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- Evidence. Evidence Explained: Citing History Sources from Artifacts to Cyberspace, by Elizabeth Shown Mills, is the definitive guide to the citation and analysis of historical sources, especially original and unusual items used by family historians. Elizabeth Shown Mills also has some very helpful articles on her Web site. They include 'Working with Historical Evidence', and various titles under the heading 'Cluster Research (FAN Principle)'.
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Ream National Park is Cambodia's most diverse national park. Located about 12 miles from Sihanoukville, the park has been open since 1993. Ream covers 21,000 hectares; 15,000 hectares of land and 6,000 hectares of river and sea. Here you will find secluded beaches, tropical jungles and wide rivers. Over 155 species of bird call Ream home, as well as Sun Bears, the endangered elongated tortoise, eagles and even dolphins.
A boat trip through the national park is the perfect way to see the natural beauty of this charming area. Sail away down the Prek Tuk Sap River in a small motorboat, sheltered from the hot sun by a canvass roof. The scenery is spectacular and the banks of the river are lined with mangrove forests. There is plenty of wildlife to see such as beautiful green kingfishers, monkeys hooting in the trees and purple jellyfish.
As you glide slowly along the river, you will pass people digging in the river bed for shellfish and fishing from small boats. After a couple of hours, you will arrive at Koh Som Poch Beach, where you can swim or sunbathe while lunch is prepared.
Walk for about an hour through tropical jungle rich with plant life and you will come to the Thmor Thom fishing village. The buzz of cicada beetles is loud and exoticly beautiful butterflies flutter through the forest.
Ream's intense natural beauty leads many people to set up home here and the population has doubled in the last eight years. This means that resources such as wood, herbs, fish and fruit are seriously over-used. There is also the problem of illegal logging and poaching to deal with. Luckily, this situation is slowly but steadily changing thanks to the injection of cash that the tourism industry is providing. Illegal fishing and logging are being stamped out, and the forests of the area are gradually regenerating.
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Scheduled to be completed in 2014, the byway will serve as an important link in the overall beautification of the Kennett Pike.
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Many mornings, when John Haedrich sees bicyclists and joggers parade past his home on the Kennett Pike, he imagines a much improved pathway for them in the near future, one that not only will allow them to travel more safely and to enjoy the scenic byway, but one that will slowly contribute to a more walkable community. Then he remembers that he's part of a consortium of visionaries who are in the process of making that vision come true.
"I'll see a cyclist, and I'll think, 'He doesn't know what we're doing yet, but he'll be very appreciative of it when it's completed,'" Haedrich said.
Haedrich, along with former Kennett Township supervisor Tom Nale and several other colleagues associated with the township, is part of the Kennett Bikeway Project, now in its eighth year of a development plan targeted toward beautifying the 1.6-mile stretch of the Kennett Pike within the township's boundaries – extending from the Fairville Road area to the intersection of Kennett Pike and the Baltimore Pike. The Project will include the addition of a five-foot shoulder area beside both northbound and southbound lanes, a bike / walking path, and improved landscaping that will further beautify this historic byway. In addition, the future plans also call for a similar pathway along the Baltimore Pike that connects from Kennett Pike at Hamorton to Longwood Gardens, a distance of nine-tenths of a mile.
After a construction firm is selected in September, the project is scheduled for construction in the spring or summer of 2014.
When completed, the byway will serve as an important link in the overall beautification of Route 52, one that not only connects Downtown Wilmington with Longwood Gardens, but also encompasses a Figure 8 loop of the Brandywine Valley Scenic Byway that winds its way through seven townships in southeastern Pennsylvania, from Kennett and Pennsbury Townships to as far north near Marshallton. The Kennett is part of the Brandywine Valley Scenic Byway Commission, made up of representatives from Pennsbury, Pocopson, East Bradford and Chadds Ford townships.
Although the formal beginnings of Kennett Township's involvement in beautifying its portion of Route 52 began in 2005, the actual tendrils date back to the early 2000s, when grass roots organizations like Delaware Greenways called for improvements to Route 52 that included widened shoulder lanes and beautification projects.
"They felt it ought to be done in a way to make the community proud," Haedrich said. "The vision went from just keeping Greenville nice to becoming a national scenic byway, from Rodney Square up to the Delaware state line on Route 52, as well as Route 100. When we at the township began to see what they were doing, we knew that we should be the next link in that connection."
Haedrich said that soon after the township began planning its own program, Longwood Gardens was soon woven within the planning process. "The folks at Longwood began to watch us make the progress, and pretty soon, they became as strong an advocate for the completion of this as anyone."
And for good reason. Longwood Gardens is embarking on a grand, 40-year master plan for its
future. West 8, an internationally-known landscape and planning company now designing Governors Island Park in New York, is the re-designing the Gardens and in the process, re-defining its mission. Part of their plan will be to expand the number of acreage accessible to the public, provide for more pedestrian traffic, and lay out a new technology infrastructure within the gardens. Another component of the West 8 plan will be to make improvements to its Ruby Mile area adjacent to Baltimore Pike that calls for the creation of a beautifully-landscaped, country vista.
"The pedestrian/bike path, as part of our plan, can be fully integrated into the West 8 vision," Nale said.
In 2008, the Kennett Bikeway Project members, working with Tom Committa, a Chester County-based landscape planner, created a concept development study that included ideas about potential landscaping improvement areasas well as where the preservation of historic stone walls and exposing rock outcroppings can be made along the 1.6-mile stretch. Following the planning process, one done in consultation with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT), Urban Engineers, a full-service consulting and engineering firm in Philadelphia, developed several layers of renderings and drawings to fully specify the details for construction.
In 2005, the Kennett Pike was designated as a scenic byway, which opened the doors for the township to apply for – and receive grants. Their wait has been well worth it; Kennett Township received a $925,000 grant from the Federal Highway Administration for this project – 80 percent from the federal government and 20 percent of the cost coming from the township. For the next phase along Baltimore Pike, Nale said that the group has recently applied to receive a $350,000 grant from the William Penn Foundation, which would allow the township to work cooperatively with Longwood, with no federal funding involved.
Nale believes that these projects are part of a grand vision for the entire area, one that he thinks can begin with a visitor arriving from a neighboring city or town via car, train, or bicycle. "I can truly see someone getting on a train, say, in Philadelphia or Washington, D.C., arriving in Wilmington, and bicycling up Route 52 all the way to Longwood Gardens, and back again," he said. "They can start in Wilmington and see the improvements made in Delaware, and then continue on and see the improvements we've made, and then see Longwood Gardens' vision come to life.
"They can see that it's all tied together, from city to towns to one of the most beautiful gardens in the world, all connected by a major byway, an already beautiful stretch of road, made even more beautiful."


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Daeshawn Grimes and Jason Guzman do just that, managing the historic attraction which will be open seven days a week starting this coming Memorial Day weekend.
"It's amazing," Daeshawn said, describing his job as operations manager for the century-old ride, which was afforded New York City landmark status last summer. "Every day is something new."
Daeshawn starts each day by inspecting the ride and performing mechanical repairs when necessary. He recently oversaw a minor facelift, replacing nearly 300 old light bulbs on the carousel's overhead arms with LEDs, as well as replacing the worn inside mirrors with beautiful crystal glass.
Daeshawn is proud of his work on the carousel and that pride shines through any time you speak to him about it.
Like Daeshawn, ride operator Jason Guzman has been working at the Forest Park Carousel since it reopened in May 2012. Jason says the people that come to the carousel make this the best job he's ever had. "The community has been wonderful to us," he said. "I love coming here each day."
The summer season had yet to start, but there was already a good crowd at the carousel this past weekend, including a birthday party. A special VIP tent is available for parties, which includes unlimited rides for guests and optional face painting and clown or magic shows. You can call (718) 788-2676 or email email@example.com for party rates and additional information.
Starting this weekend there will be free entertainment at the Forest Park Carousel every Saturday and on holidays at 2 and 4 p.m. Depending on the day, kids will enjoy entertainers like The Spectacular Magic Shawn, Bonkerz the Clown or The Amazing Captain Faust. You can check the calendar at forestparkcarousel.com for an exact schedule.
All of this is on top of the beautiful carousel itself, which the communities surrounding Forest Park are grateful to see up and running and well maintained. It feels good to see kids running up the steps and through the gates of the carousel again, trying to get to their favorite animal first.
"The lion and tiger are the kids' favorites, because they're different," Guzman said. "But they really love the ones that go up and down, and we have lots of those."
Indeed, the Forest Park Carousel has 36 jumping horses, 13 standing horses, a lion, a tiger, a deer and two chariots to choose from – all created by the hands of master carver Daniel Muller.
A carousel in Forest Park has been part of this community's fabric since the early 1900s. There are parents, grandparents and great-grandparents in and around Woodhaven who remember their parents and grandparents taking them for their first ride.
But it's not just for kids, plenty of grownups enjoy taking a spin and Daeshawn noted that recent riders included a 104-year old woman and an Army veteran of WWII, who also worked as an operator of the carousel in 1939.
"It was amazing," he said.
Sadly, the original carousel was destroyed by fire in 1966 and for a while it appeared that we would never see one spin here again. But members of our community and elected officials, including Assemblyman Frederick Schmidt, vowed to find a replacement and one was found – in Dracut, Massachusetts – and brought here and reopened in 1972.
Its history from 1972 until 2012 was at times spotty, but the care that New York Carousel Entertainment has shown for our historic treasure leaves us confident that the ride will endure so that many future generations of children will be able to enjoy it every bit as much as we did.
Starting this weekend, the Forest Park Carousel will open every day at 11 a.m. It will be open weekdays until 5 p.m. in June and 6 p.m. in July and August. On weekends, it will be open until 8 p.m. and on evenings when there is a concert at the Forest Park Bandshell, it will be open until 9:30 p.m.
Riding the carousel at night under new lights and mirrors after a free concert in the most beautiful park around sounds, as Daeshawn will attest to, pretty amazing. When you go, make sure you say hello to Daeshawn and Guzman and tell them Ed sent you!


text: The Staggers 14 July 2013 Rowenna Davis selected as Labour candidate for Southampton Itchen The New Statesman contributor is chosen to contest the marginal seat currently held by John Denham. Sign UpGet the New Statesman's Morning Call email. Sign-up Congratulations to New Statesman writer Rowenna Davis, who has just been selected as Labour's PPC for Southampton Itchen. I've known Rowenna since 2011 and have long admired her campaigning on issues such as the living wage, affordable housing and payday loans. Current MP John Denham, who is standing down in 2015, held the seat by just 192 votes in 2010 (making it the 13th most marginal in the Commons) but with a candidate as strong as Rowenna it's one the party can be confident of retaining. She said after her selection: It's an honour to succeed John Denham as Labour's candidate for Southampton Itchen. Too many people have told me they feel anxious about the future as a result of a heartless and incompetent government that continues to give a raw deal to this city, threatening Southampton's proud record as a place of hope and opportunity. We urgently need to make Southampton a living wage city, attract new investment and employment, build more affordable housing and support our schools to become the leading lights of the south. I'm looking forward to working on these issues with all residents whether they voted Labour, Conservative, UKIP or have never voted at all, to change Southampton together. As well as serving as a councillor in Peckham, Rowenna has been a regular contributor to the NS since 2010. She's also the author of Tangled Up In Blue, an excellent account of the birth of Blue Labour, which I reviewed back in 2011. To get a flavour of Rowenna's social commentary and investigative journalism, here are a few good places to start. No "spirit of 45" for the workers at the liberal intelligentsia's favourite cinemas (April 2013) How food banks became mainstream: the new reality of the working poor (December 2012) The left's opposition to badger culls ignores the plight of our farmers (October 2012) Spread of betting shops shows the coalition's failure on growth (June 2012) The silent crisis engulfing our pubs (March 2012) Payday loans: "Don't worry, love, they don't need your backstory!" (December 2011) Shadows over the rural idyll (December 2010) Labour also held its selection in Hampstead and Kilburn today, where Camden councillor Tulip Siddiq was chosen to replace the retiring Glenda Jackson. That seat is even more marginal than Southampton Itchen, with Labour holding on by just 42 votes in 2010. Judging by tweets from those at the selection, it appears to have been an acrimonious occasion. Camden New Journal reporter Richard Osley wrote: "All a bit heated outside the Labour selection meeting for Hampstead and Kilburn. One man reportedly headbutted in clash outside", and the police and ambulance services were subsequently called. › There is already a human right to welfare Rowenna Davis, who was elected to Southwark Council as a councillor in Peckham in May 2011. George Eaton is senior online editor of the New Statesman. Subscribe For daily analysis & more political coverage from Westminster and beyond subscribe for just £1 per month!


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Castro announces Mariel Boatlift, 1980
American Revolution
New York adopts state constitution, 1777
Danica Patrick becomes first woman to win Indy race, 2008
Civil War
Lee resigns from U.S. Army, 1861
Cold War
Korean Air Lines jet forced down over Soviet Union, 1978
A massacre at Columbine High School, 1999
San Francisco firefighters halt massive blaze, 1906
General Interest
Siege of Londonderry begins, 1689
Ku Klux Act passed by Congress, 1871
Curies isolate radium, 1902
Columbine High School massacre, 1999
New sound process for films announced, 1926
First detective story is published, 1841
"Mambo King" Tito Puente is born, 1923
Old West
Militia slaughters strikers at Ludlow, Colorado, 1914
McKinley asks for declaration of war with Spain, 1898
Jordan scores 63 points in playoff game, 1986
Vietnam War
Nixon announces more troop withdrawals, 1970
"Fragging" on the rise in U.S. units, 1971
World War I
Nivelle Offensive ends in failure, 1917
World War II
Operation Corncob is launched while Hitler celebrates his birthday, 1945
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And I saw another sign in heaven, great and marvellous, seven angels having the seven last plagues; for in them is filled up the wrath of God.
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A conservation group is seeking federal protection for the Atlantic wolffish, a grotesque-looking species that lives along the ocean bottom in deep waters off New England.
Conservation Law Foundation officials said the wolffish is under pressure because of overfishing and destructive bottom trawling. The group's petition seeks to have it listed as endangered.
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All of young Hollywood turned out for the 2012 MTV Movie Awards, but Batman was the star of the show.
Director Christopher Nolan and stars Christian Bale, Gary Oldman, and Joseph Gordon-Levitt shared an exclusive clip of "The Dark Knight Rises" for MTV audiences. It was a reminder that this summer the Batman trilogy comes to an end after almost nine years in the making.
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"I think Bruce Wayne's story is one of the great stories," said Nolan as he presented the clip.
The never-before-seen footage wasn't the only highlight of the evening. Johnny Depp, honored with the Generation Award, rocked the stage alongside progressive rockers The Black Keys.
Legendary musicians Joe Perry and Steven Tyler, of Aerosmith, presented Depp with the award, calling him "a rock star in the world of movies." Depp passed the praise onto The Black Keys, calling the band "up-and-coming legends."
For the first time in Movie Awards history, the show honored a scene-stealing newbie. Emma Stone was the first recipient of the MTV Trailblazer Award. Stone delivered a heart-felt acceptance speech, citing some of her own trailblazing comedic predecessors, including Gilda Ratner, Charlie Chaplin, and John Candy.
"They help me to be more myself, because they are originals," Stone said of the iconic comedians.
Politics came into play during commercial breaks. Sarah Jessica Parker reminded audiences of Obama's accomplishments throughout his presidency. She then invited viewers to enter to win a chance to dine with the Obamas at her New York City home on June 14. Those who donate to his campaign will automatically be entered into a drawing to attend the event.
Although MTV's big night is known for its Best Kiss award, this year's show lacked lip-locking. Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson won the award, but Stewart accepted the Golden Popcorn solo.
Host and comedian Russell Brand opened the show by calling on Charlie Sheen to "release the tiger blood hero." Sheen kept a low-profile at the event. No tiger blood was shed, but presenters Charlize Theron and Michael Fassbender battled on stage before presenting the award for Best Fight. Jennifer Lawrence and Josh Hutcherson won for their lead performances in "The Hunger Games."
The big award of the evening, Movie of the Year, went to "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part I." The film's stars Taylor Lautner, Kristen Stewart, and Nikki Reed accepted the award. "As always, I'm just going to say thank you so much," said Stewart.
Here is a complete list of all the winners:
Best On-Screen Dirtbag
Jennifer Aniston – "Horrible Bosses"
Breakthrough Performance
Shailene Woodley – "The Descendants"
Best Male Performance
Josh Hutcherson – "The Hunger Games"
Best Female Peformance
Jennifer Lawrence – "The Hunger Games"
Best Kiss
Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson – "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part I"
MTV Generation Award
Johnny Depp
Best Fight
Jennifer Lawrence and Josh Hutcherson – "The Hunger Games"
Best Cast
Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, and Tom Felton – "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2"
Best On-Screen Transformation
Elizabeth Banks – "The Hunger Games"
MTV Trailblazer Award
Emma Stone
Best Hero
Harry Potter – "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2"
Best Music
LMFAO's Party Rock Athem – "21 Jump Street"
Movie of the Year
"The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part I"


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Usually, I don't honk my horn regarding various releases out there,
but I've just learned about this one a little bit earlier this week...!
"Retro Techno / Detroit Definitive - Emotions Electric" (http://www.discogs.com/release/44984),
released earlier by Network back in '91, has been (finally) repressed and reissued (on vinyl)!
For those of you that have already got it, will probably agree on how essential this release was/is...
And now's a good chance to replace your worn copy...!
For those of you that haven't got it - get it NOW...
Back in the day, this was actually a pretty groundbreaking album, and is still
probably one of the finest (first-wave) Detroit-compilations around, IMHO...
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Two shows this weekend at Ives park
DANBURY -- Western Connecticut State University's Department of Theatre Arts' production of "Alice in Wonderland," will be staged Saturday at 2 and 7 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. at Ives Concert Park, on Western's westside campus, off Lake Avenue Extension.
On Saturday, those who arrive in Alice costumes will receive an autographed "Alice in Wonderland" poster.
Tickets are $15 for adults, $10 for seniors and children 16 and under, and $40 for a family of four, plus fees. They are available at http://ivesaliceinwonderland-eorg.eventbrite.com/.
"War Stars: An Unauthorized Parody," a work written and performed by John Stegmaier, will be presented Saturday at 9 p.m.
There are no set or props, just lights and one man telling the story, living the battles, finding the robots and learning the ways of some mysterious force that binds the galaxy together.
Admission is free for guests holding a ticket for the 7 p.m. Saturday performance of "Alice in Wonderland."
Tickets for just the "War Stars" performance are $10 plus fees, available at http://warstars2013-eorg.eventbrite.com/


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MEMPHIS, Feb. 5 (UPI) -- Marcin Gortat scored 20 points and Goran Dragic added 17 to lead the Phoenix Suns to a rare 96-90 road win over the Memphis Grizzlies Tuesday.
Jermaine O'Neal returned after missing seven games due to an irregular heart beat and tallied 14 points for the Suns, who came into Tennessee with a 4-20 record on the road.
Jerryd Bayless led Memphis with a season-high 29 points. Zach Randolph notched 21 points and 13 rebounds, and Tayshaun Prince scored 11 in his second game with the Grizzlies.
The Grizzlies trailed Phoenix 92-88 with 50 seconds to play; however a turnover on an inbounds pass by Prince gave the Suns the ball back. Dragic, who scored 15 in the fourth quarter, capitalized by draining a mid-range jumper that extended the Phoenix lead to six with 34.5 seconds remaining.
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Medical Outreach project in Ghana expands
Laurens Vos works in our Dutch recruitment office. He wrote the following report during a recent visit to our projects in Ghana:
Alongside their regular medical project, many volunteers go out once a week to different schools and care homes in their area on our Medical Outreach project, to take care of the wounds and cuts of the local children.
Many of the children (like children all over the world) like playing and running around, kicking a football about or running after each other. However, when a child trips or cuts themselves in Ghana, there is often no one, or no supplies around to dress the wounds. Small wounds can infect easily with all the dust and dirt and quickly turn into serious problems. Infections can get so serious, that sometimes arms or legs need to be amputated. Some of our medical volunteers see this happening daily in the operating theatre in the hospitals.
Three of our volunteers, David Beckstead, Stacey Edwards and Jennie Wood, are based in the Akuepem Hills region and on Friday, they went to visit Kwamoso village school. They were surprised by the state of some of the wounds. The teacher lined up the children and the volunteers got to work. Minor wounds were cleaned and dressed, but they had to take several children with more severe injuries to visit the hospital later that day.
It was amazing to see the strength of some of the kids as wounds were cleansed with pure alcohol at first, and this must have stung tremendously. Yet most of the boys and girls would not react at all when it was their turn for their wounds to be cleaned.
With no breeze, and temperatures rising to 35 degrees Celsius, the volunteers worked hard all day to help all the children. There will never be enough hands to help all the kids in Ghana, but luckily, we are able to help some of them.
The Outreach project is specially set-up by Projects Abroad in Ghana and volunteers on medical placements in all our regions can get involved. We supply all volunteers with plastic gloves and all other materials needed.


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The day of Thursday, 15th Muharram, A.H. 1283 (May 31, 1866), was that blessed and auspicious day in the Islamic history of India when the foundation stone for the renaissance of Islamic sciences was laid in the land of Deoband. Seeing the simple and ordinary manner in which it had been started, it was difficult to visualize and decide that a Madrasah beginning so humbly, with utter lack of equipment's, was destined to become the center, within a couple of years, of the Islamic sciences in Asia. Accordingly, before long, students desirous of studying the Holy Book and the Sunnah, the Shari'ah and the Tariqah (the spiritual path), began to flock here in droves from this sub continent as well as from neighboring and distant countries like Afghanistan, Iran, Bukhara and Samarqand, Burma, Indonesia, Malaysia, Turkey and the far off regions of the continent of Africa, and within a short-time the radiant rays of knowledge and wisdom illumined the heart and mind of the Muslims of the continent of Asia with the light of faith (Iman) and Islamic culture.
He was born in A H 1275 (1859). His father was Maulana Fazlur Rahman. In late A H 1284 when the class for reading the Holy Quran was started in Darul Uloom, he was admitted to this class for memorizing the Quran. In A H 1287 he memorized the entire Quran. The teacher of his class was Hafiz Namdar Khan. In A H 1295 he graduated from Darul Uloom. The teachers of Darul Uloom then were Hadhrat Maulana Muhammad Yaqub Nanautawi, Hadhrat Maulana Syed Ahmed Dehlawi, Hadhrat Shaikhul Hind and Maulana Abdul Ali (Allah's mercy be on all of them!). In the commencement function (Jalsa Dastar Bandi) of A H. 1298, he was awarded the Sanad at the hands of Hadhrat Maulana Rasheed Ahmed Gangohi.
After graduation he worked for some time as an assistant teacher in Darul Uloom, rendering at the same time the services of fatwa-writing under the supervision of the principal, Maulana Muhammad Yaqub. Then he was sent to Meerut, where, at Madrasah Islamia, Inderkot, he remained engaged in teaching for several years. In A H 1309 the elders of Darul Uloom selected him for the post of the pro-vice-chancellor, and after one year he was also appointed as mufti and teacher. Apart from writing fatwas he was assigned to take some classes of Hadith, Tafsir and Fiqh.
Mufti Sahib used to write the answers to very important and vexed questions (istifta) off-hand and spontaneously. For nearly forty years he rendered this great service of writing fatwas in Darul Ifta on behalf of Darul Uloom. In this long period, he wrote many difficult fatwas, which are not, merely fatwas but are of the nature of judgment in controversial cases. Even during journeys, he used to write fatwas informally through sheer acumen, expertise and ability. The explicit texts of Fiqh he mostly remembered by heart. A great peculiarity of his fatwas is that they are easily intelligible; the language of the fatwas is easy and fluent, a feature which is not to be found in the fatwas of this era.
Among the religio-Iegal sciences, fatwa-writing is a very difficult task. The knowledgeable alone can appreciate the delicate points that crop up in this task due to change of circumstances. Ordinarily, fatwas have been written in every period but the consummate expertise possessed by Mufti Sahib has been shared by very few Ulama of Deoband. It is regrettable that the record of those fatwas Mufti Sahib had written between 1310 and 1329 is not extant. A great peculiarity of his fatwa-writing was also this that he never overlooked the zeitgeist and the demands of the time of which he used to have a profound knowledge. If there could be two decidable aspects of a proposition (mas'ala), he would on such occasions always adopt the easy aspect and issue the fatwa on it only, never adopting that aspect which would create difficulties for the masses. Examples of this feature are present everywhere in his fatwas. The fatwas issued between A H 1330 and A H 1346 number 37,561. But among these also the record of some years has been lost. The afore¬said number is that of the recorded fatwas only. According to a cursory estimate of Maulana Muhammad Tayyib, vice-chancellor, Darul Uloom Deoband, the number of Mufti Sahib's fatwas comes to the huge figure of nearly 1,18,000. This prodigious output and achievement of Mufti Sahib is a great and glorious religious service. This characteristic feature of his fatwas also commands a great importance that, in and outside India, these fatwas were being considered decisive. The fatwas written between A H 1330 to A H 1346, arranged in jurisprudential order, are being published by Darul Uloom under the title Fatawa Darul Uloom Deoband. 12 volumes of which have been published so far.
Mufti Sahib was not only a religious divine and mufti but also a Sufi and one of the great masters of the esoteric science. He was awarded Khilafah by Hazrat Maulana Rafiuddin Sahib. The practice of accepting allegiance and giving spiritual guidance was also a part of his life. Thousands of Muslims benefited from him and rectified their inner selves.
Mufti Sahib had also resigned from Darul Uloom along with Hadhrat Anwar Shah Kashmiri. In 1347 when he was returning ed to Deoband, en route he was feeling indisposed. Treatment began when he reached Deoband but the condition did not improve. The "promised hour" had come. At last, on the night of 17th Jamadius-Sani, A H 1347 (1928), he expired. He was laid to rest in the graveyard of the Darul Uloom.
He was a high-ranking personality amongst the matchless personalities possessing knowledge and practice, good morals and habits, gnosis and insight, and jurisprudential knowledge and understanding, appointed to grace the Darul Ifta of Darul Uloom Deoband.
He was one of the most distinguished graduates of Darul Uloom. After his graduation from it in A H 1321, Hadhrat Shaikhul Hind selected him for Madrasah Naumania Pureni, District Bhagalpur (Bihar). Accord¬ingly, he taught there for nearly seven years. Then he came to Shahjahanpur and established a Madrasah under the name 'Afzalul Madaris' in a mosque where he taught for the sake of Allah (i.e. without charging any fees or taking any remuneration). For nearly three years he taught very successfully in this Madrasah. In A H. 1330 he was appointed as a teacher in Darul Uloom Deoband, and in the first year he was assigned elementary books of Arabic like 'Ilmus Sigha, Nurul ¬Ezah, etc. In the report for that period it has been stated about this Professor of Literature as under: ¬ "He (Maulawi Izaz Ali) has been a teacher at some places. He is a young, talented, righteous and pious scholar. In complexion and character he is a relic of his ancestors. He has complete proficiency in different sciences and great expertise particularly in the science of literature. He teaches in the middle classes of Darul Uloom. He handles most of the lessons of the science of literature. He also exercises the students in writing Arabic articles. He is an eloquent lecturer; the students are very familiar with him".
In A H 1340, when Maulana Hafiz Muhammad Ahmed, vice-chancellor of Darul Uloom Deoband, was selected for the post of the Chief Mufti of the erstwhile Hyderabad State, so he on account of his old age, took Maulana Izaz Ali with him. There he stayed one year and came back with Hafiz Sahib to Deoband. In the vacancy of the Chief Mufti Maulana Azizur Rahman, he was appointed as Chief Mufti of Darul Uloom Deoband, on which post he stayed in Darul Uloom till his demise. Religious jurisprudence (Fiqh) and literature were his special fields. Initially when he came to Darul Uloom Deoband, he had been assigned elementary books of Arabic, but at last his teaching attained such popularity that he became famous by the title of "Shaikhul Adab wal-Fiqh" (Professor of Literature & Jurisprudence). In the last phase of his life he also taught for several years the second volume of the Tirmizi and also higher books of Tafsir. In Maulana Hussain Ahmad Madani's absence, he also had several times the chance of teaching the Bukhari Sharif also. Along with teaching he had also had a special penchant for training and looking after the students; a quality from which the students benefited very. His punctuality was proverbial and in his punctual engagement of his classes he was sui generis.
From the very inception of teaching till his last breath he was meticulously punctual in his work. He was a paragon of selflessness and humility. He would never feel ashamed of teaching the most elementary books along with the highest books; teaching Tirmizi and Bukhari (to higher classes), he would gladly teach Mizanus Sarf, Ilmus Sigha, Nurul Ezah, etc. to small children also. The most beloved student in his eyes would be one who devoted himself to studies with singleness of purpose and the most hated would be one who engaging in pastimes, showed carelessness in studies, though such a student be his own son.
Even as this professor of literature had great mastery in writing Arabic prose and poetry, he was equally highly proficient in composing Urdu prose and poetry also. He had a special style in Urdu prose. Though his hand was not quite legible, the style of writing was such that it looked pleasing to the eye. In Arabic literature, he had compiled a book entitled Nafahatul Arab comprising historical anecdotes, fables and moral themes. This book became very popular in Arabic schools and as such was included in the syllabi of Darul Uloom and many other Madrasas. Besides this, he has written many useful notes on many books of Fiqh and Arabic Literature, which are highly appreciated in the circle of scholars.
His ability in administrative matters too was acknowledged on all hands and his administrative know-how was often utilized in the manage¬ment office also. In short, he was an incomparable teacher, an erudite religious divine and a versatile personality. The period of his academic services in Darul Uloom extended over 44 years.
He was entrusted with the post of Ifta twice: first time from 1347 to 1348, and second time from 1364 to 1366. During his period, 24,855 fatwas were written. He passed away in 1374 (1955).
He was one of the most distinguished gradHe was one of the disciples of Hadhrat Shaikhul Hind; he graduated from Darul Uloom in A H 1330. He was a resident of Afzalgarh, Dist. Bijnor. After Mufti Azizur Rahman's resigning, he was entrusted with the services of the Darul Ifta in the late 1347 on which post he served till the early 1350. During this period of more or less two years nearly seven thousand queries (Istiftas) were answered from Darul Ifta. In Safar 1350, he was transferred to the teaching department. He was a very virtuous and accommodating man. He died on 22nd Zil Hijja, 1362 (1943), and lies buried in the Qasmi graveyard.
He was born in 1314 (1896). Hadhrat Gangohi proposed the name Muhammad Shafee for him. Originally he belonged to Deoband. He prosecuted his studies in Darul Uloom and graduated in 1336 at the age of 22 years. Thereafter, in 1337, he was appointed teacher in the primary class in Darul Uloom but covering the stages of teaching quickly, he soon joined the cadre of the teachers of the higher classes. He had from the very beginning a natural affinity with Fiqh and Literature. In 1350 (1932), he was appointed as Mufti. In 1368 (1948), he migrated to Pakistan, where, as a member of the Board of Islamic Teachings in the Constituent Assembly, he helped in compiling the Islamic constitution. In 1951, he established a seminary under the name Darul Uloom at Karachi, which is now an important and great centre of Islamic learning in Pakistan.
Mufti Sahib's knowledge was vast and profound and he possessed excellent ability in almost all the current scholastic disciplines. He is an author of many religious books: a stock of very useful books on Tafsir, Hadith, Fiqh and polemics has emanated from his pen. All his big and small books total up to nearly one hundred fifty. Hundreds of his pupils and disciples are rendering religious services, besides the subcontinent, in various foreign countries. Initially he vowed allegiance to Hadhrat Shaikhul Hind; after the latter's demise, he resorted to Hadhrat Thanwi and obtained khilafah from him. Simultaneously with the work of teaching religi¬ous sciences and writing books on them, throughout his life he remained occupied in spiritual beneficence also. Also, he had a taste for poetry; a collection of his Arabic, Persian and Urdu panegyrics, elegies and a number of poems has already been published. In Pakistan he held the position of the Chief Mufti.
Mufti Muhammad Shafee discharged duties of Darul Ifta twice: at first from 1350 to 1354 and then from 1359 to. 1361. During his tenure of office nearly 26,000 fatwas were written.
His native-place was Pureni, Dist. Bhagalpur (Bihar). Having taken primary education at home, he joined Maulana Ashraf Alam's teaching circle in Bhagalpur. From there he came to Kanpur and studied under Hadhrat Thanwi and Maulana Muhammad Ishaq Burdwani at Madrasah Jamiul Uloom, and then at Madrasah Faiz-e Aam under Maulana Muhammad Farooq Chiryakoti. The zest for the acquisition of knowledge then took him from Kanpur to Hyderabad; this journey he covered in two months on foot. During his stay in Hyderabad he acquired the knowledge of logic, philosophy, astronomy, literature and principles of Fiqh from Mufti Lutfullah Aligarhi and Maulana Abdul Wahhab Bihari. Reaching Delhi from Hyderabad, he attended lectures of Maulana Nazeer Husain; in the end he took admission in Darul Uloom and completed the study of Hadith under the instruction of Shaikhul Hind. After graduation he served as a teacher in Darul Uloom for 7-8 years, and then as head teacher and Shaikhul Hadith at Madrasah Azizia, Bihar Sharif, Madrasah Aaliya Calcutta; and Madrasah Aaliya Sylhet (Assam). In 1920 he was appointed as principal in Madrasah Aaliya Shamsul Huda Patna. In short, he taught for as many as 46 years in the great Madrasas of U.P., Bihar, Bengal and Assam. From 1350 to 1362 he was a member of the Majlis-e Shura of Darul Uloom. He passed away on 27th Rajab 1367 (1948). His grave is in Pureni.
Maulana Muhammad Sahool discharged the duties of the Chief Mufti in Darul Ifta for nearly three years from 1355 to 1357. During his tenure, 15,185 fatwas were dispatched from Darul Ifta.
He was born in 1292 (1875). He graduated from Darul Uloom in 1323 and rendered teaching services in various Madrasas. In the late 1356, he was selected for Darul Ifta of Darul Uloom. Thereafter, in early 1359, he was trans¬ferred to the teaching department. In 1363 he resigned from Darul Uloom and went to Meerut, where he remained occupied in teaching. During his office, 5,840 fatwas were issued from Darul Ifta.
He is the son of the famous divine and saintly person of Deoband group, viz. Hadhrat Maulana Siddiq Ahmed Anbehtawi. For a long time he rendered services of teaching and fatwa-writing in Jamia Abbasia Bhawalpur. In the late 1362, he was appointed Chief Mufti in the Darul Ifta, where he served in this capacity for more or less one year. In 1363, pressure was brought upon Maulana Farouq Ahmed from the Ministry of Education of the Bhawalpur State to return to his previous position at Bhawalpur. So he went there and was appointed Shaikhul ¬Hadith in the aforesaid Jamia Abbasia. Then he became principal in Madrasah Qasimul Uloom Faqirwali, Dist. Bhawalpur. In 1380, due to old age and weakness, he retired to his home. During his one ¬year tenure as many as 8,427 fatwas were written in Darul Uloom.
His native-place is Shahjahanpur. He was born in 1301. He graduated from Madrasah Aminja Delhi in 1326, and was one of the distinguished pupils of Hadhrat Maulana Mufti Kifayatullah Dehelwi. He had also been awarded the "turban of proficiency" in the convocation held at Darul Uloom Deoband, in 1328. After his graduation, Mufti Sahib sent him to Madrasah Ashrafiya Rander, Dist. Surat (Gujrat) where he spent a very long time in teaching and fatwa-writing. The people of Gujarat were highly impressed by his knowledge and learning. Besides having matchless expertise in the Hanafite jurisprudence, he had a profound insight in Hadith and Asmaur Rijal (the art determining the authenticity of the narrators of the prophetic Hadith). In 1367, he was appointed Chief Mufti of Darul Ifta at Darul Uloom. Retiring in 1387 due to his long illness, old age and debility, from Darul Uloom, he returned to his hometown, Shahjahanpur.
During his presiding over the Darul Ifta, as many as 75,324 fatwas were issued from Darul Uloom. Mufti Mahdi Hasan was an abstinent and pi¬ous man, hospitable and generous, but at the same time he was very candid and fearless in speaking the truth. He had also had a taste for the art of poetry. His nom de plume was Azad. He was under allegiance to Hadhrat Gangohi but received 'permission' and khilafah from Hadhrat Gangohi's spiritual successor Maulana Shafiuddin Makki.
Mufti Mahdi Hasan has been the author and compiler of many important books amongst which the Arabic commentary entitled Qala'idul Azhaar on Ma'aniul Athaar of Tahawi runs into six volumes. Two of these six volumes have been published. The first two volumes of Imam Muhammad's Kitabul Hujja which is on Fiqh and is in four volumes, has been published by the Da'iratul Ma'arif with his emendation and notes. It is a very rare book of which one manuscript was extant in Istanbul. It is one of the basic books of the Fiqh Hanafi. Mufti Sahib spent twenty years in the editing and marginal notes of this manuscript. His notes on Imam Muhammad's Kitabul Athaar are a valuable academic wealth. He had also written the commentary on Nukhbatul Fikr but it has not been published so far. All these books are in Arabic language. Besides, he wrote more than two-dozen treatises in Urdu but they also could not be published.
Mufti Mahdi Hasan died in his native Shahjahanpur, on 28th Rabius Sani 1396 (1976), after a long illness.
He was born in Jamadius Sani 1325 (1907) at Gangoh. He prosecuted his studies at Mazahir Uloom Saharanpur, and Darul Uloom Deoband. In 1351 he completed his study of Hadith in Mazahir Uloom Saharanpur, and there itself for nearly twenty years, he continued to render the services of fatwa-writing and teaching. Then, for nearly fourteen years, from 1371 to 1384, he graced the post of principal and fatwa-writing in Madrasah Jamiul Uloom, Kanpur, where there was a great impact of his knowledge and learning, abstinence and piety and saintliness upon the people.
In 1385 he was selected for the post of Mufti in the Darul Ifta of Darul Uloom Deoband. Besides fatwa-writing, he also taught the second volume of the Sahih Bukhari to the students. He has not produced any independent book but his important fatwas have were published in different journals. Now, his fatwas were collected and published in 20 volumes. The style of writing in the fatwas is concise.
Mufti Sahib received khilafah and 'permission' from Hadhrat Shaikhul Hadith Maulana Muhammad Zakariya. He was very unassuming and hospitable; a man of vast reading, a regular Zaakir¸ generous and august man. An important peculiarity of his is also this that whatever salary he received from Darul Uloom, he not only returned it to Darul Uloom every month but also used to add something to it from his own pocket.
During his presiding over the Darul Ifta, a big number of fatwas were issued from Darul Uloom. His Fatwas has been published in 20 volumes. In 1996, he went on a trip to South Africa, where he died in Johannesburg on 18th Rabius Sani, 1417 (2 Sep 1996) and was buried there.
He was born in 1328 (1910) at his native place, Ondra, Dist. Azamgarh. He received primary education in the local schools and then studied in Madrasah Ihyaul Uloom, Mubarakpur (Azamgarh). Thereafter, he studies up to the intermediate classes in Madrasah Azizia Bihar Sharif, and Madrasah A'liya, Masjid Fatehpuri, Delhi. In the end he took admission in Darul Uloom Deoband, and completed the Daura Hadith in 1352.
At first he rendered teaching services in Madrasah Jamiul Uloom, Jiyanpur (Azamgarh) and in Gorakhpur, and then was appointed in Madrasah Darul Uloom Mau Nath Bhanjan as teacher and Mufti. In 1385, on the call of Darul Uloom Deoband, he came to Deoband and was entrusted with the post of Ifta.
He had got a good knack of fatwa-writing; his answers to the queries used to be detailed. On account of his jurisprudential ability he had been a member of Rabta Fiqh Islami. He had a good vision over jurisprudential principles and was well acquainted with the current atmosphere going on in the world. Therefore, his fatwas, especially those dealing with new issues and modern-day problems, used to be looked upon with respect and utmost trust by both; Islamic scholars as well as common Muslims. Most of his important fatwas were published in the journal Darul Uloom. Two volumes of his selected Fatwas have been published by Islamic Fiqah Acadmy, New Delhi. Besides, the remaining fatwas of him have been published by one his relatives in nearly five small volumes.
He had the honour of vowing allegiance to and receiving khilafat from Hazrat Shah Wasiullah (Rahmatullahi Alaih). Simplicity and dignity was conspicuous of his disposition. Mufti Nizamuddin passed away in Deoband, on 20 Ziqada, 1420 (26 February 2000) and was buried at Qasmi graveyard.
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Praise for THE PRICE OF CIVILIZATION"An important assessment of what ails America, and a must-read for policymakers."–Kirkus Reviews
"Best known for advising postcommunist and impoverished countries on development strategies, economist Sachs (Common Wealth) takes on the cesspool of debt, backwardness, and corruption that is the United States in this hard-hitting brief for a humane economy… a must-read for every concerned citizen."–Publishers Weekly, starred review
"There is no shortage of books on why laissez-faire is bad theory and dangerous practice. For a succinct, humane, and politically astute tour of the horizon, it's hard to improve on Sachs's The Price of Civilization: Reawakening American Virtue and Prosperity."–The American Prospect
"Jeffrey Sachs's new book is a landmark in this great and essentially American tradition, setting out with luminous clarity the narrative and the analysis of how the US and the wider world has been traduced and seduced by debased ideology, racist reflexes and huge vested interests from its liberal and enlightened roots. Indeed, Sachs by his life and his writing goes far to restore one's wavering faith in the informing inspiration of the post-1945 new dawn, faith in economics, faith in America and faith in humanity."–The Spectator


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(Reuters) – President Barack Obama said on Thursday more effort is needed to prevent concussions in young athletes, including greater awareness of the severity of head injuries, which are too often dismissed as headaches instead of serious brain trauma.
Obama, speaking at a White House conference highlighting the risks of concussions to young athletes, called for more research, improved safety equipment and better protocols.
"We've got to have every parent and coach and teacher recognize the signs of concussions, and we need more athletes to understand how important it is to do what we can to prevent injuries – and to admit them when they do have them," he said.
"We have to change that culture that says, 'You suck it up'" and play through the pain, Obama said.
Brain injuries, long a concern for the military, are increasingly receiving attention in sports leagues, not only among professional athletes but also youth players. Concerns have spread beyond violent contact sports such as football and hockey to soccer and even cheerleading.
As many as 250,000 youths each year are treated in hospitals for sports-related concussions and other injuries, according to the latest figures from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which has launched its own campaign on the issue.
The event at the White House, peppered with former athletes, representatives of major U.S. sports leagues and health experts, aimed to use Obama's office to draw attention to avoiding and treating sports-related head injuries.
Concussions often first appear with headache-like symptoms and can cause memory problems, confusion, nausea and dizziness, and repeated concussions can cause longer-term problems. Researchers are increasingly looking at repeated minor injuries, not just major head blows.
Players of all ages are often still reluctant to admit to their symptoms or stop playing.
Obama was introduced by Victoria Bellucci, a Maryland teenager who suffered a concussion after "heading" a soccer ball.
"Thinking it was only a headache, I played in the game the very next day, a mistake many players make," she said.
Many U.S. states have passed laws in recent years aimed at overhauling school guidelines for student athletes and preventing injured players from returning too soon. Some U.S. lawmakers are also tackling the issue, targeting companies that falsely market sports products as able to prevent concussions.
While rain in Washington halted plans for a safety demonstration on the White House lawn, experts speaking inside urged parents to encourage activity but remain cautious.
Obama, a sports enthusiast and father of two daughters, said the aim is not for people to stop playing sports but to be aware of the signs and symptoms of concussions and take precautions.
"Sports are vital to this country and it's a responsibility for us to make sure young, talented kids … are able to participate as safely as possible," he said.
(Additional reporting by Mark Felsenthal; Editing by Bill Trott and Steve Orlofsky)


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The completion, pass rate, and grades received by MPS students for the past three years have surpassed (by 20 to 50% depending on the class) rates achieved by similar students in traditional sections. The MPS sections are identical in content (and are considered identical to) the traditional courses.
However, a special effort is made to provide extra counseling, tutoring, and instructor assistance as part of the class. The MPS program has won a prestigious Hewlett Foundation Award for its innovative and successful instructional approach.
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I received my Master's degree in Computer Science from the Department of Computer Science, University of Copenhagen, in 2006, specialising in (medical) imaging and 3D computer graphics. During and after my studies I worked as a 3D software developer for several years at e.g. 3Shape A/S, Copenhagen, and Follow-Me! Technology Systems GmbH, Munich.
In 2011, I started on a PhD in biomedical imaging at the Image Section, Department of Computer Science, University of Copenhagen. My PhD project focused on statistical methods for single-particle cryo-EM – i.e. tomographic 3D reconstruction of proteins from electron microscopy projection images in which the angle is unknown and must be estimated as part of the reconstruction problem. The project was conducted in cooperation with Sigworth Lab, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, USA. After obtaining my PhD degree, I joined Visual Computing Lab at the Alexandra Institute in January 2016.
My professional interests boil down to image processing, computer vision and 3D computer graphics, especially 3D imaging and reconstruction, shape analysis, mathematical modelling and statistical inversion. I have used them on e.g. tomographic reconstruction of proteins, segmentation of teeth from CT data, reconstructing the lack of surfaces in the 3D meshes as well as 3D computer vision-based robot navigation.


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I am a PhD student in the IMPRS - The Leipzig School of Human Origins at the Department of Human Evolution at the MPI for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany.
My general research interests include lithic technology and the Middle Paleolithic. In particular I am interested in correlations between technology and various aspects of human behavior and in questions of how environmental, subsistence or mobility factors influence the organization of lithic technology. My thesis project specifically examines the characterization of Middle Paleolithic industries in the Southern Balkans, their variability, regional and diachronic trends. Themes included are the existence of the so-called Micromousterian and issues related to the production of small artifacts in the Middle Paleolithic, as well as the use of the Levallois reduction system. This research will contribute to an understanding of Middle Paleolithic industrial variability in the Balkans and the lifeways of the last Neanderthals prior to the arrival of modern humans in Europe.
Besides my dissertation research, I have participated in numerous excavations in Serbia, France, and Morocco, and I am currently preparing a survey project in Eastern Serbia aimed at obtaining reliable archaeological sequence for the Upper Pleistocene.


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Every so often, Walter Wilson wonders if he should become a plumber.
It's not that he is repressing a deep affection for S-traps or porcelain fixtures. Rather, it's the fact that, to him, the Silicon Valley of old is dead.
Just a few years ago, he was a star of the silicon revolution. As a software developer, Mr. Wilson was such a precious commodity that tech companies pleaded for Congress to let in more of his foreign colleagues to meet what seemed a bottomless demand. Now, however, Wilson can't find a steady job.
The collapse of the tech economy hurt, to be sure. But that's not what has him daydreaming of sink snakes. He's been pushed to his financial edge because, increasingly, jobs like his are being sent to India.
For years, companies from carmakers to telemarketers have cut costs by replacing American workers with cheaper employees based abroad - and tech companies have been no different. But Silicon Valley had always stopped short of sending its high-skill research and design jobs abroad.
Now that it, too, has joined the trend toward outsourcing, Silicon Valley's future as the lodestar of the tech universe is at stake. For the moment it means that many workers will need to reinvent themselves or relocate.
More deeply, though, it points toward a new kaleidoscope of "Silicon Valleys" worldwide, as foreign engineers now doing the work of Silicon Valley corporations spin off to form their own startups.
It is the same pattern that helped create Silicon Valley's unique startup culture, as young designers at firms such as Hewlett-Packard and IBM broke away to set up their own businesses. Now, the tech industry's desire for cheaper labor is sowing these seeds around the globe.
"We're seeing a fundamental shift," says Jim Koch, director of the Center for Science, Technology, and Society at Santa Clara University. "Innovation is becoming a truly global phenomenon."
That is partly the result of economic necessity. The legendary excess of the late 1990s has been followed by a new frugality in which investors and venture capitalists actually expect a profit.
One of the surest responses has been to cut payroll costs by hiring overseas workers - even in high-skill, high-paying jobs like software design.
Ironically, though, the shift is possible because of the success of Silicon Valley's Internet revolution. Many of the foreign workers brought in during the boom have returned to their home countries with a new level of expertise. And perhaps more important, the advances of recent years have reshaped the global communication network through the Internet, telecommunications, and wireless net- works.
Indeed, in typical Silicon Valley fashion, when Vic Kulkarni considers the fate of the cradle of the tech world, he takes the idea a step further and suggests that the very notion of Silicon Valley is becoming outdated.
"Wherever there is talent, we want to go," says the president of Sequence Design, a company that produces software to design computer chips. "Only time zones are boundaries in my head anymore. There are no geographical boundaries."
Design teams schedule meetings across countries, simultaneously involving employees in India, Japan, Boston, London, and here. "We don't have a headquarters," he says. "If I'm traveling to Japan, that's where the headquarters is."
With his new 20-person research and design bureau in Delhi, his company can work 24 hours a day, splitting tasks between the US and India. Moreover, the Delhi bureau costs him about one-third of what it would cost him to set up a similar operation in Silicon Valley.
That math, however, has sent American software engineers into unemployment lines. "We have definitely felt it," says Fadi Bishara of TechVenture, an outplacement firm in Menlo Park, Calif. "Three or four years ago, there was a tremendous demand on all levels of software developers... Now, 20 percent of the work that would normally be done by local people has been shifted [overseas]."
Software developer Wilson has had to refinance his house, put off buying a new car, and scale back the plans for his kids' education from pricey private colleges to state schools. Fortunately, he says, he has other skills to fall back on, or else he might have been truly tempted to pick up a plumber's wrench. "The plumbing hourly wage is about the same as a software engineer now, and they can't send plumbers overseas."
Yet Wilson also sees a change in Silicon Valley beyond his own situation.
He came here in 1995 because, as a techie, Silicon Valley was to him what Paris was to impressionists or Milan is to fashion design. For a half-century, Silicon Valley has been unique - a cauldron of pure capitalism.
Now, however, Silicon Valley's outsourcing is feeding an emerging class of tech hubs worldwide. In the not-too-distant future, he worries, Silicon Valley could lose its preeminent place.
"That sort of fantasy and luster will be gone," says Wilson. "The way it was, the
creative stuff was done here... But we're going to see more and more of that sent overseas. Why would you keep it here?"
Entrepreneurs and venture capitalists don't deny that outsourcing will probably gather speed.
But many maintain that even in a world of truly global innovation, Silicon Valley remains a unique brew - bringing together world-class universities, massive quantities of money, perfect weather, and an almost kamikaze approach to capitalism that doesn't fear failure.
Bangalore, India's nascent Silicon Valley, "is a much more risk-averse culture," says Ravi Chirevolu, who travels to India for his job with Charter and Venture Capital in Palo Alto, Calif. "In Silicon Valley, it's sexy to be in a startup; In Bangalore it's always better to work at some company you've heard of."
The culture of taking risks in order to be at the forefront of innovation, he and others say, is central to what Silicon Valley is, and crucial to it remaining relevant in the future.
"Silicon Valley has some very unique aspects that make it the center of the high-value part of the entrepreneurial process," says Steve Bird of Focus Ventures in Palo Alto. "The real innovation is still happening here, and I expect that to continue."


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Just as Molly was drawn to the old-fashioned grace of a lady with a pretty hankie, it is hard to not smile at the thought of a charming gentleman unfurling his pocket square. And while it might seem of a different era, Laura's father will tell you that the handkerchief still has a place in this modern world of ours. He is never without one!
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The archbishop of Calcutta, Rev Thomas D'Souza has appointed the director of Chitrabani Jesuit Communication centre in Kolkata, Fr Julian Das as editor of The Herald from 1st July 2012. Besides continuing his present office, Fr Das will also edit the oldest English language Catholic weekly in India established in 1839.
"I am soon planning to send soft copies of The Herald in PDF file version soon, so that you do not need to wait so long for the post version. Besides I am starting this week The Herald Blog to post important articles and reports. The blog link is: http://calcuttaherald.wordpress.com. I am yet to populate the blog. Will do it tomorrow (3rd July) the solemnity of St Thomas the apostle, patron of India.
Fr Das succeeds Fr. B. L. Mathai, a priest of the archdiocese of Calcutta who proceeds for higher studies in media at the National Institute of Social Communication, Research and Training in the National Capital Region, Delhi. NISCORT is a national venture of the Catholic Bishops Conference of India.
The Herald is owned by the archdiocese of Calcutta and is a published under the banner of Catholic Publications West Bengal. (courtesy: NewsGrab & C M Paul)
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Little things mean so much in Cox's Hall of Fame career
Bobby Cox was so fascinating as a manager, and it all goes back to a bunch of little things that were huge things. Trust me, I know. Out of his 29 seasons running Major League teams from the dugout, I watched Cox up close and personal during the last 21 years of that stretch. By then, he was ignoring his historically gimpy knees as a player with the Yankees to sprint toward the National Baseball Hall of Fame during the second of his two stints with the Braves.
Cox also managed the Blue Jays, and he did so between those periods he called Atlanta home. Still, many forget his Toronto days, but not Jays fans, especially because he led their franchise to winning seasons during the last three of his four years in town. Before Cox took over the Blue Jays in 1982, they were an expansion team with zero winning seasons.
Such a miracle worker, this Robert Joseph Cox. The Braves also weren't much for the longest time before he came along in the 1990s, but here's the thing: The reason he was so fascinating as a manager wasn't just because he led his Atlanta and Toronto teams to more victories in baseball history than anybody not named Connie Mack, John McGraw or Tony La Russa. The reason also wasn't just because Cox took the Braves to a Major League-record 14 consecutive division titles, while collecting five National League pennants and a World Series championship along the way. If you include his last season with the Blue Jays, he actually has 15 consecutive division titles on his resume.
Cox was so fascinating as a manager because of those little things. Like operating as the definitive player's manager with an invisible iron fist. In fact, this now 73-year-old icon with the always upbeat personality was much tougher than you think. I'll give you an example, but I won't mention names. Even though Cox is four years past his retirement with the Braves, he still prefers to keep that invisible iron fist between himself and his former players.
That said, during Cox's second coming with the Braves, there was a veteran pitcher who kept verbally assaulting a young position player over what the pitcher perceived as a lack of hustle. The young position player eventually had enough, but just like his teammates, he had so much respect for Cox that he wasn't going to take matters into his own hands. He went to the manager's office for a closed-door session. After explaining the situation, the young position player asked for permission from Cox to handle things with the veteran pitcher in a more, ahem, physical way.
Permission was granted.
With Cox looking elsewhere, the young position player became Muhammad Ali to the veteran pitcher's Mister Rogers.
Problem solved, and get this: Not only did the battered and bruised veteran pitcher never bother the young position player again, but the veteran pitcher never complained to Cox about the matter. Which brings me to another little thing. During all of those decades I worked as a columnist at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution following Cox's Braves teams, I never heard a negative syllable about the guy from one of his current or former players. They loved Cox as a strategist, and they hugged him even tighter as a person.
"You didn't want to do anything wrong with Bobby as your manager," Chipper Jones once told me, "because it would be like messing with your grandfather."
Whether Cox's unofficial grandchildren deserved it or not, he always pumped them up in public. He protected them, too, and that's why he holds the baseball record for getting tossed from games as a manager. So this might surprise you: Umpires also respected Cox as much as anybody in baseball. They knew there was a method to his dirt-kicking, profanity-flying madness. Which is to say they knew Cox's tirades mostly were contrived to keep his unofficial grandchildren from getting tossed, fined or both.
Well, forget all of that. My favorite little thing involving Cox was his impromptu office at Turner Field. His main one was in the home clubhouse, but the place he enjoyed the most at the ballpark was the large closet-sized room tucked around the corner from the stairs leading from the home clubhouse tunnel to the Braves' dugout. The room was big enough for a small television set attached high on a wall, a comfortable swivel chair for the cigar-smoking Cox, a tiny ledge for the manager to jot things down or lean against, and a handful of visitors who mostly had to stand near the doorway.
During the 3 percent of the time that Cox's TV wasn't on the Weather Channel or maps showing precipitation around the world, it was turned to a NASCAR race, Cox's sporting passion beyond baseball.
Before games, Cox stayed in that room forever, and he was riveting. He told stories about Mickey Mantle and Billy Martin. Cox discussed national politics, along with local news and world events. He asked you questions, then he would ask you a few more, always listening and watching intently for your answers. Then, between all of that, Cox discussed the weather. I mean, the maps usually were right there on his TV screen in living color.
Now, Cox is a Sunday away from induction into Cooperstown. I wonder if he'll wear his metal spikes, which was another little thing. He was the last uniformed person in baseball to do so.
Fascinating, indeed.


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