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Promoting Excellence in Scientific Research Since 1992
The Dimitris N. Chorafas Foundation awards scientific prizes for outstanding work in selected fields in the engineering sciences, medicine and the natural sciences. It rewards research characterized by its high potential for practical application and by the special significance attached to its aftermath. Every year, partner universities in Europe, North America and Asia evaluate the research work of their graduating doctorate students and propose the best for prizing. Depending on the years of association with the Foundation and the size of the sample from which the best researcher is chosen (which must be statistically valid), some partner universities receive two prizes per year; others have one annual prize. The Foundation prizes the best doctoral student(s) in the Hard Sciences in each partner university. These annual awards are of $5,000 each.
FGS Affiliation: Scientific Advisor
In December 2013, the Board of the Dimitris N. Foundation and the Weizmann Institute of Science signed a convention according to which the Feinberg Graduate School will serve as a Scientific Advisor to the Foundation.
Dr. Dimitris N. Chorafas (1926-2014), advisor, author, thinker, philanthropist
Dr. Dimitris N. Chorafas was the Founder and a member of the Board since 1992 and President from 1996 until 2014. A Greek citizen, Dr. Chorafas has advised financial institutions and industrial corporations in strategic planning, risk management, computers and communications systems, and internal controls.
A graduate of the University of California, Los Angeles, the University of Paris, and the Technical University of Athens, Dr. Chorafas was a Fulbright scholar. Financial institutions which sought his advice include the Union Bank of Switzerland, Bank Vontobel, CEDEL, the Bank of Scotland, Österreichische Länderbank (Bank Austria), First Austrian Bank, Commerzbank, Dresdner Bank, Demir Bank, Mid-Med Bank, Istituto Bancario Italiano, Credito Commerciale and Banca Provinciale Lombarda.
Dr. Chorafas served in the faculty of Catholic University of America and as visiting professor at Washington State University, George Washington University, University of Vermont, University of Florida, Georgia Institute of Technology, University of Alberta, Technical University of Karlsruhe, Ecole d'Etudes Industrielles de l'Université de Genève, Ecole Polytechnic Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Polish Academy of Sciences and Russian Academy of Sciences. Dr. Chorafas authored 160 books, some of which have been translated into several languages.
You may learn more about Dimitris N. Chorafas by reading this compiled professional Biography.
Prize Winners
Prize winners must be at the top of their class; and must demonstrate by their work that they have considered the consequences of their research for man and nature, and that they are ready as individuals to accept responsibility for these consequences. Awards are made after a very careful selection process in each respective prize category.
Partner Universities
Present Partner Universities
The following is a list of partner universities. The number of annual prizes received is listed next to the name of each university (in brackets).
- Charles University, Prague – Czech Republic [1]
- City University London, Cass Business School – Great Britain [1]
- EPFL, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne – Switzerland [2]
- ETHZ, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zürich – Switzerland [2]
- George Washington University – United States [1]
- Hebrew University of Jerusalem – Israel [1]
- Hiroshima University – Japan [1]
- Karolinska Institute – Sweden [1]
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology – United States [2]
- National Technical University of Athens – Greece [2]
- Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) – Norway [1]
- Politecnico di Milano – Italy [2]
- Purdue University – United States [1]
- Technical University of Berlin – Germany [2]
- Technical University of Munich – Germany [2]
- Tokyo Institute of Technology – Japan [2]
- Tsinghua University, Beijing – China [2]
- University of California, Los Angeles – United States [2]
- University of Fribourg – Switzerland [1]
- University of Toronto – Canada [1]
- Weizmann Institute of Science, Feinberg Graduate School – Israel [2]
Former Partner Universities
- Budapest University of Technology and Economics – Hungary
- Columbia University – United States
- Ecole Normale Supérieure – France}
- Erasmus University – The Netherlands
- London Business School – Great Britain
- Technical University of Vienna – Austria
- University of Ottawa – Canada
Domains of Research
The award is given in six areas, with a particular emphasis on research in:
- Life Sciences & Medicine
- Physics
- Chemistry (including nanotechnology)
- Mathematics
- Informatics/Computer Science
- Engineering of Finance & Risk Management).
About the Dimitris N. Chorafas Foundation
Origin of the Foundation
The Foundation was instituted in 1992 in collaboration with the Conference of the Swiss Academies of Science, which integrated the Swiss Academy of Sciences (founded in 1815), the Swiss Academy of Medical Sciences (instituted in 1943), the Swiss Academy of Humanities and Social Sciences (founded in 1946) and Swiss Academy of Engineering Sciences (founded in 1981). In 1996 the Foundation became independent of the Academies of Sciences. Since 1996, it has worked in collaboration with 20 partner universities in fifteen different countries. The Dimitris N. Chorafas Foundation is registered as a not-for-profits entity in Canton Lucerne, Switzerland.
The Board of the Foundation
The Foundation is managed by a 3-member Board. This has been the policy followed since its establishment in 1992. The Board's basic duties are to:
- Effectively manage the Foundation's wealth.
- Do so in a manner consistent with a conservative investment policy.
- Assure the Foundations continues being a successfully operating entity.
- Handhold with the partner universities through the year, in collaboration with the Scientific Advisor.
- Control and approve the annual prize winners. This control consists of a general appreciation of the depth of the research, as well as the observation of prerequisites relating to the confirmation process.
Members of the Board
The following are the members of the Board of the Foundation:
Dr. Heinrich Steinmann has been a Member of the Board since 1992 and President since 2014. A Swiss citizen, Dr. Steinmann has been Executive Vice President and Member of the Group Executive Board of Union Bank of Switzerland (UBS), member of the Board of ASCOM Holding AG; Chairman, Hasler Foundation; Chairman, Rieter Holding AG; Member of the Board, Atel Aare Tessin AG für Elektrizität; Member of the Board, BT & T Time AG, and BT&T Life AG; Chairman, BT & T Trading AG; Chairman, Hirslanden Holding AG; Member of the Board, MAT Securitas Express AG; Chairman and CEO, Motor-Columbus AG; Vice chairman, Mizuho Bank (Schweiz) AG; Member of the Swiss Academy of Engineering Sciences SATW; and Member, Foundation University of Freiburg. Dr. Steinmann has authored many books in information technology and in management.
Ms. Eva Maria Binder has been the Executive Secretary of the Foundation since 1996 and Member of the Board since 2014. A German citizen, Ms. Binder worked since 1976 as Dr. Chorafas' research assistant; collaborated in the research, artwork and indexing of over 100 books authored by Dr. Chorafas. In 1992 Ms. Binder co-authored with Dr. Chorafas "Technoculture and Change. Strategic Solutions for Tomorrow's Society," published in London by Adamantine Press.
Mr. Dirk M.A. Meier, lic. oec. HSG has been a Member of the Board since 2014. A Swiss citizen, Mr. Meier has been Vice President of Credit Suisse and LGT Bank in Liechtenstein in professional advising and portfolio management. Previously, he was the personal financial advisor to Marc Rich in Eastern Europe and the financial expert for Glencore International AG. He is a Business Angel to two solar and alternative energy companies in Switzerland. New projects deal with value and integrity - also on an academic perspective.
Legal Counsel
The legal counsel of the Foundation is lic. iur. Anton Bühlmann. Mr. Bühlmann was born in 1957. He is a resident of Lucerne, where he practices his professional activities has studied law at the University of Zurich, where he graduated in 1986. After his admission to the bar in the canton of Lucerne in 1987 he entered the law firm Troller Hitz Troller, Lucerne in 1988 as attorney-at-law. Since 1994, he has been a partner of he law firm Troller Hitz Troller.The primary emphasis of Anton Bühlmann's professional activity concerns commercial and corporation law, Swiss and international agreements and arbitration, trademark and company-name law, the law on competition, copyright law and the landlord and tenant law. He engages in counselling and appears in court. As additional functions, Anton Bühlmann is Chairman of the Conciliation Tribunal for tenancy matters of the Canton of Lucerne since 1994 and a member of the bar examination commission of the Canton of Lucerne. Since 2005, lic. iur. Anton Bühlmann has been a permanent lecturer for tenancy law at the University of Lucerne. He is also active as an author/coauthor of books and essays on civil procedure law and tenancy law. lic. iur. Anton Bühlmann has been the legal counsel of the Dimitris N. Chorafas Foundation since 2015.
Scientific Advisor
The Scientific Advisor of the Foundation is the Feinberg Graduate School of the Weizmann Institute of Science. The Scientific Advisor is responsible for: The organization of competition for the annual prizes, the review of candidates for the awards, proposal to the Board for awarding the prizes and hand-holding with the Partner Universities. This work is done within the perspective established by the Scientific Advisor's rules and regulations and the Foundation's Authentic Act and Statutes. The above-mentioned review should not enter into the contents of the candidate prize winner's research thesis, which is the Partner University's responsibility. The huge diversity of submitted research thesis precludes central evaluation. The review consists of a general appreciation of the depth of the research and of the scientific accomplishments of the nominee as they are manifested in the letters of reference, CV, list of publications – these being the quality criteria. With the exception of borderline cases which have to be resolved prior to confirmation (for instance due to incomplete candidate files, unconvincing research results or same candidate name submitted time and again), the Board of the Foundation confirms the selection process handheld by the Scientific Advisor.
Nomination Procedures
- By January 30: Call for nominations by the Scientific Advisor.
- By May 31: Submission of nomination files by the Partner Universities to the Scientific Advisor. A somewhat different timetable concerns only 2 Partner Universities: ETH Zürich and University of Fribourg.
- By June 30: Review of the nomination files by the Scientific Advisor.
- By July 31 Approval of the year's prize winners (by the Board of the Foundation).
- By August 30: Distribution of the prize certificates and checks by the Board of the Foundation.
Splitting the Prize
It is no longer possible to split the prize.
Age Restrictions
Candidates may not be older than 32 years of age at the time they are nominated for the prize. For instance, the date of birth of nominees for the 2018 must be after May 31, 1986). The age limit of Israeli candidates is 34.
Repeat Nominations
A candidate may be nominated only once.
Graduation Scheme Restriction
A partner university may nominate a candidate that graduated or is expected to graduate anytime from June 1st of the previous year and December 31st of the prize year (for instance: in 2018, partner universities may nominate a candidate that graduated/is expected to graduate between June 1, 2017 and December 31, 20187).
File Format
All files must be In a PDF format.
File Submission Method
The files should be submitted through the Feinberg Graduate School online CALLs system (link, username and password to access the system are supplied to the contact people at the partner universities).
Contents of the Nomination Files
Each candidate must be nominated separately as follows:
(1) Cover page with the following information
- Full Name (LAST, first)
- Gender
- Date of Birth (DD/MM/YYYY)
- Title of the Thesis
- Graduation Date (or expected graduation date) (MM/YYYY)
- Field of Research (choose the closest one of the following fields: Life Sciences & Medicine, Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Informatics/Computer Science, Engineering of Finance & Risk Management).
- Passport size photo
(2) Brief nomination letter
A short paragraph written under the Partner University's letterhead - confirming the University's choice and signed by the authorized person at the Partner University. The salutation that should be used is: Dear members of the Board.
(3) Complete CV
Including internship, if any.
(4) List of publications
- Only papers for which the candidate is a first author
- All papers must be in peer-review journals only
- Papers must be either published, in press or accepted
(5) Summary of research
Up to one page only.
(6) Personal note
Up to one page only - why my research benefits humanity...
(7) Two letters of recommendation
One must be from the PhD supervisor.
The salutation that should be used is: Dear members of the Board.
(8) Selected abstracts
List of the statistically valid sample of candidates (20-25) that were considered, but not retained (the list should contain first and last name; faculty, or, field of studies; and thesis title).


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Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel, often called the "architect" of Obamacare, appeared on Fox Business recently and admitted that while the law is "not popular," "bad PR" is more to blame than anything else.
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- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 onion, sliced
- 8 button mushrooms, sliced
- 1⁄2 cup fresh parsley, minced (I usually use dried flakes)
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BSOD caused by AMD Graphics Driver
I need a bit of help in installing the graphics drivers on my laptop. It's been bugging me for a long time.
My laptop's a Samsung Notebook Series 3. It's GPU is supposed to be AMD HD 7670M. Thing is whenever I install the drivers, be it from the Samsung or AMD website, it always gives me a BSOD. It has different error codes, but it usually starts with the atikmpag.sys code. It differs from then on. I had concluded that the graphics card is the main culprit because I have the Standard VGA drivers on here and it doesn't BSOD on me.
I did a clean install of Windows 7 using the Recovery Disc.
Another thing to mention is I brought this laptop to a technician a few months back to upgrade its RAM. They updated my drivers for free. They connected and external HDD and used some sort of software, I don't know which but it sure did bring back the AMD drivers flawlessly. No blue screens, no crashes, and it definitely made me play games at a stable frame rate. Before they fixed it, I was using Standard VGA drivers too.
I have done a bit of tinkering and tried the following:
-Uninstalling the AMD drivers using the AMD Uninstall Tool and reinstalling
-Using the command prompt to expand the atikmpag.sys
-Installing different kinds of versions of the AMD drivers
Other things to note:
-One time after installing the drivers it didn't produce a BSOD, it shut down unexpectedly and give a BSOD after rebooting just before the Windows logo
-Safe mode works and it's what I'm using right now
This is my first time posting in the forums, I'll be your eyes and ears for the duration of fixing this. Thanks in advance!
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Run MemTest86+ for at least 8 passes, It must be MemTest86+. RAM - Test with Memtest86+
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Memtest went through 8 passes without any errors
As for the Seatools, I get an error concerning SpawnCLR.dll. The specified module can't be found.
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Okay, good. As for SeaTools, can you please run the DOS version? It's better to run the DOS version.
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Booted Seatools from BIOS, it said that no hard drives were found.
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Ran it, what should I be looking for here?
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Single click each drive to see Drive Information to identify your drive, after that double-click the drive to see Detailed Device Information and finally click on the Attributes tab and tell me if you see any red or pink entries.
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There's one pink entry.
Reallocation Event Count
Here's a screenshot
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There's nothing to be worried about there, but one thing to keep in mind is that some of the entries say 'pre-failure' which of course means that it is close to failing. I would suggest to back up your data regularly so important stuff doesn't get lost. Although it says pre-failure I would suggest trying another hard drive to be completely safe that it isn't your hard drive so we can rule that out.
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About 130 people attended a day-long event where they listened to lectures, spoke with legislative staff members and learned to be better advocates.
Mental Health America of Allegheny County hosted their seventh annual legislative breakfast and advocacy training on Friday.
The event was held in the county Human Services Building. Rachel Freund, Director of Community Outreach at Mental Health America organized the event. She said it is held locally and not in Harrisburg because so many of the attendees have disabilities making it more difficult and costly for them to travel.
Among the issues discussed were the recent cuts to Supplemental Security Income and rent rebates to personal care home residents.
Representatives were at the breakfast from the offices of Representative Dan Frankel, Representative Randy Vulakovich and Senator Jay Costa.
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Gene Wilder, who was best known for his roles in movies like Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, Young Frankenstein and The Producers, has died. He was 83. Wilder's nephew Jordan Walker-Pearlman revealed Monday that the star died this month in Stamford, Connecticut, from complications from Alzheimer's disease. Wilder did not disclose his illness because he did not want to disappoint fans. "He simply couldn't bear the idea of one less smile in the world," Walker-Pearlman explained.
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Taylor Swift is just like the rest of us and has to report for jury duty. T-Swift was part of the panel of prospective jurors in Nashville on a case with charges of aggravated kidnapping, aggravated rape and aggravated domestic assault; however, she was excused and dismissed from serving because of her pending sexual assault case against a Denver radio host who allegedly stuck his hand up her skirt and grabbed her butt after a 2013 concert. He is also countersuing her, claiming he lost his job over what he calls a false accusation. Swift went on to tell the judge that she would be "more than willing" to serve on a jury in any other type of case.
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The University of Wisconsin at Madison is the top party school in the nation. According to the Princeton Review's annual ranking, the Badgers beat out West Virginia University for the top spot, as well as last year's winner, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The top party school was also at the top of the list for "Best Health Services," and "Lots of Beer" categories. UW-Madison is famous for its festivities, particularly during Halloween and its annual end-of-year block party.
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Rose water is the hydrosol portion of the distillate of rose petals. It is itself a by-product of the production of rose oil for use in perfume and is used to flavour food, as a component in some cosmetic and medical preparations.
Place three handfuls of petals into a pot
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Just read an article in the times commenting that new government targets for universities to take more pupils from state schools is putting those in private schools at a disadvantage, essentially because if their are two equal students the universities should prioritise the state schooled child with an addition that they should lower the grade boundaries for state schooled children. (sorry can't link it's behind the pay barrier)
The article got me thinking that surely the fairest way to select students for university would be to remove the requirement for them to put their school on the application form. Each student could be provided with a reference from their school or college on a standard form which didn't reveal the school on it. That way each pupil would be assessed on their merits and not on the type of school they went to.
Also if, as it seems part of the issue is the level of extra coaching private schooled children get to get them through the exams perhaps a scheme (supported by businesses or private schools as part of the requirement for them to benefit the wider community in order to gain charitable status) could be set up to identify the most talented disadvantaged youngsters from across the country and provide them with bursaries to access extra tuition.
What do others think?
ReallyTired - heavens, yes! He sounds great. We'd have to look into his academicals, but we could probably arrange something Acessish for someone so obviously outstanding.
MrsSalvo and mirry, don't get me wrong. All schools differ, in all sectors. The indy school I was thinking of is a top boarding-prep school. But similar things are true of the top non-boarding schools in Oxford, including one of the top comps. I really don't think personal wealth is the only factor in educational aspiration and sense of entitlement anyway. Some v. rich students have had dismally impoverished lives, and the reverse has also been true; musicians' kids often have no money but bags of savoir-faire. Agree with xenia - it's down to sheer guts, as much as anything.
er - my dc are one of the top academic indies - there are several nurse parents I know personally ( they are also single parents as it happens, so anotehr myth exploded) - along with parents of numerous other job types...
I certainly mean ti imply the children of nurses are not at private schools, of course they are and my point was resilience and staying power is a personality thing. I do think some private schools manage to teach it and confidence better than many state schools but as I said they have no monopoly over it. You want someone who does not collapse under pressure and is in tears all the time at work and constantly off sick.
Siglinde it just shows that people shouldn't make assumptions about the backgrounds of kids from private schools, although my dd's is a London day school (with awesome results) and maybe boarding schools are different. I went to boarding school and remember the stream of bentleys.
I don't think its a university (Oxbridge, red brick, ex poly or otherwise) to solve the ills of the world. There will always be unfairness in the world, and prehaps the best way to improve the world is to give the places at the best universities to the best students.
It must be hard to decide who you think is going to make the best of an academic opportunity.
sieglinde do you think that Oxford would be interested in this young man if he choose to apply. William Kamkwamba has had far great handicaps in life than virtually any university student in the UK.
Yet look at what he achieved.
Sounds lovely, mirry; wish we had been so lucky. GPs abounded and so did solicitors, but most were frighteningly rich and 20-bedroom manors were not uncommon.
Siglinde Well there were plenty with similar occupations at my dds top performing private school: off the top of my head and amongst my friends I remember a school cook, a police constable, a driving instructor, a taxi driver (black cab) a nurse (single parent), pharmacist, half a dozen state school teachers and a few GPs.
mirry, I didn't meet too many taxi driver parents in my dcs sojourn in private schools.
xenia is also right to say that resilience isn't confined to people from any particular social group. I've known some very resilient people from comps and some fragile blossoms from the private sector. I've also had some fragile sports stars and some resilient couch potatoes. I think it's all character, personally - the student's and the parents'.
I agree with you reallytired. I think the OU has been a huge benefit for amny people who missed out or had bad education experiences when they were younger.
People from deprived backgrounds often do learn how to learn at a later date. I went to uni with someone who joined the army at 17. He left the army in his thirties, did an access course and then went to uni to study biology where he did really well.
The student in challenging circumstances may well not be ready to study at 18, but make an excellent mature student at 22.
could that mother done better for herself. sounds like her situation was of her own making to an extent. why have 6 kids in this day and age, if you cannot support them properly. alot of people come from bad situations and don't carry on like that.
you could argue that the 'middle classes' have become that way by working hard at school and making sensible choices. many of them may have come from rubbish backgrounds.
yes i agree totally awful for her poor children
Sashh, harsh as it sounds, a child who has been brought up in circumstances like that is highly unlikely to be a good Oxbridge candidate. Not because of a lack of intelligence or determination or anything else, but because he simply hasn't been taught to learn. It would take an exceptional person to be able to cope with an upbringing like that and to then be able to get successful GCSE and A level results and make the most of a place at Oxbridge.
Universities do not owe people from disadvantaged backgrounds a favour, they are there to prepare scholars who can go on to benefit society.
Also, a child in that situation is not representative of the vast majority of state school pupils, and you can't base a policy on extreme situations.
Sash the situation you describe is far more deepseated than can be fixed by changing the education/Oxbridge allocation system
I don't think the "deprived background" kids have a monopoly on unfairness. As I posted above, the middle-class but not especially well-off or well-connected pupils face the same hurdles.
In that case you have no idea of a deprived background.
There is a family I know, their mother dragged them out of school in one town (literally marched into the eldest's school and took him out of the SATs) to another. SS had been involved because the children were stealing food from other children.
In the second town she moved in with her mother, who had one spare room so they shared one bedroom, mum, dad and 6 kids. The room had no bed and no carpet.
The eldest started secondary 3 weeks late because his mother claimed she didn't know how to apply.
Mother then fell out with grandmother so dragged the kids to their paternal grandparents. While there she didn't bother finding a secondary for the eldest, it was better that he took the younger ones to and from school.
He then had to stay up into the small hours to tell his dad how to progress on a computer game.
Then there was another falling out (after about 6 months) and they went back to the second town. Grandma now has custody of three children, their aunt has custody of the other three. The mother complained about the gran getting custody because that meant she would get 'my money'.
So, how many middle class children have that kind of start? How many middle class kids sleep on a bare floor sharing a sheet with a sibling? How many middle class parents don't feed their children?
The UK will have turned the corner when Oxford offers 'the Knowledge' at some of their colleges.
Xenia there are nurses and taxi drivers with children at top private schools you know.
It is certainly not a preserve of private schools. It tends to come from being within a hard working family which could just as much be someone at an Essex comp whose father drives a taxi and mother is a nurse and who never missed a day's work in their life as much as a private school although I do think there is something about the ethos of some private schools which can help develop that resilience and the confidence you often need in many jobs (and it is the life/jobs after university rather than the university entrance itself which really matters).
I don't think we give enough attention to the impact of types of food, exercise and fresh air on mental and physical health and thus working life.
Xenia is right. resiliance is essential. The ability to accept and bounce back from harsh academic criticism with greater determination to do well. Top private schools oftem mete out such criticsm to their pupils whose work
isn't up to the expected standard.
1. There are few thicko snobs at any decent university. Children at fee paying schools will often not get into a good university. Look at Prince Harry - no way was he going to get into a university so he left school after A levels. One suspects Prince Charles mightnot have quite met the grades but got into Cambridge but he is reasonably bright and inciteful and the decision to admit him in his day was probably not wrong. Prince William would not have got into Oxbridge and did not try. Thicko snobs don't get in.
2. It is of course unfair to give extra credit to children with low grades from a rough comp if a child from the same council estate is on a fully funded place at Manchester Grammar private school. If some universities become too anti private then the private schools will notice, point that out and avoid advising their students to apply there. I don't think it is a major issue yet. The universities still want the best people.
3. Resilience - one of my favourite topics. I think my older daughter is going well (went to Bristol, works with lots from oxbridge) because of resilience. Like all our family we never give up, we never take days off sick, we woudl be the sort when our arm was shot off in battle saying we had a little light bit of bother, we can work through the night, be at work the day after giving work, everyone entrusts us with everything as we never let anyone down and we keep bouncing back no matter what goes wrong - that is the family ethos, utter reliability. I suspect another reason for the reslience is eating good healthy proper foods, not junk and being fit. Now I cannot generalise and say that the academic private schools who are great at sport too and hopefully teach those values are behind the reason some private schools may do well but that may be so. In some ways the universities need sometimes to avoid the perfectionists who will commit suicide and have anorexia and drop out and go for the good all rounders who have a wide range of hobbies and are fun as well as bright but love their subject. (I am still waiting to have a perfectionist rather than laid back all rounder child.... it must be easier in some ways as a parent to have one).
Jump, I assume I'm Shagmund?
I don't think you should blame yourself, and I agree that it's PERFECTLY possible for a good A-level teacher to prep students properly, but many don't. Friends in teaching have told me that sometimes their DOS loathes Oxbridge and literally won't allow any applications.
Another idea: what if 6th form state funding was made more contingent on number of applications to the Russell Group? A budgetary incentive might encourage more applications. They would have to be random spot checks for plausibility.
I have no idea how we can test for resilience. There's lots of evidence that intellectual ability correlates with depression and even schizoid-range illness, and of course with Asperger's. So I think we might shoot ourselves int eh foot easily. I also think it's not our business to ask. For the record, our dropout rate is one of the lowest in the UK.
Shagmund - that's possible, but it was back when people didn't get 3 A's very often let alone 4 or 5, and it was basically assumed that I would walk in. (mid 1990s) My memory is that the general college interview was fine, it was the subject interview that let me down and that's something that really should have been my responsibility - if I was so keen to study history, why didn't I regularly read (eg) History Today in the school library, or know about very much beyond the two periods we studied for the exams? I don't know that teachers should be expected to coach pupils in that way; they can offer guidance maybe, but it's down to the individual to do the actual work and have the inspiration.
But did you know what to expect from the subject interview? If you didn't, and there was no easy way to find out what the interview would be like, then I'd point the finger at the school, whose responsibility it is to coach you for interview. Agree that it's down to the individual to do the work, but how are you to know what's required for university is different to what's required for school? You're 17.
Shagmund - that's possible, but it was back when people didn't get 3 A's very often let alone 4 or 5, and it was basically assumed that I would walk in. (mid 1990s) My memory is that the general college interview was fine, it was the subject interview that let me down and that's something that really should have been my responsibility - if I was so keen to study history, why didn't I regularly read (eg) History Today in the school library, or know about very much beyond the two periods we studied for the exams? I don't know that teachers should be expected to coach pupils in that way; they can offer guidance maybe, but it's down to the individual to do the actual work and have the inspiration.
"Or 17-year-olds who really have a passion for their subject need to prepare themselves by reading around it and not just sticking to the A-level syllabus. That's something anyone from any school can do if they really want to."
No - you should have been prepared properly for your interview by your tutor from school. You were let down. I worked as an A-level tutor for a while and used to go through students' personal statements and talk them through how to prepare for interview.
I don't think that any student at Oxbridge is a thicko snob. That is a comment made by someone who is jelous they neither they or their offspring had the talent to get Oxbridge.
I never went to Oxbridge and I don't believe that I lost out in anyway whatsoever. I sincerely believe the university I went to was every bit as good. I know a couple of gifted students who transfered from Oxford to my university because they could not cope with the intenstiy of enviroment. Both these students were from very socially deprived back grounds and dropped out of Oxford because their mental health collapsed.
I feel that there should be some kind of assessment to see that a candiate is resilent enough to stand up to the Oxbridge enviroment. It seems a terrible waste of a place to have someone drop out during the first year.
I liked bun rout.
It sounded like a tradition at Oriel or Jesus (not Merton).
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By Charles Langley, Manager, UCAN Gas Project. Early this morning gas prices edged above $3 in San Diego, passing an important psychological and economic benchmark.
Typically, the price of gasoline in the first week of January is the lowest price of the of the year for at least the following nine months.
"This is definitely starting the year out on the wrong foot," says Charles Langley, UCAN Gasoline project Manager "and it appears that it is a lead foot pushing for higher gas prices."


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It works quite simple. Click on the Food Delivery link in the top menu and it will list the restaurants with their menu that delivers to your home. Place your order, and your food will be delivered to your home shortly after.
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A Few of My Favorite Things Right Now
Summertime is full of fun in the sun and family vacations!
We're looking forward to a wonderful Alaska trip, and I found the perfect socks to take with me. Aren't they cute?? They top my list of favorite things right now. Watermelons + socks = total summer cuteness in my book!
Years ago while we were on a road trip in our RV my youngest son made a special donation jar from a plastic bottle to help with expenses. He taped a piece of paper on the front that said "Gas and Starbucks." From that day on we've always had something to collect all our loose change for the next road trip.
These are the perfect cups for summer! We bought my son one for a gift and quickly ordered two more! {I'll add a link to them soon.} They hold so much and actually keep it cold forever on hot, hot days.
Have you found any new favorite things lately? I'd love to hear about them!
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Chemical Engineering fuses the physical and chemical sciences with mathematics, process engineering, design, and economics. You'll learn how to design, build, and operate the manufacturing and industrial processes used to create the products and services essential to everyday life – from energy, food, and fertilizers to pharmaceuticals, plastics, and paper.
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- Campus: Vancouver
- Faculty: Faculty of Applied Science (Engineering)
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- Yes Co-op Option
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The program's objective is to provide an outstanding and distinctive education in chemical engineering, through a comprehensive and progressive range of academic courses and activities that respects society's needs. Selection of electives from a range of topics prepares chemical engineers for meaningful, satisfying and productive careers in industry, government and academia in British Columbia, Canada and other regions of the world. The Chemical Engineering degree program puts emphasis on the analysis, design, process control and operation of efficient chemical processes within resource-based industries such as oil & gas, pulp & paper, petro-chemical, polymers, inorganic chemicals and fertilizers. In addition, pollution prevention and reduction in industrial processes and systems is emphasized.
The program places emphasis on sustainable engineering in the curriculum. Sustainability principles are integrated in individual courses and in dedicated specific technical electives. In addition, the students are engaged in sustainability projects overseen by the Department's Sustainability Club.
On completing their first year of Engineering, undergraduate students can apply to one of the two programs in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering:
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There are over 300 undergrad students in the Chemical and Chemical & Biological Engineering program. The Department also offers programs leading to the Master of Engineering (M.Eng.), Master of Science (M.Sc.), Master of Applied Science (M.A.Sc.) and Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degrees in a number of areas of specialization within chemical and biological engineering. The Department is actively engaged in applied research in chemical and biological engineering, supported in part by external funding of about $6 million a year.


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Lapland/Finland, Saariselka
A wonderfully atmospheric hotel cosy wood-panelled public areas and good cuisine. All hotel rooms and suites are in separate buildings 100m from the main reception and restaurants. 3 star Standard rooms are in seperate buildings to the 4 star superior Deluxe rooms, which are located in the beautiful and highly recommended Gielas Hotel building. The property is in a peaceful setting 2 minutes' walk (250m) from the village centre, next to the start of the cross-country ski tracks. The ski bus stops outside.
The Gielas Hotel can also be booked as part of our 'Muotka 2-Centre Adventure'.
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George - An elderly man has been killed by dogs in George after being sent to buy a sheep, Western Cape police said on Wednesday.Family of Blom Mbanve, 83, of Thembalethu, sent him to buy a sheep on January 16 for a gathering later in the week, said Captain Malcolm Pojie.He did not return and his body was found at about 18:45 the next day on a pathway in a field in George Industria.A preliminary post mortem report indicated he died of excessive bleeding caused by multiple bite wounds inflicted by dogs, said Pojie.The man who found the body was the owner of the seven dogs thought to have killed him. He had not been at home at the time of the attack.Pojie said the dogs had been confiscated by the SPCA and placed in safe care pending a decision by the SPCA, municipal law enforcement and police on what to do with them.
If the dogs bit him on their owner's property they should be left alone.
you, sir, are idiocy personified. These are dangerous animals which must be put to sleep.
Tendai, think mooi my boytjie. If my property is fenced in and someone trespasses my dogs has the right to attack him. Why do you think I said "on their owner's property"?
O sorry. If my dogs bit you they'll have to be put down because they are racists. Eish this new souf africa. Verrie nice place.
Think tendai should be put down
Who sends a 83 year old to go and buy a sheep?
I was thinking exactly the same....
My thoughts exactly!!!
Did he have any money with him to buy sheep. And who send him
Funny the dogs did not attack the sheep.
Now THAT is the million dollar question!
Is it also part of culture to send our elderly citizens? Were there no young ones to send? What happened to the owner of the dog? I still blame those who sent an old man to buy a sheep, you should be ashamed of yourselves.
If I could give you 10 thumbs up for you comment I would.
I was just wondering. If this old man had indeed gone to buy a sheep, how would he have gotten it home? A live sheep weighs about 50/60kg. Fishy.
Live sheep can walk!
Janet, was jy al op 'n plaas? Ek daag jou uit. Kom na Kallie se plaas toe en jaag 'n skaap 5 kilometers weg van sy trop af deur 'n oop stuk veld dan gee ek hom vir jou. No way my dear.
@ Tom, whatever you smoke should be very much intoxicating. If you believe that you are a supreme being by your comments, you sound so inhuman and uncivilized. This article is about a old who was brutally mauled to death by seven dogs and you cannot even imagine the pain he has gone through because you think he died a black death. I wouldn't even like a black person to comment like that on this unfortunate situation if it occured to Outa. We must learn to be humans whose thoughts are not influenced by emotions and pre-existing knowledge.
@ Tshivhombela - I could not agree more with you. It makes me deeply ashamed that fellow (usually white South Africans) trivialise and almost gloat over very tragic stories especially if the victims are black. The report on this story is very short and lacking in detail - but any normal human being reading it would find it a shocking story and be very sad that an 83 year old man suffered in this way. Don't give up Tshivombela - there are still lots of decent people around - but a lot of them could not be bothered with puerile and offensive jibes that are the hallmark of many who flood this page.
I find it hard to believe that a 83 year old man was sent alone to buy a sheep. Maybe he was told to go and 'aquire' one.
Not much info on the report. Was the owner of the dogs a farmer? Did the attack take place on the owners property? Did the old man have money on him to buy a sheep?
the lack of respect for humanity in these comments astound me and leave me speachless.this is a tradjedy and travesty irrespective or race creed or color a individual man has been mauled to death by dogs what a terrible way to have ones life end ....my condolences to the family
My condolences to the 83 year old that was the victim, and not his family. What for did they send him and not someone much younger? I think this needs to be properly investigated as maybe they wanted to get rid of him and knew about the dogs that would attack.
The article clearly states he was found on a field. Clearly some people did not read the article properly or have a problem with comprehension.
The owner should be held responsible it would seem. Why does he have 7 ruthless dogs running loose? Another preventable tragedy.
davieoosie: Tendai did
@ KallieHungBal
You mind your words to Tendai nowhere in this story have you read
that the old man was in the property (the next day on a pathway in a field in George Industria).Mind your apathy language.
why do you still keep the dogs,must be killed


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Distributed Computing without Surprises. Denis A Nicole 30 th November 2005. The Sony Rootkit. It's too easy to develop broken software From hacker to everybody's PC in six years. Just call a hack $sys$foo and nobody can find it …. World of Warcraft hackers using Sony BMG rootkit
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30th November 2005
Just call a hack $sys$foo and nobody can find it…
World of Warcraft hackers using Sony BMG rootkit
Published: 2005-11-03
Want to cheat in your online game and not get caught? Just buy a Sony BMG copy protected CD.
World of Warcraft hackers have confirmed that the hiding capabilities of Sony BMG's content protection software can make tools made for cheating in the online world impossible to detect. The software--deemed a "rootkit" by many security experts--is shipped with tens of thousands of the record company's music titles.
Blizzard Entertainment, the maker of World of Warcraft, has created a controversial program that detects cheaters by scanning the processes that are running at the time the game is played. Called the Warden, the anti-cheating program cannot detect any files that are hidden with Sony BMG's content protection, which only requires that the hacker add the prefix "$sys$" to file names.
Despite making a patch available on Wednesday to consumers to amend its copy protection software's behavior, Sony BMG and First 4 Internet, the maker of the content protection technology, have both disputed claims that their system could harm the security of a Windows system. Yet, other software makers that rely on the integrity of the operating system are finding that hidden code makes security impossible.
Posted by: Robert Lemos
Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2005 07:54:37 -0500 (EST)
From: contentprotectionhelp <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: ContentProtectionHelp Email Form (KMM15554001I21924L0KM)
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Thank you for contacting Sony BMG Online.
Sony BMG and First 4 Internet have just released an update that will completely remove
the rootkit based DRM content protection software and replace it with a non-rootkit
DRM technology that is compatible with all current security protocols.
To ensure the security of your system, please visit their software update website to
obtain and install Service Pack 2 at:
If after this update, you still wish to uninstall our software, please visit the
form below using the computer where the software is currently installed and you will
be emailed an uninstall link within 1 business day (M-F).
Your "Case ID" is: 3372250.
TIP: Our uninstall request form will require a small ActiveX plug-in
(from First 4 Internet). Be sure to also temporarily turn off any
pop-up blocker software. Although a non-ActiveX process is in
development, currently, our online process is the only option.
Should you prefer to wait for the next uninstallation version,
one is due to be released later this month at:
Thank you for the opportunity to be of assistance.
The Sony BMG Online Support Team
Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2005 14:01:04 -0500 (EST)
From: contentprotectionhelp <[email protected]>
Subject: Notification of potential security issue (KMM15645015I21924L0KM)
Thank you for contacting Sony BMG Online.
Our records indicate that you recently sent us an email in connection with the purchase of a content protected CD, requesting a program to uninstall the XCP content protection software. We are sending you this email because we have been notified of a potential security issue that may arise in connection with the uninstaller program previously provided.
To be clear, the security issue is not raised by the presence of XCP content protection technology on the music CD you purchased. The security issue may arise when a user downloads the program to uninstall the XCP software files from a computer.
The likelihood that you have been exposed to any security risk by using the program to uninstall the XCP technology is minimal. Nevertheless, for your protection, we are sending this notice to provide you with instructions as to how you may remove the XCP uninstaller files from your computer, curing any associated security risk.
Follow these instructions to remove the original uninstaller files:…
Sony BMG has made a prudent decision — after more than ten days of intense criticism from industry observers and consumer advocates — to end the use of its highly controversial DRM technology. This will help the company recover from what has become a serious public-relations problem, but Sony BMG still faces lawsuits filed by PC users who allege that their PCs have been damaged by the technology.
What makes the Sony BMG incident even more unfortunate is that the DRM technology can be defeated easily. Gartner has identified one simple technique: The user simply applies a fingernail sized piece of opaque tape to the outer edge of the disc, rendering session 2 — which contains the self-loading DRM software — unreadable. The PC then treats the CD as an ordinary single session music CD, and the commonly used CD "rip" programs continue to work as usual. (Note: Gartner does not recommend or endorse this technique.) Moreover, even without the tape, common CD-copying programs readily duplicate the copy-protected disc in its entirety.
Subject: Winsock 2 LSP Problems.
From: "Ceri Coburn" <[email protected]>Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2002 12:19:23 +0100
Hi, I am having problems with creating a winsock LSP. I am going of the LSP example that's in the Platform SDK. I can get the ws2_32.dll to call WSPStartup but when debbuging an application that uses winsock they fall over with the following error:- (558.55c): Access violation - code c0000005 (first chance) First chance exceptions are reported before any exception handling. This exception may be expected and handled. eax=00000001 bx=00000000 ecx=00000202 dx=00dfd740 esi=0013eb08 edi=00000202 eip=77e777f8 esp=0013ee64 ebp=0019ae50 iopl=0 nv up ei pl zr na po nc cs=001b ss=0023 ds=0023 es=0023 fs=0038 gs=0000efl=00010246kernel32!InterlockedIncrement+9:77e777f8 f00fc101 lock xadd [ecx],eax ds:0023:00000202=????????Anybody got any ideas on why it's doing this?
Note: If this seems rather personal, it's here because the seminar was combined with one by Hugh Glaser on using the Semantic web to track personal identity.
public class prog {
public static void main (String[] arg) {
Crash b = new Bang();
System.out.println("I'm a " + b.wallop());
class Crash {
public static String wallop() {
return "Crash";
class Bang extends Crash {
public static String wallop() {
return "Bang";
E:\D1\Temp>javac prog.java
E:\D1\Temp>java prog
I'm a Crash
[WebMethod(Description="Shipping Status")]
public string GetShippingStatus(string Id) {
string Status = "No";
string sqlstring ="";
try {
SqlConnection sql= new SqlConnection( @"data source=localhost;" +
"user id=sa;password=password;" + "initial catalog=Shipping");
sqlstring="SELECT HasShipped" + " FROM detail " +
" WHERE ID='" + Id + "'";
SqlCommand cmd = new SqlCommand(sqlstring,sql);
if ((int)cmd.ExecuteScalar() != 0)
Status = "Yes"; }
catch (SqlException se) {
Status = sqlstring + " failed\n\r";
foreach (SqlError e in se.Errors) {
Status += e.Message + "\n\r"; } }
catch (Exception e) {
Status = e.ToString(); }
return Status; }
This is an example from a how-to book…
Messages to the TSI are delimited by ENDOFMESSAGE\n. These messages are untainted simply by removing the trailing ENDOFMESSAGE, without attempting to parse their contents. This is accompanied by the comment:
# I trust the source! and the setuid/setguid is downgrading!
A particular case, when talking to a real NJS, which frightened us was the possibility of a malicious client generating an AJO that contains file imports, where the filename has embedded within it something like:
ENDOFMESSAGE\n#TSI_IDENTITY victim
(all on one line)
It is well known that passing objects back to trusted code from untrusted routines can be a general source of difficulty. The key point is that, if trusted code allows untrusted code to "handle" one of its objects, then it is usually essential that the object be "final" so that the untrusted code cannot subclass it to introduce misbehaving methods.
It turns out that the Bouncy Castle package (used by Globus and Unicore) has just the above vulnerability. This turns out to be useful. The Interactive Job facility has to authenticate an SSH, not SSL, channel. The protocols differ and it does not seem to be possible to authenticate an SSH channel without direct access to the private key. This is achieved in InteractiveJob using the following snippet of code:
import org.bouncycastle.jce.X509V3CertificateGenerator;
/** Class which impersonates a X.509 certificate generator in * order to retrieve a private key from a X.509 certificate. */
class PrivateKeyExtractor extends X509V3CertificateGenerator { private X509Certificate cert;
private PrivateKey privateKey;
public X509Certificate generateX509Certificate (PrivateKey privateKey) { this.privateKey = privateKey;
return null; }
public PrivateKey getPrivateKey() {
return this.privateKey; } }
The code exploits the fact that X509V3CertificateGenerator is not a final class and simply subclasses it to introduce a key-stealing method which, in this case, is used only for SSH authentication.
These is a rather trivial (published) example, based on a real operational code and a popular open source library.
Web Service Execution Environment software(WSMX)
Michal Zaremba
Request to discoverWeb services. May be sent to adapteror adapter may extract from backend app.
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Goal expressed in WSMLsent to WSMX System Interface
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Comm Manager component implements the interface to receive WSML goals
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Comm Manager tells coreGoal has been recieved
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Choreography wrapper
Picks up event for Choreography component
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Parser wrapper picks up event for Parser component
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WSML goal is parsed to internal format
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Discovery component requires data mediation.
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After data mediation, discovery component completes its task.
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After discovery, the choreography instance for goal requester is checkedfor next step in interaction.
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Set of Web Service descriptionsexpressed in WSML sent to appropriate adapter
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Set of Web Service descriptionsexpressed in requester's ownformat returned to goal requester
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Religious wars
Brian Reid, Scribe
Donald Knuth
Leslie Lamport
The most important unanswered question in evolutionary biology, and more generally in the social sciences, is how co-operative behaviour evolved and can be maintained in human or other animal groups and societies1.
At first sight, the answer may seem obvious: if you are a marmot, the small risk attendant on giving an alarm call is outweighed by the larger benefit you derive from alarm calls from other group members. The problem is the vulnerability of any such system to "cheating" —enjoying the defensive group benefit, but yourself never incurring the risk of uttering an alarm call.
Such "cheats" prosper in evolutionary terms, enjoying the group benefits without the costs and, by so prospering, making it difficult for the cooperative benefits to be maintained.
An example closer to home in recent years is the decline in voluntary up-take of the MMR vaccine in the UK (seeking to avoid any putative risk to your children, whilst implicitly relying on others to keep "herd immunity" high by vaccinating their children), resulting in rising incidence of measles2.
Lord May
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Sea day today -- thank heavens. Too many port days in a row. We played trivia this morning with 2 couples we met and decided to team up with. We won! (Those guys are really smart.) And to make it even better, they had better prizes than the usual cheap luggage tags. We all got Princess hats. So, we decided to team up again this afternoon for the next trivia, which we lost by 1 point. We had our Cruise Critic get-together to distribute the Moroccan drahms and found out that, after we left Daniel yesterday, someone picked his pocket and got all the money. It was done in the usual way. When they were either getting on or off the subway, someone started bumping and jostling one of the group. While they were all distracted, evidently one of the pick-pockets got the money. We figure that they had been following him since he made the exchange and were waiting for the right time. Daniel is a really big guy, the biggest of anyone in our group. Not exactly the one who would be targeted unless they knew he had all the money. Also, he was wearing cargo pants, and the money was in the side leg pocket which was buttoned. Obviously, they saw him put it in there, because nothing else of his was touched. Well, poor Daniel felt horrible. He said he couldn't decide whether to drink himself to death last night or throw himself off his balcony. None of us lost that much, only 20 euros a couple (although it totaled $560 US for the group), and thankfully nobody was hurt, so it wasn't enough to get upset about. But, the trip to Rabat is off. :-( Tonight was a formal night and the Captain's champagne waterfall. It was also the first night that I actually ate a full meal. I think I'm finally all better! I had to be careful about saying anything about how I felt, because, if Princess people had any idea I has been sick, they would probably have quarantined me. We've heard of several people who have been quarantined, probably because of the swine flu.