Being sceptical is a healthy attitude to have when receiving channelled messages, either directly from the spiritual/universal source or through a channeller or medium. The sitter (or receiver) should evaluate the information received, but sometimes this can pose confusion about how to discern whether the channeller or the information is genuine.
Through integration, or joining of heart and mind, a channeller should receive authentic universal truth. An integrated message is usually a very quiet impression that needs to be translated through the channeller into a message that is suitable and comprehensible to the receiver. However, if this is not happening, then the possible problem could be created from a distortion of the message through the channeller's faulty translation or interpretation. The amount of distortion coincides to the channeller's ego/personality interference and how strong their connection is to the universal source (or spiritual realm), plus their over-all experience. The channeller must practice, practice and practice in order to overcome or improve upon this malady.
For those who are beginners, just tapping into the spiritual realm, it is especially difficult to be convinced if received information is valid. The biggest obstacle to overcome is.....trust. It is much easier to cast doubt, but this just creates unwarranted fear, which in turn decreases your self-esteem or confidence. Despite the fact that you should always evaluate received information and not take it at face value, it is equally important to welcome the information in order to develop your perception. This is accomplished by keeping an open heart, while at the same time eliminating emotional attachment to your doubt. Releasing doubt requires a readiness to free what you presently think or believe you know.
Resist being a know-it-all, in which you retain an inflexible attitude. This means that you should have an open willingness to receive without placing attachment to the end result or without having a preconceived agenda - this is crucial to how well you identify with the information. If you place emotional attachment to your doubt (or scepticism) it will close your connection to your own inner guidance (your higher self residing at your soul level), as well as to spiritual/universal guidance, which both help you to discern. Instead, keep a positive outlook where you are willing to broaden your awareness and develop an inquiring mind-set in which you remain open to all possibilities. This may prompt you to investigate further, but at a deeper, more mystical level.
It is not easy to listen to advice that you may not want to hear, but if you cannot accept the information or have difficulty discerning whether the message is authentic, perhaps there is a possibility that you may not be as open-minded or ready to receive as you think you are. In order to accept what is true, you first must know yourself intimately and acknowledge, plus accept your gifts, as well as your flaws. It is important to know your strengths, as well as your weaknesses, and be willing to make positive changes. But remember, you cannot change what you do not acknowledge or accept. If a message just doesn't seem to "fit", keep in mind that it may make better sense at a later date, when your energy vibration matches to the energy of the message or when your attitude shifts to a higher level of acceptance.
Tools such as tarot, astrology or numerology can help unravel and open your awareness to the "inner" hidden you (the eternal you). Regardless of your beliefs, these tools should not be regarded as merely future forecasting methods or foolishness. Perhaps it may help if you use the following analogy.
Think of the earth plane as being a journey riddled with many roads or highways; some are short, some are long, some are smooth, some are bumpy and some are quite treacherous. Think of this as your road map and you (or your soul essence) are the driver who must navigate your journey in order to learn lessons, gain experience and insight in order to promote your soul's progression towards enlightenment (or higher spiritual awareness) in preparation for eventually returning to your spiritual source.
But first, you should have a positive interest to learn how to drive and how to operate your vehicle (or your physical body). You may seek a teacher to help tutor you how to drive, but it is ultimately you who needs to be an open and willing participant. It is necessary to focus your attention, dedication, time, effort and discipline toward your development. Your vehicle (physical body) should be in good operating condition and be filled with sufficient fuel (or universal energy). Once you are sitting in the driver's seat, it takes a certain amount of courage to place your special key in the ignition in order to ignite a connection.
Even if your vehicle operates smoothly, it is still necessary to have clarity to see the view through the windshield. If your view is clouded, distorted or obstructed by impure thinking, improper behaviour or an unhealthy attitude, then you risk travelling off course. It is essential to remain calm and patient while trying to read, understand and decipher your road map, which reveals or indicates many, many options or opportunities. Some paths may prove easier for your vehicle, while others may be so gruelling that it risks continuous breakdown.
After carefully studying your road map, it is time to choose a route to your destination. So where do you want to go, or, more importantly, what is tugging or pushing at you from a deeper level? Do you know your ultimate goal? If you don't, then study your road map more carefully and search for alternate routes or more obscure indicators. If you try to take a fast route, does this incur more danger? Do you have the time and patience to take a longer, but more stable route?
The road map cannot and will not make the journey for you or tell you an exact future outcome. It will only point out your strengths, weaknesses, yearnings, potential, possibilities, lessons to be learned, positive and negative traits, opportunities and areas of harmony and conflict. Your road map will also offer clues toward travelling in a suitable direction or perhaps offer indications of why the road is so rocky or difficult to manoeuvre or why it continues in a never-ending circle. Experiencing a successful outcome is based solely on your life-long choices and then facing the responsibilities followed by each decision.
Another viable approach to gain higher knowledge, wisdom, assistance or direction is through channelled information, but again, treat this method only as a road map.
So how do you find or choose a suitable channeller?
Eventually a channeller will build a personal reputation; hopefully a favourable one. It is always wise to ask others for recommendations, but sometimes this isn't possible; many times it is the luck of the draw. Keep in mind that the fee you pay does not guarantee authentic information; in this case, paying more is not necessarily better. Listed below are some guidelines that will help you to choose a suitable channeller and how to discern the information received.
Discern whether the channeller operates with unconditional love and complete integrity. As you pose the following questions, monitor what you sense or how you feel (pay attention to your gut reaction) in order to establish your own unbiased opinion.
Note: If you are acting as your own channeller, can you truthfully confirm the same basis with absolute certainty?
Query: What is your immediate impression or how do you feel about the channeller upon your first introduction?
Evaluation: If you don't get an immediate positive sense or feeling, go elsewhere.
Query: How does the channeller present the message?
Evaluation: Presentation should be conducted with professional efficiency. If unsophisticated or antic-like behaviour is demonstrated, then it is not being handled with a responsible, mature attitude.
Query: Is the channeller fully conscious or in a trance-like state?
Evaluation: There is no need to be in a trance or unconscious state for messages to be received. In fact, it is easier to receive clear information while being conscious (and in full body control).
Query: Is the channeller serious and humble about channelling or do they treat it like a trivial game?
Evaluation: This is not meant to be a frivolous performance; channelling should be treated as a worthy responsibility.
Query: Is the channeller completely focused on just you or does their attention wander (E.g. clock-watching or surveying their surroundings)?
Evaluation: Undivided attention should be focused on you; otherwise you are not being treated with the respect that you deserve.
Query: Does the channeller ask numerous questions (probing for personal information) before the reading?
Evaluation: Information gleaned may be used to influence the reading.
Query: Does the channeller insist on giving information despite not having your permission?
Evaluation: This is ego driven, in which the channeller feels a necessity to prove their worth, but this is an infringement on your free-will. New channellers sometimes get carried away in their enthusiasm and are naively unaware that free-will prevails - they will learn through experience that this is unacceptable behaviour.
Query: Does the channeller's message promote a hidden agenda (like a sales pitch) for their services or benefit; a ploy designed to make them a maximum profit or is the channeller manipulative or shifty?
Evaluation: Beware! Consider this an unscrupulous business practice where the main concern is about money.
Query: Does the channeller deliberately give messages that create fear or panic?
Evaluation: Dismiss the information, because it is not coming from a heart and mind integration; instead it is ego driven, which may create co-dependency.
Query: Is the channeller's message demanding; giving no choice; or one that may infringe on your free-will?
Evaluation: Dismiss the information - this is ego driven. Information from the universal source is always loving, gentle, encouraging, never demanding and always allows free choice.
Query: Does the message unnecessarily glorify the channeller making them appear self-important, super special or super powerful? Do some tell you that they are the seventh child of the seventh daughter of the seventh generation of psychics, etc, designed to make you believe that they rank special preference for psychic powers?
Evaluation: Dismiss the information - this is ego driven. Beware of the pied-piper domino effect; refuse to be a blind follower. Note: everybody is born with psychic powers, but most need to develop their inborn gifts through education and lots of practice.
Query: Does the channeller avoid giving proper recognition to the universal source for received information?
Evaluation: Thanks and gratitude to the Universal Source should be expressed daily and humbleness should always be maintained.
Query: Does the channeller make you promise to secrecy in order for the predictions to materialize?
Evaluation: This is foolishness - it puts the onus on you, making you responsible for the eventual outcome of the reading.
Query: Is the message given freely without expectation of recompense or without excessive restrictions, demands or attachments?
Evaluation: Beware! In a credible reading, there should never be any expectation for recompense, restrictions, demands or attachments.
Query: Is the channeller steeped in superstition where it creates evasiveness and excessive mystery?
Evaluation: Beware! This is a deliberate ploy to glorify the channeller making them seem super special or super powerful.
Discern whether the message is generated from the spiritual/universal source or from the channeller's ego. Be discriminating....review the following scenarios to help you establish genuineness for received information; be mindful for how you feel or what you sense.
Query: What does the message say?
From Channeller's Ego: This message may consist of trivial nonsense, chitter-chatter.
From a Spiritual Source: Messages should offer practical guidance, helpful solutions, provide healing solutions, promote encouragement, offer compassion and comfort, be inspirational and present greater knowledge, wisdom and harmony. Universal guidance is not interested in playing silly games or answering nonsensical questions.
Query: What does the energy of the message feel like?
From Channeller's Ego: This message may make you feel very uncomfortable, victimized, depressed, unworthy or dis-empowered.
From a Spiritual Source: Messages should make you feel, comfortable, uplifted, loved, peaceful, and good about yourself. Psychic trash can be accessed through your solar plexus chakra; therefore, as further protection, place your hands over your solar plexus during the reading.
Query: Does the message motivate you?
From Channeller's Ego: This message will imprison you, making you feel powerless to react.
From a Spiritual Source: Messages should always be uplifting and energizing. The information will "hit home" or "nudge" in some way or may feel like a constant nagging or persistence that you cannot ignore.
Query: Does the message offer helpful suggestions or guidance for how to walk your spiritual path or does it insist on telling you (without recourse) how to walk your path?
From Channeller's Ego: This message will insist to stay put and to make no changes or it may demand blind obedience and/or surrendering your free will.
From a Spiritual Source: Messages will offer practical advice, suggestions or guidance to enhance your present and future well-being and will never conflict with your personal moral principles or insist, demand or do the work for you.
Query: Does the information help you to recognize or open your awareness to hidden qualities, characteristics, talents or traits that need improvement or to situations that need change?
From Channeller's Ego: This message won't offer any suggestions for improvement or change, because ego doesn't like change. Instead, it offers oodles of reasons or excuses for not changing.
From a Spiritual Source: Messages will infuse appropriate methods to tweak your awareness for how to improve or change; you will get an "Ah-hah" moment.
Query: Is the message advantageous to your greater good or to positive advancement or does it promote soul growth?
From Channeller's Ego: This message is only focused on self-centred, selfish matters or only promoting what it presently knows; it isn't interested in your progressive growth.
From a Spiritual Source: Messages will always have your best interests at heart, in which it gives you encouragement to progress or to develop positively.
Query: Does the message inspire or empower you to use your own inner wisdom or inner guidance by giving clues to help you see a different perspective or to gain greater insight and does the message inspire you to take right action?
From Channeller's Ego: This message will dis-empower you or try to encourage conflict.
From a Spiritual Source: Messages always support and encourage positive right action and will offer suggestions for viewing circumstances with added clarity and balance. It will always encourage you to take the "high-road" (always peaceful and without undue force) when solving dilemmas.
Query: Does the message motivate you to stop and "think"?
From Channeller's Ego: This message will demand that you only follow its directive; it doesn't want you to think independently.
From a Spiritual Source: Messages will always encourage you to carefully examine all aspects before making a decision. It will encourage you to be self-sufficient and independent.
Query: Does the message encourage your participation or does it offer no personal motivation?
From Channeller's Ego: This message will not offer encouragement, but will instead create a co-dependent atmosphere or relationship, either to an organization or to a person.
From a Spiritual Source: Messages should inspire action with your body and spirit, encouraging you to personally and whole-heartedly participate in your spiritual growth.
Query: How is the message constructed - what words preface the sentences?
From Channeller's Ego: Ignore messages prefaced with words such as, "I demand that you...." or "I want you to...." or "You must do...." or "You should do this immediately or else...." or "If you don't do this...." or "I am telling you that...." or "My advice to you is...." - these are all ego-based. They may create fear, panic, victim mentality or co-dependent status.
From a Spiritual Source: Messages may be prefaced with words such as, "It is suggested that...." or "We suggest that you...." or "My guidance tells me that...." or "Our advice to you is...." or "It would be in your best interest if you tried...." or "It would be beneficial if you would...." or "I am being told that...." or "I am guided to tell you...." - the preface gives an indication that there is a greater power or guidance at hand and the undertone of the message is loving, encouraging, one that offers a positive outcome. Of course you may disagree at the time, due to underlying resistance, but once you transform your thoughts or attitude, you will find the information generates positive harmony and expansion.
Query: Is the message verbalized in a hypnotic, monotone that is filled with elaborate wording that is difficult to understand?
From Channeller's Ego: This message may be flowery or verbalized in a monotone - this can be hypnotic (a form of mind control), which allows lower vibrating energies to interject.
From a Spiritual Source: Messages are generally short and to the point, with simple, unique information pertaining to your current life experience or situation. It is not excessively complicated, intricate or contradicting, where you would feel confused or fuzzy.
Query: Does the message try to charm you with riches and power?
From Channeller's Ego: - This message would tempt those who may be attracted to greed or a desire for position or power.
From a Spiritual Source: Messages will never try to entice you with material gain; universal guidance is more interested on your spiritual advancement (or gain) for your highest good and the highest good of humanity.
Undeniably, there are endless questions to be asked, but hopefully the above scenarios furnish enough information to make it easier to recognize channelled truth from rubbish. It is not at all unusual to feel overwhelmed or confused, for this can be a daunting undertaking, especially for a die-hard sceptical who has an overly-analytical left functioning brain. No doubt you seek continual validation, but your challenge is to develop more trust or faith and to utilize, plus merge your left and right brains so they compliment each other while working in unity. Certainly, the most powerful way to discern truthful information is through time, because eventually deceit (or rubbish) is exposed, while authentic truth always prevails.
Additionally, take ample time to quietly meditate, contemplate, focus and reflect on any information received, for as it integrates through your heart and soul levels, you will not only feel or sense, but you will know (without any doubt) whether it is authentic spiritual guidance and truth.
Always keep in mind that any channelled information received is only applicable at the precise time that it is given to you. After-all, you have the choice to alter your course at any given moment through exercising free-will. As for information that you absolutely cannot truly resonate with, release its energy and let it go; either it is not meant to be or perhaps it is not the appropriate time.


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Q: How to send JSON from Android to Java Servlet with get method i can sent on webbrowser like:
Browser url:
http://192.168.x.x:8080/HttpGetServlet/HelloServlet?jsoncuk={"id":"102","email":"[hozka@sim.com.tr]","phone":"[]","name":"hoz"}&number=100
and my response:
{"id":"102","email":"[hozka@sim.com.tr]","phone":"[]","name":"hoz"}
but when i try it on android it gives illegalArgumentException
My Android Code:
public class MainActivity extends Activity implements OnClickListener {

public static String str = "{\"id\":\"101\",\"email\":\"[hozka@ias.com.tr]\",\"phone\":\"[]\",\"name\":\"hoz\"}";
public static String URL = "http://192.168.x.x:8080/HttpGetServlet/HelloServlet" + "?jsoncuk=" + str + "&number=100";

public void onClick(View view) {
        GetXMLTask task = new GetXMLTask();
        task.execute(new String[] { URL });

    }

    private class GetXMLTask extends AsyncTask<String, Void, String> {
        @Override
        protected String doInBackground(String... urls) {
            String output = null;
            for (String url : urls) {
                output = getOutputFromUrl(url);
            }
            return output;
        }

        private String getOutputFromUrl(String url) {
            String output = null;
            try {
                DefaultHttpClient httpClient = new DefaultHttpClient();
                HttpGet httpGet = new HttpGet(url);

                HttpResponse httpResponse = httpClient.execute(httpGet);
                HttpEntity httpEntity = httpResponse.getEntity();
                output = EntityUtils.toString(httpEntity);
            } catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e) {
                e.printStackTrace();
            } catch (ClientProtocolException e) {
                e.printStackTrace();
            } catch (IOException e) {
                e.printStackTrace();
            }
            return output;
        }

        @Override
        protected void onPostExecute(String output) {
            //outputText.setText(output + "selam");
            servlet_donus = output;
            outputText.setText(servlet_donus + "selam");
        }

}

My Java Servlet code:
/**
 * Servlet implementation class HelloServlet
 */
@WebServlet("/HelloServlet")
public class HelloServlet extends HttpServlet {
    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;

    /**
     * @see HttpServlet#HttpServlet()
     */
    public HelloServlet() {
        super();
        // TODO Auto-generated constructor stub
    }

    /**
     * @see HttpServlet#doGet(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response)
     */
    protected void doGet(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response) throws ServletException, IOException {
        response.setContentType("application/json");
        PrintWriter out = response.getWriter();
        Integer numb = Integer.parseInt(request.getParameter("number"));
        if(numb==300 || numb == 200 || numb == 100){
            out.println(request.getParameter("jsoncuk"));
            out.flush();
        }

    }

    /**
     * @see HttpServlet#doPost(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response)
     */
    protected void doPost(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response) throws ServletException, IOException {
        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
        PrintWriter out = response.getWriter();
        Integer numb = Integer.parseInt(request.getParameter("number"));
        if(numb==300 || numb == 200 || numb == 100){
            out.println(request.getParameter("jsoncuk"));
            out.flush();
        }
        else
            out.println("ses");
    }

}

My Logcat
07-12 15:03:26.100: E/AndroidRuntime(1873): FATAL EXCEPTION: AsyncTask #1
07-12 15:03:26.100: E/AndroidRuntime(1873): java.lang.RuntimeException: An error occured while executing doInBackground()
07-12 15:03:26.100: E/AndroidRuntime(1873):     at android.os.AsyncTask$3.done(AsyncTask.java:278)
07-12 15:03:26.100: E/AndroidRuntime(1873):     at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask$Sync.innerSetException(FutureTask.java:273)
07-12 15:03:26.100: E/AndroidRuntime(1873):     at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.setException(FutureTask.java:124)
07-12 15:03:26.100: E/AndroidRuntime(1873):     at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask$Sync.innerRun(FutureTask.java:307)
07-12 15:03:26.100: E/AndroidRuntime(1873):     at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:137)
07-12 15:03:26.100: E/AndroidRuntime(1873):     at android.os.AsyncTask$SerialExecutor$1.run(AsyncTask.java:208)
07-12 15:03:26.100: E/AndroidRuntime(1873):     at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1076)
07-12 15:03:26.100: E/AndroidRuntime(1873):     at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:569)
07-12 15:03:26.100: E/AndroidRuntime(1873):     at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:856)
07-12 15:03:26.100: E/AndroidRuntime(1873): Caused by: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Illegal character in query at index 63: http://192.168.127.50:8080/HttpGetServlet/HelloServlet?jsoncuk={"id":"101","email":"[hozkara@ias.com.tr]","phone":"[]","name":"hozkara@ias.com.tr"}&number=100
07-12 15:03:26.100: E/AndroidRuntime(1873):     at java.net.URI.create(URI.java:727)
07-12 15:03:26.100: E/AndroidRuntime(1873):     at org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpGet.<init>(HttpGet.java:75)
07-12 15:03:26.100: E/AndroidRuntime(1873):     at com.example.ssstart.MainActivity$GetXMLTask.getOutputFromUrl(MainActivity.java:66)
07-12 15:03:26.100: E/AndroidRuntime(1873):     at com.example.ssstart.MainActivity$GetXMLTask.doInBackground(MainActivity.java:57)
07-12 15:03:26.100: E/AndroidRuntime(1873):     at com.example.ssstart.MainActivity$GetXMLTask.doInBackground(MainActivity.java:1)
07-12 15:03:26.100: E/AndroidRuntime(1873):     at android.os.AsyncTask$2.call(AsyncTask.java:264)
07-12 15:03:26.100: E/AndroidRuntime(1873):     at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask$Sync.innerRun(FutureTask.java:305)

A: Please try encode your url,
url= java.net.URLEncoder.encode(url);

A: You don't need to create a String[] for your URL here since AsyncTask's execute() accepts var args:
task.execute(new String[] { URL });

Instead you can just call:
task.execute(URL);

Without the stack trace, it's just a guess. But it might explain it, because you end up with a single item array, which contains a String[]. I hope that makes sense.
You should encode str:
str = java.net.URLEncoder.encode(str);

I assume your using a different IP address than printed (with the x.x replaced).

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King, Mundine and McDonald Help Lead Wranglers to 10-7 in College Gridiron Showcase
LAWRENCE, Kan. – A trio of Kansas football players helped lead the Wranglers to a 10-7 win at the 2015 College Gridiron Showcase all-star game held at Maverick Stadium in Arlington, Texas, Saturday afternoon. Nigel King, Jimmay Mundine and Dexter McDonald each sported the Jayhawk helmet for the final time as they pushed the total tally of KU players playing in postseason all-star games to seven.
King led the three KU players in production in the game as he hauled in five catches for 38 yards. Mundine, who lined up at fullback instead of his normal tight end position, caught one pass for 12 yards, McDonald saw action at cornerback, but did not record any statistics.
"It was a good opportunity to get in front scouts, talk to them let them and let them get to know me," said King. "We got to go against some good competition. I think I was myself out there, all week and in the game. I came and did what I was supposed to do."
Mundine also enjoyed the week and had a chance to run drills as both a tight end and in a newly suggested position of fullback.
"I think I showed them that I could block, as far as understanding what to do and being comfortable in the backfield as opposed to lining up next to a tackle on the line," said Mundine, who only saw action in the first half of the game due to a minor ankle injury. "I showed people I can come out of the backfield and catch the ball. It was great for exposure. I got to talk to scouts and hear their feedback, which was very helpful."
The College Gridiron Showcase was open to college players of all divisions and will showcase and provide exposure for top college senior football players from around the country. Participants were mentored and evaluated for six days in aspects of on-field performance and off-field character by professional football league scouts of the National Football League, Canadian Football League and the Arena Football League.
In his lone season as a Jayhawk, King hauled in 29 receptions for 518 yards and one touchdown. Included amongst his 29 receptions was a 78-yard highlight-reel catch against TCU that was considered one of the top plays in the NCAA in 2014.
Mundine concluded the 2014 season leading KU in receptions with 45, and receiving yards with 584. He also finished his career as a Jayhawk with the most touchdown receptions by a tight end with 11 scoring catches. The Denison, Texas native was honored as a John Mackey Award semifinalist as one of the top-six tight ends in the nation at the conclusion of the year. At season's end, Mundine also earned an All-Big 12 Second Team nod by conference coaches, 247sports.com, ESPN.com, the Associated Press and Phil Steele Magazine.
McDonald started each of KU's 12 games at cornerback and became the Jayhawks' first Big 12 Conference Defensive Player of the Week since 2010, after a two-interception performance in week one against SEMO. Hailing from Kansas City, Missouri, McDonald ranked second on the team and fifth in the league in pass breakups with 13, while finishing the year with two interceptions.
King, Mundine and McDonald joined safety Cassius Sendish (Medal of Honor Bowl), cornerback JaCorey Shepherd (Senior Bowl), wide receiver Nick Harwell (NFLPA Collegiate Bowl) and linebacker Ben Heeney (East-West Shrine Game) as Jayhawks selected to play in all-star games.
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Bolstering the last mile with Multipath TCP
The rapid uptake of bandwidth-consuming services such as video on demand and linear TV has many service providers struggling to keep pace with ever increasing bandwidth demands. The problem is particularly acute on the last mile: the segment of the network that delivers broadband services to users' homes and workplaces. As an alternative to building out the physical Communications infrastructure – which in some geographical areas may be too costly or time consuming – Ericsson proposes an access aggregation solution based on Multipath TCP. Our solution consists of a carrier-grade Multipath TCP proxy that allows the use of Multipath TCP across access networks without the need to introduce it in end devices or internet servers.
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Authors: Robert Skog, Dinand Roeland, Jaume Rius i Riu, Uwe Horn, Michael Eriksson
Terms and abbreviations
ACK – ACKnowledgment
CCA – Congestion Control Algorithm
CPE – Customer Premises Equipment
CPU – Central Processing Unit
DPDK - Data Plane Development Kit
DSL - Digital Subscriber Line
DSLAM - DSL Access Multiplexer
IETF - Internet Engineering Task Force
MFDN - Media First Delivery Node
RNA - Radio Network Aware
RTT - Round-Trip Time
TCP RNA - TCP Radio Network Aware
VDSL - Very high-speed DSL
The last mile is the part of the telecommunications network that physically reaches user premises, either by wireless technology (cellular networks) or wireline technology such as cable, fiber or digital subscriber line (DSL). The achievable data rates for each of these access technologies vary, but in many cases the bandwidth depends on the distance between the access termination point in the service provider network and the device in the user premises. This means that no matter how fast the service is up to the access termination point, the users who are farthest away from it will experience significantly slower service than the ones who are closer.
For example, although the most recently standardized DSL technologies allow bitrates of up to 1Gbps, most subscribers today are still getting less than 20Mbps. The reason for this is the dependency between the achievable bitrate and the length of the copper line connecting a household to the DSL access multiplexer (DSLAM). As Figure 1 shows, if the distance between the user premises and the DSLAM exceeds 2km, DSL speed falls quickly below 20Mbps. The obvious solution is to reduce the length of the last mile. If the copper line distance can be reduced to less than 250m, new technologies and standards such as vectoring and G.fast will allow bitrates of about 1Gbps. However, reducing the copper line distance is costly because it requires the deployment of more street cabinets connected by fiber lines to the backbone network. To get around this, some fixed broadband service providers have started to launch offerings that combine DSL with LTE as a cheaper way to boost the bitrate for DSL customers than deploying more fiber-connected DSLAM street cabinets.
Figure 1: Speed versus copper line length between user premises and the DSLAM for the most widely deployed DSL technologies
Similarly, LTE/Wi-Fi aggregation is useful as a booster for mobile phones. Some operators have started deploying solutions that combine Wi-Fi and LTE accesses in areas such as shopping malls and big event venues as a means to increase user capacity while at the same time offloading their cellular network traffic to the fixed networks when possible.
Technologies for access aggregation
Many standardized aggregation technologies only support use cases in which links using the same access type are aggregated. This is known as bonding, and examples include the bonding of several Ethernet links, or of two DSL access links. Notable exceptions are IP Flow Mobility and multiple-access PDN connectivity – both defined by 3GPP – which are able to support aggregation of multiple access types[1]. However, these two technologies have gained little traction because their introduction on mobile devices would require a significant implementation effort, and even the apps running on them would require modifications.
Multipath TCP as specified by the IETF[2] can be deployed in existing networks more easily than other alternatives because it is an evolution of TCP[3] – the most widely used protocol in the internet today. This guarantees interoperability between equipment from different vendors. Like TCP, Multipath TCP works on top of IP. Since IP is the foundation of all internet protocols, Multipath TCP can be used across all kinds of access networks, providing a rich toolkit that supports access aggregation for use cases such as bandwidth aggregation, reliability and seamless connectivity. In addition, there is an open source reference implementation for Multipath TCP that is continuously developed and improved by a large community of developers[4].
Figure 2 shows two access aggregation scenarios enabled by Multipath TCP. The first scenario shows DSL/LTE aggregation, where an existing DSL connection is combined with LTE. If the DSL link provides 12Mbps and the LTE link provides 8Mbps, the aggregated bandwidth that can be obtained via Multipath TCP is roughly 20Mbps.
Figure 2: Examples of access aggregation enabled by Multipath TCP
The second scenario shows LTE/Wi-Fi aggregation, which functions according to the same principle. Together with a mobile device manufacturer, Ericsson has performed successful field trials in public LTE and Wi-Fi networks using commercially available mobile devices. Only the firmware was modified to support Multipath TCP.
Although the benefits of Multipath TCP are often presented in the context of two different access networks, there is no limit in Multipath TCP that would prevent the use of three, four or more access networks. The access networks could even be operated by different service providers, which is an additional benefit for use cases aiming for improved resiliency.
Aggregating bandwidth
Bandwidth aggregation refers to the ability of Multipath TCP to combine the bandwidth of several links into one logical connection. Figure 3 shows an example of how Multipath TCP adds together the bandwidth of DSL and LTE. This is equally valid for the LTE + Wi-Fi scenario depicted in the bottom part of Figure 2.
Figure 3: DSL and LTE bandwidth aggregation with Multipath TCP
The bandwidth aggregation features of Multipath TCP apply to both downlink and uplink directions. As a result, Multipath TCP also helps to improve uplink speeds, which are only a fraction of the downlink speed in existing (asymmetric) DSL consumer services. For instance, the uplink speed over a 6Mbps asymmetric DSL connection is usually below 1Mbps. Aggregating DSL and LTE makes it possible to boost the uplink speed to 10Mbps and more.
Examples of services that would benefit from the Multipath TCP bandwidth aggregation are:
A user watching HDTV (high definition TV) over a DSL access connection that is not capable of providing enough bandwidth – Multipath TCP can be used to schedule surplus traffic over LTE (particularly useful for the downlink).
A user uploading documents or photos to a server – when the DSL uplink capacity is exceeded, Multipath TCP can add LTE capacity for quicker upload.
Improving reliability
In the context of access aggregation, reliability refers to the ability to maintain data exchange within a session, even if one or several access links become unavailable. Figure 4 compares the behavior of a traditional wan backup solution with that of a solution based on Multipath TCP. Traditional solutions cannot react quickly to the disappearance and reappearance of access links. Whenever a link disappears, sessions break and need to be reestablished, which can lead to data loss and the need for human intervention.
Figure 4: Improved connection resiliency with Multipath TCP
Multipath TCP is able to react more quickly to access links disappearing and reappearing. And as long as at least one access link is up and running, a Multipath TCP enabled session will continue without interruption – albeit at a lower bitrate. Likewise, if an access link reappears, the bitrate goes up. The connection always runs at an optimal speed in relation to the availability of the links involved.
Achieving seamless connectivity
The concept of seamless connectivity is related to reliability, referring more specifically to the ability of Multipath TCP to switch from one access to another without having any impact on the application. A typical use case would be a session started over Wi-Fi. If the mobile device leaves Wi-Fi coverage and enters mobile broadband coverage, the session will break and need to be reestablished. This can be quite annoying and time consuming for the user, especially if two-factor authentication is involved. With Multipath TCP, the session does not get interrupted due to the change of access.
Changing from one access to another can also be triggered by service provider policies. For example, a service provider could have a policy to use LTE by default, but move some traffic to Wi-Fi when there is good coverage and available capacity. Or, alternatively, the service provider could set a policy where Wi-Fi is used by default and LTE is used to provide wide-area coverage. In all cases, the use of Multipath TCP prevents sessions from being interrupted if and when access systems change.
How Multipath TCP works
TCP[3] is one of the main protocols in the IP suite, providing a reliable means of communication between two endpoints. Once a TCP connection has been set up, both endpoints can send a data stream to each other. TCP is designed to cope with data that is damaged, lost, duplicated or delivered out of order. Furthermore, it provides a means to perform flow control. Upon receiving data, the receiver sends an acknowledgment (ACK) back to the sender. Such an ACK contains a "window," which indicates the maximum number of bytes the sender is allowed to transmit before receiving further permission. This way, the receiver controls the amount of data transferred by the sender. Finally, the receipt or non-receipt of ACKs guides the TCP Congestion Control Algorithm (CCA) to determine the pace at which data may be sent.
Today, many endpoints have multiple data communication interfaces and therefore multiple IP addresses. For example, a laptop is often equipped with both a wired and a wireless interface, and a smartphone often has the capability to use multiple wireless communication technologies. Using regular TCP, these devices are capable of establishing multiple simultaneous TCP connections, with each connection tied to one specific IP interface. In other words, each TCP connection is bound to a single path defined by the IP addresses of the connection's endpoints. Note, however, that a path is defined here in terms of endpoint identifiers; it is not the same as the route that individual packets take on their way from one endpoint to the other.
Multipath TCP [2] is a set of extensions to standard TCP that allows connections to use multiple paths simultaneously. Multiple regular TCP connections, also known as subflows, are aggregated into a single Multipath TCP connection. Figure 5 compares the protocols stack of regular TCP with that of Multipath TCP.
Figure 5: Protocol stack for TCP and Multipath TCP
In regular TCP, an application initiates communication by opening a connection via an application programming interface (API) provided by the operating system. The TCP layer communicates in its turn with the IP layer. In Multipath TCP, the TCP layer has been extended. Upwards, the Multipath TCP layer exposes an interface that is perceived as regular TCP by the application. Downwards, the Multipath TCP layer may set up multiple regular TCP connections. These may be bound to different IP layers. In Figure 5, the host is equipped with multiple data communication interfaces. Each one is associated with its own IP address. The Multipath TCP layer aggregates the multiple TCP connections into a single Multipath TCP connection. The application does not need to be aware of which protocol stack is used.
Figure 6 shows an example of how a Multipath TCP connection can be established. It starts with the setup of a first subflow (steps 2-4). These steps consist of a three-way handshake, similar to the process in regular TCP. The only difference for Multipath TCP is that an MP_CAPABLE option is used in the TCP header. With this option, the device indicates to its peer that it is Multipath TCP capable and wants to use it (step 2). If the peer is also able to use Multipath TCP, it replies with a similar capability indication (step 3). As part of the three-way handshake, the endpoints also exchange security keys. After setting up the first subflow, both endpoints can exchange data over the connection (steps 6–7).
Figure 6: Establishment of a Multipath TCP connection
Once a Multipath TCP connection has been established, each endpoint may initiate the setup of an additional subflow. In the example shown in Figure 6, the device has two network interfaces. Each interface is associated with its own IP address. Here, the device takes the initiative to establish a second subflow via its second interface. Again, a three-way handshake is used to achieve this. But this time the option MP_JOIN is used to indicate that this is a new subflow that is to be joined to an existing Multipath TCP connection. A token (step 9), derived from the earlier received key (step 3), is used to correctly bind the two subflows. Additional authentication information is also exchanged to ensure the authenticity of both endpoints.
Once the new subflow has been established, both endpoints can use it to send and receive data. In our example, the device sends data to its peer (step 14). Note that the device needs to take an active decision regarding which subflow to use (step 13). How this decision is made is not defined in the standard, which gives the designer the freedom to implement the scheduling policy that is most appropriate for each case.
Subflows may come and go for various reasons, such as connectivity problems. To ensure reliable, in-order delivery to the application, Multipath TCP uses a data sequence number that is carried in a Data Sequence Signal option (steps 6-7 and 14-15). Aside from ensuring in-order delivery, this number can be used in combination with the sequence numbers used by regular TCP at subflow level to execute retransmissions on different subflows, if needed. Multipath TCP can also synchronize congestion control over subflows in order to avoid unfairness to single-path users[5].
An additional benefit of Multipath TCP is that it can be introduced incrementally. In particular, if the receiver of the first subflow's TCP syn does not support Multipath TCP, it will simply discard the capability option. It will reply with a TCP SYN ACK, but without adding the MP_CAPABLE option, and the connection will be made with standard TCP.
In computer design, a distinction is made between kernel space and user space. Kernel space is where the operating system code runs – hardware device drivers, memory management and protocol stacks, for example. User space is where ordinary programs run. In designing our Multipath TCP solution, we chose to place a protocol stack (MPTCP) in user space rather than in kernel space. This results in faster packet processing, because packets don't need to travel from kernel space to user space. Instead, they go directly from the hardware interface to user space.
The proxy-based approach to Multipath TCP access aggregation
Proxies make it possible to achieve the benefits of Multipath TCP for access aggregation without requiring Multipath TCP support in all end devices and internet servers. An additional benefit of proxies is that they give the service provider control over the scheduling of the traffic. In this way, service providers can ensure that the available access alternatives are used in the most efficient and cost-effective way. The use of proxies has already been recognized by the industry, and work has been done and published by the Broadband Forum defining the architecture[6]. Ericsson is contributing actively to this work.
Figure 7 provides a high-level overview of the proxy-based approach to Multipath TCP access aggregation. There are two proxies involved: a network proxy and a customer premises equipment (CPE) proxy. The network proxy is located in the service provider's network and converts TCP sessions from internet servers into Multipath TCP sessions that operate across multiple access networks. Similarly, the CPE proxy converts a Multipath TCP session with the network proxy back into a TCP session.
Figure 7: Proxy-based approach for Multipath TCP access aggregation
End devices with built-in Multipath TCP support could also connect directly to the network proxy. There are already some smartphones on the market with built-in Multipath TCP support that can be used to aggregate LTE and Wi-Fi. Ericsson has run tests that prove the feasibility of this setup in public LTE and Wi-Fi networks.
The proxies can be used to enhance standard Multipath TCP via additional traffic-steering capabilities that are optimized for the specific application scenario. For instance, a service provider might want to ensure that the DSL pipe is filled first before using the scarcer LTE bandwidth. This traffic-steering approach is often referred to as a cheapest-link-first policy. Service providers might also want to define policies to prevent or allow the use of heterogeneous access for specific services, or to force selected services to use only one of the available access links. All of this is possible with Multipath TCP, as the IETF standard does not prescribe a specific traffic-steering method.
In an implementation, the optional CPE proxy will be integrated in a CPE such as a home or office router. This setup can be used in a residential or enterprise setting, and when it is in place, all devices connecting to the router will receive a faster and more reliable internet connection. Traffic steering can also be applied at the CPE proxy level to control the traffic in the uplink direction.
Ericsson is partnering with CPE vendors and chipset manufacturers such as Intel to ensure efficient implementation of the Multipath TCP CPE proxy. We also offer a reference design and a test lab environment for CPE vendors.
Carrier-grade Multipath TCP proxy implementation
One important requirement for a Multipath TCP proxy in the service provider network is the ability to support a high-performance, carrier-grade IP solution for traffic aggregation. Figure 8 illustrates how Ericsson's solution can be used as a Multipath TCP network proxy, which can be deployed in either a virtualized or non-virtualized environment.
Figure 8: Multipath TCP network proxys
All components – including Multipath TCP functionality – are implemented in user space[7] to meet the capacity requirements. The TCP traffic can be accessed directly from hardware using a Data Plane Development Kit (DPDK)[8]. The packet distribution function is responsible for sending traffic to the Multipath TCP protocol stack, located in the user space on one or several central processing unit (CPU) cores.
The Ericsson solution implements Multipath TCP functionality as specified by the IETF [2], combined with a specifically designed TCP CCA called TCP RNA (Radio Network Aware). TCP RNA is designed to utilize the mobile ran in an optimal way, and solves the equations for the correct congestion window by using measurements of the speed of the arriving TCP ACKs in conjunction with reactions of lost TCP segments. The benefits of TCP RNA are:
maximum utilization of available bandwidth for both uplink and downlink
reduced retransmissions using traffic shaping
controllable latency
avoiding bufferbloat.
This solution is highly configurable and can be tailored to support multiple Multipath TCP use cases per access network. The traffic-steering settings are policy driven. One configuration example is to send Multipath TCP traffic on one preferred subflow, such as the DSL link. When the DSL link has reached its limit, any surplus Multipath TCP traffic will be sent on another subflow – most commonly the LTE link.
Another configuration example aims to optimize radio usage on a system-wide level. If Multipath TCP traffic is sharing radio spectrum with other non-Multipath TCP traffic – from LTE-only mobile phones, for example – it might be preferable to avoid excessive use of the LTE link from Multipath TCP traffic. This can be achieved by configuring the TCP RNA for the LTE link to behave like background delivery. The result is that Multipath TCP traffic will back off when TCP RNA detects that the cell is congested, in favor of LTE-only traffic.
At times, it might be desirable to configure Multipath TCP for maximum throughput – when combining LTE with Wi-Fi access for fast file download, for example. In such a scenario, the solution can be configured to use round-trip-time-based (RTT-based) traffic steering. Such traffic steering is achieved by sending data over the subflow with the lowest RTT. If that link reaches its capacity limit and there is more data to send, the rest of the data is sent over the other subflow. If one subflow can handle all the data, only the link with the lowest RTT will be used.
Access aggregation is a viable option for service providers to boost bandwidth across the last mile in areas where it is too costly to increase the capacity of legacy access. Typical access aggregation scenarios are the combination of DSL with LTE or the combination of LTE with Wi-Fi. Multipath TCP, as specified by the IETF, is ideal for access aggregation in the last mile, as it is able to boost bandwidth significantly, while simultaneously increasing reliability and ensuring seamless connectivity.
Multipath TCP comes as a set of extensions to standard TCP. It leverages all of the benefits of TCP such as fairness, flow control and reliability, as well as allowing the use of multiple paths through a network simultaneously. Multipath TCP proxies allow service providers to use Multipath TCP for access aggregation without the need for end devices and internet servers to be aware of it.
Ericsson has created a Multipath TCP proxy that is tailored to the specific needs of service providers. It is carrier-grade, optimized for high traffic throughput and allows service providers to implement traffic-steering policies for the use of available access networks in the most cost-effective and efficient way.
3GPP TS 23.402, Architecture enhancements for non-3GPP accesses
IETF RFC 6824, TCP Extensions for Multipath Operation with Multiple Addresses
IETF RFC 793, Transmission Control Protocol
Linux Kernel Multipath TCP Project
IETF RFC 6356, Coupled Congestion Control for Multipath Transport Protocols
Broadband Forum, Hybrid Access Broadband Network Architecture (TR-348)
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DPDK – Data Plane Development Kit
Robert Skog
is a senior expert in the field of media delivery. After earning an M.Sc. in electrical engineering from KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm in 1989, he joined Ericsson's two-year trainee program for system engineers. Since then, he has mainly worked in the service layer and media delivery areas, with everything from the first WAP solutions to today's advanced media delivery solutions. In 2005, Skog won Ericsson's prestigious Inventor of the Year Award.
Dinand Roeland
joined Ericsson in 2000 as a systems manager for core network products. At Ericsson Research since 2007, he is currently a senior specialist in core network architectures and features. He has been a key contributor to the standardization of multi-access support in the 3GPP EPC architecture, especially in Wi-Fi. Roeland holds an M.Sc. cum laude in computer architecture from the University of Groningen, the Netherlands.
Jaume Rius i Riu
joined Ericsson in 2004 and has been principal researcher in connectivity architectures at Ericsson Research since 2014. His work focuses mainly on the standardization of fixed-mobile convergence networking technologies (hybrid access, mobile transport, converged policy control, IPv6, network controlled Wi-Fi and so on) and proof of concept development. Rius i Riu holds an M.Sc. in physics from UAB Autonomic University of Barcelona and a Ph.D. in experimental physics from KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm.
Uwe Horn
is a solutions director within Ericsson's Global Customer Unit Vodafone. He has worked in the telecommunications industry for more than 15 years and held various positions in R&D, consulting, marketing and sales. For the past 10 years, he has worked closely with Tier-1 service providers to develop new solutions based on the latest technologies. Horn holds a Ph.D. in telecommunication engineering from Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg in Germany and a diploma in computer science from the University of Bonn, Germany.
Michael Eriksson
is a senior researcher at Ericsson Research. During most of his more than 20 years with Ericsson, his research has focused on the areas of computer science and networking. His current focus is on the design and implementation of advanced networking prototypes. Eriksson holds an M.Sc. in electrical engineering from KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm.


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Holoprosencephaly (HPE), the most common malformation of the human forebrain, is associated with defects of the craniofacial skeleton. ZIC2, a zinc-finger transcription factor, is strongly linked to HPE and to a characteristic set of dysmorphic facial features in humans. We have previously identified important functions for zebrafish Zic2 in the developing forebrain. Here, we demonstrate that ZIC2 orthologs zic2a and zic2b also regulate the forming zebrafish craniofacial skeleton, including the jaw and neurocranial cartilages, and use the zebrafish to study Zic2-regulated processes that may contribute to the complex etiology of HPE. Using temporally controlled Zic2a overexpression, we show that the developing craniofacial cartilages are sensitive to Zic2 elevation prior to 24 hpf. This window of sensitivity overlaps the critical expansion and migration of the neural crest (NC) cells, which migrate from the developing neural tube to populate vertebrate craniofacial structures. We demonstrate that zic2b influences the induction of NC at the neural plate border, while both zic2a and zic2b regulate NC migratory onset and strongly contribute to chromatophore development. Both Zic2 depletion and early ectopic Zic2 expression cause moderate, incompletely penetrant mispatterning of the NC-derived jaw precursors at 24 hpf, yet by 2 dpf these changes in Zic2 expression result in profoundly mispatterned chondrogenic condensations. We attribute this discrepancy to an additional role for Zic2a and Zic2b in patterning the forebrain primordium, an important signaling source during craniofacial development. This hypothesis is supported by evidence that transplanted Zic2-deficient cells can contribute to craniofacial cartilages in a wild-type background. Collectively, these data suggest that zebrafish Zic2 plays a dual role during craniofacial development, contributing to two disparate aspects of craniofacial morphogenesis: (1) neural crest induction and migration, and (2) early patterning of tissues adjacent to craniofacial chondrogenic condensations.


Before I was engaged I became very interested in learning about health and nutrition driven by my desire to shake off some stubborn kgs that would not budge. What started off as a desire to lose a little weight turned into a revelation about nutritious eating.
After some research I discovered many fitness programs, eating guides and articles which were all proclaiming the same messaged related to maintaining a healthy lifestyle. Now I do not want to name any here because I don't feel I am in a position to make serious recommendations to people about such things. However there are a few recommendations so practical and valuable that I felt it would be useful to share them here.
In all truth none of this is new and I am sure it comes as no shock to anyone. But I don't want to sound preachy: I am the first to admit it is hard to stick to this type of eating. Yummy temptations surround us wherever we go and I really do love eating all sorts of different foods.
After becoming engaged I was very motivated to look my best for my wedding so stuck to the above rules as best as I could. I will not lie though, I did struggled. I am certainly not the type of person who thinks it is just easy to resist all the foods I love, no matter how bad they may be.
Now I am not a person who loves exercise and getting to the gym every lunch time was a real chore but it did feel great when I completed a session and new I had done well for myself.
It is true that one's eating patterns have a huge effect on their body but coupled with exercise the greatest results are achieved: for body and mind.
After the wedding all hell broke loose. As a keen baker who now had her new kitchen and bright and shiny toys I just wanted to make and eat whatever I felt like. And I did. I am sure my loyal readers will notice that most of my recipes have been sweet treats or indulgent comfort foods.
I also decided I wanted some time off exercise. I worked through lunch breaks so I could leave work a little earlier and focus on the important things such as making a yummy dinner. When the weekend came around all I wanted to do was sleep in with The Hubby, tidy the house and spend hours crafting. The thought of spending time exercising was inconceivable.
But months of this took its toll. I was starting to feel very sluggish and heavy. For the first time in months I stepped on the scales and took my measurements and the results were not pretty. I had started to undo all of my hard work of 2011 and I was a little devastated. I moaned (to my mum) all my effort wasted. Wasted.
The next morning I picked my chin up and got my head straight. I made a resolution to myself: I will try my hardest to make healthy living the norm for my lifestyle. This includes healthy eating, regular exercise without compromising life's pleasures.
So I would like to tell you, dear readers, that from here on I will try to include healthier recipes for us all to enjoy. They will still be yummy and very homely but just better for you. I will not stop baking the foods I love eating all together, because I really do enjoy making and eating them, I will just minimise their intake to special occasions. I also will try to be more inventive with the things I cook and bake in order to make healthier alternatives. (Fellow blogger Baker Bettie is also on a mission to make such healthier alternatives given her love of baking and realisation of the negative characteristics of processed foods and sugars).
Hot from the oven - delicious and healthy!
bet it would work well with pumpkin too!
Yep I think it would. Any "grate-able" vegetable really.
Thanks for the tip. It is great that you have a program that is working for you! Amazing effort. I am not sure how these recipes fit into your points scheme but overall they will be healthy and I hope you enjoy.
So true. Who would rather be exercising than knitting (or quilting) with a cup of tea and a little chocolate by their side while a great movie is on. But trying to stay healthy majority of the time makes me feel less quilty for my cozy indulgences and therefore I enjoy them more anyway!
Recipes sound good! They may make it to my table this week!
I like the rosti idea! Wonderful new option for a side.
That night I was so sick of just throwing veggies into the oven and was stuck for ideas. I found this flipping through a recipe book. It was nice to have something a little different as a side.
Mmm, the chicken recipe sounds delicious. I think I'll make it with chicken breast as DH doesn't like picking the bones 🙂 I'm also making cake tomorrow but promise to freeze most of it (otherwise it is too tempting).
MHE, I am right there with you! I just finished taking my preliminary exams to write my dissertation, which involved 3-4 months of reading 400 books and then being examined on those books by multiple professors for 3 hours. The stress and extended sitting and reading took a major toll on my body—I am 10 pounds heavier! And I was eating too many sweets (shocker) because of my stress. I am definitely in need of a exercise boost and diet overhaul. Thanks for more inspiration!
I was at my heaviest after finishing university. 4 years of studying will do that to you so I know how you feel! I put on about the same weight as you. Ease back into the exercise and try to change some of your eating patterns slowly. You will be amazed at the results!


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The Trump administration is expected to submit its fiscal-year 2020 budget request to the U.S. Congress on March 11, including for energy-focused agencies.
Congress ultimately is responsible for crafting and passing legislation to fund the federal government, but the White House's budget outline provides a clear signal of the president's policy priorities.
For the 2020 fiscal year, President Donald Trump again will seek a large spending cut for the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Bloomberg News reported March 7. The White House is expected to request $700 million for the office for the upcoming fiscal year, down sharply from the $2.3 billion budget Congress authorized for fiscal 2019.
But lawmakers repeatedly have pushed back on many of Trump's proposed funding cuts for the DOE. They are even more likely to do so now that Democrats are in control of the U.S. House of Representatives and looking to boost support for renewable energy in a bid to lower greenhouse gas emissions and address climate change.
Bill to update PURPA re-emerges
U.S. Rep. Tim Walberg, R-Mich., re-introduced legislation March 5 to revise parts of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978.
Known as PURPA, that law is aimed at diversifying U.S. energy supply and supporting the development of alternative energy, primarily by requiring utilities to purchase electricity from small qualifying renewable power facilities. But as wind and solar energy development has surged in the past decade, some large utilities want changes to the law.
Walberg's bill, the PURPA Modernization Act of 2019, or H.R. 1502, largely mirrors legislation the lawmaker introduced last Congress to ease utilities' power purchase obligations. The bill, which would decrease the number of facilities from which utilities must buy power, also seeks to prevent abuse of a federal rule tied to PURPA that allows plants located at least a mile apart to avoid being aggregated into a larger single facility.
The bill was referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, which did not vote on the legislation in the prior Congress. The proposal's chances could be even dimmer this time around, with the Democrat-controlled House eager to support renewable energy development. But the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, which crafted the law's implementing regulations, has said it plans to look at possible revisions to the mandate.
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The U.S. Senate is set to vote soon on Neomi Rao's nomination to serve as a judge on the pivotal U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, which decides on many legal challenges to federal energy policies and agency decisions.
Rao currently is the administrator of the White House's Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, where she has aided the Trump administration's efforts to cut back federal regulations. If confirmed, she would replace former D.C. Circuit Judge Brett Kavanaugh, who now sits on the U.S. Supreme Court.
On March 7, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., filed cloture on Rao's nomination, setting up a likely confirmation vote early the week of March 11.
Moderate Democrats lay out climate priorities
The New Democrat Coalition, a group of over 100 House Democrats "seeking to bridge the gap between left and right," released goals for addressing climate change in the 116th Congress March 6.
The coalition's climate change task force said it will "seek to eliminate barriers to growth for pro-climate businesses" and "support market-based mechanisms to reduce greenhouse gas pollution," among other goals. The mission statement excluded mention of the Green New Deal platform that progressive lawmakers and many Democratic contenders for the White House are promoting, which seeks to transition the U.S. entirely to renewable-based or zero-emitting electricity within a decade.
"We need to do everything we can right now to encourage reductions in carbon emissions, both through public policy and through engagement with the business community," task force Co-Chair Don Beyer, D-Va., said.
The Green New Deal's aggressive energy targets have set Republicans and more moderate Democrats on edge. But energy leaders in Congress say they see room for bipartisan agreement on measures to address climate change, including on additional research funding for technologies that could cut emissions and improve energy efficiency.
Senate bill seeks to block possible White House climate panel
A group of Senate Democrats introduced legislation March 7 that would block federal funding for a working group the White House reportedly is forming to question U.S. military and intelligence assessments that climate change threatens national security. The panel reportedly would be led by William Happer, who currently serves as the National Security Council's senior director on emerging technologies and previously led a coalition that sought to promote the benefits of carbon dioxide emissions.
"Human-caused climate change poses a threat to our economy, public health, national security, military operations, and infrastructure," said U.S. Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee and senior member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense. "President Trump should cease his hostility toward climate science and U.S. intelligence and start taking evidence-based, concrete action to help mitigate climate threats and risks."
Reed co-sponsored the legislation along with Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer of New York, Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Ranking Member Tom Carper, D-Del., and 13 other Senate Democrats.
The House Committee on Natural Resources' Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources will hold a hearing on the policies and priorities of the U.S. Bureau of Land Management, the U.S. Forest Service and the federal power marketing administrations.
The Trump administration is expected to release its fiscal year 2020 budget request to Congress.
IHS Markit's CERAWeek energy conference will take place in Houston.
Johns Hopkins' School of Advanced International Studies will host a discussion in Washington, D.C., on "Oil Policy in Saudi Arabia and Status of Domestic Reforms."
The U.S. Energy Association will host a screening at its Washington, D.C., headquarters of a documentary on carbon capture and storage, or CCS, titled "CCS: Bridge to a Cleaner Energy Future."
Argentina's Energy Secretary Gustavo Lopetegui will discuss the country's energy policies at the Inter-American Dialogue's Washington, D.C., office.
Notable stories from last week
Wheeler sees EPA under Trump bringing 'balance back' to agency
Bloomberg says Green New Deal has 'no chance,' unveils 'Beyond Carbon' campaign
Stakeholders seek auction delay amid 'chaotic' PJM capacity market planning
Nationwide report finds groundwater pollution at hundreds of coal plants
Colo. Democrats introduce 'sweeping oil and gas reform'
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The segment drew immediate fire from Hollywood studios, who threatened to pull film footage and talent interviews from the entirely studio-dependent newsmagazine. The real battle, however, was between old and new media, as unregulated Internet content slowly but surely makes its way into the more regimented precincts of network television.
The revolution, however, may take more than a few cell-phone calls. Evidence of lingering old-media resistance came on last Friday's "Battle @ the Box Office" segment, which aired after studios had threatened to boycott Access Hollywood. Acting like he had been force-fed some of the Soma routinely dispensed to cohosts Nancy O'Dell and Pat O'Brien, Keiser dished out nothing but upbeat, cheery assessments of celebrity and film stocks "on the rise," while repeatedly exhorting viewers to "buy Leelee Sobieski." Access Hollywood is, after all, just an industry promotional vehicle masquerading as a news show, so it looks like Keiser-at least for the time being-will have to wake up and smell the censorship of studio-dependent network television.


A central question for countries moving towards universal health coverage (UHC) is which health interventions should be publicly financed.1Highly resource-constrained low-income (LI) and lower middle-income (LMI) countries in particular currently have low coverage levels of health services and thus will probably require large incremental investments in order to achieve UHC. Disease Control Priorities, Third Edition (DCP3) has proposed a concrete notion of UHC that is based on a focused set of health interventions that provide very good value for money, address a significant disease burden, and are feasible to implement in LI and LMI countries.
Watkins, D.A., J. Qi, and S.E. Horton. 2017. "Costing Universal Health Coverage: The DCP3 Model." DCP3 Working Paper Series. Workind Paper #20.


Adobe and Teardrops: HEY! LISTEN: Grace Gillespie -- "Human (Heart)"
HEY! LISTEN: Grace Gillespie -- "Human (Heart)"
Grace Gillespie is a London-based artist and producer originally from Devon, who spent much of 2017 touring as part of the live line-up for 4AD's Pixx. Her early demo of 'Restoration' saw her tipped to Q Magazine by Newton Faulkner and brought her to the attention of Kaleidoscope, who worked with her to produce her first solo releases in 2018. Her sound takes influences from the folk, psych and dream-pop traditions, providing a backdrop to her intriguing vocal melodies, shifting harmonies and introspective lyricism.
Her first two singles found their way onto Spotify's 'Fresh Folk' playlist and received extensive support from Apple Music, appearing on their 'A-List' and 'Best of the Week' playlists, as well as backing from NME, Crack In The Road and The Wild Honey Pie. In December 2018, Grace was awarded funding from PRS for Music Foundation (Women Make Music Fund) to complete work on her debut EP.
There's a reason Gillespie has been blowing up: as we can hear on "Human (Heart)," Gillespie is able to combine scathing lyrics, catchy hooks, and a deceivingly inoffensive vocal performance into one devastating combo. "Human (Heart)" borders on jazz in its ability to shift tempo in mid-song. "Human (Heart)" is chameleon-like in its ability to turn into anything the eye of the beholder wants it to -- often like the human heart itself.


This little CHEERS sign I found at my local HomeGoods was the inspiration for these ideas!
I also got these gold candle stands and the candles are a find from Tuesday Morning!
My other cool find was the POP FIZZ CLINK gold wall art from Ross Stores for only $9.99!
As you know, I make these foam letters for all of my parties and I sell them in my etsy shop. They are super fun and very inexpensive!
I love going to HomeGoods regularly because they literally have the cutest things like these napkins and straws! Aren't they so perfect for this party?
I used my white platters from Pier 1 Imports as the centerpiece and added Hershey's gold chocolate kisses in cupcake wrappers. I also got Chinet plastic cups and plates to decorate the table.
Lindt and Ferrero Rocher chocolates are perfect for this party. The black stand is from Hobby Lobby!
If you don't like to bake like me, then head to your local grocery store and pick up a New York Style cheesecake! It is always a hit!
That is all my friends! Super simple, cute and affordable ideas! I hope you all enjoy the end of this holiday season!


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BC Cancer - Prince George (Centre for the North)
BC Cancer – Prince George is one of six regional cancer centres.
Pardeep Khrod
pardeep.khrod@bccancer.bc.ca
BC Cancer – Prince George
(Centre for the North)
1215 Lethbridge Street
Prince George, BC, V2M 7E9
Patients have access to radiation therapy, systemic therapy and a full range of supportive services reducing the amount of travel that patients and families have to undertake when facing a cancer diagnosis and treatment.
BC Cancer – Prince George:
brings world-class care close to home with a comprehensive telehealth network reaching more than 117 communities
is a leader in precision radiation therapy research
provides a robust patient and family comfort program
offers world-class clinical trials for patients
Northern Precision Radiation Program
BC Cancer – Prince George has emerged as a leader in radiation therapy. The centre has a highly skilled team of radiation oncologists, technicians and support staff who deliver world-class treatment to patients and conduct innovative research under the leadership of radiation oncologist Dr. Robert Olson.
However, while standard external radiation treatment is being delivered, there has been mounting evidence over the last decade that Precision Radiation Treatment can lead to better outcomes for some patients. We are on the cusp of a revolution in radiation therapy and need to ensure that BC Cancer – Prince George plays a key role in leading this shift.
Research + Clinical Trials
Research plays an essential role in expanding and validating our knowledge of cancer treatment, which leads to direct improvements in clinical care. Emerging evidence suggests that precision radiation therapy has significant potential to save lives of people affected by cancer.
Cutting-Edge Equipment, Improved Capacity
Radiation equipment and technology at the centre must be upgraded to deliver the most cutting-edge radiation techniques to patients. Equipment upgrades will improve day-to-day operations and patient experience and will maximize participation in precision radiation clinical trials in Prince George.
A Talented Team
Enabling investigators and staff to be part of cutting-edge clinical trials supports the recruitment and retention of oncologists, fellows and graduate students. Establishing the centre as a hub of innovation in cancer treatment and care and providing dedicated support for research will elevate the centre and make it a destination for experts to hone their skills, lead by example and collaborate with centres around the world.
"There is incredible opportunity in the field of radiotherapy and how emerging research is changing the course of cancer treatment as we know it." –Dr. Robert Olson, radiation oncologist, BC Cancer – Prince George
There is an opportunity now to propel Prince George to the forefront of radiation oncology to save and improve lives in the immediate future, and help ensure the sustainability of the centre itself by establishing it as a hub of excellence in clinical care and research.
Patient Comfort Fund
With a cancer diagnosis, many patients are not only faced with health challenges, but often financial burdens as well.
The Patient Comfort Fund at BC Cancer – Prince George helps offset financial burdens incurred by patients and families. Generous support from donors helps fund critical gift cards that are given to patients to cover the costs of basic items that will help lessen their financial challenges.
Our supporters at the Brink Group of Companies have generously produced the following video to help share the incredible work being done in support of the Patient Comfort Fund at BC Cancer – Prince George:
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Q: Using Gnu/Linux laptop as extended screen from a MS-Windows PC I'd like to use my Linux Mint (Debian based) laptop as a second monitor for my MS-Windows 8.1 PC. I know how to extend the Windows display over to another screen. When connecting the VGA cable from the MS-Windows PC to the laptop, the laptop screen keeps flickering the Linux OS screen. I can also use the HDMI port if I need to. Does anyone know how to fix this so the laptop screen is an extended screen of the MS-Windows 8.1 PC?
Windows PC specs:
CPU: AMD Phenom II X2 555
RAM: 4gb of DDR3
GPU: ATI Radeon HD 4550
Linux Laptop Specs:
CPU: Intel Core i3-2350M
RAM: 4gb of DDR3
GPU: Intel HD Graphics 3000
Screen: 1366x768 (16:9 Aspect Ratio)
Video I/O: VGA and HDMI
Laptop: Samsing np300e4c-a02us

A: Unless explicitly designed to do so, display connections on a laptop are only meant to send signals to a monitor, not accept incoming signals from another computer.
In short, you very likely cannot do what you try to do just using a cable.
You may want to purchase a Linux compatible HDMI recorder that allows you to have the Linux box just render what it receives from the recorder, and then use that as a second HDMI monitor.


Frequently worried caregivers ask Marwan Sabbagh, MD, author of The Alzheimer's Prevention Cookbook: Recipes to Boost Brain Health, that question. Dr. Sabbagh is a geriatric neurologist, dementia specialist and the Research Medical Director of the Banner Sun Health Research Institute in Arizona. He understands the concerns and fears of caregivers and he is able to offer them hope.
The more he researched the impact of spices and food on the brain, the more he realized the importance of diet in boosting brain health.
* The nutritional values of food are well researched; the nutritional value of supplements varies widely from company to company.
* The body can break down food into small, transportable molecules that can permeate the brain's protective barrier and reach the brain with the nutrients still intact; supplements aren't as easily broken down and often cannot penetrate the blood-brain barrier.
"The road from our mouth to our brain is long and winding. Because of the way we digest food and nutrients, the best source of neurotransmitter precursors is almost always food; supplements are much less reliable," Dr. Sabbagh writes.
This stress weakens the immune system and puts them at risk for illness and disease.
cloves, oregano, rosemary, thyme, cinnamon and turmeric. Add turmeric to your eggs. Sprinkle cinnamon into your coffee or smoothie. Include rosemary in your salad.
"The three most important vitamins for brain health are B6, B9 and B12," Dr. Sabbagh writes.
For B6, eat sunflower and sesame seeds, pistachios, bananas, spinach, and vegetable juices.
For B9, nibble on broccoli, kale, lentils, peas, and strawberries.
For B12, eat eggs, shellfish or fatty fish. For vegetarians, take a supplement.
Reduce red meat, decrease saturated fats; add more fish and fruits and vegetables. The more fruits and vegetables, the healthier the brain.
* Don't' Wait: start today.
How do you add nourishing foods and spices into your daily diet?
Read his book The Alzheimer's Prevention Cookbook: Recipes to Boost Brain Health, written with world-famous chef Beau MacMillan.
excellent topic! I'm going to pass this on to several meat-eating friends.
How timely for me, with my mother at 94, now with Dementia, and me at 72 right behind her. I've done some things right, but need to expand my knowlege of food. Thank you Deborah for making this journey available to the rest of us.