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Because sitting next me and I have.
Very nice gentleman William -- Britt the president and CEO of the greater Miami convention and visitors scaling just handed me your business card.
Miami super bright pink and it looks like it is that would have the dots is that -- braille and ground it and kind of second -- like -- that yeah.
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- I'm from Florida and Bahrain Miami 42 years ago and house -- Miami today let's see you know I have yeah.
Bookmark here yeah and came up before.
It is eighty degrees and that's why people are dying in record numbers to land and here it is just ahead and Fox News and they can't get -- period.
And -- Jose Henry's right there on Monday Citi say yes yes yes yes I like.
-- Things happen and we've had record number of visitors.
Four for the last four or five years -- access.
New -- connector of the downtown.
Everybody knows us LP ten minutes is it's as -- as it's ever been a great new cultural facilities.
You know we have new marketing programs.
Lot of great things happen.
Tourism in mind is booming hell with -- -- nothing new marketing program beacon and.
We have thank you for asking -- we have a new program called kids so I am very simple yes and I think you'll probably show some of those pictures but.
There are unique thing to happen in Miami that don't happen anywhere else.
We think its -- landing light years ago while we have we have a gentleman who rides his bike to work.
Every day in a business suit on -- So it's it's it's -- my -- We have families in the Everglades taking airboat -- we have a lady -- probably gonna have the picture of the young lady in the art museum.
In a bikini.
Anthony it's it's is it's -- mining moment in our number of those and it works both on the -- Sayyaf on the vacation side.
And we -- really a in emerging cultural community.
Right arts and culture we've just -- the art -- show the number one art show in the world today.
-- death though is that the trend I think in Miami and I think of Miami I don't think of art I think I don't know what coconut drinks and sports -- -- we do it today.
-- -- in thank you blend in in early December we had the art Basel show Bob Basel Switzerland.
Which is now the number one art show.
In the world in Miami in December so it's an emerging art and cultural.
Community that I think we're being recognized for not because we say it is about because the world -- there.
And people are coming to Miami year rounds and -- -- they just brought that up its year round terrorism.
So not happen it's when we -- to have our seasonality and also in the summer for instance.
When it's summer and in Miami this winter in South America.
All right now and so they come to Miami in the summer because it's -- -- you know once again it's.
Eighty degrees in Miami.
And basically for a lot of the year it's warm in Miami and it's cold everywhere else own but it's incredibly easy to get to basically -- new airport.
I knew it -- connector to downtown.
Cultural facilities on the day and you hotels.
And how many hotels are planning we have 45000.
Hotel rooms friends and hundreds of hotels and.
Luxury hotels.
Mid service hotels -- actually at a hotel you have you know we talk about the economy.
Tough economic times we've -- hotels.
For the last.
Ten years.
We battered air service for the last ten years.
So while American Airlines has expanded -- -- our land is our number one carrier.
75% of our business comes through American Airlines they've added service.
For the for the last 44 actually for.
Forever and 75%.
Of the visitors who come to Miami come on American Airlines and American Eagle.
Now it Miami.
Is the economy there isolated from what's going on in the rest of -- -- -- that the housing market today an aging population.
It it it is it's.
It's one of the top vacation destinations.
In the world half of -- business is international -- 50%.
No other US destination has half of their business so we've never we've not really been affected by the economy.
Because the -- the world you know South America is absolutely bone so -- -- -- That's good -- both if you have not been affected by the economic Craig well we have we have we have hotels that they had various price points.
We become a bit more of a luxury destination as you would expect.
Some of the top places in the world but there's also you go to Miami and beaches dot com gave me an opening here our website has -- -- hot deals and hot dates.
Miami and beaches dot com one word.
You can see those and.
You can see the temperature still eighty degrees in Miami -- we have -- February chat.
People right here when is anyone listening wants him out of crime rate is and the crime rate -- let it it's it's virtually nonexistent.
And years ago actually twenty years ago and had been been there at the bureau for over twenty years that there were some safety issues that have gone completely.
The -- -- -- situation being mini 323 has family there -- people on the Sunday huge.
Bond -- he adds I don't say yes I don't -- People might not -- -- but they're not sorry big mini gods.
Must not -- -- fired on the brother lives in Miami.
But for me just to darn hot in the bones are huge so that would be yeah that would be to -- about that's right.
You know we have 25 miles of beaches in -- I'm I just and -- and by the way.
It's it's a Miami thing to look at where here in New York there's a pool Friday and union square ask you we're having this campaign I read about it -- incredibly with -- -- it was.
We had more fun doing that than just about an always nice today the -- not there today not today with a visit to the come back next year maybe you -- line.
Yeah very flat -- go through some numbers of people can see -- booming -- and business in Miami a record twenty point seven billion dollars in visitor expenditures.
In 2011.
That's up 10% from the prior year when one billion dollars in spending and it's huge.
Then -- and nineteen point three million passengers.
Going to be it -- international airport MIA also in 2011 countries and yet I was up 7% from 2000 yet.
For the hotel business thirteen point one million hotel room nights were sold.
That was up 9%.
And also overnight visitors grew by just about 7% to a record breaking nearly thirteen and a half million people.
So can you.
This is these numbers are -- for 2011.
Do you expect two -- in twelve shall rise of China hasn't done a you have it doesn't put numbers are well aware that there is this does anybody watch in the shelf.
All I think we're -- They may be -- breaking news here yes -- we've had a record we're now ready to officially announced that.
But for you yes we've broken all of the numbers you just -- not hate -- -- -- Because it's easy to get to everything we -- global community focus and by the way at the end of the day but you let me incident right this is -- and I -- -- to that Fox News.
We we've added jobs for the last three years and hospitality.
Because of because of these numbers of -- -- to come.
And spend money we have some incredibly.
You have the itself mining program but we have what's called Miami temptations -- -- in February we're launching.
My name shot Miami month.
We've had.
Bomb on Miami's bomb on Miami spice month Miami attractions month I mean museum -- we call the Miami temptations month.
Unique marketing programs.
We have eight have -- months covered so that provides not only opportunities.
For our visitors.
But also for our residents to experience the great community we have called my name.
All right thank you and stuff maybe we can.
Set up a story in the future.
And in the meantime where people go for more information on in my community -- dot com one word Miami -- -- dot com yeah they're nice anonymous or anything there you go -- look we look forward you returning to my how I've been there.
Countless times.
Thank you so much William and Calvert.
For coming on the CEO and president in the greater Miami convention and visitors bureau and.
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If yesterday was all about Greece, today belongs to Spain. Concern about Spanish banks has pushed the government's borrowing costs over 7 percent. That's a level that pushed other smaller European countries -- like Greece -- over the edge.
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Hello and welcome to the next edition of Elephant Diaries. This entry will have us talking about some of the new behaviours that we are now incorporating into our daily demonstration. For just over a month now we have been training our elephants to pick up and carry logs around the exhibit. The reason why we have trained this particular behaviour is to highlight a bit about the history of Asian Elephants. You see elephants have been used for 1000's of years to help log forests, which is how they got the nickname 'Beasts of Burden'. Unfortunately even today in some countries they are still used to help log their ever declining habitat.
Elephants are highly intelligent animals and require a lot of stimulation through out the day, so training them to do new activities can be really good for keeping their brains active. We have also been training them to open their mouths nice and wide, so we can check their teeth. Elephants have four large molars in their mouth and each tooth is about the size of a house brick "WOW". All the visitors at the zoo have loved the new demonstration's they are always blown away when they see the size of their teeth. You can catch our elephant demonstration at 12.40pm everyday which consists of a wash down, ball games, pool sessions, log carrying, foot maintenance and of course showing off their teeth. It is also very informative and ends with the elephants eating some large browse and the opportunity to have some one on one question time with the handlers.
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(Macao, November 8, 2012) – Sands China Ltd. (HKSE: 1928) announced today a strong performance in its third quarter, with double-digit increases in all three key performance indicators: revenue, adjusted EBITDA and income.
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The best answer to our January 9 Quick Quiz is, "$200". In declining percentage order, the responses were:
"$200": (45.1%)
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"$33.75": (19.8%)
"$30": (9.8%)
It is not necessary to restrict the sum recovered to 45 hours times the ($8.00 − $7.25) = 75-cent "cushion" over the federal Fair Labor Standards Act's minimum wage (the rationale leading to the "$33.75" answer) or to 40 hours times that "cushion" (the rationale leading to the "$30" answer). Neither does the FLSA prohibit Gloria's employer from recouping any of the loan.
Why Isn't There A Limit?
The U.S. Labor Department has long said that, where an employer has made a bona fide loan or wage advance to an employee (such as the one in our Quick Quiz), the full amount of the principal may be deducted from the employee's wages, even if this deduction cuts-into the FLSA minimum wages or overtime compensation that would otherwise be required for the workweek. One way to think of it is that there is no "deduction" being made in the usual sense of the word: Gloria's employer is instead simply taking credit for the wages it paid to her before they were due.
However, this concept does not extend to any employer add-ons like interest payments or administrative costs such as "processing fees", "bookkeeping costs" or similar sums over and above the principal amount of the loan or advance. Amounts like these cannot be deducted (or otherwise paid by the employee) to the extent that they cut into the FLSA-required minimum-wage or overtime compensation.
Furthermore, deductions or other employee payments that the FLSA otherwise constrains do not become lawful just by calling them "loans" or "advances". For example, an employer may not circumvent FLSA-related limitations upon the costs or financial burdens imposed upon a worker for required uniforms, tools or equipment required to do the work, or cash or inventory shortages simply by saying that it will "loan" the employee the necessary amount.
There is no FLSA requirement that the existence of the loan or advance or the repayment arrangements be reduced to writing. Nevertheless, it is advisable to prepare a written understanding or agreement of some kind in order to head-off potential disputes about the nature of what was done.
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Keep in mind that state or local provisions might impose prohibitions, limitations, or requirements in this area that the FLSA does not.
For instance, until recently, New York did not permit employers to recover any portion of a loan or advance from a worker's wages. Even now, these undertakings are to be handled subject to restrictions on the timing, frequency, duration, method, and periodic amount of repayments and must meet a host of other requirements and procedures.
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Gloria is a stock clerk for The Warehouse Company. She is paid on an hourly basis at the rate of $8.00 per hour.
Gloria experiences a personal financial emergency. She asks her employer for an advance of $200. Her employer agrees to loan her this amount, on the condition that she must pay it back in full on the next weekly payday. She agrees to this and also consents to the employer's recovering the advance through a deduction from her wages.
In the following workweek, Gloria works 45 hours. For purposes of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act, what is the maximum amount of the loan that Gloria's employer is permitted to deduct from her wages for that workweek?
Our recent Quick Quiz Answer on recovering losses from non-exempt employees has caused some to ask whether the same analysis applies to employees who are treated as exempt under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act's executive, administrative, or professional exemption (including the "computer employee" and "highly compensated employee" versions). To answer this question, let's repeat the facts with a few changes:
Store Manager Alex is paid on a salary basis at the rate of $800 per week. He meets all of the duties requirements for the FLSA's "executive" exemption. On Monday, he approves accepting a $150 check in payment for merchandise. He was so busy that he forgot to ensure that the cashier had the necessary customer information, and now the check has been returned because the account is closed. Alex's employer is unable to contact the customer.
A written company policy that is given to all Managers when they are hired requires Alex to pay for the loss that workweek through payroll deduction, in cash, or by personal check. As the policy requires, the District Manager has Alex sign a memo saying that he agrees to make the payment. Alex adds a notation that he prefers to pay in cash. He works exactly 45 hours that workweek. Under the FLSA, how much can the employer recover from Alex that workweek?
The "Salary Basis" Principle
To qualify for the FLSA's executive, administrative, or professional exemption, most employees must be paid on a "salary basis". This means that the employee must regularly receive each pay period a predetermined amount (of not less than $455 per week) constituting all or part of his or her compensation. With limited exceptions, this fixed amount cannot be subject to reduction because of variations in the quantity or quality of the work performed. Officials at the U.S. Wage and Hour Division have said that deducting a cash loss from an exempt employee's salary destroys the "salary basis" of pay required for exempt status. See, e.g., Opinion Letter of Deputy Wage-Hour Administrator Dated April 1, 1999 (cash missing from a locked bank bag)(link below). The rationale is that such a deduction is based upon the "quality" of the employee's work. Cf. Opinion Letter of Wage-Hour Acting Administrator FLSA2006-7 (March 10, 2006)("salary basis" impaired by policy of deducting from salary for cost of lost or damaged tools or equipment).
So The Answer Is . . .
The employer may not directly or indirectly recover any of the loss from Alex's salary in that workweek or in any future workweek, at least not if the employer wants to preserve Alex's exempt status under the FLSA. As with non-exempt employees, this is true even though the employer published a policy in advance, and even though Alex signed something saying that he would make the payment. Furthermore, it makes no difference whether Alex pays in cash, or by check, through payroll deduction, or in some other manner. It might be possible to recover the loss from commissions or bonuses Alex is due separately from his salary, provided that this (1) is done in a way that carefully avoids impairing the salary, (2) is permitted under all other applicable laws, and (3) is consistent with the terms of the commission or bonus plan.
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The answer to our March 14 Quick Quiz is "$110". The federal Fair Labor Standards Act does not prohibit the employer from recouping some of the loss in that workweek, but it does restrict the amount.
So What Are The Limits?
The employer may not require or allow Alex to restore the loss to the extent that this would (1) cut into the required minimum-wage rate for his first 40 hours worked in the workweek, or (2) cut into any of the time-and-one-half overtime pay due for his hours worked over 40 in the workweek. These limitations apply even though the employer published a policy in advance, and even though Alex signed something saying that he would make the payment. Furthermore, it makes no difference whether he pays in cash, or by check, through payroll deduction, or in some other way.
Therefore, the maximum his employer can recover that workweek under the FLSA is [($10 − $7.25) × 40 hrs.] = $110. Alex must be paid the full [($10 × 1.5) × 5 OT hrs.] = $75 for his overtime work; none of that amount can be deducted or otherwise directly or indirectly turned over to the employer in that workweek. The balance of ($150 − $110) = $40 may only be recouped in one or more future workweeks, subject to the same restrictions.
These FLSA rules also apply to many other kinds of deductions, payments, or repayments affecting non-exempt employees. For example, Alex's employer could neither deduct nor accept payment from Alex for bank fees or charges relating to the dishonored check to the extent that this cuts into his FLSA-required pay. Other illustrations include cash shortages, damage to or loss of the employer's tools or equipment, the costs of required uniforms, and unreturned employer property.
USDOL Says There Are Additional Requirements
In a June 2000 enforcement policy (link below), and in a February 2001 opinion letter, the U.S. Labor Department sought to impose further conditions and restrictions upon overtime-workweek deductions even to the narrow extent discussed above. Among them are that:
♦ There must be an advance agreement or understanding (to which the employee affirmatively agrees or assents) specifically covering the items for which deductions will be made and how the amounts will be determined. ♦ The deductions must be bona fide and "legitimate" ones, including that they must fall within the agreement or understanding and must not be prohibited by federal, state, or local law.
♦ Permissible deductions may not cut into the highest applicable minimum wage (such as where a state's minimum is greater than the FLSA's).
♦ The deductions may not otherwise evade the FLSA's overtime requirements (such as if the deductions were made only in overtime workweeks, or if the deduction amount was increased in overtime workweeks).
One may question whether DOL is empowered to adopt or enforce a number of the edicts in these detailed advisory materials, but nonetheless its positions are what they are.
Don't Forget About Other Laws
Applicable state or local laws might further limit what an employer is permitted to do, or they might even prohibit these kinds of deductions or payments altogether. The parameters could also be different under specialized federal or state wage-hour laws that might apply to public construction, to providing services to government entities, to certain government supply contracts, or to other publicly-funded work.
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Store Associate Alex is paid on an hourly basis at the rate of $10 per hour. On Monday, he accepts a $150 check in payment for merchandise. He was so busy that he forgot to get the necessary customer information, and now the check has been returned because the account is closed. Alex's employer is unable to contact the customer.
A written company policy that is given to all employees when they are hired requires Alex to pay for the loss that workweek through payroll deduction, in cash, or by personal check. As the policy requires, the Store Manager has Alex sign a memo saying that he agrees to make the payment. Alex adds a notation that he prefers to pay in cash. He works exactly 45 hours that workweek.
Under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act, how much can the employer recover from Alex?
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Hans89 wrote:Hello all,
could anyone help me find out what could be the cause of the following problem: If I am strict about eating McDougall style, I feel very good for some time, but then I encounter the following problems:
- thinking becomes very hard
- I feel spaced out
- I become very tired all the time, could sleep all day
- my digestive capacity lowers, i.e. I can digest less food
- my hands become cold and I feel cold overall
- I become very weak, i.e. walking up stairs becomes a challenge
In order to overcome this, I need to eat something that is high in EFAs, like sardines etc. Have other people had similar problems? Have they overcome them and how?
Thanks a lot in advance for your help
pinkrose wrote:First, have you recently reduced or eliminated caffeine?
Second, are you eating enough??? If you are not taking your time to eat big meals of veggies with plenty of STARCHES 3-5x/day, you are probably not eating enough. This is a common problem for newbies.
Your body is probably also adjusting to your new high fiber diet. Give it some time. Chew your food thoroughly and be patient.
Coldness may be related to the lower caloric intake. I am quite familiar with this. It bothers me in the winter but it is not bad in the summer!
I would not recommend ANY animal products to alleviate your symptoms. If the sardines make you feel better, it may be because you simply were not getting enough fuel without them!
Enjoy your starches and keep us posted!
pinkrose wrote:OK, Hans, would you describe your exercise program?
Hans89 wrote:Thanks, lfwfv (not sure how to pronounce your name )
lfwfv wrote:Hans89 wrote:Thanks, lfwfv (not sure how to pronounce your name )
Lfwfv stands for low fat whole food vegan
If the measurements of grain etc. are indeed dry, you are probably getting in excess of 200 calories per day, which is likely enough, but might not be if you exercise a great deal.
Juice and lemonade may add calories, but the calories are burned off quickly and won't lead to a feeling of satiety or long-term energy/sustenance.
Yes, I mean eat more whole grain breads, dried products (like popcorn, rice cakes etc. as they fill provide calories without adding a lot of bulk), and possibly some dried fruit. Dr. McDougall and Jeff allow around 1-2oz of nuts/seeds per day if you have no health problems and are at a healthy weight.
Fish products and oil are not recommended on this program.
shell-belle wrote:Hans-maybe you need some B12. since we went vegan --over a year ago-- I read about vegans needing to take vitamin b12. so we were taking sublingual B 12. but recently i found out that the b12 we were taking was the inferior form ==cyanocobalamin.. so we switched to the superior form--the type that nourishes the brain [ the methylcobalamin type ] a few weeks ago i looked into vit b 12 shots because i started reading all this stuff about how low B 12
can affect memory & the brain...and energy levels. i read that B12 can be lowered or depleted by stress and alcohol. I read that seniors who are forgetful & who fall can have low B12.
we haven't fallen [ yet ]- but we were forgetting things! i also have read that even if you are not vegan
or vegetarian you can become low or deficient in B 12 due to absorbtion problems. I read that like 40% of
people over age 60 have low B12. Then i saw that our local Sprouts health food store offers B12 shots given by a woman naturopath on Saturdays.
we have each gotten a B12 shot the last 3 Saturdays.
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You can't overdose-the liver stores B12 but when it can not store more B12, it just gets excreted in the urine.
ETeSelle wrote:You don't need to take shots--just take a sub-lingual B12 tablet a few times a week. Choose those made w/ methylcobalamin, not cyanocobalamin.
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Switzerland: Corporate tax reform III: Initial recommendations of steering committee
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Jon Batiste & Stay Human took on the mission to bring the joy of jazz to the masses by breaking down the barriers between audience and performer, and inviting people to experience the music as they never thought it could be played.
I need to keep living !
I need to dream.
I need to believe.
I need to know that I have some control in my life.
That if I work hard, that I will be rewarded.
That life is not arbitrary.
I need to believe that bad things happen to good people, for a greater reason.
That dedication, sacrifice, hard work, discipline are all worthy attributes that will eventually produce extraordinary results.
That if I live a certain lifestyle, that my family will be better for that.
That there is a direct link between my actions and my results.
That If I prepare properly that I can face the insurmountable foe and look him in the eye and say "Bring it on, I can take whatever you can dish out."
I need to keep living in order to save me from dying.
Along the shores of the Bosphorus !
"To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child. For what is the worth of human life, unless it is woven into the life of our ancestors by the records of history?"
― Cicero
Gate from heaven and earth !
A minaret is a distinctive architectural feature of mosques,usually either free standing or taller than the connected support structure.
Other than providing a visual cue to a Muslim community, the main purpose of the minaret is to provide a vantage point from which the call to prayer is made.
The earliest mosques lacked minarets, the call to prayer performed elsewhere; hadiths relay that the Muslim community of Medina gave the call to prayer from the roof of the house of Muhammad, which doubled as a place for prayer. Around 80 years after Muhammad's death the first known minarets appeared. ( Paul Johnson, Civilizations of the Holy Land.)
The tallest minaret, at 210 metres (689 ft.) is located at the Hassan II Mosque in Casablanca, Morocco The tallest brick minaret is Qutub Minar located in Delhi, India. ( Jamal Malik, Islam in South Asia)
Why Dream ?
"Life is a difficult assignment. We are fragile creatures, expected to function at high rates of speed, and asked to accomplish great and small things each day. These daily activities take enormous amounts of energy. Most things are out of our control. We are surrounded by danger, frustration, grief, and insanity as well as love, hope, ecstasy, and wonder. Being fully human is an exercise in humility, suffering, grace, and great humor. Things and people all around us die, get broken, or are lost. There is no safety or guarantees.
The way to accomplish the assignment of truly living is to engage fully, richly, and deeply in the living of your dreams. We are made to dream and to live those dreams."
Bosphorus Sunset !
The Bosphorus, also referred to sometimes as the Istanbul Strait, is a strait that forms part of the boundary between Europe and Asia. The world's narrowest strait used for international navigation, the Bosphorus connects the Black Sea with the Sea of Marmara.
As part of the only passage between the Black Sea and the Mediterranean, the Bosphorus has always been of great commercial and strategic importance.It is a major sea access route for Russia and the Ukraine. Control over it has been an objective of a number of hostilities in modern history, notably the Russo–Turkish War, 1877–1878, as well as of the attack of the Allied Powers on the Dardanelles during the 1915 Battle of Gallipoli in the course of World War I
Two suspension bridges cross the Bosphorus. The first of these, the Bosphorus Bridge, is 1,074 m (3,524 ft) long and was completed in 1973. The second, named Fatih Sultan Mehmet (Bosphorus II) Bridge, is 1,090 m (3,576 ft) long, and was completed in 1988 about 5 km (3 mi) north of the first bridge. The Bosphorus Bridge forms part of the O1 Motorway, while the Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge forms part of the Trans-European Motorway.
Sultan Ahmed Mosque (Blue Mosque), Istanbul
It was built from 1609 to 1616, during the rule of Ahmed I. Its Külliye contains a tomb of the founder, a madrasah and a hospice. The Sultan Ahmed Mosque is still popularly used as a mosque.
The design of the mosque is the culmination of two centuries of both Ottoman mosque development. It incorporates some Byzantine elements of the neighbouring Hagia Sophia with traditional Islamic architecture and is considered to be the last great mosque of the classical period. The architect, Sedefkâr Mehmed Ağa, synthesized the ideas of his master Sinan, aiming for overwhelming size, majesty and splendour. – (Wikipedia)
The purpose of our existence is to exist.
"I am the sum total of everything that went before me, of all I have been seen done, of everything done-to-me. I am everyone everything whose being-in-the-world affected was affected by mine. I am anything that happens after I'm gone which would not have happened if I had not come."
― Salman Rushdie
Still Another Day
"The days aren't discarded or collected, they are bees
that burned with sweetness or maddened
the sting: the struggle continues,
the journeys go and come between honey and pain.
No, the net of years doesn't unweave: there is no net.
They don't fall drop by drop from a river: there is no river.
Sleep doesn't divide life into halves,
or action, or silence, or honor:
life is like a stone, a single motion,
a lonesome bonfire reflected on the leaves,
an arrow, only one, slow or swift, a metal
that climbs or descends burning in your bones." - Pablo Neruda
"The frame, the definition, is a type of context. And context determines the meaning of things. There is no such thing as the view from nowhere, or from everywhere for that matter. Our point of view biases our observation, consciously and unconsciously. You cannot understand the view without the point of view." – Noam Shpancer
Wise advice – Worth giving it a thought !
"There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self." – Ernest Hemingway
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." – Franklin D. Roosevelt
"All censorships exist to prevent anyone from challenging current conceptions and existing institutions. All progress is initiated by challenging current conceptions, and executed by supplanting existing institutions. Consequently, the first condition of progress is the removal of censorship." – George Bernard Shaw


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Im not sure if zoom already does this, but after indexing, when zoom uploads the files via the built in FTP, would it be possible for zoom to upload the files with temporary names, then once all the files have been uploaded, to delete the existing files and rename the files which were just uploaded.
This would mean that the user would have to have double the amount of free space they require however, it would ensure almost no downtime.
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2 Plum Island homes demolished after winter storm
PLUM ISLAND, Mass. (WHDH) -- A second Plum Island home, battered by wind and waves, fell off its foundation Saturday morning.
The home was on Annapolis Way, just up the road from the first fallen home. Both the homes were torn down by excavators that dumped the debris into dumpsters.
Several other homes were also damaged and a third home will be taken down tomorrow.
"It's terrible. It's really sad to see these homes go," said a resident.
"Midnight it was fine. At four o'clock this morning unfortunately it had succumbed and unfortunately these last two storms have just taken its toll on all our properties," said Bob Connors.
Connors lives two homes down from the first house that collapsed on Annapolis Way Friday.
"It's devastating to see my neighborhood being ruined like this. These are all friends- dear friends and family. We've known each other for years and years and years," said Connors.
The damages are now well into the millions. About a dozen homes have been deemed uninhabitable for now.
"It's a dynamic thing because not too long ago the building inspector went down and posted two more homes," said a resident.
The largely unpredicted storm caught many off guard and because it was drawn out, it wreaked havoc that many residents hadn't anticipated.
The high tides and wind have transformed the beach forever. State senator Bruce Tarr is appealing to the governor and emergency management officials desperately asking for help.
"We didn't expect to see multiple homes in this kind of jeopardy and it's been an incredibly sad day on Plum Island to watch homes taken down," said Tarr. "No one expected this kind of devastation."
As the clean-up work begins, homeowners are left wondering if there was anything else they could've done differently.
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