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Family Search experts share their knowledge in Darwin

Dan Poffenberger seemed to enjoy his time presenting in the Northern Territory Library.

We’ve had an unusually good run of family history experts here in Darwin this year. Last Saturday we were lucky enough to have preview presentations by two of the speakers, Dan Poffenberger and Todd Knowles who were en route to the AFFHO Congress 2012.  Both were amusing, engaging and knowledgeable presenters who work at the Family History Centre at Salt Lake City and both have wide experience in their subjects. They were welcomed by about 50 or so family history researchers who seemed to thoroughly enjoy learning from Todd and Dan’s experience.

Using Family Search (Don Poffenberger)

Dan kicked off the day with a joke about his son and their surname, but I won’t give it away in case he’s using it in Adelaide. He spoke to us about five critical elements of the new Family Search: Records, Trees, Books (digital), Learning Resources (Wiki) and Classes and Forums. While none of these elements were news to me, it did remind me I need to schedule time to look at some of the videos by professionals on particular topics. Dan also talked about the contribution by volunteers to the wiki and the indexing projects which has spurred me on to lift my game with indexing.

I’ve used the wikis already in my research but there’s obviously far more that I need to look at. Some of these which Dan mentioned were English probate info by parish and Chancery Court and Equity pleadings.

Dan highlighted the need to selectively choose your search parameters when using Family Search through the advanced search option – his motto “you set the parameters not the computer”. He also emphasised that the LDS Church has a program to digitise its current holdings of microfilmed records in what will be a comparatively short time line given the sheer volume. Of course anyone who followed Roots Tech will have known about this huge digitisation project. He did warn us that they will not get permission to digitise certain records because this option wasn’t envisaged when they first got authority to film them.

One bit of news which stood out for me was that there are now 33 million Dutch records digitised online at Family Search. Dan didn’t think this was particularly important to Australian research but I grew up in a parish which had a huge post-war Dutch migrant population. So for all of them, this will be a massive advantage.

Another item of relevance is Dan’s emphasis on Family Search being “good neighbours in the family history community”. This is why you’ll see some digitised records are free and others might refer you to a paid site which first did the digitisation. Do keep a look out for the digital option on the search results page.

Dan also suggested that the forums provide a great way for getting expert assistance with your problems eg getting a translation of old German script.

Irish family research online

Todd Knowles empathised with all of us with Irish ancestry and how Irish research throws up brick walls and can drive us nuts. However he suggested that not all is lost and there are options out there to help sort out our Irish families. I disagree with his hypothesis that most people start out knowing their ancestors’ townland. Even in the Australian context, where we were can often learn our ancestors’ place of origin from the shipping records, the townland is often unknown in the beginning. I personally think it’s more likely we know a county or town rather than townland. I agree with him that knowing the parish is so important. (As a sideline, any new researchers might be interested in posts from Findmypast Ireland, here and here, about the responsibilities and definitions of Irish administrative areas such as these). Todd shared just how many resources are actually online to help us out: Irish Origins, Roots Ireland, Irish Genealogy, Irish Ancestors, and others. I did feel that a major oversight was the omission of Findmypast Ireland which is offering us increasingly diverse Irish research opportunities. A word of warning too, that it’s important to read the background information to see just what records are included.

Todd also referred us to the great information available on the Family Search’s Irish Wikis and the videos of expert presenters. He reminded us that we should look at the Church of Ireland records especially in relation to probate or burials as this Church had responsibility for these matters even where your ancestor was Catholic. He tantalised us with the wealth of data on the 1851 census, only for it to be destroyed –truly enough to make you weep. None of us would have brick walls if they still existed!

Some lucky people may have family members who submitted a copy of this census to obtain their old age pension, but even though I had relations to whom this should apply, nary a record was found in the National Archives of Ireland when I visited. Todd suggested that you might be lucky enough to find these old age pensions through the county heritage centre– but definitely worth enquiring first, and getting a quote for price and what they can provide.

I for one am off to check out the US Passport applications on Ancestry in the hope of finding some collateral lines of nieces and nephews.

All in all, great presentations which provided lots of learning opportunities for the attendees…the conference delegates at Congress 2012 are in for a treat. Thanks to the Northern Territory Library and the Genealogical Society of the Northern Territory as well as Family Search.

I used my ipad throughout the talks to take notes on google documents. It was also useful to follow along with some of the sites as it was easier than seeing detail of some slides.

10 thoughts on “Family Search experts share their knowledge in Darwin

  1. As always, a post packed full of great information — hmmm, I can be lazy when great bloggers like you do the hard work of searching out information — and so willingly share the same. hu-rah

  2. Thanks for the info Pauline. I agree with you that very few of us, at least here in Australia, know our Ancestor’s Townland. All I have, from the shipping records is, her father’s name, roughly her date of birth and County. Unfortunately her application for assisted passage, here in South Australia, have gone missing so don’t even have that resource … but haven’t given up yet :-) Thanks again. Cheers, Catherine

    • Catherine I found out my Mary O’Brien’s place of birth via her sister’s death certificate. Given the tendency of the Irish to travel in waves, is this sideways research possible for you? Never give up…a good motto.

      • Thanks for the tip Pauline. Yes, my Susan Kelleher and her sister/cousin? Bridget arrived in South Australia together, from County Clare, 13 May 1855. Bridget was witness at Susan’s marriage, 4 yrs later, and has fallen off the record since then. I’ve assumed that she moved to the Eastern States because this is where both had applied/been approved to emigrate to… however, I’ve never considered that Bridget may, in fact, have died young here in SA. Whoo Hooo, thankyou! Must remember never to assume anything :-)

      • Good luck with the hunt Catherine…let me know how it turns out. I’m currently wrestling with one of my persistent Irish problems.

      • Sure will Pauline. Am awaiting transcript of a Marriage which may be her sister’s with an incorrect spelling? … Many thanks for your encouragement. It means the world… cheers.

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Beta testers of Windows Live Mesh, the synchronization, online storage and remote access service, will soon discover that it’s now merging with the new Windows Live Sync, a part of the updated Windows Live Essentials suite of applications.

The technology that was developed for Live Mesh will form the basis of the new service, which will provide 2 GB of free storage in the cloud for your most vital files and folders in addition to synchronizing your files (like those in your Documents, Pictures, Music, etc. folders) between PCs...or even your Macs. When you update one file, that change is made available on all your connected computers.

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This week on Channel 9 at TechEd 2009, Brian is joined by Jeff Hadfield andGreg Duncan to discuss this week's developer news, including:

- Keith Elder - Load XSD Schemas automatically in Visual Studio by editing the Catalog.xml file, via Alvin Ashcraft
SQL Server 2008 Developer Training Kit - includes demos, presentations and hands on labs on T-SQL, Filestream, Date & Time types, spatial data, and Reporting Services
- Code Project - Michael Ceranski's article on Recreating Frogger in Silverlight
- Philipp Sumi - WPF Notify Icon for the system tray
- ADO.NET Team Blog - Entity Framework 4.0 to support persistence ignorance and Plain-Old-CLR-Objects (POCO) and lots of other enhancements
- Silverlight blog - Project StarlightAdds Multicast capabilities to Silverlight using Windows Media Services
- Luca Bolognese - C# and VB.NET Co-Evolution
- Ars Technica - Emil Protalinski - Office 2010 Technical Preview coming this summer
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- John Robbins: PDB Files - What every developer must know
- Karsten Januszweski - Archivist - A Twitter Data-Mining app
- Michael James - Scrum Master Checklist, via Greg Duncan
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Brian's pick of the week: Jason Zander - New Names for Test and Lab Tools - Visual Studio Team Test 2010, Team Test 2010 Essentials and Lab Management 2010
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    Brian and Dan (and team) thanks again for the opportunity to guest host... It was a blast!

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    I'm a fan of both “Code Project” and “Greg's Cool [Insert Clever Name] of the Day”, so I really loved this episode.

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    of corse nothing to be ashamed

    it is a language as any langauge

    i am waiting from microsoft to put a new rule that any session in any conference without alternative vb code in its demos or presentaion have to pay penalty for that to return our right we vb programmer

    all sessions (excpet those who are talking abt vb) give demos in C# as if there is no 10 version of vbhasnt been releases since last 20 month not like them only recent 7or 8 years maybe

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It’s time to show this league we mean business.

It’s time to show Man United that the title is not theirs.

It’s time to show all the critics that we can overcome the toughest of challenges.

Most of all, it’s time to show ourselves that we actually can do it. So many near misses, so many late collapses over the course of this season and in seasons previous. But Newcastle handed us a lifeline yesterday, and we can take it with both hands with a win tonight. And against the noisy neighbours no less…

So much has been made of our spectacular failings, including our recent self-destruction while leading Liverpool at the Emirates. After that game, it seemed like the title dreams were over. But Newcastle ground out a draw with United, and our hopes are still alive.

It’s a similar situation to the NLD at WHL last season. We’d seemed to be out of the race but after a result surprisingly went our way we were still in it, just. While our opponents were chasing Champions League qualification. We went 1-0 down to a miracle goal (Almunia could have done better) early on, before shocking defending saw us concede another.

The introduction of a returning RVP inspired us, and we nearly pulled two back, but we only got one thanks to an also inspired Heurelho Gomes (ha!) and it finished 2-1.

In that game, we were missing loads of players; Vermaelen, Gallas, Song, Fabregas, Arshavin and van Persie for most of it. Now we have an almost full-strength squad, so no excuses there. Bendtner insists the players know what the derby means, and I think he’s right. We showed passion and determination to go 2-0 up earlier in the season at the Emirates. What happened next was a disaster, but hopefully once in a lifetime, a complete freak, just like Rose’s goal. Hopefully the performance we see will be more like the first half of that game, and not the second.

There’s been a lot of talk about Cesc’s comments, but I feel the criticism he’s had is unfair. Guillem Balague summed it up nicely on SSN, saying that Cesc just wants the best for the team he’s at. I agree, and I hope he’ll be able to lead us towards that. Starting tonight.

It’s a massive, massive game. It’s a must win, just like the rest of our games. Let’s pray the team don’t let us down. Up the Arsenal!

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Clinical Coordinator/Clinical Assistant Professor of Physician Assistant Studies

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Description: Clinical Coordinator/Clinical Assistant Professor of Physician Assistant Studies (12 month)

Qualifications: The ideal candidate is an NCCPA board certified physician assistant with a terminal degree (MSPAS or MPAS) and experience teaching in an accredited physician assistant program.  Current physician assistant licensure or eligibility for licensure is required.  A minimum of two years clinical experience is preferred.  This position requires excellent interpersonal and organizational skills with the ability to interact successfully with multiple members of the medical community.  Proficiency with on-line student tracking systems and test question data banks is desirable but not required.

Responsibilities: Primary responsibility is the oversight of the clinical year curriculum and didactic year clinical and community practicum experiences.  Duties include but are not limited to:  scheduling clinical rotations and practicum field experiences, securing and maintaining appropriate clinical sites consistent with the university and program missions, executing all associated paperwork and documentation, development and implementation of all rotation assignments, assessments and end of rotation activities; participating in the development and implementation of the programs summative written knowledge and OSCE examinations.  Opportunities to participate in grant development and both local and international service learning initiatives are available.  Opportunities also exist for continued clinical practice if desired.  Candidates who are innovative and value a dynamic and comprehensive approach to curriculum, instruction, and physician assistant practice in an interdisciplinary environment are encouraged to apply.

Salary: Commensurate with qualifications.

The Program: The Physician Assistant Studies Program educates physician assistants to provide comprehensive quality health care to all, to be respectful of patient values, to be committed to ethical principles and to be grounded in evidence-based practice and clinical reasoning.  Graduates contribute to both their profession and their communities and are prepared to practice medicine in a variety of primary care settings under the supervision of physicians.  Graduates are prepared to provide service to medically underserved communities and diverse patient populations. The MSPAS program is housed within the Department of Health and Medicine in the College of Natural Sciences, Health Sciences and Business.  It is closely affiliated with the Doctor of Physical Therapy, and undergraduate programs in Athletic Training, Exercise Science, Physical and Health Education, Public Health, Recreational Management and Nursing. The MSPAS program is accredited by the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant (ARC-PA).  The program is located in a newly renovated, state of the art, 55,000 sq. ft. interdisciplinary graduate teaching and research facility.  This facility provides comprehensive teaching and laboratory space specifically designed for the MSPAS program.  The MSPAS program has a HRSA ARRA Training in Primary Medicine and Dentistry: Physician Assistant Training in Primary Care grant.

The Department: The Department of Health and Medicine includes the Master of Science in Physician Assistant Studies graduate program as well as the following majors: Health Sciences, Health Sciences-Diagnostic Medical Sonography, Health Sciences-Radiologic Technology, Pre-Medical Laboratory Sciences, Physical and Health Education, Public Health, Sport and Recreation Management, Therapeutic Recreation Emphasis; and minors in Hispanic Health and Human Services.

The College: The College of Natural Sciences, Health Sciences and Business offers undergraduate and graduate programs through six departments - Life Sciences (animal behavior, biology, environmental science, psychology); Computational and Physical Sciences (actuarial science, applied physics/engineering, chemistry, computational science, computer science, information technology, mathematics, physics, software engineering); Health and Medical Sciences (health science-radiological sciences and medial sonography, physical and health education, physician assistant studies, public health, sports and recreation management, therapeutic recreation),  Human Movement Sciences (athletic training, exercise science, exercise physiology, physical therapy); Nursing (BSN, RN to BSN, MSN); and Business, Economics and Accounting.  The College has a strong staff of academic administrative and support personnel.

The University: Founded in 1846, Carroll University is an independent, co-educational comprehensive institution grounded in the liberal arts tradition. The Pioneer Core general education curriculum has a strong emphasis on developing intercultural awareness and includes cross-cultural immersion experiences.  Carroll University is located in suburban Waukesha, 16 miles west of Milwaukee and 60 miles east of Madison. The University serves approximately 3,540 full-time and part-time students. The University, though intentionally ecumenical and non-sectarian in approach, is related to the Presbyterian Church, USA.

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The Association of Independent Technological Universities (AITU) launched a new mission statement, visual identity and Web site at its annual meeting in San Diego, Calif. last week.

Clarkson University President Tony Collins serves as the chair of the AITU Public Relations Committee and Clarkson’s Office of Marketing & External Relations team played a key role in advancing the project under the direction of Vice President for External Relations Kelly Chezum. Clarkson will continue to host the organization’s Web site.

AITU represents an organization of 22 leading American private technological universities and colleges whose mission is to play a vital role in securing the future of American competiveness in the global marketplace.

AITU members share a mutual passion and concern for the state of science, engineering and technical education in the United States. Together they fulfill a pivotal need to supply the next generation of technically oriented professionals and leaders.

"The research emanating from AITU member laboratories and the collective ingenuity among our faculty, students and alumni are exactly what the American economy needs more of right now in order to regain jobs and deliver newfound technological advances to society," said Collins. "Our institutions deliver the leaders who know how to bring discovery, engineering innovation and enterprise together."

Established in 1957 to share ideas and best practices from their education and research activities, AITU and its members inspire creativity, innovation and entrepreneurship through their association.

Under the new unifying AITU identity, each institution remains committed to recruiting the best and brightest to member schools by promoting the liberating experiences and rewarding careers that a technology-oriented education offers.

The organization approached BD&E of Pittsburgh, Pa., to assist in research and creation of a simple, memorable image to help build awareness of AITU and seize the opportunity to become a more outward-looking organization that advocates the value of technical universities to society.

The orange cross-bar in the new logo’s "A" symbolizes the handle to a door, which opens to experiences that advance creativity, game-changing inventions and excellence in engineering, science and professional education from K-12 onward. Additional emphasis on "T" represents the significance of technology in contributing toward the creation of wealth and greater good for society.

The launch of the Web site is the first new tool for informing broadly the stakeholders of each member institution about the AITU mission and scope of Association interests. It currently serves as a portal to areas of common pursuits among members and will host future activities that will unite members in reaching mutual goals.

Additional networking opportunities have been launched through a LinkedIn community for AITU members and partners as well.

Clarkson University is one of 22 members, which include California Institute of Technology (Caltech), Carnegie Mellon University (CMU), Case Western Reserve University, The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, Drexel University, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering, Harvey Mudd College, Illinois Institute of Technology, Keck Graduate Institute, Kettering University, Lawrence Technological University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Milwaukee School of Engineering, Polytechnic Institute of NYU, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT), Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, Stevens Institute of Technology, Webb Institute and Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI).

For more information about AITU and Clarkson’s membership, please contact Kelly Chezum at 315-268-4483.

Clarkson University launches leaders into the global economy. One in six alumni already leads as a CEO, VP or equivalent senior executive of a company. Located just outside the Adirondack Park in Potsdam, N.Y., Clarkson is a nationally recognized research university for undergraduates with select graduate programs in signature areas of academic excellence directed toward the world’s pressing issues. Through 50 rigorous programs of study in engineering, business, arts, sciences and health sciences, the entire learning-living community spans boundaries across disciplines, nations and cultures to build powers of observation, challenge the status quo, and connect discovery and engineering innovation with enterprise.

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Clinical and Economic Impact of an Electronic Medical Record Interfaced Decision Support System Reinforced With Patient Specific Pharmacogenetic Data for Minimizing Severe Drug-Drug Interactions (DDI+)

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Leumit Health Services, an health maintenance organization operating in Israel, will incorporate a web-based, decision support system for handling drug-drug interactions and drug information, termed DDI+ reinforced with patient specific pharmacogenetic data. The investigators hypothesize that implementing such a system will reduce health-care expenditures (e.g., hospital admissions, referrals to ERs, Imaging procedures).

Condition Intervention
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Study Type: Interventional
Study Design: Allocation: Non-Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Open Label
Primary Purpose: Health Services Research
Official Title: Clinical and Economic Impact of a Web Based, Electronic Medical Record Interfaced Electronic Decision Support System Incorporating Pharmacogenetic Evaluation for Physicians Intended, Mainly for Drug-drug Interaction. A Controlled Study in an Ambulatory Health Maintenance Organization Population

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Primary Outcome Measures:
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Enrollment: 973
Study Start Date: January 2013
Study Completion Date: October 2014
Primary Completion Date: October 2014 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
Arms Assigned Interventions
Experimental: DDI+ and Pharmacogenetic data
DDI+ System and Pharmacogenetic data
Other: DDI+ System and Pharmacogenetic Data
No Intervention: Standard Care

Ages Eligible for Study:   18 Years and older
Genders Eligible for Study:   Both
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:   Yes

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Number of chronic concomitant drugs ≥5
  • treated with 1 or more drugs with a well established interaction with 1 or more of the following CYP450 enzymes: 2c9, 2c19, 2d6

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Patients diagnosed with HIV/AIDS, and/or viral hepatitis B or C
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Other Study ID Numbers: LHS022013
Study First Received: January 9, 2013
Last Updated: October 20, 2014
Health Authority: Israel: Ministry of Health

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      I thought I would never do this but me and a friend are getting really frustrated that we don't play with anyone good. Me and my mate went uni together and started playing COD, we basically have the same sort of game play (run & gun as people call it). We always come top and seem to carry everyone that we play with. It would just be nice to play with other people with the same skill level etc.

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I was contemplating to write a post on Sadhana,the beautiful and talented actress of 60’s era,who was a part of many blockbusters including Asli Naqli,Hum Dono and great films like Mere Mehboob. Thanks to harveypam ,inspiration  caught my fancy and I finally got down to write this post. Here are of the songs which were picturised on her which are favorite of mine which I want to share with you.

Love In Simla – Ae Baby Ae Jee Idhar Aao—- It was her first film as a newcomer,in spite of which she gave a dazzling performance.She gets a makeover the famous “fringe cut” from her grandma in order to win the affection of dashing Joy Mukerjee to win a bet.She looks spellbinding and has an infectious smile. In this song she makes Joy  obey her beck and call. She looks playful and naughty yet innocent.

Aap Yun Hi Agar Humse Milte Rahe- Ek Musafir Ek Haseena— Her second film with Joy,she looks more beautiful and charming. She is a young girl who is deserted by her husband on the eve of her wedding due to insurgency.  Here she meets a armyman -Joy Mukerjee who loses his memory in saving her from the insurgents. In this song she flirts along with Joy to help him getting his memory back. She indeed looks fascinating and gamine enough to get someone smitten with love be it a dashing gentleman like Joy.

Mere Mehboob(1963)-Mere Mehboob Tujhe Meri Mohabbat ki Qasam— Mere Mehboob is a movie which could only be described as a lyrical poetry. Be it songs or performances;everything is superb. Romance is depicted in an innocent and pure form devoid of any obscenity. Sadhana plays Husna a beautiful lady from a Nawab family who is deeply in love with Anwar (Rajendra Kumar). Here she sings the composition of Rajendra Kumar,whom she met in her university. She is desperately searching him and pining in love;which is evident in her tears.

Aaya Hai Se Pee Ke-Manmauji—- Sadhana  plays  a vegetable seller who is trying to save her love interest, Kishore Kumar who is convicted of a murder committed by Jaggi(Pran),a local goon. She tries to coax him to confess his guilt by dancing and playing along with him. She looks much beautiful without her trademark “fringe” in this song.

Ab aur na kuch bhi yaad raha- Prem Patra (1962)- A Bimal Roy classic,which is an intense drama of emotions of love and hatred in which love reigns supreme. Sadhana plays Kavita Kapoor,a medical student who has some misunderstanding with Arun(Shashi Kapoor);which changes his attitude towards her.In this song she expresses feelings of love and bliss amidst nature.

Aji Rooth Kar Ab Kahan Jaiyega – Arzoo— Sadhna is in her prime of beauty and elegance in this movie,which is  one of her best performances. She sings to her love Sarju(Rajendra Kumar) with  her aunt on the piano. Her eyes simply do the talking…….

Nainonwali ne –Mera Saaya — Mera Saaya(1966) is the masterpiece by Raj Khosla in which Sadhana overshadows everyone with her superb performance. She is at her best in matter of performance and evokes sympathy from the audience as a woman whose identity is in question.Court-room scenes are so emotional and      touching that one could not resist tears. In this song, her husband has a flashback in which he remembers sweet time spent with her.She is vivacious and lively in this song and also plays air guitar. The song is a cheery one that makes one smile.

Yeh Parda Hata Do-Ek Phool Do mali [1969]— In this love story,Sadhana plays a ingenuous village damsel who loses her heart to a young and dashing Sanjay Khan.There is sweetness and mischief coupled with love in this song in which they tease each other and she even warns him  that if he does not resist he will be “chastised” by her mother. The song is picturised in a picturesque apple garden.

Ham tumhare liye-Intaquam (1969)– It is the home production movie of Sadhana in which she portrays a strong women determined to take revenge from a rich businessman who had done her wrong in the past. In order to further her plan she pretends to love his son played by Sanjay Khan and marries him. She and Sanjay make a lovely screen couple and have a  great chemistry.

Mujhe Teri Mohabbat Ka Sahara- Aap Aye Bahar Ayee(1971)— It is a film about strong ties of  true love which does not care if the beloved has any stigma attached to his or her past life.In this film,Sadhana plays beautiful Neena;who is engaged to Rohit(Rajendra Kumar). But unfortunately she is molested by Kumar (Prem Chopra).Feeling unworthy of Rohit,she deplores her fate;hence this song takes place. The song is emotional and heart-wrenching. Rajendra and Sadhana are perfect in their rendition of lovers struck by fate.It is a song which lingers in the memory for a long time.

And the list of songs filmed on this elegant actress is quite large,a few of which I have shared with you.May god bless her with health and prosperity. And at last I again thank harveypam for providing me inspiration on write a post on one of my favorite actresses.

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I like to blog when some random thoughts inspire me or persuade me to write.The golden era in of the 60′s always fascinates me.I seek inspiration from the present, past and future………………………

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  1. harveypam says:

    Coolone! What a splendid post indeed!
    I feel honoured that my post on Sadhana served as an inspiration. So the blog does serve some purpose.
    The songs you have chosen are all lovely in their own style.
    I particularly liked the ones from Manmauji and Prem Patra, mostly because they are not usually in my hearing radius.
    aap yunhi agar hamse milte rahe is such an enchanting song! Love it! There is not a single note out of place in it!

    ninowali ne is quite an unusual song, isn’t it? She singing a song thinking what he would say. Lovely! The whole score of Mera Saayaa is beautiful. Very difficult to choose one fav one!
    Just like it is hard to choose one song from Parakh!

    All the same when I think of Sadhana, the first song that comes to my mind is o sajana barkha bahaar aayi from Parakh.

    Thank you again for this beautifful post coolone!

    • coolone160 says:

      Thank you for appreciation…… (Bahut shukriya!) :) .Parakh is also one of my fave movies in which Sadhana looks beautiful without her make-up and she proves her worth as an actress capable of doing any character given to her.One of my faves from Parakh is this “Jhumka” song………….

      Mera Saaya has indeed one of the most melodious scores of all times and the songs are quite haunting especially the title song……..

      Thank you once again for your kind and encouraging words.

    • coolone160 says:

      I intended to include a song from Ishq Par Zor Nahin (1970);but somehow it slipped from my mind. It is a beautiful and romantic song………………..

  2. geniosity514 says:

    I particularly know Sadhana from Hum Dono :D Thanks for all the beautiful songs!

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    really nice. Sadhana was seriously so pretty

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Letters   |   Pakistan

British journalist detained on suspicion of espionage

May 15, 2002

His Excellency Gen. Pervez Musharraf
President, Islamic Republic of Pakistan
Islamabad, Pakistan

Via facsimile: 92-51-922-4206

Your Excellency:

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) is deeply concerned about the detention of Amardeep Bassey, investigations editor for the British newspaper The Sunday Mercury, and his two Pakistani guides, Naoshad Ali Afridi and Khitab Shah Shinwari. Pakistani officials have told journalists that Bassey is being held on suspicion of espionage.

Bassey, a British citizen, and his guides were arrested on May 10 at the Torkham border crossing, near Peshawar, on their way back into Pakistan from Afghanistan. An Interior Ministry official told The Associated Press that Bassey had failed to obtain an exit visa before leaving Pakistan.

Bassey, Afridi, and Shinwari are currently detained in Landi Kotal, a Pakistani town at the mouth of the Khyber Pass. They are being interrogated by members of Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence agency (ISI) and other state security agencies, according to local and international news reports.

The British Foreign Office said that Bassey was one of five accredited journalists on a recent trip to Afghanistan sponsored by the British government, but that he was working independently at the time of his arrest.

Pakistani officials told local journalists that they are suspicious of Bassey because of his Indian descent. An activist with the independent Human Rights Commission of Pakistan who has visited Bassey in detention said the journalist was accused of working as a spy for neighboring India.

Indian journalists and journalists of Indian origin are rarely granted visas to report in Pakistan. Once in the country, they are generally subject to intense scrutiny by Pakistan's intelligence services.

Bassey is an award-winning journalist who has filed stories from Peshawar, Kabul, and Birmingham. There is no evidence whatsoever to support the allegation that he is a spy. CPJ respectfully asks Your Excellency to order the prompt release of Amardeep Bassey and his two colleagues, Naoshad Ali Afridi and Khitab Shah Shinwari.

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Hello? Is Anybody Listening?

Hello Is Anybody Listening“Once more unto the breach, dear friends.”

I have been writing this blog for many years now, and I have been fighting for arthritis and awareness almost my entire life.  As many of you know, I have even written an autobiography about my life living with the disease.  All of this is mainly an attempt to help spread the word about autoimmune illness and rheumatoid arthritis.  Some days, I think it’s working, too, especially when I receive emails or messages that explain how much my blog, book, and website have helped to educate and comfort those with autoimmune ailments and even those who remain untouched by disease.  It is a great pleasure to know that my work is actually having an effect on the public.

Unfortunately, no matter how many positive signs I receive, I can still be cut down by a single negative comment or event.  This is what happened to me a few days ago.  I was speaking with someone whose comments underscored the ignorance of the public. What makes matters worse is that this particular individual should have known my work and me well enough to realize the error of his statement.  Ultimately, though, it is a sign of just how pervasive and insidious the misinformation and ignorance about arthritis is when it comes to the majority of the public.

It happened in such an offhand way, too, that I almost didn’t catch it.  A few days ago, I was visiting a local restaurant, a place my fiancée and I frequent.  We love the food, and it isn’t too expensive (we are saving for a wedding, after all).  As we were escorted to our table, out of the corner of my eye, I spotted an old acquaintance.  Now, at this point, he know I saw him, and I knew that he knew that I saw him, so I had only two choices: totally ignore him and pretend that I was either drunk or blind the next time I saw him, or go over to his table and give the obligatory meet and greet that we all do when we run into someone.  I chose the latter, simply because it would be less awkward then making up an obviously false excuse the next time I saw this person.  I told Allison I’d be right back and I went over to his table.

Of course, as soon as he saw me coming over, he smiled and waved, and stood up to shake my hand.  We exchanged pleasantries and he introduced me to his date, a pretty blonde girl named Dilbert or something like that.  I’m not good with names, sorry.  As he took a few steps to sit back down, I saw that he was limping slightly, so I asked him what happened.  When he responded, “Oh, I have rheumatoid arthritis.” I was so shocked that I immediately said, “You have R.A.?”  He responded in the positive once again, and I waited for the recognition of our similar condition.  After a pregnant pause that lasted way too long, I finally said, “I have rheumatoid arthritis as well.”  He said, “Oh, yeah it sucks,” the same way he would have if I had just mentioned that I had found a Band-Aid in my salad.  There was absolutely no surprise or interest in his voice to confirm the fact that he understood just how unlikely it was that we both suffered from the same autoimmune ailment.  Even worse, there was absolutely no recognition at all that I had crusaded for years against the public’s ignorance of our shared plight.  I considered waiting longer for my due, but I knew that he had absolutely no idea about my work.

I couldn’t believe it.  Someone who I was friendly with had come down with the same autoimmune illness I had been fighting for years and publicizing for almost as long.  It was an extremely unlikely outcome, and I was almost glad to hear that this person was now going to have to learn about the ailment and help to educate his relatives and friends.  Of course, I wasn’t happy that he was in pain, but at least come good would come out of it.  I pressed him for more information.

“So, when were you diagnosed?” I asked, eager to hear the story.

“Well,” he said, “I was in the army, and when I was stationed in Afghanistan so I got it from that.”

“Hmmm, methinks something is awry,” I said to myself.  How could someone being stationed in a foreign country lead to contracting an autoimmune illness?  I was curious, to say the least, so I pressed him a bit further.

“Oh, really,” I said, “how did you get the disease exactly?”  I asked, slowly realizing I might know the answer.

“Well, we had to carry at least seventy pounds of gear for hours a day,” he responded, and I cringed, knowing now exactly what he was going to say, “so my knees and ankles are shot.  The doctor said I have rheumatoid arthritis now in my lower joints.”

Boom.  There it was, ignorance about arthritis personified, standing right in front of me.  I put on a brave face, but I felt like someone had punched me in the gut.  He had literally proved that all of my efforts have still left people in my local area’s social circle misinformed.  I think we can all agree that the army doctor probably didn’t misdiagnose his osteoarthritis as rheumatoid arthritis, so that left only one possibility.  This person believed that O.A. and R.A. were as interchangeable as Ketchup and Catsup.  What a shame.

I smiled and nodded for the rest of the conversation, and I didn’t even bother to correct him because I knew it would only be forgotten the next day.  Besides, I was too upset that such ignorance about arthritis still existed, and so close to home as well.  It hurt, I won’t lie, and shook my faith in the efforts I make every day to dispel the myths about autoimmune illness.  Allison and I ate our dinner in relative silence, and I went home, sad that we are bombarded with information about every disease in the world on TV, radio, posters, the Internet, and outside the grocery store, and yet people still don’t even know that rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis are completely different ailments.  I mean, I’m not expecting the public at large to know specific facts like rheumatoid arthritis caused by the immune system and osteoarthritis is caused by overuse, no, I am literally just expecting them to know that they are separate conditions.  Is it too much to ask?  Apparently it is.

It was extremely disheartening to see the misinformation live, right in front of me, and I was upset that night.  The next day, though, I got up, and got right back up on the horse, writing this blog and working on my new book.  The simple fact is that it is going to take a lot more work to get our message out there, folks, so we need to double down and keep up the great work we are doing.  Setbacks will happen, but it is all the more reason we need to keep pressing forward.

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Free Software Foundation introduces RDF for GNU licenses

Mike Linksvayer, June 22nd, 2009

We’re very happy to note that the Free Software Foundation has introduced RDF for GNU licenses. This means the FSF has described each of its licenses at a high level in the same “machine readable” framework that CC uses to describe our licenses.

CC worked with the FSF to extend our vocabulary for describing copyright licenses in RDF, but it’s key to understand that no collaboration was required. They could have extended our vocabulary without asking or published their own without reference to ours, leaving it to third parties to describe mappings between the two (also using RDF). As with free software, using the semantic web means users have the freedom to innovate without asking for permission. Perhaps it is no surprise that cutting edge semantic web software tends to be free software. It feels like there may be under-exploited connections to be drawn between the free software and semantic web communities, e.g., hinted at in Evan Prodromou’s keynote at the FSF’s LibrePlanet conference, somewhat as it feels there may be under-exploited connections between the free software and free culture communities.

Less philosophically, we hope this small affordance helps others build tools which make it easier to find and use free software. For example, this list of free software hosting facilities is only the tip of the iceberg, and rapidly growing due to the rise of distributed version control systems. More project metadata will help computers help make sense of it all.

It’s also worth noting that RDF descriptions of licenses such as CC’s and now the FSF’s give users an additional tool to use to find and manage information, in contrast with Digital RightsRestrictions Management, which gives the publishers of information a tool to abuse users. For more on the latter, of course see the FSF’s Defective By Design campaign.


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45 killed, 63 injured in Iraq violence

Baghdad, Sep 12 (IANS) As many as 45 people were killed and 63 wounded in a wave of violent attacks across Iraq Wednesday, the government and police sources said.

At least 30 people were killed and 55 injured when a suicide bomber blew himself up at al Temimi mosque in Baghdad's Kasra area in the evening, reported Xinhua citing an interior ministry source.

Earlier in the day, 15 people, including four soldiers, were killed and eight wounded in separate attacks in Iraq, police said.

In the northern province of Nineveh, four soldiers were killed, including an officer, when some gunmen using assault rifles attacked their checkpoint in Mosul city, some 400 km from Baghdad, a provincial police source said.

In a separate incident, a primary school principal was shot dead by gunmen in front of his house in Mosul, the source said.

Meanwhile, gunmen shot dead a civilian in a village in Mosul, while a police force found unidentified bodies of two young men in eastern part the city, with bullet holes in their heads and chests, the source added.

In Diyala province, three policemen were killed and four wounded when gunmen attacked a checkpoint near the town of Buhruz, some 65 km from Baghdad, a provincial police source anonymously told Xinhua.

Separately, an official of the Sunni endowment office, responsible for running the Sunni mosques, was killed with his wife in a roadside bomb explosion near their car in Kan'an city, some 20 km east of Baquba, the source said.

In addition, a child was killed and four people were wounded when two roadside bombs went off near two houses in the eastern suburb Maqdadiyah city, some 40 km from Baquba, the source added.

In southern Iraq, gunmen shot dead a Sunni imam near his mosque in the town of Abu al-Khasib in southeast of the oil-hub city of Basra, some 550 km from Baghdad, an official said.

No group claimed responsibility for the attacks.

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Govt. likely to bring ordinance on food security at Cabinet meet today

New Delhi, June 4 (ANI): The Central Government is likely to bring an ordinance on Food Security Bill at the Cabinet meet today.

According to television reports, the government has spoken to all the allies on the proposal.

Amid talk of a special session of Parliament on the Food Security Bill, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kamal Nath on Monday said that all options are open on the issue.

"All the options on the Food Security Bill on how to go ahead with it are still open. We will be considering that further in the days to come," Kamal Nath told reporters after the UPA Co-ordination Committee meeting here last evening.

He, however, said no discussions were held on the proposed Food bill which is a pet project of Congress President Sonia Gandhi aimed at giving legal rights to 67 percent of the population over a uniform quantity of 5 kg foodgrains at a fixed price of Rs 1-3 per kg through ration shops.

However, key UPA ally Samajwadi Party on Monday joined Left parties in expressing reservation over the food security bill, alleging it is anti-farmer and will deprive them from getting their proper dues.

"The day the bill is implemented, farmers will not get proper dues for their produce," SP leader Naresh Agarwal said.

The National Food Security Bill, 2011, considered to be the world's largest experiment in ensuring food security to poor, has been a key project of Congress president Sonia Gandhi.

It hopes to meet the food needs of 75 percent of rural households and 50 percent of urban households. The Bill classifies all entitled households as "general" and "priority".

At least 46 percent of rural households and 28 percent of urban households would be designated as "priority".

Every person belonging to a "priority household" will be provided with seven kilograms of grain per month, comprising rice, wheat and coarse grain. Rice will be provided at Rs.3, wheat at Rs.2 and coarse grain at Rs.1 per kilogram.

Others belonging to the "general category" would be entitled to not less than three kilogram of grain per month at a rate not exceeding 50 percent of the minimum support price. (ANI)

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Forums > MaxMSP

universal & flexible Sample-Player Objekt: Play vs. groove vs. 2.wave

October 9, 2011 | 2:45 pm

i´m searching for a universal & flexible Sample-Player Object… Which allows following:

– play normaly a wav.- Sample
– dynamicly change speed/sample rate to pich up oder down
– play forward and backwards

I dont want to change for changing usecases always the objact… So i wants directly choose the most flexible Sampling-Object…

What object should i take?

October 9, 2011 | 3:27 pm

you refer to three objects in your post title;
your choice is dependent on a few other factors: how large the audio files are; and how extreme the pitch/time stretching is.

I have it on pretty good authority

that for larger files, with more extreme pitch settings [groove~] is preferable to both [play~] and [wave~] as far as accuracy and reliability goes. I personally prefer [play~] driven by a central [phasor~]. For deeper issues, you may want to look into the externals available at; but I tend to stick to native objects until an issue becomes unsolvable.

I can’t comment on [2dwave~] as I’ve never used it, but search the forum for it and you’ll find helpful hints.

ps here are 2 videos demonstrating some cool stretching techniques; the first is my example, the second uses tapin/tapout:

October 9, 2011 | 5:03 pm

I like play~ because if you drive it with line~ you can use the pause and resume messages. Moreover, if you make line~ go from 0. to 1. first and multiply by the endposition later, you can insert a rate~ object in between to change the playback speed and direction in real-time.

However for very long files the sound is not as good as with groove~.

October 9, 2011 | 5:15 pm

> However for very long files the sound is not as good as with groove~.

This might improve with the 64-bits resolution in Max 6.

October 9, 2011 | 5:25 pm

^ It will :)

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Saying Obama Is Worse Than Bush Is Not Beside the Point

3 Jul

It has become somewhat common for disaffected but casual observers of politics to refer to President Obama as being “worse than Bush.”  This sentiment was the subject of Gary Younge’s Guardian article, titled Is Obama Worse Than Bush?  That’s Beside the Point.  In it, he contrasts Campaign Obama, who once said:

“This administration acts like violating civil liberties is the way to enhance our security.  it is not…This administration also puts forward a false choice between the liberties we cherish and the security we provide.”

And President Obama, who retorted:

“You can’t have 100% security and then have 100% privacy and zero inconvenience.  We’re going to have to make some choices.”

Suddenly, it seems, Obama developed a nuanced view on the issue of compromised civil liberties to defend against non-state combatants.  Younge notes that politicians contradicting themselves and “evolving” on issues is not new, although Obama has committed a full flip-flop by becoming the very thing he campaigned against.  It seems that most observers, Younge included, believe that Obama shifted on the issue when faced with the realities of being the President of the still-most-militarily-and-economically-powerful country in the world.

Younge’s key argument is that those who say Obama is worse than Bush on civil liberties are missing the point, which is that US presidents are so constrained by political realities that they are functionally similar in foreign policy.  This is similar to the neorealist notion that the particularities of leadership should not matter for attempting to explain foreign policy, that the pressures of the international system result in states that behave similarly regardless of leadership (Waltz 1979).  In effect, the domain of international politics is devoid of agency.  It is structure all the way down.

This denial of agency seems to have the potential to excuse Obama of any moral responsibility in the foreign policy domain.  After all, he was marketed as a champion of the most politically disempowered: the general American public.  His election was advertised as a triumph of a healthily functioning democracy, of the rejection of a failed past policy.  Indeed, one of the presumable functions of democracy is to allow the public to signal their desire for broad changes in policy direction.  While it would not have been reasonable to expect Obama to be a saint on issues like NSA spying and whistleblowers, it would have been fair to expect him to be at least marginally less aggressive than his predecessor.

Instead, as Younge says, what Bush pursued and accomplished with great fanfare, Obama has done with stealth.  And this is one of the very reasons that there has been a strong reaction against Obama from within his own base.  While those of us who rallied against Bush thought that he was the worst president of our times, we knew who we were dealing with.  Bush was relatively open about his intentions and resolve, and unashamedly swaggered in his “bring ’em on” cowboy attitude.  Today with Obama, we have a president who is charming, eloquent, and intellectual, who waxes progressive on all of the key issues he is expected to: from gay marriage to environmental protection.  But issues of foreign policy, Obama has stripped the cowboy rhetoric but retained the draconian substance.

So in this respect, it seems that it is Younge who has missed the point.  The question we should ask is whether or not Obama is actually so constrained by the realities of his office that he had no choice but to escalate Bush’s post-9/11 policies.  This escalation would presume that Bush would have also done the same had he continued to be president from 2008 onward.  If this is the case, we would have no choice but to forgive his deviation from the pacifist path he espoused.  Perhaps even despite Obama’s apparent escalation of Bush’s policies, it is still less aggressive than (thank goodness) hypothetical third and fourth Bush terms.

If we are not to explain Obama’s foreign policy through a structuralist lens, we are left with an agential one which says that Obama had the opportunity to roll back Bush-era policies, and instead chose to escalate them despite his campaign promises.  Of course, the social world is never purely structure or agent driven.  The truth lies somewhere in between.  There are certainly political realities Obama was not prepared for when he assumed office, faced with potentially hostile state and non-state aggressors who might seek to do harm to the United States.  He may certainly have had the desire, first and foremost, to protect US citizens and interests (however we may define a national interest).  On the other hand, he knew that he was elected by a public that through electing him said fairly clearly: “we’d like to roll the dice on living in this dangerous world with our civil liberties intact.”

If we are to accept Younge’s argument that all US presidents would behave the same once assuming office, we essentially cant take any campaign promise regarding foreign policy seriously.  Not only that, we absolve all presidents of any responsibility by saying that their behavior was dictated by political realities, whatever they may be.  But the fact is that there is no objective political reality.  Whether the world we live in is too dangerous to allow for civil liberties is truly in the eye of the executive beholder, and we must hold Presidents responsible for their foreign policy choices.  Failing to do so would constitute not only a denial of agency, but also a denial of moral responsibility in a domain where politicians are supposed to respond to electoral mandates.

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mediterranean quinoa

wow. i have been seriously neglecting this blog. my apologies. it was the last week of class and now i’m in exams, but i have a little break now. i will try to be better, i promise

i have been hearing and reading about quinoa (pronounced kin-wa, or so i’m told), and finally, i just decided to try it. and it was delicious. i will most definitely be making it again.

mediterranean quinoa salad

quinoa (about 1 cup, uncooked)
2 cups water
grape tomatoes, cut in half
green onions, sliced
cucumber, cubed
feta cheese, cut into little squares
kalamata olives
juice of one lemon
1 tablespoon olive oil
salt, pepper, oregano

boil 2 cups water, add uncooked quinoa, lower heat, let simmer for 15 minutes. remove from heat and let stand 5 minutes. mix cut up vegetables, feta, lemon juice, olive oil, seasonings. serve warm or cold

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  1. summersher
    Apr 16, 2011 @ 09:36:33

    YUUUUUM. I definitely making some quinoa next week! I love it. And the med flavors sound delish… :)

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Annual Australasian Aid Conference

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Read more about the 2015 Australasian Aid Conference.

About the conference

The annual Australasian Aid Conference, held in February of each year in partnership with The Asia Foundation, has been established as an integral part of the Australian and regional aid calendar. The aim of the conference is to bring together researchers from across Australia, the Pacific and Asia who are working on aid and international development policy to share insights, promote collaboration, and help develop the research community.

The 2016 Conference will be held at the Crawford School of Public Policy, ANU, Canberra on February 10 and 11.

Conference hosts

The Development Policy Centre

The Development Policy Centre (Devpolicy) is a think tank for aid and development serving Australia, the region, and the global development community. Devpolicy undertakes independent research and promotes practical initiatives to improve the effectiveness of Australian aid, to support the development of Papua New Guinea and the Pacific island region, and to contribute to better global development policy.

Devpolicy was established in September 2010 and is based at Crawford School of Public Policy in the College of Asia and the Pacific at The Australian National University.

The Asia Foundation

The Asia Foundation is a nonprofit international development organization committed to improving lives across a dynamic and developing Asia. Informed by six decades of experience and deep local expertise, our programs address critical issues affecting Asia in the 21st century—governance and law, economic development, women’s empowerment, environment, and regional cooperation. In addition, our Books for Asia and professional exchange programs are among the ways we encourage Asia’s continued development as a peaceful, just, and thriving region of the world.

Headquartered in San Francisco, The Asia Foundation works through a network of offices in 18 Asian countries and in Washington, DC. Working with public and private partners, the Foundation receives funding from a diverse group of bilateral and multilateral development agencies, foundations, corporations, and individuals. In 2013, we provided nearly $114 million in direct program support and distributed textbooks and other educational materials valued at over $10 million. Our development policy work brings together traditional donors and emerging Asian providers to share their perspectives and ideas about the changing dynamics of the Asia-Pacific region and international development cooperation.

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Hi All I have been reading about Itunes 64bit and Itunes 32 bit along with reading Info about SRS IWOW for Itunes. I noticed in their directions it states to look at the about window and the 64Bit Version will state 64 bit while the 32 bit does not. I just uninstalled all the apple and Itunes programs as stated so I coudl do a fresh install as I want to load Itunes 64Bit so I can load the SRS IWOW 64 bit.

I downloaded Itunes64setup.exe and ran it but it automatically attempted to install Itunes in Program Files (86) Which is where the 32bit software is located and as soon as it was done I found in teh about Window no List of 64bit and in Task manager it lists Itunes as 32bit again.

I know there is a 64 bit version of Itunes as I seen teh screenshot stating it was 64bit but I cannot get a 64bit version installed on my system.

I keep reading where people say there is no 64 bit Itunes.exe that it is all 32bit? Why would SRS show a screen with teh about page listing Itunes as 64bit? I sure would hope they know what they are talking about seeing how they built a 32bit and 64 bit version of SRS IWOW depending on if you are running 32 bit Itunes or 64 bit Itunes.

I am quite frustrated with this entire situation so I would love it if somone could explain why my Itunes46setup.exe is installing 32 bit Itunes and how I can get the 64 bit to install, Is there some registry value i need to change or some other folder i need to delete so Itunes will stop defaulting to 32bit?

I just looked at Task manager and I am running

Applemobiledevicehelper.exe *32,

Applemobiledeviceservice.exe *32,

Ituneshelper.exe *32,

Itunes.exe *32

Ipodservice.exe is the only thing actually in 64bit

I dont understand why SRS talkes about a 64bit Itunes which is quite clear on there web page that it shows 64 bit right in the about window if you are running 64 bit version yet I see only 1 application out of 6 that is actually running in 64Bit

I think I may just give up on this if i can't get some Idea of what is going on

iPod nano, Windows 7, ASUS G73SW Corei7 2630 quad 12Gbram


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Category Archives: Wine

Philippe Sereys de Rothschild Brings Business Savvy and Impish Humor to a Wine Empire

Bordeaux is transforming itself. Change was widely on display during Vinexpo, the biennial trade fair held this month at the city’s Parc des Expositions with satellite parties at chateaux throughout the Left and Right Banks. The visible changes were magnificent … Continue reading

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Traveling the World at Vinexpo

Greetings from Vinexpo! I’m in Bordeaux for only my second visit to this biennial trade fair, having first come in 2009. That was the year Bordeaux was chasing the China market; Asia is much less prominent this year, and in … Continue reading

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Tasting SLV and Mouton with Warren Winiarski

During my recent visit to California, I had the pleasure of visiting Warren Winiarski, founder of Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars and a Napa Valley pioneer whose Cabernet Sauvignon won the famous Paris Tasting of 1976. We first met a few … Continue reading

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Drinking Local with The Wine Curmudgeon

My wife and I had the pleasure last week of hosting Jeff Siegel, aka The Wine Curmudgeon, while he was in DC judging a preliminary round of the 2015 Virginia Governor’s Cup wine competition. (Jeff posted his impressions of the … Continue reading

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A Chance to Live the Luxury Wine Life in South Africa?

It was only a matter of time before wine auctions go online, like everything else. This year’s Cape Auction in South Africa may not be the first to try this, but they’ve gone virtual in a big way, with a month … Continue reading

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Relieve Some Pressure: Pop a Cork!

Opening a bottle of Champagne relieves pressure — both on the bottle and on the drinker. Those bubbles that mark life’s celebrations are really mood-altering drugs. Continue reading

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##WW More Holiday Bubbly and Some Celebratory Reds

In the spirit of “Wine Wednesday,” here are recommendations for some fine bubbly and two delicious red wines to help celebrate the holidays. These were published December 10 in The Washington Post, with lists of stores in the DMV that carry … Continue reading

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Causes of Addiction

Genetics + Environment

No disease exists due to genetic factors alone. In fact, most diseases are a result of a combination of genetic factors (“diabetes runs in my family”) and environmental factors (“I eat a diet high in sugar”). The same is true for the disease of addiction.

If you have a genetic family history of addiction, you have a 50-80% chance of developing the disease yourself (depending on if you are male or female). See NIDA article: Twin Studies , See also: Adoption Studies

Many stigmas about addiction abound in our society. Addiction is seen as a moral issue, a matter of personal weakness, a lack of intelligence, and/or a result of a “bad childhood” or, for example, a response to grief or trauma. This is NEVER the case. Certain life events may lead a person to choose to use a substance (such as alcohol) or engage in a pleasurable behavior (such as gambling) as a means of escape or relief, but it is the inability to stop once they’ve started that is the genetic, biological disease of addiction – the inability to stop is not a choice, it is a biological drive. Addiction becomes an obsessive-compulsive behavior and that behavior is rooted in the neurochemical actions in our brain. And our genes are responsible for our neurological make-up.

Recent research has confirmed that addiction is a genetic, biological brain disease (see the NIDA website for an array of research articles on the subject). In fact , addiction is called a “Primary Disease” because it is not caused by anything else and must be treated first before any other issues are going to improve. Addiction causes a long-lasting chemical imbalance in the brain. Actually, addiction causes depression, anxiety/panic attacks, trouble sleeping, an inability to cope with grief/trauma, and a whole host of other issues. Addiction is oftentimes misdiagnosed as Bipolar Disorder, Personality Disorder, Major Depression, and many other so-called “co-occurring” disorders due to the physician’s lack of understanding of addiction and its symptoms (more on this in the Dual Diagnosis section). If a person seeks help for these issues, but continues to use/abuse addictive substances, their mental illness issues/symptoms are not going to improve and will likely worsen.

Environmental Factors

The following factors may influence a person to pick up and use a substance or engage in an addictive behavior (like gambling) but it is important to note that the genetic factors must also be present as well in order for the person to develop the disease.

– If a person’s community displays attitudes that are favorable towards drug use, firearms, and crime, they are at increased risk to try/use a substance.

– If a person has friends that are using or engaging in an addictive behavior (gambling), they are more likely to try the substance/behavior themselves.

– Family conflict and problems managing the home, along with parents who express favorable attitudes towards drug use and/or actually use substances themselves increases a person’s risk of trying/using substances.

– Poor commitment to school, participation, and performance are also risk factors.

Addiction is NOT a response to life stressors:

Initially, a person may make the choice to try a drug or take a drink of alcohol (the average person does try these substances in adolescence or early adulthood). However, a person with a genetic history of addiction or alcoholism has a different reaction that takes place in their brain as compared to the brains of those without a genetic history of addiction: their brain wants MORE. More is perceived to be better. Over time, the use/abuse of these mood-altering/mind-altering chemicals (addictive drugs or alcohol) changes a person’s brain chemistry (click the “Withdrawal” and “Depression” pages for more specific info on this). It actually “breaks” the brain and it is no longer able to function normally without the use of the drug/chemical. In fact, eventually the person is driven to engage in the use/behavior again because it has become their only source of pleasure. Most people with addiction disorders will tell you that they were no longer experiencing a high at some point, they felt compelled or “driven” to do it just to feel normal or function.

Additionally, it takes a long period of abstinence – much of the latest research shows that a period of 90-days without use of any chemicals is a good amount of time – for the brain to jump-start the healing process and begin to get back to a healthy chemical balance. It can take a year or more without use for the brain to return to normal functioning. Until that time, personality changes, mood swings, poor impulse control, symptoms of depression, trouble sleeping, anxiety, and other symptoms may persist. Oftentimes, a person may return to using to relieve these symptoms or to feel “normal” again. This is why relapse rates amongst those with addiction disorders are extremely high.

There are many treatment centers that are designated “Dual Diagnosis” or co-occurring treatment centers (a majority of reputable treatment centers these days are – this is something to check). This means that they treat both the addiction and the other symptoms/mental illness issues at the same time. In any case, it is likely that if the addiction is treated and the person is able to maintain abstinence for a long period of time (and that means abstinence from ANY mood-altering substance or behavior, not just the one they were using/engaging in), the mental illness issues will either go away, greatly improve with time, or at the very least be much more manageable.

  1. Great blog you have here but I was wanting to
    know if you knew of any user discussion forums that cover
    the same topics discussed in this article? I’d really like to be a part of online community where I can get suggestions from other experienced people that share the same interest. If you have any suggestions, please let me know. Many thanks!

    • I would suggest doing a search of Overeaters Anonymous. I know that there are some great online OA groups out there on the web.

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