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Militants loyal to Jean-Bertrand Aristide have attacked protesters demanding the Haitian strongman resign with barrages of shotgun fire, rocks and bottles.
The attacks were launched as diplomats presented a peace plan for which government and opposition leaders showed little enthusiasm.
Scores of foreigners are streaming out of Haiti, acting on a warning from the United States to flee mounting violence in government-held areas and threats of new rebel attacks in the north over Carnival weekend.
On Friday, anti-government protesters marched down the main road leading to Port-au-Prince international airport denouncing any plan that does not demand Aristide step down.
"Aristide's a scorpion," they chanted.
They were confronted by Aristide supporters who lobbed rocks and bottles and then opened fire.
About 14 people were injured and wounded, including a Haitian journalist shot twice in the back. Four foreign reporters were beaten up. One was slashed by a machete and only saved by his helmet.
Two of the key points of the international plan are disarming politically motivated street gangs and setting rules for political demonstrations.
Diplomats from a host of nations were to arrive yesterday to persuade Haiti's politicians to agree, apparently hoping that pressure from the two week old popular uprising that has killed more than 60 people will impel them to a compromise they have resisted for years.
The plan was presented on Friday, but even before it arrived both sides indicated reluctance.
"We don't expect much from the delegation," said opposition spokesman Paul Denis of the team to be led by Roger Noriega, the top US diplomat for the Western Hemisphere.
"If it wants to resolve the crisis the question of Aristide's resignation must be on the table," Denis said.
Aristide has shown determination to serve out his term that ends in February 2006.
He said he could not negotiate with "terrorists," repeating charges that the opposition supported the bloody rebellion.
Yesterday his government spokesman, Mario Dupuy, said "The government hopes the mission will be able to detach the opposition from acts and actors of violence... the opposition has a chance to prove it is not in favour of violence and terrorism."
Aristide agreed months ago to the main tenets of the plan, then presented by the 15 nation Caribbean Community, but he has done nothing to act on it.
A key requirement is the appointment of a prime minister acceptable to both sides - something they have not been able to agree on since flawed legislative elections in 2000 were swept by Aristide's Lavalas Party.
Aristide, who won Haiti's first free elections in a landslide in 1990, has lost support since his reelection.
Haiti's chronic misery has deepened since international donors froze aid while Aristide is seen as condoning corruption that provides lavish lifestyles for government officials.
The former slum priest has responded to growing opposition by using police and armed gangs to stifle dissent and create a climate of fear.
In Haiti today, life appears more dangerous in places like the western port of St Marc, where radio stations reported Aristide thugs torched 15 houses on Thursday night, setting blazes that killed three people.
"Innocent people are being killed and houses are burned down every day and night in St Marc and the police are doing nothing," said American missionary Terry Snow of Granbury, Texas.
In Cap-Haitien, the last major government bastion in the north, frightened police have barricaded themselves in their station and left the streets to armed government supporters terrorising the population.
By comparison, rebels who began their uprising on February 5 in Gonaives, a strategic crossroad 100 kilometres north-west of Port-au-Prince, this week allowed the International Committee of the Red Cross through barricades of shipping containers to deliver sorely needed food and medical supplies.
The rebels have fired shots in the air to control near-riots at food distributions and hungry residents looting a food aid warehouse under their control, but no one has been killed in that situation.
"It's okay, I think they (foreigners) should leave Port-Au-Prince, Cap-Haitien and Saint Marc, where Lavalas (Aristide's party) controls, but where we control, it's safe," rebel leader Guy Philippe boasted in an interview in Gonaives with Associated Press Television News on Friday.
No journalists have been attacked behind rebel lines, but both sides have made reprisal killings and burned down homes and businesses of alleged opponents.
Philippe says the next rebel target is Cap-Haitien. He is a former police chief of that city who fled in 2000 amid charges of coup-plotting.
An officer in the army that ousted Aristide in 1991, Philippe was named on Thursday to lead a loose alliance of four rebel groups, including the Cannibal Army gang that says it was armed by Aristide to terrorise his opponents in Gonaives and a former army death squad leader - former enemies who say they are united in their will to oust Aristide.
French Ambassador Jean-Marc de La Sabliere warned at the United Nations yesterday that the chaos "cannot but lead to a humanitarian catastrophe."
A day after the US government urged Americans to leave Haiti, more than 200 people from the United States, France and Canada stood in long lines at the airport yesterday, anxious to get out.
About 30,000 foreigners live in Haiti, including 20,000 Americans, 1,600 French and more than 1,000 Canadians.
A small US military assessment team arrived on Friday, along with six State Department employees hefting body armour, to reinforce and assess security for the US Embassy and its staff.
All American-bound flights in and out of Haiti now have air marshals because of hijacking fears, officials in Washington said.
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First off, twins were completely unexpected for us. Beyond the occasional joke about how big I was we never really thought it was a possibility. We talked a lot about trying for just one more child so needless to say accepting a 3rd and 4th was a big transistion for us. Of course, we have our concerns about how we are going to manage this but overall we are excited and looking forward to completing our family in this wonderful way.
But......what is with people's reactions??? If one more person asks me how I'm doing and then continues to look at me with this look of pity I am going to scream. They look at me like I'm about to break down and cry. I say I'm doing fine and we've gotten over the shock and are really looking forward to it and they look so surprised. I mean really, what am I supposed to do? It just bugs me that I know they go home and talk to other people and say the whole "I'm so glad that's not me".
This pregnancy has been rough enough without dealing with negative reactions. Just once, I would love someone to look shocked but then follow up with a "wow...that's great, you guys are so lucky!" At least our families are fairly positive.
Anyway, I won't vent anymore. I'm going to try to let it go. For some reason the last two days were bringing me down.
Karen - spouse to dh for 11 years, mama to ds (Nov '02), dd (May '05) and ds and dd (Jun '08)
I too was shocked with twins and had to deal with one friend in particular who didn't see it as a good thing. My family is just tickled pink to have two babies and it is hard but it is wonderful. Good luck and congrats!
Seriously though, as another mom who was/is having some difficulty transitioning from "we can do ONE more" to "ok, I meant TWO more" I know it's unhelpful to have people act like you're going to crack. I don't need any help doubting myself, thanks people!
So, just ignore them or have a couple good comments ready. There is also a woman online who has a business card that she hands people when they make nasty comments. I will try to find it.
They're not typos. . . I can't spell!
On the up side, a man at the video store last night shook my hand and said "God bless you!" when he heard.
Now is the time to put on your brass brassiere because I'm here to tell you it doesn't end. I still get the "double trouble" and "you've got your hands full" comments given with the full pitying stare.
If you're out and about and you see a mom of young twins with a stony look in her eye and a single-minded purpose about getting where she's going, that's why.
It's not you, it's people.
You'll be fine, they can see their doctors if they need blood pressure help.
One of the best reactions I got was from this woman how works at a local baby shop and she came up to me and said she heard a little rumer about me, that I was having twins. And she just kept saying that she knew it was hard, but she couldnt think of better parents for it to happen to, and she said to call her if she could do anything, and she is a LLL leader and if I needed help breastfeeding she would come over...and she just kept talking about the blessing....it was so convincing that I started to believe it too!
I just have to say this too, I think I am going to feel a lot of ups and downs, but I am trying not to let the downs get too down, I have to remember, that weather I planned this or not, I have two hearing, feeling, growing babies inside me and I can accept that or not, but it doesnt change it.
Twins totally and completely rock!! They change your body, your heart, your soul, your life, your priorities! A bumper sticker a friend spotted said it best: I survived the first year with twins. You can't scare me!
Once you've gone through twins you know who you are, you know what you can do in life, you can't be bullied anymore, you just don't put up with any more nonsense, and you love yourself so so much.
Twins are the best!!!
Welcome to the club!!! One of the first rites of initiation is learning that you will attract many, many unsolicited comments. People feel compelled to say something, anything.... I've heard it all and you will too. Unfortunately it sounds as if you have only heard the negative reactions so far. Those people don't, can't and will never know what you are going through. It's sad because they will never understand the absolute joy of having two babies so they are giving you their piddily two cents about what they think it would be like. No one really knows, except us!!! So try not to let them get you down.
I found the pregnancy time harder to deal with because it is a time of anticipation and of course when you first find out you are nervous, but trust me, once they are here and you are holding them and nursing them you will have no problem knowing you can do this. And I think at that point you will start hearing a lot of the more positive comments. I have heard the nicest things from people, about how blessed we are and how fun it must be and how cool it is to have two..... it's great because sometimes you really need that old lady in the grocery store to tell you how lucky you are!!!
I really liked Elizabeth Lyons' book "Ready or Not, Here We Come!" It is not really AP but she is very funny (IMO) and has a lot of practical advice. She dedicates a whole section of that book to strangers' comments about your twins and how to answer them. My own pet peeve is when people say to me "Oh a boy and a girl, how perfect, now you're done!" How presumptuous to think you know when I'm done having kids!!!!
Sorry such a ramble, just wanted to give a It really is an amazing ride and you should feel nothing but priveledged to be on board!!!
MollyKenzie - "I just have to say this too, I think I am going to feel a lot of ups and downs, but I am trying not to let the downs get too down, I have to remember, that weather I planned this or not, I have two hearing, feeling, growing babies inside me and I can accept that or not, but it doesnt change it. " That's how I feel too! And when I tell people that they kind of get it. I mean, I don't wish that this didn't happen so at some point we need to embrace it. It doesn't mean we won't have our trying moments but we'll survive
AmyY Just a big thank you for posting that!
Karen - spouse to dh for 11 years, mama to ds (Nov '02), dd (May '05) and ds and dd (Jun '08)
My own pet peeve is when people say to me "Oh a boy and a girl, how perfect, now you're done!" How presumptuous to think you know when I'm done having kids!!!!
Thanks for posting!
Karen - spouse to dh for 11 years, mama to ds (Nov '02), dd (May '05) and ds and dd (Jun '08)
I literally get comments EVERY DAY on how I must have my hands full as the eyes wander from my 6 year old, across the faces of my two preschoolers, and then right down to the one year old perched on my large belly. When I remark that it's twins the faces are COMPLETELY worth the comments!
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And I also love how people assume that you can't nurse them if you have twins. I always mention that women had twins for millions of years before formula was invented, and they seemed to do okay.
That being said, I also get people telling me all the time how they wish they had twins. And I have to say that four months into it, I can't imagine wishing for this. But these lovely, delicious babies are so awesome and I wouldn't trade them for anything in the whole world. It feels so special to have two at once, and when they find each other's hands when they are nursing, or when they start sucking each other's fingers and smiling at each other it is the best thing in the whole world.
Now at 6 months, I still think it is the best blessing. We were at a garden party and I happened to have both of them in my arms looking for dh to take over when a well-meaning older lady came up to me and said something like "you really and literally do have your hands full" to which I replied "Thank gd, and loving every minute of it!" and off I toddled.
Most people are well-meaning, but when they get mean, I just say something like "the gift is given to those who appreciate it" and leave it at that. It usually stops further comments. It is not what other people think of it, it is how YOU feel about it. You can't control people's comments, but you can control how you react to them. They just don't get it, and they never will, so why bother getting upset over it. The only thing you are going to get by getting upset is an ulcer, and that is not good for you or your babes!!
It does get better!
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My own pet peeve is when people say to me "Oh a boy and a girl, how perfect, now you're done!" How presumptuous to think you know when I'm done having kids!!!!
I like to REALLY throw folks for a loop, and tell them that I doubt that we are done yet .... DH and I both are from families with 5 children.
They look at me as if I have 4 heads ..... I love it!!
Catholic homeschooling mom of 5 - a teenager, a kindergartener, twin boys and a tiny princess. Follow the Adventures!
My twins are 5 now and they've always been beyond wonderful. When people gave me that pitying look or comment, I just replied, "I'm the luckiest mom around." My boys heard those comments and my reaction, and they've internalized how special they are. When people would say "double trouble," I would just laugh and say "and I LOVE it." I'm not sure I changed any attitudes, but the people dumb enough to try to criticize never did it again, knowing they would get that kind of reaction from me. When I got "Better you than me!" my reaction was, "With that attitude, you're absolutely right!" People just don't know what to say to twins and want to comment, so stupid things come out of their mouths.
Congratulations on your pregnancy. Twins are so wonderful. They're such a miracle. They teach you so much about the human spirit, about nature vs. nuture, about sibling love, about how you won't die from sleep deprivation. Hang in there!
All I can say is well, you know what, I'm THRILLED to have twins. It was a very, very tough pregnancy but every time I look at them laying next to each other i can't help thinking, "Oh my God, this is iIncredible! This is soooo rare and so precious. I can't help but think that I've been given this special gift."
You hang in there. Pretty soon you'll be telling yourself the same thing.
Oh wait...crap. Better me then you!!!
Sarah (due in August with twins #4 and 5)
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The more you know, the worse it gets.
We have 3 dc and just finding out we were preg again brought comments.......then, with the news of twins, which jumped us from 3dc to 5, the comments were never ending. From "OOOMMMGGG, what are you going to do?" Which eventually leads to "Well, you are not going to have these babies at home and you are not going to sleep with TWO babies and you can't possibly breastfeed both babies all the time" etc etc.
I just answer yes to all questions. But I tell you, I am only 22 wks and it is really starting to irritate me so I LOVED the "Well, yes, with your attitude it IS better me than you" reply!!!! I cannot wait to use that one!!!
and, btw, my dc are all boys and we are expecting b/g twins...I can't tell you how EVERYONE has commented on "atleast you get a girl out of it". even my own mother-- who was soooo upset about us having more children was all of a sudden having a crying screaming "a girl a girl".......I guess people just do not have a clue about what flies out of their mouth at times. :
even my own mother-- who was soooo upset about us having more children was all of a sudden having a crying screaming "a girl a girl".......I guess people just do not have a clue about what flies out of their mouth at times. :
BTW...over the past couple of weeks I have talked to a few people who think it's great and it has really helped. Plus I am much more confident and can pretty much shut down the negative reactions before they start.
Karen - spouse to dh for 11 years, mama to ds (Nov '02), dd (May '05) and ds and dd (Jun '08)
and yeah, one of them could be a GIRL too. Will she not be just as special? Grrrrr....
wife - mother - midwife
The more you know, the worse it gets.
Every day recently I've heard this litany of stuff like:
Better you than me.
I can't handle my ONE, never mind TWO at the same time
Get your sleep NOW because you will never sleep again...
Couldn't you have just "chosen" to have ONE? WHY did you pick having twins (said because we used ART and a surrogate to concieve our sons).
Oh, honey, I am soooo tired. I can't handle these kids. I just don't know HOW you are going to deal...
I spend a lot of time w/moms of twins (I am "in waiting", my sons being born in just a few short weeks... edd 4/21/08) and I am absolutely THRILLED (yes, and scared but in a good way!) to be having two. I am a twin, the granddaughter of a twin... now I know what it is like to BE a twin but not how to RAISE them. I joined the NOMOTA.org and have two mentors who give me their wisdom and insight, both moms of twin boys between 2 and 3 years old.
I am delighted to be around them, and charmed by the love and chaos. I can't wait for the little guys to arrive and bless my life and that of DH's... he is LIVING for the moment they arrive.
So why is all this negativity bugging me? I guess because I will hear it for the rest of my life, since I do remember my mom hearing what a saint she must be for raising twins... I am no saint! I am just a mom to be who is thrilled to, at the age of 45 almost 46, to be getting a complete family in one fell swoop and very happy that developmentally they will be at similiar stages so I won't have to do that dance w/a toddler who is more developed and demands more.. and an infant in my arms who sometimes has to get short shrift due to the toddler's demands...
Thanks for writing this thread... I can at least vent!
So strangers will say to me "Oh, do twins run in your family?" - I will say we used fertility treatments but I won't normally go into the reduction story.
There is a point to this back story...
We went to my husband's grandparents' ranch in NM for Thanksgiving. DH's mother has a big family, 6 brothers and sisters, and they were all there... along with one of the brother's wife's mother and father. The mother said to me "Do twins run in your family?" and I said no, we used fertility treatments... and she said "Oh! Well, thank goodness that's all you got!"
I guess if I had started with twins it would have been funny... but I felt like I'd been punched in the stomach. Spent the rest of the day wishing I'd have made a sarcastic and rude comeback. OTOH she was like 90 years old and I guess I shouldn't really be rude to a 90 year old lady but still...
Mostly what I get is I'll have my hands full, I'll be busy, yada yada yada. Not rude or negative really... doesn't bother me really. Really all I can think is it will be EASY compared to triplets and I feel like poo over that. When people say it will be hard, I think "It should be so much harder."
I am not phased by twins. Maybe I am naive, I don't know. DH's grandmother was shocked that I said I plan to breastfeed... no way can you breastfeed 2! Why not? I have two boobs. I had no problems BFing one...
(Related yet off topic has anyone ever wondered why cows have 4 teats even though they almost always only have one offsrping?? DH and I have been wondering about this recently.)
My brother has made the comment "Oh you won't think it's so easy when you're having to buy diapers for two babies every few days... oh, wait, are you going to use regular diapers again?" LOL - I thought it was hilarious that he calls cloth "regular." Then he says "Wait and see what your water bill is!" LOL
Really... I haven't had a lot of negative comments... or if I have it just doesn't bother me...
nak DS S 4/1/11
I am breastfeeding and cloth diapering also, and I think that the water bill will be the same because it is more diapers, not more washes!!
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The more you know, the worse it gets.
My fave so far was the gentleman who asked me what was I thinking. Well, I wasn't thinking I would have an egg live 4 days (unheard of!) or that I would ovulate again 4 days later and catch both. I wasn't planning this old dude, so shush!
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rx_all_ethtool.patch is the ethtool glue to turn on/off the RX-ALL and SAVE-FCS flags. I have not tested any of the ethtool-ops code branches as e100 and e1000 does not appear to use it.
rx_all_headers.patch should take care of defining the flags in if.h and netdevice.h
rx_all_e100.patch converts the e100 driver to support these features. I've ripped out the tx-custom-fcs code, but the rx-all and save-fcs code is there. The default behaviour is virtually identical, because while the old code was enabling receiving a lot of bad packets when in PROMISC mode, the check in e100_main rx code was throwing away anything that was not marked as good anyway...
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The situation along the nation's longest waterway was at a "critical point", Wang Jingquan, head of the flood control office at the Yangtze River Water Resources Commission, told AFP.
"If heavy rain hits the upper reaches of the river, the Yangtze River basin could suffer from flooding similar to 1998," he said.
"And if you add the (imminent) landfall of Typhoon Conson, the situation along the Yangtze River basin is even less optimistic."
China experienced massive deadly floods in 1998 in parts of the Yangtze River basin, which acts as an unofficial dividing line between the north and south of the country.
The disaster killed 4,150 people and forced over 18 million more out of their homes, causing economic losses of 255 billion yuan (38 billion dollars), according to state media reports.
Wang warned that the nation's three worst floods in recent history -- 1954, 1983 and 1998 -- "all happened in July and August".
According to the civil affairs ministry, 118 people have died in floods that have hit the southern half of China since the beginning of July, and another 47 are still missing.
The downpours have also triggered deadly landslides that have swept entire villages away.
A series of such disasters hit parts of southwestern and central China earlier this week, killing at least 41 people, but it was unclear whether the victims were included in the ministry's overall death toll.
In the eastern province of Jiangxi, flash floods forced the evacuation of more than 30,000 people and water from three reservoirs spilled over into neighbouring areas, the official China Daily newspaper said.
China's national meteorological centre warned that Conson, which killed 23 people and left dozens missing in the Philippines, was due to hit the southern shores Thursday.
It had initially been downgraded from a typhoon to a tropical storm, but had gathered strength again and was now classed as a severe tropical storm, the centre said.
Around 25,000 fishing boats have returned to port in the southern island of Hainan ahead of the storm, which is expected to bring winds that will trigger eight-metre (26-feet) waves, the official Xinhua news agency said.
President Hu Jintao and Premier Wen Jiabao urged local authorities to "do their utmost to minimise flood-related losses," Xinhua said.
Floods kill 15 in Yemen
Seven people, including two women and three children, were killed Wednesday when their saloon car was carried away by floods in the Mishanna area, in the province of Ibb, 190 kilometres (118 miles) southwest of Sanaa, the defense ministry's 26Sep.net website said.
Five others, including a boy, were killed in Dhamar, 100 kilometres (62 miles) south of the capital, when torrential waters broke a small barrage in the village of Duaymah, it added.
In the same village the torrent swept another vehicle, in which a woman in her 60s was killed and another passenger was missing, it said.
In the capital, an Ethiopian man was electrocuted by a short circuit caused by rain, while another man died after being washed away by the flood.
Yemen, at the southwestern tip of the Arabian Peninsula, is prone to floods triggered by monsoon downpours. The lack of infrastructure in the most impoverished Arab country exacerbates the damage of rain.
Some 180 people died and more than 10,000 people were forced to flee their homes in October 2008 in more than two days of deadly floodings.
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A: Dear William: Yes indeed, there is something else you can do. You can stop doing nonproductive things such as taking out payday loans and adding to your debt load and instead take the steps necessary to get your finances under control. A bankruptcy will only solve your latest symptom, not the cause of the problem. If you file without fixing your underlying problem, it will return in a year or so with a vengeance when you won't have the option to declare bankruptcy again for several years.
You are in a debt cycle that desperately needs to end. The only way to end it is with a good plan ... a good spending plan! Now, don't yawn or stop reading. I know a spending plan may not seem exciting, but then again, how much are you enjoying your life right now? If you want to look at it another way; let's say we're going to plan your next vacation.
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Thank you for your question. Please permit me to assist you with your concerns. I am a Pennsylvania licensed professional and am very familiar with your situation.Please allow me to assuage your fears. Under PA law an insurance company has no legal right or basis to cancel your policy without advance notice of at least 30 days. In other words your policy must be past due beyond 30 days before the insurance company could cancel coverage. If their records are incorrect, and they happen to cancel your policy (highly unlikely), they will have to reinstate your policy and provide coverage for the items that they currently cover under the policy. You are perfectly fine until you speak with them.Good luck.
Thank You. I just can't understand why they made this mistake. My policy is a HIPPA Conversion Policy. I was covered under COBRA by my former employer and then the Insurance Company gave me the option for a HIPPA conversion plan. The date the old coverage under COBRA was terminated was April 26 and the HIPPA coverage started April 27. I prepaid 6 weeks in advance my first month's coverage. Then paid an additional payment for the stub period which was May 27-31. Now they sent me the bill for June but are showing a past due amount. And they are showing an amount next to adjustments but no explanation for the adjustment. This is extremily frustrating. Health Insurance premiums are high enough and I complied with their laws regarding payment. Sometimes I feel like the people who work in these insurance companies as billing people are not exactly the most qualified. I guess I will have to call them Monday. What is even more infuriating is that the bill is dated April 25 and I just received it today. Nine days turnaround time. Sorry to go on about this but its frustrating.
Thank you for your follow-up, Richard. You are most welcome!I can most definitely understand the frustration, especially the slow turnaround times where an error is being made. I also happen to share your sentiment (after working in the insurance industry myself prior to law), that the human resources element, or at least proper and significant training is lacking. Most are trained and taught that if they see something they do not understand, or it requires more research, to flag it, deny it, and let the next person evaluate and potentially get it resolved. You of course only get the denial, the error, or the concern. But you really would have no choice bu t get it resolved first through them or through appeals. It might simply be a situation where the billing was not correctly updated.Good luck.
It may already be resolved. The insur. co did allow me to fill a prescription yesterday on my plan. So I guess they cannot cancel me until the payment is 30 days late. And since my new policy began April 27 that would be May 27th. And all I would have to do is provide the cancelled check from my bank and they would be forced to restate me or I could complain to the People at the State who regulate insurance as I did not do anything wrong. I am guessing this is a regulation. However My biggest problem is paraonia.
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[ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HBASE-3588?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:all-tabpanel ] dhruba borthakur updated HBASE-3588: ------------------------------------ Attachment: rwcc.trunk.1 > Proposal to optimize ReadWriteConsistencyControl > ------------------------------------------------ > > Key: HBASE-3588 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HBASE-3588 > Project: HBase > Issue Type: Improvement > Components: regionserver > Reporter: dhruba borthakur > Assignee: dhruba borthakur > Attachments: rwcc.trunk.1, rwcc.trunk.1 > > > The ReadWriteConsistencyControl (RWCC) mechanism facilitates making a set of memstore updates atomically visible to readers. Also, the rwcc.completeMemstoreInsert() blocks till the memstore read point advances to the current writeNumber. This is done to ensure that if an application that does a put immediately issues a new get call for the same key, then the get should see the values inserted by the previous call to put. The current implementation assumes this worst-case and penalizes the put rpc to not return to the client until the read point advances to this transaction's write number. > In many use-cases, the application never actually issues a get for the most recent put that it inserted. In this case, it would be nice if we can transfer the penalty (of blocking) to the get call that follows the initial put. -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira
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This coffee/tea set appears to be silver plated china/porcelain. It consists of a coffee server with lid (damaged), a tea server with lid, a creamer, a sugar bowl with lid, 5 cups and 6 saucers (1 cup missing). The markings on the bottom of each piece (see attached image) show a mounted black knight above the words "BLACK KNIGHT Hohenberg Studios Bavaria". The marking inside each lid (see attached image) show a handled 'pot' shape with a star topped crown on top of it. The inside of the 'pot' shape is divided into three boxes which contain letters. The top left box contains the letter "C". The top right box contains the letter "M". The bottom box contains the letters "HR". To the left of the 'pot' shape is the number "1814". To the right of the 'pot' shape is the number "1914". Under these markings are the words "Hutschenreuther Hohenberg Bavaria".
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> Right - turns out that we need to use setkey from ipsec-tools now
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Trailer: Suicide Girls Must Die (2010) When twelve nude models for the infamous SuicideGirls.com begin disappearing from a remote cabin, the calendar video they are shooting becomes the first reality horror movie.Read More »
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Lice, body with stool (Pediculus humanus)
Lice, body with stool (Pediculus humanus)
These are Pediculus humanus, or body lice. Other types of lice infest the scalp, head (Pediculus humanus capitis),or the pubic area (Phthirus pubis). Some body lice may carry diseases such as epidemic typhus, relapsing fever, or trench fever. (Image courtesy of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.)
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Madonna still proves her worth after managed to put her latest single '4 Minutes' on the #1 spot of U.K. Singles chart.
Pop diva Madonna proves that age never stops her from achieving success. The fact can be seen after the 49-year-old singer managed to put her latest single "4 Minutes" on the #1 spot of the U.K. Singles chart.
The single, which features collaboration with Justin Timberlake, climbed three places from its previous #4 place to be number one this week. It replaces last week's top spot "American Boy" by Estelle featuring Kanye West.
With that success, the single has now become Madonna's 13th singles which managed to top the British charts. The single itself was taken from her new upcoming album "Hard Candy" which will be released on April 28 in U.K.
On other news, the diva reportedly will be 12.5 million pounds richer. It was said that the singer is currently negotiating to perform two concerts in Dubai. One concert which worths 7.5 million pound sterling, is to make Dubai as part of her world tour stop and the other one is to sing at a local businessman party which worths 5 million pounds.
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Abstract: After a review of the literature, we conclude that there
is potential for significant "spillover effects" from FDI into host
countries. However, we identify some limitations of this potential to do
with the stock of human capital, the interest in local firms of promoting
skills transfer and the competition environment. We suggest comparing
conditions and effects between regions, particularly between East Asia and
Latin America, where transfer in the former has been more consistent than
in the latter. We propose further that an analysis of the type of FDI
flowing to different regions and countries could provide clues to the
potential for maximising the gains to local skills accumulation. Finally,
studies are needed which examine the nature of skills provided by FDI, and
ways in which training institutions, business schools, for example, can
complement in-service training by firms in FDI host countries.
Keywords: MNCs; FDI; Spillovers; (follow links to similar papers)
JEL-Codes: J23; O12; (follow links to similar papers)
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The company is following up a newspaper report on a 2009 investigation by Deloitte's corporate finance division into alleged fraud by a local manager in Abu Dhabi.
Deloitte prepared information for an internal investigation into contract procurements to see if the Leighton manager had benefited financially, according to the report.
Deloitte did not find evidence of fraud but said the procurement was not "in line" with practices at Al Habtoor Leighton, the group's Middle Eastern joint venture.
It said its Australian branch had not issued the report and was investigating its origins.
Leighton abandoned a $1.4 billion joint venture with Abu Dhabi's Tourism Development and Investment Company in 2009 after just two years.
The company is under investigation by the Australian Federal Police over suspected corruption in Iraq.
It said current management had no knowledge of the Deloitte investigation.
Security consultants yesterday said construction groups like Leighton needed to put more resources into addressing corruption risk.
"They need to do proper due diligence on whom they appoint as partners, advisers and sales agents," said Neil Fergus, chief executive of consultants Intelligent Risks.
While Leighton's decision last week to appoint a chief risk officer, Mike Rollo, was "a step in the right direction", it should also prepare an anti-corruption plan and impose a strict code of conduct on employees, Mr Fergus said.
WorleyParsons' chief executive,
"Even in countries like Iraq we only work for the multinational companies, we do very little work for local authorities," Mr Grill said.
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|From: Danny Yoo (dyoo at hkn.eecs.berkeley.edu)
Date: Thu Jul 13 13:54:51 EDT 2006
>> > fold is a reducing function - produces a consolidated value from >> > multiple inputs (eg list). Hi Wooks, Yes, folding acts like a loop with an accumulator. The key thing to see is that the accumulation value doesn't necessarily have to be "simpler" than the list we're iterating over. In fact, it can be even bigger. For example, let's say that we wanted to double up every element in a list. That is: (double-up '(hello world)) should give us: (double-up '(hello hello world world)) We could imagine doing this with explicit recursion, but let's see how this might work with a fold. Oh, before we begin, let's say that our fold function looks like: ;; fold: (X Y -> Y) Y (listof X) -> Y (define (fold f acc lst) (cond [(empty? lst) acc] [else (f (first lst) (fold f acc (rest lst)))])) where we take the processing function as the first argument and the accumulation value as the second. We'll start with the assumption that doubling-up will be a simple fold. That assumption may be a silly one, but let's see how far we can go with it. Let's start with a template: ;; double-up: (listof symbol) -> (listof symbol) ;; Doubles up all the symbols in lst. (define (double-up lst) (fold ... ... lst)) We leave '... where it's not clear what's the right thing to do yet. But actually, we know a little bit more than this, because we'd like: (double-up empty) ---> empty That is, we know what to expect from the simplest base case input. So at least we have: (define (double-up lst) (fold ... empty lst)) Now to attack the other ..., the mystery-function that we don't know yet. We know it's going to have the form: ... == (lambda (x acc) ... x ... acc) because that's what fold's contract forces things to be. And we know even more: "x" in this context has to be a symbol, and "acc" has to be a list of symbols. (Do you know why?) Now things look like: ;; mystery-function symbol (listof symbol) -> (listof symbol) (define (mystery-function x acc) ... x ... acc)) ;; double-up: (listof symbol) -> (listof symbol) (define (double-up lst) (fold mystery-function empty lst)) (I'm breaking out the mystery-function as a separate definition just for cosmetics.) When we look at mystery-function, we can ask ourselves: what's the meaning of its arguments? "x" is going to be an element in the lst that double-up is processing. But what is "acc"? Looking back at the definition of fold: ;; fold: (X Y -> Y) Y (listof X) -> Y (define (fold f acc lst) (cond [(empty? lst) acc] [else (f (first lst) (fold f acc (rest lst)))])) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ we see that it's going to be the accumulated result of folding the function across the rest of the list. But one thing to notice is that this means that value is (double-up (rest lst))! That is, if we're going through a sample evaluation: (double-up '(a b c)) at some point, our mystery-function: (define (mystery-function x acc) ... x ... acc)) is going to be fed with; (mystery-function 'a '(b b c c)) and we know we want to get back: (mystery-function 'a '(b b c c)) ==> '(a a b b c c) So the mystery-function here is going to have a very simple definition. Would you be able to fill that definition in? So this is a very concrete (but incomplete! *grin*) sketch of a fold application that returns a result that's just as complex as the input we give it. Try filling in the details, and then compare the process of the fold vs. using the explicit recursive definition. Good luck!
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Frederick Lorimer Graham was born in Bay Shore, Long Island on July 20th 1915.
He attended the Buckley School in New York, the Loomis Institute (now The Loomis Chaffee School) in Windsor, Connecticut, Princeton University (class of 1937) and the Sorbonne in Paris. On graduating from Princeton, he taught on an exchange program at the College Colonial de Sidi Bel Abbes in Algeria. On returning to the States he was an advertising copywriter until, as a Reserve Lieutenant, he was called into the Army of the United States in August 1941.
Graham was assigned to Fort Hancock and admitted to the Regular Army. He was then sent to Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia. He was assigned successively to Allied Force Headquarters, Fifteenth Army Group, to Liaison at Seventh Army with General Patton, Fifth Army with General Clark. Subsequently recalled to AFHQ, he was sent to Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force in London as AFHQ liaison officer for political affairs. In this capacity he played a major role in preventing the Allies from imposing a military government in France. Major Graham was then transferred to the First French Army as liaison officer for political affairs.
Graham took part in the landings of Gela, Salerno, Anzio and Normandy and the campaigns of North Africa, Sicily, Italy, Normandy, France, Germany and Austria. After the Armistice, he became Chief of Mission to the French Zone of Occupation in Austria where he was intimately concerned with Franco- American relations. Among the delicate diplomatic problems was the emigration of the Eastern countries' Jewish population to Palestine. He was, during this period, decorated by the Haggenau. Graham was a Lieutenant Colonel and was demobilized in 1947.
He married Colette Perrier in 1945. The marriage was dissolved in 1962.They had three children, Sylvia, Isabelle and Frederick. Sylvia died in June 2005, Isabelle, an Interior Architect is now studying, Frederick is a financier.
In 1947, Graham returned to France became successively European Manager of Cabot Corporation and Witco Chemical Co. and established a business which eventually had 1000 employees in eight countries and which he sold in 1992 to an American Corporation.
In 1978, he married Anita Jaatinen of the Finnish diplomatic service. This has been an ideal marriage.
Aside from his business career, Graham was closely associated with American patriotic affairs and Franco-American relations. He was elected President General of the Society of the Cincinnati in 1992, America's first patriotic association of which George Washington was the first President General. The Society has a French branch originally organized with the approval of Louis XVI for those French officers who participated in the American Revolution. Franco-American relations are a prime concern of the Society.
Colonel Graham has received several American decorations including nine campaign medals as well as the French Croix de Guerre with Palm. He is an Officer of the Legion of Honor. He now resides with Mrs. Graham in Fribourg, Switzerland and has a home in France.


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text: Going trekking in the mountains for a longer time around the world but will also visit a lot of cities for some nightlife and fun but don't want to look like a sweaty backpacker at those times, (even though technically I am one). Let's assume that I'm in the warmer part of the world to avoid the heavier clothing. The city clothes should be able to endure being handled rough in a backpack, be really light weighted, don't require dry wash and have no need for ironing. I also prefer fabrics that doesn't smell after a day of usage. I would set the total weight of these extra clothes to maximum 1 kg. What would you suggest that these "base layers" would be? What is an absolute must to bring? Is it a mission impossible? Shoes is a problem for example as they weigh a lot. My usual style is casual, maybe leaning towards the mod style a bit.


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Volume 15, Issue 1: The Cretan Times
Douglas Jones
BAGHDAD, IraqWhite House sources reveal that Saddam
Hussein's busy social calendar continued to frustrate the Bush administration's
war plans. The final delay was due to a prior commitment to speak at
a journalism conference that Hussein had failed to note on his calendar.
PARISFrench President Jacques Chirac and German
Chancellor Gerard Schroeder announced their countries would study what
is involved in becoming Islamic states so as to minimize the threat
of terrorism. "War can only perpetuate terrorism," said Chirac.
"We want a more proactive approach."
WASHINGTON, D.C.House and Senate Democrats today
grew tired of supporting the President's war with Iraq and issued a
demand for their own war.
WASHINGTON, D.C.In a surprise strategic initiative, President
Bush called upon those U. S. corporations that supplied Iraq with armaments
of mass destruction to issue voluntary manufacturer recalls on all
their weapons. The initiative was prompted by recent international
revelations detailing how major U.S. corporations and governmental agencies helped
Iraq build its biological, chemical, and nuclear weapons programs over the
past two decades.
CHICAGOIn preparation for this year's "Banned Books Week,"
the American Library Association and other sponsors announced they
will dedicate their financial resources toward helping every
community library display and house the best collections of Aryan Nation,
anti-feminist, and homophobic literature, as well as the latest
holocaust-denial research. They are urging libraries
on limited budgets to also highlight texts defending eco-deforestation,
tobacco company research, the benefits of multinational corporations, and
snuff films.
WASHINGTON, D.C.Six of the eight democratic presidential
candidates have promised to disrobe the Statue of Liberty if elected.
Joe Lieberman has insisted that she wear a bathing suit, Chris Dodd has
allowed for a tight towel.
HOLLYWOODFor an increasing number of Americans, Martin
Luther King Day is no longer a time of relaxation or volunteerism but a
day to commit adultery and plagiarize. "It is a time for the nation to
remember the soul of Dr. King. A time to remember his fight for
personal license, equal claims to authorship, and the dignity of other
people's wives. A time to remember the message of change through
nonviolence," said Rep. Rico Hall, California Democrat.
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Check out Cabe's mp3car forum section Ask Cabe Sipes
Rob Wray from mp3Car interviews Cabe Sipes from Pimp My Ride and Rock the Boat about what modding cars is like on a TV set.
Cabe talks about his experience on the set of Pimp My Ride and how a fabrication team deals with car computer installs.
Cabe Sipes shows off his truck with a ton of computer and audio related modifications. Cabe has a 10 inch touch screen along with 2 7 inch head rest screens.
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Peanut Butter Cookie Crumbs Pie Crust
Recipe by Chef shapeweaver
I had some cookies from The Best Peanut Butter-Oatmeal Cookies and I wanted to do something different with them. And this is the end result. :) I bet this would be great with a chocolate pie filling. The 15 minute cooling time is included in the prep time. If you don't have any cookies leftover from the above mentioned recipe, any type of peanut butter cookie would do. Submitted to "ZAAR" on August 20th, 2008
Top Review by whtbxrmom
I am not typically a fan of store bought over homemade, but for this recipe I might make an exception. I think store bought peanut butter cookies may have worked better than the homemade cookies I used. My crust was a little oily and soft, but the flavor was good. I followed the Hershey's chocolate pie recipe for the filling, because who doesn't like peanut butter and chocolate. If I make this again I'll try it with Nutter Butter cookies.
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Ingredients Nutrition
- 1 1⁄2 cups finely crushed peanut butter cookies
- 1⁄4-1⁄3 cup melted margarine
Directions See How It's Made
- In a medium bowl combine crumbs and melted margarine.
- Press into a 9 inch pie plate, making sure to go up evenly on the sides.
- Bake at 350 degrees for 10 minutes.
- Cool at room temperature for 15 minutes.
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Here are our responses to your awesome comments and emails regarding all the things you said you'd never do.
"I'll never have kids who throw fits in public" -- Yeah, right. I broke that rule as soon as my firstborn realized he needed to grab everything in Walmart that wasn't nailed down.
I think back to all those times when I would walk into a store and see that lady whispering feverishly through clenched teeth to the small, shrieking child writhing on the floor... I have become that lady, the one who is trying not to buy random crap in order to appease the screaming, red-faced, mucous-streaked micro-beast. The poor lady who is walking that fine line between publicly enforcing some level of parental discipline and avoiding an unpleasant encounter with Child Protective Services. You know you're awesome when you start laughing and hiccuping in embarrassment at the same time and saying "It's OK! We'll just go the car! Please look away!" while simultaneously trying to pry away the bottle of Miller High Life your child believes is ginger ale because Uncle Joe told him so. . .
Parents with strollers always used to annoy the CRAP out of me. I couldn't understand why they always expected ME to move out of THEIR way when they had wheels and could easily turn on a dime. They also blocked doorways and took up precious space in store aisles. Now? I will run people over if they don't get out of my way.
I totally used to be a bad stroller mom. I mean, I've discussed the sort of kid my baby is. She's a menace to society *and* South Central and she's not even 2. She needed to be restrained, and as people tend to look askance at size 24 months straight jacket, the five point harness on the stroller served as just that. Unfortunately, my stroller was rather on the large size. But I had to use it because I kept running over all the old ones. I went from quick, nimble, and unencumbered, to something akin to a city bus during rush hour.
I swore I would always make my kids wear a shirt at all times.
I did too! Until I realized two things. One: nothwithstanding the fact that I am from NJ, my son is a redneck and would run around in cut-offs and nothing else if he was allowed. He'd remember to put a lid on the night crawlers before he'd remember to put a shirt on. The kid looks like he should be swinging off a rope into a swimmin' hole. He's like a Nick Jr. version of a 1980's Mountain Dew commercial. And I can do nothing about it. And two: My youngest? She likes to strip off. Rips off her diaper, squats and pees all over the floor. She strips off her clothes with the determined ferocity of a racoon attacking a closed trash can. Again - I can do nothing about this except keep paper towels handy and hope for the best. And sigh.
"Anyone who has kids and keeps Sharpies in their house is just asking for it." Said to my sister after one of her children vandalized her house. Yes, I really did. And years later, my own kids vandalized my property and I realized what an idiot I was.
Encourage them to use their mad Sharpie skills drawing tattoos on themselves and for taking incriminating notes about other people on newspapers. Perfect training for becoming prison snitches. Or, bloggers.
I swore I would never make threats I couldn't keep.
So far they've learned Christmas never gets canceled, I don't have God's phone number, it's impossible to stop time, I'm not capable of taking anyone out of this world despite my ability to bring them into it, and we've never actually had worms and dirt for dinner. Apparently, I'm also incapable of stopping this car right now or giving anyone anything to cry about. They appear to know that I don't have Santa's address. My sole power rests in the ability to count to three. Really slowly. Sometimes with halfsies or Mississippis.
I'll teach my children sign language so they can communicate more effectively with me quicker.
While a mommy of one I was showered, dressed and on the go all the time. My little precious was dressed in head-to-toe Gymboree with matching shoes and hair bows. I arrived at playdates with fresh baked muffins, and juice I picked up at the store on the way. I loved my fellow mom's, but they looked frazzled. There kids were wearing mis-matched clothes, hair not brushed, drinking day old juice out of sippy cups they found in the car.
Fast forward... I haven't actually gotten dressed in about two years. My day clothes and sleep clothes have pretty much become the same thing... My oldest daughter seems to be getting dreads, that is a good look, right? My middle daughter is a fashion nightmare, dressed in every bizarre outfit imaginable, with leg warmers on her arms for extra flair. My son has marker on his face and arms, it is washable, he just hasn't been washed in a while...
I understand because I used to be cute but now I'm a trainwreck. Just last week, my husband came home and found his son running around with no shirt on - again. His youngest, bare-assed and squealing. His oldest in (no joke) 27 bracelets and silly bandz, as accessories are critically important to happiness of 7 year old girls. And of course there was me. With my skirt on inside out. My husband was like: "Hmmmm... Your skirt is on inside out. Other husbands would be concerned about that. I'm just guessing your yoga pants were dirty."
When I was a wise single girl I swore that I would NEVER let my children wear character shoes or clothes. Today my three year old is wearing a faded Handy Manny t-shirt for the third day in a row and I have no plans to try and talk him out of it. I also once once bought the ugliest pair of plastic, light up Yoda sneakers that you could possibly fathom because my son refused to put them down in Walmart.
Kate's kids (the Indoor Homeless People) hate her "No Endorsements" rule. Until Ben Ten, Yoda and the kids from High School Musical pay you to put their faces on your clothing, shoes and backpacks, sorry, we're not doing it for free. And then I realized Disney, et al - after taking a gander at my loud, filthy, vagrant children - would probably prefer to pay us NOT to wear their clothes. We're still waiting for our first check. Should be coming any. day. now. Yep.
I swore I would never let my kids go out of the house dressed inappropriately. One morning my little cupcake baked by the devil (my new fave way to describe my kids, thanks ladies) decided it was very important to wear his I love Hooters beads from the Mardi Gras Parade to Baptist preschool.
There's not much I can to add to this other than to say RIGHT ON. Because mine just likes to get naked at church. So you win.
Lydia is late to everything. Why? Two words... Turtle herding. Because little kids can do nothing quickly. It's awful. Are they trying to kill me? Why does it take 45 minutes to go from the living room to the car? Why does the baby have to have a blow out as she's walking out the door every single time? I have no idea. But I have sadly come to expect that this is my life. I haven't been on time for anything since early 2005, unless you count the delivery of two of my lil' terror suspects.
Check back tomorrow for the Pregnant Chicken/Rants from MommyLand collaborative post of awesomeness! And if you have any really great "I swore I'd never.." stories to share, leave a comment or email us at email@example.com
xo, Kate & Lydia
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Coming soon to the enviable village of Aintree, the new The Paddocks development will offer homes in a variety of designs.
The Paddocks is positioned such that you can enjoy the vibrancy of Liverpool City Centre, while living in a peaceful village location. The family-friendly village of Aintree has two primary schools, five churches, three pubs, a railway station, two small local shopping areas and a public library. A new retail park just outside the village has also brought extra useful amenities to the village.
Abundant shopping facilities can be found in Liverpool. For instance, Liverpool ONE (the new designer centre); the city's Metquarter; and Cavern Walks, with its designer outlets.
Liverpool boasts an array of visitor attractions such as the historic Albert Dock, the world famous Cavern Club (home of The Beatles), the Echo Arena, Tate Liverpool and the Merseyside Maritime Museum to name but a few. Further afield, you can enjoy the beautiful walled city of Chester and enjoy its famous zoo, racecourse, majestic Cathedral and Roman heritage.
With its convenient transport links, close proximity to Liverpool, plentiful local amenities and enviable location, we're expecting this development to be popular, so make sure you register your details today to receive the latest information.
The A59 joins Aintree with Liverpool and Switch Island
junction between Aintree and Maghull is where the M57, M58, A59 and A5036 meet.
The M57 and M58 enable commuters to travel to the city of Manchester and Manchester
Airport within 45 minutes.
Aintree and Old Ron railway stations are both close to the development and on
the Merseyrail Northern Line, with regular service between Liverpool Central
and Ormskirk. Liverpool John Lennon airport is just 25 minutes away.
Regular bus services run through the village, with buses to
Liverpool every 20 minutes, as well as other bus routes to Maghull, Ormskirk
and Southport.