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Roy's model of nursing sees an individual as a set of interrelated systems, biological, psychological, and social. The individual tries to maintain a balance between each of these systems and the outside world. However, there is no absolute level of balance. According to Roy we all strive to live within a band where we can cope adequately. This band will be unique to an individual. The adaptation level is the range of adaptability within which they can deal effectively with new experiences.
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Broad nasal bridge is awidening of the top part of the nose.
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Moral philosophers and economists have evaluated the intergenerational problem of climate change by applying the whole gamut of theories on distributive justice. In this article, however, it is argued that intergenerational justice cannot imply the application of moral ideal theories to future generations. The formal principle of equality simply requires us to treat like cases as like. If intergenerational justice is to have
Our present emissions of greenhouse gases involve substantial risk of damage to human health and property due to climate change [
The objective of this article is to argue that justice towards future generations cannot start from scratch on the basis of moral ideal theories. Instead, intergenerational justice requires governments to regulate the risk of climate change consistent with the general standards of conduct deemed acceptable for handling risks to others, as laid down in tort law, for example. The set-up of this article is as follows. In
Moral philosophers and economists have evaluated the intergenerational problem of climate change by applying the whole gamut of theories on distributive justice. It has been argued, for example, that climate policy should maximize utility over all generations [
"a redistribution to provide more for the future may be described as a Robin Hood activity stood on his head—it takes from the poor to give to the rich. Average real per capita income a century hence is likely to be a sizeable multiple of its present value. Why should I give up part of my income to help support someone else with an income several times my own?"
Finally, some have defended an 'agent-relative ethics', according to which we are justified to care less about the risks of climate change for the simple reason that future generations are remote from us [
Although each of these theories of distributive justice may be defensible as theories about the
Similarly, we can debate whether future generations are morally equal to present generations and whether there are differences in circumstances justifying different treatment. However, if intergenerational justice is to have
It has been argued that present generations cannot violate future generations' rights, simply because future generations do not yet exist and therefore presently do not have any rights. According to De George [
The second issue is more practical. Climate change will not only result in increased morbidity and mortality, but also in damage to future property. Some have argued that since we are entitled to our own property and all future property depends on (originates from) present property, damage to future property cannot be considered a wrongful harm. Narveson [
In our society, everyone has a legal duty not to cause injury to others, whether negligently or with intent. This legal duty does not imply the impossible task of avoiding all risk of harm to others. Instead, common law requires us to take the care that a
"Where an act is one which a reasonable man would recognize as involving risk of harm to another, the risk is unreasonable and the act is negligent if the risk is of such magnitude as to outweigh what the law regards as the utility of the act or of the particular manner in which it is done."
The reasonable man or reasonable person standard is a legal fiction, a person appropriately informed, capable, aware of the law, and fair-minded. The reasonable man is allowed to exercise self-interest and is not required to give his money to the poor. He exercises due care, however, to ensure that his acts do not injure others. He may weight the risk itself and the cost of alleviating it [
"[T]he owner's duty, as in other similar situations, to provide against resulting injuries is a function of three variables: (1) The probability that she will break away; (2) the gravity of the resulting injury, if she does; (3) the burden of adequate precautions. Possibly it serves to bring this notion into relief to state it in algebraic terms: if the probability be called P; the injury, L; and the burden, B; liability depends upon whether B is less than L multiplied by P:
Cost-benefit analysis is thus an accepted tool in tort law, although judges often undertake their task in a broad, impressionistic manner [
In contrast to the case of social security and civic rights, the legal duty to exercise the care of a reasonable man does not stop at national borders; international treaties also oblige us to take reasonable care when our acts involve the risk of harm to people living abroad, as in the case of transboundary air pollution. Principle 21 of the 1972 UN Conference on the Human Environment (Stockholm Convention [
As yet, our
Of course, the 'reasonable man' standard is neither sharply-defined nor carved in stone. On the contrary, it is constantly being defined by case law. However, although the reasonable man standard is open for interpretation, there are certain types of reasoning in the handling of risk to others which no court will find difficult to judge as
The application of a social rate of time preference, also called
How far-reaching are the consequences of applying a positive social rate of time preference? This can be readily illustrated with a simple numerical example: at 6%, the rate advocated by William Nordhaus [
Although economists disagree widely over the extent to which future climate damage should be discounted, virtually all economists agree that some discounting should be applied. Basically, there are two views, coined by Arrow
In essence, the apparently unbridgeable gap between the prescriptive and descriptive approaches originates in their common point of departure that there is but one social rate of time preference, to be applied consistently across all policy issues. This rate may be time-dependent [
The origin of the error that there is but one social rate of time preference for different policy issues lies in the descriptionist's belief that the social rate of time preference for the distant future can be deduced from market interest rates. However, market interest rates only reflect how people weigh changes in their present consumption against changes in their
Although economists assume a single rate of time preference, whether policy aims at preventing harm or not, there are indications that economists do in fact notice the difference. Weitzman [
As a
This example also works the other way round. Imagine that the costs to US citizens to be entered into the cost-benefit analysis are due not to wrongful harms, such as health damage, but to
Some may argue that we should not apply the reasonable man standard to future generations because the standard is
Others may argue that the reasonable man standard does not hold for people who are below a social minimum, a certain threshold in welfare, resources or capabilities. In that case, moving above the threshold would have priority. If people are starving, we may sympathize with Robin Hood. However, even if this were the case, it would not justify discounting by governments in the developed countries. There is no justification for developed countries like the United States or the Netherlands to consider themselves too poor to take reasonable care in the face of climate risks [
And of course, individuals and governments are often inconsistent in their application of principles. In the case of war, it is obvious that governments do not attach equal weight to the lives of foreigners and those of their own citizens. At other times, governments may hope to get away with applying lesser principles to the risks imposed on foreigners than in the case of their fellow citizens. Such behaviour of governments is irrelevant in the present context, however. Climate policy evaluation is not about what governments may do
The intention of this article is not to argue that governments
Finally, it may be argued that a positive social rate of time preference is required on purely arithmetic grounds to arrive at finite marginal damage estimates of present greenhouse gas emissions. However, a zero social rate of time preference would result in
In this article, I have argued that intergenerational justice requires future generations to receive the same treatment under the law and the same treatment from the authorities, as far as cases are like. Particularly when it comes to the handling of the risks we impose on others, there are general standards of conduct and laws which can be applied equally to future generations and to ourselves. Since climate policy is concerned with mitigating the risks imposed by present generations on future generations, the reasonable man standard from tort law is of particular relevance. There is no justification to handle pollution across generational boundaries according to norms different from the (international) laws for handling pollution across national borders. I have argued that this implies, among other things, use of a zero social rate of time preference in cost-benefit analysis of climate policy. Climate damage experienced by future generations should be discounted neither for their higher expected wealth, nor purely for their being remote.
This research was funded by the Dutch Organization for Scientific Research (NWO) under the Research Programme 'Ethics, Research & Public Policy'.
The author declares no conflict of interest.
Throughout this article, the term 'future generations' refers to all those living in the future but not yet conceived or born. Thus, the first members of future generations will be born in nine months' time, while in a hundred years almost everyone will belong to future generations from today's perspective.
Strict liability is the responsibility to pay compensatory damages according to the amount of actual harm suffered by the plaintiff even if there is no (proof of) negligence, whereas negligence liability is the responsibility for compensatory damages only if there is indeed such (proof of) negligence.
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THE closure of a major chain coffee shop is the latest change on Dorchester's high street.
Starbucks, which occupied the former post office building on South Street, has closed its doors for the last time.
Shoe shop Stead and Simpson is also set to close due to what the company revealed was 'poor performance and rising costs'.
Meanwhile there is better news for the street's JJB Sports store, which is one of 20 of the collapsed retailer's branches to be bought up by Sports Direct.
Project director for the Dorchester BID Phil Gordon said he was pleased JJB Sports, which is currently hosting a closing down sale, would be resurrected as a sports retail outlet by Sports Direct.
He said: "It's sad news JJB are going but extremely good news that Sports Direct are coming and certainly there are some real bargains to be had there at the moment."
Recent months have seen a number of new businesses setting up in South Street, including Crew Clothing Co, Steam Trading Cookshop and Two Kings jewellers and pawnbrokers, while Poundland has replaced Wellchester.
Mr Gordon said he expected the changing face of the high street to continue but the good news for Dorchester was that, unlike some other towns, shops were opening as well as closing.
He said: "The ebb and flow of the high street isn't going to change whatever the economic climate but, while I'm as sad as anyone to see shops go, I take some very positive solace in the fact that it's not a one way street. Only in the last few months we have had a number of businesses opening."
Mr Gordon said he expected there would be no shortage of bidders to take on the Starbucks site.
He said he felt it was a good time for retailers and businesses to invest in the bottom end of South Street as progress continues to be made at the Brewery Square development.
He added: "I wouldn't be at all surprised if there was a queue of people wanting it. It's a fabulous building in an excellent location."
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A SPOKESMAN for Stead and Simpson said that a closure date for the shop had not yet been confirmed but explained the reasons for the move.
She said: "It's due to poor performance and rising costs which unfortunately meant the location was unsustainable. The decision to close a store is always a difficult one and isn't taken lightly."
The spokesman added that where possible staff from the store would be redeployed to nearby stores.
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Can any one pls guide me a good book on Robotic Arm as i am very interested in making one
This will help:
I would also recommend reading some books on embedded systems and software engineering for real-time systems.
Sir I have read that whole tutorial and I have also gone many through posts on Mechatronics: Robotic Arm. I have also worked with AVR MCU and ints interfacing with various modules likeServos,l293d Motor Driver for DC Motor,Rs232.... I know interfacing of servos too. But I want to first of all read in depth about Robotic Arm, then prepare a model in Google Sketch Up or so and then finally get a working model. Iam actully interested in making an Arm and a glove with Accelerometer and replicate my hands movement to my Robotic Arm.
So I want your suggestion about how I should move ahead
Sketch-Up is not the right tool. I suggest a tool like Autodesk Inventor or SolidWorks. I don't know of any free 3D capable CAD that can do all the necessary statical and dynamical analysis. FreeCad is probably the closest.
Once you have a model built in 3D, including all the levers and mounts and bearings needed for servos/actuators and wiring, then run the numbers on weights and lengths to understand the needed torque of each link in the chain. Verify that the actuators you want to use can deliver, and then get the needed components and start prototyping. (Hint: Your actuators are unlikely to actually deliver what you need within whatever budget you have; the best cost trade-off is to accept much slower movement and thus get higher torque from gearing.)
If you already understand motion control, statics, and dynamics, this should just be a specific application of those skills. There's nothing "special" about arms as different from any other mechanical application from first principles.
Note that you should plan on spending at least twice as much money as the cost of the components you use in the final finished product; that ratio may go up even more depending on how close your initial plan is and how much you change your mind as you go along.
In the end, there is no substitute for actual, hands-on experience, and such experience will end up costing a lot in time and materials.
Thanks for your explanation. I will work according to your guidelines and get back to u if I need any further help :)
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A SOUTH Lakeland on-farm dispersal sale attracted large crowds and high prices.
More than 700 people attended the sale at Ravenwinder Farm, Flookburgh, conducted by the Crooklands and Lancaster based North West Auctions group.
The sale got off to a good start with more than 250 lots of well-main-tained workshop tools quickly going under the hammer.
There was a similar number of large items in the field which attracted keen bidding from both local and well-travelled buyers.
Prices achieved reflec-ted the high level of care and maintenance that had been lavished on the equipment, said a spokes-man for NWA.
One of the top results was £12,400 for a JCB Telehandler, while a New Holland tractor sold for £10,050 and two Massey Ferguson tractors made £8,600 and £7,900.
Auctioneers Matthew Probert and John Hughes said there was keen bidding for all lots with some making 'nearly new' prices.
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After months of speculation, the World Champions caught the F1 press pack - many of whom were alongside Horner at the premier of the Ron Howard film Rush in central London at the time of the announcement - largely unawares late on Monday night with the timing of the long-awaited confirmation that Ricciardo is be promoted from the junior team Toro Rosso into the ranks of the elite next year.
The news has, somewhat inevitably, been greeted with dismay in some quarters by fans hoping that Kimi Raikkonen would join Red Bull to form a mouthwatering pairing alongside Vettel, but Horner insists they won't be disappointed.
"He really deserves this graduation on merit, he's a talented youngster, he's got a great attitude and is very committed," Horner declared in a pre-recorded Red Bull video release. "In the end it was a logical choice for us.
"We know Daniel is very quick and Sebastian is the best in the business at the moment, but I think people will be surprised at how quick Daniel is. It's going to be very surprising to see what he is capable of next year."
In addition to Raikkonen, Fernando Alonso emerged as an unexpected candidate to replace Webber amidst rumours that Horner was told by the Spaniard's manager over the weekend of the Hungarian GP that the two-time World Champion could be available.
Whilst doing nothing to dispel those suggestions, Horner insists Red Bull are convinced they have appointed the right man for the job.
"We've been inundated with drivers requesting to join the team. It's been interesting to look at what drivers were available and the options we had but I think it's been more disruptive than others than it has been for us because we've been in the fortunate position of being able to pick and choose," added the Red Bull boss.
"There were some options that we hadn't considered previously, but we came to the conclusion collectively that Daniel is the right man for both the medium- and long-term. He's a very exciting prospect for the future.
"What gave Daniel the edge over the other candidates is his potential. He has all the attributes that are required."
Horner has also categorically insisted that Ricciardo will be given equal opportunity at Red Bull next season.
"The reality is that both drivers will get identical opportunity and equipment," he confirmed.


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Cast: Keira Nicole, Stella Coxx, Kleio Valentine, Allie Knox, Taylor Sands, Courtney Taylor, Misha Cross, Taylor Sands, Julia De Lucia, Hanna Montada
There is nothing tainted when it comes to these fine pieces of asses. All of the ladies here are 100% dime pieces and they are down to fuck, suck and do a whole lot more. Never will you find hotter and sluttier women ready to fulfill your every need!!


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NEW YORK (AP) Ś Emily Blunt and her husband, John Krasinski are expecting their first child.
A representative for the actress confirmed the pregnancy Wednesday. It was first reported by Us Weekly.
Krasinski, 33, played hapless Jim Halpert on NBCÆs workplace comedy ōThe Office.ö His film credits include ōAway We Goö and ōLeatherheads.ö Blunt, 30, has appeared in the movies ōThe Devil Wears Pradaö and ōThe Adjustment Bureau.ö
The couple were married in 2010.


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Seattle • Iwalani Rodrigues didn't take long to answer the question.
The senior Utah point guard knows exactly what's at stake. She knows that her Utes are facing a team that had its (regular-season) number. She knows her college career is now on borrowed time.
"None of us want to stop playing yet," she said.
In Thursday's Pac-12 women's tournament opener against the Arizona Wildcats (12-17, 4-14) at Key Arena in Seattle, the Utes (17-12, 8-10) have a chance at eradicating two of their most sour losses against a team that won just four Pac-12 games this season.
"I'm extremely happy," said junior forward Michelle Plouffe. "Sweet revenge is what we're looking for."
The Utes got their shot against the team they've had in their cross hairs since their 61-52 loss in Tucson on Feb. 17. Despite finishing Pac-12 play winning eight of its last 13 games, Utah struggled against the Wildcats, who pressed the Utes and forced a multitude of turnovers. Rodrigues called it "a terrible experience."
But, as coach Anthony Levrets explained, what is buried in the past must remain in the past in order for Utah to have a chance to move into the Pac-12 quarterfinals with a win over the Wildcats.
In the middle of the season, after Utah faced a grueling start to its Pac-12 season, playing No. 6 Stanford, No. 7 Cal, No. 18 UCLA and No. 23 Colorado, the staff drew the conference standings on the board in the locker room to let the players know how far they had to go.
"We talked about it being tournament time for us since then," Levrets said. "We've been in that kind of mode."
The Utes responded.
Led by Rodrigues (12.8 points per game), Plouffe (16.9 points per game) and junior Taryn Wicijowksi (12.5 points per game), Utah finished the season on a relative hot streak, enough to earn the No. 6 seed heading into Thursday's tournament.
"They like to know where they are and they like to know what it means, and we're not afraid to talk about it," Levrets said. "Tournaments are fun. This is why you play."
Both Levrets and Plouffe said in order for Utah to finally move past the Wildcats, the team, a talented defensive group, must simply hit shots. Levrets said his group is fueled by its defense, which, when executed properly, leads to quick offense and open shots.
"It doesn't mean we have to make every shot we take," he said, "but we need to hit timely shots."
Plouffe echoed the thoughts of her coach.
"In the end," she said, "shots are going to have to fall."
Pac-12 Tournament Arizona vs. Utah
O At Key Arena (Seattle)
Tipoff • Thursday, 3:30 p.m. MT
TV • Pac-12 Network
Radio • 700 AM
Records • Arizona 12-17, 4-14; Utah 17-12, 8-10
Last meeting • Arizona 61, Utah 52 (Feb. 17)
About the Wildcats • Senior Davellyn Whyte is averaging 16.6 points this season and leads her team in almost every major statistical category. … Of their four Pac-12 Conference wins this season, two have come against Utah. … The Wildcats have lost 12 of their past 14 games. … Cheshi Poston leads the team in blocked shots with 29. … Whyte has four fewer turnovers (145) than assists (149) so far this year.
About the Utes • Junior forward Michelle Plouffe is ranked fourth in Pac-12 scoring and was named to the All Pac-12 team this week. … Senior Iwalani Rodrigues and junior Taryn Wicijowksi were named All Pac-12 honorable mentions.


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Voter satisfaction with Victorian Premier Ted Baillieu has fallen to a record-equalling low, with Labor retaining its election-winning lead, the latest Newspoll shows.
Just 31 per cent of people are satisfied with the way Mr Baillieu is doing his job, while dissatisfaction with the premier's leadership rose to 53 per cent during January and February, the Newspoll, published in The Australian, found.
It gives Labor a 53 per cent to 47 per cent two-party-preferred lead, enough for an election win.
The Liberals' primary vote has risen two points and the Nationals' one point for a combined vote of 39 per cent, but that's nearly six points below election day.
Labor's primary vote remained stable on 38 per cent, but a three-point drop in support for the Greens meant Labor's lead on a two-party-preferred basis had fallen slightly.
The Newspoll has Mr Baillieu leading Labor's Daniel Andrews 38 per cent to 31 per cent as preferred premier, but that's the premier's worst result and the opposition leader's best result since the 2010 election.
The Australian says the Liberals have been debating whether to move against Mr Baillieu, while Labor has been at war internally over the make-up of its front bench after Tim Holding's resignation from parliament.


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A Georgian mother has been forced to prove that she is not a woman after she noticed that an error on her birth certificate mistakenly identified her as a man.
Nakia Grimes was checking her birth certificate as she was going through the process of getting her driver's licence renewed, when she noticed that the document had an X next to the male box that asked what gender she was.
Ms Grimes told Fox Atlanta, "You only look at the name, the date, and the year, and the month. You just really never look at the additional signatures and I'd never seen that. When I went to retrieve my birth certificate, I let them know that the gender portion was wrong. I'm a woman, I was born a woman."
However, Ms Grimes' ordeal had only just begun, because she was then told that in order to have it changed she need to have a pap smear to prove her gender.
As you would expect, Ms Grimes was furious at the request and the 36-year-old, whose birthday is next week, balked at the idea that she needed to see a doctor to determine that she is a woman.
Grimes said, "She said I needed to go have a PAP exam, have a doctor write a note verifying you're a woman, and bring it back, notarized."
However, after the incident was then reported to Vital Records Services, the director stated that there was no need for the smear, and it was even stated that this order was not part of standard protocol.
Instead they simply found out that Ms Grimes was a woman due to the fact that she had given birth to her son, Zion, and on his birth certificate she is listed as the birth mother.
Medical Daily reports that eventually, "state record officials looked up the birth certificate of Grimes' son in order to verify that she had in fact given birth."
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The New Hampshire Senate
Republican Majority Office
"New Hampshire's Rainy Day Fund balance is inadequate."
Concord, NH – New Hampshire Treasurer Catherine Provencher strongly recommended today that the Legislature transfer $15 million to help restore the state's depleted Rainy Day Fund. Senate Republicans have called for such a transfer to rebuild New Hampshire's lagging financial reserves. Provencher gave an informational briefing to the Senate Finance Committee on the state's Revenue Stabilization Reserve Account, commonly known as the Rainy Day Fund.
"New Hampshire's Rainy Day Fund balance is inadequate," Provencher told the Finance Committee. "The entire $15 million should be allocated to the Rainy Day Fund."
Finance Committee Chair Jeanie Forrester (R-Meredith) echoed Provencher's recommendation.
"As the Treasurer explained so well, we need to restore our state's fiscal reserves by placing the entire $15 million we have available in the Rainy Day Fund," Forrester said.
Senate President Chuck Morse (R-Salem) also spoke on the need to rebuild the Rainy Day Fund.
"It is important that we begin to build up our reserves in the State's Rainy Day Fund. Our current fund balance of $9 million is less than 1 percent of our total operating budget and is about $100 million below a level that bond rating agencies would consider adequate," Morse added.
The Fiscal Year 2013 Budget produced a surplus of over $72 million. The current budget anticipated spending $57 million of that surplus, leaving $15 million that could be saved.
Governor Hassan and Senate Democrats favor spending more of that surplus, in addition to the $57 million already being spent. Senate Republicans want to set aside the remaining $15 million in the Rainy Day Fund, as Provencher recommends.
The Rainy Day Fund currently hold just $9.3 million, its lowest point in 22 years.
ATTACHMENT: Treasurer's Rainy Day Fund Presentation


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In addition to showing us the code you already got, as Corion suggested, could you also add a bit of formatting to your post so we'll know how your data is structured? I got a hunch there's linebreaks in there somewhere, and it'd be helpful to know where they are.
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Well, here we are gang, about aweek and a half from the expected cycle low i had commented about weeks ago. I must admit,this weekend my study of the charts looked to be short term bullish and i keep getting two projections over and over. 1226 and 1243. I really thought we would head there for a test of the 200 day average which would be an expected, and normal, bear market event. Is this the expected retest or a pause before the objectives are achieved? Time will tell.One thing is certain... this is going to be an interesting month! (ps.. sold 2 es at 1271.00 for a short term scalp) down 4 handles from a trade last nite.
72ish providing good support, looking to go long if there is consolidation in this area
buying 1269.75. one only, 2 point stop
heavy selling
geez stopped and buying again(one only)
perhaps today we can finally break through 62 with some force?
up 9.25 on the day... playing with a 2 point stop(long one at 1268.00) looks like you made a good call Joe,on your 1264 number!
plan to cover 1270.50-1271.25 if not stopped out.
stopped ...up 7.25 on the day... way to give it back Kool!
last trade today.. selling 2 at 1268.00
kool you rule!
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MEEK MILL: Album Still Dropping Next Week
New Meek Mill is still on its way even though the rapper is behind bars.
A week after announcing the September 9th release date for his sophomore album, Dreams Worth More Than Money, the Philadelphia rapper was arrested for violating his parole on gun and drug charges.
Behind bars or not, an Atlantic Records rep tells AllHipHop.com that the album will be released as scheduled.
Meek was already denied an early release on his three-to-six-month sentence. The rapper was sent to jail after a photo surfaced of him holding an automatic weapon, which is a violation of his parole. His lawyers argued that the gun was simply a prop for a video, but the judge didn't buy it. The earliest Meek will be released is October 11th, provided he completes mandatory anger management and fatherhood courses.


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Activate a database for future queries.
If it is necessary to use external databases in a project, this function can be used to change where database queries are sent. If the database has not yet been used, it is initialized using the URL specified for that name in Drupal's configuration file. If this name is not defined, a duplicate of the default connection is made instead.
Be sure to change the connection back to the default when done with custom code.
$name: The key in the $db_url global variable from settings.php. If omitted, the default connection will be made active.
Return value
The name of the previously active database, or FALSE if none was found.
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- Implementation of hook_watchdog().
- install_main in ./
- The Drupal installation happens in a series of steps. We begin by verifying that the current environment meets our minimum requirements. We then go on to verify that settings.php is properly configured. From there we connect to the configured database…
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function db_set_active($name = 'default') {
global $db_url, $db_type, $active_db;
static $db_conns, $active_name = FALSE;
if (empty($db_url)) {
include_once 'includes/install.inc';
if (!isset($db_conns[$name])) {
// Initiate a new connection, using the named DB URL specified.
if (is_array($db_url)) {
$connect_url = array_key_exists($name, $db_url) ? $db_url[$name] : $db_url['default'];
else {
$connect_url = $db_url;
$db_type = substr($connect_url, 0, strpos($connect_url, '://'));
$handler = "./includes/database.$db_type.inc";
if (is_file($handler)) {
include_once $handler;
else {
_db_error_page("The database type '" . $db_type . "' is unsupported. Please use either 'mysql' or 'mysqli' for MySQL, or 'pgsql' for PostgreSQL databases.");
$db_conns[$name] = db_connect($connect_url);
$previous_name = $active_name;
// Set the active connection.
$active_name = $name;
$active_db = $db_conns[$name];
return $previous_name;
how to run query on different database
If the database has not yet been used, it is initialized using the URL specified for that name in Drupal's configuration file. If this name is not defined, a duplicate of the default connection is made instead.
You can use following code to add and connect to the new database:
$db_name = 'my_new_database'; // database name to which you want to connect
global $db_url;
if (is_string($db_url)) {
$db_url = array('default' => $db_url);
$prevdb = end(explode('/', current($db_url)));
$db_url[$db_name] = substr($db_url['default'], 0, -strlen($prevdb)) . $db_name;
if (db_set_active($db_name)) {
db_query("SELECT 1");
Can this break search or indexing of the site
We are using db_set_active function and it works perfectly we can go from Drupal database to our internal database.
What we are seeing is that we cant index our site anymore
when we try to invoke the search from supercron we are getting error and the apache process child pid 1296 exit signal Segmentation fault (11)
Here is the error that we get in the browser
Fatal error: Call to undefined function db_query_array() in /var/www//html/includes/common.inc(1696) : eval()'d code on line 3 Warning: Table 'OURBD.system' doesn't exist query: SELECT * FROM system WHERE type = 'theme' in /var/www/html/includes/database.mysqli.inc on line 134 Notice: Undefined index: simple_custom in /var/www/html/includes/theme.inc on line 71 Notice: Trying to get property of non-object in /var/www/html/includes/theme.inc on line 104 Notice: Trying to get property of non-object in /var/www//html/includes/theme.inc on line 231 Warning: Table 'OURDB.cache' doesn't exist query: SELECT data, created, headers, expire, serialized FROM cache WHERE cid = 'theme_registry:' ....
It is like the search and index function is trying to search our own DB instead of only the default drupal DATABASE.
What we have tried
Installed a module to restrict seach
and on node were we use the function db_set_active we select
X Restrict this node from the search index
But we have no success until now.
We would prefer an option to only ignore this db_set_active from the search.
We are using the them simple_custom don't know if it is related to our theme but we don't think so.
Any suggestion on how to user db_set_active and to not break the search of the site ?
Maybe we could create the table needed for the search in our internal database ?
i think we found something we
i think we found something we had node with invalid code in it, cron stil doest work but we dont have this error anymore.
When calling
When calling db_set_active($db_name), should we include the db prefix in the $db_name?
DB name should be the actual
DB name should be the actual name of the database. Drupal can manage only table prefix!


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Providing an Emergency Lifeline
Learn how entrepreneur John Sheaffer kept his business afloat during tough times.
Entrepreneur, inventor and Northwestern Mutual policyowner, John Sheaffer felt very fortunate that his company made it through the economic downturn of 2008, but in 2010 "disaster struck," as John puts it. See how he kept his business afloat.


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Banned equity research analyst-turned-tech blogger Henry Blodget has thrust himself into the Facebook IPO scandal, accusing Morgan Stanley of fingering him for the blame.
But the media CEO, who agreed to a permanent ban from the securities industry in 2003, has used his experience to make a point about the fairness of the rules governing Wall Street firms.
In a post to flamboyant website Business Insider, where Blodget is CEO and editor-in-chief, the former Wall Street high-flyer cited a source close to Morgan Stanley as saying his name came up "repeatedly" during a firm-wide conference call discussing the Facebook furore.
Blodget's apparent fall from favour follows a string of lurid Business Insider headlines tackling claims, reported in detail by Reuters, that analysts at a number of investment banks involved in the Facebook IPO cut revenue forecasts for the social networker in the weeks leading up to its listing.
According to the claims, the investment banks, which include lead underwriter Morgan Stanley, shared the information with only some prospective investors.
Morgan Stanley has defended its actions, saying it followed all applicable rules and regulations.
Headlines on the controversy that have appeared above Blodget's byline include:
Other colourfully titled Business Insider articles on the matter have included 'Well, Now That Everyone Has Sobered Up, Let's Figure Out What Facebook Is Actually Worth...' and the site's treatment of a Reuters Facebook report, headed 'Morgan Stanley Was A Control-Freak On Facebook IPO – And It May Have Royally Screwed Itself'.
Blodget on Thursday said he doesn't yet have "detailed information" about what purportedly went down during the Morgan Stanley conference call, but that the essence was, "Henry Blodget is a disgraced former-analyst-sleazebag-turned-bloviator who is just trying to whip up a scandal out of nothing".
"(I assume they didn't put it quite that way. At least I hope they didn't! I have friends at Morgan Stanley!)," he wrote.
Blodget made the comments under the headline 'Morgan Stanley Is Holding A Firm-Wide Conference Call To Blame The Facebook IPO Scandal On... Me (!?)', along with the suggestion he's an "easy target" because of his history on Wall Street.
The tech media CEO came to fame during the dotcom boom when he held positions as a senior internet analyst for CIBC Oppenheimer and as the head of Merrill Lynch's global internet research team.
He fell from grace in the securities industry in 2002 when then New York State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer aired emails the analyst had sent that conflicted with his publicly published views. In 2003, Blodget agreed to a permanent ban from the securities industry and copped a $US2 million fine after he was charged with civil securities fraud.
Blodget referred to the incident on Thursday as he took issue with Morgan Stanley's defence of its part in the scandal and got to the main point of his post – a call for changes to the rules that govern Wall Street firms.
"When Eliot Spitzer went after Wall Street in 2002, he was told by my firm and others that the firms were just following the rules in place at the time. That was true. We were following the rules," Blodget wrote.
"But from Eliot Spitzer's perspective, that was not a reasonable defence ... And now, a decade later, we find ourselves in the same situation.
"Whatever rules Morgan Stanley is saying it followed when it decided to share bad news about Facebook with some clients and not others are grossly unfair rules.
"And those rules need to be changed."
Regulators and a US Senate panel are reviewing the handling of the Facebook float and the social networking company, and a number of investment banks including Morgan Stanley are facing legal action in the wake of last week's listing.
Morgan Stanley, meanwhile, will reportedly reprice a number of faulty Facebook trades made on May 18 due to a Nasdaq glitch.
Facebook shares finished trade on Thursday at $US33.03, well below their issue price of $US38.
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Crafton will examine clips of classic animated performances from the 1930s and 1940s, and discuss how those performances evolved to meet the changing needs of audiences, artists and studios. This is the ninth in a series of lectures spotlighting recipients of Academy Film Scholar grants.
Throughout the decades, animated films have often entertained and moved their audiences, and occasionally even offended them, yet there are few explanations of exactly how these reactions are provoked on a widespread basis. In his new book, Crafton proposes that it is the performances of the characters (similar to live actors) that offer insight into understanding why cartoons are constructed and executed in certain ways, and into how they are received. Crafton, one of the recipients of the inaugural Academy Film Scholar grants in 2000, will examine classic animation from the 1930s and 1940s, especially the 1933 Disney short "Three Little Pigs," as well as contemporary works by Jan Švankmajer and Bill Plympton. In exploring animated performances, and how they have evolved to meet the changing needs of audiences, artists and studios, Crafton will offer a personal view of animated cinema that draws upon film and theater studies, art history, aesthetics, cultural studies and performance studies.
Admission is free but tickets are required. Established in 1999, the Academy Film Scholars program is designed to stimulate and support the creation of new and significant works of film scholarship about aesthetic, cultural, educational, historical, theoretical or scientific aspects of theatrical motion pictures.
The worlds of orc and human clash in Duncan Jones' Warcraft, the Legendary/Universal film based on Blizzard's wildly popular MMORPG video game.
August 1, 2016
LOS ANGELES – Chaos Group has announced a strategic partnership with Adobe, bringing V-Ray's rendering technology to the Creative Cloud. Now at the push of a button, graphic designers can easily creat ...
January 10, 2017
"The Ghost Next Door" is a haunting tale about a skeleton whose sleep is disturbed by the cries of a newcomer to his graveyard – a lonely, sad, young ghost. Eager to help, the skeleton makes multiple ...
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Kiel Canal and Baltic Treasures: Prinsendam Cruise Review by Ernest C
Overall Member Rating
Kiel Canal and Baltic Treasures
Destination: Baltic Sea
Embarkation: Amsterdam
Holland America and the Prinsendam scored another slam-dunk with their cruise from Amsterdam round trip to the Baltic on August 7th. The cruise really showed that small cruise ships still have an advantage over the huge ships that seem to be flooding the market these days. My wife and I arrived in Amsterdam at 9:30am on embarkation day and were having lunch aboard ship before noon. There was a short line at the terminal, however, it moved quickly compared with the 3500 person cruise ship we sailed transatlantic on in May.
When we arrived at our cabin we were pleasantly surprised to find a new bathroom with a six-foot tub. This was a first in all my years of cruising. I had cruised on Holland America a number of times and expected a small tub but this was spacious. I don't know if I can ever go back to a shower that is hardly big enough to turn around in.
After taking a tour of the ship, since this was our first time on the More Prinsendam, and attending the lifeboat drill we prepared to meet our tablemates for the cruise. My wife and I both prefer assigned seating and had chosen the late seating because of the many tours that we had scheduled. We had chosen this particular cruise because we wanted to see Berlin and Gdansk in particular as well as the others ports of call that we had visited on a previous Baltic cruise. Our tablemates were delightful and the food was delicious as was expected. Unlike some other cruise lines Holland America has an alternate menu every night and I took advantage of the sirloin steak offering most of the time.
The food was consistently good during the entire 14-day cruise. My weakness for their bread pudding for lunch and the ice cream bar being open most of the day saw me leaving the ship six pounds heavier than when I got on. With the food and company being so good in the main dining room, I cannot justify the added expense of eating in the "extra charge" dining rooms. This is from a guy who cruises about four times a year and has had lunch at McDonalds in just about every port of call we have visited. This cruise we had lunch at McDonalds in Berlin, Stockholm, and Copenhagen. They also have clean restrooms and they are free.
The entertainment on the ship was outstanding. The band and production cast was smaller than on the large cruise ships. However, what they lacked in size they more than made up for in talent. The singers could dance and the dancers could sing. I especially like a young man from Frankfurt, Germany named Dirk Schilling. He could do it all and with such energy that you got tired just watching him. He took me back to the days of Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire. The rest of the guest entertainers were good but the only one that stood out the group was Count Dima who was billed as a pianist but he had the audience laughing like mad when he did his Dracula bit. You would have to see it to believe it.
Holland America has to have the friendliest staff of any cruise line on the seven seas. I don't know if it's in the selection or the training but they were all great without an exception. We had two ship's officers that joined our table for dining during the cruise and provided wine for the entire table. The only other time that this happened to us was on The Norwegian Dream shortly after 9/11 when half of the passengers chose to skip the cruise from Istanbul to Rome. It was a nice touch.
The cabin attendant and wait staff were there when you wanted them and not there when you didn't need them. I heard no complaints about the ship's staff the entire two weeks of the cruise.
Weather was the one sour note on the cruise and the Captain and crew could not control it. We had very few days that it did not rain. We had rough seas one night but not rough enough to stop the production staff from putting on a great show. And bad winds forced the Captain from docking at Ronne, Denmark although he did his best. We went on to Copenhagen, which gave us an overnight there. Holland America might do an overnight in Copenhagen on future cruises. We went off the ship for a stroll and met a lot of passengers going out on the town for the evening.
One thing that could be improved on future Baltic cruises could be coordinating the port stops with other cruise lines. We had eight ports of call not counting Amsterdam. There was a minimum of three cruise ships in port on any given day and I counted six in Copenhagen when we were there. The Crown Princess and the Rotterdam seemed to be on the exact same schedule as we were. This made for a lot of tourists at every port of call. Most cities were prepared for and did a fair job of controlling the crowds with one big exception. St Petersburg, Russia could only be described as chaos. I was told that some passengers waited hours to see the Hermitage. My wife and I took an early tour of Catherine's Palace and only had a moderate crowd for the first hours. However, the crowd grew quickly and it became shoulder to shoulder before we boarded the bus back to the ship.
The following afternoon we took the tour "Murder on the Moika River" which started with an hour ride on the river followed by a tour of the Yusupov Palace where Rasputin was murdered. The entrance to the palace was a double door but only one side was opened and had to accommodate people entering as well as leaving the palace. Many of our group got separated and so much time was spent keeping the group together that the tour had to be cut short to get back to the ship on time. Still by the end of the tour only my wife and I were still with the guide. The rest made their way back to the bus on their own. However, no one was left behind.
There was never a lack of things to do when at sea or in port if you choose not to go on tour. Bingo is always available with a multitude of games, puzzles, and books to read. There is always a quiet place somewhere on board if you want some solitude. Movies, dancing and good music was just about always available. My wife and I liked "Crossover" which played in Ocean bar each evening before dinner. They played our kind of music and from the crowd usually on the dance floor; they played their kind of music also.
In the future when I feel the urge to cruise, the Prinsendam will be the first ship I look for to see if is going my way. Less
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The number of butterflies in the UK rallied last summer following their worst year on record – but numbers were still below average, a study found.
Some 46 out of the 56 species studied in 2013 recorded an annual increase compared to 2012, the worst butterfly year on record since the study, the UK Butterfly Monitoring Scheme (UKBMS), began in 1976.
Several rare species revived after 2012 with the Lulworth Skipper up by 162 per cent and the critically endangered High Brown Fritillary up 133 per cent, as both responded to conservation work.
The warm weather saw a huge influx of some migrants with numbers of Clouded Yellow butterflies from the continent up.
Common species such as the Small, Large and Green-veined White, all of which had their worst year on record in 2012, bounced back to above average numbers in 2013 with all three increasing by more than 100 per cent.
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Dr Tom Brereton, head of monitoring at Butterfly Conservation, said: "The recovery of butterflies in 2013 was highly welcome but there is still a long way to go before butterflies return to former glories."


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Teyde - A Bichon Frisé
de Peter Eerden
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This book chronicles the pedigree history of the Bichon Frise from the island of Tenerife to the showgrounds of the world through the eyes of one of its earliest ancestors - Teyde
Características y detalles
- Categoría Mascotas
Vertical estándar, 20×25 cm
402 Páginas
- Tapa dura, sobrecubierta: 9781320088596
- Tapa blanda: 9781320088589
- Fecha de publicación dic. 26, 2011
- Idioma English
- Etiquetas Bichon Frise show dog peter Eerden teyde
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Peter Eerden, born 1950 in the Netherlands, emigrated with his parents and siblings to Australia in 1956. His formative years were spent in South Australia though his adult years have seen him, in the main, a resident of Melbourne Victoria. Peter's early forays in writing centered around editorials and short stories for a number of local community organisations. His first book 'Teyde - A Bichon Frise' is a historical and pictorial account of a dog breed that entered Australia from England in 1975 and written as part of his International Dog Judging career. He married Patricia Birk in 2007 and through her encouragement entered a new chapter in his life with a developing interest in wildlife photography. He has travelled extensively and maintains a photoBOOK publishing presence both here and in South Africa. An extensive photographic collection can be viewed at http://www.petersphotoart.com
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Arthritis & Rheumatism, Volume 62,
November 2010 Abstract Supplement
Abstracts of the American College of
Rheumatology/Association of Rheumatology Health Professionals
Annual Scientific Meeting
Atlanta, Georgia November 6-11, 2010.
Independent Impact of Statin Discontinuation on Mortality in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Population-Based Study.
De Vera1, Mary A., Choi3, Hyon K., Abrahamowicz2, Michal, Kopec1, Jacek, Lacaille1, Diane V.
Arthritis Research Centre of Canada, Vancouver, BC, Canada
McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
Univ of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Discontinuation of statin therapy is common and associated with increased risk of mortality in the general population, but no corresponding data are available among individuals with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Since cardiovascular diseases (CVD) are the primary cause of excess mortality in RA, RA-specific data are highly relevant to clinical care of RA. Our objective was to evaluate the impact of statin discontinuation on risk of mortality in individuals with RA.
We conducted a population-based cohort study of RA patients with incident statin use followed from May 1996 to March 2006 with administrative health data. Exposure was statin discontinuation for >=3 months at any time during follow-up, measured both as a categorical (y/n) and continuous (time since discontinuation) variable. Primary outcome was death due to all CVD and secondary outcome was death due to all causes. We used Cox's proportional hazards analyses, modeling statin discontinuation as a time-dependent dichotomous variable updated every month and in separate analyses, as a continuous time-dependent variable that increased with every month since discontinuation. Factors known to influence statin discontinuation, CVD, or mortality were considered as covariates, including age, gender, comorbidities (acute myocardial infarction, cerebrovascular accidents, malignancy, infections, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, gastrointestinal diseases, renal failure, angina, use of diabetes, hypertension, and congestive heart failure medications), and use of medications known to influence cardiac risk (hormone replacement therapy, anticoagulants), all measured at baseline. As well, markers of RA severity (RA medication use [DMARDs, glucocorticosteroids, NSAIDs, methotrexate] and rate of RA-related medical visits) were included as time-dependent covariates. Established risk factors for mortality in RA (e.g., AMI, malignancy) were forced into multivariable models and for putative risk factors, a forward selection procedure with p <=0.20 criterion for entry, was used.
The cohort of RA patients with incident statin use included 4,102 individuals with 16,144 person-years of follow-up (60% females; mean age 66 years). We documented 467 deaths overall with 198 due to CVD. Statin discontinuation was associated with a 60% increased risk of CVD mortality (adjusted hazard ratio [HR]=1.60 [95%CI=1.152.23]). When we modeled statin discontinuation as a continuous time-dependent variable, we found that with each additional month of discontinuation, the risk of CVD mortality was increased by 0.4% (adjusted HR=1.004 [95%CI=1.0011.016]). We found similar increased risks associated with statin discontinuation in analyses of all cause mortality outcomes (adjusted HR [statin discontinuation as a dichotomous variable]: 1.79 [95%CI=1.462.20]; adjusted HR [statin discontinuation as continuous variable]: 1.010; 95%CI=1.0021.015]).
These population-based data indicate that RA patients who discontinue statins have a higher risk of death from cardiovascular diseases and from all causes. Findings emphasize the importance of compliance with statin therapy in RA.
To cite this abstract, please use the following information:
De Vera, Mary A., Choi, Hyon K., Abrahamowicz, Michal, Kopec, Jacek, Lacaille, Diane V.; Independent Impact of Statin Discontinuation on Mortality in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Population-Based Study. [abstract]. Arthritis Rheum 2010;62 Suppl 10 :72
DOI: 10.1002/art.27841


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Serum Proteomics Analysis for Sepsis
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Embattled Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak is approaching an endgame in his nearly three-decade rule that began with the assassination of his predecessor, Anwar Sadat, by Islamic extremists, and is now being played out in mass protests on the streets of Cairo and other cities.
Mr Mubarak's fate now lies in the hands of army generals and the leaders of protests that have engulfed Egypt for the better part of a week.
The crisis triggered a sell-off on Wall Street amid fears of the unrest spreading across the Middle East.
Behind the protests stands the Muslim Brotherhood – the largest and best organised opposition group in the country – that will almost certainly need to be incorporated in any agreement that would restore calm.
This is a pivotal moment in the heart of the Arab world and one that is rattling financial markets and providing the first significant new foreign policy challenge of the Barack Obama era.
Over the weekend, Wall Street fell sharply and oil prices surged on fears of disruptions to the supply of crude in the region. The local market is set to open sharply lower today as the crisis continues.
Mr Obama's ability to manage the situation is being scrutinised across the globe for reassurance that he is up to dealing with such challenges.
"Should things not hold in Egypt, or should things catch fire in other Middle East states, people really are going to watch how he handles the first major new foreign crisis on his watch,'' said Ryan Crocker, an experienced former US ambassador and Middle East hand.
The US and its allies, including Australia, have been urging "restraint'' but Washington has also made it clear that it favours immediate steps towards political reform that would involve a hitherto disenfranchised population.
"The people of Egypt no longer accept the status quo. They are looking to their government for a meaningful process to foster real reform,'' said State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley at the weekend.
Washington is mindful of the lesson of its mishandling of Iran's revolution in 1979, when it underestimated the forces that deposed the shah. It was left wrong-footed in an aftermath that saw the taking of US embassy hostages and a period of estrangement with Tehran that continues to this day.
Whether 82-year-old Mr Mubarak, who is in poor health, is capable of overseeing political changes that would be necessary after resisting them for virtually all of his three-decade rule is extremely doubtful.
However, there is no simple alternative to the Mubarak regime in a country where elections have been rigged and the largest opposition grouping – the Muslim Brotherhood – is denied representation in its own right in Parliament. Secular parties, aside from Mr Mubarak's National Democratic Party – whose credibility is in shreds, along with that of the President himself – are weak and fragmented.
Washington's concern is that "free and fair'' elections would bring the Islamist Muslim Brotherhood to power in the same way its offshoot, Hamas, prevailed when the previous US administration pushed a disorganised and discredited Palestinian Authority into holding elections.
George Bush's "freedom agenda'' enabled the first freely elected Islamist entity to prevail at the ballot box in the Arab world, with unintended consequences for all concerned.
The army has stayed its hand while it assesses whether the protests will play themselves out and something can be salvaged from the Mubarak regime, but the generals cannot wait indefinitely as Cairo burns.
The military remains a relatively respected institution in Egypt and has supplied its past three leaders.
Egypt has able generals waiting in the wings, but it remains unclear whether there is a strong man ready to emerge among them.
Mr Mubarak, in what may prove a last throw of the dice, has appointed 75-year-old Omar Suleiman, the intelligence chief, as his vice-president, sacked the government and installed a new prime minister.
But all of this smacks of being too little and too late.
The selection of Mr Suleiman, whom the opposition accuses of overseeing widespread unlawful detention and torture of dissidents, may not prove to have been Mr Mubarak's wisest choice.
The Australian Financial Review


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text: Dear list, On behalf of the organization, I here forward the formal invitation to attend the seminar "Fighting the digital divide through education" http://www.uoc.edu/symposia/unesco2008/eng/index.html It is a great pleasure for me to present you UOC UNESCO Chair in e-Learning Fifth International Seminar, "Fighting the digital divide through education", to be held in Barcelona between the 12th and 14th of November, 2008. The UOC UNESCO Chair's in E-Learning Fifth International Seminar is aimed to debate the different possible solutions to the digital divide problem, cataloguing and analyzing success stories where ICT have played an important role in the development of education, in spite of technological and social barriers. The Seminar is primarily addressed to: * Top management at universities: presidents, vice presidents, general managers and executive officers. * Those responsible for the application of e-Learning in higher education institutions, in which these tools play an important role: officers in charge of the introduction and use of new technology, e-Learning directors, faculty deans, research centre directors, etc. The foreseen number of participants is sixty people. For further information about the event please visit the Seminar's web site (http://www.uoc.edu/symposia/unesco2008/eng/index.html) or email us at catedraunesco at uoc.edu. You can also follow the Chair's activity in the weblog ( http://www.unescochair.blogs.uoc.edu/) Yours sincerely, Ismael Peña-López ICTlogy.net Public Policies for Development and ICT4D School of Law and Political Science Open University of Catalonia


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Target: President of the United States, Barack Obama
Goal: Prevent the passing of proposed bills that would make filming acts of animal cruelty on livestock farms illegal
In 2012, Iowa, Utah, and Missouri all passed laws making it illegal to secretly videotape acts of animal cruelty. Other states are considering similar laws, even though they inhibit animal rights activists. In the last two years, undercover video evidence has led to the sentencing of dozens of people, including workers who inflicted chemical burns upon horses, workers throwing piglets, and a facility that houses living hens among the corpses of those who had already died.
These laws severely hinder animal rights activists' ability to expose such cruelties. Another piece of legislation declares that once the video has been captured, it must be handed over to the authorities within 24 hours, preventing any group from capturing footage from over a long period of time. Also, another proposed bill would make it so that anyone applying for a job at a livestock facility would be legally required to share any ties to animal rights groups he might possess. Still another, even more extreme draft would place those who captured video of film evidence of animal cruelty on a livestock farm on a "terrorist registry."
These laws and proposed bills will severely limit animal rights groups ability to gather evidence against livestock farms. Laws should not exist that prevent acts of cruelty from being exposed. Demand that these proposed measures are never passed.
Dear President Obama,
Laws have been passed in Iowa, Utah, and Missouri that prevent the video documentation of acts of animal cruelty on livestock farms. Other laws have been proposed in other states, varying in severity. Some would place violators on a "terrorist registry," while other require that anyone applying for a job at a livestock farm must disclose any ties to animal rights groups he or she might possess. These laws are being enacted because farmers are frustrated with animal rights activists constantly defaming them in order to convince people to become vegetarian, and their frustration is justified. However, it is not reason enough to justify the enactment of such constricting laws.
These laws will and do seriously hinder animal rights efforts. Acts of animal cruelty do occur on farms all over the country, and it is important that those acts are reported and documented. This is much harder to do when there are laws interfering with the ways evidence is collected. In order to ensure animals are being treated humanely, there has to be pressure from the public. This pressure cannot exist unless everyone is given a glimpse into what conditions are like on farms, and this is only possible if videotaping is possible. If any of these bills progress through Congress and reach the White House desk, it is imperative that they are vetoed. They provide a means for cruelty to continue, and for that reason they must be ended.
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Field Evaluation of Animal-Waste Lagoons:
Seepage Rates and Subsurface Nitrogen Transport
J.M. Ham1
Earthen lagoons are an integral part of the waste-management plan at many animal feeding operations (AFOs). Lagoon waste contains high concentrations of N, P, salts, and other nutrients that, in many cases, are applied to farmland as liquid fertilizer. However, while the waste is being stored and treated in the lagoon, subsurface-seepage losses may affect soil and water quality near the facility. Research was conducted to develop water-balance methods and instrumentation for measuring whole-lagoon seepage from large-scale, commercial AFOs. Seepage(s) losses were calculated as the difference between changes in waste depth (D) and evaporation (E)when all other inflow and outflow were precluded. Waste-level recorders were developed that could measure D to within 0.16 millimeter (mm). Evaporation was quantified using floating evaporation pans and meteorological models. Different strategies for calculating E and S were compared. Results showed that S from lagoons could be determined to within ± 0.5 millimeter per day (mm d-1) by making precision water-balance measurements over short periods (5 to 10 days), if E was less than 6 mm d-1 (Ham, in press).
Water-balance methods were used to study seepage losses and nitrogen export from soil-lined lagoons at ten different swine and cattle feedlots in southwestern Kansas. Lagoons ranged in size from 0.5 to 2.5 hectare (ha) and had waste depths between 1.5 and 5.6 meters (m). Compacted-soil liners were between 0.30 to 0.46 m thick and built with native soil or, in some cases, a soil-bentonite mixture. Seepage rates from the lagoons ranged from 0.02 to 2.5 mm d-1 , with an overall average of rate of 1.2 mm d-1. At some locations, seepage results were combined with data on lagoon geometry and liner construction to estimate the in-situ permeability of the compacted liner. In lagoons built with silt loam liners (no bentonite), permeabilities on a whole-lagoon basis were about five times less than those measured from soil cores collected prior to the addition of waste. Results imply that permeability was reduced by organic sludge on the bottom of the lagoons. The average ammonium-N (NH4+-N) concentrations in the swine-waste and cattle-feedlot lagoons were 673 and 98 milligrams per liter, respectively. Calculated NH4+-N export rates (seepage losses) from the swine waste lagoons were between 2,000 and 3,000 kilograms per hectare per year (Ham and DeSutter, in press). Analysis of soil cores collected beneath 11- to 20-year-old lagoons showed that a large fraction of the NH4+-N in the leachate remained in a shallow (for example, 6 m) adsorption zone directly beneath the lagoon. When lagoons are closed, emptied, and dry; NH4+-N could convert to nitrate and more readily move towards the ground water. More information is needed regarding the fate of NH4+-N deposited in soil (vadose zone) beneath lagoons.
Ham, J.M., in press, Measuring evaporation and seepage losses from lagoons used to contain animal waste: Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers (ASAE).
Ham, J.M., and T.M. DeSutter, in press, Seepage losses and nitrogen export from swine-waste lagoons: a water balance study: Journal of Environmental Quality.
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Install Jelly Bean on Motorola Xoom Without Losing Root Access and Unlocked Bootloader
Not a while ago, Motorola rolled out the Android 4.1.1 Jelly Bean for the Motorola Xoom but as most of you know well that the update removes the root access and lock the bootloader again. Those of you don't want to lose root and unlocked bootloader, now a solution is available for them, thanks to recognized XDA developer contributor stachre.
He provided a repackage Android 4.1.1 Jelly Bean update to do so, don't try any custom ROM because custom ROMs involve many modification. The update will install a new bootloader that is already unlocked, read on how to install repackage Jelly Bean update on Motorola Xoom.
Do keep in mind that the update is just for Motorola Xoom US Wi-Fi MZ604. ClockworkMod recovery must be installed on the tablet, be sure to use this Android app to install ClockworkMod recovery. Make a backup of your device data such as SMS, internet setting, contacts music files etc because the below procedure may wipe data, you can sync your contacts with Gmail account and for messages use SMS apps, lastly use file expert app to backup apps.
DISCLAIMER: Please proceed the below guide at your own risk, Android Egis will not be held responsible if your device lost data or get damaged following this guide.
Step #1: Download the Android 4.1.1 Jelly Bean Repackage Update JRO03H.
Step #2: Transfer the downloaded file to the internal SD card of device.
Step #3: Turn the device off.
Step #4: Reboot the device into recovery mode by holding down volume up + power buttons until you see Motorola logo, there press volume down and "Android Recovery" will show up, then press volume up to boot into recovery (Note: In recovery mode use volume keys to navigate and power button to select).
Step #5: In recovery mode, create a nandroid backup of your current ROM, it's important because if anything not work out that you expect from this ROM, you'll be able to easily revert back to your current state. To create backup select "Backup and Restore", and then select "Backup" again.
Step #6: Perform full wipe, first select the wipe data/factory reset, and confirm on the next screen then select wipe cache and confirm on the next screen. Lastly select "advanced", then "Wipe Dalvik Cache" and then wipe by selecting "Yes – Wipe Dalvik Cache".
Step #7: Select "Install Zip from SD Card" then "Choose Zip from SD Card" and locate the downloaded update_US-Xoom-WiFi-4.1.1-JRO03H_stachre_v01.zip file that you've transferred in above step and confirm installation. Wait till installation complete.
Step #8: Once the installation is completed, select "Go Back" after that select "Reboot System Now."
That's it, you're done. Enjoy Android 4.1.1 Jelly Bean on your Motorola Xoom, if the device gets stuck on Motorola logo/Bootloops, put device into recovery mode and wipe data/factory reset, the reboot device again. Do comment below for queries.
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