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Yesterday morning, we (Open MPI) entered what is hopefully a final phase of testing for a "better" implementation of the "leave registered" optimization for OpenFabrics networks. I briefly mentioned this work in a prior blog entry; it's now finally coming to fruition. Woo hoo!
Roland Dreier has pushed a new Linux kernel module upstream for helping user-level applications track when memory leaves their process (it's not guaranteed that this kernel module will be accepted, but it looks good so far). This kernel module allows MPI implementations, for example, to be alerted when registered memory is freed — a critical operation for certain optimizations and proper under-the-covers resource management.
What does this mean to the average MPI application user? It means that future versions of Open MPI (and other MPI implementations) will finally have a solid, bulletproof way to implement the "leave registered" optimization for large message passing. Prior versions of this optimization required nasty, ugly, dirty Linux hacks that sometimes broke real-world applications.
The new way will not break any applications because it gets help from the underlying operating system (rather than trying to go around or hijack certain operating system functions).
Let's back up a few steps to explain the problem…
In some types of networks (e.g., OpenFabrics), you have to "register" memory with the NIC and the operating system (OS) before you can send or receive with that memory.
Registration is "slow" — you have to trap down to the OS and potentially communicate across the PCI bus to the NIC. Since registration is so expensive, MPI implementations have long-since offered the "leave registered" optimization: once a buffer is passed to an MPI communication call (such as MPI_SEND), the MPI would register it and then leave it registered. Therefore, the next time that buffer is passed to MPI_SEND, it doesn't have to be registered again — it can be used immediately. This is a fairly important optimization for applications that repeatedly re-use the same communication buffers, especially for large message latency and bandwidth — its effects are easily observable in popular ping-pong benchmarks.
This problem, however, is that the application may free the buffer at any time. For various reasons, freeing registered memory is a Bad Thing: not only is it a memory leak, it can also trick the MPI into thinking that new buffers are actually registered when they're not. To be clear: MPI doesn't have direct visibility to know when the free occurred — it doesn't know when the application frees the buffer, and therefore doesn't know to de-register it.
What to do?
In the Open MPI project, we've gone through several iterations of ugly hacks to intercept various forms of free(), munmap(), etc. Our latest iteration, initially released in version 1.3.2, is perhaps the best version we've done so far: we hijack the underlying glibc allocator at run-time using the __malloc_initialize_hook (admittedly, we took some inspiration from the MX and OpenMX projects).
In this way, the underling calls to malloc(), free(), and other related functions call back up into Open MPI to actually do all the work. Hence, Open MPI is notified when memory leaves the process and therefore needs to be de-registered.
It's elegant, doesn't require strange linker tricks, and seems to work in all cases.
Except when someone else also hijacks the underlying glibc allocator.
That is, Open MPI can't guarantee that it will be able to hijack the allocator, and therefore it can't guarantee that it will be able to use the "leave registered" optimization.
Roland's "ummunotify" kernel module effectively gives a user level process access to the kernel MMU notification API. Through some simple ioctl's, a process can indicate that it wants to be notified when specific memory regions leave its memory space.
There's no hijacking of the underlying allocator involved, no dirty linker tricks, and multiple entities within a single process can elect to receive notifications on the same memory regions (e.g., multiple different middleware packages).
While primarily developed at Cisco, the prototype Open MPI code that uses the new ummunotify code is being tested by various Open MPI community members.
We expect to bring this new feature into the Open MPI mainline Subversion in the not-distant future; hopefully in time for the upcoming 1.5 series (note that the prototype code link will likely go stale once it is merged to the Open MPI mainline).
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For anyone looking for the prototype Open MPI code, it's no longer at the link cited in the original blog entry.The code has been merged into the main Open MPI code base."
We've discussed all this on LKML several years ago when IB entered the kernel and started having regcache problems. Quadrics had been patching the kernel to do their own MMU notifiers implementation for a while, but the IB guys didn't look convinced by the model yet. It's good to finally get a safe regcache support thanks to the kernel MMU notifiers and Roland's ummunotify but it's sad that it took so long 🙂


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Critical info to help you buy the right firesuit
Did you know that you get roughly twice as much fire protection from an SFI-5 rated suit versus an SFI-1 rated suit?
Did you also know that there's about a $200 spread between a single-layer and double-layer suit?
How many square inches of skin graft can you buy for $200?
Think about that for a minute.
Credit for that last question goes to Bob Mantell of Safe-Quip. Here's his point: By spending a little extra money on a quality suit, you can save a ton of money in medical bills if, God forbid, you experience a flash fire.
While nobody ever wants to talk about it, ours is a dangerous sport. Fires can and do happen. You would think that having the best in safety equipment would be a no-brainer for anybody who straps into a race car. But all too often we hear the argument that safety equipment doesn't make you go faster. While this is true, it is also pretty hard to go fast when you're lying in a hospital bed with second-degree burns.
Sure, you could drop $1,200 or more on a custom-made designer suit. But don't think for a minute that you have to take out a second mortgage to afford a quality two-layer firesuit. In fact, there are numerous options available that offer excellent protection at an affordable price.
Before we go through the checklist for selecting a firesuit, we need to go to school.
The first fire-retardant racing suit was manufactured by the Indianapolis company J.B. Hinchman over 80 years ago. onceptually, the suit has changed little over those eight decades. The idea is still to provide protection from fire. However, today's suits bear little resemblance to their early counterparts. High-tech materials, proprietary stitching patterns, and fashionable designs not only set you apart in the winner's circle, but also save your life on the track.
There are essentially three types of suits: single-layer, double-layer, and triple-layer. In addition, you have one, two, and even three-piece suits. Drivers need to wear one-piece suits, and crewmen can choose from any of the three multipieces depending upon their race-day duty.
The quality of any fire-retardant material can be determined by looking closely at two measuring factors: Limiting Oxygen Index (LOI) and Thermal Protective Performance (TPP). LOI is the most commonly used measure for flame retardancy and refers to the amount of oxygen needed in the atmosphere to support combustion. If a fiber or fabric has an LOI of 25, that means that oxygen needs to be present in at least 25 percent of the air for the fabric to burn. Consequently, a higher rating equals more fire protection. Many fiber manufacturers achieve high LOI ratings by chemically treating their fabrics with a flame-retardant finish. The downside is those chemicals can be washed and worn off over time without proper care. You won't often see LOI in race suit literature, but it is an important factor in good fire protection.
On the other hand, TPP refers to the garment's ability to provide thermal protection when exposed to both direct flame and radiant heat while taking into account the length of time before a person is subject to second-degree burns. While that's a mouthful, TPP is the second most important number you need to know when firesuit shopping. The TPP rating is derived from a mathematical calculation performed with the results of a sophisticated test procedure that utilizes two different heat sources, sensors, and the fabric to be tested. The TPP rating is divided in half to determine the number of seconds until the human tissue reaches a second-degree burn. For example, if a particular fabric has a TPP rating of 35, it takes 17.5 seconds until a second-degree burn occurs in a flashover situation.
The only way to increase a TPP rating is through adding multiple layers. However, as you increase layers, suits get bulkier, and bulk does not equal comfort. Your goal in selecting a firesuit should be the balance of comfort with maximum protection.
Mom always told you to wear clean undies-now we know why. A great way to increase the TPP without jumping up to a three-layer drag racing suit is to wear fire-retardant (FR) underwear beneath your suit. If your budget doesn't allow for FR underwear, even a cotton sweatshirt adds some protection.
Some suit manufacturers promote the TPP rating of their suits alongside the SFI rating. Check out the chart below to determine which rating fits your particular needs.
Here's a great question to ask yourself after looking at that chart: How fast can the safety crew at your local track get you out of a burning car? If they can do it in 3 seconds, go ahead and buy that $99 single-layer special and drop me a note telling me your home track because I want to race there.
Now that you know a little about what goes into a firesuit rating, meet the SFI Foundation. Originally started by SEMA, SFI is now an independent non-profit organization that issues and administers standards for a wide variety of specialty/performance automotive and racing equipment. All ratings are established by a technical committee and then adopted by different sanctions or organizations. Participation in SFI standards by manufacturers is strictly voluntary. So it may be possible to find a firesuit out there that doesn't carry an SFI rating, but I wouldn't buy it and neither should you.
All the manufacturers mentioned in this story carry SFI ratings. A typical rating looks like this: SFI 3.2A/5, where "3.2A" is the foundation's standard for firesuits and "5" is the rating. The higher the rating, the better the protection. In this example, "5" is the most important number you will see, especially if the manufacturer does not release TPP numbers.
Most sanctioning bodies, such as ASA and IMCA, as well as racetracks, such as Indiana Speedrome, require you to have a firesuit with a minimum SFI rating in order to compete. However, that does not mean that you should buy only their minimum. In fact, world-renowned safety guru Bill Simpson says quite the opposite. "We don't even make a single-layer suit," says Simpson. The man who brought Nomex to auto racing in 1967 believes that two-layer SFI 3.2A/5-rated suits should be the norm.
"If they [sanctioning bodies] would make a mandatory rule for the SFI-5, then it seems to me that they could go to their insurance underwriter and say 'we've reduced the incidents of fire injuries here by probably 90 percent,' and they could probably get some kind of discount on their insurance."
Simpson brings up an excellent point. While directed at the sanctions, what he says can also apply to you, the racer. Check with your personal insurance carrier to see if there are any discounts available for wearing top-rated safety equipment.
Now it is time to buy your suit. While there are numerous fire-retardant materials on the market, three that are often seen in the motorsports industry are fire-retardant cottons, Nomex, and Carbon-X. You may hear about other FR materials, such as Difco/PBI, Basofil, or Proban, but these tend to be used more in items such as firefighter suits and fire-retardant upholstery. But that doesn't mean you can't find them in the racing world.
All of those FR materials perform admirably when tested, and in many cases, you will find that manufacturers offer suits made from several different materials or a combination of materials. For example, you can buy a custom suit made of either Nomex or CarbonX from Simpson Race Products. In addition, some manufacturers have their own proprietary fiber blends such as Safe-Quip's ThermX.
Here's a step-by-step guide to selecting a firesuit.
Step 1: Determine Your Budget.
The price for a quality SFI 3.2A/5 two-layer firesuit starts at just under $300 and can exceed $1,000 if you go the custom route. When figuring out what to spend, remember Bill Simpson's words: "One day in the hospital is five grand, and a good suit will last you three to four years." As a side note, a suit of a really good quality will run you about $450. Divide that over four years and you've got a little over a C-note per year.
Step 2: Contact The Manufacturers Directly.
Don't contact the dealers. Contact the guys who make these things. Tell them your ideal budget, the type of car you race, your height, weight, and so on. They will be happy to talk with you, and their technical people can suggest the suit that best fits your application and price range. While you have them on the phone, do not forget to ask about TPP ratings. By simply asking, you might find a little bonus. For example, in order to receive a rating of 3.2A/5 from SFI, you must achieve at least a TPP rating of 19. The key words there are "at least."
It is not unheard of for a firesuit manufacturer to exceed the minimum rating. "Our SFI-5 firesuit has a TPP of about 27," says Simpson, founder of Impact Racing. That rating is well above the SFI minimum for a No. 5 suit but still below the TPP rating of 38 for a No. 10-rated suit, which is normally used for land speed records. The TPP rating can also explain why one manufacturer's SFI 3.2A/5 suit costs more than another manufacturer's suit with the same rating.
Step 3: Go shopping and look at the suits.
This may seem time-consuming, but it is important to look at different suits. Ideally, you do this at an event or a store front where you can compare different manufacturers side by side. Turn the suits inside out and compare them seam to seam. Look for a three-needle stitch with overlap in the critical areas, such as the crotch. Remember, if the car is on its side or roof, you're moving in unorthodox ways just to get out. Think about the consequences of having the crotch of your cheaply made suit split open while you're trying to wiggle out of a burning car-not a pretty thought, I assure you.
Once you've determined that the stitching is three-needle and high-quality, try it on! While that sounds painfully obvious, I know guys who have bought suits without trying them on only to be disappointed by the fit when they get to the track. Squat down, move your arms and legs in a variety of positions. Who cares if you look stupid? Remember that you're feeling for movement in a worst-case scenario-getting out of a burning car fast!
There is a trade-off between bulkiness, safety, and comfort. Remember, we said the only way to increase the TPP rating is to add layers. You have two choices here: Thin layers of high-tech material add cost but deliver maximum comfort, and thicker layers of low-tech material add protection without more cost, but increase bulk. That's why you need to try it on. What is comfortable on me may not feel good at all to you.
So you followed our instructions, and now you've got a brand-new SFI 3.2A/5-rated double-layer firesuit that fits perfectly. Nice work, but you're not done. Perhaps the most important part of owning a firesuit is its care. We understand that not everybody's budget allows them to spend $400 on a firesuit. But regardless of what you spent on your suit, treat it like it has a $2,000, custom-made, top-of-the-line price tag. Don't crawl under your car while wearing your suit. Check with the manufacturer of your suit for their recommended care instructions and then follow them. Your suit will last far longer and perform much better.
Firesuit technology is at the cutting edge right now. Materials are superb, threads are getting better, and manufacturers continue to make strides in the areas of weaving it all together. So look for the next advance to come in the area of education. Impact Racing is developing a series of traveling safety seminars that will visit various tracks throughout 2007. The point of the program is not so much to sell a product, but rather to educate racers on safety equipment choices and how to make the best one for their situation.
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"Some beautiful paths can't be discovered without getting lost." ~ Erol Ozan
A few days ago we went to visit a cultural food market in Turnhout. It's a international market where people sell products from there country. It was a lot of fun to walk though the different stands. We visited a Italian foodstand because we though it was so adorable and we just love Italian food. They were selling bread with olives and tomatoes. It's just perfect as snack! We both also bought a bottle Prosecco for our father.
For that day I was wearing a lovely skirt from Romwe. The blossoms on them are prefect for spring. It's so whimsical and I regret I don't were this skirt more often. As top I'm wearing a shirt from Zara. it was only 15 euros and I just love grey lately. That makes it a prefect bargain in my opinion. The shoes are from Asos. They are easily my favorite sandals to wear at the moment.
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- Milex xxx said...
- June 7, 2016 at 8:56 PM
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WOnderful top & skirt match!
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i do love a good food market, and am glad you had a lovely time! the outfit's really pretty. i especially like the sandals! xx
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That is a lovely skirt. ^^
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Beautiful pics and I really love your outfit!
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such a cute skirt!
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Lovely outfit, hair, and makeup. Such a pretty setting too! xo
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In terms of its pedigree, Dynamsoft is probably best described as a developer of a browser-based image capture SDK, .NET document imaging components, plus version control software solutions.
As Dr. Dobb's readers know, WPF is a Microsoft graphical subsystem for rendering user interfaces in Windows-based applications. So this native support for WPF is intended to encourage the creation of .NET applications that use a WPF interface.
Dynamsoft boldly claims that these features "practically eliminate" worries related to ensuring device compatibility in WinForm, WPF, or other .NET applications.
Extension features include image editing and uploading capabilities to allow post-capture processing. Captured images can be saved to a local disk, web server, or database. Save formats include BMP, JPEG, PNG, TIFF, multi-page TIFF, PDF, and multi-page PDF formats.
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Location: Animal Genomics and Improvement LaboratoryTitle: Evaluating the interaction between progesterone, TNF alpha and cortisol on early loss of transferred embryos in beef cows Author
|Mason, M - Alcorn State University
|Caudra, E - Alcorn State University
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|Lopez, J - Alcorn State University
|Yoonsung, J - Alcorn State University
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Publication Type: Peer Reviewed Journal
Publication Acceptance Date: 1/2/2013
Publication Date: 6/2/2013
Citation: Mason, M., Caudra, E.J., Elsasser, T.H., Lopez, J., Yoonsung, J. 2013. Evaluating the interaction between progesterone, TNF alpha and cortisol on early loss of transferred embryos in beef cows. Canadian Journal of Animal Science. 93:217-225.
Interpretive Summary: The use of embryo transfer from one cow to another for specific breeding is a mainstay of the cattle industry. Still, the efficiency of breeding success as measured with the birth of a live calf remains lower than optimal because following conception not all embryos are retained by the mother's uterus. Although the process of embryonic retention is regulated by many physiological and metabolic factors, attempts to manipulate the success of embryo transfer by altering blood concentrations of the natural pregnancy hormone progesterone has been the main focus of several studies designed to enhance embryo survival during early pregnancy. Nevertheless, supplementation of progesterone early during gestation to enhance embryo survival appears to be a controversial practice at present mainly due to the contradicting results reported in the literature. A significant part of this retention problem may reside in how the recipient cow's immune system reacts to the presence of this foreign tissue embryo. The ability to maintain a pregnancy has been compared to an immune system slump that permits the temporary acceptance of a foreign or non-pure maternal tissue to grow in the uterus and the increased levels of progesterone facilitate this "immune slump". The present study increased our understanding of the immunology of pregnancy and offered for the first time a reason for why some animals receiving embryos were not able to maintain them. The data clearly indicated that another locally produced immune hormone called tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF) played a critical role in maintaining pregnancy in embryo transfer cows. In reproductive tissues like the uterus and placenta, TNF stimulates the reorganization of cells that maintain the pregnancy. Cows that had low TNF levels following embryo transfer had poor pregnancy outcomes. The data suggest that TNF may be a biomarker useful to following pregnancy and indicating when management measures should be taken to help the cow through pregnancy.
Technical Abstract: Fifty-eight non-lactating cows previously synchronized for estrus were assigned to two treatments to assess the effects of progesterone supplementation and its correlation with TNF-a and cortisol on the survival of the transferred embryos. On day 7 after exhibiting estrus (day 0), cows in both groups received embryos. In contrast with the control group, animals in the CIDR-group had a CIDR (Controlled Internal Drug Release) additionally inserted. Blood samples for progesterone, TNF-a and cortisol analysis were taken immediately before insertion and removal of CIDR's and 7 days after insertion. Progesterone did not differ between the control and the CIDR animals at any day of the study; however, it significantly increased at 7 and 14 days after insertion of the embryos in the control animals, compared to the levels observed in that same experimental group at the time of the transfer. Regardless of the treatment, all pregnant cows experienced a significant increase in progesterone from day 0 to day 7. Progesterone on day 0 was correlated to itself (r = 0.46) on day 14 and to TNF-a (r = -0.37) on day 0 in pregnant animals; TNF-a on day 7 was significantly higher in pregnant cows compared to non-pregnant and correlated between day 0 and day 14. These results suggest that high levels of progesterone during the first 14 days after the transfer are indicative of the survival of transferred embryos. Additionally, this data also indicates that the decrease in TNF-a concentration on day 7 after the transfer of embryos may be associated with the low concentrations of progesterone observed in the non-pregnant animals.


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Green Knights Sneak Out of Ripon With Late Win
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RIPON - If it were a crime to steal a football game, St. Norbert College coach Jim Purtill, his coaching staff and his team would probably be spending some hard time in the Fond du Lac County Jail.
But it isn't, and the Green Knights won't be giving back their 35-31 win over archrival Ripon College any time soon. St. Norbert has now won 13 of the last 14 meetings in the series, and the Red Hawks dropped to 0-3 for the first time since 1987.
St. Norbert (2-1, 2-0 MWC) found itself trailing the Red Hawks (0-3, 0-2) in the game's final moments. Ripon's Connor Greenwald scored on a 1-yard touchdown run with 1 minute 28 seconds left to play to give the host a 31-28 lead and send the partisan Ingalls Field crowd into a frenzy.
The ensuing kickoff was returned by Brian Fliess 50 yards to the Ripon 46-yard line, and a major facemask penalty moved the ball to the 31 with 1:19 to go. James Tringali then found Joe Green on a 30-yard pass to the Ripon 1. A Tringali sneak on first-and-goal netted little gain, but Austin Williams plunged in with 12 seconds remaining for a 35-31 lead.
Ripon had enough time to run just one play from scrimmage, and a lateral was recovered by St. Norbert at midfield as time expired.
The final flurry of action capped off a wild game that saw St. Norbert gain a 21-0 lead but give it all back thanks to a Ripon offense that held the ball a staggering 41:45, and ran 85 plays from scrimmage to the Green Knights' 40.
St. Norbert built its early lead by scoring on its first possession when Tringali hit Austin Williams for a 43-yard touchdown pass. The Green Knights' Max Pirman then intercepted a Ripon pass and cashed in on a short 25-yard drive, needing only two plays to score - runs of 15 and 10 yards by Williams.
The Green Knights went ahead 21-0 on another two-play drive, with Tringali connecting with Green on a 43-yard touchdown pass with 13:13 left in the second quarter.
Ripon's offense then took over the game, mounting several time consuming drives. The Red Hawks melted 8:01 off the clock on a 17-play, 75-yard drive to score on a 10-yard touchdown from Tom Sawyer to Kyle Hafemeister with 5:12 left before halftime. Ripon then cut it to 21-14 at halftime when Sawyer's 1-yard sneak with 29 seconds remaining finished a 9-play, 64-yard drive.
Ripon tied the game 21-21 on the first series of the second half, with Sawyer setting up his 1-yard touchdown run with a 63-yard scamper. The Red Hawks forced a St. Norbert three-and-out, and pulled ahead 24-21 on a 27-yard field goal by Jacob Gahart.
The Red Hawks had a chance to go ahead by two scores early in the fourth quarter, but a drive that used up 8:48 bogged down in the St. Norbert end and Gahart missed a 38-yard field goal wide left. St. Norbert took advantage, with Brad Boockmeier scoring on a 5-yard touchdown with 6:55 left for a 28-24 edge that set up the game's final moments.
Green caught four passes for 114 yards, becoming the fifth player in St. Norbert history to amass 2,000 career receiving yards. Williams rushed 14 times for 73 yards and two touchdowns. Tringali completed 10 of 16 passes for 222 yards and two touchdowns with one interception. The Green Knights averaged 8.6 yards per play, getting 343 yards on 40 plays.
Sawyer rushed 21 times for 103 yards and two touchdowns, and also completed 10 of 13 passes for 105 yards and one touchdown with one interception. Greenwald added 93 yards on 26 carries and one score. Ripon rushed 72 times for 293 yards and finished with 398 yards of total offense on 85 plays.
Petr Bohacek led the St. Norbert defense with 15 tackles, and also had 2.5 tackles-for-loss and two quarterback sacks. Nick Keller added 10 stops.


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More on Brain Scans – Can They Tell Whether You'll Get Off Lightly?Tuesday, April 3rd, 2012
With a hat tip to our Uncle Ralph, here's a link to yet another fMRI study bearing on criminal law. Makiko Yamada and colleagues have published in Nature Communications their study "Neural Circuits in the Brain that are Activated when Mitigating Criminal Sentences."
The researchers asked people to review the facts underlying 32 hypothetical murder convictions. Half of them were designed to elicit sympathy for the convicted murderer, the other half to elicit no sympathy. The test subjects were told that each murderer had been given a 20-year sentence, and they were asked to modify the sentences. Unlike previous studies, there was no question as to guilt or innocence — the only issue was whether the sentence should be more or less than 20 years under the circumstances. A functional MRI scanned their brains to see what neurons were firing as they made their decisions.
The question intrigued the researchers because such decisions are not only high-stakes, but also because one must first have an emotional reaction, and then convert it into a cold quantification — the number of years of the sentence.
After crunching all the numbers, there appeared to be a strong correlation between activity in the portions of the brain highlighted in the image above, and reduced sentences.
To their credit, the researchers really don't conclude any more than that — that certain brain areas seem to be involved in decisionmaking influenced by sympathy. And someone who's more likely to be sympathetic is also more likely to have more activity in those neurons.
But they do note that this raises other questions — such as to what extent (more…)


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Church of the God Particle
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Life as a landscape painter on an inherited ranch is easy for Alex Colvin until a peculiar meteorite shatters his complacency. Alex unknowingly possesses the final component of an outlandish physics experiment being conducted by Reverend Lucas Ruthlier, leader of the Church of the God Particle.Reverend Ruthlier's lifelong dream depends on possessing the meteorite, and now he's coming for it. Based on the race to discover a unifying theory of modern physics and cosmology, Church of the God Particle sweeps across the high plains of Kansas, uncovers treason in Cold War Romania, and tumbles into Austin, Texas.


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Turtleshell is the pet project of graphic designer Joen Asmussen.
Over the years, it has been presented in various iterations:
» Turtleshell 2000
» Turtleshell 1998
The next version is being developed as time allows it. There is no timeframe for anything final.
See also:
» The Abisko Project
» Offline Portfolio
» Von Neumann
You can follow development on this, and other projects at Joen's online journal, Noscope.


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A Thousand Lives: The Untold Story of Hope, Deception, and Survival at Jonestown
Author: Julia Scheeres
Book Description:
In 1954, a pastor named Jim Jones opened a church in Indianapolis called People's Temple Full Gospel Church. He was a charismatic preacher with idealistic beliefs, and he quickly filled his pews with an audience eager to hear his sermons on social justice. After Jones moved his church to Northern California in 1965, he became a major player in Northern California politics; he provided vital support in electing friendly political candidates to office, and they in turn offered him a protective shield that kept stories of abuse and fraud out of the papers. Even as Jones's behavior became erratic and his message more ominous, his followers found it increasingly difficult to pull away from the church. By the time Jones relocated the Peoples Temple a final time to a remote jungle in Guyana and the U.S. Government decided to investigate allegations of abuse and false imprisonment in Jonestown, it was too late.
I have often heard the term "drinking the koolaid" and have even said it a time or two, but until I finished this book, I didn't know the originals of the saying. Not growing up or attending school in the United States means that things many people learned in their history classes, I am clueless about (and don't even get my started on my lack of knowledge of politics)…but when I was listening to Ice Cold (Tess Gerritsen), the Jonestown cult and massacre was mentioned and I was intrigued. And funnily enough, I was talking to some coworkers at the same time I was reading this and one of them mentioned the phrase and I was then about to put two and two together to understand. I then found out about this book while I was trying to find a book set in Guyana for my Around the World reading challenge – so it was like hitting two birds with one stone.
I loved how the author was able to use various documents that had been released by the FBI to develop the picture of what happened – since there is very little eye-witness testimony and most of the people who did survive (not that there were many of them) have since died. I was actually surprised to see the amount of information that had been recovered from the camp after the massacre was discovered. I found that the author did a good job of weaving the tale to make it interesting, I wanted to know about what happened. It wasn't like a normal NF book where I can read bits and pieces and be ok with stopped, in the end, I think I read this in about 3 days, which is significantly less time than most non-fiction books that I read. I will definately be looking for her other book to read and will be interested to see what more she writes in the future. 3.5 stars.


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* mnotify (Webmail Notifier) - Open source could allow it to support other webmail providers, and fix minor issues like [https://bugs.maemo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2066 bug 2066] as it is apparantly low priority for Nokia.
* mnotify (Webmail Notifier) - Open source could allow it to support other webmail providers, and fix minor issues like [https://bugs.maemo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2066 bug 2066] as it is apparantly low priority for Nokia.
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Revision as of 15:09, 27 May 2009
Open source is the licensing model preferred by Nokia in the development of Maemo. There are some reasons to have exceptions, though:
- Brand: Nokia wants to keep a strong brand and identity avoiding any risks of dilution.
- Differentiation: Nokia wants to gain competitive advantage in certain areas by keeping the related software closed.
- Legacy: Nokia keeps some components minimally maintained - the work of opening them has an unclear outcome.
- IPR & licensing issues: Nokia avoids serious risks brought by patents, copyrights or complicated licensing situations.
- Security: Nokia avoids safety risks and liabilities that could be caused by freeing access to certain hardware components.
- Third party: Nokia does not own the code and therefore does not decide on the license.
Specific reasons for packages
- tablet-browser-ui: At the beginning there was a proprietary browser. In Maemo 4.0 the Mozilla based browser came, with an open engine (MicroB) but still a closed UI provided by tablet-browser. The main reason was the default rule to have the Maemo applications UI closed for differentiation. The context in mobile browsing has changed significantly and now there are better reasons to offer also an open browser UI. This is the plan for Fremantle.
- Bookmark manager: Closed because of legacy and the default rule to have the UI application layer closed. However, the licensing of this component is being reviewed and it could be opened in Fremantle. Filing an enhancement request and seeing the interest and potential use cases would be something the community could do. Deadline: Fremantle beta SDK release.
- Media player: Currently closed because of the default criteria of UI differentiation. In progress, though. The engine is being opened in Fremantle, in the form of a Media Application Framework also available for third parties. The UI is open for discussion, as you can see in the Comment #5 of the enhancement request. For instance, it would count a lot seeing a will to converge efforts and contribution from the many third party media player projects.
- Connection applet: Legacy. The applet itself is not much but it unveils all the Connectivity middleware which is also closed. The whole Connectivity framework is having major changes in Fremantle and Harmattan, and the resould could be a much open framework altogether (applet included). Too soon to tell.
- Display applet: Legacy. Opening it could be considered if really needed. From the comments in the bug report it looks like the need is not that big though?
- Location framework: Differentiation. Nokia is investing heavily in location software and services, that are planned to be implemented in Maemo during Fremantle and Harmattan.
- libmetalayer: Legacy. Will be substituted by open source upstream Meta Tracker. See this comment about the possibility to open it still.
- osso-dsp-modules: DSP component provided by Texas Instruments. Note that the DSP packages provided by Nokia are open source: osso-dsp-loader, osso-dsp-headers. If you are interested in open source DSP development then DSP Gateway (developed by Nokia) might get your attention. However, the introduction of PulseAudio in Fremantle gives an opportunity to platform developers to forget about the DSP completely.
- dsme: This component covered many areas including power management, which is considered a differentiation area by Nokia. The component has been redesigned and the sensitive functionality has moved to mce, allowing to distribute dsme (soon) with an open license together with related tools and plugins: bootstate, dsmetool, waitfordsme, libdsme.so, libhwwd.so, liblifeguard.so, libprocesswd.so, libstartup.so and libstate.so. Then libtemperature.so will be replaced by another component consisting of several dsme open source plugins. Finally, libcalmodule.so will be dropped.
- bme - Battery Management Entity: Security. A misuse of the could lead to serious battery damages that could result in liabilities for Nokia. hald-addon-bme is a related package, also closed.
- mce - Mode Control Entity: Initially closed for differentiation because of its impact in battery life, an area where Nokia strives to excel. Nowadays the differentiation aspect is lighter but legacy plays a role as well.
Not in the device but also relevant:
- Flasher: Utility to flash the device from a Linux computer. Currently closed for legacy, considering the move to an open project to ease and encourage the development of versions not supported by Nokia e.g. Mac OS X and PowerPC.
Waiting list
If you want to know the specific reasons for a package to be closed please list it below and the Maemo team will answer as time permits. You can also add comments to a certain package to drive attention/priority to it.
Requested at Bug 1584 including comments:
- File Manager
- activate_panel
- bt-cal
- cal-tool
- fb-chaimage
- text2screen
- wlan-cal
- wlan-fw-update
- retu-time
- show_image
- battest
- dspctl
- the script linuxrc
- libbmeic.so
- libcal.so
- libppu.so
- libactivitymonitor.so
- libinactivity-blank.so
- libperipheral.so
- libi18n-locale-resolver0
These packages are included in the nokia-binaries metapackage offered with the Maemo SDK:
- hildon-task-navigator-bookmarks
- osso-bookmark-menu->osso-bookmark-engine->osso-bookmark-user
- osso-browser-translations-dev
- libaccounts-dev ->libaccounts0
- libaccounts-doc
- libosso-abook-dev ->libosso-abook
- libosso-rtcom-accounts-dev ->libosso-rtcom-accounts0
- libosso-rtcom-accounts-doc
- osso-addressbook ->libcontact-importexport
- osso-contact-plugin-dev ->osso-contact-plugin
- osso-mission-control ->libplayback-1-0 ->libimlogger0
- libconbtui0 ->
- liblocation-dev ->liblocation0
- libossoproductinfo0 ->libdsme0
- libgpsbt-dev ->libgpsbt
- libgpsmgr-dev ->libgpsmgr
- libogs1.2-dev ->libogs1.2-1 ->libosso-filemanager-interface
- id3search -> libmetalayer0 ->libgisds-gtk-dialog0 ->libgisds0
- osso-global-search
- osso-applet-certman ->certs ->osso-clock
- libosso-certman-dev ->libosso-certman1
- osso-help-ui
Other Requests:
- mnotify (Webmail Notifier) - Open source could allow it to support other webmail providers, and fix minor issues like bug 2066 as it is apparantly low priority for Nokia. Update - according to several bugs this has now been dropped by Nokia.
- Alarm framework is open source, but apparently the sources are lost/missing as explained in the bug.


text: Tim Muir has devoted the past seventeen years to making a name for himself within the hair and makeup industry; specializing in color correction, the art of extensions, hair weaving, and ethnic textures. Based in the Salt Lake Valley, the Indianapolis native trained at Echelon Edge Hair Academy in Utah, and is the state's leading expert in multicultural hair and makeup. His work has been featured on both a national and international level in publications such as BANGSTYLYE, The Colorist, Beauty Link, and Now in Salt Lake magazines—to name a few. Tim's clientele is comprised of everyone from local television and radio talents, to the business professional, to celebrities in Los Angeles who utilize his services for their red carpet look. In addition to working as a lead stylist on many New York- and Atlanta-based fashion runway shows, Tim is a national educator with the International Hair Fashion Group (IHFG), which is spearheaded by the legendary stylist, James Harris. His responsibilities as an educator take Tim around the nation to teach stylists the most current hair and fashion trends. His workshops have been hosted at shows such as the Bronner Brother's Hair Show-Atlanta, IBS New York, and IBS Las Vegas. Tim created Alter Ego Studio Salon to advance his vast knowledge and skills through educating his stylists on his expert techniques. His reputation has garnered attention in the local media, where he has been featured on multiple occasions as an authority in his field. Tim is highly sought after for his incredible skills and talent, and is considered to be Utah's go-to stylist for fashion-forward thinkers. Follow on IG @alter_ego_studio_salon or FB www.facebook.com/AlterEgoStudioSalon


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New T-TEP report calls for centers to develop highly trained teachers in physical sciences
WASHINGTON, DC -- The American Physical Society commends the inclusion of regional centers within the STEM Innovation Network in President Obama's Fiscal Year 2014 budget to develop highly trained STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) teachers who will prepare students to meet the demands of an increasingly technical workforce.
Called the STEM Master Teacher Corps, the president's plan is consistent with recommendations in a four-year study recently completed by the Task Force on Teacher Education in Physics (T-TEP). The T-TEP report stresses the importance of providing specialized professional preparation to teachers in the physical sciences. Just 47 percent of physics and 46 percent of chemistry classes are taught by teachers with a degree in the subject. By comparison, 73 percent of biology teachers have a degree in the subject. APS developed the report in conjunction with scientific societies in the physical sciences, including the American Institute of Physics and the American Association of Physics Teachers.
"I applaud President Obama for proposing the creation of regional centers in association with the STEM Master Teacher Corps Innovation Network. The centers support the vision of the T-TEP recommendations and will serve as models for the preparation and professional development of teachers of all STEM disciplines. With in-depth focus on education research into teacher professional preparation and student learning, we can make STEM pre-college education the best in the world," said Stamatis Vokos, professor of physics at Seattle Pacific University and chair of T-TEP. "We must make sure our students are ready to compete in a high-tech economy, and that means making sure they are taught by highly qualified physics and chemistry teachers."
Additionally, the T-TEP work underscores the necessity of 100 regional centers across the nation: The more centers there are, the greater the opportunity for all STEM teachers to participate in in-depth professional development. The T-TEP report also emphasizes pre-service training to ensure teachers develop in-depth content knowledge and pedagogical skills.
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Tiki Tissue Box
It's Polynesian season!
- Tissue box shaped like a Tiki head
- Textured resin face with a big honkin' nose
- Provide your own tissues and mucus
Cold & flu season sounds so horrible. Full of memories of those days spent in bed with a fever, chills, cough, and sniffles. Yuck. Who wants that? About the only bright side to being home sick is getting to play lots of video games (assuming the glow of the TV doesn't give you a headache).
But what if you got this Tiki Tissue Box and called it Polynesian season? Wouldn't that be more cheerful? "Sorry Lumbergh, it's Polynesian season and I didn't get my BBQ pork shot, so I'll be at home for a few days. All my unfinished TPS reports are on my desk." Just pop your standard, boring tissue box into this Tiki container and let the mucus party begin!
Product Specifications
- Big ol' Moai to hold your tissues
- Textured resin face with a big honkin' nose
- Fits a standard sized rectangular tissue box
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DHA and the Developing BrainJuly 2006
By Julius G. Goepp, MD
For centuries, fish has been considered "brain food" in cultures around the world. Generations of children were raised on a daily spoonful of cod liver oil, because their parents had a general sense that it was "good for you."1
Recent medical research has borne out this traditional wisdom. Today, the scientific community has come to recognize that important compounds contained in fish oils have profound benefits for human brain health, development, and behavior.2
The heart-healthy benefits of omega-3 fatty acids in fish oils have been recognized for more than a decade. More recently, these compounds were found to benefit the vascular endothelium, reducing the risk of stroke and other circulatory conditions.
However, the astonishing effects of omega-3 fatty acids—especially docosahexaenoic acid (DHA)—on human brain health and development have only emerged over the past 5-10 years, as scientists have uncovered powerful evidence that DHA supplementation during pregnancy enhances intelligence, cognition, and visual performance in infants and young children.3 DHA appears to have beneficial effects after birth as well, boosting children's performance on various intelligence tests.4 Moreover, DHA is also rapidly becoming an important tool in managing teen and adult behavioral problems.5
This article surveys exciting findings from the recent scientific literature that strongly support the brain-health benefits of DHA supplementation throughout the human life span.
Critical Role in Brain Development
Fatty acids make up the largest component of cell membranes, and the brain has the highest concentration of cells found in the human body. Because brain cells depend largely on their membrane composition for proper electrical conduction, brain function is intimately connected to the composition of brain cell membranes.
DHA and arachidonic acid, two fatty acids that are vital for human brain development,6,7 are especially critical during the last trimester of pregnancy and the first few months of an infant's life. During this period, the brain undergoes a growth spurt, rapidly increasing in mass and its content of DHA and arachidonic acid. DHA in particular is accumulated in the brain's gray matter (where brain cell bodies are found) and in the retinas of the eyes. A deficiency of DHA in these tissues is known to produce poor vision and delayed psychomotor development.8,9
The developing fetus depends entirely on its mother's DHA intake for its own supply of this vital brain nutrient. DHA is transferred across the placenta by special transport mechanisms that remove DHA from the mother's blood at levels higher than for other fatty acids.9 As with most ingested nutrients during pregnancy, the needs of the fetus get top priority and the mother's body can be rapidly depleted of essential components if adequate intake is not assured. If the mother's intake is borderline or low, fetal DHA levels will drop.9
During the third trimester, the fetus is estimated to accumulate 67 mg per day of DHA. Current recommendations for DHA intake in pregnant women call for 300 mg or more per day, according to the International Society for the Study of Fatty Acids and Lipids.7 In two recent studies of pregnant women in Canada, average daily DHA intake was only 82-160 mg, and 90% of the women consumed less than the recommended minimum of 300 mg. The low end of the DHA intake range was 24 mg per day.7,10 While mothers' DHA intake varies around the world, these figures suggest that many women are consuming quantities of DHA that are borderline or inadequate for ensuring optimal brain development in their growing fetuses.
DHA Supplementation During Pregnancy
Since the mid-1980s, animal studies have demonstrated DHA's critical role in brain development during both the prenatal and postnatal periods, with deficiency states associated with deficits in brain development, vision, and hearing.11-15
Studies of rhesus monkeys have shown that both prenatal and postnatal DHA deficiencies caused reduced visual acuity and abnormal retinal function.16 The same investigations have now shown that, even with postnatal DHA supplementation, retinal DHA levels remained low at three years of life, and levels of retinal electrical activity were below normal. The study authors concluded that prenatal DHA deficiency could have long-term effects on the retina that cannot be reversed by supplementing the infant's feeding. Prenatal DHA supplements in female rats were shown to protect against experimentally induced brain damage in their infant offspring.17 Such studies emphasize the importance of including DHA in prenatal nutritional supplements.
Numerous human studies have been conducted in response to evidence that fetuses may not get adequate DHA in the critical third trimester. These studies demonstrate that mothers who take DHA supplements have fewer preterm deliveries and give birth to larger, healthier infants who perform better on intelligence and visual acuity tests to the age of at least four years.3
Supplementation with DHA increased the duration of pregnancy by almost one week among a group of women at high risk for preterm delivery.18 Also observed was a trend towards higher birth weight, length, and head circumference in infants born to the DHA-supplemented mothers. Specific evidence of DHA's impact on newborn brain function comes from a 2002 study, which demonstrated greater maturity of the central nervous system (as measured by sleep patterns) in infants born to mothers with higher plasma DHA levels.19
Mothers who supplemented with cod liver oil containing high DHA concentrations gave birth to infants with significantly higher levels of DHA in their cell membranes,20 and newborns who had the highest DHA concentrations were longer at birth. Newborns who had more "mature" brain-wave testing patterns at birth also had higher DHA levels.
Even more dramatic effects of DHA supplementation during pregnancy are now emerging, with evidence that DHA directly influences cognition and intelligence. In a randomized, controlled, double-blind study,6 women at 18 weeks of pregnancy were given cod liver oil (containing 1183 mg of DHA) or corn oil (placebo) until three months after delivery. All infants in the study were breast-fed until at least three months of age. Children whose mothers received the cod liver oil supplement scored significantly higher on intelligence tests at four years of age than those whose mothers received corn oil. A more complex statistical analysis showed that maternal DHA intake during pregnancy was the only significant variable associated with the mental processing score at four years of age.
In its summary of DHA's benefits for infant brain development and cognition, an expert panel convened by the Harvard Center for Risk Analysis reached the powerful conclusion that for each increase in maternal DHA intake of 100 mg per day, child IQ (intelligence quotient, a measure of cognitive abilities) increases by 0.13 points.21 This would translate into a nearly 6-point increase in IQ among children of women who supplement with the 4.5 grams of DHA daily that has been used in some trials.22
Like the brain, the eye's retina consists almost entirely of nerve cells with very high levels of activity, as well as high levels of DHA in its cell membranes.10 While it is impossible to directly measure vision in newborns, the retina's electrical activity can be measured by means of the visual evoked potential, which matures rapidly in the immediate postnatal period. Infants with higher levels of DHA have more mature patterns of visual evoked potential in the 10-16 weeks following birth.23 Retinal sensitivity to light is also higher in infants with higher DHA levels.24


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Life can certainly be hectic. So much so, that many of us can't seem to fit in exercise. As a result, we're missing out on some valuable health benefits, such as a stronger heart. Fortunately, recent research suggests simply moving more every day may be the solution.
Only two out of 10 Americans meet the government's Physical Activity Guidelines. Those guidelines encourage at least two hours and 30 minutes of moderate aerobic exercise every week, plus two sessions of muscle-strengthening activities. Many of us may be shunning structured exercise time. But we may be able to meet the guidelines with a less stringent approach to fitness-namely, an active lifestyle.
What does it mean to live an active lifestyle? It's consciously choosing to be more active during the day. For instance, you bike to work instead of drive. You opt for the stairs rather than the elevator. You pace or walk while talking on the phone.
In a recent study in the American Journal of Health Promotion, researchers followed the activity levels of more than 6,300 adults. They found that engaging in short periods of activity-less than 10 minutes at a time during the day-seemed to impart the same health benefits as exercising in 10-minute-plus periods. Important health indicators-like blood pressure readings and cholesterol levels-were similar with both activity patterns. The results suggest people who live an active lifestyle can be as healthy as those who partake in structured exercise.
Moving your body has important health benefits. Being active can help you live longer. That's the conclusion of a recent study in PLOS One. Researchers tracked the physical activity of more than 1,900 adults older than 50. Those who lived more sedentary lifestyles were more likely to die, even if they exercised.
Why the lift in longevity? Physical activity can lower your risk for a long list of health ills: heart disease, diabetes, obesity, colon cancer, breast cancer, and arthritis. It can improve mental health, build muscle mass, and strengthen bone. With such power, you could consider physical activity a practical cure-all.
Taking the first steps to a longer, healthier life isn't hard. It's a subtle shift in mindset. You don't necessarily have to schedule 30 minutes of physical activity every day. Rather, as the evidence suggests, you just need to get off the coach more.
Always talk with your health care provider to find out more information.
Every bit of physical activity helps. And the more you move, the better for your body. Just choose activity over inertia. Below are some ideas to help you be more active every day-without a costly gym membership:
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Sofia Vergara Is Va-Va Voom in a Black Dress on the 2014 Golden Globes Red Carpet [PHOTOS]
Sofia Vergara knows how to wow on a red carpet. When the actress arrived at the 2014 Golden Globes, she brought the sultriness in this dress.
The 'Modern Family' star wore a black, strapless gown with a voluminous skirt. She accessorized the look with a bright blue necklace that popped against her newly lightened locks. It was all together a great fashion moment for the star.
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Julia Roberts' sister attacks family in suicide note
JULIA ROBERTS' half-sister was consumed by depression brought on by family angst when she chose to end her life in February (14), according to the suicide note she left for her fiance.
Nancy Motes, 37, passed away after taking a drug overdose and now, in a bitter handwritten note obtained by editors at MailOnline.com, she's pointing the finger at family members.
She wrote, "My mother and siblings drove me into the deepest depression. I've suffered thru (sic) this disease all my life, however it has never been this bad. I burst into tears every morning (because) I woke up."
The Los Angeles County coroner ruled Motes killed herself by taking a variety of drugs. Her body was discovered on 9 February (14) by her fiance, John Dilbeck.
Calling him her "one true love", she wrote, "I know this will effect (sic) you the most & I can't apologize enough. I was truly blessed & lucky to have you as my true love and best friend. I will carry you with me forever."
Motes' famous sister pulled out of a series of awards season appearances in February (14) after Motes died. The actress opened up about the loss in a Wall Street Journal Magazine interview, revealing she was heartbroken by the tragedy.
She said, "There aren't words to explain what any of us have been through in these last 20 days. It's hour by hour some days, but you just keep looking ahead.
"You don't want anything bad to happen to anyone, but there are so many tragic, painful, inexplicable things in the world. But (as with) any situation of challenge and despair, we must find a way, as a family. It's so hard to formulate a sentence about it outside the weepy huddle of my family."


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When working on your ePortfolio, you will probably have attached many files to different pages. Google Sites includes a central attachment manager that allows you to see all attachments on every page in your site and manage them without having to go to each individual page where the file is attached.
While logged in to your site, click on the Settings button at the top right corner of the page and select Manage Site from the drop down menu. On the left menu bar, select the Attachments page. This page will bring up all files that have been uploaded to your site.
From this central repository, details for each of the attachments will be listed next to the file such as the location of the file, the size, when it was last edited, and links to previous versions of the file which you can download. You can easily move attachments from one page to another page, rename files, update an existing file with a newer version, or delete files within this page.
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (MarketWatch) — Four years after Republicans chanted "drill, baby, drill" during their national convention, the grand gathering of Democrats seems to be coming around to the idea.
To be fair, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar Tuesday night decried that very phrase. But in a speech to convention delegates, he also quickly trumpeted the fact that natural-gas production is at an all-time high and oil production at a 14-year high.
After a Labor Day record-high for gas prices — $3.83 a gallon, according to AAA — the Obama administration is trying its best to counter the perception of hostility toward fossil fuels.
It's not an easy image to wipe away, what with Obama's continued and repeated embrace of green-energy alternatives, like solar and wind power, as well as Republicans' years-long promotion of opening up Alaskan territory to further drilling and other initiatives. Obama's resistance to date of a pipeline between Canada and the U.S. also has contributed to an anti-fossil-fuel perception.
Obama and Salazar have been making the argument that yes, they back renewable initiatives and more fuel-efficient cars, but they also simultaneously support oil and gas exploration.
It's not only the White House making that argument for the Democrats.
Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer for instance said at a panel discussion here that the notion Obama has doubled gas prices is "baloney" as he pointed out that drilling rigs have quadrupled.
"It doesn't surprise me that you'll see more rhetoric in favor of additional drilling but it doesn't cure the problem they have, which is a split caucus," said Frank Maisano, an energy expert at the law firm Bracewell & Giuliani, noting the environmental lobby's resistance to fossil fuel activity.
The aggressive advertising campaign by the American Petroleum Institute as well as the big oil majors themselves of the economic benefits of energy production is putting pressure on the Obama administration also to tout production, Maisano said.
"That's the message to independent voters, particularly in Ohio and Pennsylvania who are likely to think oil drilling is good thing.
Maisano says the main issue the industry has with the administration is with permitting in the wake of the BP Gulf oil spill in 2010. "Two years ago it was horrible, now it's better but can still be improved," he said. "You don't have permits moving fast enough to successfully turn rigs over and [get] moving to next site."
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Right to interpretation and to translation in criminal proceedings – frequently asked questions
1. What is the issue at stake?
More and more Europeans travel, study and work outside their home country. 1 European Union citizens are entitled to "move and reside freely within the territory of the Member States," according to the EU Treaties. Increasing mobility means there is a greater chance that people may find themselves involved in criminal proceedings in a country other than their own.
It is important to make sure that when this happens they still receive a fair trial.
Legal practitioners and Member States agree that a prerequisite for mutual trust is that national criminal justice systems guarantee suspects and accused persons, whatever their nationality, minimum safeguards.
The right of accused persons and suspects to a fair trial is a fundamental right which the EU respects as a general principle under Article 6(3) TEU. Article 48(2) of the Charter of Fundamental Rights says that the rights of the defence must be guaranteed.
2. What is the aim of the proposal?
This proposal for a Directive aims to set common minimum standards as regards the right to interpretation and translation in criminal proceedings throughout the EU. It aims to improve the rights of suspects and accused persons who do not understand or speak the language of the proceedings.
The proposal is to provide common standards for procedural rights in all proceedings, including extradition and the European Arrest Warrant and to ensure that citizens are informed of how they can benefit from these common minimum standards wherever they are within the EU.
Common standards in relation to these rights would result in a better application of the principle of mutual recognition, thereby improving the functioning of judicial cooperation in criminal matters between EU Member States.
3. What are the current rules?
To date, EU countries have complied to differing degrees with their fair trial obligations, deriving principally from national law and the European Convention of Human Rights, which has led to discrepancies in the levels of safeguards. The EU by way of legislation could clarify the legal obligation to guarantee the right to a fair trial in the context of EU criminal law.
The existing standards under international law are unevenly complied with, even in the EU. If someone is subject to criminal proceedings in another Member State, there is a risk that the person will not be treated in the same manner as nationals would be. As a result, there is a growing perception, as seen by press coverage, that foreign suspects will not receive justice.
Over the years, many cases have been brought to light by organisations such as Fair Trials International ( http://www.fairtrials.net ) and by the national reports of the Committee for the Prevention of Torture ( http://www.cpt.coe.int ). This perception of unfair treatment can be for a variety of reasons such as not having the cultural and legal knowledge of another country to understand what is going on and to assert one's rights, and not understanding the language of the proceedings.
4. Why is there a need for a proposal by the Commission?
It is the Commission's view that minimum standards for the rights of the defendants in criminal proceedings are indispensable to promote mutual trust between judicial authorities of different Member States.
The Lisbon Treaty recognises that mutual recognition is complementary, and not alternative, to the approximation of criminal law legislation (a specific legal basis has been added for the "rights of individuals in criminal proceedings" -and one for the rights of victims- in the Treaty).
The Commission proposal is not intended to replace the initiative presented by Members States on 17 December 2009; it is meant to be an input for the debate and accelerate the process to achieve full compliance with the standards set by the European Convention of Human Rights and to cover areas where there is still uncertainty about rights under the ECHR (such as the right to translation of key documents in the proceedings, a right which is not explicit under the ECHR).
5. What sort of problems do people face when they find themselves in judicial proceedings in other countries?
It is naturally harder to deal with a judicial system in a foreign country, especially without a firm grasp of the national language. It can be hard for people to be clear exactly what charges are being laid against them or to make sure they receive proper legal advice that they understand, without which they risk inadvertently waiving some of their legal rights. This is particularly likely to happen if you cannot read paperwork used as evidence in your trial, if you cannot clearly follow procedures during an investigation such as a police interrogation, or if the legal advice you receive is provided by someone who does not speak your own language to a high level.
Independent organisations have provided plenty of examples of EU citizens who have encountered this kind of problem:
No interpretation of meetings between the accused and his lawyer.
Suspects receive oral summary of important details such as the charges against them rather than a full written translation.
Suspects waive their right to translation without first receiving proper legal advice.
More examples of the problems that can arise can be found on the website of the independent non-governmental organisation Fair Trials International: http://www.fairtrials.net/cases/
How would this proposal solve problems like this?
The basic principle is that interpretation should be provided during the investigative and judicial phases of the proceedings – including police questioning, the trial or other hearings or appeals. Suspects should also have communications with their lawyer translated. Suspects would be guaranteed their right to written translation of essential documents. This is necessary to safeguard the fairness of criminal proceedings. This means that if you are accused of a crime, you will be able to read the charge sheet or indictment, a detention order and any relevant documentary material such as key witness statements.
EU countries would have a clear obligation to ensure these rights are respected, and would have to meet the costs – never the suspect. They would have to put systems in place to ascertain whether suspects need an interpreter.
6. What is the legal basis for EU law in this area?
Article 82(2) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union says that the European Parliament and the Council may establish minimum rules to make sure that judicial authorities in EU countries recognise and execute judgments and judicial decisions and police and judicial cooperation in criminal matters that have a cross-border dimension, without any risk to the rights of individuals in criminal procedures. It also says that this is to be achieved with EU Directives, adopted with the ordinary legislative procedure (co-decision), meaning that it has to be approved by the European Parliament and EU governments.
The protection of the rights of suspected and accused persons in criminal proceedings is a fundamental value of the Union, and it is important to make sure that these rights are guaranteed across the EU by minimum common standards.
The Charter of Fundamental Rights makes it clear (Article 48(2)) that the rights of the defence shall be guaranteed.
A rticle 5 of the European Convention on Human Rights – the right to liberty and security – says that when you are arrested you must be informed of the reason for the arrest in a language you understand. Article 6 – the right to a fair trial – says that when you are charged with a criminal offence you have the right to the free assistance of an interpreter if you cannot understand or speak the language used in court.
The Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU is now incorporated into the Treaties and reflects these rights in Articles 6 and 47 to 50.
7. What else will the Commission do to ensure the fair trial rights of non-nationals in EU countries?
This proposal is the first step in a series of measures in the procedural rights Roadmap, adopted by the Council on 30 November 2009. This mandates the Commission to put forward proposals on a "step by step" basis on the following measures:
Measure A: the right to interpretation and translation,
Measure C: legal advice, before trial and at trial, and legal aid
Measure D: the right for a detained person to communicate with family members, employers and consular authorities, and
Measure E: protection for vulnerable suspects.
This proposal seeks to translate Measure A into legislation, in accordance with the Roadmap.
8. The timetable: what happens next?
The proposal is to be discussed among EU governments and within the European Parliament together with the initiative presented by EU governments on the same subject before the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty.
The Commission hopes for a swift adoption of legislation in this area (by the end of June 2010).
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Next up is a variation of my pearl ribbon necklace. This is a new accordion/folding technique I'm trying. This necklace was made for a dear friend and features wine-colored pearls paired with pewter ribbon.
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I've gotten a few questions regarding why my Etsy store is so empty - I am just far behind in making listings, but if any jewelry piece piques your interest, please just let me know and I can either list it on Etsy or sell it directly to you. You can always reach me at sewpetitegal(at)gmail.com :)