Khamenei's approval, so change emanating from within Iran is unlikely. This was evident in Rouhani's first term.
"They want to change our behavior, but changing it means changing our regime," Khamenei said recently.
Rouhani recently stated that Tehran would continue its ballistic missile program. "... US officials should know whenever we need to technically test a missile, we will do so and will not wait for their permission," he said in a news conference.
The construction of a third underground ballistic missile production factory and continued development of its missile program was reported recently by the Iranian regime. The report came during the week of Trump's foreign visit, where he described Iran as a supporter of militia groups and a threat to all Middle East countries.
Kia writes, "Rouhani is an 'utterly ruthless operator', who had presided since 2013 over a collapsing economy and what Amnesty International called 'a staggering execution spree', murdering and imprisoning so many dissidents that Iran has per capita the highest execution rate in the world, according to Christopher Booker in a recent Telegraph article."
Only regime change will bring about what the Iranian people desire and deserve, according to the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) and their president-elect Maryam Rajavi's ten-point plan, which calls for a free and democratic Iran where equal opportunities are provided to all citizens regardless of gender, ethnicity, and religion. During Iran's presidential campaign, Iranians showed their support for Rajavi's plan by putting up posters reading "Maryam Rajavi is our president."
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Portugal suspends flights with the United Kingdom from Saturday
That way, no flight would take off from Portugal to the UK, and vice versa, according to Costa, which is the intended procedure. "Reducing the risk of British virus transmission from the virus" Which has already been adopted by most of the countries of the world.
"There will only be flights of a humanitarian nature and to bring Portuguese or English back home," he said.
Costa proposes that the Community Bloc decided to keep all internal borders of the European Union open, Despite the "application of pandemic control measures".
Portugal has suspended flights with the United Kingdom.
The Portuguese Prime Minister also confirmed that the possibility of issuing it was discussed in the Council of the European Union. Certificates of vaccination for European citizens.
"All vaccinated people will obtain a document proving this. " Costa said it would have medicinal effects, although, at present, there is no decision on the mentioned document for other uses in the future, he explained.
The grafting process
The council also evaluated the vaccination process in the European Union, added Costa, who stressed the importance of the production companies 'commitment to the contracts and the planned schedule so that" there are no further cuts in distribution. "
In the case of Portugal, the prime minister explained that 202,000 vaccinations have already been given and that they are planning to end vaccination in nursing homes next week.
The Portuguese Prime Minister indicated that the Council insisted on the importance of all member states respecting the principle of unity "There are no parallel negotiations on vaccines.", To ensure arrival as quickly as possible and to ensure that 70% of the adult population across the European Union has been vaccinated by the end of the summer.
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In addition, during the meeting, the importance of the European Union's joint efforts to support countries in Africa or Latin America was recognized in order to ensure the elimination of the epidemic globally.
The TC must know the background of the non-applicability claimed by the Metropolitan University of Educational Sciences in relation to the rule preventing it from appealing to a CNA decision granting fewer years of accreditation.
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You know what I just realized, while rereading that old entry? It's suiting that I found my last coin, a quarter, while cleaning my grandparents' house. :3 So in an indirect way, my collection has come full circle!
This entry was posted in Random on Saturday, 25 September, 2010 by Jeidai.
Okay I admit it, I don't have many ideas about (or give much thought to) writing in my blog, so I'm falling back on answering memes. >_> Luckily I think they're interesting or I can write a bit on them, and they're not stupid.
1. What is your favorite drink of all time? Does it hold a special memory to you or is it just because it tastes good?
I don't think I could pick a favorite of all time, because my favorite changes from time to time. I remember when it was lemonade, cranberry juice, root beer (specifically A&W or Mug, not any other), sarsaparilla (omigosh love ya, Virgina City, and Knott's!)… But ocha (aka green tea) is a good failsafe, I've been drinking that for years.
2. Tea or coffee or hot cocoa?
I guess I already answered this in the previous question, but I can stand to write more. *grin* I'm not a big fan of coffee. I don't like the bitterness, but my mom has had me taste some really good coffee (yes, I do refer to McDonald's here, points to McD's!) and if I really need a caffeine boost I'm willing to drink it. With creams and sugars, of course.
As for tea… I've tried peach-flavored black tea (my first non-green tea) and really didn't like it; orange tea, thought it was a bit too sweet but it was drinkable; and black tea, not as bad as the peach-flavored tea would have me think, it was much more like green tea than I expected. I've never had sweet tea, but as a kid I drank Lipton's instant iced tea.
Thus, the tea of my childhood became genmai cha. This is considered a poor variety of green tea, though. Right now I like bancha, a better variety, but still not the best. I've had matcha and sencha, but they're more expensive than bancha.
3. Best summer time drink?
4. Worst soda brand ever?
:o I don't know that I can come up with an answer for that. I definitely won't drink Mountain Dew though. And I prefer Coke to Pepsi, although that is not saying that I like Coke. My favorite soda is Dr. Pepper, or Dr. Pepper Cherry.
5. Water: flavored, bottled, carbonated, or regular old tap?
None of the above? I think that's just semantics though. I don't like to drink water that comes in those little bottles at the grocery market, since it's so bad for the environment, but I'm okay with Sparklett's. (Arrowhead has a weird taste…) I don't like the taste of tap water, because I'm a spoiled urbanized child, used to filtered water. And that is what my choice is.
This entry was posted in Random and tagged food, meme on Saturday, 7 August, 2010 by Jeidai.
Recently I've started seriously conditioning my hair. Before, I would just use conditioner whenever I felt like being fancy—which, being a busy college student for quite a few years, wasn't often.
But now, since I have the time, I decided to use the rose-scented Herbal Essence conditioner that I've had since high school. Despite its age, it works well!
But then another dilemma popped up. My hair was now ever so smooth and shiny, but I had, over the years, grown used to it being poufy and slightly frizzy! I had to adjust to liking my hair even in its new calm and flat form, which I eventually did, accepting that looking like others' standard of beauty was not a bad thing.
Now I just need to grow my hair longer and buy rollers, and I will be a complete girly girl!
This entry was posted in Random and tagged appearance on Friday, 30 April, 2010 by Jeidai.
Usually I post it in my dreamlog.
2. Do you record your dreams in your blog or a journal?
Already answered. :3 Yes, I've been writing down dreams since the mid 90s; I thought I had a few really interesting dreams and considered turning them into stories. That never happened though. Mid to late 90s I physically wrote them down in a notebook, then I transferred over to an online log in 2002 or so.
3. Do you think dreams are messages our bodies are trying to tell us? If so, are you real big on trying to interpret all the details?
I believe some dreams can be messages, but I don't interpret every single dream I have, much less every little thing that happens in a dream. I don't think dreams are literal, or strictly symbolic. Mostly I pay attention to the feelings in dreams, and any patterns that come up over time.
4. Do you remember your first nightmare?
The earliest nightmare I can remember having is recorded in my dreamlog, but I don't know if that was my first nightmare.
5. Have you ever had a recurring dream? If you did, what was it and what do you think it meant?
I don't think I have recurring dreams in that the same exact thing happens. I'll have dreams where I think, 'This happened before' or 'I saw this before,' but when I wake up I can't remember the dream (or real life experience) that made me think that. I know I dream about malls a lot (hee), and airplanes crashing, but I've never dreamed the same exact dream.
This entry was posted in Random and tagged meme on Sunday, 31 January, 2010 by Jeidai.
I was never good at doing Friday Fives on Friday, but here's the latest one (from Livejournal).
1. What one food most reminds you of your childood?
2. How old were you when you learned how to ride a bicycle?
I was nine years old (or maybe ten, it was during the summer anyway) and I taught myself! Without a scratch. I even remember my bike, it had a teal paint scheme and pink handlebars and seat and white wheels.
3. How old were you when you stopped believing in Santa Claus?
Eight years old, third grade, I remember some classmate was talking to other kids at his table saying he saw his mom doing Santa one night. Er I mean doing Santa's job.
4. What was your favorite television show/cartoon when you were little?
First answer that comes to mind is Ren & Stimpy. :P I could also say Rugrats or The Simpsons (that one has lasting power, wow), but R&S was the first I thought of. That might have been the first show my brothers and I would watch regularly on TV in its scheduled slot (Snick!), rather than whatever we had on VHS.
5. What is the youngest age you remember being and do you have a specific memory of when you were that age?
Preschool age, three or four, and a memory from preschool: the teacher and his aide had just put us down on the carpet for our nap and drawn the curtains so the room was dark. The aide asked the teacher if he'd like a Coke, she was going to grab a Coke. I thought, 'Lucky, they get to have soda whenever they want.' :P I'm an adult now too but I can't have soda whenever I want! I have to remember all the sugar and carbonation and, depending on the soda, the caffeine that's in those things. Ugh.
This entry was posted in Random and tagged Bachan, food, meme, memory on Wednesday, 30 December, 2009 by Jeidai.


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ENGLAND captain Michael Vaughan has been ruled out of making a return to India for the Test match series and his knee problem makes participation in the one-day matches unlikely.
Vaughan this week flew home from the sub-continent to have the problem in his right knee assessed by the specialist in Sheffield who operated on the joint in December.
éThe specialist has advised Michael to rest the knee completely for two weeks before recommencing his rehabilitation programme under the supervision of the Yorkshire Country Cricket Club physiotherapist,é said an England and Wales Cricket Board statement.


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Warren and COP hold hearing; Geithner testifies
Credit: PROFESSOR ELIZABETH WARREN
The Congressional Oversight Panel (COP), chaired by Harvard Law School Professor Elizabeth Warren, held a hearing this morning at 10 a.m. featuring the testimony of Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner.
In his testimony, Geithner described the steps Treasury has taken to combat the financial crisis. He said the Department has been trying to solve the financial crisis with minimal cost to taxpayers. Further, he spoke about the need for more regulation.
"This financial crisis has shown that the largest financial institutions can pose special risks to the financial system as a whole," he said.
Leading up to the hearing, Warren called upon the Treasury Department to be more transparent in the allocation of TARP money, which was approved by Congress to bailout failing financial institutions.
"The role of congressional oversight is to ask the tough questions, to push back on the decisions, to request additional information and to recheck the numbers," Warren said in an interview with POLITICO on April 19. "It's our job to be cranky."
Warren appeared with Jon Stewart on The Daily Show last week, where she discussed the panel's work. She has also made headlines recently for her proposal to create a Financial Product Safety Commission, which was recently introduced in legislation by Senators Richard Durbin (D-IL) and Charles Schumer '74 (D-NY).


As a high school student, Shawn El-Souri took exams that would decide his future. He remembers the pressure he felt; knowing the scores would dictate his career path and educational opportunities.
Today, El-Souri—who was born in Dearborn, but grew up in Lebanon—uses his knowledge and experience to help GED students and underprivileged youth better navigate their own experiences.
When El-Souri returned to the United States for college, he learned of opportunities to help struggling students succeed. He started in UM-Dearborn's Math Learning Center and then branched out beyond the university community.
Along with a full course load of software and programming classes, El-Souri now mentors and tutors nearly every day of the week.
El-Souri works with the Office of Metropolitan Impact three days a week to help 16- to 22-year-old youth earn their GEDs. He's also a mentor and tutor with the College of Engineering and Computer Science's Extended Learning and Outreach, where he works with middle and high school students four times a week. Both positions are funded through the Justice Assistance Grant Program, which is a federal initiative to help get educational and crime-fighting resources to communities in need.
El-Souri took a thoughtful pause, and then found a photo of Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa online. He explained how math—with ratios and proportions—is an important part of art.
Weeks later, El-Souri said the student shows more interest in the lessons and now takes notes. He also said three GED students recently passed the exam.


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Q: rpm glibc Centos 7 How can I install both of them on CentOS 7? They both depend on each other. The machine is not connected to the internet.
[efe@localhost Desktop]$ sudo rpm -i glibc-2.17-317.el7.x86_64.rpm
warning: glibc-2.17-317.el7.x86_64.rpm: Header V3 RSA/SHA256 Signature, key ID f4a80eb5: NOKEY
error: Failed dependencies:
    glibc-common = 2.17-317.el7 is needed by glibc-2.17-317.el7.x86_64

[efe@localhost Desktop]$ sudo rpm -i glibc-common-2.17-317.el7.x86_64.rpm
warning: glibc-common-2.17-317.el7.x86_64.rpm: Header V3 RSA/SHA256 Signature, key ID f4a80eb5: NOKEY
error: Failed dependencies:
    glibc = 2.17-317.el7 is needed by glibc-common-2.17-317.el7.x86_64

EDIT1: I have installed 2.17-292 for everything on x86_64 and it is successful. However, for i686 (yes, I need both unfortunately) I have tried to combine all packages into single command, lots of other dependencies appeared. I have tried to install 2.17-292 like I did for x86_64, this is the final output with errors. Before this last command, dependency errors appeared all the time, this is the first different error.
[efe@localhost packages]$ sudo rpm -i glibc-2.17-292.el7.i686.rpm glibc-common-2.17-292.el7.i686.rpm glibc-headers-2.17-292.el7.i686.rpm glibc-devel-2.17-292.el7.i686.rpm nss-softokn-freebl-3.44.0-8.el7_7.i686.rpm nspr-4.25.0-2.el7_9.i686.rpm nss-util-3.53.1-1.el7_9.i686.rpm libselinux-2.5-15.el7.i686.rpm libsepol-2.5-10.el7.i686.rpm pcre-8.32-17.el7.i686.rpm libgcc-4.8.5-44.el7.i686.rpm libstdc++-4.8.5-44.el7.i686.rpm
warning: glibc-2.17-292.el7.i686.rpm: Header V3 RSA/SHA256 Signature, key ID f4a80eb5: NOKEY
    file /usr/bin/ldd from install of glibc-common-2.17-292.el7.i686 conflicts with file from package glibc-common-2.17-292.el7.x86_64
    file /usr/lib/locale/locale-archive.tmpl from install of glibc-common-2.17-292.el7.i686 conflicts with file from package glibc-common-2.17-292.el7.x86_64
    file /usr/share/gcc-4.8.2/python/libstdcxx/v6/printers.pyc from install of libstdc++-4.8.5-44.el7.i686 conflicts with file from package libstdc++-4.8.5-36.el7.x86_64
    file /usr/share/gcc-4.8.2/python/libstdcxx/v6/printers.pyo from install of libstdc++-4.8.5-44.el7.i686 conflicts with file from package libstdc++-4.8.5-36.el7.x86_64

EDIT2: I have entered a command as suggested by Florian Weimer.
[efe@localhost i686]$ sudo yum update *.rpm
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, langpacks
Examining glibc-2.17-292.el7.i686.rpm: glibc-2.17-292.el7.i686
Package glibc.i686 not installed, cannot update it. Run yum install to install it instead.
Examining glibc-common-2.17-292.el7.i686.rpm: glibc-common-2.17-292.el7.i686
Package glibc-common.i686 not installed, cannot update it. Run yum install to install it instead.
Examining glibc-devel-2.17-292.el7.i686.rpm: glibc-devel-2.17-292.el7.i686
Package glibc-devel.i686 not installed, cannot update it. Run yum install to install it instead.
Examining glibc-headers-2.17-292.el7.i686.rpm: glibc-headers-2.17-292.el7.i686
Package glibc-headers.i686 not installed, cannot update it. Run yum install to install it instead.
Examining libgcc-4.8.5-44.el7.i686.rpm: libgcc-4.8.5-44.el7.i686
Marking libgcc-4.8.5-44.el7.i686.rpm as an update to libgcc-4.8.5-36.el7.x86_64
Examining libselinux-2.5-15.el7.i686.rpm: libselinux-2.5-15.el7.i686
Marking libselinux-2.5-15.el7.i686.rpm as an update to libselinux-2.5-14.1.el7.x86_64
Examining libsepol-2.5-10.el7.i686.rpm: libsepol-2.5-10.el7.i686
Package libsepol.i686 not installed, cannot update it. Run yum install to install it instead.
Examining libstdc++-4.8.5-44.el7.i686.rpm: libstdc++-4.8.5-44.el7.i686
Marking libstdc++-4.8.5-44.el7.i686.rpm as an update to libstdc++-4.8.5-36.el7.x86_64
Examining nspr-4.25.0-2.el7_9.i686.rpm: nspr-4.25.0-2.el7_9.i686
Marking nspr-4.25.0-2.el7_9.i686.rpm as an update to nspr-4.19.0-1.el7_5.x86_64
Examining nss-softokn-freebl-3.44.0-8.el7_7.i686.rpm: nss-softokn-freebl-3.44.0-8.el7_7.i686
Marking nss-softokn-freebl-3.44.0-8.el7_7.i686.rpm as an update to nss-softokn-freebl-3.36.0-5.el7_5.x86_64
Examining nss-util-3.53.1-1.el7_9.i686.rpm: nss-util-3.53.1-1.el7_9.i686
Marking nss-util-3.53.1-1.el7_9.i686.rpm as an update to nss-util-3.36.0-1.el7_5.x86_64
Examining pcre-8.32-17.el7.i686.rpm: pcre-8.32-17.el7.i686
Package pcre.i686 not installed, cannot update it. Run yum install to install it instead.
Resolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check
---> Package libgcc.x86_64 0:4.8.5-36.el7 will be updated
--> Processing Dependency: libgcc(x86-64) for package: redhat-lsb-core-4.1-27.el7.centos.1.x86_64
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
Could not retrieve mirrorlist http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=7&arch=x86_64&repo=os&infra=stock error was
14: curl#6 - "Could not resolve host: mirrorlist.centos.org; Unknown error"

 One of the configured repositories failed (Unknown),
 and yum doesn't have enough cached data to continue. At this point the only
 safe thing yum can do is fail. There are a few ways to work "fix" this:

     1. Contact the upstream for the repository and get them to fix the problem.

     2. Reconfigure the baseurl/etc. for the repository, to point to a working
        upstream. This is most often useful if you are using a newer
        distribution release than is supported by the repository (and the
        packages for the previous distribution release still work).

     3. Run the command with the repository temporarily disabled
            yum --disablerepo=<repoid> ...

     4. Disable the repository permanently, so yum won't use it by default. Yum
        will then just ignore the repository until you permanently enable it
        again or use --enablerepo for temporary usage:

            yum-config-manager --disable <repoid>
        or
            subscription-manager repos --disable=<repoid>

     5. Configure the failing repository to be skipped, if it is unavailable.
        Note that yum will try to contact the repo. when it runs most commands,
        so will have to try and fail each time (and thus. yum will be be much
        slower). If it is a very temporary problem though, this is often a nice
        compromise:

            yum-config-manager --save --setopt=<repoid>.skip_if_unavailable=true

Cannot find a valid baseurl for repo: base/7/x86_64

A: You can upgrade all the packages at the same time, using a command like this one:
sudo rpm -U glibc-2.17-317.el7.x86_64.rpm glibc-common-2.17-317.el7.x86_64.rpm

Or you can use yum update, like this:
sudo yum update --disablerepo="*" *.rpm

This has the advantage that packages not installed are not automatically installed by the upgrade (unless dependencies require it). --disablerepo="*" ensures that yum update does not try to download anything.

A: jlehtone in forums.centos.org solved my situation. I just needed to write
sudo rpm -i glibc-2.17-292.el7.i686.rpm nss-softokn-freebl-3.44.0-8.el7_7.i686.rpm nspr-4.25.0-2.el7_9.i686.rpm nss-util-3.53.1-1.el7_9.i686.rpm

Link to forums.centos.org

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Tom Kepler Bicycling: Families on Bicycles: Families That Ride Together . . .
Families on Bicycles: Families That Ride Together . . .
I've always been attracted to the idea of not having to separate family and work.
A mother at work with her child in a crib or playpen beside her is a good image in my mind, and so is that of the father at work, maybe at his business, and the child there alongside him, soaking up the knowledge, experience, and family vibes.
I know this isn't always possible--in fact, usually not possible--but that's something I think we should lament as a culture. Companies that make a place for children within the business environment I applaud. Not only does doing so support the family and employees--"family values" in the best, least politicized form of the term--but I think having young ones among us adults keeps us more human and less cogs in a machine. Employees (and bosses) might find themselves less apt to lead "lives of quiet desperation," to use the words of Thoreau.
In a culture that can easily fragment a family, isolating and diminishing its members, some families have been using the bicycle as a means to accomplish staying together.
Although their website TravellingTwo doesn't mention much about their personal lives and how they earn money to fund their touring, Andrew and Friedel Grant are now the "Traveling Three" with their young son. Their accounts will probably become more personal--and already have with the video of their bicycle touring with their son at five month of age and their article "Where Baby Sleeps When We're Bike Touring."
John Vogel and Nancy Sathre-Vogel "of Family on Bikes are just a couple of ordinary school teachers turned homeschoolers who are following [their] dreams." They and their two sons hit the road, touring the United States and then Alaska to Argentina. They have documented their travels on a website inspires and educates adults on how to tour and children on the wonders of our world's geography. Writing books about their travels, connecting with corporate and individual sponsors, and lecturing are the means they are currently using to fund their lifestyle choice of how to raise their boys to men. Mom and Dad are working hard to make their website a valuable resource for education, and I think they're doing a great job. Any teacher or parent who wants to stimulate a desire to learn about the world should plug into the Vogels' website.
Currently on a bicycling adventure on a trip across Central and South America, the English couple Steve and Pippa Genner, after successful European tours with their two sons, are another couple who want to share the adventure of being a family--and are using the bicycle as the vehicle (literally and figuratively) to do that. Their current Americas tour is journaled (with great photos) as "Life is like a box of chocolates." The Genners credit the inspiration for their trek to Pippa's mother, who "at the end of the 1950s, packed her bags and headed off into Europe to search for the land of the midnight sun"--and who happened to meet the man whom she married along the way. The family also credits the Vogels, whose Americas odyssey inspired them.
Just as the Genners followed the Vogels' journey day by day when the Vogels traveled Central and South America by bike, you can right now follow the Genners. They, as of this blog post, are in Panama. Read of their experiences and check out the photographs they are posting.
I don't know about you, but that morning country road in Panama looks a lot more appealing than the frosty, freezing rain and snow of Iowa in January! The Genners' tour journal and many other journals at the Crazy Guy on a Bike site are available to see the different lives or vacations that others are choosing. Many of those choosing to travel by bike are doing it with their families.
Kids like to move--and parents need to. My mom's advice for a long life is "Keep moving." Alone, with your significant other, with your children or with your friends, bicycling is a healthy way to interact with the world. Even if you don't make the big tour many are chronicling, perhaps enjoying the adventures of others will inspire you to get on your bike and enjoy a micro-adventure in your hometown or the country surrounding it.
Every day there is the dawn, and you could be on your bike enjoying that new morning.


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Bridgeport BOE candidate speed interviewing set
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BRIDGEPORT — Nine candidates have told the city school board they are interested in filling a three-month vacancy on the panel — but by Friday only eight had agreed to be interviewed.
One candidate, Ivan Whyte, backed out when he discovered the position —which was posted like a help wanted ad — is not a paying one.
The school board is planning to interview the rest during a 90-minute special meeting starting at 5 p.m. before the regular school board meeting Monday at the new Roosevelt School, at Park Avenue and Prospect Street.
Each will get 10 minutes to tell the board why they should fill the seat left vacant when board member Jacqueline Kelleher resigned on July 31, 2015. To qualify the candidate has to be a Democrat, like Kelleher, and a registered voter in the city.
The tenure is short. There is a general election in November and four seats are up for grabs.
Two of the candidates for the interim job, Ben Walker and Faith Harrison-Villegas, are running. Harrison-Villegas is an endorsed Democrat. Walker, a city resident and Greenwich teacher, is waging a primary battle and has tried once before to win a vacancy on the board.
In his cover letter to the board he said he could provide "fresh eyes, ears and ideas" to the board.
Kate Rivera, another candidate, is a special education advocate who has had children in four different city schools, which she said gives her a unique perspective.
The Rev. Emanuel Reasor called the opening an "opportunity that presented itself."
Gail E. Janensch, a former Stamford teacher who has attended a number of city school board meetings, said she votes her own way even when there is pressure to go a different way.
"I very much would like to be chosen for this challenge," she said.
Here are the candidates and their times:
1) Ben Walker - 5:00 PM
2) Mary Kathleen (Kate) Rivera - 5:10 PM
3) Rev. Emanuel Reasor - 5:20 PM
4) Gail Janensch - 5:40 PM
5) Michelle Robinson - 5:50 PM
6) Aphia Griffiths - 6:00 PM
7) James Shannon Jr. - 6:10 PM
8) Faith Harrison-Villegas - 6:20 PM
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Junior Cyclist for Training In Switzerland
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WCC Cites Him as one for the Future.
SAINT Lucia's Junior Cyclist of the Year, 16-year-old Kluivert Mitchel of Mon Repos has been invited to take part in a one-month high level track training camp in switzerland following his attendance at the Pan American Talent Identification Camp held in Mar del Plata, Argentina in December.
President of the Saint Lucia Cycling Association, Cyril Mangal said the Cuban Coach Ramon Miguel Leal Diaz had suggested that the Association write to the International Cycling Union requesting permission for Mitchel to attend the camp which was for 17- and 18-year-olds.
Mitchel turns 17 in two months and Coach Diaz insisted that the youngster had talent and that with discipline, hard work and support, he can become a successful cyclist.
In his letter to Mangal, Director of the World Cycling Centre, Fredric Magne, indicated that "Due to the exceptional results at the 2016 Talent Identification Camp in Mar del Plata, we would like to offer Mitchel Kluivert the opportunity to come to the WCC to take part in a one-month high level training camp."
Mangal said, "After confirmation of a date of June 15 to July 14, the Union Cycliste Internationale office has strongly recommended that the SLCA book a flexible return ticket in case he showed potential so that the coaches may ask him to stay until the Junior Track World Championships scheduled for August."
He continued: "The World Cycling Centre will bear the entire cost of his stay, including full board and accommodation, training, use of the WCC infrastructure, loan of equipment, insurance and transfers within Switzerland. Our Association is responsible for his return airfare."
Meanwhile, the International Cycling Union will be donating three track bikes to the Association following a request by the Association through President of the Pan American Cycling Confederation, Jose Manuel Pelaez.
That request was made on the advice of Coach Diaz who believes it is possible for the Association to obtain good results at the Pan American and CAC levels. The bikes are expected in Saint Lucia next month and will be used to prepare junior cyclists for the Pan American Junior Track Championships and Central American and Caribbean Games 2018.
The SLCA thanked the Saint Lucia Olympic Committee for its support and the Department of Youth Development and Sports for securing Coach Diaz since 2014 and said it was looking forward to an extension beyond 2017 for him to continue the excellent work that he has being doing with Saint Lucia's young riders.


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Pneumoperitoneum: What to look for in a radiograph?
Binit Sureka, Kalpana Bansal, Ankur Arora
Department of Radiology and Interventional Radiology, Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences (ILBS), New Delhi, India
Date of Web Publication 23-Jul-2015
Binit Sureka
Department of Radiology and Interventional Radiology, Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences (ILBS), New Delhi - 110 070
Sureka B, Bansal K, Arora A. Pneumoperitoneum: What to look for in a radiograph?. J Family Med Prim Care 2015;4:477-8
Sureka B, Bansal K, Arora A. Pneumoperitoneum: What to look for in a radiograph?. J Family Med Prim Care [serial online] 2015 [cited 2020 Jan 19];4:477-8. Available from: http://www.jfmpc.com/text.asp?2015/4/3/477/161369
Pneumoperitoneum is the presence of air or gas in the abdominal (peritoneal) cavity. It is usually detected on x-ray, but small amounts of free peritoneal air may be missed and are often detected on computerized tomography (CT). [1] The most common cause of a pneumoperitoneum is a perforation/disruption of the wall of a hollow viscus. The causes of pneumoperitoneum occurring in children are different from the adult population.
An erect chest x-ray is the most sensitive plain radiograph for the detection of free intraperitoneal gas in an emergency setting. On chest x-ray, any subdiaphragmatic free gas can be seen [Figure 1]. Abdominal radiography is routinely done in cases of acute abdomen. The various relevant signs described in an abdominal radiograph are as follows: [1],[2]
Figure 1: (a) X-ray of abdomen, erect view, showing subdiaphragmatic free air (white arrows), air outlining the properitoneal fat stripe (black arrows) (b) Cupola sign (arrowheads) (c) Rigler's sign (arrow) (d) Chest radiograph showing free air under the diaphragms (arrowhead)
Cupola/saddlebag/mustache sign - Seen on a supine radiograph, refers to air accumulation underneath the central tendon of the diaphragm in the midline.
Rigler's sign - Air outlining both sides of the bowel wall.
Lucent liver sign - Reduction of liver opacity due to air located anterior to the liver.
Football sign - Seen in massive pneumoperitoneum, where the abdominal cavity is outlined by gas.
Silver's sign - Also called a falciform ligament sign, where air outlines the falciform ligament.
Inverted V sign - Air outlining lateral umbilical ligaments (inferior epigastric vessels).
Doge's cap sign - Triangular collection of gas in Morison pouch.
Telltale triangle sign - Triangular air pocket between three loops of bowel.
Urachus sign - Outline of middle umbilical ligament.
A gastrointestinal perforation constitutes one of the commonest surgical emergencies. The causes of pneumoperitoneum in adults are perforation, peritoneal dialysis, immediate postoperative status, vaginal aspiration, and mechanical ventilation. Mechanical perforation may be seen after colonoscopy, endoscopy, etc. Sometimes pneumomediastinum and pneumothorax may also result in pneumoperitoneum. The causes of pneumoperitoneum in children are perforation (necrotizing enterocolitis, Hirschsprung's disease, and meconium ileus) and iatrogenic effects, such as from use of rectal thermometer, enema, and postintubation or mechanical ventilation. [3]
Bali et al. in their study of 400 patients found that the commonest cause of perforation peritonitis in their study was acid peptic disease (45%), followed by appendicitis (18.5%), typhoid fever (12%), tuberculosis (10%), and trauma (9%). [4] Similar results were seen by Jhobta et al. in their study of 504 consecutive cases. [5]
Common signs and symptoms are abdominal pain, vomiting, abdominal distension, constipation, fever, diarrhea, tachycardia (pulse >110/min), hypotension (systolic blood pressure <100 mmHg), urine output (<30 mL/h), and tachypnea (respiratory rate >20/min). The clinical presentation of the patients varies according to the site of perforation. Patients of duodenal ulcer perforation usually have a short history of epigastric pain along with generalized tenderness and guarding. An associated history of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) consumption may be present. Patients with small bowel perforation may present with a prolonged history of fever followed by the appearance of pain in lower abdomen. Appendicular perforations usually have a classical history of pain starting in the periumbilical area or right iliac fossa, along with vomiting and fever. Perforations of the proximal gastrointestinal tract are more common in India, in sharp contrast to findings from studies in developed countries, such as the USA, Greece, and Japan, where distal gastrointestinal tract perforations are more common. [6],[7],[8],[9]
In our country, perforation peritonitis is a frequently encountered surgical emergency, most commonly affecting young men, compared to findings from studies in developed countries where the mean age is 45-60 years. Due to the scarcity of specialized care, in the majority of cases presentation to the hospital is late, with full-blown generalized peritonitis with purulent/fecal contamination and varying degrees of septicemia. Thus, it is necessary to recognize these cases early, at the primary care level, so that prompt referral to a specialized center can be made.
Pseudopneumoperitoneum describes gas within the abdomen that mimics pneumoperitoneum. The various causes of pseudopneumoperitoneum are basal linear atelectasis, pneumomediastinum, Chilaiditi syndrome, gas within skin folds, subdiaphragmatic lipomatosis, properitoneal fat stripe, and diaphragmatic undulations [Figure 2].
Figure 2: Cases of pseudopneumoperitoneum (a) Chest radiograph in a case of Chilaiditi syndrome showing large bowel loops (arrow) under the diaphragm (b) Linear atelectasis (arrow) (c) Loculated air beneath the diaphragms following colonoscopy (arrows)
Lee CH. Images in clinical medicine. Radiologic signs of pneumoperitoneum. N Engl J Med 2010;362:2410.
Levine MS, Scheiner JD, Rubesin SE, Laufer I, Herlinger H. Diagnosis of pneumoperitoneum on supine abdominal radiographs. AJR Am J Roentgenol 1991;156:731-5.
Chakma SM, Singh RL, Parmekar MV, Singh KH, Kapa B, Sharatchandra KH, et al. Spectrum of perforation peritonitis. J Clin Diagn Res 2013;7:2518-20.
Bali RS, Verma S, Agarwal PN, Singh R, Talwar N. Perforation peritonitis and the developing world. ISRN Surg 2014;2014:105492.
Jhobta RS, Attri AK, Kaushik R, Sharma R, Jhobta A. Spectrum of perforation peritonitis in India - Review of 504 consecutive cases. World J Emerg Surg 2006;1:26.
Svanes C, Salvesen H, Espehaug B, Søreide O, Svanes K. A multifactorial analysis of factors related to lethality after treatment of perforated gastrduodenal ulcer. 1935-1985. Ann Surg 1989;209:418-23.
Washington BC, Villalba MR, Lauter CB, Colville J, Starnes R. Cefamandole-erythromycin-heparin peritoneal irrigation. An adjunct to the surgical treatment of diffuse bacterial peritonitis. Surgery 1983;94:576-81.
Nomikos IN, Katsouyanni K, Papaioannou AN. Washing with or without chloramphenicol in the treatment of peritonitis. A prospective, clinical trial. Surgery 1986;99:20-5.
Shinagawa N, Muramoto M, Sakurai S, Fukui T, Hori K, Taniguchi M, et al. A bacteriological study of perforated duodenal ulcer. Jap J Surg 1991;21:1-7.
1 Pseudopneumoperitoneum in Plain Radiograph: a Case of Pyogenic Liver Abscess
Mithilesh Kumar Sinha,V. S. Vikram
Indian Journal of Surgery. 2019;
2 Delayed diagnosis of spontaneous intestinal perforation among very low birth weight neonates: A single center experience
Doron J. Kahn,Sandra Gregorisch,Jill S. Whitehouse,Paul D. Fisher
Journal of Perinatology. 2019;
3 Perforated Duodenal Diverticulum with Subtle Pneumoretroperitoneum on Abdominal X-Ray
Yuzeng Shen,Mark Kwok Fai Leong
Case Reports in Emergency Medicine. 2017; 2017: 1
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A string of cafés across London and the rest of the UK are offering free coffee in exchange for a poem next week, in an initiative to mark World Poetry Day.
The Pay With A Poem project aims to re-tap the art of writing in a digital age, and is encouraging wannabe scribes to express themselves on paper this March 21.
You don't have to be the next Shakespeare to take part, either. Just by coming up with a few of your own original lines, you can earn yourself a free cup of the good stuff.
Over 15 coffee roasters in London are taking part in the event, along with participating venues in the cities of Ilminster, Sheffield, Nottingham and Leicester.
The enterprise is the brainchild of gourmet coffee producer Julius Meinl, in association with singer-songwriter Tom Odell.
Now in its sixth year, the poetry drive comes amid concern that we're losing our creative flair amid a slew of instant, throwaway #instaquotes – some of which have little to do with actual poetry.
Put your phone down and get writing
"The digital world is a space where I can sometimes struggle to find meaning," Odell tells the Evening Standard. "We see dozens of song lyrics, quotes and verse posted on Instagram every day, but how many of us can say we actually feel connected to that?
"As anyone who follows me on Instagram will know, I am a real advocate of putting pen to paper," he continues.
"Whether I am at home, seeking inspiration over a morning coffee or travelling, I believe there is something very freeing in taking a moment out of the day to write."
Want a little inspiration for your musings? Check out a few unusual wedding poems here, along with the best female poets to read in 2019.
Find out which cafés are participating in the initiative by checking out Pay With A Poem's UK map. Let that creativity pour forth…
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Prototype: Opera/Theater/Now will include the one-act "Ellen West" among six works in its January season.
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Prototype, the festival of new work whose ambitions are aptly conveyed by its subtitle, Opera/Theater/Now, has in its seven seasons gained a reputation as a star spotter.
It has brought to New York two pieces that went on to win the Pulitzer Prize for Music: Du Yun's "Angel's Bone" and, this year, Ellen Reid's "prism." (Both those works were produced by Beth Morrison Projects, which presents Prototype with HERE, the arts center in SoHo.)
So audiences will be watching carefully to see if awards recognition might be in the future for the six works that will be shown in Prototype's eighth season, which will run Jan. 9-18 at theaters throughout Manhattan and was announced on Wednesday.
The characteristic Prototype work is short in length and grim in subject matter. Last year's festival revolved around presentations "of almost cataclysmic suffering, the kind of pain that lingers without reason or resolution," I wrote in a New York Times review.
The 2020 installment may well follow in that tradition. One featured work, a New York City premiere, is the composer Ricky Ian Gordon and the poet Frank Bidart's one-act "Ellen West," based on accounts of an early psychoanalytic patient. The cast features the soprano Kiera Duffy (the star of "Breaking the Waves," seen at Prototype in 2017) and the baritone Nathan Gunn; Emma Griffin directs, and Lidiya Yankovskaya is the music director.
The other presentations include: "Blood Moon," with a libretto by Ellen McLaughlin and a score, by Garrett Fisher, inspired by the Japanese percussion style taiko; "Magdalene," a setting of Marie Howe poems scored by 13 women; "Iron & Coal," composed by Jeremy Schonfeld and based on his father's Holocaust memoir; "Cion: Requiem of Ravel's 'Boléro,'" organized by the South African choreographer Gregory Vuyani Maqoma; and "REV. 23," with a score by Julian Wachner, the director of music and the arts at Trinity Wall Street, and a libretto by Cerise Lim Jacobs.
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We are very thrilled and excited to announce that our Special Guest this year is TOM VASEL from the well-known Dice Tower company and has been playing boardgames for his whole life. He'll be joining us for the entire duration of the Camp, with a seminar from him as well as the opportunity to play and learn from the man himself!
We're very happy to have Tom Vasel with us over the course of the Camp and we cannot wait to see everyone playing together as one!
To make sure that you have secured your place for the Geeknson Camp, we will ask that you place a deposit of £300per booking. As soon as this has been paid it will leave you with a total of £980 per booking left to pay and your place will be locked in and not given to anyone else. The full price for the GEEKNSON CAMP is £1280 per person.
This is important due to the limited space that we have for this camp, so be sure to CLAIM YOUR PLACE NOW!
Once deposit has been paid and your place secured, we will ask for the final payment in March 2018. This will be for the total of £980 per booking and needs to be paid in full by Saturday, 31st March 2018. If this payment is not made, then you will lose out on your place as well as lose your deposit.
We will be sure to contact you before this payment is due to remind you however as we want everyone on board!
The Geeknson Camp is the first ever boardgame camp organised in Europe. It takes place in a beautiful location nearby Torun between 16th-22nd of Sptember 2018 in Poland.
We are proud to bring you one of the best gaming experiences you'll ever be able to take! Not only will you be able to play Boardgames in a relaxing atmosphere, but you'll also have the opportunity to do it with a lot of like-minded people in beautiful surroundings! If you enjoy gaming, sci-fi and fantasy, this will be the place for you!
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The camp will be based in Central Poland, at a beautiful countryside location. Right next to a river and surrounded by lush green fields and tall trees! The accommodations are comfortable as well as homely so you'll not have to worry about where you'll be sleeping.
On top of all of this, it will be perfectly timed to coincide with the best weather, not too hot as it can be during the summer and not too cold as it is in the winter. It'll be just right to spend time with friends and family in a fantastic setting!
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Pai gets the call as weed-whacker-in-chief
24 January 2017	by	Steve Blum
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Mainstream, of a sort.
Ajit Pai is the new chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, as predicted. An explicit announcement hasn't been released – at least not as of earlier this morning – but Pai posted a thank you note and his colleagues have offered official congratulations, so take it as a given.
The appointment appears to be permanent. The FCC's website has an historical listing of commissioners and chairs, and Pai is designated as "chairman", while Mignon Clyburn, who held down the job while Tom Wheeler was awaiting confirmation in 2013, is listed as "acting chairwoman". So take that as a given too.
Pai will need to be renominated to a full term and confirmed by the U.S. senate at some point, but that's not an immediate problem. Designation as chair is within the president's gift.
Like Trump, Pai has an over active Twitter account and a penchant for colorful hyperbole. Shortly after the election, he said he wanted to to "fire up the weed whacker and remove those rules that are holding back investment, innovation, and job creation". Particularly, that means the FCC's 2015 decision that reclassified broadband as a common carrier service, and all the rules – like network neutrality and privacy requirements – that flowed from it.
Even so, Pai is squarely in the mainstream of republican thinking regarding telecoms regulation in Washington, D.C. His appointment in 2012 was at the behest of congressional republicans and during the Obama administration he reliably voted on the losing side of the frequent three-to-two decisions produced by Tom Wheeler during his chairmanship.
Critics have characterised Pai as a "former Verizon lawyer". While that's true, it's also a bit of a distortion. His resume includes a couple of years working for Verizon as a lawyer, as well as a stint at a private law firm, but he's spent most of the past two decades in federal government jobs – clerk to a federal judge in Louisiana, and stints as a staff lawyer for the justice department, FCC, and republican-led U.S. senate committees.
The only way to get actual industry experience is to work for one of the companies that comprise the industry – duh – and it's a rare telecoms regulator these days that knows how it looks from the other side. Neither of his two remaining colleagues – republican Michael O'Rielly and democrat Mignon Clyburn – can claim that kind of real world experience.
From the perspective of Beltway politics, Pai is not a radical choice.
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Q: Solving functional equation Can I use Mathematica to solve a functional equation?
For instance how to solve the following functional equation by using Mathematica?
$$H(x+1)=xH(x)+\frac{1}{\Gamma(1-x)}$$
Solution is the  Hadamard's gamma function
$$ H(x) = \frac{\Psi(1-x/2)-\Psi(1/2-x/2)}{2\Gamma(1-x)} $$

A: I don't know how to solve the functional equation; however, you can use Mathematica to verify the equation.
Working from the definition of H[x]
Clear[H];

(H[x_] = 1/Gamma[1 - x] D[Log[Gamma[1/2 - x/2]/Gamma[1 - x/2]], x] //
    Simplify) // TraditionalForm

For positive integer values of x
seq = Table[Limit[H[x], x -> n], {n, 10}]

(*  {1, 1, 2, 6, 24, 120, 720, 5040, 40320, 362880}  *)

FindSequenceFunction[seq][x] // FunctionExpand

(*  Gamma[x]  *)

Show[
 Plot[H[x], {x, -2, 5}, PlotRange -> All],
 DiscretePlot[Gamma[x], {x, 1, 5}]]

Verifying the functional equation
H[x + 1] == x H[x] + 1/Gamma[1 - x] // FullSimplify

(*  True  *)

A: RSolve can solve some functional equations.  For example, if you replace $1/\Gamma[1-x]$ with $x^2$, Mathematica can solve the equation in under half a second on my machine:
RSolve[hh[x + 1] == x hh[x] + x^2, hh[x], x]

(* {hh[x] -> C[1] Pochhammer[1, -1 + x] + ((E x Gamma[-1 + x, 1])/Gamma[-1 + x]
  - (1 + E (-2 + x) Gamma[x, 1])/Gamma[x]) Pochhammer[1, -1 + x]} *)

Note the presence of the undetermined constant C[1];  in general, the solutions to arbitrary functional equations will have some number of undetermined constants (as referred to by @george2079 in the comments.)  Boundary/initial conditions can also be included that allow Mathematica to solve for these constraints, for example:
RSolve[{hh[x + 1] == x hh[x] + x^2, hh[1] == 1}, hh[x], x]

(*{hh[x] -> -1 + Gamma[x] - E x Gamma[-1 + x, 1] + E x^2 Gamma[-1 + x, 1] + 2 E Gamma[x, 1] - E x Gamma[x, 1]} *)

Unfortunately, Mathematica has a much harder time with your original equation.  The code to ask Mathematica to solve this equation would be
RSolve[hh[x + 1] == x hh[x] + 1/Gamma[1 - x], hh[x], x]

but I issued this command when I started writing this answer and it hasn't stopped thinking since.  I'll update this answer if it comes up with a response.  However, as noted above, if Mathematica obtains an answer it will most likely be a general answer that has the Hadamard gamma function as a special case.  (EDIT:  Mathematica ran for about four hours without producing any output.)


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