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High-rise construction is a science of its own. Complex demands on speed, quality, safety and finish require expert attention and custom-engineered all-in-one solutions. Where crane time is limited, site-space cramped and schedules tight, it is the method that decides on the winning approach. MEVA is meeting the challenges in high-construction with state-of-the-art climbing and forming technology, mature safety concepts and in-depth know. Discover answers and solutions here.
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Putting superlatives on Dubai's skyline continues with the construction of the Rosemont Hotel and Residences on Sheikh Zayed Road.
A new transit camp project is taking shape in the Anjirwadi district in the city of Mumbai. The high-rise tower, built with MEVA Formwork Systems, will function as a temporary housing for the residents of Bhendi Bazar. The accommodation will be provisional and free of charge for the duration of 15 years while clusters 3A and 3B are being built.
Business and living environment with 4 million ft² of workspace, 330 new homes, a major 4 star design hotel, shops, restaurants, childcare and community facilities.
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Savour the natural grandeur of the Three Gorges on a relaxing Yangtze River Cruise – just one part of a wonderful tour that also includes China's enthralling cities of Shanghai, Xian, Beijing, and of course the unforgettable Giant Pandas of Chengdu.
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Discover Shanghai's modern and colonial architecture on a Huangpu River Cruise.Cruise the Yangtze River and see the man made marvel of the Three Gorges Dam.See the lovable Giant Pandas in surroundings that mirror their natural habitat.Come face to face with Emperor Qin Shi Huang's Terracotta Warriors. Soak up the harmonious ambiance of the Temple of Heaven
Wander along the awe-inspiring Great Wall of China
If the dates we have available for this tour don't suit your needs, or you are not sure travelling as part of a group is for you, maybe a Private Departure would be more ideal. Based on exactly the same itinerary as the group tour, our Private Departures give you the freedom to choose your own departure date and simply enjoy your holiday with your family, your partner, or your friends. On most Private Departures your tour will be led by an English speaking driver and you will be met by local guides at each site.
If you like most of the itinerary which we have suggested but you'd like to change the route and the accommodation, speak to our specialist Tailormade team, who can build your perfect itinerary based around where you would like to go, what you would like to see and how much you'd like to spend. Just call us on 0800 9884 888 and we'll help plan your dream holiday.
Wendy Wu Tours, inspect all of our hotels to ensure they meet the high levels of service which we require for our guests. If the hotels details below for your tour are not available, hotels of a similar standard will be used.
Greenland Jiulong Hotel is located in the famous Shanghai Bund area with luxury views of the Huangpu River and Shanghai's Oriental Pearl Tower. Rooms include high speed wired internet, air conditioning, a minibar and tea making facilities. There are onsite restaurants providing traditional Shanghai delicacies and Cantonese food, as well as a hotel bar and a spa.
Situated close to the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding, the 290 room Mercure Chengdu North offers modern, stylish rooms with free Wifi, a minibar and a flat screen satellite television. Complimentary toiletries are included in the bathroom. The hotel's onsite restaurant serves both Chinese and international dishes.
Grand New World Hotel is centrally located within ancient urban Xian, close to its city walls. All 471 rooms have en-suite bathrooms with deep bathtubs, satellite television, a minibar and 24 hour room service. There are two onsite restaurants swerving Chinese and Western delicacies, as well as an indoor pool, spa and coffee shop.
Hotel Park Plaza Beijing West is located close to the capital's attractions, a large shopping district and the metro system. The hotel's en-suite rooms include free Wifi, flat screen satellite television, air conditioning, a minibar and a safety deposit box. The hotel's three onsite restaurants serve a wide range of Chinese and Western dishes, including Cantonese and Sichuan styles. The hotel also boasts a fitness centre.
A visa is required by all nationalities. A single entry visa should be arranged in advance of travel.
Unlike many other tour operators, we include your entry visas in the price of our tour. We handle the entire visa process – all you need to do is fill out the form and send your passport to us. We are always on hand to help you with any questions or queries you might have when completing the form.
Phone Calls
International and domestic calls can be made from your hotel room. To call South Africa the international access code is 00, followed by the country code 27, then the local area code (omitting the first 0), then the number. To call Wendy Wu Tours it is 00 27 10 001 9998. Emergency 24 hour telephone (out of office hours) is 00 27 83 277 4502.
Mobile Phones
Mobile phones are quite popular in China and you will find high quality coverage. China has active roaming agreements with all phone carriers; however SMS and call rates can be expensive. We recommend that you contact your mobile supplier if you intend to use international roaming during your holiday and ensure you investigate all associated costs before you leave South Africa.
Internet & Email
Internet cafes can be found in all major cities and even in some small towns. This is often the easiest and cheapest way to stay in touch. Most hotels have a business centre with internet access, but at a slightly higher rate. Some hotels may have wifi which usually comes at an additional cost and may only be available in hotel lobbies.
Tipping is an expected element in the tourism industry today and China is no exception. Many passengers are often uncertain of how much to tip so we have established a tipping system whereby every passenger gives a set amount (in US Dollars) to the National Escort who will distribute the amount appropriately. On multi-country tips, this amount will be paid in stages on arrival in each country. If there is no National Escort, you will need to give your money to your Local Guides and tipping amounts for each city will be shown in your final itinerary. The amount for the kitty is calculated for each tour depending on the length, group size and services used during the trip.
For independent passengers, or group passengers with pre/post tour arrangements, you should allow USD5-10 per person per day.
We will indicate the tipping amounts in your final documents for guidance.
Shopping can be a fun and entertaining component to any travel adventure, and China has a vast array of shopping opportunities for those who love to seek out a bargain. From hand carved jade to local silk products or pearls from the South China Sea – the variety and choice can seem endless.
In keeping with most people's interests whilst on holiday, your tour will include a reasonable number of opportunities to shop for local goods and souvenirs.
We have included visits to establishments that not only provide an opportunity to purchase a locally produced, great-value souvenir; but you'll witness first-hand how these local products are made, their history and how they support the local economy. We are aware that people like to take home souvenirs, so we endeavour to ensure the shops you visit have a reputation for quality, honesty, and authenticity – we do our best to ensure that you don't get ripped off.
The cost of all meals is included in your group tour cost.
Breakfast is served in the hotel and usually includes western dishes. As is traditional in China, lunch and dinner consists of small dishes of local cuisine which is then placed on a 'Lazy Susan' so you can experience the variety of speciality dishes. In China all the dishes are served in various styles and brought out to the table for everyone to share. The amount served is more than ample for the whole group. We aim to cater to the tastes of the majority of people and so the food is not too spicy or unusual in taste.
Each individual place setting will consist of a bowl of fan (rice), a pair of chopsticks (you may request western cutlery if you prefer), a flat bottomed soup spoon and a saucer. Chinese food is usually served in courses where a typical meal will consist of rice, one to four meat or fish dishes, two vegetable dishes, and one soup dish. Almost all food is cut into bite sized pieces. The centre of the meal is the fan or rice. The meats and vegetables that we think of as the focus of the meal are known as ts'ai, which roughly translates as 'side dishes'. Fish is not always available, particularly outside of the bigger cities.
The Chinese are also not big on desserts with meals normally complemented with fruit to clean and refresh the palate.
Sichuan cuisine is distinguished by its use of ginger, chilli and the 'Sichuan peppercorn' called the fagara. Each meal will usually have some mild dishes but many of the local speciality dishes will be hot. If your group find there are not enough mild dishes served, please inform your National Escort/Local Guide so that they may resolve the problem for the next meal.
If you would like to drink beer, soft drink or bottled water with your meals, payment is to be made directly to the restaurant staff. Beer is traditionally consumed in small glasses; not the larger pints glasses that you may be used to.
Green tea is sometimes provided complimentary. All other drinks will be at your own expense.
If you have booked a tour that does not include all meals, your local guides will be able to recommend a variety of restaurants to meet your taste and budget.
It is possible to buy snacks in supermarkets within major towns or cities. Alternatively, you may also like to bring comforts like cereal, biscuits, muesli bars, and tea/coffee from home.
Any food/diet requests MUST be specified at the time of booking and you should mention it again to the National Escort/ Local Guides when you meet them – they will do their utmost to cater for any special requests, such as vegetarian meals or food to be avoided in case of allergies.
This adventure is ideal for travellers with less time to spend and who want to see the very best bits of this incredibly diverse destination. We have designed the tour to make the most of the time available to showcase the key highlights and cities of China. This tour is also idea for those looking for a Yangtze River cruise.
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Watertown police chief Edward Deveau joins MSNBC's Craig Melvin to recount the details of events leading to one of the Boston bombing suspect's capture. "I am extremely lucky I'm not at a funeral this morning for one of my officers," he said.
A lone small-town police officer confronted the two Boston Marathon suspects on a dark street after they got out of their cars and started shooting at him, the Watertown, Mass., police chief said Saturday.
In the ensuing firefight, the suspects hurled a pressure-cooker bomb similar to the two that went off near the marathon finish line, said Chief Edward Deveau. They also tossed four homemade grenade-like devices, Deveau said, with two of them exploding.
The two men were in separate cars when they were confronted, he said — apparently one of their own and another that they had carjacked.
Deveau said police tracked one of the cars because the carjack victim's phone was still inside. The lone officer, whom he identified as Joe Reynolds, was told not to engage the suspects, but the suspects fired on him from separate locations, Deveau said.
Under fire, the officer put his cruiser in reverse to back away while other officers arrived, he said. Six Watertown police officers were involved in the fight, plus a transit officer who was shot in the groin and bled heavily, he said.
The pressure-cooker bomb exploded, and the lid was found embedded in a nearby car, Deveau said. There were three explosions in the firefight, in addition to 200 rounds of gunfire, he said.
"I am extremely lucky that I'm not at a funeral this morning for one of my officers," Deveau said in an interview on MSNBC. "They were heroic, very talented, and had the guts and glory to defend our town, our community, in a very tight situation."
An ATF agent leans over Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev after he was taken into custody in Watertown, Mass., on April 19, 2013.
One of the suspects, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, was killed in the firefight. The surviving suspect, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, later hid in a boat behind a Watertown house and was cornered and captured alive by authorities.
On Saturday, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was under heavy guard and in serious condition at a Boston hospital — the same hospital where some victims of the marathon blasts are still recovering.
Federal investigators were waiting to question Tsarnaev, 19, a naturalized U.S. citizen of Chechen origin, hoping to uncover a motive for horrendous attacks that bookended a week of terror. Gov. Deval Patrick said that he was stable but "not able to communicate yet."
"We have a million questions, and those questions need to be, need to be answered," Patrick told reporters. "There's a prosecution to put together."
Federal law enforcement officials told NBC News that prosecutors did not expect to finish work on charges against Tsarnaev on Saturday. The charges were more likely to come Sunday, they said.
The FBI confirmed that in 2011, it probed Tamerlan Tsarnaev for possible extremist ties after a tip from a foreign country that he was a "follower of radical Islam" and planned to join an underground group. Agents grilled him and neighbors and did not find "any terrorism activity, domestic or foreign."
The brothers allegedly executed a Massachusetts Institute of Technology patrol officer before they drove to Watertown and the firefight began.
Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was captured alive but wounded Friday night, after holing up in a boat in a Watertown, Mass. backyard following a bloody rampage. He remains hospitalized and has reportedly lost a lot of blood. NBC's Ron Allen reports.
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was being held at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, where 11 victims were also being treated after two blasts tore through crowds at the finish line of Monday's race.
He was wounded in the firefight with cops but escaped, sparking a daylong lockdown of Boston and surrounding towns. A door-to-door manhunt had just ended when a Watertown man noticed blood on the tarp covering a boat in his backyard, peeked under and found the suspect, a relative told TODAY.
After a standoff punctuated by bursts of gunfire, police grabbed the accused bomber, unleashing a celebration that had people cheering "USA! USA!" and dancing in the streets outside Fenway Park.
"CAPTURED!!! The hunt is over. The search is done. The terror is over. And justice has won," the Boston Police Department tweeted minutes later.
In an address from the White House, President Barack Obama echoed the public's relief but also noted that many questions remained. Among them, he said: "Why did young men who grew up and studied here as part of our communities and our country resort to such violence?"
Authorities said they were still trying to determine whether the suspects had help. Even as the standoff took place in Watertown, the FBI was taking three people in for questioning in New Bedford, Mass., who were believed to be former roommates of Tsarnaev.
"No one was detained. No one was arrested," a spokesman with the Massachusetts FBI office later said, once the two men and one woman questioned in connection with Tsarnaev were released.
Tsarnaev will be questioned by a federal team called the High Value Detainee Interrogation Group, which includes officials of the FBI, CIA, and Defense Department, an Obama administration official said. Under a special legal exception designed to protect public safety, he will not get a Miranda warning or be offered a lawyer for up to 48 hours.
Meanwhile, finally freed of the weeklong grip of terror, Boston rejoiced.
The Red Sox on Saturday played their first home game since the marathon attack. During a pregame ceremony, an American flag was unfurled to cover the historic 37-foot left field wall at Fenway Park, the Green Monster.
Patrick joined Boston police on the infield during the national anthem, and fans roared the last few bars. Some held up their own flags in the stands. In the seats atop the wall, fans held up placards that spelled out, "THANK U BRAVE HEROS." Red Sox players wore special patches on their jerseys.
The arrest came four days after three people were killed and 176 wounded at the marathon. The big break in the case came Thursday evening when the FBI released surveillance photos of the brothers from the race and said they were trying to identify them.
The suspects' desperate attempt to flee set off a bloody chain of events.
Tips were pouring into an FBI hotline when they fatally shot MIT officer Sean Collier, 26, in his vehicle at 10:20 p.m., law enforcement officials said. Police called it an "assassination."
The brothers then stole a Mercedes SUV, holding the driver captive for a half-hour while they tried to use his cash card to get money from three ATM's, a source said. At the first, they put in the wrong number; at the second, they took out $800 and at the third, they were told they had exceeded the withdrawal limit, the source said.
An FBI officer stands in front of the boat at 67 Franklin St. where Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the surviving suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings, was hiding in Watertown, Mass., on April 19.
The carjacking victim was released unharmed at a gas station in Cambridge and the accused bombers sped in his car toward Watertown. A police chase ensued and they tossed explosive devices out the window, officials said.
"I saw them light this bomb. They threw it towards the officers," said Andrew Kitzenberg of Watertown, who watched from his window. "There was smoke that covered our entire street."
A transit officer, identified as Richard H. Donahue, 33, was seriously injured during the pursuit. Authorities said he underwent surgery at Mount Auburn Hospital.
Witnesses said Tamerlan Tsarnaev, who had an improvised explosive device strapped to his chest, ended up on the ground and Dzhokhar barreled the SUV down the street to get away.
Armored vehicles and SWAT teams streamed into Watertown and residents were told to stay indoors. Boston subways and buses were shut down, Amtrak service to Boston was cut, and college campuses were closed. The Red Sox and Boston Bruins' home games were canceled.
Police finally gave residents the OK to venture outside about 6 p.m., only to order them back an hour later when Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was found.
Cheers filled the streets after a Boston Marathon bombing suspect was captured alive but wounded Friday night — following a daylong manhunt that shut down the city.
What's next: The interrogation of the Boston bombing suspect
Secret weapon: How thermal imaging helped catch bomb suspect
Parents of suspects say their children were framed
Family of dead suspect's wife: 'Our hearts are sickened'
On social media, Tsarnaev's mixed religious fervor, whimsy
Slain MIT officer's family mourns: 'Our only solace is Sean died bravely'
Obama: 'We've closed an important chapter in this tragedy'
A nation cheers arrest of Boston bombing suspect
Slideshow: Timeline of terror hunt and capture
Boxing photos of dead Boston suspect revealed
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Example 1Parking Owned or Leased by Nonprofit
Charity A based in a mid-sized metropolitan area, pays Parking Corp. for the right for its employees to park in a garage owned by Parking Corp., which is adjacent to Charity A's headquarters. Charity A has 15 employees, each of whom park in Parking Corp.'s garage. Under the terms of the agreement, Charity A pays $18,000 annually to Parking Corp. This fee amounts to $100 per employee per month. Because the per-employee amount is less than the 2018 cap of $260 per employee, Charity A will have UBTI of $18,000 for the year related to parking expenses. Charity A will be allowed to deduct $1,000 of the UBTI, leaving a total of $17,000 for the tax year. Because Charity A's UBTI for the year exceeds $1,000, it will be required to file Form 990-T.
Example 2
Charity B, headquartered in a large city, pays Parking Corp. for the right for its employees to park in a garage owned by Parking Corp. adjacent to Charity B's headquarters. Charity B has 15 employees, each of whom park in Parking Corp.'s garage. Under the terms of their agreement, Charity B pays $49,500 annually to Parking Corp. This fee amounts to $275 per employee per month, exceeding the 20198 cap of $260 per employee. The amount in excess of $260 per employee is treated as compensation and wages to the employee and is thus not included in the UBTI calculation. Therefore, Charity B will report UBTI of $46,800 in 2018 related to parking expenses. Charity B will file a Form 990-T and claim a $1,000 deduction, lowering its UBTI for the year to $45,800.
Example 3It is important to note that although Notice 2018-99 provides 10 examples to illustrate the four-step process, none of the examples discuss how to calculate step four in situations where the taxpayer has parking spaces reserved for nonemployees. In these instances, the notice merely states that the step four determination must be reasonable. Determining the proper allocation of the remaining expenses to the remaining uncounted parking spaces may result in different answers from different professional advisors. The key is to use a method that can be defended as reasonable in the eyes of the IRS.
Organization operates in a building adjacent to a 50-space parking lot, both of which are owned by Organization. Organization has calculated $20,000 in expenses related to its parking lot for last year, much of which was attributed to repaving and painting.
Five of the lot's parking spaces near the entrance to the building are designated for Organization's executive leadership and another five spaces are marked with signs reserving the spaces for visitors. In addition to the five members of its executive leadership team, Organization has 25 employees. These individuals typically park in unmarked spaces near the building. The remaining 15 parking spaces are usually vacant during business hours.
Although Organization has never previously been subject to UBTI, its leadership is aware that a portion of its parking expenses from last year will be taxable. Organization's leaders decide that the most prudent course of action is to follow the four-step process for calculating parking-related UBTI outlined in Notice 2018-99.
The first step for Organization is to determine how many parking spaces are reserved for employees. Only five of the lot's 50 parking spaces are specifically designated "employees only." Therefore, Organization can confidently determine under step one that 10% of its spaces are reserved for employees. Therefore, $2,000 of parking expenses is attributable to reserved employee spaces.
Having completed the first step, Organization must next determine the primary use of the remaining parking spaces. Of the remaining 45 spaces, 25 are regularly used by employees, a total of 55.5%. Therefore, the primary use of the remaining spaces is for employee parking. Organization must then move to steps three and four of the process.
The third step is to identify how many of the remaining parking spaces are exclusively reserved for non-employees. Organization has five parking spaces designated for visitors. These five spaces represent 11% of the remaining 45 spaces. Following the examples set by the IRS in Notice 2018-99, Organization calculates that 11% of the $20,000 in parking expenses, or $2,200 is not included as UBTI.
The fourth and final step requires Organization to use a reasonable method to determine employee use of the remaining parking spaces. Ten of the lot's 50 parking spaces have already been accounted for. Organization has already determined that 25 of its employees regularly park in the remaining 40 spaces, which accounts for 62.5% of the remaining spaces. Also, $4,200 of the $20,000 in parking lot expenses has already been allocated to specific parking spaces. Therefore, Organization's accountant and attorney believe it is reasonable to determine that 62.5% of the remaining $15,800 in parking expenses is allocated to employee parking spaces. Therefore, the remaining parking spaces for employees amounts to $9,875 in UBTI. When the expenses allocated to the reserved spaces are added in, Organization reports $11,875 in UBTI on Form 990-T. After subtracting the $1,000 specific deduction allowed, Organization is taxed on $10,875 of UBTI for the year.
Example 4
Hospital is a non-profit organization that has an on-site parking garage with 500 parking spaces. Maintenance, utilities, insurance and other costs for the parking garage cost Hospital $20,000 per year. The lower level of the parking garage contains 50 spaces reserved for hospital management and administrators. The second level contains 100 spaces reserved by signage for patients and hospital visitors. The parking spaces located on the remaining floors are unmarked. Hospital employees usually take up an additional 200 non-reserved spaces.
Choosing to follow the steps outlined in Notice 2018-99, Hospital first tallies the number of parking spaces reserved for employees at 50. Because 10% of the total spaces are reserved for employees, $2,000 of Hospital's parking expenses are treated as UBTI.
For the second step, Hospital calculates that 200 of the remaining 450 parking spaces are used by employees. Employee use of the remaining spaces totals 44.4% of the remaining spaces, which means that the primary purpose of the parking structure is to provide parking to the general public. Hospital, therefore, has $2,000 of UBTI, $1,000 of which will be reported as taxable on Hospital's Form 990-T.


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With my oldest three girls, we took away the pacifier pretty early. That's what everyone told us to do.
Unfortunately, then they all became thumb-suckers, and I'm here to tell you, that's a hard habit to break.
When Charlotte turned 2, I decided it was time to start weaning her from the "paa-thi," and by "weaning," I mean "I lost the last one and was too lazy to go to the store."
Creating and executing a plan has never been a strong suit for me.
So it was bedtime and the thing was nowhere to be found. I started to rock Charlotte and she said, "Wansome miwk, pease." I got her milk. Warmed just the way she likes it. I hadn't figured out what I would do when she finished it, because the next step in the routine involves paa-thi. Sure enough, her eyes rolled back in her head while she sipped, and as soon as it was gone she opened them wide, grabbed her "blank-let," and asked for the pacifier. I came up with a flawless plan I will refer to here as "panic."
"Paci went bye-bye, honey."
She stared straight ahead, then looked at me incredulously.
"Want paa-thi. Pease." She wasn't freaking out yet, so I gave her the same excuse. I said it like I was sad too, so we could share the disappointment. She considered what I had said, and like the mature toddler she is, she decided to cope with the realization by re-enacting a scene from the Exorcist.
Actually, it wasn't as horrible as I expected. She cried, and when I laid her in her bed she kept repeating "Paaaaaaaathiiii. No bye-bye," which is almost enough to make a grown woman drive to Walgreens in her pajamas. But we made it through the first night, and when naptime came around again the next day we went over the specifics again. Listen, I know I could have added a fairy or pretended we were giving it to the new babies that were born at the hospital. It was a spontaneous moment, so "went bye-bye" was as detailed as I got.
For three nights she whined when it was time to sleep, and together we kept repeating, "Paci went bye-bye. All gone." On the fourth night, she didn't ask.
And I decided the fairies would have been a waste of creative energy.
I mean, this was flawless. I had broken her of the habit I believed she might bring to college with her, and she wasn't even 25 months old. For weeks we went on this way, and all was well. There was one incident that involved the vacuum and a paci that had found it's way under the couch, but overall we got through it just fine.
Until, you know, the road trip.
Ten hours in a car with a screaming kid will make you abandon any moral decision you have made in a sedentary setting. I made it for 6. Does that count for anything? Finally I looked at Todd and said, "I'm just going to give her the one that's in the glove compartment. We'll just let her have it for long road trips." I nodded assuringly. Yeah, it didn't even make sense to me.
He stared at the road, because options are limited for a man trying to be a good husband and dad when his wife looks like she is going to exit the car via window at 70 miles an hour.
"Okay?" I asked, in a tone that meant, "I'm not interested in you making sounds with your mouth unless the word yes is involved." He nodded, because he was afraid of me.
Stupid fairy. I should have listened.
"OHHHHHH, Charlotte!!!" I said it with hopeful, dramatic animation and all of my kids looked up to see what was happening. "I found it!!! Mommy found your paci!!!! She stopped crying and stared at me. So did the other three.
"I thought we took that away from her, mommy!" Ellie shouted. Thank you, first-born, for being so very on top of things.
"Well, we have a new plan." {mumbling} "So she can have it until…while we….when it's…uhhhh." {panic sets in} "Until the new babies at the hospital need one."
Dang it.
Yeah, that would have been a solid Plan A right there.
They were not amused, and Ellie eyed me while putting her headphones back on, squinting suspiciously while reaching for her bag of chips to watch what happened next.
"Here you go, honey! YAAAYYYYYYY! PACI!!!!!" I think she was confused, and quite frankly, the maniacal overly-excited and breathy voice I had adopted was probably not helping.
She didn't reach for it. She just stared.
So I unbuckled, leaned back to her and set it on her lap. I knew we were going to enter a bigger war, but the truth was, I was desperate for the end of the battle. The car was quiet for the first time in what seemed like eternity. She reached for it and then did something I have processed for weeks.
She picked it up and studied it like it was a foreign object. "Paa-thi." She said, finally. And then she took it and rolled it around in her fingers, pushing it flat and then stretching it out again.
"What's she doing?" Todd asked.
"I think she's just remembering it." I answered.
Truthfully, I was perplexed at how she could have forgotten the wonder-paci this quickly because it had been her lifeline since day one.
"Put it in your mouth, Char." I said, nudging it toward her lips. I know what you're thinking, and the answer is yes. I am a stellar parent.
Her eyes never left mine, but eventually she did put it in her mouth, where she moved it around awkwardly and took it out to stare at again.
After about 5 minutes of this routine, I heard her say, "Mommy, here go."
And she handed it back to me.
She didn't need it anymore, and she knew it.
She had been away from it so long that she didn't remember why she ever did. It might as well have been a paper clip or a piece of clay. It was rendered useless to her by virtue of the fact that she had experienced life without it, and it didn't comfort her anymore.
The instant it happened I knew I would write about it, because it's how I see life. What I didn't know is how profoundly it would speak to me in the days to come, as I considered my own crutches in life. The way I remove them, stagger away, only to return to them again in weakness. I don't need you anymore. That's what I should say. But even as a Christian woman, there are plenty of things to lean on when I know they shouldn't soothe me.
What I have prayed many times over since that day is simply this: "I only want to need You. Take the rest away and make it foreign to my lips."
Let me fumble with what once satisfied me and wonder why I needed it in the first place.
It's the victory of defeat, and it's ours for the taking. It doesn't have to follow an elaborate plan. We simply repeat the phrase as many times as we need to. "Goodbye."
No long-winded explanation or amazing story. Just the prayer of a desperate heart, hungry for peace when life won't stand still long enough to catch your breath. I don't need you anymore.
You cannot bring me rest…
I will never forget the way a 2 year old ministered to me.
Hours more of highway left to go, but so much ground behind us.
Lord, shake us free from that which can never satisfy. We will be steadfast in our faith and quick to give you praise…


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Nuclear stress tests - guide25 May 2011
by eub2 -- last modified 25 May 2011
From 1 June 2011 onwards, all 143 nuclear power plants in the EU will be re-assessed using EU wide criteria. These are comprehensive tests as the Commission has called for which embrace both natural and man made hazards (i.e. effects of airplane crashes and terrorist attacks). The European Commission and the European Nuclear Safety Regulators' Group (ENSREG) agreed today on the criteria covered and the way controls will be done.
What are nuclear stress tests?
The "stress tests" are a set of additional safety criteria drawn up in the light of the nuclear accident in Fukushima. These EU wide tests will be in addition to safety standards already in place at national level. Their aim is to assess whether the safety margins used in the licensing of nuclear power plants were sufficient to cover unexpected events.
The aim is to learn from what happened in Japan and help prevent that a similar accident can happen in Europe. One of the most important lessons to be drawn is that the unthinkable can happen – that two natural disasters can hit at the same time and knock out the electrical power supply system completely. In Japan, the power plant withstood the earthquake but the tsunami interrupted the power supply which is necessary to cool down fuel elements. If they are not cooled down, there is a risk of a core meltdown with leakage of radioactivity and radiation getting into the soil and the water.
What will be assessed in the stress tests?
It will be assessed whether the nuclear power plant can withstand the effects of the following events:
1. Natural disasters: earthquakes, flooding, extreme cold, extreme heat, snow, ice, storms, tornados, heavy rain and other extreme natural conditions.
2. All man-made failures and actions. These accidents can be: air plan crashes and explosions close to nuclear power plants, whether caused by a gas container or an oil tanker approaching the plant, fire. Comparable damaging effects from terrorist attacks (air plan crash, explosives) are also covered.
3. Preventive and other terrorist and malevolent acts:
Preventive measures for terrorist attacks – meaning all measures which should stop an attack from happening in the first place - will be dealt with separately, involving experts such as anti-terrorism experts, officials of ministries for national security. The reason is that these concerns are issues of national security. Measures taken to counter terroristic acts cannot be made public – while the stress tests will be published. On these issues, the Commission will work together with Member States.
An example of preventive measures which have been mentioned in the public are fog systems which produce fog when an airplane is getting close to the nuclear power plant. The fog impairs the view of pilot thus making it virtually impossible to target the nuclear power plant.
What about the power cuts?
Irrespective of the cause (natural disaster or whatever), power plants have to prove that they have enough back-up power systems in place in case the power supply is interrupted. They should assume that power is completely lost for several days. They also have to describe what happens when the first back-up-system – the battery - does not work, the second, thus describing a chain reaction.
What will be assessed in detail? How do you assess natural disasters?
Earthquakes already reviewed in the past: Each and every nuclear power plant in the EU has undergone an extensive authorisation process before starting to operate. If a nuclear power plant is operating in a region where there is a risk of earthquakes, operators needed to prove that the specific design of a power plant can withstand the magnitude of an earthquake that could be expected in the region. To assess the risk of an earthquake, past experiences are normally taken into account. If in a given region, earthquakes of a magnitude of Richter scale 6 took place, it was assumed that such an earthquake could happen again. Power plants constructed in this area therefore need to be built in a way that they can operate or shut down automatically if an earthquake of this scale occurs. The same is true for floods and other disasters. Higher safety margin in stress test: As Fukushima has taught us that the magnitudes of earthquakes can be much higher than what we experienced in a region in the past, the stress tests include a higher safety margin. If a power plant was built to withstand a magnitude of Richter scale 6, it needs now to prove that it can withstand a higher magnitude. In practice, this means that at this magnitude all the safety functions are working – that the reactor can be shut down safely, that there is still supply of electricity and that radioactive materials are confined to prevent releases. The same is with floods and other natural disasters.
Is there an EU definition of this "higher safety margin"?
No. It would not make sense to say that all 143 nuclear power plants have to withstand an earthquake of Richter Scale 8 or so, as this would put an unnecessary burden to those plants which are not in a zone with earthquake risks or where risk are much lower. For this reasons, it is the national regulator which has to define this additional safety margin.
How do you assess airplane crash? And terrorist attacks? Explosions?
From the way a power plant is constructed, it is possible to say whether a crash will seriously damage the containment of the nuclear power plant or not. Engineers take the following data to make their calculations: the materials used (beton, steel), the thickness of the walls and the data of the airplane – the weight of the plane and the speed with which the plane apporaches the plant. As the effect on the plant is measured – whether it damages the containment and/or sets it on fire – it does not make a difference whether it was an accident or a deliberate act by terrorists.
The same is true for explosions or fire. Experts can tell from the design of the plant whether a power plan can withstand a fire or an explosions happening close to the plant. Whether it was caused by accident by a gas container or an oil tanker, or whether terrorists did use explosives, does not make a difference.
How will the test be carried out?
Tests will be carried out at three levels:
1. Pre-Assessment: The plant operators have to answer all the questions in the stress tests questionnaire and describe how the plant would react in different situations. To support what they say, they have to submit engineering studies.
2. National Report: In the second step, the national regulator will look at the pre-assessments and check whether the assumptions are credible. As they know the particular design of the plants and have made controls on the spot, they are best placed to do that.
3. Peer Reviews: In a third step, the national report of the regulator will be reviewed by other regulators within European Nuclear Safety Regulators' Group (ENSREG), which represents the 27 independent national authorities responsible for nuclear safety in their country. This will be done by peer teams consisting of seven people including:
- one European Commission representative
- two permanent ENSREG members. They will be part of all the peer review teams cross-checking the 14 national reports of all the Member states having nuclear power). This is to guarantee the consistency of the tests.
- four non-permanent ENSREG members.
The composition of each of the teams will be decided together by the EU Commission and ENSREG.
Are you also going inside the plants to make controls?
Yes. Peer Reviews teams are explicitly allowed to go into the plants. Member States have to give them access to power plants and help them in any way to do their controls on the spot.
Are their independent experts in the teams? National regulators are by definition independent from their governments and industry. Scientists, NGOs and experts from nuclear fields will be able to discuss the results of the stress tests as they will be made public and also discussed in seminars.
Is this credible, if the national regulators check what they already have checked?
New criteria: They are not checking again what they have checked in the past. The stress tests will be a set of questions and criteria which are new. They include a higher safety margin for natural disasters, air plane crashes and back-up systems for power supply.
Peer Reviews: The peer-reviews guarantee the credibility and accountability of the whole process. This is even more so the case, as out of the 27 national regulators only 14 have nuclear power and 13 have not.
Transparency: All national reports and the results of the peer reviews will be made public. Results should be discussed both in seminars where independent experts, non governmental organizations and experts from the field should be invited.
When will the tests start?
On 1 June at the latest.
When will we have the final results of the peer reviews?
By the end of April 2012.
Some Member States already conducted their national stress tests. Does this mean they do are not taking part in the EU tests?
Some Member Stats have started early on the basis of what was discussed in ENSREG. We expect that any addition made in the course of the definition of the EU wide process will be taken into account.
Will all the nuclear power plants be tested?
Yes. All existing and planned plants in the EU will need to be reassessed using the agreed common criteria and methodology.
What will happen if a plant fails the tests?
On the basis of the national reports and the peer reviews' outcome, Member States will take decisions on how to follow up the outcome of the assessments. Decisions on individual installations remain a national responsibility. In case an upgrade is technically or economically not feasible, we believe reactors shall be shut down and decommissioned.
What happens, if a country does not shut down a plant which fails the tests?
The Commission will publish the report of the national authority and also the peer review. This means that the results are known to the public and a government has to explain to its public why it has taken a decision or failed to act.
Given that disasters know no borders will the EU neighbours also implement these tests?
The Commission is working to extend the assessments to other countries, in particular those neighbours operating nuclear installations: Switzerland, the Russian Federation, Ukraine and Armenia. The initial reactions have been positive. Russia has already made concrete proposals for improving the international nuclear safety framework.
The Commission is also ready to provide expertise to the IAEA and to third countries, both for carrying out safety reviews and for further developing the international legal framework and regulatory capacities in specific countries. It can also consider providing additional financial assistance to third countries.
What happens after the report is made?
The European Council called on the Commission to review the existing EU nuclear safety framework. The Commission's proposals will take fully into account the results of the stress tests. The existing nuclear safety directive (25/06/2009) gives legal force to some safety principles drawn up by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). It leaves the competence for enforcement of nuclear safety to Member States.
More detailed information on the stress tests
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December 4, 2012, Portland, OR – Brendan Leipsic had four goals as the Portland Winterhawks (23-4-1-0) earned a 7-5 win over the visiting Everett Silvertips (11-19-0-2) Tuesday at Veterans Memorial Coliseum.
The Hawks overcame a 4-1 second period deficit in the win, their seventh consecutive victory and 12th in a row at home.
Portland opened the scoring with a power play goal from Taylor Leier 8:15 into the first period, but Everett's Manraj Hayer and Dawson Leedahl each scored in the final 1:23 of the period as the Silvertips took a 2-1 lead into the second.
The Silvertips opened the second period with goals a minute apart from Kohl Bauml and Ty Mappin to take a 4-1 lead, but from there, Leipsic took over for the Winterhawks.
Leipsic scored three straight goals for a natural hat trick, beginning with a power play goal at the 8:46 mark to make it 4-2. He struck again at the 16:55 mark when he stole the puck from an Everett defender, and scored on the ensuing breakaway to cut the deficit to 4-3. Leipsic then completed the hat trick at the 18:37 mark to tie the game at 4-4 going into the third period.
Everett regained the lead 2:08 into the third on a goal by Trent Lofthouse to make it 5-4, but the Hawks exploded for three quick goals late in the game. Their rally began with Leipsic scoring his fourth of the night, a power play goal, at the 16:09 mark to tie the game at 5-5.
Just 40 seconds later Troy Rutkowski scored on a blast from the points to make it 6-5, then at the 18:07 mark Leier got his second of the game to give the Hawks the 7-5 win.
Leipsic's four goals extended his point streak to 16 games, with 17 goals and 22 assists for 39 points during the streak. It was the second four-goal game of the season by a Winterhawk, with Ty Rattie having done it in Swift Current on Oct. 13.
Seth Jones had three assists tonight, extending his point streak to six games, with one goal and eight assists for nine points during the streak.
The Hawks are back in action Friday when they host the Tri-City Americans at 7 p.m. at the Rose Garden.


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Apify is a small and powerful open source library that delivers new levels of developer productivity by simplifying the creation of RESTful architectures. It helps development teams deliver quality web services and applications in reduced amounts of time.
This document will get you up and running with Apify.
The Controller provides a glue between the domain model objects and transport layer events. Like the HTTP interface, Controllers are Request/Response oriented.
Apify lets you design URLs however you want, with no limitations.
Apify supports routing arbitrary URLs to actions allowing you to quickly build web applications using non-resourceful routes.
Apify allows you to add a web API to any existing website.
Apify implements content negotiation by parsing the URI and the Accept header.
When Apify returns error messages, it does so in your requested format.
Error templates are rendered when an unhandled exception occurs during the request processing.
The model has a central position in a web application. It's the domain-specific representation of the information on which the application operates.


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Exotic, intriguing, and vibrant with colour, few places offer such astounding cultural and culinary experiences as India. Uniworld's India's Golden Triangle & the Sacred Ganges land & cruise itinerary highlights wondrous sights along the subcontinent's holiest river, as well as the Taj Mahal and other sites in Delhi, Agra, and Jaipur—the Golden Triangle.
We're pleased to announce that we are now offering guests booked on this 13-day itinerary a chance to participate in an optional ME to WE pre-cruise extension that combines volunteering with sightseeing.
This immersive volunteer experience allows you to be a part of something larger than yourself, working side by side with local residents on a development project that will benefit the community for years to come. This 5-day extension is a wonderful opportunity to "give back," to see the world from a fresh perspective and to delve even deeper into India's vibrant and fascinating culture.
For complete details visit www.metowe.com.
Join us for an unforgettable adventure in India!
A journey through the "cradle of civilization"
This life-enriching combination journey starts with a 5-day pre-cruise extension in the Indian state of Rajasthan, where you will join the ME to WE team for an unforgettable immersive volunteer experience.
The adventure continues on a 13-day itinerary showcasing wondrous sights along the country's most venerated river, as well as must-see destinations in the "Golden Triangle," one of the most culturally-rich areas of the Indian subcontinent.
- Day 1
- Arrive in Delhi and spend the night at the Oberoi Gurgaon
- Day 2-4
- Fly to Udaipur and join the ME to WE pre-cruise programme
- Day 5
- Return to Delhi and transfer to the Oberoi New Delhi, begin Uniworld land & cruise itinerary
- Day 6-16
- Journey from New Delhi to Kolkata with Uniworld
- Day 17
- Transfer to airport for return flight home
In addition to the optional ME to WE pre-cruise extension, guests on this itinerary can also book an optional post-cruise extension in Varanasi, revered as the holiest spot on India's holiest river and one of the world's oldest continuously inhabited cities.
Be a part of something larger than yourself
Adding ME to WE's pre-cruise extension to your Uniworld land & cruise itinerary takes your experience in India one step further. Gain a deeper understanding and appreciation of India as you immerse yourself in a culture rich in history and tradition, and participate on a sustainable development project alongside local families.
Build. Connect. Recharge. Explore.
- Work with a local community on a long-term development project
- Connect with community members by experiencing their daily lives
- Explore nature as you walk through the Aravalli Mountain Range
- Experience India's age-old traditions, led by your local guide
Your ME to WE pre-extension includes:
- One overnight at the Oberoi Gurgaon with breakfast
- Delhi to Udaipur return flight
- 3 nights and 4 days at Araveli Cottages and Tented Camp, which offers well-appointed private cottages and luxury tents
- All ground transportation throughout the ME to WE programme
- All meals and drinks at Araveli Cottages and Tented Camp (beer and wine included)
- All activities as outlined in the itinerary, including sightseeing, daily yoga and more
- ME to WE professional facilitators
- All taxes
- Transfer from Delhi airport to the Oberoi New Delhi hotel and resort on Day 1 of the Uniworld land & cruise itinerary
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India's Golden Triangle & the Sacred Ganges
New Delhi to Kolkata / 13 Days
With its color-saturated bazaars and chic boutiques, silent temples and clamorous city streets, genteel colonial mansions and sleek modern buildings, few other places offer such astounding variety as India. You'll spend five nights in resplendent Oberoi hotels and seven nights onboard the beautiful Ganges Voyager II, experiencing numerous cultural highlights along the way.
Featured Excursions
Taj Mahal
The world's most sublime monument to love, this white marble tomb is almost unspeakably beautiful, especially when viewed at sunrise and sunset.
City Palace
The regal and romantic Pink City of Jaipur is the gateway to Rajasthan. City Palace—the residence of Jaipur's former royal family—is one of the city's most magnificent sites.
Rajbari Temples
Often referred to as "Temple City," Kalna's Rajbari complex has the region's densest concentration of temples, including 108 carved structures devoted to the Hindu god Shiva.
Temple of the Vedic Planetarium
Once completed, this enormous temple in Mayapur will be twice the size of St. Peter's Basilica, large enough to hold 10,000 people.
Colonial Architecture
Kolkata has some of India's finest examples of British colonial-era architecture, such as the stark white edifice of Victoria Memorial Hall and the massive red brick Writers' Building.
Ganges Voyager II
Cruise onboard the all-suite, 56-passenger Ganges Voyager II, the most luxurious river cruise ship operating on the Ganges River.
Oberoi Hotels
Spend the five-night land portion of this itinerary in luxurious accommodations at the award-winning Oberoi Hotels and Resorts Collection, with properties in New Delhi, Agra and Jaipur.


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Unemployment numbers were just released and the percentage of people unemployed dropped from 8.1 percent to 7.8 percent.
At the same time, car sales have hit their highest level since the crisis (if you leave out the boom that was cash for clunkers).
When people don't have jobs, they don't buy things. When people have jobs, they buy things. When they're secure in their jobs, they buy big things. A car is a big thing, so an increase in car sales should correlate with an increase in long term employment, job security, and more people getting jobs.
Car sales are a good economic indicator, but this doesn't necessarily mean we're out of the woods yet. It could also just be a coincidence.


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For years start-ups have been sending investors and other potential funding sources their business plans. With more and more start-ups pitching these days, and funders having less and less time to review them all, a new trend is emerging about how to approach funders. It's the one-page pitch. Get to the point immediately. Here are some basic questions the answers to which should be included:
· What's the problem?
· How are you solving it?
· Who's your customer?
· How will your solution make money (your business model)?
· What stage is your company in right now?
· How much money are you looking for?
· What are you going to do with the funds?
· What's the payback horizon and how much return will the funder get on their investment?
What's really good about the one-page pitch is that it can be a significant way to force you to clarify, condense and articulate your ideas.
John Ason, an angel investor, often speaks about the one-page pitch: he has approximately 1-3 minutes to look at your idea. And it had all better be on that one page. And not single spaced with no white space on the page. If it's not visually inviting, he won't read it. John always offers very pointed and amusing illustrations of how he wants to invest. When asked what John looks for in a management team, his answer includes passion but he also says the combined age of the two principals should not be more than his age. Another, related to return on investment, is that the payout should not extend past his lifetime – his event horizon (as is that of many investors) is a 10x earnings return on his investment in a reasonable time frame (usually less than five years).
To learn more about John, how he works, what he looks for when investing, what he's invested in etc.
Check out Martin Zwilling's post on pitching angel investors – BTW these points hold true for VC and other pitches as well.
Here's a first time funder's story
She is the author of Lies Startups Tell Themselves to Avoid Marketing.


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- Katherine Linzey discovered Pinterest when her daughters were 6 months and 3 years old
- With a special-needs child, she can't always be there for her other daughter
- The scrapbooking site allows her to create memories without leaving home
- Got a parenting confession? Send it to iReport.
I get it. I get all the Pinterest jokes. I totally agree it is causing many of us already stressed-out moms to feel like we are in constant competition to throw the perfect birthday party, make the perfect school snack and take the perfect family photo.
And yet, I will totally own the fact that I am a Pinterest mom. I'm that lady. I threw my daughter, Elyse, a superhero party for her 6th birthday and made everything by hand. I create whimsical Halloween costumes. I make occasion-appropriate snacks.
I do not do this to bolster my flagging ego or to one-up my fellow moms. I do this because, as a special-needs mom, there are a lot of "mom" things I am NOT.
My second daughter, Anabelle, was born with the neurological disorders lissencephaly and microcephaly. Lissencephaly means "smooth brain" and microcephaly means "small head." What this means is that while she was in utero, her brain stopped developing, due to a random miswriting of her genetic code. Now almost 4, she is cognitively still a newborn. She cannot hold up her own head, she eats through a gastronomy tube in her stomach, she requires oxygen support when she sleeps and she cannot control her own body temperature. She has quadripalegic cerebral palsy, is legally blind and has severe epilepsy.
It is unsafe to have her outside in all but the most optimum weather conditions, and it's risky to bring her around crowds of people and all their germs.
Because of this, my older daughter, 6-year-old Elyse, spends a lot more time at home than many of her peers. There are a lot of things Elyse doesn't get to do. I am not a "Let's join the traveling soccer team and spend hours every week on the road" mom. I'm not a "Do every activity you want as long as you get your schoolwork done" mom. I am not a "playdates every weekend" mom, a "spectator at every event" mom or a "spontaneous family trip" mom." (Hell, I'm not even a "well-planned vacation" mom.) Depending on Anabelle's health, I'm not even a "tuck you into bed every night" mom.
I have forgotten to send my daughter to school in a jersey on sports day, I have missed sign-ups for things, and I have said no to classes Elyse wants to take because I cannot possibly get her there every week.
When Anabelle was 6 months old and Elyse was 3, a friend sent me an "invitation" to join Pinterest. It was like opening the golden gates to never-ending possibilities for the trapped-at-home mom I so often was!
While I have always considered myself passably crafty, what I am not is wildly creative. And there it was: The ultimate guide to the perfect childhood! OK, I admit that's overstating it a little bit, but I was a desperate, terrified, newly inducted special-needs mom with a bored, over-active toddler on my hands. Armed with endless ideas and step-by-step instructions, I could create wonderful memories with Elyse despite rarely leaving home.
The thing many people don't realize about being the parent of a special-needs child is that, for those of us who also have kids without disabilities, it is usually their well-being and future that cause us the greatest heartache. Anabelle has never wanted for a thing in her short life. It is Elyse who never has two parents at her side on outings, or may never get that trip to Disney World she so desperately wants.
Elyse knows that only one parent will be there for her school events. We are the family with only one parent in the stands at sporting events and one parent in the audience for dance recitals. In Anabelle's case, she is so susceptible to getting ill that it just isn't safe for her to be in a crowd. Elyse's father and sister were not at her last birthday party because it was outside in the July heat, which Anabelle cannot manage.
Elyse does have to pay the price for having a special-needs sibling.
My typical child breaks my heart much more frequently than my special-needs child. The needs of my second child restrict the movement most parents of young children are used to in their lifestyle, and that affects both my children. It is for Elyse that I have to get creative in the ways I create memories.
It can be really hard not having the time to be the mom I would like to be. But the one thing I DO do? I spend a lot of time at home.
Anabelle's fragile health means she lives in a virtual bubble a lot of the time. I might not be able to run Elyse around doing fun activities and having experiences outside the home, but I can create fun and memories inside the home.
Elyse helps me with most of my Pinterest-inspired activities. It allows us to bond and express our creative energy. It allows me to contribute something meaningful to her childhood beyond hospitals and therapists and holding the suction wand for her sister.
So please, don't take it as a challenge when my daughter and I make her teacher's end-of-the-year gift. I'm just using what I have so my daughter has one thing about which she can say, "Hey, MY mom does that!"
Do you use Pinterest as a parenting tool? Share your experiences in the comments section below.


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I would like to create a database that is a combination of SCR and LXT (similar to the BGT) and the corresponding morpology versions. Is that possible with the compiler?
I would like to create a database that is a combination of SCR and LXT (similar to the BGT) and the corresponding morpology versions. Is that possible with the compiler?
Yes. Export both databases to a .txt file, combine them into the same .txt file (renaming of course), then compile them into the new version.Originally Posted by Chris Evarts
If you're not sure how to do this, you can consult the help file on exporting databases and user created databases where both functions are explained.
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I've just actually compiled both LXT and SCR into a new version, SGT. It came off without a hitch.
I can make this file available to Michael or whoever so they can post if they like.
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Thanks for the quick response! It will be my first go at trying to compile a database. I'll let you know how it goes.
Thanks for this from another user. But I need help.
Following the instructions I created a user db EZB that was the Ezekiel portion of BGT (LXT) so that I could then edit it to conform to Codex Vaticanus. I also created EZM similarly from BGM, and thought that in exporting the database I had linked them. However, the EZB lacks the automatic parsing, lexical entry facility, and ability to search on a lemma. I can search on the lemma in EZM but it would be much easier if I had the faciltiy in EZB. Can this be done?
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The crushing defeat of Amendment 66 was a seismic event in Colorado politics that will also reverberate nationally. By virtue of its size, audacity, and above all its setting, Amendment 66 was a potential template for those committed to growing government and redistributing wealth. As noted by 66 opponent Kelly Maher of Coloradans for Real Education Reform, Colorado could answer a question long posed by liberal political strategists across the country: "How do you sell a massive tax increase?"
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126.96.36.199 Boundary-layer mixing and cloudiness
Turbulent motions affect all exchanges of heat, water, momentum and chemical constituents between the surface and the atmosphere, and these motions are also responsible for the mixing processes inside the atmospheric boundary layer. Consequently, the turbulent motions impact on the formation and existence of fog and boundary-layer clouds such as cumulus, stratocumulus and stratus. Cumulus is typically found in fair weather conditions over land and sea, while layers of stratocumulus and stratus can be found in subsidence areas such as the anticyclonic areas in the eastern part of the sub-tropical oceans, or the polar regions.
The atmospheric boundary layer with clouds is typically characterised by a well-mixed sub-cloud layer of order 500 metres, and by a more extended conditionally unstable layer with boundary-layer clouds up to 2 km. The latter layer is very often capped by a temperature inversion. If the clouds are of the stratocumulus or stratus type, then conservative quantities are approximately well mixed in the cloud layer. The lowest part (say 10%) of the sub-cloud layer is known as the surface layer. In this layer the vertical gradients of variables are normally significant, even with strong turbulent mixing. Physical problems associated with the surface layer depend strongly on the type of surface considered (such as vegetation, snow, ice, steep orography) and are treated in the corresponding sub-sections. We note that the surface characteristics do impact on the formation of boundary-layer clouds, because of the turbulent mixing inside the boundary layer.
Atmospheric models have great difficulty in the proper representation of turbulent mixing processes in general. This also impacts on the representation of boundary-layer clouds. At present, the underprediction of boundary-layer clouds is still one of the most distinctive and permanent errors of AGCMs. This has been demonstrated through AMIP intercomparisons by Weare and Mokhov (1995) and also by Weare (2000b). It has a very great importance, because the albedo effect of these clouds is not compensated for by a significant greenhouse effect in both clear-sky and cloudy conditions.
The persisting difficulty in simulation of observed boundary layer cloud properties is a clear testimony of the still inadequate representation of boundary-layer processes. A variety of approaches is followed, ranging from bulk schemes in which the assumption of a well-mixed layer is made a priori, to discretised approaches considering diffusion between a number of vertical layers. Here the corresponding diffusion coefficients are being computed from dimensional analysis and observational data fitted to it. The use of algorithms based on the prognostic computation of turbulent kinetic energy and higher-order closure hypotheses is also becoming more common and new schemes continue to be proposed (Abdella and McFarlane, 1997). A critical review and evaluation of boundary-layer schemes was recently made by Ayotte et al. (1996). They found that all schemes have difficulty with representing the entrainment processes at the top of even the clear boundary layer.
Important and still open problems include the decoupling between the turbulence at the surface and that within clouds, the non-local treatment of semi-convective cells (thermals) that can transport heat and substances upward, the role of moist physics, and microphysical aspects (Ricard and Royer, 1993; Moeng et al., 1995; Cuijpers and Holtslag, 1998; Grenier and Bretherton, 2001). Several studies (Moeng et al., 1996; Bretherton et al., 1999; Duynkerke et al., 1999) show that column versions of the climate models may predict a reasonable cloud cover in response to observed initial and boundary conditions, but have more difficulty in maintaining realistic turbulent fluxes. The results are also very dependent on vertical resolution and numerical aspects (Lenderink and Holtslag, 2000). This points to the need for new approaches for boundary-layer turbulence, both for clear-sky and cloudy conditions which are not so sensitive to vertical resolution (see also contributions in Holtslag and Duynkerke, 1998).
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I avoid meme's but had to rethink my stance after the Information Technology Rules, 2011, (aka the Electronic Service Delivery) Act was quietly implemented last month. This Act states that any content that is "threatening to the unity, integrity, defense, security or sovereignty of India, friendly relations with foreign states or public order, including any content on the web that is blasphemous, scandalous, defames, or can be considered obscene", eligible for immediate removal by the hosting provider upon order from the Department of Information and Technology. Now, that was the long-winded legalese which is so darn vague but here is the short version: "you cannot criticize politicians publicly, ever."
Such draconian censorship rules have no place in a democracy that values free-speech and this calls for a free speech meme -- I'm reproducing content (with author credits) from other websites which criticizes politicians on my blog, making it harder for DIT/gov.in to implement censorship successfully. For starters, Antara Sen criticizing the Communists for encouraging Sexism and Ageism in Indian politics.
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Which is worse — calling one of our finest politicians and a respected elder statesman a mummified corpse, a dead man who has no business opening his mouth? Or saying that the spirited woman leader and challenger to the Communist throne of Bengal ignores funds from Bengaluru to get money from the United States, much like bazaar women forget smaller clients when they get bigger patrons? Going by the collective shock and horror, the latter comment wins hands down.
What? He called her a prostitute? Do they stop at nothing? Veteran Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) leader and member of Parliament Anil Basu was promptly pilloried by all concerned, including his own party members. West Bengal chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee apologised publicly, censured Mr Basu and pulled him out of campaigning. What he had said was uncivilised and unbecoming of a Communist, lamented the mortified chief minister. It was unpardonable.
True. Mr Basu had used shocking language and imagery, suggesting (thanks to the blinding hatred for the US that Communists have) that the US was Mamata Banerjee's "bhaataar" (slang for a woman's keeper) now, so she didn't have to look at smaller homegrown patrons in Bengaluru, Chennai or Andhra Pradesh. Like the women of Sonagachhi (Kolkata's red light district), she had dumped smaller babus for bigger ones.
Now, I hate to break this to our slanderous comrade and gentlefolk horrified by the insult, but moving from smaller to bigger clients is not the business strategy of prostitutes alone. It's common sense. It happens in all professional and business dealings, in all societies and in all times. So Mr Basu's sex-worker imagery was not about the logic of fund-raising — it was about using degrading stereotypes to insult a woman.
This jibe shows how regressively patriarchal even our Communist bastion is. Sex workers can be invoked as an insult in a state that came to power professing to fight for workers' rights and dignity of labour and clung to power for more than three decades with the muscle provided by lowly workers of all kinds. Could the comrade have made similar derogatory allusions to low-caste tanners or to Doms who burn corpses? Perhaps not. But chastity is such a deep need of Indian patriarchy that even a seasoned Communist can snigger at sex workers. They aren't really workers, just fallen women. More than Ms Banerjee, it is prostitutes who have been insulted here.
But the intent was to hit out at the deviant woman who dared to challenge the status quo. And this is not the first time that Ms Banerjee — herself adept at insult — has been attacked with sexist tools. During the Singur agitation, when she was busy taking our breath away with her astounding dramatics, this same Mr Basu had declared that if he had his way he would have dragged her by her hair and plonked her back home instead of allowing her to sit in dharnas. Clearly, for this little caveman in a dhoti, home is where the woman belongs. Not on the streets or in sit-ins. Not in politics.
In fact, the cunning Trinamul Congress chief has been called "brain dead" by the Communists — an accusation so far from the truth that it makes you wonder whether the Communists have completely lost their minds. And when Ms Banerjee first came up with her slogan "Ma, maati, maanush!" (mother, earth, people) some Left leaders had sniggered, "But she isn't a mother — what does she know of motherhood?" In a patriarchal society, the good woman is domesticated and acceptable as a wife, a mother, a daughter-in-law. But if you are an unmarried politician woman — gosh, you have a problem, sister! You don't fit in, you are hugely inadequate.
And it is not always men who point out this inadequacy. Some time ago, the feisty Renuka Chowdhury, then minister for women and child development, had hit out at Mayawati on the Aarushi Talwar murder case. She herself was thinking as a mother, she announced righteously, but Ms Mayawati was not a mother, she could only think as a chief minister. And was therefore wrong, of course. Shortly thereafter, Maneka Gandhi was not allowed to flout rules to meet her son Varun in a Uttar Pradesh jail. Ms Mayawati is not a mother, Ms Gandhi hit back, how could she understand a mother's concerns?
Ages ago, a young Indira Gandhi was called a "goongi gudiya" (a dumb doll) by her respectable opponents. When she grew to become the most powerful Prime Minister India ever had, she was lauded as "the only man in her Cabinet". Patriarchal symbolism plays a vital role in our perception of political leaders.
The wife, widow or daughter-in-law is very readily acceptable, and most of our women leaders play that role beautifully. And those who don't — like the unmarried Ms Mayawati or Ms Banerjee — have many extra battles to fight. One way of sidestepping this is to become the universal mother, like "Amma" Jayalalithaa. But the "Behenji" or the "Didi" can only be stereotyped as a dry, heartless, careerist old maid.
But plugging into derogatory stereotypes has been part of the game of politics. What I find alarming is our refusal to see such insults when they are not included in the high-profile, politicised identity groups. Casteism in poll campaigns can get you jailed. Sexism is appalling and can get you in trouble. But ageism, however mean and hurtful, is acceptable.
Which is why I am shocked at the jibe of Bratya Basu, theatreperson and Trinamul Congress candidate in West Bengal, at Somnath Chatterjee. The former Lok Sabha Speaker, though expelled from the CPI(M) for putting the Indian Constitution before the party during the confidence vote, had generously agreed to canvass for CPI(M) minister Gautam Deb. Quick as a flash, Mr Bratya Basu — the challenger in the minister's constituency, the "intellectual" and first-time politician — attacked the elder statesman, calling him a mummified corpse out of a coffin. Why should anyone listen to him?
An Egyptian mummy, he grimaced for effect, why is he talking in Bengali? He should talk in hieroglyphics!
Maybe civil campaigning is indeed the language of the dead. Maybe lumpenised politics does not need informed debate — either on the campaign trail or in Parliament, the highest seat of rowdy ruckus. Our democracy can just ride on vulgar name-calling and derogatory stereotypes. The vulgarisation of politics has bred a new language for a new age of ungracious, uncivil, illiberal politicians. And unless they are checked, this crude lot will breathe their own mean spirit into our wounded democracy.
Antara Dev Sen is editor of The Little Magazine. She can be contacted at: firstname.lastname@example.com


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Mr. Yun is widely known for his optimistic forecasts, given his employer, the nation's largest housing cheerleader. Still, any talk of rising home prices is welcome news. Home values have plunged a third or more from the peak, leaving millions of Americans underwater, or owing more than their mortgage, and unable to move. If their values increase, they might feel comfortable enough to buy a bigger home or retire to a smaller one, helping everyone from real-estate agents, who would earn a commission, to retailers selling everything from furniture to paint.
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