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Congrats to Hayley Williams and Chad Gilbert!
The 27-year-old Paramore singer and 34-year-old New Found Glory guitarist wed at the Franklin Theater in Nashville Saturday, E! News has confirmed.
The two began dating in 2008 and got engaged in December 2014. Williams and Gilbert applied for a marriage license in Tennessee last month, USA Today had reported.
Several eyewitnesses and fans posted on social media adorable photos from their wedding ceremony and the reception.
The bride and groom are seen exchanging vows in front of about 50 people inside the theater. They were also photographed dancing indoors, kissing and looking very much in love. Williams wore a white chiffon Vera Wang wedding dress, paired with Doc Marten Jadon boots, while her beau sported an all-black suit and a tartan Ben Sherman shirt. | positive |
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Currently known as Barajas, the airport's full name will change to Adolfo Suarez, Madrid-Barajas, the Public Works Ministry said in a statement.
Suarez, who died on Sunday aged 81, led Spain to democracy after four decades of dictatorship under Franco and helped draft its 1978 constitution -- a process known as the transition.
The airport will be renamed to "honour his memory" and acknowledge "the historic role of the first prime minister of our democracy," the ministry said.
"His moral stature and sense of the state were key to the success of the transition and of the democracy."
Suarez died in Madrid after suffering from Alzheimer's disease for a decade.
The government called three days of mourning and thousands of people queued on Monday to file past his coffin in the lower house of parliament.
Suarez was to be buried on Tuesday in his home town of Avila before a state funeral on March 31st in Madrid's Almudena Cathedral. | positive |
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In a rather magical bit of casting, The CW’s hit superhero drama The Flash has recruited Harry Potter vet Tom Felton to join Season 3 in a series regular role, TVLine has learned exclusively.
Felton will play Julian Dorn, a fellow CSI at the Central City Police Department who suspects there’s more to Barry Allen than just his good guy reputation.
The English actor is best known for portraying cunning sorcerer Draco Malfoy in all eight Harry Potter films, from 2001’s Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone through to 2011’s Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2. On the TV side, he co-starred the first season of TNT’s anthology drama Murder in the First and has had roles in DirecTV’s Full Circle and the historical miniseries Labyrinth.
As confirmed last week, The Flash will take on DC Comics’ famous, game-changing Flashpoint storyline at the start of Season 3, with star Grant Gustin teasing, “We’re definitely doing this [Flashpoint] thing our own way…. This will be its own thing.”
Felton is expected to make his Flash debut early during Season 3, which premieres Tuesday, Oct. 4 at 8/7c (now leading into the romantic dramedy No Tomorrow).
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Looking at a map, one would be challenged to find a more impressive place than Easter Island where people ventured without the benefit of modern navigation. Just three times the size of Manhattan, it is more than a thousand miles from its nearest island neighbor to the west and 2,200 miles from Chile to the east, yet people have lived there for more than 800 years.
Scientists have long wondered how early people sailed to the island — as well as how they built the island’s impressive Moai.
Genetic tests have shown that the modern Rapanui people have a mix of Polynesian, South American and European ancestry. Some scientists have used the modern DNA results to suggest that Polynesians from the west and native South Americans from the east lived and intermingled on the island before Europeans first arrived in 1722. And in the famous Kon-Tiki expedition, a Norwegian explorer named Thor Heyerdahl showed on a balsa wood raft how South Americans could have voyaged to the Polynesian islands during pre-Columbian times.
But that does not mean it was probable, according to Lars Fehren-Schmitz, a biological anthropologist from the University of California, Santa Cruz, and lead author of the study.
Using rib bones from five Easter Island individuals from 1445 to 1945 that had been excavated in the 1980s and stored in the Kon-Tiki museum in Norway, Dr. Fehren-Schmitz and his colleagues attempted to sequence the genome of the island’s earliest inhabitants. The team extracted enough useful genetic information from the remains to analyze and draw conclusions that could be representative of the larger ancient population. | positive |
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When EA originally showcased their all-new defensive system in FIFA 12, I couldn’t see any problem with the act of stopping an opponent dribbling towards me. A tap of *circle* sticks a leg out to prod the ball away instead of the player doing it automatically. Simple. Even though they removed traditional 2nd Player Press – where an AI team-mate would sprint in to tackle for the ball like a heat-seeking missile – it still felt easy enough to defend. In hindsight, there was one thing clouding my positive assessment of the new defending – the human factor.
Every game I played previous to writing this review was against another person. A fallible human being like myself that was finding their feet with the game at the same pace I was. Playing FIFA 12 against the AI on anything higher than semi-pro difficulty setting is a real slog for seasoned players, let alone newcomers. And as a result this is the first FIFA in memory where it isn’t instantly a pick up ‘n’ play classic.
Above: The animations and player likenesses are bloody brilliant this season
Defending is now a web of multiple button presses to track, fast track, poke tackle, slide and ask another player to help out. Even with the initial tutorial, it still feels slightly over-complicated and as the AI attacks with ruthless efficiency, one missed button press will see the opposition glide through your defence as if they’re not there and slot a goal home. I find this out with Man United as I’m thumped 4-0 by West Brom away.
Because the game knows exactly what move you’re going to make in a nanosecond, it uses this knowledge to dance through your side with ease. It wouldn’t be so bad if, you know, you could do the same when dribbling but, hey look, the defenders know exactly where you’re going before you’ve had chance to touch the left stick.
Above: The new Player Impact Engine means tussles on the ball are more realistic
The evolutionary tweaks are necessary to keep FIFA on top of its game and for that I applaud EA’s efforts. After all, you don’t just want a yearly update of something that could be delivered via DLC, right? Right. But in their quest to introduce a new system the AI balancing to accommodate the defensive innovations has been left in the changing rooms.
To make matters worse, if you drop the difficulty to semi-pro or below you’re unable to post your statistics to the online leaderboards, which creates an elitism amongst FIFA 12 players, which goes against the grain of the ‘everyone in’ mantra that the game is known for. Oh, and semi-pro is too easy. It sounds like I’m being difficult but as a man who has put an embarrassing amount of hours into football games, this is the first time I’ve been stumped. The remedy is to simply train like a youth team player until you’re used to the on-field action. Or switch off the new defensive system altogether. Wait, what?
Yup, that’s right; FIFA 12 has an option to switch back to FIFA 11’s defensive system, which reintroduces said heat-seeking missile players. It can make playing against the computer slightly easier but the point of new tweaks is to learn and master them so that you evolve as the game does. Plus, these new features should be universal to all FIFA 12's modes - online and offline - but they're not. This so-called legacy defending can't be taken into the online multiplayer side of things, so if there's little point falling back on the old school defending offline as you'll eventually have to learn it online. Argh! Although there is a very logical reason for this. | positive |
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Continuing a long-standing New Year's tradition, today we present an up-to-date list of the world's most-visited BitTorrent sites. At the start of 2013 The Pirate Bay continues to pull in the most visitors, followed by KickassTorrents and Torrentz. Household names BTJunkie and Demonoid have dropped off the list as both sites are no longer online.
Which torrent sites get the most visitors at the start of 2013?
Update: Top 2014 Torrent sites
Traditionally BitTorrent users are very loyal, which is reflected in the top 10 where most sites have had a consistent listing for more than half a decade. This year there are a few movers and shakers, as well as several newcomers.
The most notable absentees this year are BTJunkie and Demonoid. Both sites have been featured in the top 10 since 2006, but went offline in 2012. BTJunkie permanently quit early last year and Demonoid’s future is also uncertain after it disappeared during the summer.
The first newcomer in tenth place is H33t, which has been growing steadily in recent years. The second newcomer is TorrentReactor, one of the oldest torrent sites around that makes its comeback after not making the list last year.
Then there is also a group of notable sites that didn’t make the cut, but deserve a mention. YIFY-torrents.com for example, which launched late 2011 and has grown exponentially since. Also worth mentioning are the Pirate Bay proxies, including Pirateproxy.net, which in itself almost deserves a spot in the top 10.
Below is the full list of the 10 most-visited torrent sites at the start of the new year. Only public and English language sites are included. The list is based on various traffic reports and we display the Alexa and U.S. Compete rank for each. In addition, we include last year’s ranking for each of the 10 sites.
Did we miss anything? Feel free to join the discussion below. People who want to increase their privacy may wants to use a proxy or VPN service.
To many people The Pirate Bay is the equivalent to BitTorrent. The site was founded in 2003 and is still expanding, despite the various legal troubles and new blockades in the UK and the Netherlands. The Pirate Bay currently has well over a billion page views a month.
Alexa Rank: 74 / Compete Rank: 398 / Last year #1
KickassTorrents was founded in 2009 and has moved up in our top 10 year after year. Responding to increasing worries over domain seizures, the site moved from its kickasstorrents.com domain to kat.ph in 2012. This year the site continued to grow, despite being blocked by Italian Internet providers.
Alexa Rank: 116 / Compete Rank: 719 / Last year #3
Torrentz has been the leading BitTorrent meta-search engine for many years. Unlike the other sites featured in the list Torrentz does not host any torrent files, it merely redirects visitors to other places on the web. The site uses several domain names with the .eu being the most popular.
Alexa Rank: 166 / Compete Rank: 882 / Last year #2
Two years ago isoHunt became the first search engine forced to implement a keyword filter provided by the MPAA. Despite this setback, isoHunt continues to be listed among the world’s top torrent sites. isoHunt is currently trying to get rid of the filter through the Appeals Court.
Alexa Rank: 213 / Compete Rank: 1,935 / Last year #4
ExtraTorrent continues to gain more traffic and has moved up again in the top 10, now being the 5th most visited torrent site. This success didn’t go unnoticed to rightsholders groups such as the RIAA and MPAA who have called out ExtraTorrent as one of the top pirate sites recently.
Alexa Rank: 279 / Compete Rank: 1,973 / Last year #6
1337x focuses more on the community aspect than some competitors. The site’s owners say they started 1337x to “fill an apparent void where it seemed there was a lack of quality conscience ad free torrent sites with public trackers.” The site moved up from spot 10 last year to 6th in 2013.
Alexa Rank: 1,031 / Compete Rank: 9,228 / Last year #10
Unlike the other sites in the top 10, TV-torrent distribution group EZTV is a niche site specializing in TV content only. It was one of the newcomers last year despite being around for more than 7 years, and is relatively popular among Australians. Because of its focus on TV-content EZTV’s traffic varies in line with the TV-seasons.
Alexa Rank: 1,128 / Compete Rank: 16,622 / Last year #8
BitSnoop is one of the largest BitTorrent indexes, claiming to index a massive 19,091,736 torrent files at the time of writing. The site’s traffic continues to grow steadily, as do the DMCA notices that it receives.
Alexa Rank: 1,159 / Compete Rank: 5,648 / Last year #9
TorrentReactor is back in the top 10 after dropping off last year. A few months ago the site was blocked by a court order in Italy, but the site nonetheless continues to gain visitors.
Alexa Rank: 1,314 / Compete Rank: 4,530 / Last year #NA
H33T has been around for many years and has built a dedicated user base, mostly in Europe and Asia. Despite the wishes of the music industry, the site isn’t yet blocked by any court orders. The site made the news a few months ago when its owner took a stand against the avalanche of copyright takedown requests.
Alexa Rank: 1,403 / Compete Rank: 6,234 / Last year #NA
Disclaimer: Yes, we know that Alexa isn’t perfect and that Compete has plenty of flaws, but combined both do a pretty good job at comparing sites that operate in a similar niche. | positive |
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Story highlights Mayor of seaside town of Cogolin stands by burkini ban, despite Friday's court ruling
"If you don't want to live the way we do, don't come," he says
(CNN) The mayor of a seaside town on the French Riviera is sticking by his town's burkini ban, telling beachgoers, "if you don't want to live the way we do, don't come."
"You have to behave in the way that people behave in the country that accepted you, and that is it," Cogolin Mayor Marc Etienne Lansade told CNN.
"If you are accepted in Rome -- do like Romans do," he said, adding, "go in Saudi Arabia and be naked and see what will happen to you."
Lansade, of the right-wing National Front political party, is maintaining the ban despite a ruling by France's highest administrative court that mayors do not have the right to outlaw burkinis.
He's not alone. Several French mayors are also enforcing their bans in the face of Friday's ruling, which concerned the nearby town of Villeneuve-Loubet although it could affect cities around the country.
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Player evaluation is a holistic process. It is not just about evaluating tape, but also looking at size, athletic ability and production. It is easy to look at a player who excels in all of these phases and call them a great prospect. However, if there are shortcomings in one area, but promise in another, it asks the evaluator to take somewhat of a leap of faith if he wants to rate that player highly based on only a few traits.
With Clemson's Mike Williams, this is something that is certainly going to come into play.
Mike Williams has been an impact player for the Clemson Tigers whenever he is on the field and he is definitely one to come up with a splash play now and again. His big role, size and splash plays have led to a consensus on him being one of the top, if not the top, receivers in this class, but I have a lot of questions.
In terms of production, Mike Williams is below average in a lot of ways for a top prospect. While he did have over 1100 yards and 10 touchdowns this season, he only accounted for 27% of his teams yardage in the passing game and 26% of their receiving touchdowns. For comparison, Corey Davis accounted for 42% of WMU's yardage and nearly 58% of their touchdowns. John Ross had 31% of Washington's yardage and 36% of their scores in the passing game. So, in terms of relative production, Mike Williams is well below the mark for a top receiving prospect.
It is also a bit concerning that Clemson did not miss a beat in Williams' absence. Last year, Williams missed all but a few quarters of the season with a scary neck injury. After losing him during the first game, Clemson went on to nearly win the National Championship and Deshaun Watson threw for over 4000 yards. With Williams back, Clemson's offense actually regressed statically. While Williams cannot fully be to blame for this, due to the fact that Clemson's insane 2015 production was due for regression, there can be some onus placed on him.
Mike Williams is a high variance player, meaning that he is inconsistent, but his big plays make him worth going back to. While this is a valuable asset in an offense, Clemson trying to run their offense through him made them predictable and his inconsistency hit the flow of the offense at times. The issue with Williams this season is that he rarely had the speed to separate and he was inconsistent contesting catches he was often asked to make in the offense.
In terms of ability and polish, it was hard to see an elite player many make Williams out to be. He is not a naturally agile or explosive player, but he also does not compensate with savvy route running. His game is very much predicated on his size (6-3, 225), strength and overall physicality. Williams may be inconsistent, but he is anything but passive. He consistently fights for the ball in the air and once he has secured a catch, he does a good job transitioning to a runner, finding yardage and fighting for it.
So it is far from being all bad with Williams. Quite the opposite actually. It is easy to see why Williams is highly regarded because he has a propensity to make really impressive, big plays. He is a highly physical player who will fight to make the play on a down to down basis. However looking at the various red flags make me hesitant about anointing him as a blue chip wide receiver.
There is a massive caveat in all of this, however, and it goes both ways. There is a possibility that Williams' play was affected by the fact that he was returning from such a serious injury. It takes time to physically and mentally recuperate from such things and that could explain Williams' shortcomings. However, there is very few ways that this can be proven and also dictate whether or not he will improve from this state. The NFL combine will be a big stage for Williams to show he is at least a mid tier NFL athlete, which will assuage a lot of my worries about him.
With all of these fears with Williams, to make him a first round pick or even a top 50 player requires a certain "leap of faith". This was a situation coined by NBC's Josh Norris and Draft Consultant's Johnny Rumford a while back to talk about having hope for a player despite various athletic, film-based or statistical red flags because there is promise in "something" you see. With Williams, that leap of faith will be taken based on his size, his physicality and also a hope that more time removed from injury will lead to improvement.
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This leap of faith is a reminder of Williams' NFL Comparison, Laquon Treadwell. Treadwell similarly had average college numbers, a serious injury in school and had a number of athletic red flags. However, Treadwell was a big bodied receiver who won with physicality and ball skills, a skill set that made many (myself included) love him as a prospect and got him drafted in the first round. However, he barely saw the field due to a bevy of reasons, including his inability to separate.
Mike Williams needs an aggressive quarterback to trust him with the ball in the air because he will not consistently create separation. Williams' ball skills and size can create a mismatch on the outside and in tight spaces, but it takes a very specific quarterback to exploit such ability. Luckily, Carson Wentz has shown he will trust his receivers in these tight spaces, but Williams' inconsistency will be familiarly frustrating for the offense.
Williams would be a fit in Philadelphia and there are definitely reasons to like him, but there is also a lot of evidence to cause skepticism. Williams absolutely can improve, but to bank on that when there will likely be other talented offensive weapons available to the team in the first round would be a mistake. There is a lot to like about Mike Williams, but drafting him in the first round would be a leap of faith that the Eagles cannot afford to make when they need dependable impact skill players right now. | positive |
rride bool CanShowMenu() { return true ; } protected override ContextMenuStrip CreateMenu() { var menu = new ContextMenuStrip(); var itemCountLines = new ToolStripMenuItem { Text = " Count Lines..." , Image = Properties.Resources.CountLines }; itemCountLines.Click += (sender, args) = > CountLines(); menu.Items.Add(itemCountLines); return menu; } private void CountLines() { var builder = new StringBuilder(); foreach ( var filePath in SelectedItemPaths) { builder.AppendLine( string .Format( " {0} - {1} Lines" , Path.GetFileName(filePath), File.ReadAllLines(filePath).Length)); } MessageBox.Show(builder.ToString()); } }
That's pretty clean and simple - now let's look in detail about how to create this Shell Context Menu with SharpShell.
Step 1: Creating the Project
First, create a new C# Class Library project.
Tip: You can use Visual Basic rather than C# - in this article the source code is C# but the method for creating a Visual Basic Shell Extension is just the same.
In this example we'll call the project 'CountLinesExtension'.
Now add the following references:
System.Windows.Forms System.Drawing
System.Windows.Forms is needed because we're going to use the WinForms ContextMenuStrip to define the context menu. System.Drawing is needed as we're going to want to use Icons.
Rename the 'Class1.cs' file to 'CountLinesExtension.cs'. We should now have a project structure that looks like this:
Step 2: Referencing SharpShell
We now need to add a reference to the core SharpShell library. You can do that in a few different ways:
Add Reference
Download the 'SharpShell Library' zip file at the top of the article and add a reference to the downloaded SharpShell.dll file.
Tip: The download on this article is correct at the time of writing - if you need the latest version, use Nuget (as described below) or get the library from sharpshell.codeplex.com.
Use Nuget
If you have Nuget installed, just do a quick search for SharpShell and install it directly - or get the package details at https://www.nuget.org/packages/SharpShell.
Use CodePlex
Rather than getting the library from this page, which may not be the latest version, you can always get the very latest version of the library from CodePlex - on the SharpShell home page which is sharpshell.codeplex.com. Nuget will always have the latest stable version - CodePlex may have betas available, and the CodeProject articles will have the version that was available at the time of writing.
Step 3: Deriving from SharpContextMenu
Now things get interesting. Derive your CountLinesExtension class from SharpContextMenu :
public class CountLinesExtension : SharpContextMenu { }
Now we must implement the abstract members of the class. Right click on the SharpContextMenu part of the line and choose 'Implement Abstract Class':
This'll create implementations of the two functions needed - CanShowMenu and CreateMenu :
public class CountLinesExtension : SharpContextMenu { protected override bool CanShowMenu() { throw new NotImplementedException(); } protected override ContextMenuStrip CreateMenu() { throw new NotImplementedException(); } }
By implementing these two functions we can provide all of the functionality needed. Here's what they do:
CanShowMenu
This function is called to determine whether we should show the Context Menu Extension for a given set of files. The files the user has selected are in the property SelectedItemPaths . We can check these file paths to see whether we actually want to show the menu. If the menu should be shown, return true . If not, return false .
CreateMenu
This function is called to actually create the Context Menu. A standard WinForms ContextMenuStrip is all we need to return.
Here's how we'll implement the two functions.
protected override bool CanShowMenu() { return true ; } protected override ContextMenuStrip CreateMenu() { var menu = new ContextMenuStrip(); var itemCountLines = new ToolStripMenuItem { Text = " Count Lines" }; itemCountLines.Click += (sender, args) = > CountLines(); menu.Items.Add(itemCountLines); return menu; } private void CountLines() { var builder = new StringBuilder(); foreach ( var filePath in SelectedItemPaths) { builder.AppendLine( string .Format( " {0} - {1} Lines" , Path.GetFileName(filePath), File.ReadAllLines(filePath).Length)); } MessageBox.Show(builder.ToString()); }
For CanShowMenu we return true always - shortly we'll see why we don't need to validate that we have text files. For CreateMenu , we build a context menu strip with one item only, that has the caption 'Count Lines' and calls the CountLines function.
The CountLines function goes through the SelectedItemPaths and counts the lines in each file - then displays a message box with the summary.
Step 4: Handling the COM Registration
There are just a few things left to do. First, we must add the COMVisible attribute to our class.
[ComVisible( true )] public class CountLinesExtension : SharpContextMenu
Why? Well, even though our class doesn't really look like it, it is in fact a COM server. If you were to look at the base class, you'd see that we're implementing COM interfaces such as IShellExtInit , IContextMenu , and ISharpShellServer . We don't need to worry about what they do, but for the system to be able to create our extension, it must have this attribute.
Next, we must give the assembly a strong name. There are ways around this requirement, but generally this is the best approach to take. To do this, right click on the project and choose 'Properties'. Then go to 'Signing'. Choose 'Sign the Assembly', specify 'New' for the key and choose a key name. You can password protect the key if you want to, but it is not required:
The final step - we now need to associate our extension with some file types. We can do that with the COMServerAssociation attribute (provided by SharpShell):
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Chinese Covid 19 vaccine candidate safe early results suggest - Banbury FM Home News Local News National News On Air Schedule Andy Green Pete Gardner Mark Watson Ian Downs Alex Grout Ben Stone Lauren Watt Community Events Guide Music Live – Listen Again Music Live – Gig Guide About About Banbury FM How to listen to Banbury FM Listen on a smart speaker History of Banbury radio Advertise Contact Listen Home News Local News National News On Air Schedule Andy Green Pete Gardner Mark Watson Ian Downs Alex Grout Ben Stone Lauren Watt Community Events Guide Music Live – Listen Again Music Live – Gig Guide About About Banbury FM How to listen to Banbury FM Listen on a smart speaker History of Banbury radio Advertise Contact Listen National News Chinese Covid 19 vaccine candidate safe early results suggest 16/10/2020 A Chinese Covid-19 vaccine candidate based on inactivated coronavirus is safe and elicits an antibody response, preliminary results have shown. The research, published in the journal Lancet Infectious Disease, is based on small early phase randomised clinical trials involving 640 participants. Scientists said those aged 60 and over were slower to respond, with antibodies taking up to 42 days to be detected in blood tests, compared with 28 days for participants aged 18 to 59. They also found antibody levels to be lower in those aged 60 to 80 years, compared with those aged 18 to 59. The researchers said the trial was not designed to assess efficacy of the vaccine, however, so it is not possible to say whether the antibody responses induced by the vaccine, called BBIBP-CorV, are sufficient to protect from coronavirus infection. Study author Professor Xiaoming Yang, from the Beijing Institute of Biological Products Company Limited, said: “Protecting older people is a key aim of a successful Covid-19 vaccine as this age group is at greater risk of severe illness from the disease. “However, vaccines are sometimes less effective in this group because the immune system weakens with age. “It is therefore encouraging to see that BBIBP-CorV induces antibody responses in people aged 60 and older, and we believe this justifies further investigation.” Inactivated vaccines are those that contain whole viruses that have been killed or small parts of viruses, such as proteins or sugars, that cannot cause disease. The first phase of the study was designed to find the optimal safe dose for BBIBP-CorV, in which 192 participants aged between 18 and 80 received either the vaccine or a placebo. In the second phase of the study, designed to identify the optimal timing schedule for vaccination, 448 participants aged between 18 and 59 were randomly assigned to receive either one eight-microgram shot of vaccine or placebo, or two shots of four micrograms or placebo at zero and 14 days, zero and 21 days or zero and 28 days. The researchers said no serious adverse events were reported within 28 days of the final vaccination, while the most common side-effect was pain at the injection site. A small number of participants reported experiencing a fever but there were no instances of clinically significant changes in organ functions detected in laboratory tests in any of the groups, they added. The greatest antibody responses were elicited by two four-microgram doses of the vaccine that were administered at either days zero and 21 or zero and 28, the researchers said. Prof Yang added: “Our findings indicate that a booster shot is necessary to achieve the greatest antibody responses against Sars-CoV-2 and could be important for protection. “This provides useful information for a phase three trial.” The authors said there were some limitations to their study, one of which includes a short follow-up duration of just 42 days. They added the study did not include children and adolescents aged under 18, saying trials with these groups will be carried out when the full analysis of data from adult groups is completed. Published: 16/10/2020 by Radio NewsHub Reader's opinions Leave a Reply Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked * Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. 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KIEV (Reuters) - Ukraine took over its largest bank on Monday in a move backed by Kiev’s international donors to protect the country’s financial system and accompanied by an appeal from President Petro Poroshenko for calm and assurances to depositors.
People gather near an automated teller machine (ATM) outside a PrivatBank branch in Kiev, Ukraine, December 19, 2016. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko
In one of the biggest shake-ups of the war-torn country’s banking system since Ukraine plunged into economic and political turmoil more than two years ago, the central bank said PrivatBank had not fulfilled its recapitalization program.
Risky lending practices had left a capital shortfall of around $5.65 billion on PrivatBank’s balance sheet as of Dec. 1, while 97 percent of its corporate loans had gone to companies linked to its shareholders, it said in a statement.
PrivatBank is the jewel in the crown of the business empire of Ihor Kolomoisky, a powerful tycoon who was locked in a protracted tussle with Poroshenko last year.
Rescuing it — which the finance minister said would require a minimum of $4.5 billion from the budget — could help unlock more aid from the International Monetary Fund next year but could also threaten more instability. Opposition parties have repeatedly called for snap elections to unseat the pro-Western leadership that took power after the 2014 Maidan protests.
They have harnessed the anger of depositors of banks previously shut down in a sweeping clean-up of the financial system, demanding the central bank chief’s resignation.
Poroshenko urged the bank’s more than 20 million clients to “stay calm” and said that he had submitted a draft amendment to parliament aimed at giving additional protection to depositors.
The leader of the opposition Radical Party Oleh Lyashko blamed PrivatBank’s problems on the central bank, saying “Ukrainians have to pay from their pockets for these mistakes.”
Another opposition lawmaker called it the “greatest robbery of Ukraine’s state budget of the millennium”.
“We are sure that moving the bank into state ownership is the only possible way to save the money of the bank’s clients and to save the financial system,” the central bank said.
Under Western-backed banking reforms, Ukraine is meant to shut lenders that cannot meet capitalization targets, but PrivatBank is considered too big to fail.
The announcement comes just days before parliament has to vote on next year’s budget, which must stick to a shortfall of 3 percent of economic output, as agreed with Ukraine’s international backers.
“The adoption of the budget will be the indicator. If the budget is approved this week without problems it means the situation is under control of the president and government,” political analyst Volodymyr Fesenko said.
PrivatBank’s chairman denied that such a high proportion of loans had gone to companies connected to its owners and told a press conference that Kolomoisky’s top priority was to meet the bank’s obligations to depositors.
FISCAL BURDEN
Ukraine’s dollar-denominated bonds jumped by more than 1 cent, while the hryvnia weakened to its lowest level since mid-September before recovering.
“It seemed quite clear ... that the government had to do something, so this probably comes as a relief, especially if we see positive comments from the IMF,” said Simon Quijano-Evans, Emerging Markets Strategist, Legal & General Investment Management.
“Markets will be focused on how much capital is required from the state and how much can be obtained from the original owners in order to reduce the fiscal burden.”
The central bank said Ukraine was ready to support PrivatBank with liquidity, adding that it did not see the nationalization as significantly impacting the currency market or inflation levels. The deputy governor said the banking system was behaving normally.
The state will issue new bonds worth 43 billion hryvnia ($1.6 billion) as part of the recapitalization, which will also count the holders of PrivatBank’s eurobonds in a bail-in.
PrivatBank’s Jan. 23 2018 dollar-denominated eurobond XS054374453=TE is currently bid at 30 cents in the dollar and offered at 47.5 cents, according to Tradeweb data. The bond closed at 65 cents in the dollar on Friday.
Its Feb. 9 2021 dollar-denominated eurobond XS131434596=TE, which is subordinated debt, is bid at 2 cents in the dollar and offered at 9.4 cents, according to Tradeweb data. It closed at 57 cents in the dollar on Friday.
PrivatBank’s former shareholders had agreed to restructure loans paid to insiders by July 1 next year, the central bank said, while the finance minister said the bank would be sold once it was back on its feet.
“Unfortunately, the problems faced by the Bank, which have been accumulated over many years, have recently deteriorated,” the central bank said. “These problems were mainly caused by an imprudent lending policy pursued by the Bank, which led to capital losses.”
Recapitalizing PrivatBank and other large lenders and reducing their lending to shareholders was one of the tasks mandated by a $17.5 billion International Monetary Fund aid-for-reforms program.
The IMF praised Monday’s move as an important step to safeguard Ukraine’s financial stability, adding that it would continue to support the country.
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Kolomoisky’s control of strategic industries, including energy and media holdings, has put him at the center of ongoing power battles among the political elite since street protests ousted Moscow-backed Viktor Yanukovich and the pro-Russian rebellion erupted in the east.
“A systemic bank of this magnitude could not be allowed to fail,” said Francis Malige, the EBRD’s managing director for Eastern Europe and the Caucasus, in a statement.
The EBRD said it was the “right way forward” for Ukraine and later told Reuters that it could take a stake in PrivatBank if the recapitalization and clean-up go well. | positive |
Henry Wong on Artistic Fabric Mills’ New Ajrak Denim
For most denim enthusiasts, their appreciation for high-quality jeans is directly tied to a rediscovery of decades-old methods of production–ranging from the dyeing and weaving of selvedge denim, to the vintage machinery often used to sew their jeans.
And while there’s been plenty of innovation – particularly from Japanese brands like The Strike Gold, Pure Blue Japan, and Samurai Jeans, which have pushed the limits of weaving and dyeing techniques to create unique, textured fabrics – it’s clear that a lot of what makes for a fine pair of jeans was developed in previous eras.
But for Henry Wong, a long-time denim enthusiast and former product development manager at Cone Mills, that wasn’t enough. Since joining Pakistan’s Artistic Fabric Mills, Henry has been working on reviving ancient Indus Valley dyeing techniques to create a new method of denim dyeing – which the company is calling Ajrak Technology.
We sat down with Henry to learn more about this newly-revived method of dyeing and what it has to offer to denim enthusiasts.
Heddels (Kyle Robinson): Thanks for taking some time to answer our questions, Henry. First, can you give us some background on yourself and what your work at Cone Mills involved and how did that lead you to working for a fabric mill in Pakistan?
Henry Wong: I started my career breaking down a pair of jeans to figure out all the costs associated with producing it. It is still amazing to me how wide and deep the supply chain required to support making a pair of jeans is.
It covers farmers, fiber producers, yarn and fabric mills, chemical and dye suppliers, paper suppliers, metal trims suppliers, testing laboratories, sewing factories, laundries, leather suppliers, and so many more. Somewhere along the way I became obsessed with denim and when the opportunity came along to work for Cone Denim it was a dream come true.
Indigo, with its history in so many civilizations, is one of those wonderful things that can bring you to interesting places. When I fell in love with indigo and traveled in search of it I followed a tradition that brought many to places like India, remote Vietnam, northern China, Oman, West Africa, etc.
Artistic Fabric Mills gave me the opportunity to work in a phenomenal denim mill and also see a now obscure indigo tradition that actually forms a large part of indigo’s history. From visiting archeological excavation sites to further studying with hand dyers there is a lot more work to be done in Pakistan.
RD: We’ve written about conventional techniques of indigo dyeing before, like rope dyeing and hank dyeing. What does the piece-dyeing of Artistic Mills’ new Ajrak Technology involve?
HW: Simply put, Ajrak Technology is making an undyed denim and then putting it into indigo. This sounds very easy but for Ajrak Technology, Artistic Fabric Mills had to develop new techniques that allow machinery found in a denim mill to do indigo piece dyeing with quality.
Controlling quality and consistency was probably the most difficult challenge we had to overcome. Anyone can dye a length of fabric in indigo but it took quite a feat of skillful engineering to bring it to a satisfactory point we felt comfortable introducing to the market. Indigo piece dyeing—that is dyeing entire lengths of fabric—has quite a bit of historical precedence through the world. In our area of Pakistan—known as Sindh—you can find some of the most important archeological sites of the Indus Valley Civilization. It was here that sand pits used to insulate indigo extraction vats were uncovered.
It is here today a handful of indigo hand dyers, who in the seventeenth century were the most sought-after, are struggling to remain relevant in a world where their time-consuming craft finds little appreciation.
In collaborating with these artisans in various projects we were blown away by their skill and the beauty of their work. The primarily indigo product they produce is something called ajrak, which requires up to 22 steps of which indigo is required in at least two steps. When we dug deeper into the history we knew we had to find a way for the denims we produce to reflect this inspiration and facilitate some conversation about indigo in the area lest it fade into obscurity.
RD: Denim fans are always on the lookout for fabrics that will fade in new and interesting ways. What can of fading potential can we expect from the new Ajrak denim?
HW: Let’s just say that within a week a wear pattern started developing on my jeans made with the first run of Ajrak Technology fabric. But it is not that the faded area turned white right away. It is only fading in the sense that the deep, rich, purple hue of indigo is giving way to a calmer navy.
We are still exploring various forms of expression for Ajrak Technology fabrics and only time will tell how they will fade with use.
RD: Most hardcore denim fans swear by Japanese mills like Kaihara and Kuroki. How does Artistic compare to Japanese mills in terms of dyeing and weaving?
HW: Artistic Fabric Mills considers itself to be an innovative denim mill offering quality fabrics. AFM has the privilege of being viewed as a world leader in both innovation and quality control while servicing customers ranging from premium fashion brands to larger retailers.
We explore our heritage where it makes sense and put a lot of effort into product development. Because we have our own yarn spinning capability we own the product the moment we receive the cotton. This gives us the ability to make some interesting things like linen and flax yarns with colored neps or super low twist but it also takes away our excuses.
When something goes wrong it is our own fault and we have to make it right and be doubly sure of the new products we introduce to the market. Our rope dyeing has quite an interesting story as it is a sparkling piece of equipment that came from a now-gone American denim mill.
RD: As someone with considerable experience in the denim industry, where do you see the industry as a whole heading? And what are your impressions of the denim scene relating to artisan selvedge denim brands?
HW: The denim industry is constantly looking for newness. The purist denimhead may not see it that way but upon closer inspection it is true. From reviving old production methods, finding new techniques to authentically reproduce a vintage detail to using novelty neps in a fabric the industry is always on the prowl for something fresh. So much of our industry is tied to the macro economy and consumer behavior as a whole that without innovation, we would fall behind during tough times.
I recently browsed through some old business cards and found almost 100 premium denim start ups that have disappeared in just a few short years. A walk through the last few market shows like Capsule or Liberty Fairs makes it clear that the current emphasis is quality and artisanship.
This is great news for people like me who love this approach in all things from food to furniture. The greatest challenge to sustaining this ethos is for small makers to actually live up to this message. It is often not true that smaller is better; especially in America. We need to get the message out to all creators that an entire industry is riding on their shoulders.
Some of my favorite jeans are made by independent creators. At the same time some of the most poorly made jeans on the market are also by small artisan brands using expensive selvage denim. If we wait for the consumer to do the filtering we may not get a second chance.
RD: Many denim enthusiasts see sanforized fabrics like you’d find on a pair of APC jeans to be a starting point, before exploring unsanforized fabrics. Do you think that there will be more small-scale brands exploring unusual or specialist fabrics, such as hank-dyed, slubby, or slack weave varieties orr will these remain an exclusively Japanese phenomenon?
HW: I think that the market drives brands to find novelty. Lately there has been an increase in indigo garment dyeing especially in small-batch production. This is partly due to increased interest in home or studio dyeing and partly due to how relatively accessible it is to get started. Down the road we will likely see more hand weaving and small shuttle loom weaving in the US. Most small-scale brands do not make their own fabrics so they reply heavily on suppliers.
Denim mills all over the world never sit still. AFM develops hundreds of concepts every year. For example, our Mid-Century Finish was created to make denim that more accurately reflects fabrics finished on 50’s era mill equipment.
RD: Thanks for taking the time to talk to us, Henry! We look forwarding to seeing more from Artistic Mills in the near future.
Learn more about Artistic Fabric Mills on their website and stay tuned for more updates on Ajrak Technology denim. | positive |
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But your answers to these questions during eye exams are anything but routine for your eye doctor. That’s because there are any number of factors in your medical history that can contribute to current or potential vision problems. Understanding your lifestyle and describing any visual problems you’re having helps to point your eye exam in the right direction. And there are medical conditions, medications and circumstances that can put you or a family member at a higher risk for certain eye diseases. Though the processes and procedures involved in an eye doctor visit and exam are similar for everyone—your exam is unique to you and you alone. That’s because the process of examining your visual acuity (sharpness), visual ability, and then using different machines and procedures to examine your eyes, is as individual as a fingerprint. Over time, your vision and overall health changes. 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Gun owners and proponents in Boston demonstrate against Massachusetts gun control measures in 2013. (Photo11: AP)
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday unanimously reversed a Massachusetts court that had upheld banning stun guns, giving proponents of gun rights at least a temporary victory.
The justices ruled that the state court's reasons for upholding the law conflicted with the Supreme Court's 2008 decision upholding the right to bear arms for self-defense -- a ruling written by the late Justice Antonin Scalia in 2008.
The challenge, filed by a woman who was arrested for carrying the weapon in her purse for protection, now gets new life. But rather than hearing the case themselves and potentially striking down the ban, the justices sent it back to the state's Supreme Judicial Court.
They reasoned that their own landmark decisions in District of Columbia v. Heller and McDonald v. Chicago were meant to protect even firearms "that were not in existence at the time of the founding." However, they stopped short of a blanket endorsement of stun guns.
That did not satisfy Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas, who complained in a 10-page concurrence that the court's "grudging" decision to send the case back may not be enough to save Jaime Caetano and citizens like her "who must defend themselves because the state will not."
"If the fundamental right of self-defense does not protect Caetano, then the safety of all Americans is left to the mercy of state authorities who may be more concerned about disarming the people than about keeping them safe," Alito wrote.
The high court ruled in Heller that Americans can keep handguns in their homes for self-defense, and it made clear in McDonald that state and local governments cannot stop them. But the court limited its initial ruling to weapons that were commonly used at the time the Constitution was written.
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled unanimously in March that stun guns didn't fit that definition. It noted the first patent for a stun gun was filed in 1972, and the weapons were not sold commercially until the early 1990s.
"We therefore conclude that stun guns were not in common use at the time of the Second Amendment's enactment," Justice Francis Spina wrote. "Without further guidance from the Supreme Court on the scope of the Second Amendment, we do not extend the Second Amendment right articulated by Heller to cover stun guns."
The case dates back to 2011, when Caetano was arrested in a supermarket parking lot. She said she carried the stun gun for protection against an abusive former boyfriend who she previously had sought to avoid through restraining orders.
In seeking the high court's intervention, Caetano's lawyers argued that stun guns and Tasers are not lethal, unlike the types of firearms already permitted under prior Supreme Court rulings. They noted that Scalia's 5-4 ruling in Heller specified it could be applied to modern weapons.
"Some have made the argument, bordering on the frivolous, that only those arms in existence in the 18th century are protected by the Second Amendment. We do not interpret constitutional rights that way," Scalia wrote. "The Second Amendment extends ... to all instruments that constitute bearable arms, even those that were not in existence at the time of the founding."
Caetano's petition also contended that just seven states ban stun guns, while hundreds of thousands have been sold to private citizens across the United States. A Michigan court, it noted, ruled in favor of possession in a 2012 case.
Although Caetano was carrying the weapon in a parking lot, she was homeless at the time. For that reason, the case was unlikely to resolve the next major question on gun rights -- whether those permitted in the home can be carried in public.
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We've all been there. You come around a corner and see a lone Shadow Hawk. He sees you too. He aims, he fires... and a moment later, another Shadow Hawk and a pair of Victors pop up over the next hill. You go down in a barrage of PPC fire before you ever get a chance to breathe. Your teammates quickly suffer the same fate, and in the time it takes the enemy to hunt down that Spider pilot who refuses to die, it happens.A pug starts to whine."Mr Pugglesworth (DEAD): Gorram poptart meta cheese build can't use a real effing 'mech effing toaster strudel S.O.B. needs to die in a fire. PGI nerf meta plox.Mr Pugglesworth has disconnected."Just what the hell is Mr Pugglesworth on about? Why is it so frustrating? Why is it EVERYWHERE? Well, to answer those questions we need to go over some terminology first.What, exactly, is meta? Meta, a Greek prefix meaning "beyond" relates to games in one of two ways. In its simplest sense, it can refer to another level of gameplay above what is normally considered the game. This is used when referring to games that use iterative combat to effect changes on a persistent, populated piece of data. Community Warfare, as described at the Launch party, is an example of a meta game. The effects of your game (the individual round of combat) alter the status of the meta game (the map of the Inner Sphere). Since that is quite obviously not in the game yet, it seems we need the other definition.Meta in this sense - short for Metastatic gaming - refers to a particular customization that has spread beyond the person or group that originally created it, and now seems ubiquitous in the player population.Every game that allows for customization of what you bring into battle will contain a metagame. This metagame will change over time in a healthy game, altering what is viable in competitive play. As one customization becomes popular, others which don't fare well against it will have their popularity drop, and those that are particularly suited to exploiting the newly-popularized build will rise to the top.The prime example of a game with a well-managed metagame is Magic: The Gathering. A new set is released every 2-4 months, and with that release comes a change in what cards are legal for use in the various competitive formats. Typically, you will find on MTG forums a list of three to five "tier one" decks. These decks are used by 65% of the competitive playerbase and win about 90% of the tournaments. Then you will find tier two and tier three decks, which have to potential to win tournaments, but don't often do so because of weaknesses that make them roll over and die to at least one of the tier one decks. These 10 to 15 "lower tier" decks are used by about 30% of players, and win about 9% of the tournaments. Then you have that last 5%. The crazy ones, the deckbuilders who are always trying to come up with something new. Their "rogue" builds account for less than 1% of tournament wins, but they're what keep the metagame fresh between set releases. A rogue deck does well in a tournament, its card list ends up online, people copy it and it becomes one of the top tier decks, shuffling those that it beats to lower tiers (or completely off of the competitive scene).This sort of healthy metagame environment requires work on the part of the developers in two areas:1) Initial output of a variety of different mechanics that can be used to achieve victory.2) Continuous monitoring of the metagame to make changes when one becomes unbalanced.PGI has done an absolutely phenomenal job of the first one. The weapons are varied in form and function, as are the 'mechs. The game is simply a joy to watch and to play when you see a drop with mixed 'mechs and weapons. Between the tracers of AC fire, the strobe-light effect of pulse lasers carving out chunks of enemy armor and the smoke trails left by missiles on their way to ruin somebody's day, there's a good selection of different methods to kill your opponent.The second... well... everybody makes mistakes sometimes.Even Wizards of the Coast - the developers of MTG - have skewed their metagame from time to time. The single most notorious example of which was this ******* right here:Arcbound Ravager was released in a set called Darksteel, a set which dropped into a metagame consisting of an EXTREMELY wide variety of viable decks. Goblins, Elves, Red Deck Wins, Zombies, White Weenie, Mono-Blue Control, Blue/Black Control, Broodstar Affinity, and any number of combo decks. There were literally dozens of deck archetypes to choose from, and all of them could be seen in varying numbers having varying degrees of success in all levels of competitive play.So when Darksteel came out, lacking in any apparently game-changing new mechanics, it was met with a collective yawn. Then, out of nowhere, some rogue deckbuilder decided that Arcbound Ravager + Skullclamp + Disciple of the Vault + dozens and dozens of free artifacts = consistent turn 4 kills that can never be stopped.It was faster and more resilient to disruption than the current crop of aggro decks, and control and combo decks were unable to control it long enough to execute their own plans for winning. It was massively OP.All of those other decks? Well, they almost entirely disappeared. The once-thriving metagame became a simple coin-flip. There was "Ravager Affinity" - the big dog that beat everything else - and "Tooth and Nail," which excelled at doing only one thing: beating Ravager Affinity.If you ran Ravager Affinity, you beat everything except Tooth and Nail. If you ran Tooth and Nail, you beat Ravager Affinity and nothing else... but there WAS nothing else. The metagame was so badly warped by the presence of Arcbound Ravager that there were no other options. Play Ravager, or play to beat Ravager.Once WotC realized their mistake, they brought out the nerf gun. First they banned Skullclamp, which was the mechanism that Ravager players used to draw more cards once they ran out. The ban had little effect on Ravager, but took a useful tool out of the hands of any rogue deck builders who wanted the challenge of out-aggro'ing the aggro king.Then they banned Disciple of the Vault, which also had little effect since Disciple was a backup weapon at best.On the third try, they finally got it right. They went after the one thing that fueled Arcbound Ravager more than anything else... the artifact lands that kept it fed with fresh, zero-cost +1/+1 counters. This third ban, approximately four months after the playerbase became acutely aware of Ravager's devastating effects on the metagame, was decried as too slow. WotC must have been asleep at the wheel, players said, and people left the game by the thousands.Which brings me back to MWO. There are a handful of competitive formats out there. You have unrestricted 1v1, 2v2, 4v4 and 12v12, and restricted 12v12.The metagame in 1v1, 2v2 and 4v4 could be better, but there is some wiggle-room for rogue 'mech builders to surprise people. Hell, there's a team tearing up the 2v2 ladders using a pair of DRG-FLAMEs... but when you get to unrestricted 12v12 (the only OFFICIALLY supported competitive format), there's only one option.You either fill the team with jump-snipers, or you die quickly. There is precisely one tier-one deck. There are no tier-two or tier-three drop decks in competition. The speed and efficiency with which jump-snipers kill the enemy is stunning, and their resilience to counterattack makes it very difficult to disrupt their plans.As players, and as teams, there is absolutely nothing wrong with running jumpsnipers. They work, brutally and effectively, and there is a definite skill involved in their use - just as there was skill involved in correctly utilizing a Ravager Affinity deck in MTG. The problem comes in the delay between the playerbase's acknowledgement that there was only one competitive build strategy, and PGI's acknowledgement of the same. Mr Pugglesworth was right in calling for a nerf, but completely wrong in his reason behind it. It's not the easy "I win" button that many people think it to be, and it's not the fault of the person who is practicing the skill behind jumpsniping in the public queue. It's simply a warped metagame that needs to be fixed.Thankfully, PGI seems to have finally noticed and has started taking action to balance the metagame. They've even said that they're investigating further action for followup if this proves to not be enough. In the MTG analogy, they've just banned Skullclamp.So relax, Mr Pugglesworth. Everything's going to be fine.
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European commission says it is suing country over laws on education and foreign-backed civil society organisations
The EU is taking Hungary to the European court of justice (ECJ) over Viktor Orbán’s crackdown on political freedoms and a leading university, as Brussels steps up its fight to protect democratic values in central Europe.
The Hungarian government was referred on Thursday to the court in relation to a higher education law that could force the closure of Central European University (CEU), founded by the billionaire George Soros, who has been the subject of a demonisation campaign by Hungary’s prime minister.
The European commission said the legislation ran counter to academic freedom and the right to run a business under the EU’s charter of fundamental rights.
Hungary is also being referred over a law that requires non-governmental organisations (NGOs) receiving foreign donations to label themselves as “supported from abroad”.
Separately, Hungary, Poland and Czech Republic have been referred to the ECJ for refusing to take refugees under a mandatory quota system forced through by the EU at the height of the migration crisis in 2015.
The batch of announcements came as the commission published its monthly file of legal actions against member states breaking EU laws. The long list of violations ranges from Portugal’s neglect of EU restrictions on single-use plastic bags to Italy’s failure to ensure suppliers are paid on time.
But the cases against Hungary, Poland and Czech Republic are the most politically charged and likely to deepen the standoff between Brussels and some central European governments.
The commission said Hungary had refused to bring its higher education law into line with EU standards after a Brussels investigation launched in April.
CEU in Budapest has long been seen as a hostile bastion of liberalism by Orbán’s rightwing government. Earlier this year, Soros accused the government of building a “mafia state” in Hungary.
Turning to the NGO law, the commission said “serious concerns had not been addressed” and the Hungarian government had missed a key deadline to respond to Brussels.
The law, which was passed in June, is reminiscent of Vladimir Putin’s “foreign agent” law, which has squeezed civil society groups.
Hungarian NGOs receiving foreign funds greater than 7.2m Hungarian forints (£20,000) are required to register and put labels on their websites and publications declaring that they are organisations supported from abroad.
The commission said the legislation would have a stigmatising effect on recipients and donors, and discourage people from making donations.
Legally, the commission argues that it falls foul of the charter and the free movement of capital – one of the four freedoms that form the bedrock of the EU project.
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The commission’s decision to take three central European countries to court over refugee quotas will add to the poisonous mood. Poland and Hungary have refused to shelter anyone, while Czech Republic has taken in 12 people, but refused more since August 2016.
The ECJ has already thrown out a legal complaint by Hungary that contested the decision to disperse 120,000 refugees around the EU, with each country taking a quota, except the UK, which has an opt-out from this part of EU law.
Frans Timmermans, the first vice-president of the commission, said he had no choice but to refer these governments to court because the EU executive had to uphold EU law.
He warned that the three nations could pay an unspecified price in future, saying: “What goes around comes around.”
Other member states would be asking “what does [refusal on quotas] mean for the solidarity we show to you in number of other areas”, Timmermans added.
The referrals are likely to play into a simmering debate on whether countries backsliding on democratic standards, or flouting EU laws, should lose European funds. The European commissioner for justice, Vĕra Jourová, recently suggested the EU should consider “conditionality” that linked EU funds to upholding the rule of law.
Italy and Greece, the two countries on the frontline of the migration crisis, have called for member states that fail to adhere to the quota to lose the funds, which make up the lion’s share of public investment in central Europe.
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Nissan Motor unveiled the working prototype of its futuristic Nissan BladeGlider vehicle, combining zero-emissions with high-performance in a revolutionary sports car design.
Carlos Ghosn, president and chief executive officer, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. said: “These prototypes epitomize Nissan’s drive to expand its Intelligent Mobility strategy, where driving pleasure combines with environmental responsibility. Nissan believes that enthusiasts should look forward to a zero emission future and Nissan BladeGlider is a perfect demonstration of that. It’s the electric vehicle for car lovers.” The debut of prototypes forms part of Nissan’s on-going commitment to the development of zero-emission vehicles and new automotive technologies including autonomous drive systems and connectivity. Nissan already sells the world’s highest-volume zero-emission car, the LEAF, and is pioneering Intelligent mobility systems that will be deployed in a range of vehicles over coming years. Wheel-mounted controls for Nissan BladeGlider’s systems feed into an advanced display showing speed, state of battery charge, regeneration mode and torque map. Flanking the central display are two screens, with the images of rear-view cameras mounted just behind the front wheels. An alternative to door-mounted mirrors, this dual screen design improves the aerodynamic efficiency of Nissan BladeGlider. The driver sits in arrowhead formation slightly in front of two passengers, who enjoy extended legroom. The view for all occupants is panoramic thanks to the seamless cockpit windscreen.
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Power is 100 percent electric, with exceptional powertrain performance delivered by Nissan’s technical partner for the Nissan BladeGlider project, UK-based Williams Advanced Engineering. Maximum speed of the demonstration models is in excess of 190km/h*, with 0-100km/h taking less than five seconds*. The rear wheels’ drive is provided by two 130kW electric motors – one for each wheel. The system features torque vectoring, controlling the torque delivered to the driven wheels, improving the handling even further. With torque vectoring, if the car starts to under-steer, it automatically sends more torque to the outside wheel to restore the handling balance. Designed to add to the driving experience rather than govern it, the torque vectoring system has three settings: off, agile and drift mode. Power is supplied by a high performance, five module lithium-ion 220kW battery. Bespoke cooling systems have been developed for both the battery and the motors.
Two Nissan BladeGliders will be presented in Rio de Janeiro in August. One will be on static display in Rio while the second will be offering dynamic rides to media and VIPs.
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Thanks to the internet and the immediacy of hyper-networked information, community expectations about our leaders and truth-telling have increased. We expect more because we now know the difference between truth and lies much faster than ever, and with greater amounts of real-time transparency. Illustration: Matthew Golding Yet political life in Australia, as with many other democracies around the world, remains stuck in the dark ages. This is a parallel universe where evading the truth through sophistry or spin remains one of the most saleable skills in the eyes of our political class. Meanwhile, in the real world, anyone who knowingly lies to a court of law risks going to jail. A company head who lies about his or her business or the products it offers can be jailed, fined, or banned from business, or all three. Lies told by a politician are usually about much bigger issues, and have more implications for the broader public than a shonky business arrangement. The ripple effect of the political lie – particularly election promises that are uttered with no intent to follow through – has the potential to impact on the lives and livelihoods of hundreds of thousands of people. But more fundamentally, a continual stream of political lies and quarter-truths corrodes our most precious asset – our democratic system. And the cost of that to our society and way of life is incalculable.
One in five Australian adults now do not even bother to enrol to vote. Only about 40 per cent of Australians believe it makes any difference which political party is in power. And only four out of every 10 young Australians in a recent poll think democracy is even the best political system. Why? Because we are in the midst of a trust emergency – a terminal turn-off from our democratic system caused by a growing disconnect between what we hear politicians say and what we know to be the truth. Those who seek to defend our political Pinocchios will argue that lying has always been part of political theatre. But above heightened community expectations about truth-telling, they also conveniently overlook how the political lie has now gone into hyperdrive. The 2014 budget, with its cavalcade of broken election promises, will go down as watershed in creating Australia's trust emergency. Revelations that the opposition leader knowingly lied to the public about his role in toppling a second prime minister adds another straw atop the weakening back of our political system. Politicians are now incapable of talking without being "ventriloquised" by ever-growing legions of spin doctors at their side. So with politics no longer the art of the possible but the art of the dissemble, the problem of the political lie will only get worse. And our democratic system and the trust needed to sustain it will continue to corrode to a point of no return. So drastic, punitive action must be taken. The question of course is how would it work? Like a corruption commission, political truth-telling would be overseen by an independent integrity body (let's call it the Truth in Politics Commission) with special powers to investigate and summon witnesses. To ensure it is not bogged down with the trivial day-to-day evasions of political speak, the standards of evidence and culpability would need to be high. Only the big lies would be fingered.
We are in the midst of a trust emergency – a terminal turn-off from our democratic system caused by a growing disconnect between what we hear politicians say and what we know to be the truth. Its biggest challenge would be to establish whether a politician knowingly lied. But the real point of the commission would be the threat of criminal sanctions, as much as the sanctions themselves. Knowing there is a watchdog with a big "truth stick" would make politicians think twice before embarking knowingly on a lie. Of course, they could resort to denial that they knew they were lying. But given the stark choice of admitting dishonesty and incompetence, how long would any politician last in the court of public opinion? Certainly, the Truth in Politics Commission would have its hands full in its early days. But once new honesty standards were enshrined and new accountability benchmarks made clear, the political world would find its balance. Open and honest discussion – not the current unaccountable circus of spin and doublespeak – would become the new benchmark for political skill. This would be quickly rewarded by voters who would fall over themselves to reward honesty and plain speaking. A proposal to make lying to Parliament by politicians illegal was floated in Britain prior to national elections there this year. To date, more than than 120,000 citizens have signed up to an online petition supporting the idea. It is early days but it's an indication that the days of the political lie might be numbered.
An inconvenient truth for our politicians perhaps, but a very welcome truth for the rest of us. Dr Mark Triffitt is a lecturer in public policy at the University of Melbourne, a former political adviser to the Kennett Government and former director for strategic communications with the Business Council of Australia. | positive |
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U.S. Africa Command welcomes new leader × HomePrivacyAbout UsContact UsSomali NewsWorld NewsAfricaContact us HomePrivacyAbout UsContact Us Somali News World News Africa Contact us ad ad TRENDING The Netherlands Adds US$2.1 million to UNFPA’s Somali Youth Empowerment Project President Mohamud Asks Int´l Partners To Help Somalia Avert Looming Famine & Defeat Scourge ... Somali Government signs UPEACE Charter, opening new opportunities for Somalis PM Hamze Barre chairs cabinet meeting offers commitment to anti-Shabab Operations Mayor Madaale warns peddlers involved in drug trafficking in Mogadishu Somali News U.S. Africa Command welcomes new leader Somali News U.S. Africa Command welcomes new leader Radio Dalsan 11-08-2022, 05:53AM U.S. Marine Corps Gen. Michael E. Langley assumed command of U.S. Africa Command in a ceremony at Kelley Barracks, Stuttgart, Germany, Aug. 9. “It is truly an honor to stand before you as the new AFRICOM commander,” Langley said at the ceremony. “I look forward to taking on the mantle of leading these talented professionals here at AFRICOM and across our components as we work shoulder-to-shoulder with our allies and partners to advance peace and prosperity for both Africa and the American homeland.” Langley becomes the sixth U.S. Africa Command commander since the command was established in 2008. A graduate of the University of Texas at Arlington, Langley was commissioned in 1985 and initially served as an artillery officer. As a general officer, he served as the deputy commanding general for II Marine Expeditionary Force; commanding general for 2d Marine Expeditionary Brigade; commander for Marine Forces Europe and Africa; deputy commanding general for Fleet Marine Force Atlantic; and deputy commander for Marine Forces Command and Marine Forces Northern Command. Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III presided over the ceremony, with nearly 400 guests from around the world in attendance. During his remarks, Austin thanked outgoing commander, U.S. Army Gen. Stephen Townsend, for his dedicated leadership over the past three years as he highlighted the critical work the command is doing in Africa. “The continent is on the front lines of many of this century’s most pressing threats — from mass migration to food insecurity, from COVID-19 to the climate crisis, from the drumbeat of autocracy to the dangers of terrorism,” he said. Core to U.S. Africa Command’s mission is to work with allies and partners in a whole-of-government approach where defense supports diplomatic and development efforts to address shared security threats. “Every day, AFRICOM works alongside our friends as full partners—to strengthen our bonds, to tackle common threats, and to advance a shared vision of an Africa whose people are safe, prosperous, and free to choose their own future,” said Austin. In other remarks, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, U.S. Army Gen. Mark A. Milley, thanked Townsend for his selfless service throughout his career. “The whole joint force and this nation are proud of your service and thanks you. You have served in peacetime and in combat and through it all you have led with humility, honor, and credibility,” said Milley. Milley also spoke highly of the incoming commander. “(Gen. Langley) is the right leader at the right time with the right skillset to lead this critical Command. 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Just a few hours after star Ryan Reynolds opened up about the reaction to the Deadpool leaked footage, 20th Century Fox has announced they are moving forward with the film and have given it a February 12, 2016 release date, just three months before the upcoming X-Men: Apocalypse. Ryan Reynolds is expected to star with director Tim Miller at the helm and a script by Zombieland writers Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick.
In addition, Fox has shuffled a few more release dates, moving the Michael Fassbender-starring Assassin’s Creed off of its August 7, 2015 release. It is now without a release date. The upcoming reboot of The Fantastic Four, from Josh Trank and starring Miles Teller, Kate Mara, Jamie Bell and Michael B. Jordan, has also moved from its June 19, 2015 release to the just-vacated August 7. Finally, the John Green adaptation Paper Towns has moved from July 31, 2015 to more than a month earlier on June 19. | positive |
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TWO MEN HAVE died and four others have been injured after a wall collapsed at a DIY store on the Athlone Road in Longford. Gardaí this evening confirmed that one man in 40s and a second man believed to be in his 60s died after the incident at the Connacht Gold DIY and Garden Centre this afternoon.
Four other people remain in hospital in Tullamore and Mullingar. Emergency services from Tullamore, Athlone and Mullingar were called to assist at the scene of the accident. CEO of Connacht Gold Aaron Forde said the company is co-operating with investigations into the cause of the fatal accident.
“Safety is a primary concern for Connacht Gold and we are co-operating in every way with the emergency services, the Gardaí and the Health and Safety Authority in supporting those affected and in establishing the cause of the accident,” Forde said in a statement this evening.
He expressed sympathy for the family of the men who were fatally injured in the accident at the Longford store and said the company is providing counselling to employees and shoppers who were affected by the accident.
“Our thoughts and prayers are with them and also the other injured people,” said Forde. The Connacht Gold store opened on the site just over nine months ago.
-Additional reporting by Christine Bohan | positive |
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LEXINGTON, Ky (Nov. 13, 2014) -- A multi-institutional study has defined and established criteria for a new neurological disease closely resembling Alzheimer's disease called primary age-related tauopathy (PART). Patients with PART develop cognitive impairment that can be indistinguishable from Alzheimer's disease, but they lack amyloid plaques. Awareness of this neurological disease will help doctors diagnose and develop more effective treatments for patients with different types of memory impairment.The study, co-led by Peter T. Nelson, MD, PhD, of the University of Kentucky's Sanders-Brown Center on Aging, and John F. Crary, MD, PhD, of Pathology & Neuroscience with Mount Sinai Hospital, was published in the current issue of"To make an Alzheimer's diagnosis you need to see two things together in a patient's brain: amyloid plaques and structures called neurofibrillary tangles composed of a protein called tau," said Dr. Nelson, a professor of neuropathology at the University of Kentucky's Sanders-Brown Center on Aging. "However, autopsy studies have demonstrated that some patients have tangles but no plaques and we've long wondered what condition these patients had."Plaques in the brain, formed from the accumulation of amyloid protein, are a hallmark of Alzheimer's disease. Until now, researchers have considered cases with only tangles to be either very early-stage Alzheimer's or a variant of the disease in which the plaques are harder to detect. However, previous in-depth biochemical and genetic studies have failed to reveal the presence of any abnormal amyloid in these patients. Although tangle-only patients can have memory complaints, the presence of plaques is a key requirement for an Alzheimer's diagnosis.In the current study, investigators from the United States (including five from Sanders-Brown), Canada, Europe, and Japan came together to formalize criteria for diagnosing this new neurological disorder. The study establishes that PART is a primary tauopathy, a disease directly caused by the tau protein in tangles. Many of the neurofibrillary tangles in Alzheimer's brain, in contrast, are thought to arise secondarily to amyloid or some other stimuli. The researchers propose that individuals who have tangles resembling those found in Alzheimer's but have no detectable amyloid plaques should now be classified as PART.PART is most severe in patients of advanced age, but is generally mild in younger elderly individuals. The reason for this is currently unknown, but unlike Alzheimer's disease, in which the tangles spread throughout the brain, in PART cases the tangles are restricted mainly to structures important for memory.It is too early to tell how common PART is, but given that tangles are nearly universal in the brains of older individuals, it might be more widespread than generally recognized. While further studies are required, new diagnostic tests using brain scans and cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers for amyloid and tau are finding surprisingly high proportions of patients (as many as 25% in some studies) with mild cognitive impairment that are positive for tau but negative for amyloid."Until now, PART has been difficult to treat or even study because of lack of well-defined criteria," said Dr. Nelson. "Now that the scientific community has come to a consensus on what the key features of PART are, this will help doctors diagnose different forms of memory impairment early. These advancements will have a big impact on our ability to recognize and develop effective treatments for brain diseases seen in older persons."Identifying the type of neurological disorder in the early stages of disease is critical if treatment is to begin before irreparable brain damage has occurred. However, in the absence of clear criteria, different forms of neurological disorders have been hard to distinguish. As a result, PART patients may have confounded clinical trials of amyloid-targeting drugs for Alzheimer's disease as these treatments are unlikely to be effective against tangles. Along with the development of better biomarkers and genetic risk factors for dementia, the new diagnosis criteria will help PART patients to receive more targeted therapy and improve the accuracy of clinical trials for Alzheimer's drugs.The University of Kentucky's Sanders-Brown Center on Aging was established in 1979 and is one of the original ten National Institutes of Health (NIH)-funded Alzheimer's disease Research Centers. The SBCoA is internationally acclaimed for its progress in the fight against illnesses facing the aging population.The article is titled, "Primary age-related tauopathy (PART): a common pathology associated with human aging." The other contributors are: John Q. Trojanowski, Steven E. Arnold, Jonathan B. Toledo, Juan C. Troncoso (University of Pennsylvania); Julie A. Schneider (Rush University Medical Center); Jose F. Abisambra, Erin L. Abner, Gregory A. Jicha, Janna H. Neltner, Masahito Yamada (University of Kentucky); Irina Alafuzoff (Uppsala University); Johannes Attems (Newcastle University); Thomas G. Beach (Banner Sun Health Research Institute); Eileen H. Bigio (Northwestern University); Nigel J.Cairns, Walter A. Kukull, Thomas J. Montine (University of Washington); Dennis W. Dickson, David S. Knopman, MelissaE. Murray (Mayo Clinic); Marla Gearing (Emory University); Lea T. Grinberg (UC San Francisco and University of Sao Paulo); Patrick R. Hof (Mount Sinai); Bradley T.Hyman (Harvard Medical School); Kurt Jellinger (Institute of Clinical Neurobiology, Vienna); Gabor G. Kovacs (Medical University Vienna); Julia Kofler (University of Pittsburgh); Ian R. Mackenzie (University of British Columbia); Eliezer Masliah (University of California, San Diego); Ann McKee (Boston University); Ismael Santa-Maria, Michael L. Shelanski, Jean Paul Vonsattel (CUMC); William W. Seeley (UC San Francisco); Alberto Serrano-Pozo (University of Iowa); Thor Stein (VA Medical Center & Boston University); Masaki Takao (Tokyo Metropolitan Geriatric Hospital); Dietmar R. Thal (University of Ulm; Charles L. White 3rd (University of Texas); Thomas Wisniewski (New York University); and Randall L. Woltjer (Oregon Health Sciences University).The study was supported by grants from: the Society for Supporting Research in Experimental Neurology, Vienna, Austria; the National Institutes of Health (P50AG08702, R01 AG037212, P01AG07232, P30 AG028383, P50 AG005138, P50 AG016574, U01 AG006786, R01 AG041851, R01 AG011378, P30 AG028383, P50 AG016574, P01 AG003949, P30 AG012300, P50 AG005146, P50 AG005136, P50 AG025688, P50 AG005138, P01 AG002219, P50 AG005133, P50 AG005681, P01 AG003991, R01 AG038651, P30 AG019610, P30 AG013854, P30 AG036453, P30 AG010124, AG005131, AG184440, AG008051); Medical Research Council (MRC, G0400074); National Institute for Health Research (NIHR, R:CH/ML/0712); the Dunhill Medical Trust (R173/1110); Alzheimer's Research UK (ARUK), and the Alzheimer's Society (AS-PG-2013-011), Louis V. Gerstner, Jr., Foundation; Alzheimer's Association (NIRG-11-204450), FP7 EU Project Develage (No. 278486), Comprehensive Brain Research Network, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C; 26430060), and Daiwa Health Science Foundation, BrightFocus Foundation, Alzheimer's Association NIRGD-12- 242642, Alzheimer Forschung Initiative (AFI # 13803) (DRT); German Ministry for Research and Education (BMBF) FTLD-Net, Robert H. and Clarice Smith and Abigail Van Buren Alzheimer's Disease Research Program of the Mayo Foundation.University of Kentucky | positive |
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On Wednesday, July 20, the United Nations declared an official famine in parts of southern Somalia, and confirmed that tens of thousands of Somalis have already died in the worst hunger emergency in a generation. The head of the UN refugee agency has called the situation in drought-ridden Somalia the "worst human disaster" in the world after meeting with refugees who have endured unspeakable hardship to reach what is now the world's largest refugee camp. The Kenyan camp, Dadaab, currently holds 380,000 refugees, and is overflowing with tens of thousands of new arrivals forced from their homes by the severe drought that has hit the region. People in Ethiopia, Djibouti, and south Sudan are also affected by the crisis.
Somalia, wracked by 20 years of conflict, is the area worst affected. Some 3,000 people flee each day for neighbouring countries such as Ethiopia and Kenya, which are struggling to cope. Islamist rebels controlling most of Somalia's south rescinded their ban on outside aid agencies in June, but security remains a concern for aid workers struggling to deliver food, clean water, shelter and health services.
The UN needs $477 million to deal with this crisis until the end of this year, said Mark Bowden, the UN's top official in charge of humanitarian aid in Somalia. Twelve million people already need humanitarian aid, and more than 2 million children are malnourished and in need of lifesaving action. Oxfam has stated that drought, coupled with poor governance, has killed up to 90% of livestock in some regions. This is the Horn of Africa's worst drought in 60 years.
Canada has pledged to give at least $50 million in addition to the $22 million it has already donated to aid agencies working in East Africa, International Cooperation Minister Bev Oda announced on Friday, July 21. Oda also announced matching funds for donations made by Canadians to eligible charities working in the region, which expires on Friday, September 15.
For the latest news on this developing story, please visit cbcnews.ca/world. | positive |
Posted 6 years ago on April 11, 2012, 11:51 a.m. EST by OccupyWallSt
Free and independent journalism is under attack. From violent police suppression to corporate media censorship, the need to create and defend movement-based journalism has never been greater - especially as we prepare for May Day and beyond -- see below for a list of Occupy media.
Last weekend, Minneapolis police charged a peaceful march, beating protesters and arresting a dozen people. As described by Occupy Minneapolis:
Videos show officers pulling several people off public sidewalks, slamming one violently into the street and deliberately censoring the mainstream and independent press. [...] We had hoped to reestablish an occupation to bring attention to social and economic inequality, corporate greed, and the foreclosure crisis, but instead were met with a crackdown by the Minneapolis Police Department.
During the assault, police were caught on video violently arresting a journalist:
In a rare admission, Minneapolis Police Chief Timothy Dolan conceded on record that an officer had ¨unnecessarily interfered¨ with a KSTP news cameraman. Occupy Minnesota further describes the attack on the journalist:
Minneapolis Police Officers had grabbed onto the camera of a local reporter from KSTP. The reporter himself claims that he was assaulted. They threw his camera onto the ground and kicked it despite the fact that he had vocalized that he was with KSTP. The camera itself was ruined and his footage could not be salvaged.
Undeterred, Minneapolis Occupiers plan to re-occupy again this Saturday. But this incident is only the latest in a string of targeted attacks on journalists covering the Occupy movement. Police intimidation and violence toward journalists has been routine since the earliest days of Liberty Square. The NYPD is perhaps most notorious for censoring media and brutalizing journalists, as captured here in one of many recorded incidents of NYPD violating media freedom:
The problem is not limited to New York or any city; it is as endemic as it is unaddressed. When Oakland police casually shot a videographer with a less-lethal firearm at point-blank range last year, no significant disciplinary action was taken.
Individual police officers may be sympathetic 99%ers, but the police as an institution nonetheless uphold inequality by defending the abuses and wealth of the 1%. Similarly, those working within the mainstream media are not our enemies, but the mainstream media is no more a free press than mainstream politics is true democracy. Like politicians, corporate-financed media is controlled by moneyed interests. At the highest levels of decision-making, the mainstream media is beholden to corporate funders whose financial interests are aligned with the 1%. Objective journalism is a myth. The people who control what is printed and discussed in the media care about the same thing as Wall Street bankers: profit. As such, they are inclined to discredit and ignore any challenge to the status quo - especially the Occupy movement.
In response to the need for real coverage of our movement, independent journalists have worked tirelessly to document Occupy since the beginning. OccupyWallSt.org was one of the first movement-based sources of information to arise even before the Occupation of Liberty Square. Thanks to our horizontal, participatory structure, we are now just one of many - more than we could count. Dozens of other media sources have arisen since, across virtually every type of media from print magazines to Tumblr. While the mainstream media may claim that our movement in waning, the truth is that there far too much happening across the country and the world for one website to cover - even one focused on the Occupy movement like ours. We not only encourage people to read movement-based journalism, we also encourage anyone who is interested to get involved with existing projects, donate resources, or start making your own!
In addition to the main websites of General Assemblies, Occupy-related projects, and countless working group Twitter accounts and other social media, here is a brief list highlighting some of the active media projects and excellent sources of information around #OWS. | positive |
Geneva Archives - Expedition Introvert Skip to content Expedition Introvert A Travel Guide for Introverts Search for: Menu Home About Me Contact Me Tag: geneva Home » geneva » Traveling Around Switzerland for One Week – Geneva When I first moved to the UK for my Master’s program, I knew I wanted to travel around Europe whenever I had a break from school as I had never Share this: Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window) Like this: Like Loading... September 21, 2020 About Me Hi, I'm Blair and I'm an introvert! I love to travel and have found it both to be challenging and so much fun. So I thought I would be nice to share my experiences with other introverts who want to travel, especially solo travel. instagram pinterest Blair Topics Europe Travel Tips Uncategorized Tags bar crawl Dublin expedition introvert female solo travel female travel female traveler female traveller free museums hostel introvert introvert travel blog introvert traveler introvert traveller museums pub crawl recommendations solo travel solo traveler solo traveller Travel travel blog Travel Tips UK walking tour west end Copyright All Rights Reserved 2020 WordPress.com. Go to mobile version Loading Comments... Write a Comment... Email (Required) Name (Required) Website %d bloggers like this: | negative |
Foreign Policy In Focus is partnering with Mexico’s La Jornada del campo magazine, where an earlier version of this commentary appeared, to publish a series of pieces examining the impacts of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) 20 years since its implementation. This is the first in the series.
The North American Free Trade Agreement, or NAFTA, was the door through which American workers were shoved into the neoliberal global labor market.
By establishing the principle that U.S. corporations could relocate production elsewhere and sell their products back into the United States, NAFTA undercut the bargaining power of American workers, which had driven the expansion of the middle class since the end of World War II. The result has been 20 years of stagnant wages and the upward redistribution of income, wealth, and political power.
A Template for Neoliberal Globalization
NAFTA impacted U.S. workers in four principal ways.
First, it caused the loss of some 700,000 jobs as companies moved their production to Mexico, where labor was cheaper. Most of these losses came in California, Texas, Michigan, and other states where manufacturing is concentrated (and where many immigrants from Mexico go). To be sure, there were some job gains along the border in the service and retail sectors resulting from increased trucking activity. But these gains are small in relation to the losses, and have generally come in lower paying occupations. The vast majority of workers who lost jobs from NAFTA, therefore, suffered a permanent loss of income.
Second, NAFTA strengthened the ability of U.S. employers to force workers to accept lower wages and benefits. As soon as NAFTA became law, corporate managers began telling their workers that their companies intended to move to Mexico unless the workers lowered the cost of their labor. In the midst of collective bargaining negotiations with unions, some companies even started loading machinery into trucks that they said were bound for Mexico. The same threats were used to fight union organizing efforts. The message was: “If you vote to form a union, we will move south of the border.” With NAFTA, corporations also could more easily blackmail local governments into giving them tax breaks and other subsidies, which of course ultimately meant higher taxes on employees and other taxpayers.
Third, NAFTA drove several million Mexican workers and their families out of the agriculture and small business sectors, which could not compete with the flood of products—often subsidized—from U.S. producers. This dislocation was a major cause of the dramatic increase of undocumented workers in the United States, putting further downward pressure on North American wages, particularly in already lower-paying labor markets.
Fourth, and ultimately most importantly, NAFTA created a template for the rules of the emerging global economy, in which the benefits would flow to capital and the costs to labor. Among other things, NAFTA granted corporations extraordinary protections against national labor laws that might threaten profits, set up special courts—chosen from rosters of pro-business experts—to judge corporate suits against governments, and at the same time effectively denied legal status to workers and unions to defend themselves in these new cross-border jurisdictions.
The U.S. governing class—in alliance with the financial elites of its trading partners—applied the NAFTA principles to the World Trade Organization, to the policies of the World Bank and IMF, and to the deal under which employers of China’s huge supply of low-wage workers were allowed access to U.S. markets in exchange for allowing American multinational corporations to invest there. The NAFTA doctrine of socialism for capital and free markets for labor also drove U.S. policy in the Mexican peso crisis of 1994-95, the Asian financial crash of 1997, and the global financial meltdown of 2008. In each case, the U.S. government organized the rescue of banks and corporate investors while letting the workers fend for themselves.
A Watershed in U.S. Politics
In U.S. politics, the passage of NAFTA under President Bill Clinton signaled that the elites of the Democratic Party—the “progressive” major party—had accepted the reactionary economic ideology of Ronald Reagan.
A “North American Accord” was first proposed by the Republican Reagan in 1979, a year before he was elected president. A decade later, his Republican successor, George H.W. Bush, negotiated the final agreement with Mexico and Canada.
At the time, the Democrats who controlled Congress would not approve the agreement. And when Democrat Bill Clinton was elected in 1992, it was widely assumed that the political pendulum would swing back from the right, and that therefore NAFTA would never pass. But Clinton surrounded himself with economic advisers from Wall Street and in his first year pushed the approval of NAFTA through the Congress.
Despite the rhetoric, the central goal of NAFTA was not “expanding trade.” After all, the United States, Mexico, and Canada had been trading goods and services with each other for three centuries. NAFTA’s central purpose was to free American corporations from U.S. laws protecting workers and the environment. Moreover, it paved the way for the rest of the neoliberal agenda in the United States: the privatization of public services, the regulation of finance, and the destruction of the independent trade union movement.
The inevitable result was to undercut the living standards of workers all across North America: Wages and benefits have fallen behind worker productivity in all three countries. Moreover, despite declining wages in the United States, the gap between the typical American and typical Mexican worker in manufacturing remains the same. Even after adjusting for differences in living costs, Mexican workers continue to make about 30 percent of the wages that workers make in the United States. Thus, NAFTA is both symbol and substance of the global “race to the bottom.”
Creating a New Template
Here in North America there are two alternative political strategies for change.
One is repeal: NAFTA gives each nation the right to opt out of the agreement. The problem is that by now the three countries’ economies and populations have become so integrated that dis-integration could cause widespread dislocation, unemployment, and a substantial drop in living standards.
The other option is to build a cross-border political movement to rewrite NAFTA in a way that gives ordinary citizens rights and labor protections at least equal to the current privileges of corporate investors. For example, all three NAFTA nations should adopt similar high standards for the protection of free trade unions, collective bargaining, and health and safety—and their citizens should have the right to sue other countries for violations.
This would obviously not be easy. But a foundation has already been laid by the growing collaboration among immigrant, trade unionist, human rights, and other activist organizations in all three counties.
If such a movement could succeed in drawing up a new continent-wide social contract, North American economic integration—instead of being a blueprint for worker exploitation—might just become a model for bringing social justice to the global economy. | positive |
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On my first day of work as the editor in chief of the New York Observer, which had been acquired five years earlier by Jared Kushner, now the son-in-law and senior adviser to President Trump, I inherited an office and a desktop computer, both in fine but used condition. The computer was a recent-model Mac, but when I turned it on, it was inexplicably running Windows. I summoned our beleaguered IT guy to explain, and he informed me that it had belonged to Kushner, who liked the design of Apple products but preferred the Windows OS.
“So he was basically using a $2,500 desktop as a monitor?” I asked. The IT guy shrugged.
In retrospect, this tiny moment seems like a metaphor. Frankensteining two products you appreciate into one product you appreciate even more isn’t irrational; it’s even creative, in a way. On the other hand, why did the newspaper’s owner need a $2,500 monitor? How was it anything but a vanity object?
That moment in 2011 came back to me when the Trump administration announced this past week that Kushner would lead the newly created Office of American Innovation to “infuse fresh thinking” into government institutions by utilizing the hard-won knowledge of great American business executives. The appointment was announced with a breathlessness that suggests no one has ever thought of it before, or that former great American business executives have never worked in government until now.
But I worked for Kushner for 18 months as he tried to infuse a much smaller institution than the U.S. government with cost-cutting impulses from the commercial real estate world. And my experience doesn’t bode well for the Office of American Innovation. Not everything that works in the private sector is transferrable to the public sector — and even if it were, Kushner isn’t the best person to transfer it.
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I was the youngest editor in the Observer’s history and not an obvious choice, but Kushner liked me because I had been the founding editor of Gawker, which had grown into one of the largest indie media companies in the country, with more than 100 million unique visitors a month, and because I had an entrepreneurial and digital background. I also had started a Wall Street site he’d considered acquiring, and I was the only candidate he interviewed who asked to see the Observer’s financials before I would take the job.
[Jared Kushner’s White House job may be legal, but history shows it’s a bad idea]
Almost 40 percent of my compensation was in the form of a performance bonus contingent upon hitting growth milestones while staying under budget. I was fine with being held accountable; I viewed the paper as a business, just as Kushner did.
But I resigned in 2012 for a variety of reasons, chiefly that the president of the company and I couldn’t persuade Kushner to recapitalize the Observer — even though I reached all my numbers. When the paper had a profitable quarter for what I was told was the first time, Kushner floated the idea of layoffs to increase the margins, seemingly ignoring the fact that staff reductions would also reduce ad inventory by reducing content. A material part of what had been attractive about the job was the promise of expansion and growth. But we submitted business plans over and over again, and Kushner rejected them. He wanted the Observer to be cheaper to run, usually at the expense of growth and evolution, and he could not see the relationship between scale and profit — between risk and reward. (The White House did not answer a request from The Washington Post to provide Kushner’s perspective for this story.)
He viewed investments in terms of opportunity costs. “Why should I put more money into the Observer when I could invest in a software company?” he would say. This is a legitimate question for any returns-driven investor. But news media doesn’t scale like software. You need people to produce content, at least until artificial intelligence becomes more sophisticated and sensitive sources are willing to trust a bot.
Why would you buy a newspaper if you expect it to scale the way software does? Why assume that media and software have the same risk profile and dynamics? Kushner would frequently point to a media company with a 60-person editorial staff and ask why our two-person desk wasn’t producing as many stories or as much traffic. Or he’d argue, bizarrely and incorrectly, that because Gawker started with one person, that meant you didn’t need head count to scale a media company. The Internet makes media more scalable, of course — distribution is unlimited and gained at little marginal cost. But that doesn’t mean a media company is just like Uber.
That same obsession with the tech world permeates Kushner’s new project. Cost-cutting is important in situations where there is excess, but it is not what catalyzes evolution; if the point here is to make government more effective, not just more efficient, cuts alone won’t do it. The Silicon Valley entrepreneurs Kushner has roped into helping him with the new office — such as Apple’s Tim Cook, Salesforce boss Marc Benioff and Tesla founder Elon Musk — would be the first to tell him that scale is important, and that growth is often a function of prioritizing R&D investments. You prototype cheaply to get to a minimum viable product, but if you stop there, you’re in trouble. You have to reinvest, constantly.
Lessons from Silicon Valley are even likelier to be misapplied in government than in media. Outside experts always groan that government institutions are running outdated systems that still rely on floppy disks, and that this is a function of some combination of government waste, idiocy and ubiquitous Luddite-ism. But a more logical explanation is that systems upgrades require appropriations, many of which have been gleefully slashed by Congress. There’s also the problem of government pay, and the fact that the private sector has financial resources that the government does not. Is it reasonable to expect speedy, high-quality upgrades when engineers are making $90,000 a year and implementations are often contracted out to the lowest bidder?
[Trump says his budget will make government lean. It’s really a scam.]
The irrelevance of private-sector nostrums is likely to haunt Kushner’s new initiative. “They’re all outsiders and nobody knows anything about the government,” says Elaine Kamarck, who worked for Vice President Al Gore when the Clinton administration sought to reinvent government 25 years ago and who is now a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution. “It will take these people a year just to figure out what they’re doing.” There are many government functions that have no analog in the private sector, she pointed out, like maintaining a nuclear arsenal.
The Clinton administration’s efforts had some success, Kamarck said, because Gore’s group was staffed primarily by government people and civil servants who worked in concert with private-sector experts. “They also have to staff the government,” she said, pointing to the Trump administration’s failure to fill hundreds of crucial positions so far, leaving any ideas that the new organization produces without a government to execute them.
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Kushner’s claim to business knowledge, beyond admiring Silicon Valley, boils down to his work for his family’s commercial real estate company, which is hardly comparable to a government institution. And if industry dynamics are not transitive across the board, expertise isn’t, either.
On that count, I don’t even know how to quantify Kushner’s expertise, anyway. Yes, he ran the company — which he inherited, not uncommon in New York’s dynastic, insular real estate world. But he was sure he had the goods. When I worked for him, I didn’t think he had a realistic view of his own capabilities since, like his father-in-law, he seemed to view his wealth and its concomitant accoutrements as rewards for his personal success in business, and not something he would have had in any case. To me, he appeared to view his position and net worth as the products of an essentially meritocratic process.
Yet when Kushner Co. bought 666 5th Avenue for $1.8 billion in 2007, it was the largest transaction for a commercial real estate building in Manhattan’s history. Had the financing gone south, as it nearly did, it probably would have destroyed the family’s fortune. The building is heavily in debt now and in need of new investors to let Vornado, a real estate firm that owns 49.5 percent of it, get out; discussions with Chinese insurance giant Anbang fell apart this past week.
Is this good dealmaking? I don’t know. If I were to assume any expertise I have is transitive to commercial real estate, I might argue that Kushner Co. overpaid for the building in the first place and overleveraged itself. But I also know what I don’t know, and I don’t make a living using vast amounts of debt to buy Class A office buildings in New York, so I will defer to people who do to opine. You could construe my evaluation as a reasonable observation by an outsider with a set of “fresh eyes,” but you’d be nuts to hand me a billion-dollar commercial real estate company because of it.
When it became clear in 2012 that Kushner was conflating running lean with starvation, I submitted my resignation and left the Observer mostly on good terms with him, but I was disappointed. The company president resigned a few weeks later. Kushner eventually filled our positions with a family friend and his brother-in-law, the latter of whom had no media experience. He wanted outsiders to run the business — but loyal, compliant outsiders.
A few days after Trump won the election, Kushner folded the now attenuated print newspaper and subsequently announced that the Observer, in its digital incarnation, was for sale. He probably would refer to it as a “lean” operation. I would say in his zeal to trim the fat, he began eliminating muscle and hacked into a few bones. I realize also, in retrospect, that he may never have intended to grow it or improve it. It was for him, in essence, another vanity object — like the beautiful, expensive desktop computer he used as a monitor.
I worry that this new office will be more of the same: a vanity project, one that exists primarily to put Kushner in the same room with people he admires whom he wouldn’t have had access to before, glossing government agencies in the process with a thin veneer of what appears to be capitalism but is really just nihilistic cost-cutting designed to project the optics of efficiency. If the outside experts have good advice, it will be heeded only where it reinforces what the administration would do anyway. And anyone who volunteers to carry out the administration’s agenda may be handed wholesale control of an area of government where their domain expertise isn’t just low, but nonexistent.
But I would like to be a fly on the wall when Kushner expresses his feelings to Tim Cook about the Macintosh operating system.
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Let's Rewire Two Common Holiday Wellness Problems Services Coaching Partnerships The Leadership Program RewireLIVE Method About Meet the Team Contact Us Resources Podcast Blog Books Videos Tools Let's Rewire Two Common Holiday Wellness Problems There’s a sense of excitement and possibility, lots of parties, old and new traditions, and good food. Despite all of the good cheer, many of us find ourselves with three holiday wellness complaints. Edith "Edie" Raphael, PhD This period of time between Thanksgiving and the New Year is quite special. There’s a sense of excitement and possibility, lots of parties, time with family and friends, old and new traditions, memorable smells, and good food. Despite all of the good cheer (and sometimes because of it), many of us find ourselves with holiday wellness complaints. The three common health-related complaints heard around water coolers in December are: stress weight gain light deprivation This week on The WireBoard, we’ll look a little closer at these three common holiday complaints and I’ll share two approaches to solving them. Stress: According to the American Psychological Association, the holidays are stressful for the majority of us. Finding the perfect gift, finding the time to find the perfect gift, making travel plans, stay-at-home plans, or having-guests-stay-at-your-home plans, cooking, cleaning, hanging out with relatives (author and spiritual mystic teacher Ram Dass famously said, “If you think you’re so enlightened, go spend a week with your family.”), being alone, or being in a crowd of strangers… all of these and more ramp up the stress level. And, just as a reminder, stress is not good for your physical health. It negatively affects heart rate, blood pressure and inflammation. Mentally, stress activates the lizard brain making us less likely to be able to depend on our pre-frontal cortex (the seat of reason and rationality). Weight Gain: This time of year most of us have at least one office party to attend, a friendly gathering or two, big holiday meals and treats and some delicious-but-highly-caloric beverages. And all of this indulging is happening at a time when light levels are lowest and we’re least likely to get outside or exercise. Studies have shown that the average person adds an extra pound every holiday season which is not likely to be shed after the holidays. Light Deprivation: The days have been getting shorter for the past six months and we’ve just reached the Winter solstice—the shortest day of the year (December 21). And this reduced daylight has an impact. Nearly 10% of all people (especially those who live in northern areas) report negative effects on their mood as a result of diminished daylight. “Winter blues” are the mild term for the feeling of fatigue and loss of energy some people experience in the darkest months. For some, this mood drop is more dramatic, falling under the condition labelled by experts as Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD). The science behind winter blues and SAD is not fully understood, but involves the way that shorter periods of light affect our production of serotonin and melatonin — which in turn affect our mood and sleep patterns. https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/a-blog-around-the-clock/seasonal-affective-disorder-the-basics/. With all of these compounding challenges this month, we’re offering up two simple hacks to help you rewire your brain for a more enjoyable holiday. Rewire Hack #1: Mindful Eating The holidays are a recipe for mindless eating. “Mindless eating” is eating without being conscious of the fact that we’re eating, why we’re eating or even what food we’re putting in our mouths. When we add heavy-duty socializing to food consumption, our ability to tune into the experience of eating becomes quite difficult. We hardly even realize how much we’re eating over the course of a couple hours at a party. Applying mindfulness to our eating is a good way of reducing stress and increasing enjoyment of our food — all while simultaneously keeping us from eating more than we should. Be aware of the motivating factor behind your decision to eat. Are you hungry, bored or feeling socially awkward? If you’re not actually hungry, can you find something else to do instead of eat? Look at your food before you eat it. Notice texture, color, size and shape. This step doesn’t need to be pro-longed; you don’t need to make your dinner guests awkward while you stare at your food! Just a quick look over your plate before you dig your fork in will do. Smell your food. What aroma, if any, does it give off before you put it in your mouth? Again, it doesn’t need to be too involved. You don’t need to raise your plate to your nose; just unceremoniously become aware of the aroma arising from your plate. Chew your food very slowly noticing all of the taste sensations (sweet, salty, sour, and bitter) and textures (crunchy, smooth, etc) and sounds. When you first put your food in your mouth, notice the taste and textures of the food on the tongue. Then begin to chew. Notice if the tastes change while you’re chewing. Also notice how the sensation to swallow your food begin as soon as you begin to chew. Pause between bites. In our busy world, we often begin to approach everything we do with a sense of urgency. But we don’t need to eat that way, especially in a social setting. Slow down the process of eating. Notice when you no longer feel hungry take this moment to stop eating. The slower and more mindful you are with your eating, the more accurately you can determine when you’re no longer hungry. Rewire Hack #2: Lightbox Therapy If you think your days are short in the winter, be grateful you don’t live in northern Alaska. (If you do live in northern Alaska, you have my sincere sympathy and admiration). The folks in Barrow, Alaska (the northernmost town in the state) go without any sun for 67 days starting in mid-December! Some of you may fondly remember the terrific ‘90s sitcom Northern Exposure set in the fictional town of Cicely, Alaska. In the fifth season, the show takes on the long dark days of an Alaskan Winter. The main character, a doctor, begins prescribing light therapy for the residents who are experiencing mood irregularities from the continual darkness. Lightbox therapy has been around for many decades and is a great way to manage the winter blues. Just by exposing yourself to extra light in the morning you can trick your brain into thinking that the day is longer than it really is. Light regulates our circadian rhythms, which manage our sleep and wake cycles. My family has been using a light box for about two decades and we find that it really helps reduce the blahs that sometimes visit in mid to late fall. The key to effective light box use is timing and duration. To combat winter blues and help you get your day off to a good start, you want to expose yourself to as much morning light as possible. Physicians suggest that you get at least 30 minutes of exposure from a light box with at least 10,000 lux (full spectrum minus the UV). And they caution that while for most people the light is completely safe and effective, you should check with your doctor before you purchase and start using a light box. (http://www.mayoclinic.org/tests-procedures/light-therapy/details/risks/cmc-20197423) Thirty minutes of time in front of a light might seem like a lot, but one solution is to set up a light box in the area where you spend a lot of time in the morning. I recently installed shelves in my kids’ bathrooms so, while they are taking forever in the morning to get ready for school, they can get some light exposure too. I heard that one Harvard sleep researcher had a light box custom built into his shower wall. Wellness is a great gift to give yourself, your loved ones, friends and colleagues this holiday season. You can order light boxes online and they come in all shapes and sizes. And mindfulness is free and available anytime or anywhere. This article is free as well and can be shared with as many people as could benefit from the gift of wellness. Our sincere hope is that you are able to incorporate approaches like these into your rewired holiday habits. 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North Koreans working overseas send back millions of dollars in earnings to Pyongyang every year. File Photo Courtesy of EPA/PARK JIN-HEE
SEOUL, South Korea, Dec. 27 (UPI) -- Following North Korea's continued advances in its missile and nuclear programs this year, countries around the world are enforcing sanctions to curb the regime's source of funding.
In line with the latest United Nations Resolution 2397 passed last week, Switzerland added 16 North Korean individuals and one organization to its sanctions list, Radio Free Asia said Wednesday.
The individuals include significant figures in the North's missile development program such as Ri Pyong Chol, First Vice Department Director of the ruling Rodong Party's Central Committee and Kim Jong Sik, Deputy Director of the party's Military Industry Department.
This comes after the United States Treasury on Tuesday sanctioned the two officials, describing them as "key leaders of North Korea's unlawful weapons programs."
The Swiss sanctions also target 14 overseas financiers believed to be funneling funds into the regime's programs to develop weapons of mass destruction. This includes Choe Sok Min, head of the Foreign Trade Bank of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
The North's Bureau of Political Security which controls the North Korean military was also blacklisted by the European country.
RFA also reported Wednesday that Mongolia has started cutting back on the number of North Korean workers within its borders, as a response to Pyongyang's intercontinental ballistic missile test on November 29.
The first group of laborers have returned to the North, and most of those remaning will be sent back by early 2018, according to RFA's sources.
Mongolia began hiring hundreds of North Koreans during a construction boom in 2008, and reached an agreement with Pyongyang to employ as many as 5,300 over a five year period.
Construction firms prefer to hire North Koreans as they work longer hours for less money, a source in Mongolia's construction industry told RFA.
However, due to economic struggles, the number of North Korean workers have declined since a high of 2,100 in 2013.
Currently, 1,200 are known to be working in construction sites and textile factories.
Sources told RFA that Mongolian authorities have stopped issuing one-year visa renewals for the laborers to further reduce the numbers in line with global efforts to pressure the North Korean regime.
In September, the U.N. Security Council passed a resolution banning third countries from accepting North Korean workers, after the North conducted its sixth nuclear test. Following the regime's ICBM launch in November, additional sanctions were approved last week, requiring countries to send the workers back to North Korea within two years.
According to data from Eurostat on Thursday, the European Union's 28 countries issued fewer North Koreans visas to remain within their borders for more than three months.
Visas were issued to 312 North Koreans last year, 30 less than 2015 and less than half the number permitted to stay in 2008.
56 percent of those granted a visa applied to stay in the country for educational purposes.
The number of North Koreans permitted a working visa more than halved from 245 in 2015 to a total of 65 last year.
According to U.N. figures from September, around 100,000 North Koreans working overseas send $500 million to Pyongyang every year. | positive |
V8 SUPERCARS veteran Russell Ingall is set to defy age and form to continue for a final season, shutting out one of the young hopefuls vying for the few remaining seats in next year's new-look V8 Supercars championship.
Ingall, the oldest V8 driver at 48, has secured an extension of his deal with Walkinshaw Racing to finish his distinguished, but fading career during the biggest year of change in the sport's history. He will continue as the stablemate of the Walkinshaw-run factory-backed Holden Racing Team in a third VF Commodore backed again by his sponsor Supercheap Autos.
Distinguished career: Russell Ingall has two Bathurst 1000 victories. Credit:Getty Images
To be billed as his farewell season, Ingall will compete amid a season-long celebration of his enduring V8 career, highlighted by two Bathurst 1000 wins and a championship in 16 years.
A pair of promising drivers from V8's second-level development series and several outcasts from this season are now competing for the four unfilled places next year, when V8 Supercars switches to new cars, introduces new makes, adopts radical new race formats and expands to the US. | positive |
Clockwise from left: Guajillo's; La Lupita Tacos Mexicanos; Tacos Atoyac; Tacos Morelos.
W hat's the best taco you've ever sunk your teeth into? Was it in Mexico? Los Angeles? San Diego? Your hometown? Or in your own kitchen? Or perhaps you are one of the many pilgrims still in search of your perfect taco.
A truly euphoric taco experience is defined differently depending on whom you ask. Some people prefer corn tortillas over flour. Some prefer their tacos stuffed with pork; others, pulled chicken or fish. Some like their tacos to be sauce-free, and some enjoy a little guacamole and sour cream. We asked 10 food critics from 10 American cities to tell us how they found their favorite pick and what makes it so special. Read on to see if your top taco made the list.
Austin, Texas: Tacodeli
According to Rachel Feit of The Austin Chronicle, "tacos are like flavor bombs." For Feit, a memorable taco starts with great fillings, meaning slow-cooked meats stewed with plenty of chiles and spices. But she also believes in the allure of the complexity that comes from adding extra ingredients such as Queso Fresco, cilantro, and, of course, salsa. Narrowing down her favorite taco to just one was a challenge, Feit admits, because "Austin is a taco town, and there are tacos for every occasion, every mood, and every wallet." Ultimately, though, Tacodeli and its three locations rule her heart and her stomach. The Deli Belly (available on Wednesdays and Saturdays only) is a $4 marvel of slow-braised pork belly, sliced then crisped, topped with cilantro and onions on a flour tortilla. Feit recommends crowning the tacos with the mini-chain's emulsified green Doña sauce (a secret recipe she hopes to snag someday). "I always add salsa to my tacos—it's a key to perfect tacos," she says. (4200 N. Lamar; 512-419-1900)
Chicago: Tio Luis Tacos
For Phil Vettel of the Chicago Tribune, finding his favorite taco entailed driving all over town and sampling everything the Second City has to offer until he made the acquaintance of a simple $1.95 taco filled with steak, onions, cilantro, and lime at Tio Luis Tacos. "When I saw the slight char on the skirt steak, I knew I was on to something," Vettel tells us. "The fresh veggies, soft tortilla, and Key lime all came together in wonderful harmony." (3856 S. Archer Ave.; 773-468-2267)
Denver: Pinche Tacos
"The taco found me," Tucker Shaw of the Denver Post says of his quest for the city's top taco. After months of searching, one day the Pinche Tacos truck pulled up right in front of Shaw's office, and that was the beginning of his taco love affair. His must-have is the $3.50 "agridulce" taco, an inspired combination of sweet-and-sour braised pork belly, candied garlic, and cabbage and cilantro slaw in a corn tortilla. Shaw admits, "You'd think I'd have waited to bite into it before deciding whether it was my favorite taco in Denver, but the truth is I decided just by the aroma of it—meaty, fatty, sweet, sharp, and soulful—not to mention the look of it on the plate, so plump and glistening." (1514 York St.; 720-475-1337)
Los Angeles: Los Cinco Puntos
As restaurant critic Patric Kuh of Los Angeles Magazine tells us, he first laid eyes on his "soul-taco" while driving around the Boyle Heights neighborhood of L.A. Suddenly he saw the word masa displayed before him on the side of the building. He stopped the car to investigate what exactly was happening at Los Cinco Puntos, and found a group of women clapping out fresh tortillas and putting them on a griddle. His personal go-to taco from Los Cinco Puntos is sheep's-head meat in a warm corn tortilla. It wasn't just the filler that won him over, Kuh explains. He finds that a good tortilla, made from freshly ground nixtamal, or dried corn, imparts a slightly acidic tang to a taco. "It sharpens all the other flavors, and I've come to think of it as the tang of perfection." He doesn't even add hot sauce: "God forbid I make any changes to it." (3300 E. Cesar E. Chavez Ave.; 323-261-4084)
Miami: Lucky Taco
When Daniel Treiman of the Miami New Times and Edible South Florida ate what he calls the best taco in Miami, he was actually looking for the best paleta in the Homestead region instead. An investigation in the Redland Market Village area with a friend who originally hails from Mexico revealed Lucky Taco, and the $1.50 al pastor goodness that would change their lives forever. Lean pork marinated with guajillo chiles and pineapple in a fresh chewy maize tortilla creates a uniquely sweet and spicy taco that is perfect on its own or equally delicious adorned with plenty of fresh cilantro. Treiman reports that his friend, an "al pastor aficionado," actually squealed with delight as she ate. High praise indeed. (291 W. Mowry Dr.)
New York: Tacos Morelos
Robert Sietsema of The Village Voice came face-to-face with his favorite taco around midnight while walking on Roosevelt Avenue in Queens one night. At a food truck turned gastro-pub named Tacos Morelos, he saw tacos being filled with yellow rice—and as if the double starch wasn't intriguing enough, Sietsema became even more compelled to try this taco when he saw that it also had a chile relleno inside, oozing over with cheese. Tacos Morelos sells these meal-size portions for $5 and serves them with a side of grilled peppers. Sietsema recommends adding chipotle hot sauce to this taco masterpiece. (94-13 37th Ave.; 347-832-0193)
Phoenix: Tacos Atoyac
Gwen Ashley Walters, the Phoenix Magazine restaurant critic and food writer, admits that she drives 45 minutes from her house whenever a craving strikes for her favorite taco from Tacos Atoyac. Even though this bare-bones restaurant is known mostly for its Oaxacan street food, Walters is a devoted acolyte of the $1.50 Indonesian catfish-stuffed Baja Taco. What's in it besides beer-battered fish? Red onions lightly pickled with jalapeño vinegar, shredded green cabbage, and Mexican crema spiked with hot sauce, all served inside a griddled flour tortilla. As Walters, who also happens to be a trained chef, puts it, "It's a juxtaposition of cool and hot, crunchy and soft. In a word? Delicioso." (1830 W. Glendale Ave.; 602-864-2746)
Providence, Rhode Island: La Lupita Tacos Mexicanos
"I want the real deal, the same kind of genuine article I would find on the streets of Mexico." That's what Gail Ciampa of The Providence Journal said when we asked her what she's looking for in the best taco in town. What's more, she tells us, "I want to be surprised by the freshness of the ingredients, the range of flavors that come from a few expertly blended spices and meats that have been marinated or roasted slowly." She found exactly that at a taqueria in Olneyville called La Lupita Tacos Mexicanos. This half-grocery-store, half-restaurant neighborhood institution sells an array of taco fillers such as pulled pork, marinated pork, tripe, beef tongue, chorizo, ground beef, and steak, and they also do a veggie taco. But for Ciampa, it's all about the Crispy Taco, which is rolled up and stuffed with pulled chicken, onions, and cilantro and then deep-fried. Though guacamole, cheese, and sour cream come standard, Ciampa prefers hers without, and instead dips it in two spicy salsas. Crispy Tacos are $1.62 each or three for $4.20. (1950 Westminster St.; 401-331-2444)
San Antonio: Guajillo's
"Balance, depth of flavor, and the ineffable taste of home—that's what I want in my taco," proclaims Edmund Tijerina of the San Antonio Express-News. The first time he tried tacos al pastor was in Mexico City more than a decade ago. In San Antonio, however, he depends on Guajillo's for his fix—even though, as he admits, it looks like a chain restaurant, it's a pain to get to, and it's at the intersection of a major thoroughfare and a freeway. According to Tijerina, it's almost impossible to find a disappointment on this menu, but his taco craving is the pork, which is rubbed with a mixture of spices including achiote, slowly roasted on a vertical spit, then shaved onto an oil-moistened corn tortilla. One $6.25 order includes six small corn tortillas (about 4 inches in diameter) that slightly overlap and cover an oval plate topped with a generous mound of meat. A separate plate holds slices of pineapple, minced fresh cilantro, and finely diced onions, and there's a small cup of sliced limes and another small bowl of a tangy guajillo-based salsa. Tijerina assembles the tacos by taking a single tortilla and topping it with a heaping tablespoon of meat, a couple of pineapple slices, a sprinkle of cilantro, and some onion, finished with a squeeze of lime and a dollop of salsa. "I don't add anything that's not supposed to be there. It's Mexican cooking as it should be." (1001 Northwest Loop 410; 210-344-4119)
San Diego: Marisco's German
Troy Johnson, food critic for San Diego Magazine and host of Food Network's Crave, has a good street-taco-junkie friend to thank for introducing him to his ultimate taco. "I was born and raised in San Diego. We learn the Scoville scale (a form of measurement that relates to level of heat in a chile pepper) before basic math. Anyone can overload a tortilla to satiate the more-more-more ethos of American eaters, but very few people can keep it balanced—the veggies cut through the cheese, acid lances the fat, light permeates the heavy," explains Johnson. And according to him, that mythical balance is exactly what "The Gobernador" from Marisco's German truck manages to achieve. This corn-tortilla wonder, which comes with a side of the truck's famous xaldo de siete mares, packs in a massive heap of what Johnson describes as "bulging, steroidal-looking" grilled shrimp, sautéed onions, celery, bell pepper, and spices. The final touch is what some taco purists would consider blasphemy—melted cheese. Lots of it. "One taco (plus free soup) for four bucks? It's a steal!" The taco truck parks in a dirt lot outside a liquor store. And Johnson is fairly certain that all of the tires are flat. He tells us that there is an awning, some plastic tables, and chairs. Anyone who can look past the absence of Dodd Mitchell design is greatly rewarded. (3505 University Ave)
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WARSAW (Reuters) - Poland’s parliament resumed proceedings after the winter recess on Wednesday in defiance of an opposition blockade of the plenary hall, escalating a stand-off that has raised fears for democracy in the European Union state.
Poland's opposition lawmakers protesting at the plenary hall in parliament building. in Warsaw, Poland, January 11, 2017. REUTERS/Slawomir Kaminski/Agencja Gazeta
The centrist opposition Civic Platform had sought to delay the reopening of the assembly after the Christmas and New Year holidays, vowing to continue a nearly month-long sit-in unless the ruling conservatives agreed to a re-run of a budget vote.
The crisis began in mid-December when opposition lawmakers blocked the plenary hall podium to protest at conservative plans for curbs on media access to parliament. It worsened when they accused the ruling party of passing the 2017 budget illegally in a side room without the requisite quorum of lawmakers.
Dismissing the accusations, the ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party held a Senate vote to approve the budget - the next step towards enactment - and reopened the lower house of parliament.
“Parliament will continue to operate normally tomorrow,” PiS deputy Arkadiusz Mularczyk told private broadcaster TVN24. “I hope we will vote on new legislation. I hope the PO will be reasonable because the protest does not serve Poland well.”
The stalemate in parliament has laid bare divisions in Poland that have deepened since the euroskeptic PiS ousted the PO from power in the 2015 election.
The conservatives remain generally popular among voters thanks to a blend of nationalism, Roman Catholic piety and steps to help poorer Poles who have not benefited much from a decade of heady economic growth in the formerly communist country.
But the PiS has also drawn mounting criticism at home and abroad for what many see as a drift towards authoritarian rule.
Voicing concern over “a systemic threat to the rule of law” in Poland, the European Commission in December gave the PiS government two months to sort out questions surrounding its moves to assert more control over the judiciary and media.
Standard and Poor’s downgraded Poland’s debt ratings a year ago, citing increasing questions about the independence of key Polish institutions under the PiS government.
The dispute over the 2017 budget began when PiS lawmakers retreated to an auxiliary chamber of parliament in December to sidestep the opposition blockade.
The opposition then said it had been prevented from taking part in the proceedings and accused the PiS of lacking a quorum to hold a legal vote.
“For the moment, we continue to block the podium. Tomorrow we decide exactly how to proceed with our protest,” Joanna Mucha, a PO deputy, told private broadcaster TVN24 after the PiS speaker announced parliament was back in session.
This was preceded by hours of emergency meetings among senior party officials seeking to defuse the standoff.
In an apparent gesture on Monday to forge a compromise, the conservatives withdrew plans to limit how journalists can cover parliamentary proceedings, a proposal that sparked public protests in December. But the PO said the move was not good enough and again demanded a re-run of the budget vote. | positive |
This story originally appeared in the August 2015 issue of our print edition.
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Thanks for having me here to interview for this position, and to explain why I think a climber would be an asset to your company. I will, of course, be speaking on behalf of all climbers. Although it’s true that many of us would love nothing more than to climb full-time and not work, the simple fact is that most of us have “real” jobs. “Most of us” meaning everyone besides Chris Sharma, Tommy Caldwell, Adam Ondra, Alex Honnold, Hazel Findlay, Ueli Steck, and a handful of other folks worldwide.
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Climbers (I’m going to stereotype all of us) possess a handful of traits that are potentially attractive to your business. You either have these traits and you eventually become a climber, or you develop these traits through climbing. Either way, a climber should be a shoo-in for that position you’re looking to fill.
We’re self-starters. Yes, I know everyone says this in a job interview. But let me tell you: Every climber goes climbing because they want to. Actually, sometimes you go climbing because you are interested in a hot guy/girl who is a climber (can you say go-getter?). But when it’s time to lead a route, no one’s making us do it. No one is standing there going, “I want you to climb up and clip that first bolt.” Do you think Tommy Caldwell and Alex Honnold’s sponsors said to them, “Guys, let’s see some synergy, huh? You can really drive Q4 metrics with a tip of the spear idea like an enchainment of all the peaks in the Fitz Roy Massif. Can we get some buy-in on this?” Hell no. They just went and did it. And although most of us have much smaller climbing objectives, we’re not sitting around waiting for someone to give us an idea.
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We’re efficient. Everyone knows that fast transitions at belays are a key to success on multi-pitch climbs—or at least a key not to suffer through too many open bivvies. Efficient belay transitions mean each climber is working hard to keep things as simple as possible, and constantly thinking of the team’s success first. For example, I consider myself an expert multitasker because I can poop and belay at the same time. While that may not be a skill that directly applies to any roles at your company, I do believe it illustrates my ability to juggle multiple tasks in a stressful environment without falling off a cliff or, at the least, forgetting to respond to an email.
Also, as far as efficiency goes, climbers dating back to the original Yosemite dirtbags have been successful at doing an entire year’s worth of work in a few months so they can take the rest of the year off to go climbing. Compare this to the average office worker who does about one month of work a year, six months of watching cat videos, three months of forwarding stupid emails, and two months of eating lunch—all during business hours. The numbers don’t lie: Hire a climber, and your line graphs will go through the roof.
We’re goal-oriented. I know, same bullshit everyone says on their resume or in a job interview. But for real. The entire idea of climbing is about goals. I’m going to lead this route or send that boulder problem. Every time we go to the crag, we have at least five or six objectives, if not more, and we check those objectives off our list as we go. Sometimes we pick a difficult objective and work on it for weeks (this is called a project) until we’re successful. And think about it—this is what we do on the weekends! We don’t sit around drinking beer and watching TV (at least until after we’re done climbing). We set goals and achieve them. Just imagine what we could do for your business. It is worth pointing out that we do all of this obsessing outside of work hours, of course.
Many of our goals, similar to some of the things you ask your employees to do, are contrived, and quite pointless in the grand scheme of things—climbing up 75 feet of limestone to clip a rope to a set of chains, or putting together a sequence of gymnastic moves across a 15-foot imaginary line on a boulder. But we work hard at them, just like we’ll do with all those tasks you assign us because they’re not worth anyone else’s time.
Does your company have an internal newsletter? If it does, I bet it features stock photos of business people in suits climbing mountains. If you go on a stock photography website and search “business,” half the results will be close-ups of handshakes featuring people with different skin colors. The other half will be business people climbing mountains. This, I have gathered, is because climbing is the perfect metaphor for the monumental tasks faced by business people every day. What better way to be prepared for those challenges than by hiring an actual rock climber? This will also allow you to save money on stock photos in future editions of your newsletter. I believe that’s what you call a “win-win” in business.
We are team players. Nothing cements the idea of teamwork quite like roping up for a multi-pitch route: two climbers committing to the same goal. We root for our partner in this situation and do everything we can to ensure their success, because if they fail, we fail. In a way, our lives literally depend on it. If something goes wrong up there, like, really wrong—like all the gear rips out and the anchor blows (imagine you know what this means)—and our partner falls hundreds of feet to the ground, then we’re going too. Because we’re tied to them. One thing frequently forgotten in the cutthroat world of business is that everyone at a company is tied together in a way. If something goes really wrong and the company decks, everyone loses their jobs together.
We are trustworthy. When we say something, we mean it. Especially when we say, “You’re on belay.” I personally have belayed dozens of climbers and never once dropped anyone. If I can be responsible for the lives of dozens of cumulative people over the years—sometimes while simultaneously going to the bathroom—I’m pretty sure I can, yes, get that TPS report to you by Friday without blowing it.
What are our weaknesses? What am I supposed to say here, that we work too hard? OK, sure, that, plus we generally eat more food, sometimes sleep in our cars, come into the office with strange wounds on our hands, speak in a dialect only intelligible to other climbers, and we can’t quite explain our weekend or vacation plans to you in a manner you can relate to. Also, some of us can’t quite do one-finger pull-ups—yet.
We can start Tuesday. We’re climbing Monday.
Brendan Leonard lives in relentless pursuit of 5.fun and writes at semi-rad.com. His new book, Sixty Meters to Anywhere, is available now at amazon.com, Barnes & Noble, other bookstores, and at semi-rad.com/books. Watch the trailer: | positive |
No, it’s not your imagination. California’s long, hot summer is on a pace to produce a wildfire season with more fires scorching more acres this year than 2016 – more acres falling victim to flames, in fact, than all but three of the past 10 years.
How many fires? How many acres? Why are there more? In a prolific fire season following a wet winter that many people thought was supposed to end California’s drought, you’ve got burning questions. We’ve got some answers.
How many fires?
According to the National Interagency Coordination Center, there were five major active fires in the Sierra Nevada from Yosemite National Park in Mariposa County to the Sequoia National Forest in Tulare County as of Thursday. Collectively, they’ve burned almost 40,000 acres. The largest is the Pier Fire near Springville in Tulare County. That fire started on Aug. 29 and destroyed two structures as it’s grown to more than 25,000 acres. By Saturday morning, firefighting crews had managed to build containment lines around 50 percent of the fire area.
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Then there’s the Railroad Fire burning near the communities of Fish Camp and Sugar Pine in Madera County just south of Yosemite National Park. It also started on Aug. 29 and encompasses more than 12,300 acres at 64 percent containment. Inside the national park, the Empire Fire has burned since Aug. 1.
Two fires that started on Sunday, the Mission and Peak fires, are also still burning in the northern part of the Valley. The Mission Fire near North Fork was estimated at about 1,035 acres and was 65 percent contained by Saturday morning. The Peak Fire had burned almost 700 acres southeast of Mariposa but was estimated to be 98 percent contained by Friday evening.
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It’s not only the forests on the Valley’s east flank that are feeling the heat. Of 43 “major incidents” listed by Cal Fire – the state’s Division of Forestry and Fire Protection – since January in Fresno, Kings, Madera and Tulare counties, the largest wasn’t in the Sierra Nevada, but in the Diablo Range of hills southwest of Avenal. The Garza Fire started in early July and, by the time it was fully contained a couple of weeks later, burned nearly 50,000 acres straddling the Fresno-Kings county line. The Garza Fire was the largest of 18 fires on the Valley’s west side.
Statewide, more than 6,400 fires have flared in California from January through the Labor Day weekend, burning more than 626,000 acres in just over eight months. That’s already more acres than all of 2016, when 622,659 acres were blackened by 6,954 fires.
It was a wet winter. Why are there so many fires?
Well, it’s like this: After five years of drought, one winter with plentiful rain and snow in 2016-17 just isn’t enough to save all of the dead and dying trees in the Sierra. In fact, the moisture created an environment that was ripe for plenty of grass and brush to grow this spring and dry out this summer, adding to the amount of fuel available to burn from lightning strikes or careless humans.
The worst part is all the dead trees that are still standing. They’re like matchsticks; they’re very receptive to fire. CalFire spokesman and deputy chief Scott McLean
“There’s a lot of dead wood on the ground, and it’s not going to come back to life,” said Scott McLean, a deputy chief and spokesman for Cal Fire. “Then you add the near-record winter we had, and it promoted vegetation growth like we hadn’t seen in years. The grass growth was very intense, and it started drying out early in the year.”
McLean called that grass “a fuse. This summer was hot and dry, and we had a substantial amount of 100-degree weather, and with just enough breeze behind it and dramatically lower humidity, it wicked all the moisture out of the vegetation. … All of that combined has promoted the number of fires to dramatically increase.”
And the worst could be yet to come. “Historically, September and October are the most devastating months for wildland fires,” McLean said. “We’ve had months of summer to dry things out. The weather could be cooler, but the vegetation is still dry.”
So how many dead trees are there, anyway?
Across the state, fire officials estimate the number of dead trees at about 102 million. And some of the greatest concentrations of tree mortality – 40 to 100 dead trees or more per acre – are in Mariposa County and eastern Madera, Fresno and Tulare counties, according to the California Tree Mortality Task Force.
Those four counties are among 10 that the state has deemed “high priority counties” that are suffering from severe tree mortality. Within those 10 counties in and along the Sierra, from Amador in the north to Kern in the south, about 76 million dead trees have been identified. Tulare and Fresno counties hold the unfortunate lead, with about 13 million and 12 million dead trees, respectively.
“Between 2010 and late 2015, U.S. Forest Service aerial detection surveys found that 40 million trees had died across California,” the Tree Mortality Task Force stated in an April report. “Surveys completed during the 2016 flight season resulted in the detection of approximately 62 million additional dead trees.”
A map from California’s Tree Mortality Task Force shows the concentrations of dead trees in the mountains along the east side of the San Joaquin Valley. California Tree Mortality Task Force
McLean said some dead trees are toppling onto the forest floor, where most will likely be allowed to decay naturally. “The worst part is all the dead trees that are still standing,” he added. “They’re like matchsticks; they’re very receptive to fire.”
Many of the dead trees are in national forests and national parks, leaving it to the U.S. Forest Service and the National Park Service to cope with the potential fire hazards.
“These dead and dying trees continue to elevate the risk of wildfire, complicate our efforts to respond safely and effectively to fires when they do occur, and pose a host of threats to life and property across California,” then-U.S. agriculture secretary Tom Vilsack said in November. The U.S. Department of Agriculture includes the Forest Service.
Vilsack added that a lack of money has hampered efforts to cut down dead trees to reduce the risk of wildfires. “USDA has made restoration work and the removal of excess fuels a top priority,” he said, “but until Congress passes a permanent fix to the fire budget, we can’t break this cycle of diverting funds away from restoration work to fight the immediate threat of the large unpredictable fires caused by the fuel buildups themselves.”
Is the drought the only thing killing the trees?
Lack of water by itself could be enough to kill some of the trees, but insects are another major factor in the mortality of the past decade.
The Tree Mortality Task Force estimated that almost 30 million trees that died between September 2014 and October 2015 were victims of drought and insect infestation. In many instances, McLean said, insects like bark beetles finished what the drought started.
Dead trees paint contrasting shades of brown and gray against green living trees in the Sequoia National Forest in this photo from August 2016. The gray trees are those that have been dead the longest and have lost their needles. U.S. Forest Service
“The forests are so dense, all those trees are vying for every little bit of moisture and nutrient,” he said. “That stresses the trees out. When trees are stressed, their immune systems are compromised. And sap is the immune system for the trees.”
“Usually, when beetles bore in, the sap pushes the insects right back out,” McLean added. “But when the trees don’t have enough moisture or sap to do that, that’s how the beetles get into the trees and kill them.”
The beetles are always present in the forest; when there’s plenty of moisture, the trees can withstand them. “But this is one of the results of the drought, when the beetles can infest and destroy all these trees.”
I don’t live in the mountains. How can these fires affect me?
While communities on the Valley floor are miles from the actual flames, we’re not immune from the smoke that wildfires pump into the air. That means you and your family can potentially be affected by the fires in the region.
You can see haze in the sky, and it’s all the smoke from the fires ... In the evening and early-morning hours, that smoke comes down to the ground, and we can’t predict when and where that will happen. Cassandra Melching, San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District spokeswoman
For several days last week, the skies over Fresno, Clovis and other Valley cities were more gray than usual for the summer, and that can be chalked up to fires in the Sierra. And let’s face it – the Valley’s air is bad enough without wildfires adding to the mess.
“We are seeing the air quality deteriorate a little bit,” said Cassandra Melching, a spokeswoman for the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District. “Right now if you go outside, you can see haze in the sky, and it’s all the smoke from the fires. When it’s aloft, we’re not breathing it. But in the evening and early-morning hours, that smoke comes down to the ground, and we can’t predict when and where that will happen.”
That’s when the air may smell like smoke and people may even see bits of ash drifting down. “When you smell smoke and see ash, that’s when people need to care, and treat it like a RAAN Level Four air quality alert,” Melching said, referring to the second-most-severe warning level of the district’s Realtime Air Advisory Network. “It can be harmful to people who have asthma, COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder) or cardiac issues. We advise that if you can smell smoke or see ash, stay indoors where there’s cool, filtered air.”
The problem components of smoke from wildfires are primarily microscopic particles called PM-2.5, and ozone. Melching said ozone is a concern when temperatures above 100 degrees effectively “cook” the chemical, but the cooling trend over the past few days has eased that worry. “We’re getting a very needed break” from the ozone, Melching said.
Who’s fighting these fires?
Every fire season, major wildfires put a strain on the available resources of Cal Fire, the National Park Service and the U.S. Forest Service. When multiple fires spring up, the state’s Office of Emergency Services activates a mutual-aid system in which departments across California lend a hand by sending firefighters, fire engines and other equipment wherever it’s needed.
As of Thursday, more than 200 firefighters from city fire departments in Fresno, Clovis, Selma, Visalia, Madera, Tulare, Coalinga, Porterville, Dinuba, Hanford, Woodlake, Reedley and Orange Cove – as well as county departments in Fresno, Kings, Madera and Tulare counties – were assigned to fires all over the state, from the Salmon-August complex of fires in Siskiyou County at the Oregon border to the Eclipse fire complex in San Diego County. The largest numbers were working on the Pier Fire near Springville in Tulare County and the Railroad Fire in Madera County south of Yosemite National Park. | positive |
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Update 2017-01-09: Laci claims to have found a workaround to the previously posted error, and the claim is again quasipolynoimal time! Updated arXiv paper to follow.
Update 2017-01-04: Laci has posted an update on his paper. The short version is that one small step of his analysis was not quite correct, and the result is that his algorithm is sub-exponential, but not quasipolynomial time. The fact that this took over a year to sort out is a testament to the difficulty of the mathematics and the skill of the mathematicians involved. Even the revised result is still a huge step forward in the analysis of graph isomorphism. Finally, this should reinforce how we should think about progress in mathematics: it comes in fits and starts, with occasional steps backward.
Update 2015-12-13: Laci has posted a preprint on arXiv. It’s quite terse, but anyone who is comfortable with the details sketched in this article should have a fine time (albeit a long time) reading it.
Update 2015-11-21: Ken Regan and Dick Lipton posted an article with some more details, and a high level overview of how the techniques fit into the larger picture of CS theory.
Update 2015-11-16: Laci has posted the talk on his website. It’s an hour and a half long, and I encourage you to watch it if you have the time 🙂
Laszlo Babai has claimed an astounding theorem, that the Graph Isomorphism problem can be solved in quasipolynomial time (now outdated; see Update 2017-01-04 above). On Tuesday I was at Babai’s talk on this topic (he has yet to release a preprint), and I’ve compiled my notes here. As in Babai’s talk, familiarity with basic group theory and graph theory is assumed, and if you’re a casual (i.e., math-phobic) reader looking to understand what the fuss is all about, this is probably not the right post for you. This post is research level theoretical computer science. We’re here for the juicy, glorious details.
Note: this blog post will receive periodic updates as my understanding of the details improve.
Background on Graph Isomorphism
I’ll start by giving a bit of background into why Graph Isomorphism (hereafter, GI) is such a famous problem, and why this result is important. If you’re familiar with graph isomorphism and the basics of complexity theory, skip to the next section where I get into the details.
GI is the following problem: given two graphs , determine whether the graphs are isomorphic, that is, whether there is a bijection such that are connected in if and only if are connected in . Informally, GI asks whether it’s easy to tell from two drawings of a graph whether the drawings actually represent the same graph. If you’re wondering why this problem might be hard, check out the following picture of the same graph drawn in three different ways.
Indeed, a priori the worst-case scenario is that one would have to try all ways to rearrange the nodes of the first graph and see if one rearrangement achieves the second graph. The best case scenario is that one can solve this problem efficiently, that is, with an algorithm whose worst-case runtime on graphs with nodes and edges is polynomial in and (this would show that GI is in the class P). However, nobody knows whether there is a polynomial time algorithm for GI, and it’s been a big open question in CS theory for over forty years. This is the direction that Babai is making progress toward, showing that there are efficient algorithms. He didn’t get a polynomial time algorithm, but he got something quite close, which is why everyone is atwitter.
It turns out that telling whether two graphs are isomorphic has practical value in some applications. I hear rumor that chemists use it to search through databases of chemicals for one with certain properties (one way to think of a chemical compound is as a graph). I also hear that some people use graph isomorphism to compare files, do optical character recognition, and analyze social networks, but it seems highly probable to me that GI is not the central workhorse (or even a main workhorse) in these fields. Nevertheless, the common understanding is that pretty much anybody who needs to solve GI on a practical level can do so efficiently. The heuristics work well. Even in Babai’s own words, getting better worst-case algorithms for GI is purely a theoretical enterprise.
So if GI isn’t vastly important for real life problems, why are TCS researchers so excited about it?
Well it’s known that GI is in the class NP, meaning if two graphs are isomorphic you can give me a short proof that I can verify in polynomial time (the proof is just a description of the function ). And if you’ll recall that inside NP there is this class called NP-complete, which are the “hardest” problems in NP. Now most problems in NP that we care about are also NP-complete, but it turns out GI is not known to be NP-complete either. Now, for all we know P = NP and then the question about GI is moot, but in the scenario that most people believe P and NP are different, so it leaves open the question of where GI lies: does it have efficient algorithms or not?
So we have a problem which is in NP, it’s not known to be in P, and it’s not known to be NP-complete. One obvious objection is that it might be neither. In fact, there’s a famous theorem of Ladner that says if P is different from NP, then there must be problems in NP, not in P, and not NP-complete. Such problems are called “NP-intermediate.” It’s perfectly reasonable that GI is one of these problems. But there’s a bit of a catch.
See, Ladner’s theorem doesn’t provide a natural problem which is NP intermediate; what Ladner did in his theorem was assume P is not NP, and then use that assumption to invent a new problem that he could prove is NP intermediate. If you come up with a problem whose only purpose is to prove a theorem, then the problem is deemed unnatural. In fact, there is no known “natural” NP-intermediate problem (assuming P is not NP). The pattern in CS theory is actually that if we find a problem that might be NP-intermediate, someone later finds an efficient algorithm for it or proves it’s NP-complete. There is a small and dwindling list of such problems. I say dwindling because not so long ago the problem of telling whether an integer is prime was in this list. The symptoms are that one first solves the problem on many large classes of special cases (this is true of GI) or one gets a nice quasipolynomial-time algorithm (Babai’s claimed new result), and then finally it falls into P. In fact, there is even stronger evidence against it being NP-complete: if GI were NP-complete, the polynomial hierarchy would collapse. To the layperson, the polynomial hierarchy is abstruse complexity theoretic technical hoo-hah, but suffice it to say that most experts believe the hierarchy does not collapse, so this counts as evidence.
So indeed, it could be that GI will become the first ever problem which is NP-intermediate (assuming P is not NP), but from historical patterns it seems more likely that it will fall into P. So people are excited because it’s tantalizing: everyone believes it should be in P, but nobody can prove it. It’s right at the edge of the current state of knowledge about the theoretical capabilities and limits of computation.
This is the point at which I will start assuming some level of mathematical maturity.
The Main Result
The specific claim about graph isomorphism being made is the following:
Theorem: There is a deterministic algorithm for GI which runs in time for some constant .
This is an improvement over the best previously known algorithm which had runtime . Note the in the exponent has been eliminated, which is a huge difference. Quantities which are exponential in some power of a logarithm are called “quasipolynomial.”
But the main result is actually a quasipolynomial time algorithm for a different, more general problem called string automorphism. In this context, given a set a string is a function from to some finite alphabet (really it is a coloring of , but we are going to use colorings in the usual sense later so we have to use a new name here). If the set is given a linear ordering then strings on really correspond to strings of length over the alphabet. We will call strings .
Now given a set and a group acting on , there is a natural action of on strings over , denoted , by permuting the indices . So you can ask the natural question: given two strings and a representation of a group acting on by a set of generating permutations of , is there a with ? This problem is called the string isomorphism problem, and it’s clearly in NP.
Now if you call the set of all permutations in that map to , and you call , then the actual theorem Babai claims to have proved is the following.
Theorem: Given a generating set for a group of permutations of a set and a string , there is a quasipolynomial time algorithm which produces a generating set of the subgroup of , i.e. the string automorphisms of that lie in in .
It is not completely obvious that GI reduces to the automorphism problem, but I will prove it does in the next section. Furthermore, the overview of Babai’s proof of the theorem follows an outline laid out by Eugene Luks in 1982, which involves a divide-and-conquer method for splitting the analysis of into simpler and simpler subgroups as they are found.
Luks’s program
Eugene Luks was the first person to incorporate “serious group theory” (Babai’s words) into the study of graph isomorphism. Why would group theory help in a question about graphs? Let me explain with a lemma.
Lemma: GI is polynomial-time reducible to the problem of computing, given a graph , a list of generators for the automorphism group of , denoted .
Proof. Without loss of generality suppose are connected graphs. If we want to decide whether are isomorphic, we may form the disjoint union . It is easy to see that and are isomorphic if and only if some swaps and . Indeed, if any automorphism with this property exists, every generating set of must contain one.
Similarly, the string isomorphism problem reduces to the problem of computing a generating set for using a similar reduction to the one above. As a side note, while can be exponentially large as a set, it is either the empty set, or a coset of by any element of . So there are group-theoretic connections between the automorphism group of a string and the isomorphisms between two strings.
But more importantly, computing the automorphism group of a graph reduces to computing the automorphism subgroup of a particular group for a given string in the following way. Given a graph on a vertex set write as a binary string on the set of unordered pairs by mapping if and only if and are connected by an edge. The alphabet size is 2. Then (automorphisms of the graph) induces an action on strings as a subgroup of (automorphisms of strings). These induced automorphisms are exactly those which preserve proper encodings of a graph. Moreover, any string automorphism in is an automorphism of and vice versa. Note that since is larger than by a factor of , the subgroup is much smaller than all of .
Moreover, sits inside the full symmetry group of , the vertex set of the starting graph, and also induces an action on . The inclusion is
induces
I.e.,
Call the induced subgroup of permutations of strings-as-graphs. Now we just have some subgroup of permutations of , and we want to find a generating set for (where happens to be the encoding of a graph). That is exactly the string automorphism problem. Reduction complete.
Now the basic idea to compute is to start from the assumption that . We know it’s a subgroup, so it could be all of ; in terms of GI if this assumption were true it would mean the starting graph was the complete graph, but for string automorphism in general can be whatever. Then we try to refute this belief by finding additional structure in , either by breaking it up into smaller pieces (say, orbits) or by constructing automorphisms in it. That additional structure allows us to break up in a way that is a subgroup of the product of the corresponding factors of .
The analogy that Babai used, which goes back to graphs, is the following. If you have a graph and you want to know its automorphisms, one thing you can do is to partition the vertices by degree. You know that an automorphism has to preserve the degree of an individual vertex, so in particular you can break up the assumption that into the fact that must be a subgroup of the product of the symmetry groups of the pieces of the partition; then you recurse. In this way you’ve hugely reduced the total number of automorphisms you need to consider. When the degrees get small enough you can brute-force search for automorphisms (and there is some brute-force searching in putting the pieces back together). But of course this approach fails miserably in the first step you start with a regular graph, so one would need to look for other kinds of structure.
One example is an equitable partition, which is a partition of vertices by degree relative to vertices in other blocks of the partition. So a vertex which has degree 3 but two degree 2 neighbors would be in a different block than a vertex with degree 3 and only 1 neighbor of degree 2. Finding these equitable partitions (which can be done in polynomial time) is one of the central tools used to attack GI. As an example of why it can be very helpful: in many regimes a Erdos-Renyi random graph has asymptotically almost surely a coarsest equitable partition which consists entirely of singletons. This is despite the fact that the degree sequences themselves are tightly constrained with high probability. This means that, if you’re given two Erdos-Renyi random graphs and you want to know whether they’re isomorphic, you can just separately compute the coarsest equitable partition for each one and see if the singleton blocks match up. That is your isomorphism.
Even still, there are many worst case graphs that resist being broken up by an equitable partition. A hard example is known as the Johnson graph, which we’ll return to later.
For strings the sorts of structures to look for are even more refined than equitable partitions of graphs, because the automorphism group of a graph can be partitioned into orbits which preserve the block structure of an equitable partition. But it still turns out that Johnson graphs admit parts of the automorphism group that can’t be broken up much by orbits.
The point is that when some useful substructure is found, it will “make progress” toward the result by breaking the problem into many pieces (say, pieces) where each piece has size the size of the original. So you get a recursion in the amount of time needed which looks like . If you call the quasipolynomial factor, then solving the recurrence gives which only adds an extra log factor in the exponent. So you keep making progress until the problem size is polylogarithmic, and then you brute force it and put the pieces back together in quasipolynomial time.
Two main lemmas, which are theorems in their own right
This is where the details start to get difficult, in part because Babai jumped back and forth between thinking of the object as a graph and as a string. The point of this in the lecture was to illustrate both where the existing techniques for solving GI (which were in terms of finding canonical graph substructures in graphs) break down.
The central graph-theoretic picture is that of “individualizing” a vertex by breaking it off from an existing equitable partition, which then breaks the equitable partition structure so you need to do some more (polytime) work to further refine it into an equitable partition again. But the point is that you can take all the vertices in a block, pick all possible ways to individualize them by breaking them into smaller blocks. If you traverse these possibilities in a canonical order, you will eventually get down to a partition of singletons, which is your “canonical labeling” of the graph. And if you do this process with two different graphs and you get to different canonical labelings, you had to have started with non-isomorphic graphs.
The problem is that when you get to a coarsest equitable partition, you may end up with blocks of size , meaning you have an exponential number of individualizations to check. This is the case with Johnson graphs, and in fact if you have a Johnson graph which has vertices and you individualize fewer than if them, then you will only get down to blocks of size polynomially smaller than , which is too big if you want to brute force check all individualizations of a block.
The main combinatorial lemma that Babai proves to avoid this problem is that the Johnson graphs are the only obstacle to finding efficient partitions.
Theorem (Babai 15): If is a regular graph on vertices, then by individualizing a polylog number of vertices we can find one of the three following things:
A canonical coloring with each color class having at most 90% of all the nodes. A canonical equipartition of some subset of the vertices that has at least 90% of the nodes (i.e. a big color class from (1)). A canonically embedded Johnson graph on at least 90% of the nodes.
[Edit: I think that what Babai means by a “canonical coloring” is an equitable partition of the nodes (not to be confused with an equipartition), but I am not entirely sure. I have changed the language to reflect more clearly what was in the talk as opposed to what I think I understood from doing additional reading.]
The first two are apparently the “easy” cases in the sense that they allow for simple recursion that has already been known before Babai’s work. The hard part is establishing the last case (and this is the theorem whose proof sketch he has deferred for two more weeks). But once you have such a Johnson graph your life is much better, because (for a reason I did not understand) you can recurse on a problem of size roughly the square root of the starting size.
In discussing Johnson graphs, Babai said they were a source of “unspeakable misery” for people who want to solve GI quickly. At the same time, it is a “curse and a blessing,” as once you’ve found a Johnson graph embedded in your problem you can recurse to much smaller instances. This routine to find one of these three things is called the “split-or-Johnson” routine.
The analogue for strings (I believe this is true, but I’m a bit fuzzy on this part) is to find a “canonical” -ary relational structure (where is polylog in size) with some additional condition on the size of alternating subgroups of the automorphism group of the -ary relational structure. Then you can “individualize” the points in the base of this relational structure and find analogous partitions and embedded Johnson schemes (a special kind of combinatorial design).
One important fact to note is that the split-or-Johnson routine breaks down at size, and Babai has counterexamples that say his result is tight, so getting GI in P would have to bypass this barrier with a different idea.
The second crucial lemma has to do with giant homomorphisms, and this is the method by which Babai constructs automorphisms that bound from below. As opposed to the split-or-Johnson lemma, which finds structure to bound the group from above by breaking it into simpler pieces. Fair warning: one thing I don’t yet understand is how these two routines interact in the final algorithm. My guess is they are essentially run in parallel (or alternate), but that guess is as good as wild.
Definition: A homomorphism is called giant if the image of is either the alternating group or else all of . I.e. is surjective, or almost so. Let denote the stabilizer subgroup of . Then is called “affected” by if is not giant.
The central tool in Babai’s algorithm is the dichotomy between points that are affected and those that are not. The ability to decide this property in quasipolynomial time is what makes the divide and conquer work.
There is one deep theorem he uses that relates affected points to giant homomorphisms:
Theorem (Unaffected Stabilizer Theorem): Let be a giant homomorphism and the set of unaffected elements. Let be the pointwise stabilizer of , and suppose that . Then the restriction is still giant.
Babai claimed this was a nontrivial theorem, not because the proof is particularly difficult, but because it depends on the classification of finite simple groups. He claimed it was a relatively straightforward corollary, but it appears that this does not factor into the actual GI algorithm constructively, but only as an assumption that a certain loop invariant will hold.
To recall, we started with this assumption that was the entire symmetry group we started with, which is in particular an assumption that the inclusion is giant. Now you want to refute this hypothesis, but you can’t look at all of because even the underlying set has too many subsets to check. But what you can do is pick a test set where is polylogarithmic in size, and test whether the restriction of to the test set is giant in . If it is giant, we call full.
Theorem (Babai 15): One can test the property of a polylogarithmic size test set being full in quasipolynomial time in m.
Babai claimed it should be surprising that fullness is a quasipolynomial time testable property, but more surprising is that regardless of whether it’s full or not, we can construct an explicit certificate of fullness or non-fullness. In the latter case, one can come up with an explicit subgroup which contains the image of the projection of the automorphism group onto the symmetry group of the test set. In addition, given two test sets , one can efficiently compare the action between the two different test sets. And finding these non-full test sets is what allows one to construct the -ary relations. So the output of this lower bound technique informs the upper bound technique of how to proceed.
The other outcome is that could be full, and coming up with a certificate of fullness is harder. The algorithm sketched below claims to do it, and it involves finding enough “independent” automorphisms to certify that the projection is giant.
Now once you try all possible test sets, which gives many certificates (a quasipolynomial number), one has to aggregate them into a full automorphism of , which Babai assured us was a group theoretic exercise.
The algorithm to test fullness (and construct a certificate) he called the Local Certificates Algorithm. It was sketched as follows: you are given as input a set and a group being the setwise stabilizer of under . Now let be the group elements affected by . You can be sure that at least one point is affected. Now you stabilize on and get a refined subgroup of , which you can use to compute newly affected elements, growing in each step. By the unaffected stabilizer theorem, this preserves gianthood. Furthermore, in each step you get layers of , and all of the stabilizers respect the structure of the previous layers. Babai described this as adding on “layers of a beard.”
The termination of this is either when stops growing, in which case the projection is giant and is our certificate of fullness (i.e. we get a rich family of automorphisms that are actually in our target automorphism group), or else we discover the projected ceases to be giant and is our certificate of non-fullness. Indeed, the subgroup generated by these layers is a subgroup of , and the subgroup generated by the elements of a non-fullness certificate contain the automorphism group.
Not enough details?
This was supposed to be just a high-level sketch of the algorithm, and Babai is giving two more talks elaborating on the details. Unfortunately, I won’t be able to make it to his second talk in which he’ll discuss some of the core group theoretic ideas that go into the algorithm. I will, however, make it to his third talk in which he will sketch the proof of the split-or-Johnson routine. That is in two weeks from the time of this writing, and I will update this post with any additional insights then.
Babai has not yet released a preprint, and when I asked him he said “soon, soon.” Until then 🙂
This blog post is based on my personal notes from Laszlo Babai’s lecture at the University of Chicago on November 10, 2015. At the time of this writing, Babai’s work has not been peer reviewed, and my understanding of his lectures has large gaps and may be faulty. Do not put your life in danger based on information in this post. | positive |
NEW DELHI: And now, from the banner that delivered such political blockbusters as Ghar Wapsi and Love Jihad comes a special release for February 14, observed by some as Valentine’s Day. From all accounts, it will be a day to remember. And if you think you’ve seen this movie before, remember, there are no new stories, just the same old ones with better special effects.Protests by the Hindutva brigade have been virtually institutionalised as part of Valentine’s Day, but this will be the first since the advent of the BJP-led government at the Centre. The Hindu Mahasabha, however, says it will mark the occasion differently this time — by welcoming inter-religious couples with open arms, even offer to get them married in their offices. Just one catch — the non-Hindu partner would need to “return home”, also known as Ghar Wapsi.Prem Vivah Diwas (Love Marriage Day), as February 14 has been dubbed, is also part of Ghar Wapsi, according to Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha president Chandra Prakash Kaushik.“The Ghar Wapsi of the Muslim/Christian partner will be done an hour before the wedding. For that we are asking couples to inform us a day before so we can make arrangements,” said Kaushik.The Hindu Mahasabha was recently in the news for wanting to install statues of Gandhiji’s assassin Nathuram Godse across the country. Expanding on the theme, Kaushik said Valentine’s Day will be a “Prem Pariksha” (test of love) for couples who follow different religions.“ There have been plenty of cases of Love Jihad. If the boy really loves the girl, let him embrace the religion his forefathers followed and become a Hindu again. It will also prove to the girl what his plans are,” he said. Love Jihad refers to the purported seduction of Hindu maidens by Muslim men expressly for the purpose of conversion. The Mahasabha has formed six teams that have been assigned the responsibility of identifying couples in the Capital and western Uttar Pradesh who might avail of its services.Three priests and if needed more will be employed in line with the demand thus generated for peaceful conversion, Kaushik said.“At least eight of the planned marriages are inter-religious. We are giving them all support so that they get convinced to embrace Hinduism. All these years we let go of our boys and girls who fell in love with people from other religions. We have to start looking at it differently now,” he said.“We will also ensure that Hindu boys get married to their Muslim girlfriends after the girls are brought back into the Hindu fold,” Kaushik said.Some couples he spoke to had said they were too young and needed time to think about marriage. “We told them in that case it is not true love and they shouldn’t belittle love by openly going around like this-.”Kaushik said all these years the organisation had tried to protest against the celebration of Valentine’s Day but it was time the nature of the challenge changed. The organisation wants to also make sure that morals are upheld.upheld.“We are getting a Prem Vrat ready that all couples will have to take that day — of being with that person and not indulging in other affairs. If youngsters want to celebrate the day, they must do it the Indian way, by showing what love is all about — commitment and loyalty,” Kaushik said.Last year, the organisation’s volunteers were on the lookout in Delhi Metro stations to “catch couples with roses”.When friendly persuasion didn’t work, alternative methods were tried.“We had strictly explained to youngsters that this open display of affection was wrong and that only India has taught the world the meaning of love. Many of them agreed after we told them we will inform their families,” Kaushik added.Still, not everyone’s happy, with some picking holes in the narrative.Charu Gupta, associate professor of history at Delhi University , said it was paradoxical that those who said women were being duped when they converted to Islam were using the same argument of love and conversion to strengthen their own religious identity.` | positive |
As we announced yesterday, we have been given the opportunity by WillKinn Media (the company behind the Boys Over Flowers American adaptation) to exclusively release the names of the cast that have been chosen to play in this upcoming series. So let's get started:
Actors Name - Character Name (Japanese Character name)
Riley Rae Baker - Zoey (T sukushi Makino )
Joseph Almani - Liam Montgomery (Tsukasa Domyouji)
Trenton Culkin - Oliver Young (Rui Hanazawa)
Napoleon Tavale - Chase Carlton (Sojirou Nishikado)
Jason S. Mordeno - Noah McCallster (Akira Mimasaka)
Suteara Vaughn - Chloe James (Owner of Dango Shop)
Tiffany Daniels - Krissy
Jaz Kemp - Nikki
Mikayla S. Campbell - Fiona Jensen (Shigeru Okawahara)
Renae Leniece - Aubrey (Sakurako Sanjo)
Jackie Averia - Piper Davis (Yuuki Matsuoka)
Andrew Klasnic - Riley Jensen (Junpei Oribe)
What do you think of the picks? More excited or less excited about the show? If you have any questions or comments, you can go over to the "Boys Over Flowers American Remake- Ask Your Questions" Thread and ask the creators of the show! | positive |
An aerial view of Oklahoma Spaceport, including its distinctive long runway. (credit: OSIDA) Little spaceport on the prairie To the typical driver, it’s a sign that, if noticed, is bound to generate some curiosity, or at least some befuddlement. For those truckers and tourists headed west on Interstate 40 in western Oklahoma, bound for Amarillo, Albuquerque, and points beyond, they’ll find the sign shortly before the exit for Highway 44 and the small town of Burns Flat: “Exit 53: Oklahoma Spaceport”. A spaceport? In Oklahoma? Well, sort of. There is no launch activity today at the former Clinton-Sherman Air Force Base that serves as the site of the spaceport, and it may be two or three years at the earliest before spacecraft use the spaceport. However, much of the infrastructure needed for a spaceport, including one of the longest runways in the country as well as assorted ground facilities, is in place. Moreover, there is strong support by the state government, which has been the driving force behind efforts to convert the old air base into a spaceport. The question remains, though, just how much business any spaceport there could attract. A visit to Burns Flat These days, the biggest challenge can be actually getting to the spaceport itself. Despite the prominent sign on the Interstate, there are few directions leading from the exit to the facility. On a tour of the spaceport organized by the International Space Development Conference (ISDC), held Memorial Day weekend in Oklahoma City, the tour director had to stop for directions in Burns Flat, having failed to see any signs in the town directing people to the spaceport. These days, the biggest challenge can be actually getting to the spaceport itself. Once there, the old base is both overwhelming and underwhelming. It’s overwhelming in terms of scale: the airport’s sole runway, aligned north-south, is 4,115 meters long. Driving along a road paralleling the runway, the sprawling scope of the facility, and its potential as a future spaceport, become clear. With nothing but the nearby town in view, one can easily imagine a future where spaceplanes take off and land from a bustling facility on the site. It’s the present, though, that can be a little underwhelming. Backers of the spaceport note that there’s considerable infrastructure currently in place, including an office building/control tower, emergency facilities, a 2,800-square-meter hangar, and storage bunkers originally designed to house nuclear weapons. A quick tour of the facility, though, shows that many of the buildings and other facilities at Burns Flat are in various stages of disrepair. At one end of the long tarmac at the base a portion of an aircraft fuselage, apparently being disassembled for scrap, is visible, listing to one side like a wrecked ship. Given that the Air Force abandoned the base over three decades ago, the state of the facility is not surprising, but anyone planning to use it realizes that considerable work will be needed to before it can support space flights. Much of the site’s history has involved unrealized potential. The Navy established the first airport there in 1942 to train pilots during World War Two. (The outlines of the original runways at the site are still visible in overhead photos of the current airport.) After the war the naval air station was closed and temporarily turned into a civilian airport that was also used to dispose of thousands of surplus aircraft from the war. In 1954 the military returned, converting the site into an Air Force base and building the long runway to support B-52 bombers based there. Clinton-Sherman Air Force Base was closed at the end of 1969, although the military intermittently uses the airport to this day for training purposes, such as touch-and-go landings of tankers and cargo aircraft. The base became the Clinton-Sherman Industrial Airpark, home to a limited amount of industrial and general aviation activity. No shortage of optimism Since the Air Force left nearly 35 years ago, there have been a number of efforts to convert the base into a thriving commercial aviation facility, efforts that have generally fallen through. In the late 1990s regional and state officials seized on a new use for the base: as a spaceport. At the time Lockheed Martin was planning its VentureStar RLV, which would land horizontally; other companies at the time were also planning RLVs that would take off and/or land horizontally. For them, the former air base, located in a relatively isolated area and with its long runway, was potentially very attractive. The state established a new office, the Oklahoma Space Industry Development Authority (OSIDA), with the mission of attracting companies to build and launch spacecraft in the state, most likely from Burns Flat. While the VentureStar and many other RLV efforts met an unfortunate demise, OSIDA persisted in efforts to attract companies to the state, using both the Burns Flat facility as well as a variety of incentives, including investment tax credits, sales tax refunds, and property tax exemptions. OSIDA has entered into memoranda of understanding (MOUs) with over a dozen companies who have at least shown an interest in setting up facilities in the state or using the spaceport. Those MOUs are starting to lead to concrete activity: two companies, Rocketplane Ltd. (formerly Pioneer Rocketplane) and TGV Rockets, have moved to Oklahoma in recent months, with Rocketplane in particular planning to fly its suborbital RLV out of Oklahoma Spaceport. Last month, as a sign of continued commitment to the spaceport project, OSIDA moved its offices from Oklahoma City to Burns Flat. “There are a lot of grandiose plans in the works for the next 20 years,” OSIDA’s McGill said. “Right now we’re just trying to get some launches out of there.” There are, however, several obstacles in the path of converting the old air base into a spaceport. Besides the status of the infrastructure at the airport today, the facility has yet to receive a spaceport license from the FAA. Ken McGill, chairman of OSIDA, said during a presentation at ISDC that the authority is currently working on getting a spaceport license, in particular working through issues like environmental assessments, and hopes to win a license next year. That license, though, will limit Oklahoma Spaceport to horizontal launches and landings: several major commercial aviation flight paths go directly over the site, hindering its use for vertically-launched vehicles. In addition, McGill noted, there are cities and towns downrange of the spaceport, including Oklahoma City, about 150 kilometers due east. This has forced companies like TGV, Armadillo Aerospace, and Beyond-Earth Enterprises—all of which have vertically-launched vehicles and had expressed an interest in Oklahoma Spaceport—to look for launch sites elsewhere, such as White Sands in New Mexico. This has not dampened the enthusiasm of spaceport backers. One proposed plan for future development of the spaceport includes sites for a theme park, hotel, expanded golf course, and even a bass-fishing lake, in addition to facilities for the spaceport itself. Royce Jones, CEO of Spaceliner Corporation, described plans to use the spaceport for a more terrestrial form of space tourism: having people come out to see launches. During a talk at ISDC, Jones said that tourists visiting the spaceport to see launches could generate $34 million a year in expenditures, although he didn’t disclose how many visitors or launches that estimate was based upon. Jones said he was negotiating with the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) for a $100 million loan guarantee to pay for building tourist and other facilities there; he noted that the USDA has sponsored airport projects in the past as part of its mission to support rural communities. While the remote location of the Oklahoma Spaceport serves as an advantage from a technical aspect, it would seem to hinder its use as a tourist attraction. Besides Oklahoma City, the next closest major city is Amarillo, over 250 kilometers to the west in the Texas Panhandle. Jones pointed to the annual AirVenture air show in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, as evidence that people are willing to travel to rural locations for aviation events: over 750,000 people attended last year’s event. For McGill and OSIDA, though, their near-term focus is getting Oklahoma Spaceport to live up to its name. “There are a lot of grandiose plans in the works for the next 20 years,” he said. “Right now we’re just trying to get some launches out of there.” Home | positive |
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Minister of Transportation and Public Works Ghazi Zoaiter took blame on Sunday for the trash that flooded the streets of the country following the heavy rainfall in the morning, reported Voice of Lebanon radio (93.3).
He told the station: “I assume responsibility in my position as minister of public works, but I have for months warned of an environmental disaster after the first rainfall.”
The garbage that has been piling up on the sides of the streets in Lebanon in the past months flooded the streets of the capital and other areas, exacerbating traffic and floods as trash plugged gutters.
Zoaiter lamented the current situation in Lebanon, saying that he is “willing to cooperate with all sides in any way possible so that the people do not pay the price.”
He added however that municipalities had resorted to dumping garbage in the streets, noting that they too should be blamed for the ongoing crisis.
He urged the concerned ministerial committee to take a decision regarding the garbage disposal crisis soon, “because we are only at the beginning of the winter season.”
In the evening, anti-trash civil society activists staged a sit-in at the Riad al-Solh Square in downtown Beirut before marching to Prime Minister Tammam Salam's residence in Msaitbeh.
"The government's corruption has led to the current garbage crisis ... Officials must resign if they can't address the crisis," protest organizer Ayman Mroueh said in Riad al-Solh.
"The negligent political authorities are the Lebanese people's enemy," he added.
Outside Salam's residence, the activists demanded accountability and measures from the government, vowing to escalate their protests if the premier does not move to address the crisis.
"We tell the Lebanese to wait for our moves and be with us on Thursday for a protest whose details will be announce in the right time. We want to tell the ruling class that enough is enough," a protest organizer declared.
The country has been in the grip of a months-long trash crisis caused by the government shutting down the country's main landfill in Naameh without finding an alternative.
Political bickering and the refusal of various municipalities to accept Beirut's trash have prolonged the crisis.
The crisis has ignited mass protests against the government, which has failed to provide a number of basic services and is widely seen as corrupt and dysfunctional.
Activists from the You Stink movement, which has been leading the protests, shared videos on their Facebook page of plastic trash bags and other garbage floating down a narrow street lined with cars.
The Beirut River, where garbage had been piling up on the banks for months, resembled an open sewer. Activists from You Stink braved rain and volunteered to help clean it on Sunday, which could revive the anti-government campaign in the country.
In September, the government approved an emergency plan devised by Agriculture Minister Akram Shehayyeb and a team of experts which calls for waste management to be turned over to municipalities in 18 months, the setting of two “sanitary landfills” in Akkar and the Bekaa, and the reopening for seven days of the controversial Naameh landfill south of Beirut. | positive |
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Outage-hit security firm Barracuda appears to have been struck down by a DDoS – though the firm says it's still investigating and refuses to confirm or deny it.
This morning the company's status page said in an update posted at 0044 GMT: "Barracuda Networks is still continuing to see a large number of inbound connections from unverified sources for customers using Essentials for Email Security and Cloud Protection Layer. We have successfully filtered and are actively monitoring the situation while taking the appropriate actions when needed."
On Wednesday Barracuda's email scanning services went down worldwide, with many customers confused as to what had happened and why.
El Reg asked the company what was going on and received a brusque brush-off which initially "could not confirm" that Barracuda had fallen victim to a DDoS, before an invitation to expand on that prompted this informative missive from the company's mouthpiece:
We are not denying or agreeing. We are still investigating the actual cause so until we have confirmation I cannot say either way.
There was no acknowledgement of, or response to, The Register's questions about traffic sanitisation or screening measures which could have helped mitigate the attack, though a statement on the status page posted at 2239 GMT yesterday read: "We have made significant progress sanitizing these connections."
Customers of Barracuda on Twitter were tweeting at the firm asking for updates, which during UK office hours were not forthcoming.
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Salvadoreans are now selling ‘way more’ US Dollars to buy Bitcoin – CryptoVixens Search Close Search Close Join Us cryptovixens, el salvador by Crypto Salvadoreans are now selling ‘way more’ US Dollars to buy Bitcoin October 15, 2021 11:19 pm No Comments El Salvador’s mainstream Bitcoin (BTC) adoption gains momentum during the ongoing bull run as citizens increasingly exchange their United States dollar savings for Bitcoin. President Nayib Bukele shared this new development on Twitter based on the data acquired from El Salvador’s in-house wallet service, Chivo. President Bukele said: “People are inserting way more USD (to buy #BTC) than what they are withdrawing from the Chivo ATMs.” He also urged media outlets to independently confirm the above information by visiting the ATMs. President Bukele further stated that Chivo has reported 24,076 remittance requests “adding up to $3,069,761.05 in one day.” 2 new Chivo Facts: 1. People are inserting way more USD (to buy #BTC) than what they are withdrawing from the Chivo ATMs (any media outlet can independently confirm this by visiting the ATMs). 2. Today, we received 24,076 remittances, adding up to $3,069,761.05 (in one day). — Nayib Bukele (@nayibbukele) October 16, 2021 The increase in USD to Bitcoin conversions within the jurisdiction reflects a change in investor sentiment, which initially faced resistance during adoption from the general public. Moreover, the Salvadorean government offers various subsidies for using Bitcoin such as fuel subsidies and tax exemptions. Related: El Salvador ranks third in global Bitcoin ATM installations, data finds El Salvador has installed over 200 ATMs after adopting Bitcoin as a legal tender, making it the third-largest network of crypto ATMs after the United States and Canada. A Cointelegraph report shows that El Salvador exceeded United Kingdom’s crypto ATM count after deploying 205 crypto ATMs, mainly to facilitate local Bitcoin transactions and Bitcoin to U.S. dollars conversions. Recently, the Salvadorean government announced to build a $4 million veterinary hospital using the profits attained during the Bitcoin bull market. According to President Bukele, the veterinary hospital will host four operating rooms, four emergency clinics, 19 offices, and a rehabilitation area: “We decided to invest a part of that money in this: a veterinary hospital for our furry friends.” %post_title% Cryptovixens Source el salvador Share on facebook Facebook Share on twitter Twitter Share on linkedin LinkedIn Share on pinterest Pinterest PrevPreviousPrice analysis 10/15: BTC, ETH, BNB, ADA, XRP, SOL, DOT, DOGE, LUNA, UNI NextThe responsibility behind a crypto lender’s asset listingNext Crypto Scouring the web for the most relevant content for our readers. Responses Cancel reply Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked * Name * Email * Website Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Δ Email Subscribe Now Follow Us: Facebook Twitter Instagram About CryptoVixens is a Non-Profit Decentralized Autonomous Organization dedicated to inspiring women and girls to join founding blockchain teams founders, co-founders or advisors – regardless of technical expertise. Get Started Address CryptoVixens DAO Mailing Address 18124 Wedge Parkway, Suite 1074, Reno NV 89511 +1 415 360 3100 [email protected] Explore About us Courses Events Instrutors Blog Contacts Latest News Crypto mixers’ relevance wanes as regulators take aim April 12, 2022 Modern Conflicts and Crypto is Making TradFi and CeFi Irrelevant March 25, 2022 Report Harassment Harassment or bullying behavior Inappropriate Contains mature or sensitive content Misinformation Contains misleading or false information Offensive Contains abusive or derogatory content Suspicious Contains spam, fake content or potential malware Other Report Block Member? Please confirm you want to block this member. You will no longer be able to: See blocked member's posts Mention this member in posts Invite this member to groups Message this member Add this member as a connection Please note: This action will also remove this member from your connections and send a report to the site admin. Please allow a few minutes for this process to complete. Confirm Report You have already reported this Clear Clear All Get 20% Discount Sign up to receive updates, promotions, and sneak peaks of upcoming products. Plus 20% off your next order. Name Email Message Send Promotion nulla vitae elit libero a pharetra augue Nullam quis risus eget urna mollis ornare vel eu leo. Aenean lacinia bibendum nulla sed @abble Get in touch Direction Gift card Facebook Twitter Youtube Instagram Linkedin | negative |
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Laura Migotto | Blond Contemporary Skip to content Blond Contemporary Contemporary Art Sales ☰ Home News Artists About Us Contact Laura Migotto 7 June 2020 / Categories — Artist / Tags— / Share — Laura Migotto lives and works in Rome where she graduated from the Artistic Lyceum and Academy of Fine Arts. She began her artistic career as a set and costume designer for theater and television. In 1982 she created an artistic laboratory producing graphics, painting and sculpture drawing upon her work in illustration and advertising. She founded TANGRAM, her current studio in 1984. Here she specializes, in traditional expressive techniques (oils on canvas and wood, acrylics, cement, metals, recycled wood, terracotta and enamels), but also includes information and digital technology that she uses for the creation and manipulation of images both painted and photographic. In each of her works she tries to enclose a made history from an expression and a gesture, an object or a symbol, a phrase or a combination of numbers. All of these elements, or the use of only one of them is crafted to engage the observer, to attract his interest, to transmit magnetism and to stimulate the human imagination, orienting the viewer to interpret what he or she observes. Her work is aimed at bringing out significant aspects of the depths of each of us, the vibrations, the thoughts both explict and hidden, the possible point of union between magic and reality. What is hidden and yet contained in a look or a gesture.The work tries to represent beyond what is seen by opening a window on the limits of our limits, on the dream, on mysterious symbols. Her works of painting and sculpture are in various public and private institutions and are in numerous private collections both in Italy and abroad. Works Laura Migotto – Three graces tattoo Laura Migotto – Hercules Tattoo 2 Laura Migotto – Ninfa Tattoo Laura Migotto – Torsa Tattoo Search for: Recent Posts Yigal Ozeri Aboudia Raul De Lara Hamptons Fine Art Fair 2022 Stewart Geddes Recent Comments Archives July 2022 June 2022 May 2022 April 2022 March 2022 February 2022 January 2022 December 2021 November 2021 October 2021 September 2021 August 2021 July 2021 June 2021 May 2021 April 2021 March 2021 January 2021 December 2020 November 2020 October 2020 September 2020 August 2020 July 2020 June 2020 May 2020 January 2020 Categories Artist Blog Uncategorized Meta Log in Entries feed Comments feed WordPress.org info@blondcontemporary.com +44 (0) 20 7062 9077 Company Number: 09647787 VAT Registration: 220318850 Registered Address 166 College Road, Harrow, Middlesex HA1 1BH Follow Us Newsletter Join our newsletter for all the latest info and latest additions to our collection Leave this field empty if you're human: Blond Contemporary © 2020 Privacy Policy • Delivery | negative |
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Moments ago, the special counsel released Michael Flynn’s “Statement of the Offense.” This document lays out Flynn’s crimes in far greater detail than the short “information” released earlier today. It’s important to state this clearly as possible — the statement contains no evidence of collusion with Russia to influence the presidential election. Instead, it amplifies the fact that Flynn apparently lied about contacts that were lawful and appropriate.
First, the statement says that the day after President Obama announced sanctions in response to Russian efforts to interfere with the 2016 election, Flynn called a “senior official of the Presidential Transition Team (PTT)” who was with other “senior members of the PTT” at Mar-a-Lago. On the call, Flynn and the “senior official” said that they did not want Russia to “escalate the situation.” Flynn called the Russian ambassador “immediately after” his call with the senior official to communicate the incoming administration’s request. The next day, Putin announced that Russia would not retaliate against the United States, and the Russian ambassador later informed Flynn that Putin had decided not to retaliate in response to his request.
Second, the statement also says that Flynn initiated contact with Russia and other foreign governments in an effort to influence a U.N. Security Council vote on an Egyptian resolution condemning Israeli settlements. Flynn made these calls at the behest of a “very senior member” of the PTT. In this instance, Flynn was unsuccessful. The Russian ambassador told Flynn that “Russia would not vote against the resolution.”
Third, the statement briefly outlines false statements Flynn made about his relationship with the government of Turkey. These false statements appear unrelated to any dealings with Russia, in any capacity.
While Twitter will no doubt find it “shocking” and “outrageous” that Trump transition officials were trying to influence Russian policy on matters that would directly impact the Trump presidency, there is a long history of presidential campaigns and transition teams initiating contact with foreign powers. The Trump administration — not the Obama administration — would bear the primary burden of responding to any additional Russian sanctions and the fallout from the U.N. vote. In other words, we can debate the prudence of the PTT’s actions all day long, but it was not illegal, and it was not “collusion.”
At the same time, however, it’s becoming increasingly clear that Trump officials hid their (lawful) Russian contacts behind a smokescreen of lies. The next targets for Mueller may well be the “senior official” and the “very senior member” of the PTT. The Internet will light up with speculation about their identities — and leaks may well out them before Mueller’s ready to make his next public move — but it’s pretty clear (at least at this point) that the collusion narrative has taken a series of body blows.
One last point — a number of folks have asked me, “If there’s no collusion, why lie about these contacts?” I can think of a number of reasons, including inexperience, hubris, and paranoia. Remember, these contacts were taking place against the backdrop of a public feeding frenzy about Trump’s Russian contacts. To admit to these contacts was to churn waters already boiling with hungry sharks. So they chose the worst possible course. They lied, and they lied when active FISA warrants meant that investigators may have immediately spotted the lies. When you start the lies, it’s hard to stop — especially when you don’t know what the FBI knows, but you do know that changes in your story will almost certainly leak to the press and create yet another firestorm.
So, at the end of the day, we may well end up with multiple senior members of the administration facing prison time for covering up no crime and no collusion, just contacts. If that’s justice, it’s a form of justice that will leave no one standing on the political high ground and partisans on both sides seething with rage and bitterness.
Update: Like clockwork, it looks like the “very senior member” of the PTT who asked Flynn to contact Russia about its U.N. Security Council vote has been unmasked. Bloomberg’s Eli Lake reports that it’s Jared Kushner:
At the time, the U.N. Security Council resolution on Israeli settlements was a big deal. Even though the Obama administration had less than a month left in office, the president instructed his ambassador to the United Nations to abstain from a resolution, breaking a precedent that went back to 1980 when it came to one-sided anti-Israel resolutions at the U.N. This was the context of Kushner’s instruction to Flynn last December. One transition official at the time said Kushner called Flynn to tell him he needed to get every foreign minister or ambassador from a country on the U.N. Security Council to delay or vote against the resolution. Much of this appeared to be coordinated also with Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, whose envoys shared their own intelligence about the Obama administration’s lobbying efforts to get member stats to support the resolution with the Trump transition team.
Unless Kushner has lied to the FBI about these contacts, this is not a scandal. Nothing that we’ve seen in any of the plea deals or indictments yet indicates any scheme to collude with Russia to influence the election. To be sure, we haven’t seen all the evidence (ABC reports that Flynn was instructed to contact Russia during the campaign, and we don’t yet know the substance of these contacts), but right now it looks like Flynn pled guilty to lying to the FBI about doing his job. | positive |
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Wednesday’s MMA Question of the Day was a big one. A weighty one, tunneling to the very heart of the sport.
Did Nick Diaz or did Nick Diaz not catch his plane to Las Vegas?
The community first became aware of the crisis after an official UFC fight-week video strongly indicated that a certain aircraft had departed a certain airport without a certain ticketed passenger on board, name of Diaz.
Set your beard-stroking to puree. Plenty of people claimed that not only were the Diaz wheels in fact down in Vegas, but the UFC knew it. The conspiracy theory typewrote itself, and the leaflets quickly dispersed on the desert wind after Diaz no-showed Wednesday's open workouts.
Cesar Gracie once told me he had to buy Nick a new ticket when he got off a plane to eat a burrito on a layover and didn't get back on. So. — Ben Fowlkes (@benfowlkesMMA) January 28, 2015
Since it's well known that Nick Diaz is in Las Vegas and has been for days, pay attention to which media outlets play along with UFC games — Jonathan Snowden (@mmaencyclopedia) January 28, 2015
Strong voices emerged on both sides. Was it a ploy to sell wolf tickets? The latest wacky caper for a notorious capering artist? Sound and fury signifying nothing? We may never know. (Update: He eventually made his entrance on Wednesday.)
But I do know one thing: This is the sort of thing that only happens to the Manny Ramirez of the Manny Ramirez of sports.
Wait, sorry, two things.
When he's on his own, Diaz keeps anything with a writing implement at Lynchian lengths. And yet, when he allows himself to speak freely, it's a real thing to witness. Confused. Confusing. Obtuse. Funny. Halting. Despondent. Insightful. Angry. Maybe "remarkable" is most apt.
But understanding Diaz through his soundbites is like understanding a cow through a hamburger. And that brings me to the second thing I know: Nick Diaz is a weirdo. We don't know him too well, but we know enough to know that he is one odd duck. That, not the slurs or the blunts or the smack or the gogos, is what makes people like him.
And it's why Diaz simply has to beat Anderson Silva this Saturday at UFC 183 out there in Las Vegas. The weirdos need a W, and Diaz is the man to deliver.
Is Diaz the favorite against Silva? Of course not. Not against Silva, who in an absolute worst case is the third-best fighter in the sport's history. But before you lay your allegiances down, consider all the variables these fighters present and how many of them will remain mysterious until very early Sunday morning.
Silva (33-6) told reporters last week that he was done talking about the horrific broken leg he sustained in the final days of 2013. But that doesn’t mean the leg is done being a problem, or that there aren't residual issues between his ears.
And even if the leg thing really is behind him, Silva's still a 39-year-old man re-entering live combat after 13 months away. Familiar strengths (muay thai) could be weakened, new skills (heavy clinch work) discovered and old skills (taunting) rejuvenated. Regardless of the components of his approach, if Silva does what he wants, the attack will be cold fury, then hot fury, then cold fury again. And then it will be over.
But not so fast. Fury doesn't seem so scary to Nick Diaz. It will take a lot for the prickly pride of Stockton, California, to surrender; he hasn't been knocked out in seven years and has never tapped out. He's not the kind of guy you intimidate. And who between those two guys do you think would thrive better in chaos? Frankly, I don't see either man as excessively impulsive, but the answer has to be Diaz.
Diaz may have the same advantage Saturday that a new pitcher has the first time through a batting lineup. Up until now, he has preferred a professional life that took place at welterweight. But he walks around at about 200 pounds. So it's entirely possible that this, his first UFC fight at middleweight, could be an upgrade. So take that, then fold in an eight-year youth advantage and cardiovascular stamina honed by the gentlemanly weekend pursuits of triathlons and California mountain biking, and it's perfectly feasible he'll be in better shape despite the extra baggage. (He himself seems to suspect that to be the case.)
What won't be different, in all likelihood, is the style Diaz uses to attack. That's pretty set. And those aggressive, tumbling punch combinations he prefers on the feet would seem to constitute a luscious meat popsicle to the predatory muay thai and counterstriking of Silva.
But you know what? Maybe not. Maybe Diaz can stalk him back to the fence and rip off a few hooks to the body. How might that suit the old man?
If that doesn't work, Diaz has other weapons he could call upon if need be. He won't be at the strength disadvantage he was against Georges St-Pierre, which might free him up to employ his formidable guard if he finds himself on his back. (His armbars are especially dangerous.) Don't forget Diaz has eight pro wins by submission and is still one of the few fighters to tap an opponent with a gogoplata. (The win, over Takanori Gomi, was later overturned after Diaz popped for weed, but whatever, suits.)
Even Mr. Spinning Ish himself, Carlos Condit, one of the most aggressive fighters in the UFC, used an uncharacteristically, if you like, evasive game plan to foil the charging Diaz. Condit took the decision but also took some heat from Diaz, who growled afterward that the offensive output was not all that had been promised him.
And yeah, Georges St-Pierre outclassed him. No question about that. GSP pinned him to the ground for much of the match and snapped a jab into Diaz's face during the short stretches when he deigned to stand with Diaz for a bit of fun. St-Pierre even landed a Superman punch!
Anyway, Diaz lost. But you know what? He's in pretty good company on that one. The more career-affecting twist for Diaz occurred after the GSP fight, when it came out that he had failed another test for weed metabolites. That spurred a yearlong suspension, which in turn spurred a semi-self-imposed 22-month semiretirement. See what I'm saying? Weirdo.
Was he ever coming back? Who knew? During this period, Diaz, whether he meant to or not, kept people interested, every so often peeping his head out of nowhere like a spring-loaded midway villain, with his metaphorical "Don't Be Scared!"s bringing wild reactions each time.
He wanted the big fights and/or the big money, he said. Otherwise, he was comfortable out of the limelight, or so he said. How about St-Pierre again, Diaz helpfully suggested? Or, you know, Anderson Silva? Energy-drink spit takes all around.
Luckily during this exile, Diaz found some ways to stay busy. There was running and triathloning, for example. He even somehow some way started his very own promotion, War MMA. War MMA staged precisely one event, and actually didn't look half bad in the effort. A very Diazsian effort all the way around. War MMA 2 coming soon!
On a more sober note, Diaz also presumably—hopefully, for him—finally put his financial house in order. Seems it was pretty ramshackle, at least if his rambling post-fight confession in the wake of his GSP fight, in which he admitted to not paying taxes, was accurate. Oh dear.
So fast-forward a ways, and here comes Silva back from his leg break. He needed an opponent. Someone with a big name, but not too, you know, opponenty. Open the check book and get Stockton on the phone. Finally the planets had aligned, and the UFC had bait toothsome enough to lure the sport's No. 1 weirdo back into the Octagon. It culminates this Saturday.
The better fighter is Silva, but the star is Diaz. And he's not just another media-baiting brat or brilliant jerk. Far from it. The guy has a way of behaving that perfectly mirrors his way in the cage. It's as lovable as it is scary, clearest when it mumbles the most. The light doesn't bend when it runs through him, no matter the angle of the viewer.
If you think of Diaz as some kind of weed-smoking goofball, fooling around with nunchucks in his bedroom, well, fine. I can't tell you you're wrong. But if you think that’s his sum total, man, please. He gets more done in a morning than you do in a week.
The smart money might be on Silva. But when has smart money—or smart, or money—ever gravitated to Nick Diaz, except in these occasional bursts of brilliance that seem to take everyone, himself included, by surprise, but are powerful enough to sustain everyone for months?
It’s impossible to know what will happen Saturday night. There is too much age, too much time off, too many mental and physical questions involved. As awesome as Silva is, is anyone super excited to see him win? How much would that move the needle, as people like to say. Would Silva's post-fight interview light up social media, set Vine accounts a-blazing?
The plateau-ing UFC could use a nice little something viral. A Silva win probably won't give it to them. You need something unexpected. You need something weird.
It will be a strange spectacle on Saturday night, no matter the outcome. And that's just Nick Diaz's game. It's the reason we're all going to the party.
Get the job done, Nick. This is what you were born to do. Sincerely, your fellow weirdo, Scott.
Scott Harris writes about MMA for Bleacher Report. For more stuff like this, follow Scott on Twitter. | positive |
This is the second post in the series of Vim tips and tricks. Be sure to check out the others too!
From version 7.3, Vim supports persistent undo. With this feature enabled, Vim automatically saves history to external files, making the undo/redo functionality continue to work after restarting Vim or closing a buffer. This makes Vim much more comfortable if you use it as a core part of your development workflow, especially if you use it with other terminal applications.
Before I learned about persistent undo, I felt uncomfortable to make changes spanning across multiple files. I don’t like to keep many buffers open, so I rather jump from file to file with fzf or use the shell to navigate around and occasionally open Vim when I need to edit something.
Having short editing sessions, I can’t access recent history information after I reopen a file. This info is often crucial, as a simple undo/redo combination allows me to recover some context about what I’ve been doing in that file before.
In this aspect, persistent undo increases the comfort level of the lightweight Vim + terminal combination to be a bit closer to what IDEs provide; tools that I usually don’t restart too often and provide a consistent feeling by keeping track of the stuff I do in them in a session.
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Adding set undofile is sufficient to enable this feature. However, by default Vim creates the history files next to the files that are being edited. I don’t really like this, so I use the set undodir option as well to specify the exact location of these files.
Taking the idea from this StackExchange thread I also added some instructions to my .vimrc file to create a temporary directory to store my history files. Because I don’t want to bother about deleting the old entries, I put the undo directory to the /tmp folder as it’s subject to system level cleanups. This way I can’t count on the history files to survive system restarts, but it’s fine for me, they are usually needed for one coding session. If you store them elsewhere, make sure to create a Cron job to periodically delete them.
It’s also worth mentioning that it is best to create the undo directory with 700 permissions ( drwx------ ), as it grants all rights to the owner, but nothing to anybody else.
So, to summarize, I’ve added the following to my .vimrc file:
" Use persistent history. if !isdirectory(" /tmp/.vim-undo-dir ") call mkdir(" /tmp/.vim-undo-dir ", "", 0700) endif set undodir=/tmp/.vim-undo-dir set undofile
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Army Secretary Eric Fanning said Friday the defense team Donald Trump selected for his transition has expressed interest during transition talks not in undermining openly LGBT service in the U.S. armed forces, but national security and budgetary issues.
Amid uncertainty of whether Trump will undo LGBT progress under the Obama administration, Fanning made the remarks during a session at the 2016 International LGBT Leaders Conference in response to an audience question about his opinion in terms of LGBT issues of the defense leaders Trump has selected.
“I sincerely believe, and based on the questions we’re getting from the transition team that’s coming in, they’re very much focused on the size and shape of the military, the budgetary political issues outside the Pentagon that they have to stabilize in order to give some planning stability for the military, and I think they’re going to dive head-long into those challenges around the world,” Fanning said.
Trump has selected for his national security adviser Gen. Michael Flynn, the former director of the Defense Intelligence Agency who endorsed the president-elect during his campaign. Trump’s choice for defense secretary is Gen. James Mattis, former commander of U.S. Central Command; and for secretary of homeland security is Gen. John Kelly, former commander of U.S. Southern Command.
Fanning, the first openly gay Army secretary, said he wants to be “very careful” about he says about those picks because he doesn’t want them to think they’re sitting across the table from an adversary during the transition period, but acknowledged some contact with them.
Although Fanning said he never met Flynn, the Army secretary said he has not only met Mattis and Kelly, but “worked around” them has “tremendous regard” for both.
“I’ve never had a conversation with any of them about these issues,” Fanning said. “I don’t know what they’re going to do. As I said earlier, I know from what they do that they have an acute understanding of the many challenges around the world and how those challenges are intensifying. And it’s not just the nation-state adversaries or terrorism that we’re dealing with, it’s all the tools they’re using: Cyber, space, you-name-it, information operations.”
Of three defense picks, Flynn has most publicly indicated opposition to LGBT people in the military. During the Republican National Convention, Flynn decried how Obama’s military was concerned with bathrooms — an apparent knock at recently enacted transgender military service — and on Twitter has posted an article from Elaine Donnelly, an anti-LGBT advocate who opposes openly LGBT people in the military and women in combat.
On the other hand, Mattis has made little public comment about LGBT people in the military, although, as reported by the The Advocate, he warned in a 2016 book “Warriors & Citizens: American Views of Our Military” with co-author Kori Schake about a “progressive agenda” that seeks to impose “social change” on the military. The Blade was unable to find any comment from Kelly on LGBT people in the armed forces.
Douglas Wilson, a former Pentagon spokesperson and the first openly gay person confirmed by the Senate for a position at the Defense Department, told the Blade he knows Mattis and believes he would treat LGBT service members fairly.
“Over the course of three different assignments at the Pentagon, I have worked with Jim Mattis in a variety of professional capacities, on issues ranging from Iraq and Afghanistan to the repeal of ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.'” Wilson said. “Gen. Mattis is one of the finest and most decent individuals I’ve known in the military. His leadership success has always been based on mutual respect and support, fairness and inclusion. I have no reason to believe any of that will change if he is nominated and confirmed by the Senate to be the next defense secretary.”
Fanning has already expressed skepticism the Trump administration would undo inclusion of service members — a point he reinforced during his remarks at International LGBT Leaders Conference.
“It’s hard to undo these things,” Fanning said. “Having a conversation about whether someone can come into the military, whether someone really can serve is different than having them in and then saying you guys are out now, take off. I find that senior uniform leadership, when someone’s in a uniform, no matter who it is, they feel a responsibility for that person, and once the policy changes, the thinking about it changes.”
The capacity for openly gay, lesbian and bisexual people to serve openly in the armed forces after “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” repeal is considered more safe in the Trump administration – although it could be reinstated at any time — but transgender service is different because that’s a more recent change.
Fanning cautioned “you can tweak any policy to slow it, to create some friction in it, to make it more difficult, and we have to be vigilant about that,” but said reversal of transgender service would be “very disruptive” now that guidance to commanders is in place.
“The commanders are a big part of why Secretary Carter wanted to look at the transgender issues,” Fanning said. “Commanders needed guidance, they needed help. They were being left to figure this out on their own. Now they have it, they’re implementing it, they’re moving forward. It would be very disruptive to move it back.”
But with major issues at play, Fanning’s major point during his remarks was he doesn’t expect a roll back of LGBT rights will be on the agenda for Trump’s defense team.
“There are a lot of issues to focus on in the Department of Defense in the next administration: The size of it, the resourcing of it, and all the many challenges around the world,” Fanning said. “It’s my expectation and anticipation that the incoming leadership team will want to focus on those more than anything right away.” | positive |
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A pair of Trump associates, Michael Cohen and Felix Sater, appear to be gaining significance in the Trump-Russia investigation. News broke this week that during the presidential campaign the two sought a deal for the construction of a Trump Tower in Moscow. And, as reported earlier this year, the pair pushed a Kremlin-backed proposal for the United States to lift sanctions on Russia—part of a proposed “peace deal” between Ukraine and Russia that Cohen and Sater brought to Trump’s then-national security adviser, Michael Flynn.
Congressional investigators are now interested in how the Moscow tower proposal and the so-called peace deal may connect. “That is a question members will be exploring, certainly,” says an official close to the Senate Intelligence Committee. One thread running through both deals is Russia’s desire for relief from US sanctions, which the Trump presidential campaign repeatedly signaled it was interested in accommodating. How that might shed further light on the deals is a “very interesting line of inquiry,” the official adds.
On Monday, the Washington Post and the New York Times reported on emails showing that Sater, who once billed himself as a “senior adviser” to Trump, and Cohen, Trump’s personal lawyer, worked in 2015 and early 2016 to complete an agreement for a Trump Tower in Moscow, efforts contradicting the president’s many claims that he has “nothing to do with Russia.” As Trump praised Russian President Vladimir Putin on the campaign trail in early 2016, Cohen emailed Putin’s spokesman to ask for Putin’s help reviving discussions with Russian partners on the project. Sater’s emails boasted that the deal would help Trump get elected. Cohen and Sater’s emails were among a large trove of documents the Trump Organization turned over to congressional investigators this week.
According to the Post, Trump signed a letter of intent in October 2015 for the tower deal with Russian firm IC Expert Investment. That firm, which describes itself as a residential real estate developer, identifies Russian government-controlled banking giants Gazprombank and Sberbank as financiers for its projects. Sater claimed in an email also to have lined up financing for the Trump tower project from VTB Bank, another state-controlled entity. All three banks are under US sanctions.
Cohen remains in the orbit of a sanctioned Russian bank likely to have been involved in the Trump Tower deal in Moscow.
Cohen claims that he pulled the plug on the Moscow tower deal in late 2015. But after Trump took office, Cohen and Sater went on to push a “peace plan” under which the United States would unwind economic sanctions in exchange for the withdrawal of pro-Russian troops from Ukraine and an agreement to hold a referendum on the fate of Crimea, the Ukrainian territory Russia seized in 2014. Cohen hand-delivered the proposal to Flynn, who was soon forced to resign over matters including his lying about having discussed sanctions with the Russian ambassador to the United States.
The peace plan came from Andriy Artemenko, a Ukrainian lawmaker known for his pro-Kremlin views, who told the Times that senior aides to Putin encouraged him to push the plan. Artemenko said he contacted Sater through an unnamed “mutual friend” who worked with Cohen to get the plan to Flynn. It is not clear if Trump himself reviewed the plan, though around the same time the president reportedly asked the State Department to look into the possibility of unilaterally rescinding sanctions on Russia.
Sater was born in Russia and spent the first six years of his life there. Cohen is married to a Ukrainian woman and once dabbled in an ethanol business in Ukraine. But it’s not clear why the duo was involved in promoting the proposal—neither has diplomatic experience.
Ukraine’s ambassador to the United States, Valeriy Chaly, told the Times in February that the plan that Cohen and Sater delivered could be “pitched or pushed through only by those openly or covertly representing Russian interests.”
Cohen, who joined the Republican National Committee this year as a finance chairman, remains in the orbit of Gazprombank, one of the potential funding sources for the proposed Trump Tower deal in Moscow. In April, Cohen inked a “strategic alliance” with Squire Patton Boggs, a large Washington law firm and lobbying shop—which has reported earning $1.4 million since 2014 lobbying for Gazprombank and advising on its efforts to win sanctions relief.
A Patton Boggs spokesperson declined to address questions about Cohen’s role and whether the firm has taken steps to restrict Cohen from contacts with clients that might create the appearance of conflicts of interest. Cohen formed his alliance with Patton Boggs on April 3; the firm has filed Lobbying Disclosure Act forms stating it has done no work for Gazprombank this year.
According to an employee of the firm who did not want to be identified, Cohen has and regularly uses an office in Patton Boggs’ New York office, but is not an employee of the firm. Cohen’s role is primarily to drum up new business, the person said, suggesting that Cohen and the controversy around him does not affect Patton Boggs.
“He’s generating a lot of attention right now,” the employee said. “People notice it, but it’s certainly not a distraction for us.” | positive |
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We are way past the time where you’d just “want” a smartphone. In the current modern world, you “need” a smartphone. Since this is so obvious, almost every technology company makes one. Even Google jumped in last year. But all those won’t matter to you, the user, the person who spends a ton of money on a single tiny piece of the computing device. However, it’s not easy anymore to justify a new smartphone’s price, hence, every one of these OEMs attempts to invent something different, at least with their most premium offerings.
LG, though, this time, took a step back. Instead of coming up with a significantly more versatile and capable version of last year’s modular G5, the Korean conglomerate returned to the basics. The new LG G6 doesn’t have what people would call a standout feature or something that would appeal to a customer who isn’t looking for a conventional phone. The G6 tries to resolve every demand a normal user would have in this fast-paced world of phones.
These include things such as a big display which doesn’t require massive palms, a utilitarian design that doesn’t feel superfluous, a large battery which doesn’t explode (sorry, we had to crack this), a screen made for binge-watching cat videos, headphone jack that is capable of delivering the sound your premium headphone is made for, a dual-camera setup with a much wider view, and more. Those were some of the bare essentials the G6, on paper, seems to get right.
Although, the major catalyst for the G6 will come in the form of the Galaxy S8, later next month. Today, for most consumers, Samsung’s Galaxy line is the true counterpart of the iPhone, and that isn’t going to change anytime soon. But this year, other manufacturers have a chance to partially lower their ascendancy. Thanks to the various leaks, we already have a clear perspective of how the Galaxy S8 will look – a bezel-less front coupled with an all-glass build and a fingerprint reader position so odd, you’re well off using the pattern lock. The S8 is expected to be an ergonomic disaster.
Samsung will be putting in all sorts of experimental and new features this year such as the DeX, all of which, of course, will be useless for a person who’s out there looking for a premium device that lasts effortlessly for a minimum time span of two years. I fell, the S8 won’t be the phone for them this time. The Korean giant will be looking to capitalise on the success of S7 and escaping its comfort zone as it does every time their annual products sell well. Additionally, people also have a negative image of the company after the Galaxy Note7 fiasco.
Actually, every mainstream manufacturer is expected to experiment this year, even the iPhone will be featuring a series of new alterations which the majority will find, inconvenient. Yes, HTC did try this approach previously and released a flagship that didn’t do anything unique but there were two problems: the HTC 10 wasn’t perfect and components like the camera were just average. Second, phones like the Galaxy S7 and iPhone 7 were nearly flawless last year eliminating room for others to conquer.
The LG G6 seems like the perfect getaway in this scenario. But there will be obstacles that the struggling company will need to figure out before their 2017 flagship gets to the shelves. The most crucial one of them all – marketing. When it comes to premium Android phones, no one easily buys an LG or a Sony or an HTC product anymore even if it’s better. LG will need to fix this, they’ll have to showcase the G6 is such a way that it doesn’t make it look well, boring. Because let’s face it, diverting customers from cheap phones isn’t easy anymore especially when it comes to market leaders such as the OnePlus 3T (with that same Snapdragon 821 processor). The other shortcoming they’ll need to amend is the software itself. LG opted for a 2:1 aspect this year, however, applications aren’t yet compatible with it. You might not encounter crashes or drastic bugs, but the experience won’t feel as coherent as LG describes. Lastly, the price will play a supreme role in its success.
The LG G6 might not sell exceptionally this year, but I expect it to revitalise the poor reputation the company has been suffering from. I mean, seriously, no one is even talking about the V20, and it’s a terrific phone capable of outrunning even the Google Pixel and iPhone 7. The G6 is just about getting the basics right, and you know what, that might just work this time. It’s very similar to how th Galaxy S7 resurrected the demons of Galaxy S6 for Samsung. It will be interesting to see how this pans out as other manufacturers come up with what they’ve working for since the past year. | positive |
Back in 2007, Nashville Predators fans rallied to save their team, buying up tickets, drumming up interest in the team among friends, families and local businesses... doing whatever it took to keep the Preds in town.
That kind of spirit is being called upon once again, this time to help save the college hockey program at the University of Alabama-Huntsville, a proud tradition which is in danger of being eliminated within weeks unless something is done. If you're a regular visitor here, you've seen stories of how the college hockey landscape is going through tremendous turmoil, and the UAH Chargers have been left on the outside looking in.
Now, the team's varsity standing at the university is at risk - a decision could be made soon reducing the team to Club level, effectively ending a long-standing tradition of competitive collegiate hockey in Huntsville.
So what can you do? Well, you can lend a hand in a variety of ways:
Sign the online petition imploring the university's Interim President, Dr. Malcolm Portera, to give supporters time to rally the finances needed to stabilize the program (the current threat is to summarily disband the team before the start of the upcoming season). Like the "Save UAH Hockey" Facebook page , to receive updates on the struggle as it continues. Visit SaveUAHHockey.com and consider pledging financial support of your own, no matter how much or how little.
Then follow after the jump for further details on the "Save UAH Hockey" effort... | positive |
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Artist and activist Ai Weiwei has thoughts on the state of architecture and development in China over the past few decades and how things are changing under the leadership of President Xi Jinping.
“Everybody in China has been moved to a new location or a new city, new town, new apartment. And some have even moved several times,” he said during a recent panel discussion on Chinese architecture hosted by Asia Society Switzerland. “But with such a big movement, or revolutionary change, there is very little discussion or very little meaningful challenge — intellectual challenge — about what architecture is in this fast developing society.”
Despite the country's building boom, Ai says that the state of China's architectural philosphy has largely remained stagnant because conversation is stifled. In fact, his outlook on Chinese modern architecture is rather grim, saying the “whole structure is fatalistic.”
“The discussion does not benefit who is going to be profited. So authorities doesn’t like this kind of discussion — any discussion related to aesthetics. That means [conversation] about philosophy, legitimacy of power — then that’s very dangerous [to officials].”
Ai spoke alongside Swiss architect Jacques Herzog and art collector and former Swiss ambassador to China Uli Sigg. The conversation was moderated by journalist Martin Meyer.
Watch the clip above for a highlight from the conversation.
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When Hillary Clinton was in Texas for a fundraiser earlier this year, a participant said, “I really appreciate whatever effort she is making against Islamophobia.” After the Islamic terrorist mowed over almost 300 in France with a truck on Thursday, the Democratic presidential candidate once again refused to acknowledge “Islam” or “radical Islam.”
“Talking about Muslims and favoring Muslims, so I really appreciate her whatever effort she is making against Islamophobia, so I really think she needs to be the next President of the United States, Aisha Zahid told 12News in January. Hillary Clinton was in Beaumont, Texas, for a fundraiser and reportedly raised almost $500,000. The Texas fundraiser placed in the top five of all of the private fundraisers for earnings for the candidate in the U.S. at that time. The fundraiser was hosted by Pakistani businessman Tahir Javed in his home in West Beaumont.
Clinton’s released statement in response to the horrific mass murders in Nice by Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel referred to “terrorism” but not “radical Islam,” reported Breitbart News’ Joel B. Pollack. During The O’Reilly Factor on Fox News the evening of the attack, Clinton did not attribute the murderous rampage to “Islam” or “radical Islam.” She said only, “this is a war against these terrorist groups, these radical jihadist groups.”
French President Francois Hollande called it an “undeniable” terrorist attack.
The Islamic terrorist murdered over 84, including ten children, and 188 remain hospitalized, 50 in critical condition, and 25 are on live support. A live wire by Breitbart News has provided up-to-date reporting since the onset of the attack. Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel yelled “Allahu Akbar” during his gunfire attack on police officers. His ex-wife has been held for police questioning.
After the attacks in Paris in November, Hillary Clinton defended Islam when she tweeted:
"Let’s be clear: Islam is not our adversary. Muslims are peaceful and tolerant people and have nothing whatsoever to do with terrorism." — Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) November 19, 2015
Pollack noted in his Breitbart News article that Clinton reiterated in December that she was still refusing to use the descriptor “radical Islam.” She justified her decision saying it “sounds like we are declaring war against a religion.” She finally uttered “radical Islamism” in June after being pushed by presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump. President Obama also refused to acknowledge the Nice attack ties to “Islam” or “radical Islam,” calling it only “a horrific terrorist attack.”
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What Is Self Love? Home About Contact Privacy Policy Let us Love Ourselves Home Self love Series _Self love1 _Self love 2 _Self love 3 Free Yourself _Set Yourself Free _ Forgiveness Technique _Be Carefree HomeValue yourselfWhat Is Self Love? What Is Self Love? Manveen Kaur June 08, 2020 What Is Self-Love? Have you heard about this? Some of you might have heard this term but I'm pretty sure, most of us don't know the exact meaning of this word and even don't know how to implement self-love into our lives. Whenever we hear someone talking about self-love, we mistake him/her for being a "narcissist", "egoistic" or "self-centered." We may even call them selfish as they prioritize their wants and needs over us. Hence we start believing that if we will impose self-love, or if we will talk about this terminology people would start calling us selfish. So to remain in the good books of others we start being kind towards them and appreciating them more and thus, start forgetting about our self. Nobody is saying to be unkind towards others or do not help them. Of course, we should be generous. We should help them in their tough times because that's what humanity says. But we should also be generous towards ourselves. When you love someone else, you love them truly, purely, and take care of their needs, like a mother takes care of her children. In the same way, self-love applies! The problem is we never considered it important to love ourselves. We never realized our worth and what defines us. Here is an inspiring Ted talk by Caitlyn Roux, listen to what she is saying and start applying it in your life: Self-love says being good towards oneself, accepting yourself, loving yourself, irrespective of others. It is a feeling of respecting your emotions and your worth. Remember when you were a child you used to talk with yourself in the mirror for so many hours? When you came to your teenage, you went to look in the mirror to talk to yourself, you found some of your features are not good enough which created self-rejection among yourself. When this rejection appeared of not liking our own features, we should have immediately stopped them. However, we were not mature enough to find out the difference between right and wrong. And as we grew, this rejection and fear overcame all our talents, skills, confidence and made us introvert person who doesn't accept himself completely. There are many of us who don't like themselves and like others and want to become like them. Like a teenager who wants to become like kylie Jenner or Ariana grande. Why? Because they see those celebrities performing on a stage or social media with a face full of makeup and they interpret that those celebrities are so perfect, their life is so complete. In that case, these young children make certain mistakes. Mistakes people commonly do: Comparing ourselves to others and being jealous of others who are doing well. Instead of getting inspired and learn from them, we create self-doubt and thus lose our time and confidence. When we find someone attractive, we automatically slide towards them, and then we start doing all of the things that make them happy and in this process, we forget to take care of ourselves, which should initially be our priority. We make them our priority and start taking care of their needs, their happiness, their desires. And then when we do things for them, we expect the same in return (it's human nature of course). We treat ourselves as if we are toxic and start doing everything which brings only negativity in our lives. However, by treating ourselves in this way, we don't realize that we are digging pits for ourselves. And this is where we lose ourselves. Often times, we don't understand this subject of loving ourselves. Expecting from others to love you, when you are not loving yourself is the worst kind of expectation you can make from someone. The most prominent law, the Law of Attraction says that what you have inside, you will give to others. If you have love inside yourself, you will give as well as get love from others and vice-versa. We mistake self-love for freedom. We think of doing all the things that we like the most. Don't we often say who are people to tell me what to do? I will do whatever I want. This is completely wrong! Self-love never says do drugs, harm yourself, disturb your family. It's about choosing the right path for yourself. It's about being focused so you can achieve your goals. We all know what are the right things for us to become happy and successful. Nevertheless, we end up choosing a wrong path which ultimately creates sufferings for us and we spend all our life cursing our destiny and complaining to God. When the reality is only we are responsible for the happenings in our life. Self-love is actually self-discipline, caring for yourself, doing the right things. If a person is smoking cigarettes because he gets pleasures from it, then he does not love himself because he is enjoying its pleasures, but not loving his body. I hope this clears the above point! It's so very important to take care of ourselves, to love ourselves. I know some of you will say I am just putting down some textbook lines when in reality it is not possible to do so. But my dear, it is possible. In fact, this is so easy. It doesn't require many efforts, only some care, and choosing ourselves our priority. Its more than looking yourself in the mirror and taking a selfie. It's more than doing the basic tasks of eating the food and brushing our teeth. In the coming posts, we will learn more about this term and other terms which if we would apply in our lives, then we can really transform our lives. Conclusion Also, I would like to say, I am not a professional coach or therapist and I will not give any medical or textbook advice. I will share what I have done and doing to transform myself. Change never happens in a day or two, it only happens when we have a determination to improve our lives. Till then, stay tuned. Enable GingerCannot connect to Ginger Check your internet connection or reload the browserDisable in this text fieldEditEdit in GingerEdit in Ginger× Tags: Being Good How to love yourself Life lesson Positive Thinking Positivity Self Healing Self Love Self motivation Self-love Series Self-Loving Value yourself Facebook Twitter Posted by: Manveen Kaur Manveen, a passionate writer that craves to learn something new every day and underneath has a strong belief system in the almighty. Always grateful for the blessings I have in my life. I love reading books. A self-lover blogger recently found my passion for writing. 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Here are my favorite moments from the Bobby Bones Show this year!
5. Lunchbox + Ray Get Drunk on St. Patrick’s Day
Bobby had Lunchbox and Ray take shots all morning long in honor of St. Patrick’s Day. It didn’t take long for things to get out of hand. Lunchbox ended up being sent home early…but not before he could creep out Kimberly from Little Big Town.
This hottie from little big town ##pimpinjoy A photo posted by Lunchbox (@radiolunchbox) on Mar 17, 2015 at 6:21am PDT
4. Bobby Plays “Buy Me A Boat” and It Shoots to #1 on iTunes
Bobby played “Buy Me A Boat” by Chris Janson back in March. It climbed its way up all morning long and by the end of the show it went #1 on the iTunes Country Chart! At the time, Chris Janson was unsigned! Janson went on to land a record deal with Warner Music Nashville and have a huge year.
so @janson_chris has a song called "Buy Me A Boat" and its awesome. Download it on iTunes if you liked it. Just played it — Bobby Bones (@mrBobbyBones) March 20, 2015
3. #BUTTSUNDAE
THE BET: Everyone on the show had to fill out a bracket during March Madness. Whoever came in last would have to eat an ice cream sundae off of Lunchbox’s butt.
THE LOSER: Amy finished in last place. After some controversy, she paid up and ate 3 scoops of organic chocolate ice cream from the worst bowl ever…
2. Bobby Surprises Amy with George Strait
If you listen to the show, then you know that Amy’s G.O.A.T. (greatest of all-time) is George Strait. They’ve had him on the show several times but he has never been in the studio. In September, Bobby told Amy that George Strait would be calling in for an interview when really he was standing outside the studio. He then walked into surprise Amy who greeted him with a big hug!
Got to surprise @radioamy today and sneak in George Strait A photo posted by Mrbobbybones (@mrbobbybones) on Sep 25, 2015 at 5:58am PDT
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1. Nada is Late…
Nada posted this picture of her hanging out with Ed Sheeran + Jake Owen with the caption: “Late Nights. Early Mornings.” She ended up having her phone/purse stolen that night and didn’t have an alarm to wake her up for work. So Bobby sent Lunchbox to her apartment to make sure she was OK. Then ALL the drama went down live on the air! Ahhh! Made for great radio!
Late nights. Early mornings. A photo posted by Nada (@nadameansnothin) on Sep 13, 2015 at 10:51pm PDT
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Jay Sekulow, a member of President Trump's legal team, repeatedly said on four television shows June 18 that Trump isn't under investigation by the special counsel. (Bastien Inzaurralde/The Washington Post)
President Trump's lawyer Jay Sekulow took to the Sunday shows this weekend with a pretty simple talking point: Trump is not under investigation. The problem is that, because of Trump's own actions — most notably when he tweeted “I am being investigated” — it was pretty easy to poke holes in Sekulow's defense.
And by the end, there were indeed holes. Sekulow struggled to square his version of events with Trump's comments, including arguing that Trump relied on the Justice Department's recommendations to fire FBI Director James B. Comey (Trump says those didn't matter) and even suggesting that an attorney-client privilege existed between Trump and Comey (who was not, in fact, Trump's lawyer). And when all was said and done, despite saying repeatedly that Trump is not under investigation, Sekulow acknowledged that he doesn't really know that for sure. (Oops.)
It was a tough day for a man with an impossible job. If White House press secretary Sean Spicer has the worst job in Washington, Sekulow might have the second-worst. And it showed on Sunday.
Below are four exchanges that really drive home just how much of a hole Trump has dug for his legal team. For each one, I annotate the key parts. To see an annotation, click on the yellow, highlighted text.
1) Fox News Sunday (Part 1)
CHRIS WALLACE: I want to ask you a direct question: Does the president think that [Deputy Attorney General] Rod Rosenstein has done anything wrong? SEKULOW: The president has never said anything about Rod Rosenstein doing anything wrong. Here's what — what is the legal situation here. There is a constitutional issue when you have this scenario. The president made a determination based on consult of advice. He decided ultimately. He’s the commander in chief. He gets to make that decision that James Comey had a go. That was coming, by the way, from groups right, left and center over the last year. You — you and I know that. So there had been concern about James Comey. It was put forward in a memorandum — that's what the president's referencing — from the deputy attorney general and the attorney general requesting the removal of James Comey as the FBI director. And, ultimately, that's the president's determination. So here's the constitutional threshold question, Chris. The president takes action based on numerous events, including recommendations from his attorney general and the deputy attorney general’s office. He takes the action that they also, by the way, recommended. And now he's being investigated by the Department of Justice because the special counsel under the special counsel relations reports still to the Department of Justice. Not an independent counsel. So he's being investigated for taking the action that the attorney general and deputy attorney general recommended him to take by the agency who recommended the termination. So that's the constitutional threshold question here. That’s why, as I said, no investigation — WALLACE: Well, I — what — what — what's the question [inaudible]. I mean you — you stated — you stated some facts. First of all, you’ve now said that he is getting investigated after saying that you didn’t. SEKULOW: No. WALLACE: You — you just, sir, that he’s being — SEKULOW: No, he's not being investigated! WALLACE: You just said that he’s being investigated. SEKULOW: No, Chris, I said that the — any — let me be crystal clear so you — you completely understand. We have not received nor are we aware of any investigation of the president of the United States, period. WALLACE: Sir, you just said two times that he's being investigated. SEKULOW: No. The context of the tweet, I just gave you the legal theory, Chris, of how the Constitution works. If, in fact, it was correct that the president was being investigated, he would be investigating for taking action that an agency told him to take. So that is protected under the Constitution as his article one power. That's all I said. So I appreciate you trying to rephrase it, but I’m just being really direct with you, Chris. This is — let me be — WALLACE: No, I — I — sir, I didn't rephrase it. The tape will speak — Jay, the tape will speak for itself. You said he is being investigated. And it’s not that big — SEKULOW: Chris, he is — just — no, Chris — that’s [inaudible] unfair, Chris. WALLACE: Wait a minute — wait a minute. Jay, and it’s not — Jay, it's not just being investigated for firing Comey. There's also the question of what he said to Comey when Comey was still the FBI director. So there's more than just the fact that he fired Comey. SEKULOW: He — Chris, let me be clear, you asked me a question about what the president's tweet was regarding the deputy attorney general of the United States. That's what you asked me. And I responded to what that legal theory would be. So I do not appreciate you putting words in my mouth when I've been crystal clear that the president is not and has not been under investigation. I don't think I can be any clearer than that. WALLACE: Well, you don't know that he's not under investigation again, sir. I mean you might — SEKULOW: You know, I can't read the mind — you’re right, Chris, I can’t read the minds of the special prosecutor. WALLACE: Well, then, good, okay, so we’re in agreement, you don't know whether he’s under — you don’t know whether he’s under investigation. SEKULOW: But I have not been notified. No one has been notified that he is. WALLACE: You don’t know whether he’s under investigation or not.
2) Fox News Sunday (Part 2)
WALLACE: Does he think that [special prosecutor] Robert Mueller has done anything wrong? SEKULOW: First of all, he has not said anything about Robert Mueller. And, Chris, let me say something here. You’re asking me if I had a conversation, which I have not had, about Robert Mueller with the president of the United States on — or anyone else for that matter. I can't discuss that and would that with you. Unlike James Comey, who leaks information to the press, I actually respect the attorney-client privilege. Apparently he did not. WALLACE: Does the president believe — well, you’re speaking for his legal team, so you’re out here to represent him and tell us what the president’s belief is, is that correct? SEKULOW: No, I'm out here to tell you what the facts are and the legal issues are. I'm not to tell you what the beliefs are. I'm not the client’s conscience, I’m his lawyer. WALLACE: I understand that and the — and the client — have you spoken the — have you spoken to the president at all? SEKULOW: Yes, but I'm not going to discuss those conversations with you. Those are privileged under the attorney-client privilege. WALLACE: Well, I assume that if he asked you to say something, for instance, all kinds of things about — after Comey's testimony. I assumed he was speaking for the president. SEKULOW: Marc Kasowitz made a general statement to the press after the testimony of James Comey. That's what that was about. This — you’re asking me now questions about what people are thinking in their minds, which I don't read minds, and you’re asking me also what I may or may not have had a conversation with the president about and you understand this. I respect the attorney-client privilege, unlike James Comey. WALLACE: Does — SEKULOW: I want to be real clear on that, too. I'm not going to give you conversations I've had with — have or have not had with the president of the United States. So when I’ve had conversations with the president of the United States — WALLACE: Well, I — your — SEKULOW: As his lawyer, it's privileged, period.
3) Face the Nation
SEKULOW: The response there is clear, and I want be really clear about this: The president is not and has not been under investigation. JOHN DICKERSON: How do you know? SEKULOW: Because we’ve received no notice of investigation. There has been no notification from the special counsel’s office that the president is under investigation. In fact, to the contrary. What we know is what James Comey said, the last thing we know is when he testified just a couple weeks back: that the president was not and is not a target of investigation. DICKERSON: Of course, there have been events since James Comey told them that. But is it your view and just to educate viewers that — that if you were under investigation, there would be an obligation for the special counsel to let you know. Couldn’t you be under investigation and they’re just not letting you know yet? SEKULOW: Well, look, I — I can’t imagine a scenario where the president would not be aware of it. Number one, there is a serious constitutional issue here. I mean I want you to think about the context upon which this would take place. Under The Washington Post theory of the case, this is The Washington Post theory, that the president of the United States, after being advised by his attorney general and the office of the deputy attorney general, determined to remove James Comey from the FBI directorship. If The Washington Post leaks were correct, the president of the United States, would be, if this was correct, would be under investigation for taking the action that the Department of Justice asked him to take. That raises not only a serious — not even a serious constitutional question, it’s an easy constitutional question. That’s impossible. The president cannot be investigated, or certainly can not be found liable, for engaging in a activity he clearly has power to do under the Constitution. DICKERSON: Powers to fire the FBI director and let me ask you this question — SEKULOW: James Comey acknowledged that by the way, John. James Comey said he served at the pleasure of the president.
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During the summer of 1991, the American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, conducted a survey of Maine Acadian culture through an inter-agency agreement with the National Park Service. Folklife fieldworkers designed a fieldwork strategy for the documentation of the contemporary culture of the Upper St. John Valley with emphasis on Acadian cultural resources. While tailored to deal with issues unique to the Valley, this data collection strategy was broadly similar to those employed by other folklife field projects. Fieldworkers concentrated their efforts on cultural expressions, guided by the idea that all communities use aesthetic experience to shape deeply felt values into meaningful forms (Hymes 1975: 348). These expressions, such as stories, songs, recipes, and houses, which have grown out of shared experiences and values, can serve as windows into a community's worldview (Hufford 1986: 19). The primary work of the survey's fieldworkers was interviewing local residents, documenting cultural events, documenting sites and artifacts, engaging in participant observation, and analyzing archival materials. The report of the survey fieldworkers (Brassieur 1992) formed the basis for the 1992 public review draft of this volume. The survey aggregated a large ethnographic collection consisting of 5,600 photographic images, 500 pages of field notes and catalogs, 40 hours of audio recordings, 50 pages of sketches, and an assortment of ephemera such as local publications, program souvenirs, and historical and contemporary press clippings on cultural subjects and issues. The collection will be preserved for posterity in the Archive of Folk Culture, Library of Congress. A reference copy has been placed at the Acadian Archives/Archives acadiennes where it will serve as a resource for further research, planning, and programming within the region. | positive |
Let’s face it. Innovation in the car industry has not kept pace with the rapid progress made in the mobile phone industry. Not by a long shot. Apple, Samsung and other phone giants are able to shoot out new products and software with the changing of the seasons, while it takes auto companies years to develop and launch a new model.
Why? Because mobile phones are loaded with what the industry calls open source operating platforms like Apple’s IOS (*), which allows for lightning fast development and application times. “That’s the reason they’ve been so successful,” says Dan Cauchy, general manager of automotive at the Linux Foundation, creators of Automotive Grade Linux (AGL), a collaborative cross-industry effort that looks set to revolutionize the connected car.
AGL is an open source project that is changing the way carmakers build software. Open source, simply put, is computer software with its source code made available to anyone to change or distribute for any purpose.
“It took a while, but carmakers now see that a standardized system like AGL is in their best interests, as it reduces cost and leads to quicker development and implementation times. Car companies now finally realize that they do not just build cars. They are in the software business too,” adds Cauchy. In fact more than 100 members from Toyota to Mazda, Ford to Daimler are now working together to develop a common platform that can serve as an industry standard.
And in an announcement at the Automotive Linux Summit in Tokyo yesterday, Toyota revealed that its 2018 Camry, due out this summer in the U.S., would be the company’s first model to employ a new generation infotainment system using AGL’s operating system to control its suite of in-car apps. For the Linux Foundation, that’s a good a place to start as anywhere, given the fact that the Camry is a top seller, averaging nearly 400,000 sales a year.
“That’s just the beginning,” says Kenichi Murata, group manager of Connected Strategy and Planning at Toyota. “We will launch more Toyota and Lexus models in the near future featuring AGL’s system.” According to Cauchy however, we can expect to see many more carmakers rolling out AGL-based systems in the near future.
The AGL’s initial implementation is focused on In-Vehicle Infotainment systems or IVI. Up until now, these sat-nav, digital audio and hands-free phone calling apps have been developed by carmakers and equipment suppliers, leading to fragmentation in the industry. AGL will ‘defragmentize’ IVI systems with a unified dashboard operating system that frees automotive software engineers from bespoke platform development, thus saving time and cost.
This open source system gives carmakers a way to develop technologies without the need to share their customers’ data with Google or Apple. Toyota might be the first batter to the plate, but there’s a long line forming behind it with companies such as Ford, Daimler, Honda, Jaguar Land Rover, Nissan, Mazda and Subaru. The winds of change are blowing through IVI systems, and it’s called AGL.
(*) Post Script: Our apologies. In this story, we said that mobile phones are loaded with what the industry calls open source operating platforms like Apple’s IOS. This was incorrect. What we should have said is Google's Android is open source. | positive |
Mexican Economy Minister Ildefonso Guajardo speaks during an interview at Reuters Latin American Investment Summit in Mexico City, Mexico August 8, 2017. REUTERS/Henry Romero
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico could pull back on cooperation in migration and security matters if the United States walks away from talks to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement, the Mexican economy minister said in a newspaper report published on Thursday.
Ildefonso Guajardo, who will take part in the first round of NAFTA talks with U.S. and Canadian officials in Washington on Wednesday, told the Reforma daily that new tariffs on Mexican exports to the United States were unacceptable.
“If they do not treat [us] well commercially, they should not expect us to treat them well by containing the migration that comes from other regions of the world and crosses Mexico,” Guajardo said. “Or they should not expect to be treated well in collaboration with security issues in the region.”
Guajardo also said if U.S. President Donald Trump moves to impose tariffs of 35 percent on any Mexican exports, Mexico could respond with “mirror” actions, such as putting an equal tariff on U.S. yellow corn.
In an interview with Reuters this week, Guajardo said he saw a 60 percent probability that the talks would be wrapped up by a soft deadline for year-end. | positive |
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At CES, technological alliances strengthen in self-driving car war – Scode Mustang Sign in Welcome, Login to your account. Forget password? Remember me Sign in Recover your password. A password will be e-mailed to you. Publisher - Home Mustang logo Mustang market Mustang sale Mustang owner Mustang price Home Mustang owner At CES, technological alliances strengthen in self-driving car war Mustang owner At CES, technological alliances strengthen in self-driving car war By Robert M. Schneider Last updated Jan 10, 2022 Share Major automakers like General Motors, Ford and Volvo have strengthened their ties with key technology partners this week to prepare to battle electric car challenger Tesla Inc and Apple Inc as it accelerates to enter the market. Three chip companies – Intel Corp’s Mobileye, Qualcomm, and Nvidia – emerged in a series of announcements at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas as leaders in brain-locking self-driving cars for the next decade. The deals involve consolidating dozens of older, slower chips into more powerful centralized computers. But to win them, chipmakers had to agree to let automakers control key pieces of the technology. Reuters has previously reported that Apple is planning an electric car. Bloomberg reported last year that the iPhone maker is targeting full autonomous driving capabilities as early as 2025. For automakers facing Apple and Tesla, the stakes are high. In addition to electrifying their models, car manufacturers are essentially designing computers with increasing autonomous driving capabilities. This means a great opportunity for automakers to make money with in-car software and services long after vehicles have left a dealership’s lot, but only if they can keep customer relationships and data for themselves, as Tesla and Apple do. Automakers “who weren’t the pioneers are finally realizing that they’re going to be left in the dust if they don’t change their approach,” said Danny Shapiro, automotive vice president of Nvidia, a maker of high power chips. . Nvidia this week announced agreements to supply the electronic brains for future models of several Chinese electric vehicle startups, and is working with other automakers including Mercedes, Hyundai Motor Co, Volvo and Audi. Control over technology and data are areas of tension between automakers and tech companies, Shapiro said. “Control and personalization, and who owns the data?” “ The answer is complex because of the astounding amount of technology required for cars to drive themselves. These include computer vision algorithms to help cameras recognize pedestrians, sprawling high-definition maps of the world’s roads, and “driving policy” software to make millisecond decisions about how the car behaves in the face. to the unexpected. For chipmakers, that means they have to have all aspects of the technology ready, but be ready to let customers choose. Qualcomm Inc, for example, spent $ 4.5 billion last year to buy Veoneer Inc to complete all the software needed to supplement its self-driving car chips. But after winning its first major standalone chip contract with GM this week, those software assets won’t be included because GM has its own. “Our software stack is fully developed in-house. So we’re not taking their pieces, â€said Jason Ditman, chief engineer of GM’s upcoming“ Ultra Cruise â€hands-free driving product. But for other automakers, Qualcomm needs to have all the parts for an autonomous driving system, said Nakul Duggal, senior vice president and general manager of automotive at the chip company. “Different automakers are at different stages of preparation,†he said. “What is essential for the automaker is that it must be able to establish a relationship with the customer that it is trying to acquire. “ A similar dynamic is at play in Mobileye’s relationship with Ford, which deepened this week. Mobileye delivered its camera, chip and autonomous driving software as an all-in-one product. Now Mobileye will start to separate some of the functions of its system and allow Ford to build its own technology on top of it. “We provide all of the outputs to Ford, and they will run their own algorithms in addition to our outputs,” Mobileye chief executive Amnon Shashua told Reuters. Chipmakers have no choice but to be more flexible as they face their own big competitors. Automakers had relied on three primary vendors for the simpler semiconductors that controlled combustion engines – Infineon, Renesas and NXP, said Phil Amsrud, senior analyst at IHS Markit. But the market for chip companies providing high-power calculations to auto makers is relatively crowded, including Chinese companies such as Huawei Technologies Co Ltd and computer vision company Ambarella Inc that are entering the automotive business. “We’re at a point where we maybe get too many vendors,†Amsrud said. “If you look at the automobile traditionally, there has never been more than a handful. “ (Reporting by Stephen Nellis in San Francisco and Joseph White in Detroit; editing by Richard Chang) Related posts: Where to watch the big race roll in Owensboro, Kentucky Mercedes-AMG C 63 thinks it’s a Mustang, crashes at Cali Car Meet while drifting Brad Keselowski switches to Roush Fenway ‘Deal done’: report 1973 Camaro Z28 Restomod has all carbon fiber and 700 HP LS3 Share FacebookTwitterGoogle+ReddItWhatsAppPinterestEmail Robert M. 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