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buller
by tomk - 2nd September 2009
Pros: friendly staff everywhere, great atmosphere, the koroora on the weekend
Cons: can have a lack of snow, ridiculously crowded on weeknds
buller is the mountain i spend most my time at and i have fun everytime i go. Its a great place for families and its a great place for place for 18+. If i... Full review
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Preston Park, Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, Stockton-on-Tees, TS18 3RH, United Kingdom
At Butterfly World you can enter the magical world of a Tropical Rain Forest, where you can stroll at your leisure past beautiful trees and flowers. Sit beside the splashing waterfalls and pools and enjoy watching the vibrant wing beats of hundreds of the worlds most...
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From all reports, Lung On was a forward-thinking man, interested in the newest and the best. No better proof of this exists than in his early adoption of the automobile. He became the first car dealer in eastern Oregon when he opened The Tourist Garage in John Day in 1921. He was so successful selling Oldsmobiles – and so unique as a Chinese owner of a dealership – that the national automotive magazine, Motor Age, published a long piece about his entrepreneurial efforts. As the article points out, Lung On was “presumably the sole Chinese automotive merchant in this country.”
The headline of the story is a rather misguided attempt at dispelling stereotypes, "Washee" being a reference to the occupation of laundryman.
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Subject: Re: [OMPI devel] shared-memory allocations
From: Eugene Loh (Eugene.Loh_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-12-21 19:08:43
Re: [OMPI devel] shared-memory allocations
It does not make a difference who allocates
it, what makes a difference is who touches it first.
>..
Yes - it is polling volatile memory, so has
to load from memory on every read.
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Subject: Re: [OMPI users] pipe function call failed...
From: Ralph Castain (rhc_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-03-09 11:52:19
Ignoring an error doesn't seem like a good idea. The real question is why we are getting that error - it sounds like the newest Glibc release has changed the API?? Can you send us the revised one so we can put in a test and use the correct API for the installed version?
On Mar 9, 2010, at 9:40 AM, Lasse Kliemann wrote:
> $ mpirun -n 1 ls
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
> mpirun was unable to launch the specified application as it encountered an error:
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> Error: pipe function call failed when setting up I/O forwarding subsystem
> Node: xxxxx.xxxxxxxxxx.xxxxxxxx.xx
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> while attempting to start process rank 0.
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> I receive this error constantly. I tracked it down so far that it
> appears now certain that the 'tcgetattr' and 'tcsetattr' calls in
> 'orte/mca/iof/base/iof_base_setup.c' are responsible. 'errno' is
> set to 22 each, which means 'invalid argument'. We can simply
> ignore the return values of these calls and continue, as done in
> the attached patch. Some simple tests suggest that everything
> else is fine, but I haven't tested thoroughly yet.
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> On another system, this problem is absent. The main difference
> are GCC and Glibc versions. The problematic system uses GCC 4.3.4
> and Glibc 2.11.1 -- which is the newest Glibc release and maybe
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> analyze this issue.
> <patch.txt>_______________________________________________
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A taste of online CPD courses at the OU
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H.R.2847: Making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, and Science, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes.
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November 05, 2009 Roll call number 340 in the Senate
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Iraqi novelist Haifa Zangana survived torture under
Saddam Hussein’s regime in the 1970s and was subsequently forced into exile in
London. So even though she was by then observing from a distance, Zangana’s
fiction was not unaffected by what she calls the “mayhem and destruction”
brought to Iraq by the 9-year long US-led occupation. After 2003, Zangana,
already the celebrated author of three novels, including Women on a
Journey: Between Baghdad and London, stopped writing fiction and joined the anti-war
movement. Since then, she has written extensively about the huge toll of the
occupation on Iraqi civilians in articles for publications including the Guardian, and in non-fiction books
such as
The Torturer in the Mirror, a collection of essays that questions the US’s justification
for torture after 9/11.
In this interview, she talks about when fiction became insufficient for grasping the magnitude of a post-9/11 reality.
Frances Pinter: Some writers object to realistic depiction of torture in fiction for fear that showing an authority’s repressive methods in detail validates torture and assists the perpetrators in terrorizing people. What moral dilemmas have you faced when depicting torture?
Haifa Zangana:.
FP: In your autobiographical novel, Dreaming of Baghdad, you describe your traumatic experience of being imprisoned and tortured in Qasr al-Nihaya, the detention centre for political prisoners in Iraq. Adiba, a character with a similar past in Women on a Journey: Between Baghdad and London, is also a torture survivor. How different was the process of depicting your own torture and describing torture through a character of your creation?
HZ: Totally different. It took me almost eight years to write Dreaming of Baghdad (a tiny book by the standards of the novel). In the process, I tried to work at a distance myself, while slowly and painfully extracting people and events from the past, from the safe darkness of memory and moving them and myself to the uncertainty of the present in order to have the courage and understanding to look back without being paralysed by fear, bitterness and resentment.
Haifa Zangana at an event in London.
Flickr/Jake Brown. Some rights reserved.
Adiba, as a character, came at a later stage in my writing, which would not have been possible without writing Dreaming of Baghdad first. It was much easier to write “her”. She was a group of Iraqi women put together, but not specifically me. In that sense, I was spared a direct look at my own past, my sense of humiliation, powerlessness and its subsequent nightmares. Adiba, on the other hand, became the bearer of some of these feelings while seeking an end to an exhausting journey. The funny thing is I am often approached by Iraqi women, at literary events, telling me that they know who Adiba is. She is a friend, they whisper. Needless to say, I hadn't met or heard of their friend but I see these encounters as an indication of some success in going beyond the personal.
FP: Nobel Prize winner Harold Pinter denounced, in 2005, the “tapestry of lies” behind the US-led occupation of Iraq and the death and misery it brought upon hundreds of thousands of Iraqi civilians. In his acceptance speech, he said that as a citizen one must ask: “What is true, what is false?” As a writer, however, “a thing is not necessarily either true or false; it can be both true and false”. What made you stop writing fiction after 2003, and devote yourself to writing articles and other non-fiction about the occupation?
HZ: The main thing that made me stop writing fiction was the barrenness of the imaginary. The shock and awe that the US subjected Iraqis to in 2003 was not limited to the bombardment and destruction of the country’s infrastructure; the abuses and torture in Abu Ghraib and other detention centres also pushed Iraqis towards a shift in their priorities. In the mayhem of death and destruction, writing fiction became a luxury that many Iraqi writers, including myself, could not afford, as if parallel to the invasion of our country, our imagination was invaded too. No room was left but for images of men washing blood off pavements, of a pyramid of naked detainees, women queuing in front of morgues looking for their loved ones and troops forcing women and children to watch as they deliberately humiliated their husbands, sons or fathers, sometimes ordering them to take pictures with US soldiers’ cameras. This newly manufactured reality paralysed the imagination, especially in the first six years of the occupation, rendering literary work futile. Here, I listen to the Chilean poet Pablo Neruda, who describes bandits that
came through the sky to kill children
and the blood of children ran through the streets
without fuss, like children’s blood.
[…]
And you'll ask: why doesn’t his poetry
speak of dreams and leaves
and the great volcanoes of his native land?
Come and see the blood in the streets.
Come and see
The blood in the streets.
Come and see the blood
FP: It has been argued that fiction helps to foster respect for human rights: by showing a character’s inner feelings, a novel can demonstrate that all people are fundamentally similar, and so it becomes harder for the reader to justify treating others with cruelty. Do you think that non-fiction can nonetheless be more effective than novels in spreading an understanding of human rights?
HZ: I think what fiction offers is basically an understanding of self and others in relation to place and time. That does not lead necessarily to a realisation that “all people are fundamentally similar”. However, people are and should be equal and this simple message is the heart of human rights, reflected directly or indirectly in many literary forms. Yet it seems almost impossible to implement in many parts of the world. Torture is not just about physical pain that can be forgotten the moment the torture will stop or the tortured released, it is not a moment captured in a horrifically inhuman photo that can be put aside to be forgotten or shelved in a dark spot of memory. For the tortured, it is a lifelong scar. Almost forty years after my release from Qasr al-Nihaya, I still cannot sleep in the dark. I often wake up at 2 a.m. expecting to be led out of my cell to be interrogated. Therefore, there is a need for multifaceted actions to spread better understanding of human rights and to put an end to the practise of torture. Art, filmmaking, poetry, fiction and non-fiction writing (journalism in particular), are all needed to highlight and address this endemic issue.
FP: As well as giving up fiction following the invasion of Iraq in 2003, you stopped writing poetry and literary essays for a while in the 1970s, during a period of intense political activism. How does political activism affect the creative process?
HZ: Sometimes, political activism can enhance the creative process by feeding it with new experiences, new people and expand understanding of specific issues, but only if one is capable of reaching the right balance between the specific nature of activism and the vast open domain of creativity. Otherwise, the writer has to choose between the two. It depends on the writer her/ himself. In my case, despite my longing for literary writing, my priority has been clear.
FP: There is an extensive body of writing about prisons in Modern Arabic literature, with many Arab authors recounting experiences of political imprisonment and torture under repressive regimes. Some of the most enduring icons of the post-9/11 decade, however, are depictions of gross human rights abuses committed by democratic countries that legalized torture in the name of national security: the hooded man; the leashed man; the Guantánamo prisoners in their orange jumpsuits; Abu Ghraib, where you were once imprisoned by Saddam’s regime… How has this new set of references permeated literature in the countries impacted by the so-called “War on Terror”?
HZ: Let me talk about Iraq as a case study. Some Iraqi writers and artists, who initially believed in the US “liberation” and the declared aims of establishing democracy and human rights, soon began to lose hope. Photos and testimonies of detainees released from Abu Ghraib, Bucca in the southern Iraqi desert, Cropper at Baghdad International Airport, and other, unnamed prisons, showed a totally different picture. US and British troops were actually raping women and sodomising men and children. These acts and the images of torture you mention are a clear indication of the occupier’s racist policy of control and humiliation. They are engraved in our collective memory.
In The Torturer in the Mirror, which I co-authored with Ramsey
Clark and Thomas Ehrlich Reifer, I wanted specifically to highlight the
“oneness” of torturers, whether Americans acting on behalf of a democratically
elected government, or Iraqis acting on behalf of a tyrannical regime. They
have one aim in mind: to break your will. When you are stripped of your
clothes, you are stripped of your self-respect and dignity, and gradually of
your humanity. You are reduced to begging for the most basic of needs: a
drink of water or to go to the toilet or, for a woman, to have some sanitary
towels. Fear of pain and of losing control of your body, will make you think of
nothing but the next time you will be beaten up. You are forced to be awake for
days on end with the horrifying anticipation of seeing your friends, relatives
or loved ones tortured in front of you or threatened to be tortured. You will
be interrogated time and again until you accept finally to do as you are
ordered regardless of what you believe and of the truth. When you confess to
crimes you have not committed, causing the arrest of others, you will live with
the shame for the rest of your life, with the knowledge that you betrayed those
people. If you are lucky enough to be released, you will avoid looking into any
one’s eyes for fear of seeing your broken self reflected back at you. You will
carry a bleeding wound inside you and it will either change you into a broken
person, or mean that you will be waiting for the right moment to take revenge
from your torturers, the state and sometimes the whole of society.
I am referring to this particular aspect of the trauma to explain why some writers and artists who are still in Iraq are not willing to make work that reflects the violence and suffering that surrounds them or has been inflicted on them. They paint nostalgic landscapes, old Baghdadi houses and dream-like figures. The least connected to reality. As one artist explains: “Who wants to hang a picture of a decapitated corpse over their dining table?". Could that be escapism? A way to filter brutal reality where death is omnipresent and all colours but black are meaningless? Sometimes artists, poets and writers are accused of being terrorists, as a way of silencing them, of suffocating people’s freedom of imagination. However, some writers and artists continue to defy what Saadi Youssef, the prominent Iraqi poet, has called “bullet censorship”. Sculptor Abdel-Karim Khalil is one of them. Famous for his Prisoner of Abu Ghraib, a marble sculpture depicting the hooded detainee with outstretched arms, he continues to make realistic, horrifying figures, as if it is the only way to get rid of them.
Bearing in mind that 60 % of Iraqi writers have had to flee the country since 2003, it is understandable that most of the written fiction, in years of occupation, has been published outside Iraq including 65 novels dealing with the 2003 invasion alone.
FP: At a recent literary event hosted by Redress, you mentioned that you missed fiction. Why?
HZ: I miss the freedom of solitude and dream. To spend as much time as I like with my characters, in my created space. Following them from one place to another or not moving at all. Seeing the continuity in their lives without knowing what the process of writing is leading us to. Fiction gives you the power to create a world that does not deny you access to the past, that gives you the power to decide the future. It is an act of creation woven with the joy of exploring language and images. It feels like the Iraq that I miss.
Additional research by Eva Sanchis
1 ↑ From Nathaniel Tarn's translation of 'I'm Explaining a Few Things' in Selected Poems: A Bilingual Edition, by Pablo Neruda (London: Cape, 1970)
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Ok. Here is an interesting problem. We have purchased one of those remote serial console access devices, and it "supports" ldap. On our servers we use search filters to control who has access to which of our servers... such as sub?|(gid=55) etc. BUT, this little thing only supports proving a "base" and not any filters. If it just has our base then everyone in our LDAP has access to this device and want to limit it to just the sysadmin group. Is there a way to create a virtual view of our existing LDAP directory with a different base but behind the scenes is a filtered view of our full LDAP directory. I thought I remember seeing something like this was available. Either as a backend option or something like that. Any ideas?
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ADI SIDHWA APPOINTED DIRECTOR OF SALES AND MARKETING AT GRAND HYATT ERAWAN BANGKOK
Pressemitteilung von:
Grand Hyatt Erawan Bangkok
Adi Sidhwa - Director of Sales & Marketing
(openPR) - BANGKOK, May 2012 – Richard Greaves, General Manager of Grand Hyatt Erawan Bangkok, recently announced the appointment of Adi Sidhwa as Director of Sales and Marketing of the hotel.
A graduate of Westminster College, Adi Sidhwa started his career at the Dorchester London in 1994 as Banquet Server. He then joined the Taj Group of Hotels where he held the various management roles in the Food & Beverage and Rooms divisions at Mumbai, New Delhi, Kathmandu and was part of the opening team at Taj Exotica, Goa. In 2000, Adi moved to New York to join the Radisson Lexington Hotel as Director of Corporate Sales and later became Director of Sales and Marketing at Doubletree Metropolitan Hotel.
Mr. Sidhwa first joined Hyatt in 2006 as Associate Director of Sales at Grand Hyatt New York and was subsequently promoted to Director of Sales and Marketing for Andaz Wall Street in September 2008, which was the position he held prior to his recent appointment as Director of Sales and Marketing at Grand Hyatt Erawan Bangkok. With his recent appointment, Mr. Sidhwa has moved from the USA to Bangkok with his wife to settle down in his new position at Grand Hyatt Erawan Bangkok.
“I am proud and excited to lead the sales and marketing team of Grand Hyatt Erawan Bangkok, one of Bangkok’s most established international chain hotels. Thailand is one of my favourite countries as I spent my first six years in Bangkok and this opportunity brings me great excitement as it it is a home coming of sorts. Furthermore, working at Grand Hyatt Erawan Bangkok also allows me to be part of authentic Thai hospitality. In 2012 there is certainly a high level of competition in Bangkok in the hospitality industry. I am, however, confident that with a team effort and long-established relationships between our sales and marketing team and our loyal clients, we will be able to maintain the positioning of Grand Hyatt Erawan Bangkok as one of the leading hotels in Thailand and continue to be the preferred brand among international and local guests,” said Adi..
Patty Lerdwittayaskul Director of Marketing Communications
Jularak Cholharn Public Relations Manager
Marketing Communications Department / Grand Hyatt Erawan Bangkok
Phone: +66 2254 1234 Ext: 4380
[email protected]
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Robert replies..."Jesus hated the Pharisees that practiced "self righteousness" and they were quite angry with Jesus because He claimed to be God in a human body, then conspired to kill Him...which they succeeded in doing but you know what happened next right? Plus Jesus said that their religion would crash and burn which it did and Jerusalem, was pulverized by the Romans. So these practitioners of a false form of the Jewish religion that Satan created through them and Jesus called their god Satan..He said "Your father is the devil"...precisely what I say to you Kernal.(So your attempt to mouth the word "monotheism" is fruitless...Satan has created a huge amount of false religions and philosophies, practices, third eye and reincarnation belief systems by the thousands. You are no less guilty than James that cherry picks what feels good to him and ignores the questions I ask of him, or pleads ignorance
Self Righteousness ? If you want to see someone even more self righteous than the Pharisees, Robert, Try looking in the mirror. You are so busy judging the faults of the evil souless people like Kernel and I that you seem to ignore the teaching to "judge not lest ye be judged in like manner".
Satan is the "accuser" and your messages look far more satanic than they do christlike.
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can yoju read? (probobly since you orf perhaps ypour trained parrot writes for you? REad the book of revelations so ypou can have a littlemore OOOmph in your discussion about Jesus
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Yeah yeah Jesus is your boss and that's the same thing the abortion clinic bombers say and the crusades and inquisition supporters said and it is what the "god hates fags" people say as they drag homosexuals behind their pick up trucks.
Now why would you point me to what Kernel says after all you say he is a "numbskull" how would he know anything let alone that you love him.
Now you call me "stupid" and "dimwit" and you expect to have any credibility when it comes to spirituality.
I am quite sure you turn more people against Christ than you draw towards Christ.
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PEPO MZUNGU WATU . WANA DHANI DHANA YENYE KOSA PEPO UONGO.
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As I said before. I do not like to read Revelations because I do not like to hear of people being harmed, even if it is their own choice or fault.
Rejoice not in iniquity. It makes me nauseous to think of such things. It makes me want to cry, so I avoid thinking about it. That is my learned behavoir.
I am sure I know all of what you say, but I just cannot bear to face it.
And you can curse and swear all you want. Call me names and criticisize me. I refuse to find ANY satisfaction in the suffering of anyone. SO rub your hands in glee if you must, but leave me out of your sadistic pleasures.
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There is absolutely no evidence that Jesus struck anyone with those whips. Whips are often used to scatter animals as Jesus would scatter the sacrificial lambs. Turning over tables and scattering money is not harming people.
Even when the centurians ear was cut off Jesus healed it..
Righteousness means doing the right thing. Which means not harming or abusing others and not rejoicing when others are harmed.
It is bad enough that people do things that get themselves harmed, drug overdoses, drunk driving, stds etc. without causing them more pain by adding insult to injury.
The consequences of sin is death , seperation from God. Eternal unhappiness and lack of love and high self esteem (not to be confused with pride) of knowing you are doing the right thing.
I wish this on NO ONE no matter how evil YOU might judge them to be, I will pray for their salvation, every one of them, with my last breath and I will NOT condemn them to hell by judging them guilty no matter how "righteous" YOU might think that judgement is.
righteousness is loving people, not calling them names.... instructing each other in humility
Galatians 6:1 Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted.
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Yes I can read Robert.
I prefer to come to Jesus as a child,
If you would like to berate ne as one, feel free, but do you really think Jesus would approve?
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Perhaps what you judge as lies, are just misunderstanding caused by cultural and language barriers?
What is truth? Whose truth?
If a lion eats a gazelle it is good for the lions children but bad for the gazelles children, But is it evil?
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I double dar you to read the scary bopok of revelations wimp
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I have read it, but unlike you I do not enjoy hearing or seeing about the suffering of others. For example, I realize you do not want my advice and you think you do not need my advice, and you thinnk my prayers for you are misplaced. However, having said that I fear for your own eternal damnation and so I write messages not declaring you to be any more unrighteous than I, but pleading with you (in my own way) to reconsider the way you reach out to those you seem to be more condemning to eternal torment than trying to save them from eternal torment. But who am I to teach you? No one, I have enough problems dealing with my own spiritual affairs to try and give you advice on yours.
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I have read it, but unlike you I do not enjoy hearing or seeing about the suffering of others.
So you choose to ignore that side of Jesus as Lord adn Judge of humanity? You choose to insist that He woujld never "harm" (your word) a human being? Thatr asd Judge He will simply turn His facve away from the actions of mankind?
That would not be much incentive to all the evil doers now would it James?
Aww dont wory lets just rape pillage and steal because the judge is a lenient liberal sweet heart with no animosoity or any hateful attitudes...is that what you "believe James?
Hey by the way James I do not mind ypou praying for me but your misplaced prayer for my salvation is what I do not need...may be you are insecure in yours?
If you have the urge to pray for me please pray for me to have WISDOM...thanks!!!
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Wisdom it is then. Done
And Jesus would never harm anyone and neither would God. In fact since the beginning of man all God has done is try to persuade man not to persue his "lemming urge".
Do not blame God or Jesus for the choices of men.
May you have the wisdom to change your course and turn to Jesus for your salvation, because right now I see you doing a lot of judging people and sending condemning them to hell.
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May you have the wisdom to change your course and turn to Jesus for your salvation, because right now I see you doing a lot of judging people and sending condemning them to hell.
Thanks, but drop the "Salvation " thingy. I was born again, baptized with the Holy Ghost and fire and saved forty years ago..now I need all the wisdom I can contain
As for "hell" I have never used hell word in this forum..so knock that off and study the book of Revelations, especially noteworthy is chapter 13, right after Jesus describes His only Church...His Bride in chapter 12, that mysterious woman clothed in the sun, pregnant with a brand new revelation for today the Solar manifestation of Jesus Christ as He intensifies His radiance seven times brighter and burns away wickedness.
Chapter 13 James signals the coming of an amazing human being that is able to mimic Christ on many levels. His main counterfeit is that he seems to come back from the dead. Get familiar with that soon coming event so you are not totally dumbfounded, shocked and amazed like most of the world will be. The event will be proclaimed as "The Second coming and will resemble this parody
we come in peace
we will met again under the Iron Sky
yes here they come again...the Second Coming...really..literally..no kidding...
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Wonderful ambience, exquisite
Wonderful ambience, exquisite food (especially the lobster curry soup), and service that meets your every need. Went to The Charleston for a special occasion and it was certainly worth every pretty penny.
5/14/2013 12:00:00 AM
Simply the best!
We have frequented Charleston over the years that we have been in Baltimore because the dishes are thoughtful and well crafted, even with an ever changing menu. But for me, it's the restaurant's staff that puts Charleston above the rest. I am fortunate to frequent many of the best restaurants throughout the US- while I always enjoy a delightful meal it, I truly appreciate a solid team working together flawlessly within a restaurant. Charleston has the most wonderful group of individuals on staff. If you are ever in Baltimore, do yourself a favor and plan a dinner at Charleston- you will be glad that you did!
5/14/2013 12:00:00 AM
The BEST
This is hands down the best experience I've had in a restaurant of any type. The service was beyond expectation, so good in fact that it set a new mark for how a high-end restaurant really ought to be. The food was exceptional backed up with helpful and thoughtful staff and came out nothing short of perfect. The ambience was quiet, intimate, and perfectly fitting for such a great restuarant. After such a great experience, the price I paid for the meals was more than fair. If you've ever wondered what a perfect restaurant experience feels like, hastly make your way to Charleston. Even with high expectations it will still blow your mind.
5/12/2013 12:00:00 AM
Outstanding
Charleston was simply outstanding in every way. Food melted in your mouth. Each bite was unique and fabulous. I wish I could dine here every day! Top of my list of favorite restaurants! Well deserved. Every detail was well planned and executed. Lovely!
5/12/2013 12:00:00 AM
High expectations met
I had been wanting to dine at Charleston for a few yearsn but I had balked at paying its high price point. However, for the occasion of finishing graduate school, I figured that it was now or never. The service was perfect and the food was some of the best that I have ever had. Each dish was flavorful and properly cooked without ant flavor being too dominant over the others. Although the portion sizes are not generous, I felt that I enjoyed the food more not having to try to stuff in each oversized portion. Too many nice aspects from this experience to recount here, but suffice it say, I will be returning for my next special occasion.
5/11/2013 12:00:00 AM
Best dining expericence EVER!
Without question, the best dining experience EVER (in over 60 years!!).
5/4/2013 12:00:00 AM
Another great experience
Every visit helps lock in Charleston as our favorite restaurant in Baltimore. Attentive service from knowledgeable staff. Every one of our dishes was excellently prepared. There were four of us, and we each had four courses (not incl dessert) so we had lots to try from each of our plates. The halibut, lamb, and scallop dishes were truly noteworthy. It was one of our guest's birthday, and chef Cindy Wolf came out to the table to extend her wishes. She is warm and approachable - not always the case with other chefs. An excellent dining experience - you will not be disappointed.
5/4/2013 12:00:00 AM
Wonderful eating experience!
My 2 sons and I enjoyed an outstanding dining experience last night at Charleston. The service was wonderful and the food, wine and presentation was outstanding!
5/4/2013 12:00:00 AM
Wonderful dinner for my wife's
Wonderful dinner for my wife's birthday. She was very happy that several different people told her happy birthday throughout the evening. Food was fantastic and service was wonderful. A great experience that everyone should try at least one time.
5/3/2013 12:00:00 AM
Best dining experience in Bmore.
I took my parents there who are big goodies and they said it was better than restaurants they've gone to in Paris. The asparagus soup was to die for, fabulous menu, excellent wine pairings... A really special, elegant experience.
5/3/2013 12:00:00 AM
Great night
Menu had great variety of choices. Food presentation was excellent and boy did it taste good. Staff were friendly and professional. I highly recommend the wine pairings BUT be prepared to walk home or take a cab. Can't wait to go back again
5/2/2013 12:00:00 AM
Always fabulous
Nothing more to say-Charleston is the best restaurant in the city.
5/2/2013 12:00:00 AM
Anniversary Dinner
Taking advantage of a gift card lessened the "sticker shock" and overall it was an excellent dining experience. Exactly what one would want when celebrating a special occasion. An impressive range of food courses and wine accompaniments allowed us to sample a wide range of the menu offerings (allowing us to share twice the variety by each ordering a different set of courses). All levels of service were exemplary. We would highly recommend Charleston for that special dining occasion.
5/1/2013 12:00:00 AM
Would be total 5 star but
Would be total 5 star but 1) service falls off at dessert, took very long for dessert to arrive by which time coffee was stone cold. -need to serve coffee and dessert simultaneously 2); no hand towels or hand dryer in ladies room -have no alternative but to drip dry
4/27/2013 12:00:00 AM
Our third time there and it
Our third time there and it gets better and better! Took some friends from out of town to dinner with us, everything was beyond amazing! Can't wait for out forth trip!
4/27/2013 12:00:00 AM
Outstanding in every way
If Michelin were in Baltimore, this restaurant would be at the top of their list. We had trouble deciding what to order, everything on the menu sounded fabulous. Service is professional and friendly. The food is beautiful to look at and loaded with flavor. We had a drink, an incredible 4 course meal with wine pairings, tax and tip in the $350 area. Dessert is "complimentary". Yes, costly, but we felt it is worth every penny when you are ready for a very special dining experience. There are several dining rooms, we had a view of the kitchen, which I enjoyed.
4/25/2013 12:00:00 AM
NEW FAVORITE!
As a first-time patron, I can truly say this is my NEW FAVORITE RESTAURANT! The fried oysters were spectacular, the lamb was succulent, the lobster soup was amazing, and the desserts were to die for... OUTSTANDING!
4/25/2013 12:00:00 AM
Wonderful time and absolutely
Wonderful time and absolutely amazing food. The unique menu allows you to order a number of different items (all items are smaller in size and and the traditional "courses" are not observed as you can choose 3, 4, or 5 courses of whatever you would like). Expensive but more than just dinner, it is an experience!
4/23/2013 12:00:00 AM
Superb Baltimore Restaurant
Charleston is good on every test. Service, food and ambiance outstanding.
4/22/2013 12:00:00 AM
The food was excellent, the
The food was excellent, the staff attentive and friendly, and an extensive wine list. Highly recommended.
4/20/2013 12:00:00 AM
While we thought everything
While we thought everything was fantastic, nothing stood out. We frequent fine dining restaurants and this one was overpriced for what you recieved. We could have eaten similar quality food and recieved the same excellent service at other locations for half the price. Again, it was wonderful, but the price was not worth it.
4/20/2013 12:00:00 AM
If you want to be treated
If you want to be treated like a king & queen, this is the place to go! The service is top notch. Everything is explained in detail, the staff is very attentive, and each course is started with clean plates and silverware. The food is divine; even though portions are small, they are prepared with such care and quality that you want to savor each bite! Chef Cindy came out to greet her guests and is very gracious and humble. My friends told me "to eat before you come" but I didn't find that necessary. Even my 260 lb husband thought the meal was filling. Of course he ordered the 6 course meal!
4/20/2013 12:00:00 AM
An amazing dinner! Was taken
An amazing dinner! Was taken here for a date, and absolutely loved it!
4/19/2013 12:00:00 AM
I have been to Charleston
I have been to Charleston about 7 or 8 times and have previously done this survey. This is a great restaurant and the food is excellent.
4/19/2013 12:00:00 AM
Superb tranquil great food
Superb tranquil great food professional staff. Would recommend to any serious foodie.
4/18/2013 12:00:00 AM
The service was amazing! I
The service was amazing! I also enjoyed the freedom of ordering the courses any way I wanted. Next time I am in Baltimore I will be back!
4/18/2013 12:00:00 AM
It was my husbands 60th birthday
It was my husbands 60th birthday and it was a great place to celebrate. The staff was great and everyone wished him happy birthday. The bar tender was great. Third best cosmopolitan I have ever had. The waiter was excellent. We allowed him to pick our dinner and wine pairings for the evening. He made sure to call a taxi for us when we left and I appreciated that. Highly recommend this restaurant.
4/17/2013 12:00:00 AM
This is very possibly the
This is very possibly the best meal I have ever had. And I have patronized some stellar restaurants. What is for sure, is the the service here is as good as anything I have ever experienced. Simply exquisite. The food is also incredible. I recommend it highly.
4/16/2013 12:00:00 AM
The overall dining experience
The overall dining experience was one to remember. All of the courses were delicious and the presentations were impeccable. I would recommend The Charlston to anyone and I will be back very soon!
4/10/2013 12:00:00 AM
Charleston went out of their
Charleston went out of their way to make my husband's birthday dinner a memorable one. The food and service were first rate, worth the expensive price. We will definitely be returning for other special nights out and would go more frequently if we lived in Baltimore!
4/6/2013 12:00:00 AM
The Best!!
Outstanding! Charleston is a top notch restaurant with cuisine of the highest standard and service to match. If you are in Baltimore and need a place for a special occasion or merely to delight in all the best this earth has to offer, this is the place. Heck, if you just want a GREAT dinner go here! We enjoyed every course. The Lobster Soup was the best I have had. The wine pairings are right on for each course. The staff is professional but not stuffy .. they are enjoyable to converse with. We have eaten at many of the country's highest rated restaurants and would rank Charleston among the very top. We actally enjoyed dining at the Charleston so much that our next visit to Baltimore when depend upon having reservations.
4/6/2013 12:00:00 AM
Most creative, interesting,
Most creative, interesting, inventive - this is no cookie-cutter. Get with Michelin and Relais - Charleston has become one of the best restaurants in the United States!
4/5/2013 12:00:00 AM
From the moment we stepped
From the moment we stepped into the restaurant, the atmosphere and service was superb. Overall, an excellent dining experience to celebrate my birthday!
4/5/2013 12:00:00 AM
Overall, it was another wonderful
Overall, it was another wonderful experience; however, there were some minute disappointments. We were met at the door by a lady, I can only describe as "snobby". She looked at us, did not greet us and just stared at us. So, I had to "explain" that we had a reservation. Then, there was a man at another table near to us who kept using his cellular phone. It is unfortunate that the staff did not step in to ask him to refrain from using his phone. It definitely ruined the atmosphere. Fortunately, after some intense staring and comments from us, he stopped. We were also disappointed that it seemed that Tony Foreman and Cindy Wolfe, both of whom were present, did not stop by our table but stopped by the other tables.
4/4/2013 12:00:00 AM
Our dinner was wonderful,
Our dinner was wonderful, and the wine pairings were superb with each course. Dinner was served at a perfect pace. We did not feel rushed through dinner, but there wasn't a markable lull between courses. The service staff were all pleasant and very efficient. The desert menu lacked a little panache, but over all the experience was worth the expense. Our thanks to the Chef and staff.
4/2/2013 12:00:00 AM
Took my daughter to dinner
Took my daughter to dinner for her birthday. She loves the food. I also think the food is the best! We asked for a table in the bar area. The view is very nice. The food was awesome. It is a wonderful dinning experience.
4/2/2013 12:00:00 AM
As good as Michelin Star restaurant
We savored tastes that would satisfy any foodie. Portion size was appropriate and presentation was lovely. Selection of dishes prepared with notable ingredients of excellent quality. The restaurant's menu is like a Prix fixe menu with the price varying only by number of courses you choose, but the entire menu is eligible. You could order three entrees OR my selection: the superb artichoke soup,a spinach-pear-spicy pecan salad and exquisite entree of turbot for the same price as any other three selections. My partner selected the 3 course with wine pairings and thought every choice of wine was perfect. We had the pleasure to dine at a few Michelin star restaurants and this rivaled their excellence, in our opinion.
4/1/2013 12:00:00 AM
Fabulous service!
When I ordered a somewhat unusual pre-dinner cocktail, our waiter actually coordinated getting the ingredients from Charleston's sister restaurant. I couldn't believe it! And the cocktail, a pisco sour, was fantastic. My husband and I both ordered the chef's recommended menu, which included a to-die-for crawfish bisque. We'll definitely be going back!
3/30/2013 12:00:00 AM
A True Gem
Charleston is an experience that everyone should have at least once in their lives. Food is incredible and the wine pairings are outstanding.
3/30/2013 12:00:00 AM
We had a perfect evening.
We had a perfect evening. The waiter was quite attentive and the wine list very impressive and we selected a wonderful Chardonnay (Littorai) that will be our new favorite. The only real "problem" that we had was deciding on our food selections as the menu was filled with so many tempting dishes. Each of the four of was convinced that theirs was the best! The desserts were wonderful as were the little candy sampler. My only "regret" was not saving enough room to sample from the spectacular cheese table. A memorable evening from arrival to departure.
3/29/2013 12:00:00 AM
Nice, in so many ways, from
Nice, in so many ways, from beginning to end- Excellent service and food!
3/29/2013 12:00:00 AM
We had dinner at Charleston
We had dinner at Charleston on March 29, 2013 after a very special occasion and wanted it to be memorable. I was not disappointed and it exceeded all expectations. We travel all over the world and pride ourselves in minding little gem restaurants that are always memorable. Charleston was magnificent. The service was impeccable and it was so efficient and low key that you forgot about being served, everything flowed so effortlessly and beautifully. The food was out of this world, creative and all the ingredients worked so well in each course. I chose the five course with wine, and I highly recommend getting the wine selections with the courses. Chef Wolf came out and welcomed us, and it was such a classy thing to do. 5 Stars!
3/29/2013 12:00:00 AM
Took my girlfriend there for
Took my girlfriend there for her birthday and it was a wonderful dining experience. Excellent service and the food was cooked perfectly. We had a great time and we would definitely go back again.
3/28/2013 12:00:00 AM
Charleston is absolutely wonderful.
We had heard a lot about Charleston and how good every thing was, although expensive. This past Tuesday was our 30th wedding anniversary and we decided to splurge some and give them a try. Are we glad we did. From the time we walked in until we left, not one thing was less than exceptional. We were treated like Kings in every way. The food, wine, and service could not have been better. Yes, it is expensive but it's worth every penny. Charleston should be on your "bucket list".
3/26/2013 12:00:00 AM
Service was Great and Attentive.
Service was Great and Attentive. Atmosphere was Chic/comfortable.The food was Amazing and wine pairing was perfect! The food was great except for 2 little mistakes ( Foie Gras was slightly overcooked,and the squab was under cooked so hard to cut through) These were quickly corrected and a re-do was offered automatically without question. What impressed me even more was the owner/chef came out personally to apologize for the mishap and offered the replacement. It is seldom that you see a celeb chef in their own kitchen.This was a refreshing surprise. I had the 6 Course Menu with wine pairing, so much food! It was great, would have liked smaller portions,by the end was getting stuffed to enjoy the last couple of dishes.Amazing a must go! Wil
3/25/2013 12:00:00 AM
The experience at Charleston
The experience at Charleston is always wonderful. The food is different from any other restaurant and the staff treats the patrons like royalty. Of course, the customer pays for both, but it is worth it.
3/23/2013 12:00:00 AM
Superb ambience and service,
Superb ambience and service, with superlative food !
3/23/2013 12:00:00 AM
This is a wonderfully thought
This is a wonderfully thought out, well executed restaurant. The food is exquisitely prepared with a real point of view. The staff, to a person, is about excellence in execution. It was my third or fourth visit, (I'm from Philadelphia) and I think it only gets better.
3/21/2013 12:00:00 AM
Wonderful!!!
From the time my boyfriend and I entered the restaurant on 21 March 2013,the service was impeccable. The food was expertly prepared and very tasty. Please make sure you have the Lobster Soup. It is beyond reproach. I love this place. My boyfriend, who is a foodie and has visited many restaurants, says that by far this was the best restaurant he's ever been to!!! Kudos to the Chef and her entire staff. True Professionals!!!!!
3/21/2013 12:00:00 AM
Charleston consistently provides
Charleston consistently provides the best dining experience in the Baltimore/DC area. The food is excellent, the portions are perfect, the service is attentive but not overbearing, the staff is knowledgeable and friendly and the owners regularly make rounds among the diners. It is just a superb experience all around. When the bill comes, no matter how high (and it will be high), you will feel like it was worth every penny.
3/16/2013 12:00:00 AM
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The White Room is separated from the Dining Room by a sleek, dark zebrawood partition and gets its name from the soft white ambiance of the room. The White Room is perfect for up to 14 guests for a seated dinner, and up to 35 guests for a reception style event. It is an exceptional intimate space for any type of celebration or gathering.
The Main Dining Room is the featured room for your next private dining and cocktail experience. Laced in elegance, the Dining Room has low velvet seating, creamy white-tiled pillars, and a full bar where our Mixologists craft pre-prohibition libations throughout your event. The Dining Room can accommodate up to 50 guests for a seated dinner, and up to 110 guests for a reception-style event.
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Dining Style:
Casual Elegant
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(617) 242-6009
Hours of Operation:
Hours of operation: Dinner is served seven days a week
Sunday – Thursday 5pm-10:30pm
Friday and Saturday 5pm-11:30pm
Koullshi 5pm-1:30am
We don't take reservations for KOULLSHI.
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Moroccan, Middle Eastern, Mediterranean
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Samad Naamad
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Business Casual
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Yes
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Banquet/Private Rooms, Bar Dining, Bar/Lounge, Beer, Cigar Room, Entertainment, Full Bar, Gluten-free Menu, Late Night, Non-Smoking Area, Non-Smoking Restaurant, Personal wines welcome, Personal wines welcome (corkage fee applies), Private Room, Smoking Area, Takeout, Wheelchair Access, Wine:
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Great Food and atmosphere
I brought my wife and 8 year old daughter here for Mother's Day. We all enjoyed the experience. The ladies are still talking about how good the food was. And I would highly recommend the sangria.
5/12/2013 12:00:00 AM
FABULOUS
Great atmosphere and the belly dancers were phenomenal...they really get the crowd going!!!
5/11/2013 12:00:00 AM
Fun and memorable dining experience
The food was exceptionally good, but this was a particularly memorable dining experience because of the ambiance, service and attention to detail. The belly dancing was somewhat less than authentic, but still fun for the novelty.
5/2/2013 12:00:00 AM
Very friendly wait staff (but
Very friendly wait staff (but slow), excellent food, interesting menu - but they were out of lots of things - were in the middle of rewriting the menu so some things weren't available, so it took awhile to actually decide what to order. Lovely decor with wonderful cozy and romantic curtained nooks. We had a very enjoyable experience and would go back.
4/27/2013 12:00:00 AM
Ambiance is definitely great
Ambiance is definitely great in Tangerino and our table had rose pedals on it:) I thought that our host was a bit too serious and I was also surprised to be carded when we went from the restaurant down to the bar. Again, the guy checking our ids was way too serious. Our Russian waitress was really nice and she was knowledgeable. The appetizers were very tasty (we had the Eggplant tagine and the lamb in filo dough). They were smaller than usual appetizers, but it wasn't a surprise since I read other people's reviews and that was mentioned. For us the size was fine and left us hungry enough for more food. IT was a bit disappointing because they didn't serve the brochettes anymore, but the monk fish special and the lemony chicken made up for i
4/26/2013 12:00:00 AM
My wife and I very much enjoyed
My wife and I very much enjoyed Tangierino. We went on a whim as we happened to be in Charlestown. We'll now look for opportunities to return.
4/11/2013 12:00:00 AM
Satisfied customer
I really enjoyed the food and the setting. I was there one year ago on a first date.We been dating for one year and decided to go back for our one year celebration.It was just as I remembered it. Great food,romatic and awsome service.Oh yeah my boyfreind enjoyed the belly dancers.I will recommend this place to others.
4/6/2013 12:00:00 AM
This is my third time to Tangierino
This is my third time to Tangierino. I must say that the food was very good--even better than I remembered! We order the salmon tagine, Moroccan eggplant, vegetable couscous, asaparagus with za'atar and aromatic mushrooms. Aromatic mushrooms were nothing special but the rest was very tasty. I especially like the olives and chumus served before our meal. However, this time, I think that they were understaffed. The whole night took about 3.25 hours. When we arrived (after having a reservation) we weren't seated for 40 minutes or so. Then, it took a long time to order (we had to ask one of the waitstaff to send us back our waiter). Overall, we all (4 people) had a great time. The atmosphere is always great and the food were grea
4/6/2013 12:00:00 AM
Great food. Excellent and
Great food. Excellent and a very unique ambiance. For-special-occasions type restaurant. Service was great. Background music was nice. Note: Lighting is very dim. Takes a few minutes to get used to.
3/31/2013 12:00:00 AM
A must go!
The food was amazing. You received a lot of food, but didn't feel stuffed. The little cubbies and booths separated by tapestries were very romantic. The belly dancers were great too and the ambiance was very authentic.
3/30/2013 12:00:00 AM
My husband and I went to celebrate
My husband and I went to celebrate a milestone birthday -- I wanted atmosphere and there was plenty of it! Loved the textiles and Moroccan style decor - sexy even w/o the belly dancers who I loved as well. Our server was attentive (but not overly) and helpful w/ the menu. As far as the dishes we ordered, I would say they were solid but not memorable. The tuna tartare was good and the eggplant (main dish) was quite good. The restaurant was in the midst of changing their menu and the two dishes I would have ordered (both curries) were no longer available. Oh well. We had a wonderful time and would definitely go back.
3/30/2013 12:00:00 AM
The lamb dishes were amazing.
The lamb dishes were amazing. Unique live entertainment occured during our meal courtesy of the belly dancers. The indian music playing in the background was a little odd though - the atmosphere could have been more authentic with moroccan music instead. But the food and atmosphere was amazing overall (although the dishes are quite pricey)!
3/30/2013 12:00:00 AM
Great restaurant! Food was
Great restaurant! Food was amazing, great ambiance, superb service! Would definitely visit again!
3/29/2013 12:00:00 AM
Good food and service. Beverage
Good food and service. Beverage prices were ridiculous: the water and tea cost over 20% of the bill (only sparkling water and a little bit of tea). Price gouging at its finest.
3/27/2013 12:00:00 AM
The lamb was too fatty for
The lamb was too fatty for me but otherwise everything was fantastic.
3/26/2013 12:00:00 AM
Superb!
Had a wonderful experience at this restaurant. The staff were well trained and everyone work in sync. Food was superb. Would recommend this. We took advantage of Restaurant Week in Boston. We would return for a special occasion.
3/24/2013 12:00:00 AM
Phenomenal food, excellent
Phenomenal food, excellent service, offset by loud atmosphere, most of the restaurant is cozy little booths, but the back room is cramped tables that feel like your on top of the table next to you.
3/24/2013 12:00:00 AM
The food is outstanding, service
The food is outstanding, service is courteous and friendly, and Saturday nights, there are very enthusiastic belly dancers! Definitely the place to go for a fun night out with friends. Just beware the belly dancers if you're on the shy side - they don't take no for an answer. ;)
3/23/2013 12:00:00 AM
Service for my wife and I
Service for my wife and I was very good. Food arrived at a good pace. Ambiance was great; we were able to sit next to each other and shaded from other diners by by curtains. Both meals very good (short rib tagline and duck). A bit pricey, but overall a good experience.
3/23/2013 12:00:00 AM
Amazing food and ambiance!
Great for a date or small group of fun friends if you reserve a private curtained space. Fun atmosphere, live belly dancing, and amazing food! First time having Moroccan and I am hooked. Our waitress had great recommendations and was so friendly
3/22/2013 12:00:00 AM
We had the best time! First
We had the best time! First time dining here and it was amazing! Food was delicious and service was excellent. Tatiana was our server and was great! Very romantic and sexy place to go to! My husband and I felt like we were on our honeymoon!! Highly recommend and can't wait to go back Thank you!!
3/21/2013 12:00:00 AM
The ambiance was calming.
The ambiance was calming. The food was scrumptious. It was also just the right quantity to satisfy and not waste. Our waiter was attentive while not being overbearing.
3/20/2013 12:00:00 AM
We came up from RI and this
We came up from RI and this was a great first time experiece. The atmoshpere, food and service were great and we'll be back again.
3/16/2013 12:00:00 AM
Pleasant trip
Found Tangierino after jogging past it the other day. A pleasantly cavernous journey precedes your arrival at a group nest or a mismatched chair and table. Multiple things are off the menu, but the things we had were a joy. The shrimp starter was substantial and flavoursome. I had the cod and risotto special that presented me with two pucks that in the light appeared exactly the same and selectively obscured by brushes of fresh arugula. Happily they presented two wonderfully cooked textures built to support the Fibonacci-esque inter-costal muscles of that rare cod. Heather had the royal cous-cous, consisting of the old world cous cous bolstered with a tender joint of lamb and a well received spanicopita'd chunk of minced lamb.
3/15/2013 12:00:00 AM
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For assembly 1, amplify H2B with
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French director Vincent Boussard has concentrated on opera since making his debut at the Comédie Française’s Studio Theatre in 1999. Since then productions have included Il re pastore and Così fan tutte at the Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie in Brussels, Don Giovanni at the Festwochen für Alte Musik in Innsbruck and Baden Baden Festival as well as several baroque operas, collaborating with conductors including René Jacobs, William Christie and Alessandro de Marchi. He also works on productions with young artists at various opera studios including those in Madrid, Ghent, Brussels and Lyon. His most recent productions were Louise at the Opéra National du Rhin, Hamlet at Marseille Opera, Agrippina and Candide at the Staatsoper in Berlin, I Capuleti e i Montecchi at the Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich, Oper Graz and San Francisco Opera, Carmen in Stockholm, Salome at the Theater St. Gallen and La finta giardiniera at the 2012 Festival d'Aix-en-Provence. Future new productions include Madame Butterfly at the Hamburg State Opera, Radamisto at the Theater an der Wien (Vienna), Les Pêcheurs de Perles/The Pearl Fishers at the Opéra National du Rhin, Un ballo in maschera and La Favorite at the Théâtre National du Capitole in Toulouse and the Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny/Rise and Fall of Mahagonny at the Staatsoper in Berlin.
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In this tutorial, you use JDeveloper to create and deploy a Java web service and manage it using Application Server Control.
Time to Complete
Approximately 30 minutes
This tutorial covers the following topics:
Creating the Web Service on the Java Class
Managing the Web Service.
Web services are discrete reusable software components that can be incorporated into applications. They build upon existing XML and HTTP protocols and use the following standards:
JDeveloper provides many features to help you to create and deploy web services and to find existing web services to use in your applications. This tutorial shows you how to use some of JDeveloper's web services tools to create and optionally to monitor web services, and also how to use Application Server Control to manage a web service.
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You want to use JDeveloper to develop components for common functions and deploy them as web services. You would also like to be able to manage the web service for such tasks as logging and security, and monitor HTTP requests and responses generated by invoking the web service.
Before starting this tutorial, you should:
Have installed JDeveloper 10g (10.1.3.1.0).
Have started JDeveloper by double-clicking
<jdev_home>
\jdeveloper.exe
.
If you receive a message asking if you want to migrate from a previous version, click
No.
Start Oracle Application Server Containers for J2EE (OC4J) by double-clicking
<jdev_home>
\jdev\bin\start_oc4j.bat
.
If prompted for a password, enter
welcome1. Nothing displays as you enter the password. You will have to reenter it on the next line to confirm. If you are not asked for a password, for later steps you will need to know what password was set when OC4J was initially started.
Watch the resulting command window and wait until you see the message 'Oracle Containers for J2EE 10g (10.1.3.1.0) initialized'. Then you can minimize the window, but do not close it.
Create a connection in JDeveloper to OC4J:
JDeveloper allows you to use an existing web service or to create one with Java or PL/SQL. In this tutorial, you create a web service that is based on a Java class.
To create the Java class for the web service, perform the following steps:
1.
In the Applications Navigator, right-click the
Applications node and select
New Application from the context menu.
2.
In the Create Application dialog, enter the Application Name of
JavaWebService.
From the Application Template drop down list, select
No Template [All Technologies].
Click
OK.
In the Create Project dialog, enter a Project Name of
GetDates and click
OK.
In the Applications Navigator, right-click the
GetDates project and select
New from the context menu.
In the New Gallery, select the
General node in the Categories list, and then in the Items list select
Java Class. Click
OK.
In the Create Java Class dialog, enter:
Name:
GetDates
Package:
datespackage
Name:
GetDates
Package:
datespackage
The new Java class is created and displayed in the editor.
In the editor, create a method
getDate() that uses
java.util.Calendar to return the date and time.
public Calendar getDate()
{
return Calendar.getInstance();
}
Because the code refers to a class that is not yet available to this package, you are prompted to import the class. Press
[Alt]+[Enter] to import the suggested class
java.util.Calendar.
In the editor, create a second method
getDateHence() that uses
java.util.GregorianCalendar to add a user-defined number of days, specified as the
int parameter
daysHence, to today's date. Add the following code below the
getDate() method, pressing
[Alt]+[Enter] when prompted to import
java.util.GregorianCalendar:
public Calendar getDateHence( int daysHence)
{
GregorianCalendar myCalendar = new GregorianCalendar();
myCalendar.add(GregorianCalendar.DATE, daysHence);
return myCalendar;
}
public Calendar getDateHence( int daysHence)
{
GregorianCalendar myCalendar = new GregorianCalendar();
myCalendar.add(GregorianCalendar.DATE, daysHence);
return myCalendar;
}
Click
Make
to compile the class. The log should show successful compilation.
Creating a Web Service on the Java Class
To create a web service based on the Java class that you just created, perform the following steps:
Right-click the
GetDates project and select
New from the context menu.
In the New Gallery, expand
Business Tier in the Categories list and select
Web Services, then select
Java Web Service from the Items list. Click
OK.
In the Select J2EE Web Service Version dialog, select
J2EE 1.4 (JAX-RPC) Web Service, then click
OK.
If the Welcome page of the Create Java J2EE 1.4 Web Service dialog displays, click
In the Class page of the wizard
On the Message Format page of the wizard, click
On the Specify Custom DataType Serializers page of the wizard, click
On the Mapping page of the wizard, click
On the Methods page of the wizard, select the
check boxes next to both methods from the Available Methods list and click
Finish.
If it is not already open in the editor, open the WSDL document for the web service: Under the
GetDates project in the Applications Navigator, expand
Web Content and
WEB-INF\wsdl, then double-click
GetDatesWS.wsdl.
Another way to open the WSDL is to right-click the
GetDatesWS web service in the Applications Navigator and select
Go to WSDL from the context menu.
Click the
Source tab of the WSDL editor. Scroll to the bottom of the WSDL file to the URL defined in the soap:address node. It should be similar to:
Select the entire URL in the editor and press
[Ctrl]+[C] to copy it to the clipboard. You will use this URL in a later step.
If the file is still open, click the
GetDates.java tab at the top of the editor, or reopen the GetDates.java file by double-clicking it in the Applications Navigator: (
JavaWebService >
GetDates > A
pplication Sources >
datespackage >
GetDates.java).
Note the Java 5 annotation (line beginning with "
@") that has been generated because of the selection you made above. Inclusion of annotations is optional.
There is another way to develop web services that is called contract-driven, or top-down, development. This approach is more responsive to business requirements, rather than simply creating a service layer in a bottom-up manner by wrapping existing systems using web services. In JDeveloper, the top-down approach uses the WSDL editor, rather than the wizard, to create a new WSDL and generate all the classes and service artifacts.
You will not use contract-driven development in this tutorial. However, now you can examine the WSDL editor to see what the wizard created for you and how all the elements are related. To explore the WSDL editor, perform the following steps:
If the file is still open, click the
GetDatesWS.wsdl tab at the top of the editor, or reopen the GetDatesWS.wsdl file by double-clicking it in the Applications Navigator: (
JavaWebService >
GetDates >
Web Content >
WEB-INF\wsdl >
GetDatesWS.wsdl)
Click the
Design tab at the bottom of the editor to view the visual editor.
In the
Services column, select the
GetDatesWSSoapHttpPort node.
Observe how the content of the Bindings and Port Types columns are now highlighted and connected.
Note: You may need to select
View
|
Refresh from the JDeveloper menu in order to see all the connections. To make viewing easier, you can double-click the tab at the top of the editor to maximize the editor window. You can restore the window by double-clicking it again.
In the
Bindings column, select the
getDate node.
Observe how the getDate binding is linked to the getDate operation in the Port Types column.
Note: You may need to select
View
|
Refresh from the JDeveloper menu in order to see all the connections.
Expand the
getDateHence binding node, and select the
input node.
Observe how the GetDatesWS_getDateHence message (under Messages) is connected to the getDateHence operation (under Port Types), which is in turn connected to the input node of the getDateHence binding.
In the Applications Navigator, expand the
Resources node. Right-click
WebServices.deploy, and select
Deploy to >
oc4jconn from the context menu.
(
Note: This assumes that you have started OC4J and have created a connection to it as described in
Prerequisites.)
In the Configure Application dialog, click
OK.
The log window should show successful deployment.
Open a browser and paste the URL you copied from the WSDL file above, which is the GetDatesWS endpoint page generated by OC4J.
The endpoint page for the GetDatesWS displays. Note the dropdown list with links to the two methods: getDate and getDateHence.
Click
getDate.
The page displays an area where you can specify parameters for the method. Because this method does not take any parameters, just click the
Invoke button to invoke the getDate method of the web service.
After you invoke the web service, the window displays the SOAP envelope containing the test result, which is today's date and time. It looks something like this:
<ns0:return>
2006-08-23T18:14:00.713+01:00</ns0:return>
Click
Back to return to the GetDatesWS endpoint page, then select
getDateHence.
The GetDateHence method requires a parameter.
In the box provided for the
daysHence parameter enter the number
5, to return the date five days hence. Click
Invoke.
After you invoke the web service, the Test Result window displays the date and time five days from today. It looks something like this:
<ns0:return>
2006-08-28T18:30:20.495+01:00</ns0:return>
Retest the GetDateHence method with a different value:
Leave the browser open for the next section.
To use Oracle Application Server Control to manage the web service, perform the following steps:
Using the same server and port number, in the browser enter the URL for application server control:
http://<server>:<port>/em
The Application Server Control login screen displays.
Enter a username of
oc4jadmin and a password of
welcome1 (or whatever password was used when initially starting OC4J), then click
On the home page, click the
Web Services tab.
Click the
GetDatesWSSoapHttpPort link.
You can view performance information from the service port home page. You can see the number of times the web service has been invoked, the number of faults, and the average response time in milliseconds.
Click the
Operations tab.
On the Operations tab you can view the performance information for the getDate and getDateHence operations:
Click the
Home tab
Click
Test Service.
Invoke each of the web service operations a few times, as you did in the testing steps 3-8 in the
Deploying and Testing the Web Service topic.
Now return to the
Operations page. You should see that the Total Requests have been incremented according to the number of invocations you made for each operation.
Click the
Home tab. You should see that the Invocations value has been incremented to reflect the total number of invocations for both operations.
Click the
Administration tab, then click
Enable/Disable Features.
In the Enable/Disable Features page, Ctrl-click to select
Tracing and
Auditing from the Available Features list, then click
Move to shuttle them to the Enabled Features list.
Click
OK.
On the Administration tab, click
Edit Configuration for the
Auditing feature.
By default, all auditing is available for both operations.
Deselect the check boxes for
Request Message,
Response Message, and
Fault Message for the
getDate operation, leaving the ones for the getDateHence operation selected.
.
Again invoke each of the web service operations a few times, as you did in the testing steps 3-8 in the
Deploying and Testing the Web Service topic.
Use
Windows Explorer to open the file
<jdev_home>\j2ee\home\log\wsmgmt\auditing\log.xml
.
In the log file you are able to see the invocations of the web service operations (screen shots show Notepad with Word Wrap turned on (Format > Word Wrap):
Note that you see the invocations of the getDateHence operation only, as you specified in the auditing options.
When you are finished examining the log file, you can close it.
Although you will not do so in this tutorial, another thing that you can do with Application Server Control of web services is to set the inbound security policies for JAX RPC web services deployed in OC4J container 10.1.3. You can set options such as requiring a username/password for authentication, requiring the message body to be signed, and requiring encryption of the message body. These administrative features can also be defined and managed from within JDeveloper.
This topic shows you how to use the HTTP Analyzer to examine the request/response packets sent and received by JDeveloper when you run a proxy to a web service. When you start the HTTP Analyzer, it updates the proxy settings in JDeveloper so that all TCP data is sent through an intermediate port and then on to your original proxy, if one is defined. The proxy settings are restored when you turn the HTTP Analyzer off, or when you exit JDeveloper.
To monitor the web service, perform the following steps:
Creating a web service proxy
To use the HTTP Analyzer, you need to create a web service proxy so that you can run the service from within JDeveloper. You must create the web service proxy in a new project.
In the Applications Navigator, right-click the
JavaWebService application and select
New Project from the context menu.
The New Gallery opens with Empty Project highlighted -- just click
OK.
In the Create Project dialog, enter a Project Name of
GetDatesWSProxy, then click
OK.
Right-click the
GetDatesWSProxy project and select
New from the context menu.
In the New Gallery, expand
Business Tier and select
Web Services in the Categories list, then in the Items list select
Web Service Proxy and click
OK.
If the Welcome page of the Create Web Service Proxy wizard displays, click
On the Web Service Description page of the wizard, invoke the WSDL Document URL dropdown list and select the WSDL that appears in the tooltip, which is similar to the following (although the initial part of the path is different for your computer):
file:/D:/JDev10131/jdev/mywork/JavaWebService/GetDates/public_html/WEB-INF/wsdl/GetDatesWS.wsdl
Press the
[Tab] key to validate the WSDL, then click
On the Port Endpoints page of the wizard, select the option
Run against a service deployed to an external server. Select the
Port Name and Endpoint URL that appear in the list, then click
Click
Next on the next two wizard pages (Custom Mappings and Defined Handlers).
On the Default Mapping Options page of the wizard, change the Package Name to
datespackage.proxy, then click
Click
Next on the Support Files page of the wizard.
On the Finish page you should see both methods listed. Click
Finish.
The web service proxy generation process creates four directories and numerous files, and opens
datespackage.GetDatesWSSoapHttpPortClient.java in the editor (if this file does not open automatically, double-click it in the Applications Navigator to open it).
In the editor, locate the following line of comment in the
main() method:
// Add your own code here :
// Add your own code here :
Below that line, add the following code:
int addDays = 5;
System.out.println("The date and time "
+ addDays + " days hence is: " + myPort.getDateHence(addDays));
int addDays = 5;
System.out.println("The date and time "
+ addDays + " days hence is: " + myPort.getDateHence(addDays));
Click Make
to save and compile the file.
Click
Run
to run the class.
The message log displays the URL that is called on one line. On the next line it displays your message "The future date and time: " followed by the date as a GregorianCalendar object.
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Using the HTTP Analyzer
Display the HTTP Analyzer window by selecting
View > HTTP Analyzer. The Http Analyzer window opens. By default it is docked at the lower right of JDeveloper's user interface.
Start monitoring the packets by clicking
Start
in the HTTP Analyzer.
Re-run the class. The request/response packets are listed in the HTTP Analyzer.
To see the contents of a packet pair, select it in the
History page, then click the
Data tab. The data page shows the value that was sent to the web service in the request information (left panels), and the value returned by the web service in the response information (right panels).
If you have run other things with the HTTP Analyzer started, you can use the Previous Request/Response Pair
and Next Request/Response Pair
buttons to examine other packet pairs.
When you are debugging a web service, you can change the contents of a request packet and resend it so as to see the changes in the response packet.
To try this, in the request packet that sent the value
5, change the value to
365. Then click
Resend Request
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The amended packet is sent. Click Next Request/Response Pair
and examine the response packet to see the change.
To close HTTP Analyzer window, click the
x on the Http Analyzer tab.
Summary
In this tutorial you published a Java class as a web service. You deployed and tested it, then used Application Server Control to manage the web service. You also created a web service proxy for the web service and monitored it with the HTTP Analyzer.
Related Information
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The interactive analysis is a circular analytics procedure comprising assumption, verification, and calibration by the analyst to achieve the fuzzy computation goal. For specifics and details, please refer to another article I composed: Interactive Analysis and Related Tools.
Because there are so many tools for interactive analysis that not everyone can know all of them, I will only focus on and compare the 7 commonest tools: R, Matlab, esProc, SAS, SPSS, Excel, and SQL. These tools and languages are quite distinctive. In fact, I think there are also quite a few good tools, such as BMDP, Eview, Stata, S-Plus, Octave, Scilab, Mathematica, and minitab, just to name a few. We will discuss them in other essays.
Since it is the comparison on the interactive analysis tools, the project to compare must be also typical and pertinent correspondingly. I listed 5 metrics, and each of them is rated by 5 ★ at the highest. The more ★, the more advantages this tool has regarding this metric.
For example,
UI friendliness: The more ★, the friendlier interface and the easier operations will be.
Technical competence requirement: The more ★, the lower requirements on the technical background like the mathematic algorithm and programming skills.
Stepwise computation: The more ★, the easier to decompose and solve the complex problem.
Support for structured data: The more ★, the easier to perform the analysis on the structured data.
Fixed algorithm: The more ★, the greater number of fixed algorithms and the stronger functionality are available.
These 5 metrics surely cannot present the ins and outs of interactive analysis tools, not mention all computational tools. In the practical use, there are many metrics deserving considerations, which are too many to be discussed here and we will further explore them later, for example, price, number of enhanced documents, after-sales technical support, stability and robustness, operational speed, data volume, concurrent computation ability, formats of input and output files, interface for secondary development, platform portability, and multi-party collaboration ability.
SQL
More accurately speaking, SQL or Structured Query Language is not a tool. SQL is originally introduced by E.F.Codd and implemented by IBM, and nowadays an ANSI and ISO standard computer language. It is the most widely used structured data query and analysis language supported by most vendors, such as Oracle, DB2, SQL Server, Sybase, Informix, MySQL, VF, Access, Firebird, and sqlite. These vendors offer the vendor-characterized syntax that is almost incompatible with each other.
SQL has the largest number of users and the most extensive platform support. The syntax of SQL is close to that of the natural language, making it easy for programmers to learn. But, on the other hand, the drawbacks of SQL are also quite obvious, for example, it is easy to learn a little but hard to grasp it and implement the complicated data analysis. The nested queries of SQL can be used to implement the liner stepwise computation, but it is hard to implement the stepwise computation that is tree-like and easy to decompose and reuse, just like R language and other tools do. In addition, SQL lacks the quantification-oriented functions that are available for Matlab and other tools. To perform the complex computation, SQL users need to resort to the stored procedure developed by programmers with strong technical background. Since SQL also lacks the object-based access mode that is adopted by esProc and other tools, it is also relatively complex for SQL users to represent the multi-table join, and unfavorable for business analyst to study the problem from the business perceptive.
UI friendliness: ★☆☆☆☆
Technical competence requirement: ★☆☆☆☆
Stepwise computation: ★☆☆☆☆
Support for structured data: ★★★★★
Fixed algorithm: ★☆☆☆☆
Target user: Programmer, database administer
Excel
Excel is a business application developed by Microsoft. It is a spreadsheet with intuitive interface, outstanding computation capability and excellent chart tools. In addition, having incorporated VBA, Excel becomes flexible even more greatly. Almost everyone can use it to well meet the need of any industries, any enterprise, or any workspace environment.
Excel is characterized by its high user friendliness. Excel users can name the variable after the cell, just as natural as that, not requiring any effort to define the name like SAS and other tools do. Excel cells are aligned by nature, saving the effort of typesetting. Excel allows for invoking other cells intuitively and calculating automatically, capable to implement the stepwise computation easily. However, on the other side of the coin, the great universality of Excel makes Excel suffers from the relatively poor specialty. With a cell as a unit, the support of Excel for structured data is quite poor. The functionalities of function are rather simple and the representation ability of Excel syntax is not great enough to handle the complex data analysis and specialized scientific computation.
UI friendliness: ★★★★★
Technical competence requirement: ★★★★★
Stepwise computation: ★★★★☆
Support for structured data: ★☆☆☆☆
Fixed algorithm: ★★☆☆☆
Target user: Financial personnel and even those without technical background
Official website:
R
R was originally created by Ross Ihaka and Robert Gentleman at the University of Auckland. It is an open source developing language and software environment running on multiple platforms. R is of object-oriented programming style with the flexible chart plotting ability, inbuilt with several statistics and mathematics analysis capabilities. The greatest application field of R is the bio-information studies, and it is also applied in the econometrics, finance and economics, and humane studies fields.
The most important characteristic of R is that R is free. R is an open source project maintained by the statistician and the mathematician. In addition, it boasts the elegant and agile mechanics of syntax and the open interface for secondary development, so there are a great number of third party packages. But R lacks of the excellent UI interface. Strong technical background and well-grasped expertise are required to use R well.
UI friendliness (the more ★, the friendlier): ★☆☆☆☆
Technical competence requirement (the more ★, the lower level): ★★☆☆☆
Stepwise computation (the more ★, the more powerful): ★★★★☆
Support for structured data (the more ★, the better support): ★★★☆☆
Fixed algorithm (The more ★, the greater number and more powerful feature):★★★★☆
Target user: statistician, mathematician, scientist
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Matlab
Matlab is a business application developed by MathWorks, Inc. It is an interactive computing environment and fourth generation programming language for numerical computation, algorithm development, and data analysis. You can also use it to plot graphics and charts and create the user interface. Matlab is widely used in the industrial automation design and analysis, and other fields like the image processing, signal processing, communications, and finance modeling and analysis.
Similar to R, Matlab also has a good scalability. It provides the Toolbox style for users to use, review, edit, and share its extended capabilities. Although the third party functions of Matlab are not as many as that of R, Matlab can provide a more superior quality management and some even more powerful functionalities. Plus, regarding its graphic operation interface, Matlab also has an advantage over R .
UI friendliness: ★★☆☆☆
Technical competence requirement: ★★☆☆☆
Stepwise computation: ★★★★☆
Support for structured data: ★★★☆☆
Fixed algorithm: ★★★★☆
Target user: Industrial engineer and statistician
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esProc
esProc is business desktop application developed by RAQSOFT Inc, specialized in the interactive analysis on the structured data. esProc advocates the free data analysis, requiring relatively low degree of technical competence. It is also renowned for its agile and easy-to-use syntax system. Therefore, esProc is widely adopted by the organizations with a relatively less strong technical background, including most business users, and some users from industrial and financial sectors.
The most distinctive characteristic of esProc is the Excel-style interface for analysis. Which means esProc is of great usability and ideal to achieve the computation goal that is either complex or decomposition-required to compute in steps. With abundant functions for structured data, esProc improves and over-performs SQL in many respects. However, esProc lacks of the fixed algorithm and functions specific to some industries, such as correlation analysis or regression analysis.
UI friendliness: ★★★★☆
Technical competence requirement: ★★★★☆
Stepwise computation: ★★★★★
Support for structured data: ★★★★★
Fixed algorithm: ★☆☆☆☆
Target user: business data analyst, nonprofessional statistician, and finance analyst
Official website:
SAS
SAS is a business application developed by SAS Institute Inc. It is a large information system for decision-making support. On one hand, SAS system is quite complex and strict with data, which makes it hard for users to learn, and on the other hand, it is highly precise and trustworthy. SAS is mainly applied in the natural science, economic decision, and enterprise decision. SAS products are also widely applied and adopted in various areas.
Huge, comprehensive, and profound, SAS is characterized with the greatest number of library functions and features as well as the most powerful capabilities in chart plotting for in-depth applications in almost every sector. Although the user interface of SAS has been improved a lot, it is still less friendly than other analysis software.
UI friendliness: ★★☆☆☆
Technical competence requirement: ★☆☆☆☆
Stepwise computation: ★★★★☆
Structured data support: ★★★★☆
Fixed algorithm: ★★★★★
Target user: Statistician, financial specialist, government, and think tank of multinationals
Official website:
SPSS
SPSS or PASW is a business application developed by IBM, mainly applied in the statistical analysis, data mining, and decision support. SPSS not only has a user-friendly interface for analysis, but also a set of common and mature statistical procedures, which can satisfy the work requirement of most nonprofessional statistician to the full. SPSS is mainly applied in the communications, medical, finance, and some social science fields. In fact, SPSS is one of the most widely-used professional analysis tools.
SPSS is committed to building the easy-to-implement statistical procedures. Therefore, SPSS has a powerful graphic user interface that is easy for beginners to accept. Compared with syntaxes of other programming languages, the syntax of SPSS is fairly poor and is incapable for the free analysis other than the fixed algorithms. The menu-style interface is also a major obstacle of stepwise computation.
UI friendliness: ★★★★☆
Technical competence requirement: ★★★★☆
Stepwise computation: ★★☆☆☆
Support for structured data: ★★★☆☆
Fixed algorithm: ★★★☆☆
Target user: Business data analyst, nonprofessional statistician, and financial analysis specialist
Official website:
Findings: R is usually used in the normal scientific calculation and highly capable to handle the interactive analysis. But the user interface of R is rather simple and the technical requirement is high. Matlab is similar to R and mostly used in the industrial design. Some algorithms of Matlab are better and more reliable than that of R. esProc is used in the typical business computation and powerful enough to handle the interactive analysis through a friendly interface, only requiring low level of technical requirements on users. But esProc lacks the fixed algorithms for scientific areas. SAS is similar to R and mostly used in the economic decision and natural sciences with a powerful enough ability in interactive analysis. The interface of SAS is rather simple, which results in a very high requirement on user's technical background. SPSS is mostly used in the social science studies, simple to use and powerful, but not flexible enough to process the complex interactive analysis. As the base of business application, SQL can barely handle the interactive analysis but it is quite difficult. Excel is the commonplace for everyone to handle their daily office work, capable to handle the simple interactive analysis job but not the professional problem.
Let me conclude this essay by reiterating this point that there is no perfect tool but the tool suites you best, and sometimes you will need to grasp several tools to use in combination.
Author: Jim King
BI technology consultant for Raqsoft;
10 + years of experience on BI/OLAP application, statistical computing and analytics
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Pro Landscape, Inc., and its subsidiary, PLI Systems, Inc., of Hillsboro, are owned and operated by Manuel Castaneda. Manuel has grown his companies to about $7 million and has 40 employees.
Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) and Women Business Enterprise (WBE) certifications are for firms seeking contracting opportunities with state, county, city and special jurisdictions. Some of the jurisdictions include the city of Portland, Multnomah County, METRO and the Portland Development Commission (PDC). The eligibility criteria is based on Oregon Administrative Rule 123-200-0030.
Majority ownership is just one eligibility requirement for these certifications.
The minority or woman owner(s) must have made a real and substantial contribution of capital or expertise to the business.
The minority- or woman-owned business must not be dependent on a non-disadvantaged firm(s) or individual(s). Businesses must not exceed the size standards as defined by the Small Business Administration, North American Industry Classification System Codes (NAICS) size standards.
Applications for Minority Business Enterprise and Women Business Enterprise use the same application form. Applications are available in two formats.
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The short form used only when applying for the Minority and/or Woman Business Enterprise certification. Oregon firms can save time and money if an Emerging Small Business Certification as well as a minority and/or woman business certification are sought. The business must be an Oregon firm (your principle place of business must be located in Oregon).
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2011 ORS § 319.790¹
Petition for reassessment
(1) Any user or seller against whom an assessment is made under ORS 319.760 (Assessment of deficiency) and 319.780 (Assessing tax and penalty upon failure to make report) may petition for a reassessment within 30 days after service of notice of the assessment. If a petition is not filed within the 30-day period, the amount of the assessment becomes conclusive.
(2) If a petition for reassessment is filed within the 30-day period the Department of Transportation shall reconsider the assessment and, if requested in the petition, shall grant the user or seller an oral hearing and give the user or seller 10 days notice of the time and place thereof. The department may continue the hearing from time to time. The department shall serve on the petitioner notice of its finding upon reassessment. If the finding is that a tax or penalty is delinquent, the petitioner shall pay to the department, within 30 days after notice is served, all the tax or penalty found to be delinquent.
(3) Notice required by this section shall be served in the manner prescribed by ORS 319.760 (Assessment of deficiency) (3). [Amended by 1959 c.188 §28]
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(1) Whenever, in the judgment of the Department of Environmental Quality from the results of monitoring or observation of an identified release, there is reasonable cause to believe that a clear and immediate danger to the public health, welfare, safety or the environment exists from the continued operation of an underground storage tank, the department may, without hearing or prior notice, order the operation of the underground storage tank or site halted by service of an order on the owner or permittee of the underground storage tank or site.
(2) Within 24 hours after the order is served under subsection (1) of this section, the department shall appear in the appropriate circuit court to petition for the equitable relief required to protect the public health, safety, welfare or the environment. [1987 c.539 §36]
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WASHINGTON -- The U.S. and its allies are moving in Syria toward a program of covert support for the rebels that, for better or worse, looks very much like what America and its friends did in Afghanistan in the 1980s.
The parallels are spooky, if you'll forgive the pun. In Syria, as in Afghanistan, CIA officers are operating at the borders (in this case mostly in Jordan and Turkey) helping Sunni insurgents improve their command and control, plus other activities. Weapons are coming from third parties (in Afghanistan, they came mostly from China and Egypt; in Syria, they're mainly bought on the black market). And finally, a major financier for both insurgencies has been Saudi Arabia.
There..
-- The U.S. should work hard (if secretly) to help the more sensible elements of the Syrian opposition, and limit the influence of extremists. This policy was ignored in Afghanistan, where the U.S. allowed Pakistan (aided by Saudi money) to back the fighters it liked -- who turned out to be among the most extreme and dangerous. America is still trying to undo the mess caused by that exercise in realpolitik. Don't do it again.
-- Finally, the U.S. should subtly play the tribal card, which may be as crucial in Syria as it was in Iraq. The leaders of many Syrian tribes have sworn a blood oath of vengeance against Assad and their power is one reason why the engine of this insurgency is rural, conservative and Sunni. But Iraq showed that the tribal leaders can be the best bulwark against the growth of al-Qaida and other extremists.
What's scary about Syria is that al-Qaida is already fighting there, in the hundreds. Cells in Mosul and other parts of northern Iraq are sending fighters across the Syria-Iraq border, with the jihadist pipeline now operating in reverse. Arab intelligence sources tell me the Syrian opposition is laudably battling al-Qaida's influence: The opposition killed an al-Qaida fighter named Walid Boustani, who tried to declare an "emirate" in a town near the Lebanese border; they also demolished a cell that raised al-Qaida's black flag near Bab al-Salameh, along the Turkish border. Sunni opposition fighters aren't necessarily al-Qaida writes for the Washington Post Writers Group.
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about six miles east of Otis now has one lane of travel open through the Van Duzer Corridor in Lincoln County, from milepost 6.5 to 21. Flaggers will control traffic in alternating directions as commercial logging crews continue to remove downed trees. Motorists should plan on 10-20 minute delays until the highway is fully reopened. The state expects to open to two lanes around 4:30 p.m.
Oregon 22 about 3 miles east of Salem.
Oregon 36 -- the Mapleton‑Junction City Highway -- is closed at milepost 23, near Triangle Lake in Lane County due to a landslide. Crews are now prohibiting any vehicles from entering, including local traffic between Mapleton on the east and Triangle Lake on the west. Only the section of OR 36 between Triangle Lake and the intersection with OR 99 is open.
Oregon 38 between Reedsport and Scottsburg.
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Oregon 180 at the intersection of the Corvallis - Newport Highway.
Oregon 213 closed one mile north of Marquam in Clackamas County.
Oregon 214 at the intersection with the North Santiam Highway.
Oregon 226 -- the Albany-Lyons Highway -- about 13 miles east of Albany. The highway is also partially blocked by a landslide about two miles south of the intersection with OR 22.
Oregon 229 nine miles south of the intersection of U.S. 101.
Oregon 241 Coos River Highway closed from Donovan's Drive east.
Oregon 255 -- The Carpenterville Highway.
Oregon 281 Hood River Highway closed between milepost 10 and milepost 14 because of downed trees and powerlines.
U.S. 20 Corvallis-Newport Highway restricted to one lane of travel 17 miles east of Newport.
The on-ramp to northbound I-5 at the Millersburg interchange at milepost 235 is closed.
Check back often, as we will be updating with information throughout the day. You can also go to TripCheck.com
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Is of an irregular figure, averaging about twelve miles in length, and nine in breadth; bounded on the north by Freebridge-Lynn and Launditch; on the east by Mitford and Wayland; on the south by Grimshoe; and on the west by Clackclose. It has near its centre the neat market-town of Swaffham, on a fertile eminence, encompassed by an extensive belt of heath; indeed, the whole Hundred abounds in sheep-walks, and has generally a light sandy soul[sic], except on its eastern side, where it has a rich loam, and its highly cultivated fields are watered by a fine rivulet flowing southward to the Wissey, or Stoke river, which skirts it on the south, as the navigable Nar does on the north-west. It has its name from the green hills, or tumuli, on the heath between Cockley-Cley and North Pickenham, where the Hundred Court was held until the early part of the last century.
Its Petty Sessions are held every Saturday, at the Shirehall, in Swaffham; and Mr. Robert Sewell is clerk to the magistrates.
It forms, with Grimshoe Hundred, the Deanery of Cranwich, and contains 24 parishes, of which the following is an enumeration, shewing their population in 1841, the annual value of their lands and buildings, as assessed to the County Rate, in 1843, and their territorial extent, in assessable acres.
+===================================================+ | | | Annl. | | | PARISHES. | Pop. | Value. | Acres.| | | | £. | | +---------------------------------------------------+ | Bodney 98 1232 2538 | | Bradenham (East) 368 2870 2388 | | Bradenham West 364 2682 1703 | | Caldecote 48 252 662 | | Cockley-Cley 244 1140 4160 | | Cressingham (Gt) 476 2272 2391 | | Cressingham (Ltl) 244 1766 1504 | | Didlington 77 612 1322 | | Foulden 500 2818 3354 | | Gooderstone 500 2490 2743 | | Hilborough 337 1664 2807 | | Holm-Hale 488 3876 2547 | | Houghton-on-the-Hill 41 800 600 | | Langford 57 472 1248 | | Narborough 360 3664 3512 | | Narford 113 1350 1872 | | Necton 991 5430 3316 | | Newton 93 1290 1005 | | Oxborough 316 2150 2317 | | Pickenham North 269 1730 1516 | | Pickenham South 170 1546 1751 | | Southacre 100 2130 2312 | | Sporle-with- } | | Palgrave } 773 5364 4153 | | Swaffham * 3358 12,704 6200 | +---------------------------------------------------+ | Total + 10,385 62,304 57,921 | +===================================================+
[There is more information about individual parishes]
+ Its population, in 1831, was 10,237 souls. Its annual value, as assessed to the property tax, was £55,144, in 1815, and £69,330 in 1842. Its Agricultural Association is notced[sic] with Swaffham.
* Swaffham return included 89 persons in the Union Workhouse, and 60 in the House of Correction. SHINGHAM parish is partly in this, but mostly in Clackclose Hundred. (See page 622. [this is in Clackclose Hundred description])
SWAFFHAM UNION comprises all the 24 parishes of South Greenhoe Hundred; the parishes of Beechamwell and Shingham, in Clackclose Hundred; those of Ashill, Saham-Toney, and Threxton, in Wayland Hundred; and those of Buckenham Tofts, Ickburgh, Colveston, and Stanford, in Grimshoe Hundred.
The 33 parishes of this Union comprise an area of 26 square miles, and in 1841 had a population of 13,084 souls, of whom 6459 were males, and 6625 females. Their average annual expenditure on the poor, during the three years ending March 1835, was £12,089; for the succeeding three years, £8724; and for the three years ending March, 1841, £8089. Their expenditure for the quarter ending June, 1844, was £2008.
The Union Workhouse, at Swaffham, was built in 1836, at the cost of £5425, and has room for 400 paupers; but the average daily number of inmates, in summer, is only about 100. They are clothed and fed at the average weekly cost of 2s. 10d. per week per head. Robert Sewell, Esq., is Union Clerk and Superintendent Registrar; Mr. James Philo is Registrar of Marriages; Messrs. Geo. Whittby and Wm. Holt are Registrars of Births and Deaths; and Mr. Reuben Harwood is governer of the Workhouse.
South Greenhoe Hundred is mostly in Castle-Acre Police Division, and partly in those of Stoke-Ferry, Dereham, and Hockham.
Some placenames in the transcription (of pages 371 to 372) above
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Bradenham (East)/East Bradenham, Bradenham West/West Bradenham, Cressingham (Gt)/Great Cressingham, Cressingham (Ltl)/Little Cressingham, Holm-Hale/Holme Hale, Newton/Newton by Castle Acre, Pickenham North/North Pickenham, Pickenham South/South Pickenham, Southacre/Acre South
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There’s lots of great blogging about Hamdan around the blogosphere. I was particularly impressed by the interesting thoughts at Opinio Juris and Balkinization.
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There’s lots of great blogging about Hamdan around the blogosphere. I was particularly impressed by the interesting thoughts at Opinio Juris and Balkinization.
My main concern about Hamdan seems to be unlike anyone else’s, so maybe Professor Kerr would be kind enough to tell me whether I’m the one who’s crazy, or everyone else is crazy.
If, as five Justices contended yesterday in Hamdan, 28 USC 2241(e) does not apply to pending cases, then why in the world would Congress have written an EXCEPTION to 28 USC 2241(e) that explicitly does apply to cases that are “pending on or after the date of the enactment”? It makes absolutely no sense to me.
In other words, how can an exception to a rule apply to pending cases, if the rule itself does not apply to pending cases?
Easy: the “exception” you identify isn’t, by its own terms, an exception to 2241(e).
DTA sec. 1005(h)(2) says this: Paragraphs (2) and (3) of subsection (e) [i.e., DTA sec. 1005(e)] shall apply with respect to any claim whose review is governed by one of such paragraphs and that is pending on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.
However, 28 USC 2241(e) was enacted by DTA sec. 1005(e)(1), not (2) or (3). Thus, as the Court states quite clearly (slip op. 9-10), “The Act is silent about whether paragraph (1) of subsection (e) ‘shall apply’ to claims pending on the date of enactment.”
Mark, 28 USC 2241(e) says:”EXCEPT as provided in section 1005 of the Detainee Treatment Act of 2005, no court, justice, or judge shall have jurisdiction to hear or consider … habeas corpus … or … any other action….”
Standing alone, 28 USC 2241(e) clearly applies to both pending and future cases. As Justice Scalia pointed out in dissent:
“the Court … cannot cite a single case in the history of Anglo-American law (before today) in which a jurisdiction-stripping provision was denied immediate effect in pending cases, absent an explicit statutory reservation.”
Anyway, 28 USC 2241(e) instructs us to look at 1005 of the DTA in order to find exceptions to the denial of jurisdiction. And, we find at 1005(h)(2) that the exceptions apply “with respect to any claim … that is pending on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.”
If the rule in the US Code does not apply to pending cases, then how could an exception to that rule apply to pending cases? It cannot, and thus 1005(h)(2) buttresses the meaning that 28 USC 2241(e) would have had standing alone, IMHO.
I might add that here are additional reasons for believing the Court had no jurisdiction in this case. The Court’s rationale would require that 1005(e)(2) and 1005(e)(3) are the ONLY provisions of the DTA that apply to pending cases. There is nothing in the DTA that would distinguish 1005(e)(1) from, say, 1005(e)(4)(f) in this regard.
P.S. Any chance Orin could delete the 4th and 5th comments in this thread?
Andrew:
There is no section (e)(4)(f) in 1005. There is a section 1005(f), but I’m not sure the relevance of that — it is not one of the three parallel jurisdiction-stripping provisions that are at the heart of 1005(e).
As to the broader question: the argument goes like this. I say that the courts don’t have jurisdiction over A, B and C. I then go on to say that, regarding B and C, this act applies to all cases pending on or after the date of enactment. If the act means what you say it means (that the first part is sufficient to withdraw all jurisdiction over cases pending on or after the date of enactment), the second part becomes superfluous, because the act would already say that in the first section. Generally, statutes shouldn’t be construed in a way that makes language superfluous, because there should be a presumption that every word is meaningful.
Thus, the reading is that the enumeration of B and C presupposes something not enumerated — which, by inference, is A. Ergo, Congress did not intend A to be treated in the same way as B and C, because it explicitly failed to include it when it was listing the classes of cases to which it wished the act to apply on or after the date of enactment. The court’s reading preserves a distinction that does seem embedded in the lanugage of 1005(h).
At least, that’s how I understand the argument. I was initially hostile to the court’s reading, but on reflection, I begin to think they have the better side of this argument.
Marghlar, thanks for your comment. Of course, you’re correct that there is no section (e)(4)(f) in 1005 of the DTA. What I meant to say is “1005(e)(4) or (f).”
In a previous comment at this blog, you said, “I think Scalia had it right on the jurisdictional question, but the merits being reached, I agree with the majority.” But I don’t want to even think about the merits, because I continue to think the Court’s decision on the jurisdictional question was preposterous.
In your example, you designate 1005(e)(1), 1005(e)(2), and 1005(e)(3) as A, B, and C respectively. I’m with you so far, but no farther.
“A” is a jurisidiction-stripping provision. It completely strips jurisdiction from the courts regarding Guantanamo detainees. B and C, by contrast, are limited restorations of jurisdiction. “A” amends the US Code to strip all jurisdiction, but says that the exceptions are to be found in the DTA, and sure enough those exceptions are spelled out in B and C. I fail to see how there is anything “superfluous” about this interpretation. It’s the plain meaning. Even Justice Stevens acknowledged that “subsection (e)(1) strips jurisdiction while subsections (e)(2) and (e)(3) restore it.”
You contend that Congress did not intend A to be treated in the same way as B and C, because A explicitly failed to include language about pending cases as it did for B and C. However, as someone else noted at SCOTUSBlog, “While Senator Levin succeeded in getting express application language removed [from "A"], he did not get express nonapplication language inserted.” More to the point, “A” is a general cancellation of jurisdiction, while “B” and “C” are listed exceptions; when a list of exceptions is provided, that list should ordinarily be deemed exclusive, under the principle of exclusio unius. And note that if those exceptions weren’t listed at all, then it’s undisputed that “A” would have applied to pending cases.
My point about 1005(e)(4) and (f) is simply that it would be absurd to suppose that they apply only to future cases, and yet that’s exactly the kind of spin that the Court has put on 1005(e)(1)=A. This is merely one additional reason why I still find the Court’s opinion virtually incomprehensible.
As Mark noted above, the Court said: “The Act is silent about whether paragraph (1) of subsection (e) ’shall apply’ to claims pending on the date of enactment.” Yes, and the Act is also silent about whether it applies to “chauffeurs.”
P.S. The DTA says that 1005(e)(2) and 1005(e)(3) “apply with respect to any claim … that is pending on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.” Would anyone seriously contend that therefore 1005(e)(1) does NOT apply to claims pending on “OR AFTER” the date of enactment? Of course not. I want to be nice and polite to Justice Stevens, but IMHO this opinion is just lousy.
I tend to think that there are persuasive arguments on both sides of the jurisdictional argument regarding the DTA, as the posters here have outlined above. However, I find Scalia’s abstention argument particularly persuasive. Judicial restraint should have been employed.
However, that being said, the merits of this case are fascinating. One question that i have is whether the lack of presence of the accused under the UCMJ was actually joined by five Justices. Kennedy’s concurrence at page 16 talks solely about the evidentiary problems of the commissions and the last sentence of the first full paragraph on page 19 seems to sugest that he does not join the Court’s opinion regarding presence under the UCMJ. It seems fairly clear to me that this is the case, but did anyone else read the opinion in this fashion?
Also, Alito’s opinion regarding what is a “regularly constituted” court under Geneva seems to rebut easily the majority’s opinion on this issue. I don’t recall Clement arguing this point at oral arguments, nor do I recall it in the government’s brief.
Andrew:
I’d say that e(4) and (f) are clearly very different than is (e)(1) — they both qualify all other provisions of the act. By contrast, the act contains three central jurisdictional provisions.
First, it provides that, subject to enumerated exceptions, all jurisdiction is withdrawn.
Second, it says that the D.C. Cir. has exclusive jurisdiciton over one class of cases.
Third, it says that the D.C. Cir has exclusive jurisdiciton over a second class of cases.
It then goes on to say that provisions two or three apply to all cases pending on or after the date of enactment.
If you are right, and it was clear from the plain language of (1) that it applied to all cases pending on or after the date of enactment, it seems like it would be equally clear that the D.C. Cir had exclusive jurisdiction over all cases enumerated in exactly the same way. Yet Congress went ahead and defined the scope of time covered by two or three — apparently concluding that such a meaning was not unambiguous. If your reading is right, there is absolutely no reason for 1005(h) to exist at all, because that interpretation would obviously flow from (e)(2) and (3).
As to what Senator Levin may have wanted, I think that it is inapppropriate for courts to consider legislative history, or any other non-textual indica of legislative intent, when interpreting statutes. So I don’t consider such data relevant to the task at hand.
I’d agree that your reading is within the scope of ambiguity of the act — I just am coming around to the point of view that Justice Stevens’s reading is the better interpretation of the same ambiguity.
Marghlar, you make two related points:
A] Congress expressly applied 1005(e)(2) and 1005(e)(3) to pending cases because Congress believed 1005(e)(2) and 1005(e)(3) might not otherwise apply to pending cases.
B] Because Congress believed that 1005(e)(2) and 1005(e)(3) might not apply to pending cases, Congress must have also believed that 1005(e)(1) might not apply to pending cases.
For the sake of argument only, I will concede your point [A].
Regarding your point [B], there are very compelling textual reasons why Congress would believe that 1005(e)(2) and 1005(e)(3) might not apply to pending cases, without believing that 1005(e)(1) might not apply to pending cases. First and foremost, 1005(e)(2) and 1005(e)(3) comprise a list of exceptions to 1005(e)(1), and therefore the rule of expressio unius implies that there is no additional exception for pending cases. Congress had no similar reason to suppose that 1005(e)(2) and 1005(e)(3) would not have an exception for pending cases.
But there is an issue of semantics here that your certainty seems to belie — what does it mean to say that something is an exception? I’m not sure that a definition of the effect over time/cases of a rule is necessarily an exception to that rule. One can quite logically say that A, which strips all jurisdiction, is defined over a particular class of cases; it is also subject to exceptions B and C, each defined over a different class of cases which partially overlaps with the cases in A. To the extent that A would require otherwise, B and C act as exceptions to it. However, B and C function independly of A, and only act as exceptions to it when they conflict.
Hence, I’m not sure that expressio unius has the force you suppose here.
Marghlar, 28 USC 2241(e) says: “EXCEPT as provided in section 1005 of the Detainee Treatment Act of 2005, no court, justice, or judge shall have jurisdiction to hear or consider … habeas corpus … or … any other action….”
Do you deny that the exceptions referred to in that quote are expressly listed 1005(e)(2) and 1005(e)(3)? Why wouldn’t expressio unius therefore apply so as to rule out any other exceptions? I don’t see any semantics at work here at all.
Because I’m not sure that a definition of the breadth of a stripping provision is an exception to that provision.
If A states a general rule, and B and C are carveouts from that rule, that doesn’t mean that A doesn’t have a defined scope.
Marghlar, 28 USC 2241(e) announces that it has exceptions: “EXCEPT as provided in section 1005 of the Detainee Treatment Act of 2005, no court, justice, or judge shall have jurisdiction to hear or consider … habeas corpus … or … any other action….”
You’re actually denying that the exceptions referred to in that quote are expressly listed at 1005(e)(2) and 1005(e)(3)? My mind is now officially boggled.
Why is this so difficult to understand?
A has a defined scope, which includes a set of cases, A.
B & C are enumerated exceptions to that scope.
I don’t see why the defined scope of A is necessarily an “exception” to itself. Indeed, such a reading seems a bit odd. Section A either does or doesn’t apply to currently pending cases, but either way, stating what cases it does not by definition apply to is not stating an exception, it is defining a scope, I think.
As a matter of set theory, we’d say that the total scope of the jurisdictional void created by the statute is the set A, minus the disjoint of the sets B and C (as defined). The exceptions for B and C need not control the content of the original set A, which is what the court was attempting to define, looking to the statute as a whole.
The sticking point seems to be that you believe the court was reading in an exception to the statute. They would say they were interpreting the text of the statute, in the context of all of its provisions.
Marghlar, as I pointed out at 3:58 AM, it is “undisputed” that 1005(e)(1) standing alone would have cancelled jurisdiction not only for future cases but also for pending cases. In other words, if there had been no 1005(e)(2) and 1005(e)(3) then the meaning of the statute would have been to completely cancel jurisdiction for both future and currently pending cases. No justice on the Supreme Court suggested otherwise. Are you suggesting otherwise?
I’m not sure that is right. I think that the provision in 1005(h), which obviously would not exist but for the listed exceptions, provided support for the court’s reading. However, I do think that the court’s reading is within the scope of ambiguity of the act. To say that no court shall have jurisdiction of a class of cases, begs several questions. Is an appeal a case? And does shall carry a temporal implication of future effect (in can have that connotation — “I shall go to the store,” for instance, would commonly be thought of as a statement of future intent/effect.
Now, I’d say that your construction would be equally plausible, if 1005(e)(1) stood by itself. (At that point, I think it is within the court’s discretion to decide either way, although I’d advise them to tread softly for prudential reasons). However, once 1005(h) enters the mix, it looks less balanced to me. Now, we have ambiguous language in the original statute, coupled with a structural reason to think that a construction other than “all cases pending on or after enactment” is to be preferred. At that point, I think Stevens’ position starts to read as a fairer construction than Scalia’s.
Furthermore, Justice Stevens notes this ambiguity in his opinion (so I take issue with your assertion that no SCOTUS justice took a similar view): “The Act is silent about whether paragraph (1) of subsection (e) “shall apply” to claims pending on the date of enactment.” (Slip. Op. at 9-10). Furthermore, he holds that the “plain language” argument of Justice Scalia necessarily depends on the Bruner presumption, which he holds is inapplicable to statutes that totally withdraw jurisdiciton (rather than merely transfering it).
Thus, I do think the plurality (and perhaps also Justice Kennedy, although I don’t have time to look right now) believe that the text of 1005(e)(1) is permissive of their reading. I don’t think anyone was trying to do something that would have been textually excluded by the DTA.
Marghlar, you’re correct that the Court said that the “Act is silent about whether paragraph (1) of subsection (e) ‘shall apply’ to claims pending on the date of enactment.” Indeed, there was no explicit statement in the DTA that (e)(1) “shall apply” to pending claims. Likewise, there was no explicit statement in the DTA that the Act applies to “former chauffeurs.” That does not preclude a plain meaning that does apply to former chauffeurs, or a plain meaning that does apply (e)(1) to pending claims..
As Justice Scalia correctly observed, the Court “cannot cite a single case in the history of Anglo-American law (before today) in which a jurisdiction-stripping provision was denied immediate effect in pending cases, absent an explicit statutory reservation. By contrast, the cases granting such immediate effect are legion….” No court (including the Hamdan Court) has ever construed free-standing language like that in (e)(1) as not applying to pending cases.
From all this, it is clear that the meaning of (e)(1) standing alone would have been to cancel jurisdiction in pending cases as well as future cases.
The Court inferred an unwritten exception to (e)(1) from the language of the rest of the DTA, despite the fact that the DTA explicitly lists the precise exceptions that were intended. Oddly, neither the Court nor the dissent mentioned the blatant disregard of the expressio unius maxim.
I know it’s not fashionable to delve into the legislative history, but for what it’s worth, Congress considered a version of the DTA that explicitly would have barred consideration of Hamdan’s case, and that version was not passed. That makes Mr. Hyman’s reading of the statute unreasonable. Carl Levin, a sponsor of the DTA, has repeatedly said so, and only the manufactured Congressional Record “exchange” between Kyl and Graham suggests otherwise (see the footnote in the majority opinion).
Andrew (and marghlar)–
Let’s ask a simple question. Why does paragraph (h) exist at all?
The existence of paragraph (h) suggests that there was some reason to conclude that (e)(2) and (e)(3) did not apply to pending cases.
A kind of schematic drawing of Marghlar’s logic might look like this:.
Actually, the court didn’t hold anything about (e)(2) or (3), which weren’t at issue — but it’s reasoning suggests strongly that the reason we know which cases they apply to is because 1005(h) explicitly tells us so. Hence, by themselves, all three would likely be equally ambiguous over whether jurisdiciton was stripped from only newly filed cases, or over all cases, including.
Is it so unambiguous? I’m not sure. First, note that the Supreme Court isn’t considering an “application for a writ of habeas corpus” — a lower court did that. Rather, they are hearing an appeal from a denial of such an application. There is a space of ambiguity there — is an appeal from an application, also an application?
Furthermore, note that the word “shall” often connotes a future temporal aspect (which has historically been the subject of a presumption against retroactivity in statutes). Thus, the language does seem permissive of a reading that because courts shall not have jurisdiction, that means that they cannot gain jurisdiciton over new cases — but in cases where jurisdiction was already proper, they may continue. (The alternative usage: “no court has jurisdiciton” would connote more clearly the meaning you read in the act.)
Note that (e)(2) and (e)(3) use entirely parallel language — “the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit shall have exclusive jurisdiction….” — and nevertheless, Congress clearly felt these provisions left some ambiguity about the scope of the jurisdicitonal cut-off/grant, because it included an explicit jurisdicitonal provision in subsection (h).
And Justice Scalia’s reliance on precedent is somewhat besides the point — each statute must be construed on its own merits. I find it odd that an avowed formalist would champion a doctrine that creates presumptions about what stautory language means. I agree with what Justice Scalia said about statutory construction in A Matter of Interpretation: courts should construe acts neither strictly nor loosely, but fairly, to mean what they in fact say. The court looks at the act as a whole, and finds that the canon of expressio unius in fact compels the conclusion that Congress both felt that the jurisdictional grants/denials were ambiguous, and that they did not wish to treat 1005(e)(1) identically with 1005(e)(2) or (3).
Thus, as I’ve repeatedly said, I don’t think the court was creating an “exception” to 1005(e)(1) — I think they were determining its proper temporal scope. Hence, I don’t think the expressio unius canon applies. But you are free to disagree, of course.
Marghlar, you say that a lower court (rather than SCOTUS) is the one that “heard” or “considered” the application for the writ of habeas corpus. Even if I were to concede that you’re correct about that, it makes absolutely no difference, because in that case (e)(1) would deprive the lower court of jurisdiction, and the SCOTUS should have said so.
Moreover, if the Supreme Court has in the past authoritatively stated what a term or phrase means, and then Congress subsequently uses that phrase or term in a subsequent statute, it is absurd to suppose that the Court’s meaning should not be impputed to Congress. I really think it’s unrealistic to say otherwise. Provisions such as 1005(e)(1) have been construed by the Court for ages as being applicable to pending cases. I very much doubt that even the judges in the Hamdan majority would dispute that 1005(e)(1) standing alone would have applied to pending cases. Certianly Senator Levin would not dispute that, and he was the most adamant and influential congressional opponent of the administration regarding Hamdan. Levin has stated that the reason 1005(e)(1) does not apply to pending cases is not because of its own language, but rather because there was an exception elsewhere in the DTA. Levin has.”
As I’ve repeatedly said, it was highly improper for the Court (and for Levin) to infer an unwritten exception to 1005(e)(1) despite the fact that the DTA expressly listed the desired exceptions. Why this expressio unius argument did not appear in the justices’ opinions is something that I’m still trying to figure out.
As a non-lawyer, I have read the above exchange with much interest, please forgive any lack of legal expertise in the questions asked. Does the argument come down to whether positive inference or negative inference is applicable when ‘express’ language is not provided on a specific issue ?
Would it not be just as valid to claim, knowing the political manipulation of floor statements by both parties, that had they wanted a pending cases exception to 1005(e)(1), they would have used specific language to do so ?
I find the argument that an earlier version, that had express language on pending cases, was defeated to be somewhat persuasive, but, it still leaves me to wonder why, if that was so important, the six words ‘will not apply to pending cases’ does not appear in 1005(e)(1) of the version that passed ?
Doesn’t using negative inference, in this case, lend itself to the impression of legislating from the bench by adding words to legislation does not exist, whereas positive inference relies strictly on the language present ?
Would it not be wiser to send the act back to Congress for clarification to correct that which is unclear ? Is there any process that would allow that avenue of action ?
Please let’s not forget the cannons of statutory construction that statutes must be read as a whole and each word must have meaning. This makes the whole if e(1) were by itself argument largely irrelevant. The second you add other sections they have to be construed together. The whole argument that negative inferences cannot be drawn from statutes is also bunk. There is a long line of precedent supporting this.
There are two fundamental tensions at play here: 1)Scalia’s insistence that a judicial presumption for retroactivity is superior than the negative inference; and 2)whether the language of e(1) trumps the negative inference.
These are both tough questions. As to 1, Scalia is probably not the best person to rely on for giving an accurate reading of the Lindh’s majority opinion considering that he dissented and would like to see the case marginalized. Moreover, Scalia arguing that a judicial presumption trumps a reading of the plain language of a statute is a little specious given his judicial philosophy. As to 2, I think Stevens (legitimately) relied on the drafting history and floor debate to break the tie between e(1) and negative inference. Of course if you don’t like LH, you would disagree.
KMAJ2, the premise of your question is that the DTA is unclear. Marghlar has made a similar argument. However, I continue to believe that an objective look at the Detainee Treatment Act shows that it is not unclear at all regarding application to pending cases.
28 USC 2241(e) says categorically: “Except as provided in section 1005 of the Detainee Treatment Act of 2005, no court, justice, or judge shall have jurisdiction to hear or consider … habeas corpus … or … any other action….”
Marghlar argued that this is ambiguous, but I very much disagree. Putting aside any exceptions in section 1005 of the DTA, the quoted sentence plainly should have applied in Hamdan. Why use the word “justice” if Congress did not contemplate a future Supreme Court hearing? I don’t think the quoted sentence is susceptible to application of any presumption of non-retroactivity. The only way to get around the quoted sentence is by way of exceptions in section 1005 of the DTA, and the only express exceptions in section 1005 of the DTA are (e)(2) and (e)(3).
Skeptic, of course statutes must be read as a whole and each word must have meaning. This doesn’t make the whole “if e(1) were by itself” argument irrelevant. The question is whether the Court has applied a non-retroactivity exception to (e)(1), and the only way to determine that is to consider what (e)(1) would mean without any exceptions.
Also, contrary to what you said, Scalia did not argue that a judicial presumption trumps a reading of the plain language of a statute. The plain language of (e)(1) is that it applies to pending cases. (e)(1) does not say that “no judge shall have jurisdiction to begin hearing or considering … habeas corpus … or … any other action.” It says that “no court, justice, or judge shall have jurisdiction to hear or consider … habeas corpus … or … any other action ….” The plain language is that it applies to pending cases. Scalia merely pointed out that a long line of cases support that plain reading.
Bryan, you’re correct that Congress considered a version of the DTA that explicitly would have barred consideration of Hamdan’s case, and that version was not passed. In other words, Senator Levin did succeed in getting express language removed barring Hamdan’s case, but Levin did not get express language inserted allowing Hamdan’s case to go forward. Also, you’re incorrect that the exchange between Kyl and Graham was the only indication in the record that Congress meant to bar Hamdan’s case from going forward — see notes 3 and 4 in Scalia’s opinion.
Some Guy, you say that the existence of paragraph (h) suggests that there was some reason to conclude that (e)(2) and (e)(3) did not apply to pending cases. That’s true. In contrast, there was no reason to conclude that (e)(1) did not apply to pending cases, for at least three reasons: first, (e)(1)’s plain language indicates that pending cases are included; second, the courts’ precedents regarding provisions like (e)(1) say that pending cases are included; and third, the exceptions to which (e)(1) refers are expressly listed elsewhere in the DTA without mentioning any exception for pending cases.
Thank you for your reply, Andrew, I apologize if it appeared I was agreeing on ambiguity. My experience in debate/argumentation, while not legally oriented, was the reason behind the statement about the defeated version being ‘somewhat persuasive’. It is also why I wondered why the inverse was not equally persuasive, the lack of ‘express’ language excluding pending cases. I agree with you that the language of the DTA is not ambiguous, it is about as straight forward, no hedge words, as language in any act can be.
The line of argumentation of the majority seem to be along the post hoc ergo proptor hoc or modus ponens style, in other words, because Congress defeated one version, the passed version must mean this, which is a logical fallacy, because of the lack of express language, thus that reasoning does not necessarily hold true. That was the basis for my question of why negative inference should have held more weight than positive inference, due to the lack of express language exemping pending cases, when it could have easily been inserted if it was that strong of a point.
If you think that Congress is always paying careful attention to SCOTUS precedent when drafting statutes, you have far more confidence in their abilities than I do. I certainly think the background tradition of interpretation deserves to be looked to in determing meaning, but I can’t agree that it should always be dispositive, especially when their are countervailing signals of intent running counter to the precedent.
I have very little interest in what Levin said or thought — his unenacted understanding and intention have no place in the construction of a statute, because it wasn’t his intent that became law, it was the wording of the statute that he helped to shape. Furthermore, I think Stevens’ opinion was clear on the point that he didn’t think that 1005(e)(1) clearly spoke to the question presented, nor did he believe that the Bruner line of precedent should properly be extended to statutes that totally cut-off all jurisdiction, as opposed to transfering the locus of jurisdiction.
Why use the word “justice” if Congress did not contemplate a future Supreme Court hearing?
Because the SCOTUS can hear habeas applications directly, in some cases. See 28 U.S.C. 2241(a), 2242. Thus, the hear both “applications,” and appeals from applications. Ergo, the use of the word “Justice” is not dispositive on the question.
Marghlar, you say: “Stevens’ opinion was clear on the point that he didn’t think that 1005(e)(1) clearly spoke to the question presented.” Yes, Stevens was clear, but he was wrong.
Indulge me by taking another look at the Detainee Treatment Act:
“[N]o….”
Look at those last five words. Thus, section (e)(1) of the DTA manifestly, unambiguously, incontrovertibly applied to preenactment conduct. How can it possibly be denied?
“Where the statute in question unambiguously applies to preenactment conduct, there is no conflict between the anti-retroactivity presumption and the principle that a court should apply the law in effect at the time of decision.”
—Landgraf v. USI Film Products (headnote), 511 US 244 (1994).
Well, a person who is currently in military custody may well continue to be in custody in the future, right? Furthermore, even if they were released the moment the act was passed, they still could try and bring an action against the U.S. for damages, which would be barred by 1005(e) if it applied only prospectively.
Furthermore, the act’s language only takes effect upon its becoming law — which is when 1005(h) would make all provisions take effect. So that section would be totally consistent with a forward-looking denial jurisdiction.
I think your argument fails to the degree it depends on those five words.
Marghlar, you apparently would like to apply the anti-retroactivity presumption to 1005(e)(1) of the DTA, as Justice Stevens may have done, even though that presumption has never before been applied to a jurisdiction-stripping provision. Right?
So, fine, let’s apply the presumption, despite SCOTUS precedent to the contrary. How can the presumption be overcome? According to the headnote in Landgraf, “Where the statute in question unambiguously applies to preenactment conduct, there is no conflict between the anti-retroactivity presumption and the principle that a court should apply the law in effect at the time of decision.”
So then the question becomes whether or not 1005(e)(1) applies to preenactment conduct, right?
Obviously, 1005(e)(1) applies to pre-enectment conduct. It denies federal court jurisidiction over detainees “in military custody” at the moment of enactment. Right? Does that not obviously refer to detainees who are being prosecuted for conduct that occurred prior to enactment?
First, I’m not a big fan of the presumption against retroactivity, or any presumption, when it is used to thwart apparent intent. But leave that to one side.
Take the following scenario.
A is in military custody at Time 1.
DTA is enacted at Time 2.
A files a petition for habeas corpus at Time 3. Obviously barred, even though he was in custody at the moment of enactment, right?
The majority is saying that the act does apply to persons in military custody at the time of enactment, when they file petitions subsequent to the Act. But if Detainee A had filed at time 1.5, the court would say that his suit is not covered by the DTA, because such a construction of 1005(e)(1) would make Section (h) an irrelevancy, which is not a favored way to construe a statute.
Which part of section (h)?
Section (h)(2).
Marghlar, I’m aware that the Court would say all that about (h)(2), because that’s basically what the Court did in fact say, and it’s still preposterous.
The Court’s theory is based on the notion that Congress had just as much reason to fear that (e)(1) wouldn’t be applied to pending cases as to fear that (e)(2) and (e)(3) wouldn’t be applied to pending cases. But that notion is false. Congress had no reason at all to fear that (e)(1) wouldn’t be applied to pending cases.
The exceptions to which (e)(1) expressly refers are expressly listed elsewhere in the DTA, and that listing does not include any exception for currently pending cases. Therefore expressio unius applies, and rules out any exception for currently pending cases.
You’re correct that that shouldn’t end the inquiry, because we also have to look at the temporal scope of (e)(1) itself to see if it might exclude currently pending cases. It doesn’t. The sort of language used in (e)(1) has ALWAYS been construed by the courts as applying to currently pending cases, absent a presumption of non-retroactivity. Such a presumption would be overcome in the present context, because (e)(1) explicitly applies to preenactment conduct (i.e. to aliens “currently in military custody”). Without a presumption of non-retroactivity, neither the Court nor anyone else has ever cited a single case where the words “shall have jurisdiction” were deemed to mean “shall gain jurisdiction over a new case,” as you have suggested.
In sum, Congress had every reason to expect that (e)(1) would be applied to pending cases, just like jurisdiction-stripping provisions have traditionally been applied to pending cases. As Justice Scalia put it, the Court “cannot cite a single case in the history of Anglo-American law (before today) in which a jurisdiction-stripping provision was denied immediate effect in pending cases, absent an explicit statutory reservation. By contrast, the cases granting such immediate effect are legion….”
Now contrast the jurisdiction-allocating paragraphs (e)(2) and (e)(3). No principle of expressio unius prevents exceptions to those two paragraphs from being implied or inferred, and that fact should have caused Congress concern that an exception for currently pending cases might be judicially implied or inferred. Indeed, as the Court mentioned at footnote 5 of its opinion in Hamdan, “The fact that courts often apply newly enacted jurisdiction-allocating statutes to pending cases merely evidences certain limited circumstances failing to meet the conditions for our generally applicable presumption against retroactivity….” (quotinga previous opinion). This fact too should have caused Congress concern that an exception for currently pending cases might be implied or inferred, due to a presumption against retroactivity. After all, neither (e)(2) nor (e)(3) explicitly applies to preenactment conduct, unlike (e)(1).
I think this is a slam-dunk against jurisdiction in this case. And let’s use some common sense here. Both (e)(2) and (e)(3) are exceptions to the rule of (e)(1). Who ever heard of a rule that does not apply in certain cases, but that has exceptions applicable in those very same cases. That would be VERY weird.
Don’t buy it. I don’t think it is an issue of extra-textual exceptions (which would be equally unauthorized in the case of e2 or e3).
Here’s the problem. The key language of e1, e2 and e3 is entirely parallel. The language is that the courts either “Shall not have jurisdiciton” or “shall have exclusive jurisdiction.” If this language is clear, it is equally clear in both cases. And if it is clear in e2 and e3, there was no reason for h2 to ever exist.
Congress clearly didn’t feel that it was clear, or there would have been no need to define a scope. Scalia says otherwise, but an analysis of the actual language and structure of the act makes his position unconvincing. The act as a whole evinces a clear understanding that the language, “shall have/not have jurisdiction,” is not considered clear in its scope. Scalia only reads differently by depending on presumptions established through case law which may be distinguishable, and regardless, the text and structure of the act are more important than the manner in which the court has previously interpreted other acts, with different texts and structures.
Finally, I’d note that the two sections granting exclusive jurisdiction in certain cases to the D.C. Cir. are not titled as exceptions. All that e1 says is “except as provided in 1005″; that need not mean that other sections of 1005 can’t have independent jurisdictional force. To me, the structure of the act seems to be quite clear: e1 completely denies jurisdiction in one class of cases. e2 and e3 create exclusive jurisdiction for the D.C. Cir. over a second, partially overlapping class of cases. To the extent that these principles conflict, e1 provides that e2 and e3 take precedence. That is perfectly consistent with the language and structure of the act, I think.
Marghlar, I agree that the word “shall” has the same basic meaning in each and every one of the forty (40) times it is used in the DTA. However, the basic meaning of that word does not determine whether it is being used in connection with pending cases as opposed to future cases (or in connection withany cases at all). Instead, we must look to the context in which the word “shall” is used. And, it’s not sufficient to merely look at the two or three words following the word “shall” in order to ascertain whether pending cases or future cases (or both or neither) are being discussed.
The context of the word “shall” in e1 is very different from the context of the word “shall” in e2. Just to mention one of many differences, the word shall is immediately preceded by the words “no court, justice, or judge” in e1, whereas the word “shall” is immediately preceded by the words “the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit” in e2. Those prefatory words don’t determine whether pending cases (as opposed to future cases) are being discussed, nor do the two or three words following the word “shall” make that determination. The broader textual context must be considered.
For example, you have overlooked a plain textual distinction: neither e2 nor e3 explicitly applies to preenactment conduct, whereas e1 does explicitly apply to preenactment conduct. Therefore e2 and e3 would be much more susceptible to the Court’s longstanding presumption against retroactivity. Hence h2.
Additionally, you have overlooked another plain textual fact: e2 and e3 list exceptions to which e1 refers, and not vice versa. This is not a symmetrical situation, and therefore the text has non-symmetrical consequences. A list of express exceptions casts doubt upon — if not rules out — the existence of implied exceptions, per the expressio unius maxim. Therefore, h2 would be especially useful to rule out unwanted exceptions to e2 and e3, rather than e1.
Incidentally, implied exceptions are not necessarily “extra-textual,” as you suggested. But in any event, Congress had reason to fear unwanted exceptions to e2 and e3 that are implied, inferred, or otherwise conjured up. There are solid textual reasons to believe that Congress did not have those same reasons with respect to e1.
Andrew, at this point you are just repeating yourself, and making points I have already said I do not find persuasive.
I see nothing in the text of e1 as compared with e2 or e3 that suggests that it should be treated differently regarding pending v. future cases (see above).
LIkewise, I have told you why I don’t buy your expressio unius argument. Thus, your restating it and saying it again isn’t likely to convince me, absent something new.
I didn’t say that “implied exceptions” were extra-textual — I said I don’t like extra-textual exceptions, to the degree you were suggesting any. But I would note that the text of 1005e1 is part of the text of 1005, and hence, any “implied exceptions” (although I disagree that a determination of the scope of e1 constitutes an exception to it) would be within the texual reference of e1.
Thanks for a fun chat. This has really helped me refine my understanding of Hamdan and the DTA. I may still disagree with you (and you are welcome to raise new arguments that might change my mind), but I think the exchange has been very profitable.
Marghlar, sure, it’s been an interesting discussion. Happy July 4, by the way.
Unfortunately, you haven’t said one word as to why you find no significance in the fact that neither paragraphs e2 nor e3 explicitly applies to preenactment conduct, whereas e1 does explicitly apply to preenactment conduct. That’s a critical factor (according to the Court’s jurisprudence) in determining whether those paragraphs could or should be applied to pending cases (i.e. whether a presumption of non-retroactivity could or should be applied to those paragraphs).
If one concedes that no presumption of non-retroactivity should be applied to e1, then the only way that e1 could be limited to future cases only would be by conjuring up some inferred or unwritten exception to e1, and that is clearly barred by expressio unius, since e1 already refers to a list of exceptions that is provided by e2 and e3.
I really fail to see why you insist that a presumption of non-applicability to pending cases should be applied to e1. Without h2, such a presumption might well have been applied to e2 and e3, but not to e1 (e1 expressly applies to pre-enactment conduct). And, without h2, an exception for pending cases might well have been applied to e2 and e3, but not to e1 (e1 rules out exceptions beyond those expressly listed in e2 and e3).
I.e., the Court wanted jurisdiction, so it took it.
I see no express application to pre-enactment conduct — the provisions regard jurisdiction, not conduct. The examples you’ve adduced as a regulation of pre-enactment “conduct,” do not appear to prove that such a point is made.
I said as much several times above.
All the rest of your argument seems to flow from a premise that the sections are distinguishable based on their conduct. I still see no relevant distinction within the language.
Furthermore, please note that I have no desire to see any presumption of anything applied as a means of interpreting e1. Rather, I want the text interpreted for its plain meaning, in context of the surrounding language and structure of the act. I think the majority’s holding can stand fairly on this ground, and you haven’t convinced me otherwise.
If you want to change my mind, you’ll have to find either some affirmative indica of retroactive intent in e1 (what you’ve done so far is not persuasive), a relevant difference in the texts of e1 and e2-e3, or some explanation of h2 that makes logical sense while still according with your position. So far, you haven’t done so.
Marghlar, on Monday (yesterday) at 8:40 PM, I directed your attention to subparagraph (e)(2)(A) of 28 USC 2241, which says that the denial of jurisdiction applies to detainees “currently in military custody.” In other words, the denial of jurisdiction in 1005(e)(1) applies to preenactment conduct. Apparently, you’re denying that it does.
Nonetheless, 28 USC 2241(e)(2)(A) is manifest evidence of retroactive intent, it is also a manifestly relevant difference in the texts of e1 and e2-e3, and it therefore manifestly explains why h2 would apply to e2-e3 but not e1.
As I said, even if 28 USC 2241(e)(2)(A) did not exist, still the DTA contains no express exception for retroactive application, and an implied exception is ruled out by expressio unius for e1 but not for e2-e3.
I grant you that the DTA does not explicitly say, “Tony, David, Ruth, John, and Stephen, this Act requires you to refuse to hear or consider the Hamdan case until there’s been a final judgment from a military tribunal.” However, what the DTA does say is equivalent.
Here is additional proof (though none is really needed)….
Suppose that a military commission had rendered a final decision prior to the date of enactment of the DTA. Would e3 give jurisdiction to the DC Circuit to review that final decision? e3 suggests that the answer is “yes”:
“the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit shall have exclusive jurisdiction to determine the validity of any final decision rendered pursuant to Military Commission Order No. 1, dated August 31, 2005…”
However, h2 says that the answer is actually “no’:
“[e3] shall apply with respect to any claim whose review is governed by [such paragraph] and that is pending on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.”
If the miltary commission reached its decision and adjourned prior to enactment of the DTA, then h2 say that e3 is inapplicable instead of applicable. So, h2 is not superfluous, and could not be superfluous regardless of how e1 is construed.
Andrew, I don’t read the military custody language to refer to pre-enactment conduct, as I’ve already explained. Since that language only took effect upon enactment, it is perfectly consistent for an act that takes effect at enactment to refer to conduct currently existing at the time of enactment (and thereafter).
As to your other point, I’d posit that it is likely that the “cases pending” language includes within the meaning of “pending,” “awaiting review on appeal.” It is an ambiguity, to be sure, but I think that your reading is less plausible.
Marghlar, the DTA was signed by the President and went into effect on December 30, 2005 thereby immediately amending 28 USC 2241 by adding a new section (e) which said that it applied to detainees “currently in military custody.” You’re apparently asking me to believe that new section (e) applied not to the conduct which landed those detainees in custody, but only to conduct which the detainees engage in after being detained. That is an extremely farfetched interpretation, and it’s rebutted by the language of section (e) itself, which bars jurisdiction over “ANY other action against the United States or its agents relating to ANY aspect of the detention by the Department of Defense of an alien at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.” Surely, an action for wrongful imprisonment would be barred by section (e), and such an action plainly would involve preenactment conduct.
Regarding the scenario I outlined in which a military commission has imposed sentence on a detainee prior to enactment of the DTA, you’re apparently suggesting that e3 and h2 give exclusive jurisdiction to the DC Circuit to review that final decision, even though h2 says that the DC Circuit doesn’t have exclusive jurisdiction over claims unless those claims were “pending on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.” You seem to be saying that every claim governed by e3 is “pending on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.” That’s not plausible.
Surely, an action for wrongful imprisonment would be barred by section (e), and such an action plainly would involve preenactment conduct.
But that is an irrelevant point. The question isn’t whether any conduct that occurred pre-enactment might give rise to a suit, it’s when the courts have jurisdiciton to hear that suit. You need to find language that suggests, not just that some facts that occurred before enactment might be the subject of a suit, but rather, that Congress wanted to strip the courts of jurisdiciton of claims already pending, not just to strip courts of any new jurisdiction that would arise after the act was passed.
And no, I’m not saying that every possible claim is pending on or after the date of enactment. I’m saying that claims that are still undergoing an appeal are still pending. Obviously, claims that have been the subject of a fully-appealed judgment, and affirmed, are no longer pending.
Marghlar, regarding the scenario where a military commission rendered a final decision prior to the date of enactment of the DTA, let’s also suppose that executive branch review of that decision was completed before enactment, in accordance with Military Commission Order No. 1. In that scenario, h2 modifies e3 by cancelling exclusive jurisdiction for the DC Circuit. There’s no reason why Congress should have been just as concerned about including e1 in h2. e1 should be construed on its own merits, and its language is clear.
As you know, e1 also expressly covers at least some claims that involve preenactment conduct of detainees “currently in military custody.” This difference between e1 and e2-e3 is not irrelevant. If Congress enacted h2 partly in order to remove doubt about whether any preenactment conduct could be covered by e3, then Congress had no reason to use h2 in order to remove such doubts about e1.
There is nothing in the language of e1 that suggests an exception for cases pending at enactment, and h2 does not suggest one. On the contrary, e1 says to look elsewhere in the DTA for exceptions to e1, and those express exceptions elsewhere in the DTA do not include any exception for pending cases.
e1 says that “no court, justice, or judge shall have jurisdiction to hear or consider … habeas corpus … or … any other action….” This is broad language, and it ought to be construed on its own merits, because h2 is perfectly understandable without using it to narrow the meaning of e1. If the Court had done so, it would have arrived at a different conclusion.
Now you are just repeating yourself. I wasn’t persuaded by this line of argument before, and this is not changing anything. If you want to understand why I don’t agree, read my previous posts, which have certainly elaborated the points ad nauseum.
Marghlar, you previously posited that it’s likely that the “cases pending” in language in h2 includes within the meaning of “pending,” “awaiting review on appeal.” Therefore, I began my previous comment by saying, “let’s also suppose that executive branch review of that decision was completed.” That’s hardly repeating myself.
Anyway, I’m glad to drop this subject now. I don’t find your defense of the Hamdan decision persuausive, and I find the Court’s treatment of the jurisdiction issue outlandish. The Court disregarded the plain meaning of e1, by reaching out to another provision (h2) that didn’t even mention e1, and the Court proceeded to puff up that other provision (h2) into an exception to e1. In so doing, the Court overturned a 50-year-old precedent (Bruner) that had instructed Congress how to strip jurisdiction. I believe the Court also disregarded the maxim of expressio unius, disregarded the effect of h2 on cases no longer pending at enactment, and disregarded the language in e1 that applies e1 to preenactment conduct. But there’s no point in going on ad nauseum.
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On Sunday, we unveiled the bottom 15 spots — as chosen by a panel of nine leaders from the business, nonprofit and political sectors. Today we have the top 10.
10. Lars Houmann, Florida Hospital CEO (Last year: 14th) As medicine and health care gain steam in Central Florida, so does the clout of those leading the sector. Houmann, 55, is the first health-care exec to crack the top 10, not only because he runs an expansive hospital chain, but because he gets involved in other community issues, from transportation to helping the uninsured. And now, as chairman of the Florida Chamber of Commerce, Houmann's reach is statewide.
9. Andy Gardiner,incoming Senate president (Last year: seventh). One panelist summed up Gardiner, 43, as "the only Central Florida big shot left in Tallahassee." He's poised to run the state Senate in 2014 and generally steers clear of the nonsense that ensnares less-savvy legislators. Still, locals will be watching carefully to see how he handles the power — and for him to share a more detailed vision of his goals.
8. Clarence Otis, Darden Restaurants CEO (Last year: 10th). Otis, 56, not only runs Orange County's only Fortune 500 company, but also one of the region's more philanthropic corporations. This past year saw bumps for Darden, including a ham-fisted trial at denying employees health care, which the company quickly abandoned. Still, as one panelist noted, even Otis' mistakes make national news and provide valuable lessons for other CEOs.
7. John Hitt, University of Central Florida president (Last year: third). Hitt, 70, dropped out of the top five this year but is still a commanding presence, having built UCF into America's second-largest university. He's respected and visionary. Right now, Hitt's top challenges are keeping college affordable and dealing with a Legislature prone to cutting education.
6. Harris Rosen, hotelier (Last year: 23rd). Many tourism execs keep their cards close to their vests. Not this self-made titan. Rosen, 73, calls 'em like he sees 'em and isn't afraid to throw his weight around. He stays ahead of tourism trends, has several charitable causes, and his Shingle Creek resort is one of the gems of I-Drive. Rosen is also one of the few to talk openly about the possibility of local casinos. Said one panelist: "Being a homegrown magnate has big value."
5. John Morgan, attorney (Last year: 16th). That's right. Mr. "For the People." Not only does he run one of the nation's largest personal-injury firms, he's politically connected at all levels. He's hosted President Barack Obama at his home. He has former Gov. Charlie Crist on his payroll. And he funnels campaign money to key GOP legislators as well. Throw in his philanthropy and expansive business endeavors, such as WonderWorks and Washington's National Museum of Crime & Punishment, and Morgan is impossible to ignore. (Seriously, just try finding a radio station without him.)
4. Alex Martins, Orlando Magic president (Last year: fifth). The Magic may be struggling for relevance in the NBA, but Martins' clout comes largely from what he does away from the court. The 48-year-old has served on boards for everything from a children's hospital to the local visitors bureau. Said one panelist: "Clearly his ambitions span beyond basketball."
3. Meg Crofton, Walt Disney World president (Last year: sixth). Meet the most powerful nonelected official on this list. Disney will always be Orlando's big cheese. But Crofton, 59, has beefed up company's profile on both philanthropy and politicking. The latter can be tricky — and messy, as evidenced by headlines over Disney's big campaign checks to legislators and secret text messages to county commissioners. But Crofton remains the region's top voice in business.
2. Teresa Jacobs, Orange County mayor (Last year: second). Here's what you need to know about Jacobs. She just finished her toughest year — with all kinds of controversy at the county — and yet was still in the running for the top spot on this list. Jacobs, 54, is smart, dogged and careful with the public's money. She stumbled this year as the county made more headlines for text messages and debates over equal rights than for Jacobs' vision. But she still controls the biggest government game in town — and keeps the other power players on their toes.
1. Buddy Dyer, Orlando mayor. (Last year: first) This is the fifth straight year that Dyer has topped the list. Why? Because what Buddy wants, Buddy gets. A new arts center. SunRail. You name it. And he often does it with relative ease. That's partly because he has an acquiescent council, but also because Dyer, 54, doesn't let himself get derailed. When the county dealt with a domestic-partnership registry, it was a drawn-out mess. When Buddy wanted one, he simply declared equal rights the right thing to do — and got it done. The Democratic Dyer also enjoys support from many Republicans, particularly in the business community. The question now: Does Dyer seek higher office?
The rest of the list (revealed Sunday):
11. Sandy Shugart, Valencia College president
12. Belvin Perry Jr., chief circuit judge
13. Bill Sublette, Orange County School Board chairman
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For some years the national office of the FOR has discussed having regional offices across the United States, to help local branches do their work. Now, with national FOR under new leadership, the organization will try this idea out. Minnesota FOR member Maryrose Dolezal, after working on a contract basis for national for the past year, has now become a staff member and will continue her work on organizing peacemaker trainings out of this local office. Actually, the "office" is two desks at the Friends for a Non-Violent World office at 1050 Selby Ave, St. Paul. The second desk is for a new intern, a young person from Houston who will be arriving imminently.
We can give Maryrose much credit for making this regional office a reality. Her work on having local peacemaker trainings in the Midwest has given national FOR new outreach. And an emphasis on peacemaking is needed right now more than ever.
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Please consider serving as an at-large member on the board of the Minnesota FOR. We meet monthly except in December. In January we hold a longer-than-usual planning meeting. Our discussions are always stimulating, our work is serious but also fun, and by serving we continue the work of promoting and teaching nonviolence in a world facing more violence than ever. Time commitment is one evening a month plus voluntary work outside the meetings.
The Minnesota FOR cannot function without the help of its members. We need you!
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We have received a new membership list from National that lists 1,911 FOR
members in the state of Minnesota! The board will send every one of these
members an invitation to our November annual meeting, and see what happens!
From Member Raquel (and Frank) Wood: Even though I never turn up at FOR events, I am here! We do read the North Country Peace Builder! Thank you, thank you, for your work editing. It's an important way to help people feel in touch. The FOR has been a presence in my life--all 70 years! Gratefully, Raquel, and Frank too.
In addition to the new <> website, we will soon be developing a moderated e-mail list for the purpose of letting FOR members know about events we are sponsoring or co-sponsoring that come up between newsletters, and about other Fellowship news. Please send an e-mail with FOR in the subject line to [email protected] if you are interested in subscribing to the list when it is set up.
This newsletter will still be carried at website <> thanks to the kindness of Brother Richard Oliver OSB, who offered us this place on his site long before we could think of having our own site.
DON'T FORGET TO ATTEND THE ANNUAL MEETING!
November 3, 2002. Everyone is welcome.
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Dear Friends:
This newsletter is being produced while the drums of war are beating loudly from Washington and throughout the media. This administration will have its war, if we the people do not rise up and say we will not allow it, and state this strongly while there is still time. We must not stay on the sidelines hoping it will not happen, as many of us did before the Gulf War. These pages are devoted to Iraq and action plans. May we all do whatever we can to avert this tragedy for the Iraqi people, for the Middle East, and for ourselves.
FOR
Among Peace Groups Promoting Pledge of Civil Disobedience
Pax Christi USA, American Friends Service Committee, Education for Peace in Iraq Center, Episcopal Peace Fellowship, FOR, Lutheran Peace Fellowship, National Network to End the War Against Iraq, and Voices in the Wilderness are promoting the Pledge of Resistance <> included as an insert in the hardcopy newsletter. They ask people to sign the pledge, send it to a sponsoring organization to be delivered to the Administration, and be prepared to follow through if the U.S. goes to war against Iraq.
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The National Network to End the War Against Iraq also has suggestions for actions.
* Call or send faxes opposing the war every Tuesday until the election.
* Meet with elected leaders, following up with letters and updates.
* Be at all electioneering events and raise the issue.
* Ask your congressperson to sign on to a Dear Colleague letter opposing the war (this is being organized)
* Use the Peace Pledge and Pledge of Resistance to show opposition. Collect signatures on the pledges.
* Speak at local faith communities; encourage church leaders to meet with Congress members; encourage these communities to have letter-writing events.
* Rebut the Administration's propaganda through letters to the editor, press releases.
* Ask the local paper for a regular column for the peace perspective.
* Hold regular vigils, protests, demonstrations at congressional offices.
* Prepare for possible civil disobedience
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So begins a 5-page call to action by a group that met at a statewide anti-war conference in Brainerd in July. Members of the group are the Alternatives to War Committee, St. Cloud; the Brainerd Area Coalition for Peace; Nukewatch; the Anti-War Committee, Minneapolis; Headwaters Green Party, Bemidji; and Vets for Peace, Chapters 27 and 80. They are promoting a statewide effort to oppose the Administration's war on terrorism and show commitment to use of nonviolent means to seek justice and proceed toward peace.
Their campaign consists of four parts: a day of independent group actions for peace, on Saturday Oct. 26; a coordinated call-in day to U.S. congress people on Monday Oct. 28; promotion of petitions for peace; and a statewide press release, containing the names of all groups that register their intent to participate by October 11.
Here are sample actions the group suggests:
* Distribute handbills door to door with pro-peace, anti-war messages and information.
* Hold a demonstration in front of a congressperson's local office.
* Hold a community forum to discuss the Patriot Act and other measures that imperil civil rights and liberties.
* Invite community to share in a day of creating peaceful alternatives to the War on Terrorism.
* Create a global flag, with the back containing information about the proposed war on Iraq and why it should not happen; include contact information for elected people. Distribute the flags to the public.
* Create a signature ad opposing a war against Iraq and the War on Terrorism. Place the ad on Oct. 26 in a prominent local newspaper. (Look at for suggestions.)
The coordinating committee asks that groups make a commitment to make a pledged number of calls on the October 28 call-in day. We encourage Minnesota FOR members to observe this day and make calls to their representatives and to both senators.
Sen. Paul Wellstone 651-645-0323 or 1-800-642-6041;
Washington office 202-224-5641, fax 202-224-8438
Sen. Mark Dayton 612-727-5220, or 1-888-224-9043;
Washington office 202-224-3244, fax 202-228-2186
District 1, Gil Gutknecht, 507-252-9841; Washington office 202-225-2472
District 2, Mark Kennedy, 763-684-1600; Washington office 202-225-2331
District 3, Jim Ramstad, 952-738-8200; Washington office 202-225-2871
District 4, Betty McCollum, 651-224-9191; Washington office 202-225-6631
District 5, Martin Olav Sabo, 612-664-8000; Washington office 202-225-4755
District 6, Bill Luther, 651-730-4949; Washington office 202-225-2271
District 7, Colin Peterson, 218-847-5056; Washington office 202-225-2165
District 8, James Oberstar, 218-727-7474; Washington office 202-225-6211
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From an editorial in The Nation, September 2, 2002
said that such an attack 'would not be consistent with what we have been as a nation or what we should be as a nation.' ...
"Armey (and Levin) are just two of a number of important political actors ... who have recently expressed qualms about the proposed military invasion. These voices need to be amplified and reinforced by others if the United States is to avoid a potentially disastrous intervention in the Middle East. ... The concerns among the country's elite deserve widespread public attention. "
The Nation then compressed these concerns into nine questions, with the caveat that others might want to raise much more fundamental questions. These questions are, very briefly:
1. Why make war when the existing strategy of "containment" (sanctions, no-fly zones, technology restraints) seems to be succeeding in containing Iraq?
2. Why is there so little international support for invasion, and what are the consequences if the U.S. acts alone?
3. Is the U.S. prepared to accept significant losses of American lives?
4. Is the U.S. prepared to inflict heavy losses on Iraq's civilian population?
5. Might Saddam just go ahead and use any chemical and biological weapons he might have, if Iraq is invaded?
6. Are we prepared to cope with outbreaks of anti-American violence throughout the Muslim world?
7. Can our economy, and those of other countries, withstand a big rise in oil prices, a bulging federal deficit, and other negative economic effects of a major war?
8. Who will govern Iraq afterwards? Will we leave the country in chaos, or impose a government?
9. If the latter, are we willing to deploy thousands of American soldiers for many years to defend such a government and prevent the breakup of the country?
These are ideas for questions we must ask our elected leaders during this election season, and demand answers to from the White House.
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John Braun (612-522-1861) and Mary Eoloff (651-698-1493) have available lawn signs which read "SAY NO TO WAR AGAINST IRAQ. CALL YOUR REPRESENTATIVE." The signs cost $10.
Wednesdays, 5-6 pm: Peace Vigil, Lake Street/ Marshall Ave. Peace Bridge; meet on St. Paul side at 5 pm; parking at Living Word Church at Otis and Marshall
Thursday Oct. 17, 7-9 pm: "Civil Liberties in the Aftermath of 9/11," Peter Brown, member of National Lawyers Guild; Henn. Ave. United Methodist Church, 511 Groveland Ave., Minneapolis; free
Monday, Oct. 28: Call-in day for urging no war in Iraq
Sunday, Nov. 3, 2-5:30 pm: Minnesota FOR's annual meeting, First Universalist Unitarian Church, 3400 Dupont Ave. So., Minneapolis; light supper provided
Tuesday, Nov.12, 6:30-10 pm: "Nuclear Roulette in an Age of Terrorism," Arjun Makhijani, expert in nuclear issues and author of "From Global Capitalism to Justice," Minnesota Alliance of Peacemaker's Annual Celebration, Henn. Ave. United Methodist Church, 511 Groveland Ave., Mpls.; 6:30 refreshments, 7 pm Gay Men's Chorus, jazz musician Larry McDonough, 7:30 speaker; $5 at door
Saturday, Nov. 9, 10 am-noon: "Women in Prison and a Culture of Violence," panel discussion led by Lois Herman, International Human Rights Consultant, Van Cleve Community Center, 90515th Ave. SE, Minneapolis; "Coffee With" program of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, Minnesota Metro Branch
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North Country Peace Builder
Produced quarterly (September, December, March, and June) by the Executive Committee of the Minnesota Fellowship of Reconciliation.
Send article, letters, and comments to
Leslie Reindl, editor
1233 Ingerson Road
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<[email protected]>
Or use the online form to send comments or contributions.
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Monday, September 3, 2012
Apply now for International Business/Marketing studies
Apply here For more Information check here
Sunday, June 24, 2012
Admitted students for Academic year 2012/2013
- For Hamk - University of Applied Sciences click here
- For Jamk- University of Applied Sciences click here
- For Mikkeli- University Of Applied Sciences click here
- For Haaga Helia- University Of Applied Sciences click here
- For Vaasa- University Of Applied Sciences click here
DEAR TANZANIAN
2. When to make Application.
3. Required Documents.
4. Application Procedure.
5. About Entrance Examination.
6. Contents of Entrance Examination
I need your comments and query to make this site more informative.
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
Blog nominations
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Online Application for For Academic year 2012
Sunday, October 16, 2011
Hamk University of Applied Sciences
Degree Programmes conducted in English
- Automation Engineering
- Business Management& Entrepreneurship (Master's Degree)
- Construction Engineering
- Industrial Management
- International Business
- Mechanical Engineering &Production Technology
- Supply Chain Management & Logistics
Friday, October 7, 2011
Applicant's Guide 2012
Monday, March 21, 2011
Invitation Letter for 2011
Important: In case of postal letter missing, please contact your admission office.
Sunday, January 9, 2011
DEAR TANZANIAN
2. When to make Application.
3. Required Documents.
4. Application Procedure.
5. About Entrance Examination.
6. Contents of Entrance Examination
I need your comments and query to make this site more informative.
Saturday, January 1, 2011
Applicant's checklist
1.Apply online 3 January - 15 February 2011.
2.Send the required copies of non-Finnish educational certificates and language certificates by 25 February at 4.15 p.m Finnish time at the latest to the admission office of your first option.
3.Entrance examination invitations and decisions on eligibility are posted by mail in March.
4.Entrance examinations are arranged between 4 April and 6 May 2011. The invitations will include all the details about time, location, and special arrangements. Please note, that some polytechnics/UAs do not arrange examinations anywhere else than in Finland.
5.If you are applying with an upper secondary education completed in Finland, please inform of the changes in your grade point average by 20 May 2011 at 4.15 p.m Finnish time at the latest.
6.Results are announced on 30 May 2011 at the earliest. Please remember that posting the results takes few days.
7.All higher education admission results are announced by 19 July 2011 at the latest.
8.Confirm your study place by returning the confirmation form by 2 August 2011 at 4.15 p.m Finnish time at the latest to the higher education institution you chose as your final study place. If you do not return the form in time, you will lose your study place.
9.If you have applied with an upper secondary education completed in Finland, please attach a copy of your educational certificate(s) to the confirmation form and return them by 2 August 2011 at 4.15 pm at the latest.
10.Please remember that your admission is conditional until your original relevant certificates are checked. The University of Applied Sciences/UAS may withdraw the admission, if the applicant has given false information or has given forged documents.
The application procedure varies depending on whether you plan to study at a University or at a University of Applied Sciences (UAS). To
study at a University of Applied Sciences i.e. a place where practical education is imparted i.e. more professional and work oriented, application can be sent directly to the University of Applied Sciences selected or through the joint application system. A joint application system is one where in a student can list up to a maximum of 4 programs of interest. T
o study at a University i.e. a place where scientific research and programs based on that are conducted, application to a Finnish university is to be sent directly to the University of interest. Also online joint application form can be filled if English is the language of preference for the degree program i.e the degree programme is conducted in English.
Application Timming: Autumn 2011, Bachelor Degree
Application period for programmes starting in Autumn 2011 starts on 3rd January and closes on 15 February 2011 at 4.15 p.m Finnish time. All required attachments have to be at the admissions office of the applicant's first choice polytechnic /UAS by 25 February 2011 at 4.15 p.m
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
Application Period for International Master's degree programmes
Dear international students,
This is to remind you that the application period for the Master’s degree programmes which are conducted in English started on 15 November 2010.
The application deadline is either on 17 January or 28 February 2011, depending on the programme.
The programmes are :
Biology of Physical Activity
Corporate Environmental Management
Development and International Cooperation
Educational Leadership
European Masters in Sport and Exercise Psychology (application deadline 10 January)
Entrepreneurship in Family Business
Intercultural Communication
Mobile Technology and Business
Nanoscience
Renewable Energy
Sport and Exercise Psychology
Sustainable Management of Inland Aquatic Resources
Links to the programme websites are available at .
Best regards
Elina Isännäinen (Ms)
kv. asiain opintosihteeri / Foreign Student Adviser
PL 35 / P.O.Box 35
FI-40014 Jyväskylän yliopisto / University of Jyväskylä
Finland
[email protected]
p. / tel. +358 14 260 1079
Thursday, November 25, 2010
Masters level and Tuition fee
Bachelor and Doctoral Degree Programmes are totally tuition free. Tuition fees are charged only in Masters level study. Here you find the list where courses and University names as well as tuition fees. This year will be the first year of tuition fee in Finland, so they have one hidden trick. Even-though you will be admitted under the role of tuition fee but they will cover it by easy scholarship given to you (it is only my idea and experience, no official announcement, you may not be given Scholarship if you are out of luck).
My recommendation to Tanzanian students who want to study in Masters level in Finland, if you can manage scholarship then apply for masters level, otherwise try to take admission in Bachelor degree, come here, manage your job and migrate to masters program. And it would be easier then to get scholarship even by the recommendation of your teacher. Think my word twice while tuition fee might be 9000 euro per academic year and living cost 500 euro per month. ( But money for living depending on you because you can survive from 300-400 € per month) If you can bear your educational expenses from your family so you are warmly welcome in any time, any condition.
In the upper part of this post I have written only for good student, but for those who have average grade and exhausted like me, please don't care any thing, come anyhow, it is possible to survive and stay here in any condition, as long as you want and committed for the chance you apply for.
Study, Job, Scholarship Related Links
Study
Virtual Finland
Immigration site
Sunday, September 19, 2010
Important links
Here is some important links for you which can help you in many aspects:
1. Train service:
2. Bus service:
3.facebook user name kakaosima
Sunday, August 8, 2010
Flight and Ticket
AFTER YOU GOT YOU'RE PERMIT START TO PLAN YOU'RE FLY TO HELSINKI AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
Here is some thing you should know
1. Maximum weight of luggage is 23 KG for KLM pcs condition Two luggage 46kg
-Turkish air line maximum 40 kg but please check it out befor hand
2. Maximum weight of Hand bag is 10 KG
*No liquid/metal in hand bag
Routes are normally
DAR -ENTEBE-Istanbul-Helsinki (Turkish Air)
DAR-AMSTERDAM-Helsinki (KLM Air line)
Dar-Nairobi-Amsterdam-Helsinki (KLM Air line)
Price: It cost for one way 700 USD-1500USD. This price is for KLM and Turkish air line. Return ticket is cheaper but I think no one would buy that cause validity of an air ticket is 1 year and student do not go to home country within a year.
Sunday, January 31, 2010
Pre-reading material for International Business
Monday, January 18, 2010
2011 List of Universities where Tanzanian student can apply this year.
University of Helsinki (1640/1827)
Åbo Akademi University in Turku (1918)
University of Turku (1920)
University of Tampere (1925)
University of Jyväskylä (1866, promoted to university status in 1934)
University of Oulu (1958)
University of Vaasa (1968)
University of Lapland in Rovaniemi (1979)
Aalto University (1849/2010)
University of Eastern Finland in Joensuu and Kuopio (2010)
2. List of Universities of Applied Scinces
Arcada Polytechnic
Central Ostrobothnia University of Applied Sciences
Diaconia University of Applied Sciences
EVTEK University of Applied Sciences
HAAGA University of Applied Sciences
HAMK University of Applied Sciences
Helsinki Business Polytechnic (Helia University of Business University of Applied Sciences
Pirkanmaa , University of Applied Sciences
The Police College of Finland (Administered by the Ministry of the Interior)
Rovaniemi University of Applied Sciences
Satakunta University of Applied Sciences
Savonia University of Applied Sciences
Seinäjoki University of Applied Sciences
South Carelia University of Applied Sciences
Swedish University of Applied Sciences
Sydväst University of Applied Sciences
Tampere University of Applied Sciences
Turku University of Applied Sciences
Vaasa University of Applied Sciences
Åland University of Applied Sciences (in the autonomous Åland region)
Please check out carefully before you make your on-line application, cause all Universities of applied sciences (UAS) can arrange entrace exams in Dar,Nairobi,Ghana or probably Finland or anywhere else as the condition may deem necessary.
In Finland, Entrance Exams are conducted in
Arcada, Central Ostrobothnia UAS, Jyväskylä UAS, Kymenlaakso UAS, Mikkeli UAS, Oulu UAS, Rovaniemi UAS, Saimaa UAS, Savonia UAS, Seinäjoki UAS, Tampere UAS, Turku UAS, Vaasa UAS which are Universities of Applied Sciences (UAS)
Pre-reading material for Nursing
2) Questions from Marieb E. Essentials of Human Anatomy and Physiology. 9th edition, pages 1 - 132.
For more information please contact the Degree Programme ([email protected] or +358 20 783 5623).
Pre reading materials for Social Services
Degree Programme in Social Services
ENTRANCE EXAM 2010
Exam literature consists of three articles and one report, which are typical examples of material used while studying in the Degree Programme in Social Services.
1) Juha Hämäläinen: Developing social pedagogy as an academic discipline (pages 133-153). In: Anders Gustavsson & Hans-Erik Hermansson & Juha Hämäläinen (eds.): Perspectives and Theory in Social Pedagogy. Daidalos, Göteborg 2004.
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2) Articles in Infed-website (Exploring Informal Education, Lifelong Learning, and Social Action):
• Introducing Informal Education ()
• Animation ()
3) Huset Mandat Morgen: What lies ahead for the Nordic model? A discussion paper on the future of the Nordic welfare model in a global competition economy. Nordic Council of Ministers, Copenhagen 2007.
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The written part of the entrance exam includes multiple choice and essay questions. The aim is to assess the capacity of the applicant to understand the contents of the exam material and to produce coherent, logical answers in English language. Therefore no specific questions e.g. on dates, figures or names of books or authors are posed unless they are clearly essential to the article or the report.
Monday, January 11, 2010
Job Oppurtinities in Finland
Finland is one of the most economically solvent countries in Europe. As the backbone of Nordic economy is always very strong but persistence, determination, and motivation are the key words when it comes to job searching. The Finnish labour market is highly competitive and looking for a job as a foreigner is challenging. Finland has suffered from a high unemployment rate since the economic crisis some years ago so it is not easy and not too hard to get job here in Finland. The most important tool when one needs a job here is to learn the Finnish language. Once someone has acquired a chance to come to this country, he/she must try hard to get to know the language. This is due to the fact that the official language here is Finnish. Learning Finnish is not easy, but also is not that much difficult though is somehow a challenging language in the beginning. It is somehow easy to get a job here if you can talk and understand the basics of the language. There are various ways as well as places where one can get to know the language. There are courses of Finnish language in schools and University, online learning method and through interaction with the Citizens. There are also some organizations which helps foreigners to learn the Finnish language. Having a residence permit (student visa) everyone is allowed to work a maximum for 25 hours/week. Although getting a job here is a bit challenging, but once you get one, the payment is 8-10 Euro per hour. As a student one can find a job in university research programmes, shops, paper delivering etc. Students are more likely to get suitable jobs with enough earnings during summer vacations as most of companies in Europe do employ summer workers during such period as most of their permanent workers go for summer holidays for three months. Summer jobs are easily applied through companies’ websites where they always announce for summer workers vacancies mainly during the months of December to March.
Saturday, December 19, 2009
Degree Programme in International Business 2010
Entrance examination includes
Structured motivation letter 10 p
Assignments on provided material 30 p
Mathematics and Logical Thinking 20 p
Interview 40 p
Total 100 p
If an applicant score is less than 30 points out of 100 points in the entrance exam, an applicant is not eligible for admission.
Entrance exams from the previous years are not available.
Entrance examination's pre-reading materials will be out later.
Monday, November 16, 2009
Applicant's Guide 2010
Hello,
JAMK University of Applied Science has published Applicant's Guide 2010. Here you can find all information about admission procedure for international student in Finland. Download that in Pdf.
Saturday, October 10, 2009
Friday, September 25, 2009
What is entrance exam? How much score I need?
"Entrance" this word is a popular word in Finland. To entry in somewhere is entrance. So from the point of view of Tanzanian student Entrance exam is one kind of admission test only. In Finland there is no tuition fee, so they obviously want that they should give the chance to meritorious students, for that they start entrance exam. But Don't be anxious about that easy admission test. It is possible to get chance for study here in Finland if you get only 50 out of 100 marks in that entrance/admission test. So start to prepare yourself for that exam.
Thursday, September 24, 2009
Degree programmes starting in spring 2010
2. Entrance examinations are held between 21 and 30 October 2009
3. Polytechnics/UAS announce the results by 27 November 2009
4. Admitted students must confirm their study places by 11 December 2009 at 4.15 pm Finnish time at the latest.
Application results for degree programmes starting in spring 2010 will be sent by mail to the students by 27 November 2009 at the latest. In addition to the letter of admittance, the student will receive a confirmation form. It is imperative that the student submits the confirmation form to the higher education institution in which he/she wishes to study by 11 December 2009 at 4.15 pm Finnish time at the latest, otherwise the student will forfeit the study place.
Confirmation of the study place is binding and cannot be altered or cancelled.
If you have applied to several degree programmes, please wait until you have received all the admission results. Once you have received all the results, select your study place and return the confirmation form. A student forfeits his/her study place, if the confirmation form arrives at the higher education institution after the set date
Entrance Examinations Schedule Autumn 2010
Thursday, September 17, 2009
Syllabus of exam
Entrance Exam Letter
After Application
Monday, July 6, 2009
How to Apply -2
In previous sections, I told you about basic information of applying now I am resuming that. For official apply you have to log on . Remember you can do this by yourself. If you can do this, why go to others for help. In that website there is a form you have to fill it up. You can choose 4 courses at an application, it would be better to chose different courses from different universities. Most of the student wants to study in Helsinki the capital city of Finland or Tampere. If you choose university near Helsinki you have to do very well in entrance exam so decision upon you cause you are not only competing with Tanzanian students but also student of whole world
For example, I admitted in JAMK university of applied science. 1604 candidate stand for entrance exam and 120 of them got chance. minimum score was 37 out of 100 for the last student admitted. I got 63.
Now make an application and submit that properly you'll get a confirmation through your email address, Print out that and save that for future use.Now make a set of these papers
1.CSEE / equivalent exam's
2.ACSE/ FTC/Diploma Engineering/Other diploma in education or business/ equivalent exam's Certificates
3.Language skills Certificates, IELTS (minimum 6.0) or TOEFL score 550 pbt/79-80 ibt
4. PASSPORT
and send them to your first priority university address. You'll find address in your email also in their website. (7 day need to reach Finland). I am again reminding you all papers should be certified by any notary public. Be careful about your postal address cause they'll send you invitation card of entrance exam by post, and you know the bad condition of our postal system in TZ.
Now wait for Entrance exam invitation card. In next blog I'll write about entrance exam
Sunday, July 5, 2009
How To Apply -1
At First gather these documents:
1.CSEE / equivalent exam's
2.ACSE/ FTC/Diploma Engineering/ equivalent exam's Certificate
3. English Language skills tests results IELTS (Minimum 6.0) or TOEFL score 550 pbt/79-80 ibt
4. PASSPORT
Now make photocopy of them and certify these at any notary public (all copies must be certified). All documents should be in English form. If you have any Swahili language paper you have to translate that in English, from any government registered translating center . Now go to admissions.fi to make an online application
TO BE CONTINUED
Application Timing For 2011
Application period for programmes starting in September 2011 starts in Mid-January and closes in Mid-February 2011 at 4.15 pm Finnish time. All required attachments have to be at the admissions office of the applicant's first choice polytechnic /UAS by the set date in February or skills level 4 in English in the National Certificate of Language Proficiency. Please note, that Finnish means that the examination is completed in Finland. In addition upper secondary education or University degree in English completed in the United Kingdom, Ireland, the United States of America, Canada, Australia or New Zealand is also accepted as a demonstration of sufficient English language skills. Education in English completed in any other country will not be accepted. Proof of language skill must be sent to the admissions office by the set date in February 2011.
Please contact the admissions office of the polytechnic/UAS of your first choice in all matters relating to your application and to changes in your circumstances.
News Source:
Saturday, July 4, 2009
Required Documents for Tanzanian Students
In Tanzania educational system a candidate require CERTIFICATE OF SECONDARY EDUCATION EXAMINATION(CSEE.) and The Advanced Certificate off Secondary Education Examination (ACSEE), Full Technician Certificate (FTC)/Diploma in Eng, Education or Business or other relevant diploma certificates, and a Pass English Language certificate IELTS or TEOFL for applying study in Finland. So my suggestion at first collect these papers. IELTS or TOFEL became mandatory from the year 2009. IELTS is very popular and recognized world wide so my suggestion to complete IELTS instead of TOFEL.
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Currently Intel does not include its virtualization extensions on all models of its chips. Its not easy to tell if a given chip does or does not have the extensions just by the name. And this holds back many different things that could be done with virtualization on desktops ( winxp mode on windows 7). I imagine, they'll probably repeat that for the next generation of virtualization. Which means there won't be as much of a demand for hardware that is aware of virtualization, so it will be expensive and hard to find for a longer period of time than normal.
Yes, that is something that really sucks about Intel. They have a list of CPU features that they basically combine with itself in a cartesian product to create a product matrix, and then create individual CPUs for every square in that matrix. IOW, they are segmenting their CPU market into a thousand little niches for no good reason, other than they can.
Working with AMD CPUs is so much easier. Turion for mobile, Sempron for low-end/budget desktops, Athlon/Phenom for desktops, Opteron for servers. Other than the type/speed of RAM, size of L2/L3, and number or cores on the die ... they all have the same CPU features. Even the lowly Sempron supports 64-bit and hardware virtualisation.
Like Microsoft, Intel's chief competitor/enemoy is itself.
Edited 2010-02-19 00:14 UTC
Oh give me a break, Intel isn't pushing 32 bit processors anymore. Sure the low-end doesn't come with hardware virtualization support but you shouldn't be buying a single core celeron in the first place if you plan on running a VM.
You say AMD is easier to work with but I got seriously burned by that period where they kept changing socket interfaces. AMD also takes too long to play catch-up when it comes to power efficiency.
What are you talking about? Intel still makes cpus for LGA 775. Maybe you are unaware of when AMD burned everyone with their abrupt ditching of socket 939. It was only on the market for 2 years.
As for power efficiency, What does AMD have to counter the Arrandale lineup? They not only use a 32nm fab but also come with impressive features like Turbo Boost, hyperthreading and hd video support. I'd consider AMD for a desktop system but Intel still wins when it comes to laptops.
Intel has of late gotten into the habit of making a new socket for every chip it releases. AMD which has done a couple changes in the last few years is more stable on changing sockets.
So it's basically - Intel is burning everyone with socket switches, where AMD use to.
Also, per the power - Intel is pretty much only using their in-house developed Speed Step technology for power management. AMD, OTOH, is using Transmeta's LongRun technology instead. One of the big differences is how many points of power optimization are available. SpeedStep typically has 3 or 4, where LongRun has dozens. (Even if Intel upgraded SpeedStep with more than 3 or 4, it's still a drastic difference.)
Not a future lineup but right now.
Funny - since Arrandale is basically an updated version of the same architecture used by the Pentium:...
AMD answered the Pentium with the K8, and now the K10 - available in Athlon II and all Phenom processors on market.
It's also quite interesting how Intel has had to backpedal and redesign to what AMD did in K8 in order to keep up with performance.
Funny stuff.
Intel has Core series duals and quads w/o HW virtualization, and it is not unknown for motherboards to lack the feature, even when the chipsets have them.
Meanwhile, for AMD, if you avoid Semprons and LE-series Athlons, you're good.
Likewise, Intel sells many such Celerons, and many Atoms, as 32-bit only.
Edited 2010-02-21 06:31 UTC
Well, SPARC is an open spec, you can produce your own if you like. ;-)
But really, it is sad.
x86 and it's 64-bit variant are horrible inefficient things, 64-bit is a bit better I hear, but delivering cheap boxes, also for home use (large volume market), seems to be winning ?
I guess we still have ARM as the last large-volume competing architecture ?
The best comment I heard from a cpu engineer was that x86 is like sausage, it's great as long as you don't know what goes in to it.
Yes it is true that x64 fixed a lot of the shortcomings of x86 like the relative lack of registers and of course addressing space.
x86 is less efficient from an engineering point of view but Chipzilla has been able push efficiency gains through intensive R&D. It's kind of like how an advanced V8 can get better mileage than a standard v6.
RISC chips still have advantages, especially when it comes to custom cpus. This can be seen by the fact that MS went with a powerpc based cpu for the 360 instead of partnering with Intel. The early 360 dev kits were actually Mac G5s with Microsoft stickers.
Intel stopped making new CISC processors with the introduction of the Pentium Pro.
Modern Intel processors are RISC. They use a lot of transistors in their chips to translate the CISC instructions into something their chips can handle. Sure it's all one big chip, but the x86 ISA is created by essentionally hardware emulation.
If it was not for the requirement to keep compatibility with Microsoft's Operating System then x86 would of been dead a long time ago. There is no advantage to it in any way shape or form except for the advantages of being backwards compatible and people are familar with it.
Modern Intel processors are RISC.
No, modern x86 cpus are still CISC, yes they have a RISC-like core but it doesn't change the fact that they still come with a complex instruction set.
The Itanium however is clearly a RISC cpu and is advertised as such:
Edited 2010-02-23 02:42 UTC
It may be that developing a new CPU costs a lot of dough, but over what time period? And how long is it sold? Are costs growing faster than the revenue? Are current competitors leaving the market?
There are a lot of variables here and as long as IBM can sell chips for Xboxes and PS3s and Wiis there will be development, it just may be that the big iron ISAs are just a byproduct of that.
I for one am not convinced that special CPUs are going to way of the dodo. But I'd liked to be convinced ..
The one thing that IBM does that Intel and AMD dont'y do is that their chips are very heavily computer aided design. Their chips are modular and the components are easily put together to make various types of custom chips for IBM's customers.
That is probably a big reason why all the modern gaming systems use PowerPC in their design. IBM is able to crank out custom designs relatively quickly.
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CPUs are fabulously expensive to create. Intel has 3-4 generations of CPU designs in their corporate pipeline at any given time.
As Intel releases their newest chip they are in the process of designing the manufacturing facilities for the next generation of chips. While they are designing the manufacture facilities they are also developing and testing the next-next generation designs out in their labs.
So that is why it seems like it takes so long for Intel or AMD to modify their chip designs when it turns out they were not competitive. Like the Pentium-4 and why it took so long for Intel to come out with a chip to put the hurt back on AMD...
It takes _years_ of work to get a new processor design out.
And what makes it worse is that as you create new and smaller processes you have to, basically, build all new production facilities. It's more cost-effective for Intel or AMD to build all-new manufacturing plant for new fab process then it is to try to retrofit or upgrade a older facility.
exactly, think of POWER7 as the deluxe version with all the bells and whistles. IBM still makes lower end POWER chips that pull down technology from the highest end models. Considering they charge a huge premium for them they're at least making back their money.
The real issue is that hardware is not a 20% growth business anymore, and you can't gamble against the future like companies used too.
I think we're seeing a trend toward more custom systems. Oracle bought SUN and one of the key reasons seems to be specifically for the hardware as Sparc is the most common Oracle platform. Apple is pushing their own spin of mobile chips and I think they'll be gradually moving to more and more "personal" devices rather than traditional systems, but they're going "fabless" farming manufacturing out to other companies. Nvidia and VIA have always been fabless. ARM and RISC long ago switched to an "IP" model of selling the designs and letting companies find their own manufacturing. Even AMD has separated Design and Fab businesses because the cost of cutting edge Fab facilities means they have to split so other companies feel comfortable sharing the manufacturing time at "AMD's" Fab.
Again, companies like IBM want to be in the manufacturing business for the control of technology, and as things consolidate that makes other people pay them to keep IBM's factories up-to-date on a regular basis. They might "lose" money on something like POWER7, but they can sell manufacturing time and technology to a die-shrink for Xboxes or Wiis and make money hand-over-fist that way.
Capital investment required for the current silicon wafer technology is huge. There haven't been any huge changes in the area for a while, so basically there are fewer players who can survive the competition.
I really can't wait until somebody discovers a new way to make processors that can be done in someone's basement or garage. That would really change the whole market dynamic.
The demise is long overdue. Other architectures might have some niche advantages but the Sparcs, Titaniums, PowerPC and what else don't cut the cake (anymore).
I work for a company that produces software that usually runs on AIX, HP or SUN. Normally between 1 and 128 processors (yes big stuff). Recently we ported to Linux on x86 as well. And then we tested the performance.
X86 was up to 3 times faster than all the other stuff for a fraction of the hardware cost. Of course you still pay a lot for the support and licenses to IBM, SUN and HP but really it makes you wonder why people are still computing on special CPU's.
Even in a x86 market you can achieve redundancy and hot swap hardware but maybe there are some corners where proprietary hardware is useful. Can't think of many though.
It just proves that your company software works better on x86 architecture, but there is still a lot of other software that runs far better on those big iron CPUs than on x86. Oracle DB is one software that runs very well on Power & Itanium if tuned properly. And one other thing the big iron boys win in enterprise, and that's scalability. And when you combine all those things, Reliability, Availability & Scalability ( RAS ) that make those architectures shine on their own, and x86 simply can't match them, at least not yet. The things that you see coming to the x86 space, have been in big iron boxes for ages. And when you talk about big companies, they don't care they are going to pay 100k less for a box, if the $ loss per hour when that box is down is like 200k $ ( or even more ).
That was actually the biggest surprise. We have customers that insert and process in excess of 100 million records per day (we use Oracle) and x86 was faster than other CPU's for a fraction of the cost, of course not the license cost for Oracle (though if performance is better you can buy less Oracle licenses, which often go per processor as you need less processors)
The nature of our business is such that a downtime of a couple of hours is acceptable, so no fancy realtime failover hardware is required.
All I can say is: if you buy from IBM, SUN or HP, don't do it for reputation of the CPU, do it for what they offer extra and measure the performance (or ask you software vendor for figures)
That's key...you identified that you don't have to be absolutely 24/7.
The savings you realize here ends up being also real savings for customers. I suspect more and more traditional "must have 24/7" customers are reconsidering their "must" position seeing the pretty huge cost differences.
It's not just downtime. Can you survive an undetected bit error that corrupts data in your database? If a processor goes bad, will it silently mangle several thousands of transactions before it fails?
Think of it this way: would you use RAID to store your critical data? If so, why are you expecting better error detection and recovery out of your fixed storage than out of your processor?
Because failure rates of Conventional HDD far exceed those of processors
The processors are replaced well before their MTBF. However, if you have a crapload of processors, that doesn't really matter. We don't have enough for that to be a problem currently, but it might be if we had thousands of CPU's.
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this is a good read and is mostly related.
Well, the 80486 is NOT proprietary to Intel any more - the patents have all expired. However, many modern techniques for making an 80486 faster may still be covered under someone's patents - Intel, NexGen (now owned by AMD,) the remnants of Cyrix (now owned by VIA and AMD,) and Centaur (owned by VIA.)
I think Intel is a licensee of AMD for the 64-bit extensions.
"AMD licensed its x86-64 design to Intel"
Like Mr. Reilly, I really like this stuff, but at this point I mainly wonder how it will end. My guess is that IBM will be the last RISC/UNIX vendor standing. Among other things (eg, performance), sharing the physical platform with the high-margin OS400 market can't hurt.
So I wonder, how will it end? Clearly, UNIX's legacy decline could last decades; Unisys still sells Burroughs B5000 compatible machines (mostly emulated). But UNIX isn't as hard to migrate from, compared to MCP, and HP apparently felt comfortable enough about this to leave tru64 customers out in the cold regarding compatibility. I wonder if other commercial UNIXes will end this way, or if Oracle will be selling emulated SPARCs in 2030?
Not just i5/OS (ex OS/400): Just think about mostly governmental institutions (e. g. fiscal administration) that use IBM mainframe / HPC installations for their z/OS, MVS and VM stuff. The "end of job" card has not yet been given. :-)
A chance that commercial UNIXes have to survive, at last from a "usage share" point of view, is to open source them. The question of course is: Will it make sense if there's no platform, even no emulated one, where they could be run on?
Nor is it likely to be given any time soon. There's nothing in the commodity market that can match what a parallel sysplex of z/OS systems can provide. When your system has to work with disastrous economy-wrecking consequences of failure, this kind of system (or other expensive high-reliability systems like Tandem, er, HP's NonStop) is what you use.
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IBM's i5/OS, OS/400, or whatever the name is this week can survive on just about any architecture, due to the virtual machine layer (TIMI) that hosts the operating system.
While it was convenient for IBM to use their owm processors for their midrange division that weren't System/370-compatible, they made the transition to a modified IBM/Motorola PowerPC 620 (as the PowerPC_AS) processor and then, to the POWER series without much trouble for customers.
Of course, the main problem is cooling (and the associated power requirements), which is likely why IBM will continue to produce their own processors, plus the fact that they go into their networking equipment and other systems.
Virtualization isn't the only feature that keeps big-iron RISC ticking. There are a raft of RAS features built in to modern SPARC and POWER processors that just don't exist in the x86 world. So far as I can determine, neither the current Xeon nor Opteron products have ECC L2 caches, let alone the type of instruction parity and retry that's present in SPARC64 or POWER. Intel's own Itanium supports these features (as well as core-level lockstep).
Producing a reliable system out of redundant unreliable parts only works insofar as faults are actually detected. x86 servers don't match up to enterprise RISC servers in this area. Intel has little incentive to add these features to Xeon, which would just result in Itanium cannibalization. AMD ought to, but isn't doing so - and they have bigger fish to fry. This niche will no doubt be dominated by IBM and Oracle for many years.
Opterons have had ECC caches since the early days. It's up to the BIOS makers to enable it, though.
On our Tyan motherboards, we can set a full screen of options regarding ECC for the L1/L2/L3 caches. And another screen for ECC options for the RAM.
No, "Industry Standard Architecture" is a type of bus, in this regard, ISA means "instruction set architecture".
We know it's expensive to develop a processor. Intel spends well over a $1 billion every three years to dig a whole in the ground for a new fab plant so they can keep producing faster chips.
It's why Sun can't keep SPARC up, why even Fujitsu is finding it tough to develop and why other architectures like MIPS have fallen by the wayside. They have relied on a niche, high return market that was always going to be at risk. It's not rocket science.
On the topic of x86/x64 IO virtualization:
I just hope this is one step closer to a world where every user account is, really, a Virtual Machine. Each VMs "worldview" would be, optionally -- to save space and ease maintainance, a combination of a "base" system image + software maintained by an admin, and each user could alter their "system" as they see fit.
Combine this with a fast enough network and accelerated video compression, then we're just a step away from having one "real" computer per household tucked away in the basement or a closet and a few relatively dumb terminals wherever we want them -- The office, the kitchen, the kids' bedrooms, the Television for media streaming... Just a little box that accepts local input, has a couple free USB ports, video and audio IO, and just enough brains to decode the compressed A/V in real time. Heck, this is basically what the OnLive gaming service hopes to do over the internet -- so it should definately be doable over a home network, maybe even the faster variants of WiFi.
Being unable to share hardware, particularly the video card, is what's holding this sort of thing back -- Little Timmy needs to be able to play WOW while dad watches a video in the living room.
Edited 2010-02-20 00:17 UTC
I liked the article, thank you. The Big Iron ISAs are cool but it's interesting / amazing to see the other technology that these large systems have had for years that is still trickling down slowly to commodity systems. It's fascinating to learn more about the capabilities of large systems; there's a lot to learn there and the majority of folks using commodity hardware rarely get to hear about it. People perhaps think of a large, lumbering mainframe but don't realise just how advanced some of this stuff still is...
I have one main quibble: Paravirtualization (or sometimes paravirtualisation in the UK) generally refers to modifications that expose virtualisation to the guest. That can involve modifications to the guest's low-level architecture dependent code or to device drivers. If the guest thinks it's talking to a real hardware device then that's still full virtualisation / emulation of that device, regardless of how the VMM is actually providing that device. So providing a host OS file to the guest as a hard drive is still actually full virtualisation unless you've installed virtualisation-aware drivers into the guest.
I believe that this statement is slightly behind the state-of-the-art though I may be confused. The IO Virtualisation specs for PCI do allow a somewhat standardised way to export multiple virtual interfaces from a single PCI device.
A few devices that predate this spec also defined their own ways to export multiple virtual interfaces so that similar functionality has been available for a while now. This gets used to provide safe direct hardware access to virtual machines and to unprivileged applications. It's still not that common, though, whereas I presume Big Iron makes equivalent functionality somewhat ubiquitous!
The scary thing is just how far ahead the likes of IBM have been; x86 systems are still catching up to some features that have been available on IBM's large systems for decades. And that's ignoring the integration advantages of buying hardware, OS and support from one company. Not forgetting the extreme Ninja-ness of the support that the really serious vendors provide. I knew a guy whose university acquired an IBM mainframe in a competition; part of the deal involved a dedicated telephone line between the mainframe and IBM. They reconfigured storage and before they knew it they had a phonecall from IBM saying "Your mainframe says there's a problem". That's service!
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“I think it’s high time we have the discussion,” Mayor Kitty Piercy said.
Oregonians use 1.7 billion plastic bags per year. That’s about 400 per person; many of the bags, once discarded, flutter away from landfills and end up in the Pacific Ocean, littering beaches and killing sea turtles and marine animals, said the consumer advocacy group Oregon State Public Interest Research Group, or OSPIRG.
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Some bag-ban proponents say city bans could create a patchwork of different rules and make it difficult to win a statewide ban later. But Denson hopes local efforts lead to a statewide solution.
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Optimal learning in neural network memories?
L F Abbott and Thomas B Kepler
Physics Department, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA 02254, USA
Received 12 May 1988
Abstract. We examine general learning procedures for neural network associative memories
and find algorithms which optimise convergence.
A neural network memory uses fixed points of the map
Si(t+1)=sgn JVSj(t) . (1)
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that tiis a fixed point of (1) and that Si(0)lies within the domain of attraction of this
fixed point. Learning in such a network is a process by which a matrix Jv is constructed
with the appropriate fixed points and required basins of attraction. Suppose we wish
to `learn' a set of memory patterns 67 with p = 1,2, ...,ON. Important variables for
characterising a fixed point are
where the normalisation factor 11Ji11 is
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The Malach first met Henry on the 5:49 PM train out of Penn Station. The Malach sat down next to Henry, pretending not to know who he was, and began making small talk. After a few minutes, the Malach got right to the point. "So what are you doing about 9/11, Henry?"
Henry was taken aback, "What do you mean by that?"
"Well, you know, it was a wake-up call."
Henry was tired and wanted to go to sleep. He was not interested in wake-up calls at the present time. "Wake up and do what?" asked Henry of this stranger who was intruding on his privacy.
"Wake up and change, of course. The whole world changed on 9/11, but how about you?"
"Why should I change? I am perfectly satisfied with the way I am. Stop bothering me now."
The Malach pressed his point. "Don't you want a bigger share in Olam Haboh?"
Henry was incredulous. "Olam Haboh? That's not my biggest problem right now. I have a mortgage to pay and am struggling to keep my business afloat. When I come to Olam Haboh, I'll be satisfied with whatever I get."
"But G-d isn't satisfied with mediocrity. He expects and demands excellence," said the Malach.
"How do you know that? Do you have insider information? Look, G-d knows me a long time. He knows that I am a nice guy and my heart is in the right place. Maybe I have a few imperfections and shortcomings, but hey, so does everyone else. G-d will overlook them."
"And how do you know that?"
"Intuition. I feel it in my bones."
The next day, when Henry spotted the stranger approaching, he pretended to be asleep. The Malach was not deterred by Henry's lack of interest, and he sat down next to Henry on the train.
"I thought about your question."
Henry opened his eyes. "What question?"
"How do I know that G-d isn't satisfied with mediocrity?”
"Ok, tell me if you must. Did G-d speak to you last night?"
"No, but I know this. If G-d didn't care, He wouldn't have given you the potential to achieve greatness."
Henry was annoyed. "Listen, I'm a good person, but I know my limitations. I will never be a great person."
The Malach countered, "Don't you know the famous story of the Rebbe, Reb Zisha (d.1800)? Reb Zisha said, ‘When I stand before the heavenly throne, G-d won't say to me, Zisha, why weren't you like Moshe Rabbeinu, or Zisha, why weren’t you like Rabbi Akiva? He will say, Zisha, why weren't you like Zisha."
"So what does that have to do with me? I am not Reb Zisha."
The Malach pulled a DVD from his briefcase and handed it to Henry. "Here, take this home and watch it when you have a chance." Before Henry could respond, the stranger got up and exited the train.
Henry didn't know what to make of this strange man, but when he came home he popped the DVD into his computer just out of curiosity. Henry was ill prepared for what he was about to experience.
Henry saw a movie of himself walking up a steep mountain. Half way up he met the Malach, seated behind a large desk.
"Name," demanded the Malach.
"Henry Schwartz."
"Where are you headed?"
"To claim my share in Olam Haboh."
"And exactly what type of Olam Haboh do you think you earned during your brief lifetime?”
Henry was taken aback. "Well, I think I did OK, more or less. I mean, I know I could have done a little better, but overall..."
The Malach stared at Henry with fiery eyes, and Henry began to tremble.
"Henry Schwartz! At your bris, your father named you Chaim ben Yaakov and the rabbi recited the benediction, zeh hakoton gadol yehiyeh, this small infant will become a gadol. Henry! Why didn't you fulfill your life- mission and become a gadol?"
Henry was speechless and had no answer. Suddenly, he fainted. Two angels lifted him up and put him on a stretcher and carried him down the mountain. Henry regained consciousness just as they passed a bold red sign that read, "The Hall of Shame for Mediocre Souls".
The DVD ended and Henry sat motionless for a long time. Then, exhausted, he went to bed.
The next day Henry walked to the train, still shaken from the strange viewing of the previous evening. How did the stranger produce a DVD with a movie of Henry, and how did he know Henry’s Hebrew name?
Henry took his seat on the train and began to read the morning paper. Henry’s friend Shlomo passed by, gemarah in hand, on his way to the back car where a Daf Yomi group was in progress. “Want to join us today?” he inquired. Henry smiled cordially, but he was not going to forsake the morning paper. Henry loved trivia, and the ninety-minute train ride allowed him to read the paper cover to cover.
About half way into the train ride, the Malach sat down next to Henry, who at that point was reading a story about a plan to raise squirrels in Bulgaria. He was annoyed that the stranger was about to interrupt this fascinating story.
“Henry, have you thought it over?”
“Thought what over?”
“The big change. Are you ready to restructure your life?”
Henry was agitated. “Listen, I don’t want to change. I don’t need to change, and I will not change. Is that clear?”
The Malach nodded and gave a knowing smile. “Sure Henry. They all say the same thing. But do you know that forty years from now you will look back and wonder why you wasted so much time and accomplished so little of lasting value during your lifetime?”
“Listen Mister. We live in the present, not the future. Who can think about forty years from now?”
“Henry, use your imagination. Why don’t you check your e-mail when you get to work?”
When Henry arrived at his office, he turned on his computer out of habit, just as he did every day. He had forgotten the Malach's last words, but when he checked his e-mail inbox, he immediately saw the subject "Henry Schwartz - Forty Years Hence". Henry opened the e-mail and was stunned to see an image of his family and friends, much older, seated with somber faces in an austere room. A rabbi stood at a podium next to a plain wooden coffin, draped with a talis. When Henry clicked on the link beneath the image, a Real Player video was enabled. In the video, the scene came to life, and the rabbi began to speak.
"Dear friends, we are gathered here today to say farewell to our dear friend, Chaim ben Yaakov, Henry Schwartz.
Henry was a great guy who will be fondly remembered for his wonderful sense of humor. Henry had the unique ability to make a joke out of everything. In fact, Henry Schwartz’s entire life was a big joke.
Henry loved trivia. For forty-five years, he religiously studied the newspaper during his 90-minute train ride, and he gained a wealth of trivial information. He knew things that most people simply did not know or care about. Indeed, Henry lived a life of trivial pursuit.
Henry loved to bowl and as he got older, he played a wicked game of shuffleboard. Appropriately, Henry left instructions to inscribe his tombstone with this epitaph: ‘Here lies Henry Schwartz, sports enthusiast, who lived to play and played to live.’
If I close my eyes, I can imagine Henry climbing a mountain on his way to heaven with his bowling ball in hand, stopping a flying Malach and inquiring in his inimitable way, ‘Hey, are there any bowling alleys in this place?’
To Henry, we say, ‘Dear friend, go now to Olam Ho’emes, the world of truth, and claim the eternal reward that you so richly deserve.’”
Henry couldn't tolerate anymore of this, and he ripped the computer plug out of the wall.
Henry was not about to be intimidated by this mysterious stranger and he vowed to stand his ground. The Malach, though, was not deterred and met Henry on the train the next day.
"Henry, you've sold yourself short. Don't forget the speech given by the Netziv."
"What are you talking about now?"
"The Netziv, Rav Naftali Tzvi Yehuda Berlin (1817-1893), the great Rosh Yeshiva of Volozhin, made a special seudah (festive meal) when he completed his magnus opus, the Haamek She'eila. At that occasion, he explained why this milestone was so significant for him. As a young boy, he did not show much interest in his Torah studies. One night, young Naftali overheard his father bemoaning his lack of progress. With tears in his eyes, his father told his mother it was time for their young son, Hirsh Leib (his nickname), to leave the yeshiva and become an apprentice to a local craftsman, so that he might learn a meaningful trade. Naftali was deeply moved by his parents’ distress, and he rushed to them and promised to apply himself to his Torah learning. From that day on, Naftali grew to become one of the great Torah giants of the 19th century.
The Netziv displayed the Haamek She-eila and said with much emotion, "Had I become a shoemaker or tailor, I never would have written these volumes. After 120 years, I would have appeared before Hakodesh Baruch Hu, and He would have demanded, ‘Why didn't you write the Haamek She-eilah?’ No doubt I would have responded in disbelief. ‘What, I am only a simple shoemaker. How could I have written this magnificent sefer?’ ‘No’, G-d would have insisted, ‘you were capable of authoring this profound work,’ and of course that would have been the case. Imagine, for eternity I would have endured the anguish, pain and disgrace of not having authored the Haamek She-eilah."
Henry stood before the heavenly court and the prosecuting angel began his indictment.
"Before us stands a person of tragic proportions. Someone who could have been a gadol in his own right, but instead, chose to be a person of insignificance."
Henry couldn't remain silent. "Excuse me, your Honor, I am sorry to interrupt, but clearly this is a case of mistaken identity. You see, I am Henry Schwartz, and you obviously have the wrong party."
"There is no mistake Mr. Schwartz. You are Chaim ben Yaakov, are you not?"
"Yes, but what you are saying is not true. I was not a potential gadol."
"Mr. Schwartz, look at the screen." A large video screen opened in front of Henry and there appeared a parade of thousands of Jewish children, with sweet and beautiful faces.
"Who are they?” asked Henry. "What do they have to do with me?"
The prosecutor responded with passion. "Mr. Schwartz, do you remember the fire that closed down the Eitz Chaim Yeshiva in your neighborhood? The local rabbis asked you to use your charming personality and great sense of humor to lead a fundraising committee, so that the Yeshiva could re-open its doors and service the local children. You could have done it. Everyone loved and respected you. Why do you think Hashem gave you your special sense of humor? He gave you that gift so you could raise funds for the Yeshiva. These are the children, who would have passed through the yeshiva, and their children and children's children who would have remained religious as well. But you declined. Instead, you wasted your sense of humor, and now your life is only a bad joke.
Henry was aghast. "But I had no idea."
The room filled with balloons, thousands and thousands of balloons, floating up into the sky.
"What are these?" asked Henry, afraid to hear the answer.
"Those are the missed opportunities of your lifetime, the unfulfilled potential of each and every day."
Henry tried to grab the balloons, but they just slipped through his fingers and floated away. "Please, I just want one more chance. Can't we turn the clock back a bit? Look, I didn't realize..."
Henry woke in a cold sweat, still pleading, "Please, can’t we turn the clock back a bit...” When he realized it was just a dream, he said, "Thank G-d this was only a nightmare." He tried to fall back asleep, but was unable to do so.
The next day the Malach spotted Henry on the train. "I see you are still reading the daily paper during your ride home. Obviously, you are having difficulty making significant changes in your life. I am left with no choice. I am implementing an RMTF program for you. Then you will see the light."
Henry had many things to say to the intruder, but he nervously asked first, "What in the world is that?"
"You know the famous story of the emperor without clothing? Why did the emperor believe he was magnificently dressed, when in fact he was the laughing stock of his kingdom? He thought this because no one gave him feedback. Henry, you, like many people, have lived your life without feedback, and that is why you are not in touch with the reality of your soul. I am here to correct your delusional state by connecting you to an "RMTF" program, which provides "Religious Modification Through Feedback". Don't worry, you'll be a new man in no time at all."
Before Henry had a chance to protest, the stranger disappeared.
Henry didn't know when the RMTF would be activated and he tried to convince himself that he had nothing to fear in any event. Yet in spite of his own self-reassurances, Henry was nervous all day. When Henry arrived at work the next day, he discovered the RMTF display on his computer screen. The revelations were devastating.
Throughout the day, Henry received regular RMTF updates. By the time he left the office, he was a nervous wreck. Henry's elaborate edifices of self-deception, so carefully constructed during his adult life, had come crashing down like the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center. Henry was completely exposed and he had nowhere to hide.
That evening, Henry waited anxiously for the stranger to appear. "I'm so happy to see you", said Henry as the stranger took his seat on the train. "I do not understand the things you have done to me, but please turn off the RMTF. I cannot handle it. I got the point. You've changed my life, and I'll never be the same. I trivialized my life and was satisfied to be a spiritual midget, but now will strive for religious greatness. I don't need feedback anymore."
The stranger was saddened. "As you wish." He got up to leave, and turned back to Henry one last time. "Most people float through life, completely oblivious to their inner potential. Henry, you woke up for a moment. Make sure you don't go back to sleep." Then, the Malach was gone.
The next morning, as Henry passed the newsstand, he was about to purchase the morning paper, just as he had done everyday for the past twenty-three years. Suddenly, he remembered the stranger saying, "The whole world changed on 9/11, how about you?" Henry imagined thousands of balloons drifting into the sky, and he heard the Malach ask pointedly, "Henry, why weren't you like Chaim ben Yaakov?" Henry thought about many things, and then…
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"OK class," said the teacher. "That's the beginning of the story. You complete the end. Think about the internal struggle that is being played out within Henry Schwartz between two powerful human emotions: spiritual inertia and religious inspiration. How will this conflict be resolved? Which force will be pre-eminent? Will Henry Schwartz be able to sustain genuine changes in his life?"
"Personalize your story. Put yourself in his shoes, and imagine you are Henry Schwartz. How would you finish the story? Would you be able to make significant modifications?"
"Good luck class. I hope you do well. After all, your future for eternity may well depend on it."
* An E-Mail from Hashem
* A Story for the Days of Awe
* The Grand Slam
* If you received e-mail from an angel, would you heed… The Heavenly Call
* The Merry – Go – Round
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Chodesh Av and Menachem Av -
Tishah BAv and Tu BAv
"Chodesh Av," the Month of Av, is referred to in the Bible as the
"Fifth Month," counting from Nisan, the "First Month." There is a
Biblical reference in BaMidbar (33:38), where we find "And Aharon the Priest went up
to Hor HaHar at the command of G-d, and he died there in the fortieth year after the
Jewish People had left Egypt, in the fifth month, on the first of the month."
This tragedy, the death of Aharon, was perhaps a signal that this month would be a month
of tragedy throughout most of Jewish History.
The name "Av" itself, like all the other names of months in the Hebrew
Calendar, "came up" with the Jewish People on their return to the Land of Israel
from their Exile in Babylonia. The name of "Menachem Av" is also used. A
possible explanation of that name is as follows: "Menachem" in Hebrew means the
Comforter; "Av" means "Father." In the name "Menachem Av,"
"The One Who comforts, the Av," could refer to Hashem, Who is called the Father,
and Who is the only One Who has the ability to comfort the Jewish People for all the
tragedies that we have suffered in this month.
Some use the name "Av" through the Ninth of Av; afterwards, when comfort is
appropriate, the name "Menachem Av" is used.
Another meaningful interpretation of the name "Menachem Av" is that the word
"Av" is spelled "Alef, Bet." The Prophet Yirmiyahu, an eye-witness to
the destruction of the Temple, Yerushalayim and its population, describes those events in
Megillat Eichah, in tears. He builds the structure of the Megillah on the
"Alef-Bet," meaning not only that it is written in Hebrew, but also that the
structure of the chapters themselves is built on the "Alef-Bet."
This is so in the sense that in the first two of the five chapters as well as the last
two, the first verse begins with an "Alef," the second with "Bet," the
third with "Gimel," and so on. And the middle chapter is built on the structure
of a triple "Alef-Bet;" that is, "Alef, Alef, Alef," "Bet, Bet,
Bet," "Gimel, Gimel, Gimel," and so on. It is as if the Holy Language of
the Holy People comes to comfort them on the loss of their Holy Temple and the Holy City
of Yerushalayim.
Yet another meaningful interpretation of the name "Menachem Av" is that it is
a valid description of Jewish History that at the darkest times, when there seems to be no
hope for the future, a ray of light is found. And more often than not, the way out of
despair is found by Jewish women, and involves the secret of Jewish marriage, whereby the
One Who designed the human soul made it such that each "neshamah," has a
companion, which it requires for its completion and happiness.
That is why we bless every "Chata" and "Kallah," bridegroom and
bride, that they find the same happiness as did the Original Couple, Adam and Chavah, in
"Gan Eden." And that is why Miriams advice to her father, Amram, in the
bleakest time of bondage and degradation in Egypt, when the Egyptians were tossing Jewish
baby boys into the Nile, to re-marry Yocheved, the mother of Moshe, was so crucial.
And that is also why the last Mishnah in Taanit says, "There were no holidays so
joyous for the Jewish People as the Fifteenth of Av and Yom HaKippurim, for on those days,
the daughters of Yerushalayim would go out in borrowed white clothing, and dance in the
vineyards located in the outskirts of the city. And everyone who didnt have a wife
would go there."
"And what would they say? Young man, lift up your eyes and choose wisely.
Dont look only at physical beauty - look rather at the family - For charm is
false, and beauty is vanity. A G-d - fearing woman is the one to be praised.
(Mishlei 31:30)"
Rabbi Pinchas Frankel
Rabbi Frankel is an Educational Coordinator at the OU
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Further to comment # 1, Bennet Voyles says in the same vein in TOI, "Bin Laden's most significant legacy is arguably the degree to which he led the US government to institutionalise an American jihad against terrorism that almost constitutes a new Cold War, one that has led to the building of a vast secret military and intelligence instrument that he would have appreciated - a tool that can reach almost everywhere, usually without courts or legislators to hold it back."
Ghai says "still America will be America "
Yes, it is America's innate and pervasive evil which is now on display.
The Evil Empire's evil, freely inflicted on the world for over half a century, is finally recoiling on its own citizens. This can only be a good thing. The more Americans, Brits, and other Western people suffer the better. They deserve it.
Nothing can be done against the most powerful nation in the world.Let us live as slaves and die.Only God can do something about this.Ordinary mortals have no power.Sorry.
Scriber of the article is a typical Leftist and divorced of logic.
America and the World have no choice but to act and save its citizens. THIS IS THE ONLY WAY, USA is pursuing and every Country should follow this. At the cost of Liberty and Freedom, we the Citizens in the West have peace. Every "Islamist" and every "Leftist", I mean every Islamist and leftist- should be profiled and kept under the scanner from craddle to grave.
Ghai,
>> Post Muslim Radicalization the World must learn to live with toned down freedoms which are now things of the past for the humanity .
Your historical perspective does not go beyond the tip of your nose!
'Hopefully the press, the Congress and the U.S. Supreme Court will over the next decade or two act to curb some of this governmental over-reach. ' Faruki
Sufficient time for the Jihadis to create more problems in USA and World over. Post Muslim Radicalization the World must learn to live with toned down freedoms which are now things of the past for the humanity .
Never forget what happened on 26/11 in Mumbai even after 7 yrs of Atta Mohmed led carnage in NYK .If not USA then Islamists will create problems and are creating problems in rest of the World. So neither USA nor World at large can afford to relax Security Norms.Rather USA has done a good job in observing Security Rules strictly and avoiding another 9/11 where as India has time and again failed to protect its countrymen. .
'4 plotted to blow up UK army base
Four Britons, three of them of Pakistani-origin, were plotting to blow up a Territorial Army base in the UK by using a toy car loaded with explosives. They are accused of taking their lead from copies of the al-Qaeda magazine Inspire which contains blueprints for home-grown attacks.
-- a campaign of terror attacks in Britain, authorities here said, adding the plot was foiled in a huge surveillance operation.
The alleged complex 16-month plot emerged as four British Muslim men appeared in court on Monday charged with a raft of terrorist offences. The gang is accused of working to recruit others to fight Jihad and raising vital funds. '
"Otherwise America will cease to be America." Faruki
Though Islamists are trying very hard and persistently to see that America ceases to be America
but
still America will be America despite and in-spite of Islamic Terrorism .
9/11 has led to erosion of some basic freedoms that Americans take for granted. Leftist journalists may sometimes exaggerate such erosions to portray an Orwellian dystopia. Hopefully the press, the Congress and the U.S. Supreme Court will over the next dacade or two act to curb some of this governmental over-reach. Otherwise America will cease to be
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One of the most inspiring things I learned a few years ago when I had just started the Youth Wellness Network and was working with youth across North America was the idea that, in order to empower anyone else, I needed to take responsibility for my OWN life first. This realization not only changed the dynamic of every single relationship I had in my life, but it also created the very foundation for what my organization is now built on – leading by an authentic example.
I believe that if more parents took responsibility for their OWN lives before they tried to get their kids to do something that they weren’t even practicing themselves - more young people would grow up empowered and inspired rather than rebellious and disillusioned. The fact is actions speak WAY louder than words and youth emulate our actions so much more than they listen to our words.
I believe many adults - like my father did with me - underestimate the power and wisdom of young people, and believe that since they don’t know better they must be controlled. My parents spent so much time trying to prevent me from experiencing the same pain and discomfort they lived through by telling me what to do, how to do it, and when to do it. I know this was their way of trying to protect me, but it ended up causing more harm than good. In deciding everything for me they were actually disempowering me from making healthy choices on my own. I was set up for a lifetime of indecisiveness and powerlessness.
Thankfully at the age of 50 my dad had a major transformation in his life and ended up shedding a lot of those old belief systems and took on new more empowering ones instead. He turned his own life around and became so inspired by the process that he wanted to help others do the same. That is where I got to reap the benefits. It was his inspired action to live the empowered version of himself that inspired me to follow suit. I now know that there is a more empowering way to raise our next generation!
Once children’s primary needs are met (love, food, and shelter), and they’re safe from physical harm, parents have the opportunity to allow their kids the freedom to become personally responsible. In allowing your young ones to think and act for themselves, and then respecting their decisions, you’ll be able to move to a place of trust, love and faith in your relationship. All of these experiences will let them learn, grow and make mistakes. The more YOU have faith that life will bring them exactly what THEY need, when they need it, the more they’ll be able to gain the self-knowledge required to flourish as adults. You just have to trust that no matter what they go through, they’ll become more evolved people as a result.
This doesn’t mean you shouldn’t be a parent to your children - quite the contrary. It’s just a shift in the way you take on this role by default. For example, you can still provide guidance and share your own stories, but you must own these as yours, not as things that might or will happen to your kids. You can teach them that actions always have consequences, and the more aware they are of these consequences, the easier their choices become. You can show them how to make decisions that truly feel good within them, and then to live with and learn from the repercussions, no matter what they are. You can share your own morals and values while encouraging them to create their own. You can teach them that the more they’re able to respect and love themselves, the more they’ll be able to respect and love others. If more parents are able to accomplish all this, it’s possible that the next generation will grow up feeling more in control of their lives and more personally responsible for the realities they’re manifesting.
While my dad unconsciously spent a lot of time controlling me as a young person - telling me what to do, forcing me to behave a certain way around the house, and pressuring me to act maturely in the classroom and in public - he realizes now that that way of parenting did not set me up for success.
When I moved away from home to go to university, I was unable to confidently make decisions for myself and, as a result, I struggled tremendously. It was only when I started working with my dad, after his transformation in a coaching relationship, that he learned the value of allowing me (with his support) to take complete responsibility for my OWN life and circumstances. He no longer told me what to do and he never provided solutions for my problems and concerns. Rather, he empowered me to look within and realize how much control I actually had over the events transpiring in my life.
This isn’t just true for parents and children. I believe that it’s in all of our best interests to give all the people in our lives - spouses, siblings, employees, students, friends, and so on - the space to make their own choices and learn from their mistakes. If you’re able to release the desire to control every outcome and tell others what to do, our youth will be free to grow into unique, confident people.
The more that we allow each other to live personally responsible lives, the more harmonious our relationships and environments will become. We’ll all thrive if given the chance to do so.
The most efficient way to encourage others to take ownership of their own lives is to lead by example. The more we move from a “do as I say” to a “do as I do” approach, the more enabled individuals will be to make happier, healthier, and more positive choices that feel good to them.
Empowerment and personal responsibility are the way of the future. Through these practices, young leaders will be nurtured and supported. And this next generation will have the opportunity and the ability to repair our planet and live in peace.
**Most of this blog is an excerpt from Michael’s new book Empowered YOUth: A Father and Son’s Journey to Conscious Living (Hay House) Now available everywhere books are sold. If you like this blog you will most likely enjoy the book!**
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Conclusions and Policy Implications
On the basis of analysis of vocational educational training (VET) systems in the seven leading industrialized countries, general conclusions can be drawn about what kinds of institutional arrangements for skills creation seem to promise most prospects of attaining the goal of the learning society. In some respects, the worst placed are those systems that provide specific vocational courses remote from the enterprise: the central state-regulated regimes for initial VET of France, Italy, and Sweden. In most systems, the role of direct state provision of training has been adversely affected by two self-reinforcing factors: the association of government action with residual provision for the unemployed; and the hostility of current neo-liberal orthodoxy to most kinds of government action. The specific area of skills-creation policy demonstrates the current general predicament of public policy. Government becomes associated with care for social failure and not with dynamism, and the latter therefore comes to be seen as resting solely with private corporations whose initiatives the state can only weaken by diluting them with social concerns.
Keywords: vocational educational training, VET, skills creation, training, France, Italy, .
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On March 30, 2011, the Portals division of Pacific Clinics dedicated the S. Mark Taper Foundation Recovery and Wellness Center in South Los Angeles before a crowd of over 120 special guests and dignitaries. More than $2.2 million was raised by the Western Avenue Renovation Project (WARP) Capital Campaign, ensuring the expansion of Pacific Clinics’ urgently needed mental health services to hundreds of individuals in Los Angeles' most impoverished neighborhood.
The dedication event guest list consisted of campaign donors, local political representatives and Pacific Clinics staff. The event program began with a welcome from capital campaign committee chair Richard Dominguez, who proclaimed, "This is a day of great celebration." He outlined the beginnings of the campaign, which coincided with the nation’s economic recession. "Regardless of the economic climate," said Mr. Dominguez, "I am pleased to report we were successful in our capital campaign." Mr. Dominguez went on to thank the members of the capital campaign’s steering committee, who met bi-weekly since the campaign started in early 2008.
Dr. Susan Mandel, President and CEO of Pacific Clinics, followed in the program and thanked the donors, volunteers and staff for their combined efforts in helping the agency reach both its fundraising and construction goals. She also acknowledged longtime former Portals CEO Marvin Weinstein, saying, "I view myself as a successor/trustee to Marv Weinstein…and I take that trusteeship very seriously." Dr. Mandel explained that none of what Portals does today would have been possible without his dedicated efforts.
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- Legacy Understanding
- Application Portfolio Analysis (APA)
- Re-Architecturing
- SOA Integration
- Platform Migration
- Automated Migration
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- Replacement
- Business Value—What Really Matters?
- Summary
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- Drivers for SOA Integration
- Considerations for SOA Enablement
- Where to Begin—a Word on Application Discovery
- Assessment Process: Bringing it together
- Summary
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- Re-Architecture versus Re-Host
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- Summary
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- Scenario Description
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- Top Five Online Patterns
- COBOL/CICS Applications Accessing VSAM and DB2 Databases
- COBOL and CICS
- DB2
- VSAM
- IMS/DC and IMS/TM
- COBOL, CICS, Assembler Applications Talking to Datacom or IDMS Database
- PL/I and CICS Applications Making Use of VSAM and DB2 as Data Store
- NATURAL and COBOL Applications Accessing an ADABAS Database
- Technical View
- Infrastructure Unique to Re-architecture
- Single Management Tool
- Single Security Model
- Development Tools
- Metadata Repositories
- Enterprise Information Integration (EII)
- Enterprise Application Integration (EAI)
- Transactions
- Infrastructure Not Required for Legacy SOA Integration
- UI Navigation
- Java EE Applications (EJB, Java, POJO, JSP, Servlets, JSF)
- Relational Database
- Grid Infrastructure (Grid Computing)
- Backup and Recovery
- Technologies Not Necessary for Legacy SOA Integration
- Business Rules
- Data and Business Services
- Technical View Infrastructure Components
- Capacity Planning Tools
- Application Development Tools
- Testing Tools
- Tape Management
- Human Error Recovery
- Network Architecture/Protocol
- Implementation Process—Online Systems
- Presentation/User Interface
- Recovery/Discovery
- UI Navigation
- Recovery/Discovery
- Re-Design/ Re-Factor
- Oracle Implementation Tools and Source to Target Mapping
- Summary of Tools and Frameworks
- Development Life Cycle Support Tools
- Source to Target Artifact Mapping
- Final Oracle On-line Architecture
- Scenario Details
- New Online Design Pattern in Oracle
- Presentation
- UI Navigation
- Application Server
- Information and Business Services
- Relational Database
- Summary
- Chapter 9: Re-Architecture—Scenario in Detail
- Oracle Software Required
- UML and Screen Flow Diagrams
- Source Application
- Oracle Target Architecture
- Application Mining Using Relativity
- Mining the User Interface and Navigation-Tiers
- Capturing the Legacy User Interface
- Legacy User Interface Discovery
- Screen Navigation Discovery
- Forward Engineering
- Mining Business Rules
- Prerequisites
- Identifying the Business Rules
- Using Pattern Search
- Searching Validation Rules
- Using Backward Auto-Detection
- Putting it Together
- Forward Engineering into Oracle and Java EE
- Producing the Target User Interface and Navigation
- Running the Presentation-Tier Mock-up in Oracle Application Server
- Deploying to the Oracle Application Server
- Running the Application
- Producing the Target Business Rules
- Creating the Rules Repository and Dictionary
- Creating Ruleset
- Java Fact—Adding the Java Fact Class to the Rules Author
- Adding the Rule
- Calling the Business Rules from Java EE and BPEL
- Automatic Business Rules Generation Using Java Code
- Data Migration—A Quick, Easy, and a Cost-Effective Approach
- Summary
- Chapter 10: Introduction to Re-Host based Modernization Using Tuxedo
- Re-Hosting Based Modernization
- Critical Success Factors in Mainframe Re-hosting
- Preserving Application Logic and Data
- Online Transaction Processing Environment
- User Interface Migration
- Workload Monitoring and Management
- Batch Jobs
- Files and Databases
- Mainframe DB2
- IMS
- VSAM
- Meeting Performance and Other QoS Requirements
- Phased Migration and Mainframe Integration
- SOA Enabling Re-hosted Applications
- Further Re-architecture of Re-hosted Applications
- Summary
- Chapter 11: Legacy Modernization—The Future
- Green Computing
- Standards Organizations
- Object Modeling Group (OMG)
- WC3
- Model Driven Architecture (MDA)
- Challenges with the Traditional Approach
- The MDA/MDM Approach
- Cloud Computing
- Grid Computing
- Virtualization
- Application Fabrics
- Extreme Processing
- Summary
- Appendix A: Technology Glossary
- Common Legacy Acronyms
- PCI Security Standards
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It is definitely the deepest book on the topic that I have seen different approaches to modernization of legacy systems
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- Quickly SOA-enable your legacy mainframe application using legacy SOA Integration
- Use the hands-on SOA Integration example that walks you through the entire development process as a starting point for your own pilot project
- Use the hands-on Re-architecture example that focuses on forward engineering business rules, presentation tier, and screen navigation from the legacy system into an Oracle platform as a starting point for your own pilot project
- Dive into the future of legacy modernization based upon industry trends such as Extreme Transaction Processing (XTP), Grid computing, Cloud computing, etc.
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Who this book is for
Legacy system architects, project managers, program managers, developers, database architects and decision makers who own mainframe and heterogeneous systems, and are tasked with modernization will all find this book useful.
The book assumes some knowledge of mainframes, J2EE, SOA, and Oracle technologies. The reader should have some background in programming and database design.
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Hamburger assembly, packaging gets synchronized
Kepak Group, one of Ireland’s leading food processing companies, is now benefiting from a new assembly and packaging line for its Rustlers brand of microwavable hamburger-and-bun products in which every individual unit responds flexibly to the product flow in the upstream and downstream sections of the line.
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Compared to Kepak’s previous, semi-automated packaging system, this concept has made a considerable difference in the line’s average output performance. Since temporary delays in one section of the line are automatically compensated for without the need for buffering systems, the line has reached a speed of 88 packs/min.Before changing over to the new line in spring 2010, Kepak employed six operators every shift to place burgers in buns and insert them, together with a sachet of sauce and a slice of prepacked cheese, into formed blisters on a Multivac () R 530 horizontal thermoform/fill/seal machine.To improve productivity and output, Kepak enlisted turnkey supplier IPS International Packaging Systems (). The original product brief stipulated 80 products/min. To achieve this output, it was not enough for the individual line components to be working at the specified speed; the whole concept hinged on perfect coordination of the different processes.There were two hurdles to overcome. First, the thermoformed blisters are manufactured in the Multivac machine in an intermittent operating mode, while the rest of the line’s transport system is continuous. Both motion principles had to be synchronized.The inclusion of the three ingredients—meat, cheese, and sauce—in loose form presented a further challenge. The standard procedure used to sort these ingredients entails a high degree of mechanical components. The inevitable fluctuations in product flow that result from this type of machine-based solution tend to suppress overall output, making the stipulated 80 meals/min impossible to achieve.IPS met these challenges with an integrated system that includes TLM pick-and-place machines from Schubert () and, to ensure a continuously high loose-product output, feeding systems from Intellifeed (). The Intellifeed systems precisely regulate product spacing using stepper motors in a roller transport system..
This procedure guarantees sortation at a continuously high output level without the need for buffering. The speed is important for two reasons. First, it provides a high output, and second, it ensures that the burgers are processed quickly enough to prevent thawing. The cheese slices are also easier to process when cold. An increase in temperature can cause the slices to begin sticking to each other. Overhead light scanners integrated upstream from the transfer point to the assembly and packaging line provide the necessary quality assurance. The color scanner supplies a three-dimensional picture of the buns, burgers, sauce sachets, and cheese. As well as evaluating the precise position and rotational angle of the items, the sensors also compare surface dimensions and contour data to operator-specified values and transmit this information to the robots.
The first section of the assembly and packaging line comprises two TLM machine frames housing four TLM-F4 four-axis robot units. The buns enter the line on a wide product conveyor after being cut open by an upstream bun saw. Each robot then takes responsibility for a different task in sequence. The first robot lifts the lid of the bun and places it alongside its base on the conveyor. The next picks up a frozen burger and places it on the base. The third replaces the lid onto the base, and the last robot transfers the assembled hamburger onto a conveyor. The conveyor carries the products to the next stage of the process, where it runs alongside the thermoforming machine.
The next two TLM machine frames are placed above the film web of the tf/f/s machine and the conveyor, and include two robots. The first, a four-axis TLM-F44 robot comprising two TLM-F4 pickers, inserts a sauce sachet and then a cheese slice into a formed blister, after which a two-axis TLM-F2 robot with special end-of-arm tooling picks up eight hamburgers at a time from the conveyor and positions them into eight film cavities. The thermoforming machine then seals the packs with film lidding and finally punches the packs out of the web, ready for downstream processes.
All the units involved in the process—from the bun saw through to the thermoforming machine—are linked to the TLM line by means of signal exchange and a speed target value. Data exchange is organized on the level of the Schubert VMS control system. The units react through the VMS control system to any product-flow disruptions taking place on other parts of the line. If, for instance, the supply of burgers stops due to rejection of several products by the vision system, then the VMS control system slows down the dependent processes briefly until the quality target values are restored. The overall sequence is maintained, and no rejects are produced. In a conventional system without regulation capability, the inability to react results first in quality problems (hamburgers with no burger) and finally in a machine stop.
The optimized process-management concept from IPS has permitted the thermoforming machine cycle to be increased to 88 products/min. Changeover to accommodate five different varieties of Rustlers products takes no more than five minutes: three minutes to exchange the five tools at the TLM-F4 robot arms and select the program at the TLM display, and depending on the packaging, another two minutes to change the film in the thermoforming machine. The overall line is configured in a wash-down design, permitting high water-pressure cleaning using detergents.
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Jackky Bhagnani & Rituparna Sengupta announces “ItzCash Prepaid Card is the currency, The birth of ItzCash is the definitive story of "Necessity being the mother of all invention,” the case in point being; How to collect payments from customers who want to renew their DTH subscription leading to the invention of a simple pre-paid card of a fixed denominations which could be used to renew, the subscription. The thought process then continued towards, innovating the pre-paid payments sphere thus facilitating payment for a variety of products and services.
Mr. Jackky Bhagnani (Actor) adds, "I’m so glad to be a part of the ItzCash powered festival, Wassup Andheri. Art and entertainment lovers experienced a different way of transacting cashless with at this event. The attempt to go cashless is innovative and yet very smart way to manage your monies in the form of Prepaid Card because it is safe and secure and you don’t have to carry cash around. Its priceless to see events using technology with art and entertainment".
Ms. Rituparna Sengupta’s said that the "Itzcash prepaid card at Wassup festival has some invaluable features . I’m glad the company is attempting to make day to day transactions for the customers as easy as we could think of. Be it sending domestic monies to anyone , making bill payments , doing online shopping or gifting your loved ones. The company offers variety of products".
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In addition to teaching her course on Villas and Gardens, Professor and Architect Silvia Catitti is fast becoming renowned for her new research on Michelangelo’s architecture. In 2007 she co-curated an exhibition of his architectural drawings, “Michelangelo at San Lorenzo,” at the Michelangelo Museum of Casa Buonarroti (Florence). In the catalogue she presented a new analysis of the Laurentian Library and of some of the most celebrated architectural drawings by the master.
In October 2008 Professor Catitti was invited to give a talk at the interdisciplinary Symposium “Rethinking Michelangelo,” organized by Syracuse University (New York), on occasion of the exhibition “Michelangelo: The Man and the Myth.” Analyzing a number of autograph drawings of doors and windows, she illustrated Michelangelo’s highly personal use of the language of classical architecture, one free of mathematical formulae and philosophical abstractions.
Three months later, in January 2009 Professor Catitti gave a talk at the conference
“Michelangelo and the Language of Architectural Drawings,” organized by the German Institute of Art History in Florence. On that occasion worldwide specialists on Michelangelo’s architectural drawings had a stimulating opportunity to compare their methodologies. As a architectural historian and practicing architect, Professor Catitti discussed her approach. She considered the role of drawings in Michelangelo’s effort to design and carry out the architectural elements of his buildings, from the initial design idea to the executed piece.
More recently, in May 2009 Silvia Catitti gave a talk at the conference “San Lorenzo: A Florentine Church,” held at Villa I Tatti, the Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies. She illustrated her recent research and findings on the famous Laurentian Library. This conference will lead to an interdisciplinary book for which Professor Catitti will contribute two chapters on
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Her next appointment with Michelangelo will be at the Dutch Institute for Art History in Florence, directed by Palazzo Rucellai professor Michael Kwakkelstein. On June 26 Professor Catitti will speak on “Michelangelo’s Approach to Architecture: From Design to Construction.” When he was working on his earliest architectural projects, was Michelangelo acting as an architect or as a sculptor? The very personal way in which he drew, designed, and organized the building site reveals Michelangelo’s approach to architecture.
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Is Your Family Ready for a Natural Disaster?
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Planning ahead for an emergency such as a fire or an earthquake can mean the difference between coping with disaster and falling victim to it. If a natural disaster struck today, would you be ready?
To best prepare for the unexpected, according to the American Red Cross, follow three key steps:
- Assemble a disaster kit
- Have a plan
- Be informed
Having a disaster plan includes posting emergency phone numbers and numbers of relatives near your phone and practicing escape routes from your home. It’s also a good idea to choose two emergency meeting places: One right outside your home and one outside your neighborhood. In addition, keep contact information for an out-of-town friend who can help reunite separated family members.
In the event of a disaster that forces families to “shelter in place,” a plentiful water supply is critical. You should stock one gallon of water per person per day.
A good disaster kit should be more than a first-aid kit. In addition to first-aid supplies, also include:
- Water
- Non-perishable food to last at least three days
- A manual can opener
- An extra pair of eye glasses
- Medical insurance cards
- Prescription medicines
- Cash
- A battery-powered radio
- Flashlights with extra batteries
Identify how local authorities will notify you during a disaster and familiarize yourself with the latest disaster-preparedness advice, especially for the events most likely to strike where you live.
In the Bay Area, earthquakes may first come to mind when we think of disasters but we should also prepare for fires, floods, and other events In the event of a fire. It is critical to have a fire extinguisher easily accessible and know the quickest escape route from your home.
To prepare for an earthquake, secure any large pieces of furniture such as cabinets, TVs, and shelves. During an earthquake, remember to “Drop, Cover, and Hold On.” Drop to the floor, take shelter under a sturdy piece of furniture such as a desk or table, and hold on to it firmly.
A To-Go Box of Essential Information
If you need to evacuate — and have time to gather valuables — take copies of important family papers such as birth, marriage, and death certificates; prescriptions; health and insurance information; bank account and credit card numbers. Also bring keys, driver’s licenses, passports, and work ID badges.
If you’re interested in getting involved locally in emergency preparedness, check with your local Red Cross chapter. Many cities have formed preparedness networks to get organized in case of a disaster.
Learn more about safety readiness at the American Red Cross website.
Tips and information in this blog post provided by Jim Schweikhard, Environmental Health and Safety Manager for the Palo Alto Medical Foundation and Mills-Peninsula Health Services.
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Description: the property to the landgrave street 20 is located in the district laar-east Arnhem-south. The quiet residential area adjacent to the...
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- Kruidenhof / Engelwortelstraat Arnhem Advertisement
Starting from € 730,- per month More information on: Kruidenhof / Engelwortelstraat Arnhem5
- Apartment Cattepoelseweg - Arnhem Alteveer en Cranevelt
€ 2.200,- per month (exclusive) 3 bedrooms - 210 m2 - Unfurnished
The luxurious complex 'residence diepenbrock' offers this magnificent corner apartment. The main characteristics include tranquility, spaciousness...
Apartment offered by: Executive Home Rentals
- Studio Graaf Lodewijkstraat - Arnhem Sint Marten en Sonsbeek Zuid
€ 496,- per month (inclusive)
Interior: UnfurnishedFloor space (m²): 25 m2
Studio offered by: Citytrend Huurmakelaars
- Apartment Johan de Wittlaan - Arnhem Spijkerkwartier
€ 800,- per month (exclusive) 2 bedrooms - 95 m2 - Unfurnished
In the apartmentcomplex 'de symphony', located at the fifth floor, spacious 2-bedroom apartment with balcony. In the complex are a primary school...
Apartment offered by: Executive Home Rentals
- Family house Pythagorasstraat - Arnhem Rijkerswoerd
€ 1.200,- per month (exclusive) 5 bedrooms - 140 m2 - Unfurnished
In a child friendly neighborhood in rijkerswoerd located familyhouse. The house is within a short distance from public transport facilities,...
Family house offered by: Executive Home Rentals
- Apartment Bakkerstraat - Arnhem Centrum
€ 695,- per month (exclusive)
Interior: UnfurnishedFloor space (m²): 60 m2
Apartment offered by: Immo-Rent.nl
- Family house Ulrumpad - Arnhem Vredenburg en Kronenburg
€ 725,- per month (exclusive) 4 bedrooms - 120 m2 - Unfurnished
Big family house in vredenburg child friendly neighborhood with a park at the front. Located near a kindergarten and several shops and schools within...
Family house offered by: Huurstek
- Room Spijkerstraat - Arnhem Spijkerkwartier
€ 375,- per month (inclusive)
Interior: UnfurnishedFloor space (m²): 20 m2
Room offered by: Citytrend Huurmakelaars
- Studio Parkstraat - Arnhem Spijkerkwartier
€ 700,- per month (inclusive)
Interior: UnfurnishedFloor space (m²): 45 m2
Studio offered by: Citytrend Huurmakelaars
- Family house Winterjan - Arnhem Schuytgraaf
€ 1.250,- per month (exclusive) 4 bedrooms - 150 m2 - Furnished
On a beautiful location in the district bloesemgaerd (area schuytgraa) family house. There are a lot of green areas and ample space for parking. ...
Family house offered by: Executive Home Rentals:
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