Grant sure does like big words. He must have taken the "Multi-syllabic Words and How to Use Them" course in college at Stanford (School Motto: "Diplomata pro quorum pecunia compensationis unitatis posset cooperire nactus." which translates loosely to "Diplomas for everyone whose trust fund can cover the tuition"). Well RTP can play that game too, and we will — just as soon as we can find our Thasarus, Thusawrus, Tyrannosaurus, Thesaurus.
Grant refers to his opponent, Scott DesJarlais, as an "establishment Republican." Okay, on that one RTP is convinced Grant is now pulling our legs. Seriously? That right-wing wild man DesJarlais, who voted against John Boehner for Speaker, is part of the "establishment?" What else would DesJarlais have to do to prove he is not part of the establishment – beat up Mitch McConnell? Geez, Grant, just calling someone an "establishment Republican" doesn't make them a RINO, any more than calling you a congressional candidate makes you a Tennessean.


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Clinical Challenges > ASCO: Lymphoma
Clinical Challenges: Tumor Lysis Syndrome in Lymphoma
— Early recognition can prevent 'downstream harm'
by Leah Lawrence, Contributing Writer, MedPage Today June 18, 2018
Tumor lysis syndrome (TLS) can present an acute challenge for clinicians treating non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, where close to one-third of patients may be at high risk for the condition.
"Most oncologists are well aware of the dangers of TLS and know that early recognition and treatment are really important," said Arjun Gupta, MD, of the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas. "The main thing to always remember is that prevention is better than cure."
A life-threatening condition with rapid-onset, TLS occurs when there is a massive number of tumor cells that break apart and rapidly release nucleic acids, proteins, phosphorus, and potassium into the blood. The resulting conditions can cause a variety of symptoms including muscle weakness, kidney injury, arrhythmias, seizures, and even death, Gupta explained.
Patients may be classified as high risk for TLS based on their disease subtype. High-risk lymphoma subtypes are those that divide quickly or are aggressive such as stage III/IV Burkitt's lymphoma or lymphoblastic lymphoma, according to Carlyn Rose Tan, MD, of Fox Chase Cancer Center in Philadelphia. And TLS may also occur more commonly in patients who are sensitive to chemotherapy or those with large tumor burden, commonly seen in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma, and Burkitt's Lymphoma, she said.
Baseline white blood cell count, serum lactate dehydrogenase, and kidney function may also be tied to increased TLS risk.
Prevention and Treatment
Because of the potential for severe complications, patients considered at intermediate or high risk for TLS should undergo preventive measures, Gupta said.
The first course of action for many patients at intermediate risk for TLS is aggressive intravenous hydration, which is used to dilute any toxins in the blood and encourage urination. Allopurinol is also used in intermediate-risk patients to prophylactically block conversion of xanthine and hypoxanthine to uric acid.
"Allopurinol reduces the production of new uric acid, but it does not destroy uric acid that already has been made," Gupta said. "Therefore, someone at high risk of TLS or with established TLS does not want to use allopurinol."
Recombinant urate oxidase -- rasburicase -- is used as initial treatment for patients at high risk for TLS. If prevention is not successful, TLS is considered an emergency and treatment should begin as soon as possible, Tan said.
The initial dosing guidelines for rasburicase were by weight, Tan explained, but more recently studies have looked at single doses at a set amount.
"At Fox Chase, we are using a 6-mg dose and we have seen people's uric acid come down fairly quickly with a dose or two," Tan said.
Gupta noted that rasburicase rapidly destroys uric acid, requiring that blood samples must be sent to labs for analysis immediately.
"If not analyzed fast enough, rasburicase will continue to destroy the uric acid after blood is drawn, ex vivo, meaning even if levels were higher in the body, tests might show the level as undetectable," he said.
It is also important to dose the patient and assess for response.
"Some patients may not require a second dose or repeat dose," Gupta said. "Rasburicase is an expensive drug. We want to do our patients justice, but we don't want to use this drug unnecessarily."
Most patients recover quickly from TLS if treated in a timely, appropriate manner.
"If recognized early, TLS is usually managed effectively and we can stop downstream harm from occurring," Gupta said.
Patients who experience TLS while undergoing active treatment usually do not require a delay or alteration in their treatment regimen, he said.
In addition, he noted that that it is a misconception that only chemotherapy causes TLS.
"It can occur spontaneously or with the use of radiation or even steroids," he said, adding that other newer therapies, including CAR T-cell therapy, have been associated with TLS.
A recent literature review looking at novel therapies used in the treatment of hematologic malignancies found a TLS incidence of 10% in trials of CAR T cells and obinutuzumab, 15% with dinaciclib, 40% to 50% in trials of alvocidib, and 8.3% and 8.9% in two trials of venetoclax -- the recent FDA approval for venetoclax/rituximab for small cell lymphoma and chronic lymphocytic leukemia included a boxed warning about the occurrence of TLS.
Leah Lawrence is a freelance health writer and editor based in Delaware.
Source Reference: Coiffier B, et al "Guidelines for the management of pediatric and adult tumor lysis syndrome: an evidence-based review" J Clin Oncol 2008;26:2767-2778.
British Journal of Haematology
Source Reference: Cairo MS, et al "Recommendations for the evaluation of risk and prophylaxis of tumour lysis syndrome (TLS) in adults and children with malignant diseases: an expert TLS panel consensus" Br J Haematol 2010;149(4):578-586.

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Environmental, Social & Governance Initiatives
2019 Financial Review (PDF)
Quarterly ROE Filings
NSTAR Gas Quarterly Financials
Yankee Gas Quarterly Financials
SEC Filings Archive
2019 Proxy Statement (PDF)
Commitment to Environmental Sustainability
A Sustainable Investment Opportunity (PDF)
Bond Company Description
Monthly and Semi-Annual Servicer's Certificates
Rate Reduction Bonds
Ratings Assigned
Organizational Chart & Flow of Funds
True-Up Filings
At Eversource, we are proud to be recognized as one of the greenest energy companies in the nation.
Our commitment to sustainability is an important component of our vision for our business today and the future. Our electric, gas and water companies strive to protect the environment while providing the best solutions for our customers and the communities we serve.
Environmental, social and governance (ESG) initiatives are integrated into the policies and principles that govern our company and reflect our commitment to sustainable growth.
We are committed to top tier reliability, superior customer service, effective corporate governance, expanding energy options for our region, environmental stewardship, and providing transparency and clarity about our position and our performance on these and other topics.
Our Sustainability Steering Committee, comprised of executive level management from key ESG areas, oversees a team of employees who engage with operational and business partners to develop and manage strategic priorities, set sustainability goals and coordinate sustainability reporting.
The sustainability team meets regularly throughout the year to assess current practices and identify improvement opportunities.
The Board of Trustees, both as a whole and through its committees, is responsible for the oversight of the company's risk management processes and programs.
Our Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) program applies a well-defined enterprise-wide methodology to allow our Risk Committee, comprised of senior officers of the company, to identify, categorize, prioritize, and mitigate the principal risks to the company.
The ERM program is integrated with other assurance functions throughout the company, including compliance, auditing and insurance, to ensure appropriate coverage of risks that could impact the company.
In addition to known risks, the ERM program identifies emerging risks to the company through participation in industry groups, discussions with management, and in consultation with outside advisers.
Our management then analyzes risks to determine materiality, likelihood and impact, and develops mitigation strategies.
We actively engage with ESG investors and have published a slide presentation specifically to respond to their areas of interest. More than 140 ESG funds include Eversource shares in their portfolios.
EEI & AGA Quantitative Reports
Commitment to Environmental Sustainability & Carbon Neutrality
Eversource's commitment underscores our environmental priorities and highlights our role as a key catalyst for clean energy focusing on climate leadership, clean energy, accountability and stewardship.
As a centerpiece of our environmental commitment, we're dedicating ourselves to an ambitious but attainable target to be carbon neutral by 2030 and help our customers and our region reduce their carbon footprint.
We will achieve this while supporting regional economic growth and without compromising the safe, reliable, affordable service we provide to approximately 4 million customers.
Reduce our own energy use by improving the efficiency of our facilities and reducing vehicle emissions from our fleet.
Reduce line losses in the electric transmission and distribution system.
Reduce sulfur hexafluoride in our electrical gas-insulated switchgear.
Upgrade our natural gas distribution system to improve safety and eliminate methane leaks.
Increase investments in renewable generation that will further reduce the carbon footprint of our operations.
Impacts on the Region
We're saving our electric customers approximately 1 billion kilowatt-hours (kWh) per year and gas customers over 10 million therms per year through our top-ranked energy efficiency programs.
We're driving alternative fuel vehicle adoption and development of electric vehicle charging networks.
We're developing innovative battery storage projects that reduce the need for fossil fuel-powered generation and new transmission facilities while improving power quality and reliability.
Implementing Strategies to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions
The carbon intensity of the New England electrical grid is among the lowest in the country and is continuously supported by state reduction goals in Connecticut, Massachusetts and New Hampshire.
Each state has its own carbon goal or action plan to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and we work with stakeholders in each agency to contribute to targeted reductions.
Targeted Reduction
by 2020 (CT, MA) & 2025 (NH)
Connecticut 10% Below 1990 Level 80% Below 2001 Level
Massachusetts 25% Below 1990 Level 80% Below 1990 Level
Hampshire * 20% Below 1990 Level 80% Below 1990 Level
* Recommendation of the New Hampshire Climate Change Policy Taskforce.
Our strategies focus on reducing our own emissions, helping our customers reduce their energy use, and supporting our region to facilitate achievement of state GHG reduction targets.
Eversource is consistently recognized as a leader in energy efficiency by national industry organizations. We take great pride in helping our communities remain vibrant and successful by designing and delivering programs that are emulated by others across the country.
Our energy efficiency portfolio reflects and responds to the way our customers live and use energy today and takes a multi-year approach that enables us to help customers plan for the future.
The American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy 2019 State Energy Efficiency Scorecard ranked Massachusetts first and Connecticut sixth in the nation; and Eversource is the number one energy efficiency provider in the nation, according to Ceres' most recent report, "Benchmarking Utility Clean Energy."
We invested approximately $500 million a year on average over the past three years on energy efficiency and consider these investments to be the most economical way to reduce our region's GHG emissions and improve its competitiveness.
Decoupled distribution rates and financial incentives awarded based on the effectiveness of our energy efficiency programs provide us with financial stability.
Methane Emissions Reduction Through Gas Main Replacement Programs
In March 2016, Eversource and almost 40 other American Gas Association members became founding members of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's GHG emission reducing Natural Gas STAR Methane Challenge Program.
In 2018, we set a goal beyond our Methane Challenge program commitment to replace 4.5 percent of our 3,400 miles of bare steel and cast-iron main in 2018 and achieve a 14.5 percent reduction from a 2017 baseline by 2020.
Thanks to our proactive bare steel and cast-iron main replacement program and robust leak mitigation plans, fugitive emissions from the Eversource gas distribution system have steadily decreased over time and are anticipated to continue to decrease.
Since 2011, Eversource has replaced 397 miles of its aged non-cathodically protected steel, cast-iron, and wrought-iron natural gas distribution infrastructure in Connecticut and Massachusetts in accordance with programs approved by state regulators.
We are committed to delivering natural gas safely, reliably and efficiently every day for use by our residential, commercial and industrial customers. Our top priority is the safety of the public, Eversource customers and our employees.
SF6 Reduction Goal
In 2018, we set and achieved an SF6 leak rate voluntary goal of emitting less than 2 percent annually across all three states we operate in, including Connecticut and New Hampshire, which do not currently have SF6 regulatory limits.
Eversource is committed to reducing emissions coming from the transportation sector by evaluating and implementing strategic changes to our fleet.
Our fleet consists of approximately 5,200 vehicles, including light-duty trucks for meter readers and bucket trucks for line workers.
Along with other utility members of the Edison Electric Institute, we have pledged to commit 5 percent of our annual fleet spend on plug-in electric technologies.
In 2018, we exceeded our goal with over 6 percent of fleet spending going to plug-in electric technologies.
Eversource facilities are strategically located throughout our territory to ensure that we best serve our customers.
Our operations have been consolidated for maximum efficiency, and as buildings and spaces are renovated, we seek opportunities to reduce our energy use through energy efficient lighting and equipment, control system upgrades and optimum use of space. Facility goals include:
Retro-commissioning projects at Eversource facilities to identify potential energy use reductions by assessing lighting controls, HVAC and other systems to maximize building efficiency.
Transitioning 50 percent of our facility square footage to LED lighting from a 2017 baseline by 2020, which involves accelerating the replacement of existing lighting in more than two million square feet of facilities by 2020. By the end of 2018, 22 percent of facility square footage was converted to LED lighting, keeping us on target to achieve our 2020 goal.
Eversource has established itself as a regional and national leader delivering innovative, forward-looking energy solutions.
We are assisting Connecticut, Massachusetts and New Hampshire in meeting their environmental and clean energy goals, while also improving reliability and energy affordability.
As part of its leadership, Eversource partners with like-minded companies and stakeholders to provide the best solutions for our customers and the communities we serve.
Eversource is committed to help the states that we operate in meet Renewable Portfolio Standards, which require a certain percentage of the states' electricity supply to come from renewable sources.
Renewable Portfolio Standards In Place
Connecticut 25% 29% 38%
Massachusetts * 23.62% 27.71% 38.96%
New Hampshire 17.6% 20.7% 25.2%
* The Massachusetts 2025 target is an estimate because the MA Department of Energy Resources does not establish Class II renewable figures until a year before the compliance year.
As New England's largest utility and dedicated environmental steward, Eversource is committed to bringing more clean, affordable and sustainable energy to the region.
Wind: Eversource and our partner, Ørsted, are the leading developers of offshore wind in the U.S. Our partnership is consistent with Eversource's efforts to be a catalyst for clean energy development in New England while creating a fundamental change in sourcing electricity in New England.
The partnership includes three offshore wind leases totaling 557 square miles located south of Rhode Island and Massachusetts with the potential to generate approximately 4,000 MW of offshore wind generating capacity.
The partnership has been awarded long-term contracts for key offshore wind assets in the Northeast including the following:
Size - Megawatts (MW)
Commercial Operation
South Fork Wind 130 MW End of 2022
Revolution Wind 704 MW Late 2023
Sunrise Wind 880 MW 2024
Solar: Eversource owns and operates 70 MW of solar generation that have the capacity to generate power for more than 11,000 homes.
Natural Gas: We are taking advantage of state initiatives to allow for the expansion of natural gas distribution.
We have also commenced development of two battery storage projects in Massachusetts and have proposed a third project in New Hampshire.
We are also expanding electric vehicle infrastructure, starting with the installation of 3,500 charging ports in Massachusetts by the end of 2020.
We hold ourselves accountable for the impact our business might have on the environment, while meeting, and in many cases exceeding, all environmental laws and regulatory commitments and requirements.
We actively work with customers, community members, environmental groups, regulatory agencies, and civic and business partners to promote transparent operations.
Our employees, as well as vendors, suppliers, and contractors, are expected to adhere to all environmental laws as stated in our Code of Business Conduct, Supplier Code of Conduct and procurement process. We are committed to tracking and monitoring our progress via a set of metrics, which receive regular executive leadership review.
We publicly report our emissions and sustainability efforts. We were among the first companies in the country to use standardized reporting templates developed by the Edison Electric Institute and the American Gas Association.
We take great care to promote conservation and responsibly manage natural and cultural resources. We dedicate professional expertise to maintain the integrity and long-term vitality of the land we manage.
We created the Eversource Land Trust to protect open space and critical resource areas and wildlife habitat. Our focus on environmentally sensitive rights-of-way maintenance practices is designed to minimize impacts to important resource areas and promote critical diverse habitats.
Our vegetation management program is an industry best-practice plan to balance the needs of our customers and communities with the goal of providing safe, reliable electric service for our customers, while monitoring growth of trees around power lines.
We partner with state Historic Preservation and Tribal Historic Preservation offices to identify and protect cultural resources of significance to the environment, meeting, and in many cases exceeding, during construction projects.
Eversource devotes substantial resources to protecting our cyber and operational assets. Simultaneously, the Board and its Committees continue to provide substantial and focused attention to cyber and system security.
At the Board and Committee level, comprehensive cyber security reports are provided and discussed at each meeting of the Finance Committee, which has primary responsibility for cyber and security oversight at the Committee level.
These reports are provided to all members of the Board and discussed by the Board at the time the Finance Committee Chair reports on the Committee's meetings. The reports focus on the Company's most critical assets, describe cyber security drills and exercises, any attempted breaches, and mitigation strategies, including insurance.
In addition, assessments by third-party experts of cyber and physical security risks to the utility industry and the Company in particular are provided periodically.
Additionally, our CEO is involved in the Electricity Subsector Coordinating Council (ESCC), which serves as the principal liaison between the federal government and the electric power industry, with a mission of coordinating efforts to prepare for, and respond to, national-level disasters or threats to critical infrastructure.
The ESCC focuses on actions and strategies that help protect the energy grid, prevent various threats from disrupting electricity, and develop capabilities that help the sector quickly respond and recover when major incidents impact the grid.
At Eversource, our shared commitment to "Safety First and Always" is a principle and a mindset we weave into the fabric of every job and every task – whether in the field or in the office.
A consistent theme at Eversource is continuous improvement and safety is at the forefront as we continue to build a strong safety culture, embrace new technologies, and learn with our industry and community partners to improve safety performance.
Eversource continues our leadership role within the Edison Electric Institute to improve contractor safety performance, including membership on the executive board of the Electrical Transmission and Distribution OSHA partnership.
This team meets semi-annually and hosts Contractor Safety Summits with electrical contractors from around the country to improve industry-wide safety standards.
Eversource recognizes that an engaged workforce is critical to our mission of delivering reliable energy and a superior customer experience.
Leaders at all levels strive to create a workplace where our employees advocate for the customer, work collaboratively, raise ideas for improvement and focus on delivering a superior customer experience.
A diverse workforce and inclusive culture contribute to our success and sustainability by driving innovation and creating trusted relationships with employees, customers, suppliers and community partners.
Diversity and Inclusion (D&I) at Eversource is directly aligned with our corporate mission and business objectives to:
Attract, develop and retain a diverse workforce that enables us to work together to meet the changing needs of the customers we serve and deliver reliable energy and superior customer service.
Create one inclusive workplace where all employees, customers and stakeholders are respected and valued.
Leverage the talent, unique perspectives, cultural and life experiences of every employee to ensure our continued success.
Eversource's executive leadership team, led by the CEO, promotes and supports D&I by building diverse, inclusive work teams with high engagement — growing a pipeline of diverse talent, leveraging multiple perspectives to improve customer service, using diverse suppliers, engaging with multicultural organizations in our communities and supporting the work of the D&I state councils and Business Resource Groups.
Human Resources works closely with Eversource's executive leadership team to develop and implement D&I goals and drive accountability for D&I progress throughout the company. Eversource's Board of Trustees is committed to diversity and inclusion and receives regular monthly progress updates
We encourage you to read our Eversource Sustainability Report to learn more about our sustainability efforts, including our strong corporate governance, financial performance, and environmental stewardship, as well as how we serve our customers, improve reliability and support our communities.


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Our banking industry should work within an ethical framework
Tony Manwaring
To avoid another credit crunch we cannot rely on regulation alone
Tue 4 May 2010 19.05 EDT First published on Tue 4 May 2010 19.05 EDT
The proposal from a cross-party commission for a "Hippocratic oath" which would "require bankers to take into account the impact of their activities on the wider economy and on society, rather than focusing on making a short-term profit" directly addresses the need to reconcile values and value creation ('Hippocratic oath' for bank workers meets with scepticism, 19 April).
And though the sceptical response is perhaps not surprising, our own organisation has called for an overarching "statement of principles" to cover all aspects of the financial services industry, to which all parties could commit.
The ground is clearly shifting. You quote Stephen Green, chairman of HSBC, as saying: "It is as if, too often, people had given up asking whether something was the right thing to do, and focused only whether it was legal and complied with the rules."
However, the statement that "bankers could be forced to pledge to behave ethically" underlines the practical difficulties. Trust cannot be forced, and such an initiative won't work in isolation. It will also challenge the role of accountants: auditing ethics is different to auditing finances.
We linked our proposal to the creation of a forum for self-regulation, at which leaders from all parts of the investment system would address issues key to the building of public trust. Values cannot be compelled, and regulation all too often forces attention on the regulator, not the customer or citizen and wider society. But there are many examples of good self-regulation, led by business leaders working with civil society and government – such as the Equator Principles which take account of social and environmental risk in project finance decisions.
Former banker Kate Smurthwaite may well speak for many when she argues: "The people with the least scruples make the most money already and would just find new ways to get round the rules." But what she is saying ironically highlights the limits of relying on regulation alone. To ignore the behavioural dimension is merely to reproduce the conditions which led to the credit crunch.
The article states: "It is not clear how 'unethical' banking practices – such as short selling of a company – would be treated by a code." But the point is rather that an ethical framework would better enable individuals to determine whether, and under what circumstances, such practices can be justified. Many argue that the critical issue in short selling is transparency and therefore disclosure.
Similarly, the juxtaposition of "international standards on … setting risk" and ethics, made by the British Bankers' Association, is a false choice. In our report, Tomorrow's Innovation, Risk and Governance, we set out the clear link between leadership, behaviours and culture in the boardroom and beyond. The credit crunch is littered with examples of boardrooms which failed to understand ever more complex financial products, to question the nature of their debts, and to stress-test their business models.
What this boils down to is whether individuals exercised good judgment and acted with integrity. An ethical framework is arguably the most resilient bulwark to the failure to manage risk so evident throughout the credit crunch.
Executive pay and bonuses
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E4J University Module Series: Anti-Corruption
Corruption: a baseline definition
Guidelines to develop a stand-alone course
Appendix: How corruption affects the Sustainable Development Goals
First published in September 2019
This section provides a list of (mostly) open access materials that the lecturer could ask the students to read before taking a class based on this Module.
Fukuyama, Francis (2016). What is Corruption? Against Corruption: A Collection of Essays, UK Government Policy Paper.
Klitgaard, Robert, Ronald McLean-Abaroa and H. L. Parris (2000). Corrupt Cities, A Practical Guide to Cure and Prevention. Washington, DC: ICS Press-World Bank Institute.
Klitgaard, Robert (2015). Addressing corruption together. OECD Symposium on Anti-Corruption Development Assistance: Good Practices among Providers of Development Co-operation Background Paper. Paris: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
Lagarde, Christine (2016). Addressing corruption - openly. Against Corruption: A Collection of Essays, UK Government Policy Paper.
Miller, Seumas (2018). Corruption. In: Edward N. Zalta, ed. Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Stanford University. E-book.
Rose-Ackerman, Susan (2010a). Corruption: Greed, Culture, and the State. Yale Law Journal, vol. 120 (November).
Rose-Ackerman, Susan (2010b). The Institutional Economics of Corruption. In: Gjalt de Graaf and others, eds. The Good Cause: Theoretical Perspectives on Corruption. Verlag Barbara Budrich.
Svensson, Jakob (2005). Eight Questions about Corruption. Journal of Economic Perspectives, vol. 19, no. 3 (September), p.p. 19-42.
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the UNODC-INEGI Center of Excellence in Statistical Information on Government, Crime, Victimization and Justice (2018). Manual on Corruption Surveys: Methodological guidelines on the measurement of bribery and other forms of corruption through sample surveys. Vienna.
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Feelings are highly significant, though they are not decisive when it comes to knowledge. In order to assess whether feelings are trustworthy or deceptive, it is crucial that they be in dialogue with the rest of who we are, including reason and sense observation, so that we have a more holistic perspective. We should not stop, however, at interpersonal dialogue.
We are also obliged to interact with the other, the world, and the biblical text, if we are to have our feelings and the whole of our lives refigured, and to begin to know in the light of being known.


details on why you must do this.
However, that link no longer goes to a particular question and I can't tell which question it once referred to.
I ran into this because I'm trying to understand the cause of the issue which I suspect is related to Issue #6672.


1 track performed by Rotary Connection has been recommended.
The Temptations may be first in your mind when you think of psychedelic soul, but this group, featuring former Turnkeys leader Maurice Dollison and the woman we can blame for "Lovin' You", Minnie Riperton, defined it with this single scorching, fuzzy, crunchy, swirling, doped-up masterpiece. Long-time Chess arranger Charles Stepney milks the string section for all it's worth.
05 Sep 02 ·Liv: A strange hybrid of styles.. Psychedelic soul?
05 Sep 02 ·tinks: yeah, and it wasn't even the strangest...there was an off-shoot that i'll hereby dub "native soul", which was a blend of psychedelic soul, with it's fuzz guitars and such, and native american drums. the sound is best exemplified by the instrumental group the electric indian, who were from philadelphia (and featured len barry of "1-2-3" fame") and had a moderate-sized hit with "keem-o-sabe". they recorded a couple of lps in the idiom, while all other examples i've heard have been one-off attempts. there's also good stuff out there by a group called the little big horns and a song called "warpath" by the isley brothers which is an all-out masterpiece.
07 Dec 05 ·Swinging London: Thought I didn't like The Rotary connection. Hearing that, I've changed my mind. It's outa-sight!


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Christian Lealiifano, Henry Speight and Joe Tomane will be affiliated to the University of Canberra Vikings for the 2015 Buildcorp National Rugby Championship.
Lealiifano, Speight and Tomane featured for the Vikings in 2014, in between appearances for the Wallabies during The Rugby Championship.
Lealiifano ran out for the UC Vikings first three games of the 2014 NRC season, helping his side to record two wins.
Tomane and Speight played one match each, and depending on Wallabies selection all three players are expected to feature again in 2015. The trio also supported the Vikings on numerous occasions by running water to players during matches they were deemed unavailable.
The trio is contracted to the Brumbies Super Rugby franchise and may square up against a number of Brumbies and Wallabies teammates, who were today aligned to other NRC clubs.
Sam Carter and Matt Toomua will represent NSW Country Eagles while Scott Sio and Scott Fardy have been aligned to Sydney-based side North Harbour Rays.
Tomane said he's excited to run out for the Vikings again in 2015 alongside some great up and coming players in Australian Rugby.
"Players like Ita Vaea and Rod Iona will be some of the players to watch, no doubt," Tomane said.
The UC Vikings full playing is expected to be announced next week.
The Vikings will play four home matches during the season at Viking Park. The first will be a Round Three matchup against the Greater Sydney Rams on Saturday, 5 September (2pm).


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Shipping Companies (Denmark)
Keywords: denmark | shipping company | shipping:denmark | maersk |
Aalborg Portland A/S
Acties, Dampk, Atalanta (M.Nissen)
Adolph Andersens
A.E. Sørensen
A.N Petersen A/S
A.P. Møller (Maersk Line)
Armada Shipping A/S
A/S Det Dansk-Franske D/S
Basse & Co.
Bech Rederierne
Blaesbjerg Marine
Bornholmstrafikken A/S
P. Brown, Jr. (Det Helsingorske Dampskibsselskab)
Bugserbolaget Goliath
House flags of Danish Shipping Lines index
Joseph Nüsse website
Aalborg Portland A/S (Aalborg)
image by Ivan Sache, based on Joseph Nüsse website
Blue flag with a white disc charged with a triangle made of alternating blue and white lines.
Ivan Sache, 15 September 2002
This logo is probably best known from Aalborg Portland's main product: cement, as it is printed on the paper bags that the cement is sold in.
Ole Andersen, 15 September 2002
image by Jarig Bakker, 21 October 2005
Source: Loughran (1995)
A/S Aalborg Portland Cement Fabrik, Aalborg - white a blue cement bag-label.
Jarig Bakker, 21 October 2005
Acties, Dampk, Atalanta (M.Nissen), Copenhagen
image by Jarig Bakker
A red flag, white cross, aver all stylized blue "A". Same type of "A" was used by the Danish Asiatic Company after 1802.
Source: Brown's Flags and Funnels (Wedge 1926)
Jarig Bakker, 19 December 2004
image by Ivan Sache, 29 November 2003
Adolph Andersens (Randers, Denmark) - quarter per saltire white-red with A on each white quarter.
http://www.adolph-andersen.dk/
Dov Gutterman, 26 October 2003
The company was founded in Randers in 1851 by Adolph Andersen Sr., who took over and renamed the "Chr. Hennings" company, which had been founded in 1802. The flag is divided per saltire white-red-red-white with a blue A in the white quarters.
Ivan Sache, 29 November 2003
image by Phil Nelson, 24 June 2000
based on Stewart and Styring's Flags, Funnels and Hull Colours, 1963
image by Ivan Sache, 2 November 2003
A.N Petersen A/S (Holte, Denmark) - diagonal red-white-blue
http://www.anpetersen.dk/
The company was founded in 1920 by Captain A.N. Petersen, who died in 1941.
Ivan Sache, 2 November 2003
image by Jorge Candeias, 1 June 2005
A.P. Møller, Copenhagen: blue pennant with white seven-pointed star near the hoist. Also known as Maersk. The Maersk livery colour, sky blue, is well-known.
Jan Mertens, 11 December 2003
A.P. Möller (Maersk Line). The blue is a light shade and the star points are long and narrow. The company website www.apmoller.com in 2000 gives the background of the logo as "History of the logo: The following narrative is found in the book about A.P. Møller "With Constant Care..", by Ove Hornby: "When Captain P.M. Møller took command of his first steamer the S.S. "Laura" in 1886, her black funnel was ringed with a blue band with a white seven-pointed star on each side. While accompanying her husband on a voyage years earlier, his wife Anna Møller had suffered a serious illness, which left a lasting impression on the deeply religious captain, who felt himself to be responsible. In a letter to his wife in October 1886, he explained the background for the company's new emblem: "The little star on the funnel is a reminder of the evening I prayed for you so dejectedly and anxiously, asking for the sign that I might see in the grey, overcast sky, a reminder that the Lord hears our prayers"..
According to Loughran (1979) a flag with reversed colours was used by certain vessels under Liberian registry. See also Dampskibselsskabet af 1912 a/s.
Neale Rosanoski, 27 April 2004
A.P. Møller acquired part interest of Safmarine, including the houseflag and name for the ex-South African part of their shipping.
Andre Burgers, 15 November 2004
I have observed that the containers of Maersk-Sealand, which is the container division of the Maersk multinational (although Danish-based) transport and logistics conglomerate, have the basic design of this emblem expanded to a rectangular shape. This emblem can either be found on the rear doors of the containers or sometimes along the sides. I do not know if Maersk-Sealand operates its own vessels separately from the rest of the Maersk fleet, but if they do their ships may possibly be distinguished by this flag in place of the emblem shown.
Ron Lahav, 2 June 2005
Armada Shipping A/S (Fredensborg)
White flag with a big curvilinear green triangle including a small white triangle.
image by Michael Wilson
A/S Dansk-Franke D/S. The white band should bear "D-F" with the "D" and the dash being blue and the "F" red. The company was formed in 1902 and declared bankrupt in 1979. According to Talbot-Booth up until 1938 it was operated by A.N. Petersen (and he shows it under this name), being joined in 1938 by E. Hahn-Petersen. Post WW2 only the latter is shown by Lloyds as being the operator and some flag sources also show this name with Lloyds deleting the reference at the beginning of the 1970s. Flag sources prior to WW2 show a different version with the red canton being normal style with sources varying as to whether the white cross fesse point was centred or placed nearer the hoist in Scandinavian style.
Basse & Co. Prior to WW2 shown as T. Basse, afterwards as Basse & Co. and finally A.H Basse being liquidated in 1978. The "H" probably relates to D/S Hetland A/S under which they seem to have originally operated.
image by Jarig Bakker, 14 February 2006
Bech Rederierne, Horsens - white flag, blue disk, white stripe, blue "BECH".
Jarig Bakker, 14 February 2006
Blaesbjerg Marine (Aarhus)
White flag with a blue cursive b letter divided by a blue horizontal line.
Must be inspired by the 'Plimsoll line'
Bornholmstrafikken A/S (Aarhus)
Red flag with two parallel diagonal white dashes near the fly. Bornholm is the easternmost Danish island.
The dashes allude to the shape of the island: a parallelogram
P. Brown, Jr., Copenhagen - square white flag bordered red; blue 5-pointed star.
Jarig Bakker, 20 January 2005
P Brown Jr. This seems to be another case of sources showing a livery in the name of the operators instead of the actual company. In this case, as shown by Lloyds 1904 and 1912, the correct company is Det Helsingorske Dampskibsselskab.
Bugserbolaget Goliath, Aalborg; red flag, white fly-diagonal; on white black "GOLIATH".


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SloPro – 60fps Slow Motion Video
By Brie Hiramine
Macworld	 Aug 8, 2012 11:00 pm PDT
With its rugged-looking interface and sample videos depicting slowed-down mountain biking and ski jump shots, SloPro seems to cater to a particular set of X Games surf/snowboard/skater enthusiasts. But even if you don't generally shoot fast action sports videos, SloPro is fun to use. With a few taps, you can speed up or slow down video of any subject—from a passing cityscape to a child blowing out her birthday candles—without relying on desktop video-editing software like iMovie or Final Cut Pro. There are some limitations to what you can accomplish with SloPro, and editing can be annoying, but the app produces cool results.
SloPro takes the pain out of manually speeding up or slowing down video, allowing you to quickly generate those effects directly on your iPhone or iPad. Extra-smooth slow motion, a new feature with the current update, is only available for the iPhone 4S, though the app is compatible with all devices running iOS 5.0 or later.
Ready, set, go: Speed options are preset, with additional rendering options (optical flow, frame blending, ghosting) that minimize video choppiness.
The process of slowing down video is easy, but you are restricted to preset speeds. The Speed drop-down button at the top of the Edit screen lists a decent number of choices for speeding up and slowing down recorded clips, including super-slow settings that render your video a painstaking speed of 1000 fps. With the eight options you're given, you can speed up footage as fast as four times the shoot speed or slow it down to 1/4 the shoot speed without additional rendering. It's not a major hindrance if you're just out for a cool effect, but if you're trying to achieve more specific timing, you may be disappointed.
Access a video either from your device or record directly via the app. Definitely record from your phone through SloPo if you have an iPhone 4S, which captures footage at 60 fps instead of the 30 fps you'll get by recording from SloPro with another iOS device. (The iPhone 4S captures twice as many frames per second through SloPro, so slow motion video appears smoother.) If you're recording with SloPro at a slowed speed, you can revert back to the live-action speed at any time while shooting or editing—a wonderful feature.
From the Edit screen, tap Speed In where you want an effect to start; tap Speed Out where you want it to end. When you click on that section, you can change the speed or add smoothing options. The wait time for the effect to take place is minimal, and you'll quickly see the creative possibilities for shooting everyday scenes, especially when speeding up and slowing down different sections within the same video.
Color-coded editing: It's quick and easy to see where effects have been placed. Red means a scene has been slowed down, blue means a scene has been sped up, and orange means that a scene has been treated with a super-slow effect.
Though it's super-easy to edit video when you want to utilize only one effect, the app can be irritating when playing around with different effects. Say, for instance, you've already added an effect to a segment in your video, but want to add a different effect to the middle part of that segment. Essentially, you have to run through the entire editing process again. Tap Speed Out, then Speed In where you want the new effect to start; tap Speed Out, then Speed In where you want the original effect to resume; and tap Speed Out where you want the original effect to end. It sounds simple enough, but sometimes it's difficult to remember exactly where you want each edit to go.
Unfortunately, there's no Undo button, which would really come in handy when you accidentially tap Speed In instead of Speed Out, or vice versa. I often found myself voiding all edits made in a particular clip (by tapping Cancel), rather than struggle to revert back to my previous edits.
Anything shot with the free version leaves a small Made with SloPro for iPhone watermark—annoyingly and inaccurately, even when you're shooting from an iPad—at the bottom of the screen. This might induce you to fork over $4 for the Pro Upgrade, but if you're only looking to show your friends how awesome a scene looks in slo-mo, it's probably unnecessary.
With the free version, you can still export your videos to Facebook and YouTube, though you must purchase the upgrade to email your movies or export them onto your Camera Roll or iTunes. So in order to add background music or make additional edits to your film, you'll need the paid version.
Whether or not you aspire to direct action flicks à la Michael Bay, SloPro – 60fps Slow Motion Video warrants a download. You'll get cool effects fast and (relatively) easily, on video shot from your device or regular camera. With SloPro, testing effects and seeing their results is a game, and for the most part, it's a fun one.
[Brie Hiramine is a Macworld intern.]


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Gary Slaiman focuses his practice on legislative matters as well as representing clients subject to congressional oversight and investigations and on various other issues before congressional committees and commissions, including telecommunications, antitrust, financial services, litigation reform, environment, energy, sports, consumer protection, intellectual property and copyright, cyber , transportation and aviation, pharmaceuticals, and food. Gary's practice is especially focused on the House and Senate Judiciary committees and the House Energy and Commerce Committee and the Senate Commerce Committee.
Extended Profile
Gary previously served as chief counsel and staff director for the US Senate Labor and Human Resources Subcommittee on Labor. He directed the subcommittee's activities on Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) reform; pension and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) matters; employment and training; healthcare reform; North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), National Labor Relations Act (NLRA), and Railway Labor Act (RLA) issues; and numerous matters before the Departments of Labor, Education, and Health and Human Services. Prior to taking over the Labor Subcommittee, Gary was counsel to the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust where he managed domestic and international antitrust matters. Additionally, he handled the subcommittee's investigations and legislative initiatives in the areas of insurance and reinsurance regulation, savings and loan activities, civil Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO), tort reform, corporate governance and criminal law, and various intellectual property matters.
Prior to joining Morgan Lewis, Gary was a partner in the corporate practice of another international law firm, where he led the government affairs practice. He currently serves as chairman of the advisory board for PREVIEW, a publication on the Supreme Court by the American Bar Association Standing Committee on Public Education.
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Represented a wide variety of companies with regard to congressional review of pending mergers and competition policy, including NBC, Universal Music Group, Viacom, USAirways, WorldCom, MFS, Dean Foods, Vodaphone, and Tesoro
Represented USAirways with regard to industry consolidation, including its proposed merger with United Airlines
Civil Litigation Reform
Represented the Asbestos Study Group, a coalition of Fortune 150 companies, seeking legislation to establish a privately funded national asbestos trust fund to resolve all civil asbestos litigation
Represented Merrill Lynch in successful enactment of the Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995
Represented a payment processor with regard to federal inquiries concerning a significant cyber breach
Established and represented a coalition of Billing Houses in developing industry best practice guidelines and represented industry and its members before Congress and the FTC with respect to consumer protection and competition issues
Representing new technology clients on copyright policy issues for more than 20 years
Represented the manufacturers of video and audio recorders with regard to the home taping legislation that followed the Sony Betamax decision
Represented WorldCom/MCI and other telecommunications companies concerned about obligations to police broadband networks for transmission of unauthorized works (including representation in Geneva during the WIPO negotiations that led to the adoption of the DMCA in the United States)
Represented Napster, from its inception, on federal legislation and prepared its CEO for congressional hearings
Representing an Internet company with regard to proposed revisions to the DMCA
Oversight and Investigations
Represented clients before many congressional committees, including the House Energy and Commerce Committee, the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on investigations, the Senate and House Judiciary Committees, the Senate Finance Committee, the House Education and Labor Committee, the Senate Commerce Committee and the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission, including preparing numerous CEOs and other executives for testimony
Represented the non-target Enron employees in the largest congressional investigation in history — the unprecedented, bicameral investigation of the Enron bankruptcy by 12 Congressional committees
Represented numerous providers of competitive telecommunications services, including WorldCom, MFS, ICG, Frontier, Wiltel, RCN, US LEC, PacWest, Level 3, Vonage, EarthLink, Global Crossing, CBeyond, and others, with respect to a wide variety of telecommunications issues before Congress and the FCC
University of Virginia School of Law, 1981, Juris Doctor
University of Virginia, 1978, Bachelor of Arts, With High Distinction
Ranked, Government: Government Relations, Nationwide, Chambers USA (2018, 2019)
Ranked, Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business (2015–2017)
Member, American Bar Association
Member, Bar Association of the District of Columbia
Former Editor, Virginia Journal of Natural Resources Law
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Donald Trump Awards Presidential Medal Of Freedom to Tiger Woods
Sports IANS| May 07, 2019 11:30 AM IST
Tiger Woods receives Presidential Medal of Freedom. (Photo Credits: IANS)
Washington, May 7: US President Donald Trump conferred the Presidential Medal of Freedom on ace golfer Tiger Woods in a ceremony in the Rose Garden of the White House. Trump Awards Highest US Civilian Honour to Tiger Woods.
"Your spectacular achievements on the golf course, your triumph over physical adversity and your relentless will to win, win, win - these qualities embody the American spirit," Trump said on Monday evening as he bestowed the nation's highest civilian honour on Woods, 43.
The California native is number two in the number of major tournament victories, Efe news reported. The distinction comes after Woods won his fifth Masters Tournament, marking a return to form after 10 years marred by scandal, a succession of injuries and addiction to pain-killers.
"This has been an unbelievable experience and... everyone here has seen and been with me for them, some of you for my entire life, and some of you for more than half my life," Woods said to a group that included many members of his family.
"You've seen the good and the bad, the highs and the lows and I would not be in this position without your help," he said. Woods becomes the fourth golfer to receive the award, following Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer and Charlie Sifford.
.@TigerWoods delivers remarks after receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom at the White House! pic.twitter.com/2m1HSdabJh
— The White House (@WhiteHouse) May 6, 2019
The original executive order that created the award, issued by John F. Kennedy in 1963, says the Presidential Medal of Freedom is meant for people who have made "an especially meritorious contribution to the security or national interests of the United States, world peace, cultural or other significant public or private endeavours".
Trump, himself a golf enthusiast, has long been friendly with Woods, who is designing a golf course for a club in Dubai that is managed by the Trump Organization.
There is a villa named for Woods at Trump's golf club in Doral, Florida. "He's also a great person. He's a great guy," the president said after conferring he medal on Woods. Last month, Trump signaled his intention to give Woods the award following the Masters triumph.
Previous Medal of Freedom recipients under Trump include NFL greats Alan Page and Roger Staubach and baseball legend Babe Ruth, who was honoured posthumously, as were Elvis Presley and Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia.
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Europas geografiska centrum kan hamna på vitt skilda ställen beroende dels på definitionen av Europa (i första hand huruvida man räknar med diverse öar) och på beräkningsmetodiken. Enligt en variant, baserad på uträkningar gjorda av franska vetenskapsmän, är platsen beläget i Purnuškės nära Vilnius i Litauen. I samband med Litauens EU-inträde byggdes där ett monument med EU-medlemmars flaggor och en skulptur.

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Santarém () város Portugáliában, a Tajo folyó jobb partján. Az azonos nevű kerület székhelye. A szűkebb város lakossága kb. 30 ezer fő volt 2012-ben. A város lakóit "escalabitanos" vagy "santarenos" néven hívják.

Történelem
Az első emberi települések nyomai a régióban a Krisztus előtti évszázadokra nyúlnak vissza. Julius Caesar idejében fontos hivatali központ állt itt. A mórok számára egy erőd helye volt. Később a portugál királyok sokszor hívták itt össze a rendi gyűlést (cortes).

Xantarim Santa Iriáról kapta a nevét, a 7. században élt tomári apácáról, aki mártírhalált halt, amikor a Nabăo folyóba dobták. Állítólag itt, a Tajo partjainál jelent meg újra.

Fő látnivalók
 A 14. századi Igreja da Graca-templom
 A 12. századi Igreja do Marvila-templom
 Igreja do Seminário-templom vagy Sé-katedrális (Sé Catedral)
 A 14. századi Igreja do Santissimo Milagre-templom
 Torre das Cabaças - a középkori városfalból megmaradt védelmi torony
 Castelo (vár) és Jardim das Portas do Sol (kert), amely a mór vár romjaira épült. A kertet a város középkori falai veszik körül, amelynek teraszáról nagyszerű kilátás nyílik.
 Museu Arqueológico (múzeum)
 Museu Diocesano de Santarem (múzeum)
 A város a bikaviadalok fontos helyszíne. Az aréna a város délnyugati csücskén van.

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BOISE, Idaho — A lender syndicate led by Credit Suisse Group could proceed quickly with its bid to take control of financially crippled Tamarack Resort assets now that an Idaho judge has refused a rival creditor's request to halt the Swiss bank's foreclosure lawsuit.
A bank spokeswoman in New York declined to comment today. But a Tamarack Municipal Association lawyer said a sheriff's sale could proceed this year, if Credit Suisse is eager to ask Valley County Sheriff Patti Bolen to hold an auction on the courthouse steps in the tiny town of Cascade.
There, the lending syndicate represented by the Zurich, Switzerland-based bank would take a decisive step in winning control of assets that are security for its $300 million in claims, including ski lifts, an 18-hole golf course and more than 2,000 home sites.
"The timing of a sheriff's sale is largely at Credit Suisse's discretion," wrote Tamarack Municipal Association attorney Steve Lord, in a note to the homeowner's group obtained by The Associated Press. "Credit Suisse could have the matter to Sheriff Bolen and concluded in 60 days or less."
On Friday, 4th District Court Judge Patrick Owen in Boise declined a request from another creditor, Oregon-based Teufel Nursery, seeking to block Credit Suisse from advancing to a sheriff's sale.
Tamarack's woes date to 2008, when the bank-led lending syndicate sued after the resort's majority owner, Jean-Pierre Boespflug, defaulted on a $250 million construction loan.
Boespflug's plans for a $1.5 billion ski, golf and marina resort collapsed as the faltering economy pierced the vacation real estate bubble, his spending on construction outstripped his resources and no one would lend him new cash. The French native has since disappeared, likely fleeing the United States to avoid millions in unfavorable Tamarack-related judgments.
Even if Credit Suisse wins a speedy sheriff's sale, however, it's not the final answer to unraveling Tamarack's tangled finances.
Four additional Tamarack creditors with several million dollars' worth of separate claims are still awaiting Idaho courts' permission on their own foreclosure bids.
Those creditors — among them, a construction company and architecture firms that helped carve Tamarack from a mountainside 90 miles north of Boise — have claims to properties including the Village Plaza, the insulation-wrapped, would-be resort centerpiece, as well as half-completed condominiums and townhomes.
In the meantime, Tamarack has been run by a receiver, shuttered and then reopened as homeowners sought to protect their investments by keeping the ski and golf operations alive. They hope after the foreclosures are resolved, a new investor will buy the resort and complete unfinished projects.
One high-speed ski lift was removed this summer by its owner, Bank of America. The ski operation, financed by the Tamarack Municipal Association's 365 members, lost nearly $300,000 last season.
Despite that financial hit, the homeowner group's director, Tim Flaherty, said Monday he's gotten strong support to bankroll the ski season that starts in December.
"As a group, that's a very powerful statement," Flaherty said. "We're waiting for the next shoe to drop, and that is Credit Suisse's plan. Right now, it's a bit of a waiting game."


More than anything during this wedding process, I have wanted to hit that blessed one thirty-five.
Originally, last July, I began nearly 45 pounds away from my goal weight.
And today, here I sit, just 15 pounds away.
Regardless, thank you. To everyone who dropped encouraging words + funny solutions: your time and thoughts were so appreciated. A handful of them made me cry. Many of them made me giggle. And some of them made me think. A few of them did all three. I treasured each word. Truly, I did.
Over the past few months, some of my girlfriends & always thoughtful co-workers have pulled me aside to reason with me to not lose much more weight before the wedding. They each made the same positive point: When I look back at my wedding photos, I want to see me...not some sad, shell of a girl, who whittled away months trying to fit into a size 4 gown...and still isn't happy with herself. (or as my friend, anna, says- 'you don't want to look like nicole richie walking down the aisle'... FAR from that.) Rock those healthy curves, they said, rather than show up to the big day looking not like me.
They're right. Currently, I'm the smallest I've been in my adult life. I should embrace and celebrate it! And so for now, I'm making healthy efforts to take care of my bod, little things to help me feel beautiful: At 29, I've finally established a skin-care regiment. I've incorporated exercise into my routine at least four-seven times a week. I watch what I eat- especially portion sizes and nutrition. I've almost completely cut out soda, and have welcomed drinking 10 glasses of water a day. I even have an electric toothbrush, cause you've gotta take care of that smile.
And most importantly, tending to my emotional health: I'm learning to believe I can be beautiful, just as I am. No matter what size.
Whew. That's a big one.
thankfully tim - and all of the other guys i have dated seriously- have never pressured me to lose weight... in my heart, i know that tim does - and will always- love me for me - no matter what size. what an amazing feeling.
however, being healthy and loving myself are ultimately most important.
and right now- i feel pretty amazing.
Good for you, Janelle! You have been such an inspiration and a wonderful example of dedication and determination; I have truly been inspired by you and your efforts to live a clean, healthy life. I've been kicking my goals into high gear over the past couple of months, and while I'm not dropping the pounds quickly, I am noticing my body, mood, and habits changing significantly, and that's what matters to me. I agree with your friends: enjoy these last few weeks simply maintaining what you've worked so hard to achieve. The number on the scale isn't an indicator of how healthy or in shape you are. If you FEEL good, you're there! Congrats!


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From Steve Biko to Thuli Madonsela
by Ground Up
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This week the Public Protector was called a CIA agent. The ruling party's tactic of labeling its critics foreign agents is counterproductive, has a bloody history and is damaging the country, writes Ayanda Kota.
When Steve Biko galvanized young black intellectuals into an explosive new political awareness, Mac Maharaj called Steve Biko a CIA agent. In his recent biography on Biko, Xolela Mangcu recalls that in Ginsburg in the1980s, "UDF crowds would in their hundreds go and sing in front of Steve Biko's house: U-Steve Biko, I-CIA – alleging Steve had worked for the CIA. We would confront the crowds to defend Steve's name, at the risk of our lives."
In the 1980s, proponents of the Black Consciousness Movement (BCM) were torched alive, brutally killed, and forced to flee their homes around the country. This was justified by the Congress structures with the accusation that BCM activists were CIA agents with white handlers.
It has been 37 years since the death in custody of Steve Biko. Today, the ANC speaks of Biko as a hero because BCM is no longer a threat to them. The last nail in the coffin was the co-option of the AZAPO former president as a Deputy Minister of Education. BCM is now talking from the oblivion of history with no influence or power.
But, when real challenges to the ANC emerge from within the black community, their leaders are still said to be working for white handlers who are foreign agents. This has been said about all the social movements that have emerged to struggle for decent health care, land and housing and for a decent income.
After the Marikana Massacre, the accusation from the ruling party and SACP was that there was a third force hell bent on using workers in Marikana to undermine the ANC.
Once again, a white handler was identified as the motivating force behind the struggles of black people. The SACP is so fixated on third forces, spies, and anti-transformation conspiracies, that they can't even apply basic class analysis to understand the exploitation of the working class by the class of capital.
For the ANC and SACP on are only an authentic black if you are blindly loyal to Jacob Zuma.
What is even more painful is the use of this language in our ranks. Andile Mngxitama has become notorious for using such language against black activists who disagree with him. Any grassroots black activist that does not accept his authority is said to be an askari with a white handler.
We have become familiar with the uncultured language of the erstwhile oppressor. Many of us have put on his boots without shame.
Recently, Thuli Madonsela was called a CIA Agent with a white handler. This remarkable woman has been under sustained attack from the ruling party. At a time when so many people are losing confidence in democracy, she is standing firmly against corruption.
This language that paints any black person that thinks for themselves as a tool of whites working for imperialism kills the debate in the black community. It intimidates people. It divides people.
In the 1980s, BCM members paid the price. Our members carry the scars; many graves are there as testimony. Others have paid the price for this over the last ten years too: the Landless Peoples' Movement, the Anti-Privatization Forum, Treatment Action Campaign, Abahlali baseMjondolo, Unemployed People's Movement, and the striking mineworkers of Marikana have all been labelled tools of imperialism.
Leon Trotsky wrote: "The struggle against 'bad language' is a condition of intellectual culture, just as the fight against filth and vermin is a condition of physical culture."
Abusive speech has become normalised by the ANC and it has become normal in the left. There are many kinds of abusive speech. We all know what happened during Zuma's rape trial, where abusive speech took the form of sexism. And recently, again, Charles Nqakula threatened Floyd Shivambu with violence in parliament.
We have to condemn the ANC when they use abusive speech against the EFF instead of rational argument. We have to condemn the gutter politics that has done so much harm to the left. The power of Black Consciousness was significantly eroded in the 80s by the either-you're-with-us-or-you're-vermin mentality that informs a significant proportion of the ruling party's actions.
Thuli Madonsela is now the target of this mentality, this deeply intolerant and ultimately dehumanising mentality that prevents the ruling party from learning through its mistakes.
If rather than condemning and trying to undermine the power of the Public Protector the ANC took its recommendations to heart, the party might avert what seems to be its inexorable slide. We can't keep quiet and do nothing when the ANC is at it again. We need to stand up for Thuli Madonsela. We owe it our children and their future.
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The Power of Technology: What are you not doing?
May 20, 2013 Will
"I think the new iPhone…"
"Did you hear about that tablet…?"
"I heard the new computer can…"
This is what the conversations at my family gatherings sound like. Technology. That is what we talk about.
At school:
"My new phone is…"
"I can't believe he posted that…"
"I was just on Youtube and…"
"I'll text you later…"
Why are our thoughts and conversations so centered on technology? Why are we so dependent on it? Why does our generation know the ins and outs of our gadgets and devices? Could it be that we've just grown up with it?
I've seen toddlers unlock their parent's smart phones and take hundreds of pictures of their thumb, which has inconveniently slipped over the camera lens. Some know how to work the TV, while others still are handy with a tablet. They are growing up with it. Fourth-graders with iPhones seems a little excessive to me, yet we take computer classes in school from the age of six. Kids of the 21st century are exposed to it, and some just can't get enough. In fact, in South Korea, "e-Sports" has become a huge part of the country's culture.
Not only does South Korea rank highest in the history of the World Cyber Games, but it also has professional leagues that are sponsored by companies like Samsung. Professional players' salaries can be over $100,000, however the average player's salary is about $20,000. Two TV networks are dedicated entirely to e-Sports and in 2005, 120,000 fans came to a stadium in Busan, South Korea to watch a professional final. To put that in context, only 71,000 people came to the 2013 Super Bowl. South Korea's gaming hype may seem a little over the top to people in the U.S., but in Asia, it has truly become part of the culture.
Another reason might be social media. Information is incredibly accessible for anyone who wants to get at it. Once you start, it's hard to stop. The inverse of that is the fact that anyone can post anything online. Some people might say that they're just "expressing themselves" but people can make themselves look like anything that they want to look like.
I won't go so far as to say that technology is evil; it's not. For some reason, it is really appealing to most people; who knows why? However, sometimes the question is less about what you're doing, it's what you aren't. For example, staring at a computer screen does not count as running around outside, or reading or taking a hike in the woods.
So are we too infatuated with technology? Ask yourself: What am I not doing? Do I mind that? Why? So get outside. Twitter can wait. So can Dr. Who. Video games have a pause button.
What are you not doing?
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6 Must-See Environmental Films and TV Shows of 2023
America's Two Largest Water Reservoirs at Record Lows
Kaitlin Sullivan
Jul 14, 2021 6:18AM EDT Climate
An aerial view of droughts effect at Hemenway Harbor, Lake Mead, which is at its lowest level in history since it was filled 85 years ago, Monday, June 28, 2021. Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times / Getty Images
The federal government is expected to declare a first-ever water shortage in the Colorado River basin by next year at the latest –some believe the call could come this summer. The declaration would implement mandatory water cuts in Lower Basin states, three of the seven in the Colorado River Compact, Newsweek and NPR reported.
The 1,450-mile-long river serves 40 million people in the American West. After a 21-year decline, its two reservoirs, Lake Mead and Lake Powell, hit record lows last month.
The shortages continue to hit farmers particularly hard, but also Indigenous tribes who have long struggled to secure their share of water, even in good years, according to Newsweek.
The river isn't just responsible for water. Its currents power hundreds of hydroelectric dams, including the Hoover Dam, which produces roughly 4 billion kilowatt-hours of hydroelectric power for Nevada, Arizona and California each year, enough to serve 1.3 million people, according to the Bureau of Reclamation.
June runoff conditions into the reservoirs show the reservoirs are, "fast deteriorating toward 'dead pool' status, where stored water is so low it can't spin the massive hydroelectric power generators buried in the dams, and large swaths of Arizona farmland going fallow," The Colorado Sun said.
A monthly Bureau report published in June predicted a nearly 80 percent chance Lake Powell will fall below minimum target water height by next year. By 2024, there is a nearly 20 percent chance there won't be enough water in Lake Powell to produce any energy.
The outlook for Lake Mead is slightly better but also grim, with the Bureau predicting a nearly 60 percent chance the reservoir will drop below minimum water levels by 2025, and a more than 20 percent chance the reservoir will not produce power by that same year, reported The Colorado Sun.
Despite adequate snowpack this year, climate change is fueling drought and soaring temperatures that claim the West's most iconic waterway.
The river basin's latest snowpack was 100 percent of normal, but only produced half of normal runoff into the Colorado River and its reservoirs. That's because water is either evaporating or soaking into dry ground before it can reach the river, said The Colorado Sun.
"It's startling how with each new projection, you had thought it can't possibly get worse," John Berggren, water policy analyst for the nonprofit Western Resource Advocates, told The Colorado Sun. "Even just a year or two ago, most people would have thought these projections are pretty far away from ever happening."
Kaitlin Sullivan covers the environment, science and health beats. Her work has appeared in NBC News, Popular Science, NPR, VICE and Inverse, among others. Before becoming a journalist, she worked on a farm in Western Colorado, at a hostel in Brazil and as an editor for the American Alpine Club.
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The Aristide Case
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Aristide Michal's wife Lotte is not his wife, nor is his son Philippe his son. He is deeply attached to both, and to the modest little Hotel Moderne Aristide he is running in a village in the hills behind Nice and Cannes…
This outstanding audio collection is made up of two short stories, A Day Off and The Single Heart, and three long stories which show the variety of the author's great writing skills that make her one of the most distinguished of women writers.
Cloudless May
Cloudless May explores the political and psychological circumstances of the defeat of France in the spring of 1940....
Parthian Words
This short audiobook offers the dispassionate but sharp-tongued comments on the novel, by an old fiction hand, a personal exercise of taste and judgment, backed by a life interest in the history and methods of literary criticism.
The Black Laurel
Much of the action of The Black Laurel takes place in Berlin, 1945. But it is not a novel about Germany. It concerns a group of English people....
The Journal of Mary Hervey Russell
In The Journal of Mary Hervey Russell, Storm Jameson has chosen a form which enables her to use a rich supply both of public occurrences and personal knowledge and experience for the exercise of that imaginative observation which is characteristic of her best work.
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The second volume in Storm Jameson s autobiography starts on the eve of the Second World War, and encompasses Jameson's involvement as the first female president of PEN....
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When a country is invaded and occupied for a long time, the rents that appear in human relationships are not all, or always, due to the brutality of the invader - his kindness can be equally dangerous and disturbing.
In 1960, Storm Jameson decided to write her memoirs. The result was Journey from the North, one of the great literary autobiographies of the century....
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ABBA – When All is Said and Done
Knowing when to leave a party is a trick that not many pop stars have learned – realising that the lights are about to come up and making a dignified exit is absolutely the best way of preserving your legacy and preventing an unfortunate occurrence of Lisa Scott Lee syndrome. Nowadays of course, popstrels tend to leave the party for about five minutes, to huge sighs of relief from the remaining guests, only to nip back five minutes later with news of an exciting reunion tour. That one's wearing a bit thin to be honest.
ABBA knew exactly when to leave the party. Creatively they had reached a high watermark with 1981's The Visitors (Two For the Price of One notwithstanding) but despite reaching no.1 it heralded a marked downturn in the group's chart fortunes. A subtle changing of the guard had taken place when The Human League released Dare! a month before The Visitors and in the blink of an eye, Agnetha, Anni-Frid, Benny and Bjorn became an anachronism. This speaks volumes about the brutality of pop, but it's something that needs to happen from time to time.
When All is Said and Done is the great lost ABBA single. You can read it in a couple of ways – as a comment on the breakdown of Benny and Anni-Frid's marriage or of the group itself – but it is the single most devastating song they ever recorded. "Standing calmly at the crossroads, no desire to run – there's no hurry any more when all is said and done." I don't think there's ever been a more honest depiction of the acceptance of a broken relationship in the whole of pop.
Epic declined to release it as a single in the UK – I suspect that by this point they inexplicably tended to think only Agnetha lead vocals deserved that honour – and only the USA really took it to heart, becoming one of their bigger Hot 100 hits at no.27. Now of course, thanks to the huge global box office success of Mamma Mia! there is a very real and terrifying possibility that more people have heard Pierce Brosnan sing this song than Anni-Frid Lyngstad.
ABBA quietly slipped away the following year without telling anyone – inventing the now common practice of "ghosting" in the process – and have yet to announce their break-up. Classy to the last.
Entered chart: was not released
Who could sing this today and have a hit? Christ, imagine Adele doing this.
1980s, Groups, Pop music, Scandipop, Swedish Pop
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The vocal on this song is searing. Anni-Frid really goes for it.
Savva says:
Frida's lead was as always outstanding.
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Pinterest… you always trouble me. I am totally guilty for pinning and bookmarking this one. These are just so crispy and juicy and perfect. I had to try these for myself. I love zucchini (its probably one of my favorite veggies) and because these are all pantry items this recipe is so easy, and can be made on a whim!
In an assembly line have zucchini slices, eggs, flour, and panko ready. Dredge zucchini rounds in flour, then dip floured zucchini in the beaten egg, then panko bread crumbs. Heat a large, non-stick pan over medium-high heat and add about ¼" oil (enough to generously cover the bottom). Once the oil is hot, add breaded zucchini chips and saute about 3 minutes per side or until golden brown on each side. If browning too quickly, reduce heat. Once zucchini are done frying, transfer them to a bowl or plate lined with paper towels and serve them warm with the prepared aioli sauce. YUM!!!! Seriously guys. Thanks Natasha!
We have waited 10 long…loooooong…months for this time!
I have our hospital bag packed and ready to go. Our video camera charged and ready to film. Her bassinet has a brand new, clean, adorable sheet on it. Her diaper changing station is organized and ready to be used. All clothes hung so sweetly in her closet. Her carseat installed properly.
For 9 months I just could not wait for this finish line! I couldn't wait for the end of the sciatic nerve irritation to be eliminated; for the carpel tunnel to disappear; for the trigger thumb to heal; for the water retention to evaporate; for the weight gain to dissipate and for sleeping on my belly like a normal human!


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Vosganian: "Barroso asked if I were an irredentist"
Miercuri, 1 noiembrie 2006, 0:00
Varujan Vosganian, the first candidate for the European Commissioner seat, discussed for the first time the questions the EC president, Jose Manuel Barroso, asked him before the rejection. Varujan claims in the "Stirea Zilei" TV show on Antena 3 that Barroso asked him whether he was an irredentist or not.
Thus, Vosganian says that Barroso was informed that he doesn't respect the Romanian - Moldovan border and wants the two countries to unify.
"I believe that the re-completion of the Romanian territory must remain an aspiration for the entire political class. There are international treaties, there is a state called Moldova and we respect it's independence, sovereignty and Constitution" was the old quote Vosganian was asked about by Barroso.


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Q: SSIS : big load and outofmemory exception I'm currently working with Integration Services (SSIS) to load a big amount of XML files into a SQL server database. Each XML file content needs to be dispatched in several tables. I have at least 10000 xml files to load using the process. Everything works fine till 6000 files are loaded. After 6000 treatment, I always got an OutOfMemoryException from my first dataflow task, the first in the process.
In this script component, I just check if a value from a XML file is already present in a specific database table. If it is present, I return the matched ID, otherwise, I add a new record. To achieve it, I use a Lookup component. I use it with No cache option, for memory matter. Then in case of matching, I process the return ID in a script component. Like I said, everything works fine until more or less 6000 files are processed. After I got :
Description : System.OutOfMemoryException: Exception of type 'System.OutOfMemoryException' was thrown.
at Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Pipeline.ScriptComponentHost.HandleUserException(Exception e)
at Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Pipeline.ScriptComponentHost.PreExecute()
at Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Pipeline.ManagedComponentHost.HostPreExecute(IDTSManagedComponentWrapper100 wrapper)

Do you have some suggestions or some ressources which deal with performance and memory issue in SSIS ? Do you encountered similar problem ? DO you have an idea from where this memory problem could come from?
Thanks :)
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Here is the code to check an XML against an XSD file. Can you see any memory leak?
public void Main()
    {
        try
        {
            XmlReaderSettings settings = new XmlReaderSettings();
            settings.Schemas.Add("", Dts.Variables["XSDFilePath"].Value.ToString());
            settings.ValidationType = ValidationType.Schema;

            using (XmlReader reader = XmlReader.Create(Dts.Variables["XMLFilePath"].Value.ToString(), settings))
            {
                XmlDocument document = new XmlDocument();
                document.Load(reader);

                ValidationEventHandler eventHandler = new ValidationEventHandler(XMLValidationHandler);
                document.Validate(eventHandler);
            }

            if (ValidationResult)
            {
                Dts.TaskResult = (int)ScriptResults.Success;
            }
            else
            {
                Dts.TaskResult = (int)ScriptResults.Failure;
            }

        }
        catch (Exception ex)
        {
            Dts.TaskResult = (int)ScriptResults.Failure;
        }
    }

    private void XMLValidationHandler(object sender, ValidationEventArgs e)
    {
        switch (e.Severity)
        {
            case XmlSeverityType.Error:
                Console.WriteLine("Warning {0}", e.Message);
                ValidationResult = false;
                break;
            case XmlSeverityType.Warning:
                Console.WriteLine("Warning {0}", e.Message);
                break;
        }
    }

A: Don't use the XMLDocument Object, It will load the entire document into memory and is likely the cause of your memory problem. Try instead to use the XmlValidatingReader
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.xml.xmlvalidatingreader.aspx
It should provide a more efficient use of memory.

A: Refer to the 'answers' in this.,
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/sqlintegrationservices/thread/4d90afc8-0a1c-418f-9e3a-0b766f581b2c/

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Hungary in 1956
2006 was the fiftieth anniversary of the Soviet invasion of Hungary. According to T. Mills Kelly's 2007 Podcasted lecture, this invasion was one of Hungary's two most important historical moments of the twentieth century; the other being the 1919 Treaty of Trianon, which robbed Hungary of a large percentage of its land and people. Hungarian unrest resulted from an internal power struggle within the communist leadership made possible by Stalin's death and Khrushchev's Secret Speech. One leader supported a hard-line position in support of Soviet positions; the other offered the prospect of a very small amount of Hungarian independence within the overall umbrella of socialism and the Warsaw Pact. Eventually, the opposition took to the streets, destroying a statue of Stalin in a display of shocking disrespect to Hungary's erstwhile liberators.
Khrushchev decided that toleration wasn't an option. Tito supported his stance. Soon, Russia sent an enormous invasion force of 300,000 troops into the country, and the violence of the encounter with street protesters overshadowed the later violence of Prague by a factor of ten or more. 25,000 Hungarians died. Austrians tore down border fences to allow untold Hungarians to flee the country. Notwithstanding the pleas of Hungarians, the West did nothing to help. Small wonder. Austria, which stood between Italy and Hungary, had been declared a neutral state several years earlier as a condition for Soviet withdrawal. The West rightly feared Russian nuclear retaliation for any intervention in the Russian sphere of influence. And soon, the West was distracted by the hugely unpopular Anglo-French-Israeli invasion of Egypt.
The moderate leader led the resistance to Moscow, fleeing to Yugoslavia before being deported and eventually executed in Russia. Russia installed a new, sycophant leader who purged the leadership of anyone with any hint of sympathy for the rebellion. But eventually, between 1956 and 1988, the new leader began to move the country toward a very subtle form of quasi-independence from Soviet rule.
Eventually, the Hungarian communist party accepted an informal state of compromise with the Hungarian people. The public sphere was the province of the Communist Party; but Hungarians could exercise a real measure of liberty within their own homes, in the private sphere. By 1989, the Hungarians already had some limited forms of private enterprise. In 1988, an opposition party and soon a multiparty system emerged. In 1989, the executed communist resister was reburied with honors in Heroes Square. One million Hungarians filed past the coffin. Communist leaders were brushed aside by a Young Democrat in his 20s who said Hungarians needed the chance to bury "one of their own." In 1990, the country held elections.
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Peter Navarro
UC-Irvine Business Professor, Author of Crouching Tiger: What China's Militarism Means for the World
Peter Navarro is a professor at the Merage School of Business at the University of California-Irvine. With a Masters of Public Administration from the Kennedy School of Government and a Ph.D. in economics from Harvard, this distinguished macroeconomist has written extensively on Asia as well as lived and worked there. He has published ten previous books, including Seeds of Destruction, Always a Winner, and The Coming China Wars. He has appeared on the BBC, CNN, CNBC, MSNBC, NPR, and 60 Minutes. He has written for publications ranging from Barron's and the New York Times to the Wall Street Journal and Washington Post. His film Death By China, narrated by Martin Sheen, was shown in more than 50 theaters around the country, won numerous "best documentary" awards, and today, is available free on YouTube. His Crouching Tiger book and film series unmasks the rise of Chinese militarism. http://crouchingtiger.net
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