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i applied both patches and restarted cassandra. all seems well. memory stayed lower, but i'm not sure if this is because cassandra didn't have as many commit logs to replay or not as the data has changed since my initial Exception. thx ________________________________________ From: Jonathan Ellis [email@example.com] Sent: Monday, December 07, 2009 6:34 PM To: firstname.lastname@example.com Subject: Re: exception during startup Patch attached to the jira issue. Please give it a try if you are running trunk or the 0.5 beta. If this is data you care about, you should make a copy of the commitlog files, just in case. :) On Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 8:11 PM, Jonathan Ellis <email@example.com> wrote: > on log replay, cassandra cheats and puts all the changes into memory > before writing to disk, bypassing the normal "is this memtable full > yet" checks. this is an optimization but IMO it's misguided because > it can lead to OOM on replay when you wouldn't OOM for the same set of > changes during normal operation. > > I've created https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CASSANDRA-609 to > fix this, but the fix may be a little involved, so if you can > temporarily give Cassandra more memory to finish the replay, that is > the easiest workaround and you can set it back the way it was once > replay completes successfully. > > On Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 6:59 PM, Brian Burruss <email@example.com> wrote: >> wanted to pass this along ... i have 2G RAM allocated to cassandra. should it need more? what are the factors that determine the amount of memory required? >> >> thx! >> >> 2009-12-07 16:56:30,787 ERROR [main] [CassandraDaemon.java:184] Exception encountered during startup. >> java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: Java heap space >> at org.apache.cassandra.db.CommitLog.recover(CommitLog.java:317) >> at org.apache.cassandra.db.RecoveryManager.doRecovery(RecoveryManager.java:65) >> at org.apache.cassandra.service.CassandraDaemon.setup(CassandraDaemon.java:90) >> at org.apache.cassandra.service.CassandraDaemon.main(CassandraDaemon.java:166) >> >
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Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing has today left Auckland 12 hours ahead of schedule after its shore team worked through the night to repair the structural damage to its bow.
Ian Walker's crew must now play catch-up to rejoin their five rivals in the Volvo Ocean Race, who at the latest position report were around 200 nautical miles into the 6700 nautical mile leg to Itajai in Brazil.
"It puts us in a different weather situation to the rest of the fleet and so we need a bit of luck,'' Walker said as his crew prepared to leave Auckland.
"Twenty four hours could turn into 48 hours or 72 hours or alternatively we could sail up behind them if the weather goes our way.
"We're not just going to sail up behind them by being faster and smarter _ we're going to need a break from the weather.''
Walker and his team made the call to head back to port after the VO70 suffered structural damage to the bulkhead that holds down the heavy-weather J4 sail around six hours after yesterday's leg five start.
As soon as the boat arrived back into port, the shore team jumped into action, working through the night to complete the repair around 12 hours earlier than expected.
"The shore crew have done a great job,'' Walker said. "Not just the boat builders but everyone from the girls in the office to the riggers, the sailmakers.
"Everyone's been at it all night and it's not much fun down below at the moment.
"It's 60 degrees inside the boat curing the bulkhead and they're still at it.
"They've done a great job and that's enabled us to get out of here quicker and that keeps us closer to the fleet.''
The repair job puts Abu Dhabi around 24 hours behind the rest of the fleet which could prove crucial as the boats head towards the Southern Ocean.
"Nobody wants to cross the Southern Ocean a day behind the other boats, so there's no doubt that's on people's minds,'' Walker added.

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Two men lay dead as a result of the ongoing war in the kosher chicken industry, which is well known to be riddled with corruption. The two men, Abraham Cohen and Max Livingstone, both chicken-flickers from Brooklyn, were lured to an apartment on Stanton Street on Manhattan's Lower East Side and murdered. In a related incident, Irving Bernstein, a Bronx poultry dealer, was shot and badly wounded. He is not expected to survive. The police say that these murders are related to the 1914 murder of poultry dealer Barnet Baff and are only a prelude to a larger and bloodier war in the kosher chicken trade, something that has waxed and waned over the past 20 years. Joseph Cohen, a poultry dealer who was convicted of Baff's murder and released on bail, was shot to death in his home two years ago. The pair murdered on Stanton Street yesterday were widely believed to have murdered Cohen.
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Eighty million Arabs, from Casablanca to the Persian Gulf, will declare war on Israel if the current United Nations Assembly does not do something to solve the problem of the Palestinian refugees. So said Ahmad Shukeiri, the Saudi Arabian delegate to the U.N., in a bitter, two-hour-long speech in which he described the terrible conditions the refugees endure. He laid the entire blame on the State of Israel. Shukeiri, formerly Syria's U.N. delegate, also demanded that Israel be removed from the U.N. entirely, due to the U.N.'s refusal to deal with the refugee issue.
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Over the past two years, the Sky Express Bus Company racked up dozens of safety violations, some for drivers who worked too many hours or used drugs or alcohol on the job.
On April 12, the U.S. Department of Transportation rated the company "unsatisfactory." That was enough to shut it down.
Sky Express appealed its rating to the department. Soon after, DOT issued an "initial denial"--a strong indication that the appeal would be rejected. Sky Express should've been out of options, and out of business, last Saturday--three days before a company driver on his way from Raleigh to New York fell asleep at the wheel and flipped his bus on a highway, killing four people and injuring more than 50 others.
Instead DOT extended Sky Express's appeal by ten days, allowing it carry on with business as usual. On Wednesday, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said he would direct the department to end its practice of extending appeals for operators found to be unsafe.


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I am glad that Young's Blog territory is attracting presidential candidates. We also have the trend of seeing the candidates dying off after they visit this area. Just ask Herman Cain. Well Newt Gingrich visited Rome and Carrollton Georgia on Tuesday which are in Young's Blog territory. Mr. Gingrich first spoke at the Rome Georgia airport then he spoke at The University of West Georgia. I really had no attentions of going because let's face it. Newt Gingrich will not win to challenge Obama this fall. He did poorly in the Arizona and Michigan primaries on Tuesday. And he will struggle on Super Tuesday next week. Now if Newt Gingrich was leading in the Republican primaries I would have gone.
The crowds were good at both events. Georgia is the home state of Newt Gingrich and he even teached at The University of West Georgia. He told the crowds that this election is one of the most important elections in American history. And while CNN was carrying a part of his speech live on TV he was talking about chopping down a tree instead of talking about the issues. I just found that to be a waste of TV time as CNN quickly took him off TV. The biggest issue he talked about at both events is the gas prices. And you know that will get the crowd talking. He is promising to get the gas prices down to $2.50 a gallon. And he will do that by drilling; drilling and drilling some more. He forgot the other reasons the gas prices are up right now. The conflicts in the Middle East; stock market speculations; and growth in China and India. This Sunday on my weekly Sunday Discussion post I am going to talk about gas prices. Stay tuned!
He also talked about Obama and the Middle East. Which I am really not going into at all. My thinking is that Gingrich is trying to use some attack strategy to come back into the Republican race which will probably backfire. Now he will win Georgia next week because it is his home state but he will not win much more than that. And I still think that Mitt Romney will still be the Republican nominee for president and run against Obama. And after the wins at Arizona and Michigan he is even closer to that goal.
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Before heading to Miami, Osweiler worked out for a Broncos group led by John Elway and head coach John Fox, according to The Denver Post.
The Dolphins, who also recently attended Osweiler's pro day in Tempe, Ariz., have the No. 8 overall pick in this month's draft, but they most likely wouldn't take the 6-foot-7 quarterback that high. He, instead, could be an option in the second or third round if they don't take another quarterback.
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This is a discussion on Stage 2???? within the New Member Hangout forums, part of the Community - Meet other Enthusiasts category; Originally Posted by Sinister ? What's this? Its called a air bypass vlave....and if u have a CAI, I HIGHLY ...
*buy lol. sorry
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So my ? is .......Will a bov and intake without a tune hurt my car? (like blow the engine up) or will it be fine for a month or so til i buy a AP
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http://www.aemintakes.com/air_bypass_valve.htmOriginally Posted by ScoobyDude02
I think I trust AEM's opinion on the matter over yours. They explicitly state that it's not to be used on F/I vehicles...
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I think a change in though process is in need. I would suggest thinking in matters of "will it blow up my motor" and think in matters of "is this the best thing for my motor or can it be harmful and is it truly an upgrade". Do away with the BOV, sell it and move on. You need a way to monitor boost so look into gauges and find out what turbo is on the car, if injectors, fuel pump, etc were upgraded. You need to know everything thats on your
I do apologize for my incorrect information. Good thing you didnt buy one lol
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The turbo will have the letters stamped on it, but its hard to see - if the previous owner put a proper heat shield on it.
If you "want the sound" and would be willing to give up the "look" under the hood, you can do the snorkus delete mod. Very easy, and cheap.
I am honestly floored that you have these mods on the car with no boost gauge. I really think that should be your first purchase. I also think you need some level of engine management software so you can look at where your current AFR, Boost Targets, and Ignition Advance numbers are.
I don't want to scare you... Like you said, its running and idling fine right now. However, these cars can be modified "and run great" right up until the worst happens.
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The Perrin SRI is known for being one of the worst ones for causing turbulence around the MAF sensor that can throw things off. Fortunately it is fairly good about not skewing the readings, like some. Still, I would not drive the car without being tuned for it.
If you want the SRI that bad, I would strongly suggest getting the car retuned for it. If your current tune is good and you can find someone willing to work with you (preferably the previous tuner), then it won't take long to adjust the map to work with the intake. A few tweaks to the MAF scaling and you should be good to go.
I have taken the parts off until my Cobb AP arrives. I really appreciate you guys taking the time to help me out! These cars are complete opposite of what im use to, but with all the reading on here, and other forums its all making sense. Boost guage has arrived and im waiting till this weekend when i have time to install. I will post back when i know the turbo number and psi. Thanks again
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When the cell phone rang in the morning announcing a new day, I felt like sleeping late. Yesterday, we celebrated my birthday and I went to bed late. Do you imagine? My friends always expect the pictures and I had to edit and upload them to my FB page. What a nice surprise when I look out the window. The trees were all covered in snow...everything was white and beautiful. So I said to myself : Today, I am going to get the picture I have had in mind for more than a year!
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In only its third year of existence, the Gator lacrosse team keeps amazing at the achievements they've accomplished in the infant stages of the young program. After claiming its first-ever ALC tournament championship crown, Florida followed up that milestone with another on Sunday night. The NCAA selection committee awarded the Gators the No. 1 overall seed in the NCAA Women's Lacrosse Championship, and Florida will prepare to host Albany in the first round on May 12th, 1pm at Donald R. Dizney stadium. Florida is making its second straight trip to the NCAA field of sixteen, with last year seeing the Gators advance as a four-seed to the elite eight. The committee gave Florida recognition as the only team to beat the number one team in the country (Northwestern) twice, and earn both a conference regular season championship and a tournament title.
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Date of Trip: September 2006
The only credits Kevin had left were Canyon Blaster, Ninja and Viper, so we stopped at Canyon Blaster first. We only had about an hour or less left in the park, so we pretty much just ran in, got him his credit and left. We did manage to pop our heads into the Bugs Bunny Burrow, which was just one random chair inside a tree stump hahaha. I also found an abandoned leopard print hat! Score!
We hiked it back over to Tatsu, passing the site of Kevin's upheaval, if you will. We then climbed up the stairs to Ninja and Superman, neither of which had lines. We had fun playing with the hat and Kevin said he enjoyed his ride on Ninja also. When we got in line for Superman, Kevin decided to pass on riding, though he did wait with us.
The car before ours ended up all the way in the maintenance bay since the brakes failed somehow and it was caught by the emergency brakes, which caused a breakdown. With only 8 minutes left until park closing, we assumed that it wouldn't reopen, but we were wrong! It reopened pretty much right at 8:00, though there were only two trains full of people waiting. The second train wasn't even full, so Mike and I rode twice in a row, for the last two rides of the night. They could have easily not bothered with bringing it back up, but they did, and I thought that was pretty cool.
With the park closed, we headed for the car so we could meet up with Jahan again at In-N-Out Burger. Of course it took longer to get there than we'd anticipated, but he was still waiting there patiently when we finally arrived. We all had burgers and fries, which is pretty much all that was on the menu! We'd meant to eat at an In-N-Out back in 2001 but were never able to find one near us. Even though the burger was pretty average, I was glad to say I'd been there!
When we got back out to the car, Kevin ended up being sick again, which now gives Mike the ability to joke that not only did Revolution make him sick, but my driving did as well!! I was gonna head off for a few more moments with Mike and Jahan, so I dropped off Kevin at the hotel and we all reconvened at a nearby Cold Stone Creamery. I had the cheesecake ice cream with a peanut butter cup mixed in...yummy!! Between the good ice cream and the good company, I had a blast.
After a while, I bid my boys farewell, with a promise that I'd get the TR online as soon as I could :-) Kevin was asleep when I got back to the hotel...so soundly asleep that I had to check and make sure he was breathing! Hahaha! I was pretty pooped too, so I hit the bed almost as soon as I got in as well.
Saturday, September 2nd
I woke up around 8:00am, and Kevin was already awake and watching TV. Having a had much better night's sleep that night, he said he felt much better than the previous day. I showered and got dressed and as we finished packing up our things. We headed for breakfast again, which was nice as always. They had hard boiled eggs that morning, and after Kevin made a comment about how no one was eating them, I had to eat a couple of them just to prove him wrong.
Finally, we packed up the car and headed south towards Santa Monica. There was pretty much no traffic, and we found where we needed to be quite easily thanks to my directions and Kevin's GPS. We parked the car in the first lot we found, which happened to be directly behind the Hot Dog on a Stick, which was one of our planned stops. The first order of business was for Kevin to do a bit of geocaching since there were three caches in the immediate Santa Monica Pier area. I'd never done anything like that before, but it was really quite fun!
The first one was up some stairs at the end of the pier and hidden under a plaque about sewage or drainage or something. Kevin took a little glass heart out of the box, and left a pink flamingo "travel bug" that was trying to get home to Colorado, and a coin with an octopus on it. The next one we found was a webcam cache at the main entrance to the pier. We had to stand on a street corner facing some random dentist's office, and hold our arms straight out! We must have looked truly strange, but hey, one of Kevin's friends got on the web and was able to save the picture of us!
With that done, we headed onto the pier. I'd never been to anything like that area before, so I really thought it was a lot of fun! It was such a beautiful day, and we had a lot of fun just wandering around checking out the beach, the people and the birds.
Soon we were at Pacific Park, which was the site of another "virtual cache" where you had to look around and answer a few questions. We both bought enough tickets to ride the Santa Monica West Coaster and the Pacific Wheel, then promptly got in line for the coaster. Everything was just so cute and picturesque that we had a great time taking pictures and video in the area.
We ended up riding in the front seat of the West Coaster, and this was a much better ride than I thought it would be! It looked pretty tame, but there were actually some pretty decent pops of airtime on the return leg, and the helix was much more forceful than I imagined! Kevin really ended up liking it as well, later saying that it was his favorite coaster of the whole weekend. Next we rode the Pacific Wheel, which was really great, and had such an awesome view.
The time on our parking space was running out (we'd only paid for one hour) so we headed back to the car. Since Kevin wanted to get a hot dog and I wanted to explore a little more, we put another dollar in the meter. When I found Kevin again, he'd purchased a Hot Dog on a Stick and a lemonade, both of which he said were great. I'm not too big on corn dogs (who am I kidding...I hate them) and am allergic to lemons, so I couldn't get anything They did have cheese on a stick, but it was covered in that horrible corn dog batter...yuck!
We wandered down the beach a bit and discovered that Muscle Beach was just a ways down, so we took a moment to people watch. My mom called to ask a question about my cats, so I talked to her for just a bit, and she thought it was really cool that I was at Muscle Beach for whatever reason. Must be a much cooler thing to southerners than to Californians, I guess! There was also some random middle aged dude in short shorts doing a hand stand...awesome.
When our second hour was up, we left and headed for a nearby Ralph's grocery store to pick up some tickets to Knotts Berry Farm later in the weekend. On the way, we passed the corner of Lincoln and Olympic, but no video store! Just a U-Haul and a Chevron! I was expecting to find an adult bookstore! Turns out that the Ralph's was out of Knotts tickets, but they called another one in the area and they said that they had some. Kevin bought a pound of Concord grapes, then we set out to find Ralph's #2.
We found it pretty easily, but all they had were Soak City tickets! Gah! And the lady there gave us the most insincere apology for making us go out of our way that I have ever heard. So we left empty handed and headed south again towards Anaheim.
Heading south, we ran into quite a bit of traffic on the way to Anaheim. It was never completely stopped, but was very congested and very slow. Godspeed to the locals who have to deal with it every day. We followed the directions in Kevin's GPS to our hotel, then quickly checked in. After dropping our stuff in the room, we headed out to find food before going to the park. We'd spotted a Subway and a Chinese restaurant on the way to the park, so we opted for the Chinese. I had sweet and sour chicken, sesame chicken and lo mien, and it was all great. It was too much to finish and still be able to walk out in the California sun.
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Tutorial to Build a Homemade Drip Hydroponics System – Part 1
Wanting to build your own hydroponics system to see whether plants that are grown hydroponically are really that much better, tastier, quicker, and easier to grow then traditional soil gardening?
Perhaps you've been looking for a tutorial on how to go about doing that, step by step. This might especially be true if you're a beginning hydroponics gardener. Well, here is a fantastic system to build.
The hydroponics system being built in this video is a drip type hydroponics system. Hydroponic nutrients are contained in a reservoir below the plants. The hydroponics plants are in the same container, being held in place in the lid within their net pots. Hydroponic nutrients is continuously dripped onto the hydroponic plants, which then drops back into the reservoir for recycling. Air stones are used to oxygenate the hydroponic nutrients.
This system is perfectly suited to growing herbs and smaller type plants such as strawberries and even lettuce. If you would like to grow bigger plants such as tomatoes, you will need to restrict yourself to only drilling two holes. The number of plants that can be grown is really only determined by the amount of space they take up once they're grown.
This is the first of a two-part video that describes the equipment that is required, and how to start building and putting together the system. The process of drilling the holes and putting together the tubing is shown in sufficient detail to be followed.
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Although the Greeks might claim that democracy originates from the ancient city state of Athens, the French could plausibily argue that modern democracy emanates from the French Revolution of 1789 - although the course of democracy in France has hardly run smoothly since then.
Indeed, unlike the American political system [click here] and the British political system [click here] which essentially have existed in their current form for centuries, although the French political system has evolved since 1789 - with the two world wars having a major impact - the current form of the French system is a much more recent construct dating from 1958 and today's Fifth Republic - which centralises substantial power in the President - is a response to the political weaknesses of the pre-Second World War Third Republic and post-war Fourth Republic.
The Fifth Republic came about following a political crisis over France's colonial war in Algeria, when Charles de Gaulle took power under a new constitution which gave the President new executive powers compared to the Fourth Republic, making the post uniquely powerful in European politics.
The current constitution can only be changed with the support of three-fifths (60%) of the Congress which is the body formed when both houses of parliament, the National Assembly and the Senate, meet at the Palace of Versailes to vote on proposed revisions to the constitution.
During the presidential election of 2007, Nicolas Sarkozy's manifesto proposed changes to modernise the institutions of the Fifth Republic. The Comité de réflexion et de proposition sur la modernisation et le rééquilibrage des institutions (literally : "A committee of reflection and proposal on the modernisation and the re-balancing of the institutions") presided over by Édouard Balladur, a former Prime Minister, was established in July 2007 and submitted its report to the President in October 2007. This resulted in a bill which was approved by both chambers of the legislature in 2008.
Controversially, the final approval was secured by only one vote more than the required three-fifths majority of votes cast. Jack Lang, who broke his party whip, voted for the changes. The President of the National Assembly, Bernard Accoyer, also voted for them which defied the tradition whereby the President of the Assembly abstains from voting. Without those two votes, the bill would not have passed.
The bill re-evaluated the role of the executive and strengthened the parliament's powers. The President was banned from exercising more than two consecutive periods in office. There was limitation of the exceptional power of the President after 30 and 60 days. However, some of the proposals were not ratified, such as the introduction of proportional representation for election of the National Assembly, the reform of representation in the Senate, and the ban on dual mandates.
Following the terrorist attacks in Paris on the evening of 13 November 2015, there are currently proposals to amend the French Constitution to enshrine state of emergency powers in the constitution, making them easier to activate, and to strip people convicted of terrorist offences of their French nationality.
Four of France's five Republics have had presidents as their heads of state, making the French presidency the oldest presidency in Europe still to exist in some form. However, in each of the Republics' constitutions, the President's powers, functions and duties - and his relation with French governments - have differed. Under the Third and Fourth Republic, which were parliamentary systems, the office of President of the Republic was a largely ceremonial and powerless one. The constitution of the current Fifth Republic greatly increased the President's powers.
Consequently the Presidency is easily the most powerful position in the French political system. Duties include heading the armed forces, appointment of the Prime Minister, power to dismiss the National Assembly, chairing the Council of Ministers (equivalent to the Cabinet in Britain), appointing the members of the highest appellate court and the Constitutional Court, chairing the Higher Council of the Judiciary, negotiating all foreign treaties, and the power to call referenda, but all domestic decisions must be approved by the Prime Minister. The President has a very limited form of suspensive veto: when presented with a law, he or she can request another reading of it by Parliament, but only once per law.
The official residence of the President is the Élysée Palace.
Since 1875, the President has been barred from appearing in person before the National Assembly or the Senate in order to ensure that the executive and the legislature are kept seperate. However, in 2008, a constitutional amendment was carried which enables the President to convene the Congress of the French parliament in order to make a declaration. A debate may then follow his declaration, without his presence.
Candidates for the Presidency must obtain 500 sponsoring signatures of elected officials from at least 30 departments or overseas territories. The post is directly elected in a two-stage voting system. A candidate who receives more than 50% of the vote in the first round is elected. However, if no candidate receives 50%, there is a second round which is a run-off between the two candidates who secured the most votes in the first round. This is held two weeks later. All elections are held on a Sunday.
In practice, no candidate secures more than 50% of the vote in the first round and therefore a second round is always necessary. It is often said that the French vote with their heart in the first round and with their head in the second round.
The term of office for the Presidency is five years, a reduction from the previous seven years. A President can seek a second term and normally secures it, but two Presidents of the Fifth Republic have failed a re-election bid - Valéry Giscard d'Estaing and Nicolas Sarkozy - and one - François Hollande - did not even seek a second term.
In the French political system, the relationship between the President and the Prime Minister - the first- and second-highest authorities respectively - is critical. It is not always the case that these two individuals come from the same political party or part of the political spectrum and, when they are of different political persuasion (as was the case in 1986, 1993 and 1997), the two figures must practice a process of 'cohabitation'.
In May 2012, Nicolas Sarkozy, the incumbent President and candidate of the conservative UMP, was beaten in the second round of the Presidential election by the Socialist Party candidate François Hollande, the self-syled 'Mr Normal', who gained 51.63% of the vote. Hollande was the first socialist President in France for 17 years and had never previously held ministerial office. He soon became so unpopular in the polls that he acquired the new nickname of Monsieur Flanby - a reference to a wobbly French pudding.
The last Presidential election was held on 23 April and 7 May 2017. In the first round, for the first time since the Second World War neither candidate of the two main political parties - the Socialist Party and what is now called The Republicans - won enough votes to go forward into the second round. Instead the candidates in the second round were Emmanuel Macron of En Marche! (On The Move) and Marine Le Pen of the National Front. Macron won the election, securing 66.1%% of the vote. At the age of just 39, he will be the youngest person to head the French state since Napoleon. He will take office on 14 May 2017.
The head of the government is the Prime Minister who is nominated by the majority party in the National Assembly and appointed by the President for an indefinite term.
The Prime Minister recommends Ministers to the President, sets out Ministers' duties and responsibilities, and manages the daily affairs of government. He issues decrees and is responsible for national defence.
Following the election of the new President François Hollande in May 2012, Jean-Marc Ayrault - who was previously leader of the Socialist group in parliament - was appointed Prime Minister. However, following local elections in March 2014 when the Socialists did very badly, a new Prime Minister was appointed by Hollande: Manuel Valls, who has been likened to the British politician Tony Blair. Interestingly, he was born in Spain and only acquired French citizenship at the age of 17 - his father was Spanish and his mother Swiss. In December 2016, Valls stepped down from the premiership to seek the candidature of his party in the forthcoming presidential elections. So the current prime minister is Bernard Cazeneuve.
The Council of Ministers - typically consisting of around 15-16 individuals - is headed by the Prime Minister but chaired by the President. The total size of the ministerial team is typically 30-40. The members of the Council are called Ministers, while the junior ministers are known as Secretaries of State - the reverse of the nomenclature in the British political system.
It is customary for the President, in consultation with the Prime Minister, to select elected representatives from the National Assembly for ministerial posts, but this is not a set rule. For example, there has been Raymond Barre, Prime Minister (1976-81), who prior to that appointment was a university economics lecturer, while Thierry Breton, Minister for Economy, Finance and Industry (2005-07) was a business man.
The lower house in the French political system is the National Assembly. This has 577 seats representing single-member constituencies. The 2.5 million French people living abroad have the opportunity to vote in one of 11 constituencies grouping areas of the world together.
Members of the National Assembly are directly elected in a two-stage voting system. A candidate who receives more than 50% of the vote in the first round is elected. However, if no candidate receives 50%, there is a second round which is a run-off between all those first round candidates who secured more than 12.5% of the votes in that first round. This is held one week later. All elections are held on a Sunday.
Members of the National Assembly serve five-year terms.
The National Assembly tends to specialise in scrutinising day-to-day government business. In cases of disagreement with the Senate, the position of the National Assembly prevails. Critics have argued that the Assembly is weak in terms of setting its own agenda and holding the exeutive to account.
The last Assembly elections were held in June 2012 when the Socialist grouping won a comfortable victory over the Right-wing grouping, taking 331 seats to 229 (17 members are outside the two groups).
The next Assembly elections will be held on 11 and 18 June 2017.
Link: French National Assembly click here
The upper house in the French political system is the Senate. This currently has a total of 348 seats (the number depends on population changes): 323 representing mainland France, 13 representing French overseas territories, and 12 representing French nationals abroad. Many French Senators are also high-level local officials.
Members of the Senate are indirectly elected by an electoral college of 88,000 made up of city councillors and local officials which provides a rural and therefore Right-wing bias to the process. Indeed, since the Fifth Republic was established in 1958, Right-wing parties have always held a majority in the Senate until the elections of September 2011 when the Left took control for the first time. Members serve a six-year term - a reduction from the previous nine years - and one-half of seats (previously one-third) come up for election every three years.
In the last Senate elections in September 2014, the far-Right Front National won representation - two seats - for the first time and the Left lost its majority. The next Senate elections will be held in September 2017.
The Senate tends to specialise in constitutional matters and foreign affairs including European integration (it has a 'listening post' in Brussels, the headquarters of the European Union).The Senate meets in the Luxembourg Palace.
Link: French Senate click here
France is a multi-party political system which means that often no one party wins a majority of seats in the Assembly. Indeed the major parties themselves are often very fractional with shifting personal allegiances.
French politics has traditionally been characterised by two politically opposed groupings but, in recent years, a third force has emerged and, in the last year, a fourth movement has sprung into prominence, so that elections are now a much more complicated battlefield.
The earlier bi-polar model consisted of two groups:
The new fourth movement is called En March! (On The Move) which was founded just one year ago by Emmanuel Macron who had never been elected to any office but was a finance minister in the Socialist Government and won the 2017 presidential election. His party will contest all seats in the National Assembly elections in June 2017.
Other significant players include the Left Party, which is increasingly challenging the Socialist Party, and the Communist Party, which in recent local elections has created joint lists with the Socialist Party.
For the first time in the history of the Fifth Republic, in June 2012 the Socialist grouping held all three elected arms of government: the Presidency, the National Assemby and the Senate. But this did not last long: in the Senate elections of September 2014, the Left lost control of the upper house.
In France, unlike most other democracies, the majority of national politicians are former civil servants (often high-ranking). Most Presidents, many Cabinet members and a very large number of parliament members graduated from the same prestigious school, the Ecole Nationale d'Administration.
The French take their politics seriously and voter participation can be very high (it was 79.48% in the 2012 Presidential election). However, voter participation varies significantly across elections. Abstention was at a 56% high in the 2014 European elections and about 50% in the first round of both local elections of 2015.
France uses a civil legal system; that is, law arises primarily from written statutes; judges are not to make law, but merely to interpret it. The basic principles of the rule of law were laid down in the Napoleonic Code.
The highest appellate court in France is called the Cour de Cassation and the six chief judges are appointed by the President. Unlike the supreme courts in other countries (such as the USA), it does not have the power of judicial review.
The power of judicial review is vested in a separate Constitutional Court which is a unique creation of the Fifth Republic. The court consists of nine members: one appointment made by each of the President, the President of the Senate, and the President of the National Assembly every three years for a nine-year, non-renewable term. This contrasts with the US system where the President makes all appointments to the Supreme Court but then the appointments are for life.
All former Presidents of the Republic - known as "les sages" (the wise) - are de jure members of the Constitutional Court. Currently there are three of them, giving the court a membership of 12.
The Court meets infrequently, only upon referral of legislation by the President, the Prime Minister or the the Parliament.
Although there have been recent moves to decentralisation, France is still one of the most centralised major countries in Europe and the world. It is colloquially known as mille-feuille, after the puff pastry of many layers and lots of cream.
Administrative units with a local government in Metropolitan France (that is, the parts of France lying in Europe) consist of:
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Naoyuki Shimizu
|Naoyuki Shimizu
November 24, 1975
Kyoto, Japan
|April 1, 2000, for the Chiba Lotte Marines
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Naoyuki Shimizu (清水 直行? Shimizu Naoyuki, born November 24, 1975) is a professional baseball player from Kyoto, Japan. He is a starting pitcher for the Yokohama DeNA BayStars.
He attended Hōtoku Gakuen High School.[1] He joined the Japanese Olympic baseball team for the 2004 Summer Olympics, and won a bronze medal.[2] He also played with the Japanese national team in the 2006 World Baseball Classic.[3] Tragedy struck in January 2008 when Shimizu's wife died.[citation needed] He has 3 kids.
After ten seasons with the Chiba Lotte Marines from 2000 to 2009, Shimizu became a free agent and signed with the Yokohama BayStars. His career numbers with the Marines were 93 wins against 85 losses, with a career 4.02 ERA, tossing 38 complete games and nine shutouts.
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- ^ "Naoyuki Shimizu Biography and Statistics". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 2009-04-13.
- ^ "World Baseball Classic: Japan". MLB Advanced Media, L.P. Retrieved 2009-04-13.
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Common Good and the Free Market
Rev. Michael C. McFarland, S.J.
I was living in Washington
state when riots rocked the city of Seattle during the meeting
of the World Trade Organization
two years ago. I was a safe 300 miles and a mountain range
away in Spokane, but we noted with considerable interestand
for some a certain perverse satisfactionthe travails of
our larger and wealthier neighbor. Seattle had been caught
completely off guard. Like the rest of the country, the city
was stunned by the size and intensity of the protests. The
protesters represented a wild variety of issues and points
of view, which seemed to have little coherence. But what
appeared to unite them and fuel their fury was a deep distrust
of private business (especially multinational corporations),
a sense that the interests of ordinary people were being
neglected and abused, and a conviction that government was
unable or unwilling to control those corporations and defend
the interests of the people. The protesters saw that dynamic
at work in environmental exploitation, sweatshops and other
labor abuses, third world
poverty and debt and so on.
The scene has been repeated several times now, most recently
in Genoa. Personally I think that the protesters analyses
of many of the issues have been simplistic. I dont think
business, even when it operates on a global scale, is inherently
evil. But I do think the widespread perception that corporate
interests have become far more powerful vis-à-vis
government and the individual is worth examining. I think
that there has been a shift in power and influence away from
government and other public institutions toward private corporations.
I mean no disrespect toward government officials when I say
this. After all, it has been the stated goal of Governor
Swift and her party to shrink government, and in fact most
Clinton-era Democrats have gone along with that. And this
program has been successful over the last 20 years.
We can see many indications of this shift in influence
in our own country. Certainly the economy dominates domestic
policy and national news. We have witnessed the deregulation
of many industries that had operated in a quasi-public mannerfrom
the airlines to energy companies to telecomsand the privatization
of functions that had been dominated by government and nonprofits,
most notably health care and now, increasingly, education.
The opening of many public lands to private use for lumbering,
grazing, mining, the shift from welfare to work, and the
dramatic loss of influence and membership by the unions are
further signs of the growing power of corporate interests
in relation to the rest of society.
Technology, my own area of expertise, has helped bring
about that shift. Years ago the fear was that technology
would give government the power to intrude on and control
our lives. For the most part, that has not happened. It is
really businessalways more enterprising, efficient and forward
lookingthat has found ways to use technology to extend its
influence, as recent controversies over privacy, including
consumer privacy, privacy of medical records, and so on,
have shown.
I am not saying this development is good or bad. It simply is. I taught in
a business school for 10 years, and I have a great appreciation for the virtues
of the free market, the benefits it can bring, and even its power as a democratizing
force. However, the increased power and influence of corporate interests also
mean increased power and influence of those who guide those interests. As Jesus
said, Of those to whom more is given, more will be expected.
The interesting question is: what does it mean to be
a good, i.e., moral, CEO or manager in this environment? In
the past, it was pretty clear what it meant to be a good
business leader: dealing honestly and fairly with others,
taking care of your employees, paying your share of taxes,
doing some pro bono or charity work, and so on. More recently
we have learned to do stakeholder analysis, which gives
us a better view of the many complex relationships that
exist in the corporate world and a way of defining our
obligations in each case. Both approaches are still very
important, of course. But I would suggest that there is
another dimension that somehow needs to be considered.
It is what we often refer to as the common good.
The common good means the interests of the community as
a whole, not just as a group of individuals, but as that
complex network of institutions, relationships, values and
supports that human beings need to flourish. It is this network
of church, family, civic association, and so on, that has
suffered as the free market ideology, with its ethic of extreme
individualism and competition, has come to dominate not just
our economic lives but our consciousness and most of our
There are two areas where this has become especially problematical.
One is the increasingly aggressive encroachment on what has
traditionally been known as the commons, that is, those
resources that are meant to benefit society as a whole and
therefore are held in common, not under the control of any
private interest. For example, as people come to realize
the centrality of intellectual property in the new
economy, businesses and individuals are engaged in a huge
scramble to tie up every possible idea, every spoken or written
word or melody, and every little tidbit of personal information.
Companies have been patenting business plans, procedures,
algorithms, and other very broad concepts in hopes of controlling
whole industries, to the detriment of scientific and cultural
progress. There has been tremendous political pressure, much
of it from the entertainment, publishing and software industries,
to broaden copyright and get rid of the principle of fair
use, on which education and many other segments of the community
have always depended for open access to information. Even
common facts are seen as subject to ownership. The NBA recently
sued Stats, Inc., a sports information service, claiming
it owns the scores to its games. So far the NBA has won.
The problem with this is that information is what binds
communities together. After all, an important element of
intimacy is the sharing of information about oneself. A big
part of friendship and community is sharing news, telling
stories, trading sports statistics and facts. We love to
talk about Pedros ERA and Mannys batting average, and what
the score of last nights Red Sox game was. If knowledge
becomes something to be bought and sold exclusively, it makes
our society much less open.
Access to ideas, information and techniques is essential
for economic participation and growth. Richard Stallman,
the legendary programmer, tabbed by the writer Stephen Levy
as the Last True Hacker, and winner of a MacArthur genius
grant, argues passionately that information, and especially
software, must be free. Besides citing what he sees as the
greed of those who try to exclude others in the software
community from using their work, Stallman gives two positive
arguments for making computer programs public domain. One
is the need to have a free exchange of ideas to promote scientific
progress. It is simply too wasteful and inefficient to keep
good ideas away from those who could develop and use them.
The other argument is more interesting. It is the notion
of friendship. Friendship means sharing. If the information
and ideas that are most valuable to us are too encumbered
by ownership, it harms friendship and community. For Stallman
that means software. He lives to write code. For us it might
be something else, but the principle is the same.
Now Stallman is an honorable man, so he is not advocating
that we go around passing out copies of Microsoft Office
to all our friends. Rather what he has been trying to do
for the last 15 years is to create a whole software environment
that is free to the public, so that we have something to
pass around without violating any laws or property rights.
As Stallman realizes, the answer is not simply to take
away all claims to ownership of information or intellectual
property. Fairness dictates that those who worked and invested
to create artifacts of commercial or aesthetic value ought
to have some say in how they are used and, if they choose,
be compensated for it. But they should also be willing to
share it for the enrichment of society.
The other area where the common good is under attack is
on access to societys goods among those on the margins.
What is great about our economy is that so many have been
able to share in it and benefit from it. But not everyone
is included. Those who cannot work, those with minimal skills,
those who cannot care for themselves are more and more being
left out. In the past there has been a network of family,
church, other nonprofit charitable organizations and government
agencies that have been able to look out for them. Now, with
more power and resources shifting to the for-profit sector,
that network is less effective. From a business standpoint,
the marginalized are not stakeholders. They do not count
in any economic calculus.
A good example is in health care. As more and more of the
responsibility for health care moves to the private sector,
especially the for-profit sector, there is perhaps more efficiency
and accountability in the system, but there is also more
pressure to cut loose the non-payers, and even those on Medicare,
who represent a loss to the system. And it is happening,
not because the executives who run those institutions are
evil or uncaring, but because they have to answer to their
shareholders and the brutal law of the marketplace. In modern
times health care has been defined as a basic human right.
Now, however, it is being treated as a commodity.
So there is a need to reassert two values that are at the
very center of the Judaeo-Christian moral tradition: sharing,
that is, holding in common what is most important to the
community and its life; and special care for those who are
most vulnerable in society. And I think that those who are
the most influential people in what is by far the most influential
segment of society have a special obligation to take a leadership
role in that.
How to do this is tricky. Executives still have an obligation
to run efficient, profit-making businesses if they are in
the for-profit sector and not to spend themselves out of
existence if they are a nonprofit. Nor is it enough to act
individually, however well-intentioned. The issues are society-wide
and require society-wide responses.
In the absence of government regulation there at least
has to be some self-restraint, some curb on the appetite
of business to control everything in sight. And if business
is going to dominate society, then it needs to take more
of an interest in the common good, especially for those who
are most vulnerable. We do, in fact, see more corporate-community
partnerships, which I suspect some of you are involved in,
working to improve neighborhoods, provide low-income housing,
build neighborhood clinics, and improve education in under-served
areas. The Ten Point Coalition is a wonderful example.
It is that kind of investment in the community that seems
to be a growing model of enlightened business practice.
Robert N. Bellah, the great sociologist at Harvard and
UC Berkeley, author of the classic Habits of the Heart,
in a recent article, wrote about the need for a greater awareness
of and commitment to the common good to balance the individualism
and competitiveness in American culture. He talks about our
deep cultural code that combines privatized piety with
economic freedom in a way that leads to loose connections
and porous institutions and has inundated us with the incessant
language of freedom and responsibility but is virtually inarticulate
about the common good.
I would suggest that todays business leaders must see
their work as a vocation. I would argue we must all live
out our faith publicly by making a commitment to build up
that community that is one of the most powerful signs of
Gods presence among us.
This is an excerpt from Fr. McFarlands address to the
Massachusetts Governors Prayer Breakfast, held in Boston
on May 3, 2001.


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Lucas Jackson's Olympic Portraits
New York based photographer Lucas Jackson was recently hired to photograph a number of American Olympic Athletes during a media summit. The assignment meant that Lucas had to shoot a lot of portraits in very limited amount of time, so he decided to keep it simple – a grey background or an American flag as backdrop, depending on the Athlete in question.
To save time, Lucas also decided to use Profoto's Air system. He writes:
"I wanted to use Profoto lights as they have a remote controller and trigger called the "Air Remote" that I could put on my camera to control the light's power output from the controller mounted on top of the camera. This would save me precious time as I wouldn't have to physically go to each of the four lights to change their outputs depending on whether I was shooting on the grey seamless backdrop or the flag."
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Oct. 15, 2013
PARK RIDGE, Ill. -- Sophomore Ali DeLoof (Grosse Pointe, Mich./Grosse Pointe South) of the University of Michigan women's swimming and diving team earned her second Big Ten Swimmer of the Week award in the past three weeks as announced by the conference office today (Tuesday, Oct. 15). DeLoof has now claimed two of the three weekly swimmer awards handed out by the Big Ten this season.
DeLoof set the pace for the Wolverines in their dual meet against the defending Big Ten champs Minnesota (Oct. 11) by racing to the fastest opening split in the meet's first event. She clocked a 25.51 split in the backstroke leg of the 200-yard medley relay, a race U-M went on to won by nearly a second.
She also turned in an individual win in the 100-yard backstroke. The sophomore touched first at 54.54, registering not only a win but an NCAA B standard qualifying time. It marked the second time in two dual meets this season DeLoof won the 100-yard backstroke.
The sophomore also contributed to a second-place finish in the 400-yard freestyle relay and logged a third-place finish in the 100-yard freestyle.
DeLoof's previous weekly conference citation came on Oct. 1, following U-M's season-opening dual-meet victory over Iowa.
The Wolverines return to action on Friday, Oct. 25, at Indiana (Bloomington, Ind.) for a double dual meet that will also feature Texas. The meet begins at 5 p.m. and continues on Saturday (Oct. 26) at 10 a.m.
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He has been appointed chairman of Rally Ireland with former Irish rugby international Trevor Ringland taking the role of vice-chairman.
"We have lots of talent in motorsport, both as competitors and organisers.
"Being part of WRC will allow us to develop that talent for the future," said Jordan.
Former Lions winger Ringland is now a solicitor based in Belfast.
Other members of the Rally Ireland management board are co-founders Sean O'Connor and Ronan Morgan and chief executive officer Darren Marren.
The four-day will be staged from 15-18 November and will be based mainly in the north-west of Ireland.


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Nancy, I was so sorry to read about the rapid onset of jaundice and pain. CC is so variable that it is difficult to even begin to guess what is wrong. I wish you would have received the results right away so that you would know in what direction you and your husband would be going. Bony mets are painful at times and not at others. I have mets to both hips but the left hip does not hurt at all while the other still hurts after treatment and surgery. I will be praying for you both during your visit tomorrow to the doctor. There is so much to be thankful for at times when you have been able to share positive family times together for extended periods. I pray you have more of those times.
Love, Charlea
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The UPA government on Tuesday used finance to woo back Trinamool Congress back into the UPA fold and offered a lot of praise to the state government led by TC chief Mamata Banerjee.
The Planning Commission offered an olive brand to West Bengal by allocating Rs 30,314 crore for the financial year 2013-14 - a 17% increase from the plan allocation for last financial year.
"We are satisfied with what we have got," Banerjee said after an hour-long meeting with plan panel functionaries. However, the increase in plan allocation is less than last two financial years when Trinamool was part of UPA.
The meeting which was preceded by high drama following heckling of state finance minister Amit Mitra and Banerjee by CPIM's student wing the Students Federation of India (SFI) had its imprint in the meeting with not a single plan panel functionary raising any questions about functioning of the state government.
Both plan panel deputy chairperson Montek Singh Ahluwalia and planning secretary Sindhushree apologised for the incident even as planning minister Rajiv Shukla praised the state government for its performance.
Ahluwalia was also sympathetic toward Banerjee raising the issue of environment roadblocks for major projects in the state.
"I have asked the chief minister to send me the list of the held back projects. I will take them up with the appropriate ministries," he said.
The plan panel was willing to extend support to West Bengal to improve its industrial performance through skill upgradation, better use of technology and improving business regulatory environment.
When Mukherjee raised the issue of increasing liability of the state government to fund centrally sponsored schemes Ahluwalia assured her of help saying the Central government would introduce flexi-funds in the schemes enabling the state to use some part of the money as per their wish.
The plan panel has circulated a Cabinet note allowing 10% of the money allocated to the states under flexi funds.
In the same vein Banerjee mentioned that she would be raising the issue of increasing debt of the state government with finance minister P Chidambaram on Wednesday.
"I know it is an issue dealt by the finance ministry," she said.
The plan panel was willing to extend support to West Bengal to improve its industrial performance through skill upgradation, better use of technology and improving business regulatory environment.
The plan panel was, however, left wondering when Banerjee sought money for welfare of Bangladeshi migrants saying no Central funds were available to deal with political refugees. She had another unusual demand to make Kolkata hub for film production as scope for growth of Bollywood was limited.


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CHARLOTTE, MECKLENBURG COUNTY - Panthers coach Ron Rivera says he's considering benching "struggling" cornerback Josh Thomas against Tampa Bay Thursday night and replacing him with undrafted rookie Melvin White.
White has played in five games, but never started.
Thomas gave up two long passes Sunday in Carolina's 30-15 win over St. Louis - a 63-yard touchdown pass to Tavon Austin and a 73-yard play to Brian Quick. The touchdown to Austin was called back because of tripping a penalty.
Rivera said Wednesday White has "done a really nice job, and J.T. (Thomas) is struggling with it right now."
Rivera said defensive tackle Dwan Edwards will miss his fifth straight game with a hamstring injury. Wide receiver Steve Smith was added to the injury report as probable after getting his foot stepped on in practice.


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New Delhi, Feb 2 (IANS) India's relations with Morocco got a major revival with the visit of External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid last week that also underscored the strategic and economic importance of the North African country.
India's ties with the pretty Mediterranean nation date back to the 14th century when Tangiers-born world traveller Ibn Batuta came and lived here and wrote extensively about the country and its people.
Khurshid, the first Indian foreign minister to visit the Maghreb nation, held talks in capital Rabat before visiting Fez, Marrakesh and Casablanca, and also had an audience with King Mohammed VI, a major protocol gesture from the country that is seeking to upgrade ties to with India to "strategic partnership".
Morocco was the first stop in Khurshid's three-nation week-long tour, that began Jan 30. After spending three days in Morocco, he moved on to Tunisia, another north African country, and then to Sudan.
In Rabat, Khurshid paid his respects and laid a wreath at the mausoleum of Mohammed V. He also held meetings with the head of government Abdelilah Benkirane, and the presidents of the two houses of parliament.
While India sources a large chunk of its rock phosphates and phosphoric acid requirements from Morocco for its fertiliser industry, ties with the country are not just in trade. It is a major destination for Indian companies and for tourism, and there is growing exchange of information on anti-terrorism, a good indication of where ties are headed.
During Khurshid's meeting with his Moroccan counterpart Salaheddin Mezouar, both sides agreed to deepen and expand bilateral cooperation.
India's Taj Group entered into a contract with Morocco's JK Hotels to manage Taj Palace Marrakesh, its first hotel in North Africa. In 2012, Ranbaxy Laboratories opened a new production facility in Casablanca.
India exports textiles, transport equipment, tractors and pharmaceuticals. Moroccan firm OCP (office Cherifen des Phosphates) has a phosphate related joint venture with Tata Chemicals and Chambal Chemicals & Fertilisers that produces 400,000 tonnes of phosphoric acid for export to India.
Both ministers identified new areas of collaboration such as pharmaceuticals, agriculture, automobiles and renewable energy to further boost cooperation. The two countries inked two MoUs relating to cooperation in marine fisheries as well as in environment cooperation.
Khurshid said the focus of his visit was on intensifying growing engagement. He mentioned the past high-level visits, including that of former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee in 1999 and by King Mohammad VI to India in 2001.
"The new impetus to the bilateral ties provided by the Indian external affairs minister and the wide spectrum of cooperation, to cover different fields of politics, economy, cultural, defence and anti-terrorism, will take ties to the level of strategic partnership," Moroccan Ambassador Larbi Reffouh told IANS.
Morocco is keen to promote cultural and tourism ties with India as demonstrated by its growing interest in Bollywood. In November 2012, the 12th Marrakech International Film Festival (MIFF) paid tribute to the 100 glorious years of Indian cinema and screened films like "Jab Tak Hai Jaan" and "Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara".
A Bollywood delegation, led by Amitabh Bachchan, was honoured during the ceremony there. Thousands of fans braved a drizzle and biting cold to catch glimpse of their favourite star. A host of Bollywood stars, including Hrithik Roshan, Sridevi and Karan Johar were present at the event.
"We hope this kind of interaction will be more consolidated in the future," the source said.
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A website aimed at catching a New Zealand fugitive suspected of killing a gay man in his UK home will stay live until he is found, police say.
British detectives have issued a 5000-pound ($NZ 9585) reward for information leading to Ricardo Pisano's arrest.
Pisano walked out of Tongariro/Rangipo Prison 11 years ago. He had served eight months of a 15-month sentence for extortion when he escaped from a work party.
British police have taken the unusual step of creating a website about the death of Michael Polding, whose decomposing body was found in his Brighton flat in July last year.
Mr Polding, 63, died of multiple injuries and his body may have lain undiscovered for two months.
Police believe Pisano was living in the victim's flat at the time of his death.
Detective Inspector Jon Fanner of Surrey and Sussex police said the website had generated a good deal of interest in Britain and abroad "which has enabled us to continue our search for Ricky''.
"It will remain live until he is found and can be questioned in relation to Michael Polding's death. We have been working with a number of international law enforcement agencies including New Zealand as we conduct our search for him,'' he said.
New Zealand police said they were continuing to liaise with British police and providing whatever assistance they could.
A police spokesman would not say whether they would seek to extradite Pisano if he was captured.
He uses several aliases including Ree, Ricky, Ricardo Pisano and the name he was jailed under in New Zealand aged 24, Brandon Victor Pillay.


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The Bones of Marianna: A Reform School, a Terrible Secret, and a Hundred-Year Fight for Justice (Kindle Single)
With its manicured lawns and well-kept college-style buildings, the Arthur G. Dozier School for Boys in Marianna, Florida—the largest reform school in the country—always seemed like a model for how to turn wayward teens back into productive members of society. But for decades, the century-old school's alumni whispered about a nightmarish reality that lurked behind the gleaming façade—a legacy of beatings, sexual abuse, and even murder, the evidence buried in unmarked graves on the overgrown fringes of the property.
In The Bones of Marianna, David Kushner tells the story of the unlikely crusaders who pushed Dozier's dark past into the light. A one-time high school football star, haunted by the memory of a departed teammate, spends years quarterbacking the fight to expose the truth, while an anthropologist uses cutting-edge technology to dig up grim secrets. Informed by months of reporting, Kushner delivers a gripping tale of hard-won justice—and exclusive details on more s…
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DISABILITIES. Armenia: My Son Mikhail
My Son, Mikhail
By UNICEF Armenia/Onnik KrikorianWhen Mikhail Simonyan's mother noticed that her son was finding it difficult to walk, she at first thought nothing at it. Instead, she wondered if her three-year-old had fallen and hurt himself. However, when Rouzana eventually took her son to a traumatologist, the news devastated the toddler's mother. Mikhail had contracted measles and the infection had spread to his inner ear. Later, it spread to the muscles that kept his spinal cord straight.
"I fell ill for seven months," she remembers. "I had a nervous breakdown. Gradually I recovered, but it wasn't until I approached various NGOs and public organizations that I began to come to terms with Mikhail's condition. I met many children who were able to live with their disabilities, some of whom were in a worse situation than my son. This somehow filled me with hope that there was a way for Mikhail to live with his disability as well."
"I gave this hope to my child and told him there would be a day when he would be able to walk normally. Together, we're still living with this hope."
Mikhail, now aged seven, attends the Bridge of Hope Community-based
In fact, the Bridge of Hope Centers have been so successful that on 26 August 2005, a fourth was opened in Noyemberian. The other two centers are located in Dilijan and Berd, also situated in Tavoush. "Such centers play a crucial role for children, allowing to bridge gaps in services that exist in communities," says
Of course, it wasn't easy for Mikhail's two sisters to come to terms with their younger brother's disability, although they eventually adjusted to the situation and now spend most of their free time with their brother. Because of the extra burden a disabled child can place on a mother, the two sisters share the workload and enjoy walking with their brother to the local park. "I like my sisters," says Mikhail. "They keep an eye on me."
"Ijevan was not designed for disabled people," says Rouzana. "There are no ramps, and public transport is a problem. If it's raining, it's almost impossible to take him to school and in the winter when there's a lot of snow, he needs more help getting to school. Thankfully, it's close but a journey that should take 30 minutes instead takes 50.
After school, Mikhail attends the Bridge of Hope Center and receives rehabilitative therapy, learns computer skills, draws, and interacts with both disabled and able-bodied children. Born on 12 April, the anniversary of the first space flight by Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, Mikhail says that he likes mathematics and wants to become an astronaut.
Of course, even though it is unlikely that Mikhail's dream of visiting Mars will ever come true, it does at least illustrate the fact that the young boy's disability hasn't prevented him from aiming high. He wants to enter university when he gets older, and while most children in
All in all, while life is still difficult for children such as Mikhail, centers such as those established by
"The community was very helpful," says Mikhail's mother. "In school, they care about him, although, of course, there are some children who still don't understand. Because he's still young, however, he doesn't go out alone and so he's spared most of these problems. Anyway, he explains to these children that he was sick, that he is now going to a rehabilitation center, and that very soon, he will be walking just like them."
"The establishment of alternative services offered by community centers is a way forward to turn these children into full-fledged members of their communities," says Naira Avetisyan, UNICEF's Child Protection Officer. "This is why the community centers are taken by the Government as a strategic model for integration of children with disabilities into the society and mainstream education and are seen as alternative to institutionalization."
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About Us
Please come check out our website to learn more about us and to see the dogs who will be "Coming Soon" for adoption.
Process to Adopt from All Border Collie Rescue:
You will need to go through the application and interview process as well as the home visit before meeting our dogs. However, we take great pride in the fact that this time is well utilized ensuring that we have a very good dog/family match. Thank you for understanding that our process may take some time, but that we make it work for the benefit of both the family and the dog!
Step 1: Online Application
While filling out your application, please provide enough information so that we can assess what characteristics in our dogs may be a good match for you (e.g., temperament, activity level, and types of activities you enjoy). Even though you are interested in a specific dog, there may be others that more closely meet your needs. Remember that we take in dogs frequently and some newer dogs are not yet available or on our website. The best thing to do is to begin the application process by completing our application online (even if you don't yet see a dog of interest on our site). Please feel free to e-mail to be sure your application is received.
Step 2: Phone Interview
Be sure your application has the phone numbers where we can reach you most easily. Usually within 3-5 days after submitting your application, someone will contact you to discuss your application.
Step 3: Home Visit
After we have talked with you and decided that we can help you to find a dog, we will arrange for a home visit. The purpose of this visit is two-fold: to ensure a healthy, safe environment for our dogs, and to ensure that we match you with a dog that fits your living style. We have volunteers all over Texas and Oklahoma, so please understand that this step can take some time to arrange because all of our volunteers have full-time jobs and lives. We rescue out of our private homes and in our spare time.
Step 4: Meet the Dogs
After the home visit, the fun begins: meeting the dogs. Please remember that you may not have been the only family that put in an application for a particular dog. Our dogs will be placed with the best match for that individual dog (and not necessarily the first family to apply.) The goal is to see how the dog gets along with your family and any other pets and to be sure the activity level matches your lifestyle.
Step 5: Adoption
The last step in the process is for you to adopt one of the dogs. We believe that adopting a dog is a lifetime commitment. We work hard to help you select the best possible match for you and the dog. Please stay in touch with us following your adoption. We are always happy to provide additional advice regarding training, nutrition and activities that border collies enjoy. We also plan to follow up with you to see how your new dog is adjusting. Please remember that a new home is a big adjustment for the dog. Being patient while providing consistency and basic training will help your dog feel secure and prepare both of you for many happy years together.
Step 6: A Happy Life Together
Please don't forget us once you and your dog are happily adjusted to life together. Some of our past adopters decide they want to volunteer (even become a foster home), or want to support the rescue via tax deductible donation. We love to hear stories about our dogs, especially the foster families who loved and cared for your dog while on its journey to meet you. Photos of happy border collies enjoying their lives are particularly welcomed. And we're here for you too…for help with training challenges, advice on ongoing care, how to get involved in dog sports and other activities that border collies enjoy.
Who We Are
All Border Collie Rescue is a not for profit volunteer rescue organization dedicated to rescue, rehabiliatation and rehoming Border Collies in TX, OK and LA. We work extensively with many other Border Collie and all breed rescues.
All Border Collie Rescue started in November of 2008. The founder saw a need for additional funding and foster homes for rescued Border Collies and responded by obtaining non-profit status, and thus beginning ABCR. In ABCR's first year, twenty five Border Collies were rescued, rehabilitated and re-homed. To date ABCR has placed 1,161 Border Collies in forever homes.
The Border Collies we take in come from many shelters throughout Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana and neighboring states. On occasion we accept Border Collies from other rescue groups and as a result of owner relinquishment. Many are unwanted, abused, have been lost or are abandoned. While we cannot guarantee all of our Border Collies are purebred, the majority appear to be based on their looks and behaviors. A few may be Border Collie Mixes. All ABCR dogs are fully vaccinated, have been heart-worm tested and on heart-worm prevention. Border Collies who are over 6 months of age are all spayed or neutered, those under 6 months of age will only be placed with a signed Spay Neuter Contract and the new owners will agree to regular follow ups until the dog is spayed or neutered.
Our goal is to rescue, in some cases rehab and successfully match our border collies to forever homes with well-matched temperament and abilities. Many of our foster homes have other dogs, cats, children and varying levels of obedience training. As a result, we make every effort to evaluate our Border Collies for compatibility in order to match the dog with the family. We believe that Border Collies with sound temperament should be given every opportunity to lead happy, healthy and fruitful lives. We also believe that rescued Border Collies are far more dependable, well adapted, wiser dogs because of their "tougher road in life" and as a result, they know they have been "saved" and have a strong desire to bond with their new families.
Our adoption fee is $300. When you adopt from ABCR, your dog will be spayed or neutered, (or for pups not yet old enough, a spay/neuter contract will be executed), current on all vaccines, heart worm negative and on preventative. They will also be micro-chipped.
All Border Collie Rescue members know that it's ALWAYS all about the dogs.