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Posted on October 23, 2021 October 23, 2021 by P. P. Wangchuk
India among the toppers by 2030
The good news that has emerged recently is that India will be among the top three nations in terms of high-income households by 2030, after the US and China, in that order. That is because consumption in the country is going to get a big boost of USD 1.8 trillion by then.
This was revealed in a study done by McKinsey, a global management consulting firm with its headquarters in New York. It is reported that up to 50% of India's population will belong to the consuming class by 2030 as compared to the current 24 %. The consuming class has been defined as those who will spend more than USD 11 a day.
The key factors for this swift upward movement include rapid rise in income, shrinking of household size, doubling of the consuming class, and fast growth in e-commerce. And, Mumbai is expected to emerge as the fourth highest consumer city in Asia.
Ever-increasing hot days
The number of extremely hot days every year, with temperatures exceeding 50 degree Celsius, has doubled since the 1980s. A global BBC survey has revealed that such hot temperatures are being experienced in unimaginable places such as Siberia in Russia.
Between 1988 and 2009, the temperature exceeded 50 degree Celsius for about 14 days a year. The number rose to 26 days per year between 2010 and 2019. This kind of rise in temperature has become a grave challenge as it threatens the existence of various life-forms on our planet.
The survey also cited Dr Friederike Otto, associate director of the Environmental Change Institute, University of Oxford, who said that such drastic changes in temperatures are due to the increased use of fossil fuels.
Reading habits of the rich
A recent survey report says that 1,200 of the world's wealthiest people have one common habit: Reading. Why could reading be the common habit for them? There are at least three reasons: To relieve themselves of the stresses and the strains of the business world; reading is the simplest and easiest form of entertainment while going around the globe for business commitments; and the value of education in serious reading.
These reasons hold good even for ordinary readers. For many of us, the sheer joy of reading exceeds any other joy. True, there are readers who indulge in reading for what they call "time pass"! However, reading enables serious readers to indulge in constant dialogues. This can be profoundly uplifting!
Good days are here again
Now that the denizens of the city are waking up to enjoy the lovely and comfortable days of autumn, life takes a different meaning. We no longer have to suffer the sweltering heat of summer and the messy and mucky rainy season.
It is time to go out and enjoy the fun that was denied for long now. The city is in a dynamic phase and keeps on changing. You get to see a newer city every time you visit its nooks and corners. But the biggest 'revolutions' are taking place in the food habits of people. The city adds several 'food plazas' every day to its joy-of-eating culture. Its 2.10 crore people never seem to have enough of 'foodie joys'!
The myth behind frog marriages
A friend representing an American TV channel was asked recently to go to Assam and report on the annual mythical ritual of marrying off frogs by some communities in the state, particularly in Jorhat. All the villagers gather in the village square and get hold of two frogs to get them 'married' to each other. The ritual of marrying off frogs lasts a couple of hours with all the formalities of prayers and rites. The mythical belief is that when frogs are married off, the rain gods get happy and bless the earth with rain.
Teacher: Can February march?
Student: No, but April may.
By P. P. Wangchuk
P. P. Wangchuk is a New Delhi-based editor-at-large, columnist and professional speaker.
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New Delhi Diary – June 2021
Posted on June 19, 2021 June 19, 2021 by P. P. Wangchuk
A merciful May
Now that the hottest month of the summer (May) in the city is over, one is hopeful of a not-so-hot June. The month of May, despite its reputation of being a 'killer month 'with temperatures hovering over 44 degree Celsius on most days, was the coolest in 70 years this year. The maximum temperature recorded was 23.8 degree Celsius on 19 May. This was the coolest May since 1951.
Towards the end of the month, the city experienced a few days of cloudy weather with occasional spells of heavy rain. And the 'credit' for this goes to Cyclone Tauktae that devastated India's western coast and caused damages of around INR 15,000 crore (INR 1,500 billion). About 200 people lost their lives, mainly in Gujarat and Diu.
Hunger for better, bigger posts
Marshall Goldsmith is an American author and coach who can be ignored only if you do not want to do anything after you have reached a good and comfortable position in life. What that means is that, for example, if you have made it somehow to the position of a CEO of a company, you may feel you have reached the pinnacle of success. The idea of becoming the Chairman or the owner of the company does not strike you. It is for such people that Goldsmith's book, What Got You Here, Won't Get You There, means a lot.
In other words, you have to 'reinvent' yourself if you want to continue growing and climbing higher. And that does not come easily unless one studies oneself critically, and prepares for the next challenge!
The best time to start is now!
Life offers us two ways of living: Work hard and passionately to achieve success or stay put and blame circumstances. Divya Rastogi chose the first option some five years ago. She could not pursue her ambitions in her younger years because of marriage followed by responsibilities for her two sons. As soon as her children were old enough to look after themselves, Divya became a student again. She took up a course in interior designing and studied hard at home with her sons!
She has not looked back. She now has an annual turnover of INR 25 crore (INR 250 million). Her passion for interior decoration and designing has paid rich dividends. She has been getting multiple contracts from multinational companies to 'gear up' their offices, with a balance of world-class design and comfort.
And, referring to the age, 42 years, when she started her business, she says no age is too late, and any time can be the best time!
A CM of substance!
The inimitable Chief Minister of West Bengal, Mamata Banerjee, has multiple talents and qualities. Let us start with her lifestyle as a Chief Minister. She does not take a single rupee as salary, or any allowances to which she is entitled. Whenever she travels, she stays in government guesthouses and makes it a point to pay the room rent and the cost of meals. As a former Member of Parliament, she is also entitled to over Rs 75,000 as pension but she does not take that either.
How does she manage to survive? She is a multitalented person. In her free time, she pursues music, lyric writing, painting and writing. She has already written 87 books and, as she says, she gets "good royalty". Since she does not need that kind of money, she happily gives it away in donations. Her needs are, as she says, not much, a simple white Saree and a pair of Chappals!
Student: Sir, would you punish me for something I did not do?
Teacher: No! Never! Do you think I am so stupid?
Student: Thank you, sir. I have not done my homework!
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New Delhi Diary – February 2021
Posted on February 9, 2021 February 9, 2021 by P. P. Wangchuk
A Davos to come up at Zoji-la
If all goes well, Ladakh will have a Davos at Zoji-la! Davos is a famous mountain resort of great scenic beauty in Switzerland where international conventions are held every year.
The Government of India has drawn out a plan to curve out an 18-km stretch near Zoji-la and turn it into such an exclusive resort. According to Union Minister, Nitin Gadkari, this hill station will extend from Zoji-la to Sonamarg.
According to the Minister, the hill station, with Ladakh and J&K as joint stakeholders, will be bigger and better than Davos, and it will give a big boost to the economy of Ladakh and J&K. There will be world-class infrastructure with state-of-the-art roads, transportation system, resorts and other modern facilities that will change the very dynamics of the economy of Ladakh and J&K. Situated at an altitude of 11,578 ft above mean sea level, the hill station will be surrounded by snow-capped peaks throughout the year, much like those in Europe.
The entire project will be handled by Swiss designers and architects in a few months from now. The idea is, as the union minister says, to make the best use of the unused snow-laden mountains in the region and turn them into a tourist and convention centre. In the years to come, the project can be extended to a larger area around Zoji-la, which will make it one of the biggest hill resorts with snow round the year.
11.5% GDP growth projected
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has great news for India. Its Chief Economist, Gita Gopinath, has come out with a report that India will be the fastest growing economy in the world in 2021-22, with its GDP growth at11.5%, which will be the highest growth rate in the world. Coincidentally, the recent Economic Survey of the Government of India also projected a 10% GDP growth rate in the next financial year.
India is followed by China (8.1%), Spain (5.9%), France (5.5%) and the US (5.1 %). This clearly means that India will be the only country with a double-digit GDP growth rate in the next financial year. And this growth projection is much higher than the one projected during the COVID-19 restrictions because of India's stronger than expected recovery after the lockdown.
Reacting to these projections, former RBI Chair Professor, Mr Charan Singh, says that he had been saying this for a few months now as India's fundamentals are strong and the economy will bounce back sharply.
Meanwhile, the UN and WHO chiefs have been heaping praises on India for its "leading role" in the controlling the COVID-19 pandemic. India had supplied all kinds of COVID-19 care medicines and equipment to 150 countries. And now, India is supplying COVID-19 vaccines to dozens of countries, and free-of-cost to its neighbouring countries.
The rise of the fifth estate
The last decade was the rise and rise of the fourth estate in the form of mainstream media like newspapers, magazines and electronic media. And now, according to global investor and commentator, Ruchir Sharma, the fifth estate has already raised its head, and will dominate the next decade.
The fifth estate refers to groupings of outlier viewpoints in contemporary society and is generally associated with bloggers and journalists who publish their work in non-mainstream media outlets and social media platforms.
The usage of the term 'fifth estate' goes back to the 1960s counter-culture movement in the Western world, especially to influential underground media in Detroit, in 1965. Today, web-based technology has greatly enhanced the scope and power of the fifth estate. It is said that the rise of the fifth estate will herald the 'death' of the fourth estate.
Man: Hey, did you hear about the restaurant called Karma?
Woman: Yea, but there is no menu there. You get what you deserve!
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New Delhi Diary – December 2020
Posted on December 4, 2020 December 4, 2020 by P. P. Wangchuk
Winter brings its own charm
Life in winter has its own unique charm. No doubt, the winter months, even in the city, has its little challenges, particularly for the elderly and children. But then, there are also many good aspects to the winter that outweigh the challenges. The best thing of winter is that one can visit places with ease without having to worry about challenges experienced in other seasons such as extreme heat and heavy rain.
Come winter and people start going out for picnics and spend the whole day in beautiful parks of which the city has several hundreds. There are sunny days for most of the winter months. And there is nothing like 'doing or undoing' something in the warm, winter sun.
Coldest October and November
Surprisingly, the city has already experienced some wintery days in the month of October. According to the weatherman, 2020 was the coldest October in 58 years with the minimum temperatures plummeting to 17.2 degree Celsius. The coldest temperature for October was 16.9 degree Celsius, which was recorded in 1962.
And, on 19 November 2020, the city experienced its coldest day in 14 years when the minimum temperature nosedived to 7.5 degree Celsius. Delhi's coldest day in November was recorded on 28, November, 1938 when the temperature went down to 3.9 degree Celsius.
One wonders whether all this could be a precursor to a cold and harsh winter in the city. Who cares! Even in the coldest weather, most days in the city are sunny and benign, and there is nothing more enjoyable than basking in the sun.
A 'rags to riches' story
Here is a 'rags to riches story'. Jyoti Bansal, a small town boy from Ajmer in Rajasthan, migrated to the USA in 2000 with big dreams. Recently, he sold his company, AppDynamics, to the American technology giant, Cisco, for USD3.7 billion (INR 25,150 crore).
He had nothing but his dreams, confidence and a degree from IIT, Delhi, when he left for the USA. He had to face various challenges before he found work with a start-up there. He worked with them for a couple of years but could not see his dreams coming true. He left them and started his own start-up in 2008, which he named AppDynamics. He faced many challenges in this venture before he was able to attract investors.
His efforts to attract venture capitalists met with 20 rejections. However, he never gave up. Finally, he received his first funding of USD 5 million (INR 369,750,000). This helped his project take off. Once it gathered some momentum, he managed to attract investments of USD 350 million (INR 25,882,500,000), which catapulted the company into the big league.
The company was built on Bansal's vision to develop 'application intelligence' that could help modern enterprises achieve digital transformation. So, he developed a software platform to help computers monitor their mobile apps and websites for various bugs.
Before the sale, Bansal headed the company as its Chairman and the firm employed around 1,200 people. When asked what he will do now, Bansal responded, "I am not done yet. I will keep creating companies and solving problems."
The quest for moral compass
An important part of a good life is the ability to read interesting books. My daughter recently gifted me a book called The Quest for Moral Compass by British author Kenan Malik. This book gave me several days of great reading and enjoyment. The book is about the history of moral thoughts over three millennia from Homer's Greece to Mao's China, and from ancient India to modern America. The book scrutinises the ideas and thoughts of various philosophers and thinkers. The question of god is discussed too but there is no sight of a definitive answer of God's existence!
American: Do you also call your wife 'Honey' in India?
Indian: No, we call her 'bee-bee' because she stings twice as hard!
P.P. Wangchuk is a New Delhi-based editor-at-large, columnist and professional speaker
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It is vaccine nationalism now!
One is somewhat amazed to see that the COVID-19 pandemic has given rise to a new kind of nationalism: 'Vaccine nationalism'. There is a race among some nations, including India, to develop the first vaccine to 'deal with' the novel coronavirus!
There was a BBC report recently on the "great rush" to develop vaccines quickly. The report said that there are hasty short-cuts and "dirty tricks in the scramble for a vaccine." And, WHO chief, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said with great anxiety, "This trend of 'vaccine nationalism' is very dangerous, and must end."
As I write this column, reports say that at least half-a-dozen major nations are in the third stage of human trials for vaccines. This includes America, Russia, China, India, Germany and France. Of course, several other countries are also claiming that they have COVID-19 vaccines 'almost ready' but WHO and other world bodies have expressed reservations about their claims.
Even the Oxford University-AstraZeneca trial, which has a collaboration with India, had to pause their human trials for a few days after a participant fell ill in London. Experts described this as a "routine thing that happens in some cases".
India is also developing its own indigenous vaccines, COVXiN and ZyCcoV-D through different institutes. These are now in their third human trial stage, and are likely to be ready by November 2020. The Government of India has already chalked out meticulous plans for the 'vaccination marathon'. It is believed that by the end of November, several vaccines will be ready for the green signal. India hopes that it will be among the first ones to give a 'deadly dose' to the novel coronavirus!
The autumn sonata
Now that the Monsoon has almost ended, the autumn sonata has started with promises of joy, comfort and happiness. The most delightful sights are in the gardens and parks in the city. People come from everywhere for walks, yoga, meditation and exercise. What a big relief! One hardly saw such activities in the parks over the last six months, mainly due to the COVID-19 curbs and fears, but also due to heat and rain.
But what is strange is that the people seem to have become 'immune' to the idea of the novel coronavirus. The idea of 'freedom' seems to be too dear to be taken lightly, and they are using it fully despite the novel coronavirus guidelines still being in place. Surely, these are definitive signs of hope and positivity.
The word wizard
I happened to read a joke recently about Congress leader and word wizard, Shashi Tharoor, and two other persons. One of the two individuals claims that he has an Oxford Dictionary, Collins and many others to find any word and its meaning. And then he asks the other person, "What do you have?" The person replies, "I have Shashi Tharoor!"
That said, Tharoor has just released a book for his fans to charm them with his incredible 'vocabulary power'. Titled Tharoorosaurus, the book has 53 great examples of vocabulary for each letter of the alphabet and gives facts on their origin. In one such case, Tharoor is all praise for author Chetan Bhagat's "simple and easy but great English", and writes to him accordingly. Bhagat is naturally very happy but requests the word wizard to express this praise in his inimitable style and mind-boggling language. Tharoor happily obliges and writes, "It is clear you are not sesquipedalian, nor given to rodomontade. Your ideas are unembellished with tortuous connotations and expressed without ostentation. I appreciate the limpid perspicacity of today's column by you!"
One does not know whether Chetan Bhagat is overjoyed or dazzled!
Man: Doctor, when do you think the COVID-19 pandemic will end?
Doctor: I don't know, I am not a journalist!
Posted on June 6, 2020 June 6, 2020 by P. P. Wangchuk
The pain of summer blues
Now that the dreaded summer month of May is gone, the capital city is no longer 'burning' under an intense heat wave, better known as 'loo'. For a few days, towards the last week of May, the city witnessed a record high temperature of 47 degree Celsius, after a decade. And that placed the city as the second hottest place in the country, after Churu in Rajasthan, where the temperature was hovering around 50 degree Celsius.
What can happen under such hot conditions? Of course, there is no denying the fact that living in the city becomes hellish, and one dreads going out even for a short while to carry out daily chores. As a result, one has to compromise on the quality of food intake during the day. And that results in one slipping into an abnormal physical and psychological disposition. One hardly manages to exist without really living and enjoying life. And that has its pernicious impacts: Like one getting out of mood and not doing anything good like sticking to one's normal routine, or reading mindfully and joyously, or listening to music and surfing TV channels. One tries to relax and take a nap, but all efforts fail due to the abnormal conditions!
Corona and new lifestyle
As if the summer pains are not enough, the lingering COVID-19 has made life quite difficult because we can't do all the things that we love to do. This derails our lives to a point that we start feeling uneasy. And yet, there are ways to make life purposeful if you resign yourself to the new 'normal' ways of life. The problem arises when you expect too much of 'goodies' happening in your life even in these corona times! Ratan Tata says that you should be happy that you are still alive.
The worst thing that happened with me in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic is that I had to suddenly cancel my summer vacation plans. All my excitement and expectations of seeing new places with cool and natural surroundings came to naught. And, with that, I could not but rue my bad luck. The 'stay-put-wherever-you-are' advisory haunted me for a long time. And then I tried to give 'reasons' to my conscious and subconscious mind that, come what may, life has to go on meaningfully and purposefully. And my 'obedient' mind had no option but to listen. One had to 'restyle' the ways of life and do what can be fruitfully done under the restrictions of lockdown. Let me tell you that life has taken a new direction with new colours and new meanings. And, what they call the 'new normal' is here to stay.
A philosophic narrative
What is more meaningful: Life or death? Well, one can contest that both are interdependent and one cannot exist without the other. One argument can be: If there is no life, there will be no death! And, on the other hand, if there is no death, there can't be any birth! But then there is always a possibility that one is more significant than the other. And that depends on each individual to decide which one is more significant and meaningful.
Life may or may not be more significant than death but one can be sure that life came into existence first. Therefore, one may reach the conclusion that without life there can be no death, and hence life is more important than death. And yet, we know that life can't overrule death! It is here that some of the philosophers argue that death is the ultimate arbitrator!
Attendant: Madam, do you want me to cut the pizza into three pieces or six pieces?
Lady: Please cut it into three pieces; I cannot eat six pieces!
P. P. Wangchuk is a New Delhi-based editor-at-large, columnist and professional speaker
New Delhi Diary – May 2020
Posted on May 19, 2020 May 21, 2020 by P. P. Wangchuk
The Corona blues
Covid-19, the dreaded virus, has left us all standing and staring, quite helplessly! It has put us into a cocooned lifestyle that we have never experienced before. To steal Philosopher David E Cooper's phrase, we are all "condemned to freedom." Of course, what he means is 'freedom of a different kind', somewhat like the one we are making do with these days. And, as a result, our freedom to do many things has been drastically curtailed.
Much as I hate this new lifestyle, like most of you, one finds oneself getting quickly used to this 'new normal' life. So much so that, at times, one enjoys the 'freedom' to be 'all alone' and 'sit within' physically as well as mentally!
This freedom, the freedom to train oneself mentally, socially and physically has given us a new perspective to a course of life that has more thorns than roses. Maybe, we enjoyed and exploited the roses too much, to the point of being needlessly and unacceptably greedy. That may explain why nature has lost its endurance to withstand our prolonged and repeated assaults, and had to declare loud and clear: Thus far and no more! We human beings never learn. Maybe we don't even try to learn the lessons of life until we are forced to, and we are left with no alternative but to admit and submit to the dictates of nature to live sensibly and harmoniously.
We have learnt the lesson now the hard way that if we don't mend our ways, we are doomed. But Mother Nature is very kind and helpful. She will give us one more chance to change and make our lives more harmonious and holistic.
Meanwhile, these 'Corona days' have given us many interesting tit-bits. The media zealots have come out with new words like 'infodemic' and 'covidiots'. Infodemic refers to an excessive bombardment of information, particularly on social media, irrespective of being true or false. Covidiots is an expression of wrath against those who indulge in rumour-mongering and in giving out unsubstantiated advice and information about COVID-19. A friend and TV personality says that in such cases one should stop calling it false news. He says, 'false' can't be 'news' and that 'news' can't be 'false'. He adds, when it is false one should just call it 'false content' and not 'false news'!
Light on the other side
A man in Australia loses his job because his employers had to shut down their factory soon after the COVID-19 lockdown. For several days, he and his family were severely stressed and did not know what to do. But, The Mirror reports that the man's bad days did not last very long. A week or so after losing his job, he got to learn that he was the lucky winner of the AUD 4.8 million lottery that is equivalent to about INR 23.25 crore.
His joy knew no bounds, and now, he is, as he says, again at a loss as to how to go about life with his big bounty. This, in a way, tells us that one need not worry much about changes in life because life has to be 'dynamic', and any change should be accepted as a chance to do better, and that there is light, always, on the other side of the tunnel.
Summer jottings
The city is already in the midst of the peak summer months. The month of May is usually the severest month in terms of fiery heat that sometimes touches 44 degrees Celsius. The world within and outside your house becomes a hot chamber wherein you feel that your body system is about to ignite! Now, that might be a slight exaggeration but still useful to express the difficulties one faces.
That is not all as everything has a brighter side. For me, the brighter side is that these weather conditions force you to retreat to the hills, particularly to places one has never visited. As a tourist, I always make it a point to never go back to a place for the next 10 years. It must always be a new tourist destination. And that is always rewarding. You get to know things that you would never discover in books or through TV.
Teacher: What do all political parties have in common?
Student: Sir, our hard-earned money!
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New Delhi Diary – April 2020
Posted on April 14, 2020 May 21, 2020 by P. P. Wangchuk
India No.1 superpower?
Most 'thinking Indians' have one question: When will our country be the number one economic superpower? Well, it does not seem that we will have to wait for long. The PwC, an international professional services firm, says that within the next 30 years, the world's largest economic powers will be those that are emerging today, surpassing the current behemoths like the US, Japan and Germany. By 2050, the global economy will be double in size. And the happy news is that the firm predicts that India will be the second largest economy after China. The US will be relegated to third position. They predict that the top 10 economic powers in the world over the next 30 years will be China, India, the US, Indonesia, Brazil, Russia, Mexico, Japan, Germany, and the UK, in that order.
The question stands: When will India become the No.1 economic superpower? Well, there is no answer yet. Perhaps, we will have a more definitive answer when we are the No.2 economic superpower!
The most influential people
HH the 14th Dalai Lama has once again been voted as the most influential person in the world in 2020. The list was compiled by London's oldest bookshop, Watkins, that has been compiling this list since 2011 and publishing it in the magazine, Watkins Mind Body Spirit. The magazine reports that HH the Dalai Lama's influence cuts across continents, religion and race. The other top influencers include Pope Francis, Greta Thunberg, Eckhart Tolle, and Oprah Winfrey. The most influential Buddhist leaders in the world are listed as HH the Dalai Lama, Thich Nhat Hanh, Robert Thurman, Pema Chodron, and Ajahn Brahm.
This list is compiled using multiple different metrics and qualifications. There are several other organisations that compile their own list of the most influential persons and these lists differ vastly.
Lessons from Covid-19
We Indians are not only an argumentative lot but also an unruly one. However, the COVID-19 pandemic seems to have suddenly changed our erratic ways and behaviour. To begin with, we must admit that the countrywide lockdown has given us a sense of discipline and hope that if we follow the guidelines, we could contain the dreaded COVID-19 pandemic.
Secondly, we Indians have come to learn the value of time, and how 'a lot of time' at home can be well-spent in doing what one has not been able do all these years. And thirdly, as a little birdie says, "When and where do we get such a long period of the whole family staying together and enjoying a curfew-ed life"!
City spends a day laughing!
I had a funny but greatly enjoyable day recently in the city. Thanks to Khushwant Singh Humour Festival that was organised by stand-up comedian Maheep Singh. The idea behind the show was to let people vent their pent-up feelings and frustrations of their daily lives. And it seemed to have been a great success as people swore that they were extremely happy at the end of the two-day festival.
Maheep Singh said, "We are all here to cheer up and celebrate life even though there is too much of violence all around." Several stand-up comedians like Amit Tandon, Rahul Ram, Danish Hussain, Rajneesh Kapoor, and Gurshiman Khamba ensured that the audience laughed "their hearts out" endlessly. The good news is that the city is going to have more such events managed by different organisations. This kind of stand-up "comedy culture" has become a part of the city's 'must-have' events because of their popularity among the youth and senior citizens. While the youth find it "great to take part in", the elderly find such events better than other events that "lack a direct appeal"!
Coronavirus found Donald Trump quite lost, and in a sad mood. Coronavirus laughed and laughed endlessly till Trump asked in great agitation: Why are you laughing at me like that?
Coronavirus laughed again, and said, "Why are you so helpless? Where are your fighter jets, missiles and nuclear weapons?"
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Lean Innovation, Hoshin Kanrii and Six Sigma (DFSS- design for six sigma) for product design, development and manufacture via 3D Printing (i.e. Additive Manufacturing) Case Study by Dr. Shruti Bhat, gives benefits of applying Hoshin Kanrii, DFSS and Lean Innovation techniques to a drug product design, development and manufacture via 3D Printing.
The study findings however can be extended to product development across other industry verticals.
Application of Hoshin Kanrii and DFSS along with Quality-by-Design (QbD) to product development usually brings novelty in product features, process characteristics and/or product utility, thus favors patenting and generation of additional revenues.
While, Lean Innovation creates products with effective and efficient production and packaging processes, with no scope for 'rework' thus, better Operations Management.
The study uses Isosorbide dinitrate (ISDN) as model drug, although other drugs can also be used in this therapeutic platform.
2x3 Factorial Design of Experimentation (DOE) was used to design drug beads. The results were evaluated for regression analysis, Main and interaction effects of parameters, Contrast Column Dispersion effects, Normal Probability Plots, Pareto and Process Capability Analysis.
The drug beads were further used as 'starter' seeds to develop MUPS (multi-unit particulate system) anti-angina 'rate-programmed' drug product.
The pharmacokinetic- pharmacodynamic (PK-PD) modeling was done using Doebrinska- Welling equation. MUPS were developed using 3D Printing technology via a 12- Run Plackett Burman DOE.
All hardware, software applications involved in the study were pre-validated. All qualifications i.e. Design Qualification (DQ), Installation Qualification (IQ), Operational Qualification (OQ), Performance Qualification (PQ) for each experimental run was done as per USFDA guidelines. Data was analysed statistically using Paired 't' test. Reliability Testing was conducted as per ICH current Good Clinical Practices (cGCP) guidelines.
Product prototype and Reference listed drug (RLD) were compared for bioequivalence compliance. The prototype is ready for commercialization.
This study also gives benefits of using 3D Printing technique for pharmaceuticals and how the technique can be applied to product development across other industry verticals!
Mistake-Proofing Pharmaceutical Products: What can we learn from Valsartan, Losartan and Irbesartan recalls?
Valsartan, Irbesartan, Losartan Product Recalls- What are the Lessons for Pharmaceutical Industry?
Since September last year, news of *SARTAN drug recalls are doing the rounds. Yesterday's CNN Health carried yet another story on recalls of tainted Valsartan, Irbesartan, Losartan drug products.
And, these 'process issues' are at several areas viz. product development process, manufacturing process, outsourcing or procurement process, customer service process to name a few; though a company-specific root cause investigation will indicate more business processes that might have fully or partially impacted this drug product recall mess.
Presence of a potential carcinogen impurity in the drug as well as drug product clearly shows flaws in 'development and manufacturing processes'.
Companies that purchased this potentially contaminated API (active pharmaceutical ingredient) obviously have huge flaws with their 'procurement / outsourcing process' and need immediate process re-design!
The fact that, carcinogen-contaminated drug products were consumed by patients show huge issues with 'customer service processes' of pharma companies and pharmacies. The issue with 'customer service process' gets further augmented because of the drug product shortage scenarios patients must now deal with.
A logical thing to do in such cases is to study the Value Stream Map and identify all business processes that might have contributed to this mess.
Next take a call on where these 'problematic' processes must be improved or re-designed. You can learn more about business process improvement and redesign here.
Improve or redesign process(es) by using appropriate business improvement methodologies. There are over 18 different business improvement methodologies to choose from. Note that, selection of correct business process improvement methodology is very important too.
Once the problematic process(es) have been improved or redesigned as the case may be, conduct a robust risk-management exercise with FMEA and install a CAPA.
Supplementing CAPA with Error-proofing mechanisms via Poka Yoke highly guarantees a 'no risk' scenario.
Today I read a report in Stat News about the first 'digital pill' that has been rolled out at a Cancer Treatment center in Minnesota US. The report mentions how chemotherapy pills taken by cancer patients are packaged with a sensor that can alert a physician, pharmacist, or caregiver after the pill has been swallowed.
The report highlights that seven patients — all of whom have colorectal cancer in stage 3 or stage 4 and are being treated in Minnesota — have been provided with this treatment. The idea is that, by tracking when patients take their drugs, health care providers will be better able to ensure medication adherence and to provide treatment guidance, with the goal of improving health outcomes.
After patients swallow a chemo capsule, the sensor gets activated once capsule gets damp in the stomach fluids. The sensor then pings a signal to a patch worn by patients on their torso; which transmits data on the time of day, the size of the dose, and the type of medication taken to an online portal that the patient can view. If patients choose to allow it, their support team can access this database portal too.
This program in Minnesota appears to be the first one in which a digital pill has been used in oncology. So far, neither patients nor insurers pay anything beyond the typical cost of the medication for this high-tech upgrade.
As there is high proliferation of cancer disease world-wide, such digitization of cancer therapy will hopefully bring benefits to a wider population of cancer patients.
Despite advances in Oncology, not everything about cancer is understood by researchers, doctors, patients and care givers. The resulting effect is that there is no cure for cancer, especially once cancer has metastasized or is beyond stage 2. Another peculiarity of cancer is that no two types of cancer are same, hence medications and their dosages administered to cancer patients are different. For example, dosage of Tarceva tablets prescribed for a lung cancer patient is different from what is prescribed for a patient with pancreatic cancer. However, the digitization platform done for chemotherapy of colo-rectal cancer can be researched further to extend to other cancer types, which can yield better patient compliance, superior therapeutic modeling and better treatment outcomes to a wider patient population.
Additionally, this concept of 'digital pill' can be extended to other disease types too, where patient compliance has always been a problem; for example Tuberculosis, Schizophrenia, hypertension etc. Drug-resistant tuberculosis is worse to treat than regular TB. Hence, a digital TB pill will be a boon for patients and doctors alike. Similarly, patients forgetting to take their blood pressure pill is usual, especially among older folks. Such non-compliance issues can hopefully be nipped in the bud with digital pharmaceuticals for hypertension.
Such digital pills can substitute the health system services which invest in phone calls and other reminders to patients to help them stay on track with their medications.
'Digital' pill is not only an impressive step in Continuous Improvement for Cancer Therapy, it is a significant step in Continuous Improvement for Health System services too! and, hopefully pave way for Continual Improvement in TB care, hypertension management and patient-centric drug product design.


White Day is a special day held in Japan on March 14, exactly a month after Valentine's Day. White Day is a time in Japan for the boys to return the favour of gifts received earlier from the girls on Valentine's Day. Why is it called "White Day"? It is simple really, white is the colour of sugar, which is the main ingredient of candy traditionally given as a gift on White Day.
Popular traditional gifts on White Day include white chocolate, cookies, jewelry, white lingerie, and marshmallows. These days anything goes, so the gifts can be pretty much anything.
There is a word in Japanese "sanbai gaeshi" (三倍返し), which means triple the return. The rule is a returned gift should be 2 to 3 times the cost of the Valentine's Day gift. Wow! The boys have it tough on White Day in Japan.
White Day was first celebrated in Japan in 1978. It is also celebrated in other Asian nations such as South Korea, Taiwan and China.
Just like with Valentine's Day in Japan, Krispy Kreme is also running a special White Day campaign. You can pick up a limited edition "White Day Box" with a Sakura Cream Doughnut and Cookie Vanilla Doughnut. A little piece of edible jewelry this White Day in Japan.
Will you buy a special gift this White Day? I hope you have a great White Day wherever you are in the world.


Love a slice of cake for your afternoon treat? How about making one of these delicious Ginger And Lemon Cakes?
Beat the cream cheese and icing sugar together until smooth.
Add enough lemon juice (about 2 tablespoons) to get a good spreading consistency.
Preheat the oven to 180⁰C/fan oven 160⁰C/Gas Mark 4.
Lightly grease and base line with greaseproof paper two 18cm/7inch sandwich tins.
Cream the butter, sugar, ginger paste and lemon rind together in a large bowl until pale and well combined.
Gradually beat in the eggs adding a little flour after each addition if the mixture starts to curdle.
Sift any remaining flour over the mixture and fold in with a large metal spoon.
Divide the mixture between the tins and level the surface with the back of a spoon.
Bake for 20-25 minutes until risen golden and firm to the touch.
Allow to cool in the tins for 5 minutes before turning out onto a wire rack.
Peel the paper off the backs of the sponges.
Spread half the cream cheese mixture over the tops of each sponge right up to the edges.
Drop spoonfuls of the lemon curd randomly over the cream cheese mixture then using a skewer or teaspoon pull through the lemon curd to create a swirled effect.
Sandwich the cakes together and lift onto a serving plate.
Decorate with fresh flowers or mini chocolate eggs.
Recipe and photo credit by English Provender Co.
What do you think about this Ginger And Lemon Cake? Fancy sharing a slice or two with friends or family? Looking for more Afternoon Tea recipes?
You Might Like: Afternoon Tea Recipes.
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Goodness! This is beautiful and looks delicious!
This cake sounds so good. I like ginger and I like lemon so I think that it would be impossible to go wrong with this cake. Thank you for sharing at Happiness is Homemade link party.


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Definition - What does PostScript Printer mean?
A PostScript Printer is a laser printer which uses the PostScript language. These printers are high-definition devices, and the PostScript language deals with high-quality images. PostScript printers are widely used in offices, commercial printing and desktop publishing. Printers using the PostScript language can be of any brand supporting the PostScript control language.
Developed in 1980s, the Apple LaserWriter was the first PostScript Printer. PostScript Printers became popular in the publishing industry very quickly due to their high quality. The biggest advantage of PostScript Printers is the object-oriented behavior of the language. All the commands fed into the printer are unified and singly controlled by PostScript. This makes it easy for the user to print any type of image, text or graphic without compromise on quality. PostScript treats images, fonts and design details as geometric objects instead of bitmaps. The publishing industry makes use of PostScript Printers because of their flexibility and usability options.


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La ley del rey () o Lex Regia () (también llamada Ley Real Danesa de 1665  ) fue la constitución absolutista de Dinamarca y Noruega desde 1665 hasta 1849 y 1814, respectivamente. Estableció la monarquía hereditaria completa (primogenitura agnático-cognática) y absoluta y formalizó el poder absoluto del rey, y se considera la forma más soberana  de todas las expresiones europeas de absolutismo.    El profesor danés de historia jurídica de la Universidad de Copenhague, Jens Chr. V. Johansen, afirma que con la forma de absolutismo menos circunscrita de Europa, Dinamarca «puede ser considerada la más absoluta de todas las monarquías europeas absolutas».  Es la única constitución formal de cualquier monarquía absoluta,   y, por lo tanto, ha sido objeto de una considerable atención histórica y académica.

La Ley del Rey consta de 40 artículos y se divide en siete capítulos principales.   Los artículos 1 a 7 determinan el poder real absoluto, y los siguientes artículos contienen reglas sobre la autoridad y tutela del rey, sobre la ascensión y unción del rey, sobre la indivisibilidad de los reinos, sobre príncipes y princesas, sobre el deber del rey de mantener la monarquía absoluta, y sobre la sucesión.

En Dinamarca, la Ley del Rey fue sustituida en 1849 por la Constitución del Reino de Dinamarca (Constitución de junio), aunque dos artículos de la Ley del Rey siguen siendo aplicables;en primer lugar, el artículo 21, que exige el permiso del rey para la partida y el matrimonio de príncipes y princesas. Y en segundo lugar el artículo 25, según el cual los príncipes y princesas de sangre sólo pueden ser perseguidos penalmente por orden del rey.

La Ley del Rey se leyó en voz alta durante la coronación y unción del rey, pero no se publicó hasta 1709. Actualmente hay dos copias originales accesibles al público: una en los Archivos Nacionales de Dinamarca y otra en el Castillo de Rosenborg (ambos en Copenhague). La copia que se encuentra en Rosenborg es privada de la reina Margarita II y se guarda en la cámara acorazada del tesoro entre las Regalías de la Corona danesa.

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Enlaces externos

 Texto de Lex Regia en danés

Derecho de Dinamarca
Wikipedia:Artículos con texto en danés

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package jp.co.kokou.sample.lifegame;

import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Map;
import jp.co.kokou.sample.lifegame.exceptions.InvalidSizeException;

/**
 *
 * @author kozaki
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public class Board {

    private final Map<Position, Cell> board = new HashMap<>();
    private final int width;
    private final int height;

    /**
     * コンストラクタ、縦横のサイズを指定したライフゲームの土台を作成する 作成した時点では死んだセルで埋め尽くされている
     *
     * @param width  横幅
     * @param height 縦幅
     * @throws InvalidSizeException 指定されたサイズがマイナス値である等、不適切な場合
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    Board(int width, int height) throws InvalidSizeException {
        if (width <= 0 || height <= 0) {
            throw new InvalidSizeException();
        }

        this.width = width;
        this.height = height;
        for (int x = 0; x < width; x++) {
            for (int y = 0; y < height; y++) {
                board.put(new Position(x, y), new DeadCell());
            }
        }
    }

    /**
     * ボードを初期化する
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     * @param positions 生きているセルを配置する場所の配列
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    void initialize(Position... positions) {
        Arrays.asList(positions)
                .stream()
                .filter(position -> position.inRange(width, height))
                .forEach(position -> board.put(position, new LiveCell()));
    }

    @Override
    public String toString() {
        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
        for (int y = 0; y < height; y++) {
            for (int x = 0; x < width; x++) {
                sb.append(board.get(new Position(x, y)));
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        return sb.toString();
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    /**
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    boolean hasSurvior() {
        return board.values().stream().anyMatch(cell -> cell.alive());
    }

    /**
     * 次の世代へと世代交代する
     */
    void nextGeneration() {
        // TODO 世代交代のロジックを実装する
        Map<Position, Cell> newBoard = new HashMap<>();
        for (int x = 0; x < width; x++) {
            for (int y = 0; y < height; y++) {
                Cell currentCell = board.getOrDefault(new Position(x, y), new DeadCell());
                Cell nextCell = currentCell.next(aroundCount(new Position(x, y)));
                newBoard.put(new Position(x, y), nextCell);
            }
        }
    }

    /**
     * 指定した位置の周りにいくつ生きているセルがあるかを返す
     *
     * @param position 知りたいセルの位置
     * @return 周りで生存しているセルの数
     */
    int aroundCount(Position position) {
        return position.around()
                .stream()
                .map(pos -> board.getOrDefault(pos, new DeadCell()))
                .filter(cell -> cell.alive())
                .mapToInt(c -> 1)
                .sum();
    }

}

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Integration can succeed if immigrants can count on the support of other people who have had similar experiences. The new "Ambassadors for Integration", who have been trained to transfer important information to people with little knowledge of German, are meaningful contact persons for questions with immediate effect.
"Understanding Germany through concrete examples" is the topic where WBZ training center and the Making More Health initiative of Boehringer Ingelheim started a cooperation. This training offers refugees who want to pass on their collected knowledge about life in Germany to others.
In the course of "Becoming ambassadors for more integration", the participants conveyed everyday knowledge about life in Germany, in particular, their values, culture and general rules. Also the educational paths, from kindergarten, school, university up to possibilities of Vocational Education and Training were on the agenda. Other topics like health, contractual matters and work, job applications and the rights and duties of employees and employers were included . At the closing event, the participants emphasized how important these topics are for them, how great the interest in German culture is. "We are happy to be able to use the information and new experiences from the course to make it easier for others to get started in Germany" says one of the participants.


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Petter Andersson kan syfta på:

Petter Andersson i Säby, riksdagsman
Petter Andersson (fotbollsspelare)
Petter Andersson på Myra, svensk konstsmed
Petter "Pidde" Andersson, svensk serieskapare och filmskribent


OMSZ, the Hungarian meteorological service, has hosted a user workshop about the ImagineS biophysical products on 4th of May. It was attended by 16 participants from 9 hungarian institutions (eg. Ministry of Agriculture, National Service for Hydrology, two universities, two research institutes, ...). The OMSZ project team has given an overview of the ImagineS project, its scientifc background and technical implementation, together with a detailed description of available biophysical products. The workshop provided an informal opportunity for potential users to present the intended field of application of products and ask questions about the Land Data Assimilation System run at OMSZ. Agenda of the workshop is available here.


There's a story I enjoy sharing whenever I speak to people about unleashing their potential.
In his 1993 book, "You're Born an Original, Don't Die a Copy," John Mason shares the story of a young boy who lost his left arm in a car accident. When he was 10 years old, the boy decided to enroll in judo classes with a Japanese master.
The boy didn't understand, but he trusted the judo master and kept on training. A few months later the sensei decided to enter the boy in a tournament. He won the first two rounds, surprising not only himself, but also many other people.
As the day went on, the boy won round after round until he reached the finals. He was up against a bigger, stronger and more experienced opponent. At one point, it looked as if the match was too one-sided and the referee wanted to stop it. The sensei insisted that they continue.
Then the bigger boy made a critical mistake, and his opponent used the only move he knew to pin him down. The boy had won the match and the tournament – he was the champion.
On their way home, the boy asked the sensei how he was able to win with only one arm, knowing only one move. The sensei told him that there were two important factors that played a role.
Upon meeting the boy, the judo master immediately saw how he could unleash the boy's potential by turning his biggest weakness into his biggest strength.
1. If you were the boy with one arm, would you have enrolled for judo lessons? In other words, would you have given yourself the chance to explore and unleash your potential despite an obvious drawback?
2. If you were the judo master, would you have accepted a boy with only one arm as a student? In other words, how do you look at people as a leader or manager: do you see their shortcomings, or do you see the potential behind the shortcomings?
Believing in your abilities, and being disciplined enough to follow through on a decision, might help you to reach your potential. Believing in others, supporting them, and providing them with the right tools might help them to reach theirs.
In our poll this week, we wanted to know what action from leaders or managers you thought would best help you to unleash your potential.
More than a third of participants voted for having more autonomy, while another third felt it would help if their managers/leaders listened to their ideas. Click here to view all the options and the results.
What difference would it make to your life and career if you unleashed your potential?
What's the link between a person's purpose and potential?
What might "unleashing potential" actually look like for a person?
How can you support employees to help them reach their full potential?
What are the benefits of unleashing the potential of your team, and/or the organization?
Yolande Conradie, thanks a lot for the article post.Much thanks again. Fantastic.
Thanks Bianca for that feedback. Hope you will be able to join us for the #MTtalk and share your ideas about unleashing potential.
Thanks, Bianca. I've always loved that story and I'm glad to hear you also like it.


Home > State Health Alliance for Records Exchange (SHARE) & Missouri Health Connection (MHC) are now Connected HIE to HIE!
SHARE is now sharing patients results with MHC in a phased approach.
Little Rock, Arkansas – November, 2018 The only statewide HIE in Arkansas, State Health Alliance for Records Exchange (SHARE), is now connected to Missouri Health Connection (MHC) exchanging admission, discharge and transfer (ADT) notifications for patients who live in either state during a phased approach of connection.
This landmark announcement comes after the two health information exchanges are successfully exchanging ADTs with all Mercy Hospitals in Arkansas and Missouri. This is an important achievement to the benefit of patients in both states. It is a great milestone for both SHARE and MHC and we're happy to implement a solution that allows healthcare providers and hospitals to connect across state borders and SHARE patient results in a HIPAA compliant, secure environment, says Angie Bass, President and CEO, MHC.
By connecting with our border state, Missouri Health Connection will help to improve transitions of care (TOC) for patients who cross the state line. Our collaboration as neighboring states will help providers and hospitals better communicate with one another to better coordinate patient care, and assist in reduction of readmission rates regardless of state borders.
Natural disasters, like tornados in Arkansas and Missouri, present challenges to health systems and providers not only in areas directly impacted, but also to those in neighboring regions who treat patients displaced by the catastrophe. One of the greatest issues: access to patient records. With proper connections, Health Information Exchanges play key role in transmitting patient data. With this connection, both HIE's will be able to seamlessly deliver patient health information (CCDs, Laboratory Results, Radiology Reports and Transcribed Documents) across each state's boarder based on the patient's home of record.
As the healthcare landscape continues to transform, HIEs may play a key role in providing data that fuels innovation. SHARE and MHC are working together to contribute to these innovation efforts such as population health initiatives, identifying potential social determinants of health, potential natural disasters and assisting with payer relations, among other efforts, says Anne Santifer, Executive Director, SHARE.
MHC, a private, non-profit, statewide health information exchange network, is one of the largest HIE's in the United States that provides a secure and private electronic platform to electronically share health information. Since January 2014, the MHC network has been providing the electronic exchange of health records enabling physicians to quickly and securely access patient health records while treating their patients which has improved the quality of health care delivery by coordinating care, reducing preventable errors and avoiding treatment duplication. MHC's network includes more than 109 hospitals, hundreds of clinics and more than 7,000 physicians treating more than 15 million patients.
We want to thank SHARE for the great attention they have given our facility. All of their staff have been very helpful and a pleasure to work with.


Reading Dostoevsky's Memoirs from the House of the Dead and some relevant parts of Joseph Frank's Dostoyevsky, The Years of Ordeal, 1850-59 brings into focus what I think I find most interesting in Dostoevsky's novels. The narrative texture of Memoirs from the House of the Dead is very different from his other novels in that Dostoevsky avoids didacticism and narrates using what is almost a direct reportage style. Nowadays we'd classify it as fictionalised autobiography.
In a sense, Dostoevsky steals a march on Beckett's 1961 comments by finding a form that accommodates his chaotic themes, characters, all the stuff he chucks into his narrative. Style and artistry are secondary to his psychological intuition. The insight that lies within Dostoevsky's ideas and thoughts are what makes his novels so interesting, and so worthwhile to read and ponder.
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It is a very good question. How does one avoid applying one's own cultural perspectives and accompanying biases when thinking about Russian or Chinese thought? A commenter recommended Francois Julien's The Book of Beginnings, which I believe addresses this theme.


PG Tips lost over £6m on volumes down 8.9% following the delisting of its green, fruit and herbal infusions lines at Tesco. Aiming at younger, trendier shoppers, it launched a black tea blend optimised to work with dairy-free alternatives last month. So can it milk the launch for all its worth?


In 1987, the new line of Nike Shoe appeared. This new line of shoes, featuring the world's innovative air cushion technology, was Nike Air Max. Since its inception, many changes have taken place in the original model.
The campaign started with the stamp line: a little less trouble. The campaign triggered a strong appeal in the eyes of people who used athletes in promotional campaigns.
Most of the shoe models have a padded heel at the bottom, which can be seen from the side.
In 1985 Dunk became a shoe for basketball players. Nike Dunk SB was named. Initially, only the basketball players were targeted. Even embedded technology has been supporting the athletic features of the shoe. In the 1998s, fashionable shoes were a fashion icon among young people. Compared to Nike's original shoe, Nike Dunk's product line is basically low profile shoes. But the bottom was lighter than the parent shoe. To promote the Dunk product line, Nike launched a "College Colors" program.
The Dunk range was further enhanced by Nike Dunks High, Nike Dunks Low and Nike Dunks Mid. Nike Dunk Highs is one of the mouths and obviously visible. Compared to the Dunk High Shoe line, the Nike Dunks Low and Nike Dunks Mid shoes in street style, but are certainly high performance. Nike has introduced an exclusive shoe collection that is absolutely athletic, fashionable and inspirational as a genuine treat. If you are a fashion designer and you are looking for a longing, Nike shoes can satisfy your expectations. Designs look inspirational, but come with affordable prices, where everyone can create a vibrant appearance.
Air Jordan also known as "The Best Shoe Ever" or "MJs". This shoe line was specifically made for Michael Jordan and was named. Michael Jordan was a pro player for basketball, his name was probably the best brand. Even after Michael Jordan retired from the game, but this shoe in his name is very popular. Now Michael Jordan is sold under the Jordan brand name. So, jokingly, he said Jordan's brand became a basketball player. A signature shoe model has recently been launched, a version of it.
Women's Air Jordans: At the first launch of the Air Jordan Women's Collection, Nike promised to offer the same quality and commitment to this range as before on the men's shoe line. The female aerial jordan shoe was by no means an exception. Like male enthusiasts, female enthusiasts were enthusiastic about wearing Jordan Air shoes. Women's Air Jordans come with a wide range of collections and spend some time surfing the net to find collections.


Massachusetts ranks high among those prisons that are overcrowded. There is poor medical treatment, according to the inmates, prison racism, abuses, and poor nutritional food among some of the complaints. What Massachusetts prisons do have is a large number of Correctional Officers. In a state that is suffering from unemployment, and an over loaded budget, the hiring of Correction officers don't seem to be affected at all.
One Massachusetts inmate Darrell Jones (see other article)could see the abuses and racism in Massachusetts prisons, and decided to watch, take notes, and eventually report on an audio tape what he felt was going on. Upon release of the audio tape on the Internet, the next day he was thrown into "the hole." He was soon transferred from OCCC to MCI Norfolk, where he currently housed.
BOSTON/Government Center - Over 25 immigrant, labor, and religious advocates - some of them Honduran - held a brief protest between rain storms at City Hall against the military coup in Honduras this week and demanded that deposed President Manuel Zaleya be returned to power immediately.
Nationally renowned anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan spoke at the Regent Theater in Arlington, MA on June 29, 2009. Veterans for Peace musicians Pat Scanlon and friends opened the event, singing some spirited peace songs.
Even the most optimistic Obama supporter should cringe in response to the White House's recent "bi-partisan immigration talks." What could Democrats and Republicans possibly have in common over immigration? Quite a lot it turns out.
An enormous sell-out is being prepared for the U.S. immigrant population and Latinos especially — who came out in record numbers in many swing states to vote for Obama last year. Attached to these votes are huge expectations.
There seems to be a great divergence of opinion among liberals and leftists about what is really happening in Iran. There are those who think Iran is in somewhat of a vacuum and is only trying to have a democratic election against theocracy and a repressive attitude to women's rights. Other leftists think because the Bush administration in the past had contemplated military action and also covert actions by the CIA against Iran that these facts, among others, argue for an attempted coup taking place, especially given the enormous number of successful and unsuccessful CIA coups which have occurred in the past 60 years.
I have an excellent book entitled Killing Hope-US military and CIA interventions since World War 2 by William Blum. I would say that the only countries or continents not to have at least CIA spies in them would be places like Greenland or Antarctica that have little interest for multinational corporations because they are covered with huge ice sheets. Of course, this could change with global warming. You might be served a burger and fries by an Eskimo at the grand opening of McDonalds in Greenland.


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While not all pregnancies are planned there are many advantages of doing so. The nine months that a fetus is developing in the womb mark the most vulnerable time of anyone's life. This is also the most direct time where taking care of your health will pay dividends for your offspring's health in the future.
To give your children's health the best start possible Dr. Toman will guide you through a three month health optimization program designed to get the toxins in your body out to allow for the most optimal environment for your fetus and prep your body for optimal fertility.
With people putting off having families till their 30's now, things don't always go as planned. Before spending thousands of dollars on expensive fertility treatments it may be worthwhile to try more natural options.
Dr. Toman will work with both partners to educate them about fertility awareness as well as finding and treating the obstacles that are preventing conception.


Originally designed by Hawker Siddeley, the Hawk first flew in 1974 and entered RAF service in 1976 as the British Aerospace Hawk T.1A replacing the Hawker Hunters being used for advanced weapons training. The RAF currently has 99 British Aerospace Hawk T.1A's in service including ten aircraft which replaced the 'Red Arrows' display team's nine Folland Gnat trainers in 1979. In excess of 900 Hawk's have been built and sold to numerous air forces as either trainers or economical combat aircraft.
It is of note that the Hawk has been built by McDonnell Douglas under licence for the US Navy as the McDonnell Douglas T-45 Goshawk Navy trainer replacing their aging T-2 Buckeye and TA-4 Skyhawk trainers, the most noticeable difference between the Hawk and the Goshawk being the reinforcement of the undercarriage and the addition of an arrester-hook for landing training on aircraft carriers.
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2015 Cluj Edition
Speaking this year
The creative minds that will inspire and share tips and tricks
Alexander Nanau
John Freeman
Leslie Jamison
Michael Paterniti
Richard Koci Hernandez
Robert Krulwich
Wendy MacNaughton
@AlexanderNanau
Alexander Nanau is a German-Romanian film producer and director. Born in Romania, he studied at the Film and Television Academy Berlin (DFFB). His documentary film The World According to Iob B. was awarded an International Emmy Award in 2010 and travelled to over 70 film festivals around the world.
Nanau received fellowships from the Academy of Arts Berlin and from the Sundance Institute. His first feature documentary, Peter Zadek Inszeniert Peer Gynt (2006) premiered at the Munich International Film Festival and was released in cinemas across Germany and Austria in 2006.
His latest feature documentary film, Toto and His Sisters, immerses in the family of three siblings struggling to escape the grip of poverty and drugs in a Bucharest ghetto. It won several awards and was acquired by over 20 international broadcasters, having its theatrical releases in France, Italy and Romania in 2015.
Follow the screenings of Toto and His Sisters
@imlcc
Carmen Bugan is the author of the internationally acclaimed memoir Burying The Typewriter: Childhood Under the Eye of the Secret Police, which was serialized for radio as BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week, was a finalist in the George Orwell Prize for Political Writing, and was the foundation for BBC World News long form documentaries for television and radio. The book has been translated into Swedish and Polish; Romanian and Italian translations are underway. Her collections of poems are Crossing the Carpathians and The House of Straw. She also wrote the monograph Seamus Heaney and East European Poetry in Translation: Poetics of Exile. Her reviews been published in PEN, The Times Literary Supplement, Harvard Review, PN Review, Modern Poetry in Translation and other places. All of her poetry and selected prose on writing have been translated into Italian under the title Sulla Soglia della Dimenticanza/ On the Side of Forgetting. Her biographical memoir Life without a Country: Voices from the Cold War is forthcoming.
Carmen was a Creative Arts Fellow in Literature at Wolfson College, Oxford University, a Fellow at the Hawthornden International Retreat for Writers, and a recipient of a large individual grant from The Arts Council of England. She appeared at book fairs and literary festivals such as: the London Book Fair, the Oxford Centre for Life-Writing, andthe Cork Literary Festival. She is a member of the Geneva Writers Group. She also presented the documentary The Man Who Went Looking for Freedom about her father's dissidence in Romania for BBC World Service.
She was educated at the University of Michigan and Balliol College, Oxford, where she took a doctorate in English Literature. Carmen now lives in France with her husband and their two small children.
Read Carmen's memoir Burying the Typewriter: Childhood Under the Eye of the Police.
Watch the BBC documentary The Man Who Went Looking for Freedom.
@MySecondEmpire
Chris Jones is a writer at large for Esquire and a senior writer for ESPN The Magazine. He has won two National Magazine Awards for his feature writing and two National Headliner Awards for his columns. He lives in Port Hope, Ontario, Canada, with his wife and two boys. He's looking forward to his fourth (!) visit to Romania.
Watch Chris' speech on reporting from 2013.
Watch Chris' speech on writing from 2014.
Dan Perjovschi is an artist born in 1961; he lives and works in Bucharest and Sibiu, Romania. His solo exhibitions include Pression, Liberte, Expression at Magasin Grenoble in 2015, Unframed at Kiasma Helsinki 2013, News from the Island at Reykjavik Art Museum in 2012, Not over at MACRO Rome in 2011, Late News at Royal Ontario Museum Toronto in 2010, What Happen to US? at MoMA New York, I am not Exotic I am Exhausted at Kunsthalle Basel in 2007, and The Room Drawing at Tate Modern London.
He has also been part of group shows at the Sao Paolo Biennial 2014, Paris Triennial 2012, Dublin Contemporary in 2011, Lyon Biennial in 2009, the Sydney Biennial, Fifth Floor at Tate Liverpool in 2008, The Magelanic Cloud at Pompidou Paris, the 52nd Venice Biennial, the Moscow Biennial in 2007, and the 9th Istanbul Biennial in 2005.
Perjovschi received George Maciunas Prize in 2004 and ECF Princess Margriet Award in 2013 (with Lia Perjovschi).
@JacquiB
Journalism wasn't Jacqui Banaszynski's first career choice.
She had aspirations to be an athlete, but grew up before Title IX gave girls equal access to the field.
She dreamed of being a commercial airline pilot or astronaut, but was handicapped by height and gender.
She probably should have been an architect, but in her rural school district in the 1960s, girls weren't allowed into shop class where she would have learned drafting.
So she joined the high school newspaper staff, got the keys to the school car … and the rest is history.
It turned out OK.
Jacqui spent the next 30 years as a reporter and editor for newspapers in the Upper Midwest and Pacific Northwest. She has filed stories from all seven continents, including Antarctica. She has covered beauty pageants and popes, AIDS and the Olympics, dogsled expeditions and refugee camps — not to mention a constant run of planning commission and sewer board meetings. She came of age in the modern women's movement, covered some of its crucible events and benefited from the battles fought on behalf of women everywhere.
She won the 1988 Pulitzer Prize in feature writing for an intimate series on a gay farm couple dying of AIDS, and was a finalist for the 1986 Pulitzer Prize in international reporting for her on-the-ground coverage of the famine in sub-Saharan Africa. She won the Associated Press Sports Editors' deadline reporting award for coverage of Greco-Roman wrestling at the 1988 Olympics and has edited several award-winning projects, including winners of ASNE Best Newspaper Writing, Ernie Pyle Human Interest Writing and national business, health, social issues and investigative prizes.
She now is a Knight Chair professor at the Missouri School of Journalism and an editing fellow at the Poynter Institute. She coaches reporters, writers and editors around the world. She remains loyal to the Green Bay Packers, hikes along Lake Superior and the high Cascades, believes in the healing powers of gardening and listening, and is always on the lookout for a good story.
Read her work on her website where she writes about journalism, craft and life.
Watch Jacqui's speech on listening and interviewing from 2014.
Watch Jacqui's speech on the power of stories to reach people from 2013.
@Freemanreads
John Freeman is the author of The Tyranny of E-mail (Scribner) and How to Read a Novelist (Farrar, Straus & Giroux). He is also the editor of the literary biannual, Freeman's. A former president of the National Book Critics Circle, his work has been translated into more than twenty languages.
From 2009 to 2013 he was editor of Granta magazine, and in 2014 he edited Tales of Two Cities: The Best of Times and Worst of Times in Today's New York (Penguin), an anthology in benefit of Housing Works, a nonprofit arts space that supports homeless New Yorkers with HIV and AIDS. Freeman's poetry has appeared in The New Yorker, The Paris Review and The Nation, and he is current at work on a book about American poetry. He teaches writing at the New School University and is an executive editor at Lit Hub. His bestselling book How to Read a Novelist is now available in Romanian translation.
Visit Lit Hub, where Freeman is an executive director.
@lsjamison
Leslie Jamison is the author of The Empathy Exams, a New York Times bestselling essay collection, and a novel, The Gin Closet, a finalist for the Los Angeles Times First Fiction Award. Her work has appeared in Harper's, Oxford American, A Public Space, Boston Review, Virginia Quarterly Review, The Believer, and the New York Times, where she is a regular columnist for the Sunday Book Review. Her work has been translated into Chinese, Czech, Spanish, French, Italian, German, Dutch, and – recently – Romanian.
More about Leslie at her website.
@MikePaterniti
Michael Paterniti is the author of two New York Times bestselling books, The Telling Room (picked as one of the best books of the year by NPR, Entertainment Weekly, The Christian Science Monitor, and Kirkus) and Driving Mr. Albert (picked as a New York Times Notable Book). His essay collection, Love and Other Ways of Dying, was released earlier this year.
His work has appeared in publications including The New York Times Magazine, National Geographic, Harper's, Esquire, and GQ, where he is a correspondent. He's the winner of an NEA grant and National Magazine Award for Feature Writing, as well as fellowships from the MacDowell Colony.
He is the co-founder of a children's writing center in Portland, Maine, where he lives with his wife, the writer Sara Corbett, and their three children.
@koci
Richard Koci Hernandez is a national Emmy award winning video and multimedia producer and worked as a photojournalist at the San Jose Mercury News for 15 years. His work has appeared in Time, Wired, The New York Times, a National Geographic book and international magazines.
In 2008, Richard was awarded a national Emmy award for the New Approaches to Documentary category for his executive producer work on the Mercury News video entitled, Uprooted. In 2003, Richard was the recipient of the James K. Batten Knight Ridder Excellence Award. His work for the Mercury News has earned him two Pulitzer Prize nominations.
Richard was named deputy director of photography and multimedia after spearheading the creation of MercuryNewsPhoto.com. He has taught multimedia workshops for Stanford University, USC Annenberg School for Communication, National Press Photographers Association, The Southern Short Course, National Association for Hispanic Journalists and National Association for Black Journalists, and TED Talks (Master Class).
He is a San Francisco State University journalism graduate, where he has been a guest instructor. In 2011 Richard was named an Assistant Professor for New Media at the Graduate School of Journalism at UC Berkeley.
Richard work and portofolio.
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@rkrulwich
Robert Krulwich is co-host of Radiolab, WNYC's Peabody Award-winning program about "big ideas", now one of public radio's most popular shows. It is carried on more than 500 radio stations and its podcasts are downloaded over 5 million times each month. He is also the author of the Krulwich Wonders blog, featured for years on National Public Radio and now on National Geographic, where he illustrates hard-to-fathom concepts in science with anything at his disposal, using drawings, cartoons, videos, and more.
Krulwich's curiosity and ability to explain complex subjects has made him, as the New York Times said, "a storied figure in public radio history." For 22 years, Krulwich was a science, economics, general assignment and foreign correspondent at ABC and CBS News. Krulwich has been called "the most inventive network reporter in television" by TV Guide. He explored the structure of DNA using a banana on PBS; on radio he created an Italian opera, Ratto Interesso to explain how the Federal Reserve regulates interest rates; he also pioneered the use of new animation on ABC's Nightline and World NewsTonight.
He has won Emmy awards for a cultural history of Barbie, the world famous doll, for a Frontline investigation of computers and privacy, a George Polk and an Emmy for a look at the Savings & Loan bailout, and the 2010 Essay Prize from the Iowa Writers' Workshop. Krulwich also won the AAAS Science Journalism Award for a 2001 a NOVA Special, Cracking the Code of Life, The Extraordinary Communicator Award from the National Cancer Institute, and an Alfred I. Dupont-Columbia Award.
Krulwich earned a BA in history from Oberlin College, a law degree from Columbia University in 1974.
@wendymac
Wendy MacNaughton is an illustrator and graphic journalist whose books include Meanwhile in San Francisco, The City in Its Own Words; Lost Cat: A True Story of Love, Desperation, and GPS Technology; Pen & Ink, Tattoos and The Stories Behind Them; and The Essential Scratch and Sniff Guide to Becoming A Wine Expert. Her work appears in places like the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Print Magazine. She lives in San Francisco with two cats, one dog and her partner, writer Caroline Paul.
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Shaun White's Olympic failure is what makes him an American sports hero
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ROSA KHUTOR, RUSSIA - FEBRUARY 11: Switzerland's Iouri Podladtchikov reacts to taking over first place after his second run during ROSA KHUTOR, RUSSIA - FEBRUARY 11: U.S.A. rider Danny Davis rides during the men's snowboard halfpipe final. Sochi 2014 Winter Oly Switzerland's Iouri Podladtchikov, bottom, celebrates with Shaun White of the United States after Podladtchikov won the gold medal ROSA KHUTOR, RUSSIA - FEBRUARY 11: Shaun White apologizes for not placing to longtime trainer Bud Keene in the men's snowboard hal ROSA KHUTOR, RUSSIA - FEBRUARY 11: Gold medalist Iouri Podladchikov of Switzerland hugs his parents Yurii and Valentina after the Shaun White of the United States hits the edge of the half pipe during the men's snowboard halfpipe final at the Rosa Khutor Extre ROSA KHUTOR, RUSSIA - FEBRUARY 11: Two-time defending gold medalist Shaun White hugs his longtime trainer Bud Keene after finishin ROSA KHUTOR, RUSSIA - FEBRUARY 11: Shaun White makes his first run during the men's snowboard halfpipe final. Sochi 2014 Winter Ol Switzerland's Iouri Podladtchikov, left, celebrates with Shaun White of the United States after Podladtchikov won the gold medal Shaun White of the United States hits the edge of the half pipe during the men's snowboard halfpipe final at the Rosa Khutor Extre ROSA KHUTOR, RUSSIA - FEBRUARY 11: Shaun White completes his second run during the men's snowboard halfpipe final. Sochi 2014 Wint Shaun White of the United States competes during the men's snowboard halfpipe qualifying session at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park, Switzerland's Iouri Podladtchikov celebrates after he won the gold medal in the men's snowboard halfpipe final at the Rosa Khutor Shaun White of the United States wipes his face after colliding the edge of the half pipe during the men's snowboard halfpipe fina ROSA KHUTOR, RUSSIA - FEBRUARY 11: Two-time defending gold medalist Shaun White reacts to finishing fourth -- Switzerland's Iouri
ROSA KHUTOR, RUSSIA - FEBRUARY 11: Switzerland's Iouri Podladtchikov reacts to taking over first place after his second run during the men's snowboard halfpipe final. Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics on Tuesday, February 11, 2014. (Photo by AAron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post) ROSA KHUTOR, RUSSIA - FEBRUARY 11: U.S.A. rider Danny Davis rides during the men's snowboard halfpipe final. Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics on Tuesday, February 11, 2014. (Photo by AAron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post) Switzerland's Iouri Podladtchikov, bottom, celebrates with Shaun White of the United States after Podladtchikov won the gold medal in the men's snowboard halfpipe final at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park, at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (AP Photo/Andy Wong) ROSA KHUTOR, RUSSIA - FEBRUARY 11: Shaun White apologizes for not placing to longtime trainer Bud Keene in the men's snowboard halfpipe final. Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics on Tuesday, February 11, 2014. (Photo by AAron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post) ROSA KHUTOR, RUSSIA - FEBRUARY 11: Gold medalist Iouri Podladchikov of Switzerland hugs his parents Yurii and Valentina after the men's snowboard halfpipe final. Podladchikov knocked off two-time defending gold medalist Shaun White as the event's top placer. Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics on Tuesday, February 11, 2014. (Photo by AAron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post) Shaun White of the United States hits the edge of the half pipe during the men's snowboard halfpipe final at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park, at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (AP Photo/Andy Wong) ROSA KHUTOR, RUSSIA - FEBRUARY 11: Two-time defending gold medalist Shaun White hugs his longtime trainer Bud Keene after finishing fourth in the men's snowboard halfpipe final. Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics on Tuesday, February 11, 2014. (Photo by AAron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post) ROSA KHUTOR, RUSSIA - FEBRUARY 11: Shaun White makes his first run during the men's snowboard halfpipe final. Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics on Tuesday, February 11, 2014. (Photo by AAron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post) Switzerland's Iouri Podladtchikov, left, celebrates with Shaun White of the United States after Podladtchikov won the gold medal in the men's snowboard halfpipe final at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park, at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (AP Photo/Andy Wong) Shaun White of the United States hits the edge of the half pipe during the men's snowboard halfpipe final at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park, at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (AP Photo/Andy Wong) ROSA KHUTOR, RUSSIA - FEBRUARY 11: Shaun White completes his second run during the men's snowboard halfpipe final. Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics on Tuesday, February 11, 2014. (Photo by AAron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post) Shaun White of the United States competes during the men's snowboard halfpipe qualifying session at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park, at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. . (AP Photo/Andy Wong) Switzerland's Iouri Podladtchikov celebrates after he won the gold medal in the men's snowboard halfpipe final at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park, at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) Shaun White of the United States wipes his face after colliding the edge of the half pipe during the men's snowboard halfpipe final at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park, at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (AP Photo/Andy Wong) ROSA KHUTOR, RUSSIA - FEBRUARY 11: Two-time defending gold medalist Shaun White reacts to finishing fourth -- Switzerland's Iouri Podladchikov won the event -- after the men's snowboard halfpipe final. Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics on Tuesday, February 11, 2014. (Photo by AAron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post)
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· February 12, 2014 11:09 am
Shaun White finished fourth in the halfpipe Tuesday. It was a surprising failure for the reigning snowboard champion, but one that shows why White should be celebrated.
The 27-year-old White took two runs down the halfpipe Tuesday. Both were simultaneously spectacular and disastrous. During his first attempt, White tried to pull off the complicated "Yolo" trick — which includes two flips, four mid-air rotations and looks absolutely gravity-defying to the uninitiated — but crashed his landing. Moments later, White tried another double-cork trick, got caught on the lip of the halfpipe, and went down hard.
Despite the botched tricks, White wasn't out of contention for the gold medal after his first run down the half pipe. The pressure was on — as the announcers stressed over and over again — but despite a better run, White still suffered from awkward landings and failed to raise his score to medal levels.
The gold instead went to Iouri Podladtchikov, inventor of the Yolo trick. Jason Blevins of the Denver Post called the outcome a "shocker' and a "stunner."
So why does this make White anything but a washed up ex-Olympian?
It's because White took risks. Big risks.
During White's first run, it didn't take an expert to tell that White was pushing himself higher and faster than his competitors. He was going for gold and if it didn't work out no one could accuse him of holding back. When he finished, after a pair of crashes, the announcers pointed out that his coach was probably advising him to play it safe and stick to what he knew he could land.
But that's not what he did.
Instead, White pushed himself again — and failed. It was a gamble, but one that's easy to admire.
These also weren't the first risks White took. Earlier, White backed out of the slopestyle event in order to focus on the halfpipe. The decision drew criticism from some, but Slate pointed out that it was a "calculated decision" that plays into White's sometimes-reviled drive for victory.
Which is a good thing; White may be a lone wolf in his sport, but that's mostly because he apparently cares enough to put everything on the line.
Much has been written about White's Sochi failure, and much more will be written, but his performance and his decisions show one thing: he believes in going big or going home. It's the American way (or at least our cultural narrative suggests it is), and if this time it didn't work out for Shaun White, he should at least be celebrated for embracing risk.
— Jim Dalrymple II
Twitter: @jimmycdii


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Q: Android View losing data on scroll I have an application made up of an ExpandableList, whose children are data collection widgets like CheckBoxes and EditText. Once data is entered, it is immediately lost when the list is scrolled.
What may be the problem or solution?
Thanks.

A: Found a link that explains the problem and/or solution
EditText items in a scrolling list lose their changes when scrolled off the screen

List rows get recycled. Your Cursor
  may have 1,000 records, but there are
  not going to be 1,000 EditText
  widgets created if you scroll through
  the list. Rather, there will be 10 or
  so, depending on how many rows are
  simultaneously visible. Rows get
  recycled, and the binding operation
  will replace the old EditText value
  with a new value from the Cursor  for
  whatever row just scrolled onto the
  screen, replacing whatever was there
  before (previous value from the
  database or a user-edited value).

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package org.carrot2.workbench.core.helpers;

import org.eclipse.jface.action.IAction;
import org.eclipse.ui.*;
import org.eclipse.ui.actions.ActionDelegate;

/**
 * Base class for all global actions that track the active editor, but can be invoked
 * when any other part is active.
 */
public abstract class ActiveEditorActionDelegate
    extends ActionDelegate implements IWorkbenchWindowActionDelegate
{
    /*
     * Currently active editor.
     */
    private IEditorPart editor;

    /*
     * The window we are attached to.
     */
    private IWorkbenchWindow window;

    /*
     * Target action proxy.
     */
    private IAction action;

    /**
     * Tracks active page switches.
     */
    private IPartListener partListener = new IPartListener() {
        public void partActivated(IWorkbenchPart part)
        {
            react(part);
        }

        public void partBroughtToTop(IWorkbenchPart part)
        {
            react(part);
        }

        public void partClosed(IWorkbenchPart part)
        {
            react(part);
        }

        public void partDeactivated(IWorkbenchPart part)
        {
            react(part);
        }

        public void partOpened(IWorkbenchPart part)
        {
            react(part);
        }

        private void react(IWorkbenchPart part)
        {
            if (part instanceof IEditorPart)
            {
                updateActiveEditor();
            }
        }
    };

    /*
     *
     */
    @Override
    public void init(IAction action)
    {
        this.action = action;

        updateActionState(action, null);
        updateActiveEditor();
    }

    /*
     *
     */
    @Override
    public void dispose()
    {
        if (window != null)
        {
            window.getPartService().removePartListener(partListener);
        }
    }

    /*
     * Track part changes.
     */
    public void init(IWorkbenchWindow window)
    {
        window.getPartService().addPartListener(partListener);
        this.window = window;
    }

    /**
     * Update reference to the active editor.
     */
    private void updateActiveEditor()
    {
        final IEditorPart previous = this.editor;
        final IEditorPart activeEditor = Utils.getActiveEditor();

        if (previous == activeEditor)
        {
            return;
        }

        if (activeEditor != null && isEditorRelevant(activeEditor))
        {
            this.editor = activeEditor;
        }
        else
        {
            this.editor = null;
        }

        switchingEditors(previous, editor);
        updateActionState(action, editor);
    }

    /**
     * The action is about to switch editors.
     */
    protected void switchingEditors(IEditorPart previous, IEditorPart activeEditor)
    {
        // Empty.
    }

    /**
     * Update action style in response to changed active editor. Overriding methods
     * should call super to ensure enabled state is set properly.
     */
    protected void updateActionState(IAction action, IEditorPart editor)
    {
        action.setEnabled(this.editor != null && isEnabled(this.editor));
    }

    /**
     * Is this action enabled for the given editor? Returns true by default.
     */
    protected boolean isEnabled(IEditorPart activeEditor)
    {
        return true;
    }

    /**
     * Is this action relevant to the given editor?
     */
    protected abstract boolean isEditorRelevant(IEditorPart activeEditor);

    /**
     * Return the associated active editor.
     */
    protected IEditorPart getEditor()
    {
        return editor;
    }

    /**
     * Return the associated action.
     */
    protected IAction getAction()
    {
        return action;
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Yoshikazu Ono: Always look ahead and above yourself. Always try to improve on yourself. Always strive to elevate your craft. That's what he taught me.
One of the film's best moments of deliciousness comes with the revelation that Yoshikazu, rather than his father, made the sushi that won the Michelin inspectors over; so much for working humbly in the old man's shadow.
David Gelb's thoughtful and wonderful documentary, Jiro Dreams of Sushi, explores the dedication of this humble, bespectacled man, and the Zen-like focus he has for his work - or, as many would claim, for his art.