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UPDATE: Please read: "The Best Lua Web Frameworks" for a more extensive article about web related Lua projects.
If you are a web developer and you don't like PHP, Python, Ruby nor Java, then Lua is your friend. All those languages have in common that they have too much stuff and most of it is old (90's technology).
Lua web frameworks are riding the web, they are being developed by people native to the HTML5 and mobile web era. Lua is so easy to learn, fast and small that you can even write and run Lua code in your smartphone or (why not) write a Lua powered web app in your phone.
I'm sorry for you old stuff! Lua is the new hot thing kids are learning and they will code the future with Lua!
Ok, let's talk about the future so you can pick what to learn in the near term.
The first result when looking for "Lua web framework" in google (great SEO!). Lapis is a framework for building web applications (not a CMS).
This is an ambitious project of web platform.
Easy to find in google and ran by a dedicated student in Brasil, with interesting stuff.
The favourite of children and young hackers.
Lusty: Lua RESTful Web Application Framework .
Tir: A simple Lua+Mongrel2 web framework.
Luvit: Asynchronous I/O for Lua.


Players are a group of explorers in a pyramid attempting to learn forbidden knowledge and find treasure. However the pyramid has many traps and tricks, and lurking about is the Mummy who will not rest until all are dead. Comes with a 3D three level gameboard that players have to ascend and metal miniatures. Expanded by Curse of the Mummy's Tomb: In Search of Eternity Flavour text from the box: "When the moon conjoins with the planet of the God Anubis, the elixir of eternal life will flow. Whoever partakes of the sacred waters shall stay youthful for one hundred years. Immortality is the reward for he who overcomes the dead that walk."


There are some shops near my house. Do you know what these are? We reason deeply, when we forcibly feel. I think I know someone who can help. He believed in protecting the United States' wilderness areas. Hirofumi kicked the door in. You should mind your own business. It was a pity Kay couldn't go camping with us. "What sort of a duck are you?" they all said, coming round him. He bowed to them, and was as polite as he could be, but he did not reply to their question. "You are exceedingly ugly," said the wild ducks, "but that will not matter if you do not want to marry one of our family." Why are we dealing with her?
I'm supposed to talk to him. Sridhar can go first. I remember playing the original Pac-Man game when I was a kid. Yakitori is a Japanese food. Is his name really Rafael? I'm not an easy girl. Jock's new gadget is cool, but useless. What makes you think he doesn't like his new job? Pedro will accept. Theodore wondered what it was.
What else I can lose? I didn't mean to stare. That's very handy. I put Paul's name forward as a possible candidate. In 1847, they declared independence. I asked Jarvis about that. It's illegal to shine a laser pointer at an airplane. Donovan looks like he might cry. Your arrogance has made you think that everything anyone else does is useless. It's only your work that counts. Today is June 18 and it is Muriel's birthday!
She always claimed to have been just another one of his victims. That's sad for you. She called the kitten "Jaguar". I've lost my wallet. I'm pissed! Computers have no family. I want my bicycle back. Will you send down a pot of coffee? The dimension of a vector space equals the largest number of its elements that can be linearly independent. The crowd is cheering. I was astounded.
There is no sugar in the bowl. Tad put the plate of sandwiches on the table in front of Curt. Rajarshi doesn't want to travel alone. Herb went off by himself. What else are you working on? Surya and Brent were swimming laps. I'll be the one helping Vladislav, not you. I am going to Europe next week. When asked how to do it, he said he didn't know. Our brave servicemen have crossed thousands of miles to drop tons of explosives on the heads of these innocent children to defend peace.
The trash compactor is full. Cristi isn't as intelligent as Lynnette. Alberto is going to shoot Dana. The current president has many enemies. You should have told me about the problem sooner. I can't lift this. It's too heavy. They are going to send up a rocket. He doesn't get jokes. Brandy wants to be useful. Somebody must care for the patient.
But why is French so difficult? Have you really talked to her? She is always looking happy, but she is not happy at all. The stock they sold buyers was a lemon. I'm getting pretty tired of driving every morning. I have a tomcat called Cookie. I'm pretty angry. You made it possible. I wish this would happen more often. This song always makes me think of my good old days.
We go mountain climbing almost every weekend. Of all the languages I've studied, French was the most difficult. That is almost correct. I learned many of Takuboku's poems by heart. You are not a child any more. A pet theory of mine is that things should be seen from a distance. Laurent is Isaac's mother. We'll be late. Enter the room at once. Science is too hard.
Vidhyanath thought what Steve was wearing wasn't appropriate for a formal party. This is a picture of my sister. I found a solution! Why would I tell them that? Did the glasses you found belong to Ron? We should use the fireplace tonight. Drew is acting weird. I wanted an economy car. Noemi's car was hit by a truck. I would be interested in that.
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Opening date for new North Greenford Lidl in Westway Cross Retail Park announced
The supermarket will replace New Look in Westway Cross Retail Park
Qasim Peracha
The opening date for Greenford's new Lidl has been announced
Lidl has confirmed the opening date of the long-awaited store in North Greenford .
The store is to open later this month, more than a year after the closure of the New Look unit at Westway Cross Retail Park which it is replacing.
Lidl confirmed on Monday (November 18) that it would be opening the new store just off Ruislip Road, on Thursday, November 28.
Plans were first submitted for the store, which is less than 500 metres from Greenford Tube station, in July 2018, to take up Unit 4 of the retail park in Ealing .
Lidl invited customers to attend its ribbon-cutting ceremony at 8am on opening day and will get the chance to sample some of Lidl's award winning products throughout the day.
Early visitors to the store will also get the chance to buy exclusive deals and offers on selected products for the first week of opening.
New Lidl to open in old New Look site at Greenford's Westway Cross Retail Park
They will include a tool sharpening station for £6.99, rather than £12.99, from November 28.
From November 29, a bike work stand will be available for £12.99, instead of the £24.99 recommended price and from November 30, a toaster and kettle set will be available for £19.99, instead of the normal £49.99.
The 1,000 square metre store has created 40 jobs locally and features an in-store bakery as well as free parking for cars and bikes in the retail park.
Richmond Lidl and school plans adapted due to risk of electricity 'blast'
Lidl GB's Regional Head of Property, Mike Devine said: "We would like to thank all those who have played a part in bringing this new Lidl store to North Greenford.
"It is great for us to be able to create more jobs and investment opportunities in the area, and we can't wait to start serving our multi-award winning products to the local community."
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There is already another Lidl in Greenford, on Ruislip Road, as well as a nearby branch in Northolt. A new store opened in Acton on Thursday (October 17) and shops are also already open in West Ealing, Hanwell and Southall.
In fact, the increasingly popular chain has released a list of 231 locations it is looking to open new stores in across every corner of the capital.
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Thriving Pastor is the Pastoral Ministries of Focus on the Family dedicated to supporting ministers and their families. This organization offers a pastoral care line, informational articles on many different issues related to ministry, written and audio publications that address these issues, and other helpful resources.
Pure Intimacy is a ministry of Focus on the Family that contains a section for ministry leaders with resources and articles on teaching healthy sexuality in church; creating a sexually safe church; spiritual care for strugglers; sexual sin among church leaders; care for ministry families; and answers to previously posted questions.
Crosswalk.com is a for-profit religious corporation dedicated to building up the Church. This organization has information for all members of the Christian community, including pastors for whom it provides sermon illustrations, articles, sermon helps, books, blogs, and other worship resources for leaders in faith communities.
This website is dedicated to helping pastors grow healthy churches by providing information and resources on many topics including media, ministries, missions, office administration, outreach and evangelism, pastoral life, worship resources, and more.
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Smoldering Wick Ministries is dedicated to helping struggling church leaders. This website provides articles on topics that include burnout, prayer, wives, and learning to move on in a new direction. A coach can be reached by email or phone to counsel the pastor in a time of need.
Care for Pastors is a non-denominational international ministry based in Florida to help hurting pastors. This ministry provides pastor-to-pastor counseling for pastors facing difficulties or conflicts, and provides support for pastors' wives. This ministry also organizes encouragement conferences for pastors and spouses.
Small Church Pastor is an organization that provides coaching, consulting, and resources for pastors of smaller churches.
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Oxfam has developed a helpful 'Food Price Pressure Points Map' which is more than just a global snap shot of the food crisis, but also illustrates which countries are at most risk and how people can help.
It also comes as no surprise that countries in the drought stricken Horn of Africa are at 'extreme risk' in relation to food security, revealed by a recent study assessing the availability and stability of food supplies in 196 countries. The map below visually reveals this fact, and the dominance of Sub-saharan Africa as the most at risk, closely followed by the Indian sub-continent and Iberian peninsula.
and if you aren't one of the billion going to bed hungry, then perhaps you should consider dontaing to Oxfam or a charity that you support.


It's very easy to get lost in here.
Good questions lead to better answers. Revisit this early and often.
This book was truly touching. I continue to linger on this quote,, "We're all migrants through time."
Learning about Hopper and found these funny memes along the way.
"One thing that seems clear, and made overt in this case, is that major brands are contorting to Millennials and the resulting design expressions are coming out too forced."
Gosh. These posters punch me un the gut in the the greatest way possible.
Meg and I love The Crown. It's pretty amazing how well it was casted. Thanks to Lindsey for the share.
What if we reflect, instead of react?
I'm so jealous of these Welsh children.
Ask better questions. Have better conversations. I'm going to start asking these on Facebook.
In a recent conversation at the Depot, I mentioned that the illustrations on my apps are starting to blend together. Chris, my studio mate, pointed out that there's an article for that.
Just this past semester, I had my students explore screen addiction as an assignment (one day I'll share the results). Articles like this validate the problem the students were working to understand and offer humble solutions toward.
Entranced by the design. Looks like a solid tool for the UX designer. I'm still sticking with as my goto tool.
I don't keep up with BN on the daily, so it's catch up on the best and worst of 2017 in one place.
These illustrations are wonderful. Heard through Tina.
When we let go of control, our creativity flourishes. Tim proves it. In the middle of this book and loving it.
Look up next time you walk in the woods.
"My no is an actual no." I like that. Beautiful words and video.
My routine for 2018? Keep it simple. Go to bed early. Wake at 5:30. Meditate for 20. Read a verse. Pray for others. Do 3 sun salutations. Run or walk (with no music or podcast). Read something inspiring over breakfast. Go to work by 8:30.
There's some goof stuff in here. In particular, I liked this line, "Good design chases more than clicks."


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Teaching Mary: Mary, Queen of Scots public programmes at the National Museum of Scotland, June to November 2013
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In the first of series of posts on 'Teaching Mary in the 21st Century', Emma Webb and Rachel Drury (members of the Learning and Engagement team at National Museums Scotland) reflect on the public events programme that accompanied the 2013 exhibition 'Mary, Queen of Scots' and explore some of the highlights and challenges of 'teaching' Mary with a wide range of audiences, including primary and secondary schools and lifelong learners.
Dancing at the Court of Queen Mary with Artemis Scotland, National Museum of Scotland, 2013 © National Museums Scotland
Mary, Queen of Scots is one of the most famous figures in Scottish history and our collections at National Museums Scotland (NMS) include a rich selection of objects associated with the queen, the Scottish Royal Court and Scotland at the time of her reign. A major exhibition dedicated to her story ran at the National Museum of Scotland from 28 June to 17 November 2013.
The Learning and Engagement team at NMS planned and delivered a programme of public events alongside the exhibition. We anticipated that there would be strong interest in the exhibition from adult and school audiences and were keen to theme some of our regular events around Mary and 16th century Scotland, to engage a wider range of visitors with our 16th century Scottish collections. The timing of the exhibition, from June to November 2013, meant we could reach a variety of audiences during its run, including school groups, local adult learners and family audiences, and in addition, summer family holiday and tourist visitors.
Exploring the 16th century, through objects from our collections and replicas, with our NMS Learning and Engagement enablers, 2013 © National Museums Scotland
Our family summer holiday programme explored life at the Scottish Royal Court in the 16th century – what did courtiers wear? how did they spend their time? what was the polite way to greet the queen? Our family visitors encompass a wide age range, from babies and toddlers up to around 9-11 years old and most family groups are looking for fun activities which can involve everyone. The programme featured NMS learning staff, in authentically designed costume, running object handling sessions, dress up activities exploring costume and symbolism in 16th century portraiture, and 'make and take' sessions such as making heraldic flags, pomanders and scrolls. We commissioned two external re-enactment companies, Artemis Scotland and Living History Scotland to add some 'living history' to the programme: families 'met' Mary and discovered more about life during her reign through demonstrations, performances and displays.
We took the opportunity to buy historically accurate period costumes, which we continue to use in our programmes today, together with dress up items for children including multiple French hoods, capes and dress.
Supporting the curriculum: Programmes for schools, autumn 2013
We anticipated strong primary school interest in the exhibition. Mary Queen of Scots was already a popular topic in our schools programmes, reflecting strong links to the Curriculum for Excellence: Social Studies Second Level: People, past events and societies . But we were also aware that to justify the resource required to plan and carry out a museum visit, teachers are looking for added value and that our exhibition – whose primary audience was adult visitors – might not be a sufficient draw for schools on its own. We therefore developed bespoke workshops for primary schools which offered practical, engaging activities including dressing-up in 16th century replica clothing and learning courtly dances and pastimes. We took a different approach for secondary school groups – which are often a much greater challenge to attract to museums because of the demands of their timetable. Instead of developing an untested new programme, we adapted an established secondary workshop on Fashion Photography and themed it around Mary and 16th century Scotland. For these pupils Mary was more about inspiration than information. They used the exhibition themes as stimulus for their own creative ideas, and learned how to style and shoot high quality photographs, with replica costume and objects as props.
As well as on-site programmes, we offered online sessions via the Scottish digital learning platform GLOW, which allowed us to reach schools at distance. These sessions allowed pupils to meet the exhibition curator and to explore objects from our handling collection with a member of the NMS learning team.
Broadening our programme: Mary Queen of Scots events for adults
16th-century style 'photoshoots' at the Mary, Queen of Scots Museum Late, National Museum of Scotland, November 2013 © Ruth Armstrong
'An absolute delight! Mary and Antonia are both heroines'
Antonia Fraser: In Conversation
'The talks were very interesting and thought provoking. They also complemented one another very well'
Saturday Showcase: Iconic Queens
The adult events programme accompanying the exhibition was very successful, attracting in total around 5000 participants. The programme allowed us to explore the themes of the exhibition in greater depth, and to involve high profile writers and historians. We scheduled six public lectures, including highlight talks by Lady Antonia Fraser and biographer John Guy, and a full day seminar titled Iconic Queens featuring Taryna Cooper (Chief Curator, National Portrait Gallery) and Professor Caroline Wilkinson (University of Dundee). We also hosted two fully-booked 4-day summer courses for adults as part of our partnership with University of Edinburgh's Office of Lifelong Learning and NMS curators delivered talks to organised groups such as NADFAS Scotland. These were very popular as introductions to the exhibition. The numbers attending these events, and the overwhelmingly positive response of our audiences indicates a very broad and lasting interest in Mary and her historical significance.
The Queen also provided the focus for a series of informal evening events, scheduled during the exhibition run. These included two After Hours events in August, part of our Festival Fringe programme, targeting younger adults and summer visitors to the city – and a very successful Museum Late in November. Late ticketholders enjoyed exclusive after hours entry to the exhibition and an exciting programme of events including CSI Kirk O'Fields – which explored the forensic evidence around the murder of Henry, Lord Darnley – together with object handling, crafts (adapted from our family programme ) and a '16th-century style' science show.
After Mary – programming Mary Queen of Scots beyond the 2013 exhibition
Mary Queen of Scots remains a popular attraction for general visitors to the National Museum of Scotland – in particular for international tourists. Our guided tours, which are researched and delivered by our team of NMS Volunteer Guides include two tours (The Auld Alliance, and The Stuarts) which feature Mary and which are regularly requested by individual visitors and tour groups
Interest is often boosted when Mary features in popular media, for instance during the run of the 2018 film Mary Queen of Scots starring Saoirse Ronan and Margot Robbie and it is likely that we will return to the theme in response to future media events or to major anniversaries.
For specific audiences such as schools, interest in Mary Queen of Scots fluctuates. The bespoke session for primary schools that we launched alongside the exhibition continued as part of our schools offer until the 2016-17 academic year. We then withdrew it from the programme due to a decline in bookings. Changes in the school curriculum and in schools' priorities for teaching and learning mean that teachers are looking for us to support other curriculum topics and subject areas. We are also aware that, for those schools who do still teach Mary, they are more likely to choose to visit other heritage organisations and venues, such as the palaces of Holyrood and Linlithgow, which offer more extensive content on this subject.
In terms of family audiences, whilst our holiday programmes tend to focus on current exhibitions or celebrations, our regular programming often takes in themes from across the museum collections. Whilst that means that Mary Queen of Scots has not had the high level of focus it did during the 2013 exhibition run, the legacy of the programming and our investment in materials and resources continues. The object handling sessions that we developed, in particular a 16th- century medicine- themed session, is still incredibly popular with families and has even been used in other areas of engagement such as STEM programming. We have created family tours and early years sessions on the period using both the costumes and (some of the more robust) handling objects.
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Physicists add top-quark twist to Higgs boson's tale
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Experiments at Europe's Large Hadron Collider have produced hard-to-come-by evidence of interactions between the Higgs boson and top quarks. The findings, announced today at a conference in Bologna, Italy, "give a strong indication that the Higgs boson has a key role in the large value of the top quark mass," Karl Jakobs, spokesperson for the LHC's ATLAS collaboration, said in a news release.
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LHC readings intrigue physicists: Stay tuned
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A computer graphic shows the spray of particles created by a proton collision in the Large Hadron Collider's CMS detector. The two green lines indicate the emission of two photons. Physicists say that could be part of an intriguing pattern, or merely a coincidence. (Thomas McCauley / CERN / CMS)
The Higgs boson is the biggest find of the century in particle physics, but for the past few weeks, physicists at the Large Hadron Collider have been considering whether there's a mystery that's even bigger. Or at least more massive.
The potential mystery has to do with a pattern of particle decay that results in the emission of two photons. The readings collected so far by the teams using the ATLAS and CMS detectors point to a slight "bump" in the expected pattern.
That may hint at the existence of a previously undetected particle with a mass of about 750 billion electron volts – six times heavier than the Higgs, French physicist Adam Falkowski (a.k.a. Jester) writes in his Resonaances blog.
Could it be a second Higgs boson? Evidence for gravitons or extra dimensions? Ever since the findings were made public three weeks ago, theories have been flying around like speeding muons, and with good reason. "If the diphoton excess is really a new particle, we are basically guaranteed to find other phenomena beyond the Standard Model," Falkowski says.
However, the two-photon excess may be merely a coincidence – the sort of pattern that pops up in an early stage of data collection, but fades away when more readings are factored into the findings.
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LHC milestone re-ignites doomsday talk
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This computer graphic shows one of the first collisions recorded between two lead ions at the Large Hadron Collider's top energy. The energy in the center-of-mass system is approximately a quadrillion electron-volts. (Credit: CERN / ALICE Collaboration)
The Large Hadron Collider set another record for particle-smashing energy levels this week – which set off another round of hyped-up rumblings about the end of the world.
Before the LHC's startup in 2008, the Internet was set abuzz with worries that high-energy collisions could create globe-gobbling black holes or cosmos-wrecking strangelets. Protests were mounted, lawsuits were filed, and physicists at Europe's CERN particle physics center had to explain in depth why the nightmare scenarios were nothing more than nightmares. Once the collider went into operation, the lawsuits were dismissed and the hand-wringing settled down.
Now the world's largest collider is operating at near its design limits, and this week, CERN reported that lead-ion collisions in the LHC's ALICE detectorreached energies beyond a quadrillion electron-volts – a level also known as 1 peta-electron-volt, or 1 PeV.
"This energy is that of a bumblebee hitting us on the cheek on a summer day. But the energy is concentrated in a volume that is approximately 10 -27 (a billion-billion-billion) times smaller," Jens Jørgen Gaardhøje, professor at the Niels Bohr Institute at the University of Copenhagen and head of the Danish research group within the ALICE experiment, said in a news release.
At first blush, a quadrillion electron-volts sounds like a huge ramp-up from 13 trillion to 14 trillion electron-volts, or 13 to 14 TeV, the traditionally quoted figures for the high end of the LHC's collision energy. That's what set off the doomsayers. In the weeks leading up to the ALICE collisions, there was a drumbeat of postings claiming that "CERN LIED" and warning that 1-PeV smashups would have catastrophic consequences.
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Professor Jeffrey D. Sachs Interview Summary
Mini-biography
University: Harvard University, Faculty of Economy
Experience in Bolivia
Experience in Poland
Experience in Africa
Clinical Economics
WHO, United Nations, Earth Institute – Solving problem with global cooperation
Professor Jeffrey Sachs (U.S.A.)
Director, The Earth Institute, Colombia University
Economist (Development Economics, International Economics)
Born in Detroit, Michigan, USA, in November 1954
His wife is Sonia Sachs, a pediatrician
As an economist, he was influenced by Paul Samuelson and John Maynard Keynes.
I was born in Detroit, Michigan in 1954. When I was growing up, Detroit was the 4th or 5th largest city in the United States and was the heart of the automobile industry. I was very proud as a young boy to be from Detroit, and felt that I was in an exciting place.
May father was a labor lawyer representing trade unions. My early childhood coincided with the beginning of the civil rights movement in the United States. My father strongly supported civil rights, and this instilled in me a sense of social justice. This was a part of my family's values and part of my upbringing.
In 1967, when I was 13, Detroit was embroiled in a race riot that resulted in a lot of deaths and a lot of buildings being destroyed over course of several days. The huge divides between the white and the African-American communities, one of American history's biggest challenges, was fueled by the history of slavery, post-slavery discrimination, and the lack of civil rights, all culminating in the civil rights moment.
It was a turning point for the city. The internal divisions were quite serious and the white and the black communities pulled apart. At the same time, international competition heightened when Japanese cars were introduced to the US market. Detroit was experiencing a long phase of decline. I think that when you have social divisions, it's harder to respond effectively to competition.
My research attempts to understand economic failure and bankruptcy, and, of course, what can be done about it. Detroit was encountering these problems at that time.
An experience that influenced my interest in economics was a visit to then the Soviet Union with my parents when I was in my sophomore year of high school. That was during the Cold War, and competition between two different economic systems, capitalism and socialism, was obvious. I was a young boy who only knew my own society and understood very little about this, but I knew I was seeing something that was of stunning importance; and it raised in me two questions that I continued to ask for the next 45 years: "What makes a good society?" and "Why do some places operate in certain ways, and other places in other ways?"
When I was in Russia, I met a young man from East Berlin. When I graduated high school, I went to visit him in East Germany; and that was even more of an eye-opener for me. I was a little bit older and even more intrigued about the big issues of Capitalism, Socialism, Marxism and other theories of society.
That is when I knew what I wanted to study. That was 43 years ago, and I'm still intrigued by this fascinating field. I've spent my whole life trying to understand these ideas; what they mean, and why different countries choose different courses. I've come to understand how complicated these questions are, and I've tried to explain in 40 years of writing why we should embrace their complexity, why we should try to understand the world as a complex set of historical, geographical, physical, technological, social, geopolitical, and economic forces.
After graduating from high school in Detroit in 1972, I went to Harvard University and stayed there for 30 years. I didn't know that was going to happen, but I fell in love with Harvard. Fortunately, they liked me. I started as an undergraduate, and then went on for my masters, and then PhD. Upon graduation, I became an assistant professor, then associate professor, and finally a full professor.
The reason I chose economics was that it could help us understand the world and help solve its problems. I wanted to understand its tools; and if I could be like a doctor curing a disease, or a lawyer representing someone in trouble, then I would feel fulfilled.
First, I chose to study the international monetary economics. It was a very tumultuous period when I entered college in the 1970s. It was when we went from a fixed exchange rate system to a floating exchange rate system. It was also when the big oil crises struck and drove up the price of gasoline. I tried to understand how it happened, which I believe contributed to society.
An important part of international monetary economics is the flow of capital between countries, especially how countries that have excess savings invest in countries that have deficit savings, or too little capital, and how countries borrow in order to invest and develop. So, my early work focused on trying to understand economic development and growth. I also wrote my first papers on the problems of developing countries and their indebtedness, which I would become more involved with later.
I had an experience as a graduate student that would have a significant influence on my future direction. It was a backpacking trip through India in 1978 when I was 23 years old. I saw "extreme poverty" on the streets of Delhi for the first time and it blew my mind. I saw beggars, handicapped people, and impoverished people. People lying on the sidewalks. This was a completely different world for me.
I visited lots of places during my month in India. I also bought The Asian Drama by Gunnar Myrdal, a Swedish Nobel Laureate in economics.
Myrdal introduced me to the idea of economic development, which was a unique idea - the drama of economic growth from poverty to prosperity. How is it done? What are the political challenges? What are the economic challenges? What are the social challenges? This book was also a great window on the world, and a great inspiration.
I left India with a strong desire to do something for the development of international society. I also experienced the importance of observing things with my own eyes and talking with people directly. I wanted to visit other places too. I developed a new perspective on economic growth. I also started realizing that there were extreme differences in poverty in the world.
I started studying these issues in earnest about seven years after that. But for me, the trip to India and reading The Asian Drama were the starting point.
My life as a researcher changed dramatically when I was invited to Bolivia in July 1985.
It occurred coincidently. I was becoming more-well known within the academic world for my research on international trade, and I had received tenure in 1983 at the age of 28. A group from Bolivia had come to Harvard to give a seminar for the faculty, and I was asked to attend.
When I arrived, I was surprised to find that only two of the faculty that had been invited to the seminar had shown up. The group explained Bolivia's political and economic situation, and the country's problem with hyperinflation. During our discussion, I spoke briefly about what I thought may be causing their problem. When I finished, one of the visitors said, "You certainly seem to have a clear understanding of the problem and what to do about it. It would be great if you could come to Bolivia to help us." I laughed, but at the end of the seminar, he came up to me and said, "No, I'm absolutely serious about your coming to Bolivia."
Truth be told, I had to go home to look at a map because I really had no idea where Bolivia was. The next day, I told them that if they won the election that was going to take place in a couple of months, and they still wanted me to, I would be happy to go. They won the election, and I went to Bolivia.
When I arrived, it was something new, something different from what I had seen. Bolivia was very poor, and it was economically chaotic. There weren't a lot of experts around either.
I had never helped a country before; but when I went to work, it became clear what needed to be done. Over the next 12 months, I worked with the new government and made a revolutionary proposal for that time.
The rate of hyperinflation was a stunning 24,000%, but it was stopped within a week after we implemented a program of economic reform. The hyperinflation had been caused by the country's serious debt. At the same time, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) was asking Bolivia to pay down the interest on the debt, something that would retrigger hyperinflation at that stage. Therefore, I advised the government to say "No" to the IMF and instead ask the IMF to cancel the debt.
If you look at the history of economics, you come to understand a lot of things. For example, you can understand how to remedy hyperinflation, how bankrupt countries negotiated to reduce their debts during the Great Depression, and how debt crisis ends. John Maynard Keynes also said in his very famous book, The Economic Consequences of the Peace, published in 1919, that if you impose too much debt on a country, you will break it.
I showed the government examples of debt cancellation and methods of risk prevention that had been employed in the past, and said, "You should not repay this debt. It needs to be cancelled." The IMF's response was, "No, that's not how it works. Of course, the debt must be repaid." This was the beginning of a kind of clash between the IMF and me.
I was young and a bit brash, but I was also tenured. I could speak my intellectual mind, and so I took the basic position that the rich world could and should help this country. The information and knowledge I had led to the conclusion that we should not sacrifice a country based on the greedy principle that countries have to pay their debt no matter how poor they are. Bolivia had suffered 24,000% inflation, the government was bankrupt, and people on the street were desperate. I felt that we were morally obligated to help them.
In the end, the IMF recognized that Bolivia was bankrupt, and that reducing its debt was essential to rebuilding the country's economy. My experience in Bolivia was dramatic and emotionally moving. This was the reason that I had decided to keep studying economics. It was my first experience, but my success gave me the chance to work with other nations experiencing similar problems. This was an experience that changed my life, and an experience that taught me so much.
My policy is to observe the actual conditions on the ground, understand the issues, do my best to comprehend their history and context, make a diagnosis, and take a moral position. It is also important to view issues with emotion. This is not a game, but something that happens in the real world. It is important to view issues from both the moral and the intellectual sides. This approach to solving problems started in Bolivia, and I have gradually improved on it since then.
I went to Poland to help them to solve their debt problems. I first visited the country in April 1989, during a trip I had made to attend an academic conference in Moscow. Coincidently, it was the day that the communist regime had come to an agreement with the solidarity trade movement, which was led by Lech Walesa, the man who had fought for freedom against the communist regime.
My own heritage is Eastern European. My family had come to America two or three generations earlier. My wife was born in Prague, what was then Czechoslovakia, but now the Czech Republic. Therefore, I was very interested in Eastern Europe.
I felt confident that I could contribute something useful. What was hard to grasp at that time in 1989 was that a great revolution for freedom was sweeping Eastern Europe. It was sometimes called Annus Mirabilis - the miraculous year, in which democracy was returning to Eastern Europe after almost half a century of Soviet domination. Two years later, the Soviet Union itself collapsed into 15 independent states.
Although I arrived in Poland to help solve their debt problems, I became the main advisor in the economic transformation from central planning to a market economy. I advised that for Poland to make a fresh start following the end of an era dominated by the Soviet Union, its debt had to be cancelled. That was, even in 1989 and after my experience in Bolivia and other Latin American countries, a pretty radical idea.
A statement I made became quite well-known in Poland at the time. I said, "You don't have a debt problem anymore. All you need is 7 postcards. Just send one of those postcards to each of the G7 nations and say, 'Thank you very much. We are now a free and democratic Poland, and we don't have any more Soviet era debt. Thank you, we appreciate it.'"
In summer 1989, when Poland had gotten its political freedom back after half a century, I was invited to speak to the solidarity representatives at the Polish parliament. There were two speakers that night, Senator Robert Dole, who was the senate majority leader of the United States, and I.
Senator Dole said that this was a historic moment for the world, and that the United States, as the leader of the free world, stood with this new democratic Poland. He said he was there to represent President George W. Bush, to declare that the American people stood with the Polish people and would do what it takes to ensure that Poland's democracy would succeed. They were pretty good words.
They then called me. I stood up and said that this was indeed a historic moment, and that it was a great honor for me to follow Senator Robert Dole, a great senator from the United States representing the President of the United States, and that I was happy to hear Senator Dole declare that America would do what it took to help the Polish people. After this, I said, "I'm sure that Senator Dole will, therefore, agree with me when I say that the American people will forgive your debt and that other countries will follow its lead. I really want to thank Senator Dole for standing with the Polish people to make sure that this can happen." And I looked over to him and saw a rather consternated face. He wasn't quite sure what to make of what I was saying, but he wasn't happy.
Well, it's a long story, but in the end, Poland was able to cancel something like $15 billion of its debt, it was able to get a fresh start, and it was able to get emergency help. I was proud to have helped design a lot of those measures.
What I experienced in Poland at that time was something I had never experienced before. It was not something that happens all the time, not even once in a century. This was not normal politics or normal economics. It required all kinds of knowledge, history and judgments as well as the capacity to advocate, negotiate, and so forth. I know the complexity of it, no great change comes without the interaction of many great forces, but sometimes you can also say, "That was a good decision," or "That was helpful"; and I know of these moments in the case of Poland. I'm very proud of what I have done for them.
Nothing that I've done has come without some controversy. Whenever you have a new idea, you can be sure it's going to face immediate, automatic opposition simply because it's a new idea. In the case of Poland, there were many things that could be discussed over hours, days, and even weeks. As usual, I view issues in an emotional way as well as in an intellectual way. These two factors need to fit together.
From 1995, I started working in Africa. When I arrived, I could see that they had been left behind economically, but it was different from what I had imagined.
Africa was in the middle of three massive epidemics; AIDS, TB, and malaria. When I was involved in macroeconomics projects in Zambia, my African counterparts were dying of AIDS. I was shocked by the epidemic. I simply couldn't comprehend the scale of the outbreak. I was also surprised that wherever I was working in Africa, there was malaria. I had thought malaria was a thing of the past; and in spite of the fact that malaria was a curable disease, lots of people were dying from it.
I wondered whether the poverty in Africa was caused by malaria or if malaria spread because of poverty. I wanted to understand more about this. When I started studying about malaria, I found out that the disease was closely related to temperature, ecology, and a particular species of mosquitos in Africa.
Until the end of 1990s, I concentrated on studying about the diseases in Africa. In order for Africa to get out of such deep-rooted economic difficulties, I thought it would be necessary to consider infectious diseases from the viewpoint of public health rather than just from the viewpoint of finance and development. One of the results of this approach was that I ended up helping to clarify the epidemiology of malaria, which made me very proud of myself.
I considered the issue of poverty in Africa from a broad range of perspectives: public health, the geography, history, society, human ecology, and the environment. Among the advice I got, I was moved by the following words: "Keep changing yourself and keep studying to broaden your knowledge and skill so you do not become too focused on a specific field and lose sight of the larger problem." This became my philosophy to ensure a comprehensive view on issues for better solutions to problems.
In approaching problems I have always tried to look at the specific circumstances, historical context and apply general principles to arrive at scientific solutions. I call this Clinical Economics.
I learned this from my wife, Sonia. She's a pediatrician and got lots of phone calls at night from hospitals and mothers of small children. I've watched her answering them over many years, maybe more than a thousand times. They called her because a child had a high fever. She asks each of them questions to find out what was wrong and decide how to treat them.
The questions were asked in a particular order. "Is the child's neck stiff?" This was always question number one. If the neck is stiff, maybe the child is suffering from meningitis. If meningitis is causing the fever, then you have to go to the emergency room right away because it's a life and death situation. You ask questions in a systematic way. The mother on the other end of the phone doesn't know the science, but my wife is asking these questions in a very systematic way to save the child. It is always important to find the cause to provide the appropriate treatment.
As an economist, I always ask questions in the same way a doctor does. Over weeks and months, I keep asking questions to find out what is happening, what the real conditions are, and what the particular characteristics of the region are so I can choose the appropriate approach for the conditions of the country. It is also necessary to understand what others think about this because you have to form a broad consensus across many aspects of economic policy. It's not good enough to have a good idea. You have to have people that agree with that idea because that idea needs to be accepted by the government.
When solving problems such as hyperinflation and other financial crises, don't jump at one solution; "Oh, we need market reform," or "Oh, we need to cut the budget." You need to understand deeply what is really involved, and then you can write a good prescription. You should ask proper questions to find the right solutions.
Unfortunately, this is not how economists are trained. Even the elite economists working at the IMF or the World Bank fail to understand the special conditions of each region, which leads to similar prescriptions for all regions in a one-size-fits-all fashion. I think a clinical economics approach is necessary, and have taught students about this approach through the development of a checklist for the inspection of target countries.
I thought it would be necessary to approach poverty in Africa from the perspective of public health, and I was given a great opportunity. Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) and former Prime Minister of Norway Gro Harlem Brundtland suggested that I create a committee to address the issues. We established the Commission on Macroeconomics and Health (CMH), and I became the chairman.
We examined infectious diseases in Africa such as AIDS and malaria from all aspects, including financial resources, debt relief, public health, and so forth. I recommended some measures to African leaders and to the then UN Secretary-General, Kofi Annan.
These were adopted and they were quite effective. For example, they now have a program that helps poor people receive the antiretroviral medicines they need for the treatment of AIDS. About 15 million people are receiving treatment thanks in part to this program. I also helped to design what's now called the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria.
In 2001, then the UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan asked me to become the UN's advisor on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). MDGs were adopted by the UN General Assembly held in September 2000. There were eight numerical goals for various issues, including poverty, that require support from the global society. These were to be achieved in 15 years. For example, they set the goal of reducing the extreme poverty level in 1990 by half, reducing the rate of infant mortality by two-thirds, reducing the rate of maternal mortality by three-fourths, and so on by 2015.
I really liked the idea that these goals were focusing on extreme poverty and that they had set numerical goals to be achieved within a limited period. People suffering from poverty tend to be ignored by the rest of the world. However, these goals applied the concept of fighting against such poverty with global support. I was asked to provide advice to the UN Secretary-General and various organizations. I gave my consent immediately.
I moved to New York to become the Director of the Earth Institute. The Earth Institute was established by Columbia University to create a holistic vision of sustainable development. I was assigned to take the initiative in this large MDGs project as the UN's advisor.
The Earth Institute staff includes climate scientists, energy scientists, public health specialists, economists, lawyers, and so on, which is ideal. We can make complex approaches to big challenges from many different perspectives.
Climate change was not my particular field. However, by the early 2000s, it became apparent to me that this challenge was also fundamentally affecting every other challenge. I was now in a leadership role in the fight against poverty and disease, but climate change could wreck everything. Helping the UN fight hunger would be worthless if climate change was ruining crop productivity. How could I leave such factors as this out of the equation?
I've believed that each major piece of knowledge has to be joined with other components so we can take a holistic approach to complex human realities; and about 15 years ago, I came to think that climate change was central to this.
Although Ban Ki-Moon followed Kofi Annan as the UN Secretary-General in 2007, I was asked to remain as an advisor on the MDGs. The year 2015 was the goal set by the MDGs, and we were able to achieve wonderful results. Poverty has dropped by more than half. China's great success accounts for a significant piece of that, but we see poverty rates coming down almost everywhere in the world. There's been real progress in Africa.
In 2005, I published the book The End of Poverty. I wrote it to highlight the technological trends, the new and better ways to fight disease, to promote education, and to grow crops, ways that we could end extreme poverty in our generation. This book became worldwide best-seller; and I am very happy to know that people all over the world, leaders, students, and many others, read my book and found it helpful and inspirational.
Yet, when I wrote that our generation could end extreme poverty, many people took it as an exaggeration or as a nice, but not very practical idea. Here we are, though, in 2015, and the world is adopting Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)1 as successors of the MDGs.
The SDGs will apply from 2015 to 2030, and SDG number one is to end extreme poverty. I said, "Oh, that's a goal that really can be accomplished." Now 193 governments have agreed that it is a goal for our generation. In The End of Poverty, I wrote that we could do it by 2025. Well, that's five years of slippage, but I can accept that. Here we have leadership from around the world saying, "Yes, we can end extreme poverty." We can do it, but it's going to take a tremendous amount of effort. So, the whole question of attention span, of intellectual and global commitment is going to show up again and again during these 15 years.
Note 1: This interview was conducted in July 2015. The SDGs were adopted by the UNI General Assembly in September 2015.
Since I was young, I've been thinking about things I could do to make the world a better place. I came to economics with a question: "Why are different places in the world doing so differently economically?" and "Which is right?" These thoughts developed from watching my father work and visiting the Soviet Union in my sophomore year of high school. I've been involved in this work for 43 years, but I'm still enthralled by it.
I have had great support from my wife, Sonia, a medical doctor and a public health specialist who has always been completely motivated in the same way as I have been. She was born in communist Czechoslovakia, and her family escaped from a kind of totalitarian rule. She and her family asked the question, "How can we live more civilly, more decently for the betterment of humanity?"
When you're involved in challenges like this, there are a lot of setbacks and you sometimes do not get the chance to implement what you really believe is right; or if you have things that need a lot of cooperation, you don't find the cooperation you need. It's complicated. You move backward as well as forward; but when you're working with your life partner, you have a lot of fantastic built-in support.
What is also absolutely true is that while there are a lot of setbacks and you get a lot of bruises along the way, you also see successes. I'm very proud of the many things that I've been able to contribute to, and that has always given me hope. I've worked with people from all over the world, which is thrilling in and of itself; and I have friends and colleagues in dozens of countries, which is very exciting and gratifying. The idea that you're part of a big, wide, interesting, diverse, complicated world, and that you're able to make a contribution to it can keep you going.
I have one message, and that message is that as complicated as our challenges are, as big a crisis as global climate change is, as daunting as it seems to fight poverty, we can solve these problems. We're living at a time of unprecedented knowledge, a time of incredible scientific and technological revolution. We can do amazing things to network the whole world.
We have seen dramatic changes in economic progress in some countries over short periods of time. Poverty rates have fallen very quickly. We have seen disease that looked uncontrollable came under control.
The key factor is the degree to which we can focus on solving problems. A lot of things are going on in the world. We have so much information coming at us and so many images: watch this game, watch this TV show, listen to this music. We have to make phone calls, we have to fight poverty, and we have to address climate change. It is not easy to focus on the real priorities because of all of these distractions. However, if we seriously work on problems, we can definitely solve them.
What I find most frustrating is that people approach these issues cynically. "Oh, bad things are going to happen and there's nothing we can do about it." "We can never solve that problem." "The poor are always going to be poor." "We're going over the cliff with climate change." To my mind, that's the single most frustrating and incorrect view in the world: the cynical view that surely bad things are going to happen and there is nothing we can do about it.
Let's solve the problems. We can do amazing things. It's really important for our children and for our children's children that we make the world a better place; and if we pay attention, if we take a moral position, and if we mobilize knowledge and the technology, wonderful things can happen. That's the key message for what I can call the age of sustainable development. Sustainable development means prosperity, fairness, and environmental sustainability. We should make a holistic, a moral and an ethical approach to these three goals. Let's do that.
(This interview summary was created by the Japan International Broadcasting Inc. that produces Blue Planet Prize TV programs.)


I have been trying to find a way to get my new Marvel wifi card working. I poked around and found out that this libertas kernel module is supposed to support it. But that module is not available with the "stock" titchy kernel.
So, someone who has switched to the 2.6.22 kernel, could you please check to see whether or not you have this module, or maybe download it (there is a debian version for 2.6.22-2) and see whether or not you can at least load the module.
If so, then I would need to know how to install said kernel. I seem to recall there is an updater.sh we can use; it may be just the Angstrom one, but a little guidance would be nice.
Of course, if someone who has this kernel actually also has this wifi card, and can test that out, that would be even better, but I don't imagine I'd be that lucky.
The card I actually have is a Sparklan WCFM-100 card, with the marvell 8385 chip.
I actually contacted them to see about drivers; but they only have source for 2.4 drivers, and no clue about 2.6 kernels, much less arm machines.
did you see that one ?
You have searched for files named libertas in suite lenny, all sections, and architecture(s) arm. Found 4 results.
Now, I don't know what those indicators for the kernels are (iop32x and ixp4xx), but they are supposedly arm kernels, probably not for the Zaurus specifically.
If'n someone has an installed 2.6.22 kernel, I grabbed the ixp* package above and unpacked it, so have this version of the module. Could you try that module on that 2.6 kernel and see if it works?
Well, this maybe won't have much hope, since file lists these (for either package) as "libertas.ko: ELF 32-bit LSB relocatable, ARM, version 1, not stripped" --- file lists any of the modules on the Z as: ...,version 1 (SYSV),... so they won't be compatible. Nuts.
Maybe I should put this on the list of things I would like to see compiled.
I've build a new 2.6.23 kernel, and it includes the libertas module.
Untested, so see for yourself if it works!
I just saw this in mid-install of your "old" version. I ran into trouble there with packages.gz being corrupt, and it did not want to fix itself, so I grabbed this kernel and re-flashed. It seems to be working, but I am in mid-install. We shall see. I don't know whether this packages.gz problem is a problem with the gnuab site, or what. For now I am using the old wifi card, since it works (orinoco driver).
Is there another site I should be using, since I am in the US? Well, I'll see for now how this works. I get to re-partition the disk, again, now.
why just for you ?
how is this kernel different from angstrom 2.6.23 (old one) or angstrom 2.6.23 (new one) ? i think anybody can try this one, no ??
Of course, but I was the one whining for it. I am _still_ in mid-install, and will let folks know if it succeeds, and it so, it that module manages to wake up my Sparklan card, which has been pretty much dead up to now.
Well, finally installation ended, or so it claimed, with a complete install. Now it wants to know the runlevel at each boot. I have entered numbers 1-7, with the damn thing just sitting there at each instance. So, what do I do now? This is a new one for me.
I installed cortez's kernel linked on this thread, and otherwise have used cortez' installation. So, cortez???? What the?


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A 33-year old woman from Johnson County, MO was convicted of manslaughter last week in connection to the death of her husband that occurred in April 2017.
The Kansas City Star reports that Jema Donahue was accused of fatally shooting her husband, 31-year old Javon Donahue, and burying his body in a farm field with the help of her mother and a family friend in April 2017.
At the time of her arrest last year, the Johnson County Sheriff's Office stated that as a result of an excavation, the body of Javon Donahue was unearthed. Upon the discovery of the body, officers then located the suspect at Welch Court in Sedalia.
Donahue was found guilty on numerous counts, including Voluntary Manslaughter, Armed Criminal Action, Unlawful use of a Weapon, Felony Murder, Tampering with Evidence and Abandonment of a Corpse, according to the Star.
Jema Donahue is expected to be sentenced on January 14 in Johnson County.
Earlier this year, Donahue's mother, Margaret G. Heffernan also pleaded guilty to charges in connection to the death and was sentenced in March.
A third suspect in the case, Ricky W. Armstrong, also pleaded guilty to Concealing a Felony and Tampering with Evidence. He was sentenced in August.


This is the view from my standup desk. On some days, I stare out the window at Regan National and fantasize about flying off to an exotic location as a result of the wide success of the new business. On other days, I think about getting on a plane and running away from it all. That pretty sums up my first 30 days. Ping-ponging between extreme highs and lows, and never feeling like I'm going fast enough.
In my last post, I used the analogy of running up a hill, here are some of the things I've learned in the early part of this journey.
Commute – Now that I no longer paid parking I'm now a mass transit user. My commute to the office used to be an hour via the backroads. It's now a 40 minute (on most days) Metro ride. Have to say, I don't miss driving, in fact, getting back in the car holds no appeal at all. On the rare occasion I need to drive to work I tap my Parking Panda app and park in the garage across the street for half the listed daily rate.
Office – For three years I was a mentor at the startup incubator 1776. Now I'm a member. Settling in I've been surprised by the other entrepreneurs in resident. Or in other words, I'm not the only old guy among the twenty-somethings. In fact, there may be the same amount or more of us. It's also not all startups. Accenture Digital is here, and a major health network and venture capitalist from Israel.
Tools – holy cow, there are so many low or no cost tools available it's hard to cover them all. Here are a few that you might want to check out. Try MeetUp which was recently acquire by WeWork for expanding your network, learning new skills, meeting like-minded folks. If you are a retail business try Alignable for building a referral network. No longer have someone to review your proposals sign up for Grammarly. How about an assistant to manage your schedule try Calendly. If you have remote employees you have to have Slack. You'll need a domain, a website and email. I got everything from one provider, GoDaddy but there are other sites like Verisign and Web.com.
The team – you'll need an account, lawyer and banker. In addition to family and friends! Some will be your guides, others your cheerleaders and on certain days, both.
Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) – in my case I have an international investor so the first step for us was to get to the MOU which laid out the terms of our agreement including, ownership, investment commitment and the business model.
Certification of Formation – the next step was then registering the business. We registered the business as a Limited Liability Company (LLC). As part of this process, you will also need an LLC Operating Agreement form and Organization Meeting if registering as a Sole Member of the LLC.
Tax ID – now that the business is registered go to the IRS.gov site and get an EIN (Employer Identification Number) which is essential for setting up your bank account and tax purposes.
Register the Business in the State of Operation – my business is registered in Delaware but operates out of Virginia which required filling out an application for a Certification of Registration to Transact in Virginia. You will then receive an ID and DCN (Declaration Control Number) for tax purposes and a DCN number. Also, check with your county and/or city for additional registrations and tax liabilities.
Operating Agreement – this document turns the MOU into a legal agreement. It contains more detail relating to the management and operation of the company, (liabilities, tax obligations, ownership structure, dissolution, etc.) It's also critical for unlocking investment in the organization.
Other Documents – you'll need a W-9 and business insurance. Check with your homeowner or car insurance provider you may find they offer business insurance as well…mine did.
I'll be back in 120 days to give you another update on #buildingcarbondesign.
Something odd happened the other day on my morning run. Deciding to ramp up my training, I grabbed my Garmin GPS watch and headed out. The goal was to track my pace at various points on my usual route and that's when I noticed a strange trend. At first, I thought my watch needed a software update because something really unusual was happening.
According to my watch, my pace running uphill was faster than when running downhill or on a flat stretch. Spending the remaining part of my route trying to figure why my natural pace didn't fit the norm, I concluded that it was most likely the result of growing up at the bottom of a mountain. All of the excitement in the neighborhood was always happening at the top. During the summer, I'd run or ride my bike a mile and a half up a steady incline as fast as I could to get to the action — often several times a day. Going uphill, for me, always had its reward.
The people I spoke with, although mostly satisfied with their current status, longed for something better. When I explored "better" several themes were reoccurring; a better work/life balance, greater purpose in their work, freedom to work on things they were passionate about, etc. Interestingly, it was not isolated to one workforce generation, i.e. Millennials. Then I had a thought… do companies realize that there has been a change in the way people want to work? And, it seems to be universal. I heard the feedback, but had they recognized or responded to this shift?
Running parallel to this exploration, a couple of former clients approached me to do some consulting work. The companies we worked with had products and/or services that were considered to be "disruptive innovation." There is a certain element of a "fear factor" to this new wave of technology, in particular, AI and robotics. The reality is they also have the opportunity to dramatically improve people's lives. Unfortunately, that message hasn't been well communicated, or received. One thing is certain, though, the last wave of technology was about business model disruption (think Netflix, Uber, AirBnB, etc.). The new wave is about personal disruption, for better or worse, depending on your viewpoint.
Similarly, my own journey came to the crossroads of personal disruption and a longing for something better. It got me thinking. Could an organization aimed at helping companies bring life-changing innovation to market be built on a business model that changed the life of the people it employed? From disruption, could something better be created? After circling back to many of the people I spoke with earlier, I concluded that it most definitely could.
And so, at this point in my life and career, when I wish I was better at coasting on flats or running downhill — I've picked another hill to run up. The grind, unfortunately, seems to suit me. Leaning into the incline gives me a feeling of purpose. The pounding heart and aching legs focus my mind, challenges my body and gives me a sense of accomplishment and clarity.
I also recognize (sadly) that I'm not as young as I once was, and to be successful in this new venture I will need the boost of friends and family to make it up the hill. I may not be able to run it as often, or as fast, so I'll also need others to take the journey with me. I know the excitement is still at the top and getting there, although challenging, definitely has its rewards.
My life has and will continue to be disrupted, but I see something better coming…and so will you soon.
Follow the Carbon Design Co LinkedIn page to watch the journey to the top.
We've all had those trips. An important business meeting takes you to a new city, perhaps on your bucket list, and all you see is the airport, skyline and a conference room. Here are some thoughts on how to get the most out of your business trip in 5 popular cities.
Take A Train that Feels like a Boat Ride – skip the flight and take the Acela from New York to Boston. The views along the coast are fantastic and the stretch of track along the Connecticut coastline is stunning. The train literally crosses three beaches and there is a section around New London, CT that you will be over so much water, for so long, only a few feet above it, that it feels like you're on a boat. Do it soon because they're talking about rerouting the train to increase speed between the cities, that would move it off the shoreline.
Balance the Bad with the Good in San Fran – too many trips result in hours of sitting in a windowless room all day eating crappy hotel food. To do that in a city like San Francisco is downright criminal. Here's how to get the best out of a bad situation. If you can, avoid the conference hotel and book a room at the Harbor Court Hotel or Hotel Vitale on Embarcadero, near the Ferry Building. Counter balance the high calorie, low nutrition hotel food, by going for a run. Start across the street at the Ferry Building and head north to Fisherman's Wharf, just listen for the harbor seals. Go south (right facing the building) and you can run around AT&T Park. Not a runner? No worries. Connected through a door from Harbor Court is the YMCA with a pool on the second floor, yoga & spin classes, etc. If you stay at the Hotel Vitale, book a soaking tub under the stars at the roof top spa to work out the kinks from sitting all day. You're also at the right spot for great restaurants. Skip the conference dinner and head to the Ferry Building for seafood at Hog Island Oyster Co, or an organic vegan meal at The Plant Café If you have to eat at the conference, push the food around on your plate like a 5-year-old staring down lima beans, and then take the side exit for tapas at Michael Chiarello's Coqueta on Pier 5.
Do Europe in a Weekend by Extended Your Stay in DC –this one takes a little (or a lot) of imagination. Fly into and out of Dulles Airport (IAD). Book a car at the airport on Friday and head to the "French" countryside and stay at the Hillbrook Inn in Charles Town, WV. Hillbrook was built by Brigadier General Frank E. Bamford, on land George Washington once owned. General Bamford modeled his home after an inn he loved in Normandy, where he stayed after WWI. Around the corner is "LeMans", (Summit Point Motorsports Park) where you can watch a race or schedule some track time with your rental (I'll never tell). In the afternoon head to "Monte Carlo" (Hollywood Casino) and do some gambling. From there it's off to "Germany" in Shepherdstown, WV. Book Saturday night at the Bavarian Inn overlooking the Potomac river. The following day walk to "Transylvania" and spend the day in the town called the "Most Haunted Town in America" and subject of the Destination America TV series, "Ghost of Shepherdstown." Or skip town and head back towards the airport, stopping in the historic town (and National Park) of Harpers Ferry (a 20-minute drive). Make your way back to Dulles, via Route 9, traveling through the "French Wine Country" region of Northern Virginia. You'll pass 8 vineyards during the short journey (less than 30 minutes) back to the airport. If you're running short on time, all the locations listed above are within an about hour of the airport.
Book a Room With a Stunning View in NYC – no doubt there is a lot to see on the NYC skyline. Here are two you might not think of but provide Instagram worthy views. The first is the INK 48 hotel in Hell's Kitchen on 48th and 11th. The Press Lounge on the 16th floor offers an incredible view of the Hudson River and the city (in particular Times Square). In the Financial District, stay at the Millennium Hilton, and ask for a room facing the 9/11 Memorial for a stunning view of the new Oculus transit hub and the memorial park.
Business travel can be a necessary evil, but occasionally, it can have an upside if you plan ahead. If you have ideas on how to improve the travel experience, please share them in the comment section below.


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Market filings
Current Reports 2012
Second notification of the intent to divide the company
Current report 05/2012 dated 08.02.2012
Legal basis: Article 56 section 1 item 2 of the Act on public offering — current and periodic information
Acting pursuant to Article 539 § 1 of the Code of Commercial Companies, the Management Board of ATM Spółka Akcyjna with its seat in Warsaw at ul. Grochowska 21a, 04-186 Warsaw, entered in the Register of Entrepreneurs of the National Court Register, maintained by the District Court for the Capital City of Warsaw, 13th Commercial Division of the National Court Register under the number KRS 0000034947 (the "Company under Division") hereby informs the shareholders of the Company under Division of its intent to divide ATM Spółka Akcyjna by transferring a part of the assets and liabilities of the Company under Division, comprising an Organised Part of Enterprise in the form of Integration Services Division, to the existing ATM Systemy Informatyczne Spółka Akcyjna company with its seat in Warsaw at Grochowska 21a, 04-186 Warsaw, entered in the Register of Entrepreneurs of the National Court Register, maintained by the District Court for the Capital City of Warsaw, 13th Commercial Division of the National Court Register under the number KRS 0000320991 (the "Recipient Company").
In accordance with the principle defined in Article 535 § 3 of the Code of Commercial Companies, the Plan of Division of ATM Spółka Akcyjna with its seat in Warsaw by transferring a part of the assets and liabilities of ATM Systemy Informatyczne Spółka Akcyjna with its seat in Warsaw, agreed as at 28 November 2011, was published in the current report No. 17/2011 dated 28 November 2011 and is accessible on the Company's website: www.atm.com.pl.
From 10 January 2012, at the seat of ATM S.A. in Warsaw at ul. Grochowska 21a, 04-186 Warsaw, every day from 9.30 am to 4.00 pm, shareholders may familiarise themselves with the documents, referred to in Article 540 § 1 of the Code of Commercial Companies.
signatures:
Roman Szwed — President of the Management Board,
Tadeusz Czichon — Vice-President of the Management Board


not depend on specific architectures such as an OpenFlow or a MPLS.
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information that is required to start network managing.
information and no unified models for them.
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topology information is to be prepared in advance.
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chunk-size is invalid or an error occurs on transport layer.
NETCONF version by comparing the sent capabilities with received one.
as the capability of notification.
The reaction of invalid <hello> varies by vendor implementations.
on receiving an invalid hello message.
commands are useful on controlling multiple devices.
session becomes ordinal mode and accept any NETCONF commands again.
some models of the function that networking equipments provides.
in order to avoid such problems.
uses multiple networking equipments via NETCONF.
First two information can be retrieved from NETCONF configurations.
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neighbor information because of the same reason.
requirements that future management protocol would satisfy.
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and supports interleave capability like function as default.
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improves the security of management.


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Hit the slopes this season and get some exciting winter sports action with our selection of ski holidays. Lastminute.com have a fantastic selection of winter sports getaways, in many of the world's best and most popular resorts, meaning that all groups and abilities will be able to find the perfect ski holiday for them.
It can cost less than you'd think to get a taste of the action with our choice of cheap ski holidays. Bulgaria's resorts are perfect for winter sports on a budget, and also an excellent choice for beginner skiiers. The country's main ski resorts, Bansko, Borovets and Pamporovo all offer equipment hire, English-speaking instructors and some excellent après-ski activities, including great value food and drink, bars and clubs. You can also take in historic sites like the Rila Monastery – a perfectly preserved monastery on Rila mountain – or have a pampering day in one of the area's hot mineral spring spas.
Or for something a bit further afield, how about exploring Canada's exciting skiing destinations. The country's four main national parks – Banff, Jasper Kootenay and Yoho – all form part of the UNESCO World Heritage listed Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks, and offer some spectacular skiing action. Including the Powder Express, Canada's second longest vertical slope, which is found in Banff. And with a wide range of accommodation options available, from motels and hotels, to authentic log cabins and luxurious lodges, you'll be able to plan the perfect trip to suit your needs.
You can also find luxury ski holidays closer to home, such as our selection of trips to resorts in Switzerland. The country's resorts are known for their charming character, as well as their world-class dining. Or, for something a bit different, check out Andorra. Found in the Catalan Pyrenees, the resort of Arsinal is known for its skiing, snowboarding and exciting après-ski, with plenty of mountain bars and cafes to choose from. As it's just a short drive from the capital of Andorra la Vella, it's also a great place for a shopping trip.
And with many resorts offering activities suitable for all levels of ability, why not try one of our family ski holidays. You'll find quiet and peaceful getaways in the French Alps, while Tyrol in Austria offers a good selection of slopes, excellent snow, inspirational views and historic sights. Italy's ski resorts are ideal for a more laid back and relaxed winter sports trip. Passo Tonale is particularly recommended for new skiers, thanks to the quality of its ski and snowboard schools and nursery area, while even non-skiers can enjoy fabulous views over the Italian Alps.


The Beaut Awards 18 are underway and we'll be celebrating in style on September 11th at the party of the year.
Get ready to be consumed for two months of beauty, Beauty, BEAUTY! Forget the World Cup, Wimbledon and anything sports related. Actually, forget everything else other than beauty. Voting is open for the Beaut Awards 18 and we need YOU to decide on what's the best in beauty for the year ahead. Every day, women consult the beauty award winners to decide on what beauty goodies to buy. Help them choose the right product by having your say.
Voting closes on September 4th and a week later ALL the winners will be revealed at the party of the year on September 11th in The Morrison Hotel, Dublin.
Representatives of your favourite brands will be there. You will be able to buy the winning products while sipping on cocktails and eating delicious nibbles. In between that, get yourself pampered, listen to an expert panel, watch tutorials and go home with an insanely good goodie bag. 'Twill be the party of the year, ya hear. And tickets are on sale now!
Demand for the Best in Beauty event has traditionally been HUGE so reserve your spot today! Buy your ticket from eventbrite.com here. See you there!
Voting is open for Haircare now!


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US immigration law problems in Florida re man's death
On behalf of Cuevas, Garcia & Torres, P.A. | Jan 28, 2020 | U.s. Immigration Law |
Someone dies in Florida every single day. However, when a particular death has to do with U.S. immigration law detention issues, immigrant advocates pay close attention, and often reiterate their cries for needed government reform. A 63-year-old man died while in ICE custody on a recent Monday.
This was the second immigrant death in detention in approximately a week. It is also the sixth since October. Preliminary reports indicate the death of the 63-year-old was due to a heart attack. The man who died on a recent Saturday was much younger, at age 39. Sadly, that man's death was listed as a suicide.
Both men were residing in Florida detention centers when they died. ICE officials have issued a public statement saying the agency, as always, is committed to the health and well-being of those residing in its custody. However, there are documented reports that suggest there is ample evidence to show that substandard care is problematic in many immigration detention facilities in this state and others as well.
The man who reportedly died by his own hand while residing in a Florida detention center had been released from criminal custody regarding allegations that he had committed several felonies. It was after his release from the criminal justice system that ICE officers took him into their custody and initiated deportation proceedings against him. A U.S. immigration law attorney can provide immediate support to an immigrant who has been taken into custody, especially someone who believes his or her rights have been violated.


Introducing the basic mathematics military time converter below which will convert from a 12-hour a.m./p.m. time to a military time or a 24-hour military time.
I purposely built the calculator not only to do conversions, but also to teach you the military format naturally as you use it!
Use the first two boxes on top that have a colon between them to enter the time in 12-hour time notation. For example, you could enter 1:35. Finally, choose a.m. or p.m.
Use the box labeled " From military to standard " to enter the time in the military time or the 24-hour time notation.
For example, you could enter 1:35. Finally, choose a.m. or p.m.
A quick lesson about military time and some common pitfalls to avoid.
The military time uses 4 digits. The first 2 digits show the number of hours that passed after midnight and the last two digits show the number of minutes.
For 1200, 12 hours have passed. It is also the time right between 0000 and 2400 or 12:00 p.m.
For 1430, 14 is the number of hours and 30 is the number of minutes.
14 hours after midnight is 2 pm. Therefore, 1430 is 2:30 p.m.
Either 0000 or 2400 is midnight.
The time after 0059 is not 0060. Instead, it is 0100 and 0100 is 1:00 a.m.
The time after 0959 is not 0960. Instead, it is 1000 and 1000 is 10:00 a.m.
2401 is not a valid military time. Why is that? Well, it is because the last time in the clock before the next day is 2400, 12:00 a.m. or midnight.
After that we start at 0001 or 12:01 a.m.
Enjoy the military time converter!


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LETTER: Winter crisis impact on NHS waiting times
Claims of 'Aussie flu' have been rubbished by health bosses in Doncaster
Yet again, the NHS finds itself in a very difficult position as the inevitable pressures characteristic of the busy winter period have left health care services struggling to cope.
Accident &Emergency performance figures for December were the worst on record and at major A&E departments in Nottinghamshire, just 71.4 per cent of patients were seen within the four-hour target, below the national average of 77.3 per cent.
There is, of course, a story behind each of these damning statistics, a story of a patient who, despite the best efforts of hardworking staff who have been tirelessly grafting in increasingly difficult conditions, is not getting the level of care they ultimately deserve from the NHS.
Despite repeated warnings over the pressure the NHS will face this winter, heath services were again unprepared for the inevitable surge in demand as long-term funding and improvements to workforce planning are necessary to meet future challenges head on.
Politicians of all parties must come together and work toward a long-term funding and staffing plan for the NHS that will reverse this dangerous tide and ensure a more sustainable future.
Dr Peter Holden
BMA East Midlands regional council chairman
Does a mother you know deserve to win a bouquet of flowers?
Grateful Bassetlaw Hospital staff praise man for donations
This is where mobile speed cameras will be located in Nottinghamshire from Monday, July 15 - in pictures.


MG RS 34 – 3/4 Tonners forever !
Seren Wib – was the original boat from which the MG RS34 moulds were taken.
In Stepnica, Poland with owner Piotr since 2009.
Street Legal – GBR507 – Globe trotting the world with current owners Guy and Annika.
Not seen for many years but a very fast boat it its day.
renamed Silver Dollar – sadly destroyed 2012.


One day, a well-meaning Christian asked C.S. Lewis a very small-minded question. Lewis, the writer of the classic Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe fantasy series as well as his space trilogy, was asked why, as a Christian, he wasted his time with fantasy and science fiction stories. Lewis replied that he did so to get past the "watchful dragons of society", the defenses most people have against anything that feels religious, especially if their past history with religion is tainted by negative experiences.
As someone who makes his living making films and telling stories, I have long been interested in figuring out how best to connect with people on both an emotional and intellectual level in my work. I have also often wondered why so many of the stories being created and consumed by Christians very rarely connect with audiences outside of the Christian faith. Or put more simply, why are the only people watching Christian movies Christians? I guess the most obvious answer is with another question: why would a non-Christian actually want to watch a Christian movie?
When I was younger and all puffed up with self-righteous bluster, I took pot shots at the "Christian ghetto" as if it had done me personal harm. Christian music was a second rate, Christian movies were a joke and Christian books were lame. But as I matured and actually entered into this world of telling stories, I realized a few things. One, telling good stories is hard. We like to say that Christians need to tell stories as well as the world is telling them, but then again, the world is telling a lot of terrible stories too! But there also seems to be a struggle that is singular to the Christian mindset, and it is no small thing to have to deal with. In fact, you not only have to deal with it in yourself, but in the industry gatekeepers as well.
I am talking, of course, about the constant wrestling match between the story and its ultimate message. This is a uniquely Christian struggle, and I think it's because of how our entire faith-experience has ultimately been framed by the church experience. For many Christians, faith means church. And church carries with it a few ironclad elements: 1) it must never offend anyone; 2) it is interested only in finding and giving answers; and, 3) everything is centered around a very clear, very defined message. It should come as no surprise, then, that our Christian stories all too often carry these same elements in their DNA.
I have had a few interesting experiences with some of the gatekeepers of the Christian entertainment industry. My films have proven very popular over the years, but they have also existed in large part outside of the "normal" Christian channels. This isn't because of some noble artistic decision on my part (I want as many people to see what I create as possible), but rather because my films don't really adhere to these elements. My movies are designed to poke you—to present you with people and situations that might make you a little uncomfortable and cause you to ask big questions about your own faith. I have always been far more interested in questions than answers, and my film journeys embrace those questions and mysteries. And while I make no bones about having a very clear message in my films, I have always said my No. 1 priority when telling a story is to entertain you.
For some reason, the vast majority of our Christian stories all have one thing in common. They all feel like church. But I'm not sure our stories should feel like church. I mean, Jesus' stories sure didn't. He told stories about people being beaten to death, spending time with prostitutes, people of faith being hypocrites—basically, he was brutally honest when dealing with the human condition.
I'm not sure what the answer to all this is, other than to pray that more Christian storytellers begin to go after honest stories well told, and that more Christian industry gatekeepers begin to embrace the fact that their audience might not be as spiritually limited as they think (or if they are, maybe they need a good spiritual poke!). If we don't change, we will simply get more of the same. And while our stories might make money, they won't be changing any lives, because the only people consuming them will be the people who already agree with the message. Our art will remain outside the gates of relevance, because it will continue to be gobbled up by the watchful dragons of a world that is dying inside, but doesn't want their stories to feel like the church they're pretty sure they don't want.


The official Pokémon website has announced that the fully-evolved Johto starter Pokémon, which are Meganium, Typhlosion and Feraligatr, will be distributed with their Hidden Abilities to those who access Pokémon Bank accounts between Feb. 27, 2015 and Nov. 30, 2015. To receive these Pokémon players will need to use Pokémon Link in Pokémon X, Y, Omega Ruby or Alpha Sapphire after accessing Pokémon Bank during this time. One of each fully-evolved Johto starter Pokémon with their Hidden Abilities will be given in each Pokémon Bank account.
All three fully-evolved Johto starter Pokémon will come at level 50 while the Meganium has its Hidden Ability Leaf Guard and knows the moves Solar Beam, Sunny Day, Synthesis and Body Slam, the Typhlosion has its Hidden Ability Flash Fire and knows the moves Overheat, Flame Wheel, Flame Charge and Swift and the Feraligatr has its Hidden Ability Sheer Force and knows the moves Ice Punch, Crunch, Waterfall and Screech.


With seventeen art and craft units, a coffee shop and a gift shop, housed in the restored early 19th century dairy market, the Buttermarket's unique position in the heart of Enniskillen makes it the central focus for the thriving craft industry in Fermanagh.
The buildings have been beautifully renovated and house such diverse crafts as pottery, fly-tying, ceramics, handmade jewellery, textiles, picture framing and original art. Soak up the relaxed atmosphere of the Buttermarket surrounded by a feast of contemporary and inspirational gifts, from the shops, studios and galleries of some of Ireland's top crafts people and artists.
Treat yourself to some homemade Fayre at Rebecca's Coffee Shop and browse through the treasure house of gifts in Boston Quay.
Open 10am - 5.30pm, Monday - Saturday all year round.