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Valerie Amos appointed new Master
Current Director of SOAS University of London, former politician and former senior United Nations official The Right Honourable The Baroness Amos CH PC has been appointed as the new Master of University College Oxford. She will take up the post on 1 August 2020, following Sir Ivor Crewe's retirement after twelve years in the role. Baroness Amos will be the first woman Master of University College Oxford and the first black head of an Oxford college.
Upon taking up the Mastership, Baroness Amos will step down from her current position at SOAS – a role that she took up in 2015. Prior to that she served as Undersecretary General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator at the UN from 2010-2015, and held senior roles in government and the public sector. She has been a Labour Life Peer since 1997, and served in the Cabinet from 2003 to 2007 as Secretary of State for International Development and subsequently as Leader of the House of Lords and Lord President of the Council. Before joining the House of Lords she worked in local government and as Chief Executive of the Equal Opportunities Commission, and was an adviser to the Mandela Government on leadership and change management issues. She was UK High Commissioner to Australia before joining the UN in 2010.
Baroness Amos was made a Companion of Honour in the Queen's Birthday Honours list in 2016 for her services to the United Nations and emergency relief in conflict areas.
Baroness Amos said: "I am honoured to have been appointed as Master of University College Oxford. I look forward to taking up my role next year and joining a community which prides itself on providing an outstanding scholarly environment, excellent teaching and world-class research. Univ has been engaged in opening up access and opportunity through its Opportunity Programme and I also look forward to making a contribution to that work."
Professor Peter Jezzard, Vice-Master of University College, said "The College was fortunate in attracting a number of outstanding applicants to become its next Master to follow Sir Ivor Crewe in his distinguished tenure in the role. The Governing Body is excited that Baroness Amos agreed to accept our invitation to take on the role from next summer, and we very much look forward to welcoming her to the College and to working with her in the future. She brings a wealth and diversity of experience to the role, including a deep knowledge of the higher education sector, and will help us continue Univ's outstanding reputation for excellence, access and innovation in Oxford."
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The 2012 Olympic heptathlon champion Jessica Ennis-Hill has given birth to a boy.
Ennis-Hill, 28, from Sheffield, plans to defend her Olympic title at the 2016 Rio Games.
The athlete, who married Andy Hill in May 2013, was the poster-girl of London 2012.
Ennis-Hill revealed in January she was pregnant with her first child, ruling her out of the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, which start on Wednesday.
She said at the time she was "100% set on returning to full-time athletics" after the birth.
Fellow athletes, including 21-year-old Katarina Johnson-Thompson, who is the favourite for the heptathlon title at Hampden Park in Ennis-Hill's absence, were quick to post tributes on Twitter.
Johnson-Thompson, from Liverpool, has spoken of her excitement at going head-to-head with Ennis-Hill when her rival returns to the sport.


Aptus Personnel PTY Ltd | Vlog 2: Talent is overrated - Average perfor..
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Being an average performer rather than a high performer is fine, after all we work to live rather than live to work. Why should we push ourselves to anything greater than doing a good job, as long as we pay the bills, right? This seems to be the view of most of the working population, however if we spend so much time at work why don't we want to push ourselves harder to be the best we possibly can?
Being a high performer is great; I'm sure it's fun; okay, it might be hard work at times maintaining the standards our employer or customers come to expect but surely it must be enjoyable being the best we can. The unfortunate part of this is the journey to the top, it's certainly not always fun, or at least not for the majority who make the attempt. The fact is, you have to want it badly enough, otherwise I doubt you'll stick it out for long. Someone I used to work with once said to me (after completing his Master of Business Admin degree whilst working full time and being a father to two young children), 'Don't even contemplate studying for an MBA unless you really want it'. The same applies when we aim to be the best we can, it has to be something we really desire otherwise we are probably just setting ourselves up for failure. So why is this journey so hard. Let's take a look. Although there are many ways we can achieve high performance, in order to keep this as brief as possible I will just touch on a few key points.
The basics of the journey require something called deliberate practice which is a term used to describe repetitive practice of certain tasks which we do regularly as part of our job. Let's look at a golfer as an example; most average golfers go to the driving range and hit 100 balls with various clubs then might go out on the course once or twice per week if they are lucky. They rarely improve beyond taking a few shots off their game and might hit a great round every now and then, however their performance is mostly inconsistent and doesn't improve enough for them to reach their potential. A pro golfer or someone who let's say is a single-figure handicap golfer will practice with structure. This person will practice their swing without even hitting a ball, they will practice hitting a ball out of the rough or sand hundreds of times even though they may not be faced with that scenario very often. It's no secret that 1000 hours of practice will bring better results than 100 hours but its what we practice and how we practice it which makes us the best we can be. Deliberate practice is designed specifically to improve performance and feedback on the results of this can be continuously available. It is highly demanding on our mental strength so as I say, be ready for it and want it!
Whilst deliberate practice is very important, equally important is how we evaluate what we do, reflect on what went well and not so well. Having a manager, coach or mentor is key to this. Being coached by observation is so important in progressing our skill levels. So many managers only actually manage when something goes wrong or when there is a set weekly or monthly meeting. A mentor, team leader or coach however, will continuously observe what you do and provide advice where it is needed on what just took place. Most of us would hate this consistent level of coaching. It could be referred to as micro-management which in recruitment can be compared to a sweatshop environment. In many ways coaching is best achieved by leadership rather than management, leading by example rather than beating your staff with a KPI stick. Whether we see close contact with our mentor or coach in a positive light or not, if carried out well it's equally as important as deliberate practice.
If we truly want to be the best in our field we need to acquire knowledge outside of what may be our own particular role. Let's say you are an engineer or accountant, being the best at this function will require knowledge of your customers and suppliers, their needs and wants; also having a commercial understanding of the business you work within, ie the history, the background of the founding partners, the vision, the business plans etc. A high performer has knowledge of their whole industry so they can make educated decisions based on the complete puzzle rather than just their piece of the puzzle. Let's look at the design of a multi-storey building. If an architect designs the building based purely on the purpose or needs of the client without taking into account the engineering or buildability of the design there will be complications and costs incurred by the client at some point. If a structural engineer designs the structure of the building without considering the cost of materials, how the contractor/builder will have to carry out the suggested method of build, or how the structure affects the mechanical services or electrical services there will be consequences down the track. Gaining knowledge of the design, build and potential lifecycle of the building is typically the information a high performer will have. This level of knowledge is usually gained over many years which is why most high performers don't reach their potential until at least 10 years of experience.
Some of us believe we need a certain IQ or what's called a photographic memory to become an elite or even high performer below elite level. This isn't necessarily the case, I mean I'm sure a high IQ will help with most things we apply ourselves to however that doesn't mean a person with a lower than 130 IQ won't be able to achieve high levels of performance. Similarly with memory, we don't need a super-human photographic memory, all we need is a comprehensive mental model of our field of expertise. A good example of this is a computer engineer. When they look inside a PC they don't see 1million pieces, they see various groups of pieces of which they will have comprehensive knowledge of how they work and the pieces within each group. We can call this memory by association ie relating what we see to something we understand.
If I was to show you a 13 letter word such as 'entertainment' for 1 second, because you can read you pretty much instantly recognise the word therefore you could say the letters in order and given a moment you could most likely recite the letters in reverse order. However, if you hadn't learnt to read you would most likely, after being shown a 13 letter word for 1 second, only be able to recite 4-5 letters in order. This is similar for elite chess players, they have repeatedly practiced the game which provides hundreds, maybe thousands of typical formations of in-play chess pieces. When tested on this versus the average chess player, they could memorise the formations as opposed to the average player only memorising 4-8 pieces on the board every time. When both sets of players are then shown random formations which don't fall into the in-play formations of a chess board, all players tested will memorise a similar number of pieces.
What this tells us is after years of exercising our memory in our particular field we should, if we apply our minds appropriately, form a mental model of our field. I don't doubt that this will require you to be passionate about your field otherwise your model will become more fragmented than complete. Let's also remember, our mental model will always be growing and/or changing as industries grow and technology advances. Therefore our knowledge base as mentioned above is critical in being able to maintain a comprehensive memory model.
So how can you apply deliberate practice to your job, in both the common and rare tasks so that you're well prepared for battle. All of the above can be applied to sport, music, or business; in fact, to any area of your life where you desire to be your best. However, as mentioned in my first blog, in business this can be difficult for many reasons. So whether innate talent exists or not, what we should care about is that if we want to reach our full potential, we have to apply ourselves in a structured program of hard work, practice and determination to become one of the best in our field. I personally do believe innate talent exists but I refuse to allow anyone to tell me I can't do something if it's truly what I want. If my kids want to be the best at something, unless they physically can't I will support their goals to the end with realistic feedback and encouragement. So our next challenge is applying the above to our occupation. Give it some thought as I'd like to hear how you think you can do this and if you are up for the challenge. My 3rd and final blog/vlog will discuss how we may apply the above to the workplace.


Development of a SCADA project is similar to website development. The developer could use various tools to build the website/project. Basic IntegraXor system requires a server for the back-end engine (with built-in webserver) to publish the content and a web browser as client on a standalone system or any networked environment.


Packapalooza is an all-day block party sponsored by NC State that caps off Wolfpack Welcome Week and the start of school. This year, rappers 9th Wonder, Petey Pablo, Nappy Roots and more are headlining the event.
Last year more than 55,000 people attend this event. For info you can visit packapalooza.ncsu.edu.


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Universitat is a Barcelona Metro station named after Plaça de la Universitat, split between Eixample and Ciutat Vella districts of Barcelona, where the station is located in. This square holds the historical building of Universitat de Barcelona, celebrated for its neo-gothic style. The station is accessible for disabled persons since 1995, when Barcelona Metro line 2 opened its platforms. It is served by TMB-operated Barcelona Metro lines L1 and L2.

Line 1
Barcelona Metro line 1 station was opened on 10 June 1926 as part of the original section of Ferrocarril Metropolità Transversal between the former station of Bordeta and Plaça de Catalunya station. The former metro station was very different from this one and was similar to Urgell and Rocafort metro stations. The metro station was closed between 1971 and 1972 when the new rail link between Sants railway station and Plaça de Catalunya was built, which passes very close to the metro station. This forced to change the original composition of the platforms to two platforms situated one above the other. The current station was opened on 23 December 1972, is located under Plaça de la Universitat and has two levels. The upper level has a large hall that is used by line 2 too and has some commercial areas and a customer office. On the same level there is one of the platforms while the other one is situated on the lower level.

Line 2
Barcelona Metro line 2 station was opened on 25 September 1995 with the opening of the line between Sant Antoni and Sagrada Família metro stations. The station is located under Ronda de Sant Antoni, between Sepúlveda and Aribau streets. On the upper level there is a large hall which is the same for line 1 and it is connected directly with line 1 platform toward Hospital de Bellvitge. There is also an intermediate hall which connects directly with line 1 platform toward Fondo. The trains run on the lower level into two separated naves where each one holds a platform. Line 2 station was built completely adapted for disabled persons.

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External links

 Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona
 Information about line 1 station
 Information about line 2 station
 Trens de Catalunya - Trenscat.com
 Information and photos about line 1 station
 Information and photos about line 2 station
 History, information and antique photos about line 1 station

Railway stations in Spain opened in 1995
Transport in Eixample
Railway stations in Spain opened in 1926
Barcelona Metro line 1 stations
Barcelona Metro line 2 stations

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with wired connection to a dedicated hub.
messages. However, when I did a "olsrd -dispin", I cannot see any messages.
Attached are the two outputs of the "olsrd -dispout" and "olsrd -dispin".
Can anyone direct me where did my installation went wrong?


Oral suspension, USP (NSAID) 100 mg per 5 mL.
For ages 2 to 11 years.
Original Berry Flavor and bubblegum flavors available.
Do not give more than directed. Shake well before using. Find right dose on chart. If possible use weight to dose; otherwise use age. Use only enclosed dosing cup. Do not use any other dosing device.If needed repeat dose every 6-8 hours. Do not use more than 4 times a day.
Allergy alert: Ibuprofen may cause a severe allergic reaction especially in people allergic to aspirin. Symptoms may include: hives, asthma (wheezing), skin reddening, blisters, facial swelling, shock, rash.If an allergic reaction occurs, stop use and seek medical help right away.
Stomach bleeding warning: This product contains an NSAID, which may cause severe stomach bleeding. The chance is higher if your child : has had stomach ulcers or bleeding problems , takes a blood thinning (anticoagulant) or steroid drug, takes other drugs containing prescription or nonprescription NSAIDs (aspirin, ibuprofen, naproxen, or others), takes more or for a longer time than directed.
Heart attack and stroke warning: NSAID's, except aspirin, increase the risk of heart attack, heart failure, and stroke. These can be fatal. The risk is higher if you use more than directed or for longer than directed.
Do not use: if the child has ever had an allergic reaction to ibuprofen or any other pain reliever/fever reducer. Right before or after heart surgery.
Ask a doctor before use if: Stomach bleeding warning applies to your child. Child has a history of stomach problems, such as heartburn. Child has problems or serious side effects from taking pain relievers or fever reducers. Child has not been drinking fluids. Child has high blood pressure, heart disease, liver cirrhosis, kidney disease, or had a stroke , child has asthma, child is taking a diuretic.
Ask a doctor or pharmacist before use if the child is: under a doctor's care for any serious condition or is taking any other drug.
When using this product: take with food or milk if stomach upset occurs.
Stop use and ask a doctor if: child experiences any of the following signs of stomach bleeding: feels faint, vomits blood, has bloody or black stools, has stomach pain that does not get better, child has symptoms of heart problems or stroke: chest pain, trouble breathing, weakness in one part or side of body, slurred speech, leg swelling. The child does not get any relief within the first day (24 hours) of treatment. Fever or pain gets worse or lasts more than 3 days, redness or swelling is present in the painful area, any new symptoms appear.


The Council is a Welfare and Non profit making Charity. We regularly get clients who cannot afford the full fees required. We look at the individual circumstances and based upon that we reduce the fees.This does not help when it comes to covering the admin cost involved with the whole process, therefore any Donation would be greatly appreciated. You are welcome to make a one off payment or setup a monthly Standing order.


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Is Rage Against the Machine Preparing For A New Album?
ByCan Kay Posted on December 23, 2020 May 11, 2021 Updated on May 11, 2021
The news published by RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE on social media and their 2020 schedule gives us some signs. Will the band come back with an album? RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE rap-rock band -founded in Los Angeles, California, in 1991- has not come up with a new song or album for a long time. However, this year gives us a few signals. After the release of the album 'Renegades' in 2000, the band had split. Zack De La Rocha's left the band and heading for a solo career. After that, other members founded AUDIOSLAVE with Chris Cornell. They released 3 albums until 2007, and then the band disbanded. The same year, RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE reunited. However, this reunion had not yet resulted in an album. Although they released albums from several concert recordings, they had not officially made an album.
Rage Against the Machine postponed their reunion tour dates and other festivals
In fact, 2019 and 2020 would be a year of performance and return for them because they would take part in many big festivals and go on a 'reunion' world tour which was ultimately postponed to 2021, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. You can also check the postponed tour dates here. RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE's social media accounts and music platforms are very active recently. You can see below the post shared yesterday (December 23) from the group's Facebook and Twitter accounts. We do not yet know if it is a new album record or a concert practicing for 2021. However, there is something for sure; 2021 will be very active for RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE!
You can buy and listen to the 'Evil Empire' song and album here.
Can Kay
The 10 Best Rick Ross Songs of All-Time
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Rudolf Schenker formed The Scorpions in 1965 in Hanover, Germany. Besides lead vocalist Schenker, the original lineup was lead guitarist Karl-Heinz Folmer, bassist Lothar Heimberg, and drummer Wolfgang Dziony. In 1971, Schenker's younger brother started…
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The 10 Best Johnny Rodriguez Songs of All-Time
ByThomas Newman May 6, 2022 May 5, 2022
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Every The Moms Album Ranked
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Stranger Things season 4 rumors to be the final season
ByYunus Emre Özdiyar September 11, 2019 July 7, 2020
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loucipher says:
Or it could just be an old photo from inside the Evil Empire CD?
Yunus Emre Özdiyar says:
Yes, exactly and we wait for the new RATM album in the next years.
T-Bone says:
I agree. I too think it's an old pic too. Maybe not from the Evil Empire album, but definitely not a recent pic.
Definitely Evil Empire. Just a little sarcasm pointing out the fact that no one bothers to check the history of a band before putting out bs like this article. "New post just HAS to be a new photo.
OMG what could this mean?!?" *rolls eyes*
Nick Kingdom says:
That Pic is from the evil Empire album. Its an old one
Yes, we know 🙂

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Q: Create C++ ATL COM nested namespaces like System namespace in .NET I have several ATL COM services and would like each of them to have their own namespace, but be under a single base namespace, just like the System namespace in .NET.
For example if a C# project were to include these COM objects, all would be under the same base namespace:
using MyCompanyName.Terminator;
using MyCompanyName.Superman;
using MyCompanyName.Thor;

... instead, what I have currently is this:
using Terminator;
using Superman;
using Thor;

... which is what I do NOT want. I want to be able have a base namespace and sub-namespaces under that base. I don't know how to do this when creating an ATL service and what I need to modify to do this. Is it something I modify in the IDL file?

A: In case you are targeting managed clients it is possible to provide namespaces for them! However since COM is language independent you cannot provide namespaces using the interface description (type library). But whenever you are creating managed wrapper assemblies (that are actually referenced by the client), they can have namespaces to address the RCW objects. The keyword you are looking for is Primary Interop Assemblies. Those are assemblies that you as the vendor of the original library provide for clients to reference. To simplify this: You are doing the work, Visual Studio does for you when you are adding a reference to a COM library. You are creating the interop assembly and the customer does not reference the type library, but the assembly you generated. Using the tlbimp.exe tool it is possible to encapsulate the RCW types inside a namespace using the /namespace parameter.

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CeeLo Green Delivers Drug Dealers Lament With 'Brick Road' [LISTEN]
After a three-year hiatus, CeeLo Green is back with a new song called "Brick Road." It's a lament of sorts with the former Goodie Mob member reflecting on his days of "cooking up dope."
Produced by Vinny Venditto and YNIGO, the song boasts a somber piano groove and a hip-hop-influenced beat. On the track, Green details the good and the bad of being a street hustler.
"You never know where to find me / Don't use a phone, thank you kindly / Another soldier has fallen / Don't worry, I will catch his body," he sings, adding, "Young Lo will make it flip right quick / I'll be God damned if I don't die rich."
After releasing the song, Green went on Twitter asking his fans for their support. In describing the song, it appears that Green was inspired by watching an episode of the classic HBO series The Wire.
"It's that new work. It's fly, it's flavor and it's the future," he said. "Good music always prevails."
There's no word on whether the song will appear on a new project. Green hasn't released a full-length album since his 2015 effort, Heart Blanche. The Grammy-winning singer is currently featured on Nipsey Hussle's latest LP, Victory Lap.
If you like CeeLo Green's new single, you can download it and/or stream it at several digital platforms.
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Naya Rivera Recovery Mission: Body Found in Lake Piru
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UPDATE (5:15 PM ET): Officials confirmed during a press release this afternoon that the body found was indeed Naya Rivera.
UPDATE (3:30 PM ET): Speaking with the Los Angeles Times, Captain Eric Buschow of the Ventura County Sheriff's Department revealed this afternoon that the body found in Lake Piru was discovered floating on the surface of the water near a cove not too far off from the boating dock.
The discovery was made by a boat crew carrying recovery divers early this morning.
The family has been notified. An examination and autopsy of the body is planned to take place.
A body has been found at Lake Piru, where Naya Rivera went missing on July 8.
The Ventura County Sheriff's Office confirmed a body was discovered and is being recovered Monday (July 13), five days after the former Glee star first disappeared following a boat trip with her four-year-old son Josey in California.
"A body has been found at Lake Piru this morning," they tweeted. "The recovery is in progress."
Authorities would not immediately say if the body found was Rivera's, but a news conference is set to take place at 2 PM PT at the lake, after next of kin has been notified.
The 33-year-old actress was reported missing on July 8 after her child, whom she shares with ex-husband Ryan Dorsey, was found asleep alone on a pontoon she rented. Josey told authorities he and his mom had gone swimming but never got back on the boat.
According to multiple reports, he was wearing a life vest, and another adult life jacket was found in the pontoon along with a few of Rivera's personal items.
One day later, authorities announced that the search for Rivera was now a recovery mission and that she was presumed dead from accidental drowning. Search and rescue diver Robert Inglis also told The Daily Mail on Saturday (July 11) that she could have also hit her head while diving into the lake.
This story is developing...
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This home is a must see. Completely remodeled 3 years ago. Furnace and A/C replaced 2 years ago. Water heater replaced 2014. Roof in excellant condition. 1 year old 30'x32' metal shed With 3 overhead doors, 2 with openers. Large fenced back yard with large gates. Wood deck and new concrete patio. Large covered front porch. This home is ready to move into. Hurry! Don't miss it!
From Wichita take Hwy 42 & 2 to Harper. Turn West (right) at the 2nd intersection past the railroad viaduct (Main St.). Continue West on Main St. to Madison St. Turn North (right) on Madison St. one block to 9th St. Property is on the SW corner of 9th St. and Madison St.


In this session, designed for the manufacturing community, we will look to learn from each other as we tackle FAQ's. The objective is to learn from each other given the fact that every service department processes claims and tracks incidents differently. It will be an interactive session that is sure to be informative.


The user tries to create a new profile in Microsoft Office Outlook.
The user tries to start an Outlook client.
The issue occurs intermittently when the Outlook client is running.
Generally, this issue occurs when the URL that you are trying to access is not listed in either the Subject or the Subject Alternative Name (SAN) of the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) certificate for the website. Although different organizations' configurations may differ slightly, this issue typically occurs because the organization's Autodiscover Domain Name System (DNS) records are configured incorrectly.
To resolve this issue, you may have to change your Autodiscover DNS records (internal, external, or both). However, these changes should not be taken lightly, because the Autodiscover feature may not function if DNS records are configured incorrectly.
Before you change the Autodiscover DNS records, you should understand how the Outlook client tries to locate the Autodiscover service. The Outlook client tries to locate the Autodiscover service by using the following fundamental order of operations. However, the step in which the Autodiscover service is located varies from deployment to deployment. This location depends on whether there is an on-premises solution in co-existence and what the specific on-premises email environment is (for example, an on-premises Microsoft Exchange Server, an on-premises Lotus Notes, or another environment).
The Service Connection Point (SCP) object - Internal connections only.
Outlook client tries to locate an A Record for the URL that is returned by the SCP object.
Outlook client tries to locate an A Record for the user's SMTP domain.
Outlook client tries to locate an A Record for the URL that is appended with Autodiscover.
The SRV record then returns another URL, for which some kind of resolvable record must exist, such as an A record or a CNAME record.
5 Result If the Autodiscover service is not found by any of these methods, Autodiscover fails.
To locate an A record, run the following commands. Make sure you substitute SMTPDomain.com below with the domain with the value at the top of your certificate error.
To resolve this issue, use the following method.
This is the preferred resolution method in the current service design because the existing SSL certificate does not have to be updated and deployed. According to the fundamental order of the operations that are listed earlier in this section, the organization may implement the new record by using a controlled and tested way to prevent outages of the Autodiscover service.
Create a new SRV record.
Host: URL for redirection. This URL may be the Outlook Web Access (OWA) URL because the resolved IP should be the same as the Autodiscover service. Additionally, this may vary from deployment to deployment.
Before you remove the existing A record, the new SRV record should be tested by changing a user's host file to redirect the current A record to an invalid IP. This test can verify that the new SRV record is working as expected before you deploy the new DNS records to the whole organization.
Note When the SRV record is used by an Outlook client, the user may receive the following message that advises the user of the redirection that is about to occur. We recommend that the user select the Don't ask me about this website again check box so that the message is not displayed again.
When the SRV record works as expected, you can remove the existing A record from DNS.


We would love to hear your stories and memories of Brymbo. Whether they are of growing up and living in the area, you or family members working in the Steelworks, or anything else you can think of – we want to hear them! No memory is too big or too small, we believe it is important to capture your stores to be enjoyed by generations in years to come. We have started to publish some of our recorded Oral Histories on to our SoundCloud site, which you can visit HERE.
If you would like to record yours or your family member's memories, we have compiled a series of questions that could be used to encourage the conversation. As well as this, you could also view our Flickr gallery HERE which could be useful in jogging some memories!
Once you have recorded your story, you can EMAIL US with the file attached and the information of the speaker and we will then edit the audio file into smaller clips to publish on our SoundCloud site.
What were the occupations of your family members?
We now have a permanent exhibition at Brymbo Enterprise Centre. The exhibition has a number of 'fixed' display boards explaining a great deal about the area's heritage.
Amongst the displays there is a series of glass cabinets, some of them containing fossils and metal samples, but some of them are reserved for the great many stories that the people of Brymbo want to tell. Have you got something you'd like to display, a poem, a picture, old photos, a piece of equipment or an artefact? We'd love to hear from you – 0800 772 0981 (free from landlines) or EMAIL US.


With the pro model can you etch off copper clad PCB material?
Copper is almost completely reflective to the 10.6um wavelength of CO2 lasers, so no You can, however, use the laser to precisely remove etch resist and then use a chemical etching process to remove the copper.
Yes, I've actually seen a number of people replace their mirrors with copper to increase efficiency. I'm considering doing it myself.
Can GlowForge be used to etch PCBs?
I can see that it could be useful when prototyping circuit boards, but I don't know about the safety of doing so (or even if it's possible).
I would be interested to hear if anyone has done further experimentation though!
The link in that earlier thread looks good.
But I was coming in to say that some people (including inventables) sell non-fiberglass pcb material that might be more friendly for drilling, assuming it can be lasered.


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Anne's marathon walk in memory of dad who died of young-onset Alzheimer's disease
10th May 2019 9th May 2019 Nicola Graham-Simms 0 Comments
BY IZZY WIGHTMAN
toby@slpmedia.co.uk
A student is set to walk a marathon next month to celebrate the life of her dad after he died from young-onset Alzheimer's disease.
Anne Manuel, 22 and living in Herne Hill, will take on the challenge of walking 26 miles around London to raise money for the Alzheimer's Society in June.
She will be doing it in memory of her father, Francis Manuel, who died in October 2018 – 10 years after being diagnosed with dementia at the age of 54.
Anne, who grew up in France and was young when her father was diagnosed, aims to raise £350 during the trek on June 1 – her 23rd birthday.
She said: "I understood what was happening, but I was 12 years old so I wanted to spend time with my friends. "The moment someone gets diagnosed they get put into a box, from family members to friends – to anyone around you.
Francis with Anne as a child, above and (main pic) after Francis' diagnosis
"People forgot about my dad before he forgot about them.
"A lot of people would say 'your dad used to' and I was like 'he is still alive'. It was hard for me to hear them say that."
The London College of Communication student also emphasised the importance of learning how to communicate with those affected by being there: "They are trying to communicate with you but you aren't entering into that way of communicating.
"It's a learning curve. It's a two-way thing. You have to learn how to adapt to communicate with that person."
The marathon walk comes one year after the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, signed a pledge to make London the world's first demential-friendly capital city.
This aims to help people with dementia to travel safely and live somewhere where they feel supported, understood and included in community life.
Anne is organising fundraising events and activities throughout the year to raise awareness of the condition which affects 850,000 people in the UK, 72,000 of whom live in London.
Patients whose symptoms start before they are 65 are often described as having young-onset or early-onset dementia, and there are estimated to be at least 42,000 younger people with dementia in the UK – many of these tend to have dependent children.
Community fundraiser for the Alzheimer's Society, Rebecca Greenbank, welcomed Anne's decision to help raise money for the charity.
She said: "It's wonderful that Anne is giving her time to support Alzheimer's Society. Dementia devastates lives, but dementia won't win. Until the day we find a cure, Alzheimer's Society will be here to support anyone affected by dementia, wherever they are, whatever they're going through.
We need more people like Anne to join us now and unite against dementia."
To support Anne visit: https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/annemanuel.
To sign up for Trek 26 London visit https://www.alzheimers.org.uk.
Registrations for this trek will close at midnight on Friday, May 17.
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Acupuncture points on the human body are connected by pathways called meridians. These meridians conduct energy, also known as qi (pronounced "chi"), between the surface of the body and its internal organs. Each point has a different effect on the qi that passes through it. Acupuncture is believed to help balance the body by allowing the normal flow of qi.
Acupuncture is one of the oldest and most commonly used system of healing in the world, originating over 5,000 years ago. Acupuncture has its roots deeply planted in China. Its use spread throughout ancient Egypt, the Middle East, the Roman Empire and later into Western Europe as merchants and missionaries to China told of the amazing discoveries the people of the Orient had developed. Acupuncture did not become known on a national level in the United States until 1971.
Several theories have been presented as to exactly how acupuncture works. One theory suggests that pain impulses are blocked from reaching the spinal cord or brain at various "gates" to these areas. Since a majority of acupuncture points are either connected to (or are located near) neural structures, this suggests that acupuncture stimulates the nervous system.
Another theory suggests that acupuncture stimulates the body to produce narcotic-like substances called endorphins, which reduce pain. Other studies have found that other pain-relieving substances called opiods may be released into the body during an acupuncture treatment.
Unlike hypodermic needles, acupuncture needles are solid, flexible, and hair-thin. They are not designed to cut the skin. Acupuncture needles are generally inserted a half-inch to an inch deep depending on the type of treatment being delivered.
While each person experiences acupuncture differently, most people feel only a minimal amount of pain as the needles are inserted. Some people reportedly feel a sensation of excitement, while others feel relaxed.
When practiced by a licensed, trained acupuncturist, acupuncture is extremely safe.
What conditions does acupuncture treat?
In the late 1970s, the World Health Organization recognized the ability of acupuncture and Oriental medicine to treat nearly four dozen common ailments, including neuromusculoskeletal conditions (such as arthritis, neuralgia, insomnia, dizziness, and neck/shoulder pain); emotional and psychological disorders (such as depression and anxiety); circulatory disorders (such as hypertension, angina pectoris, arteriosclerosis and anemia); addictions to alcohol, nicotine and other drugs; respiratory disorders (such as emphysema, sinusitis, allergies and bronchitis); and gastrointestinal conditions (such as food allergies, ulcers, chronic diarrhea, constipation, indigestion, intestinal weakness, anorexia and gastritis).
In 1997, a consensus statement released by the National Institutes of Health found that acupuncture could be useful by itself or in combination with other therapies to treat addiction, headaches, menstrual cramps, tennis elbow, fibromyalgia, myofascial pain, osteoarthritis, lower back pain, carpal tunnel syndrome and asthma. Other studies have demonstrated that acupuncture may help in the rehabilitation of stroke patients and can relieve nausea in patients recovering from chemotherapy.
What should I expect on my first visit?
As with most health practitioners, the first visit to an acupuncturist usually begins with the practitioner taking a detailed history. Since traditional Chinese medicine takes a more holistic approach to patient care than Western medicine, you may be asked questions that appear unimportant (questions about your sleep habits, your ability to tolerate heat or cold, your dietary habits, etc.) but are actually vital to the type of care you will receive.
An examination of the tongue and pulse is then conducted. Using all of the information obtained during the history, tongue and pulse examination, a Chinese diagnosis is made. Depending on the condition, needles are inserted into specific acupuncture points on the body. The acupuncturist may use moxa or electrical stimulation to enhance acupuncture's therapeutic effect. It may take several visits to see significant improvement or cure your condition.
About Cupping
What is cupping?
Cupping is the use of glass cups to stimulate blood flow to a particular area. In a typical cupping session, a cotton ball soaked in alcohol is lit on fire and placed inside a glass cup. Burning a substance inside the cup removes all the oxygen, thus creating a vacuum.
As the substance burns, the cup is turned upside-down so that the practitioner can place the cup over a specific area. The vacuum created by the lack of oxygen anchors the cup to the skin and pulls it upward on the inside of the glass as the air inside the jar cools. Drawing up the skin is believed to open up the skin's pores, which helps to stimulate the flow of blood, balances and realigns the flow of qi, breaks up obstructions, and creates an avenue for toxins to be drawn out of the body.
Depending on the condition being treated, the cups will be left in place from 5 to 10 minutes. Several cups may be placed on a patient's body at the same time. Some practitioners will also apply small amounts of medicated oils or herbal oils to the skin just before the cupping procedure, which lets them move the cups up and down particular acupoints or meridians after they have been applied.
In china cupping is used primarily to treat back pain, bronchitis, asthma, upper respiratory infections, and areas of chronic pain. Fleshy sites on the body, such as the back (and, to a lesser extent, the arms and legs), are the preferred sites for treatment.
About Moxibustion
What is moxibustion used for?
In traditional Chinese medicine, moxibustion is used on people who have a cold or stagnant condition. The burning of moxa is believed to expel cold and warm the meridians, which leads to smoother flow of blood and qi. In Western medicine, moxibustion has successfully been used to turn breech babies into a normal head-down position prior to childbirth. A landmark study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association in 1998 found that up to 75% of women suffering from breech presentations before childbirth had fetuses that rotated to the normal position after receiving moxibustion at an acupuncture point on the Bladder meridian. Other studies have shown that moxibustion increases the movement of the fetus in pregnant women, and may reduce the symptoms of menstrual cramps when used in conjunction with traditional acupuncture.
Are there any precautions I should be aware of?
Although moxibustion has been safely used in traditional Chinese medicine for centuries, it is not for everyone. Because it is used specifically for patients suffering from cold or stagnant constitutions, it should not be used on anyone diagnosed with too much heat. Burning moxa also produces a great deal of smoke and a pungent odor. Patients with respiratory problems may request that their practitioner use smokeless moxa sticks as an alternative.


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IVF Failure: Sometimes the Answer is So Obvious, We Simply Ignore it.
Posted on October 15, 2018 August 11, 2020 by Bela Angress
Victor Hugo is quoted as saying "Nothing is more powerful than an idea whose time has come". Well, we've been promoting an "idea" for the last 10 years that data are now finally proving out. Simply put, endometriosis is the major cause of failed IVF cycles and a leading cause of unexplained infertility (UI) and unexplained pregnancy loss (uRPL). Most women who fail IVF for unexplained reasons, are the same as those who fail to get pregnant (UI and uRPL). Even when normal genetically screened embryos are put back, IVF success rates remain at only 50% (1). So why is that?
The problem, more often than not, resides with defective endometrial receptivity. We previously explained our theory of progesterone resistance and its relationship to endometriosis (2). Based on the use of a novel biomarker, BCL6, we find that whenever there is no apparent reason(s) for achieving or maintaining an early pregnancy, it is almost always endometriosis! (3). No other condition can explain so much of what is happening out there to women having difficulty conceiving. Our mantra is "There is no such thing as unexplained infertility".
In addition, there appears to be no safe amount of endometriosis that can be said to be OK, at least in susceptible women. Endometriosis has been shown to cause problems with endometrial receptivity at incredibly low amounts. Dr. M. Canis from France published a paper showing that invisible endometriosis, seen only using blue dye, was associated with infertility. After removal of these areas of blue staining, nearly 70% of women conceived successfully without IVF (4). We found similar results in our blue dye study for pain, where many of those women conceived after resection of blue stained peritoneum (5). If very subtle or invisible endometriosis can cause infertility, then leaving even small amounts of endometriosis behind after surgery may be why pregnancy rates aren't as good as we might expect after laparoscopy for mild disease (6).
What do we know now that we didn't know before? Based on available data the American Society for Reproductive Medicine maintained guidelines that, in my opinion, underestimated the impact of endometriosis (7). Studies of women with UI has been the key to expanding our understanding of endometriosis.
BCL6 is the primary biomarker in the ReceptivaDx test for detection of endometriosis. This protein is an "oncogene" associated with lymphoma, and involved with inflammation. We found in our research that BCL6 pairs with another protein called Sirtuin 1 (SIRT1), and together these proteins appear to block the action of progesterone in the endometrium (8). As most know, the actions of progesterone are critical to successful pregnancy and "progesterone resistance", as it is called, and appears to be a primary mechanism involved in endometriosis and its pathophysiology leading to infertility.
With that said, let's look at new clinical data. Women with unexplained infertility have a very high prevalence of elevated BCL6 staining (3). We see the same finding of elevated BCL6 in most women with unexplained IVF failure (9). Both these groups (UI and Failed IVF) had endometriosis as a common finding at laparoscopy. Unfortunately, laparoscopy is being performed less and less in most IVF centers. This has led to a vast under-reporting of endometriosis in the SART database that is published online each year (www.sart.org), perpetuating a false conclusion among many Reproductive Endocrinologists that endometriosis is not a major cause of failed IVF and frozen embryo transfer (FET) cycles. The opposite is likely to be true.
Figure 1: The percentage of women with the diagnosis of endometriosis undergoing IVF has fallen steadily over the years. This does not mean that endometriosis is less common; it means that laparoscopy is becoming a procedure that is omitted from the infertility workup. Endometriosis still is a major cause of infertility, just most women with this disease don't know they have it. (Source: ART Surveillence and Research Team, CDC, Atlanta, GA).
Lets look a little deeper. As you can see from the CDC data presented over 20 years, the Society for Assisted Reproductive Technologies (SART) there has been a steady downward trend in the percent of women listed as having endometriosis (Fig. 1). Currently less than 10% of women undergoing embryo transfer are listed as having endometriosis. The prevalence of endometriosis in the normal fertile population is 5 to 10% and up to 70% of women with unexplained infertility have endometriosis. Further, all of the women who have been diagnosed in the IVF CDC data set have already been laparoscoped and therefore treated for endometriosis. Since the majority of active cases of endometriosis are no longer being counted, the favorable outcomes listed in SART for IVF success rates in women with endometriosis is artificially high. In fact, we recently reported that woman thought to have endometriosis based on ReceptivaDx, did very poorly in IVF (9). (Based on conservative estimates, a majority of women with endometriosis undergoing IVF don't know they have the disease; this is a problem that is affecting success rates, treatment protocols, and obviously patient bank accounts.
The good news, and the idea whose time has come, is that a test now is available to identify these women before embryo transfer. The response by many physicians to ReceptivaDx testing has been very positive. The idea that a majority of unexplained cases can finally be explained is changing the face of IVF treatment. When confronted with the options of doing more IVF and having a low success versus identification and treatment of endometriosis before the next transfer, patients recognize the choice as a "no-brainer". Early data from our center clearly shows that treatment of high BCL6 levels in women with suspected endometriosis improves outcomes by over 50%. Treatment options include a few months of medical suppression of endometriosis with depot Lupron® (leuprolide acetate) or laparoscopy to identify and treat underlying endometriosis. Future studies may also find that Orilissa® (elagolix), an orally active GnRH antagonist, may also be helpful. The chance of finding endometriosis at laparoscopy is close over 90 % in women who test positive with high endometrial BCL6 levels. Reducing inflammation is likely the reason these treatments improve implantation and explains why the majority of women conceive with the next embryo transfer after treatment. These data are being submitted for publication and should be available to the interested physicians and patients soon.
Endometriosis is a terrible, often silent disease that deserves more funding and more respect from clinicians. Women with infertility, especially unexplained infertility need to know about this condition. ReceptivaDx can detect all stages of this disease. The idea that we should ignore endometriosis in the setting of IVF is simply wrong and misguided. We need to do the opposite and expose it to the light of day.
1 -Harton GL, Munne S, Surrey M, Grifo J, Kaplan B, McCulloh DH et al. Diminished effect of maternal age on implantation after preimplantation genetic diagnosis with array comparative genomic hybridization. Fertility and sterility 2013;100:1695-703
2 -Lessey BA and Kim JJ. Endometrial receptivity in the eutopic endometrium of women with endometriosis: It is affected, and let me show you why. Fertil Steril. 2017 Jul;108(1):19-27.
3 -Evans-Hoeker E, Lessey BA, Jeong JW, Savaris RF, Palomino WA, Yuan L, Schammel
DP, Young SL. Endometrial BCL6 Overexpression in Eutopic Endometrium of Women
With Endometriosis. Reprod Sci. 2016 Sep;23(9):1234-41.
4 – Manhes H, Shulman A, Haag T, Canis M, Demontmarin JL. Infertility due to
diseased pelvic peritoneum: laparoscopic treatment. Gynecol Obstet Invest.
1994;37(3):191-5.
5 -Lessey BA, Higdon HL 3rd, Miller SE, Price TA. Intraoperative detection of
subtle endometriosis: a novel paradigm for detection and treatment of pelvic pain
associated with the loss of peritoneal integrity. J Vis Exp. 2012 Dec 21;(70).
6 -Marcoux S, Maheux R, Bérubé S. Laparoscopic surgery in infertile women with
minimal or mild endometriosis. Canadian Collaborative Group on Endometriosis. N
Engl J Med. 1997 Jul 24;337(4):217-22.
7 – https://www.sart.org/globalassets/asrm/asrm-content/news-and-publications/practice-guidelines/for-non-members/endometriosis_and_infertility_a_committee_opinion-noprint.pdf
8 – Yoo JY, Kim TH, Fazleabas AT, Palomino WA, Ahn SH, Tayade C, Schammel DP,
Young SL, Jeong JW, Lessey BA. KRAS Activation and over-expression of SIRT1/BCL6
Contributes to the Pathogenesis of Endometriosis and Progesterone Resistance. Sci
Rep. 2017 Jul 28;7(1):6765.
9 – lmquist LD, Likes CE, Stone B, Brown KR, Savaris R, Forstein DA, Miller PB,
Lessey BA. Endometrial BCL6 testing for the prediction of in vitro fertilization
outcomes: a cohort study. Fertil Steril. 2017 Dec;108(6):1063-1069.
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Over the last few years, a disappointing trend in commercial aviation has been that a number of airlines are backing away from providing seatback entertainment. While some planes and airlines certainly still have seatback screens you can just sit down and enjoy, the current trend is to provide inflight entertainment that is viewable on your own tablet (that is fully charged with the airline's app previously downloaded). That's an easy enough thing to manage as a single traveler, but a much different task when traveling with a whole family.
Alaska Airlines, TPG's top airline for 2018, has had a relatively unique hybrid solution for those who found themselves in need of inflight entertainment. They don't have seatback screens on Alaska planes, but they did have tablets available and pre-loaded with movies, TV shows, music, a kid's zone and Xbox games. These tablets cost $10 to rent for the flight, or were provided complimentary to those flying in first class or with top-tier Alaska 75k elite status.
Unfortunately, Alaska's tablets have recently become more scarce. Over the weekend, Alaska tweeted that tablets are no longer offered on all flights in order to make room for more food and beverage options.
Tablets for purchase are only available on Premium Long-Haul markets (coast-to-coast and Hawaii flights). We previously offered tablets on nearly all flights over 3.5 hours. This change went into effect Nov. 1st.
We continue to invest in our in-flight entertainment. The service now offers over 500 free movies and TV shows that guests can stream to their own devices. Guests are showing a strong preference for the service with continual growth in usage and a decline in usage of tablets – particularly on the shorter flights.
That said, there are reports in the TPG Lounge of recent Alaska Airlines trans-con flights over 3.5 hours (such as from Los Angeles to Newark) that did not have tablets. Relying on Alaska to provide a device for your family at 36,000 feet entertainment is now a far-from-guaranteed situation, so the safest solution is to pack your own or prepare for a tablet-free flight.


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Not right enough
Republicans get scolded for betraying conservatism
CARL MOLLINS September 12 1994
Not right enough CARL MOLLINS September 12 1994
DEAD RIGHT
By David Frum
(HarperCollins, 205 pages, $32.50)
There is a thread of mystery in David Frum's Dead Right, a long essay on the recent rise and alleged decline of American conservatism. The title itself is enigmatic: does it signify that the political right is dead in America, corrupted by ideological deviants and contaminated by mindless extremists, as the Toronto-born author argues?
No, conservatism remains a viable crusade, Frum concludes. Rather, as becomes apparent to a reader working through the book's didactic chapters, the title may serve as a declaration that it is the author who is "dead right," a polemicist supremely confident that he is among a dwindling few who are Conservatively Correct.
It will not be Frum's fault if the U.S. Republican Party ignores his analysis of what is wrong, persists in pursuing popularity, refuses to jettison single-interest riffraff and fails to focus on a primary objective that smacks of anarchism: stripping government to a shadow. Without such reforms, conservatism is unlikely to regain what Ronald Reagan and George Bush frittered away—an opportunity, says Frum, "for eliminating the progressive income tax and the redistribution of wealth by Washington."
For Frum, it is clearly frustrating work serving as conservatism's Carrie Nation, a straitlaced scold railing against the evils of big government rather than booze. Many have sinned. The culpable include the men of electable consequence in the Republican Party—presidential possibles Jack Kemp, William Bennett and Pat Buchanan among them—for having bent too far towards what the electorate wants instead of what, in the author's view, the people should get. Frum's firmament of villains is peopled by naysayers who infest right-wing causes: such embarrassments to conservative
elitists as media fulminator Rush Limbaugh; the "paranoid billionaire" Ross Perot; the racists, homophobes, male chauvinists, fanatical anti-abortionists and Christian zealots who, despite Frum's distaste for their influence on Republican politics, have traditionally attached themselves to conservative movements, often by invitation. In Frum's book, those turncoats and political troglodytes rank
almost as low as liberals and are nearly as dangerous as social democrats.
The rankings reflect the main mystery in Dead Right: Frum's premise that conservatism is in decline. In fact, 15 years after the advent of Thatcherism and Reaganomics, the core tenets of Frum's conservatism—reduced government, balanced budgets, the erosion of social programs, the privatization of public enterprises—remain holy writ in governments of any partisan stripe. Elements of Reagan's voodoo economics remain
intact. Central bankers control the industrial world's economies. President Bill Clinton's fatally ravaged proposal to improve the American health-care system, assailed by Frum as a historic expansion of government's role, was far from that. As with Clinton's so-called reforms of criminal law and welfare, his health plan was essentially conservative, leaving medical insurance largely in private hands.
But Frum is a disciplinarian. For a 34-yearold writer who has sermonized for journalistic icons of big business and the political right—among them The Wall Street Journal, Forbes magazine and the roustabout American Spectator—he is unforgiving of even modest attempts by government to redress social wrongs or repair private enterprise. The author dedicates Dead Right to his mother, the late Barbara Frum, who won fame and fortune by serving Canada as a broadcaster for the publicly owned CBC. For his part, Frum fils is appalled by the idea that government should oversee, let alone direct, an essential national service. Conservatives advocate minimal government, he explains, "because they admired a certain type of character—self-reliant, competent, canny and uncomplaining— and minimal government was the system of government under which the character they admired flourished best."
Most conservatives, he writes, agree with a thesis that traces liberalism to an "evil decision" by Western man in the 14th century, namely "a decision in favor of moral arrogance, in favor of the radical reconstruction of the world along lines suggested by whatever reformist or revolutionary ideology happened to hoid power at the moment." He tracks modern conservatism to the early 1950s (an era when Senator Joe McCarthy's anti-Communist fanaticism held America in thrall). What to do? "Conservative intellectuals should learn to care a little less about the electoral prospects of the Republican Party," he concludes, "and do what intellectuals of all descriptions are obliged to do: practise honesty, and pay the price." "Conservatism," Frum advises, "was never supposed to be a sunny political ideology. It was always a doctrine for the tough-minded." Tough-minded he may be, at least when dealing with the backsliders who affront him. And Dead Right is certainly not sunny. After 205 pages of Frum's slim volume, spooky may be a more appropriate adjective.
CARL MOLLINS
The Private PARIZEAU
September 1994 By BARRY CAME
SUNG ALSO RIES
September 1994 By BARBARA WICKENS
KEEPING THEIR COUNSEL
Kinetic artist
September 1994 By JUSTIN SMALLBRIDGE
September 1994 By JAMES DEACON
DOWNING ARMS
A HEAD START ON AUTUMN
September 2004 By BRIAN BETHUNE
FROM COURT TO BOOKSTORE
August 2004 By LEAH BOWNESS
BIG SISTER IS WATCHING YOU
July 2004 By SUE FERGUSON
ECHOES OF THE PAST
Maclean's celebrates 90 years of telling the intriguing story of Canada
DECEMBER 25,1995/JANUARY 1, 1996 1995 By CARL MOLLINS
PROGNOSIS: POOR
March 1994 By CARL MOLLINS
CROSSROADS OF CONFLICT
July 1992 By SARAJEVO IS PART OF AN ANCIENT STRUGGLE, CARL MOLLINS


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"The marathon is like a bullfight. There are two ways to kill a bull, for instance. There is the easy way, for one. But all the great matadors end up either dead or mauled because for them killing the bull is not nearly as important as how they kill the bull. They always approach the bull at the greatest risk to themselves, and I admire that. In the marathon, likewise, there are two ways to win.
"There's the easy way if all you care about is winning. You hang back and risk nothing. Then kick and try to nip the leaders at the end. Or you can push, challenge the others, make it an exciting race, risking everything.
"Maybe you lose, but as for me, I'd rather run a gutsy race, pushing all the way and lose, then run a conservative, easy race only for a win."
Though referring to a marathon, it can apply to any distance or mid-distance race, and I wholeheartedly agree with the conclusion.
I am not sure who to attribute this quote to but, I have been using it with pure joy for decades!!
"Cross Country — Finally, a practical use for golf courses."
"Some people don't have the guts for distance racing. The polite term for them is sprinters."
"It's rude to count people as you pass them. Out loud."
"I think people can handle 150 to 200 miles a week. But something has to give somewhere. If he's a student, how's he going to study? He may be at the age of chasing and courtship, and that's an important form of sport and recreation, too."


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How Bad Does It Have to Get Before D.C. Gets Bipartisan?
The widening gap between the parties' economic visions offers little encouragement
By Susan Davis
This article is from the archive of our partner .
Friday's dismal jobs report and the worst stock market dip since 2008 raises the question: Just how bad does the economic climate need to get to trigger some policy consensus in Washington on how to make it better?
The widening gap between the two parties' economic visions and the deep divisions in their politics offer little insight or encouragement that Washington will finally pivot to jobs and economic growth in September when Congress returns.
And if there is one precedent that this Congress has established, it's that the Republican House and the Democratic Senate come together to act only under white-hot pressure such as the threat of default or a government shutdown. At this rate, the answer may be: much, much worse.
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The divisions were underscored on Friday in the wake of another stagnant jobs report and a 9.1% unemployment rate, while the markets continued to rattle amid economic worries about long-term global stability.
In response to the jobs report, House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, laid out his ideas for economic growth and job creation that read like a list of non-negotiables for Democrats: Expand domestic drilling for oil and gas reserves, repeal President Obama's health care law, enact a balanced-budget amendment, cut taxes, and reduce regulations on businesses.
"Today's unemployment report is more proof that all of the Washington spending, taxing, and regulating is devastating our economy," he said.
Rep. Sam Graves, R-Mo., chairman of the Small Business Committee, further argued for lowering the corporate tax rate to 25 percent and passing three stalled trade pacts with South Korea, Panama, and Colombia as part of the GOP's economic vision.
Across the Capitol, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., holds a far different view. Reid, like most Democrats, is calling for greater investments (GOP: read "spending") in clean-energy initiatives and infrastructure. But congressional Republicans have all but ruled out such measures, arguing that extensive government spending, such as the stimulus package, failed to produce the kind of job creation that was promised.
Reid also accused Republicans of putting the tea party's concerns ahead of the economy. "But to accomplish these [job-creation] goals, we need Republicans to stop using commonsense jobs bills as vehicles for the tea party's ideological agenda and forcing us to run the government from one manufactured crisis to the next," he said, referring to the debt-ceiling battle that consumed Washington for most of the summer.
It's no surprise that the heat coming out of Washington is being mirrored back in Americans' view of Congress. The latest New York Times/CBS poll, out Thursday, gave Congress a record disapproval rating of 84 percent. More troubling to incumbents, however, is the poll's finding that three of four Americans, 75 percent, said that most members of Congress don't deserve reelection.
Whether Congress can work together on jobs might rely on how seriously lawmakers think their reelections rely on it. So far, Republicans have resisted efforts to cut deals with the White House on economic matters because they believe he has ownership of the economy and will be the one judged for it in 2012. But if those dynamics shift and the public continues to spread the blame across Washington, mutual disgust may be the surest way to get the two parties to work together this fall.
They will face an immediate test with the new Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction. Although the panel's efforts aren't necessarily in line with job creation, if the markets continue to rattle and jobs continue to stagnate, the task of improving the long-term U.S. fiscal outlook will take on even greater urgency.
"We have an anemic recovery so far, and all of these people—one-third of the Senate, and the whole House, and the president are up for reelection, and there may be urgency on everyone's part to do something and try and get this economy moving in a stronger direction," said Tom O'Donnell, chief of staff to then-House Majority Leader Dick Gephardt, D-Mo., and now a managing partner at Gephardt Government Affairs. "My sense is that the politics, where the economy's at, this new law, it may drive them to try to work together even more soon."
O'Donnell is an optimist, but for anyone looking to Congress today for progress on job creation, there is far more evidence in support of pessimism.
Scott Bland contributed
This article is from the archive of our partner The Wire.


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Beach House have long been the kind of band other musicians cite as favourites. But their third album, Teen Dream, looks set to expand their appeal well beyond in-the-know musos to the public at large. Here is an album that plays like an album should, working beautifully in order from beginning to end, but one that balances this with some quite wonderful single tracks too.
Meeting in London ahead of the album's release, to begin with guitarist Alex Scally is explaining Teen Dream on his own. We're expecting the duo's other half Victoria Legrand too, but she's been held up. With beers to hand we take to a bench. Baltimore-born Scally pensively orders his thoughts.
Spectacle or not, Beach House's output has been filed in the pigeonhole labelled 'dream pop'. With the swooning melodies of Teen Dream tracks Silver Soul and Walk In The Park in particular capable of calling in siren tongues for repeated plays, their creators surely nurse a pop sensibility in there somewhere… don't they?
A month of painstaking and at times frustrating recording sessions followed. "Chris has a lot of experience of big studios, which mics to use, how to use the board really well," says Scally, "and he was really, really good at getting us to do great takes. Some guitar takes he would get me to do 25 times. He was really great at forcing us to an emotional peak, or getting us to calm our bodies down to get a certain sound. He understood that side of things so well. And he didn't seem to have his mind set on any one thing; he was really open and flexible. He's a Gemini. I think Victoria really liked that about him too." It transpires that Legrand is rather into astrology.
Scally brings her up to speed about the Norway chat. "It's about the relationship between the heart… in motion, going through the land," she muses wistfully. "Writing a song on a train is really intense. It's a very poppy song but it has a certain level of darkness to it." And its parent record? "I see Teen Dream as the beginning of a lifetime of defining records. Each one is different, and I think this one is the result of our full commitment to our world, our music. And our brains are becoming frighteningly… the bridge is getting smaller. Is there even a bridge?" "We get there and just fall off the cliff," says Scally.
The following night sees the duo set up in a tiny back room behind a pub off London's Columbia Road. They're seated and, as the stage is at the same level as their standing audience, they remain unseen for the duration of Teen Dream's UK showcase gig. Yet as eyes close and hips sway to the dreamy moods being created, Teen Dream's intimacy is translated beautifully in this smallest of live settings. Afterwards Legrand and Scally are to be found at the pub's bar, chatting amiably with all and sundry; and who knows, maybe even a film director. They've made one of 2011's very best records, but its surefire success looks like changing nothing about how they conduct themselves.
Beach House's third album Teen Dream is out now through Bella Union.


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Heat oil in a moderate sized saucepan and add onion, cook for one minute until soft and add Madras curry paste and cook for a further minute stirring frequently.
Add chicken pieces, stir and coat in the paste mixture then add tomatoes and coconut milk & salt.
Simmer, covered for 45 minutes, stirring occasionally.
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UNITYGATE – Pontes entre o Oriente e o Ocidente Plataforma de Intercâmbio Cultural entre Portugal e Macau UNITYGATE é uma plataforma de trabalho baseado na convergência das culturas através de um programa anual de intercâmbio artístico e cultural entre o Oriente e o Ocidente. Com o lema unidade na diversidade, o projeto reúne diferentes áreas e culturas, promovendo o intercâmbio do conhecimento e das ligações entre os grupos, procurando assim a dimensão holística da arte. O UNITYGATE é um projeto pluridisciplinar e multicultural que cruza a tradição com a contemporaneidade. Os objectivos gerais são promover a criatividade, a troca de conhecimentos e competências no desenvolvimento artístico e pessoal, numa aprendizagem continua com e através da Arte. Criar sinergias entre diferentes culturas dentro de cada território. Reflecte ainda, no sentido holístico e transversal da Arte, sobre o encontro entre culturas e a Cidadania nómada dos tempos actuais. Embora o UNITYGATE tenha nascido entre Portugal e Macau, acreditando que ambos são sementes de convergência e unidade das diferentes culturas, o projeto pretende crescer e estender-se a outros países do Oriente e Ocidente. Contamos já para 2014 estender o UNITYGATE à Suécia numa parceria artística com o projecto MAN MUST DANCE_Transnational Livestream performance (no âmbito do Programa de Umea Capital da Cultura 2014). Outros contactos estão a ser feitos no Oriente no mesmo sentido. UNITYGATE – Bridges between East and West Cultural Exchange Platform between Portugal and Macao UNITYGATE is a platform of work seeking convergence and unity of cultures through an annual program of artistic and cultural exchange between East and West. Through unity in diversity, the project gathers different areas and cultures, promoting exchanges of knowledge and boundaries between the groups, towards a holistic art search. UNITYGATE is a multidisciplinary and multicultural project crossing tradition and contemporary. The general objectives are to promote creativity, exchange of knowledge and skills in Artistic and Personal Development, through a continuous learning with Art and through Art. Create synergies between different cultures within each territory. It reflects yet, through Art, in the holistic and transversal sense of the Art, about the encounter between cultures and the nomad Citizenship of modern times. Although unitYgate was born between Portugal and Macao, believing that both are seeds of convergence and unity of different cultures, the project intends to grow and extent to other places from East and West. We trust we can extend UNITYGATE to Sweden already in 2014, through an artistic partnership with the project MAN MUST DANCE Transational Livestream Performance (under the Umea Capital of Culture 2014 Program). Other contacts are also being held in the East.


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