The program is designed to stimulate the Intellectual skills of participants to enable them manage and lead their respective libraries insight, vision and result. It would also provide interested participants with better understanding of leadership to enable them develop strategies to deploy consideration of the dynamic operational environment of librarianship.
This workshop is designed for middle and senior management in libraries and information centers, who want to encourage development and positive change in the field. It will be open to others interested in developing leadership skills. Participants are expected from Nigeria, Ghana, Cameroon, Sierra Leone and Liberia and Gambia and other parts of Africa.
Certificates would be awarded to participants who attended all the sessions and fulfilled all the requirements of the course.
Fifty thousand Naira (=N=50,000) OR $300:00 (Three hundred US Dollars) per participant. This covers tea break, lunch and course materials and workshop bag.
5% discount for 5 participants and above from one institution1 organization and 3% discount for three participants from same institution.


If you haven't made plans for the last weekend of May, consider heading to the Jacksonville Fairgrounds Expo Center. The 2017 Remodeling Expo will be in full swing starting Friday May 26th and running through Monday the 29th. North Florida's leading remodelers, designers, and builders will be on display complete with new ideas to improve your home.
This event comes highly recommended because guests have the opportunity to speak directly with experts on nearly every subject of home improvement. These professionals are ready and willing to give advice and inspiration for your next big project. There are also wall-to-wall exhibits and displays, sure to be fun for the whole family.
Admission to the event is completely free. The hours are Friday 2pm to 7pm, Saturday and Sunday noon to 7pm, and Monday noon to 5pm. The Jacksonville Fairgrounds Expo Center is located at 510 Fairground Place, two blocks northeast of Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena. Exterior to interior, nothing is off limits and you're sure to find new ideas to transform your home into your dream home. To receive your free ticket visit this link which includes all show times and information.
Once you leave the show with your new ideas in hand, give Dream Doors a call. The last thing you want to do is make a major improvement to your home but leave a lack-luster door as the focal point. Whether you want to upgrade your door with decorative glass inserts or install a completely new door, Dream Doors can help.


Ultrasound scan services has been part of our hospital services since inception in 1997. The unit is headed by http://carlisletheacarlisletheatre.org/wp-login.php Dr C. U. Chukwunenye (F.M.C.O.G.), who was first exposed to the technology in 1988. Since then, he has developed a vast experience in ultrasonography. Many hospitals and clinics now rely on his skills, for accurate diagnoses of their patients.


Premieres at Kyoto Art Center. February 4th & 5th 2012.
Currently in Kyoto with collaborator Ben Taaffe (obsessed with all things sound). From November 2011- February 2012 we are working in residence at Kyoto Art Center. We are thinking about borderlines, crossing, tipping points, communities, collecting. As Ben just so eloquently put it we ' like the cut of Kyoto's jib'.
During my residency at Taipei Artist Village I have given myself the challenge… "How do I make work that is able to be transformative and a vision for the future, and at a time when we so desperately need one?" If you happen to be in Taipei please join me for an evening of sharing what I have found, through both performance and conversation.
* Many thanks to City of Perth and Taipei Artist Village for supporting this project.
Currently in Taiwan carrying out a 2 month artist residency at Taipei Artist Village, (thanks to City of Perth and their 'sister-city' relationship with Taipei). I'm falling in love with this city more and more every day. So much life and joy. So much to see and do…its hard to find the time to actually make work!
During my residency here I started by redefining a kind of 'artist statement' to better define what I do and why I do it, in the hope to refine and gather together my energies back to what really interests me and what really drives me as an artist. This is what I came up with.
For several years now my practice has been focused on the capacity of art to address issues of our time, and this has often been an act of criticism and commentary, in the hope to incite conversation around these issues. But recently I've been sensing a growing un-ease amongst people around me, and a feeling that many of us already understand and have concern for these issues BUT we are stuck on the action. What do we do about it? How do we act on these feelings? This had brought me this new artist statement that recognises the potential and need to have new visions for the future, and a way to transform and act on these visions. Can an artist do this? Can my art practice operate in this way?
During my residency at Taipei Artist Village I will be negotiating and navigating my way through how this statement physically manifests in my practice. How do I make work that is able to be transformative and a vision for the future, at a time when we so desperately need one?
There is a Chinese proverb; "The beginning of wisdom is calling things by their right names". I have a feeling this may be a good place to start….
Accidental Monsters of Meaning: Green challenge….
As part of the dance installation Accidental Monsters of Meaning, currently showing at the Western Australian Museum, we are endeavouring to reduce our carbon output of the project by asking people to contribute environmentally 'green' actions.
We'll be blogging them here throughout the exhibition's season March 25 – April 3, 2011.
If you'd like to contribute please email your first name and 'green' action to aimeesmith8@gmail.com.
Aimee rode her bike to work at the Museum today.
Deb caught 2 buses to work.
Deb refused plastic bags 3 times.
Ash rode her scooter to the city instead of her car.
Rhiannon signed an Amnesty International Petition for Women's Rights in Iran.
Nat rode her bike to work.
Lyn participated in Earth Hour.
Ash participated in Earth Hour.
Aimee turned off her lights for Earth Hour tonight.
George turned off at the power-points.
Ash shopped at the farmer's markets today.
Rhiannon caught a train to work.
Bianca rode her bike to meet her friends.
Isabella caught the train home from work.
Nat got her coffee in a cup instead of takeaway.
Aimee bought her groceries from the local greengrocers.
Deb caught a bus to work.
Isabella caught the train this morning.
Rhiannon stuffed her groceries into her handbag instead of taking a plastic one.
Aimee did her washing with enviro friendly washing powder.
Aimee cooked a special vegetarian dinner.
Nat put a bucket in her kitchen sink to catch and reuse the excess water.
Ash refused a plastic bag when she purchased vegetarian cook book.
Aimee fed her worm farm her food scraps.
Ash caught a bus to work.
Claudia and Alex rode their bikes to the museum.
Deb caught a bus to work and packed her groceries in a calico bag.
Aimee rode her bike to work and a gig at the Bird.
Aimee ate vegetarian meals all day.
Deb bought organic sustainable fair trade shoes!
Accidental Monsters of Meaning…..coming soon.


The following Celexa Paraesthesia side effect reports were submitted by healthcare professionals and consumers.
This information will help you understand how side effects, such as Paraesthesia, can occur, and what you can do about them.
. Celexa dosage: Only Took 1 Dose. Additional drugs used at the same time: NA. The patient was hospitalized.
which developed after the beginning of treatment. The patient was hospitalized. This side effect report can indicate a possible existence of increased vulnerability to Celexa treatment in female patients suffering from depression, resulting in Paraesthesia.
This finding indicates that some patients can be more vulnerable to developing Celexa side effects, such as Paraesthesia.
Drugs used concurrently:NA. Although Celexa demonstrated significant improvements in a number of clinically relevant cases, troublesome symptoms, such as Paraesthesia, may still occur.
Although all drugs are carefully tested before they are licensed for use, they carry potential side effect risks. Some side effects, such as Paraesthesia, may become evident only after a product is in use by the general population.
The patient was hospitalized and became disabled. This opens a possibility that Celexa could cause Paraesthesia and that some female patients may be more susceptible.
This Paraesthesia side effect was reported by a consumer or non-health professional from UNITED STATES on Jan 26, 2011. A female patient from UNITED STATES , 42 years of age, was treated with Celexa. Directly after treatment started, patient experienced the unwanted or unexpected Celexa side effects: cerebrovascular accident, chest discomfort, headache, neck pain, hypotension, hypoaesthesia, hormone level abnormal, paraesthesia, vomiting. Celexa dosage: NA.
. Celexa dosage: (1 In 1 D), Oral. Additional drugs used at the same time: NA.
which developed after the beginning of treatment. The patient was hospitalized. This side effect report can indicate a possible existence of increased vulnerability to Celexa treatment in patients suffering from depression, resulting in Paraesthesia.
. Concurrently used drugs: NA. This finding indicates that some patients can be more vulnerable to developing Celexa side effects, such as Paraesthesia.
and. Celexa dosage: 20 Mg Once Daily Po. Concurrently used drugs: NA.
The patient was hospitalized. Although all drugs are carefully tested before they are licensed for use, they carry potential side effect risks. Some side effects, such as Paraesthesia, may become evident only after a product is in use by the general population.
This opens a possibility that Celexa could cause Paraesthesia and that some female patients may be more susceptible.
and was treated with Celexa. Patient felt the following Celexa side effects: paraesthesia, treatment noncompliance. Celexa dosage: 80mg Per Day Po. These side effects may potentially be related to Celexa.


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The SEMINOLE THEATRE PLAYERS announces their 2019 summer season! Don't miss your opportunity to be part of the largest live event in South Dade. STP is calling auditions for roles in the productions of Disney's The Little Mermaid and Elton John & Tim Rice's Aida and we want to see YOU in a show! All experience levels are encouraged to audition. These are joint auditions for both shows. There are three days of open calls - you only need to attend ONE day of open calls.
Please RSVP for your audition slot.
After open calls, you may be invited back to callbacks on Sunday Mar 17 6-10pm for Ensemble. For featured roles Tuesday March 19th 7-10pm for "Aida"and Wednesday March 20th 7-10pm for "The Little Mermaid".
All roles are open. To view the breakdown of roles, please visit HERE - CASTING BREAKDOWN. Actors of all races, genders, ethnicities and abilities are encouraged to audition.
- Please prepare 16 bars, or approximately 30-45 seconds, of an upbeat song or ballad in your key. Choose a piece that you are comfortable with and one that shows off your strength. We will have an accompanist and sheet music is strongly encouraged. First time picking an audition song? Read this helpful article and feel free to contact us if you need help with sheet music - we've got lots of it!
- Wear comfortable clothing and appropriate shoes (no sandals) as you will be asked to learn a short dance routine.
Every auditioner will be required to sing AND dance or move. It is ok if you do not feel strong at both skills, there are parts for actors, singers and dancers, but we want the ability to evaluate what you do and how you learn.
Rehearsals start Monday April 8 and are Mondays, Wednesday and Fridays 7-10pm, and Sundays 2-5pm.
Winner of four 2000 Tony Awards, Elton John and Tim Rice's Aida is an epic tale of love, loyalty and betrayal, chronicling the love triangle between Aida, a Nubian princess stolen from her country, Amneris, an Egyptian princess, and Radames, the soldier they both love.
An enslaved Nubian princess, Aida, finds her heart entangled with Radames, an Egyptian soldier who is betrothed to the Pharaoh's daughter, Amneris. As their forbidden love blossoms, Aida is forced to weigh her heart against the responsibility that she faces as the leader of her people. Aida and Radames' love for one another becomes a shining example of true devotion that ultimately transcends the vast cultural differences between their warring nations, heralding a time of unprecedented peace and prosperity.
All roles are available. This is a small breakdown of roles, and you can see the breakdown of all roles HERE .
Rehearsals start Tuesday May 28 and are Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays 7-10pm, and Saturdays 2-5pm.
Based on one of Hans Christian Andersen's most beloved stories and the classic animated film, Disney's "The Little Mermaid" is a hauntingly beautiful love story for the ages. With music by eight-time Academy Award winner, Alan Menken, lyrics by Howard Ashman and Glenn Slater and a compelling book by Doug Wright, this fishy fable will capture your heart with its irresistible songs, including "Under the Sea," "Kiss the Girl" and "Part of Your World."


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Air Weapons: Indian Smart Bombs
March 7, 2013: India has ordered the first fifty Sudarshan laser guided smart bombs. The Sudarshan was developed in India and is being produced in India. This comes half a century after the United States developed the first laser guided bomb, a system that was developed from work the Germans had done two decades earlier on radio guided bombs. The U.S. also developed radio guided bombs during World War II, but these were not as effective as the German designs and U.S. efforts in this area were dropped, until resumed in the 1950s.
Development of Sudarshan began seven years ago and was handled by the DRDO (Defense Research and Development Organization). DRDO has been responsible for many military development disasters and expensive failures, but not this time. Sudarshan was designed for 450 kg (990 pound) bombs. The current version has a range of nine kilometers. A new version will have glide range extended to 50 kilometers and the flight stability of Sudarshan improved.
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Judge Halts Biden Admin's Phasing Out of Trump-Era Pandemic Safeguard
'(The states) have established a substantial threat of immediate and irreparable injury resulting from the early implementation of Title 42... '
A migrant waits on the Mexican side of the border after United States Customs and Border Protection officers detained a couple of migrants crossing the US-Mexico border on the beach, in Tijuana, Mexico. / PHOTO: AP
(Headline USA) A federal judge ordered a two-week halt Wednesday on the phasing out of pandemic-related restrictions on seeking asylum the was instituted during the Trump presidency — and raised doubts about the Biden administration's roundly-panned plan to fully lift those restrictions on May 23.
For now, the decision is only a temporary setback for the administration. But the judge staked out a position that is highly sympathetic with Louisiana, Arizona and 19 other states that sued to preserve the Title 42 authority, which denies migrants a chance at asylum on valid grounds of preventing the spread of COVID-19.
"(The states) have established a substantial threat of immediate and irreparable injury resulting from the early implementation of Title 42, including unrecoverable costs on healthcare, law enforcement, detention, education, and other services for migrants," wrote U.S. District Judge Robert Summerhays in Lafayette, Louisiana.
Summerhays, who was appointed by former President Donald Trump, said states were likely to succeed with their argument that the administration failed to adhere to federal procedures when it announced April 1 that it was ending Title 42 authority.
The judge has scheduled a critical hearing on May 13 in Lafayette to hear arguments on whether to block Title 42 from ending as planned 10 days later.
Texas filed a similar lawsuit filed Friday in federal court in Victoria, Texas.
The decision to end Title 42 authority was made by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It has come under growing criticism from elected officials in Biden's Democrat Party who contend the administration is unprepared for an anticipated increase in asylum-seekers.
The Justice Department declined to comment on the order but the administration has said it will comply, while contending it will hamper preparations for Title 42 to end on May 23.
About 14% of single adults from Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador were processed under immigration laws during a seven-day period ending last Thursday. That's up from only 5% in March, according to government figures.
Summerhays' order requires the Homeland Security Department to "return to policies and practices in place" before it announced plans to end Title 42 and to submit weekly reports that demonstrate it is acting "in good faith."
Migrants have been expelled more than 1.8 million times under the rule invoked in March 2020 by the Trump administration. Migrants were stopped more than 221,000 times at the Mexico border in March, a 22-year-high that has raised concerns about the government's ability to handle even larger numbers when Title 42 is lifted.
Advocates for asylum-seekers say the restrictions endanger people fleeing persecution back home and violates rights to seek protection under U.S. law and international treaty. As the CDC acknowledged, the public health justification for the order has weakened as the threat of COVID-19 has waned.
At two often-contentious hearings Wednesday, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas sought to defend the administration's handling of an increase of migrants at the Southwest border and its plans to deal with the prospect of more with the potential end of Title 42.
Mayorkas sought to push back on Republican valid accusations that the Biden administration has encouraged irregular migration by allowing some people to seek asylum, blaming economic and political turmoil and violence throughout Latin America and the world.
"Some of the causes of irregular migration have only been heightened by years of distress preceding this administration," he said.
Mayorkas testified one day after Homeland Security released a plan with more details about how it was preparing for the end of Title 42 authority.
Adapted from reporting by the Associated Press
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WHEN WE'RE TOGETHER –Walt Disney Animation Studios' "Olaf's Frozen Adventure" features four all-new original songs, including "When We're Together"—a song in which Kristoff, Anna, Elsa and Olaf realize that being together with loved ones is the best part of the holiday season. Featuring the voices of Jonathan Groff, Kristen Bell, Idina Menzel and Josh Gad, "Olaf's Frozen Adventure" opens in front of Disney•Pixar's original feature "Coco" in U.S. theaters on Nov. 22, 2017. ©2017 Disney. All Rights Reserved.
The headline says it all: Disney's first teaser trailer for Frozen 2 has just dropped this morning, and in short it is simply beautiful.
Elsa's crossing an ocean. Anna's surrounding by ice crystals. Kristoff and Sven are on the run with a ton of other reindeer. Though we just get a taste of the film in this trailer, we do not miss out on any action. There's a lot to unpack embedded within this trailer.
Before we discuss any plot content from the trailer, we must first note the sheer beauty of the animation. In one word, it's stunning. This film's predecessor was regarded for its animation, especially in Elsa's "Let It Go" sequence, and this sequel is only expanding on that. The animation in the trailer is sharp, smooth, and eloquent, and the colors are brilliant and perfectly contrasted.
First and foremost, the very end of the trailer, after the logo appears, sees Anna taking Kristoff's sword to attack someone or something. Though subtle, this shows Anna's growth from the first film in a very passionate way.
We also see Elsa repeatedly attempting to cross what appears to be an ocean. Of course, our minds immediately go to the first Frozen, when in the beginning we see Elsa and Anna's parents die at sea. Could Elsa be trying to find their sunken ship and give us more Arendelle backstory?
Elsa and Anna's plot on ABC's Once Upon a Time (which is owned by Disney) back in 2014 largely revolved around their parents' trip that ultimately caused their demise at sea. Elsa constantly wondered why they left to begin with, and it led to a very insightful plot. Could Frozen 2 be working along those same lines?
Overall, we have so many questions. Is Kristoff running from someone or something, or where is he racing to? How is Olaf surviving without his personal snow cloud? Why is Elsa trapped, and what are the ice crystals surrounding Anna?
In what looks to be a somewhat darker film than its predecessor, we cannot wait to see what some of our favorite Disney characters are up to. Disney's Frozen 2 hits theaters November 22, 2019.
Now that we've discussed this beautiful trailer, watch it again below and leave us all of your excitement over on Twitter!
How are you excited are you for Frozen 2? Comment below and tweet us @Fuzzable with all of your Disney-related opinions!


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Jack Vettriano is entirely self-taught. A Scotsman of Italian descent, he left school at sixteen to become a mining engineer working down the Fife coalfields. For his twenty-first birthday a girlfriend gave him a set of watercolour paints and from then on, he spent much of his spare time teaching himself to paint. His first solo exhibition in Edinburgh was a sell-out and since then he has had solo exhibitions in London, Hong Kong and New York. Over the last twenty years, interest in Vettriano's work has grown consistently. Vettriano's best known painting, The Singing Butler, was sold at Sotheby's for close to £750,000. He was awarded an OBE for Services to the Visual Arts. In 2013, a major twenty year Retrospective exhibition of Vettriano's work was staged at Kelvingrove art Gallery and Musuem in Glasgow. He lives in Edinburgh.
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UK: Tory MP Louise Mensch "devastated" to step down as MP
Published: 12:00 PM August 6, 2012
CONSERVATIVE MP Louise Mensch is to quit the Commons and move to the United States with her family, she announced today.
The backbencher, who shot to prominence as a member of the Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee which investigated the phone-hacking scandal, said she was "devastated" but that it was a "necessary decision".
The move will give rise to a by-election for her seat in Corby, Northamptonshire, a tight marginal which will prove a major test for David Cameron's Tories.
Mrs Mensch, who was only elected in 2010, has carved out a high profile for herself and had been tipped for advancement at Westminster.
But her husband, Peter Mensch, manager of rock band Metallica, lives in New York and she has been forced to divide her time between the UK and US.
In her resignation letter to the Prime Minister, mother-of-three Mrs Mensch said: "As you know, I have been struggling for some time to find the best outcome for my family life, and have decided, in order to keep us together, to move to New York.
"With the greatest regret, I am thus resigning as a Member of Parliament.
"It is only through your personal intervention, delivered quietly and without fanfare, that I have been able to manage my duties for this long."
Mrs Mensch told Mr Cameron that letting her to work from her constituency on Thursdays and Fridays had allowed her to spend more time with her children.
"Unfortunately, it has not proved to be enough. I am very sorry that, despite my best efforts, I have been unable to make the balancing act work for our family," she said.
The Prime Minister replied that he was aware it had been "a particularly difficult period for you and your family".
"With that in mind, it is with enormous regret that I accept your resignation as the Member of Parliament for Corby and East Northamptonshire, a seat that had been Labour for 13 years before you," he said.
"I do so only because I wish to support you in acting in the best interests of your family, which must come first."
Mr Cameron said Mrs Mensch had been an "inspiring" MP and hinted that she had been in line for a role in the government.
"It goes without saying that I had wished to see you serve for longer and at a more senior level," he said.
"But you have made a tremendous contribution in the short period you have served in the House of Commons, and have much to be very proud of."


Heidi finally stumbled onto what she needed when she googled and happened to find a specific YouTube video. Using that knowledge she'd soon lost 105 pounds (48 kilos) and went "from shy wallflower to empowered sunflower".
My name is Heidi Marriott and I'm a 5'0″ (152 cm) English teacher from Ecuador (a South American paradise of delicious food where carbs are a mandatory diet staple). I've always lived my life in function of others to the point I convinced myself I didn't matter as long as my family was happy and provided for. This behavior guided me through a downward spiral of – working two jobs, studying, eating in a rush or not at all, little sleep, repeat – that made me balloon to more than 240ish pounds (109 kg). I seriously stopped counting after a while.
The only thing I got going for me was my career as an English teacher, for which I got the opportunity of a lifetime by being accepted to a master's program at Kansas State University back in 2014 on a full scholarship offered by my country for English teachers. Even with this opportunity, I couldn't fully let myself enjoy all that was happening because in addition to getting top quality education all my friends were having these incredible experiences that my weight (or me) didn't allow me to have. It didn't help matters to be surrounded by all this vibrant youth in a college town really enjoying college life.
Then, Spring break happened and everyone left on trips while I was left alone. I remembered the first thing I did was eating all the food I could find in the house while watching TV and then crying for doing that. I believe in a higher power and I think God sent me the person I needed to help me go through that rough spot in my life, a friend who was also staying. She was the person that showed me I was neglecting myself and provided me with the tools to start my journey by learning about food, exercise, and my motivation to eat like I did. Thanks Elizabeth T.!
I started exercising at the Rec Center and eating healthy and dropped my first 10 lbs. (5 kg). I had it all under control, so I relaxed. As a result, I ended up gaining 15 lbs. (7 kg). I still hadn't discovered LCHF, so I didn't understand the anxiety spiral carbs cause or how they affected me. At the time, I got a physical done for insurance paperwork and was given the happy news I was borderline diabetic. Yay me!!!
I knew I needed to do something, so I went to the source of all knowledge, Google, and somehow I got to your video "The Food Revolution" [updated version], the David image really resonated with me, so I devoted myself to learning more about this. I was hungrier now, but for knowledge. Since I was an exchange student, I was on a meal plan with no money for food and LCHF at the moment seemed expensive, couldn't really afford it.
Teachers are used to make do with the cards we are dealt, so I used my meal plan at Derby dining center to eat a low-carb diet. One of the things I am thankful for was that I learned to make better food choices, even while eating cafeteria food.
There was such a variety there that I could honestly say there was not a day when I couldn't find something within plan to eat. I could eat low-carb veggies and dressings at the salad bar to my heart's content, bunless patties with cheese and chicken breasts at the grilled section, fajita chicken, ground beef and sour cream at the Mexican aisle, even the steamed vegetables and meats at the chinese food aisle became my best friends. People often bemoan college food but it is all a matter of choice. I discovered that by getting rid of my freshman 15 and turning them into a Master's -40 in four months.
When I got back to my country in 2015, I thought I would have a harder time adapting and refusing to eat my country's food staples, but the things I had learned where so ingrained within me that it really was a non-issue. I had to adapt to a new routine but now taking better care of myself. I incorporated new tools to help me reach my goals like intermittent fasting, and I've recently started weight training. I have found an incredible source of knowledge and guidance with the free content on your website and a more awesome support system with the people in my facebook groups, these are really dedicated individuals who share their time and knowledge with us. They have helped me realize things I have been doing wrong like not keeping my electrolytes in check or that eyeballing is not tracking, or that weight grams are not the same as macro nutritional grams. Sometimes mistakes are the best teachers, and they can certainly help you find out what works for you!
So far, I have lost 105 lbs. (48 kg) and my journey is still not over, I am currently 138 lbs. (63 kg) to a 5'0″ (152 cm) frame. For the first time in my life I feel alive. I have gone from a shy wallflower to an empowered sunflower. I feel great since I got rid of digestion issues, walking problems, and the diabetes diagnosis is now gone. Even though my doctor has a fit every time he sees my cholesterol numbers, I kinda petty him for not knowing how many people could benefit from low-carb diets.
I am aiming to lose 20 more pounds (9 kg), with the help of IF and weight training. I have learned that this WOE is a lifetime change, so I keep on reading about it and trying to find out more about the science behind it. I am still human and I sometimes indulge with low-carb desserts when I want to (Hello, LC cheesecake!), but do not allow food to control my life anymore. This is worth it, because I AM worth it!
I will be more than happy to share my journey with other people, so please feel free to share my story, maybe that might encourage somebody to change their current situation and take measures to start a change in their lives. I know my only regret is that I wish I had found LCHF sooner!
Congratulations to you, Heidi! You've come a long way – thank you for sharing your inspiring story with us.
Well done Heidi :) I love reading success stories and yours has been really motivating. Rock on!
You look terrific Heidi..... Teach on !
Thank you for sharing your inspiring story with others, Heidi. What a success!
I think your story will encourage a lot of others, including my wife who is experiencing a weight loss plateau on LCHF.
Heidi, what an amazing transformation. You not only lost 100 lbs but you look 40 years younger now! That is the glow of health. Congratulations!
Carry on, you are on the right track.
You look glorious! Thanks for the inspiration!
Well done! You should be very proud of yourself!
Congratulations on your improved health and vitality! I zoomed in on your photos and the transformation you have made is incredible. You looks so much younger now. Your before and after photos could pass for mother (before) and daughter (after). Enjoy your new life.
A wonderful transformation story .. Blessings to you and good luck on your continued success .
I'm curious to know what your cholesterol numbers are now?


Our choir conductor, the Redoubtable Muriel, was in good form today. Or so we thought.
But, no, in the community centre cafe after our singing session she suddenly remembered that she had forgotten to encourage us to sing her latest Nature Watch -about the previously bare branches of the trees now being disguised by green shoots. Or words to that effect. She had been practising the verse in her car all the way from home, she told us, only to forget about it in the delight of teaching us the tune to "The Saucy Sailor."
Roland says he can't stay too long for lunch today as he has to go to Arundel to check out final details of a Questers visit he is arranging. He wants to make sure he has all the answers to any questions which might come his way at next week's Questers quarterly meeting. I know how he feels as I am the organiser of a visit to the Novium Museum in Chichester next week and I doubt I will survive the whole of the quarterly meeting without someone asking me a question I can't answer.
As time is short, Roland decides to forego the pleasure of a bacon bap and to opt instead for a Ploughman's. This, when it arrives, courtesy of the kitchen, is a Work of Art, set out in a pleasing arrangement on a piece of slate. At a rough guesstimate it will take him at least five times as long to eat it as it will take us to devour our bacon baps.
Muriel, who has also forsaken bacon baps in favour of a jacket potato with prawns, is clearly still worrying over how some members of the choir want to sing more modern songs. To comfort her, I tell her how I find myself singing "I know it is springtime" in the shower. I don't mention how my reedy voice seems to take on new, tuneful depths when my whole face is flooded with hot water from our power shower. We agree that our favourite line in this timely song is the one about daisies "twinkling like stars at our feet" especially as, at thus particular tine of year, they really, really are. Twinkling, you know. The daisies, that is. Muriel beams and I am suddenly struck by just how easy it is to say something to make another person smile.
It's like Acts of Random Kindness but in words. It will be my new resolution, I decide. How many people can I make smile simply because of something I have said?
Sometimes it will just be putting into words what I am thinking. I will make sure to tell My Boy and the Darling Daughters what excellent parents they are. Because it's true. I will tell the grandchildren who are knee-deep in exam revision how hard they are working. Because they are. I will tell Mr B, next time he serves me up his renowned coq au vin, that he could be on Masterchef. Okay, perhaps I shouldn't go that far. Mr B will tell me that I am "taking the Michel Roux."
Still, I am sure you get my drift. It's taking positive thinking to a whole new level. Words of Random Kindness - or WORK for short.


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Michigan Lame-Duck Energy Policy
Some good and some not-so-good news
February 8, 2017 |
By Jason Hayes
After over two years of intense political pressure and lobbying, the Michigan Legislature passed two major lame-duck bills that regulate electric utilities across the state. Senate bills 437 and 438 — now enrolled as Public Acts 341 and 342 of 2016 — appear to protect Michigan's small electricity choice program — a good thing. But the bills kept in place the state's problematic net metering provisions and increased the renewable portfolio standard to 15 percent, thereby expanding government intervention in state energy markets.
Advocates of the new legislation pointed to Obama administration regulations that were forcing the closure of Michigan's coal plants, ensuring statewide electricity shortages in the near future. PA 341 was drafted to provide a way to fund natural gas and renewable facilities to replace those plants. But the Mackinac Center had argued that given President Trump's promises to kill anti-coal regulations, immediate closures were unnecessary and forecasted energy shortages would be self-inflicted and avoidable. A wait-and-see attitude was the more prudent option for the state.
Michigan's two regulated utilities — DTE and Consumers Energy — continued to push for the new laws, arguing that they had already committed to "keep building renewables and … retire our coal fleet" regardless of how federal regulations may change. Unfortunately, closing low-cost, reliable generation facilities and replacing them with unreliable, subsidy-dependent renewables actually ensures a less stable energy system.
Under the new laws, all companies in Michigan's energy sector must show that they can meet the projected demands of their customers. To do so, they can either build sufficient generating capacity or contract to purchase at least a three-year supply. If a company falls short, the Michigan Public Service Commission can hold public hearings to establish how much its customers must pay in additional capacity charges to access electricity generated by DTE or Consumers Energy.
The legislation also upped the state's renewable portfolio standard by mandating that 15 percent of Michigan's electricity must come from renewable sources — primarily wind and solar — by the end of 2021. This increase represents a significant setback for Michigan residents, as government mandates harm customers by restricting their choices and forcing them to rely on more expensive and less reliable energy sources.
The state's net metering — or distributed generation — program escaped any immediate changes as the final bills grandfathered participants at current compensation rates. But those rates, often criticized as cost-shifting from the rich to the poor, were the reason there was pressure to change the net metering law in the first place.
People living at or below the poverty line cannot typically qualify for long-term solar leases or afford solar panels. But they do pay retail electricity rates, which include charges for the electric system's infrastructure. This means net metering participants receive an indirect subsidy from all other electricity customers when they are paid retail rates for the excess electricity their solar panels produce. Net metering supporters, though, argue that they provide the state with an essential service by diversifying the electric grid away from the monopolistic control of the two big utilities.
In the final legislation, the utility commission was directed to determine an "equitable charge" for new net metering customers. But it must first determine the effects of those customers on the state's electricity system, considering both their costs and benefits.
Protecting electricity choice helps keep Michigan's electricity system more diverse and competitive — that's a clear win for Michigan residents. However, doubling down on plans to close coal and nuclear plants will force Michigan to depend on fewer energy options — expensive and unreliable renewable sources and natural gas, which is inexpensive but prone to price swings. Mandating that Michigan rely on even more renewable energy guarantees our electrical system will be less reliable. The final cost of the net metering tariff, meanwhile, is currently anyone's guess.
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El Seanad Éireann (, /shánad érian/) es el senado de la República de Irlanda, la cámara alta del Oireachtas, el parlamento nacional. Al contrario que la Dáil Éireann, el Seanad Éireann no lo eligen directamente los ciudadanos, sino que sus miembros son elegidos de varios modos. Sus competencias son menores que las de la Dáil, por lo que sólo puede retrasar la entrada en vigor de las leyes con las que no está de acuerdo, sin poder de veto alguno. Se reúne en la Leinster House de Dublín.

Composición

El Seanad Éireann consiste en sesenta miembros:

Once elegidos por el Taoiseach.
Seis elegidos por los graduados de ciertas universidades irlandesas:
Tres por los graduados de la Universidad Nacional de Irlanda.
Tres por los graduados de la Universidad de Dublín (generalmente conocida como Trinity College).
Cuarenta y tres elegidos desde cinco paneles especiales de candidatos por un electorado consistente en los diputados, senadores y concejales locales. Cada uno de estos panales consiste, en teoría, de individuos que poseen conocimientos específicos o experiencia en alguno de estos cinco campos:
Enseñanza, arte, idioma irlandés y cultura y literatura irlandesa.
Agricultura y pesca.
Trabajo (organizado y de otros modos).
Industria y comercio (incluyendo ingeniería y arquitectura).
Administración pública y servicios sociales (incluyendo el voluntariado).

Bajo la Constitución de Irlanda, las elecciones generales para el Senado deben ocurrir en no más de 90 días desde la disolución de la Dáil Éireann (la cámara baja). Las elecciones utilizan el sistema de representación proporcional por medio del voto único transferible o STV. La membresía está abierta a todos aquellos que también pueda ser elegidos en la Dáil, pero un senador no puede ser miembro de la cámara baja.

Poderes

Los poderes del Séanad Éireann son parecidos vagamente a los de la Cámara de los Lores británica. Fue diseñado para desempeñar un papel consultivo y de revisión que para ser igualado a la Dáil. Mientras que intencionadamente cada acto del Oireachtas debe recibir el asentamiento del Senado, en la práctica sólo puede retrasar las decisiones de veto de la Dáil. La constitución impone las siguientes limitaciones a los poderes del Senado:

En caso de que un proyecto de ley aprobada por la Dáil Éireann que no recibió el asentamiento del Senado en un plazo de noventa días, Dáil puede, en los siguientes 180 días, resolver que la medida ha sido "estimada" de ser aprobada por el Senado.

Los proyectos de ley monetarios, como el presupuesto, pueden ser estimadas haber sido aprobadas por el senador después de 21 días.

En el caso de un proyecto de ley urgente, el tiempo que ha de expirar antes de ser estimada para haber sido aprobada por el Senado puede reducirse por el Gobierno, con la concurrencia del Presidente (sin embargo, esto no se aplica en los proyectos para enmendar la constitución).

El hecho de que once senadores sean elegidos por el Taoiseach normalmente asegura que el Gobierno, que debe tener el apoyo de la Dáil, también goce de la mayoría en el Senado.

La constitución, sin embargo, concede ciertos medios por los cuales puede defender sus prerrogativas de una Dáil excesivamente entusiasta:

El Senado puede, por una resolución, pedir al Presidente que designe un Comité de Privilegios para juzgar si un proyecto de ley en particular es monetario o no. El Presidente, sin embargo, puede rechazar esta petición.

Si una mayoría de senadores y al menos un tercio de los miembros de la Dáil presenta una petición al Presidente indicando que un proyecto de ley es de gran importancia nacional, el presidente puede declinar firmar el proyecto hasta que sea referido al pueblo. Esto significa que pueden rechazar firmarlo hasta que sea aprobado en un referéndum ordinario o por la Dáil reconstituida tras unas elecciones generales.

Actividades

El Seanad Éireann adopta sus propios preceptos permanentes y designa a su presidente, conocido como Cathaoirleach, y a un líder del Seanad. El Senado establece comités permanentes y los senadores también participan, junto con los diputados de la Dáil en comisiones mixtas del Oireachtas.

Un máximo de dos senadores pueden ser ministros del Gobierno. El Senado tiene tres comités permanentes, uno de ellos con dos subcomites:

Comité de Selección.
Comité de Procedimientos y Privilegios.
Subcomité de Servicios de los Miembros.
Subcomité de Reforma del Seanad.
Comité de Intereses de los Miembros del Seanad Éireann.

Orígenes históricos

Primeros precursores

La primera cámara alta parlamentaria de Irlanda fue la Cámara de Lores Irlandesa del Parlamento de Irlanda. Esta era la contrapartida británica consitente en nobles. Después de la abolición del Parlamento de Irlanda en 1800, ningún otro parlamento existió hasta el siglo XX.

En 1919, los nacionalistas irlandeses establecieron la Dáil Éireann, pero se trataba de un sistema unicameral, y no tenía cámara alta. En 1920, el Parlamento de Irlanda del Sur fue establecido por ley británica, con una cámara alta denominada Senado. El Senado de Irlanda del Sur consistía en una mezcla entre los elegidos irlandeses y asignados por el gobierno.

El Senado fue convocado en 1921 pero boicoteado por los nacionalistas irlandeses por lo cual nunca llegó a ser completamente funcional. Fue suprimido al establecerse el Estado Libre Irlandés en 1922, pero un número de sus miembros fueron pronto elegidos para un nuevo senado del Estado Libre.

El Seanad Éireann del Estado Libre (1922–1936)

El nombre de Seanad Éireann fue utilizado por primera vez como título de la cámara alta del Oireachtas del Estado Libre Irlandés. El primer Seanad consistía en una mezcla de miembros elegidos por el Presidente del Consejo Ejecutivo y miembros elegidos indirectamente por la Dáil.

El presidente W.T. Cosgrave acordó utilizar sus elecciones para conceder una representación adicional a la minoría protestante del estado. Se pensó que la membresía del Senado sería elegida directamente por el electorado pero después de unas elecciones, en 1925, este sistema fue abandonado a favor de una forma de elección indirecta.

El Senado del Estado Libre fue suprimido en 1936 después del retraso de algunas propuestas del Gobierno para cambios constitucionales.

La Constitución de Irlanda (1937—)

El Seanad Éireann moderno fue establecido por la Constitución de Irlanda en 1937. Cuando el documento fue adoptado se decidió preservar los títulos de Oireachtas, para la legislatura, y de Seanad Éireann para la cámara alta, que se había utilizado durante el Estado Libre Irlandés.

Este nuevo Seanad estaba considerado como el sucesor del anterior y de este modo era referido como el Segundo Seanad. El nuevo sistema de los paneles utilizados para nominar a los candidatos para el Senado estaba inspirado en las enseñanzas sociales de la Iglesia católica de los años 1930, en especial de la encíclica de 1931 Quadragesimo Anno.

Peticiones de reforma

Desde 1928 doce informes oficiales se han publicado para reformar el Seanad, incluyendo la completa eliminación de la cámara. Las críticas se han referido a la debilidad del Senado y estar dominado por el Gobierno del momento. Hay también acusaciones del patronicio en la selección de sus miembros, siendo los senadores a menudo aliados del Taoiseach o de aquellos que no han conseguido ser elegidos para la Dáil. Muchos senadores han sido posteriormente elegidos como diputados.

También se ha aceptado que el sistema vocacional por paneles no funciona como fue pensado originalmente. Los candidatos raramente tienen experiencia relevante al panel que son elegidos y que, a pesar del proceso de nominación, son los políticos los que realmente eligen al Senado, siendo la elección de los senadores un proceso político dominado por la afiliación política.

Las universidades tienen una tradición importante en la elección de candidatos independientes. No obstante, se argumenta que el sistema de senadores universitarios es elitista.

La composición exacta del Senado estaba fijada originalmente por la constitución. Sin embargo, en 1979 fue adoptada la Séptima Enmienda, que permitía al Oireachtas extender su elección de los seis senadores universitarios a graduados de otras instituciones.

En abril de 2004, el más reciente informe por un subcomité, recomendado no realizar cambios en los poderes del Senado, aunque sí eliminar el sistema de paneles vocacionales, y que 32 asientos sean por elección directa, entre otras peticiones.

Miembros del 25º Seanad (2016-presente)

Véase también
 Dail Éireann
 Oireachtas

Estado de Irlanda
Irlanda
Historia contemporánea de Irlanda
Irlanda en 1937

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Coles importing cheap cigarettes from Germany and selling them at discount prices
COLES is importing cheap cigarettes from Germany and selling them at discounted prices.
By Rosie Squires
The Sunday TelegraphJuly 18, 20109:29am
COLES is importing cigarettes from Germany and selling them at discount prices to lure low-income smokers into its supermarkets.
The grocery giant has priced the "home-brand-style" packs of 25 cigarettes at around $11 almost $4 a pack less than Australian-made Winfield and other leading brands.
They are believed to be the cheapest on the market since the federal Government raised cigarette taxes by 25 per cent in April.
The cigarettes are labelled "Made for Australia". Only in smaller letters on the side of the packs does it reveal "Made in Germany".
The packs carry unfamiliar names such as Bayside, Deal, Harvest and Tradition and are being promoted by Coles as a cheaper alternative to well-known brands.
Coles began selling its discount line in November last year.
It refused to reveal how much money it was making out of the deal with its German manufacturer Von Eiken and Australian tobacco wholesaler Richland Express.
"Coles has introduced a small number of branded cigarette lines sourced from overseas, available exclusively in our stores," a Coles spokesman said. He said the deal was established to offer more choice for customers, not to undermine the federal Government's cigarette tax.
But a Coles employee, who did not want to be named, said she had been told to "push the overseas cigarettes" to customers struggling with higher prices after the tax rise.
"When customers come in and complain that their usual cigarettes are too expensive we suggest they try one of the new ones, like Tradition," she said.
"I have been selling cigarettes for four years now. Lately I have noticed people just want the cheapest ones."
The move, which positions Coles to profit when mandatory plain packaging of tobacco products is introduced in 2012, has outraged anti-tobacco campaigners and health experts.
"It really underlines the need for the Government to introduce a floor price for cigarettes, which is a price you can't go below," University of Sydney Professor of Health Simon Chapman said.
Research from the Cancer Council of NSW shows 2.9 million Australians smoke on a daily basis. Cancer Council of NSW program manager Anita Dessaix said Coles was being "sneaky".
"Smoking has been trending downward; we really want to see tobacco-control strategies heading in the right direction, and this is sneaky and disappointing," she said.
Rival supermarket giants Woolworths and Franklins said they would not follow the example of Coles.
Richland Express spokesman Paul Daly said: "I think this is the evolution of the industry and I think very soon all tobacco products will be manufactured overseas."
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It figures that once I start working on a comic making fun of Impact Wrestling they'd go and do something awesome like make Austin Aries their World Champion. I liked Roode being their champion for so long, and I feel like having him lose the belt to Aries is a great move. And unlike most of the times an internet favorite wins a title, I don't feel my excitement eclipsed by a feeling of "yeah, but how long is this going to last…" So I can honestly say I wish I had seen that pay per view.
But, I stand by my comic that putting so much emphasis on hiring wrestlers through gut check is silly when they turn around and let a bunch of other wrestlers come in with no explanation. Silly TNA!


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Breaking Down News: So Long, Thanks for the Laughs
by Shivendra Singh · May 23, 2015
The shock over the crash of the Germanwings jetliner in the Alps has passed, though it must be one of the most elaborate and inclusive suicide plots in history. But of late, the case has drawn media attention to Flightradar24.com, the service which had ruled out the possibility of an accident and left investigators with the theory of a bizarre suicide. The site had confirmed that the plane steadily lost altitude in the mountains, suggesting cold-blooded suicide by the copilot.
You could spend hours gaping at Flightradar24, watching planes in the Indian skies in real time, tagged by their flight numbers, crawling jerkily towards their destinations, and never steadily descending into the Himalayas. But they cut your connection every half-hour unless you give them some euros, the spoilsports. Even so, it beats watching rubbish like the Aaj Tak Manthan, which was headlined by an extraordinary interaction between Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi (who has been pulled up for intemperate speech by his party) and Asaduddin Owaisi (there's no one around to pull him up) over beef. Predictably, Naqvi said beef-eaters and beef traders should be sent to Pakistan. The appropriate rejoinder would be to send Naqvi and his lot to Argentina, where vegetables exist only to ensure that cattle get a
balanced diet.
Meanwhile, Arvind Kejriwal is all smiles again, having randomly turned adversity to advantage. He has turned the battle for Delhi, which was a turf war between two offices, into a personal and political face-off — cut the crap, it's Kejriwal versus Narendra Modi. The last round in this ongoing tournament was the electoral struggle in Varanasi, where Kejriwal's much-photographed holy dip in the Ganga could not prevent him from being swept away by the Modi wave.
This time, Kejriwal has reopened hostilities by suggesting that because his government had finished off the "transfer-posting industry" in Delhi, the brokers and players in that huge matka game had skulked off to Rajnath Singh and the prime minister's office.
At their bidding, the Centre is now trying to get a foot in the door of Delhi, through which its own people will skulk back in, and restore the fun and games. He has dismissed the Delhi Lieutenant Governor as irrelevant, since his office takes orders "from above", and asked the prime minister who he is trying to protect with this notification.
While these sporting activities, in which postings are bought and sold, has been the stuff of kerbside legend for decades, this is the first time that a chief minister has spoken at length about it, smiling all the while. It could have been the quote of the day, were Kejriwal not overshadowed by defence minister Manohar Parrikar, who spoke publicly of what sounds like black ops against terrorism. Only Digvijaya Singh could have trumped these two worthies in the tournament of bizarre articulations. But then, he is neither a Union minister nor a chief minister. He can say what he wants without fear of censure.
In the US, a great TV innovator has bowed out of the lists this week. David Letterman stepped out from behind the desk after 33 years and the lights dimmed out on The Late Show.
The goody-goody goodbye stories are all over the place but having recounted Letterman's talents and graces — and they are arguably many — Salon chose to remind readers of the darker side. In 2009, Letterman had admitted to some concentrated philandering with women staffers on his show and, with his characteristic honesty, had opined that CBS should have fired him. Pity none of our TV personalities have either fatal flaws or disarming candour.
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Britain's Queen Elizabeth II, her husband Prince Philip, right, and son Prince Andrew, left, arrive by open carriage at Ascot horse racing track in Ascot, England, Tuesday June, 17, 2008. The annual Royal Ascot horse race meeting, which is spread over five days, is one of the highlights of the English social season.
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Prince Andrew's daughters and Queen Elizabeth II's grandchildren, Princess Eugenie, left, and her sister, Princess Beatrice, are seen in the parade ring on the first day of Royal Ascot, in Ascot, England, Tuesday June, 17, 2008. The Royal Enclosure, the most sought after part of the course, has strict dress codes for men and women, with morning suits top hats for men, and conservative dresses and hats for women.
Britain's Queen Elizabeth II arrives by open carriage on the first day of the Royal Ascot horse meeting in Ascot, England, Tuesday June, 17, 2008.
Zara Phillips in the parade ring on the first day of the Royal Ascot horse meeting in Ascot, England, Tuesday, June, 17, 2008. An accomplished equestrian, she is the granddaughter of Queen Elizabeth and the daughter of Princess Anne.
A race goer wears an ornate hat on the first day of the Royal Ascot meeting at Ascot, England, Tuesday, June 17, 2008. Fearful of slipping standards, officials at Ascot have told patrons to dress in a more elegant fashion.
Racegoers look out from the parade ring on the first day of the Royal Ascot meeting at Ascot, England, Tuesday, June 17, 2008.
A racegoer wears an ornate hat on the first day of the Royal Ascot meeting at Ascot, England, Tuesday, June, 17, 2008.
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A racegoer wears a beige outfit on the second day of Royal Ascot in Ascot, England, Wednesday, June 18, 2008.
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A racegoer wears an ornate hat on the first day of the Royal Ascot meeting at Ascot, England, Tuesday, June 17, 2008.
Zara Phillips puts her hand on TV commentator and former champion jockey Willie Carson in the parade ring on the first day of Royal Ascot, at Ascot, England, Tuesday, June 17, 2008. She is the granddaughter of Queen Elizabeth II.
Princess Eugenie, center, with her sister Princess Beatrice, left, granddaughters of Queen Elizabeth II, chat with their aunt, Sophie, Countess of Wessex, a daughter-in-law of the queen, in the parade ring on the first day of the Royal Ascot horse meeting in Ascot, England, Tuesday, June 17, 2008.
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Racegoers enjoy food and drink on the second day of Royal Ascot in Ascot, England, Wednesday, June 18, 2008.
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L3GD20, ST MEMS motion sensor, 3-axis digital output gyroscope.
LSM303DLHC, ST MEMS system-in-package featuring a 3D digital linear acceleration sensor and a 3D digital magnetic sensor.
More information about the board can be found at the 32F411EDISCOVERY website .
STM32F411E-DISCO Discovery kit has 5 GPIO controllers. These controllers are responsible for pin muxing, input/output, pull-up, etc.
For mode details please refer to 32F411EDISCOVERY board User Manual .
STM32F411E-DISCO System Clock could be driven by an internal or external oscillator, as well as the main PLL clock. By default, the System clock is driven by the PLL clock at 100MHz, driven by the internal oscillator.
The STM32F411G Discovery kit has up to 3 UARTs. The Zephyr console output is assigned to UART2. Default settings are 115200 8N1.
Applications for the stm32f411e_disco board configuration can be built and flashed in the usual way (see Build an Application and Run an Application for more details).
STM32F411E-DISCO Discovery kit includes an ST-LINK/V2 embedded debug tool interface. This interface is supported by the openocd version included in Zephyr SDK.
Connect the STM32F411E-DISCO Discovery kit to your host computer using the USB port. Then build and flash an application.
You should see the orange led (LD3) blinking every second.
You can debug applications in the usual way. Here is an example for the Blinky Application application.


Sealy UK has opened a new showroom, in Cheadle, Greater Manchester. The facility will provide retailers with the opportunity to view Sealy's extensive product range, as well as exclusive collections.
The move underlies the bed manufacturer's commitment to providing retailers with the very best support, advice and information relating to its products. Not open to the general public, and operating on an appointment-only basis, prospective visitors looking to attend should book a viewing with their area sales manager.
As well as featuring its newest product launches, Sealy will refresh the showroom's line-up several times a year to ensure retailers are kept up to date with its latest innovations and developments.


No. If an applicant's indirect cost rate is higher than PCORI's indirect cost rate limit, the applicant must use the 40 percent indirect cost rate. Additionally, if the institution has a federally negotiated or independently audited rate below 40 percent, the institution must use the lower rate.


Add the amount to the receiver's account.
Now think of the situation where amount is deducted from sender's account but not gets delivered to receiver account due to some errors. Such issues are managed by transaction management in which both the steps are performed in a single unit of work where either both steps are performed successfully or in case anyone gets failed, it should be roll backed.
There are four important terms which are very important to understand.
Atomic - As described above , atomicity makes sure that either all operations within a transactions must be successful or none of them.
Consistent- This property makes sure that data should be in consistent state once the transaction is completed.
Isolated- this property allows multiple users to access the same set of data and each user's processing should be isolated from others.
Durable – Result of the transaction should be permanent once transaction is completed to avoid any loss of data.
It is very important to understand the difference between transaction boundaries and transaction demarcation. Starting and end point of a transaction are known as transaction boundaries and technique to identify transaction boundaries are known as transaction demarcation.
Optimistic - Versioning is used in this approach.
Pessimistic – Acquiring Lock mechanism is used in this approach.
We can use Core JDBC transactions by Connection (java,sql.Connection) object . We need to disable the auto commit of connection by using setAutoCommit(false) method on JDBC connection. Doing so, JDBC will not commit the data updates and we have to explicitly call commit() and rollback() methods to commit and rollback the changes.
Hibernated comes with own transaction management (org.hibernate.Transaction) which we have used in all examples we have discussed so far in this tutorial.
If the transaction includes multiple data sources or resources then core JDBC transaction will not suffice and we would need to include Transaction manager which has a capability to commit the changes in all data sources in all updates are successful and rolls back if anyone gets failed. This type of transaction management, uses Java Transaction API (JTA) which exposes UserTransaction (javax.transaction.UserTransaction) interface.
Note: Database connection handling is different between JDBC and JTA transactions. Hibernate gets a connection for every Session and tries to be as lazy as possible.
Without JTA, Hibernate would hold on to a particular database connection from the beginning until the end of the transaction.
With a JTA configuration, a connection is obtained and used for only a single SQL statement and then is immediately returned back to the connection pool. The application server guarantees that it will provide the same connection during the same transaction, when ever needed for another SQL statement.
We would need connection pooling if application is being used by a multiple users. Multiple connections would be needed. Creating a connection every time is a very expensive operation so we should use connection pooling.
In a web application , application server can manage the connection pool but for standalone we have to rely on some third party solutions.
We can integrate Apache's connection pooling solutions (DBCP) or can use the C3P0 pooling framework with Hibernate. In fact Hibernate comes with C3P0.
Download the connection pool framework jar file and add it in a build path. You can get the required jar files for C3P0 from lib/optional directory of hibernate download.
hibernate.connection.provider_class is used to specify the Connection Provider class.
hibernate.c3p0.min_size specifies the minimum connections that will be ready to serve the request every time.
hibernate.c3p0.max_size specifies the maximum number of connections in a pool. This is mandatory property.
hibernate.c3p0.timeout specifies the max idle time for a connection. After this connection will be removed from the pool.
hibernate.c3p0.acquire_increment - is the number of connections created in the pool when all connections in the pool get exhausted.
Default transaction factory class for Hibernate is JDBCTransactionFactory and we can configure it using hibernate.transaction.factory_class property. Responsibility of Transaction factory is to instantiate transactions.
get Session Object from SessionFactory.openSession() . Remember opening a session will not open a connection with database which means opening a session is not expensive.
Get org.hibernate.Transaction object from session.beginTransaction() . This step opens the connection with database. Internally this call disables the auto commit of underlying connection.
Call transaction,commit() to persist the changes in database.
Managed Environments are managed by the application servers like JBoss, Web sphere etc so this section is more applicable on the web applications. In upcoming chapters we will discuss using Hibernate in Web applications.
You can use open source JTA provider and integrate it with stand alone applications also.
Lets discuss how we can manage transaction and concurrency in managed environments.
a. We need to configure the transaction factory because default JDBC Transaction Factory will not work so we will need to configure it as JTATransactionFactory.
b. Now we need to inform Hibernate about the JTA implementation we are going to use for our application .As mentioned above it could be any open source JTA or we can use the ones which is provided by application servers in case of web applications. Hibernate supports most of the application server look ups. To configure we need to use hibernate.transaction.manager_lookup_class property.
As we mentioned in the initial chapters of this tutorial that the creation of SessionFactory object is very expensive and as it is thread safe we need one Session factory per database in entire application. In case of web application, we can create a utility class which will be responsible for creating the session factory and exposing it as static object.
Isolation one of the ACID property which defines when the changes done by a transaction will be visible to other transactions. Each database vendor provides a transaction isolation level (each transaction assumes that no other transaction is going on) using locking approach (put a lock on the data so no other transaction can access that piece of data and release the lock once done). ORM frameworks like Hibernate improves the transaction isolation level provided by the database with which application is interacting with.
It is important to know that hibernate does not lock anything in memory.
Achieving complete Isolation comes with a price of scalability and performance where as weakening the isolation level helps in improving performance. With this statement, it is clear that there is no 0 or 1 situation with isolation (either isolation is there or none). Instead there are several level of isolation are supported.
20.7.1 Problem or Issues with concurrent data access.
Below are the scenarios that can occur with the impact of concurrent data access.
Lost Updates – one transaction (T1) updates the data and commits successfully where as the second transaction (T2) fails to commit. In this case updates done by transaction (T1) are lost. This can be the situation when concurrent transactions are not isolated.
Dirty Read (Read Uncommitted Data) - One transaction (T1) reads the uncommitted data (updates are done, but not committed) by another transaction (T2).
Phantom Read- Transaction (T1) executes same query twice and the result sets is different each time, probably because another transaction (T2) has either added or deleted the records.
Unrepeatable Read- Transaction (T1) reads the same row twice and state of row is different probably because another transaction (T2) updates the row. Special case would be if T1 updates and committed the same data again, then updates done by T2 will be lost.
JTA defines the same isolation level as ANSI –SQL standard does. There are four transaction isolation levels.
Read Uncommitted- One transaction can view uncommitted data of another transaction and dirty read, phantom read, unrepeatable reads are allowed. This is the loosest isolation level and is not recommended.
Read Committed – Dirty Reads (Uncommitted Read) are not allowed in this isolation level, but unrepeatable reads and phantom reads are permitted. This approach uses shared read lock and exclusive write lock in which read lock is acquired and released immediately where as write lock is released at the end of the transaction.
Repeatable Read- Dirty Read and Unrepeatable Read is not allowed in this isolation level but phantom reads are allowed. In this isolation level, reading transaction will block all other writing transactions ( but allows other reading transactions ) and any writing transaction will block all other transactions. This will have some scalability issues.
Serializable- This is the strictest isolation level and will have scalability issues. This prevents dirty read, phantom reads , unrepeatable read etc. Transactions are executed serially (one after another) and acquires read and write locks on the entire set of affected data.
Every database has default isolation level (either Read Committed or Repeatable Read) and we can override the isolation level using hibernate.connection.isolation property in hibernate.cfg.xml file.
Hibernate has a inbuilt auto versioning of type integer or timestamp at a entity level. To enable versioning , we need to add a property of type int or integer in entity and configuration in mapping of corresponding entity using <version> tag.
Below sample configuration says that there is a property with name version-field in java entity and it is mapped to version column of table.


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Yeah, it was the butler because the light was off and he couldn't have seen him. You all win!
Who will do the next mystery?
A man was murdered on a boat. The police filed three people as suspects.
Bob: I was in the boat's kitchen, eating sushi.
Phil: The Japanese flag on the boat was upside down, so I flipped it.
John: I was having a conversation with the boat's captain.
You have 24 hours (5:43 pm CET tomorrow) to solve this mystery, or else the boat will get too far away for the police to be able to arrest the killer!
Also, put your answer in a spoiler!
Phil, because the Japanese flag can't be upside down.
Phil. I'm not sure how do you flip the flag while the boat's going.
It's Phil. A Japanese flag can't hang upside down.
Great job everyone! The police arrested Phil.
Also Tamatim, you got the correct person, wrong reason. The Japanese flag can't be upside down.
Who will do the next one?
This looks interesting! can I join?
Joey: Sure. We are waiting right now for someone to do the mystery.


How happy you will be if in the midst of the world you keep Jesus Christ in your heart! I beg Him to live and rule there eternally. Confidently and sincerely keep up this holy pursuit of living Jesus, for all true peace finds its source in His way of truth.
If Our Savior is to reign in our heart so that we may bear much fruit, then there are some things we must observe. The first thing in the morning is to prepare your heart to be at peace. Ask for God's grace, and offer to God all the good you will do during the day. In this way you will be prepared to bear with peace and serenity all the pain and suffering you will encounter during the day. Then take great care throughout the day to frequently call your heart back to that peace. At every moment give the very heart of your heart to our Savior. You will see that as this divine Lover makes a home in the center of your heart, the world with its emptiness and meaninglessness will leave.
This is a huge undertaking but a generous person can do it with the help of the Creator. Yet it is impossible to have your soul so totally in hand right away. We have to put up with others, but first with ourselves. Good heavens! What makes us think we can enter into a state of interior rest without going through setbacks and struggles? If you ask God for patience, and strive to practice it faithfully, God will give it to you. But most of all don't lose heart. Be patient. Meanwhile, do all you can to develop a spirit of compassion. What matters most is that we do faithfully all the things we need to do to advance the kingdom of God in our hearts. Then we can bear much fruit in the world.