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Visit the SFMTA's project webpage for project contacts and updates.
The Draft Final Report (17.8 MB PDF) is available for download.
PROJECT DESCRIPTION AND BENEFITS
The Western Addition CBTP will foster collaboration between local residents, community-based organizations, and local governments as well as build community capacity by involving community-based organizations in the planning process. This project will be completed by SFMTA, the lead agency, and will include a robust community outreach strategy as required by the NTIP program.
Potential project concepts for development could include pedestrian improvements along Geary Boulevard or traffic calming along Webster Street, Turk Street, or surrounding John Muir Elementary. The SFMTA will use the community’s input to develop a final conceptual plan that will include conceptual engineering drawings along with funding and implementation strategies. Download the PDF listing of Tasks and Deliverables. For more information, including project contacts, please visit the SFMTA project page and the project's Prop K Allocation Request Form.
The Western Addition is a traditionally underserved Community of Concern* (CoC) with a high concentration of low-income housing and, as a historic center of San Francisco's African-American community, a large population of minority residents. As a legacy of urban renewal projects in the 20th century, the neighborhood has a number of wide streets, such as Geary Boulevard and Webster Street, and one-way streets, including Turk Street that encourage high vehicle speeds and are detrimental to pedestrian safety. Many of the streets with high speeds have been identified as high-injury corridors through the Vision Zero initiative. The area has one dedicate bike lane on Webster Street and two bike routes along Post and McAllister Streets, however the increasing bicycle volumes in the area warrant a need for additional bike infrastructure.
The outreach strategy will be developed and prepared in close consultation with a Community Based Organization (CBO) that is included in the project budget.The SFMTA will work with the selected CBO to develop an Outreach Plan that will identify community input needed and best practices in order to encourage community engagement.
A key objective of the plan is to work with community partners to identify transportation needs and create a blueprint for implementation by developing and prioritizing transportation improvements from the community's perspective. In order to assess these needs, the study will include three rounds of public outreach, data collection, and the development and evaluation of up to three conceptual design alternatives.
The community outreach process will involve residents in identifying and prioritizing key transportation goals in the Western Addition, such as enhanced pedestrian conditions, streetscape vitality, increased transit service efficiency, and parking management. Community members will help to identify opportunities in how to achieve those transportation goals in order to develop a conceptual plan for the area.
As of winter 2016, three separate outreach events have been completed by SFMTA staff. Outreach events included a meeting with Rosa Parks Elementary School parents, a meeting with Mo’Magic Service Providers, and a senior-focused community meeting.
In coordination with Commissioner Breed, the project team has identified community resources and areas to be included in the project area including schools, community centers, senior housing and affordable housing sites. Specific streets, including Geary Boulevard, Turk and Webster Streets, with high vehicle speeds and pedestrian injuries will be included in the study area.

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This time last year, I would not have guessed that facemasks and UNC sanitizers would become stables on out kit in 2020. But here we are, almost made it to 2021, and while we don’t know what that year will bring, I think it’s a good idea to get technology to work for us and allow us to get more done, have more downtime, and feel less stressed.
Here is a small list of my top tech items to kick-off 2021. I have tested everything on this list under real-world conditions, and nothing has found its way on this list based on a snazzy press release. Everything featured here is the tech that I use and rely on daily.
Must read:Paying money to make Google Chrome faster and use less RAM
The Zendure SuperTank was previously my favorite power bank, and it traveled with me across many countries at
TEHRAN- The head of Iran’s Securities and Exchange Organization (SEO) announced that the units of the second exchange-traded fund (ETF) will be traded soon if the government accepts this organization’s proposal.
“A few days ago, a proposal was submitted to the government, and if this proposal is accepted, the second ETF will start trade soon”, Hasan Qalibaf-Asl said on Sunday.
The second ETF’s director had announced in late October that the time when the fund’s units would be tradable was unclear.
Davood Razaqi said, “As two of the four refineries, whose shares are due to be offered via this fund, have increased their capital, but the capital boosting has not been considered in the ETF’s asset, the fund’s index cannot be opened yet.”
As he said, the capital boosting has occurred at Tehran Oil Refining Company and Isfahan Oil Refining Company.
In May, the Iranian government sold shares in three
New law by EU will call for mandatory mentioning of reparability and durability of the devices. (Reuters Image)
Good news for gadget freaks in Europe! With the aim of making buying gadgets more convenient for consumers, encouraging fair competition and reducing e-waste the European Commission is on its way to introduce a law that will make tech giants and smartphone makers disclose their repairing details so potential buyers can know how easy or difficult it is to fix them. Not just phones, this new rule will be applicable for TVs, laptops, washing machines and lawnmowers as well.
Meanwhile, France has already become the first country to announce that it will introduce repairability scores to gadgets sold there from January 2021. France is also the only country that made Apple provide free EarPods with the latest iPhone 12 by law. Apple has cited environmental reasons to trim the size of its
Veer Singh, CTO at FoodJet Inc, leads enterprise engineering projects, motivating teams and stakeholders with a customer-first approach.
The SaaS industry has democratized access to technology for businesses of every size. However, once you begin to scale your business, you’ll start to notice the pitfalls of licensing a third-party SaaS solution.
When the seams start to show, you’re faced with a decision: Is it time to stop renting your software systems and owning them instead? There’s no single right answer, but there is a decision matrix to run through.
Customization, Control And Competitive Advantage
The first question to ask is whether the business function(s) is business-critical. The more critical the function, the more you want to control the software system running it and the system’s evolution.
A small SaaS may be highly responsive to your function requirements and customizations. But the SaaS will grow, and its product development
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A six-month timeline of key events of coronavirus in Manitowoc County.
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It was so great to see kids getting back to school this fall, regardless of the format.
Learning loss, food insecurity and the mental health needs of our youth remain a great concern in our community. It is important families get back to some form of educational normalcy.
Even before the pandemic, 6 in 10 students were not meeting expected proficiency levels in reading or math and 17% of our high school students who took the state Youth Risk Behavior Survey indicated they considered suicide. That same survey indicated 25% of high school youth were food insecure.
These are some sobering stats — and are likely getting worse with the pandemic.
He paused in his testimony as he became emotional.
He said he watched video of his son pulling his hand out of his pocket and pointing it at police, pretending he had a gun.
“I was in a state of shock,” he said. “How is this even possible?”
He testified there was no hint of his son being capable of it.
“I’ve seen no history of violence. He is, if anything, he’s always been characterized as a gentle person.”
Minassian’s father said his son had problems from a young age because of odd behaviours. He was in a special education program throughout his schooling. In some subjects, such as math, he was ahead of his peers but in other he was far behind.
Social interaction, he said, “was one of the greatest challenges he had.” He did not recognize facial expressions that reveal other’s emotional state, such
You can wipe a computer’s hard drive and return it to its factory conditions with just a few clicks.
If you are not keeping the PC, you should be sure it’s impossible to recover any old data from the solid-state drive by encrypting the data.
When you reset your PC, be sure to choose the option to remove everything.
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Although older versions of Windows didn’t make it easy to wipe your computer clean of personal information, that’s pretty simple to do with Windows 10. You can do this if you’re preparing to sell or give away your computer, or you might do this to troubleshoot a problematic PC. Wiping it and starting fresh can help
Sagar Sethi is the Managing Director and founder of Xugar, a digital growth agency.
As we turn into the final stretch of 2020, it’s not hard to look back and see how everything has changed over the year. The world is more digital than ever before, and if you’ve been following the SEO space, no doubt you’ve seen articles on how SEO isn’t dead or how implementing SEO for your business is now critical for marketing.
But a lot of that is based on what we already know: tried-and-tested SEO strategies that have exploded this year as online shopping grows. But which strategies are actually working for businesses? And what’s the next logical step for SEO, digital marketing and online business?
You probably won’t be surprised to hear that the number of people shopping online has increased considerably this year. According to Adobe Analytics, online sales were up
You can sell items on Craigslist, just like classified ads in newspapers, for free — you don’t even need a Craigslist account.
Make sure the Craigslist website is set to your correct city, then click the link to create a post.
Here’s everything you need to know about listing items for sale on Craigslist.
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Craigslist is a modern-day community bulletin board, filled with classified ads where you can buy and sell items for free. That’s in contrast to sites like eBay, where the site generally gets a cut of the sale.
Posting an item for sale on Craigslist is easy, and you can create an ad in just minutes. You don’t even need to create a Craigslist account to start selling.
Some Apple customers who pre-ordered the iPhone 12 mini and iPhone 12 Pro Max are finding their orders have updated with shipping information advising their iPhone is on the way, but it is unlikely that many of the deliveries will actually occur before November 13.
On Friday, Apple opened up pre-orders through the online Apple Store for the iPhone 12 mini and iPhone 12 Pro Max, the last two models of the current iPhone generation to be released. The first customers to place orders can expect quicker deliveries to occur, with the earliest potentially taking place on November 13, Apple’s announced availability date for the models.
Not all customers will receive their orders on that date, as the delivery time estimates started to slip for both models shortly after it became available to purchase.
In a similar fashion to pre-orders for the iPhone 12 and iPhone 12


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The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) held its fifth anniversary summit meeting in Shanghai on 15 June 2006. The heads of state of the six full members China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan were present, as were those of three of the four observer members Iran, Pakistan and Mongolia. India, the other observer member, sent Murli Deora, its minister of petroleum and natural gas. The president of Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai, also attended as a special guest.
The communiqué at the summit's end announced the shared commitment of the SCO's members to combatting the "threats posed by terrorism, separatism and extremism and illegal drug trafficking". But the warm words and the appearance of unity are deceptive.
The SCO brought itself into many people's sight for the first time in July 2005, when its fourth summit meeting in Kazakhstan's new capital Astana declared that it was time for the United States to pull its troops out of central Asia. A few weeks later Uzbekistan told the US to close its bases in that country by the end of 2005, and Kyrgyzstan demanded a hundred-fold increase in the rent that the Americans were paying for its base there.
This new awareness of the organisation was heightened further in August 2005, when Russia and China held joint, large-scale, military exercises designed to repel seaborne invaders and to practice such invasions themselves. These exercises were conducted under the auspices of the SCO, even though only Russia and China of the six full members are coastal states.
This growing public register of the SCO's independent existence was confirmed in the prelude to the July 2006 summit, when its Chinese (and Beijing-based) secretary-general announced that he expected that Iran as well as India, Pakistan and Mongolia were to be made full members at the 2006 summit; this contradicted his earlier statement that the organisation had no legal framework for accepting new members.
The vice-president of Iran, Parviz Davoudi, who was in Moscow at the time the secretary-general made this statement, boasted to the press that this would create an arc of oil and gas producers reaching from Moscow to Tehran. There was even talk of an "Opec with nuclear weapons".
David Wall in an associate member of the faculty of Oriental studies at Cambridge University, and an associate fellow of Chatham House
Also by David Wall in openDemocracy:
"China: the plan and the party" (29 March 2006)
"North Korea and the 'six-party talks': a road to nowhere"
(12 April 2006)
In the event, the 2006 summit did not expand the SCO's membership, reaffirming instead the official position that the legal procedures for expanding membership are not in place. In the joint bilateral statement on the Iran nuclear question, Presidents Hu Jintao and Vladimir Putin did not take up the membership issue, only commenting: "With regard to the Iranian nuclear issue, (the) various parties concerned should grasp opportunities to peacefully resolve the issue through diplomatic talks, adding they will maintain contact and coordination."
So, what did not happen at the 2006 summit is more important than what did. In particular, Iran's dream that it would become a member of an organisation led by Russia and China that would defend its interests against the US imperialists was shattered.
Iran is not alone in its disappointment: the United States had also applied for membership, or even observer status. Both were refused.
A new regional balance
What is the SCO? Where does it come from?
The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation was founded in 2001 as an organisation dedicated to eradicating the evils of "splittism, fundamentalism and terrorism" in the six countries. It replaced the "Shanghai five" that had been founded in 1996 by the six countries of the SCO less Uzbekistan, reflecting the fact that the five came together to sort out border problems left behind when the USSR collapsed and Russian troops were withdrawn from central Asia. Uzbekistan does not have a border with China.
In its early years, the Shanghai five and the incipient SCO was seen as basically a Chinese initiative of local interest; Russia did not take it very seriously. Two things made Russia take notice. The first was the arrival of US troops in central Asia in the aftermath of 11 September 2001 and the overthrow of the Taliban in Afghanistan, and the ensuing tilt to the west among dictators in the region (especially Uzbekistan) following assiduous American cultivation.
The second factor was Russia's growing awareness that China too was moving in a big way into Russia's "lost" Soviet-era satellites, including heavy investment in the development of the oil and gas sectors. People's Liberation Army troops even protect the Chinese oil wells in Kazakhstan, which flow for the first time ever on the Eurasian land mass from west to east.
As late as 2002, Putin regarded the SCO, and China's ambitions for it, with disdain. All has changed: Russian troops are moving back into central Asia, a reflection of Putin's deep suspicion of Chinese expansionist ambitions. Tens of thousands of Chinese migrants are moving into central Asia and many are moving on into Russia across the Kazakhstan border, a border which is porous and not (yet) properly protected.
Putin is now taking the SCO seriously, as one way to attempt to turn central Asia once more into Russia's backyard. When Turkmenistan the only central Asian country not part of the SCO recently signed a long-term contract to supply gas to China from 2009, Putin ordered his officials to travel to Uzbekistan within days to persuade the Uzbeks not to allow the pipeline to cross that country.
Since 2002, then, Putin has remembered that Russia has a Pacific coastline, which makes it an Asian state. This "tilt towards the east" has its odder aspects, such as Russian support for Asian ambitions in the United Nations: slowing down or perhaps even blocking US plans for its reform, especially security-council expansion, and calling for the next secretary-general of the UN to be an Asian.
This last objective was included in the Shanghai "declaration on the fifth anniversary of the SCO". The Asian candidates so far nominated included figures from Thailand, Sri Lanka and South Korea, while India nominated the long-term under-secretary general, Shashi Tharoor, on 15 June. It should not be overlooked in this regard that Vladimir Putin himself public opinion and his own political calculations permitting will be looking for a job in 2008.
The real power-play
Where is the SCO going? Will it become an eastern Nato? Does it really represent a tectonic shift in glower power relationships?
I suspect that the Chinese proposal to expand membership was shot down by Russia and India, each for its own reason. Russia believes its influence is stronger and more independent in the "quartet" (US, European Union, Russia and China) framework for negotiations on Iran, and does not want to be seen as part of a Russia/China team in which China can upstage it. India does not want to be seen to be leaning too far towards the east by joining an organisation that refuses membership to its US strategic partner soon after the two countries reached a nuclear accord accepting India as a nuclear power.
Meanwhile, Russia has a wider concern about China. Now that it has secured agreement on containing the US military presence in central Asia, and convinced the central Asian countries to stay within the autocrats' club, Russia's main interest in the SCO is to contain the growth of China's influence. There are limits to it ability to do this, but I believe that the Russians think or at least Vladimir Putin thinks they can do this more effectively by playing an active role within the SCO.
In this light, the joint Russia-China military exercises under the SCO's umbrella can be seen not as the beginning of a new security organisation but as serving commercial ends for each side: as a vehicle for the Russians to enhance their arms sales to China, and as providing China with an opportunity to hint to the west that its continuing embargo on sales of military equipment will lead it to work with the Russians to fill the gap. I do not believe that this military cooperation would survive the ending of the embargo.
For the most part the SCO will continue as a means for China to improve its economic and political involvement in central Asia, in order to secure its territorial boundaries. Russia cannot stop this. The travelling circus that has Putin and Hu shaking their hands for the cameras as they travel around the world hides the Russian president's serious worries and fears about China's rise, and China's concerns about Russia's efforts to block that rise.
The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation may engage in dozens of useful meetings about banking arrangements and improvements in transport links. But these do not add up to a "Shanghai spirit". In political and strategic terms, the SCO is now more important as a factor in the power-play between Russia and China than as a component of the balance of power between those two countries (and the other members and observers) and the west.
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More violence is expected in Nigeria, where an Islamist terror group killed 39 on Christmas Day, pushing many citizens to flee the targeted cities Monday, reports say.
After the deadly attacks on churches in five cities across the country Sunday (another church was reportedly bombed in the northeast on Christmas Eve, but no one was reported killed), Nigerians are gripped by fear. Thirty-nine people died in the sieges (40, according to some reports), including 35 in Madalla, a town near the capital, Abuja. In another bombing in a church in Jos, one other person has also reportedly been killed. Bombs also targeted churches in the cities of Kano, Damaturu and Gadaka.
Reports project a high likelihood of renewed attacks, especially after 30 Christian shops were burned down later the same day of the church bombings in the northeastern city of Potiskum, Agence France Presse reported.
Hundreds of residents sought to flee the violence-torn city of Damaturu on Monday fearing further attacks and clashes between Islamists and police, according to AFP.
The coordinated attacks on churches were reportedly conducted by a radical Islamic terror group, Boko Haram. Nigeria has seen many attacks claimed by this group, but some analysts said the bombings marked a dangerous escalation in a country.
The attacks were condemned by church and secular leaders across the globe.
The Christmas violence was somewhat expected, as Nigerian Christians became the target of Islamist extremists last Christmas as well, at which time 38 died. Nigerian church leaders appealed for peace before this year's holidays. The country's authorities are now experiencing criticism for not being able to prevent the attacks.
Nigeria is divided into the Muslim north and predominantly Christian south.
The Christmas holidays are a particularly hazardous time for the Christian community living in countries with Islamist extremist groups. Christians across the Middle East and Northern Africa are known to have experienced violence from radical Islamists in the past.
Christian communities in the targeted cities were mourning the dead Monday.
"I have never cried before," Father Isaac Achi of St Theresa's Catholic Church in Madalla said after the attacks, as quoted by AFP. "Yesterday I cried. This morning I cried. But with all of you around today, I will not cry again. Seeing you coming to say this mass, I'm telling you, I will not cry again."


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As promised, I am sharing three more cards that we made on Saturday.
This little note card used the Peek a boo frame and the SU stocking die and a snowflake die to create a reindeer. We added a couple of strips of patterned paper, some thin wire with a little jingle bell and a bow, a glittery circle for his nose and DONE!!
Cute snowman with glittery flakes inside his tummy!
A very simple card using a tulip embossing frame, a few trees stamped on a piece of white card stock over a red label. Quick and simple.

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Nearly 400 vehicles filled the Bristol Township Parks and Recreation Center during the 20th annual One Day Slam in Bristol, Pennsylvania. Tom Polio and the entire Grounded 4 Life crew handled the logistics perfectly. It was a great turnout with vehicles from all over the area competing in this single-day car and truck show.
This truck has some stories to tell. Owned by Justin Zerwekh of Roseburg, Oregon, the 1955 Ford F-100 has accompanied him on all his adventures, from high school homecoming to his honeymoon, across multiple states and beyond. And it’s all thanks to Justin’s father, Jim.
Our goal is to take this ’67 Patina C10 on the world-famous 2,000-mile-long Hot Rod Power Tour! In this phase of our build, we are going to throw out the original suspension components for a much better coilover setup, spice up the motor, and throw on some big brakes. The coilover suspension is not only going to help the truck put power to the ground and handle significantly better, but also let us adjust the compression and rebound at each coil for the different driving conditions we will face.
Dino’s Git Down 2022 was the biggest and best iteration yet; with more than 5,000 Chevy trucks in attendance, it was a spectacle to say the least. Dino, Teri, and the entire crew really went above and beyond to create an event and a weekend that feels less like your average truck show and more like one giant family reunion, and that’s the key to this event’s success.
The 2022 Truck of Year award winners have been announced! Standing out in a sea of modified vehicles takes something special—and that’s what Michael Hill from Edgewater, Florida, did with his 1991 Ford Explorer you see here. In 1998, Michael bought this truck when he was in school as something to get him around town. The Explorer had 33-inch tires, and Michael was known to bury it in mud on a regular basis. Wanna see the rest of the winners? Click the link below!
As always, SEMA reassures us that the sky really is the limit when it comes to automotive customization. From ground-pounding pickups to high-performance muscle trucks to capable off-road machines—there’s something for everyone to see. While we did our best to squeeze in every new truck-related product on display at the 2022 show, there’s just no way to fit them all into a story like this. We did, however, narrow this year’s gathering of new parts down to the ones we thought you’d dig the most.


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Raptors soar into Colorado in the fall
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In addition to cooler weather and golden aspen leaves, another sign of fall is the gathering of migratory birds into flocks as they prepare to head south for the winter. Canada geese and other waterfowl may be some of the most visible examples to those of us on the ground, as they tend to fly low and make frequents stops in ponds and reservoirs. As any avid bird-watcher will tell you though, raptor migrations may be some of the most exciting to observe.
In autumn, we tend to think all our migratory birds leave us behind for warmer climates. While some summer populations of northern harriers and Swainson’s hawks may leave the state in autumn, many birds from farther north make Colorado their winter home. Golden and bald eagles from as far as Alaska are known to winter in Colorado. The state’s populations of North America’s two largest hawk species, red-tailed and ferruginous hawks, actually peak in the months of January and February. Rough-legged hawks are normally uncommon in Colorado and can almost only be found here in winter months.
Part of what makes raptor migrations so exciting to bird-watchers is that this is one of the best times to observe birds of prey in high concentrations. While you won’t find hawks flying in the “V” shaped flocks typical of migrating geese, many raptors follow the same flight paths. Soaring birds, like ravens and golden eagles, take advantage of a phenomenon called ridge lift at all times of year. Ridge lift is an updraft of air that occurs when wind close to the earth’s surface hits a mountain range or ridge and is directed upwards. The energy saving advantages of ridge lift for migrating raptors are immense and many species of birds of prey can be observed flying along ridges that run north-south in spring and fall.
If you want to see migrating raptors this fall, take a hike or have a picnic on a hill or ridgeline. Keep your eyes on the sky and watch for the silhouettes of large birds that soar and flap their wings infrequently. If you want to better identify the birds you see, take along a pair of binoculars and a field guide for birds. Pay special attention to the shape of the bird’s wings and tail. Does it have a long, straight tail and slightly pointed wings? If so, it is likely a member of the genus Accipiter, like a Cooper’s hawk or goshawk. If it has a relatively short tail and broad wings it is probably a Buteo, like a red-tailed or ferruginous hawk, or maybe an eagle if you’re lucky.
If you are feeling down about summer coming to a close, or if are wondering what to do with yourself until the snow starts to fly, remember that fall offers some unique opportunities when it comes to observing wildlife. Animals are preparing for winter in various ways, but the soaring, sailing raptors are some of the most visible and inspiring to watch.
Pete Wadden is an educator at Walking Mountains Science Center. Watch out for him in roundabouts in Avon as he tends to get distracted by birds overhead and may swerve into your lane.

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Chicken Fried Rice – Origin
Chicken Recipes – Chicken Fried Rice – Chicken fried rice is a popular dish at Chinese restaurants in many countries.Like all fried rice dishes, Chicken fried rice tastes best when using leftover cooked rice. It is an excellent recipe to make at home, with leftovers,and make a perfect meal.
Chicken Fried Rice – Spices and cooking method
Chicken Recipes – Chicken Fried Rice – The simplest of Chinese recipes is by stir-frying chicken, rice, soy sauce and egg.The dish also includes vegetables, mushrooms and peas, and is topped off with spring onions.You can either prepare with cold rice or fresh rice.The trick to make perfect fried rice is not to use hot rice, but cold, cooked rice.if you are using cold rice,add seasoning and stir fry for about 5 minutes on a high heat then normal process.
Chicken Fried Rice – Nutritional health benefits
Chicken Recipes – Chicken Fried Rice – Chicken is known to be an excellent source of protein.These low-fat proteins also play an important role in assisting overweight people in losing weight quickly. As proteins are also known as the building blocks of muscles,chicken is also a great source if you’re looking for muscle build-up.It contains phosphorus and calcium which helps in strengthening our teeth and bones. It contains Vitamin B6 that lowers your homocysteine level, and keeps heart healthy. It has minerals that strengthens your immune system.chicken is rich in selenium.Chicken is rich in vitamin B3 (Niacin), a vitamin that is essential for cancer protection.Eating chicken will keep energy levels high while metabolism-burning calories can manage to keep you at a healthy weight.
Chicken Fried Rice – Serving method
Chicken Recipes – Chicken Fried Rice -This is simple Authentic Chinese style chicken fried rice great meal to have either for lunch or dinner. Serve with chilli sauce on the side for those who like it extra spicy.This wonderful recipe is very very tasty and simple to prepare.
Green Peas-1/2 cup
Soy sauce -2tbsp
Salt to taste
White Pepper to taste
Black Pepper to taste
Cooked Rice-1 Cup
- Whisk the eggs,finely chop the spring onions and keep it aside.
- Heat the oil in a large frying pan, then add the rice. Spread out the rice so it all heats through, and then toss until coated well with the oil.
- Remove the rice and heat two tablespoon of oil, add the eggs cook and stirring it until its get scrambled,cut into thin strips and keep it aside
- Heat oil in a pan add chicken pieces and cook it until its brown on both sides,keep it aside.
- Heat oil in a pan add onions and cook it until its get softened.
- Add the green peas and cook for few mins.
- Add the fried rice, eggs,chicken and mix it well.
- Add soy sauce, salt and pepper and stir it well so that its evenly mixed.
- Add the spring onions and serve it hot.

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Sacramento Federal Ozone Nonattainment Area Redesignation Substitution Request for the 1979 1-Hour Ozone Standard
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- Sacramento Federal Ozone Nonattainment Area Redesignation Substitution Request for the 1979 1-Hour Ozone Standard
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- Document Description
- The Redesignation Substitute Request document demonstrates that the Sacramento Federal Ozone Nonattainment Area has attained the 1979 1-Hour Ozone Standard; and shows that improvement in air quality is due to permanent and enforceable control measures; and demonstrates maintenance of the standard for 10 years. The document also includes a request, after United States Environmental Protection Agency approves the redesignation, to terminate the Clean Air Act Section 185 fee for the 1-hour ozone standard.
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- The redesignation request is exempt from the CEQA Act as an action by a regulatory agency for protection of the environment and because it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that the activity in question may have a significant adverse effect on the environment.
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Sri Lanka’s eighth parliament saw the formation of a unity government between a faction of the SLFP and the UNP-led coalition which started proceedings on the 1st of September 2015.
Although debates over the budget, the UN resolution and the partisan squabbling grabbed headlines, the people’s representatives did also debate on some important matters that’s worth highlighting. Here we take a look at four debates worth viewing with the help of opentapes.org; a new archiving site for public policy videos.
1. Debate about proper procedures in recruiting for Public Service
The new “Yahapalana” government was meant to implement good governance policies, and one of key areas is in recruiting for public service. JVP MP Sunil Handunetti moved an adjournment debate on the topic in September which provided among other things, a host of new MPs in parliament to speak for the first time in parliament.
2. Revisiting the death penalty
Following the sexual assault and rape of a seven year old, sections of the society demanded the implementation of the death penalty. This prompted UNP MP Hirunika Premachandra to move an adjournment motion to debate the issue in parliament on 6th of September. Ultimately, the government decided to stick with the current policy, but the parliament witnessed an energetic debate on the issue with MPs of the same party divided over the matter.
3. Certified price for Paddy, Tea and Rubber
Around 40% of the working population is employed in the agriculture sector in Sri Lanka, so the topic of certified prices and subsidies for farmers is always a hot topic. Opposition MP Dinesh Gunawardene moved the motion for this adjournment debate.
4. Poaching by Indian fishermen in Sri Lankan waters
No list is complete without a reference to our beloved Northern neighbour. The fishing war has affected the livelihoods of fisherfolk and the parliament debated the issue in October. The solutions may not be simple, but greater understanding of the issue is a critical first step.
These and many more debates can be found archived on Opentapes.org a public archive of videos on public policy, particularly the debates in Parliament. The site offers a way for researchers, students, and others interested in the policy debate of Sri Lanka to easily access topical information. The videos are organized into topics and are searchable and available in Sinhala, Tamil and English.

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We are almost finished with all the studio work on the new upcoming AXEMASTER album "Crawling Chaos". Just a little more mixing and mastering work over the next couple weeks and we will be getting the finished masters to Pure Steel Records!!! "Crawling Chaos" will include 10 tracks that we're confident will be seen as classic Axemaster that goes back to the band's metal roots, and will feature sound that we consider to be major label quality. It will be an album that ANY true metal fan definitely needs to check out!!!!!


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WR Berkley names Khan president of Preferred Employers Insurance
WR Berkley today said it has named S. Akbar Khan president of Preferred Employers Insurance, a Berkley company, effective immediately. He succeeds Dennis J. Levesque.
Khan is a 20-year insurance industry veteran, serving most recently as a senior officer at a leading national US insurer.
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Immunotherapy research makes cancer treatment easier on kids
|Stephen Mathew, PhD|
Today more than 75 percent of children with leukemia are cured, but survival often comes at a cost. The very drugs that save lives can cause severe side effects later.
To reduce those risks, researchers at UNT Health Science Center are studying ways to use a patient’s own immune system to destroy cancer cells. Once viewed with skepticism, this approach is showing great promise in the treatment of multiple myeloma, melanoma and other cancers.
The Cancer Research Institute has named June Cancer Immunotherapy Month. Supporters are urged to wear white on Friday as part of White Out Cancer Day.
The benefits of immunotherapy are especially important for children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), which typically strikes between the ages of 2 and 5. Although ALL has a high survival rate, the drugs used to treat it are very harsh, said Stephen Mathew, PhD, Assistant Professor of Cell Biology & Immunology.
"Just imagine giving a 2-year-old baby all of these toxic chemicals," Dr. Mathew said. "Yes, the cure rate is high, but at what cost?"
With immunotherapy, the child’s immune system is revved up to attack cancer cells, while sparing healthy ones. While the approach might sound simple, the immune system is very complex, Dr. Mathew said.
He is collaborating with Paul Bowman, MD, Chairman of Pediatrics, and Porunelloor Mathew, PhD, Vice Chairman Cell Biology & Immunology, for a study on ALL.
So far much of the immunotherapy research has focused on T cells, which kill infected cells and regulate the immune system, and B cells, which are involved in the production of antibodies, Dr. Mathew said.
But UNTHSC researchers are taking a different approach.
"Our lab is working on NK cells, which are the first line of defense against cancer, bacterial and virally infected cells," Dr. Mathew said. "An antibody developed against one of the NK cell receptors, discovered in our lab, is currently in clinical trials for multiple myeloma."
The hope is to translate basic science findings into therapeutic interventions for patients.
"With immunotherapy, we are not using harsh chemicals. We’re making it possible for the body to boost its own immune system," Dr. Mathew said. "Ultimately, nature has its own way of curing."
By Steven Bartolotta The humanistic side of medicine is alive and well at Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine. The TCOM Chapter of the Arnold P Gold Foundation inducted 45 students and four faculty members into the Gold Humanism Honor Society on the campus of The University of North Texas H...Read more
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By Steven Bartolotta The PRECISION Pain Research Registry at the University of North Texas Health Science Center in Fort Worth has identified important racial disparities in pain management that became more evident during the COVID-19 pandemic. Its study recently published in the special COVID...Read more
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By Sally Crocker Dr. Diana Cervantes has spent the last year keeping people informed and updated on all things coronavirus, and now she’s being recognized as one of Fort Worth Inc.’s “400 Most Influential People” for helping protect the community’s health during the pandemic. Dr....Read more
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By Diane Smith-Pinckney On June 19 1865, Major General Gordan Granger marched into Galveston with a critical message: “The people of Texas are informed that, in accordance with a Proclamation from the Executive of the United States, all slaves are free.” This was the opening se...Read more
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Jon Ronson is a critically acclaimed journalist, author, and screenwriter who has contributed to publications and broadcasts including This American Life, The New York Times Magazine, GQ, The Guardian (UK) , and BBC Radio 4, for which he produced seven seasons of the award-winning program Jon Ronson On… His full-length nonfiction novels—So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed, The Psychopath Test, Them: Adventures With Extremists, Lost at Sea, and The Men Who Stare at Goats—have been translated into over 30 languages; many of them have been international best sellers and New York Times best sellers. Ronson’s original screenplays include the Netflix original Okja and Frank, which received the 2014 Best Screenplay Award at the British Independent Film Awards. He has also appeared on a number of shows as varied as The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, Conan, Craig Ferguson, Inside Amy Schumer, and The New Yorker Radio Hour. In 2017, Ronson created and recorded the Audible Original series The Butterfly Effect, a highly-rated production that spent weeks on the top of the audiobook charts and was honored as a finalist for the 2018 Non-Fiction Audie Award.
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- Them: Adventures with Extremists
- Are the international markets, political elections, and Hollywood run by an elite group of giant shapeshifting lizards? Sounds like a Ronson-esque conspiracy!
- The Men Who Stare at Goats
- Jon uncovers a covert animal program…and some very unfortunate ruminants.
- Speculation abounds about the real identity of Frank Sidebottom. Can Jon solve the mystery?
- The Psychopath Test
- Is society built on a rational foundation, as Jon always assumed—or is madness at the heart of it all?
- So You've Been Publicly Shamed
- Jon’s own experiences on Twitter lead him to discover the "great renaissance of public shaming."
- Lost at Sea: The Jon Ronson Mysteries
- Jon chats up a robot and discovers AI conversation is deeply profound…or utterly meaningless.
- The Butterfly Effect with Jon Ronson
- In which a fledgling porn entrepreneur senses his opportunity—and Jon senses a story.
- The Elephant in the Room
- Jon describes his unlikely connection to controversial radio personality Alex Jones.
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High speed train plans are off the rails | The Wildlife Trusts
High speed train plans are off the rails
Thursday 16th June 2011
Stephanie Hilborne OBE, Chief Executive of The Wildlife Trusts"The Prime Minister will be heading ‘off the rails’ if he doesn’t withdraw the current HS2 proposal and fully consider the role of high speed rail in England.
At The Wildlife Trusts’ annual conference, held this week, chief executives of 36 local Wildlife Trusts signed a letter to David Cameron, in which they express shared concern at the “very serious damage to wildlife and the countryside that would result from development of the preferred route for the proposed high speed railway line from London to the West Midlands (HS2 Phase 1).”
The letter continues: “We recognise the need for an efficient and sustainable transport system and support moves to a low carbon economy. But as your government has recognised, nature also has great value both to the economy and to the well being of society. To develop built infrastructure at such cost to wildlife contradicts the principles at the heart of The Natural Choice: Securing the Value of Nature – a white paper we called for and greatly welcome.”
“We believe a fresh look is the only way for this Government to leave a positive legacy and to live up to its ambition"Stephanie Hilborne OBE, Chief Executive of The Wildlife Trusts, calls on the Prime Minister, on behalf of its membership, to withdraw the proposal for High Speed 2 Phase 1 until there has been fuller strategic consideration of the role of High Speed Rail in this country.
She said: “The last Government initiated these proposals in the absence of this and the current assessment of options is in our view flawed. It has failed to take proper account of alternative approaches to improving the speed and capacity of train routes north from London, or even alternative routes for HS2.
“We believe a fresh look is the only way for this Government to leave a positive legacy and to live up to its ambition, expressed in the white paper, of ensuring that ‘this generation is the first to leave the natural environment of England in a better state than it inherited’.”
The Wildlife Trusts have a total membership of more than 800,000 and is the largest voluntary organisation dedicated to conserving the full range of the UK’s habitats and species."
I feel obliged to write yet again to our "Green " government.


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Welcome to SGM Events: A Premier San Diego Entertainment Agency
From San Diego DJs to corporate event entertainment, acoustic artists, even singers and soloists, we are the gold standard in the entertainment industry. A premier booking and entertainment agency we offer San Diego event entertainment ideas and entertainment strategy advice. We offer San diego wedding entertainment and entertainers for private events. We specialize in San Diego DJs but also offer bands, acoustic artists, and even magicians.
As a company our objectives are very clear and defined: we are committed to excellence. Whether it be because we bring positive, uplifting entertainment to each and every event or because we manage only the most exceptional talent, we guarantee your next event to be an experience that you and your guests will never forget. Don’t sleep on this opportunity to hire the best entertainment for your special event, and we will awaken your conception to the most amazing reality.
Good music can make all the difference when it comes to a memorable event. Whether it’s a birthday, private event, corporate party, school event, or wedding, the right music can create or enhance the mood. Music adds the momentum that is necessary for any party. It inspires people to dance, brings back fond memories and creates new memories that will be talked about for years to come. When choosing the music for your event in San Diego, don’t settle – go for the gold standard, choose SGM Events, a premier booking and entertainment agency based in San Diego.
From the blog
We get this question a lot. What do our wedding DJs provide? So we thought we’d follow up to last weeks post and info graphic on “How to Hire a Wedding DJ” with another one that explains exactly the things that the mobile DJs will provide for weddings. This info graphic goes into a bit […]
2015 is here and wedding season in San Diego is in full effect so we thought it would be time to teach everyone the proper steps to hire a wedding DJ. We decided the best way to convey the information was to create a simple info graphic explaining some of the common questions our agents get at […]
As we are nearing the end of 2014 we thought it would be nice to share the top 10 songs that our talent was requested to play the most this year. Sure there are some variables but overall these 10 songs have made playlists on radio, online, and into people’s mobile phones, iPods and car […]
Welcome to the Hilton Mission Valley, a newly remodeled hotel and event space. Elegant sophistication mixed with traditional touches of class can be found in every detail of the newly revitalized Hilton Mission Valley. Inside the Hilton San Diego Mission Valley, rich textures draped in dramatic soothing tones give each room and suite a sense […]
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Cube known primarily for its tablet, some of these hybrids, but this time the Chinese company surprises us with the release of a notebook. His first notebook. This is nothing new, given that in recent times the Chinese manufacturers have invaded other areas of the market to escape the crisis of the tablet and even Cube is no exception. His laptop is called Cube Cloud Notebook, looks like an ultra-slim notebook with a 14.1-inch display, but the hardware equipment typical of a tablet to medium-low.
Cube Cloud Notebook
According to reports from padnews, Cube Cloud integrates a quad-core Intel Atom Z3735F (Bay Trail) 64-bit, which will allow him to have a fanless design (no fan), so quiet when in use and consumption minimal power. We do not know the capacity of RAM and internal memory, but we do not expect surprises (1-2GB and 16GB), while connectivity uses an HDMI port, two USB 2.0, WiFi 802.11n and Bluetooth. It ‘also a slot for microSD cards and a battery 10000 mAh, which will ensure a good autonomy.
The choice of operating system is unusual: Cube Cloud Notebook will run on Windows 10 and OS 2.0 Remis dual-boot, each devoted to productivity thanks to the presence of the Office and the other simpler and lighter media activity, It is a customized version of Android. At the moment there are no known details on pricing and availability yet, as all devices Cube, we will find Cloud Notebook on the Asian market at a very attractive price. The only way to get it, will be to rely on some Chinese shop that also distributes in our country and we know more than one


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More Australian adults can now access subsidised ADHD medication Vyvanse (lisdexamfetamine)
From today (1 Feb), the Government has expanded the listing of Vyvanse (lisdexamfetamine) to include patients who are diagnosed with ADHD after they turn 18 years old.
Prior to this, Vyvanse was only subsidised for Australians who were diagnosed as children, with those diagnosed in adulthood paying full price.
Rachel Worsley, founder and CEO at Neurodiversity Media, described the expanded PBS listing as a coup for this latter group of patients.
“It now allows us to access a cheaper, affordable alternative,” Ms Worsley told AJP.
“It only requires me to take it once a day as opposed to three times a day for dextroamphetamine,” she said.
“And it removes the unfair arbitrary barrier where if you were lucky to be diagnosed with ADHD as a child, you could access subsidised Vyvanse as a child and into adulthood, but if you were only diagnosed after the age of 18, you had to pay full price of up to $120.”
Health Minister Greg Hunt estimates that around 20,000 patients who access a comparable treatment for ADHD could benefit from the new treatment option.
Without PBS subsidy, patients would pay more than $1,200 per year for treatment. They will now pay $41.30 per script, or $6.60 with a concession card. The listing was recommended by the PBAC.
ADHD can look different in adults, with some symptoms overlooked, said Minister Hunt.
Ms Worsley pointed out that like many women with ADHD, she wasn’t diagnosed until she was an adult thanks to the harmful stereotype that ADHD only occurs in boys.
“I was priced out of a genuine medication alternative that could be more effective than what I currently take,” she said. “Thankfully, this disparity has been corrected.”
There are a few steps pharmacists can take to ensure people with ADHD feel supported, said Ms Worsley.
“Pharmacists should consider encouraging people with ADHD to set regular monthly reminders to collect their monthly medication, as many of us often forget,” she told AJP.
“ADHD should be treated holistically and diet supplements can be important ingredients to help us manage ADHD, so being across any relevant evidence-based supplements that could help manage ADHD and dosages (e.g. fish oil) can be helpful for supporting people with ADHD.”
Also on Ms Worsley’s wish list is a consistent record of prescribing rules on ADHD medicines as well as their PBS pricing across Australia.
“There is a lot of confusion. Some are subsidised for adults and kids, some are kids only, and prices vary wildly. I pay about $20 a month for dextroamphetamine at Chemist Warehouse, I did pay up to $35 at Priceline at one point,” she said.
“I’ve been lucky to get away with six monthly scripts from my psychiatrist, it just means I have to stick my script at one pharmacy for six months and go to the same one.
“I’ve heard people had to go monthly back to their psychiatrists and pay $200 for a 15-minute script-writing appointment. Pharmacists need the right info to educate patients on how many times they actually need to dispense their meds – it could save a lot of money and effort.”


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Jolt to Salman Khan as Tiger Zinda hai banned in this country!
Mumbai: Superstar Salman Khan would not be feeling very good right now as after Shiv Sena opposing the release of his upcoming film 'Tiger Zinda Hai' in Maharashtra, his film has also been banned in Pakistan.
Where Shiv Sena has issued a warning to the theatre owners across the state against the release of the big budget movie, Pakistan Censor Board has reportedly rejected it owing to some Pakistan-related scenes.
Earlier also Salman Khan has been troubled by the Pakistan Censor Board as the prequel of Tiger Zinda Hai, titled ‘Ek The Tiger' was also banned from release in Pakistani theaters following the depiction of the spies of the country.
Bajrangi Bhaijaan was, however, cleared for release and it did a phenomenal business due to the gigantic fan following of Bhaijaan in the country.
Tubelight was also scheduled to release in Pakistan on Eid but was banned as the producers there felt it would demolish the scope of business for their movies. It, however, released in Pak after Eid.
Tiger Zinda Hai, helmed by director Ali Abbas Zafar, features Katrina Kaif opposite Salman and is scheduled to hit theatres on Friday, December 22.


Database Mirroring Monitor (Status Page)
This read-only page displays the most recent mirroring status for the principal and mirror server instances of the database currently selected in the navigation tree. If information about an instance is currently unavailable, some of the cells in the Status grid corresponding to that instance are grayed out and display Unknown.
To use SQL Server Management Studio to monitor database mirroring
Displays a grid containing the most recent high-level mirroring status of each of the principal and mirror server instances. The rows of the Status grid are in the following order:
Principal server instance
Mirror server instance
The columns are as follows:
|Server Instance||Name of the server instance whose status is displayed in the Status row.|
|Current Role||Current role of the server instance, either Principal or Mirror.|
|Mirroring State||The mirroring state reported by the server instance and an icon that indicates the severity of the state. The possible statuses and their associated icons are as follows:
Icon: —, status Unknown. The monitor is not connected to either partner. The only available information is what has been cached by the monitor.
Icon: Warning icon, status Synchronizing. The contents of the mirror database are lagging behind the contents of the principal database. The principal server instance is sending log records to the mirror server instance, which is applying the changes to the mirror database to roll it forward. At the start of a database mirroring session, the mirror and principal databases are in this state.
Icon: Standard database cylinder, status Synchronized. When the mirror server becomes sufficiently caught up to the principal server, the database state changes to Synchronized. The database remains in this state as long as the principal server is sending changes to the mirror server and the mirror server is applying changes to the mirror database. For high-safety mode, automatic failover and manual failover are both possible, without any data loss. For high-performance mode, some data loss is always possible, even in the Synchronized state.
Icon: Warning icon, status Suspended.
The principal database is available but is not sending any logs to the mirror server.
Icon: Error icon, status Disconnected. The server instance cannot connect to its partner.
|Witness Connection||Connection status of the witness, preceded by a status icon, Unknown, Connected, or Disconnected.|
|History||Click to display the history of mirroring on the server instance. This opens the Database Mirroring History dialog box, which displays the history of mirroring status and statistics for a mirrored database on a given server instance.
The History button is dimmed if the monitor is not connected to the server instance.
Principal log ( <time> )
Status of the log on the principal server instance as of the local time on the server instance, indicated by <time>. The following parameters are displayed:
The amount of log waiting in the send queue (in kilobytes).
Oldest unsent transaction
Age of the oldest unsent transaction in the send queue. The age of this transaction indicates how many minutes of transactions have not yet been sent to the mirror server instance. This value helps measure the potential for data loss in terms of time.
Time to send log (estimated)
Approximate amount of time the principal server instance requires to send the log that is currently in the send queue to the mirror server instance (the send rate). Because the rate of incoming transactions can vary significantly, the time to send log is an estimate. However, the send rate can be useful for roughly estimating the time required for a manual failover.
Current send rate
Rate at which transactions are being sent to the mirror server instance in kilobytes (KB) per second.
Current rate of new transactions
Rate at which incoming transactions are being entered into the principal's log in KB per second. To determine whether mirroring is falling behind, staying up, or catching up, compare this value to the Estimated time to send log value.
Mirror log ( <time> )
Log status on the mirror server instance as of the local time on the server instance, indicated by <time>. The following parameters are displayed:
The amount of log waiting in the redo queue (in KB).
Time to restore log (estimated)
Approximate number of minutes required for the log currently in the redo queue to be applied to the mirror database.
Current restore rate
Rate at which transactions are being restored into the mirror database (in KB per second).
Mirroring commit overhead
Number of milliseconds of average delay per transaction tolerated before a warning is generated on the principal server. This delay is the amount of overhead incurred while the principal server instance waits for the mirror server instance to write the transaction's log record into the redo queue. This value is relevant only in high-safety mode.
Time to send and restore all current log (estimated)
Time needed to send and restore all of the log that has been committed at the principal as of the current time. This time may be less than the sum of the values of the Time to send log (estimated) and Time to restore log (estimated) fields, because sending and restoring can operate in parallel. This estimate does predict the time required to send and restore new transactions committed at the principal while working through backlogs in the send queue.
Network address of the witness server instance. For information about the format of this address, see Specify a Server Network Address (Database Mirroring).
The operating mode of the database mirroring session:
High performance (asynchronous)
High safety without automatic failover (synchronous)
High safety with automatic failover (synchronous)
Members of the dbm_monitor fixed database role can view the existing mirroring status by using either Database Mirroring Monitor or the sp_dbmmonitorresults stored procedure. But these users cannot update the status table. They depend on the Database Mirroring Monitor Jobto update the status table at regular intervals. To learn the age of the displayed status a user can look at the times in the Principal log (<time>) and Mirror log (<time>) labels.
If this job does not exist or SQL Server Agent is stopped, the status becomes increasingly stale and may no longer reflect the configuration of the mirroring session. For example, after a failover, the partners might appear to share the same role—principal or mirror, or the current principal server might be shown as the mirror, while the current mirror server is shown as the principal.


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In just over two years, our international network has extended to ten Innovation Hubs, and we plan to add more. Three of them are in ecosystems that are synonymous with innovation: San Francisco and Boston (USA), Tel Aviv (Israel). Others have been set up in areas where we have a strong commercial presence: Barcelona and Madrid (Spain), which coordinates our other European hubs, São Paulo (Brazil), and Santiago (Chile). We have also opened three Hub&Labs in Italy where innovation and research are interlinked: in the Passo Marino laboratories in Catania, which are at the cutting edge in technological applications in the renewables field; in Pisa, Italy’s scientific research capital; and in Milan, to develop research in grid and infrastructure technologies.
An Innovation Hub is a physical space in which startups can present their projects to our Innovation Managers, as well as to each other. So far, around 14,300 startups have contacted us, and we have set over 585 projects in motion. More than 125 of them are already in the commercialization stage. The hubs are also able to work with each other and bring new experiences into the mix. This means that ideas emerging from the ecosystems can achieve an exponential boost in visibility.
We offer our selected startups all the tools they need to help their businesses take off: technological consultancy with the relevant experts (both in-house and from outside the Group), access to our network of partners (including investors), and the opportunity to test innovative ideas in our laboratories and facilities. In this way they can move to the scale-up phase with a potential market that includes the entire Enel Group and its partners, customers, and suppliers. Thanks to startups, we have created many innovative products in recent years: such as a safety jacket with its own airbag for our technicians working in the field, an audio/video conversion system in our call centers for the visually-impaired, and a hydrogen system for electricity storage that we built in Cerro Pabellón (Chile).

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We develop a high-order nonlinear energy method to study the stability of steady states of the Stefan problem with surface tension. There are two prominent classes of steady states: flat planes and round spheres.
In the case of steady planes, we prove that the equilibria are always stable, asymptotically converging to a nearby flat hypersurface, in arbitrary dimensions. Our proof relies on an energy method along the fixed domain.
In the case of steady spheres, we establish sharp nonlinear stability and instability criterion in arbitrary dimensions. Our nonlinear stability proof relies on an energy method along the moving domain, and the discovery of a new “momentum conservation law”. Our nonlinear instability proof relies on a variational framework which leads to the sharp growth rate estimate for the linearized problem, as well as a bootstrap framework to overcome the nonlinear perturbation with severe high-order derivatives. The instability result is surprising, as it stands in stark contrast to the known stability results for the related Mullins-Sekerka problem.
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"There is no off position on the genius switch."
David Letterman will always have a place in our hearts as one of the best (if not THE best) late night talkshow host. For an amazing 33 years he hosted Late Night with David Letterman on CBS – that’s over an astounding 6,000 episodes and thousands of celebrities.
Letterman, 68, has inspired countless comedians as well as fellow talk show hosts Conan O’Brien and Jimmy Kimmel. But since a much earned retirement last year, what do you think he’s been up to? It’s hard to kick back and relax when you are used to being in the spotlight five nights a week.
“There is no off position on the genius switch.”


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Calling an unwanted pregnancy resulting from rape a something “God intended to happen” is just not right. The reasons are nearly innumerable. But here are a few.
Calling an unwanted pregnancy from rape a gift implies the rape was a gift as well. You can try to say, “Well, I abhor violence. I abhor rape. My god wouldn’t want that.” But even labeling the direct consequences of the violence perpetrated against a woman as what “God intended to happen” grants a divine dispensation to the rapist. Would you also claim, “This rapist wasn’t too bad since he allowed God to bless her?” I think not (unless you are crazy). Separating the pregnancy from the rape that started it is impossible for many women. So until your god starts impregnating women against their will at random, you should probably refrain from equating unwelcome pregnancy by sexual assault with heavenly benefaction.
Calling an unwanted pregnancy from rape a “gift from God,” and using that to defend a position that bans abortion even in cases of rape and incest, turns women into slaves. Forcing rape victims to carry a rapist’s baby (and in many cases, share custody with him) is the ultimate form of reproductive coercion by the state. A lot of people have never hear the term reproductive coercion. Forcing a woman to bear children against her will facilitates her ensnarement in a subservient position to her abuser – or in this case, the rapist. It is government-sanctioned abuse. This isn’t 80s Romania – this is the Unites States of America! Allowing the state to assume authority over a citizen’s body – be that citizen male, female, pregnant or not – is contrary to The Constitution of the United States and contrary to what Americans expect of their government.
Finally, forcing women to bear children against their will because it is your “God’s will” is forcing your religious beliefs on that woman. If you don’t want to have an abortion, don’t have one. If you don’t like the morning after pill, don’t take it. If you think women should just deal with the risks and unalterable physical changes that pregnancy brings with it, then by all means, bear down.
But don’t for one second think that your religious beliefs should be the standard borne by all Americans. Don’t for a moment think that everyone is obligated to serve your god by laying down their own right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness because an reprobate didn’t understand what “NO” meant. And don’t you ever rest in your cozy little bed believing women will just “lay down and take it.”
Because you bet your ass we won’t.


Criticising the State Government for its anti-farmer attitude, the Navnirman Krushak Sangathan (NKS) has demanded bonus of `500 per quintal of paddy during procurement and allowance of `2,000 per month for each farmer till next crop.
Activists of the NKS led by State coordinator Akshaya Kumar are on a dharna for last seven days to press the demands. He warned that the dharna will continue till the demands are met.
Kumar alleged that though a week has passed since the NKS activists started dharna, no leader from any political party has come to the dharna place to discuss the demands with them. The additional requirement for the State Government if bonus of `500 is given will be `1500 crore. The allowance for farmers will also cost another `1,000 crore, Kumar said and added that the Government whose budget runs into more than `50,000 crore can afford the money.


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Rango – Johnny Depp
Rango, a kooky pet chameleon, accidentally winds up in the gritty, gun-slinging town of Dirt, a lawless outpost populated by the desert’s most wily and whimsical creatures. Welcomed as the last hope the town has been waiting for, new Sheriff Rango is forced to play his new role to the hilt, until he starts to become the hero he once only pretended to be.
Arthur – Russell Brand, Helen Mirren
Lovable billionaire Arthur Bach has always relied on his limitless fortune and nanny Hobson to keep him out of trouble. Now he faces his biggest challenge. He must choose between an arranged marriage that will ensure his lavish lifestyle or an uncertain future with the one thing money can’t buy: Naomi, the only woman he has ever loved. With Naomi’s inspiration and some unconventional help from Hobson, Arthur will finally learn what it means to become a man
Limitless – Bradly Cooper, Robert De Niro
Eddie Morra, a burnt-out writer, discovers a top-secret pill that unlocks 100% of his brain’s capacity. He instantly acquires mind-bending talents and mesmerizing visions that bring him big money, beautiful women, and limitless success. But his dream life soon becomes a waking nightmare, as the drug’s brutal side effects take their toll and Eddie finds himself entangled with a cunning Wall Street power broker who wants everything Eddie has and more.
Source Code – Jake Gyllenhaal, Michelle Monaghan
When Captain Colter Stevens wakes up in the body of an unknown man, he discovers he’s part of an experimental government program that enables him to cross over into another man’s identity in the last eight minutes of his life. In order to identify the bomber of a Chicago commuter train, he must relive the incident over and over again, gathering clues to prevent an even deadlier second terrorist attack.
We want to take a minute to say a giant “thanks!” to one of our favorite blog post contributors here at Info Cafe – Tana will be leaving the Davenport library at the end of this week in pursuit of new adventures and we will miss her. She’s an excellent writer with a wide range of reading interests that has helped to make our blog diverse and dynamic. With over 120 posts to her credit Tana wrote, among other things, about “literary” fiction, non-fiction covering contemporary issues and many of the themed displays at the library. I particularly liked Tana’s series of RAGBRAI posts, written in 2008 starting with the July 22 post. They showcase Tana’s wit and good humor and are just plain fun to read.
If you’re lucky enough to know Tana personally, you know she’s smart and funny and cheerful and generous, all of which are excellent qualities in a reference librarian. And in a friend.
Good luck and best wishes always Tana!
The World of Geekcraft: Step-by-Step Instructions for 25 Super-Cool Craft Projects by Susan Beal and Jay B. Sauceda is one of my favorite new craftbooks. What really sets this book apart from the other zillion hip craft books on the shelf is the wide variety of crafts (it’s about time a craft book included fuse beads!) and the cool extras such as the craft designer’s own websites and inserted text explaining the stories behind the geekiness.
Have I made anything from this craftbook? Nope.
Have I still checked it out from the library multiple times? Yes.
And do I really really hope that someday I will make something from it? YES!
Here are a few of the things I wish to make:
•Coraline Mystery Sewing Box by Susan Beal
•Oregon Trail Cross-stitch by John Lohman
•Buffy Fuse Bead Portrait by Shayne Rioux
Some of my other favorite geeky craft books are the The Star Wars Craft Book by Bonnie Burton and The Muppets Big Book of Crafts by the Muppet Workshop
In another month, every break room and front porch is going to be loaded with well-intentioned zucchinis, cucumbers, and tomatoes from benevolent friends and neighbors.
But in the interim, take this recent advice from Lifehacker. According to them, it’s practically a standard equation at the supermarket level regarding deep price markdowns to salvage some return on the product before the freshness date expires.
To compound it, Wednesday may enable you to harness overlap between the the two-week span’s advertising circulars.
It makes sense, and it’s actually true. I figure whatever they aren’t going to be able to work into the next day’s salad bar gets the big red sticker.
Frequently I get seven bagged salad mixes that were $3 once they become $1. That’s the only time to buy. If you pay more than $1, you paid too much. If there’s nothing there for $1, select another style of mix that they are unloading.
Congratulations, you paid $7 instead of $21 for your week’s lunches, you genius.
Apparently the leafy greens in there turn into a pumpkin coach after midnight as opposed to something that is completely edible and delicious we all can safely consume for an additional 7 to 10 days.
Bless you freshness date.
My Mother often tells stories about her father and the everyday adventures he had as a rural postal carrier during the Great Depression – the horse and wagon he used during the winter and when the roads were impassable, the cat they acquired because the cat hitched a ride in the mail truck one day, and how every spring he would deliver boxes of baby chicks, their busy peeps filling the truck – stories about events that now seem strange and distant to our modern world. In those days, raising chickens was commonplace both for eggs and for meat and nearly every farm – and many households in the small towns of Iowa – had a pen for chickens. As small farms and towns disappeared, so did the backyard pens and raising chickens became exotic and unusual. Thanks to the growing interest in eating local and fresh, chickens are cool again.
If you’re thinking about raising your own chickens, take a look at Chick Days: an Absolute Beginner’s Guide to Raising Chickens by Jenna Woginrich. You’ll learn a lot and have fun while you’re at it. Arranged scrapbook style with lots of photos and tips, Woginrich takes you through the first year of raising three chicks to laying hens. Along the way you’ll learn all kinds of trivia and practical information, all presented with humor and encouragement. There’s even a recipe (for quiche! not fried chicken!) These are fancy chickens that produce beautiful eggs and Woginrich makes no bones about the fact that these chickens are being raised as pets (although they’re also good egg producers) Even if you have no intention of adding chickens to your garden, you’ll have fun imagining the possibilities with this book.
The Kids are back in the Hall! Or at least they returned to the hall long enough to make a new 8 episode mini-series in 2008 called Death Comes to Town which is super duper funny and, of course, very Canadian.
It used to be impossible to go a day without seeing an episode of The Kids in the Hall, the Canadian Sketch Comedy show that originally aired on CBS and HBO from 1989 to 1995, and then appeared in constant reruns on Comedy Central and other cable channels. But it has been awhile since I have seen the gang altogether (comedians Dave Foley, Bruce McCulloch, Kevin McDonald, Mark McKinney, and Scott Thomson) since they have all been off making other TV shows, voicing characters in Disney movies, and hosting reality shows in their home country, so I was thrilled to discover this new series sitting on our new DVD shelf.
Instead of The Kids in the Hall‘s usual short comedic sketches, Death Comes to Town is a murder mystery ala Agatha Christie meets Monty Python featuring a huge cast of characters/suspects all played by the five comedians. The story takes place in the small town of Shuckton, Ontario, when the town’s beloved mayor is killed in his home just after informing the town that they did not win the bid to host the 2028 Winter Olympics. One of the mayor’s old hockey prodigies, an recluse who hasn’t left his home in decades, decides to solve the mystery with help from the local news team and a bunch of quirky townspeople, all while a Demon repeatedly tries to kill him.
I highly recommend Death Comes to Town for all Kids in the Hall fans and for anyone who likes their humor both a little dark and very silly. And although fans may be sad not to see most of their favorite KITH characters, there is a brief cameo by the beloved Chicken Lady.
Summer is here at last and that means the Farmers’ Markets and your backyard garden are filled with the bounty of the season. Take advantage of the harvest with some help from the following books:
Cooking in the Moment by Andrea Reusing – Interspersed with short essays and gorgeous photographs of Reusing’s farm and kitchen, this friendly cookbook celebrates simple food cooked with love through the seasons.
Cooking from the Farmers’ Market from William-Sonoma – As you would expect from Williams-Sonoma, this cookbook is beautiful and stylish and offers multiple recipes for each fruit and vegetable featured. Recipes are sophisticated but not out-of-reach.
Harvest to Heat: Cooking with America’s Best Chefs, Farmers and Artisans by Darry Estrine – Here’s a slightly different approach – following the growers and creators using the best ingredients. The emphasis is on family favorites and local delicacies across America.
Seasonal Recipes from the Garden by P Allen Smith – Low-key and approachable, this cookbook makes you feel like you’re exchanging recipes with a good friend. The recipes are favorites of P Allen Smith and his family and celebrate the backyard bounty of the garden.
The Art of Preserving from Williams-Sonoma – Keep some of that summer goodness for the cold days of winter. Not only does this book show you how to make delectable jams and jellys and salsas and relishes, it gives you multiple ways to use them in tasty dishes.
Being a pretty big fan of anything sci-fi or fantasy, I can’t believe it has taken me this long to watch the long-running BBC series Doctor Who. Now that I have, I can’t stop watching! The main character of the show is simply called The Doctor. He’s an alien (though he looks human), and he is the last of the species called the Time Lords. Along with various companions, The Doctor travels through time and space in a contraption called the TARDIS (which is disguised as an old-fashioned blue Police Call Box) looking for trouble and solving a myriad of intergalactical crises. The show has been on since the 1960s and to date there have been 11 different actors who have portrayed The Doctor, whose new look is explained by The Doctor’s ability regenerate if he is near death.
One of my favorite things about this series is the humor. I especially enjoy the fact that The Doctor is always so chipper when presented with a new challenge or catastrophe. He and his companions are constantly encountering crazy-looking aliens and monsters and fighting them off using wisdom and wit. One of my favorite episodes so far had The Doctor and his companion Rose traveling back to 1879 and encountering Queen Victoria, who was being hunted by a werewolf. It’s honestly just a really fun series to watch.
I know what you’re thinking. “But hey, this show has been on since the 1960s! Where am I supposed to start?!” That’s the beauty of Doctor Who, you can really pick it up anywhere and still enjoy it. I chose to start with the 2005 relaunch of the series, The Complete First Series, starring Christopher Eccleston as The 9th Doctor. But one could also argue that the best place to start is The Complete Second Series, which stars David Tennant as the 10th Doctor, because Tennant completely encompasses the fun spirit of the series. He is so fun to watch thanks to his acting talent and his always expressive face, and I’d say he is easily my favorite Doctor (so far, that is, since I’m still on the second series). If you’re a fan of humor, sci-fi, or British TV, I’d strongly recommend checking out this series!
During my childhood, my father worked hard to educate my brother and me on all the classic family sitcoms of the 1960’s: The Andy Griffith Show, F Troop, Mr. Ed, My Three Sons, etc, but all of his references of the Cleaver family fell on ignorant ears until a fateful Father’s Day weekend when TVLand finally introduced reruns of Leave it to Beaver by airing a whole-weekend-long marathon. I was hooked after the first episode and even popped in a VHS tape to record as many episodes as I could (just in case TVLand decided to be cruel and revoke my Cleaver family privileges after the weekend marathon wrapped up. Luckily they did not, and I have had about 15 blissful years of Leave it to Beaver reruns.)
So I finally understood why my Dad always told me that he wanted me to marry “a Wally,” and I quite agreed for a long time (Tony Dow was super cute). Until I met my husband and realized that hanging out with “a Theodore” was a little bit more fun. I think my Dad is just content that I didn’t fall in love with “a Lumpy” or “an Eddie Haskall” (who, by the way, was the inspiration for the name of my brother’s high school punk band).
My father will be out of town this Father’s Day, but I’m going to have to rent some Leave it to Beaver DVDs (from the library, of course!) to celebrate in spirit. I think I will be starting with Season Three so I can watch a specific episode where the Beave loses a copy of Treasure Island and lives in fear of a visit from the LIBRARY COPS!
Daddy by Loup Durand was a bestseller in France but, amazingly, never a huge hit in the U.S.
Thomas, an 11-year-old genius, is being chased by Nazis, after they discover the boy’s grandfather has entrusted him with information about Jewish fortunes held in Swiss bank accounts.
American millionaire David Quartermain, the father Thomas has never known, is summoned by the child’s mother when she realizes her life is in danger. Not only an incredibly tense cat-and-mouse chase novel, this is also the story of how father and son learn to trust and love each other.
Intricately plotted, there are iconic characters (a sociopathic Nazi, a mysterious sniper/bodyguard and wealthy playboy turned patriot), mysteries, secrets, and the always-fascinating setting of World War II Europe. A great and satisfying page-turner.

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Art is the stored honey of the human soul.

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I want to touch people with my art. I want them to say 'he feels deeply, he feels tenderly.'.

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A work of art which did not begin in emotion is not art.

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