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Simulated Maximum Likelihood Estimation for Latent Diffusion Models
In this paper a method is developed and implemented to provide the simulated maximum likelihood estimation of latent diffusions based on discrete data. The method is applicable to diffusions that either have latent elements in the state vector or are only observed at discrete time with a noise. Latent diffusions are very important in practical applications in nancial economics. The proposed approach synthesizes the closed form method of Aït-Sahalia (2008) and the ecient importance sampler of Richard and Zhang (2007). It does not require any inll observations to be introduced and hence is computationally tractable. The Monte Carlo study shows that the method works well in finite sample. The empirical applications illustrate usefulness of the method and find no evidence of infinite variance in the importance sampler.
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Thread: MIS server information
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Unanswered: MIS server information
First of all I need to confess that I am a novice in this field. Now, let me elaborate my query.
We are having 40 different sites across the country, running on IDS 7.3.
We, the central headquarters are also running on IDS 7.3. Now, we are going to implement the MIS. We are purchasing the Linux Suse server. And also, for the implementation of MIS, we had already installed 4 Linux servers, 1 for mail server, 1 for backup of mail server, 1 for web server and the other for backup of web server. We are using PHP for implementation of mail and web server. Now, coming into the MIS part, for successful implementation, all the information from 40 sites need to be compiled in the headquarters. These all should be in web format.
My query is, which one will be the best platform for the successful implementation. Again, we are purchasing Informix 10, though we don't know the advanced features of Informix 10. Whether any inbuilt web applications are available, so that any extra burden doesn't pose upon us for compilation of reports from 40 sites. Some propose php (as it is already running in web & mail server), some propose jscript and so on. Recently, a marketing executive from Microsoft has given us a demo about Microsoft BizTalk Server. He was proposing the concept of directly linking the fields of specified tables with our table's field from all the 40 sites. But I am not sure which is the best. So, I thought better I would consult the great master minds. I know, I will get the correct reply from you.
Please do note that we are running on IDS 7.3 and are going to migrate to IDS 10. If any egl concept is going to work automatically in web format, we will be pleased to implement that in all of our 40 sites with IDS 10. Also, please let me know the advanced features of Informix 10 also. And, if any further information is required, please let me know....
Thanks in advance...
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Should that to know well you business to give a correct answer, take these answers as possible roads to it take of decision. Suggest you that migrate of version 7 to 9 and then to 10, IS NOT recommendable to migrate directly from 7 to 10.
Suse, Fedora or Debian,.... are good operating system. Choose a good hardware, with a lot of memory, a lot of processors and great quantity of axes, to be able to distribute the load of the database and then observe on that operating system can run all this.
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Hi Mr. Gurey,
Thank you for your advice and also sorry for the delay of my reply. But again I am sorry to intimate that We had already purchased the Informix 10 and the s/w is on the way. As per as the part of memory, hardware and processors are concerned they are far better. I wanted to know which s/w would be the best front end for IDS 10. Whether you would recommend php/jscipt/etc....
And also please let me be informed the advanced features of Informix 10.
Thank you well in advance......

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May 27th marks the premiere of Longwood's "Summer of Spectacle."
After a two-year, $90 million revitalization, the crown jewel of fountains returns with shows, fireworks, tours and programs for a season of celebration. Make your reservations now!
A "Summer of Spectacle" at Longwood Gardens promises dazzling daily fountain shows, plus concerts and special events including Grammy Award-winning artists, regional symphonies, local musicians and more.
Highlights of this massive project include a complete restoration of 4,000 pieces of limestone, new mechanical and electrical infrastructure, and a brand new Garden experience, the Grotto—a space for quiet contemplation. To improve guest comfort and access to the five-acre fountain area, enhanced pathways, elaborate boxwood hedges, inviting alleés and custom benches have been created.
Cutting-edge technology will bring even more colorful displays, choreographed fountain and firework displays, and jets shooting to heights of 175 feet! The revitalized Main Fountain Garden is stunning in every way.
The gardens will extend visiting hours on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays for illuminated Fountain Shows. And the popular Fireworks & Fountains shows, featuring illuminated fountains and fireworks choreographed to music, will return with six shows: May 28, July 2 & 22, August 12, September 2 & 16.
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Thread: Am I Asking Too Much?
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I have friends who picked Elise due to its ability to be either french ir english.. I think they are happy!Cheers,
Archer Lawrence (Archie) 2014
Broderick Pearson (Brock) 2016
Carol Ellen (Mommy)
David Robert (Daddy)
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Fav names: Harrison & Genevieve (Evie or Gigi)
To live, to love, to be understood.
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gertielee- I like the sound of Maelys but I have a feeling in the States it will just look like a "yooneek" name or maybe even a "made up" name
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OH I have an idea! That's cool that he's french Canadian, I'm Canadian and going to Quebec this weekend! I'll look out for french names for you
I had an ideas. Arianne. It is French (French derived from a Latin name) and sounds French, but works in English. It does not start with a J so no alliteration (and ur last name appears to be 2 syllables while this is 3 so they'll sound nice together). There is only one spelling (just realized it can also be spelled Ariane, but I think the 2 n's is much nicer and is the more common/expected way of spelling it. Ariane would be the rarely heard variation. ex. Arianne is the Rachel, and Ariane is Rachael). It gives you the nn Ana. It's spelled Anne at the end, but but is pronounce Air-ee-ahn. The "ahn" ending makes it work with nn Ana (pronounced the way you like). According to the rules, It is the perfect name. I also think it's super pretty https://nameberry.com/babyname/Arianne - Check it out.
Beatrice Flora Jane, Clara Felicity Kate, Rosalie Linnea Tess, Alexa Coralie Eve, Emmeline Alaska Sophie,
Charlie Jay, Gideon Bruce, Henry Liam
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Adeline, Avalon, Eliza, Greta, Imogen, Isla, Leora, & Winnie.
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You could call it a scrap book, a collection box or a diary. Basically a collection of my "publishable" thoughts !
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
(Very) Early Childhood Education
Saturday, December 03, 2011
Grandpas, cell phones and back-up plans
Saturday, November 26, 2011
The art of simplicity
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Shaam se aankh mein namee see hai
So far there have been a very few celebrities whose death moved me to tears. One was Michael Jackson, recently Swarnalatha and now it is Jagjit Singh. I don't know if it is a coincidence that all of them were singers. I cried at the news of their death because they are gone forever and will never sing beautiful songs for me anymore.
As soon as I heard the terrible news of Jagjit Singh's passing last afternoon, I pulled out my collection of his music - all of them audio tapes. Strangely I've never bought a Jagjit Singh CD. Good I didn't. Those cassettes hold much more than music I must say. Just take out a favorite cassette (if you still have one) and try it. Hold it in your hand, close your eyes and see how magically it can transport you back to the times you heard it over and over again. This is exactly what I've been going through since last afternoon.
I was introduced to the magic of Jagjit Singh's voice by my friend Niju Ravindran in the first year of college. We were in a van during a college trip and I asked her what she was listening to. She quietly passed me her walkman and said "listen to it yourself". And that's it. I got hooked on to Jagjit Singh's music for life. Niju left college the same year to study elsewhere - as if her only purpose was to get me mesmerized by Jagjit Singh. Like I always say, angels come in so many forms (I am glad to have got back in touch with her last month after almost 20 long years).
Though I appeared to be a reckless tom boy to many, the soulfulness in Jagjit Singh's voice and music somehow touched me instantly. And as years went by, the effect only increased. I wasn't familiar with Urdu or even Hindi for that matter at that time. Thankfully most album jackets had full lyrics and also meaning to some rare words (what thoughtful gesture).
Today as I go through each Ghazal in every album, it all comes back to me. I was introduced to this music as a silly college girl and it stood by me as I matured. It probably helped me philosophize and see reality. Rather than saying I felt the pain along with Jagjit, I should say he shared my pain, loneliness and taught me how to cope. I guess that answers why I don't have any CDs of Jagjit Singh...by the time technology moved on to CDs from audio cassettes, I moved on too. Got a grip on life and its ways. Like I mentioned in an earlier blog post, my family would often try to pull me out of my "ghazal moods". They thought the songs made me sad. I never tried to come out of my locked-up room and explain to them how good the music made me feel...I could've never explained even if I tried to. Not only the Ghazals, I even loved Jagjit Singh's devotional music. I get goose-flesh even when I think of the refrain "Jai Jai Maa" in "Mere man ke andh tamas mein jyotirmayee utro" - how the song raised my spirits during so many times of need!
Thanks to Jagjit Singh, I also started looking at other singers like Pankaj Udhas, Chandas Das, Talat Aziz, even Hariharan but nobody stayed in my heart like Jagjit Singh and he always will. Thank you Jagjit Singh...RIP
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
1990 – Many love stories
This incident took me straight back to the first year of my college in the 1990s when a classmate's mother walked into our class to enquire about her daughter who'd been missing for the past 2 days! The interesting part of the story was that this absconding classmate had "eloped" with her car driver (oops...chauffer it should be). Just into college and added to it, we were students of English Literature - just imagine our state of mind when we heard the story! Of course by the end of the final year, though we had gotten used to the elopement stories we got excited every time – if it wasn't the French tutor, it was the rich guy next-door who happened to be a glorified cowherd and then there was the girl who "ran away" with the neighbourhood auto rickshaw driver!!
Those of us who grew up in the late 80s and 1990s were mostly a bunch of dreamers. We dreamt of love stories, lovers and sometimes careers. Yes, very much in that order.
The late 80s and the 1990s was the golden-era of love stories. Cinema reflects society and vice versa and so this was the period when some of the most memorable love stories got made (memorable for us kids, unforgettable for our poor parents). Wow! What movies they were!
• Maine Pyar Kiya (come on, don't laugh. Have you forgotten? Some people were smitten by the doves and even Alok Nath)
• Qayamat se Qayamat Tak (I still sigh at the very mention of it)
• Dil
• Idhayam (the heavy, heavy Tamil movie that melted many hearts)
• Eeramana Rojave
• Punnagai Mannan
• Aashiqui
• Dil Hai ke Maanta Nahin (with a clever modern-day twist and the famous line "Pooja beti Bhaag". Thank God the hero of that movie hadn't yet turned a producer – else he would have written a song for the situation "Bhaag bhaag pooja bhaag", with a few swear words thrown in )
• ....the list goes on (definitely not in a chronological order).
All these movies had the quintessential dialogue of the era "Is duniya ki koi taakat hamein rok nahin sakti" translated into all Indian languages!!! My generation grew up watching such movies and listening to songs like "Main duniya bhula doonga teri chaahat mein", "hum pyar karne waalen, duniya se na darne waale", "roke kab ruki hai, manzil pyaar ki". Ha! Such inspiring words and I guess that did it. So inspired we all were that we forgot to plan ourselves a career... we just loitered around, found jobs and life-partners – some traitors didn't even fulfil the secret pact that the youth of the 1990s had made to themselves – they quietly sneaked into arranged marriages!
The trend of the movies and the society slowly changed and brought in the idea of "sacrificing love for the sake of family respect"...with convenient happy endings. Prem and Pooja bottled up their feelings for each other (Maine Pyar Kiya) and if not for hoarse voice of Amrish Puri that said "Ja Simran", our giggly Raj would've never got his Simran. Sacrifice became a recurring theme in half a dozen 'SuperBad Tamil movies' produced by SuperGood movies with melodic 'strains' by SA Rajkumar.
Cut to today - just like youngsters today, the characters in today's films are straightforward, less dreamy eyed, more practical and ready to drop old lovers and pick new ones without as much as a tear drop. Parental consent is not quite an issue (if at all parents form part of the story). What is interesting is that most of the leads (both the girls and boys) have their own careers. In the 1990s, even the college-educated guys had to chop wood for a living in case they eloped!! The definition of falling in love and relationship seems to be changing. Though it broke my heart, Gautam Menon conveyed to his audience that it is only in a movie that Jessie can marry Karthik against all odds but the real Jessie (out of the movie) moves on and marries someone else. Of course there are good movies being made today too but they only have a certain love angle to a larger subject. Even in movies that claim to be in Romance genre (I hate luvv stories, Anjana Anjani, Break ke Baad, Paiyya, Engeyum Kaadhal) I somehow feel the fiery passion, an essential part of a love-story, missing. VTV, Mynaa and Madrasapattinam were perhaps some exceptions in recent times. I'm unable to think of any such strong examples in Hindi though. Please tell me if you can think of any.
Like I said earlier, cinema is definitely a mirror to the times we live in. People are keener on establishing a comfortable position for themselves in this competitive world. Relationships, if at all they happen, are just sub-stories.
Saturday, September 10, 2011
Book Review: Timepass - Memoirs of Protima Bedi
The book is a collection of letters and excerpts from Protima Bedi's journals. She wished to publish her Autobiography someday but little did she know that it would be published posthumously.
The presentation of the book is as raw and as simple as Protima Bedi's outlook towards life. The book does not carry any air of the classy-literary style that one would expect from a noted classical dancer's memoirs nor do you find the sensationalism of a bold model's life story. The journal entries are all straightforward and the letters are simple and straight from the heart. Beyond being known as the Nudist of Juhu and the creator of Nrityagram, we see a very simple, even innocent person at the core. Her exploits, love affairs, struggles are all discussed very honestly and in a matter of fact style. The few black and white photographs that are added could have been of a better quality. They also don't contribute much to the story of Protima Bedi. Pooja Bedi and the editor perhaps didn't have accesss to many good pictures.
Initially, I felt the title of the book "Timepass" was rather frivolous. Only later does one realise that it sums up her simple philosophy of life. She says only birth and death are the two truths of life and everything else in between is just "timepass". There are such small, sometimes unintended, nuggets of wisdom in many chapters. The book offers some surprising and shocking moments - for instance, when she casually mentions names of celebrities and well-known people as her lovers/friends and when she talks about the ordeals she faced during her Odissi training days and the initial days of Nrityagram.
The last couple of chapters are very moving and philosophical in nature. The readers are taken to another level in terms of their understanding of Protima Gauri Bedi (How she dropped the name Bedi and added Gauri is quite funny). Her thoughts and actions during the last few chapters almost seem prophetic. One perhaps just needs to be in touch with his/her inner self to walk the path to sheer Bliss.
Inspiring in parts, thought provoking and touching in parts, this book is a good read for those who appreciate the essence of of free-spiritedness and is sure to be more than just a "timepass"!
Friday, July 08, 2011
The day I realized that my 3.5 year old daughter started imitating my angry expressions and body language, I started becoming very conscious of my anger and my reaction to unpleasant situations. I realized raising one's voice could sound so ugly and violent only after I saw her do it. I have now started controlling my temper and language, even when she is not around.
My daughter loves enacting scenes either from her favourite fairy tale or imitate her teachers at school. We also enjoy watching her do this but what she did the other day shocked me. She suddenly started yelling on top of her voice "Get out of the class" in English and in Tamil. I asked her what she was talking about but she repeatedly kept saying "Get out the class. Why did you spill the water?" On asking her if her teacher yelled this way, she said "No, not our teacher but I saw this through the window of another classroom while playing outside". Well, I was relieved that this did not happen in her class and at the same time wasn't sure if it is okay. Though my first thought was go and tell the school about this, I also thought, as parents, when we lose temper with our own kids, what more could be expected from a regular school with regular teachers who have to deal with brats of all sizes every day of the week.
I have always tried to keep my daughter away from violence. I consciously avoid showing her violent stuff on TV. Great! What else? I tell her traditional, mythological stories. I told her the story of Lord Ganesha and how Lord Shiva chops off Lord Ganesha's head. Boy! How much more violent can it get? She loves to watch shows like Little Krishna, Krishna-Balaram and Chota Bheem on TV, though most of the time innocent and cute, these shows are mostly about bashing up the bad guys. Then, we sing Rhymes - the Mother Goose rhymes. An innocent sleeping baby falls off the cradle (Rock-a-bye-baby) and a poor old man gets thrown down the stairs just because he couldn't say his prayers (Goosy Goosy Gander). As a student of Literature I know that most of these rhymes were written in the social context of England during various periods. I don't teach my daughter rhymes that are irrelevant but can I stop her school? (Thank God for the new syllabi at schools which have new rhymes, apart from some old ones).
Ieven avoid telling her, at bedtime, her 2 favourite stories – namely Robot (the movie) and Rapunzel. Both of these have shades of violence, how much ever I edit it.
Itake my daughter's favourite characters and make up my own bed-time stories. My daughter loves them and in the bargain, I sleep well too but there's so much violence everywhere in so many forms. And for how long will I be able to shield my little one from aggression and violence. Of course, I do explain in her own language that is not nice to hit or yell at someone. The TV luckily has a remote control but what about life? Should I let her explore the world on her own and figure it out herself because today hatred, violence and blood-shed are all part of daily life? If I look, I am sure there must be some way of raising my daughter who will be aware that violence does exist but will be strong enough to choose love!
Friday, May 20, 2011
Ko - a quick and clever mov(i)e!
Monday, January 17, 2011
Nature and children
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
The KB-Rajini Interview on Sun TV
Was watching this prog on Sun TV last night - an event organized by the Film Director's Association of South India (I guess). Part of the show was a cute little interview (supposed to be in a lighter vein) - ace director K Balachander interviewing Superstar Rajnikanth. The concept was very sweet and so was the interview. Very open questions and very honest answers - that was the best part of the interview. Rajni didn't hesitate for a second when he said, his priority was only commercial movies - gosh, this man is so sure of himself!! There were many questions that made Rajni emotional - like for example when KB asked Rajni why he has stopped the ritual of calling upon KB anymore on Holi day (the day when Sivaji Rao Gaekwad was renamed Rajni by KB). The relationship between the two came out so well...the humble self displayed by Rajni towards his mentor was so moving. I also loved the maturity displayed by KB when he says he cannot make movies that befit Rajni's superstar status anymore.
Just one thing, KB sir kept taking pride in the fact that he was the one to launch Rajni, not once but many times during the interview. For a minute I felt, its all destiny - if Sivaji Rao was destined to become a super-famous personality, nothing would have stopped him and KB sir was perhaps just a catalyst in entire Big Plan. (In fact, it was only much later that the 'superstar' image came to be fitted on Rajni, though people loved him right from the first movie!) If not through KB, it would have happened through some other source. But you know what, considering all of KB's path breaking movies, all his knowledge and more than anything, his ripe age of 82 (I see so many ex-film personalities become cynical once they lose out on the market but KB so is spirited even now) - may be one can actually let him take the credit for turning around the life of a regular person into a phenomenon!
Thursday, January 06, 2011
"Get a life" they said.
One road trip, many lessons
It was a long pending trip to Udipi. We finally decided to go ahead though we did not get the train tickets. We decided to drive down, though somewhere deep down, I was not too keen about driving from one coast to the other - Chennai in the East to Mangalore in the West. Anyway, counting on the driving skills of my husband and our driver, we set out - leave granted, bags packed and everything.
We reached Bangalore first and spent the night there for a break as we had another 6 hr journey ahead of us. We then left Bangalore the next morning at around 11 am (so that we can avoid the rush hour, little knowing that we were anyway going to spend a very long time on the road). The road up to a town called Hassan was okay though not very good. Then came, Sankleshpur – a name I will not forget in a long time to come. The ordeal started there. It wasn't a regular road but a National Highway – NH48! I would call it a National Rubbleway! There was absolutely not a stretch that was smooth. The roads were broken and what made things worse was that the roads went uphill, popularly known as the 'Ghat section'. We did some homework before we left Chennai - we were told that the Highway is good except for some 30 kms. Maybe the 30 km they referred to was the good part. It became very dark and roads got worse. I had already decided we will not take this road on our way back. As we drove up, the hill it was getting darker, the jungle denser. I normally don't have any major fears to talk about but that day, I found myself hallucinating. I saw a man's face peering through the gigantic leaves of a tree. Me a lover of nature, found the hills and trees very gloomy that evening. I don't 't know why but I heard myself telling our maid that we will be delayed by a day and she can have another day's off and also heard myself informing my boss that I will need another day's off – it still remains a mystery why and how I heard those voices. We anyway reached Mangalore at 9 pm, a good 3 hours behind schedule and with stiff necks.
We left to Udipi the next day and managed to get a good darshan in spite of the mad holiday rush – can't blame them. They were also trying to make the best of the holiday season just like we were. Lesson #1 Never visit temples during vacations, particularly long weekends. Many more lessons follow. D
Day 2: Arun (my husband) talked to a few people, bought some good maps and found a better route to get to Bangalore from Mangalore – via Madikkeri (Coorg). He suggested we take a break there and then proceed to Chennai via Bangalore. My parents who were with us had confirmed bus bookings from Mangalore to Hyderabad (a solid 20 hr journey) the next day. Poor things, we convinced them to cancel it and join us for a good time at Madikkeri and even got them train tickets from Bangalore to Hyderabad – we were so pleased that we had made it easy for them. So we went to Subramanya Temple, around 100 km from Mangalore but couldn't get the Darshan at the main temple, again due to the holiday rush. We left to Madikkeri around 3 pm and realized that the road has been blocked. We took the alternative route and regret it till date J All the while I was uncomfortable, I repeatedly kept asking everyone – do we actually have to climb up hill and go to Madikeri? Can't we go to Mysore directly? I don't feel like going uphill. But they said this is the only available route to Mysore too. Lesson #2 Respect your instincts, follow your gut feeling. Anyway the suggested road was nothing but a narrow mud path where only 1 vehicle can pass freely at any time, again a winding road up the hills, with a jungle on one side and a valley on the other. It was very difficult to climb up the hill. I then felt a strange smell and we all thought forest areas do have such unusual "herbal" smells!! A few minutes later, the climb was getting more difficult. We thought it must be because of the weight – 1 baby, 5 adults, 5 suitcases and an assortment of other stuff. The realization came when a passing car mentioned that smoke was coming out of our car! We opened the doors and windows of our car to see smoke – a whole lot of it at that. The tension that caught all of us at that time would not leave us for next 18 hours at least. We tried balancing the weight in the car. My husband and I moved to the front passenger seat and dad moved behind. We thought it worked for a while. We hadn't even covered 2 kms – we would stop for a while when the smoke started coming and then start again – we did this twice. Finally our Corolla Altis just gave up – poor thing, if it had feelings, wonder what it would have gone through at that time and the rest of the night. Tension was building up. I could hear my mum and baby chanting Lord Ayappa's names and prayers "Swamiye Saranam Ayappa" ''Ethividayya, thookividayya''. This is normally chanted by devotees while climbing the tough hills to reach Lord Ayappa's temple in Sabarimalai (my parents have made 2 visits so far and now have decided to go next year too). A man driving alone in a black Chevrolet slowed down and asked if we needed a lift. We declined, thinking we can manage. When we actually thought we should perhaps ask someone for a lift, we didn't get one. Just then a bus that was passing by stopped and around 20 full grown men swiftly got off the bus and started walking towards our car. I got scared and quickly got into our car. They exchanged a few words with my dad, husband and driver. One of them got into our car and tried to start it and said something in Kannada that meant ''it's gone'' – at least that's what I could make out. The rest of the men pushed our car to a corner of the road and again spoke something to the men in our car. My mom was very excited and I was thinking how she could trust just anyone. I think my head was clouded with thoughts and I couldn't hear anything. The next thing I realized was that my dad telling me that those men offered us a lift up to a point and me quickly grabbing 2 bags with me and running towards the bus. I only had one second to turn back to Arun who nodded, asking me to get into that bus and that he would meet me soon. We got into the bus and I now came to know why mom was excited. It was indeed a bus full of Ayappa devotees. They were on their way back from a trip to Sabharimalai! That was a very pleasant surprise and I started crying – don't know why. We then realized the folly of just leaving my husband behind without even discussing further plans. I was still confident that they would somehow lug the car and come behind the bus now that the load had reduced. It was then that my mum dropped the bombshell "didn't you know that we've had a breakdown? The clutch is broken and the car will not move". Goodness gracious me! I just didn't know that. Totally unaware of the distances and routes, I thought we would go to Khushalnagar, a few kilometres from Madikkeri, my dad will find a mechanic and go back to the spot where the car was stranded. How stupid of me. There was absolutely no network on our cell phones and we just couldn't get in touch with Arun or the driver. My tears increased – to make the situation more filmy, sentimental Ayappa songs were blaring in the bus – a lady angrily challenging to God to prove His existence and another man lamenting over the loss of his worldly processions only to be directed towards the Lord's doors and so on. Mom was assuring that if God has put us in the hands of these kind men, He would definitely guide my husband too. Luckily, my dad and Arun, both users of the good old BSNL were able to finally connect to each other and decided on a place to meet each other in the town of Sankleshpur. Arun and our driver had got a lift up to that town. They had decided to leave our car alone in the jungle that night. I felt bad for our loyal car. People were talking that the jungle is a marked forest area and had animals coming out at night, particularly elephants! We then reached some town and one of the men on our bus dropped us off at a bus station and before we realized anything, put us on a bus that was almost about to leave and quickly told us this bus would not actually go to Sankleshpur but to another town – we will have to get another bus from there to Sankleshpur. Phew! What have we got ourselves into??
We had to no choice but to board the 'town bus'. We thanked the Ayappa bus guy and started our journey # 3 of the day. We enquired with the conductor of the town bus and he said he was not very sure about the distance to Sankleshpur but we had to get off at a village called Holenarsapur which is around 2.5 hrs from where we were! It was already 8:15 in the night. The Ayappa bus had actually crossed the shortcut to Sankleshpur from the jungle. Gosh! What a mess! My dad got talking to an elderly person and related the story to him. My mom again smiled her optimistic smile (I will write about her inspiring optimism and belief in miracles another time). She said, "Hey look at his clothes, looks like he is from Ramakrishna Mission" and I went...gosh mom, how would you know?? In a while, dad tells us "this gentleman says we will reach Holenarsapur at very odd hours and since we have a baby with us, he suggested that we get off in the next stop along with him and spend the night at his Ashram and leave to Sankleshpur in the morning". Thankfully Mom declined the offer and so did I. This bus was actually going towards Bangalore and for a second we toyed with the idea of directly proceeding to Bangalore because of our baby but then decided to hang on with Arun - whatever happens – we will all stick together. One good decision in the whole day! (We were already regretting the way we split earlier). By then luckily the cell phone networks started getting better. We learnt that Arun was luckily with some very kind people who were giving the correct guidance. They suggested that we all spend the night in Hassan town as it is a bigger and safer place to stay. This meant, we had to get off at Holenarsapur and get a bus to Hassan. It would be 11 pm by then. What would we do? Arun started connecting with us every 10 minutes. He was really concerned for us – from his point of view, he was safer and more comfortable than us. Lessons # 3 – Never drive down very long distances, especially when you are not comfortable with the topography and more so if you have small babies and older people with you. Lesson # 4 Never take the road to anywhere in Karnataka even if you know the area like the back of your hand, unless you want to hurt your spine – for there are no roads there (except Bangalore perhaps), just piles of stones and mud everywhere.
Our bumpy bus journey continued. The bus started getting more and more crowded with uncouth villagers, drunken men almost getting into a brawl....roads without lights and more forests (maybe they wouldn't appear like forests in day light). I will never get anywhere near a forest for the next 2 yrs at least. Parents bought some bananas on the way. We had them. My baby just had a few pieces of cake that I had with me and slept. She was truly an angel –as if she understood the tense moments we were going through, she was totally quiet and didn't kick up any fuss. In the earlier bus, she was talking about fear for a while, which seemed to disappear once she was in the warm arms of her Grandmom. Thank you darling for being such an angel. In between, there was a lady throwing up all over the bus, a drunk was being literally kicked out from the bus for bad behaviour – wonder where he went because at least 5 km on either side, there was no trace of life or light.
Finally Arun, who had already reached Hassan and booked a hotel for the night, insisted that he picked us up at Holenarsapur. I felt much better. The bus trundled into the town and we got off and thank Heavens for Arun, for we didn't see anyone on the road, no buses, no shops, no nothing – just a white cab that came speeding by – that was Arun and our driver in a cab. I was so glad to see Arun but was totally tongue tied for at least half an hour. I learnt that the people who gave a lift to Arun and our driver were truly nice people. Though they were to drop them off at Sankleshpur, listening to our predicament, it was they who suggested that Hassan was a better place. They found a good hotel there, checked if rooms were available, insisted that Arun pick us up at Holenarsapur, fixed up a cab to that town and only then had left the place. They were even willing to give the address of their sister's place where we could get some milk for our baby! Strangely the bus we got into had only 3 seats and the car which Arun got into had place only for 2! We then started discussing what we could do about the car that we left in the jungle, how to retrieve the luggage in the car, how to get our parents back into Bangalore by the next evening in time for their train....Arun suggested we all just get a good night's sleep and talk over it in the morning. It was midnight by the time we reached Hassan. None of us had any dinner, it was too late, and the hotel staff offered us hot Bournvita. We had a lot of snacks in our bags but we were in no mood to eat – not even my baby who went off to sleep without even drinking her Bournvita. All of us slept in the same clothes that we had on since morning.
I couldn't sleep. I was picturing two elephants pushing down our Toyota down the valley. Apart from clothes, books and other stuff, the luggage in the car included my laptop, handycam and mom's jewellery (poor thing has just now started buying new ones after she lost every bit of jewellery in a burglary at Hyderabad). And mainly our house keys were in there and we had no duplicate!
Day 3: Morning. It was decided that Dad, Arun and our driver would take a cab and go to the spot where they had left the car. Arun spoke to the Toyota Company the previous day itself and told them the story. They offered to come and take a look at the car. And so they set out after breakfast. Mom and I left behind in the Hotel with the baby tried our best to distract ourselves. We went and bought some change of clothes. Bathed, ate and sat worried and wondering. Again, they were near the jungle and the men could not be contacted. Finally the call came at around 1 pm. They found the car and it was all intact – just the way they had left it – no one had even touched it – neither elephants nor highway robbers!
After sending our darling car to Mangalore along with our driver, dad and Arun brought our luggage to Hassan. We proceeded to Bangalore immediately and reached late night. Man, what a relief to come into a 'home'. My parents left to Hyderabad the next evening. And we left to Chennai on day 5 after our car came back serviced and all fine. We were told by the mechanics at Toyota that even the brakes had broken. Thank Heavens! Just like what I had already heard myself telling, I called my maid and the office – the only difference, I was extending the trip by 2 more days! As soon as the car came back from the service station at Mangalore, we ran the car over 4 lemons placed under each tire – call it whatever you please – drishti or aura cleansing – we all needed some good aura cleansing actually! Our poor driver drove down all alone from Mangalore to Bangalore with the serviced car, somehow blaming himself for all that happened apart from worrying for his pregnant wife back home.
Man, what a trip it has been. People wished us memorable vacation but ours was unforgettable. Apart from the stress that we all went through, we ended up spending a whole lot of money. What is more important is that all of us, including our car are safe and sound and I am able to share this with all of you! I came across many angels as part of this adventure – the Ayappa group, the people who gave Arun the lift, the Toyota people who carefully towed the car up to Mangalore and fixed our car for us, our driver who was his quiet and patient self throughout and my parents, who were a real blessing by being there at the right time, they had to suffer the ordeal along with us but gave us their support in so many ways – they helped us keep our morale in order, helped us communicate in Kannada and much more. We all have angels around us all the time. We just need to recognize them and thank them.


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Photographer's Note
Traditional lateen-rigged fishing boats in the inner harbour at Collioure, in Pyrénées-Orientales department.
I was attracted by the colours and the repeated pattern produced by their being moored in the Mediterranean fashion, stern to the quay.
In the early 20th century Collioure became a centre of artistic activity, with several Fauvist artists making it their meeting place. André Derain, Georges Braque, Othon Friesz, Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso, Charles Rennie Mackintosh and Tsuguharu Fujita have all been inspired by Collioure's royal castle, medieval streets, its lighthouse converted into the church of Notre-Dame-des-Anges and its typical Mediterranean bay. Collioure's cemetery contains the tomb of Spanish poet Antonio Machado, who fled here to escape advancing Francoist troops at the end of the Spanish Civil War in 1939.
The British historical novelist Patrick O'Brian lived in the town from 1949 until his death in 2000, and his novel The Catalans graphically describes Collioure life before major changes took place. He also wrote a biography of Picasso, who was an acquaintance. O'Brian and his wife Mary are also buried in the town cemetery.
Part of the action in Stephen Clarke's fourth comic novel featuring Paul West, Dial M for Merde, takes place in Collioure.
Ninety-eight reproductions of Matisses and Derains works are exposed exactly where these two masters of Fauvism painted the originals, in the early 20th century.
Collioure is also famous for its anchovies, which are referenced in Mark Kurlansky's book Salt as the best in the world.
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ourania (51103) 2012-04-21 2:22
Hello Will,
a wonderful composition with the lovely traditional boats so nicely placed one beside and above the other in the vertical frame. Excellent depth, clarity and contrasts. I love the delicious light and colours, the repeated colourful graphic patterns. A superb picture, well done and thank you!
All the best, have a lovely weekend,
dta (86560) 2012-04-21 3:07
Hello Will ,
These traditional boats of Méditerranée are really attractive . This is here a nice perspective , with the interseting choice to show us only the front part of the boats . The only minor default is having cutthe end the yard in the right .
brianmcc (6221) 2012-04-21 3:22
hi will,
you have composed this picture very nicely focusing in on the repeating patterns created by the boats. they are wonderfully coloured and very appealing. the sun is obviously shining brightly and you can almost feel its warmth coming through the frame, as your picture conveys its presence superbly well.
CanmoreKevin (2111) 2012-04-21 5:15
Hi Will,
Will composed with extraordinary colours.
tyro (26432) 2012-04-21 7:01
Hello Will,
An interesting note you have given us. And I must visit this place - I love anchovies!
This is a beautifully composed shot in which, with a bit of careful examination, you can find parallel lines and triangles everywhere. But, bottom line, it just looks right! The colours are wonderfully vibrant but still appear natural and believable and the depth of field and sharpness are exquisite.
Kind Regards,
AliMoein (780) 2012-04-21 11:12
Hi Will
Very nice shot oh this boats
This photo has avery good Perspective
It has a very good composition
Very nice and lovely colors
All the best
delpeoples (60236) 2012-04-22 5:04
Hi Will
I like the tight framing of these colourful and very characteristic boats. The colours are beautifully managed, along with the light. The vertical frame creates a wonderful perspective. Nice work, very attractive.
Warm regards
divail (8334) 2012-04-22 18:12
Bonsoir Will,
C'est une très jolie composition de ces embarcations très colorées. Beau format vertical et belle saturation des couleurs.
Silvio1953 (162200) 2012-04-25 3:49
Ciao Will, great parade of lovely boats with beautiful reflections, wonderful bright colors, excellent clarity and splendid light, very well done, my friend, ciao Silvio
Cricri (133204) 2012-04-25 5:20
Hi Will
Bon format et cadrage serré des barques colorées, dont un choix particulier de montrer l'avant des barques, bonne lumière, belle réalisation
Belle journée
cornejo (51040) 2012-04-25 5:22
Hi Will, nice and interesting composition with these beautiful boats, good sharp image with good color and light. Very good, nice and interesting work, well done, congratulations. Tfs.
Good afternoon and happy week.
Best regards and best wishes.
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- Copyright: Will Perrett (willperrett) (12206)
- Genre: Places
- Medium: Color
- Date Taken: 2007-08-09
- Categories: Daily Life, Transportation
- Camera: Canon EOS5D, Canon EF 24-70mm f2.8L USM
- Exposure: f/18.0, 1/80 seconds
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Ever thought about how people know if you unfollow them on twitter?
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Normally it will be difficult to tell who unfollowed you on twitter, and there can be many good reasons why you want to unfollow someone – don't hold yourself back because you are afraid that they'd might find out that you unfollowed them.
See also: Unfollow inactive twitter users
Unfollowing users can be a way to make more "room" to follow more people, inactive accounts can generally be unfollowed without the risk of having those annoying @mentions making everyone aware that you just unfollowed someone.
How can people see if you unfollow them on twitter?
There are many different tools to manage twitter followers, some of which will automatically send out a @mention to people who unfollows you – this dose discourage a lot of spam accounts from following and unfollowing large numbers of people – but it can also be annoying and spammy to real users. Who cares that someone just unfollowed you!? This is twitter after all! People follow and unfollow each other all the time! Maybe they simply got tired of seeing your automatic @mention spam in their timelines?!
To get rid of these @mentions, one may choose to respond with hostility towards such automatic spam, since this would discourage people from using these useless tools. Another way to avoid such uncomfortable situations on twitter, would be to only unfollow inactive accounts – like there are tools to do so many other cool things on twitter, there are also tools that will check which accounts that you are following that are inactive – this is typically done by checking the date on their last tweet.


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During my husband's last semester of college (during his student teaching), we lived off of my part time, private school teacher salary. Wow... those were some lean months, but we made it through together and came out stronger than ever. During that time, I became a master at improvising dinners. After all, there are only so many times a person can eat Ramen noodles.
Or are there??
I invented the "broke college student's" stroganhoff, made from, you guessed it, RAMEN NOODLES!
Ramen is the standard food of a college student because it is so darn cheap. Using inexpensive ingredients, I doctored it up and created something that is the definition of "accidentally wonderful."
2 pkgs Chicken Flavored Ramen Noodles
1 lb ground turkey (it's almost as cheap as beef, but way healthier)
1 can cream of mushroom soup
A heaping spoonful (each) of cream cheese and sour cream
Seasonings (to taste)
Splash of milk (about two ounces)
Crush noodles in the pouch. Remove the seasoning packets and set aside. Boil noodles according to package directions, but do not add the seasoning.
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Pour the can of cream of mushroom and the splash of milk in the skillet with the turkey. Heat over medium-high heat until simmering. Allow to simmer for 2-3 minutes.
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Drain noodles and add to the skillet.
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A lesson for the New Year
By BOB URBAN
What better way to begin the New Year than with a lesson in life. Most of us have already broken our New Year's resolutions, or will be breaking them soon. The Christmas tree, so elegant and full of the holiday spirit just a few weeks ago, now looks like a chore that has to be dealt with in taking down the decorations, carefully putting them away for next year, and placing the tree out for the trash.
While we still deal with the hangover from New Year's Eve and yesterday's endless offering of football bowl games, or pick at the leftover sauerkraut and pork dinner from New Year's Day, a good way to begin the new decade is with a story that contains a lesson.
Thanks to a faithful reader, I'd like to share it with you today.
One day a farmer's donkey fell down into a well. The animal cried piteously for hours as the farmer tried to figure out what to do.
Finally, he decided the animal was old, and the well needed to be covered up anyway; it just wasn't worth it to retrieve the donkey.
He invited all his neighbors to come over and help him. They all grabbed a shovel and began to shovel dirt into the well. At first, the donkey realized what was happening and cried horribly. Then, to everyone's amazement he quieted down.
A few shovel loads later, the farmer finally looked down the well. He was astonished at what he saw. With each shovel of dirt that hit his back, the donkey was doing something amazing. He would shake it off and take a step up.
As the farmer's neighbors continued to shovel dirt on top of the animal, he would shake it off and take a step up.
Pretty soon, everyone was amazed as the donkey stepped up over the edge of the well and happily trotted off!
Life is going to shovel dirt on you, all kinds of dirt. The trick to getting out of the well is to shake it off and take a step up. Each of our troubles is a steppingstone. We can get out of the deepest wells just by not stopping, never giving up! Shake it off and take a step up.
Remember the five simple rules to be happy:
Free your heart from hatred - Forgive.
Free your mind from worries - Most never happen.
Live simply and appreciate what you have.
Give more.
Expect less.
NOW, the other moral to the story.
The donkey later came back, and bit the farmer who had tried to bury him.
The gash from the bite got infected and the farmer eventually died in agony from septic shock.
When you do something wrong, and try to cover your ass, it always comes back to bite you.
And, another New Year's contribution. You know it's the year 2010 when:
1. You accidentally enter your password on the microwave.
2 You haven't played solitaire with real cards in years.
3. You have a list of 20 phone numbers to reach your family of 4.
4. You e-mail the person who works at the desk next to you.
5. Your reason for not staying in touch with friends and family is that they don't have e-mail addresses.
6. You pull up in your own driveway and use your cell phone to see if anyone is home to help you carry in the groceries.
7. Every commercial on television has a web site at the bottom of the screen.
8. Leaving the house without your cell phone, which you didn't have the first 20 or 30 (or 60) years of your life, is now a cause for panic and you turn around to go and get it.
9. You get up in the morning and go on line before getting your coffee.


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Forget language barriers, currency exchange rates and presidential travel bans. The newest obstacle that U.S.-based meeting planners may face when organizing an international meeting is a visa requirement from European countries.
Late last week, the European Union Parliament voted to approve a measure that urges the European Union Commission to require visas for American passport holders. One might assume that the statement was passed in response to President Trump's controversial executive order, which blocks citizens from several majority-Muslim countries from entering the United States.
The travel ban and its newly published revision have certainly made headlines, but this EU measure was actually introduced because of a U.S. policy that requires visas for travelers from five EU member states: Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Poland and Romania. Citizens from all other EU countries are able to enter the United States under a reciprocal visa waiver program.
Because EU rules require equal treatment for citizens of all member nations, the U.S. policy has been an ongoing issue for several years. The EU Parliament has set a two-month deadline for the Commission to respond, but previous deadlines had been allowed to lapse, and lawmakers have little power to enforce the due date. Reuters reports that the Commission will continue to work on a solution and plans to make an announcement on any progress made before the end of June.
Realistically, it is unlikely that Americans will be subject to European visas anytime soon. Requiring visas would greatly affect the number of U.S. travelers willing to cross the pond. The European Travel Commission reported that in 2016, 27.4 million Americans traveled to Europe for business and leisure purposes—an increase of 8 percent from the previous year. A visa requirement would jeopardize the local revenue generated by these travelers.
U.S. Travel Association President and CEO Roger Dow released a statement emphasizing the impact such a policy could have: "Enactment of a measure requiring millions of Americans to obtain a visa to visit European nations… threatens to deprive the European tourism economy and the free-flow of travel that supports workers and businesses across the continent. Jeopardizing the economic and security interests that greatly benefit both sides of the Atlantic is simply too great to advance this action."


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Chittagong City Corporation Mayor M Manjur Alam has resigned from his post and collected nomination form for contesting the mayoral race of the city.
Divisional Election Commissioner Abdul Baten told the Dhaka Tribune that Manjur picked up nomination paper from district election office around 3:30pm on Friday.
In a press briefing after collecting nomination form, Manjur Alam said he would contest the poll under the banner of BNP-backed Chattagram Unnayan Andolon, an organisation of pro-BNP professionals.
When asked about BNP's central leadership support, party Vice President Abdullah Al Noman said: "Central BNP has endorsed Manjur's nomination for the mayoral race."
Earlier, Manjur Alam handed over his resignation letter to panel mayor Mohammad Hossain during a meeting at the City Corporation Building in the afternoon.
Mohammad Hossain has taken the charge as acting mayor of the city.
The Chittagong City Corporation (CCC) mayoral polls scheduled for April 28.
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DiNovo's motion to incorporate gender lens in Ontario budgets passes second reading
Queens Park – MPP Cheri DiNovo's motion to require the Ontario government to incorporate an intersectional gender equity perspective in the 2017-18 budget, and all future budgets, passed second reading today.
"This week, we celebrated 100 years of women first being able to vote in Ontario. Celebration is hollow if funding doesn't follow," said DiNovo, MPP for Parkdale-High Park. "Our budgets need to be equitable for women. It will ensure the prosperity of all Ontarians, especially those facing systemic disadvantage."
Last week, DiNovo tabled the motion with the support of Toronto City Councillor Kristyn Wong Tam (Ward 27). She was the sponsor of two similar motions passed at City Hall. DiNovo was also supported by former Senator from Toronto, Nancy Ruth, and Leila Sarangi from Women's Habitat of Etobicoke, a women's shelter and community resource centre.
Budgets with women's lens are in place in jurisdictions around the world, including the European Union, Sweden, South Africa, Iceland, Austria, and the Netherlands. Without it, women can be left at a serious disadvantage. A women's lens on the budget will tackle issues like the wage gap, underrepresentation of women in board positions and overrepresentation of women in low-wage precarious jobs, and the continued failure on issues like affordable childcare.
"I am pleased that we have taken one step forward to achieving a more equitable budget for women," said DiNovo. "This has long been overdue."


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What does Zacharie mean?
Zacharie as a name for boys is of Hebrew origin, and the meaning of the name Zacharie is "the Lord recalled". Zacharie is a version of Zachariah (Hebrew): variant spelling of Zechariah. Zacharie is also a form of Zachary (Hebrew).
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VARIANTS Zecheriah, Zechariah▲, Zachery▼, Zacharia
OTHER FORMS VIA ZACHARIAH, ZACHARY Zacaria, Zacarias, Zacary, Zaccaria, Zaccariah, Zaccary, Zachaios, Zacharias, Zacherish, Zackarey, Zackariah, Zackary▼, Zackie, Zakari, ZakarieCREATIVE FORMS
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How popular is Zacharie?
Zacharie is an uncommon given name for males but a somewhat popular last name for all people (#84631 out of 150436, Top 56%). (2000 U.S. CENSUS)
Zacharie was first listed in 1990 and reached its peak position of #1560 in the U.S. in the year 1994, but is not ranked at the moment. (TOP BABY NAMES, 2015)
Which version is better?
Popular alternative forms of Zacharie are Zachary (#88 FROM RECENT DATA), Zachariah (#422), Zechariah (#662), Zackary (#750), Zachery (#1639), Zacharias (#1966), Zacharia and Zacary. Other forms, like Zackariah, are uncommon. Adoption of these forms of Zacharie was common in the year 1994 (USAGE OF 1.52%) and has become significantly reduced since (USAGE 0.34%, 77.8% LESS). Zachary has been the top favorite, though Zechariah has grown trendy as well, while versions like Zachery used to be popular.
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Recommended sound-alike names are Archie▼, Barnabie (see Barnabas), Barrie, Charlie▼, Garrie, Guthrie, Harrie, Hilarie, Jackie▼, Kearie, Lacie, Laramie, Larie, Laurie, Lawrie, Macario, Maccario, Mackario (see Makarios), Mackie, Malakie, Mallorie, Maurie, Parrie, Richie, Sachar, Sachie, Zaccery, Zacchaeus, Zach, Zacheus, Zackerias, Zackery▼, Zafar, Zahavi, Zahir, Zahur, Zakarias, Zakary, Zaphar, Zefarin, Zephariah and Zuhair. These names tend to be more frequently used than Zacharie.See names in meaning and etymology.


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Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 879434
either disable hot-unplug usb-ehci controller and give a prompt if not support or fix it to work
Last modified: 2014-06-17 23:19:11 EDT
RHEL-7 qemu should do tghis correctly, patch is upstream.
verify this issue on qemu-kvm-1.5.1-2.el7.x86_64, the QEMU did not core dump and will prompt that the device 'usb-ehci'|'nec-usb-xhci' does not support hotplugging.
But for there is still prompt that 'An undefined error has occurred', please refer to existing bug 949211.
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# /usr/libexec/qemu-kvm -M pc-i440fx-rhel7.0.0 ....-device nec-usb-xhci,id=xhci,bus=pci.0,addr=0x8 -device usb-ehci,id=ehci,bus=pci.0,addr=0x9
(qemu) device_del ehci
Device 'usb-ehci' does not support hotplugging
An undefined error has occurred
(qemu) device_del xhci
Device 'nec-usb-xhci' does not support hotplugging
An undefined error has occurred
Base on above, this issue has been fixed, set to verified status. please correct me if any mistake.
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This request was resolved in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.0.
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I have a table that has these three fields, FILENO, CODE, TRANS_DATE. There is no primary field set but FILENO is the main field. I'm using the following query to find the last code that begins with "S" (along with other conditions) with the latest date.
SELECT A.FILENO, LAST(A.CODE) AS SCODE, MAX(A.TRANS_DATE) AS L_DATE FROM dbo_ACTIVE AS A WHERE A.CODE Like "S*" And A.CODE Not Like "SCAN*" And A.CODE NOT LIKE "SACORT" GROUP BY A.FILENO;
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La Liga: Barca held at Bilbao; Real pick up the points against Racing; Sevilla win at Tenerife; Sorry Atletico lose at Depor
Athletic Bilbao 1 – Barcelona 1 (La Liga, November 21, 2009) Barca were without the injured Zlatan Ibrahimovic and swine flu victims Yaya Toure and Eric Abidal, while Rafael Marquez was also missing undergoing H1N1 tests, and Leo Messi began the match by receiving a nasty kick in the face while still standing. The deadlock was broken by Dani Alves. Xavi squeezed an angled pass through to the Brazilian, who produced a calm right-footed finish across Iraizoz and into the bottom-right corner. Gaizka Toquero leveled for Athletic less than ten minutes later.
Real Madrid 1 – Racing Santander 0 (La Liga, November 21, 2009) (Longer highlights here.) With Cristiano Ronaldo more interested in playing with his phone than watching the match, Gonzalo Higuain headed Real in front against Racing Santander after the visitors failed to defence a right wing cross.
Tenerife 1 – Sevilla 2 (La Liga, November 21, 2009) (Longer highlights here.) Sevilla robbed the ball off Tenerife inside their own half after the half hour, Jesus Navas led the attack down the right hand side and his cross was confidently tucked home by Diego Perotti. Renato's long-range strike straight after the break underlined the Andalusian team's attacking superiority, while Nino struck late for Tenerife.
Deportivo La Coruna 2 – Atletico Madrid 1 (La Liga, November 21, 2009) (Longer highlights here.) Sergio Aguero put Atletico ahead in the fourth minute after a lapse by defender Alberto Lopo gave the Argentina striker space to shoot from an acute angle. Atletico's defence looked vulnerable and La Coruna defender Diego Colotto drew level in the 21st, heading in at the far post from a corner. La Coruna's Jose Guardado scored from the penalty spot deep into injury time to leave Atletico with seven points and one win from its first 11 games of the season.


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Just when you thought you could escape rail jam season, it is under way in Australia! Since we've never really paid attention to Aussie rail jams we'll take their word for the fact this is "one of the best rail jams the country has ever seen." Here's a video, so you can pass judgment on the entire Aussie snowboard scene.
Jye Kearney walks away from Mt. Buller with a cool $4000 in one of the best rail jams the country has ever seen.
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Several previous observations that John had had about Patricia cycled through his mind:
- The sense of accomplishment that she derived in going round-trip from Point A to Point B on a three-hour weekend drive was generated solely by the driving.
- She would complete several trivial tasks one after the other to stay busy.
- She might have stayed busy from a desire for some purpose. Or conversely, from a desire to hide from some realization.


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Saudi cement producer Southern Province Cement (SPC) managed to boost its net profit to SAR791.1m (US$210.9m) in 2008 from SAR703.9m in 2007, or an increase of 12.4% YoY, the company said in a filing to the Saudi Stock Exchange.
SPC attributed the increase to higher sales and other income but did not give exact figures.
The earnings per share (EPS) stood at SAR 5.65, up from SAR 5.03.
The company reported a 4.3% year-on-year decline in the operating profit to SAR720.9min 2008. Published under Cement News


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Summer seems to be short this year. It was not the same case because same month last year, it was very hot and humid. This morning, when I drove my hubby to the airport, it was a bit breezy and slightly cool which was not normal.
I wonder if the weather is really changing because of global warming or mother earth is just going through a cycle. Nevertheless, I am looking forward to the winter and hope it will be pleasant unlike last year when I didn't even wear any winter clothing. We didn't even take out the electric blanket and thick comforters to warm us. I didn't get to wear my thermal socks at all! Not that the winter is very cold here, it is just that the air from night time to the early morning has that cold, crispy feel and you can actually get the shivers. Besides, we do not have any fireplace to warm our place.


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"Its strange how some people ignore the logic just because they believe what they like to believe and ignore the truth."
"I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called, / With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love; / Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace."
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Tsakani Mashaba is the founder of Michael Mikiala, a skincare range aimed specifically at African men. We chat to her about her business journey
Tsakani Mashaba (35) is a creative entrepreneur, and is the founder of lifestyle business Hamethop that houses a men's skincare brand as well as a handbag and accessory line.
Her skincare range for men, Michael Mikiala Men, has revolutionised the grooming industry, catering to the specific needs of African skin. For a long time, black men have had to adapt to and accept international brands that were widely available – the problem is that many of them weren't developed with black skin types and pigmentation in mind.
Mashaba tells us how it all started.
"When I started the brand, I'd just quit my job in advertising and was tired of selling international brands to Africans," she explains. "I didn't really know what to do, but I was at the salon one day and realised that a lot of guys were using methylated spirits, and that was the foundation of my intrigue to go a little bit deeper to see why guys use this and if there were other alternatives."
Further research revealed to Mashaba that the only alternatives weren't necessarily great nor relevant to African skin, and were inefficient in treating bumps, oily skin or pigmentation.
Nobody wanted to speak skin differentiation because it might come across as racism, but this was not the case
"All the other brands were multinational brands that at the time weren't formulated in Africa or South Africa," she says. "I realised there was a gap and an opportunity in the market to launch a brand that would be targeted at African men."
She adds that she believes we shouldn't be waiting for other people to come up with things that will be beneficial to us, that we should start coming up with these ideas ourselves.
"[Our brand] became a thought leader in a space where it was very uniform. Nobody wanted to speak skin differentiation because it might come across as racism, but this was not the case. All we were saying is that our skins are different and therefore they should be catered for differently."
READ MORE: Lubega on running a global company at the age of 26
Mashaba spent two years formulating and testing the products before launching the brand in 2010. She spent most her time in the lab, researching the ingredients, checking the viscosity of the products, and planning what would make them unique.
After the products were launched, Mashaba and her team distributed them to salons and kept track of customer responses – which were positive. Over time they realised that if they wanted to grow the business, it had to be exposed to a retail market which would increase access to the brand.
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University of Hawai'i linebacker Jahlani Tavai was selected as the Mountain West's Defensive Player of the Week after leading a gritty defensive effort in the Rainbow Warriors' 34-27 double overtime victory over Air Force on Saturday.
The sophomore from Redondo Beach, Calif., tallied 13 tackles, including 10 solo and a team-leading 2.5 tackles for loss against the Falcons. He forced a fumble from quarterback Nate Romine in the third quarter which led to a game-tying field goal, knotting the score at 13-13.
Tavai and the Warrior defense limited Air Force to just 20 yards passing and forced two turnovers, which led to 10 points. In addition, UH stopped the Falcons on fourth down, which led to a field goal in the second quarter.
Tavai leads the Warriors with 70 tackles on the season, including 10 for loss, two sacks, and one interception. The award is the first of his career.
UH next hosts New Mexico Saturday, Oct. 29. Kick-off is 6:00 p.m., on Hawaiian Tel FCU Field at Aloha Stadium.