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Migrating DTS Packages to Integration Services
Writer: Brian Knight
Published: July 2008
SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) brings a revolutionary concept of enterprise-class ETL to the masses. The engine is robust enough to handle hundreds of millions of rows with ease, but is simple enough to let both developers and DBAs engineer an ETL process. In this whitepaper, you will see the benefits of migrating your SQL Server 2000 Data Transformation Services (DTS) packages to Integration Services by using two proven methods. You will also see how you can run and manage your current DTS packages inside of the SQL Server 2005 and 2008 management tools.
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Sorry For asking a Dumb Question!
I am a absolutely new learner to SQL.
I have two tables say, A and B in a data base x.
A and B has got ID which we can treat as Primary key.
In table A I have fields called InitialAmount and Final Amount.
In table B I have field called Consumed.
The FINAL field in A is InitialAmount-FinalAmount
I used PHPmyAdmin and queried on Table A:
SET A.Final=(A.InitialAmount-B.FinalAmount)
where A.ID=B.ID
I want whenever the user edits consumed I want A.Final to get substracted.
I know it might be very basic query. I am worried since the querry is succeeding but Final is not updating.
Try UPDATE A FROM A,B ….
UPDATE t1
SET t1.Final=(t1.InitialAmount-t2.FinalAmount)
FROM A as t1 inner join B as t2
Hi Hari,
I would run this sql on the database for a specific ID and see if the final amount is updating just to troubleshoot this issue.
1. Either there are no matching ID's on A and B.
2. Just make sure B.finalamount is populated.
3. Make sure there are NO NULL values in these columns InitialAmount and FinalAmount, NULL's can throw off the math.
4. Try using ISNULL(A.InitialAmount,0)- ISNULL(B.FinalAmount,0).
These would be someof things I would try.
Thank you
Help Me out!!!
I have 40 columns in a table and at times I have to update two or three columns and the thing is Column names are dynamic in nature depends on the need the End Users will update the column. I want to write stored procedure in such a way that any number of column the user wants to update he can without affecting out columns of the table.?????????????? This is the query and any one hep me out………..
Can you give some more informations with examples?
Dear Pinal sir…
I have a requirement in my company
I have 2 databases(like A and B where A is old database and B is new database) with different schemas. My task is to mapping the old database with my new database…
shall i go for using "Data Compare for SQL Server" (DBForge) ?? can this tool compare the databases that have different schemas ???
Or can i use DTS Package for this task.. ? ?
please clearify me this doubt Pinal


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Lateran Regesta, Vol. CCLXVIII (fn. 1)
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|16 Kal. Dec.
SS. Apostoli, Rome.
(f. 126.)
|To John duke of Bedford and Anne his wife. Indult that the confessor which each of them shall choose may dispense them from fasting on fast days, and, on the advice of their physician, to eat flesh and milk-meats on the said and other abstinence days. Ut sedi apostolice. (Ja. Gratis de mandato domini nostri pape. de Cerretanis.)
|4 Id. Nov.
SS. Apostoli, Rome.
(f. 129.)
|To Edward Lytyll, rector of Dene in the diocese of Lincoln. Dispensation to hold for five years with the said church, value not exceeding 25 marks, one other benefice with cure or otherwise incompatible. Vite etc.
|5 Id. Oct.
SS. Apostoli, Rome.
(f. 182.)
|To Nicholas Offlannagan, priest, of the diocese of Clogher. Rehabilitation on account of his having (after he had received papal dispensation, as the son of a priest religious of the order of St. Augustine and an unmarried woman, to be promoted to all, even holy orders and hold a benefice even with cure, in virtue of which he was so promoted and obtained the rectory of Ynysmagysanith in the diocese of Clogher) obtained and held, without further dispensation, by collation and provision of bishop Arthur, first the priorship, a principal dignity with cure, of the secular and collegiate church of St. Lassrianus de Damynys and then (after he had resigned Ynysmagysanyth) the rectorship or plebania, called the comorbanship, of the same secular church, which is also parochial, on their becoming void because John Macgugyr, sometime prior and plebanus of the said church, held them for more than a year without being ordained priest. He is to resign them. Sedes apostolica, pia mater. (Pe. Gratis pro deo. de Casatiis.)
|7 Id. Oct.
SS. Apostoli, Rome.
(f. 183d.)
|To Peter (added in the margin) Pertrich, chancellor of Lincoln, S.T.M. Indult—notwithstanding the statute which he, the chancellorship being a dignity, although not major, has sworn to observe, requiring all the canons, especially those who have dignities, to keep every year continual personal residence in the church of Lincoln for thirty-four whole weeks and six days, or thereabouts—to absent himself, and betake himself as often as he pleases to his parish church of Bedyngden in the diocese of Canterbury, whose parishioners he desires to recreate with preachings, and stay there, and to take meanwhile the fruits etc. of his chancellorship, saving only the daily distributions. Litterarum sciencia, vite etc.
|13 Kal. Feb.
SS. Apostoli. Rome.
(f. 186d.)
|To Robert Flemmyng, clerk, of the diocese of York. Dispensation, at his own petition and that of Richard, bishop of Lincoln, whose nephew he is, after he, who is in his tenth year, has reached his twelfth year, to receive and hold any canonry and subdiaconal prebend. Vite etc.
|2 Id. Oct.
SS. Apostoli, Rome.
(f. 191.)
|To the dean of Clogher. Mandate to absolve from excommunication etc. incurred and to rehabilitate Patriek Olucheran, priest, of the diocese of Armagh, who, holding the perpetual vicarage of Dompn[a] chmor in the said diocese, publicly kept a concubine in his house, notwithstanding a constitution, lately enforced by archbishop John, requiring all who held benefices in the city and diocese of Armagh and who kept concubines in their houses, to put them away within a month under pain of excommunication and deprivation. Patrick is to resign. Humilibus supplicum votis.
|To the same. Mandate, recapitulating the preceding, after executing the above mandate, to collate and assign to the above Patrick, after he has resigned, the above vicarage, value not exceeding 7 marks. Dignum etc. (Pe. xx. Id. Nouembris Anno Decimo. de Casatiis.)
|17 Kal. Dec.
SS. Apostoli. Rome.
(f. 201d.)
|To William Hadesors, priest, of the diocese of Armagh, I.U.B. Rehabilitation on account of the following. After he, who is of noble birth, and has this day renounced his reception by authority of the ordinary as a canon of Armagh, had received papal dispensation, as the son of a married man and an unmarried woman, to be promoted etc., as above, f. 182, and had obtained the parish church of Micheleston in the diocese of Meath, he, without further dispensation, exchanged with John Logan for the parish church of Dervet (sic) in the diocese of Armagh, the exchange being carried out by bishop Edward and archbishop John, and the presentations being duly made by the respective patrons, John Stockis and John Bake. He is to resign. Sedes apostolica, pia mater.
|16 Kal. Dec.
SS. Apostoli, Rome.
(f. 206d.)
|To John Neuton, rector of Castell' in Kareign' in the diocese of St. Asaph. Dispensation to him (who formerly received papal dispensation, as the son of a priest and an unmarried woman, to be promoted etc. as in the preceding, in virtue of which he had himself so promoted and obtained the above church, value not exceeding 20l. sterling) to hold two other benefices with or without cure [compatible with one another and with the said church], and to resign them, simply or for exchange, and hold instead three compatible benefices. Vite etc.
|3 Id. July.
SS. Apostoli, Rome.
(f. 212d.)
|To the bishop of Rochester. Mandate, at the recent petition of John Stubcroft, perpetual vicar of SS. Peter and Paul's, Eylesford, in the diocese of Rochester—containing that contrary to the original foundation of the hospital of St. Mary of the New Work (Novi operis), Strode, in the said diocese, in which there is a society or fraternity, to which John belongs, and by whose brethren the said church has been wont to be governed, the late bishop Hamo ordained by his ordinary authority that he of the said brethren who should hold the said vicarage should be unable to exchange it for another benefice, and should take oath to that effect on being admitted; and that although, after the death of the said bishop, who also increased the number of the brethren in the said hospital but not its condition, the said ordinance was not observed, and was not approved by the apostolic see, the said vicarage being very often exchanged for other benefices by the brethren who held it, John nevertheless doubts whether he may lawfully do so without papal licence—if he find the facts to be as stated, to grant John licence to exchange the said vicarage for any other benefice with or without cure. Humilibus supplicum.
|Id. Sept.
SS. Apostoli, Rome.
(f. 216d.)
|To the dean of Wells. Mandate, at the recent petition of the inhabitants of the town of Over Attebere in the diocese of Bath and Wells (containing that before the official of Bath and Wells they obtained a definitive sentence against William Pikwell, rector of Trente in the said diocese, in whose parish is the said town, the said rector having refused to observe the obligation of his predecessors to keep at his expense a chaplain to celebrate thrice every week and on every double feast in the chapel of St. Mary the Virgin in the said town, and administer all sacraments and sacramentals, but not baptism), if the facts be as stated, to cause, without appeal, the said sentence to be observed. Humilibus supplicum.)
|10 Kal. Oct.
SS. Apostoli. Rome.
(f. 217.)
|To Thomas Lavenham alias Moriel, rector of Bedenham in the diocese of Lincoln, licentiate of canon law. Dispensation to him (who is a licentiate of canon law by examination, and who lately received papal dispensation to hold for seven years with Bedenham one other benefice with cure or otherwise incompatible, and to resign both, simply or for exchange, as often as he pleased, after which he obtained the precentorship of Llandaff, a dignity, and on resigning it, the parish church of St. Mary, Bynbrok, in the said diocese, value with that of Bedenham not exceeding 40 marks), the said period being about to end, to continue to hold the said two churches for life, and to resign them, simply or for exchange. Litterarum etc. (Ja. xxx. Septimo Id. Octobris Anno Decimo. de Cerretanis.)
|10 Kal. Nov.
(f. 249d.)
|To Andrew Holes, rector of Dave[n]ham in the diocese of Lichfield, I.U.B. Dispensation to him, who is of knightly birth, to hold for three years with the said church, value not exceeding 20l., any other benefice [with cure] or otherwise incompatible, and to resign both, simply or for exchange. Nobilitas generis, litterarum etc. (Pe. xx. Secundo Kal. Nouembris Anno Decimo. de Casatiis.)
|Non. Oct.
SS. Apostoli, Rome.
(f. 252d.)
|To the archbishop of York. Mandate to summon those concerned, and if the consent of those interested be forthcoming, to dispense John Wricht of Kirkeby, deacon, of the diocese of York, who is in his twentieth year, to be ordained priest and to receive and administer the poor hospital in Kendale in the said diocese, which is of the patronage of laymen and which, by its original foundation, can only be granted to a priest or to one of such an age that he can be ordained priest within a year from his receiving it. Humilibus supplicum.
|15 Kal. Nov.
SS. Apostoli, Rome.
(f. 255.)
|To the bishop of Aiacen., (fn. 2) dwelling in the Roman court. Mandate as below. The recent petition of John Percy, subdean of Lincoln, bachelor of canon law, contained that one day he and three other English notables were assembled in a house in Rome (infra Urbem) for the purpose of settling a quarrel between two Englishmen and an Irishman, when they were assailed by three other Irishmen, whom they did not know, one of whom, a subdeacon, insultingly declared that he meant to avenge the arrest of a compatriot of his, and although warned to get out of the house, refused, rushed at John's servant and struck him with his fist. When, at the blow, the servant had begun to draw the knife which he was wearing at his side, John (who was then in priest's orders, and under a papal dispensation was holding together, as he still does, the subdeanery of Lincoln, which is a non-major dignity with cure, and the parish church of Querygtun in the diocese of Lincoln, and also the free chapel without cure of Blastun in the said diocese) fearing that his servant was in danger of death, came to his rescue and closed with the subdeacon (subdiaconum … ulnis complectens). Thereupon another Irishman, coming to the subdeacon's help, got John by the neck (collo dicti Johannis adherente) who, having the subdeacon in front and the said other Irishman behind him, saw no better way of saving himself than to wound the subdeacon on the shoulders (humeris), and to throw the other Irishman on the ground. So, without the least intention of killing the subdeacon, he wounded him on the shoulders with a small bread knife, whereupon the subdeacon and the other Irishman went away. On the fifth day after this the subdeacon died, for which John says that he is not otherwise guilty. The pope therefore orders the above bishop to absolve John from excommunication incurred, enjoining a salutary penance, rehabilitate him, and dispense him to minister in all holy orders as before, and to receive any benefices, of any number and kind, with or without cure, compatible with one another and with the said subdeanery and church, and to hold together such benefices and the said chapel, value not exceeding 3s. 4d. of English money, and, for as long as the aforesaid dispensation holds good, the said subdeanery and church, value not exceeding 50 and 8 marks sterling respectively. Sedes apostolica, pia mater.
|2 Non. Nov.
SS. Apostoli, Rome.
(f. 256.)
|To John Hals the younger, clerk, of the diocese of Exeter. Dispensation to receive and hold, as soon as he attains his twenty-second year, any benefice with cure, even if a parish church etc. Vite etc.
|8 Kal. Oct.
SS. Apostoli Rome.
(f. 257.)
|To the archbishop of York. Mandate as below. The recent petition of Robert Semer, rector of the altar of St. Michael in the church of York, contained that the late Walter, archbishop of York, ordained with consent of the chapter that a priest, deputed by the chapter, should have under him, chosen by himself, two priests to celebrate divine offices perpetually at the said altar with the full ritual of the office for the dead (cum plenis exequiis mortuorum), so that after the celebration of a first mass early in the morning (prima matutino tempore celebrata two other masses should be said at convenient hours, all three being present at each of the said masses, as also at processions on double feasts and at matins in the choir, unless there were a canonical hindrance. [Cf. Raine. Hist. of the Church of York, III, pp. 153–154.] At the said Robert's petition—stating that the said burdens are too heavy to be borne by himself and the said other priests, and praying the pope to modify the said ordinance in such wise that he and the priests chosen by him may, not only at the said altar, but in any other fit place, celebrate the said divine offices with the full ritual as above (cum plenis exequiis supradictis), and may not be compelled to be present at each of the said masses—the pope. orders the archbishop to inform himself, and if he find the above to be true, to ordain as he shall think expedient. Humilibus et honestis.
|8 Kal. Oct.
SS. Apostoli, Rome.
(f. 257.)
|To the precentor of York. Mandate to grant licence to the warden, called master, and the clerks, perpetual beneficiaries, in the chapel of St. James, Sutton in Holdernes, situate within the bounds of the parish church of Waghen, in which chapel are buried a number of its founders, to have buried at the said chapel themselves and other faithful who wish, without requiring licence of any, and saving the rights of the said church. Sincere deuocionis affectus.
|11 Kal. Nov.
(f. 257d.)
|To William Bispham, clerk, of the diocese of York. Indult to continue his office of notary public, notwithstanding that after obtaining the said office by papal authority and exercising it for some time, he married twice, each time a virgin. Sincere deuocionis affectus.
|9 Kal. Nov.
(f. 257d.)
|To Richard Hyndelay, acolyte, of the diocese of York. Dispensation to him, who is in his nineteenth year only, and in minor orders, as soon as he attains his twenty-second year, provided that he has then been ordained subdeacon and deacon, to be promoted to priest's orders and minister therein. Sincere deuocionis affectus.
(f. 273.)
|To William Symond, rector of Mursley in the diocese of Lincoln, M.A. Prolongation as below. The pope lately dispensed him, then holding Mursley, to hold for five years therewith any other benefice with cure or otherwise incompatible, even if another parish church etc., and to resign both meanwhile, simply or for exchange, as often as he pleased, etc. as above, p. 280. At the recent petition of the said William, who is also a bachelor of canon law, and obtained after the said dispensation the parish church of Bukinhill in the said diocese, whose value together with that of Mursley does not exceed 40 marks, and at the petition of Humphrey duke of Gloucester, whose chaplain he is, the pope hereby prolongs by seven years the said period, which is about to end. Litterarum etc.
(f. 304.)
|To John Mayeu, rector of Yelvertoft in the diocese of Lincoln, bachelor of canon law. Prolongation as below. The pope formerly dispensed him, who is of noble birth and was then holding Yelvertoft, value not exceeding 60 marks, to receive and hold therewith for seven years any etc. as in the preceding. At his late petition, containing that he obtained the deanery of Blofeld and, resigning it after holding it for about four months with Yelvertoft, obtained the parish church of Abyndon alias Abyngdon, value not exceeding 30 marks, in the dioceses of Norwich and Lincoln, the pope [above, p. 153] prolonged the said seven years by five more, etc. At his recent petition, containing that the said period of five years is about to expire, the pope hereby prolongs it by a further five. Nobilitas generis, litterarum etc.


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Rick (Andrew Walker), an American military interrogator working on contract during the Iraq war, resorts to extremes while questioning a Muslim female detainee (Mahsa Masoudi) in the high-stakes atmosphere of the war on terror. Now, he's suffering the consequences. Returning to the United States with severe post-traumatic stress disorder, Rick must turn to a clinical psychiatrist (Nichelle Nichols) to get healthy enough to resume his grim work.


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Calypso Stars (July 27) & Island Soul (July 29 - August 1, 2011)
Celebrate the diversity of Caribbean life and culture at the heart of Toronto's waterfront
TORONTO, ON (July, 2011) – Harbourfront Centre, along with its lead summer partner, the Toronto Port Authority, is excited to announce the return of the Caribbean-flavoured Island Soul festival. From July 29 to Aug. 1, Island Soul turns up the heat with a focus on Riddim & Resistance by celebrating the transformation of the Caribbean islands from hot spots of colonial conflict into creative hot spots for carnival and culture!
This year features local and international musicians, dancers, storytellers, dub poets, and carnival characters whose works embody a spirit of resistance that ignites social consciousness. From Jamaica comes world-renowned reggae poet Mutabaruka who sets his political, social and religious verse to music in an art form commonly referred to as "dub" or "reggae poetry." From Trinidad and Tobago come the nine-member rapso band 3Canal with an excitingly energetic conscious music informed by the spirit of soca, calypso and kaiso (commonly describes as "the power of the word in the rhythm of the word"). 3Canal is co-presented with the Trinidad & Tobago Entertainment Company Ltd.
Family-friendly festivities happening all weekend long include JOUVAY! An Ole Mas Carnival Parade! Accompanied by steelpan rhythms, drums and costumed carnival characters (midnight robber, blue devils, paper doll and more), this group of carnival revelers parade around the Harbourfront Centre site performing their traditional spoken rhythm satires, displaying ole mas placards, and stopping to re-enact them to spectators with jesting parody, spoken word and dance. Joining them are two members of the traditional Tobago Speech Band delivering parodies of daily news in witty comic rhyme.
Even more invigorating is a Kalinda Stick Fighting Performance & Workshop with the Keith Pascall Performing Company. Pascall will teach participants the basics of stick fighting, folk drum riddims, nimble martial art movements, and lavweys chants (the origins of Calypso music). Join us as we bring Kalinda to Toronto and transform the Redpath Stage and surrounding area into an Island Soul gayelle (arena) where stick fighters can compete!
Island Soul brings the infectious rhythms of resistance, the irresistible dances of freedom and the interactively playful stories of tricksters, firing up social passion and inspiring Toronto – the largest hot spot for Caribbean carnival outside of the islands.
• Information Hotline at 416-973-4000.
• Harbourfront Centre is located at 235 Queens Quay West in the heart of downtown Toronto's waterfront.
• Check the link for information on all the programmes, including workshops and family-friendly activities.
CALYPSO STARS SHOWCASE: July 27
7:30-10 p.m., (WestJet Stage)
An entertainment-packed two and a half hour showcase featuring eight of the most wildly popular and original calypso songs of the 2011 Calypso Tents Music Series (CTMS), presented by the Organization of Calypso Performing Artistes. This evening of music, dance and carnival features four top Canadian soca artists, virtuoso steelpannist Talib Robinson, D Farmer's Rhythm Section band, interactive Sailor Dancers from Afro-Caribbean Dance Co. and Moko Jumbie characters from Swizzlestick Theatre.
Calypso STARS Showcase highlights include a special appearance from England's famed calypso master, recording artist, teacher and writer, Alexander D'Great. Known for his political and social commentary compositions, delivered with wit and style, D'Great is an energetic and inspirational performer who recently won the Association of British Calypsonians' 2010 Calypso Monarch title.
The house band for the evening is award-winning arranger/producer Ossie Gurley & The Truth. Gurley is the man behind smash soca hits "Who Let The Dogs Out", "Moving To The Left" and "Follow The Leader". Rounding out the showcase is steelpan virtuoso Gareth Burgess, a gifted young player from Toronto's phenomenal steelpan community.
Plenty Jump-Up Riddims! : Panman Pat and Jeff Walcott
Friday, July 29, 6 p.m. (Ann Tindal Park)
Come and enjoy our weekly Longo's Friday Picnic as Panman Pat and Jeff Walcott bring the rhythmic sounds of the Caribbean to life on their traveling steelpan drums! Bring your own percussion instrument and join in.
Friday, July 29, 9 p.m. (WestJet Stage)
3Canal are recording artists from Trinidad & Tobago who perform rapso music.
Rapso is conscious music that is more of a philosophy and stance rather than an identifiable musical signature. It has been termed "the power of the word in the rhythm of the word," "the poetry of calypso" and "the consciousness of soca." (Photo by Alex Smailes)
Pan Rootz: From Skin to Steelpan
Saturday, July 30, 2:30 p.m. & 4:30 p.m. (HarbourKIDS Zone Tent)
Pan Rootz: From Skin to Steelpan is a popular workshop with Joy Lapps of Drum Artz Canada that provides children with a hands-on experience of the steelpan, iron instruments and skin drums. Participants discover first-hand the amazing sounds of each of these instruments and learn a brief history of the musical evolution from skin to steel.
Elaine Lil' Bit Shepherd
Saturday, July 30, 8 p.m. (WestJet Stage)
Elaine Lil' Bit Shepherd is a strong, young female voice in a reggae world dominated by men. Shepard's song "Likkle But Mi Tallawah" is the 2011 JUNO Award winner for Reggae Recording of the Year. (pictured)
Treasure Isle Sounds featuring Natty B and Friends
Saturday, July 30, 9 p.m.bn (Redpath Stage)
Treasure Isle located in Toronto's "Little Jamaica" neighborhood is the city's one-stop shop for the best reggae music of our times. Natty B's hugely influential Zion Train show with Bigga (on CHRY 105.5 FM) sits on the pulse of the reggae music scene and the Rastafarian community. Each weekly program features the freshest selections of reggae music interspersed with vital commentary from the community.
Saturday, July 30, 9:30 p.m. (WestJet Stage)
Jamaica-born, Canada-based reggae musician Steele's first taste of success came with his recording of Stevie Wonder's "Ribbon in the Sky" and then "Silhouette," his cover of the late Dennis Brown's anthem (Steele's breakthrough song). Former lead singer of the band Tatix, Steele has been described as dynamic and sensational, with the versatility and range that defies restriction to any one genre.
Evin Lake
Sunday, July 31, 8 p.m. (WestJet Stage)
Evin Lake (Kevin Clarke) comes from a long line of culturally-conscious reggae vocalists and ventured into the world of music from a very early age. The Port Antonio, Jamaica native grew up with an affinity for R&B and lover's rock reggae being drawn primarily to the sounds of Teddy Pendergrass, Stevie Wonder, Donny Hathaway, Dennis Brown and Sanchez. This performance is Evin Lake's Canadian debut. (Image by Michael Chen)
Sunday July 31, 9:30 p.m. (WestJet Stage)
Mutabaruka has established himself as both a literary and musical giant, both in Jamaica and abroad, and is arguably one of Jamaica's most respected wordsmiths, dub poets and broadcasters. His poems have given voice to a nation and helped forge an entirely new genre of music, dub/rhythm poetry. Revolutionary, fiery, scathing, and stinging, Mutabaruka's words are as potent on paper as they are on CD and live on stage. (pictured below)
Calypso Buds on the Maple Tree
Monday, August 1, 2 p.m. (Redpath Stage)
Calypso Buds on the Maple Tree is a children's showcase that features Canadian youngsters dedicated to promoting Caribbean calypso traditions.
Panatics Steelband Network
Monday, August 1, 4 p.m. (WestJet Stage)
The Panatics Steelband Network is a non-profit organization dedicated to the promotion of pan music in Ontario. There is a distinctive family orientation to this steelband, with a large portion of its membership consisting of parents and their children.
JOUVAY! An Ole Mas Carnival Parade!
Friday, July 29, 8-9 p.m. (Redpath Stage)
Traditional Trinidad and Tobago carnival characters come alive at Island Soul. Starting from the Redpath Stage, this parade features steelpan and drums, midnight robber characters, a Tobago speech band, paper doll characters and blue devils performing their traditional spoken word satires and displaying ole mas placards. This carnival parade will entertain spectators with satirical parody, spoken word and dance.
Northbuck & Happy Feet: From the Street to the Stage
Saturday, July 30, 3:30 p.m. (Redpath Stage)
Canada's best krumping group, Northbuck, alongside Toronto's best jerkin' group, Happy Feet, come together to bring a live interactive dance performance to the stage of Island Soul. Exposing the roots of urban dance they are sure to leave you entertained.
Northbuck is an organization of like minded krumpers from all regions of Toronto, and different backgrounds of life whose purpose is to inspire others to embrace their gifts and pursue personal excellence.
Caribbean Island Rhythms
Saturday, July 30, 7 p.m. (Redpath Stage)
This hour-long captivating performance will showcase how contemporary riddims of resistance in dancehall, reggae and soca create an enduring culture through the power and the beauty of Caribbean dance moves. Choreographed, directed and produced by Kay-Ann Ward.
Limbo Dance Workshop
Sunday, July 31, 2:30 p.m. (South Orchard Tent)
Limbo Dance is a popular form of contra dancing that originated on the island of Trinidad. This dance workshop is choreographed by limbo expert Ayanna Lee-Rivears to deliver maximum entertainment, showing masculine and feminine prowess in competition, as well as athleticism, flexibility and suspenseful drama.
RITMO: Cuban Clavé and Drum Rhythms Family Event!
Sunday, July 31, 3 p.m. (Redpath Stage)
Families are invited to explore the Cuban clavé (a percussion instrument) at an hour-long, interactive drumming, dance and song workshop exploring the roots of African riddims in Cuban music. This workshop is open to all skill levels.
Dancehall Reggae Dance Class
Sunday, July 31, 4 p.m. (South Orchard Tent)
In this 30-minute workshop, participants learn low-impact dancehall reggae with a routine that is sexy and fun taught by choreographer Kay-Ann Ward.
Soca/Calypso Dance Class
Sunday, July 31, 4:30 p.m. (South Orchard Tent)
Get your flags and your towel, and get ready to jump up and wave! Learn a fun, low-impact soca dance routine taught by Kay-Ann Ward.
Socacize Jam Session with Live DJ: Dr. Jay!
Sunday, July 31, 5:30 p.m. (South Orchard Tent)
Dr. Jay spins the latest soca tunes, as choreographer and fitness instructor Ayanna Lee-Rivears teaches the Island Soul Socacize Jam Session — a vigorous and exciting Caribbean workout that can whip anyone into shape without pain. (Photo by Bruce Zinger)
Sweat B4 U Sweat Dance Workout
Monday, Aug. 1, 1 p.m. (Redpath Stage)
Sweat B4 U Sweat Dance Workout is an exciting, energetic and body-sculpting workout that uses Caribbean and urban dance moves to tone and shape. Created and taught by professional dancer, choreographer and Can-Fit Pro Fitness Instructor, Kay-Ann Ward.
Socacize Jam Session with Live DJ: DJ DOC!
Monday, August 1, 1:30 p.m. (South Orchard Tent)
Toronto's hottest export, DJ DOC, plays the perfect blend of urban, rock, electronic and island rhythms to keep the crowd moving at the Island Soul Socacize Jam Session. Led by choreographer and fitness instructor Ayanna Lee-Rivears, this vigorous and exciting Caribbean workout that can whip anyone into shape without pain.
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Active Substance: retigabine
Common Name: retigabine
ATC Code: N03AX21
Marketing Authorisation Holder: Glaxo Group Limited
Active Substance: retigabine
Status: Authorised
Authorisation Date: 2011-03-28
Therapeutic Area: Epilepsy
Pharmacotherapeutic Group: Anti-epileptics
Therapeutic Indication
Trobalt is indicated as adjunctive treatment of drug-resistant partial-onset seizures with or without secondary generalisation in patients aged 18 years or older with epilepsy, where other appropriate drug combinations have proved inadequate or have not been tolerated.
What is Trobalt?
Trobalt is a medicine that contains the active substance retigabine. It is available as tablets (50, 100, 200, 300 and 400 mg).
What is Trobalt used for?
Trobalt is used in combination with other anti‑epileptic medicines to treat adults with drug-resistant partial-onset seizures (epileptic fits) that cannot be treated with other combinations of medicines. This is a type of epilepsy where too much electrical activity in one part of the brain causes symptoms such as sudden, jerky movements of one part of the body, distorted hearing, sense of smell or vision, numbness or a sudden sense of fear. It is used in epilepsy with or without 'secondary generalisation' (when the excessive electrical activity reaches the whole brain).
The medicine can only be obtained with a prescription.
How is Trobalt used?
Treatment with Trobalt starts with one 100-mg tablet three times a day for one week; the dose is then increased weekly by 50 mg per dose according to the patient's response. The recommended maintenance dose is between 600 mg a day and a maximum of 1,200 mg a day.
Lower doses should be used in older patients and in patients with moderate or severe liver or kidney problems. For more information on how to use Trobalt, including detailed recommendations for different patients groups, see the summary of product characteristics (also part of the EPAR).
How does Trobalt work?
The active substance in Trobalt, retigabine, is an anti-epileptic medicine. Epilepsy is caused by excessive electrical activity in the nerve cells of the brain. Trobalt has an effect on the potassium channels located on the nerve cells of the brain. These are pores that let potassium move in and out of the cell and play a role in terminating electrical impulses. Trobalt acts by keeping the potassium channels open. This will stop further transmission of electrical impulses thereby preventing epileptic seizures.
How has Trobalt been studied?
Trobalt has been compared with placebo (a dummy treatment) in three main studies involving a total of 1,244 patients whose seizures were not adequately controlled with other anti‑epileptic medicines. Trobalt at a maintenance dose of 600, 900 or 1,200 mg a day or placebo was taken for 8 weeks in the first study and 12 weeks in the other two studies. In the first study, the main measure of effectiveness was the change in the number of seizures per month. In the other two studies, the main measure of effectiveness was the number of patients whose number of seizures was at least halved.
What benefit has Trobalt shown during the studies?
Trobalt was more effective than placebo in reducing the number of seizures. In the first study, Trobalt at 900 mg a day and 1,200 mg a day was more effective than placebo and reduced the number of seizures per month by 29% and 35% respectively. This compared with a reduction of 13% in the placebo group. The effect of Trobalt at 600 mg a day was inconclusive in this study. In the second study, seizures were at least halved in 39% (61 out of 158 patients) of the patients on 600 mg Trobalt a day and in 47% (70 out of 149 patients) of the patients on 900 mg a day, compared with 19% (31 out of 164) of the patients on placebo. In the third study, seizures were at least halved in 56% (66 out of 119 patients) of the patients taking 1,200 mg Trobalt a day, compared with 23% (31 out of 137) of the patients on placebo.
What is the risk associated with Trobalt?
The most common side effects with Trobalt (seen in more than 1 patient in 10) are dizziness, somnolence (sleepiness), fatigue (tiredness) as well as pigment changes (discolouration) of parts of the eye (including the retina, the light-sensitive membrane at the back of the eye) and discolouration of the nails, lips and skin, which have been reported after several years of treatment. For the full list of all side effects reported with Trobalt, see the package leaflet.
Trobalt must not be used in people who are hypersensitive (allergic) to retigabine or any of the other ingredients.
Why has Trobalt been approved?
The CHMP decided that the benefits of Trobalt are greater than its risks and recommended that it be given marketing authorisation. The CHMP noted that Trobalt is effective at reducing the number of seizures. However, because of the risk of retinal discolouration, which could possibly result in impaired vision, the CHMP concluded that the use of Trobalt should be restricted only to those patients for whom other anti-epileptic medicines have proved inadequate or have not been tolerated.
What measures are being taken to ensure the safe use of Trobalt?
The company that makes Trobalt must ensure that doctors who are expected to prescribe Trobalt receive an information pack containing important safety information, including information on the risk of pigment changes in the eye and discolouration of the nails, lips and skin, and on the need for a full eye examination at the start of treatment and at least every six months during treatment. It will also include information on some less common side effects that have been reported with the medicine, such as problems with passing urine, prolonged QT interval (an alteration of the electrical activity of the heart) and hallucinations (seeing or hearing things that are not there).
Other information about Trobalt
The European Commission granted a marketing authorisation valid throughout the European Union for Trobalt on 28 March 2011.
For more information about treatment with Trobalt, read the package leaflet (also part of the EPAR) or contact your doctor or pharmacist.
Source: European Medicines Agency
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Shell Oil Co. intends to drop the Texaco marketing brand from gas stations and convenience stores beginning early next year after completing a buyout of Texaco Inc.'s interest in two U.S. refining and gasoline joint venture companies.By Matthew Enis
Shell Oil Co. intends to drop the Texaco marketing brand from gas stations and convenience stores beginning early next year after completing a buyout of Texaco Inc.'s interest in two U.S. refining and gasoline joint venture companies.
Shell confirmed its plans to Conven-ience Store News only after reaching an 11th hour, $3.8-billion agreement to acquire Texaco's interest in Equilon Enterprises LLC and Equiva Enterprises LLC.
"The $500 million that we have set aside for rebranding [Texaco stores] will be dependent on a thorough network planning exercise, and on how many existing Texaco wholesalers elect to continue their supply relationship with Equilon/Motiva," said Gail Schutz, spokesperson for the Shell and Texaco brands.
Schutz said Shell expects to rebrand the approximately 13,000 stores operated by the Houston-based joint venture companies by 2004.
Shell's announcement was met with disappointment by independent Texaco marketers, who had been hesitant to expand their businesses as rumors of this move swirled throughout the industry following San Francisco-based Chevron's bid to acquire Texaco.
"Certainly we have concerns," said Bill Kent, president of Midland, Texas-based Kent Oil Inc. "Anytime you rebrand, it's a costly process. Along with changing the appearance of the facilities, there are operational challenges. It can be disruptive to team members, and you have to convince customers to convert to the new brand.
"Our experience has been that there's a loyalty to the Texaco brand," he said. "As strong as they have been throughout their history, and as strongly as they rate in terms of their credit-card program, we're greatly disappointed that it's not going to be in existence in a few years."
Aiming to limit ChevronTexaco's combined market share, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission ordered Texaco to sell its stake in Equilon/Motiva as a condition of approval for the October merger. Shell, the only viable buyer for the assets, will become the largest gasoline retailer in the United States, and hopes to capitalize on its 15-percent share of the market to increase U.S. business net earnings to $1 billion from a current $450 million.
Rebranding will unquestionably increase Shell's visibility in the United States, but some analysts questioned the move.
"They're discarding a brand that has a certain following, and they're going to have to handle this very delicately to avoid alienating the people who are Texaco loyalists," said Fadel Gheit, senior energy analyst for New York-based Fahnestock & Co. "Even if you only lose 5 percent of those customers, that can still be significant in terms of local market share."
Other analysts agreed, but noted that Royal Dutch Shell, as an international company, has bigger corporate fish to fry. "It is fair to say that in the United States, Texaco is a stronger brand name, but Shell's perspective is a global one, and they're looking to enhance and bolster that global image," said Michael Young, senior oil analyst at New York-based Gerard Klauer Mattison. "Clearly this process will do that, simply by the sheer number of locations that will now be branded Shell."
Texaco marketers, particularly those who operate in areas already dominated by Shell, should proceed with caution as the impact of the transition unfolds. Virtually all incentive- to-fund contracts require marketers to return unadvertised monies if their brand is changed for any reason, explained Bob Bassman, legal counsel to the Petroleum Marketers Association of America (PMAA). It is unclear whether Shell will waive the right to those fees as the buyer of Texaco or whether Chevron will be required by the FTC to indemnify any marketer approached by Shell for those fees.
Bassman advised retailers to have a backup plan in place if they are offered the option to keep the Texaco brand through the duration of these and similar contracts. "Shell is interested in selling gasoline — that's how they make money," he said. "They will most likely leverage their exclusive right to the Texaco brand [through 2004] to maintain those marketers in areas where there might be conflict by holding them to their Texaco contracts. After 2004, those marketers who have not been converted to Shell will probably be terminated under the PMPA [Petroleum Marketing Practices Act] for loss of right to grant the trademark."
Analysts have also predicted that Shell may trim a sizable number of marketers from its rosters during the transition. "Although obviously there is strength in volume, it is profitability that counts," said Gheit. "Ultimately, Shell will most likely seek to trade that volume for profitability by upgrading its assets and reducing the number of outlets."
Still, with downstream consolidation becoming the industry norm, operators are trying to take the changes in stride. "I do have confidence that they want to make the Shell brand as strong as they can make it," said Kent. "There is going to be a tremendous Shell presence in the U.S. after this, and I'm looking forward to hearing what their plans are going forward."


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Ragi has always been much derided millet – at-least in southern India. It has always been seen as the poor man's staple, and when former Prime Minister Deve Gowda went out of his way to retain ragi in his diet the humble millet was subject to still more humiliation. It did not help that a plump snoozing Deve Gowda on stage resembled a ragi mudde (ragi ball) in appearance.
The association had multiple connotations. First the mudde in which form ragi is consumed most is a nice plump round in shape not unlike Deve Gowda's girth. The other connotation adding to the mix had to do with the universal aesthetic apprehension of Indian men and women – the ragi millet and mudde both are dark in color, they more or less resemble the standard Indian dark brownish complexion. Now neither Deve Gowda nor his ragi mudde had the chance to try their hands at Fair & Lovely and so the association (and the joke) stuck.
But this wasn't the first time ragi had been subject to condescension of the snobby and the fair skinned. Sometime in the 17th century a Kannada poet-saint Shri Kanaka Dasa had composed an amusing poem narrating an account of a rice grain that gets into a tussle with ragi. The rice grain's case was simple: ragi was the food of the sudra, its usage limited to being downtrodden's food and not sacred rites. Miffed with this insult, ragi retorts that it was the staple diet of the poor. The two finally go to Shri Rama for adjudication. In what I've heard to be a test of endurance or imprisonment the humble ragi comes out winning. The elitist staple – the fair skinned polished rice grain simply couldn't endure as long as the ragi and had rotten away fairly quickly. Thus the debate was settled in ragi favor.
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I believe every word of Shri Kanaka Dasa's account because I've witnessed how a couple of large sacks of ragi have been lying in our backyard shed for a so many years without rotting. But before I shall launch into a boastful paragraph about my very own roots being in the farming profession and how I'd like to identify myself first as a humble farmer
fumble harmer just as Deve Gowda does I'd like to make this post a little more interesting by dwelling on the class, caste and cultivation dynamics surrounding ragi. For centuries ragi remained the staple diet for the poor whereas rice occupied the commanding heights of culinary hierarchy. While paddy required extensive irrigation ragi being the rugged millet it is required much less water and is easily cultivable in a lot more terrains and soil types. These factors naturally lead to a steep disparity in price. Since not a lot of low earning castes could afford rice the lower castes especially the ones that stuck to working the fields of land lords for generations after generations were stuck with ragi or sorghum.
Those who haven't the money to buy expensive grains are not likely to have much left for extensive culinary habits so ragi based dishes are naturally the simplest to make without requiring a lot of other ingredient that a pompous biriyani or paneer masala might require. But discussing dishes might lead us to discussing recipes, and considering this is a centre-right commentary site I believe it is important (and customary) to blame the government for messing up the situation before one thinks about finishing the post with some recipes from Shri Deve Gowda's kitchen.
The early decades of 20th century saw massive irrigation projects coming online and when water was available in plenty crop patterns underwent a massive change in Southern Karnataka and some regions of Tamil Nadu as well. Farmers in dry regions who had for generations stuck to sorghum and ragi took to paddy. They also took to cash crops such as sugarcane, turmeric, coconut farms and flowers etc. In just a few decades centuries old crop patterns were being abandoned for new cash crops watered by freshly dug canals. The decision of successive governments to let rice and wheat monopolize cereal rations in the public distribution system also dealt a blow to ragi. All these factors led to a steady decline in both cultivation and consumption of ragi across both Karnataka and areas of Tamil Nadu.
The decline in ragi cultivation had far reaching consequences for many communities whose lifestyles were woven around the social and economic dynamics created by traditional crop patterns. The lifespan of the crop, its field preparation, weeding and irrigation needs were the basis on which the landless and mostly 'untouchable' communities had defined their relationships with the landholding upper castes of mofussil India.
A millet crop that produced excess cattle fodder allowed the landlord to be generous in his fodder freebies to his farmhands. Long intervals between crops allowed for periods of rest, maintenance and preparation for next crop. Perhaps the landlord would also let his farm-hands graze their cattle in the fields when it was left uncultivated between crops. Sometimes the payment for work too came in the form of millets – without large commercial markets and a 'government procurement of crops' what the farmer had in excess was best shared with his farm-hands. All of this changed when ragi and sorghum made way for cash crops, fertilizers that allowed for shorter interval between subsequent crops. Pesticides and tractors eliminated a large amount of manual labor. In the yet to be liberalized India (perennially short of employment opportunities) to be a 'low caste' farm-hand whose traditional lifestyles were disturbed by a fast changing agricultural landscape often meant vulnerability to landholding caste's rapaciousness.
But in the India of today things have taken a turn for the good. Ragi is making a comeback as a novelty ingredient. Restaurants are offering 'ragi specials'; some half-baked alleged dieticians are prescribing a diet more inclusive of millets. Even Britannia has come up with ragi biscuits. Rumors persist that ragi is a good substitute for rice and wheat that have come to totally dominate our diet. I'm not sure if ragi would help diabetics – it is quite rich in carbohydrates but generally has enough calcium that you can skip taking calcium pills.
All this is not to take away the sheer yumminess that ragi can offer. There are a couple of dishes I wish to introduce to readers here. You will notice both are extremely simple recipes requiring very few ingredients. These maybe quite obvious to many South Indians so I beg their pardon and ask them to preach the virtues of ragi to others!
Ragi mudde (sankati/kali):
The first recipe is the ragi kali or ragi mudde or ragi balls. The most favorite of Deve Gowda's ragi based delicacies (or perhaps the only one, we don't know!) this dish requires at a minimum just ragi flour, salt, few drops of oil and water.
- Boil one and a half cup of water. Add a few drops of oil and salt to taste before slowly adding ragi batter (1 cup of ragi flour + 1.5 cups of water, mixed without lumps). Keep stirring for 8-10 minutes on low flame. Check the mixture's texture and thickness.
- In some households a wooden stick like apparatus (a sort of pestle with round ends) which is also frequently applied to discipline erring husbands is used to mix the dough and break any lumps. The mixture can be taken off stove and shaped into …well, any shape desired with wet hands (usually rounds)
- Serve with some delicious sambhar, kuzhambu or just some yoghurt/buttermilk and pickle.
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Commonly available street food ragi porridge defies the stereotype of street-food having to be spicy, exotic or just too oily. The porridge too requires minimal ingredients and for those inclined you could consume it with any number of add-ons!
- Simply dissolve ragi flour in a cup of water (2 tablespoons of flour for ¼ cup of water).
- Boil another cup of water – slowly add the ragi mix to boiling water. Keep stirring with the husband-disciplining device lest your mixture contain lumps. Stir for 8-10 minutes.
- Allow mixture to cool and mix buttermilk. Add salt to taste. Serve with any number of side dishes you prefer. Crisps, pickles, fresh cut mangoes, you name it!
Ragi was a common staple across South Karnataka and many regions of Tamil Nadu. Cultivation has dwindled to a fraction of what it was earlier but there still exist farmers who have stuck with ragi to retain the tradition if not for commercial purposes. Large gunny bags of ragi millet can still be found in backyard sheds of these farmers. They are left there and forgotten for years together.
Their presence is an assurance to the old school farmers that there is some part of the old that is still sticking around. If all the tumultuous changes of recent past one day give way to the great unknown they can reach out to something that was part of the traditions of their forefathers. It is their way of staying prepared for the worst. It is their way of staying in touch with the past.
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Of all Mikhail Gorbachev's new policies, that of ''openness'' (glasnost) has intrigued Western journalists most.
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In the 1960's, Vladimir Voinovich was one of the favored authors of the magazine Novy Mir. Nearly all of his early literary works appeared there. In 1968, ''An Exchange of Mutual Correspondence,'' a spoof of Government correspondence, was accepted but never published. Because of his political activities, he had been put on the official blacklist.
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Having read an account of your presentation to students at the University of Paris, at which occasion you announced, among other things, that you were ready to publish manuscripts of Russian emigre writers, I decided not to wait a moment longer, but to offer Novy Mir my story: ''An Exchange of Mutual Correspondence.''
It was written for Novy Mir almost 20 years ago, prepared for publication and typeset (I still have the very yellowed page proofs); the author even managed to receive 60 percent of the royalties in advance. For reasons that are well known to you, publication never took place. But why couldn't that event be carried out now?
As you can see, the story was eventually published -but in a publication that is inaccessible to the Soviet reader.
If for any reason this story strikes you as inappropriate, I can offer you other things, old and new. I remind you in passing that I began working on my novel, ''The Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin'' (translated into 30 languages) under contract to Novy Mir.
Following the impressive changes taking place in the Soviet Union, I have begun to hope sincerely that our readers will soon have returned to them not only the works of writers long dead, but also of those alive today - including my own. SINCERELY YOURS, VLADIMIR VOINOVICH ------ MARCH 24, 1987 RESPECTED VLADIMIR NIKOLAEVICH:
You seem to have the impression that Novy Mir is now publishing everything that was ever rejected, regardless of what the reasons may have been.
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There exists in the Soviet Union an ongoing literary process, and it is this process which is most important to us. Our journal exists to reflect it. Our main tasks - and we have more than enough of them - are here. All our resources are directed toward resolving these tasks, and we hope to make do with our own resources.
Furthermore, we are an organ of the press, and we do not reprint materials which have already appeared in print in some way or another. We can make an exception only for a few works that are particularly successful from an artistic point of view. I am amazed that dozens of authors offer us their works in the firm conviction that these works fit into this category. This is very strange, wouldn't you agree?
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I respond point by point to your letter, which is polite in form and insulting in content.
No, I never had the impression that Novy Mir publishes everything that was once rejected. On the contrary, I was quite skeptical of your Parisian statement. But as a conscientious person, I wanted to learn if I had been correct or incorrect in my appraisal.
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