Theodor Sattelmaier was born on February 16, 1897, in the small German farming village of Schluchtern.
As a teenage soldier in the First World War, young Sattelmaier suffered the twin deprivations of exposure and starvation while witnessing firsthand the traumatic death and destruction of one of history's most horrific, senseless, and encompassing conflicts.
Young Theodor emerged from war determined to dedicate his future to saving lives. He studied pre-clinical medicine at the world famous Heidelberg University and received his doctorate from the University of Munich. Perhaps sick and tired of the old ways, or perhaps thankful for the opportunity his survival provided when so many others, comrades and enemies alike, were not spared, Theodor Sattelmaier set out for a new world, for a new promise.
He set out for America.
Arriving at Ellis Island speaking not a word of English, Dr. Sattelmaier made his way to Philadelphia, where he served for a year as Chief Resident at Northwestern General Hospital. Then he sat for, and passed with a score of 93, the Maryland Board of Physician's test.
He took the test entirely in Latin.
In 1925, he placed an advertisement in The Baltimore Sun seeking a place in Maryland to practice medicine. The ad was answered by three established doctors, including Kent Island's retiring John Benton and a doctor from Cambridge.
On his first visit to the Eastern Shore, Dr. Sattelmaier boarded the ferry Philadelphia (Smokey Joe to her friends) at her Light Street pier in Baltimore and took the two hour and a half hour voyage down the Chesapeake Bay to Love Point. He visited Dr. Benton there on Kent Island, and the doctor from Cambridge; then returned to Pennsylvania to ponder before accepting Dr. Benton's offer a short time later.
Dr. Sattelmaier married Dr. Benton's daughter, Elizabeth, in 1930. The couple had two children.
And because he was a man of character in every sense of the word character, in February of 1967, in honor of Doctor Sattelmaier's 70th birthday, his adopted hometown celebrated with a big party.
And Mr. Jimmy Ewing, who owned Kent Island's Circle Restaurant for a quarter century and passed away last year, told me one of my all-time favorite stories from a decade of recording local oral histories.
Dr. Sattelmaier, a "Grand Old Gentleman of Medicine," died on May 3, 1987.
Thank you for these stories and journeys back in time.
Thanks for commenting, Helen! Always looking forward to seeing you soon.
I'm sure your inbox is overflowing this morning with memories of Dr. Sattlemaier. Here are some of mine. He delivered me in the southeast bedroom of my parents' home early in the morning of April 5, 1934.. Of course, I don't remember but I've been told that he then went downstairs and ate a dozen eggs. Five years later he delivered my brother in the same room. However, that was in the evening, and afterwards I remember his sitting at our dining room table and eating a heaping plate of fried chicken. My mother also told me that he came to our house to give me an inoculation . When I crawled under a bed to get away from him, he crawled under after me. When I was in the seventh grade, I fell from a horse onto a gravel driveway and ended up with a very deep hole in my knee. Dr. Sattlemaier got out a bottle of alcohol and was about to pour it in the hole. When I screamed at the top of my lungs at the anticipated pain, he decided not to clean the wound. The gravel in my knee is still visible. Afterward, I would get off the school bus at his office in the morning, have him dress the wound and then walk to school. My best friend, Mary Jane White (now Leaverton) went with me. The first time she stood beside me in the office, and when Doc took the bandage off, she began to faint. He very gently helped her out to the waiting room and then came back and berated me for bringing her in with me (did he not think of moral support?) Those are a few of the hundreds of memories that Kent Islanders have of Dr. Sattlemaier. My memories of him are very fond though at the time I was a little scared of him.
Thank you so much for taking the time to share those amazing memories with me, Joan. He was never my doctor,so I really only knew him by sight and reputation (word travels among the younger set, you know). The eating anecdotes are hilarious and the story about your knee is just great. I hope you'll allow me to use your memories the next time I write about Dr. Sattlemaier. Thanks again for commenting. I'm very happy you enjoyed the post, and hope you'll continue to follow and enjoy easternshorebrent.
Thanks, again, for the shared memories from my home town.
Thank you, Jill, for enjoying, and for taking the time to let me know – means a lot!
Splendid piece, Brent. Thanks so much for your enriching work – it informs and entertains us all.
Thanks Brent,doc Sattlemaier gave me shots when i was a child.i remember once i wouldnt go in his office untill my father gave me a handfull of change.He was a good doctor but he liked to pinch the hell out of people.Some said that was to check your lungs?????
Thanks for sharing your memories, Steve! Hope you continue to read and enjoy my blog!


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No Fans at the U.S. Open Changes Golf's Revenue Picture
Girls Golf, which works with girls to teach them golf and life skills, was hit with a double whammy in March. It receives $1 million from the U.S.G.A. and the L.P.G.A., the governing body for women's golf, which halted its season in March.
"We didn't really know what was going to happen," said Nancy Henderson, chief teaching officer and president of the L.P.G.A. Foundation. "Our initial focus was our Girls Golf sites weren't able to do programming in person, so we moved a lot of it online."
While grants from both organizations came through, Ms. Henderson remains worried about next year. "That's the big question," she said. "You don't know if you'll be back to a new normal."
Organizations like these, which are focused on growing the game of golf, share $25 million from the U.S. Open, the same amount that goes to fund the other 13 championships. The remaining $20 million is divided equally among agronomic research and the organization's governance, rules and handicap systems.
For Winged Foot, the lack of fans is a mixed bag. Clubs that host a U.S. Open do it for different reasons. At Pebble Beach, Pinehurst or Torrey Pines in California, which hosts next year, the Open acts like a four-day marketing brochure for these resorts.
But at some of the private clubs in the rotation, like Winged Foot, Oakmont and the Country Club in Brookline, Mass., where the 2022 Open is to be held, hosting a U.S. Open is part of the club's identity. It's a hassle the membership tolerates in return for some remuneration and far greater prestige in the golf world.
Article source: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/16/sports/golf/no-fans-at-the-us-open-changes-golfs-revenue-picture.html
U.S. Retail Sales Expected to Show Continued Growth: Live Updates
Patrick Mahomes headlines pro sports' top athletes age 25 and under

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Students get back-to-basics approach with OBC
If plie is the first step learned, and the last one mastered, then there is no escaping the simplest concepts in ballet.
Connecting body and mind is every dancer's challenge, and making sense of the feeling behind a picture-perfect pose is every teacher's task. Oftentimes, an offbeat metaphor helps.
"I was telling them to imagine that they were holding marshmallows," said Vivian Aragon, recalling a recent moment reviewing port de bras.
Aragon teaches Oakland Ballet Company's Saturday classes, and the imaginary marshmallows – belonging in a light touch between thumb and middle finger – came up as an example for intermediate students.
OBC dancer Vivian Aragon teaches students at the company's Saturday classes.
New to the company this season, an injury to her Achilles tendon early on in rehearsals for Graham Lustig's The Nutcracker kept Aragon off stage this December. But she was healthy in time to start teaching the spring semester of OBC's Saturday classes, held weekly at the Oakland School for the Arts.
For the Guatemalan-born and Pacifica, California-raised Aragon, teaching is as much a part of her dance career as performing. Her first experience leading a class was at the age of 15, as an assistant in the same studio where she had started her training.
"It was a small school," said Aragon, who took her first general dance class at age three and started to focus on ballet at age five.
"I was really involved with everything there," Aragon added. "Later on, in high school, I started teaching my own classes."
By the time she was at Purchase College, State University of New York, pursuing a BFA in dance and BA in art history, Aragon knew she had found a career path in ballet.
In New York, it didn't take long for her to find herself again at the front of the class, demonstrating combinations and teaching ballet to non-majors.
"I like teaching because I feel like I'm making a difference in the world," said Aragon, reflecting on her years of experience teaching and the large role it plays in her career. In addition to OBC, Aragon also teaches at Napa Valley Ballet and Rachel's Ballet, which has three studios in Fremont and Dublin.
For her, success as a teacher isn't measured by the number of students who go pro, but seeing ballet leave an imprint on their lives and personal development.
"My favorite part," Aragon said, "is seeing students' progress. Over time they are able to do things that they couldn't before."
Much of Aragon's approach is anchored in the tradition of the Royal Academy of Dance (RAD). The worldwide organization is highly regarded in its method and structured curriculum.
Schools accredited by the RAD, like the one Aragon attended growing up, are examined once a year to review students' development and training in the RAD style.
"The emphasis is on building strong technique," Aragon said. "Start simply and build up to more complex steps when the students have the strength and understanding for it."
Though she values RAD instruction and its principles, Aragon said she also tries to introduce students at OBC to other points of view.
The perspective of different techniques is something Aragon gained later in her career and is a benefit that she wants to pass on to her students.
A little flexibility in style as the instructor, Aragon added, helps her connect with young dancers. If the description for the correct way to hold a position is difficult for a student to grasp, Aragon will look for other ways to explain it until one makes sense.
That's how marshmallows for port de bras become part of the lesson plan.
"I actually did bring marshmallows in for class one day," laughed Aragon.
← At the heart of every Nutcracker, Tchaikovsky's music A bow to the past to build the company's future →


Privacy locks are designed to be unlocked from the outside.
3 Are High-Security Door Locks Worth the Money for Your Home?
Anyone who has installed a bedroom door lock may have noticed a short steel rod with a flat tip at one end. These often get discarded with the box the lock came in because they aren't part of the assembly. But the first time someone inadvertently locks the door on the way out of the bedroom, the purpose of these rods becomes clear. They are keys that allow you to unlock the door from the outside. If you don't have this key, you can use a tool found in sewing machine drawers and at hardware stores.
Insert the tip of a small flat-tip screwdriver straight into the machined hole in the face of the door handle.
Push lightly on the handle of the screwdriver as you rotate the tool in small increments until the tip catches in a slot at the internal mechanism.
Grip the outer edges of the door handle with one hand. Rotate the screwdriver counterclockwise and turn the handle at the same time to open the door.
Always use a screwdriver that fits easily onto the hole on the face of the handle.
Machin, William. "How to Unlock Bedroom Door Locks." Home Guides | SF Gate, http://homeguides.sfgate.com/unlock-bedroom-door-locks-25869.html. Accessed 23 April 2019.


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Q: Problem on othogonal polynomials with Lebesgue mesure This is an over my level assignmet i got:
Let $\mu$ denote the Lebesgue (of arc-length) measure on the unit circle $\mathbb{T}:=\{|z|=1\}$. Prove that for the measere
$dv(z)=|1-z|^{2}d\mu$
the monic polynomial of degree n orthogonal with respect to $v$ is
$P_{n}(z;v)=\frac{1}{n+1}\sum_{j=0}^{n}(j+1)z^{j}.$
Analyze the location and the behavior of the zeros of $P_{n}$.
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Here's what I've gotten so far:
$d\mu(z)=|z|=ds$ on $\mathbb{T}$, so:
$dz=ie^{i\theta}d\theta=izd\theta$ $\implies$ $ds=\frac{dz}{iz}$, thus
$dv(z)=|1-z|^{2}d\mu$ $\implies$ $ds=\frac{|1-z|^{2}dz}{iz}$.
Now, the entries for the Gram matrix are (having in consideration we are working on the unit circle):
$<z^{j},z^{k}>=\int_{\mathbb{T}}\overline{z^{j}}z^{k}dv(z)=\int_{\mathbb{T}}|1-z|^{2}\overline{z^{j}}z^{k}\frac{dz}{iz}=\frac{1}{i}\int_{\mathbb{T}}(1-z)\overline{(1-z)}z^{k-j-1}dz=$
$=-\frac{1}{i}\int_{\mathbb{T}}(2+z+\overline{z})z^{k-j-1}dz=-\frac{1}{i}\left(2\int_{\mathbb{T}}z^{k-j-1}dz+\int_{\mathbb{T}}z^{k-j}dz+\int_{\mathbb{T}}z^{k-j-2}dz\right)$.
So the integral equals:

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*$4\pi$ if $k=j$,

*$2\pi$ if $k=j+1$,

*$2\pi$ if $k=j-1$,

*$0$ in other case

but this is not leading me to the answear. Its going towars something like:
$P_{n}(z;v)=\sqrt{\frac{\Delta_{n-1}}{\Delta_{n}}}z^{n}$, where $\Delta_{n}$ is the determinant of the $n\times n$ Gramm sub-matrix.
which is not the desired.
......
Here are some updates: the Gram matrix this way has $4\pi$ on the diagonal and $2\pi$ in the upper and lower diagonal, the determinant can be calculated by some very serious double induction, but its not leading to the solution.
After this I tried just prooving that the solution proposed is orthogonal in $\mathbb{C}$ with $dv$, by calculating $, which comes down to this integral:
$<p_{a}(z),<p_{b}(z)>=\frac{N}{K}\int_{\mathbb{T}}\sum_{}z^{terms}dz=\frac{N}{K}\sum_{}\int_{\mathbb{T}}z^{terms}dz=\frac{N}{K}\sum_{}\int_{\mathbb{T}}z^{-1}dz$ = I.
if $p_{a}(z),p_{b}(z)$ are indeed orthogonal, then I must be null, but its not clear, so I proceeded to calculate $<p_{1}(z),<p_{2}(z)>$:
$p_{1}(z)=\frac{1}{2}(1+2z)$
$p_{2}(z)=\frac{1}{3}(1+2z+3z^{2})$
$<p_{1}(z),<p_{2}(z)>=\int_{\mathbb{T}}\overline{p_{1}(z)}p_{2}(z)|1-z|^{2}dz=$
$=\frac{1}{6}\int_{\mathbb{T}}\overline{(1+2z)}(1+2z+3z^{2})\overline{(1-z)}(1-z)dz=\frac{-1}{6}\int_{\mathbb{T}}z^{-1}dz=-\frac{\pi}{3}\neq0$
This means the exercise was not correct.  Of course, this is never a good sign, so if you find any mistake in my work, please let me know.

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Mae Haad View Resort is located on the southern beach in Mae Haad on a corner between the beach and a small lagoon. It used to be the cheapest bungalow outfit in Mae Haad and doesn't have a website. It has only recently joined Agoda and sadly put up its prices. It is one of the few old style Koh Phangan backpacker places still remaining. Don't expect any luxuries - just a hut, restaurant, bar next door and great hospitality.
Mae Haad View Resort has only one type of accommodation option - fan bungalow with bathroom. It is a basic wooden bungalow on stilts with a small balcony. Inside each bungalow is a fan, light, bed, mosquito net and bathroom with basic toilet and cold water shower. As one person comments - the bungalows are basic but also cheap. Indeed the bungalows are next to the beach.
People stay at Mae Haad View Resort because they aren't bothered by old bungalows, mosquitoes and cold water showers. (By the way mosquitos aren't a problem if you sleep under a mosquito net and put on repellent just before dusk).
It is a laid back and young crowd that stay at Mae Haad View Resort. During the low season it is possible that you will be the only person staying at the resort.
One nice aspect of this resort is that all the bungalows are the same price regardless of their proximity to the sea. It is refreshing to see a resort that hasn't built an expensive beach front air-con bungalow with satellite TV to cash in on people's desire to be as close as possible to the sea.
There is a small restaurant looking out over the sand. They do a good range of Thai and vegetarian food. The dishes are cheap and the cooking has good reviews. It is a mom and pop business. Mother does the cooking and laundry while the father has a funky and basic bar next door (the Rolling Stone) built of wood and recycled bits of drift wood. Expect a relaxed atmosphere and Bob Marley on the sound system.
The main facility offered by Mae Haad View Resort other than cheap accommodation is the friendliness of the hosts. It is for this reason that backpackers often come back to this resort the next time they visit Koh Phangan.


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Q: DVD Drive Failing on Windows 7 I have Windows 7 x64 running on an ASUS M50VM.  The DVD drive works completely unreliably if not at all.
When I first got the machine it came with Windows XP and I upgraded it to Windows Vista X64 and the DVD drive worked fine.
When Windows 7 RC2 came out I tried it on a Virtual Machine and I liked it so much that I upgraded the machine to Win7 RC1.  The DVD drive worked fine.
Of course, RC1 started spontaneously rebooting, so when Windows 7 was released I did a clean install of Windows 7.  Just to clarify...by clean install I mean I did a format of the hard drive and installed it from scratch.
Ever since then, the DVD drive mostly doesn't work.  I can sometimes read from disk but that will often hang.  (Please see my description below of hang for details).  CD or DVD writes always fails with a hang (I have done a successful write only one time.)
Here is what I mean by hang:

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*Explorer Window is unresponsive.

*Any software accessing the DVD drive is unresponsive.

*The DVD tray will not eject.

*Using a paper clip will eject but the disk is usually spinning real hard.

*Attempting to shut down windows will fail.  I have waited as long as ten minutes but the whole OS seems to hang.  I do a hard shutdown.

*Sometimes accessing the DVD (when it does not cause a hang) will still fail and the device will actually seem to disappear from the system until I reboot.

A couple of other things.  It is not a hardware failure.  It is the Windows OS.  I know this because I swapped out my DVD drive with a friend with the same model...his machine is fine (he is still running Vista X64) and my machine still fails.
For what it is worth, I swapped out my primary disk with the INTEL 160GB SSD.
EDIT
Here is what System Information shows about my DVD drive
Drive   D:
Description CD-ROM Drive
Media Loaded    No
Media Type  DVD Writer
Name    HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GSA-T50N ATA Device
Manufacturer    (Standard CD-ROM drives)
Status  OK
Transfer Rate   -1.00 kbytes/sec
SCSI Target ID  0
PNP Device ID   IDE\CDROMHL-DT-ST_DVDRAM_GSA-T50N________________RR04____\5&2B5B7F1D&0&1.0.0
Driver  c:\windows\system32\drivers\cdrom.sys (6.1.7600.16385, 144.00 KB (147,456 bytes), 7/13/2009 7:19 PM)

Any ideas?

A: I finally found the answer to this question.
The following URL explains the problem and I got my answer from the second to last post.
DVD Drive Wont Eject and Feezes Computer
ASUS Firmware Update that fixed it for me
Seth

A: Have you looked for a firmware update for the drive? Is it an OEM drive or a retail drive?
Have you tried this troubleshooter tool?
http://support.microsoft.com/gp/cd_dvd_drive_problems
.

A: After long search I found HL-DT-ST-DVDRAM GSA-T20N firmware for Win7:
http://files.rpc1.org/index.php?act=category&id=1767
I hope it will help, because it's really difficult to find these drivers.


Even the most careful painter gets accidental paint on kitchen cupboards. As a general rule, the faster you clean it off, the easier it will be to remove. Even old, dried paint can be removed from almost any cupboard surface, whether it's varnished wood, melamine, metal or finished particle board. As long as the paint is water-based, this should not take much effort. If you're dealing with old, dried solvent-based primer or paint, it's a lot trickier and may not be possible without refinishing the underlying surface.
Clean the paint as soon as you can. Use a rag dampened with water for water-based paint, or mineral spirits for solvent-based paint. If the paint is still fresh, it will come off easily.
Soak a rag in hot water and hold it over dried water-based paint for a minute or two. The hotter the water, the better -- the combination of heat and water will soften water-based paint. Scrub it gently with a kitchen scrub sponge. If it's a blob or drip, use a plastic scraper, credit card or even your fingernail to scrape away the blob.
Rub the paint with a commercial, solvent-based latex paint remover if the paint is stubborn. Sold in paint and hardware stores, this product will remove old, dried water-based paint but will not harm most cupboard surfaces.
Rub acetone on factory-finished metal or melamine cupboards, turning the rag frequently and adding more acetone as needed. Acetone will remove most types of dried paint but isn't harsh enough to damage most factory finishes. Don't use acetone on varnished wood cupboards because you'll be left with a dull spot. If you don't have acetone handy, use nail-polish remover -- most contain acetone.
Mineral spirits have no effect on dried water-based paint.
Test any sort of solvent on a hidden spot on your cabinets first to make sure it won't mar the surface.
Don't use chemical paint removers. Anything that removes old, hardened paint will almost surely remove the underlying finish from the surface of your cabinets as well.


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Danny Jair Quendambú Cortés (Tumaco, Nariño, Colombia; 19 de marzo de 1983) es un exfutbolista colombiano nacionalizado ecuatoguineano. Actualmente se desempeña como presentador de deportes del canal televisivo Asonga TV en Guinea Ecuatorial.

Trayectoria

Colombia
Debutaría en el Deportivo Cali en el primer torneo corto realizado en el país en el año 2002, para el segundo semestre pasaría cedido al Deportivo Pereira donde recalaria 6 meses después en el Deportivo Pasto. Entre el 2003-2004 se mantuvo en el Unión Magdalena donde convirtió un gol.

Costa Rica y Venezuela
Para el año 2005 registro su primera experiencia internacional cuando ficha con el Herediano en dos oportunidades luego pasaría por el San Carlos, Universidad de Costarica y AD Santacruseña. Tras 4 años en el fútbol de Costa Rica es contactado por el Carabobo FC de Venezuela en el año 2010 donde disputaría tan solo 5 partidos. A mediados del 2010 tras 5 años por fuera de Colombia regresa al país cafetero donde juega para el Cortulua un parde meses y vuelve a tomar rumbo internacional.

Perú y Guinea Ecuatorial
En enero de 2011, se integró al Inti Gas Deportes de la Primera División del Perú en calidad de prueba. Meses después, en abril, se anunció su separación del equipo sin haber debutado, aunque tampoco había sido inscrito para el campeonato. Días después recala en el The Panthers FC de Guinea Ecuatorial donde permaneció 6 temporadas llegando a ser nacionalizado y convocado para jugar con la selección de Guinea Ecutorial, ha mediados del 2016 ficha con el Leones Vegetarianos Club de Fútbol.

Selección nacional
En 2011, Quendambú fue reclutado por Guinea Ecuatorial, un país africano que tiene la política de invitar económicamente a jugadores extranjeros de raza negra que tengan cierto historial futbolístico y no hayan actuado en partidos oficiales con la selección mayor de su país de origen. Dado que Quendambú tiene una ascendencia africana lejana, como la mayoría de los afrocolombianos, y por otra parte no había militado en la liga ecuatoguineana antes de su primera convocatoria internacional; su identidad se vio modificada en el pasaporte ecuatoguineano que recibió, en el cual está registrado como Dani Jair Micha. Micha es un apellido perteneciente a la etnia mayoritaria de Guinea Ecuatorial, los fang, y este cambio se hizo a fin de que la irregularidad en su participación no fuera detectada, pareciendo un nativo ecuatoguineano.

Estuvo con  en un partido amistoso contra , jugado el 11 de octubre de 2011 en Malabo. Otros dos jugadores de origen afrocolombiano (Rolan de la Cruz y Fernelly Castillo) estuvieron en esa convocatoria del país hispanoafricano. Junto a Rolan de la Cruz estuvo en la pre-selección de  para la Copa Africana de Naciones de 2012, pero se quedó fuera de la nómina final de 23 jugadores.

Clubes

Referencias

Enlaces externos

 Ficha en BDFA.com.ar
 Biografía en dechalaca.com
 https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/47859/Danny_Quendambu.html

Nacidos en Tumaco
Afrocolombianos
Futbolistas de Colombia
Emigrantes colombianos hacia Guinea Ecuatorial
Futbolistas del Deportivo Cali
Futbolistas del Deportivo Pereira
Futbolistas del Deportivo Pasto
Futbolistas del Unión Magdalena
Futbolistas de la Asociación Deportiva Santacruceña
Futbolistas del Club Sport Herediano
Futbolistas de la Asociación Deportiva San Carlos
Futbolistas del Carabobo Fútbol Club
Futbolistas del Cortuluá
Futbolistas del Fortaleza Fútbol Club
Futbolistas del Cultural Santa Rosa
Futbolistas nacionalizados en Guinea Ecuatorial
Futbolistas de la selección de fútbol de Guinea Ecuatorial
Futbolistas del Akonangui Fútbol Club

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Sunday morning at 6am I got the call from my brother in law that my sister was in labor. They had gone into the hospital at midnight and ended up having Ryan Michael Farmer at 11:06 a.m. by c-section.
The baby is absolutely beautiful!! I'm such a proud uncle! And it was so fun to see Tim so excited about being a dad. Here's some pics from our visit.
September 17th, 2006 was a great day in San Diego sports history. The Padres won 4-1 over the Dodgers to take first place, the Chargers won 40-7 over the Titans, and Ryan Michael Farmer entered the world.
Hopefully we won't be far behind! Rachel is due on Sunday (September 24), but we are definitely on baby watch this week, hoping for an early arrival. To weigh in on when you think he'll come, visit Rachel's blog. My vote is for tomorrow.


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FREE EVENT! If you'd like to meet our team and learn more about the amalgamation of Affordable IVF into Fertility Solutions, please join us at a free event in Rockhampton on 14th April 2016.
During this event, you will learn about our new IVF tiered treatments that suit most budgets. Register by calling 1300 FERTILITY or signup online by selecting the Rockhampton event on this page.
1. What's happening between Affordable IVF and Fertility Solutions?
We are currently rebranding and refreshing our business model with the vision of delivering excellence in fertility solutions whilst providing affordable options for our patients. We want to be able to provide our patients with more flexible and affordable fertility treatments under the one roof.
2. How will this amalgamation affect me?
There should be no effect on you as a patient; in fact if anything the amalgamation is beneficial for you because we are now offering a tiered level of fertility treatments. You will now no longer have to transfer if you decide to have a different treatment option than the one your doctor has suggested because we are offering all treatments under the one roof.The treatments that are being offered by the refreshed business will now be all able to be accessed by patients at the one location. This means patients can start with lower level fertility treatments such as insemination (if your situation is suited for this) and then progress to other options if required such as our standard IVF treatment followed by our intermediate IVF treatment or more customised IVF treatment without having to change clinics or sign consents so that information is released.
We will continue to offer all patients the option of having their egg collection under the comfort of an aneasthetic at the hospital or whilst awake at the clinic.
3. What are the differences in the various treatment options being offered?
The main difference with the various treatment options is with our IVF cycles. Depending upon a patient's situation, they may be suitable to have what we call our standard IVF which was previously the treatment model offered by Affordable IVF and you have access to a cleavage stage transfer (day 2-3).
If standard IVF is not suited to your situation then we can offer you intermediate IVF where you have access to a blastocyst transfer (day 5-6). Should neither of these options be suitable we can also offer you a customised IVF treatment where there are many other approaches to IVF that can be offered tailored to your specific needs including the use of donor sperm or eggs.
Your doctor can discuss with you if this is an option suitable for you as there are certain criteria that needs to be met.
4. What criteria do I need to meet so that I can access the standard/intermediate IVF option?
Your specialist can discuss this in more detail with you and together you can work out which is the most appropriate treatment option for you.
5. If I want to change from the standard IVF approach to the intermediate level or even to more flexible customised IVF treatments or vice versa can I do this?
Yes of course as long as your situation is suitable for the treatment option you want. All you would need to do is have a chat with your specialist and then go from there.
6. What are the differences between the various levels of IVF treatments?
The main differences between standard IVF and intermediate IVF is with standard your embryo transfer will occur on day 2-3 post egg collection (cleavage) but with intermediate the transfer will be on day 5-6 post egg collection (blastocyst).The main difference between standard/intermediate IVF and customised IVF is that standard IVF only offers patients one specific treatment approach, whilst you will see the same doctor for your treatment planning and follow up, there will be a roster system for the doctor who will be doing the egg collections. The nurses will perform all your scans and a nurse will perform your embryo transfer. As this approach is less complex it is also more cost effective. With the more flexible customized IVF approach your own specialist monitors your cycle, performs your egg collection and your embryo transfer. With the more customised approach your specialist is able to offer you many more options that are not able to be offered with standard IVF such as different approaches to the IVF cycle, surgical sperm retrievals and donor treatments just to name a few.
7. Are the differences between standard/intermediate IVF and more customised approach to IVF worth the $$ difference?
With the standard/intermediate approach to IVF treatment your main contact is with a nurse whilst more flexible customised IVF treatments your contact is primarily with your specialist.
Your specialist will perform your scans, egg collection and embryo transfer whilst these are performed by the nurses with a doctor on a roster doing the egg collection with standard/intermediate IVF model. Using nurses for these procedures is more cost effective when compared to a fertility specialist and with the many different approaches to IVF offered by the more customised IVF level they often require intense planning and trouble shooting and specialist involvement along with more monitoring (i.e. blood tests and scans).
They often involve a lot of staff work behind the scenes with all departments. Because of this the cycle costs with customised IVF are greater when compared to standard/Intermediate IVF that has a regular approach to treatment planning and monitoring.
For more information please feel free to call us on 1300 FERTILITY or 1300 LOW COST.


From NY, to our next destination.. It was an easy 5 hour bus ride from Chinatown to Washington (I forgot from which bus company did we booked, Megabus, I think? For sure it was the cheapest though! Hahaha! But still, I have to give them a 5 star review!) We stayed for a night at District Hotel at Rhode Island Ave http://dcembassyinn.wixsite.com/district. It was a very comfortable stay, we had a spacious room and all the essentials were provided, not to forget it's in the heart of the city.
Why New York? First, it was the cheapest state to travel from Oslo. Second, MJ had been in NY for his field trip few years back and he wanted to visit again. Third, I wanted to check off the city that never sleeps from my bucket list.


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In recent weeks and months there has been a cacophony of Salafi protest that has swept Gaza against the ruling Hamas government related to treatment of prisoners, corruption, and ability to practice Islam as they see fit. One of the groups speaking out has been Majlis Shura al-Mujahidin fi Aknaf Bayt al-Maqdis, a jihadi organization that is sympathetic to al-Qaeda's worldview. By glomming onto a mainstream Salafi cause, MSM is attempting to co-opt individuals to gain a stronger footing within Gaza to challenge Hamas (albeit only at the political and not military level yet), whom they view as an enemy similar, though, on a lesser level than Israel.
Following a cross-border attack on Israel carried out by one Egyptian and one Saudi fighter, the organization's formation was first declared on 19 June 2012, which was announced in a video released from the Sinai Peninsula, featuring seven fighters. The two attackers read their martyrdom wills in the video as well.
In the first part of the video, the speaker in the center reads out a statement and begins by invoking Qur'an 61:4, 'Verily does God love those who fight in his path in a row as though they were a firm edifice,' followed by references to standard global jihadist themes such as the necessity of implementing the Shari'a on Earth and reviving the glory of the Ummah.
The flag used is identical to the one pioneered by al-Qa'ida's Iraqi branch known as the Islamic State of Iraq, and the group praises 'Sheikh Osama Bin Laden' in its founding statement. Yet, while the al-Qa'ida affiliation thus illustrated is not in doubt, the group's primary focus to attack Israel has been evident from the beginning.
In a video from October of last year, the Majlis likewise vowed to fight the Jews as enemies of God. In the wake of an April 2013 rocket attack on Eilat, the group released a video, part of which featured scenes of Jews praying at the Western Wall, denounced by the Majlis as the 'Judaization of al-Aqsa.' The video then continues with the recurring theme of treatment of Muslim prisoners by Israel.
The focus on Israel is also made clear by the fact that the organization maintains a presence among Salafist jihadists located in the Gaza Strip. In light of Hamas' detention and torture of jihadist individuals, the Majlis has on more than one occasion raised the issue of Hamas' conduct towards Salafist militants.
For example, at 17:40 onwards, the video offers a purportedly intercepted radio transmission from the leadership of the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades giving orders to destroy houses and a mosque frequented by Salafists with missiles.
Like the affirmation to continue jihad despite perceived Egypt-Hamas cooperation against Salafist militants, the latest call by the Majlis for Hamas to release Salafist detainees comes following the killing by Israel of a Majlis militant called Haitham Ziyad al-Meshaal, now commemorated as a 'martyr' in a video released by the organization.
The day before Haitham was assassinated, relatives of imprisoned Salafist militants in Gaza held a demonstration calling on Hamas' security forces to release their detained kinsfolk. The al-Qa'ida flag's presence may indicate that some of the imprisoned fighters in question are members of the Majlis.
One should compare this sentiment with a statement from the group that condemned Hamas, the Muslim Brotherhood and some Salafist parties (e.g. Egypt's an-Nour) for entering into the 'mud of democracy.' Here is a photo of Haitham from his funeral in Gaza- his coffin wrapped in the al-Qa'ida flag. His dislike of the concept of democracy is corroborated by his testimony in the video celebrating his martyrdom.
Unsurprisingly, Hamas condemned Israel's targeting of Haitham, but many in jihadist circles did not fail to notice Hamas' double standard behind the condemnation.
For instance, the jihadist outlet Ibn Taymiyyah Media released a statement noting that the Salafist jihadists in Gaza have been caught between the 'hammer of Jewish aircraft and the anvil of Hamas and its security apparatus,' noting the ongoing imprisonment and disappearances of Salafist militants.
In the meantime, however, Hamas, which has a vested interest in portraying itself as the true spearhead of 'resistance' against Israel, remains undeterred from cracking down on Salafists it perceives as its rivals, having just announced the arrest of several 'extremist' Salafist militants in Gaza on charges of stealing missiles.
The accusation of stealing weaponry- a familiar charge on Hamas' part- is strongly denied by the Salafists, including those affiliated with the Majlis, which in October of last year released a video to refute the allegation. The video purportedly shows how they themselves manufacture projectiles to fire against Israel.
The global jihadist ideology of the Majlis and its animosity towards Hamas and the Muslim Brotherhood notwithstanding, it should not be thought that the group is planning on armed confrontation with Hamas or the Egyptian government anytime soon.
On the contrary, when there was an attack last year on Egyptian border guards at the Rafah crossing into Gaza, the Majlis was quick to issue a denial of responsibility, while condemning the Egyptian army's stance against jihadist fighters.
In short, the group will continue to attempt to carry out attacks on Israel, while avoiding an open fight against Egypt or Hamas. Even so, Salafist resentment about treatment under Hamas' hands could lead to a more general shift in the Salafist trend in Gaza towards the open al-Qa'ida affiliation of the Majlis. Indeed, the banners on display at that demonstration in Gaza on Monday by the relatives of imprisoned Salafists may be a strong indication that such a turn is already underway.
To an extent, it would seem Hamas heeds internal Salafist pressure to enforce Islamic law more rigidly, as illustrated by the recent initiative for gender segregation in schools. Yet in the eyes of the Salafist militants, these Islamization moves are merely cosmetic and do not compensate for imprisoning and torturing Salafist brethren and so ultimately cannot off-put attempts by the Majlis to co-opt Salafist opinion in Gaza towards its orientation.


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India's SMS Hoax Panic: Could It Happen In The U.S.?
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Last week tens of thousands of migrants from India's northeast region fled urban areas as rumor ricocheted through text messages and social media that Muslims would attack them after Ramadan. Fake photos added to the rumors' credibility.
The Indian government responded by imposing a five message limit on bulk text messaging, and now The Times of India reports that India may crack down on Twitter if the company doesn't comply with requests to remove "objectionable content."
Given how forward button happy we can be in the U.S., I can't help but wonder if a similar panic could happen here. I spoke with Shlok Vaidya, a former Department of Defense consultant turned entrepreneur in residence at the Tech Ranch Austin incubator, about how this happened in India and what it would take for something like that to happen here.
SMS and social media were necessary but not sufficient conditions for the event. Vaidya says there were a few requirements that enabled this to happen.
First, the target of the hoax had to be a group people who are marginalized and/or distrustful of the establishment and have little institutional support. In this case, a minority group with a distinct appearance (north-easterners look more East Asian than other Indians) that hasn't been well integrated into the mainstream of Indian society (some in the northeast states have agitated for independence from India and integration with China). Update: Indian commenters on this post are claiming that that an integration with China is not at all a mainstream opinion in the north east states. I apologize for including the link, which is a translation of a discussion on a Chinese message board, without doing more research on the topic.
Second, the target group has to had to have access to the media that the hoax was spread through. In this case, mobile phones and social media were widely enough available to this group for the message to spread quickly. Vaidya describes the ubiquity of cell phones in India and other parts of the world as a unique moment in history, noting that we've typically seen the spread of mobile phones and the web in developing parts of the world as "empowering." But Vaidya says empowerment is neutral — individuals can use that power for negative actions.
I would add that the hoax connected to fear that's on fresh in people's minds. In the northeast state of Assam over 400,000 Bengali Muslims, many of whom have been living in India for generations, are living in camps after having their homes burned down according to Reuters. Over 80 people have been killed. Muslims in Assam are being accused of being illegal immigrants, but according to the BBC many of these families have lived in India for generations. Given this ongoing conflict, retaliation wasn't implausible and even north-easterners from states other than Assam fled the cities, preferring to be safe rather than sorry.
Vaidya says that the Indian government's response was inadequate and too slow. Instead of responding immediately through the same media the hoax was spreading the government sent police door to door and tried to setup face to face meetings — but not until the rumors had already been spreading for a day. By the time the government started limiting bulk messaging and blocking websites, the damage had been done.
Censorship and regulation aren't the answer, he says, but more people are needed to provide legitimate information through new media. But establishing credibility with marginalized groups is easier said than done. The real issue is that these groups need to be better integrated into society, and that's been an ongoing problem for the region.
It's still unclear who started the hoax in India, but according to the Times of India the messages have been traced back to Pakistan by Facebook and YouTube. If the hoax was propagated by Muslims, you might be tempted to think it backfired by creating more sympathy for north-easterners. On the other hand, I'd never read anything about the conflict in Assam until the SMS story hit the front page of the New York Times last weekend. And I doubt I'm the only one. The incident may end up doing more harm than good for everyone involved, but if nothing else it's putting on the table issues that, according to The Economist, have largely been ignored in India outside the northwestern states.
Could It Happen Here?
The dynamics of the panic in India are specific to those circumstances. But something similar could happen here, given the right conditions. "I fully expect someone to target a company like this one day (to coerce a change in policy)," John Robb, author of Brave New War and a colleague of Vaidya, told me.
Vaidya mentions the activist group the Yes Men and how easily they've been able to hijack corporate identities in the past. For example, in 2004 Yes Men member Andy Bichlbaum was able to appear on the BBC World claiming to be a spokesperson for Dow Chemical. Bichlbaum told views that the company would dissolve Union Carbide, a company it owns, and use the proceeds to pay restitution for the Bhopal disaster, an industrial disaster caused by Union Carbide in 1984.
That shows how easily a corporate identity can be hijacked to spread a message, but it didn't have, for lack of a better term, virality that the SMS panic in India had. The intention of this action wasn't to create a panic, and there was a "canonical" source of information, the real Dow Chemical, to quickly dispel the hoax. But the group achieved their goal of raising awareness of the issue and bringing it back into public discourse, however briefly.
Trying to think of something that fit the mold of what happened in India, I asked Vaidya about the calls for Obama's birth certificate in the U.S. Those rumors are more difficult to debunk because the target audience was already distrustful of the government and mainstream media, and right wing institutions were either slow to distance themselves from the demands and rumors or propagated them themselves. So even once the birth certificate and a Hawaiian newspaper birth announcement were made available, so-called "Birthers" weren't convinced and claimed the birth certificate was fake and/or called to see a long form birth certificate.
Some Birthers will never be convinced, no matter what evidence is produced. This is similar to the problem in India: no one could prove conclusively that the northeasterners weren't in danger. Any attempt to engage with Birthers and conspiracy theorists, such as such as Cass Sunstein's "cognitive infiltration" proposal is likely to backfire and make them even more paranoid.
Vaidya says what the Birther movement and the India SMS hoax have in common is that both will have longer term effects than a Yes Men hoax. Tens of thousands of north-easterns are in the process of migrating. If nothing else it will have lasting economics effects. It's not clear to me what effect the birth certificate controversy will have. I doubt many Birthers would have voted for Obama anyway. But the meme is certainly lodged in the minds of its target audience, and it certainly created a distraction during the health care debates.
Pulling something like this off isn't easy — otherwise those quit Facebook day protests would have worked. The conditions have to be right. The outcomes for the perpetrator are uncertain. But the costs for trying are close to zero, so it's inevitable that people will try to replicate this eventually, whether to try to cause a run on a bank, a race riot or some other purpose.
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Analysis: Shocked by sacred sites blast, investors press mining firms to revamp heritage oversight
By Melanie Burton and Clara Denina
FILE PHOTO: File photo of a miner holding a lump of iron ore at a mine located in the Pilbara region of Western Australia
MELBOURNE/LONDON (Reuters) - Rio Tinto's destruction of sacred Indigenous rock shelters in Australia this year has dismayed and galvanised a swathe of investors who want big changes in how mining firms manage heritage issues and have begun to tell them so.
They have stepped up communication with mining companies both in volume and frequency, putting them on notice to improve accountability and risk management, according to Reuters interviews with two dozen major investors and corporate governance advisers.
Such engagement is nothing to be sneezed at, they add.
"(For) many of the most influential investors, a quiet conversation with the chair to make their expectations clear is enough. More transactional approaches are often unnecessary," said Susheela Peres da Costa, head of advisory at Regnan, an adviser on environment, social and governance (ESG) issues.
Regnan is part of the Pendal Group which has some A$94.8 billion(52.22 billion pounds)under management.
However, failure by miners to adequately address concerns could at some point lead to more direct shareholder actions, as has been seen with other ESG issues such as climate change and the use of coal, advisers said.
Those actions would generally come in three forms: efforts to influence the makeup of company boards, resolutions put forward at annual general meetings on cultural heritage issues and walking away from a firm by divesting.
"I think we will see that investors are going to be much more proactive in how they vote on directors and how they influence the shape of the boards," said Simon O'Connor, chief executive of the Responsible Investment Association Australasia, whose members manage more than A$9 trillion.
That influence was on display when Rio Tinto parted ways with its CEO and two deputies in September, bowing to a shareholder outcry over the blasting of the Juukan Gorge sites - which had been legal but ignored the wishes of Aboriginal owners - as well Rio's initial board-led review which found no one person was accountable.
In the wake of the blasts, Rio and fellow top iron ore miners BHP Group and Fortescue Metals Group have all reviewed their heritage management processes.
Rio, in particular, has increased its oversight and accountability to include reviews of its heritage management by board sustainability and audit committees and has said it will benchmark its progress.
BHP has said it has since introduced a requirement for more senior level approval before any site is harmed and has also stepped up its discussions with Indigenous groups.
Fortescue CEO Elizabeth Gaines told Reuters in a statement the company works on a "cultural heritage avoidance basis" and has avoided nearly 6,000 sites. Its audit committee, which reports to its board, is responsible for Aboriginal heritage matters.
STARTING WITH LETTERS
Institutional investors are increasingly focusing on ESG issues to mitigate risk for the long-term investments they hold.
Shareholder campaigns against the use of thermal coal for example, have led to more than 120 financial institutions restricting related financing, insurance or investment, according to the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis.
The first salvo by investors has often been the humble letter, and investors in miners are now seeking more information about their dealings with Indigenous peoples and the standards they employ.
Last month, the boards of 78 global mining companies received one such letter from a large group of institutional investors worth $10.2 trillion that includes the likes of the Church of England Pensions board and the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors.
Many are taking action on their own. HESTA, an Australian superannuation fund with A$2 billion invested in the mining industry, has written to 14 miners in which it has holdings. Details it is seeking include how management communicates with Indigenous peoples and how they practice obtaining consent.
While HESTA's head of impact, Mary Delahunty, told a parliamentary inquiry that divesting was a last resort, at least one prominent fund manager has already gone there.
Ausbil, which had A$11.1 billion under management as of June, cut its Rio holdings to zero in August, its head of ESG research Mans Carlsson-Sweeny has said, citing failed internal governance procedures. Rio had featured in the fund's top 10 holdings just a month earlier.
Corporate advisers say one area of focus in heritage issues is likely to be how boards get independent information.
Boards will need access to information that bypasses management, said Daniel Smith, a governance advisor with CGI Glass Lewis. To that end, a specialist heritage advisor reporting directly to the board could be appointed, or a board could have an ESG subcommittee responsible for stakeholder management including of traditional owners, he said.
Many mining companies have yet to appoint chief sustainability officers to manage ESG exposure, said Henning Gloystein at risk consultancy Eurasia Group.
He added that companies which have executive bonuses directly tied to clear, measurable ESG outcomes also assess better on ESG metrics.
(1 British pound = 1.8154 Australian dollars)
(Reporting by Melanie Burton in Melbourne and Clara Denina in London; Additional reporting by Helen Reid in Johannesburg, Zandi Shabalala, Simon Jessop and Sinead Cruise in London; Editing by Edwina Gibbs)


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On the Hill of Tara, I stood in a circle of like-hearted women under the silvery illumination of the Full Moon. I saw a vision of women in their natural strength and power recognising and owning their personal sovereignty. Deep within my very core I knew that this dream was a destiny call. What would our immense power be like if we sang the songs of our soul together? Inspired, I began the Moon Mná Women's Celtic Circles in Dublin 2010. We gathered together and as our collective stories began to unfold, distinct themes emerged with each Lunar cycle. As I journeyed to the sacred sites of Ireland, the archetypal energies of the Goddesses of this land came forth to reveal their wisdom. Each Goddess uniquely sharing her own Rite of Passage deeply rooted in the ancestral energies of our fore-mothers and this Island.
After three years, I heard the call of my soul's destiny to begin passing on how to gift and teach these Lunar Themes to women who wished to begin their own Moon Mná Circle. There are now many of these beautiful gatherings held around the world at Full, New and Half Moon time. We are all part of a heartfelt dream at this crucial time on Mother Earth to radiate forth the energies of the Divine Feminine through communal ceremony and ritual.


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Decoding Venture Capitalists : How to approach and succeed !
India is full of talented budding entrepreneurs who have innovative ideas for starting a business. To implement their ideas they need certain minimum amount of capital for investment and generally they have to seek different alternatives for investment unless their family is supportive enough. Start ups are usually small enough to raise money from market and are also not in a position to secure a bank loan, in such cases venture capitalists come to rescue. Venture capitalists invest in such growing companies and make money by owning equity in these companies. When a company is started and funds required are not very huge then usually entrepreneurs go for angel investor, funding at this level is called as seed funding. Correspondingly if the funds required for investment are huge, then Venture capitalists can be approached.
Venture capitalist is an investment firm structured as partnerships which pools money from investors and then further invest it in different growing companies which need investment as well as guidance. They have small teams of scientists, researchers, Business analysts with a lot of industry experience who study the proposals and try to identify the potential company which has a good probability to rise in future. After selecting a company for investment, they make money through the profits earned and guide the organization to reach new heights. They charge investors 2% of committed capital for investment operations and refer it as management fees and in addition they charge a carried interest which is 20% share of the profits of the fund, while remaining 80% goes back to investors.
What do they require in a company?
A dynamic Business plan: The entrepreneurs should be confident of their ideas and their implementation. The business plan should be able to communicate its feasibility, high rate of return, uniqueness. It should clearly define goals, objectives, and strategies to be followed. Market analysis, marketing plan, operations and projected financial statements for next five years should also be made a part of it.
A strong management team: To implement the ideas, a set of determined, experienced, innovative, practical, knowledgeable and wise people are required to form management team who have the ability to take the company forward.VC look for quality and understanding level in management team and whether it has the ability to grow and expand with company's growth.
Investment structure: Since their main concern is whether the company will be able to generate enough return to recover their investment so they lay emphasis on projected financial plans, financial statements. They want to make sure that each penny they provide is being invested for making more profits.
A unique product and growing market: Is the product being offered unique and beneficial enough to attract customers. Does it have the patent rights to create a barrier for other players? Will it be able to create a position in market? They also consider the targeted customer segment, the competition which exists and the scope of market growth.
Exit strategy: This is one of the most important things amongst all. Can the company grow at a faster rate in a short time and go for an IPO or can it become an attractive acquisition target? They want to know clearly how they can realize liquidity and recover their investment.
The venture capital fund has a life time of around 9-10 years. Initial 3-4 years are used for investing while the remaining years are used to manage funds efficiently and take the company to new heights until it leads to a good exit strategy. For different industrial sectors there are corresponding types of VC firms.VC firms help in raising employment level and GDP of the country. In India there is a member based organization called Indian Private Equity and Venture Capitalist Association (IVCA) which represents a group of equity firms, VC firms and supports investment in growing companies. More information on VC can be gathered from their website.
1. He should be clear about his ideas and the way they have to be implemented and he should be able to convey them elegantly.
2. He should research for different Venture capitalist firms in that particular industry, gather information about their interests, reputation in market, and which stage of funding is preferred by them.
3. After selecting the appropriate VC he should approach the firm with a sound business plan, strong management team and an assuring exit strategy.
4. He should always be prepared to go for alternatives if the VC rejects their proposal.
Indian entrepreneurs have enough potential to change the economic state of the nation. But sadly the talent is not directed properly and sometimes just gets lost in the crowed.
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Q: Intento Ingresar una Imagen bitmap a un Linearlayout en Android Intento que mi linearlayout tenga un fondo con una imagen bitmap
Bitmap ImagenProducto = list.get(position).getImagenProducto();
holder.LinearlayoutImage.setImageBitmap(ImagenProducto);

A: Puedes hacer algo como esto:
Bitmap ImagenProducto = list.get(position).getImagenProducto();
ImagenProducto.compress(Bitmap.CompressFormat.PNG, 100, dondeSeGuardará);
holder.LinearlayoutImage.setBackground(ImagenProducto);

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un linearlayout no acepta imagenes bitmap, yo recibo una lista de imagenes code64 como string y las convierto en bitmap para mostrarlas en imageview con el setImageBitmap pero el LinearLayout no me permite usar el setImageBitmap.

A: si hay solucion pero de diferente manera hay que tener en cuenta que lo que yo obtengo es un string del bitmap de la imagen.
Bitmap ImagenProducto = list.get(position).getImagenProducto();
Drawable drawable = new BitmapDrawable(context.getResources(), ImagenProducto);
holder.LinearlayoutImage.setBackground(drawable);


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Dr. Dawson is a licensed Obstetrics and Gynecology physician at the Brazos Valley Women's Center. He also holds positions in healthcare administration, small business operations, and operates a small cattle ranch in the Brazos Valley. Dr. Dawson comes to the Allen community from Richardson, Texas. Dr. Dawson received his Bachelor's in Biomedical Science at Texas A&M University, his MD at Baylor College of Medicine, and completed his residency at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, followed by an MBA at the University of Texas at Dallas.
Dr. Dawson and his wife, Cynthia Jansky, MD, and his two children, Eli '24 & Sam '19 have been members of the Allen family since 2009.
An Allen alum, Mr. Dyson came to Allen Academy as a student in 1994 and graduated in 1998. Following his education at Allen Academy, Mr. Dyson received a B.S. in Political Science and an MBA from Texas A&M, before earning a J.D. from South Texas College of Law in 2007. Mr. Dyson then served as a senior associate at Norton Rose Fulbright in Houston, Texas, until 2014. Since that time, Mr. Dyson has served as General Counsel for Dyson Energy Group, a family-owned and operated oil and gas exploration and production company.
Mr. Dyson and his wife, Teri, have two children, Jamey '31 and Drew '29. Mr. Dyson's son became a student at Allen in the fall of 2014, on the 20th anniversary of his own enrollment at Allen Academy.
Jimmy Loup is the Founder and CEO of Grub Burger Bar. Prior to starting Grub, he served as the Joint Venture Partner for Outback Steakhouse in Atlanta and Middle Georgia. Mr. Loup grew up in Houston and received his Bachelor's in Business Administration — Management from Texas A&M University.
Mr. Dawson became Miramont's Country Club's General Manager in 2014, bringing more than two decades of leadership experience in the hospitality, private club management, and restaurant industries to the club. Dawson, a native of Ohio, arrived at Miramont after serving as General Manager of Chenal Country Club in Little Rock, Arkansas. Mr. Dawson is an active member in the Club Managers Association of America, and he is an Advanced Certified Birkman Consultant, providing executive coaching and training services.
Mr. Dawson and his wife, Nikki, and their children, Olivia '24 and Maddie '28, have been members of the Allen family since 2015.
Mr. Ortgies leads an investment group with offerings in the automotive and healthcare space. Prior to, Mr. Ortgies' professional career was in the automotive industry as a General Manager/Partner in auto groups along with leadership roles with Toyota/Lexus Financial Services and Gulf States Toyota.
Mr. Ortgies' thoughts on Allen: "Allen provides our daughter a tremendous opportunity to develop herself. Last school year in the span of about 2 weeks, she won a golf tournament, her school play was chosen to compete at the state level and her rocket team's rocket blew up at a competition. Allen offers kids the opportunity to grow in moments like these."
Mr. Ortgies and his wife, Maria, along with their daughter, Katherine '24, have been members of the Allen family since 2015.
Gina Flores is a retired school teacher with 20 years of service in both public and private schools. She is active in the community serving on boards past and present which include Texas A&M University, Sam Houston State University, Bryan ISD Foundation, Boys and Girls Club, and CHI St Joseph's Hospital.
Gina and her husband Bill have lived in the Bryan/College Station community for 13 years and have two grown sons, Will and John. They also have four grandchildren—Britain, Charlie, Fitz, and Duke.
Mrs. Malechek is the Vice President of The Adam Corporation overseeing commercial and residential real estate, residential construction, and private country club community. She received her Bachelor's in Communications with a Minor in Business from Texas A&M University.
Mrs. Malechek is an Allen Academy alumnus whose significant contributions, generosity, and leadership continue to advance the school's achievements. She and her husband, Trey, have been members of the Allen family since 1992, with three graduates — Madison '07, Mackenzie '11, and Ty '13.
Glenda C. Mariott graduated from Texas A&M University with a bachelor's degree in Finance in 1979, and in 2013, graduated from St. Mary's University Interior Design program. After graduation from Texas A&M, she held various management positions in the banking industry, rising to the position of Vice President of Operations, Human Resources and Employee Benefits. In 1992, she left the banking industry and began her career in the building, remodeling, and interior design business. She is the owner of G Designs, a build, remodel and interior design firm which has completed residential and commercial projects in the Brazos Valley, as well as throughout the state of Texas. In 2005, she designed for, and managed her construction team in the completion of a 10-day Extreme Kitchen Makeover.
In 2003, she was appointed to the Texas Residential Construction Commission (TRCC) by Governor Rick Perry where she served until 2010; from 2006 through 2009, she served as the vice chair of the commission. TRCC's mission was to promote quality construction for Texans by registering industry members and residential construction projects, providing information and educating homeowners and the residential construction industry, acting as a resource for complainants, and offering a neutral, technical review of alleged post-construction defects. She is a past president of the Brazos County A&M Club and the Bryan-College Station Homebuilders Association. In 1996, the Bryan-College Station Homebuilders Association named her Builder of the Year. At Texas A&M University, she has been a guest lecturer and adjunct professor for the Department of Construction Science. She served on the Board of Directors at The Association of Former Students from 1997 to 2003, and in 2002 was elected Chair of the Board of The Association. In 2013, Glenda received the Texas A&M University Distinguished Alumnus Award, the highest award bestowed upon a former student of Texas A&M University. She is also a member of the Endowed Century Club, 12th Man Foundation, and A&M Legacy Society.


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USAID Convenes Carbon Footprint Experts to Support Cambodian Banks' Sustainable Finance Journey
BANGKOK – The United States Agency for International Development (USAID), through its USAID Green Invest Asia project, facilitated more than 30 Cambodian banks' carbon accounting efforts as part of a partnership with the Association of Banks in Cambodia. In a May 13 webinar, USAID Green Invest Asia convened consulting firm, South Pole, and Rabo Foundation to share processes and profit incentives for banks to report on carbon emissions.
"Carbon measurement is an evolving science, and reporting on it is still seen as unaffordable by smaller banks," said Christy Owen, USAID Green Invest Asia's director. "Our main message is banks can measure their direct and indirect impacts on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and thereby contribute to national green growth plans." Cambodia was the first low-income country in the region to develop a national green growth "roadmap" in 2010.
According to the Platform for Carbon Accounting Finance, an industry-led partnership to standardize carbon accounting for the financial sector formed by leading Dutch financial institutions, 57 financial institutions worldwide representing $2.9 trillion in assets under management as of September 2019 had committed to assess and disclose GHG emissions beyond their operations to their investment and loans.
Some banks in Asia committing to voluntarily report on emissions from their own operations and/or investments via Carbon Disclosure Project include Malaysia's Maybank, DBS bank headquartered Singapore, Bangkok Bank in Thailand and Shinhan Bank in the Republic of South Korea. Rabo Foundation, headquartered in the Netherlands, has launched its first portfolio-level carbon measurement in Indonesia.
The Association of Banks in Cambodia (ABC) has indicated its goal to become a leader in the Mekong region for sustainable finance – or financial services that integrate environmental, social, and governance (ESG) criteria into investment decisions. It leads efforts to implement national sustainable finance principles adopted in 2016, which call for safeguards to mitigate negative social and environmental impacts attributed to banking practice nationwide.
"Through [USAID Green Invest Asia's] support, it enables us and the entire banking industry in Cambodia to make further progress in adopting and implementing the sustainable finance principles, and in contributing, jointly, to the global effort of combating climate change," said Dith Sochal, chairman of ABC's sustainable finance committee.
USAID Green Invest Asia has published sustainable finance operational guidelines designed for smaller banks to help them develop a low-transaction cost methodology to issue sustainability loans for smaller companies, and to assess environmental and social risks in a cost-effective way. An incentive for regional and national banks to improve reporting on ESG criteria, such as carbon emissions, is to qualify for investments from development finance institutions and multilateral funds with strict ESG standards in place, including Asian Development Bank, Green Climate Fund and International Finance Corporation.
USAID Green Invest Asia works with banks throughout Southeast Asia to help them analyze environmental risks in the agriculture, forestry, and other land use sector.
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"Game Changer": New York Times trumpets "giant step forward" by Tanzi lab
"For the first time, and to the astonishment of many of their colleagues, researchers created what they call Alzheimer's in a Dish — a petri dish with human brain cells that develop the telltale structures of Alzheimer's disease."
So begins a new story in the New York Times by science reporter Gina Kolata announcing breakthrough research just published by the journal Nature.
The research, conducted by Dr. Rudy Tanzi and Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) colleagues Drs. Doo Yeon Kim, Se Hoon Choi and Dora Kovacs and funded by Cure Alzheimer's Fund (CAF), demonstrates for the first time precisely how the protein Abeta (the main component of plaques) stimulates the creation of tau "tangles." Further, the researchers identified a key enzyme in this process.
"It is a giant step forward for the field," Duke Univeristy's Dr. P. Murali Doraiswamy told the Times. "It could dramatically accelerate testing of new drug candidates."
The Tanzi breakthrough simultaneously boosts Alzheimer's research in three vital ways:
First, it gives reseachers final confirmation of the "amyloid hypothesis," a long-disputed theory about the earliest stages of the disease.
Second, it provides a promising new therapeutic target. "Here we show for the first time that Abeta deposition by human neurons is sufficient to lead to tangles," said Tanzi, director of the Genetics and Aging Research Unit at MGH and chairman of CAF's Research Consortium. "If you block the amyloid deposition, you block tangles from forming downstream."
Finally, the experiment was conducted with an innovative and powerful new tool: use of human Alzheimer's neurons derived from non-embryonic stem cells grown in a petri dish. "We call this system Alzheimer's-in-a-Dish," Tanzi said. "This is the first time anyone has successfully recapitulated amyloid and tau pathology in a single human neural cell culture. It creates a near-ideal lab model of the disease that will help us dramatically accelerate drug testing."
Jeffrey L. Morby, Chairman of Cure Alzheimer's Fund, welcomed the research breakthrough and the high-level recognition. "We're so gratified that Nature, one of the world's most prestigious science journals, and The New York Times, the newspaper of record, have both recognized the profound importance of this research. But we won't rest on these laurels. We are already leveraging these exciting discoveries into even more aggressive research. We are determined to stop this dreadful disease as soon as humanly possible."
The New York Times story can be found here. Please note, it is Times policy not to mention the names of funders when covering scientific studies.
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package com.gazbert.bxbot.datastore.yaml;

import java.io.FileInputStream;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.PrintWriter;
import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.Set;
import java.util.TreeSet;
import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager;
import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
import org.yaml.snakeyaml.DumperOptions;
import org.yaml.snakeyaml.Yaml;
import org.yaml.snakeyaml.constructor.Constructor;
import org.yaml.snakeyaml.introspector.BeanAccess;
import org.yaml.snakeyaml.introspector.Property;
import org.yaml.snakeyaml.introspector.PropertyUtils;
import org.yaml.snakeyaml.nodes.NodeTuple;
import org.yaml.snakeyaml.nodes.Tag;
import org.yaml.snakeyaml.representer.Representer;

/**
 * The generic configuration manager loads config from a given YAML config file.
 *
 * @author gazbert
 */
public final class ConfigurationManager {

  private static final Logger LOG = LogManager.getLogger();
  private static final String YAML_HEADER = "---" + System.getProperty("line.separator");

  private ConfigurationManager() {
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  /**
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   * @param configClass the config class.
   * @param yamlConfigFile the YAML config filename.
   * @param <T> the type of config.
   * @return the loaded config.
   */
  public static synchronized <T> T loadConfig(final Class<T> configClass, String yamlConfigFile) {

    LOG.info(
        () -> "Loading configuration for [" + configClass + "] from: " + yamlConfigFile + " ...");

    try (final FileInputStream fileInputStream = new FileInputStream(yamlConfigFile)) {
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      final T requestedConfig = yaml.load(fileInputStream);

      LOG.info(() -> "Loaded and set configuration for [" + configClass + "] successfully!");
      return requestedConfig;

    } catch (IOException e) {
      final String errorMsg = "Failed to find or read [" + yamlConfigFile + "] config";
      LOG.error(errorMsg, e);
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    } catch (Exception e) {
      final String errorMsg =
          "Failed to load [" + yamlConfigFile + "] file. Details: " + e.getMessage();
      LOG.error(errorMsg, e);
      throw new IllegalArgumentException(errorMsg, e);
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  /**
   * Saves the config to the YAML file.
   *
   * @param configClass the config Class.
   * @param config the config object to save.
   * @param yamlConfigFile the YAML config filename.
   * @param <T> the type of config.
   */
  public static synchronized <T> void saveConfig(
      Class<T> configClass, T config, String yamlConfigFile) {

    LOG.info(() -> "Saving configuration for [" + configClass + "] to: " + yamlConfigFile + " ...");

    try (final FileOutputStream fileOutputStream = new FileOutputStream(yamlConfigFile);
        final PrintWriter writer =
            new PrintWriter(fileOutputStream, true, StandardCharsets.UTF_8)) {

      // Skip null fields and order the YAML fields
      final Representer representer = new SkipNullFieldRepresenter();
      representer.setPropertyUtils(new ReversedPropertyUtils());

      final Yaml yaml = new Yaml(representer);
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      sb.append(yaml.dumpAs(config, Tag.MAP, DumperOptions.FlowStyle.BLOCK));

      LOG.debug(() -> "YAML file content:\n" + sb);
      writer.print(sb);

    } catch (IOException e) {
      final String errorMsg = "Failed to find or read [" + yamlConfigFile + "] config";
      LOG.error(errorMsg, e);
      throw new IllegalStateException(errorMsg, e);

    } catch (Exception e) {
      final String errorMsg =
          "Failed to save config to [" + yamlConfigFile + "] file. Details: " + e.getMessage();
      LOG.error(errorMsg, e);
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    }
  }

  /** Stops null fields from getting written out to YAML. */
  private static class SkipNullFieldRepresenter extends Representer {
    @Override
    protected NodeTuple representJavaBeanProperty(
        Object javaBean, Property property, Object propertyValue, Tag customTag) {
      if (propertyValue == null) {
        return null;
      } else {
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      }
    }
  }

  /** Orders properties before dumping out YAML. */
  private static class ReversedPropertyUtils extends PropertyUtils {
    @Override
    protected Set<Property> createPropertySet(Class<?> type, BeanAccess beanAccess) {
      final Set<Property> result = new TreeSet<>(Collections.reverseOrder());
      result.addAll(super.createPropertySet(type, beanAccess));
      return result;
    }
  }
}

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The United States has by far the best temperature data set in the world. It is also the most heavily tampered with and manipulated by government agencies. In this video, Tony Heller shows how 61% of the data is now fake.
You can read his references here.


Net neutrality basically prevents broadband providers from playing favorites or steering users toward (or away from) particular internet sites. Under rules enacted during the Obama administration, the likes of Comcast and Verizon — which offer their own video services they'd very much like subscribers to use — can't slow down Netflix, can't block YouTube, and can't charge Spotify extra to stream faster than Pandora.
Broadband companies hate the net neutrality rules, and they have an ally in new Federal Communications Commission chairman Ajit Pai, who has repeatedly called the regulations a mistake. Pai could launch the process of unwinding the rules as early as Wednesday, according to reports.
The government may downgrade federal prohibitions on anti-consumer and anticompetitive actions to voluntary commitments by internet service providers. The internet industry, which considers net neutrality essential for its business, isn't standing still — and it may be keeping some of its most potent tactics in reserve.
Many internet companies are already running the Washington playbook — lobbying Congress, schmoozing government regulators, and signing letters of protest. Boston tech companies and venture capitalists met with Sen. Ed Markey, a Massachusetts Democrat, last Friday to discuss defending net neutrality.
Smaller companies have made the loudest noises so far. Engine, a policy group for startups, is calling up small internet companies to keep them updated and asking them to sign a letter that urges the FCC not to dismantle the net neutrality rules.
The industry's giants, however, have mostly stayed silent beyond offering blanket statements of support for net neutrality. The Internet Association, which speaks for Facebook, Google, Amazon, Microsoft, Netflix and Uber, did call on Pai to support net neutrality earlier this month. Things could get noisier if and when the FCC begins to formally review a rollback.
For the moment, though, there's no net-neutrality development to rally around, and won't be until there's an actual FCC proposal up for debate.
And no one is saying exactly what might happen once there is. "Next steps haven't been figured out yet," Kickstarter general counsel Michal Rosenn said in an interview two weeks ago.


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