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4 Symptoms of Leg Weakness You Should Learn to Recognize
A Pinched Nerve in the Foot
Why Do Kids Walk on Their Tip Toes?
Is Swimming OK for Foot Tendinitis?
How to Use Moleskin for Blisters
Foot Slap Vs. Foot Drop
Toe Involvement in Foot Drop
Running and Foot Slaps
Prosthesis and Foot Slap
Written by Cindi Pearce
When an individual has a condition called foot drop---also called drop foot---his foot slaps against the surface on which he walks. Foot drop is a physical condition that results in a specific way of walking, which includes slapping the feet against the ground.
When an individual has a condition called foot drop—also called drop foot—his foot slaps against the surface on which he walks. Foot drop is a physical condition that results in a specific way of walking, which includes slapping the feet against the ground.
A person with foot drop cannot lift her foot as the result of little or no muscle activity around the ankle. This condition may occur, for example, after confinement to bed for a long period of time. Foot drop may also be a symptom of multiple sclerosis, a severed nerve or cerebral palsy, or it may follow a stroke.
An individual with foot drop may drag his toe along the ground as he swings his leg and foot forward when walking, according to Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1.
Foot slaps may occur when running if you are not running properly, notes Chirunning.com. If the runner is coming down too hard on a heel, this causes the remainder of the foot to slap down on the pavement, which makes the feet burn and bruises the metatarsal heads.
Mercksource.com explains that foot slap is a walking pattern, or gait, that frequently occurs when a person has a foot prosthesis that lands flatly, slapping the ground and making a loud noise.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology: Research
Chi Running: Cure for foot slapping
Cindi Pearce is a graduate of Ohio University, where she received her bachelor's degree in journalism. She completed both the undergraduate and graduate courses offered by the Institute of Children's Literature. Pearce has been writing professionally for over 30 years.
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Press briefing note on The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Ravina Shamdasani
Location: Geneva
Subject: The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
We are disturbed by the severe financial crisis that the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights is facing. Should the Commission not receive the necessary funds in the coming weeks, the capacity of the regional human rights system to respond to victims of rights violations across the Americas may be seriously diminished.
The pioneering work of the Inter-American Commission, as an agent of constitutional, legislative and policy reform, has had a strong impact on human rights in the region and beyond. It has provided a vital recourse for victims of human rights violations in the region and has played an important role in advocating for the rights of vulnerable groups. The Commission is also a strategic partner for the UN Human Rights Offices in the region and a point of reference for the development of human rights standards worldwide. Unfortunately, in recent years, the Commission has faced undue pressure from a number of States.
We urge States to reaffirm their commitment to human rights by providing the Commission with the required resources to fulfil its crucial mandate and indeed to strengthen this key institution. The Commission's robust defence of human rights in the region should be encouraged – not punished.
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Recent Downfall in Automobile Industry
Ebizelindia Team
The automobile industry is in the news recently and it is not for good reasons. The industry is experiencing elongated negative growth. The sale of the vehicles across the country has got down to 18.25 Lakh units from 22.45 Lakh units. This has been known as the steepest fall in 19 years. The cars and vans has been the most affected and that includes the biggest dealers of a jeep car showroom in Chennai as well.
What Happened to the Automobile Sector?
The automobile industry in the year of 2018-2019 started off with a good note. It was seen an increase in sales growing up to 18% in the first half of the year. There was an increase in sales for all types of vehicles in the automobile sector.
But in July, the vehicle sale of domestic passenger vehicle started declining. The reason stated was because of the GST – Good and Service Tax. It also didn't pick up in the later months because of the heavy rainfall in most of the prime states and flood in Kerala.
Why did Inventory Pile Up?
The decline in sales started to continue in the coming months as well. The fuel price increased, interest rates also became higher and the insurance costs of the vehicle hiked. These circumstances led to the downfall of the industry. The festive season also failed to attract the customers because of the dealer's high inventory pile-up. Adding to this dreadful situation, the FS & IL crisis led to severe crunch in liquidity which dried up almost all the customers and the dealer's credit.
These factors resulted in a great negative impact on all the categories of vehicles which included the two-wheelers and commercial vehicles. The negative impact started as an alarming bell all over the country. The automobile industry had little hope that after the election, they would witness a little growth in the sales factor. But unfortunately, nothing happened and the industry started declining more.
Are Customers Holding Off on Purchase?
There are also chances that few customers might be waiting for the latest BS – Bharat VI regulations or any other latest vehicle in the market. Many vehicles are expected to be launched in the year 2020. So there is little hope for the sale in the upcoming years. But there is also concern doing the rounds among the top players of the industry. Recently, there is too much attention given on the EV – Electric Vehicles initiated by the government. This may encourage customers to postpone their plans for buying diesel or petrol vehicles.
How Many Jobs Have Been Lost?
The automobile industry is known to be the country's largest employer. It is estimated that almost 37 million people are employed either directly or indirectly. Because of the prolonged negative growth, many productions have cut down on their employment. It is also reported that as many as 16,000 workers have been removed to date and the figure is expected to grow more. It also led to close 300 dealerships all over the country. Closing of showrooms and dealerships in the country has cost Lakh of people to lose their job. There is also a risk of 10-14 Lakh jobs of the workers.
What does the Automobile Industry Want?
The automobile industry is unable to cope with the downfall which has resulted in lakhs of people losing their jobs. The industry tried all kinds of techniques like the offers and launches to attract customers. But it proved to be futile. The automobile sector now demands government intervention. https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/auto-industry-drives-into-2020-with-hope-after-a-forgettable-2019-119122700228_1.html – The industry hopes on 2020 for turnaround that with the help of government revival packages, there would be a difference in the industry.
The automobile industry demands that the government must reduce the GST, from 28% to 18%. This, in turn, will help in the reduction of the price of the vehicles. It will then slowly give way for the customers. Many schemes and offers will be introduced to attract customers, thereby increasing sales.
The demands by the automobile industry have been submitted to the Finance Minister, but are unsure as to when it will take shape. Until then, the industries are keeping their hopes up with the launching of new vehicles and introducing attractive offers and discounts to the customers.
Why Is Modi Not Accepting Pakistan's Offer of Talks?
Change of Allocation of Civil Services by the Government
Will businesses get affected due to political factors?
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PART 1403 - IMPROPER BUSINESS PRACTICES AND PERSONAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST
Subpart 1403.1 - Safeguards
1403.101 Standards of conduct.
1403.101-3 Agency regulations.
1403.101-70 Technical evaluators and advisors.
1403.104 Procurement integrity.
1403.104-2 Applicability.
1403.104-4 Disclosure, protection, and marking of contractor bid or proposal information and source selection information.
1403.104-7 Violations or possible violations.
Subpart 1403.2 - Contractor Gratuities to Government Personnel
1403.203 Reporting suspected violations of the Gratuities clause.
1403.204 Treatment of violations.
Subpart 1403.3 - Reports of Suspected Antitrust Violations
1403.303 Reporting suspected antitrust violations.
Subpart 1403.4 - Contingent Fees
1403.405 Misrepresentation or violations of the Covenant Against Contingent Fees.
Subpart 1403.5 - Other Improper Business Practices
1403.570 Restrictions on contractor advertising.
1403.570-1 Policy.
1403.570-2 Procedures.
Subpart 1403.6 - Contracts With Government Employees or Organizations Owned or Controlled by Them
1403.602 Exceptions.
1403.603 Responsibilities of the contracting officer.
Subpart 1403.7 - Voiding and Rescinding Contracts
1403.705 Procedures.
Subpart 1403.8 - Limitation on the Payment of Funds to Influence Federal Transactions
1403.806 Processing suspected violations.
Subpart 1403.10 - Contractor Code of Business Ethics and Conduct
(a) Policy. DOI regulations governing the conduct and responsibilities of regular and special employees are contained in 43 CFR part 20. Additional guidance is contained in the DOI publication Ethics Guide for Department of the Interior Employees. Copies of the Guide can be obtained from the Bureau/Office Ethics Office or on the Internet at http://www.doi.gov/ethics/. With regard to the provisions of 43 CFR part 20, officials who participate personally and substantially in DOI procurements (as defined in FAR 3.104-3), may not solicit or accept any gift, gratuity, favor, entertainment, loan or anything of monetary value from a competing contractor during the conduct of a procurement.
(b)(1) Officials may not accept or solicit from any competing contractor any services that involve the development of specifications, statements of work, evaluation criteria, or formal cost estimates to be used in a procurement unless such services are formally contracted for pursuant to the FAR and DIAR, and until the organizational COI provisions in FAR Subpart 9.5 have been fully addressed. This does not preclude COs from issuing formal Requests for Comment (RFC) or draft RFPs.
(2) IT resources shall not be accepted, installed or utilized by the Department on a no cost, free of charge basis (this includes donated equipment but not public domain software), except as permitted by law.
(a) Technical evaluators and advisors, including members of proposal evaluation committees, must render impartial, technically sound, and objective assistance and advice.
(b) With the exception of contracting personnel, proposal evaluators and advisors are not required to file a Confidential Financial Disclosure Report (SF450) unless they occupy positions identified in 43 CFR 20.735.30(b). Therefore, when an individual is appointed as an evaluator or advisor, he/she must sign and return to the CO a Conflict of Interest Certificate in a format approved by the HCA. If a potential COI exists, the appointee must not be allowed to evaluate or advise on an offeror's proposal until the conflict has been resolved with the servicing Ethics Counselor.
(c) During the evaluation process, each evaluator and advisor is responsible for ensuring that there are no financial or employment interests that conflict or give the appearance of conflicting with his or her duty to evaluate proposals impartially and objectively. Examples of situations that may be prohibited or represent a potential COI include:
(1) Financial interest, including stocks and bonds, in a firm that submits, or is expected to submit, an offer in response to the solicitation;
(2) Outstanding financial commitments to any actual or potential offeror;
(3) Employment in any capacity, even if otherwise permissible, by any actual or potential offeror;
(4) Employment within the last 12 months by an actual or potential offeror;
(5) Any non-vested pension or re-employment rights, or interest in profit sharing or stock bonus plans arising out of past employment by an actual or potential offeror; or
(6) Employment of any member of the immediate family by an actual or potential offeror.
(d) Bureaus shall include a notice similar to the following in all correspondence notifying employees of appointments to serve as technical evaluators or advisors, formally called Technical Evaluation Panels (TEP) and/or Source Evaluation Boards (SEB):
You shall not solicit or accept any gift, gratuity, favor, entertainment, loan, or anything of monetary value from a competing contractor involved in any action for which you participate personally and substantially under this delegation of authority. You are also reminded of other conduct prohibitions in FAR 3.104-3, including negotiating with competing contractors for future employment, disclosure of contractor bid or proposal information or source selection information, and post-Government employment restrictions.
Such notice shall include an acknowledgement of receipt signed and returned by the employee.
Construction contracts (or subcontracts in such cases where the tribal contractor has subcontracted the activity) awarded under the authority of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act, Public Law 93-638, as amended, are subject to the provisions promulgated under that Act.
(a) The following classes of persons may be authorized access to contractor bid or proposal information and source selection information to the extent necessary to accomplish their requisite duties and responsibilities with respect to a particular procurement:
(1) Individuals who generate contract requirements, including program and technical experts involved in the development of statements of work, specifications or similar documents;
(2) Contracting personnel acting in support of the CO;
(3) Secretarial, clerical and administrative personnel of the contracting activity directly involved in the procurement;
(4) Supervisors in the CO's chain of command;
(5) Attorneys in the SOL;
(6) OIG contract auditors, and auditors of other agencies such as the Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA) and DHHS when requested to perform contract audits by the OIG;
(7) Engineers and other technical support personnel who provide support to the CO;
(8) Small Business Technical Advisors and BUDS;
(9) SBA personnel responsible for reviewing determinations related to set-aside acquisitions, determining the small business status of offerors, processing applications for Certificates of Competency, reviewing subcontracting plans, or awarding contracts under the 8(a) program;
(10) Personnel in DOL responsible for making eligibility determinations or for processing preaward EEO clearances;
(11) Personnel who review bid protests in the GAO and the CBCA;
(12) Personnel serving on technical evaluation boards or source selection evaluation boards;
(13) Contract clearance personnel;
(14) Departmental and bureau/office Competition Advocates;
(15) Personnel in the Congressional liaison offices;
(16) Agency ethics official and servicing Ethics Counselors;
(17) Members of Congress and members of their staff. (See also DIAR 1405.403.); and
(18) Anyone specifically authorized by the CO.
(a)(1) The CO's determination that there is no impact on the procurement due to a possible violation of the Procurement Integrity Act and decision to proceed with contract award shall receive concurrence from an individual one level above the CO.
(2) In case of nonconcurrence with the CO's determination, the HCA shall provide a copy of the reported violation and recommended action to the OIG in accordance with Part 111 DM 3. The CO, in consultation with the SOL and the OIG, must justify the compelling circumstances for immediate award and obtain approval to proceed from the BPC without the power of redelegation. Copies of the determination to proceed with the award will be sent to the Director, PAM, for submission to the AS/PMB.
When suspected violations of the clause at FAR 52.203-3, Gratuities, become known to a Federal Government employee, the matter shall be reported, in writing, to the cognizant CO or the CO's supervisor, as appropriate. The report shall clearly state the alleged circumstances surrounding the incident or incidents in which the contractor offered or gave a gratuity to a Federal Government employee and intended to obtain a contract or favorable treatment under a contract because of the gratuity. The date(s), location(s) and name(s) of all parties involved in the incident shall be included in the report.
(a) The CO will provide the contractor with a formal notice that summarizes the events involving the suspected violation and affords the contractor the opportunity to take the action(s) listed under FAR 3.204(b). The notice shall contain a time limit for reply and shall be sent by certified mail return receipt requested. The CO will submit the report, additional documentary evidence and other pertinent information to the HCA for disposition with a recommended course of action. A copy of this submission must also be sent to the Deputy Assistant Inspector General for Investigations. In consultation with the SOL and the OIG, and based on the results of any further discussion with the contractor, its counsel or witnesses, the HCA may make a recommendation to the Director, PAM, pursuant to FAR 3.204(c) and shall provide formal notice to the contractor of such recommendation.
(b) If the decision involves the termination of a contract (see FAR 3.204(c)(1)), the CO will be responsible for implementing the decision.
(a) Reports on suspected violations of antitrust laws as required by FAR 3.303 shall be prepared by the CO, reviewed by the SOL, and submitted by the HCA directly to the Attorney General, Department of Justice. A copy of this submission must also be sent to the Deputy Assistant Inspector General for Investigations.
(b) Depending on the nature of the suspected violation or the disposition of the matter, the HCA may recommend debarment or suspension in accordance with FAR 9.406-2(a)(2) or 9.407-2(a)(2) and subpart 1409.4.
(a) In addition to notifying the CO, the matter must also be reported to the Deputy Assistant Inspector General for Investigations and the HCA.
(b) The HCA may recommend debarment and suspension in accordance with Subpart 1409.4.
(c) The CCO shall consult with the SOL and OIG prior to forwarding a report of suspected fraudulent or criminal violations to the Department of Justice for action.
Award of a contract does not signify endorsement of the supplies or services purchased, nor does it signify agreement with any views espoused by officials of the awardee. It is vital to the integrity of the procurement system to avoid even the appearance of an improper preference toward a particular vendor. Therefore, contractors shall not be permitted to publicize, or otherwise circulate, promotional materials that state or imply Governmental endorsement of a product, service or position which the contractor represents.
If a contractor requests a determination as to the propriety of such promotional material, the response shall be coordinated with the cognizant Public Affairs Office and Ethics Officer.
CO's shall include the clause at 1452.203-70, Restriction on Endorsements, in all solicitations, contracts and agreements which are not executed in accordance with FAR Parts 12 or 13.
The HCA, without the power of redelegation, is authorized to except a contract from the policy in FAR 3.601. However, no exceptions may be granted where the proposed contractor is owned or controlled by a Government employee or one or more members of the employee's immediate family and the employee or any subordinate is serving as a procurement official on the proposed contract.
The CO shall prepare a written determination and findings for the signature of the HCA when requesting authorization to allow a contract award to a Government employee or business concern or other organization owned or substantially owned or controlled by one or more Government employees.
The HCA is authorized to declare void and rescind contracts in accordance with the procedures in FAR 3.705.
(a) Reporting. The facts concerning any final conviction for any violation of 18 U.S.C. 201-224 involving or relating to any contract awarded by a bureau or office shall be set forth in a report and submitted by the HCA to the Civil Division of the Department of the Justice. The report shall also contain a recommendation to initiate a debarment action. If debarment is recommended, the procedures in 1409.406-3(a) shall be followed. Copies of the report shall be provided to Director, PAM, and the Deputy Assistant Inspector General for Investigations for informational purposes.
(b) Notice of Proposed Action. Based upon review of the report in paragraph (a) of this section and after consultation with the SOL and the OIG, as appropriate, the HCA shall give notice of the proposed action to the contractor in accordance with the requirements of FAR 3.704(c).
(c) Final Agency Decision. The HCA shall make the final decision on voiding and rescinding contracts in accordance with the requirements of FAR 3.705(e).
The BPC shall receive copies of contractor disclosures and forward them to the Director, PAM, for submission to Congress.
Suspected violations shall be referred to the HCA. The HCA, in consultation with the SOL and OIG, shall act in accordance with FAR 3.807.
(a) In all awards expected to exceed $3,000,000, including options, for which performance is expected to exceed 120 days, except purchases conducted in accordance with FAR Part 12 and contracts to be performed entirely outside the United States, replace $5,000,000 with $3,000,000 in paragraph (d) of FAR 52.203-14.
(b) Insert the following into paragraph (b)(3) of the same clause: Downloadable hotline posters as well as instructions for obtaining a hard copy poster are available at http://www.doioig.gov/hotline.


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CHL facing class-action suit . . . Rebels, 'Tips cut a deal
F Hampus Gustafsson (Regina, Brandon, 2009-11) signed a one-year contract with Grenoble (France, Ligue Magnus) after a successful tryout. This season, he has three goals and an assist in two games with Grenoble. He started the season with Pantern Malmö (Sweden, Division 1) and was pointless in three games.
THE COURT REPORT . . .
Student-athletes or employees or independent contractors . . . or something else altogether?
Just what are major junior hockey players?
That is at the crux of a class-action lawsuit that was filed Friday in Toronto.
The statement of claim is looking for $180 million from the Canadian Hockey League and its 60 teams. The lawsuit claims that the CHL pays its players less than the minimum wage in various jurisdictions and that these players should also be eligible for vacation and overtime pay.
Robert Cribb of the Toronto Star reported Monday that "an unprecedented class action lawsuit striking at the economic foundations of junior hockey in Canada alleges the Canadian Hockey League and its teams 'conspired' to force young players into signing contracts that breach minimum wage laws."
Cribb adds that the lawsuit "seeks $180 million in outstanding wages, vacation, holiday and overtime pay and employer payroll contributions for thousands of young players given as little as $35 a week for practices, games, training and travelling that could add up to more than full-time hours."
Cribb's story is right here.
Later Monday, David Branch, Gilles Courteau and Ron Robison, the three men who head up the CHL's three leagues -- the OHL, QMJHL and WHL, respectively -- issued a joint news release.
It reads, in part:
"In terms of the class action that was filed in Toronto late last week, the CHL, our member leagues and teams will vigorously defend ourselves against this action which will not only have a negative effect on hockey in Canada but through all sports in which amateur student athletes are involved."
The news release also mentioned various areas of what the CHL refers to as "the player experience," including the education program, "extensive health and safety, anti-doping and mentoring programs," along with "a comprehensive mental health program in partnership with the Canadian Mental Health Association," and "out-of-pocket expense coverage, equipment, billeting and travel costs."
(Earlier this month, the OHL announced a partnership with the CMHA on a program named Talk Today. To this point there is no such program involving the WHL in partnership with the CMHA.)
For the last few years, the CHL and its member leagues and teams have gone to great lengths to claim that their players are student-athletes, and you can bet that will be at the crux of their defence, should it come to that.
However, we're a long, long way from that point.
Ted Charney, the Toronto lawyer who filed the lawsuit, told Ryan Pyette of the London Free Press:
"Right now, it's a proposed class-action. You need one representative plaintiff, which we have, and then you need to get it approved by a court. A judge has to decide whether or not to certify it as a class-action and the next step is to circulate a notice to the class members and they have 90 days to opt out, or they're in."
This, then, is Step 1. The speed at which the Canadian legal system works dictates that this action could take years to reach a conclusion, assuming that it proceeds that far.
The chances of it getting that far are, of course, awfully slim. The last thing the CHL wants to do is have its teams' books opened for public perusal.
Still, it is going to be interesting watching this play itself out.
There was one humorous bit to the news release issued by Messrs. Branch, Courteau and Robison.
The last paragraph of the news release reads:
"In addition, despite all mentions to the contrary, recent communications and social media posts by Glenn Gumbley of the CHLPA lead us to believe that the Gumbleys are still actively involved on the fringes of junior hockey in Canada and with this action. The CHL will once again issue warnings to our players and their parents cautioning them about the Gumbleys."
The Gumbleys, it seems, are bothering the CHL the way the mosquito in the cartoon raises havoc in the nudist colony. While the CHL tries to let on that the Gumbleys aren't a bother, its arm are swatting furiously in an attempt to drive them away.
As is always the case in these situations, the CHL has instructed its teams not to comment on the filing of the lawsuit.
Brandon Archibald, a native of Port Huron, Mich., who played four-plus seasons in the OHL, has written an essay providing his perspective on what it's like playing major junior hockey. He also addresses why he chose the OHL over the NCAA route. That piece is right here.
Bruce Gordon played three seasons in the WHL (Medicine Hat, Saskatoon, 1979-82). Eventually, he spent 28 years in law enforcement, most of that with the Saskatoon Police Service. He retired two years ago. Now, at the age of 51, Gordon is a student in the U of Saskatchewan's college of law. . . . Jason Warick of the Saskatoon StarPhoenix has more right here.
John Chartrand, a former OHL and QMJHL goaltender, is suing the OHL's Barrie Colts for $12 million, claiming that he was wrongly cleared to play shortly after being knock unconscious in a car accident. Rick Westhead of TSN reports on the lawsuit, that actually was filed on Dec. 12, 2012, right here.
Jeremy Roenick says he experienced 13 concussions during his playing career. Now the former NHLer admits to having memory loss, some slurred speech and, at times, difficulty finding the right word. . . . Aaron Taube of businessinsider.com has more right here.
The Red Deer Rebels have acquired F Tyler Sandhu, 18, from the Everett Silvertips in exchange for fourth-round selections in the 2015 and 2016 bantam drafts. . . . Sandhu was a second-round selection by the Portland Winterhawks in the 2011 bantam draft. Everett acquired him as part of the deal in which D Seth Jones went to the Winterhawks. . . . Sandhu, from Richmond, B.C., had 33 points, including 19 goals, in 62 games as a freshman (2012-13) with Everett and added 30 points, 13 of them goals, in 49 games last season. . . . This season, he has one goal in nine games. . . . This will be the first of what no doubt will be a number of moves by Brent Sutter, the Rebels' owner, general manager and head coach, aimed at strengthening his roster with the ultimate goal being the 2016 Memorial Cup, which will be held in Red Deer.
Nick Patterson of the Everett Herald wrote: "There was a discrepancy on why the trade took place. Everett general manager Garry Davidson said Sandhu was dissatisfied with his role on the team and requested a trade, while Sandhu said he didn't request a trade and that it came as a surprise."
Patterson's story is right here.
Great visit at the royal university hospital in Saskatoon today! Good to see everyone again thanks a lot pic.twitter.com/mDE23551hC
— Tim Bozon (@timbozon94) October 20, 2014
Labels: Brandon Archibald, Bruce Gordon, David Branch, Gilles Courteau, Hampus Gustafsson, Jason Warick, Robert Cribb, Ron Robison, Ryan Pyette, Ted Charney, Tyler Sandhu


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Whether your goal is to gain, lose or maintain weight the determining factor will be the amount of calories you consume each day.
Of course there are other factors involved, but its your calorie intake that matters the most.
How many calories do you need each day to gain muscle?
How we gain or lose weight is dictated by one thing… the amount of fuel we feed our bodies and the amount of energy we burn.
Simply put the number calories going in versus the number of calories going out and the remaining energy balance determines whether we gain weight, lose it or maintain it.
Consuming more calories than you burn creates a calorie surplus.
In this scenario you have more calories than you need.
The problem, is the surplus has to go somewhere.
Unfortunately, the extra calories are not going to evaporate into thin air (if only).
No, the body is forced to store the surplus for future energy needs.
The body has two options it can store the surplus calories in muscle tissue or fat cells.
As you can see a calorie surplus has the biological effect of making you gain something.
And that gain can either be more fat, more muscle or more of both.
OK, lets look at what happens when we eat fewer calories.
When you eat fewer calories to support your energy needs you create a calorie deficit.
This is same as spending over the credit limit on your Master Card.
Your body is busy burning energy to carry out all the functions to keep you a live and more only for the fuel tank to run dry.
Thankfully, unlike a car that's run out of gas your body does not come to grinding halt. Instead, it looks for an alternative source of energy.
And if you remember the body has two sources.
Can you remember what they are?
They're your fat cells and muscle tissue.
As a surplus will always cause you to gain something a deficit will always cause you to lose something.
And that something will either be fat or muscle.
In most cases, a calorie deficit is going to make you lose fat.
And that's what you when you go into a deficit - were your forcing the body to burn off stored to fuel your energy needs.
But there is a risk of going into the red where you end up not only losing fat but forcing the body to use muscle tissue as an energy source.
Of course this is a scenario you'll want to avoid.
Maintenance is the level at which you maintain your weight.
You achieve this when you consume the same number of calories a day that you burn off. In other words, calories going in are equal to calories going out.
So, to gain muscle and strength your caloric intake needs to exceed your maintenance level.
As you can see, knowing your maintenance level is important because it provides a base line that determines the calories to gain weight or lose it.
So, how do we calculate our maintenance level.
If you've been into fitness and bodybuilding for a while you may be familiar with the term Total Daily Energy Expenditure or TDEE for short.
Basically, its a fancy word for your maintenance level.
As its name suggests, TDEE calculates the total number of calories/energy that you burn every day (24 hours).
Your BMR is the number of calories the body needs/burns while resting just to keep you alive and functioning.
So, even if you've slept in bed for 24 hours, completely still you're still burning energy and the number of calories that allow you to do that is your BMR.
It estimates resting calories burned.
This accounts for the number of calories you burn to move your body.
This accounts for the energy you burn digesting and absorbing food.
When bringing together the energy the body burns to stay alive, exercise/workouts, the digestion and absorption of food we arrive at our TDEE.
Even though the TDEE calculation is considered the most accurate its only an estimate.
There are too many variables involved to arrive at an accurate figure. And that's OK, because its all we need to get started.
Now we have to calculate it.
Don't worry you don't need a PHD in Mathematical Science to work this out.
There are several formulas and none of them are going to give you a 100% accurate answer.
Now that we have our BMR we need to factor in the other two energy expenditures and activity levels.
The Harris Benedict Formula uses the following activity multipliers.
All you have to do is select the activity most relevant to you and multiply with your BMR.
Moderate activity level: Moderate exercise for at least 30 to 60 minutes 3 to 4 times per week. (multiplying factor of 1.55).
Now you should have an estimated maintenance level to work from.
As the goal is to gain muscle we need to determine how many extra calories we need above our maintenance level.
When it comes to gaining muscle mass we need a caloric surplus however, there's an exception.
For example, beginners with a high body fat percentage can take those stored calories and utilize the energy to fuel muscle growth.
And its possible to do this on a moderate caloric deficit as long as your nutrition and gym training are dialed in.
For the most of us who want to gain strength and extra pounds in weight, we need to add more healthy protein calories to our diet meal plans. For fat loss you take away calories.
Which means we have to make sure we're consistently eating above our maintenance level to create that surplus.
If you spend any time on popular bodybuilding websites and forums you'll often hear that a huge caloric surplus is needed for bulking up.
As if a flame thrower is the only way to light a fire.
They all assume more is better.
That more calories equal more muscle.
You don't need to eat thousands of calories above your maintenance to gain muscle.
In fact, a bigger calorie surplus is more likely to make you fat!
Men: maintain a daily caloric surplus of 250 calories above your maintenance level.
Women: maintain a daily caloric surplus of 125 calories above your maintenance level.
Again, I must emphasize that the maintenance and caloric surplus number you've calculated are only estimates.
They're not to be taken as gospel truth.
So don't get hung up about calculating a 100% accurate number at this stage.
Fortunately, there is a way to find your sweet spot.
A flight from London to New York City, or any destination for that matter, never flies in a straight line.
There are too many factors such as turbulence that keep knocking the airplane off course.
Even so, most flights arrive at the correct destination and within the designated time.
This phenomenon does not happen by luck.
Between the airplanes own guidance system and traffic control, pilots are constantly course correcting, to ensure it arrives at the right place at the right time.
Just like an airplane pilot you need to consistently make course corrections with your calorie intake, to ensure you're going in the right direction.
So, how do you that?
Best time is first thing in the morning when you get up.
And write it down in a note book. I always keep a weighing scale notepad beside my bed. It makes the habit automatic.
Its important to ignore the daily fluctuations because they provide an accurate picture of your progress.
Instead, focus on the weekly averages and how they compare week on week.
After 4 weeks a picture should be emerging whether your calorie surplus is having the desired effect.
If you've answered yes, great. Keep doing what you're doing.
If you answered no. Not a problem. You just need to adjust your course by adding more calories.
I suggest an extra 100 to 200 calories over the next two to four weeks and see what happens.
Again, is your weight moving in the correct direction at a rate your happy with?
If yes, great… keep at it.
If no, then you should know the drill by now.
Rinse and repeat until you nail. You will eventually as long as you stick to the process.
The point of this article is to calculate the amount of calories you would need to gain muscle.
Monitoring your progress and course-correcting where necessary.
Here's an important point I want to end with.
All the fancy formula's, calculators and calorie surplus/deficits are great but, they can never provide the accurate data, unique to your biology, to move your weight in the direction you want.
The only way to get this data is through your own monitoring. Its that simple.
When you discover that sweet spot, when your weight moves in the right direction, that data is worth its weight in gold.


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Martin Ellison
Professor of Economics, University of Oxford
Martin is Professor of Economics at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of Nuffield College. He gained his PhD in economics from the European University Institute in Florence, and was previously a consultant at the Bank of England and Professor at the University of Warwick. In recent years he has been a Visiting Professor at Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and the University of British Columbia in Vancouver. He is currently a consultant at the European Central Bank, a member of the Finnish Economic Policy Council, and a Fellow of the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR).
His research interests cover many areas of theoretical and applied macroeconomics, with recent papers concentrating on the management of the UK National Debt, the role that leaving the gold standard played in ending the Great Depression, and the economic value of increases in longevity. Just out is a contribution to a "Debt and Entanglements Between the Wars", a volume of readings published by the IMF, and academic papers in the journals American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics and Journal of the European Economic Association.
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"King City", January's best and obviously Certified New track, from Swim Deep now has a video and an official release date too.
The Birmingham trio will release "King City" on May 14th through the ever busy Chess Club Records. The video for "King City" - shot by Marshall Darling Productions - shows the bands love of skating, vinyl records & well, just having a generally 'nice day' (albeit no 'sun on their back', though). Watch it below.


I enjoyed the exhibition of Mark Rothko in the Gemeentemuseum Den Haag with mixed feelings. There was a great tension between an exhibition that everybody wants to see and artwork that needs silence and no crowd! It's difficult to be contemaplative with lots of people around you.
But afterwards I was inspirerd to play with colours.
wow, how I would love to see the exhibition!!


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Jackson County Florida News serving Marianna, Graceville, Cottondale, Alford, Malone, Greenwood, Grand Ridge, Sneads and surrounding areas.
Is there a bus from Tampa to Fort Lauderdale Florida? What is the mileage from Fort Lauderdale Florida to Fort Myers Florida? About 140 miles.
Michael Jackson may be alive. People have reported sightings and sent in photos. Some eyewitness accounts are incredible !! We have posted e-mails from Michael Jackson fans around the world who have claimed to have seen him alive.
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East Feliciana Parish, in Louisiana, is a beautiful, forested area of rolling hills located 30 miles north of the capitol city of Baton Rouge.
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I still have a Samsung Galaxy S4. It's old and slow, the (second) battery is bad, and the magnetometer is probably completely broken, but at least it doesn't explode. And it's paid off.
For the last few months, however, I've had the problem that the Galaxy S4 "forgets" that it has a SIM card inserted, necessitating a reboot. This got so bad that it only lasted a few minutes between reboots. Heat and movement seemed to make it worse.
I tried something similar to what was suggested in this blog post: i wedged a folded up sticky note between the phone, just above the battery, and the back. My case holds it nicely in place.
I don't want to jinx it, but in the last five days, my phone hasn't crashed. After fixing the USB connector, yet another win over planned obsolescence!


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Central African Republic votes amid fears of unrest
by: JEAN FERNAND KOENA, Associated Press
People cast their votes for presidential and legislative elections, at the Lycee Boganda polling station in the capital Bangui, Central African Republic Sunday, Dec. 27, 2020. President Faustin-Archange Touadera and his party said the vote will go ahead after government forces clashed with rebels in recent days and some opposition candidates pulled out of the race amid growing insecurity. (AP Photo)
BANGUI, Central African Republic (AP) — Voters went to the polls for Central African Republic's presidential and legislative elections after a campaign period marked by violence between rebels and government forces.
Despite calls from the opposition to delay the vote amid the insecurity, the Constitutional Court rejected a postponement.
President Faustin-Archange Touadera, seeking a second term, has tried to reassure candidates and voters that the voting will be secure. This is the central African country's first election since a peace deal was signed between the government and 14 rebel groups in February 2019, although fighting continues.
"The vote is a right, a right for Central Africans. Each person has the power in the constitution of this country … each citizen has the right to freely choose its directors," Touadera said after casting his ballot. "This is quite important for the Central African Republicans who are searching in these moments of crisis. They have the right to development, for their well-being, for our country, for our people."
Three peacekeepers from Burundi were killed and two others wounded Friday by armed combatants. The U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres condemned the attacks in the Dekoua and Bakouma areas ahead of the elections, calling for swift justice and saying they may constitute war crimes.
The U.N. retook the town of Bambari last week from rebels. Rebel groups have also seized several towns near the capital, Bangui.
Voters went to the polls in the capital Sunday.
"I am really pleased (to vote) and I ask the citizens, even those who are still at home, to come and vote massively so by tomorrow, peace returns to our country," said Bangui resident Désiré Ngaibona after casting his vote.
Others in various parts of Central African Republic couldn't make it to the polls.
Many residents of the town of Bangassou in the nation's southeast were fleeing because of the fighting, residents said.
"I am in the town of Bangassou but my wife and children crossed to the other side of the bank towards Congo because of the violence," said Christian Kombro a teacher from the town.
The government blames the unrest on former President Francois Bozize, who returned from exile a year ago and has been blocked from running in the election. He has been accused of joining up with armed groups to destabilize the country and launch a coup. He has denied it.
Rwanda and Russia have each sent hundreds of troops to the country to support the government.
Sixteen candidates are running for president, including three women. More than 1,500 candidates are running for 140 seats in the national assembly. More than 1.86 million voters are registered, but more than 598,000 refugees in neighboring countries will not be able to vote, according to the U.N.
Parties in the Democratic Opposition Coalition known as COD-2020 last week said seven of its candidates pulled out of the election, citing the violence. The parties had wanted the vote to be delayed, alleging poor preparations and an electoral body influenced by the president.
Experts warn of a strong chance of further violence if the opposition doesn't accept the election results. "A contested outcome may lead to a post-electoral crisis that armed groups could use to further weaken the state," the International Crisis Group noted.
Despite a 2019 peace agreement between the government and 14 rebel groups, intermittent violence and human rights abuses have continued.
The most recent insecurity began after the Constitutional Court rejected the candidacy of Bozize, on the grounds that he did not satisfy the "good morality" requirement.
Bozize, who took power in a coup in 2003 and ruled until 2013, faces an international arrest warrant for "crimes against humanity and incitement of genocide." He also faces U.N. sanctions for his alleged role in supporting the anti-Balaka groups that resisted the Seleka in 2013.
by DARIA LITVINOVA, Associated Press / Jan 19, 2021
MOSCOW (AP) — The Kremlin on Tuesday brushed aside calls from the West to release opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who was arrested upon his return to Russia from Germany following treatment for poisoning with a nerve agent. Moscow called his case "an absolutely internal matter."
Navalny blames his poisoning on President Vladimir Putin's government, which has denied it. The condemnations of his arrest and the calls from abroad for his release have added to the existing tensions between Russia and the West. Some European Union countries are suggesting more sanctions against Moscow.
WASHINGTON (AP) — On his way out the door, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo lashed out anew at China on Tuesday by declaring that its policies on Muslims and ethnic minorities in western Xinjiang region constitute "crimes against humanity" and a "genocide." The rarely used designation is sure to provoke an angry response from Beijing.
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — A 6.4-magnitude earthquake struck in northwestern Argentina near the border with central Chile, injuring at least three people, authorities said Tuesday.
Two children and an adult were hospitalized in San Juan province in Argentina after the quake hit just before midnight Monday, provincial Gov. Sergio Uñac said. The shaking caused the collapse of a house, damage to roads and some other buildings in several cities, as well power and water cuts, he said.


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United Airlines sucks (part 40)
I'm a United 1K member; this means that last year I flew more than 100000 miles on United. On 8 June 2007 I flew from Dulles to Amsterdam with my girlfriend, also a 1K member.
At Schiphol we were quite unhappy to discover that our checked bag, a nice expandable hard-side suitcase, had suffered serious damage in transit, rendering it practically unusable. There is one service desk facing the luggage belts in Schiphol's international section; we immediately brought the bag there to file a damage report.
There was nobody at the service desk, but there was an airport employee inspecting bags a short distance away. We managed to convince him to stop what he was doing and come over to the desk. He said that he was working for the company responsible for United bags, and in fact was the right person to talk to, but he repeatedly refused to let us file a damage report. He said that he had the right forms, but he refused to give them to us. He said that he knew a phone number for United employees at Schiphol, but he refused to give us that number or to call the number himself. After making clear that he was not going to do anything at all for us, he told us to contact United to file a report. He said that we had five days to do this.
Upon arriving home, we checked the Internet and discovered that United does accept damage reports by phone but requires them to be filed within 24 hours, not five days. If we had trusted the airport employee's (quite confident-sounding but wrong) five-day claim, we would have missed United's deadline and apparently had no recourse at all.
We managed to find time to call United that day. Over the phone, United offered us $150 in flight certificates (split into a $50 discount and a $100 discount) as compensation. United said that the certificates
would be delivered to us immediately by email,
would be usable for any of our United flights booked online, and
would be valid for a year.
I specifically asked for confirmation of each of these points. We decided that this was acceptable compensation, and said yes.
United violated every specific promise that it made to us in that phone call:
United did not immediately send the flight certificates by email. It sent them a week later by postal mail to my Chicago address. The envelope says "MAILED @ 605 6/16/07," and I suppose we might have received the envelope on the 18th or 19th of June if we had been in Chicago; but we were in Europe at the time, and started a Star Alliance round-the-world trip the week after. We ended up finally receiving the certificates on 23 July, three days after purchasing several United flights (for example, $1599.40 for ORD-SAN and SBA-LAX-JFK).
Upon inspecting the certificates, we discovered that they were not valid for the advertised year, or for anything close to a year. Both certificates say "Booking period: January 1 2007 - January 31, 2008" and "Travel period: January 1, 2007 - January 31, 2008." I've carefully checked my calendar, and it clearly shows January 2007 as being several months before June 2007:
January 2007: start of validity of these certificates
June 2007: when these certificates were generated and mailed
July 2007: when these certificates were received
January 2008: expiration of these certificates
We also discovered that the certificates are limited to travel "within the 50 United states, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands or Canada" with "Maximum number of passengers per itinerary: 1." I usually travel with my girlfriend, and a large part of our United travel is to and from Europe. It seems more than a little bit stupid that, as part of compensation for damage to a bag accompanying 2 people flying to Europe, United would issue certificates valid only for 1 person not flying to Europe.
We discovered that the certificates are not the promised discounts for any United flight booked online. The fine print says that the certificates are discounts only for "eligible" fares, that the certificates are only for "flights that qualify for the discount," and that these discounted fares are sometimes more expensive than United's regular discounted fares! Since we don't have any upcoming United flights (aside from the ones we purchased three days before receiving the certificates), we haven't had a chance to see how restrictive these conditions are, but it seems entirely possible that these "discounts" are valid in so few situations as to be practically useless.
Let me summarize. United damaged our bag, refused (through a contractor) to accept our damage report at the airport, and then over the phone blatantly misrepresented what it was offering as compensation. If United had been telling the truth then we would have received the $150 compensation that United owes us. Instead we seem to be receiving nothing at all.
I spoke with United agents by phone on several occasions and received a neverending series of run-arounds. I sent detailed email messages to joann.bannister@united.com on 24 July 2007 (after a United agent recommended this address), to web-baggage@united.com on 24 July 2007 (after an auto-reply saying that Bannister was out of the office), and to theresa.fugitt@united.com on 3 August 2007 (after another recommendation). There was never any response.


GeekyGags - Who Were Romulus And Remus??
Who Were Romulus And Remus??
Legend has it that Romulus had founded Ancient Rome. Romulus and Remus were twin brothers. They were begotten of Roman god Mars and Latium princess Rhea Silvia. They were abandoned by their parents as babies and was discovered by a female wolf. The wolf nursed the babies for a short time until they were found by a shepherd. The Shepherd then brought up the twins. When Romulus and Remus became adults, they decided to found a city where the wolf had found them. The brothers quarrelled over where the site should be and Remus was killed by his brother. This left Romulus the sole founder of the new city and he gave his name to it, Rome. The date given for the founding of Rome is less exotic and interesting. The city of Rome grew out of a number of settlements which existed around the seven hills which were near the River Tiber. The settlements were near the river for the obvious reasons of water supply. The Tiber was also narrow enough at this point to be bridged . However, the area also suffered because of the nearness of the river. Each settlement was separated form the other by a marshland. Each separated from the other by vulnerable to attack as a single settlement. By joining together, they were stronger. To join together, the marshland had to be drained. This was something that took years to do. The legend of Romulus and Remus gives the impression that Rome was created very quickly, the truth was very different.


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DealBook | Britain Weighs Creating System to Reward Whistle-Blowers
Britain Weighs Creating System to Reward Whistle-Blowers
By Chad Bray
October 10, 2013 7:18 am October 10, 2013 7:18 am
The National Crime Agency headquarters in London.Credit Stefan Wermuth/Reuters
LONDON – The British government is considering creating a reward system, similar to ones in the United States, to encourage whistle-blowers to come forward to root out fraud and other white-collar crime.
The U.K. Home Office said this week that it, along with other government agencies, would examine the "qui tam" provisions in the United States, which allow whistle-blowers to receive a share of any financial penalties levied when they work with prosecutors and regulators to uncover fraud.
Britain's government will "consider the case for incentivizing whistle-blowing, including the provision of financial incentives, to support whistle-blowing in cases of fraud, bribery and corruption," the Home Office said as part of a document announcing the new National Crime Agency in Britain.
The N.C.A. is Britain's attempt to form a national police agency similar to the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The agency "went live" this week.
The Home Office, which overseas immigration, crime policy and counterterrorism operations in Britain, did not give a timetable for when any decision would be made.
White-collar crime can be particularly difficult to uncover. Cooperating witnesses and whistle-blowers are often crucial sources of information for prosecutors as they pursue such cases.
In the United States, whistle-blowers can file lawsuits anonymously on behalf of the government under the False Claims Act, which was put in place after fraud by defense contractors during the Civil War. In the most serious cases, the Justice Department steps in and litigates the cases, with whistle-blowers receiving a portion of any financial penalties.
Since 1986, the Justice Department's civil fraud section has recovered more than $20 billion in settlements and judgments, including whistle-blower actions.
The Securities and Exchange Commission established its own whistle-blower office in 2011 after the passage of the Dodd-Frank Act, the financial industry reform bill passed in response to the financial crisis.
Under the S.E.C.'s program, whistle-blowers who supply high-quality information that results in sanctions exceeding $1 million can receive rewards representing up to 30 percent of those sanctions.
Last week, the S.E.C. announced that it had awarded more than $14 million to a whistle-blower in an action that led to the recovery of substantial investor funds, its largest award to date.
"Our whistle-blower program already has had a big impact on our investigations by providing us with high quality, meaningful tips," the S.E.C. chairwoman, Mary Jo White, said at the time.
A version of this article appears in print on 10/11/2013, on page B7 of the NewYork edition with the headline: Crime Fighters.
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Links 10/05/2008: Vista 'Security' Just Vapourware (Smoke-Blowing), Google Dines in Microsoft's Turf
Posted in News Roundup at 12:38 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
Vista security credentials tarnished in malware survey
Vista as Insecure as Windows 2000
What a Botnet Looks Like
Google gains on Microsoft with hosted security offering
Microsoft Leaves Door Open For Yahoo Deal
Intel multi-core threading library supports Sun Studio
Sun Java chief to developers: 'We're genetic freaks'
Revamped virtualisation for Linux, Mac, Solaris and Windows
The Tragedy of Linux: You Can Hack an OS, But You Can't Hack People
You Can Hack An OS But You Can't Hack People – part 2: The Computing World
Nvidia CEO details his beef with Intel
NVIDIA Releases Updated OSS Driver
Down To Business: As IBM Reaches For Cloud, Where Next Microsoft?
Google's open source problem is Affero
Read the Fine Print on "Open Source" Software
Looking for Mr. ISV
EA relents on cumbersome DRM for new PC games
The State of Oracle Linux
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Microsoft + Government + Patent Troll Push Against Free Software
Posted in Europe, GNU/Linux, Microsoft, Patents at 12:08 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
Obligatory NO-FUD Clarification/Disclaimer: Knowing the threat and recognising foes makes you more defensible, less uncertain, and less vulnerable
In this continued pursuit for identification of attacks on GNU/Linux we spot some other (old & new) intrusion vectors. We previously mentioned the push in the UK to crack down on — or at least expose (in the transparency sense alone, i.e. no action) — heavy corporate lobbying activities, which are akin to bribery that's legalised, no matter how questionable this analogy may seem. It has been only a week since the last update. This came from The Register which is at it once again. A blast from the past comes loose in this new follow-up article,
The IT industry has had an often controversial role in lobbying European institutions. There was heavy criticism of dodgy campaigns in favour of software patents in 2005. In its battle with the European courts Microsoft drafted in big companies and even the US government to lobby on its behalf.
We wrote about Microsoft's intimate relationship with the United States Government many times before, including here.
"Microsoft is still trying to acquire some laws overseas — laws that essentially ban Free software or put a legal cloud over its head, which is bad for business."To those who are still wondering why decent proportions of GNU/Linux users seem obsessed with Microsoft, just watch the article above. Microsoft is still trying to acquire some laws overseas — laws that essentially ban Free software or put a legal cloud over its head, which is bad for business.
You may or may not remember Finjan, which is a UK-based company that is partly owned by Microsoft. Recently it appeared to be making a subtle push for software patents in the UK and to an extent these recent pushes (a joint effort) have been fruitful.
Meanwhile, over at IDG, Microsoft's own patent troll extraordinaire, Nathan Myhrvold, gets another mention. He had been receiving a lot of undeserved attention recently [1, 2].
Nathan Myhrvold, former chief technology officer of Microsoft, commissioned the Difference Engine No. 2 that is set to debut at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California, on Saturday. It's the second such engine built from plans left by Charles Babbage, a 19th-century mathematician who was never able to build one. Myhrvold now leads Intellectual Ventures, a Bellevue, Washington, company, which he says fosters "invention capital" to help inventors get their products into the real world, but critics say it's a "patent troll," buying up patents so it can later sue companies that use them.
Keep a close eye on this troll. He mocks Free software (video evidence herein). Microsoft could use him a proxy and one mustn't forget Acacia [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]. █
Do-No-Evil Saturday – Part III: Novell's GNU/Linux (SUSE) Business and Some New Videos
Posted in GNU/Linux, HP, IBM, Microsoft, Novell, Servers, SLES/SLED, SUN, Videos at 11:50 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
Novell's GNU/Linux business may not be flourishing, but there are some deals and contracts which we ought to at least keep track of.
SAP, Novell, H-P and IBM found themselves sort of falling in love, with the exception of H-P and IBM that are competing fiercely (also against Sun Microsystems).
SAP, as part of its effort to lure more midsize business customers, will introduce appliance-like systems pre-loaded with its ERP software, a database, and a Linux operating system, running on hardware from Hewlett-Packard or IBM.
The press release about SUSE and H-P for SAP's service is here.
Reliable and Affordable SAP(R) Business All-in-One Solution with SAP(R) MaxDB(TM) Database and SUSE Linux Enterprise from Novell to Be Preconfigured, Pretested and Preinstalled on HP Systems
This one is about SAP and Novell.
Six solutions highlight integration of Novell's identity and security products with SAP solution-based environments, enabling customers to further maximize their investments
Another article about H-P, SAP and SUSE:
The new turnkey solution will also include SAP's MaxDB database based on SUSE Linux Enterprise from Novell.
There is some more from H-P exclusively. While H-P continues to obey its masters at Microsoft, it is willing to also support Microsoft's partner. It puts SLED 10 on some low-cost laptops, which were reviewed by CNET.
The good: Inexpensive; solid construction; stylish design belies its budget price; nearly full-size keyboard.
The bad: Weak performance; unimpressive battery life; tiny touch pad; misses out on new Intel Atom CPUs.
Also reaching CNN — a puzzling gesture to some:
HP's bold entry into the mini notebook market comes in the form of the 2133 Mini-Note PC, a 9-inch laptop with a tailored look and magnesium alloy chassis that starts at $599 for Windows (or $499 for Linux) and tops out at $749 with extras including Bluetooth, a Webcam, a 7,200 rpm hard drive, and 2GB of RAM.
It is rather sad to find even the United States Government now relies on some Microsoft 'Linux tax', but what can you do?
NASA ditches Itanic for new Xeon-based SGI giant
The two organizations announced today that SGI will build a whopping 20,480-core system for NASA Ames in Mountain View, California. The giant will run on four-core versions of Intel's Xeon chip and should reach peak performance of 245 Teraflops, which would make it one of the fastest computers in the world. The system, centered around SGI's Altix ICE hardware, will also boast – gulp – 20,800 GB of memory and 450TB of storage.
The computer will also be water-cooled and run Suse Linux.
A couple of press releases from Voltaire shout about SUSE and Novell. Here is the first one:
First InfiniBand Provider to Offer Enterprise-Class Support for OFED on Multivendor Hardware
Novell is the first customer to take advantage of the new offering.
And here is the second one.
"As more customers select SUSE Linux Enterprise for their high-bandwidth and low-latency computing needs, we're seeing increased adoption of InfiniBand – particularly in financial services and manufacturing," said Moiz Kohari, vice president of engineering for Novell. "It was important for Novell to provide a complete support offering to these customers, and we selected Voltaire based on its leadership in delivering end-to-end InfiniBand support."
Remember Novell's 'own' version of OpenOffice.org? We criticised this whole idea of Novell Edition in the past, even just a few days ago. Nevertheless, here comes a video demo of it.
The Oggs took a while to produce for our readers' convenience (and more importantly their freedom). Convenient it is not to us (very time-consuming), but freedom comes at a cost.
Here are a couple more Novell videos that have just been added to YouTube.
Novell SUSE caso de sucesso Casas Bahia
Seu Linux está Pronto
This last one seems to speak about a migration to SUSE, but it's not truly interesting in any way. █
Quick Mention: What on Earth is Microsoft Doing to Fine Wine?
Posted in Microsoft, Windows, Wine at 10:55 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
A colleague of mine at the office has just told me that Microsoft is scanning the Registry files to ensure there's no Wine in there. Wine has just reached RC of the highly-anticipated version 1.0 [*], but the issue was brought up an hour ago for other reasons. "They check the configuration key for Wine and prevent it from updating," he says. I believe he's referring to an installation of Free software on top of something like Cygwin because I found the notion of running Wine under a 'sub-environment' in Windows a little unfamiliar. We use different terminology and and he speaks of his brother's experience, which he was able to verify after some googling. "If you have it installed on your computer, they block the configuration key," he adds.
We've covered before some of the impact of the software patent deals on Wine (last discussed here, with this follow-up confirming some things). it's something to explore a little later if time permits. The Billwatch Archive has many analogous stories from one decade ago (c/f Java sabotage, Corel, OLE "garbage"). █
[*] Wine 1.0 Releases Candidate Released
This is release 1.0-rc1 of Wine, a free implementation of Windows on Unix.
This is the first release candidate for Wine 1.0. Please give it a good testing to help us make 1.0 as good as possible.
Leaked Memo Reveals Microsoft's Latest Anti-GNU/Linux Moves
Posted in Antitrust, GNU/Linux, HP, Microsoft, OLPC at 10:31 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
Dumping Windows? Then Microsoft will dump virtually gratis copies.
This one has been circulating for the past few hours (also sent to Groklaw and added by now). The articles really speak for themselves and they all originate from (or cite) IDG. Although it is not related to Novell, it sure relates to anti-consumer — and probably anti-competitive too — moves from Microsoft. One issues we have been tracking in this Web site is Microsoft's 'dumping crusade' against GNU/Linux (see links at the very bottom).
The latest is this:
Microsoft to limit capabilities of cheap laptops
Microsoft plans to offer PC makers steep discounts on Windows XP Home Edition to encourage them to use that OS instead of Linux on ultra low-cost PCs (ULPCs). To be eligible, however, the PC vendors that make ULPCs must limit screen sizes to 10.2 inches and hard drives to 80G bytes, and they cannot offer touch-screen PCs.
The program is outlined in confidential documents that Microsoft sent to PC makers last month, and which were obtained by IDG News Service. The goal apparently is to limit the hardware capabilities of ULPCs so that they don't eat into the market for mainstream PCs running Windows Vista, something both Microsoft and the PC vendors would want to avoid.
Microsoft notes that the OSes under consideration for the devices include Windows and Linux. Some PC makers have expressed a preference for Linux because it helps them keep down the cost of the devices.
By offering Windows XP Home Edition at bargain prices, Microsoft hopes to secure its place in the ULPC market and reduce the use of Linux, according to an official at one PC maker, who asked not to be identified because he was not authorized to discuss the program.
"[Low-cost PC makers] have made some good inroads with open-source, and Microsoft wants to put a stop to it," the official said.
The official did not seem opposed to the program. It should stimulate more competition between Windows and Linux in the ULPC market, and it could invigorate sales because consumers who want an easy-to-use PC are likely to prefer Windows, the official said.
What we might be seeing here is a case of spec-fixing, price-fixing, collusion, and anti-competitive practices. For further explanation refer back to previous posts that dissect and explain similar incidents (appended to the bottom of this post).
A reader has sent us another relevant article on this. It speaks even more directly and bluntly about GNU/Linux as Microsoft's threat in mind.
Microsoft U-turn to stop Linux dominating ultra low cost PCs
By offering Windows XP Home Edition at bargain prices, Microsoft hopes to secure its place in the ULPC market and reduce the use of Linux, according to an official at one PC maker, who asked not to be identified because he was not authorised to discuss the programme.
Mind the fairly juvenile-yet-honest comments added to the article above. Additionally, from USENET (half an hour ago):
From: Richard Rasker < spamtrap@linetec.nl>
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Microsoft pushes crippleware to defeat Linux
I hoped that the recent stream of lightweight Linux laptops wold mark the
beginning of a liberated computer market, with real competition, leading to
ever more powerful machines for lower prices, and more consumer choice.
But apparrently Redmond not only wants to claim what it thinks should be its
share of the market, but now it seems they also want to dictate what those
machines should be capable of — as in: cheap Windows infected laptops must
also be severely crippled in the hardware department, no doubt in order to
keep their Vista crapware sales up.
http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/145719/microsoft_to_limit…
So what will happen? If enough manufacturers give in to the bastards from
Redmond, pretty soon the only cheap laptops built will be the ones
complying with Microsoft's crippling standards — and together with the
huge discount Microsoft gives on their crapware, they will make certain
that cheap, powerful Linux laptops are pushed from the market even faster
than they appeared.
This is yet another very clear example where our convicted monopolist once
again tries abuse its dominant position for the sole purpose of maintaining
that position — once again screwing customers and the market alike.
OK, over to you, Windolts, to explain that artificially crippled Windows
preloaded machines under Microsoft's control are better for consumers than
far more powerful Linux machines for the same price.
Richard Rasker
Many thoughts and stories spring to mind given this rather obnoxious context. One article you are encouraged to read is this one: Microsoft selling hobbled software to poor countries
Surprisingly, no-one seems to have told Microsoft that it is not good marketing strategy to treat your customers as if they are stupid. Which is exactly what the company is doing with the release in Africa of the stripped-down operating system it calls Windows XP Starter Edition.
Microsoft South Africa launched Windows XP Starter Edition (XPSE) into the African market last week with very little fanfare and market hype.
Which is not surprising considering how the product was received by other media on its intial launch in 2004. Known for its straight talking, The Register labelled XPSE "crippleware". Analysts Gartner said the product had "good intent, poor execution".
Also see this article from July last year: The Problem with Crippleware
Imposition of development limits is something Microsoft is truly find of, not to mention EULAs that forbid benchmarking and Novell-like deals with an implicit non-compete clause.
Other recent posts you are strongly encouraged to read are about Intel's and Microsoft's sabotage of the GNU/Linux-based OLPC and the collusion fiasco which involves the Microsoft 'holy trinity', including companies like Intel and Hewlett-Packard. It's about Windows Vista, so it's recent. What we see here is by no means ethical, not as much as greedy. It's a case of companies conspiring against customers by limiting choice, fixing prices, reducing feature sets, etc.
Twice very recently we wrote about the Eee PC incident from Australia [1, 2], so Microsoft's tactics are already proving effective. Perhaps. A reliable source in the UK told us that Asustek receives considerable discounts from Microsoft for the Eee PC, so the leaked plan that's unveiled above may have already taken effect, quietly. █
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Boycott Novell Crosses 3,000 Posts Milestone
Posted in Boycott Novell, GNU/Linux, Site News at 3:03 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
Shane Coyle, the founder of this Web site, officially announced the site's birth on November 13th, 2006. Today, almost exactly a year and a half later, Shane and I can proudly say that this is the 3,000th post. What a long ride it has been and how quickly it flew by!
Among the interesting statistics:
Around 40% of this Web site's readers use GNU/Linux
The site's Netcraft rank (for traffic) is 3,866th
Noteworthy citations (links to our site) include: Forbes Magazine, Spiegel Online, front page of OpenOffice.org
Thanks for reading. █
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Posted in GNU/Linux, Microsoft, Novell, OpenSUSE, SLES/SLED at 2:52 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
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Sun and Liferay launch Web-presentation platform
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Ubuntu Open Week unites community and developers
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Software doubles P2P file sharing speeds
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【Interview】GHRM Student Olga Sakhatskaya
One of our charming students Ms. Olga from Belarus is sharing her story with us today.
Olga's first degree was in Economics and Hospitality Management (restaurants and hotels). Since childhood Olga liked dancing and handcraft as well as creating clothes. Like many teenagers after graduating from High School Olga wasn't sure of what she wanted to do in future and her choice was determined by the ability in mathematics (Olga's favorite subject in school) and passion for travelling.
"I guess most people would agree with me that the best job is the one, which is related to your hobbies. The first time I came to Taiwan was to work as a performer with my team. I have been working here a few years. As dancing career is very short, I decided that it's time for me to grow as a specialist. I have a friend who have been doing PhD at NSYSU and encouraged me to apply for master program at NSYSU. And I'm very thankful to my friend. That very choice made a lot of changes in my life for good." – explains Olga.
Olga is a very active student; besides her studies she takes part in Dragon Boat Competitions as a member of NSYSU Dragon Boat Team. Olga says it is one of the best experiences that she had during her stay in Taiwan, as it helped her to immerse in the local culture, as well as helped a lot to relax her mind during the studies and keep body in shape. Olga even took one more step and became a coach for NSYSU Dragon Boat Team. "Being a coach for one year taught me leadership and communication skills." – says Olga.
Olga thinks studies at NSYSU have a lot of advantages: ability to cooperate with local businesses; immersion in the international environment, where you learn how to get along with people from different countries, backgrounds and etc.; allows to make friends from all over the world! "One of my favorite subjects was "Seminar in Business Management". This course was led by real businessmen, who shared their knowledge and experience. It is also challenging us at the same time. Other courses not less joyful and useful in many areas, one of them were courses with Professor David McConville, who encourages students to speak out and think out of the box." – concludes Olga.
When students first come to foreign country for studies or work, they all encounter some difficulties. For Olga at the beginning the biggest challenge was language: "I was not quite sure about my English language abilities. So I had to spend a lot of time reading and understanding the material in a foreign language. But all this have improved my level a lot. Next one was a time management as I had to work to support my study and life. But I had good friends around me, including staff at the GHRM English MBA Program office were always willing to help and support. Special huge thanks to Cindy and Natasha! I wouldn't be here without them."
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In the run-up to the awards ceremony on the 26th November at Nara Pan-Asian Restaurant, we'll reveal the finalists, category by category. Today, we'll reveal the "Best Pizza" and "Best South Asian" categories.
We were very much looking forward to seeing the results for the "Best Pizza" category this year. Unlike last year, we only had one pizza category in the 2018 awards and also, Jamie Oliver's Pizzeria opened earlier in the year and entered this year's awards and we fully expected the "big brand" to make an impact. Congratulations to Jamie Oliver's Pizzeria, Pitfire Pizza Dubai , and La Cantina – they all made the shortlist in the "Best Pizza" category!
The "Best South Asian" category covered restaurants specialising in food from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. Congratulations to Unforgettable Biryani, Little Lahore, and Mughaliya Darbar – they all made the shortlist in the "Best South Asian" category!
Stay tuned for more announcements soon! Coming up next: "Best South-East Asian" and "Best Street Food".


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Two Souls
Uri Avnery, Israel
One has to pity this man, Bush.
When he was elected, almost by accident, he was a local politician without any international experience. He would have been hard put to locate half the world's states on the map.
Since then he has been sleepwalking around the world, pushed hither and thither, sometimes listening to one of his handlers, sometimes to the other. He moves in circles, zigzags, forwards and backwards.
He tells Sharon to withdraw immediately—"I repeat, immediately!"—and when Sharon laughs in his face he declares that Sharon is a Man of Peace. He calls for an international conference and kills it before it is born. He fantasizes about the "vision" of a Palestinian state and humiliates the leader of the Palestinians every day. He brings himself and his office into disrepute.
Well, Bush is torn between two mighty forces that are pulling him in opposite directions.
On the one side, there is the domestic political pressure. The Jewish lobby is, of course, one of the strongest in the United States. The Jewish community is highly organized on rigid, authoritarian lines. Its electoral and financial power casts a long shadow over both houses of the Congress. Hundreds of Senators and Congressmen were elected with the help of Jewish contributions. Resistance to the directives of the Jewish lobby is political suicide. If AIPAC were to table a resolution abolishing the Ten Commandments, 80 Senators and 300 Congressmen would sign it at once. This lobby frightens the media, too, and assures their adherence to Israel.
But nowadays, even the power of this mighty lobby does not match the influence of the Christian fundamentalist lobby, dominated by the evangelist preachers. It puts the fear of God into the leaders of the Republican Party. George Bush Jr. remembers well that his father was forsaken by this lobby, when he failed to obey it.
This fanatical religious lobby appears to be extremely pro-Zionist. "Appears", because there is a darker side to it. According to its theological beliefs, the Jews must congregate in Palestine and establish a Jewish state on all its territory, so as to make the Second Coming of Jesus Christ possible. The evangelists don't like to dwell openly on what's comes next: before the Coming, the Jews must convert to Christianity. Those who don't will perish in a gigantic holocaust in the battle of Armageddon. This is basically an anti-Semitic teaching, but who cares, as long as they support Israel.
The combined might of the two lobbies is being brought to bear on Bush every time he tends in the direction of the Arabs. There other powerful factors are at work: the Arab governments and the Arab oil. The kings, presidents, Emirs and Sheikhs are subservient to the United States, but they are afraid that the suffering of the Palestinians will push their people into rebellion. They infect the Bush family with their fears. The Bushes, of course, are heavily involved with oil.
In Washington, as in Jerusalem, all problems are translated into personal struggles. The pro-Sharon faction is headed by the extremist Secretary of Defense, Rumsfeld, and his even more extreme deputy, Wolfowitz. They have Vice President Cheney on their side, and also, so it seems, the National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice, whose legs aroused the vocal admiration of Sharon. Opposing them, almost alone, is the Secretary of State, Powell, supported by the experts of his department. Every time Rumsfeld and Co. convince Bush that he has to satisfy the Jewish-Christian lobby in order to win elections, along comes Powell and convinces him at the last moment that the national interests of the United States demand the opposite.
This week Bush received Mubarak. Sharon at once invited himself to the Oval Office, obviously believing that Bush is so weak-minded that he is always influenced by the last person he has listened to.
That is the struggle that meets the eye. Underneath, perhaps, a more profound struggle lies hidden. My friend Afif Safieh, the PLO delegate in London, believes that two souls have dwelt in the American nation from birth.
The one is that of the original settlers, the destroyers of the Native Americans, the slavers, a soul that adores brute force and cherishes the myth of the Wild West, that supports tyrants around the world. This soul identifies itself automatically with the Zionist settlers and the expulsion of the Arabs. Sharon is their man.
The other one is the soul of Thomas Jefferson (in spite of the fact that he was a slave-owner, too, of course) and the framers of the constitution; of Lincoln, the emancipator of the slaves; of Wilson, whose 14 Points proclaimed the right of self-determination; of Roosevelt, who helped to save the world from Hitler; an idealist, liberal and freedom-loving soul. This one tends nowadays towards the Palestinians.
The first soul occupies Bush's heart, the other one knocks on the doors of his mind. It will be interesting to see which one wins.
Uri Avnery is an Israeli journalist, writer, and peace activist.
From Ma'ariv, June 8, 2002.