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Now that the holidays are behind us and the new year is upon us, we want to take this opportunity to thank our clients, friends, and colleagues for helping us to make 2016 a great success! From the bottom of our hearts, we thank you! It was with great pride and gratitude that we were able to share the official reopening of our offices at our "open house" holiday gathering […]Read More
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9 years ago I worked at Slattery's: a Patissier & Chocolatier based in Manchester. My role involved decorating cakes for their bespoke cakes made to order.
It was a fantastic job and I learnt a great amount.
The owner of Slattery's once said something to me that has stayed with me. I still think about often.
We were talking about all the cake and chocolate courses he runs and he told me he never held back information or methods of how things are made and created because there will always be enough people who want to buy your creations.
Instead of having a mentality of scarcity, wanting to keep his techniques secret in the hope that he would remain ahead of his competitors, he was openhanded with his knowledge. He knew something that I was yet to learn: when you share your skills people are drawn to you.
A generous spirit attracts company.
I have tried to embody this idea in my working practice.
I know there is a chance if I teach someone skills I have built up over the years they may copy me, they may even set up a similar business to mine. Rather than feeling threatened by this I'm learning to embrace it. I'm pretty sure there's space for all of us.
So instead of thinking about others in the same trade as you as competitors why not view them as your colleagues?
Recently another cake business @cakesbyandrew kindly helped me in figuring out a new machine they had recommended. They could have said no and left me to struggle, but they offered help, viewing me as a friend not the enemy.
When my books are too busy for more orders I know I'll pass on his details to potential customers because
1. I know he's good at what he does, and
2. because what comes around goes around.
Kindness wins.
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Call for testing: Samsung S3 Neo (s3ve3g) owners
@zenfunk said in Call for testing: Samsung S3 Neo (s3ve3g) owners:
lete the first command, but heimdall cannot download the PIT file and exits:
Hmm you used heimdall from my download ? Could be a version problem...
@Flohack Also try another cable and/or USB port on your PC. It could be sensitive a bit
Jup, version problem. It seems as if heimdall 1.4.1 from the Ubuntu repos is no good, I compiled 1.4.2 and it seems to work. I am rebooting into UB ports right now.
Seems to be stuck at boot screen.....
BTW, thanks for putting your time and effort into this.
@zenfunk Hmm strange, can you connect it to the PC, and see if you get any RNDIS adapter in the hosts dmesg log?
Yes, this came up. Do you have any md5sums for the files?
BTW, AFAIK I never was asked for my passwords during install as was indicated by your instructions.
Enter your local host´s sudo password when prompted the first time The second time, enter the intended device lock password
OK, I redownloaded the files, the checksums match. Reflashed with your heimdall (still no passwords though). Same result, the device hangs at the bootscreen, I even left it overnight. RNDIS comes up in dmesg. Any Ideas on how to get some logfiles off of that thing?
@zenfunk said in Call for testing: Samsung S3 Neo (s3ve3g) owners:
DIS comes up in dmesg. Any Ideas on how to get some logfiles off of that thing?
Sure, which IP does dmesg on the host tell you? Paste the relevant part of dmesg to a pastebin and link it here.
@zenfunk Ok that looks not so bad, use ssh firstname.lastname@example.com to get inside - I will tell you what to look for, but basically use dmesg and /system/bin/logcat to get an idea whats going on. The phone has booted but is not able to get into graphics mode, we will find out why.
chris@funkbook:~/Downloads/s3neo/halium-install-continuous$ ssh email@example.com ssh: connect to host 10.15.19.82 port 22: Network is unreachable
not good...
@zenfunk Then please hold VOl-Up, Press power until you get the blue text for recovery. Then, in recovery, use cat /proc/last_kmsg to see what goes wrong there...
this is last_kmsg
@zenfunk Ok I will compare with my device. Can you please also send me a getprop output from recovery? Thx
@zenfunk Hmm what OS was installed before? Would you mind trying to reset to Android 5.1? It might have some effect, because otherwise I am not sure whats going on ^^
it was lineage 7.1.
I just reformated /data to ext3, but no improvement.
There are two different kinds of s3 neos around. One with Sony and one with a Samsung camera module. May this be it (not sure which one I have. Will reflash android 5.1 (which one did you use) and then we'll see.
Thank you very much for your time and efforts,
@zenfunk Hmm the camera should not block the UI to start, actually. Very weird also that you do not get ssh connection. Did you specify -p ut parameter when installing?
Actually I didn't use -p ut because the script then exits.
./halium-install -p ut ubports-touch.rootfs-xenial-armhf.tar.gz system.img usage: ./halium-install rootfs.tar[.gz] system.img [release] positional arguments: rootfs.tar[.gz] system.img optional arguments: release: run common post installation tasks for release. supported: none, halium, pm, ut defaults : none


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What Can You Benefit When You Find the Best Behavioral Health Center?
People who have an addiction problem might feel that they have fallen so far, and that their lives have changed and darkened in so many ways. You might have lost the job of your dreams, thrown away your career, and even estranged the people who are very dear to you, your family members and your closest friends. It is good to know that they do not yet have to give up hope, as they can still find help and healing, especially when they are able to find a good behavioral health center in the area. One who decides to attend this drug rehab center, then, can be sure that when he or she does so, it will finally be possible to make steps towards healing and a positive change in his or her life, which will give one so many benefits to enjoy.
One who is able to find a good drug rehab center will be able to gain the benefit, first of all, of being able to get treatment that will fit his or her needs perfectly. One might feel that his or her needs are so different from the needs of others, and one is certainly right in this, as no two people have the same kind of problem and require the same kind of treatment. If you are looking for treatment that is unique and specific, then, treatment that will fit all of your needs, you will be glad to know that you can get it when you find the best drug rehab center.
Another thing that people will be able to gain when they are able to find the best drug rehab center is the benefit of being able to choose from between many different programs. For instance, they can choose detoxification, medical treatment, or health and wellness treatment, depending on the stage that they are in and the needs that they have. They can be sure, then, that all of their needs will be met, and they will enjoy something that will truly help them.
Finding a good drug rehab center is also something that you should do because when you do so, you can be sure that you can get help even when you have finished your treatments. One who is worried about going back to the real world, then, with all of its triggers, will feel great peace of mind when he or she considers this thought.
When all has been said, then, those who are able to find the best rehab center can be sure that when they do so, they will be able to gain a lot of benefits.
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TINDERBOX: Building Blocks
Okay, so there are only five stories written so far but the pattern of themes has already started to establish itself:
In first level writing and literature, we're taught the dearth of plots and the general concept of "man versus man," etc. What I think this series of summer stories may be based upon is struggle and the adversary determines the "type" of story, here separated by color and Adornment names of Self, Relationships, and Society.
There may naturally be additions made as time goes on, as a theme such as war, for example, may go under any of these but just might call for a new category such as Event, or Future, etc. Tinderbox allows for building into a cohesive whole and though I'm just beginning, I'm hoping that something doesn't strike me halfway through as a better organizational layout. Things can always be changed, but not without a bit of effort, so I might just put some more time into planning at this early stage of the game.


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Yesterday I posted about how LOT Polish will be launching flights between Warsaw and Los Angeles as of April 2017. This represents the third Star Alliance airline to start transatlantic service to Los Angeles within a year, with SAS having launched flights to Stockholm a few months ago, and Austrian launching flights to Vienna next April.
Well, the new LOT Polish flight between Los Angeles and Warsaw is now bookable. As of April 3, 2017, LOT Polish will fly 4x weekly between Warsaw and Los Angeles using a Boeing 787-8 aircraft.
Per routesonline.com, the flight will operate with alternating schedules depending on the day of the week in order to maximize aircraft utilization:
LO21 Warsaw to Los Angeles departing 11:20AM arriving 2:40PM [Sat, Tue]
LO22 Los Angeles to Warsaw departing 4:30PM arriving 12:50PM (+1 day) [Sat, Tue]
LO23 Warsaw to Los Angeles departing 4:30PM arriving 7:50PM [Mon, Fri]
LO24 Los Angeles to Warsaw departing 9:40PM arriving 6:00PM (+1 day) [Mon, Fri]
The flight is blocked at 12hr20min westbound and 11hr20min eastbound, so it's quite a haul.
As I mentioned yesterday, LOT Polish's 787s have 18 business class seats each, spread across three rows in a 2-2-2 configuration. It's a solid product, especially if traveling in pairs.
Well, now that these new LOT Polish flights are bookable, I should note that there are two business class award seats available every single day on the route. Historically finding nonstop Star Alliance transatlantic business class award seats out of Los Angeles is really tough, though lately it has gotten much easier. Austrian continues to have wide open business class award availability on their flight from Los Angeles to Vienna, and now LOT Polish has a good amount of space as well.
The catch is that not all Star Alliance websites are showing this availability yet, since it can take a while for systems to update. That being said, it should be bookable by phone already.
Booking this award one-way in business class will cost:
- 57,500 Air Canada Aeroplan miles (minimal fuel surcharges)
- 63,000 Avianca LifeMiles (no fuel surcharges)
- 65,000 Singapore KrisFlyer miles (minimal fuel surcharges)
- 70,000 United MileagePlus miles (no fuel surcharges)
Bottom line
It's so great to see another Star Alliance transatlantic option to Los Angeles. Between Austrian and LOT Polish we should finally consistently see transatlantic business class award availability out of Los Angeles. While historically LOT Polish wasn't a great airline, with their new fleet of 787s they have a solid product. I flew LOT Polish business class between New York and Warsaw a couple of years ago and enjoyed my flight, and would have no qualms flying them again.
Anyone planning on booking LOT Polish's new flight between Warsaw and Los Angeles?


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HENLEY HAWKS' pre-season preparations have been given a boost with the news that Heineken European Cup winners and Zurich Premiership champions London Wasps will visit Dry Leas this Saturday.
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And they will play three 40-minute games with Henley and Hawks' original opponents, London Welsh.
Henley director of rugby Rob Heginbotham was delighted to be able to make this late change, saying: "We received a call yesterday morning from Warren Gatland, the Wasps director of rugby and former Ireland coach.
"Wasps had originally been scheduled to play a 'Black v Gold' internal squad match at High Wycombe on Sunday August 22, but due to injuries etc, they were unable to put out two sides.
"We were very keen to go ahead with a three-way format, and London Welsh were also agreeable, so Henley supporters and everyone interested in rugby in the wider area will have a great opportunity to see many of England's top stars in action.
Hawks already have a win under Welsh club champions Newport under their belt, and will be looking to build on that.
Heginbotham added: "As Henley members will know, we have been strengthening our links with Wasps at all levels over the last year, and both Jonny Barrett and Harvey Biljon from Wasps played on loan for the Hawks in the first pre-season game against Newport last weekend.
"They will both be playing for the Hawks against Wasps, so they will obviously have plenty to prove!
"We are delighted that this late opportunity has given us an ideal opportunity to promote the links between the clubs with this high-profile game."
Admission is just £5 with under-16s free, and anyone with a ticket for the Black v Gold game can use that on Saturday.
Schedule: 1pm Henley Hawks Alliance v London Welsh Druids; 3.30pm Henley Hawks v London Welsh; 4.20pm London Wasps v London Welsh; 5.10pm Henley Hawks v London Wasps.
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Record inventories and the prospect of further inventory builds in the US are putting WTI crude prices under heavy pressure this morning. Given the likelihood of additional inventory builds over the coming weeks there is a strong risk of a further decline to below $40/barrel.
While I believe that a dip below $40/barrel will be short lived it is difficult to capitalize on it from an outright long position given the contango currently present in the crude futures curve. From my perspective the best trading opportunity will likely come from an options trade called a bull put spread which entails selling a put option at a strike price below the current level of the underlying security and then buying another put option at a strike lower than the strike of the put option which was sold. Here is an example of how the bull put spread looks:
Notice how in the above payoff diagram the price of the underlying does not have to mover higher to make money, it simply needs to not move lower. Additionally, a bull put spread options trade is especially attractive due to the high levels of implied volatility currently priced into crude oil options (using USO options) – currently the OVX (CBOE Crude Oil Volatility Index) is pricing in roughly a 17% move in crude oil over the next 30 days.
A dip below $40 followed by a rebound and a period of relative calm is our baseline scenario over the coming months given the various market dynamics currently in place; a decline below $40 will almost certainly trigger a strong supply response, meanwhile, any rally back above $50 is likely to be met by significant selling/hedging as producers seek capital and safety.
In summary, while long term investors may consider adding positions in quality crude producers into further declines those who are comfortable with tactical trading strategies should consider a bull put options spread on a move below $40/barrel over the coming weeks. Moreover, given the aforementioned scenario of a decline followed by a rebound and a period of stability more advanced traders could also consider a short strangle options trade as summer approaches.


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Allergies are out of control this morning. Having trouble breathing. This is no good.
Jamie has a sinus infection. She had to go to the doctor yesterday. When they stopped by the office on the way to dance she gave me a monologue about her day, "got up, went to the doctor, went back to the house, waited a little while, daddy took me to mommy's work, mommy took me to get sister... " She cracks me up. Such a doll.
Jamie has decided that Bit Bit is the perfect name for baby kitty. She said he looks like a tiger.
So his official name is Bit Bit the Ferocious Warrior Kitty.
He's rotten. Has to sit on my chest or shoulder. That won't work for long, especially if he grows into his huge paws.
Kate Gosselin on Dancing with the Stars. Wow. Honey... point your toes. I can't stand it. I wanted her to do well. She looked great but her dancing was just sad.
I'm having a hard time writing this entry because Bit Bit is sitting on my chest grooming himself and he keeps moving his head in front of my face where I can't see the screen.
Breakfast was "wheatmeal" and a banana. Yum.
Bit Bit thinks I'm supposed to share everything I eat with him. I'm trying to teach him "no". Stubby understands "no".
Another bad hair day. Ugh. I found the straightening iron I want on Overstock.com for $35. I may go ahead and order it.
Or I'll check at walmart to see if they have it first.
It may sound vain but ... my hair isn't long enough to leave curly... it won't do the ringlets. And I can't NOT straighten it.
Two more minutes.
Austin called Cody last night. It's interesting... he's really starting to try to connect with his brothers. I think that's cool. Austin is looking for a job and Stasha suggested he could be a busboy so he called Cody to find out what that entails (since Cody did that for awhile).
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in the anterior part of the neck at the level of the bodies of the C3-C6 vertebrae
connects the inferior part of the pharynx with the trachea
serves as a valve or sphincter to guard the air passages and maintain a patent airway, especially during swallowing
phonating mechanism that is designed for voice production
Laryngeal Skeleton
consists of 9 cartilages
joined by ligaments and membranes.
Three of the cartilages are single
(thyroid, cricoid, and epiglottic)
three are paired (arytenoid, corniculate, and cuneiform).
thyroid cartilage
(hyaline cartilage)
consists of right & left
laminae, a superior cornu which projects up to the hyoid bone and an inferior cornu which projects down to articulate with the cricoid cartilage at a synovial hinge-
type joint, the cricothyroid joint.
cricothyroid joint type
synovial hinge
cricoid (hyaline cartilage)
only complete ring of cartilage in the respiratory system
consists of an arch in front and a lamina or plate behind
(yellow elastic cartilage),
attached to the posterior surface of the thyroid cartilage by the thyroepiglottic ligament
(paired hyaline cartilages),
set on top of the cricoid lamina,
pyramidal-shaped with bases forming synovial joints with the cricoid lamina,
arytenoid cartilages glide medial or lateral, forward or backward, and rotate on cricoid lamina,
each has two processes
: a muscular process which projects laterally and has two muscles, the lateral and posterior cricoarytenoids, attached to it, and a vocal process which projects forward, the vocal ligament and vocalis muscle attach here.
thyrohyoid membrane
attaches the larynx to the hyoid bone
cricotracheal ligament
attaches the larynx to the trachea (do not worry about this one)
quadrangular or aryepiglottic membrane
fibroelastic tissue, connects epiglottic and arytenoid cartilages, upper free border is aryepiglottic fold at aditus or entrance to larynx, lower free border is vestibular ligament or false vocal cord
triangular or cricothyroid membrane
fibroelastic tissue, connects cricoid, thyroid, and arytenoid cartilages, upper free border is vocal ligament or true vocal cord.
The triangular & vocal ligaments together form the conus elasticus (which acts as a sphincter or valve guarding the airway of the trachea).
vocal ligament
the "skeleton" of the true vocal cords and attaches the arytenoid to the thyroid cartilage.
functioning of vocal cords
Air rushing past the vocal cords, which are adducted and tense, will cause the cords to pulsate or vibrate, thus separating the stream of air into individual and discrete puffs of air (sounds) whose pitch (tone) is determined by the length of segments of the vocal cords which vibrate and by their rate of vibration.
By altering the tension on the cords and by changing their lengths (action of cricothyroid muscles), and by imposing different tensions on different parts of the cords, the quality and pitch of the sound is altered.
These changes are produced by the laryngeal muscles.
The sound generated by the larynx is altered by the lips, tongue, teeth and palate, and nasal cavities to produce speech.
The larynx alone is simply a sound-generating device.
Muscles of Larynx
The intrinsic striated muscles are attached to the external surfaces of the skeletal framework of the larynx and are covered by the mucosal lining of the pharynx.
The muscles which act on the vocal cords can be divided into 4 functional groups.
1. adductors-lateral cricoarytenoid
transverse arytenoid (part of the interarytenoid)
oblique arytenoids (part of the interarytenoid)
2. abductor- posterior cricoarytenoid (the only abductor of the vocal cords)
3. tensor-cricothyroid (may be seen in the anterior triangle)
4. relaxors-thyroarytenoid & vocalis
: Do not worry about the aryepiglotticus and thyroepiglottis muscles. These muscles help to close off the laryngeal aditus or inlet.
larynx adductors
interarytenoid muscle consisting of lateral cricoarytenoid and transverse arytenoid
larynx abductor
posterior cricoarytenoid
larynx tensor
larynx relaxor
thyroarytenoid & vocalis
Laryngeal Regions
is a relaxor of the vocal cords. It is considered by some to be the medial fibers of the thyroarytenoid.
Larynx aditus
entrance: bounded by the epiglottis, aryepiglottic folds, arytenoid cartilages, and the interarytenoid fold.
Larynx vestibule
lined with stratified squamous epithelium and extends from the aditus to the vestibular folds or false vocal cords.
Larynx ventricle
lined with ciliated columnar respiratory epithelium and is located between the vestibular folds (false vocal cords) and vocal folds (true vocal cords).
The true vocal cords are covered by a stratified squamous epithelium.
Larynx rima glottis and glottis
The rima glottis is a slit-like space between the true vocal cords.
The glottis is the area that includes both the true vocal cords and the space between them (the rima glottis).
Larynx infraglottic cavity
lined with respiratory epithelium
located below the vocal folds and extends to the lower border of the cricoid cartilage.
Larynx Innvervation
vagus (CN X) supplies sensory (VA) and parasympathetic innervation (VE-para/pre) to the mucosa and mucus glands of the larynx.
CN XI via X (branchial motor) fibers innervate all the muscles of the larynx.
All these fibers are brought to the larynx via two branches of the vagus – the superior laryngeal and recurrent laryngeal nerves.
Superior laryngeal n (divides into 2 branches)
1. external laryngeal n
: motor supply to the cricothyroid (XI via X fibers - BM)
2. internal laryngeal n
: sensory (VA) and parasympathetic preganglionic (VE - para/pre) supply to the mucosa & mucus glands of the larynx from the glottis up to the aditus.
external laryngeal n
motor supply to the cricothyroid (XI via X fibers - BM)
internal laryngeal n
sensory (VA) and parasympathetic preganglionic (VE - para/pre) supply to the mucosa & mucus glands of the larynx from the glottis up to the aditus.
Recurrent laryngeal n.
motor supply (XI via X) to all the intrinsic laryngeal muscles except the cricothyroid.
It also supplies sensory (VA) and VE para/pre fibers to the mucosa & mucus glands of the larynx below the vocal cords or glottis (i.e., the infraglottic cavity).
: Remember that the VE-para/pre fibers synapse on VE-para/post cell bodies that are located in the submucosa of the target organ (or region).
It is the VE-para/post fibers that will directly innervate the mucus glands in those regions.
superior laryngeal artery
branch of the superior thyroid a, accompanies the internal laryngeal nerve and enters the larynx by piercing the thyrohyoid membrane.
: both arteries and accompanying nerves cross the piriform recess of the pharynx deep to the mucosa to reach the larynx.
inferior laryngeal artery
a branch of the inferior thyroid a (which is a br. of the thyrocervical trunk of the 1st part of the subclavian a.),
accompanies the recurrent laryngeal nerve and enters the larynx by slipping under the lower border of the inferior pharyngeal constrictor muscle.
: both arteries and accompanying nerves cross the piriform recess of the pharynx deep to the mucosa to reach the larynx.
actions to close off the upper of the respiratory system during:
1. swallowing - to close off the aditus and vestibule
2. coughing - a cough or sneeze requires a forceful expulsion of compressed air to clear the airways. The vocal folds are powerfully adducted while the respiratory muscles contract to increase intrathoracic pressure. There is a sudden release or abduction of the vocal folds which sends a stream of air rushing through the larynx.
3. abdominal straining - to increase intraabdominal pressure during urination or defecation.
Tone or pitch is controlled by varying the length of the vibrating segments of the vocal cords.
The anterior ends of the cords vibrate for highest tones and progressively lower tones are produced as longer and longer anterior segments of the vocal cords vibrate.
The muscles that primarily affect the length of the vocal cords are the:
1. cricothyroid - which lengthens and tenses the entire vocal cord
2. vocalis - which controls the length of the vibrating segment of the vocal cord.
: There is also some elevation of the larynx as a whole for higher tones and lowering of the larynx for lower tones.
The larynx produces sound varying only in intensity and tone or pitch. Speech is produced by changes in the position of the soft palate and the tongue by use of the teeth and lips.
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Larynx Cartilages
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Scholars of constitutionalism will gather in Austin for this first-of-its-kind conference on "Constitution-Making and Constitutional Change." Over 130 conference participants from more than 20 countries have been invited to attend.
The program will feature three components: (1) concurrent panels in which works-in-progress will be the focus of discussion; (2) a series of plenary lectures delivered by the Comparative Constitutionalism faculty at the University of Texas at Austin; and (3) two major plenary panels on new books in the field. The subjects of discussion will include constitutional amendment, constitutional reform, constitutional conventions, constitutional transitions, judicial interpretation and review, unwritten constitutional norms, revolution, secession, as well forms of direct democracy including popular initiatives and referendums.
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A relaxed, light-hearted communication between male and female with the intent of getting along with others, enthralling them with our sensuality and attractiveness, humor and common sense. Flirting may involve speaking and acting in a way that suggests greater intimacy than is generally considered appropriate to the relationship (or to the amount of time the two people have known each other), without actually saying or doing anything that breaches any serious social norms. This may be accomplished by communicating a sense of playfulness or irony. Double entendres, with one meaning more formally appropriate and another more suggestive, may be used.
Aashik hoo par maashooq-farebi hain mera kaam,
Majnoon ko bura kehti hain laila mere aage!
Kashis dil ke hr Cheez bhula deti h,
Bandh Aankho mai B Sapne sja deti h.
Sapno ke dunia zarur rakhi yega,
Q ke hakiqat aksr rula deti h.
Khata ho gyi to saza suna do
dil Mai itna dard Q h wajah bata do,
Der ho gyi h yaad krne mai jarur,
Lekin tumko bhula denge ye khayal dilse mita do.
Kaun kehta hai ye Dil Pagal hai,
Pagalpan to bas ek Bahana hai,
Ek bar Muskura kr to Dekho lo,
Ye Pagal Dil Tumhara Deewana h..
Aaaj tak aye kitne Aashiq,
Koi bhi Mujhko naa Chhu paya,
Magar Tumko Dekh kar Dil Dhadka,
Aisi Adaayein Sanam Tu kaha se laya?
Dekha jo Tumhe to Mehsus Hua,
Pehchaan hai Aapni Muddat se!
Khwabon Mein Deekhi thi jo Surat,
Milti hai Tumhari Surat se!
Lag jaye Humari Aah Tumhe,
Aur Chaah Humari hoo jaye,
Jo Haal Humare Dil ka hai,
Woh Haal Tumhara ho haye..
Mere Dil, Jiger, Kidney, Liver hoo tum
waqt bewaqt aaye vo fever ho tum
Dobb kar jisme marr jao vo River ho tum
Mere jeevan me ab to forever ho tum.
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Sapnon ki Doulat Aap par Luta Denge,
Na koi Phool hai aaj Mere Damaan Mein,
Lekin Aapke aane par Palk Bicha dainge.
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text: Based upon the climate feedback-responses analysis method (CFRAM), a quantitative attribution analysis is conducted for the annul-mean surface temperature biases in the Community Earth System Model version 1 (CESM1). Surface temperature biases are decomposed into partial temperature biases associated with model biases in albedo, water vapor, cloud, sensible/latent heat flux, surface dynamics, and atmospheric dynamics. A globally-averaged cold bias of ~1.22 K in CESM1 is largely attributable to albedo bias that accounts for approximately ~0.80 K. Over land, albedo bias contributes ~1.20 K to the averaged cold bias of ~1.45 K. The cold bias over ocean, on the other hand, results from multiple factors including albedo, cloud, oceanic dynamics, and atmospheric dynamics. Bias in the model representation of oceanic dynamics is the primary cause of cold (warm) biases in the Northern (Southern) Hemisphere oceans while surface latent heat flux over oceans always acts to compensate for the overall temperature biases. Albedo bias resulted from the model's simulation of snow cover and sea ice is the main contributor to temperature biases over high-latitude lands and the Arctic and Antarctic region. Longwave effect of water vapor is responsible for an overall warm (cold) bias in the subtropics (tropics) due to an overestimate (underestimate) of specific humidity in the region. Cloud forcing of temperature biases exhibits large regional variations and the model bias in the simulated ocean mixed layer depth is a key contributor to the partial sea surface temperature biases associated with oceanic dynamics. On a global scale, biases in the model representation of radiative processes account more for surface temperature biases compared to non-radiative, dynamical processes.


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Welcome to Life Well Lived: an ongoing conversation around how we can use technology to improve our lives. In this edition, we join Foursquare's Chairman and co-founder Dennis Crowley in conversation with Carl Honoré, popular TED speaker and the author of the internationally best-selling book " In Praise of Slow."
Illustration by Daiana Ruiz.
Everyday it happens. More and more demands. More to do. And the need to do it all faster. And faster. Best-selling author and Canadian journalist Carl Honoré has another proposal: slow down. In his books In Praise of Slowness, The Slow Fix, and Under Pressure, and in his monumentally popular TED Talk, Honoré advises on how we might be able to think deeply, remember more, even have better sex all by slowing down. Foursquare founder Dennis Crowley sat down with Honoré to find out if and how technology can be a part of the Slow Revolution.
Dennis Crowley: In your book, In Praise of Slowness, you write about the cult of speed and how it is affecting our everyday lives. I think we all struggle with how to contend with everywhere we need to be, and everything we need to do with a slower way of being.
Carl Honoré: It is pretty clear that this quick-fix culture today is not working. The problems we face today in the workplace are so much more complex than they've ever been before. Complexity very often requires us to unpack it, untangle it — to make sense of it requires a kind of slowness. Time to think deeply, to see the big picture, to connect the dots, to sit with uncertainty sometimes, not even knowing what's coming next. All of that stuff that goes out the window when we're looking for the finish line and the quick win. That's kind of the underlying thinking behind the book, [In Praise of Slowness]. The more I dug, the more it became obvious to me that the people who are actually tackling problems and making some kind of progress with them were people who understood the power of slow.
Crowley: For me, from a tech perspective, I think the problem is less about the speed at which we get things done, and more about the ability to multitask. You can do so much so quickly on your phones or on your laptop — you can jump between conversations and tasks so quickly that it enables this kind of constant state of multitasking. I think it was Linda Stone who called it a "continuous partial attention."
I see that as the biggest distraction: you're not present in the moment. Not because you're trying to get through this thing as quickly as possible, but because you're trying to do three things at once. It means that you're not doing any of those things as well as you could be doing.
Carl Honore
Honoré: I couldn't agree more, actually. When I talk about this stuff, the lens is often slow speed and pacing — doing one thing at a time versus the tyranny of multitasking. And a big part of the whole slow revolution is about saying yes to the idea of unitasking.
Hewlett-Packard put out a report warning that the constant distraction causes our IQ to fall 10 points. Not many of us can afford 10 points in the modern workplace — that's double the effect of smoking marijuana.
We've swallowed the idea that seemed so gloriously modern: that to be always on, juggling five things at once, turns you into an uber-productive master of the universe. When in fact what it does is it turns you into Cheech and Chong, which isn't that useful in most modern workplaces.
I think a big part of it is discipline and baby steps, right? We all want to slow down, but we all want to slow down fast. And I think that doesn't really work. You have to find your own way of using any technology.
I think there's an intimate bond between slowness and memory, too. When things move too fast, everything is in a blur and nothing sticks. I definitely know in my own life that when I was running around like a headless chicken and juggling nine things at once, I felt like I didn't really remember anything. One of the benefits of putting on the breaks and monotasking instead of multitasking is that I feel like I remember a lot more than I used to.
We are moving so fast we struggle to remember things. The temptation to outsource memory to Google or to the web, maybe that means some of those memory muscles aren't getting as much exercise as they did before. But, I do think there are things that technology can help us do to prevent that.
Dennis Crowley
Crowley: That's one reason we created Swarm — our life logging app. It deals with the memory issue you're describing.
I'm a big fan of the idea of augmented memory — helping jostle the parts of your memory that maybe aren't at the tip of your tongue. Maybe you can't remember an exact event or how long ago it was, or if your friend was there. I like the idea of technology being able to raise its hand and say, "I saw it. I know the answer to that. You won't have to guess. I know exactly the answer to that."
Honoré: Maybe I'm pie in the sky hoping for a perfect balance between the two. I do love travel, I'm sure you do as well. I was just in Malaga, Spain the other day. I just didn't take the phone out when I was walking around. I do this a lot — just wander around. There's always a little niggling thought in the back of my mind: maybe just around that corner that I'm not going to take is the perfect little tapas bar or jazz club or something.
But, there's another part of me that thinks maybe that's part of being a human being — you don't get to do everything, right? There's going to be something that you're just going to miss. That's not such a bad thing. And I think that maybe in the tech sector, it's maybe more of like a binary view of human experience. You've either got it, or you haven't.
Do you feel that there's more room in the way that tech app entrepreneurs think about bringing technology to the human life? That it needs to be more shades of gray somewhere in the middle?
Crowley: I think we're at a place where everything is known — Google's quest to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible. So, if you missed something, it's your own fault. The internet knows about it, you should have found it. Today the thinking is: if I'm going to spend my three days in Barcelona, I've got to hit every single thing there, and I've got to optimize. Downtime is for the weak — you should be scheduling every little minute of that to get the most out of it.
I've done vacations where everything is scheduled because you've researched everything. You leave very little room for serendipity. And then I've also done the opposite: take a week vacation, and not do anything. Just walk around. Those have always been more rewarding.
Honoré: I guess what we want is some kind of dance between those two. Will we ever get to a point where it's so personalized that the right balance between serendipity and getting it on a plate from Google is going to be different for you as for me? Algorithms tend to be blunt instruments. At least now they are, right?
I guess the bigger question is, in order to have that balance — let's call it fast and slow — do we have to hang on to or bring back old clunky technology or is there a way we can rewire, recalibrate the new stuff so that it gives us both the fast and the slow? I'm an optimist, a techno-optimist.
Crowley: I know I'm an optimist. But, do you think there is a way that tech could be a potential resource for slow thinking?
Carl: The obvious examples are these meditation apps, right? Through all kinds of different hacks, tweaks, and nudges and pushes and pulls people get into a place that you could describe as slow through breathing and unhooking and various things.
I think that's one example of how it could work. I was talking to a maker of one of those meditation apps called Buddhify. And I asked him: "Isn't there a kind of underlying paradox there? Isn't the ultimate endgame really to get people away from the phone?"
And he said, "You know what, for me it's a kind of middle-ground. We're in a world where people are so wired, their phones are over-used as a tool now. And the first step is to get them accustomed to slowing down, to thinking deeply, to being present. And then hopefully they're able to take that skill and move away from the screen and do it without it." I think in the interim those gadgets can be very useful for that kind of thing.
Technology can also be a tool for collaborative thinking. You could use Slack, for example, in a slow way. I've used it before, and I think it can be a place where an idea can sit, percolate, blossom. I do think that there are ways that you can use technology, absolutely.
Crowley: It's a big part of what we're doing at Foursquare. We're trying to make technology that enhances your experience of the real world and brings attention to it — and do it in a way that you're not scrolling through feeds all the time. We want to deliver you the right little nugget of content at just the right moment so it changes your experience of that place and makes you more aware of where you are.
I always think about the way I walk home from work. I live in New York and I walk 20 minutes every day to and from work. I can walk home on auto-pilot without thinking about anything, and sometimes I just put my headphones in and kind of tune out a little bit. But, what does a piece of technology look like that tells you to look up at a certain moment so you notice something that you wouldn't have seen? Or tell you: "Take a left here and walk down the street and notice something that didn't exist, or that you didn't notice before." It's attentive, but attentive in an environment that you might normally tune out.
Honoré: I'm delighted to hear you're working on that, because I think there's so much potential in that. And I like that word you used, the "nugget." Just dropping in that kind of key nugget at the right moment. That's where the magic is going to be: knowing how to deliver that nugget in a way that's not intrusive, overbearing, distracting. That's the key. I'm looking forward to seeing how you make that work. I'll follow you down that road.
The is the first of four pieces where Foursquare explores how technology shapes and changes how we live our lives. See part two, part three and part four.
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Growing Up Too Fast
Perhaps one of the scariest things imaginable is to have our own body turn against us.
This of course happens in a multitude of ways, with various disorders and diseases causing our fragile bodies to attack themselves or even completely shut down. From cancer to locked-in syndrome, the possibilities are endless and terrifying.
But what if your body made you age too quickly? In a world obsessed with youth and beauty, there are those who suffer from an extraordinarily rare genetic condition that makes Benjamin Button look like a walk in the park, and sadly, there's no getting better.
Meet Mohammed
Every child deserves a childhood, but what happens when you're physically denied one? That's the case for Mohammed Abdel Majeed and a handful of others like him, who suffer from a rare genetic disorder called progeria. This mysterious syndrome causes victims to age at a rate eight to ten times faster than normal people.
Mohammed wants to be like the other kids his age, but his body won't allow him that simple pleasure. As a result, his young soul finds itself trapped in an increasingly fragile and sickly body, much to the young boy's dismay.
Officially called Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome, the rare genetic disorder was first described back in 1886 and is still a mystery to scientists and doctors today.
Though it only affects about one in 20 million people, progeria is fatal and leads to a major decrease in quality of life beforehand. While scientists know the disorder is caused by a genetic mutation, there is still much left to it they still don't understand.
"Isolating the progeria gene is a major achievement for the medical research community," said Dr. Collins of the Progeria Research Foundation. "The discovery not only gives hope to children and families affected by progeria, but also may shed light on the phenomenon of aging and cardiovascular disease."
On average, children who suffer from progeria die around 14 years of age, often due to heart disease.
Childhood, Interrupted
For most people with progeria, symptoms become apparent within the first several months to two years of life. The first signs typically include dark, hardening skin, insufficient weight gain, and failure to thrive.
In their early years, children will also show distinctly limited growth. A small face with a large head and pronounced eyes, for example, and full-body hair loss. Later on, the symptoms become even more noticeable and impede on normal childhoods.
In essence, progeria makes the body age far too rapidly, so children affected by it suffer from kidney failure, poor eyesight, fragile bones, wrinkled skin, disproportionate bodies, and heart problems.
While Mohammed wants to lead a normal life, playing and going to school with other kids his age isn't something he's always able to do. He is the frequent target of bullies who mock him for his aged appearance, and he can only play for a short time before he becomes tired.
Mohammed's story is heartbreaking, but here's what people are doing to help him and his family…


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Last Sunday, members of the Alberni Valley United Church brought in enough contributions of food and money to make Christmas a little brighter for each guest of the Bread of Life. Held on the third Sunday of the advent, the long-standing tradition of White Gift Sunday ended with a generous showing of support.
The tradition started in the United Church about 25 years ago and Reverend Minnie Hornidge believes it has taking place in Port Alberni for just as long.
"It started with people bringing gifts wrapped in white, largely for families," Minnie said.
Changing times have resulted in gifts being turned into more items of necessity, so rather than white wrapping paper, there were many white envelopes of cash under the tree this year. Donations were also collected in response to the Bread of Life wish list of items needed for its annual Christmas Dinner.
"We collected enough potatoes, carrots, dill pickles and water to serve 125 people on Christmas Eve," she said. "We also collected $720 for the Bread of Life to use to purchase small gifts to give to each guest."
As a board member of the Bread of Life, Minnie said the desire to give is something ingrained in herself, as well as members of the church.
"It is a part of who we are and part of our core value," she said. "It is our commitment to our faith to contribute to those with particular needs."
In the past, gifts from the collection have been received by the Port Alberni Shelter, local schools, and the transition house.
"The tree looked full with goods under it," Minnie said. "That is a symbol of the generousity in the Valley."
Since she wears a number of hats, Minnie will be helping prepare for the dinner on Christmas Eve, just before heading to the church to lead two services. At 7 p.m. a shorter, family service will be held with a carol sing-a-long and the reading of a book to match a barn backdrop.
"It will end with candlelight and glow sticks and the singing of Silent Night," Minnie said. "By then the kids will be ready to hop into bed."
At the 10 p.m. service, there will be more carols and a candlelight service.
Before that, the Bread of Life will be showing a new look inside the building with a Fresh Start Grand Opening and ribbon cutting. The walls recently received a fresh coat of paint to make it brighter so the board members and staff want to welcome everyone to check it out on Dec. 19 at 2 p.m.


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Robert Booth writing in The Guardian writes that property investors who leave homes empty just to make money from property price rises could be fined or even jailed under proposals made by the London council.
Islington is planning to make owners of newly built homes to prove they are occupied. Where these homes are left empty for more than three months at a stretch their owners would face high court injunctions.
This would mean that if the injunctions were breached the owners would be fined, face a repossession or in the worst case scenario, face jail.
The council is claiming that in one of the most densely populated boroughs this drastic action is justified because 30 per cent of 2,000 homes newly built homes have nobody on the electoral register.
Even when students and foreign tenants are not counted, around one-quarter quarter of homes the newest residential developments appear to be empty according to The Guardian report.
Owners of these properties would be required to prove they are legitimately occupied by being fully furnished, and show evidence of up-to-date utility and council tax bills etc.
Cllr James Murray, the council?s executive member for housing has said:
?Our new proposals would make sure that all new homes in Islington are occupied ' we want to send a message that 'buy-to-leave' is unacceptable?
The proposals will be sent out for consultation Monday. This will represent the first time a UK council has tried such a drastic measure to tackle buy-to-leave using the planning laws and could set a precedent if successful.
The proposal has been welcomed by housing campaigners but is likely to vehemently opposed by property developers and investors.
Further, one planning expert claims that the unprecedented move could be open to legal challenge as a serious infringement of individual property rights.
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I am not a fan of any diet that completely eliminates any food group (other than for medical reasons). In fact I am not a fan of dieting at all… just balanced, nutritious food choices based on your individual goals, style, and taste.Balanced means choosing from a variety of food groups throughout the day and week. It also means that while some food choices can be attacked with reckless abandon, others should be enjoyed in moderation.Here are my top Do's and Don'ts to help you make the best possible choices every day.
- DO enjoy unlimited water. Ask me if you need ways to unboring water.
- DO enjoy unlimited vegetables.
- DO enjoy fruit and nuts in moderation.
- DO enjoy lots of protein from eggs, lean meat, and fish.
- DO educate yourself about dairy, soy, gluten and grain. Consider these optional but if you are cutting them out of your diet, make sure you understand why and don't just do it because it's the latest fad.
- DO NOT, under any circumstances, go on a fad diet.
- DO NOT, under any circumstances, take a pill to fast track weight loss.
- DO NOT put refined sugar into your body as much as humanly possible.
- DO NOT expect yourself to be perfect but DO get back on the healthy wagon every time you fall off.
- DO follow the 80/20 rule – 80% of the time eat as though you're life depends on being insanely healthy and 20% of the time allow for cheats.
The key is to find what works for you. Anybody can be healthy for 2 weeks… you have to find a way to make healthy a fun, interesting, happy lifestyle. I am here to help in any way I can and please do not hesitate to contact me with questions or concerns.


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Sacred Heart holds off Coleman, 23-21
MOUNT PLEASANT — With the ball deep in their opponent's territory late in the game, it appeared the Coleman football team was going to do something it had not done in a decade: beat Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart.
But the Comets came up just short on Thursday night thanks to a goal-line stand by Sacred Heart.
Coleman's hopes ended when quarterback Adam Stremlow's fourth-and-goal pass was deflected and fell to the ground incomplete with 2:20 remaining, securing Sacred Heart's 23-21 victory. That play ended a 14-play, 93-yard drive from the Coleman 2 to the Sacred Heart 5 that gave the Comets (6-2 overall, 3-2 in the Mid-State Activities Conference) a chance to take the lead.
"We just couldn't get it done on the goal line," Coleman coach Chad Klopf said. "The play got changed at the line of scrimmage and we didn't complete the pass. It's too bad. ... The seniors on this team wanted this one."
Coleman led 21-17 at the half. The Comets' TDs came on a 66-yard pass from Stremlow to Matthew Warner, a 56-yard pass from Stremlow to Warner, and a 1-yard run by Stremlow. Mitchell Franklin hit one extra-point, and Zach Frazier scored a 2-point conversion.
Sacred Heart's Ben Goenner scored on a 12-yard touchdown run to give the Irish a 23-21 lead with 1:56 remaining in the third quarter.
Sacred Heart (6-2, 4-1 MSAC) attempted to put the game away midway through the fourth quarter. But Irish quarterback Dustin Neyer was picked off by Coleman's Warner deep in Coleman territory.
Warner had an outstanding game, finishing with five catches for 157 yards, and two interceptions on defense.
"We really would have liked to beat these guys," Warner said. "What hurts the most about it was that we had a chance to go up really late in the game and just couldn't do it. That is what's hard."
Stremlow, who finished the day 7-of-19 passing for 179 yards, said there was some confusion on the Coleman offensive unit just before the decisive play of the game.
"It all happened pretty fast out there," Stremlow said. "It wasn't just that play, though. We had a lot of opportunities tonight that we couldn't make happen."
The Comets end the regular season next weekend with a home game against Saginaw Valley Lutheran (currently 2-5).
Coleman may see Sacred Heart again in the playoffs.
"We would absolutely love another shot at these guys," Warner said. "They are a good team and we are a good team. We could have beaten them tonight. Hopefully we get another chance to do that."