I am sure you have experienced hindrances in what you do in some way, shape or form.
For instance, you have been kept waiting for someone to return before you can resume working. Perhaps you are wrestling with an ancient and inexorably slow ERP system where you have to wait for the screen to be updated, for the report to be generated, for the computer to be done processing before you proceed to fill in the missing entries.
Not to mention all those queues we have been stuck in when we are about to purchase something, pick something up or fly somewhere. Well, I am sure you are filled to the brim with similar examples.
But, you can avoid this awful frustration altogether if you take matters into your own hands and instead make use of the situation being what it is.
Rather than moping and being aggravated by the system being slow or rigid, or that the computer must reboot ("Do not turn off the computer. Updates are being installed. The computer will shut down automatically…"), do something else while you are waiting.
Formulate something, sketch something you want to work on, make a phone call.
Do whatever you can now which you will need to do later anyway. Not so much because you need to, almost with compulsion, fill every waken moment with useful activities, as for that you want to avoid becoming irritated, since that is what is really draining you of your energy, joy and vigor.
Decide upon a specific way in which you mark the to-do-tasks which are "good candidates" for being a task you can do while waiting for something else. It needs to be a way which matches the format of your list. If you keep your list by using the Outlook task-function, you have the possibility of adding a column which you only use for the sole purpose of tagging the tasks good for filling time otherwise spend waiting. If your list is in some other digital format, it might be possible for you to set up a separate category, type or group which will symbolize that the task is an appropriate "in-waiting-for…"-task. If your list is on regular paper – make a certain squiggle by each task of this type or high-light them with a particular marker. Or, do this step in some other way entirely which suits you better.
Now go though your to-do-list and tag all the tasks you can have prepared, all ready to be completed when you for a moment are stuck with what you are primarily involved in and cannot progress immediately.
When you are in the middle of doing something you already know will mean periods of waiting, chose one of these tagged tasks from your to-do-list and get out the material you will need to do it (open the document, the spread-sheet, or what ever it might require, in a window which you keep open in the background), so that you quickly can switch activity to the alternative when you have a moment of pause in your primary task.
If you do this and trade the frustration for a feeling of energy and vigor, your life will momentarily become significantly more pleasant and you will even get more done, which will in turn contribute to you feeling and being less stressed than you would otherwise.
That's a good swop, wouldn't you say?
What is to you a perfect example of a "killing-time"-task to do while you are waiting for something? Leave a comment to let others know.


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On the way to the large Eurasian partnership: challenges and opportunities
On the way to the large Eurasian partnership: challenges and opportunities 17.07.2017 12:34
The concept of the "Great Eurasian Partnership" (GEP), which is being formed before our eyes, has already caused controversy in scientific and social circles, and most importantly - the desire to adequately comprehend it, analyze the challenges and opportunities it is bringing.
As you know, the idea of creating a Greater Eurasian partnership was formulated on December 3, 2015, when V.V. Putin in the President's Address to the Federal Assembly put forward an initiative to start consultations on the formation of an economic partnership between the member states of the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU), the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) and the states that join the SCO. Throughout 2016, the concept was repeatedly discussed at various multilateral discussions and in the expert environment, becoming, in fact, the flagship Russian initiative for the development of Eurasian integration. (1)
At the same time sometimes polar points of view were expressed. Thus, according to one of them, expressed in a polemical pointed form, "the most absurd mistake would be the desire to use the chance to advance now in the APR the monster that was born in the depths of bureaucratic and expert offices in response to the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TTP) - Economic partnership of Greater Eurasia. This geoeconomic chimera, in contrast to the same TTPs or the Comprehensive Regional Economic Partnership (CREP), does not have clear outlines. Asian and European diplomats laugh that no one in Moscow has ever been able to name at least three specific mechanisms for the work of this partnership and three reasons why some country should strive to join it". (2)
On the contrary, as noted, for example, M. Entin and E. Entina, "in the history of the political initiative for the creation of GEP, first it was a matter, and then a word ... In the speeches, the Russian leader gave a description of the fundamental principles under which GEP should be formed. He stressed that its foundation will be the SCO, the EAEU and the interface of the "Economic belt of the Silk Road" (EBSR) with the activities of the EAEU. He spoke about the economic, energy and infrastructure projects that could be implemented in the framework of the GEP. He also encouraged Asian and European countries to cooperate in the implementation of GEP. Thus, it is initially clear what content is invested in the initiative to build a GEP. What it will be like if implemented. In what directions will its formation take place. What it will rely on". (3)
GEP also has deep historical roots. In conceptual terms, it dates from the time of the sharpest political battles between the Slavophiles and Westerners. The essence of the controversy, the echoes of which have been heard so far, boiled down to the choice of the path of development. There were discussions then, as now, was about whether to go in the wake of Western civilization or bet on your own, specific, independent way of development. Are there universal recipes to be followed, or proceed from the premise that each society must suffer certain social and political decisions, be convinced of their correctness and acceptability.
But, moving away from polemics, it is much more important to understand the geo-economic underpinning of the emergence of the GEP idea, rational motives by which it can be justified. It seems that the most significant of them is an objective assessment of the possibilities of Eurasian economic integration within the framework of the EAEU in the short and medium term.
So, against the backdrop of the grandiose shifts in global integration and trade and economic processes to some domestic experts, the development of the EAEU is lagging behind them. They state that this union today with its GDP of $2.2 trillion, amounting to 3.2% of the world, does not constitute a self-sufficient The market and any attempts to build the "fortress of Eurasia" are suicidal. The way out of the situation is the activation of the negotiation process on two tracks - eastern and western. (5)
It is significant that this approach is shared by both "market liberals" and "dirigists". To compensate for the relatively small weight of the EAEU in the world economy, they believe, it is possible only within the framework of the external outline of the Eurasian integration, building preferential regimes of trade and economic cooperation with the rapidly growing countries of Eurasia - China, India, Indochina, Middle East. The implementation of the initiative of the leaders of Russia and China to link the two transcontinental integration initiatives - the EAEU and the Silk Road - opens up opportunities for the sustainable economic development of Eurasia. These initiatives can organically combine, complementing and multiplying the integration effect of each of them. In this scenario, for example, S.Glaziev predicts, the growth rates of the Russian economy reach the maximum values - up to 10% of annual GDP growth and 20% of investment growth. (6)
Another significant and very rational motive for the promotion of the GEP idea is Russia's concern about the decline of the authority of the World Trade Organization (WTO) and the creation of "closed" regional trade associations. In response to this challenge, the thesis of harmonizing various regional economic formats is advanced with strict adherence to the principles of equality and openness - that is why, as a positive experience, Vladimir Putin described the activities of the EAEU and the negotiations on its interface with the Chinese EBSR project, which in the long term can contribute to the creation The great Eurasian partnership, open to interaction with all interested states and integration unions. (7)
Vladimir Putin, who first put forward the idea of GEP in his address to the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation in December 2015, emphasized that this partnership should be based on the principles of equality and consideration of mutual interests. (8) Developing this idea in a speech at the plenary session of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) in June 2016, he noted: "We with our partners believe that the Eurasian Economic Union can become one of the centers for the formation of a broader integration path ... We could rely on a whole network of bilateral and multilateral trade agreements with varying depth, speed and level of interaction, openness of the market, depending on the preparedness of a national economy for such a joint work Those on agreements on joint projects in the fields of science, education, and high technology. (9)
Returning to the idea of GEP at the final plenary session of the 13th annual meeting of the Valdai International Discussion Club on October 27, 2016, Vladimir Putin again stressed: "Russia advocates the harmonization of regional economic formats based on the principles of transparency and respect for each other's interests. This is how we build the activities of the Eurasian Economic Union, we are negotiating with our partners, including the interface with the China-implemented project of the "Economic belt of the Silk Road." We expect that this will allow the creation of Greater Eurasian partnership ... For the implementation of this idea, negotiations have already begun in the "five plus one" format on an agreement on trade and economic cooperation between all participants in this process". (10)
The need to create Greater Eurasian partnership between the EAEU and other countries, including China, India, Iran, Pakistan and CIS partners, the Russian president and other Russian representatives, spoke at the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok in September 2016. At the same time, another significant feature of the future of GEP was revealed: its inclusive character.
The Greater Eurasian partnership will not be a counterposition by Russia to the Trans-Pacific partnership (* Even after US President D. Trump officially refused the TTP, it is too early to cross this project - the countries that signed the TTP Agreement continue multilateral consultations, China also joined). And the Transatlantic partnership, said in this regard on the margins of the Eastern Economic Forum, First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov. "We carefully studied the document on the TTP and see what we can adapt for ourselves, building relationships in Eurasia ... If before this format sounded like "Europe from Lisbon to Vladivostok", now it includes both Vietnam and Singapore and a new format Interaction with Indonesia, this is Iran, Pakistan, India, China. Most likely, this work will be multi-speed, multi-level integration. The main thing is to agree not on tariffs, although for many countries this is number one issue, but to agree that the trading environment is barrier-free," the First Deputy Prime Minister said. (11)
At present, the process of integration within the framework of the EAEU and EBSR is the most important content component of the process of the formation of GEP, which, in fact, it has already begun. The first vector is the conclusion of a comprehensive agreement on trade and economic cooperation between the EAEU and China. On June 25, 2016, the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC) and the Ministry of Commerce of the PRC signed a joint statement on the launch of the negotiation process under the agreement.
As the chairman of the Collegium of the EEC, Tigran Sargsyan, stated, the negotiation process between the parties is proceeding at an intensive pace. After agreeing common approaches to the interface of the EAEU and EBSR in August 2016, the first round of negotiations was held in Beijing. The relevant meetings are held every two months. They are organized at the level of a working group led by the ECE Minister for Trade Veronika Nikishina. (12) The next meeting was held on October 4, 201613. (13)
At the first stage, a non-preferential agreement is concluded that covers a number of spheres, not only trade facilitation and the regulatory area, with the prospect of reaching a preferential agreement. Its main sections include customs, technical, sanitary, veterinary and phytosanitary regulation, protection of intellectual property and competition and electronic commerce. The parties also plan to create "institutes of complex interaction". In "agriculture, industry, energy, transport and communications and infrastructure," common formats for projects of common interest" should appear. (14)
The Russian side proposes, in addition to negotiating an agreement on trade and economic cooperation, at which issues under the responsibility of the ECE should be discussed, to launch another track of negotiations on measures of non-tariff regulation. The powers to discuss these issues are not delegated by ECE to the governments of the EEA member states, but such negotiations could be conducted in accordance with the Protocol on Non-Tariff Regulation Measures for Third Countries (Annex 7 to the Treaty on the Eurasian Economic Union).
According to the statement of the Minister of Trade in Trade, V. Nikishina, the conclusion of a non-preferential agreement with China is possible in the short term (two years). (16) It will not replace the bilateral interaction of the member states with the PRC. At the same time, Russia is also prepared to conduct negotiations on the adoption of tariff regulation measures within the framework of the preparation of an agreement on trade and economic cooperation, which should culminate in the creation of a free trade zone (FTA), believing that this process can be completed by 2030-2035.
The second vector of interaction between the EAEU and China is the formation of the roadmap, which includes specific projects and activities to integrate the economic interests of the EAEC economies with China. The main source of the Roadmap will be medium- and long-term plans for the economic development of the states participating in the initiative.
On August 24, 2016, during the meeting of the Chairman of the Collegium of the EEC member Tigran Sargsyan and Vice-Premier of the State Council of the People's Republic of China Zhang Gaoli, the initiative of the Chinese side to establish a common database on projects was also approved. One is talking about projects that have already begun, are being implemented, and are planned for the implementation of the PRC and the SCO countries and which are involved in the process of pairing the EAEU and EBSR. Work on the creation of a data bank has already begun. (17)
The initiative on the formation of the Great Eurasian Partnership received political support from China. "The Chinese side regards this initiative as a positive and constructive idea and welcomes it," said the Director of the Department of Europe and Central Asia of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China, Gui Tsunyui, in August 2016.
He added that China and Russia will make joint efforts to study the issue on the promotion of this initiative. According to him, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and economic departments of China hold close contacts for working out concrete measures to implement the agreements reached between the heads of our countries on the creation of the GEP. "I am confident that China, the ASEAN countries and other Eurasian countries will support the initiative and will promote it," the director of the department of the Chinese foreign ministry said. (18)
Equally important is the dialogue between representatives of the expert community of Russia and China on understanding and scientific substantiation of GEP. Chinese scientists and experts in general are positive about this initiative, seeing in it great opportunities for the development and arrangement of Greater Eurasia. Professor Feng Yujun writes: "In Eurasia, there are different mechanisms for regional economic cooperation and integration initiatives. All of them have their own advantages and should be complementary, and not be in conflict with each other. Any integration initiative should not be closed. As a result, Central Eurasia should become a bridge connecting the EU with the APR, and close cooperation between Europe, Central Eurasia and the APR will give a new impetus to the world economy". (19)
Moreover, Chinese scientists, in cooperation with their Russian counterparts, have begun an in-depth and orderly analysis of the interests, risks and opportunities for interaction between the PRC and Russia in this field. For example, I. Timofeev and E. Alekseenkova determine the interests of Russia in Eurasia as following:
- increasing the number of friendly or neutral forces, concentrating on resolving those problems that can not be carried out diplomatically, in a coalition with as many participants as possible;
- counteract the chaos of the Eurasian macroregion, increase the number of "hot spots", crisis zones, weak states. They serve as a breeding ground for terrorists and extremists of all stripes, undermine the regional security system;
- active role in economic and humanitarian integration projects, reducing or eliminating barriers to the movement of capital, goods, labor, connection to large-scale infrastructure projects, use of the country's transit potential;
- the desire to avoid deepening existing and creating new splits in the space of Eurasia, building mechanisms for solving common problems;
- consolidating the country's role as an equal, constructive and creative partner. (20)
Among the strengths of Russia in Eurasia are:
- advantages of geographical location. Russia has land or sea access to most of the key points of the Eurasian continent. This advantage is enhanced by the transport and infrastructure linkage of this vast space within one country;
- the scale of the Russian economy, the opportunity to act as an attractive market, and also make a significant contribution to regional economic and infrastructure projects;
- the opportunity to make a significant contribution to the security of economic projects and the region as a whole. Russia has sufficiently powerful and mobile armed forces capable of responding quickly to crisis situations, providing assistance to their partners and allies. (21)
To the shortcomings and risks of Russia in Eurasia this group of researchers includes the following:
- the complexity of economic development, a poorly diversified economy, a weakened technological base. The Russian economic system lacks flexibility, the share of the public sector is growing in it. Insufficient labor productivity is imposed on demographic problems - low population growth, population aging, high mortality;
- regional demographic imbalances. The population of Russia is extremely unevenly distributed. Its main mass is concentrated in the western part. The opportunities of Siberia and the Far East are poorly developed, including because of a lack of human resources. In terms of population reduction, these parts of Russia remain the most vulnerable;
- increased competition with the collective West, especially exacerbated by the Ukrainian crisis. Competition requires the diversion of resources for military needs, deprives them of partnership opportunities in solving common problems, creates zones of instability, which in the future will also divert considerable resources. (22)
Among the key risks for Russia in Eurasia:
- possible aggravation of regional conflicts (Afghanistan, Central Asian countries, destabilization in the Caucasus as a result of strengthening the position of Islamists, the possibility of exacerbation of frozen conflicts in the region, in particular between Armenia and Azerbaijan);
- the success of EPS, its economic impact, even in the long term, are not obvious, a similar risk should be borne in mind for the EEA;
- the temptation to politicize economic projects, especially in the event of their economic loss. Our country can be faced with a difficult choice - either costs or marginalization in regional initiatives;
- the risk that the new norms and rules of economic activity created within the framework of the EAEC will come into conflict with those that have already successfully operated before in the bilateral format or will abolish them altogether. (23)
It is of fundamental importance that Russian and Chinese initiatives in Central Eurasia are not considered mutually exclusive and closed, since their content does not presuppose the choice of one of the two institutional legal formats. Thus, according to the experts of the Valdai International Discussion Club, the activity of the Eurasian Union is aimed at developing the economies of the member countries, using such tools as creating the most favorable conditions for doing business, including investment and other activities, and creating on its territory Space of four freedoms of movement: goods, people, capital and services. The Chinese initiative contains, first of all, a large-scale investment proposal open to everyone. As a result, both formats in question harmoniously complement each other. (24)
The most important institution of international cooperation in the Eurasian space is the SCO, which has a serious potential to become the main platform for China's cooperation (EBSR) - the EEU. The SCO, with its energetic development, can become the central institution of a potential project for the creation of a Greater Eurasia community. The development and institutionalization of the SCO can create an umbrella organization for the Greater Eurasian community. (25)
Li Xin and other Chinese researchers note that the SCO's geographical area encompasses all EEU member countries that are important economic entities along EPPP within the framework of the six economic corridors set out in the document "Vision and actions aimed at promoting joint construction of the" Economic Belt of the Silk Road "and" Silk Road of the XXI century ". The SCO should play the role of the most important site in the implementation of the joining of EPS and the EAEC, especially since the goals, principles and content of the construction of EPS in the document mentioned above coincide with the interests of regional economic cooperation within the framework of the SCO. (26)
A significant argument in favor of the practical orientation and strategic nature of the BEP, which includes the linkage of the EAEUand EBSR, is the already worked out medium-term forecasts for the implementation of this process. Thus, the above-mentioned Chinese scientist distinguishes the following stages in this connection:
1. Launch in August 2016 of the negotiation process between China and the Eurasian Economic Union on the conjugation of the construction of EBSR and EAEU. At this stage, emphasis is placed on creating a soft regulatory environment. These are rules, supervision, standards, etc. The promotion of regional economic cooperation within the framework of the SCO, increasing the volume of trade, facilitation of trade and investment is continuing.
2. Around 2030 the free trade zone within the SCO is transformed into a Comprehensive Economic Partnership based on the integration of the EAEC, the SCO and the BRICS.
3. On the basis of the integration of a comprehensive economic partnership with the ASEAN countries or the newly created WRAP, a large Eurasian partnership will be established around 2040. Within the framework of this space, it is planned to create systems of complete free trade, ensure free flow of capital, create a common financial and single energy market, develop common rules for trade in goods and services, and form a common transport services market and a unified transport system. (27)
It is significant that practical work has already begun in this direction. As stated in March 2016, the first deputy head of the Ministry of Economic Development A. Likhachev, the EAEU and the SCO can begin work on the preparation of an agreement on economic continental partnership. In December 2015, at the Council of Heads of State of the SCO, representatives of Kazakhstan offered to start a serious discussion of the formation of the SCO free trade zone. The delegations of Russia, China and Kazakhstan agreed to prepare approaches to the economic continental partnership, to a comprehensive agreement within the SCO framework. The future agreement may address issues of freedom of movement of goods, freedom of movement of capital and investment, a comfortable environment for increasing the share of payments in national currencies and preferential access to markets for services. (28)
The process of forming continental Eurasian partnership from Europe to Southeast Asia is gaining momentum. As stated in March 2017, the head of the department for international cooperation of the Department for Development of Integration of ECE D. Yezhov, in 2016, for the first time in history, imports from the APEC countries in the EAEU from the countries of the APEC region exceeded imports from the EU. The agreement on a free trade zone with Vietnam has come into force. The Commission develops cooperation in the format of memorandums with the governments of Mongolia, Cambodia, Singapore. A number of states have already launched a track on the free trade zone. At the same time, the states of the region are not constrained by economic sanctions in relation to one of the Union's economies - the Russian one. (29)
Speaking at a meeting of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council in April 2017, Vladimir Putin once again stressed that the development of the external outline of our integration association should be continued on a systematic and planned basis. (30) This work is complicated by the fact that so far there have been no precedents of interblock trade and economic partnerships. However, according to experts and economists of the ECE, it is quite realistic in the 10-year term to form BEP as a network of free trade zones, a set of trade blocs, the most likely format of which will be the so-called "spaghetti bowl".
In this regard, the most urgent task now is to determine which institutional forms would be optimal in order to give the process of formation of the community of interests and values in Central Eurasia an irreversible character.
As Valdai Club experts believe, "these institutional forms should be comprehensive and inclusive, combine politics and economics, soft and hard power, be comfortable for the great, medium and small powers. We have potentially excellent institutions of international cooperation and development - "Eurasian integration", financial institutions of the "Silk Road" and the Asian Bank for Infrastructure Investments, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, multilateral formats with the participation of ASEAN and much more. It is necessary to seek their improvement and complementarity. (31)
Also, according to Russian experts (T. Flegontova and others), the need to work out this strategy at the technical level is obvious. It is important to understand that potential states participating in the "Big Eurasia" project may face the problem of leadership, the satisfaction of the interests of all project participants, the interface of various institutional formats under the auspices of Greater Eurasia. Objectively, this project should become an exclusively Russian national strategy and unite in itself already initiated and perspective trends of cooperation. (32)
Among other things, for Russia the initiative to create a Greater Eurasian partnership is a way of transition to a strategy of advanced development by accelerating the creation of new technological industries and institutes of a new world economy. In this case, Russia and the EAEC could claim full participation in the new center of the world economic system. (33)
And last but, perhaps, no less important. Economic cooperation, megaprojects, integration of integrations are very important, but not the only dimension of GEP. There is a need for safeguards against outside interference and the imposition of models of a social or other arrangement not experienced by society itself. We need clear and well-calculated generally accepted rules of the game on the international stage, which all countries adhere to without exception. The BEP is based on strict adherence to the fundamental principles and norms of the current international law in a purely positive, systematic and mutually beneficial understanding of them. (34)
Thus, the Greater Eurasian partnership can be the beginning of a new, more rational and just world order based on multipolarity, sovereign equality, respect for all cultures, religions and civilizations, inclusive and non-discriminatory international cooperation.
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6. https://www.gazeta.ru/business/2017/02/25/10543481.shtml#page6
7. http://www.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/52819
8. The President's Address to the Federal Assembly, December 3, 2015 // http://www.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/50864
9. Vladimir Putin's speech at the plenary session of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum // http://www.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/52178
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11. https://ria.ru/economy/20160905/1476106027.html
12. http://www.eurasiancommission.org/en/nae/news/Pages/25-08-2016-1.aspx
13. http://russiancouncil.ru/inner/?id_4=8254#top-content
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16. http://www.stanradar.com/news/full/20200-dogovor-obedinenija-eaes-i-shelkovogo-puti-mogut-podpisat-za-2-goda.html
18. https://ria.ru/east/20160803/1473546327.html
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20. Ibid. Pp. 51-52.
21. Ibid. P. 53.
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25. Li Xin. Chinese view on the creation of the Eurasian economic space. Report of the International Discussion Club "Valdai". M., November 2016. S. 9.
26. Ibid. C. 10.
28. http://www.interfax.ru/business/496964
29. http://eurasiancenter.ru/expert/20170315/1004442721.html
30. Meeting of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council in an expanded format, April 14, 2017 // http://www.kremlin.ru/events/president/transcripts/54293
31. To Great Ocean-4: turn to the East. Preliminary results and new tasks. Report of the International Discussion Club "Valdai". M., May 2016. P. 36.
32. Manning Robert A., Chheny Zhimin, Son Goyu, Flegontova Tatiana. The economic order in the Asia-Pacific region and the interests of Russia. Report of the International Discussion Club "Valdai". M., March 2017. P. 18.
33. https://www.gazeta.ru/business/2017/02/25/10543481.shtml#page6
34. The Comprehensive Great Eurasian Partnership ...
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Isaac's Storm - Deadliest Disaster in U.S. History
In 1900, Galveston was one of the fastest-growing cities in America. But on September 8, 1900 everything changed for the Texas town (and island).
As a category-4 hurricane made landfall, the Gulf of Mexico temporarily covered homes, businesses, churches and everything else in Galveston. It remains America's worst natural disaster.
At the center of this story is Isaac Cline, an employee of the newly created U.S. Weather Bureau. Forecasts by this agency were notoriously wrong - none worse than hurricane predictions for September 8-9, 1900.
Isaac's predictions negatively impacted his own family during the Great Storm of 1900. His wife was among the thousands of people who died in the disaster.
This clip provides a glimpse into a documentary about Isaac Cline and the Great Storm of 1900, produced by the History Channel. The entire documentary is available for purchase or online streaming.
Great Disasters - Galveston Hurricane of 1900: Isaac's Storm (previously broadcast on the History Channel) is based on the book, Isaac's Storm, by Erik Larson. It includes historical footage, recreations and interviews (with Larson and descendants of survivors). Copyright, History Channel, all rights reserved. The clip is provided here as fair use for educational purposes and to acquaint new viewers with the documentary.
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Alumni Spotlight: William Gibbs, Class of 1993
A stand-out student and athlete at Fenwick, Billy Gibbs walked on the football team at Notre Dame. Now he looks out for his client's safety as a trial attorney for a prominent Chicago law firm.
By Mark Vruno
As his 25th Fenwick reunion draws closer, later this month (Sept. 28-30th), Bill Gibbs '93, the teacher-turned-lawyer, waxes nostalgic, reminiscing about his high-school days. Gibbs was a member of the National Honor Society and a co-captain of the Friars' football team. He was an All-Chicago Catholic League (CCL) selection at defensive back/safety on the gridiron. "I think I was All-CCL in baseball, too," he modestly reports.
Gibbs ponders the values he learned on the fields of River Forest, his hometown, and in the hallowed classrooms of Oak Park at Fenwick. Critical-thinking skills, for example, were creatively honed by faculty member and alumnus John Quinn '76. "Mr. Quinn, in his own, unique way, is the best history teacher one could ever imagine," Gibbs praises. Citing a practical application, the trial attorney says he also uses techniques taught by Mr. Andy Arellano in his speech classes when arguing a case to judge and jury. "These men, these teachers, have been influential in my development as a person."
Those lessons and all the others, for Gibbs, transferred so very well -- to the University of Notre Dame, to graduate school at the University of Portland (Oregon), to law school at IIT-Kent in Chicago and to his legal career, now as a partner at the personal-injury and medical-malpractice law firm of Corboy & Demetrio in Chicago.
Gibbs returned to Fenwick in a teaching capacity in 1999.
Gibbs remembers his introduction to the Friars as if it happened yesterday: "Freshman football camp, 29 years ago," he notes. His coach was, of course, Rich Borsch, Director of College Counseling, who paced the Fenwick frosh sideline for more than 40 seasons. "Coach Borsch was as good or better than any coach I've ever had in my life," praises the player who played for Lou Holtz at ND as a walk-on. "Rich had a passion for developing us into young men, and he had a passion for the game of football and for demanding excellence on the field and off."
The love and respect is mutual, according to Borsch: "I have been fortunate to have been able to coach young men for 49 years," the old coach reflects. "During that time I've watched thousands of kids compete on the football field. From a coach's perspective Billy Gibbs was, if not the most fiercely competitive player I ever coached, he certainly was in the forefront of the team picture. He brought the same drive to the college classroom, law school and now to his profession. I suppose one might call him a 'Rudy' with brains and character."
Gibbs as a Friar (1992).
Borsch's movie reference isn't lost on Gibbs, the non-scholarship player listed as 5'10" and 171 pounds on the 1996 Notre Dame roster. He dreamed of attending school and playing Ivy League football at Yale University in New Haven, CT. But when plans for his future didn't go as anticipated (primarily due to an admissions snafu), Gibbs "settled" for South Bend, IN, and Notre Dame. With a powerful endorsement from the late George Kelly, the Fighting Irish's Assistant Athletic Director, Gibbs tried out for and made the team as non-scholarship, "walk-on" athlete. Twenty-two recruits received football scholarships in 1993, and Gibbs was one of three players invited to walk on. Four years later, "Coach Holtz's last game was my last game," he says humbly and matter-of-factly.
"As a freshman I got into one game as a wide receiver [on offense]," Gibbs laughs, stressing that his position was a safety in the defensive secondary. He earned some "mop-up" duty in a game against Pitt. "Halfway through my junior year I was playing on special [kicking] teams and made the travel team." During his senior season in '96, Gibbs appeared in every game for the 19th-ranked Fighting Irish, who finished with an 8-3 record. He is especially proud of his work on the punt return team, which led the nation in yards per return and broke the Notre Dame single-season record for punt returns for touchdowns.
Gibbs playing for Notre Dame as a walk-on during the Holtz regime.
All these years later Gibbs says he still draws on what Borsch taught him; messages such as: "'Don't ever accept losing. Losing is supposed to hurt if you put in time and energy to prevail.' I would think about those words at Notre Dame and on the rare occasions when we'd lose law cases." (His law practice now concentrates on cases arising from railroad negligence, automobile collisions, participation in sports, unsafe pharmaceuticals or medical devices, construction negligence, medical negligence, premises liability, product liability and aviation litigation.)
For years, Gibbs carried with him a booklet of quotations from Friars' varsity defensive guru, the late Don Heldmann, and linebackers Coach Eddie Formanski. Among the pearls of wisdom:
Anything you vividly imagine,
Ardently desire,
Sincerely believe,
And enthusiastically act upon,
Must inevitably come to pass.
"This is the quote that I've lived by while chasing my dreams as an ND football player and now as a husband, father and trial lawyer at Corboy & Demetrio," Gibbs states emphatically. "Coach Heldmann provided daily and weekly inspiration to me as a player and as coach."
Through Notre Dame, Gibbs participated in the Alliance for Catholic Education (ACE) program and taught at a Catholic high school in Louisiana for two years after college. He then returned to Fenwick, as Director of Technology and a football and baseball coach, from the fall of 1999 through the spring of 2002. "Dr. [Jim] Quaid hired me," Gibbs says with a smile, knowing that Quaid has come back to the Friars this academic year. "The tech department was fairly new back then, as was Fr. Winkels. We had help from Diana Caponigri. I also taught a computer applications course." On the football field, he coached defensive backs with Coach Heldmann and then-Head Coach Paul Connor.
Fenwick holds a special place in Gibbs' heart – and not only because he met his wife there. At the time, Kate Greco was Assistant Director of Admissions, working with Admissions Director Pat Van De Walle '92. "She was teaching Spanish, too," Gibbs remembers. "We literally met in the hallway and started dating around Christmastime," he says of his future bride "Our first date may have been the Proviso West Holiday Basketball Tournament!"
It was in his third year of working and teaching at Fenwick that Gibbs began law school, at night, at the Illinois Institute of Technology's Kent College of Law, from where he earned his J.D. in 2004. Five years later the Law Bulletin Publishing Company named him to its list of "40 Illinois Attorneys Under Forty to Watch." Since then he has obtained record-setting and multi-million dollar verdicts and settlements on behalf of his clients. He, along with his partners Thomas Demetrio and Dan Kotin, obtained a $29.6 million verdict on behalf of a woman who was seriously injured in the derailment of a Metra train. The verdict is the largest in Illinois for an individual injured in a mass transit crash. In a Federal District Court case, Gibbs obtained a $6.6 million verdict for a family injured in an automobile collision. It was the largest verdict ever in that Court.
Gibbs is a member of numerous legal organizations including the American Association for Justice, Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, the Chicago Bar Association, the Notre Dame Law Association and the Fenwick Bar Association (Treasurer 2005-09). He also is active in many community organizations, including on the Chicago Police Memorial Foundation Advisory Board, and provides pro bono legal assistance to individuals who are unable to afford private counsel.
In recent years, his clientele at Corboy & Demetrio has included former professional football and hockey players dealing with Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE), the degenerative brain disease found in athletes, military veterans and others with a history of repetitive brain trauma. The firm represents some 40 retired NFL players, including former Chicago Bears' players Mike Adamle, as well as the families of Doug Buffone and Dave Duerson, in concussion-related litigation against the NFL and helmet-maker Riddell Sports. Yet Gibbs still has faith in the game he loves. "Football today is certainly safer than it was 10 years ago," he asserts. "These retired NFL players' advocacy has effectuated positive change in the game. More can and will be done."
Looking forward to Homecoming and Reunion Weekend, he concludes: "As a student, I loved Fenwick, and I still do. In many ways, it defined me during college and my young professional life. I'm still very proud to say I'm a Friar."
The late Coach Heldmann (center) addresses Gibbs (left), Madden (above) and the rest of the Friars' defense in a '92 game.
Friendships forged at Fenwick with classmates and teammates hold a strong grip on him. "To this day, guys like Matt Madden, John Hardy, Dan Moran, Mike Grant, Bill Neill and Mike Nowicki, who is a year younger, are my best friends in life," he shares. "They were in my wedding [party]." Their stories will be flowing in a few weeks. Let the reunion begin!


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UFC's upcoming welterweight fighter and currently ranked #1 contender in the division – Gilbert Burns explains his advantages over the reigning welterweight champion Kamaru Usman.
In an interview with Helen Yee, Gilbert commented on his strengths and how he is going to take every top contender in this division by storm. For most of his career, Burns fought at lightweight before making the shift to welterweight.
In the recently concluded interview, Burns revealed that he is satisfied and happy with his current physical and mental strength and wonders why he didn't make the transition much earlier.
Jul 7, 2016; Las Vegas, NV, USA; Gilbert Burns celebrates his victory against Lukasz Sajewski during UFC Fight Night at MGM Grand Graden Arena. Mandatory Credit: Joshua Dahl-USA TODAY Sports
Below are the following comments made by Gilbert Burns ahead of his unannounced match up against Usman:
"I see a lot of advantages, For sure my jiu-jitsu. Any wrestlers in this division, Colby Covington, try taking me down. Just try it. I'll be more than happy to not make it easy for guys to take me down. I might defend the shot or even take you guys down. As soon as I get on top, or even on the bottom, I'm able to submit or even sweep or do whatever with any one of these guys in the division." Gilbert Burns said.
"Not only for the champion but for anyone, I'm a threat on my feet too," Burns said. "I can kick, I can punch. I hit way harder than these guys. I have all the explosiveness. I'm fresh in the division. I don't know how I didn't make that change [from lightweight to welterweight] before, but right now I feel so good for that division."
"I see a finish, I don't know-how. I know I can submit him. I know I can knock him out. I'm just going to work super hard to make sure I'm in the best shape of my life. We're already planning."
"I have so much energy right now that I see the finish, I'm going to be looking for the finish every single minute, every single second of that fight. That's what I'm looking for."
Kamaru Usman vs Gilbert Burns?
From the following statements, it's reasonable enough to observe and say that Burns has every intention to stay in this division for the upcoming future, and according to some people – he can also be the next champion after Usman.
Gilbert Burns has won 6 of his last 7 fights and has an impeccable record of 19-3 in the MMA world. His is recently coming off of a unanimous decision win over Tyron Woodley.
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From: Resource Desk, Quinlan's Law Enforcement Enews Alert, February 17, 2008.
Last year was one of the safest years for U.S. law enforcement in decades. The number of officers killed in the line of duty fell sharply in 2008 when compared with 2007, and officers killed by gunfire reached a 50-year low.
Based on analysis of preliminary data, the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund (NLEOMF) and Concerns of Police Survivors (C.O.P.S.) found that 140 officers died in the line of duty last year. That is 23 percent lower than the 2007 figure of 181, and represents one of the lowest years for officer fatalities since the mid-1960s.
The reduction includes a steep, 40 percent drop in the number of officers who were shot and killed, from 68 in 2007 to 41 in 2008. The last time firearms-related fatalities were that low was 1956, when there were 35 such deaths. The 2008 figure is 74 percent lower than the total for 1973, when a near-record high 156 law enforcement officers were shot and killed.
"2007 was a wake-up call for law enforcement in our country, and law enforcement executives, officers, associations and trainers clearly heeded the call, with a renewed emphasis on officer safety training, equipment and procedures," NLEOMF Chairman and CEO Craig W. Floyd said in a statement. "The reduction in firearms-related deaths is especially stunning, given the tremendous firepower possessed by so many criminals today. The fact that law enforcement has been able to drive down the crime rate, and do so with increased efficiency and safety, is a testament to the hard work and professionalism of our officers," Floyd added.
In 2008, for the 11th year in a row, more law enforcement officers, 71, died in traffic-related incidents than from gunfire or any other single cause of death. Mirroring the nationwide drop in traffic fatalities among the general public last year, the number of officers killed in traffic incidents was down 14 percent from 2007, when a record high 83 officers died on the roadways.
Among other causes of death, 17 officers succumbed to job-related physical illnesses, three died in aircraft accidents, two were fatally stabbed, two died in bomb-related incidents, and one each was beaten to death, drowned, accidentally electrocuted, and died in a train accident.
Texas, for the second year in a row, had the most law enforcement officer fatalities, although the state's 2008 total of 14 was down from 22 in 2007. California had 12 officer fatalities, followed by Florida and Pennsylvania, with eight each. Thirty-five states, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands lost officers in 2008. Eight officers serving with federal law enforcement agencies also died last year, down from 17 in 2007.
a tougher criminal justice system, with a record 2.3 million offenders in correctional facilities nationwide.
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Q: C - Read in file according to a format I am trying to read a file in a specific file format in c.
the file contains some data items. every data item is seprated by a flag.
the file should look look like this:

file-header: "FIL0"
file-id: 0x1020304

flag : 0|1 : uint8_t
length : uint32_t
char[length] : int utf-8

so its: [File-Header] [FileID] [Flag | Length | Data ] [Flag | Length | Data] ...
--> "FIL0" | 0xFFFFFF | 0 or 1 | Data as char[] | 0 or 1 | ... (next data item) ....

My Problem occurs when reading in the file. My idea is to open the file and scan through it using some sscanf-magic.
FILE *fp;
fp = fopen("data.dat". "r");
/* scan file for data components */

  while (fgets(buffer, sizeof buffer, fp) != NULL) /* read in file */
    {
      /* scan for sequence */
      if (sscanf(buffer, "%5s", fil0_header) == 1) /* if the "FIL0" header is found */
        {
          printf("FIL0-header found: %s\n", buffer);

          // proceed and scan for [FLAG] [LENGTH] [DATA]
          // sscanf()
          if (sscanf(buffer, "%u", node) == 1)
            {
               // doesnt seem to work
            }

          // read in length of string and extract stringdata

      else
        {
          printf("FIL0-Header not found, found instead: %s\n", buffer);
          // do something
        }
    }

My problem that I have a hard time with my buffer and the varying data types in the file.
The comparision of fil0-header works alright, but:

*

* how to read in the next hexadeciaml number  (sscanf using %D)

* how scan for the flag which is 1 byte

* how to extract the length which is 4 bytes

A problem is, that the check for the flag starts at the beginning of the buffer.
but the pointer should be moved on, after the FIL0-header is found.
I'd be gratefull for any help!

Please help me to find the proper sscanf() -calls:
and want to read it in and retrieve the single parts of my file:
On single [File-Header]
and many {[FileID] [Flag | Length | Data ]} {...} items

A: You probably could use some standard parsing techniques, for instance have a lexer and a recursive parser. You should define your input syntax more in details. You could perhaps use parser generators (but it might be overkill for your simple example) like ANTLR ...
I suggest you to read some good textbook on parsing (& compiling), it will learn you a lot of useful stuff.

A: well you could just read the file per byte using
 line[0] = (char) fgetc(fp);
 line[1] = (char) fgetc(fp);

and so on or leave out the cast to retrieve an int-value... should do the trick to do an easy right to left scan of the file (or line - as you say there arent any line breaks)...

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Tear It Down (UK)
I Wanna Be Your Hero (US)
20 Jul 1987 (UK)
Sep 1987 (US)
4:04 (7")
4:52 (12")
Songwriter(s)
Joe Elliott
Robert John "Mutt" Lange
Phil Collen
Rick Savage
"Animal" is a song by Def Leppard. It is the third track on their 1987 album Hysteria, and was also released as the second single from that album. "Animal" became the band's first Top 10 hit in their native UK, reaching No. 6 on the UK Singles Chart.
1 Recording
2 Track Listing
2.1 7": Bludgeon Riffola / LEP1 (UK)
2.2 7": Mercury / PolyGram / 888-832-7 (US)
5 Personnel
"Animal" is usually noted by the band as having been the most difficult track to record for Hysteria. Although it was one of the first songs developed in early 1984, neither the band nor the producers who came and went (Jim Steinman, Nigel Green, & Robert John "Mutt" Lange) were able to produce the desired sound until two and a half painstaking years later. Due to its early beginnings, it was the only Hysteria track demoed by Rick Allen on an acoustic drum kit prior to his car accident, Allen having recorded a drum beat for the song onto a four track tape during early sessions.
However, the effort paid off when "Animal" was released as the lead single off the album in July 1987. In the UK, where the band was all but ignored during the Pyromania era, the song hit #6 on the singles chart and broke Def Leppard into the pop mainstream across Europe.
Over in America, the lead single "Women" performed poorly on the pop charts, which didn't give the band much momentum when "Animal" was released afterwards in October 1987. It did reach a respectable #19, though, starting their run of ten consecutive U. S. Billboard Top 40 singles, and is still one of the most popular numbers at Def Leppard concerts today.
The single's UK B-side, "Tear It Down", was written during a recording session following the completion of the Hysteria album, where the band laid down several tracks intended as B-sides for the Hysteria singles. Subsequently, the song itself received radio airplay. The line in the song, "Like the restless rust, I never sleep", is a reference to Neil Young's album Rust Never Sleeps.
7": Bludgeon Riffola / LEP1 (UK)
"Animal"
"Tear It Down"
7": Mercury / PolyGram / 888-832-7 (US)
"I Wanna Be Your Hero"
A wild ride
Over stony ground
Such a lust for a life
The circus comes to town
We are the hungry ones
On a lighting raid
Just like a river runs
Like a fire needs flame
Oh, I burn for you
I gotta feel it in my blood
Woah oh
I need your touch
Don't need your love
And I want
And I need
And I lust
Given mouth to mouth
Like a movin' heartbeat
In the witching hour
I'm runnin' with the wind
A shadow in the dust
And like the drivin' rain, yeah
Like the restless rust
I never sleep
Huh, ah
Cry wolf baby, cry tough
Gunna hunt you like an
An an animal
Gonna take your love and run
And I want (and I want)
And I need (and I need)
And I lust (and I lust)
Animal (animal)
And I want (take me)
And I need (tame me)
And I lust (make me your)
And I want (show me)
And I need (stroke me)
And I lust (let me be your)
And I want (I want)
And I need (ooh ooh ooh)
And I lust (animal)
Album version: 4:02
Live: 4:52
Extended version: 4:53
Joe Elliott – lead vocals
Steve Clark – rhythm guitars, backing vocals
Phil Collen – lead guitar, backing vocals
Rick Savage – bass guitar, backing vocals
Rick Allen – drums
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Q: Huawei USB 3G Modems & tty numbering I have a Huawei E353 modem which I'm using with a Raspberry Pi.
When I plug it in, I get three TTYs - ttyUSB0, ttyUSB1 and ttyUSB2.
But sometimes the modem interface (where you can issue Hayes-type AT commands) is on ttyUSB0 and sometimes it's on ttyUSB1.
I can't spot any common factor that makes the difference.  And I'm not certain, but it does seem that it always does the same thing on the same Pi (or maybe the same dongle - I've got several of each and haven't had a chance to try different combinations too much).
Can anyone suggest what influences the tty numbering?

A: All device numbering (harddisk, tty, whatever) has to be considered unreliable and not consistent accress boots, because it can happen in random order.
Look at lsusb and dmesg to find out the details of how the tty's get created, then write apropriate udev rules to make symlinks with constant names which can be relied on.
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Yes, I understood perfectly that this is one device handled by a single driver, which produces three tty's. You can't distinguish them in the output of lsusb (but you can see the vendor/device id, which you'll need to identify what's going on in dmesg), but I'm pretty sure you can find distinguishing udev attributes.
If there's nothing at all in dmesg (unlikely), use
udevadm info -a -p  $(udevadm info -q path -n /dev/ttyUSB0)

to walk up the device path and see attributes, and
udevadm monitor --udev --property

to get an idea what udev thinks it's doing when you plug the device in.

A: The problem you are having is not unique to Huawei devices (so you might get a better response if you remove that from your title).
The issue has to do with device detection and what the system thinks is already installed. The solution is to craft appropriate UDEV rules to ensure that the device is always recognised as a particular piece of hardware and assigned the same interface.
The specifics will vary slightly by distribution, but it typically means using lsusb to find unique attributes for the device, then coding a line to match those attributes  in udev config files. Google is your friend here - googling udev try rules [distribution] should give you the specifics you need.


What: Shares of Unit Corporation jumped as much as 30% today after the company announced a boost to its full-year guidance.
So what: Management said today that production growth for the oil and gas segment would be 6% to 8% for 2015, up from previous guidance of 2% to 4% growth. Capital expenditures are also expected to be about $30 million less than previously budgeted because of lower spending in oil and gas.
One of the positive notes came from a customer who wanted to terminate two BOSS drilling rig contracts early. The customer has apparently agreed to keep one rig, and the other rig is already contracted to a third-party operator.
Now what: This is a small ray of hope in a tough energy market right now, but I'd be cautious about getting too bullish today. Analysts aren't expecting anything near a profit in 2015, and even higher growth may not change that narrative. I'd like to see where net income stabilizes long-term before jumping in, because I think there's still a lot of turbulence ahead for oil and natural gas drillers.
The article Why Unit Corporation's Shares Jumped 30% Today originally appeared on Fool.com.


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Chapter 1424 What Is The Truth (Part Three)
"I actually want you to be my mistress. Then you wouldn't need to do anything but wait around for me, doing nothing but keeping yourself pretty," Kevin blurted out. He was so annoyed that he didn't know what he was talking about.
"Hah! I would like to see that! Don't forget that you're a major general. If you had a mistress, you'd be turned over to the military court." Leena challenged, finding it funny to see a man like Kevin get irritated.
"I'm willing to risk everything for you." Kevin rolled up his sleeves and began to wash vegetables.
"Well, it sounds like I'm a seductive but dangerous woman. I have actually heard that before. I just don't remember who said it!" Leena affectionately ran her hands on Kevin's back. She knew that Kevin wouldn't let her cook tonight, so she just helped him.
"Well, you might be such a woman. But maybe in ancient times." Kevin was dying to ask her about the tonics, but this wasn't the best time. No matter how anxious he was, he had to take his time and wait for the right moment.
"Ha ha. Then that would make you a kinsman of the emperor." Leena was getting good at jokes now. The Gu family had held high official positions in the army for generations. They had been influential in the capital city as a notable family.
"So you're just a siren." Kevin was no longer angry. He liked this intimate time, cooking with the woman he loved dearly.
The two teased each other. Leena preferred such a warm scene to cooking alone. Her heart danced with happiness.
After dinner, Kevin led Leena to sit on the couch. This time he had a straight face which made her nervous.
"What's wrong? You're being too serious now." Leena was curious and wondered what had suddenly happened to her husband tonight. Was there som
Falling from nobility, Zen Luo became a humble slave and served as a human punchbag for his former cousins. Inadvertently, he found a way to refine himself into a weapon and a legend started because of that. With a strong belief in never surrender, he strove for revenges and pursued big dreams. Warriors from various clans contended for hegemony and the world was stirred. Relying on the body that was comparable to a powerful weapon, Zen beat his numerous enemies on his way to the immortality. Would he succeed eventually?
hen she was a child, she had never felt that she was unfortunate even without her mother's company, because her brothers regarded her as a treasure and took good care of her. But now she felt so helpless and thought that God was so unfair to her. She had a happy marriage that everyone admired, but why were they deprived of a wonderful baby?
If she was selfish, she could just ask Kevin and give him the choice to divorce her for this reason, but she couldn't do it. She loved him too much, and she was unwilling to impose her misfortune on him. He didn't do anything wrong. None of this was his fault and he shouldn't have to suffer because of her.
She washed away her tears, filled with deep sorrow. Although she had known about her infertility long ago, she bore it alone silently and didn't cry. But when her husband started to ask her about it, it was as if the dam that had been holding all her fears and emotions broke and they had all come crashing down on her. She wanted to lean in his arms and listen to his comforting words, but she didn't have the courage to see his sad eyes when he found out the truth, so she chose to be cowardly and wanted to escape from it.


Here's my list of top recommended newly released cookbooks of the Fall/Winter. These have been highly anticipated and also in much of the cookbook-love press. I scour the web for stuff like this so I hope you enjoy reading the list!
If you need a last-minute gift for anyone on your list who cooks, a cookbook can be delivered to your footstep within just a few days. Why not add one to your wish list too?
1. Zahav, by Michael Solomonov.
I listened to an interview of this author and he spoke so beautifully of his country's food. I learned a few things about tahini too! I had no idea that its purity was of such importance! Here's the link to that interview too. It's worth your time, especially if you're not sure about buying the book. I plan on getting it for sure!
Ottolenghi's newest book. As you know from some of my other cookbook posts, I have all 4 of his other books and absolutely love them. This is one I must have because for the first time, the he meets ingredients from the Far East to those of the Middle East. The reviews are fantastic (here's just one) and I wouldn't be surprised to know that it's yet another excellent compendium of approachable healthy recipes with an International flair.
Well for anyone who already has food science type cookbooks (like the detailed books by Shirley Corriher) or anyone that adores Alton Brown, this book is the ONE this year! It's the top one on my list. I know this will be a reliable book because I read Serious Eats like crazy and his testing methods are precise, detailed and give effective results in my home kitchen! Here's one of many reviews online.
I know nothing about this book yet, other than a few reviews and press. But wow, a Ukrainian cookbook?!?! I can't say I own one of those yet. And as you all know, I aim to devour the world of cookbooks, from country to country.
Want less-involved recipes with easy to find ingredients? This book, from the acclaimed LA restaurant, has been getting lots of attention because though it's a chef-driven cookbook, the Southern California style recipes presumably work and the clientele of the restaurant are die-hard fans. I'm intrigued for sure and until this Fall, I had never even heard of the restaurant! I definitely want this book.
Have a vegetarian on your list? All those books listed above have plenty of vegetable and vegetarian-friendly dishes. In fact, there aren't that many genres of books that I would actually say are not vegetarian-friendly. But this one, by the food blogger behind 101Cookbooks, has gotten thousands of her followers really excited since she had not put a book out in a while.
I just gifted this book to someone. Anyone who loves inventive wild Chinese food or who has been to this NYC restaurant needs to have this book! It's a memento of a trip and it's a cookbook that you would read. It's a volume of a life story and a history with recipes of course too. Just know that it's not a volume of recipes, so it shouldn't be your "go-to" Chinese cuisine cookbook. This is one definitely for the avid cookbook collector who you think has every one of them.
The name of this cookbook is just genius. Its catchy and beautiful and beckons be in the kitchen of the busy cook who wants to cook a one pot or one dish meal for her/his family. The price right now can't be beat at 8.95 on Amazon. I love it because in Texas, the time to use a sheet pan and an oven is NOW, not in our blistering summers! So Texas cooks love the winters so they can actually use their ovens regularly!
There were so many more releases of course this year, but these were the ones I was interested in this time around. If you know me and my cooking and my site, you know I'll lean to plant-based, healthy, international, flavorful recipes and sometimes dessert too. I didn't really see any dessert or baking books this year that caught my eye. Did you? If so, please do leave me a note so I can check it out!


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City of Light, City of Love
courtney murray 11 staff writer
Guest Lecturer Dr. Elizabeth Buck discusses Paris as mythic landmark and modern metropolis…
Dr. Elizabeth Buck, Visiting Lecturer at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and parent of Emory '11 and Kelley Buck '13, delivered this year's Jaffe Lecture, "Picturing Paris." The lecture, delivered on Sunday, considered "the creation of Paris as a site of fantasy: as the city of love, the city of decadence, the city of light, the city of revolution and liberty, and the city of mass culture, of fashion and food."
Dr. Buck was approached by Fine Arts Teacher David Dickinson. Mr. Dickinson had been planning this lecture for a long time now, and he was extremely excited to learn more about Parisian culture.
"This will give the community an opportunity to learn more about Paris from an expert. This opportunity does not come around very often, and I am very excited to experience it with everyone," he said.
What started out as a small talk became a lecture open to all students about the wonders of Paris in the 19th century. The presentation gave students the chance to understand the preconceptions and legends of Paris and also gave the opportunity for students to figure out for themselves whether or not these legends are true.
"Paris is not actually this antiquated place that is living in the past," said Dr. Buck, "It is subject to change as it is a modern city with modern problems. These changes can definitely be seen in the impressionist paintings of the 19th century."
The lecture Dr. Buck delivered was a condensed version of the course she teaches at UNC. She spoke about the changes that took place in Paris during the 19th century and how they affected the city.
"It's fun to look at paintings that are familiar to you while finding many aspects and details that you may not have noticed before," said Dr. Buck.
"Picturing Paris" explores the effect of major events in the 19th century, such as the French Civil War, on the artists of the time. Dr. Buck explained, "Many artists were affected by the changes made to the city in the mid-19th century such as the Franco-Prussian war of 1870 and the civil war that followed."
At Deerfield, Dr. Buck's lecture also helped students understand how the French live in comparison to Americans. "The French are very different socially than us, and it really shows in their artwork." said Dr. Buck.
Mr. Dickinson expressed his excitement over Dr. Buck sharing her knowledge with the Deerfield community. "This is just a wonderful opportunity to learn about a city that still remains a hub of interesting art and culture."
This lecture was supported by the Jaffe Lecture series. This series helps to fund presentations specifically for the Fine Arts Department, such as this one.
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IBM's vision of cognitive computing has been steadily embraced across the industries since IBM's Watson question-answering system made a sensational debut at the US Jeopardy! television quiz show in 2011. As a core member of the Watson project, I would like to share the excitement of the project and the last five and a half year of its progress into the cognitive business. In this talk, I will also give a technical overview of Watson, major use cases, and perspectives on the future of cognitive computing.
2. © 2016 International Business Machines Corporation2 Word spread virally of the victory with Twitter reaching 11.7M, 30,121 blog mentions, and 15,025 forum posts On February 14, 2011, IBM Watson made a history . . . Watson topped the 3-day, two Jeopardy! games with a total score of $77,147 (with 88% accuracy), Ken Jennings scored $24,000 and Brad Rutter scored $21,600.
10. © 2016 International Business Machines Corporation10 Elemental Path: CogniToys https://www.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/44057.wss ORLANDO, Fla. - 03 Jun 2014: IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced the three winners of the 2014 Watson Mobile Developer Challenge. This first-of-its- kind global competition encouraged developers and entrepreneurs to create consumer and business apps made with IBM's Watson cognitive computing capabilities. Majestyk Apps – (New York City) F.A.N.G. (Friendly Anthropomorphic Networked Genome) provides an adaptive educational relationship with a child and their parents. The first iteration is a cognitive, cuddly plush companion, using Watson to provide a customized educational experience assisting each child to develop through a series of contextual interactions.
11. © 2016 International Business Machines Corporation11 Synapses Neurons Scheduler (a) 256 neurons, 64K synapses, 1MHz Learning on board (b) 256 neurons, 256K synapses, asynchronous, 45 pJ/spike Neuromorphic Computing IBM SyNAPSE San Jose, CA. - 07 Aug 2014: Scientists from IBM (NYSE: IBM) today unveiled the first neurosynaptic computer chip to achieve an unprecedented scale of one million programmable neurons, 256 million programmable synapses and 46 billion synaptic operations per second per watt. At 5.4 billion transistors, this fully functional and production-scale chip is currently one of the largest CMOS chips ever built, yet, while running at biological real time, it consumes a minuscule 70mW— orders of magnitude less power than a modern microprocessor. A neurosynaptic supercomputer the size of a postage stamp that runs on the energy equivalent of a hearing-aid battery, this technology could transform science, technology, business, government, and society by enabling vision, audition, and multi- sensory applications.
13. © 2016 International Business Machines Corporation13 Industry Leaders Establish Partnership on AI Best Practices 13 NEW YORK - 28 Sep 2016: Amazon, DeepMind/Google, Facebook, IBM (NYSE: IBM) and Microsoft today announced that they will create a non-profit organization that will work to advance public understanding of artificial intelligence technologies (AI) and formulate best practices on the challenges and opportunities within the field. Academics, non-profits, and specialists in policy and ethics will be invited to join the Board of the organization, named the Partnership on Artificial Intelligence to Benefit People and Society (Partnership on AI). 09/28/2016http://www.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/50668.wss The objective of the Partnership on AI is to address opportunities and challenges with AI technologies to benefit people and society. Together, the organization's members will conduct research, recommend best practices, and publish research under an open license in areas such as ethics, fairness and inclusivity;; transparency, privacy, and interoperability;; collaboration between people and AI systems;; and the trustworthiness, reliability and robustness of the technology. It does not intend to lobby government or other policymaking bodies.


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HomeBlogUncategorizedAntidepressants increase risk of autistic children
Antidepressants increase risk of autistic children
The study is the first to look at the association between the use of antidepressants during pregnancy and the risk of autism.
The study doesn't prove taking SSRIs during pregnancy directly causes autism
The findings will need to be confirmed in future studies
Women should not be dissuaded from starting or continuing to take SSRIs
Untreated depression during pregnancy has its own risks, such as preterm birth
(Health.com) — Children whose mothers take Zoloft, Prozac, or similar antidepressants during pregnancy are twice as likely as other children to have a diagnosis of autism or a related disorder, according to a small new study, the first to examine the relationship between antidepressants and autism risk.
This class of antidepressants, known as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), may be especially risky early on in a pregnancy, the study suggests. Children who were exposed to the drugs during the first trimester were nearly four times as likely to develop an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) compared with unexposed children, according to the study, which appears in the Archives of General Psychiatry.