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It's been for a while that my friends ask me how do you handle your time and how do you do all of these tasks!? To be frank, I've read and practiced a lot about this subject and it's really important to me to use my time the best possible way and being effective is my highest priority. As I do believe that every single of the most successful people has been focused all the time and used their time effectively, so we have to do the same thing they have done, if we want to be effective like them as well. There are several applications that I'm using daily, weekly and yearly.
By the way, I'm filling and populating the above table during the month. I'm getting motivated as much as I'm getting busier! Rather than OneNote which contains the main source of my goals, ToDo list, and visions; I break the OneNote details into smaller daily tasks which are handled by Microsoft To-Do. I've installed OneNote and To-Do application in all my devices to make access easier in anywhere and anytime.
I've grouped all the social network application and allocated 30 minutes (based on that 5 minutes every 3 hours) in 24 hours for all of them. You can see above that only 14 minutes have been left for today. And the final one which leads me to be more productively is an application named aTimeLogger. Yes, rather than all of them in detailed plans I mentioned, I log all of the day of mine, even my sleeping time!
I'm interested in widgets, despite its required for such an application and I spent a lot of time to find it. As you can see, it's been for 1:02 that I'm writing this post! I don't plan for weekends and I do mountaineering, traveling, exercising, etc. on weekends. It's really hard to handle all of these, Maybe you would like this kind of lifestyle or note, but I've chosen this one and it's really pleasant to me.
There are lots of books, articles, videos, and podcasts out there about this subject by most successful writers and heroes of the world. It's really easy to talk about this subject as everybody knows that it's been proved that we attract into our life what we think about and strive for. But do you have a daily plan to exclude negative thought and negative people from your life? Do you believe that our thoughts are the main material of our life's architecture? What do you most care about? Is it important to you if you are the protagonist of the gossips at you your workplace by your colleges?
I'm working on all of these subjects and I'm trying to control them in my life. Once Brian Tracy said that "If it leads you toward your goals then it's true"! Think about this nice quote and then think about what matters to you, your goals and standards. You can take time for considering that. I wanted to write a little bit about this subject as one of my friends quit last week because he was caring a lot about what his colleagues were talking behind him. By hearing that, I didn't tell anything to him as just like most of the people he thinks that he knows everything he needs and that would suffice forever!
I've read and learned and achieved good results by thinking about what really matters to me and finally leads me toward my goals, nothing else! Try to think and matter what you really want and ask you what Brian has said every day!
Please don't groan about lack of time!
Most of the people are complaining about having no time in their daily life while the time is the fairest thing shared between human beings and it's up to us how to manage and use it. For example, there are lots of people in my circle of social friends who push the like button and leave comments on my posts just right after publishing it! It means that they are checking social media all the time and they are so-called ready for it and it's interesting that they are talking about the lack of time more than others!
I don't want to talk about the social media, their pros and cons and what's the main target of them and what's going behind the scene; but it seems that an impressive time of the people is spending on social media. You can easily get an application for your handy and toggle a day of your life and see how many times you spend on your cell phone and applications! I'm using app off timer for my android handy, and moment for my iPad. I'm not allowed to spend more than half an hour a day for the group of my social media accounts.
Time is the biggest resource which has been given to us and talking about the lack of it is a sort of ingratitude, just think about the way of using it in the best possible way. You cannot increase or decrease the 24 hours in a day but you can change the way of using it in order to make it effective.
There are lot's of talk about this subject and it's really easy to talk about but not that easy one in action! I know that we have been surrounded by different problems and challenges, sometimes they can piss us off. When I'm talking to my friends or family they think that I'm representing what I've read in the motivational books and there is no action behind them! They don't care about my results, maybe the results haven't been so impressive yet, but they are just making an excuse for their laziness! I don't see in my responsibilities to admire someone to read books, to do exercise, to have a trip and to make their life happier. I'm doing what I've learned (and will learn forever) and representing them for those are listening anxiously.
I've planned every aspect of my life based on my desires, dreams, and interests either in occupation, business or in exercise and music. It took me a lot of time to become an expert planner and I'm working on it to make it improved every day based on a plan. I should say decisively that 80% prerequisite of being well focused is having a good plan. Suppose a busy day of your life, when you have to make 6 phone calls, to send 10 important emails, to have 2 meetings, to read 20 pages of a book, to write an article, to make exercise, to have a fun time with your family, etc. How would handle all of these in a day without having a plan? You have to have a precise plan and a dedicated time to every part of your life. Remember that all the effective people in the world are working based on a plan and nobody has achieved great success without that.
When you plan to play piano in a specific time of a day, you won't think of anything else at that time because you unconsciously know that you have set a time for it and for other tasks of yours. If you make an effective daily, weekly, monthly and yearly plan to yourself, the product improvement of your company would not distract you when are playing tennis with your family because you have dedicated time for each of them. During the last two years, I've made my plans more and more accurate. I read every day about that and trying to experience new methods and make my life better. I will post about my time table schedule on 2/15/2019, you can see more about my plans, my handling methods in that post.
Have a good time and be effective!
Don't make others disappointed by telling about your progress and achievement!
I've heard a lot about telling others the future plans or achievements. In my view, it doesn't work for everybody! Despite I personally get motivation even by the reaction of negative people, not everybody is like me. Some of you might be so sensitive about the reactions and count about the speech of the people around. I've heard the intentional deviation solutions made by envy people a lot whenever I've asked them for help or even have raised my idea and told about my plans. As I've published a post about this topic before over here, so try to not surround yourself with these sort of people if they affect on you in a negative way.


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2020 contender Eric Swalwell claims he's a 'country music Democrat.' Here's why that's not a thing.
byKathryn Krawczyk
JOSH EDELSON/AFP/Getty Images
2020 Democrats' walk-on music has it pretty clear that there's no one genre that defines the party.
Yet it seems Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) didn't quite get the message. In a NowThis video posted Tuesday, the presidential longshot branded himself as a "country music Democrat," and said that he's "not apologizing for that," despite literally no one asking him to apologize.
Swalwell's apparently controversial music take came up when NowThis asked for his go-to karaoke song. "Country Roads," Swalwell answered, which isn't even the full name of the John Denver hit that's as much of a mainstream favorite as it is a country hit. Swalwell also told NowThis his "hottest pop culture take" is that he loves Taylor Swift — an actually very lukewarm take shared by millions of other people around the world.
Rep. @ericswalwell, a self-described 'country music Democrat' from a family of Republicans, says he's determined to overcome the NRA's blockade on meaningful gun reform.Watch the presidential hopeful answer all our '20 Questions for 2020.' pic.twitter.com/eke20rk7Zy
— NowThis (@nowthisnews) June 12, 2019
It seems like Swalwell is using "country music Democrat" to drill home the fact that he's from a Republican family. But country music isn't just Toby Keith, and even old-school country stars and staples have a history of leaning liberal. And Swift, as Swalwell should know, has embraced the labels of "country" and "Democrat" without apology in the past few months.
If Swalwell really wanted to make "country music Democrat" a thing, he'd swap out his walk-on song — the theme from Beverly Hills, 90210 — for something a little more rural. Might we suggest Change from Swift's Fearless album?

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Startups and Other Problems
I cringe a little bit when I hear the word "startup". This word has several different meanings in modern newspeak. In Silicon Alley (this is what New York's startup scene was called in 2000) it appears in several typical phrases such as: "well, we can't afford that – we are a startup" and "we are a startup, but we are very well funded". This word is basically used either as an excuse for wanting below-market labour or an excuse to flaunt investor-supplied riches. In the first phrase it means that the company has been burning dumb money for at least a few years, in the second – it's just starting. One "startup" that I worked for (and have fond memories of) began in 1997 and gave up ghost in 2012. UGO was truly the Dick Clark of companies (except not as successful).
Recently I was researching an engineer who designed the Wright 2600 keypunch. An article about him on Tripod (another blast from the past) has a very interesting quote: "After retiring from US Gov., he volunteered for SCORE, the retired executives helping businesses with start up and other problems." Startup is not a type of a business! It's a problem that businesses have!
The term "serial entrepreneur" has also acquired a thick patina of sleaze. The thing is, entrepreneurs are not really like flying aces (I think I read somewhere that most military pilots are either aces who shoot down 5 or more planes or the ones who are shot down). No. You only need to take a look at Jerry Kaplan, who wrote "Startup: A Silicon Valley Adventure" and probably set some kind of a record in running companies that don't make it. A large percentage of startup money is made through sales to larger, lumbering companies. Was broadcast.com a great deal? Nobody remembers it when watching its founder wearing relaxed fit shoes. There certainly a lot of money out there chasing some not very viable ideas. Unfortunately the startups of yesterday and today are either huge failures or huge successes. Or both (but not for everybody).
Luckily these days startup costs are at all time lows. To create a huge failure of a company you need a lot of money. On the other hand, to barely succeed all you need is some pocket change. Forget about Y Combinator. The Pinboard Investment Co-Prosperity Cloud will "barely invest" and try to help you to "barely succeed" – in other words to encourage you to build a business that realistically aims to be profitable. Forget "go big or go home". Just try to honestly to build a business. Screw freemium. Forget about "incubators". All you need is $37. And The Pinboard Investment Co-Prosperity Cloud will maybe give it to you. If you'll get a rejection – dig deep.
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I have a very wise friend who lives in in a mcmansion located a stone's throw from from Henry David Thoreau's little cabin. Despite this ironic fact, my friend is closer in spirit to the famous engineer, pencil magnate, and philosopher, as he often scoffed at my blogging and social network participation.
As an explanation on why I don't blog much, here's what Henry David Thoreau thought about twitter and the rest:
"My life has been the poem I would have writ,
But I could not both live and utter it."
Ada Lovelace Day: Temple Grandin and the True Nature of Nerds
People walking by my cubicle often pause and look at a picture hanging on my wall. It's of an old lady in what looks like a meter maid's uniform. Who is she? Why is this picture so important to you? – they ask.
The picture, of course is of one of the two patron saints of software developers, Rear Admiral Murray Grace Hopper. Admiral Hopper is an old school hacker, mother of Cobol, popularizer of the term "bug". There is a missile destroyer named after her, her personal motto is very close to my heart, and she looks a little bit like my grandmother (who happened to be a mechanical engineer).
The second prominent woman in software is Augusta Ada King, Countess of Lovelace, and a celebration of her life is the reason I am writing this post. Countess Lovelace is famous for grokking what computer programming was all about back in Victorian era, and therefore is often reffered to as the first programmer. If I'll ever make it out of a cube into an office, I'll comission an oil portrait of Ada Lovelace and hang it there.
There aren't many accomplished women in technology as these two, so someone came up with an idea of celebrating Ada Lovelace's birthday by getting people to write blog posts that will draw attention to women excelling in technology. I chose to write about Temple Grandin. I would have written about my grandmother, but unfortunately I don't know much about her life's work.
I learned about Temple Grandin from an article in Wired magazine called "The Geek Syndrome". It was an article about an explosion of cases of autism and Asperger's syndrome in hotbeds of technology such as Silicone Valley. This article and Temple Grandin's books, "Thinking in Pictures" and Emergence: Labeled Autistic made me see myself and other techies in a completely different light. I am convinced that some level of autism is what makes people get involved in technology. Being a geek is a bit like having homosexual sex: anybody can do it, very few try it, and only a minority enjoy it and are good at it.
According to wikipedia "the word geek is a slang term, noting individuals as "a peculiar or otherwise odd person, especially one who is perceived to be overly obsessed with one or more things including those of intellectuality, electronics, etc."[1] Formerly, the term referred to a carnival performer often billed as a wild man whose act usually includes biting the head off a live chicken, bat, snake or bugs." Indeed, geeks are strange people. They obsess about things, they have unusual interests, they are incredibly detail-oriented. All of these traits are considered by psychologists to be symptomes of Autistic Spectrum Personality disorder or ASD. "Impaired social interaction and communication" – another geeky/autistic trait.
"The prevalence of ASD is about 6 per 1,000 people, with about four times as many boys as girls" – also, according to Wikipedia. Eerily, this seems to be more or less in line with overall percentage of people involved in technology and the male/female ratio.
A human mind is a self-aware and self-adjusting multi-level software/hardware combination, and that makes it very hard to talk about the nature of brain disorders. Autism is particularly tricky: it is a spectrum. People with autism range from those severely afflicted and non-verbal through hundreds of different gradations to a geek with strange hobbies and social interaction problems. Yet it is the same basic thing: some kind of overdevelopment of some areas of the brain and underdevelopment in others, as well as a difference in processing sensory input.
Temple Grandin started out a severely afflicted autistic child, pretty close to the upper end of the scale. She recoiled from being hugged, started speaking very late, had all kinds of behavioral problems. Even with her high IQ nobody expected her to become a very succesful professional. She was lucky in having parents who sent her to a specialized school, and some teachers who channeled her obsessions into productive direction. She describes herself as a "recovering autistic."
Her professional success is tremendous. She became a foremost expert in livestock handling equipment. Before her the livestock industry did not pay a lot of attention to the way animals were handled and transported. Existing structures used to shuffle livestock from a place to a place had design flaws that would cause animals to balk and refuse to move. This caused unnecessery use of force, stressing the animals and their handlers, costing farmers and processors a lot of time and money. Temple Grandin's attention to detail allowed her to figure out very subtle causes of animal's discomfort (autistic people are frequently bothered by minute changes in their environment) and figure out better ways to handle them. It's very likely that all of us at some point drank milk or ate a steak from a cow that went through a facility designed by Dr. Grandin.
Autism seems to be a hardware-based disorder, something to do with neuron distribution and signal sensitivity. The curious part about problems like that is that they sometimes can be fixed with a software patch and changing some external factors. For instance, if you have a defective computer processor that starts generating errors from overheating, you can fix it by writing error-checking software and cooling it down with a fan.
After seeing a squeeze chute used to calm down cattle, Temple Grandin ivented a so-called hug machine, a device that applies a deep body pressure and through it makes autistic people feel better.
In his book Jpod, Douglas Coupland describes how one cubicle dwelling game developers builds a hug machine. After some ridicule and a few tryouts the machine attracts a long line of software developers wanting to use it. I wonder if any of the Google offices have one. I, personally, find that taking a long bath or wrapping very tigtly in a blanket always calms me down. Even better is diving: I get an unusual sense of calm from it.
Dr. Grandin's books opened my eyes to the traits of "engineer's affliction" and allowed me to better understand myself and my fellow geeks. Here's a short list of the autistic traits that you might find in most software developers:
* Liking to create lists
* Lack of eye contact
* Stimming: repetitive behaviors like rocking in a chair
* Strange patterns of speech
* Ranting, long speeches about obscure topics
* Excruciating attention to detail
* Love of routine, dislike of change
* Love of symbols
* Obsessions with obscure things
* Superior pattern recognition
* Visual thinking
* Liking things more than people
* Bouts of anxiety, especially in social situations
Wired has a test designed by Simon Baron-Cohen (Borat's brother) – you can see how many typical autistic traits you have. My score is 31.
The good part is that autistic obsessions can be "cashed in" for professional success in technological fields. Think about the level of obsession or concentration necessary to design a computer processor like this one? On the other hand, Dr. Grandin's books showed me that it is possible to work on problematic traits, like eye contact and social awkwardness. Human minds are strange loops, capable of understanding, rewriting and fixing themselves.
Here's a list of books that I recommend for better understanding of techies, male and female:
* Thinking in Pictures: And Other Reports from My Life with Autism and Emergence: Labeled Autistic by Temple Grandin
* Jpod and Microserfs by Douglas Coupland
* A Spot of Bother and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon.
iWoz: Computer Geek to Cult Icon: How I Invented the Personal Computer, Co-Founded Apple, and Had Fun Doing It
The mastermind behind Apple sheds his low profile and steps forward to tell his story for the first time.
Before cell phones that fit in the palm of your hand and slim laptops that fit snugly into briefcases, computers were like strange, alien vending machines. They had cryptic switches, punch cards and pages of encoded output. But in 1975, a young engineering wizard named Steve Wozniak had an idea: What if you combined computer circuitry with a regular typewriter keyboard and a video screen? The result was the first true personal computer, the Apple I, a widely affordable machine that anyone could understand and figure out how to use.
Wozniak's life—before and after Apple—is a "home-brew" mix of brilliant discovery and adventure, as an engineer, a concert promoter, a fifth-grade teacher, a philanthropist, and an irrepressible prankster. From the invention of the first personal computer to the rise of Apple as an industry giant, iWoz presents a no-holds-barred, rollicking, firsthand account of the humanist inventor who ignited the computer revolution. 16 pages of illustrations.
Inside Facebook: Life, Work and Visions of Greatness
As an early engineer, I was on the inside during Facebook's explosive growth. In Inside Facebook, I'll give you the scoop on the company as it became the premiere online environment for U.S. college students, including how and by whom the products were made, how you can use them best, views on what makes social networks so valuable, and where the industry is headed. You, too, can achieve startup success and attain your greatest dream; I hope to inspire you toward fulfilling your potential.
"Love the book. It captures the ethos of the place and a substantial degree of the vision and drive which is a secret to success."
-David Kopp, Sr. Director, Community at Yahoo!
"Inside Facebook is a compelling look inside at a fascinating moment. It's a riveting read. Karel may be an Engineer, but after reading Inside Facebook you'll see he's a great storyteller. I couldn't get myself to stop reading and wanting more."
-Ariel McNichol, CEO of mEgo.
"I love the style. It's made for college students, like Facebook. Karel takes you into the personalities and minds behind Facebook. A must read for young entrepreneurs, and anyone into online social networking."
-Mohammad Naqvi, UCR, creator of Facebook Notifier at fbQuick.com
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For the Beaver to Poop On!
An exhaustive article about the "Brass Rat" – MIT class ring featuring the school's mascot, a rat-looking beaver:
"The Brass Rat is traditionally worn with the Beaver "sitting" or "shitting" on the wearer until graduation. This represents the hardships imposed on students at MIT. In addition, the skyline of Boston is facing the student, representing the outside world awaiting. After graduation, the ring is turned around, and the Cambridge skyline is visible to the graduate, as a reminder of times spent at MIT."
Fans of Harry Harrison can choose to order the Brass Rat in stainless steel instead.
This must be the ugliest class and overstated ring in existence. The Canadian engineer's iron ring, by comparison is a marvel of good taste (even though technically it's a pinky ring).
My favorite part of this trivia was the hack of welding the Brass Rat to the finger of the Statue of the Three Lies (as the model for the statue supposedly went to MIT).
Bread and Circuses 2: Korean BBQ and Mark Haddon
I did not get much response to my previous installation of Bread and Circuses, the series of articles where I match my favorite books with my favorite food, but since I started already, well, I can't chicken out now. You can read the first part here.
Ok, so let's say it's 22 century, agents of the corpocracy captured me, and are about to send me to the Litehouse. Michael-47, they say, what kind of a last meal and book would you like? I'd choose a David Mitchell novel and some pho, but they tell me that they are fresh out. What would my second choice be?
Korean BBQ and a novel by Mark Haddon, of course.
Korean food is spicy and strong smelling. It's not subtle. It's not refined. But it is the ultimate comfort food. It's a bit like a little room in a Soviet communal apartment – dingy, smelly, but oh so homey. Also, I'm not sure I'm making myself clear, it's very, very tasty. To me, the ultimate family meal is Korean BBQ (aka galbi).
Whenever I feel extra bad and I need a cheer-me-up meal, I drag my wife to K-Town. A typical meal involves frying bits of high and low grade meat over a special fire pit in the table, wrapping them in lettuce leafs and eating them. My favorite part is the little side dishes called banchan containing high quality kimchi (not the stuff you can find in a jar in a supermarket), various pickles, pancakes, salads, and many steamed, crunchy, slippery, tentacly things I don't know the name of. In better places they replenish the little dishes as you consume them. A galbi meal rarely fails to lift my spirits.
Mark Haddon rose to prominence for his book The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time , a novel written from the point of view of an autistic boy. As most programmers I am slightly touched by the engineer's affliction, so I can understand it very well. Haddon knows a lot about working class British engineers, dysfunctional families and psychological trouble. His second novel, A Spot of Bother is about a retired engineer who is losing his mind, yet keeps a stiff upper lip about it. Haddon's plots are very interesting, characters likable, and sense of humor outstanding. These two novels really put of my mind from waiting for David Mitchell's next novel.
Once I finished Haddon's bestsellers I learned that he actually started his career as a children's writer. He wrote and illustrated a number of children's books, culminating in the so-called Agent Z series. Oh, Agent Z. How I wish there were a few more of these left for me to read. Unfortunately the last one was written in 2001 and it does not look like Haddon is planning to write any more.
The Agent Z series is somewhat similar to the popular American tv show Malcolm in the Middle. In fact, I suspect that "Malcom" was inspired by "Agent Z".
Agent Z is the pseudonym assumed by three British school kids who specialize in elaborate pranks. They are: Ben Simpson, the 'handsome' one of the crew, too smart and creative for his own good daydreamer from a lower middle class family; Barney Hall, a fat practical kid from an upper middle class family, who understands the adult psychology and is usually the brains of the outfit; and Jenks Jenkinson, a super skinny, wound up and ratty kid from a working class family who nevertheless has great fighting spirit.
They take their revenge on bullies, boring teachers, nasty neighbors and relatives. Being kids, they don't always stay anonymous under the cover of Agent Z organization, but usually get away with enough dignity to triumph over their tormentors.
These books are infused with British culture, and I learned many interesting things. For instance, it turns out that the Brits call ballpoint pens "biros" – honoring its Hungarian inventor (I guess that theory about Hungarian Martians is not that far from the truth).
I also learned about chip butty (one of Ben's favorite foods). Believe it or not, a chip butty is a sandwitch made out of two white (!) buttered (!!) pieces of bread, french fries (!!!) and ketchup (!!!!).
Why am I so hung up on the Agent Z? Well, in my youth I had two friends, a good looking one and a crazy one, and together we formed the XYZ secret society. We did pull off a few pranks. MIT is home to a very powerful and very secret society that specializes in pranks, I followed their fine work for years. Hacks and pranks are ingrained in the souls of all engineers.
One of my favorite parts of the books is the illustrations that the author drew himself. Haddon is a very talented illustrator.
Agent Z Goes Wild is hard to find for some reason. I got my copy at abebooks.com.
Technology To Die For
I learned from a very interesting book called "Defying Gravity: The Making of Newton" that during the development of Apple Newton one engineer committed suicide. Being ahead of its time, Newton did not become popular, although it was engineered so well, that to this day many enthusiasts still use it, write software, and even make new hardware for it. I am actually thinking of buying one on eBay still.
I don't know if anyone got hurt during the development of iPod, but it was involved in several fatalities for sure.
First, a woman beat her boyfriend to death with the device. This is reminiscent of Russian Emperor Paul I being killed with a snuff box. I was recently watching Leonid Parfenov's awesome "Russian Empire" series, where he showed the infamous snuff box. I always thought that it was rather large, but it turns out to be about the size on an iPod.
[update] Apparently this was a hoax.
Also, a kid in Brooklyn died from a knife wound when he was being robbed of his iPod. NYPD and MTA reacted by this wonderfully cryptic ad. Without actually mentioning Apple or iPod they are urging hipsters to swap out the distinctive white iPod headphones for ugly Radioshack ones. Maybe they should also suggest buying Creative's (or Microsoft's when they come out) players – nobody will probably want to kill for one.
Behold the Power of eBay!
There are amazing man-made materials out there. Super plastics, super ceramics, super metals. We mostly read about them in science magazines. One of the reasons these awesome materials do not get used as much as they should is because they are expensive or hard to get. But a more important reason is the simple fact that an engineer building a prototype probably missed the news article about the material, or could not get her hands on a sample in time.
iDEO, a design company that I worship has a very cool tradition: keeping a special box with all kinds of crazy material samples in every office. Engineers and designers can borrow pieces just to play with them or to use them in projects.
One of the examples that I know of, is the special rubbery plastic that they used to isolate TIVO's hard drive in order to reduce vibrations and sound. My TIVO is very quiet.
Interestingly enough, these days many super materials can be purchased on eBay. Take for instance that aerogel plastic that was recently used to capture some comet dust that will surely bring an end to our civilization. Photos of it look like some crappy Photoshop special effects.
Well, you can have a sample of your own for about 30 bucks.
Or how about Fluorinert? It's a completely non-conductive liquid made by 3M that Seymore Cray (hey, have you seen this post of mine?) used to immerse his supercomputers in. Yes, you can have your own computer in an aquarium with the help of eBay!
Unfortunately it looks like nobody is selling LN2, so you can't do this. Or make LN2 ice cream.
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Deadprogrammer's Favorite Skyscraper
My favorite skyscraper is a little obscure (like many of my favorite things). Today it's called the AIG building. When it was built, it was called the City Services Building or Sixty Wall Tower.
The soaring art deco tower was built for City Services Corporation, a company willed into being by one Henry L. Doherty. Doherty was a thoroughly Randian character. A self taught engineer, he started off by leaving school in 1882 at the tender age of 12 to go to work for a local gas company and went on to build one the biggest electric, oil and gas companies worth 1.3 billion in 1930. A technophile, Doherty traveled around the country in his personal train car with telephone and wireless equipment to keep in touch with his empire. Even his bed had phone connections, and electric fan, heating pads and electric motors that could move it through remote control swinging doors onto a porch of his penthouse apartment. He was a very good executive and salesman, but always took a title of Chief Engineer. He even applied for an official engineering license (as he didn't have any academic credentials). He did have 150 patents to his name and had many articles about oil refining and economy published.
The architectural firm of Clinton & Russel, Holton & George was given the task of designing City Services Building, but Doherty and his engineers had a hand in it too. The building's heating and air conditioning system was designed by City Services engineers, and Doherty himself suggested double-decker elevators, and terraces with aluminum railings. The building was planned as an embodiment of Doherty's vision.
The tower starts of as a chunky block wide "wedding cake". The reason for that is New York City zoning laws. NYC building had to have "setbacks" that would allow light to reach the ground. This was required so that the shadow of a skyscraper would not permanently block daylight on the street. But higher than a certain level you could build without setbacks though. And that's exactly what the architects did in this case: above the "wedding cake" is a tremendous tower.
The building is recursive: there are two columns shaped like it on it's sides.
When I was reading The Fountainhead", this is how I imagined the Dana Building. Coruscant City towers look very much like the City Services Building.
Doherty was planning to live in a penthouse apartment on top of the building. But his health gave out, and after spending some time in sanatoriums he died. Instead of the penthouse apartment an observation gallery was built.
City Services building also became the final masterpiece of it's architects, Clinton & Russel, Holton & George. No major work came their way after senior partners Clinton and Russel died, and then one of the junior partners, Holton died and George retired.
City Services Inc was hit hard by The Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935: they were told that no company could sell or produce both oil and gas. They chose oil and became CITGO. The company moved it's headquarters to Tulsa selling City Services Building to AIG. AIG renovated the building, but closed off the lobby and the amazing observation deck to the public. Now the observation deck serves as an executive lounge. If you have some juice at AIG and could give me a tour… Well, that would make me happy. Well, it could happen.
Much of my information for this article came from a very good, but poorly organized book called Skyscraper Rivals. I could not find any books about Henry L. Doherty except a $350 "Principles and Ideas for Doherty Men", a compilation of his articles and letters.
Wegee was a big fan of City Services Building, a book "Weegee's People" chronicles the life inside the tower. When I get it, I'll write another article about the double decker elevators, the all-female redhead elevator operators and other marvels of the City Services Building.
Henry L. Doherty and the City Services Building (from "Skyscraper Rivals")
This is how I get to see the AIG building from a train window.
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Definición
El término metapoesía está compuesto por el prefijo de origen griego meta, que significa "más allá de", e implica cambio o mutación, o aquello que trasciende o abarca a aquello que prefija. Así, el término metapoesía designa a aquellas obras en las que el tema de la poesía es la propia poesía y la relación que tiene el autor con el texto y con el público. En este sentido la poesía se justifica a sí misma desde un punto de vista mucho más autónomo que el del simple arte por el arte.

Los metapoetas consideran que la poesía reflexiona, amplía su propia naturaleza discursiva, descubriendo el origen del poema. Coinciden en lo que se ha dicho por Guillermo Carnero de que "la práctica de la metapoesía requiere capacidad de reflexión sobre las limitaciones del lenguaje" por lo cual la suelen ejercer los que de algún modo se dedican a las ciencias del lenguaje de un modo profesional.

Guillermo Carnero

Guillermo Carnero la define así:

Metapoesía es el discurso poético cuyo asunto, o uno de cuyos asuntos, es el hecho mismo de escribir poesía y la relación entre autor, texto y público. Con otras palabras, un metapoema es un poema que tiene dos niveles discursivos paralelos. En el primero, se trata de lo que habitualmente entendemos por poema. En el segundo, que discurre paralelamente al primero, y entremezclado con él, el poema reflexiona sobre su propia naturaleza, su origen, condicionamientos y demás circunstancias.

Así pues, un metapoema es un poema que habla de poesía, y la poesía se justifica y halla tema en sí misma. Este tipo de estética ya fue anticipada por el poeta chileno Vicente Huidobro al generar el submovimiento de vanguardia conocido como creacionismo. Pero a fines del siglo XX esta corriente se desarrolló notablemente.

Nuevas formas poéticas

Si bien, la metapoesía es poesía cuyo tema es la propia poesía, también implica a aquello que va más allá de la poesía. En este sentido J. Lallemant la percibe como innovación y renovación en las formas visuales y escritas de la poesía, y expone una serie de figuras metapoéticas en donde las letras, las palabras y el mismo texto se exponen a las más diversas variaciones, incluyendo caligramas, numeración, degradé, entre otras.

Referencias

Véase también
Metalenguaje
Metaficción

Enlaces externos
 Metapoesía: Portal de Poesía Contemporánea
 Escuela-Movimiento Internacional Metapoesía

Poesía

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Week 14: Giants 45, Redskins 12
Gameday Graphic for Game on 12/21/2009
This was no way to impress the new boss.
With new general manager Bruce Allen looking on, not to mention a national TV audience, the Redskins lost to the New York Giants 45-12 on Monday Night Football at FedExField.
These last games for many Redskins, including head coach Jim Zorn, were an opportunity to impress Allen as he evaluates the team for next year.
"We did poorly overall," Zorn said.
"It was the worst game of my career, since I've been here," Jason Campbell said. "I didn't see this coming."
The Redskins dropped to 4-10 and 0-5 in the NFC East this season.
The game devolved into a series of embarrassing moments, from a convoluted trick play right before halftime that failed miserably to a fracas that broke out early in the fourth quarter.
Campbell, who was 15-of-28 for 192 yards and one touchdown, was sacked five times and intercepted twice.
One of his interceptions, an overthrown pass to Fred Davis, was returned 14 yards for a touchdown by cornerback Terrell Thomas.
Davis caught an 11-yard touchdown pass and Quinton Ganther added a 1-yard touchdown run to account for the Redskins' scoring.
For the Giants, quarterback Eli Manning had a stellar performance, completing 19-of-26 passes for 268 yards and three touchdowns. The Giants were a remarkable 11-of-15 on third-down conversions.
The game's first big play? It may have been the opening coin toss.
The Redskins won, but opted to defer to the Giants.
Turned out to not be a wise decision, as the Giants marched downfield on a 16-play, 80-yard drive capped by a 4-yard touchdown run by running back Ahmad Bradshaw.
The drive, which consumed more than nine minutes off the game clock, set the tone for the game.
After a 3-and-out by Campbell and the Redskins, the Giants got the ball back and marched downfield again. Bradshaw capped the drive again, this time with a 4-yard touchdown run.
After kicker Lawrence Tynes added a 38-yard field goal to build New York's lead to 17-0, the Giants used a big play to get into scoring range again.
Quarterback Eli Manning connected with rookie wide receiver Hakeem Nicks on a 45-yard pass to the Redskins' 6-yard line. Next play, Manning threw a fade to wide receiver Steve Smith for a 6-yard touchdown pass.
"The game got away from us early," Zorn said. "We just couldn't continue to answer."
Down 24-0, the Redskins tried some trickery late in the first half.
After Santana Moss caught a 46-yard pass to the Giants' 26-yard line, the Redskins got in position for a 37-yard field goal with 2 seconds left.
They lined up in field goal formation, but instead the line shifted all the way to the left leaving Hunter Smith as the quarterback.
At the snap, Smith was pressured immediately and he threw the ball deep. The pass was easily intercepted by safety Aaron Rouse.
It was a frustrating end to a demoralizing first half.
The Redskins were out-gained 232-to-78 in total yards in the first half and the offense managed just two first downs.
In the third quarter, Rock Cartwright provided a spark when he caught a short pass from Campbell and weaved past tacklers for a 51-yard pickup.
Three plays later, Campbell connected with Davis on a route across the middle. Davis broke a tackle and raced into the end zone for a 6-yard touchdown.
The Giants responded.
Manning threw a short pass to tight end Kevin Boss, who broke a tackle and raced down the left sideline before Carlos Rogers pushed him out of bounds after 35 yards.
That play set up Manning's second touchdown pass, a 23-yarder to wide receiver Derek Hagans.
Then Thomas returned Campbell's interception for another Giants touchdown, building the Giants' lead to 38-6.
Late in the third quarter, Marcus Mason broke off a 20-yard run, the longest of his career. Then Mason turned a short pass into a 17-yard pickup to the Giants' 1-yard line.
Ganther capped the drive with his touchdown run around left end.
Early in the fourth quarter, DeAngelo Hall got in a skirmish with running back Brandon Jacobs after a play. A host of Giants and Redskins, including Albert Haynesworth, joined the fray. Haynesworth was later flagged for unsportsmanlike conduct.
One play later, Manning threw a 25-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Mario Manningham.
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PRE-GAME COVERAGE
The Redskins begin a two-game stretch against the NFC East with a nationally televised matchup against the New York Giants on Monday, Dec. 21 at FedExField. Kickoff is 8:30 p.m.
The Redskins-Giants game is presented by the Virginia Lottery. This holiday season give the gift of scratchers and the $50,000,000 Redskins Mania ticket...the perfect holiday gift for your favorite Redskins fan!
FedExField is a natural grass surface. The stadium seats 91,704.
The Redskins are 0-4 against the NFC East this season. In Week 1, they lost to the Giants 23-17 at the Meadowlands.
At FedExField, the Redskins are 3-3 this season, with wins against St. Louis, Tampa Bay and Denver and losses to Kansas City, Philadelphia and New Orleans.
The Redskins are coming off a 34-13 victory over the Oakland Raiders last Sunday.
The Giants lost to the Philadelphia Eagles 45-38 on Sunday Night Football.
The Redskins-Giants game will be televised to a national audience on ESPN. Mike Tirico handles the play-by-play with color commentary provided by Ron Jaworski and Jon Gruden. Suzy Kolber and Michele Tafoya serve as sideline reporters.
On radio, the game will be broadcast locally on the Redskins Radio Network. Larry Michael calls the play-by-play with former Redskins and Hall of Famers Sonny Jurgensen and Sam Huff adding color commentary. Former Redskin Rick 'Doc' Walker reports from the sidelines.
Jorge Andres and Mario Alfaro call the game in Spanish on ESPN Deportes 730.
PROJECTED STARTING LINEUPS
Pos. Redskins Giants
WR 89 Santana Moss 82 Mario Manningham
LT 76 Levi Jones 66 David Diehl
LG 66 Derrick Dockery 69 Rich Seubert
C 61 Casey Rabach 60 Shaun O'Hara
RG 71 Mike Williams 76 Chris Snee
RT 74 Stephon Heyer 65 Will Beatty
TE 86 Fred Davis 89 Kevin Boss
WR 11 Devin Thomas 12 Steve Smith
QB 17 Jason Campbell 10 Eli Manning
FB 45 Mike Sellers 39 Madison Hedgecock
RB 35 Quinton Ganther 27 Brandon Jacobs
DE 99 Andre Carter 91 Justin Tuck
DT 92 A. Haynesworth 96 Barry Cofield
DT 96 Cornelius Griffin 99 Chris Canty
DE 93 Phillip Daniels 94 Mathias Kiawanuka
LB/DE 98 Brian Orakpo 55 Danny Clark
MLB 59 London Fletcher 54 Jonathan Goff
WLB 52 Rocky McIntosh 52 Michael Boley
LCB 23 DeAngelo Hall 23 Corey Webster
RCB 22 Carlos Rogers 24 Terrell Thomas
SS 37 Reed Doughty 31 Aaron Ross
FS 30 LaRon Landry 26 Aaron Rouse
P 3 Hunter Smith 18 Jeff Feagles
K 4 Graham Gano 9 Lawrence Tynes
H 3 Hunter Smith 18 Jeff Feagles
LS 67 Ethan Albright 51 Zak DeOssie
KOR 11 Devin Thomas 87 Domenik Hixon
PR 82 Antwaan Randle El 87 Domenik Hixon
SERIES HISTORY
The Redskins and New York Giants have played each other every year since 1932, with the Giants leading the series 89-62-4. The two teams have played each other more than any other team in each club's history.
In Washington, the Giants have a 40-37-2 edge in the series.
The Redskins and Giants have split the season series four times in the last six years.
In Week 1 earlier this season, the Giants defeated the Redskins 23-17 at the Meadowlands. The Redskins' offense struggled to get into a rhythm, posting just 272 total yards, while poor tackling by the defense allowed wide receiver Mario Manningham to score on a 30-yard touchdown catch-and-run.
In what turned out to be a pivotal play, defensive end Osi Umenyiora stripped Jason Campbell of the ball in the second quarter and scooped up the fumble. He raced 37 yards for a touchdown.
Redskins special teams produced the play of the day when Hunter Smith scored on an 8-yard touchdown run via a fake field goal attempt late in the first half. It was hoped that the play would provide a spark in the second half, but the Giants held on for the win.
Last year, the Giants swept the Redskins in both games, en route to winning the NFC East crown. They defeated the Redskins 16-7 at Giants Stadium in the NFL regular season opener on Sept. 4., and then won 23-7 on Nov. 30 at FedExField.
The Redskins' first-ever game in Washington, D.C., was against the Giants. On Sept. 16, 1937, the Redskins defeated the Giants 13-3 in front of 19,941 fans at D.C. Stadium.
The Redskins and Giants have played twice in the postseason, once in 1943 with the Redskins winning 28-0 to advance to the NFL Championship game.
In 1986, the Giants defeated Joe Gibbs's Redskins 17-0 in the NFC Championship game at Giants Stadium.
REDSKINS 2009 RANKINGS
Offense Rank Yards/Game
Total Offense 22 319.2
Rushing Offense 23 100.9
Passing Offense 17 218.2
Defense Rank Yards/Game
Total Defense 7 305.5
Rushing Defense 22 117.5
Passing Defense 4 188.0
GIANTS 2009 RANKINGS
Total Offense 9 382.4
Passing Offense 8 257.2
Rushing Defense 9 100.6
FAMILIAR FACES ON THE GIANTS
Offensive line coach Pat Flahertywas a Redskins tight ends coach in 2000.
Tight ends coach Michael Pope was a Redskins tight ends coach from 1997-99.
Linebacker Antonio Pierce played for the Redskins from 2001-04. He was a backup his first three years, and then emerged as a starter at middle linebacker in 2004. He left the Redskins in 2005 as a free agent. Pierce is currently on injured reserve.
Practice squad fullback Nehemiah Broughton played for the Redskins from 2005-07. He was a seventh-round draft pick by the Redskins in 2005.
Player development consultant Jessie Armstead was a linebacker with the Redskins from 2003-04.
REDSKINS ON MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL
Since the inception of Monday Night Football in 1970, Washington is 26-31 all-time playing in the nationally televised Monday contests.
The Redskins made their MNF debut in 1970 in a 34-10 road loss to the Oakland Raiders.
The last time the Redskins played on Monday Night Football was against the Philadelphia Eagles on Oct. 26, 2009. The Eagles defeated the Redskins 27-17 at FedExField.
Washington is 16-13 all-time playing at home on Monday Night Football.
The Redskins' last home win on MNF was a 21-16 victory over the Dallas Cowboys on Oct. 13, 1997.
REDSKINS-GIANTS NEWS & NOTES
-- Third Quarter's The Charm
Through 13 games this season, Washington has been dominant in the third quarter.
The Redskins have outscored opponents in the third quarter this season by a 69-to-16 margin, a 53-point differential.
The Arizona Cardinals are second with a 72-to-31 scoring margin in the the third quarter, a 41-point differential.
The Redskins have allowed the fewest points in the third quarter with 16.
-- Redskins Team Captains
The Redskins have elected captains for the offense, defense and special teams.
For the offense, it's quarterback Jason Campbell and left tackle Chris Samuels.
For the defense, it's defensive tackle Cornelius Griffin and linebacker London Fletcher.
For special teams, it's running back Rock Cartwright and fullback Mike Sellers.
Sellers is the newcomer of the captains this year. The other five were also voted team captains in 2008.
-- Strength of Schedule
Washington's strength of schedule for 2009 was ranked 16th in the NFL at .492. Their opponents' 2008 cumulative record was 125-129-2.
The Redskins play a total of seven games against 2008 playoff teams, with four of those games against NFC East foes Philadelphia and New York.
The Miami Dolphins have the NFL's toughest schedule at .594. Their opponents' 2008 cumulative record was 152-104.
The Chicago Bears have the NFL's easiest schedule at .414. Their opponents' 2008 cumulative record was 105-149-2.
-- Family Ties
Redskins wide receiver Santana Moss is the older brother of Giants third-year wide receiver Sinorice Moss.
Santana had 79 catches for 1,044 yards and six touchdowns last season, while Sinorice had 12 catches for 153 yards and two TDs.
The Moss brothers grew up together in Miami.
They have hosted the annual Moss Brothers Celebrity Weekend in which the visit and spend time with youth in Miami.
The event includes a cookout, a football clinic, a charity basketball or softball game and an autograph session with current and former NFL and NBA players.
-- Manning's the Man
Playing against the Redskins, Eli Manning has been up and down in his career.
Overall, Manning has played in 10 games against the Redskins, completing 181-of-343 passes for 2,053 yards, eight touchdowns and seven interceptions.
Manning's best game against the Redskins was on Oct. 8, 2006, in a 19-3 win. He completed 23-of-33 passes for 256 yards and one touchdown.
-- Quiet Ex-Giant
Redskins defensive tackle Cornelius Griffin played for the Giants from 2000-03. He was a second-round draft pick by the Giants in 2000.
Even though he maintains a low profile on the team, Griffin remains a central figure in the Redskins' defense.
When healthy, he has proven to be a dominating force in the middle of the defensive line.
-- D-Line Sackmasters
The Redskins' starting defensive line of Phillip Daniels, Cornelius Griffin, Albert Haynesworth and Andre Carter has combined for 178.5 career sacks.
That's the most of any current starting defensive line in the NFL.
Carter leads the Redskins' defensive line with 11 sacks this season. He has 63.5 in his career and 31.5 in five seasons with the Redskins.
-- What's Next?
The Redskins host the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday, Dec. 27 at FedExField in another prime time matchup. Kickoff is 8:20 p.m.
The game will be televised nationally on NBC.
The Redskins close out the regular season on Sunday, Jan. 3 against the San Diego Chargers at Qualcomm Stadium.
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Q: Unable to use dynamic variable as column name in php mysql Am trying to use dynamic column name in php mysql update but am getting error
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A: First of all you should really use prepared statements and bound parameters.
If your column really got the name '14' like in the variable $time then you can try this
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So far as I know column names should stand between `` because of reserved names like numbers or function names.
I would avoid it because it will make those errors und I don't know if the query does make sense


Manchester City remain favourites to progress in the Champions League - despite suffering a narrow quarter-final first-leg defeat, says Tottenham Hotspur manager Mauricio Pochettino.
Pep Guardiola's City went down 1-0 in the all-Premier League tie at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
Son Heung-min scored the winner after Harry Kane had gone off injured.
"There is still a lot of work to do. It will be a completely different game in one week," said Pochettino.
Champions League & Europa League: Who will qualify in various scenarios?
Spurs trail City by 16 points in the Premier League table but Pochettino's side produced a battling performance to take a narrow lead into the second leg on 17 April.
"I am happy with the performance and I am happy with the way we approached the game," added Pochettino.
"The performance was very good and that is the challenge for the future - to show that level and be consistent.
"To win the first leg gives us the belief and we will go there and fight a lot."
City lost for only the sixth time in all competitions this season, but Guardiola is confident his side can turn it around in the second leg at the Etihad Stadium as they chase an unprecedented quadruple.
Sergio Aguero saw his early penalty, awarded on a pitchside video review by the referee after Danny Rose was judged to have handled Raheem Sterling's shot, saved by Hugo Lloris.
"I don't feel we played badly, we created chances and we controlled the game," said Guardiola, who has yet to win the Champions League at City.
Guardiola opted to start without key midfielder Kevin de Bruyne, only opting to send him on as a substitute in the 89th minute.
"I decided to play with two holding midfielders in that position. We have the second leg, we spoke about that before the game," added the City boss.
"We played to score a goal, unfortunately we could not score but we have the second game.
"It is a bit more complicated now but we are going to push each and we are going to try."
The issue for Spurs will be how big a miss will Harry Kane be? I can't see him being fit for next week.
To a man I thought Spurs were excellent and they will need to be as good again in the second leg.
I think leaving Kevin de Bruyne on the bench was a big call but you look at the Manchester City team and other than left-back, do they really have a weakness?


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Experts: China Could Be 'New Road' Touted by North Korea
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Wang Yi, China's state councilor and foreign minister, and his delegates meet with North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho in Pyongyang, North Korea, in this Sept. 2, 2019, photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency.
China may be a "new road" for North Korea if diplomacy with the United States fails, experts say.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi met with a senior North Korean official Wednesday in Pyongyang during a three-day visit that began Monday, according to the Chinese Foreign Ministry.
Wang told Ri Su Yong, vice chairman of North Korea's ruling Workers' Party, that China's prosperity cannot be impeded by any country, apparently referring to the U.S., with which Beijing has been involved in an ongoing trade dispute.
Wang said Beijing and Pyongyang should bolster cooperation and protect their mutual interests as Ri expressed hope for close ties, according to the ministry.
The Chinese diplomat also met Tuesday with North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho, and Ri said North Korea is willing to work with China to develop relations in the "new era."
Wang's trip to Pyongyang is widely believed to be in part preparation for North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's potential meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing.
Kim and Xi held their first summit in March 2018, ahead of U.S. President Donald Trump's landmark Singapore summit in June 2018, and have stepped up diplomacy in an apparent move to repair their relationship. Kim and Xi have met five times since the first summit.
Relations between the two historical East Asian allies soured when Kim took power in 2011 and began testing nuclear weapons and long-range missiles. In response to North Korea's weapons tests in 2016 and 2017, Xi supported U.S.-led sanctions against the country.
Wang's visit to Pyongyang came as North Korea's first Vice Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui said on Saturday that expectations for talks with the U.S. are fading. Talks between Pyongyang and Washington have stalled since the breakdown of the Hanoi summit in February, where Kim failed to secure sanctions relief from Trump.
Ken Gause, director of the adversary analytics program at CNA, told VOA in an email, "There is a good chance that what Kim Jong Un meant by his end-of-the-year promise to go in a different direction is that North Korea intends to move closer to China."
Kim said during his 2019 New Year's Day speech that he was willing to seek a "new path" if the U.S. continued to force sanctions on North Korea. In April, Pyongyang said it would give the U.S. until the end of the year to become more flexible, and later reiterated its threat to pursue a "new road" if the U.S. and South Korea conducted scheduled military drills, which the two allies carried out in August.
"Expect Kim to continue efforts to ease sanctions and build friendlier ties with China, Russia and other willing countries," Robert Manning, a senior fellow at the Atlantic Council, said in an email to VOA about the China-North Korea meetings.
Manning thinks Wang's visit is an attempt to "bolster ties with Pyongyang as a safeguard against provocative North Korean behavior and to position [itself] when current U.S. diplomatic efforts [with North Korea] grind to a halt."
Common interests
According to Gary Samore, a senior fellow at the Harvard Belfer Center's Korea Project, Beijing and Pyongyang share interests in boosting their ties, including removing U.S. troops from South Korea and disrupting Washington's alliance with Seoul and Tokyo.
"On this issue of the U.S. alliance in the [East Asia] region, both North Korea and China have the same interest," Samore said. "They want to remove a U.S. military presence in East Asia, not just in South Korea but in Japan as well … and eventually destroy the U.S. alliance system with South Korea and Japan. Unfortunately, President Trump is doing a lot of damage without China having to do anything. Trump is basically acting in a way that China finds very positive."
In August, Trump said South Korea "agreed to pay substantially more money to the U.S. in order to defend itself from North Korea." He often said South Korea should pay more to keep about 28,500 U.S. troops in South Korea, an idea that South Korea rejects.
Differences over cost-sharing for keeping the U.S. military in South Korea have apparently been exacerbated by Seoul's decision in August to end an intelligence-sharing pact through which it agreed to share sensitive military information with Tokyo.
Seoul's decision generated U.S. criticism because the withdrawal could complicate U.S. security cooperation with both South Korea and Japan to guard against a North Korean threat.
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Lighthouses were often time located in remote areas and as such had no access to city services such as libraries, opera houses, entertainment, etc. that most people enjoyed who lived in a town or city. As light keeping was a lonely profession in most cases supplies were brought to them by lighthouse tender ships. One of the items the tender supplied was a library box on each visit as pictured to the left. Library boxes were filled with books and switched from station to station to supply different reading materials to the families.
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Ohrid and its lake represent an exceptional heritage of art, history, architecture, and nature, part of the World Heritage List since 1979. However, due to illegal construction and pollution, it may end up in the list of endangered locations
24/09/2019 - Ilcho Cvetanoski Skopje
The UNESCO World Heritage List includes sites of outstanding universal value which meet at least one out of ten cultural or natural criteria. The Lake Ohrid region meets four – but, more importantly, it is amongst those 39 world sites that display both cultural and natural significance.
The city of Ohrid is protected for its cultural importance and the Lake Ohrid for its natural uniqueness. The town meets three cultural criteria: it represents a masterpiece of human creative genius; it bears a unique/exceptional testimony to a cultural tradition; and it has an outstanding example of a type of building or architecture. The Lake Ohrid is regarded as an area of superlative natural phenomena, exceptional natural beauty, and aesthetic importance.
The situation, though, has changed through the years. Decades of urbanistic miscarriage and rampant urbanisation have jeopardised Ohrid's status of world heritage site. On the 43rd session of the World Heritage Committee, held from June 30th to July 10th, 2019 in Baku, Azerbaijan, the Ohrid region received a last warning.
The UNESCO report presented 19 recommendations to be addressed no later than February 2020. Some of them are already fulfilled, some almost are, but some remain pending. One of the key recommendations is tackling the urbanisation problem. After several delays, the municipality of Ohrid announced that it will start razing illegal buildings by the end of September. But the question remains – will it make it by February 2020?
Cross-border region of universal value
Located on the border between the Republic of North Macedonia and Albania, with an estimated age of around three million years and a maximum depth of 300 metres, lake Ohrid is one of the oldest and deepest natural lakes in Europe. The Macedonian side of the lake, with its shorelines, was first protected by UNESCO for its natural conservation value in 1979; the city of Ohrid, for its cultural heritage value, a year later.
The town of Ohrid is one of the oldest human settlements in Europe and a testimony of Byzantine art, with more than 2,500 square metres of frescoes and over 800 icons of worldwide fame. The churches of St. Sophia (11th century), Holy Mother of God Perivleptos, and St. John Kaneo display a high level of artistry in their frescoes and theological representations by local as well as foreign artists. The Lake Ohrid region boasts the most ancient Slavonic monastery and the first Slavonic University in the Balkans – the Ohrid literary school that spread writing, education, and culture throughout the old Slavonic world.
The lake itself is in the UNESCO list for its history dating back to pre-glacial times, but also because of a superlative natural phenomenon: its oligotrophic waters contain over 200 endemic species.
So far, the protected area included the part of the lake located in North Macedonia. In Baku the area was extended to include the part located in Albania, stretching in both countries to 94,728.6 hectares, with a buffer zone of 15,944.4 hectares. It now includes the whole lake and the surrounding towns of Ohrid, Struga in North Macedonia, and Pogradec in Albania.
What needs to be done?
The UNESCO report states that "the town of Ohrid is reasonably well preserved, although uncontrolled incremental interventions have impacted the overall form of the monumental urban ensemble as well as the lakeshore and wider landscape. The region is also vulnerable to major infrastructure projects and other developments in both countries". The report stipulates that the main threats to the integrity of the area include uncoordinated urban development, inadequate treatment of wastewater and solid waste, and tourism pressure as well as a number of other issues.
Therefore UNESCO recommends that both North Macedonia and Albania strengthen and coordinate legal protection. The coordinated actions, among other things, should extend the treatment of sewage around the lake; establish a moratorium on any urban and coastal transformations until all relevant planning documents have been finalised and adopted; create an inventory of illegal constructions; and proceed to demolishing all those which represent a threat to the area.
The to-do list is clear and consistent, but the situation on the ground is not. Although the States Parties need to submit an updated report for examination by the World Heritage Committee, by February 1st, 2020, the demolition of the illegal constructions has not started yet.
Bleak reality
Ohrid mayor Konstantin Georgieski recently said that the municipality has finalised the inventory of illegal constructions. It turned out that there are 1,076 illegal objects in the municipality, including 409 in the protected area. "Priority will be given to the illegal objects in the old nucleus of Ohrid and national park Galicica. They will be the first to be demolished", Georgieski said, adding that there are around ten such objects.
Regardless of the good intentions, the status quo on the ground is quite unpromising. It is chaotic and burdened with political bargains. A perfect example is the recent scandal with an illegally constructed pizzeria in Ohrid's old town, owned by no other than town councillor and local businessman Nefi Useini. Useini, a member of the government coalition junior party DUI, refused to demolish the object, claiming that it is legal. He even threatened state inspectors and insulted journalist that reported on the matter, local media reported.
To make matters worse, the pizzeria's opening ceremony was attended by Useini's DUI colleague and mayor of nearby Struga, Ramiz Merko – the same mayor that needs to comply with UNESCO recommendations, as Struga is also part of the protected area. But, regardless of the obligation, Merko claims that there are no illegal buildings in the municipality of Struga, although the media report that there have been more than 10,000 requests for legalisation since 2011. And this is not all – Useini also owns a concrete production plant in the protected lake area in Daljan, near Ohrid.
Political machinations
Several NGOs, alerted by the recent developments and the blatant political interference, reacted to the proposed draft law on protection of the Lake Ohrid region. Namely, the government is planning to create an advisory council for protection of the Ohrid region. Among other things, the proposed draft law envisioned that this 15-member body, formed by experts and representatives from relevant state bodies, will include a member appointed by the newly created Ministry of Political System and Inter-Community Relations and will govern with the qualified majority.
According to Ana Cholovikj-Leshoska, from the NGO Eko-svest, this is another bug in the system – a leverage that will be heavily exploited for political and business pressures to the detriment of ecological protection. "It is unclear why there is a need for such provision as the council will have consultative role and not legislative nor binding role", said Cholovikj-Leshoska to the local media.
There are a few more months to see whether the Lake Ohrid region will become a success story, or will be inscribed on the UNESCO list of World Heritage in Danger. If the latter happens, beside the negative publicity, it will not necessarily be bad, as some NGO activists pointed out, as experts from all around the world would be included in the restoration of the region. In this case, they add, political machinations will be impossible.
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Autotech Recruit's most valuable asset is its people and we are committed to providing an excellent service to you. The Charter outlines what we expect from you as a contractor, and what you should expect from us throughout your contracting experience.
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AS9100 requires that organizations identify applicable regulatory requirements however most Quality Management Systems DO NOT contain processes to verify and validate actions performed by Empowered Officials.
Fact: Empowered Officials must certify that information provided on applications is accurate.
An Empowered Official is tasked with applying for a DSP-5 for a Foreign Person "working" at the company. As is sometimes the case, there was pressure to get the license in place as soon as possible. The EO having many years experience in submitting DSP-5 applications did what many EO's do, he relied on using his templates for completing the application and artifacts.
Upon DDTC's receipt of the application, the DDTC analyst contacted the EO and asked one question, was the Foreign Person a regular employee? Turns out the answer was "no", the Foreign Person was a contractor. The DDTC analyst then said those ugly words "You may be in violation".
It seems simple to say that Empowered Officials should confirm their "outputs" meet the regulatory requirement(s). That all requests for USG Authorization (i.e., license applications, agreement applications, use of exemptions, etc.) should be evaluated for correctness and meeting requirements PRIOR to submission.
Is the information provided correct and accurate, is it the actual state of things at the time of submission?
Does the information meet the regulatory requirement(s)?


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Good post. What you say about heroines is also true – in reverse, I suppose – of the antagonist. They can't be all bad in the same way the heroine can't be all good.
I always feel personally hurt if someone says anything against one of my heroines – even if they're talking about a flaw I deliberately gave her! Heroines are so integral to our books.
Since then, I do work hard to make my heroines multi-dimensional. Even if they're flawed, they can't be unlikeable, and you have to know why they are as they are. They need to address their failings by the end of the book too, or you won't engage your readers' sympathies.
Thanks, Jenny. We based the mother in How To Survive Your Sisters on our mother too, who had passed on. (Not sure we could have done it otherwise.) We wanted to capture some of her essential qualities and, yes, she had flaws too. I wonder if you'll ever revisit that manuscript now that some time and distance has passed?


Las Marismas de Lebrija SCA markets durum wheat and soft wheat of bread-making quality produced by our farmers. Each year, thousands of tons of this cereal are classified according to their characteristics and stored for commercialisation.
The durum wheat produced in Las Marismas is often a cereal with good properties for the industry. Overall, they have a high specific weight and great vitreousness, making them ideal for pasta and other foodstuffs.
The soft wheat grown on nearby irrigated farms is especially suitable for producing premium flours of bread-making quality. These wheat often have a high bread-making quality with appropriate percentages of starch and proteins. It usually has high specific weights.
Owing to its characteristics and nutritional value, maize is grown throughout the world. Las Marismas de Lebrija SCA markets maize grown in nearby marshlands that is harvested in August and September. This highly nutritional maize is suitable for animal feed and for producing other products.
Along with grain maize, we can also produce silage maize that is green harvested. Both are highly demanded products and are widely accepted in the markets.
We receive dozens of tons of sunflower seeds at our facilities during the summer months.
Sunflower is a plant with limited presence in marshlands, although highly demanded locally. For this reason, our farmers usually grow this product on the mostly dry land near Las Marismas de Lebrija SCA's facilities.
The properties of our sunflower make it an excellent product for obtaining oils and derived products. We market conventional and high oleic sunflowers, rich in fatty acids.


Liberty Institute attorneys on Tuesday sent a demand letter, on behalf of clients Marcos Perez and his daughter, to school administrators at Carillon Elementary School in Oviedo, Fla., requesting that school officials cease engaging in religious discrimination in violation of federal and state law.
Last month, a school lunchroom supervisor told Perez's 5-year-old daughter that it was wrong to bow her head in prayer before she ate her lunch. Click here to view the demand letter.
When the young girl replied, "But it's good to pray," she was told, "It is not good." When she attempted to do so anyway, she was again restrained from bowing her head, folding her hands and silently saying grace, the letter explains.
"This is a violation of the federal law and we expect the school district to apologize to the Perezes and the community as well as take steps to ensure this does not happen again," the letter states.
The Perez family cites this offense to their daughter's religious liberty as the most immediate reason to remove their daughter from the public education system.
Liberty Institute continues to investigate this situation on behalf of its clients and other students who experience unnecessary censoring of their religious liberty while at school.


The execution of any macro that makes a change to the spreadsheet destroys Excel's Undo/Redo stacks. So, when you modify a formula and then run a macro to change number format, for example, you are unable to use Excel's native Undo to revert to the original formula. This is a severe limitation of Excel, and not a problem with the add-in or macro. There are no easy workarounds to this problem, unfortunately.
Excel add-ins and their users accept this loss of Undo/Redo functionality as a cost of doing business. In other words, the benefits provided by add-ins and macros outweigh the cost of losing native Undo/Redo capability. We believe customers of our enterprise-grade solutions shouldn't sacrifice anything to use our tools. So, we built our own Undo/Redo stacks to track changes made to spreadsheets, restoring most of this lost functionality. Why don't all Excel add-ins do this? Because managing custom Undo/Redo stacks is prohibitively complex and expensive for most applications. Accordingly, very few add-ins have achieved this advanced capability.
Macabacus' Undo/Redo is designed to work seamlessly in the background, and uses the native Excel shortcuts, Ctrl+Z and Ctrl+Y, and Quick Access Toolbar buttons to trigger Undo/Redo operations. Macabacus' Undo/Redo options can be set in the Excel > Undo / Redo section of the Settings dialog (see below). You can set the maximum number of cells for which Macabacus Undo/Redo is available—however, too many cells may slow performance. Select which formatting properties you want Macabacus to undo/redo (deselecting properties may improve performance), or disable Macabacus' Undo/Redo capability altogether.
Macabacus' Undo/Redo solution is not perfect due to limitations of Excel's development environment. As a result, you may experience differences between Macabacus' Undo/Redo functionality and native Undo/Redo functionality. For example, Macabacus cannot undo row/column insertion/deletion.
Some Macabacus formatting operations may be noticeably slower with Undo/Redo enabled, with speed inversely proportional to the number of cells affected by the operation. Experiment with disabling Undo/Redo to determine whether its benefits are worth the performance cost.
Undo the last action. Repeat to undo additional actions.
Redo the last action. Repeat to redo additional actions.


Numerous discharge pipes and spillways deliver wastewater from the communities constructed above the cliffs of Palos Verdes peninsula directly – and intentionally -- into the Pacific Ocean. Despite the area receiving little rain, pipes may flow rapidly year-round, fed by the day-to-day activities of the communities above. We studied the water quality and diatom assemblages in areas directly in the path of these pipes' effluence.
Diatoms are single-celled, microscopic organisms and, as such, may seem inconsequential. However, they are the "plants" of the ocean. At the beginning of the marine food chain, their well-being affects every other organism up the chain. Species of diatoms are highly sensitive – so they perish -- or tolerant – so they thrive -- to environmental imbalances, such as water pollution. Three-quarters of the sea lions being treated at the Marine Mammal Center suffer from DA poisoning – a toxic compound produced by a pollution-tolerant species of diatoms. This is offered to demonstrate, not only the impact these unicellular organisms may have upon the marine ecosystem, but also the far-reaching, destructive effects of water pollution.
We consistently found a decrease in diatom species diversity at locations in the path of the pipes' discharge (roughly 7, to 17 outside the discharge area) due to an excess of elements in the water known to be detrimental to their growth. Even those thriving species recognized as more tolerant of such pollution showed deformities. This suggests that all species of diatoms in these areas are endangered by the output of these pipes.
It's very obvious, simply by sight, that diatom (and other algal) growth explodes on the rocks in the path of these pipes. To witness for yourself, visit a site just right of the Palos Verdes Beach and Athletic Club (parking's free). There's a paved path down just to the north of the Club. The rapidly running "river" you're walking along as you move toward the shore carries urban waste. On the shore, you'll see an abundant growth of brilliant green surf grass. But you'll see it nowhere else. And you'll see an abundance of diatom growth (the black, brown patches on the rocks), but you'll see it nowhere else. What you won't see, simply by sight, is those black patches contain only a few species of diatoms, while elsewhere, their variety is seemingly limitless. Biodiversity is paramount to this organism's survival, and by extension, its habitat's.
How could we, in such an enlightened age, construct these spillways without regard to the impact their discharge would have upon their delivery site? Now that we know, what will we do?