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Brussels, 21 September 2010
Strategy for equality between women and men: Frequently asked questions
Inequalities between women and men damp economic growth and represent a waste of talent. Enhancing gender equality can have economic and business benefits. To achieve the Europe 2020 objectives of smart, sustainable and inclusive growth, women's potential and talents need to be used more extensively. The European Commission is committed to promoting gender equality in all its policies. The gender equality strategy sets out the Commission's actions in five key areas between 2010 and 2015.
What are the goals of the new gender equality strategy?
When the Barroso II Commission took office in 2010, it strengthened its commitment to equality between women and men by adopting a "Women's Charter," (IP/10/237) which identified five priority areas for future action. These are equal economic independence; equal pay for equal work and work of equal value; equality in decision-making; dignity, integrity and an end to gender-based violence; and gender equality in external actions.
The Commission's gender equality strategy for the period 2010-2015 implements the Women's Charter through a series of key actions in these five areas.
It provides a coordinated framework for the main instruments needed to support gender equality in EU policies, including legislation, policy coordination, financial programmes, partnership and social and civil dialogue. It builds on the experience of the Roadmap for equality between women and men of 2006 and on a consultation process launched in 2009.
The actions proposed follow the dual approach of gender mainstreaming and specific measures.
Why does the EU need to address the gender equality issue?
Inequalities between women and men weigh on the economy and represent a waste of talent. There are economic and business benefits from enhancing gender equality1. To achieve the objectives of Europe 2020 of smart, sustainable and inclusive growth, women's potential needs to be used more extensively and efficiently.
What are the main remaining problems in terms of gender equality?
There have been positive trends in gender equality over recent decades. However, important gender gaps remain and progress is too slow in many areas:
What are the strategy's main actions?
The strategy identifies key actions and sets out a list, accompanied by a timetable, of more detailed activities for the next five years. They include:
Is gender equality important for Europeans?
Across the EU, more than two thirds of women (68%) and more than half of men (57%) think that gender inequality is widespread in the European Union, according to a Eurobarometer survey on attitudes to gender equality published in March 2010.
A broad majority of Europeans (61%) believe the EU has an important role to play, and that decisions in this area should be taken jointly within the EU. The priority areas for action are "acts of violence against women" (62%), the "pay gap between women and men" (50%) and the "violation of women's rights in developing countries" (42%).
What is the EU's role in gender equality?
Since 1957, the Treaty of the European Community has provided a legal basis for policy and action on gender equality.
With the entry into force of the new Treaty of the European Union (2009), equality between women and men has been upgraded to the status of a "fundamental value" (Art.2 Treaty on European Union [TEU]) and an objective (Art.3 TEU) of the EU. Moreover, the EU (i.e. all its institutions and organs) is required to aim eliminating inequalities, and to promote equality between men and women in all its activities. In addition, the EU's Charter of Fundamental Rights2 provides for equality between women and men and prohibits sex discrimination in all fields.
How will the Commission work with the EU partners?
The Commission will institute an annual top-level Gender Equality Dialogue. This will take place with the European Parliament, the Trio of Council presidencies, and key stakeholders – in particular the European social partners and civil society.
On the basis of annual reports on equality between women and men, the forum will monitor progress in implementing the Strategy and will identify remaining obstacles.
What budget is planned to support gender equality policies?
Until 2013, the current programmes such as Progress, the European Social Fund, the 7th Framework programme for research and Daphne will continue to provide funding for the implementation of gender equality policies.
The next EU Multiannual Financial Framework will be presented in the first half of 2011. It will provide support after 2013 for the implementation of actions included in the Strategy.
What is the role of the European Institute for Gender Equality?
The European Institute for Gender Equality is a European agency created to support the Member States and the EU in their efforts to promote gender equality, to fight sexual discrimination and to raise awareness about gender issues.
The Institute is expected to have a significant impact on efficient policy-making. Its tasks are to collect and analyse comparable data on gender issues, to develop methodological tools, in particular for the integration of the gender dimension in all policy areas, to facilitate the exchange of best practices and dialogue among stakeholders, and to raise awareness among EU citizens.
Eurobarometer survey on attitudes to domestic violence against women
How aware are Europeans of domestic violence?
98% of people across the EU are aware of domestic violence. This figure was 94% for the EU15 in the previous survey in 1999.
One respondent in four across the EU knows a woman among friends or in the family circle who is a victim of domestic violence, up from 19% in 1999. Meanwhile, one in five Europeans says they know of someone who commits domestic violence in their circle of friends and family (21%).
Across the EU, 78% of respondents believe that domestic violence is very or fairly common in their own country, including 91% in Italy, 89% in France, 87% in the UK, and 86% in Portugal. However, only 50% of respondents in the Czech Republic consider domestic violence to be common, with relatively low scores in Bulgaria (56%), Austria (63%) and Germany (64%) too.
What do Europeans think should be done?
While 78% of Europeans recognise that domestic violence is a common problem, 84% of respondents stated that domestic violence is unacceptable and should always be punishable by law. This number increased from 63% in 1999 to 86% in 2010 for the 15 EU Member States who participated in the original survey (before the 2004 enlargement of the EU).
The survey revealed that a clear majority of EU citizens believe that, in addition to legal measures, providing information to the victims of domestic violence and to the public as a whole is a good way of tackling the problem.
87% of those surveyed believe that the EU should be involved in the fight against domestic violence.
What does the Commission plan to do about the problem?
In March 2011, the Commission will launch a comprehensive strategy for combating violence against women, including an EU-wide campaign to raise awareness of the issues surrounding domestic violence and how to prevent it.
Under the EU action plan for justice policies 2010-2014, the Commission already supports the protection of victims of crime, including women victims of violence and genital mutilation.
For more than 10 years, the DAPHNE programme has been funding actions to combat violence against children, young people and women, and to support and protect victims and groups at risk. DAPHNE fills an important gap in the combat and has funded hundreds of projects in this field since its establishment. DAPHNE makes a difference especially by providing direct support to the organisations in the field and promoting exchange of good practices.
Further information
Press pack including:
Homepage of Viviane Reding, Vice-President and Commissioner for Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship:
Council Conclusions on Gender equality: strengthening growth and employment, 2980th Employment,
social policy, health and consumers affairs Council meeting, 30.11.2009
OJ C 303/1 Art. 23
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California Travis Air Force Base security incident a false alarm
The security incident at Travis Air Force Base was a false alarm, according to a spokesperson with Rep. John Garamendi's office.
There was a planned security drill at the base earlier in the day. The spokesperson said people were on high alert and someone thought they heard a gunshot.
The report forced the base to lock down around 3:30 p.m. Officials posted on Facebook that the Air Force Base was responding to a "real world security incident."
Those on the base were told to lock doors and windows, according to the base's official Twitter account. The public was asked to stay away from the base to ensure emergency responders could respond accordingly.
Initially, the main gates to the base were closed, stopping people from coming onto the base and leaving the base, Fairfield police said.
The lockdown was lifted around 4:50 p.m.
The Air Force Base planned to simulate a "security incident" on base on Wednesday and Thursday. However, the base's official Facebook account posted that "the current security incident is not associated with the scheduled base exercise."

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A Massachusetts resident is facing hate crime charges after allegedly assaulting a Muslim airline employee.
Authorities said the victim, a Delta Airline employee identified as Rabeeya Khan, was sitting in her office in the Delta Sky Lounge of the JFK airport Wednesday when a passenger, identified as Robin Rhodes, 57, of Worcester, who had just arrived from Aruba and was awaiting a connecting flight to Massachusetts approached her.
Authorities said Rhodes came up to the door and said, "Are you (expletive) sleeping? Are you praying? What are you doing?" Rhodes allegedly punched the door, which hit the back of Khan's chair and when Khan asked Rhodes what she did to him, authorities said that Rhodes replied, "You did nothing, but I am going to kick you (expletive) ass."
Rhodes allegedly kicked Khan in the leg, stepped into the office and blocked her from leaving.
An individual came over to the office to try and calm Rhodes down, which is when Khan was able to escape. Authorities said that Khan ran to the lounge's front desk and Rhodes allegedly followed her, got down on his knees, and began to bow down in imitation of a Muslim praying and shouted, "(Expletive) Islam, (expletive) ISIS, Trump is here now. He will get rid of all of you. You can ask Germany, Belgium and France about these kind of people. You will see what happens."
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As much to document to myself my positions going into the election as anything else (this being a bicycling blog, primarily), I'll stake out my position on the presidential election. Really, this should be no surprise.
I'm voting Obama.
A sufficient if not necessary grounds for this position is energy policy, and with it, environmental policy. If you read transcripts of the debates, you may not have seen much of a difference between the two major candidates. However, listening revealed a clear difference. When describing his position, Romney would say "Coal. Oil. Nuclear. andrenewables (one syllable)". On the other hand, Obama would say "Of course oil and clean coal (sic) (rushed), but also a focus on the energy of the future... (emphasis)." Is this significant? I say it is.
In the Republican National Convention, Romney ridiculed Obama for trying to "pick winners" in the energy sphere by supporting Solyndra, a solar energy company which went under not so long after. Additionally, he ridiculed Obama for trying to "stop the rising oceans" (not exact quote, but close) with his policies. Laughter erupted from the crowd.
First the prior issue. The government, Romney argued, shouldn't pick winners. That sounds all nice and all, but Romney has no issue promoting the benefits to the economy from increasing military spending, which explicitly involves picking who and who will not receive military contracts. He has no problem dumping billions into agricultural subsidies, which directly involves picking winners, since some crops (like corn) receive more subsidies, others less. He has no problem picking winners in transportation, as the federal government supports massive transportation projects which have a huge influence on which win (like roads) and which lose (like rail). So Romney is a hypocrite, plain and simple. He has zero reluctance about picking winners. Indeed, in energy he's picked his winner. He has stated his plan to open federal land to more oil drilling. Federal land is a shared resource, owned by every citizen. Romney is taking it upon himself to sell the value of that land off in the quest to sustain cheap oil. If that's not picking winners, then nothing is. Romney is willing to talk the conservative talk when and only when it serves the interests of his donors. There is nothing about him which is actually conservative in the true sense. The only conservative in the election was Ron Paul, and he got blown out of the water early on.
Obama has been at least consistent on the matter. His view is te federal government plays a roll in the success of the nation. Consider that the nation's manufacturing dominance came about primarily as a result of our success in WWII, and nobody would deny war is a "federal program". Our success in the car industry came about only due to the massive investment in the interstate highways, a federal military program. And our success in information technology came about largely following our investment in internet infrastructure, which was also a federal military program. And who is the dominent nation in manufacturing right now? That champion of small government, the champion of individualism, that champion of low taxes: China. So the whole "we built it" line the Republicans have been toting is a line of deception and denial. Without a supporting infrastructure, we'd have at best a feudal economy.
Now the second item: climate change. Well, a lot has been said on the manner and I'm not going to summarize it in a paragraph. But my view, and it's my view, is if you ignore the risks of continued reliance on carbon-emitting fuels, you are a reckless fool or a self-serving fraud. I'm willing to give Romney the benefit of the doubt and give him credit for both. Indeed, how is it that the Republican Party promotes such enormous skepticism about scientific projects of the effect of massive carbon injection into the atmosphere on the climate, but is so willing to accept selected warnings about the effect of debt on the economy? A "conservative" view would be to take the cautious position in both. But in reality, Republican presidents have increased the deficit way more than Democratic presidents have, and there's no indication Romney's going to reduce the present deficit any faster than Obama will. So the whole climate change "skepticism" is nothing more than a weak front for well-paid influence.
That climate change has become such a religious issue in the United States, and perhaps only in the United States, is a testament to the efficacy of marketing and the gullibility induced by neglect of science in our school systems. After all, ignorance and religion go hand-in-hand. This is not an area for Obama enforcement, as his position here has been gross neglect, but the sad state of affairs is even gross neglect is better than what the Republicans offer.
So in summary, It's Obama all the way.
I've been following the polls, and in particular the excellent Five Thirty Eight blog on the New York Times, for months, and my confidence Obama has the support to win this election has been unwavering. However, you don't win on support, you win on votes, and if you claim to support Obama and do not vote in the election, I consider that far worse than voting for Romney. Please vote, not because the vote is likely to swingy the election, but because an educated vote is a personal responsibility in a democracy. A vote is as strong a statement of support for checks and balances, of the strength of our system as it is support for a particular candidate. It's especially tragic when entire blocks of the population under-represent themselves through laziness, allowing fringe fanatics their disproportionate influence.


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Classes for all ages including five adult classes.
Morning Worship -
Our service begins with a greeting, announcements, a hymn and responsive reading. Then we have the offering and another hymn during which we go on radio, television and the Internet. That is followed by another hymn, special music and a Bible based message delivered from the KJV by the pastor. The service is attended by 150 to 200 people and ends around . The dress of those who attend is casual to business. The service ends with a hymn and an invitation for people to receive Christ as personal Savior. In addition, the altar is always open for folks to come for spiritual counsel or prayer. About once a quarter a missionary guest gives a testimony.
Evening Worship -
This service is similar to the service with exception that there is more singing of hymns and choruses and a mission update from one of our missionaries. A Bible based message is delivered from the KJV by the pastor or a guest speaker and the service ends at around . This service has a slightly smaller group in attendance than the morning and the dress is about as the service. Most of the time the service ends with a hymn and there is always an invitation for people to receive Christ as personal Savior. As in the morning service, the altar is always open for folks to come for spiritual counsel or prayer. On the first Sunday of the month we celebrate the Lord's Table and about twice a year we have a baptism service. About once a quarter a missionary guest gives a ministry update and a missions message.Wednesday
Wednesday EveningAt we have a children's program called "Kids 4 Truth" and teen program for those up to high school graduation. A nursery is also provided.
At we have adult prayer meeting and Bible study. This service begins with singing, and then continues with a praise and testimony time followed by the offering, prayer requests and a prayer time. The last 20 minutes of the service is a Bible study from the KJV normally conducted by the pastor who leads us through a study of one of the books of the Bible. Dress is casual. The third Wednesday of the month is dedicated to praying for our missionaries.


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Some of the ward Young Men presidency's responsibilities related to the Aaronic Priesthood include:
Role as Advisers
8.3.4 He [the ward Young Men president] serves as a member of the ward priesthood executive committee and the ward council. As a member of this committee and council, he participates in efforts to build faith and strengthen individuals and families.
8.3.4 The ward Young Men president and his counselors serve as advisers to the Aaronic Priesthood quorums. They work under the direction of the bishopric.
8.3.4 The ward Young Men presidency guides Aaronic Priesthood quorums in fulfilling their priesthood duties.
8.9.4 The [ward] Young Men presidency holds a presidency meeting regularly. The president presides at the meeting and conducts it. The secretary attends, takes notes, and keeps track of assignments.
8.3.4 They [the ward Young Men presidency] also meet regularly with the counselor in the bishopric who oversees the Young Men organization.
Presidency Meetings and Leadership Training
8.3.4 They [the ward Young Men presidency] attend Aaronic Priesthood quorum presidency meetings and provide guidance as needed.
8.3.1 With assistance from quorum advisers, the bishop and his counselors teach leadership skills to quorum leaders and help them fulfill their responsibilities.
8.3.4 He [the ward Young Men president] teaches other Young Men leaders their duties, using Handbook 2 as a resource.
Meetings to attend:
8.9.1 Priesthood Executive Committee (president only)
8.9.1 Ward Council (president only)
8.9.2 Bishopric Youth Committee
8.9.3 Quorum Presidency Meeting
8.9.4 Ward Young Men Presidency Meeting
8.9.5 Stake Priesthood Leadership Meeting
Quorum Meetings
8.3.4 They [the ward Young Men presidency] regularly teach lessons in Sunday quorum meetings, though they may share this responsibility with assistant advisers. They oversee efforts to improve gospel learning and teaching in the quorums.
Duty to God
8.12 Duty to God Program—All Aaronic Priesthood holders are encouraged to participate in the Duty to God program. This program gives Aaronic Priesthood holders opportunities to develop spiritual strength, learn and fulfill their priesthood duties, prepare to receive the Melchizedek Priesthood and serve full-time missions, maintain physical health, and improve their relationships with others. Quorum leaders strive to develop love and brotherhood among quorum members.
Preparation of Young Men
8.2 Aaronic Priesthood leaders assist parents in helping their sons prepare for priesthood ordinations, the temple endowment, full-time missionary service, temple marriage, and fatherhood.
8.7 Helping quorum members prepare for missionary service is a high priority for bishopric members and quorum advisers. . . . Leaders look for ways to include missionary preparation in quorum meetings, presidency meetings, quorum activities, and other settings.
8.7 They provide opportunities in quorum meetings and activities for quorum members to feel and recognize the influence of the Holy Ghost.
Actvities and Scouting
8.13.1 The Young Men presidency, under the direction of the bishopric, oversees Mutual for young men.
8.3.4 They [the Young Men presidency] work with quorum leaders to plan and carry out quorum activities, including Mutual activities.
8.3.4 Where Scouting is authorized by the Church, members of the Young Men presidency are generally called to serve as Scout leaders, but they may be called to serve as assistant Scout leaders.
8.13.4 All adult Scout leaders should register before they begin their service and should receive proper training in their responsibilities. In the United States, registered adult leaders receive liability protection from the Boy Scouts of America.


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Hi, this is Steven Cherry for IEEE Spectrum's "Techwise Conversations."
This is an exciting time for do-it-yourselfers.
Last October, Spectrum ran a feature article about Arduino. Here's what we said.
Arduino has spawned an international do-it-yourself revolution in electronics. You can buy an Arduino board for just about US $30 or build your own from scratch: All hardware schematics and source code are available for free under public licenses. As a result, Arduino has become the most influential open-source hardware movement of its time.
Lightning is about to strike twice in the open-source hardware movement, with the release of Raspberry Pi. For $25, you can get the guts of an entire computer—a single board with a microprocessor,
Wi-Fi, [Wi-Fi can be added through the USB port] and inputs for video, USB, and an SD card. Interest has been intense—the initial launch on February 29th briefly crashed the Raspberry Pi website, and people have been signing up as quickly as once every 6 seconds.
My guest today is the founder of Raspberry Pi, Eben Upton. He's a chip architect at Broadcom, which also makes the chip that's at the heart of the board. He joins us by phone from Cambridge, England.
Eben, welcome to the podcast.
Eben Upton: Hi there.
Steven Cherry: So, tell us about the Raspberry Pi and why does the world need it when we already have Arduino?
Eben Upton: OK. So the Raspberry Pi is this little credit-card-size computer; it's designed for, as you say, low cost and a reasonable amount of performance, and it's really just a Linux PC. So it's a Linux PC with an ARM processor instead of the x86 processor that you'd find inside most Linux desktops. We think the reason the world needs this is primarily as a platform for children to learn to program on. We've experienced a steady decline in both the number and the range of skills of children programming computers, particularly people applying to study computer science and higher education. And this is really intended to fill that gap—you know, provide a platform, just as I in the 1980s had an 8-bit microcomputer. It's designed to fill that gap.
Steven Cherry: Yeah. So, I gather from your own work teaching young computer science students, you've discovered that in many cases all they can do is program Web pages.
Eben Upton: Absolutely. So, I think we've had a reduction from, say, if you think about 1995, which was when I went to college, you could typically rely on an undergraduate having done a substantial amount of real programming, often quite a deep level of technical work on one or more platforms. Many of us could program in one or more assembly languages. And yeah, within 10 years of that point, we were getting to a point where your average applicant was maybe somebody who'd done, as you say, a little bit of Web design, maybe a little bit of Web programming—you know, we saw quite a bit of people who'd maybe done some PHP but not that kind of deep technical understanding of how machines work.
Steven Cherry: Let's talk about what you get for 25 bucks, which strikes me as insane: This ARM11 processor is apparently fast enough to play a Blu-ray–quality movie?
Eben Upton: So, what we have is an SoC [system-on-a-chip], a Broadcom SoC, which contains a number of hardware accelerators. So things like decoding high-definition video or doing very high performance 3-D graphics, we actually have dedicated hardware accelerator blocks to help the ARM do that. So the ARM is really is mostly running control-side code.
Steven Cherry: It has an RCA port and HDMI?
Eben Upton: Yeah. So we thought it was important to be able to drive older televisions. You know, one of our visions for this is that it will end up in the bedrooms of children just like, say, my BBC microcomputer did when I was a child. And there we felt although there are going to be a lot of people like me who aren't particularly price sensitive and have modern flat-panel televisions or monitors, so we need to have an HDMI connection to support them. So we are expecting maybe a lot of younger users to have scrounged up a television from somewhere, an old standard-definition television, so the RCA jack and the analog audio output are important for supporting those people.
Steven Cherry: Eben, I know you can't disclose the bill of materials, but I gather it's fairly close to the actual selling price. And I'm told you wanted to do the manufacturing in the U.K., but that didn't work out, and you ended up in China and Taiwan.
Eben Upton: Yeah, indeed. I mean, this is mostly a supply chain issue. This is a board which largely can be assembled robotically, so there isn't actually that much of a labor cost issue, but if you look at the global supply chain, you know all of your precursor components are in the Far East, and therefore it's extremely hard to justify, particularly if you're then going to re-export the device to, say, some of the BRIC countries [Brazil, Russia, India, and China] or if you're going to re-export the device to India or to China, it's very hard to justify bringing those components over to the United Kingdom or over to the United States, doing the assembly here, and then shipping the finished goods to their final destination.
Steven Cherry: Now, the Raspberry Pi is not quite as open as Arduino, right? There's no data sheet for the Broadcom chip, for example.
Eben Upton: Well, we have actually managed to obtain an edited data sheet, so there are always going to be elements on the chip which are going to remain proprietary. Some of those accelerators that I mentioned are always going to remain proprietary, but the level of where the UART is, or where the timers are, or how you drive the intro controller...those things which are the things you really need if you want to port a new operating system, I mean we have people talking—although we use Linux on it—we have people talking about porting some BSD variants and some more exotic operating systems. We have actually managed to obtain a data sheet, which has enough information to do that piece of work, at least.
Steven Cherry: And I guess that's not unprecedented. For example, the Android phone is based on an open-source design, but the actual 3-D chip is a bit of a black box to developers.
Eben Upton: Yeah. I think very few if any 3-D core or IP core vendors or SoC vendors who make their own 3-D cores—and Broadcom is one—very few organizations actually publish significant amounts of deep technical data about how their 3-D accelerators work.
Steven Cherry: So, the Raspberry Pi is essentially the system board of a computer. I guess if you wanted to actually use it as, like, a tiny laptop to run a browser or Google Docs or something, you'd still need a bunch of stuff, right?
Eben Upton: Yeah. So you'd need some sort of—I think our guiding philosophy here has been we want to piggyback on top of things that people already have, we really don't want people to have to have any more expenditure beyond just buying the base unit. So we use a USB mouse and keyboard. Now, those are—there are many of them in the world. Most people can scrounge one up; even if you can't scrounge one up, they really are only a very few dollars. We use obviously HDMI or RCA to drive a television, so there's an assumption there that somebody has—I think the assumption that in the developed world somebody can obtain, certainly, a standard-definition television at virtually zero cost is a good assumption. Secondhand standard-definition televisions are effectively worthless. You know, they have negative value, you have to pay someone to take them away, so we're imagining kids going and getting one of these down out of the attic, maybe going and finding a relative who's got one, and taking that. So, we use the television for display output, we use an SD card for our mass storage, and there are a lot of low-capacity SD cards out there in the world, right? And then for power we use a mobile phone charger. So, we use a Micro-USB mobile phone charger, which certainly in Europe now is kind of a mandated standard, that all mobile phones have to charge with this format of charger. We expect that that will become the case elsewhere in the world as well.
Steven Cherry: I guess one of the great charms of a project like this is that people are going to do things that you couldn't possibly anticipate, but you're already hearing some interesting things that people are doing with them.
Eben Upton: Yeah, absolutely. There's enormous stuff just in the—you put in the class of "control." So people that are wanting to use these to control a thing, whether it's a home automation, whether it's something in their car...we have a number of people that are into the kind of hot-rodding scene; I've talked about using these to control—as sort of replacement engine management computers. People have talked about using them in various aerospace applications: so, balloons, sounding rockets, at least one group of people talking about nanosat. There's quite an active academic nanosat community, and so these things actually in orbit would be fun. And then there's a whole range of people who have these kind of media-like applications for them. It has very good media performance, so some people are just looking to have them as a home media center. People want to run Xbox media center on it, maybe, plug it into their television, and then it'll just sit there serving movies to them.
Steven Cherry: Now, you first launched in the very end of February, and I guess right away demand sort of outstripped supply. Have you caught up yet?
Eben Upton: No, we are a long way from catching up because demand just keeps going up. So the orders that went in in February were all preorders. We are actually—just now it's the 10th of April—speaking today, we expect the very first devices—no devices have shipped to date—so we expect the very first devices to go out of the door, probably, the start of next week. So, I guess that's the week commencing the 16th of April, so the very first devices will come out there, and then most of the effort over the last month and a bit since launch has gone to managing the ramp. You know, I think where we were first thinking about this, we were thinking about building 1000 or 10 000 of these. Once you're thinking about building 100 000 units, then it's a whole different environment. The class of company you want to deal with if you're manufacturing is different, and some of the issues which you were prepared to put up with when you were only making a few thousand, in terms of how smooth the factory flow is, particularly the program and test flow, you know, it really pays to optimize that stuff once you go into high volume. So there's been a lot of effort going into that, and in parallel with that we've had a qualification process going on. We've been applying for FCC and CE qualification for these devices, which we hadn't originally intended to do initially. But once it became apparent, both the kind of volume and the demographic, that these things weren't just going to go to developers, they were going to go to everyone—you know, we have children buying on day one, which we hadn't really initially imagined—it became apparent we were going to need to get some certification. So we've been doing EM—both emissions and immunity—static ESD sensitivity, tests like that, in the lab.
Steven Cherry: It sounds like a lot of work. You mentioned that there is a small profit margin on the pricing, but you set up the whole Raspberry Pi thing as a charity based in the U.K. Don't you like making money, Eben?
Eben Upton: I very much like making money. One of the nice things is that this is an environment for not making money. I've been involved in a number of start-ups, and it's just nice to have something which feels like a business but where we can focus on just doing the right thing, I guess. My experience of being in business is that you have to worry about two things: You have to worry about creating value, and you have to worry about capturing value, right? If you don't create value, no one's going to give you money for it, but you also need to worry about once you've created that value, making sure it ends up in your pocket and not somebody else's. And often you'll do something which is, I guess, suboptimal from the point of view of value creation in order to make sure that you can capture it.
Steven Cherry: Now, you put this all together while still holding down a day job, which, as I mentioned, you're currently the technical director at Broadcom, which is the company that makes the chip at the heart of the Raspberry Pi. I guess there are some obvious synergies between the two roles, but have there been any potential conflicts you've had to skirt around?
Eben Upton: I guess I mean there are obviously always issues when you're a supplier and a customer. I guess it's mostly about I know an enormous amount how this chip works. I was involved in the team that designed the 3-D graphics processor for this chip, so I have in my head this vast amount of information about the chip, and kind of trying to select an appropriate amount of disclosure has obviously needed a bit of finesse, right? If I told people everything I know about this chip, then I would be divulging important stuff which is valuable to Broadcom. So just trying to strike that balance has been...yeah, I've needed to think about it.
Steven Cherry: Now, you started this whole effort about six years ago, I guess, and you were still affiliated with a lab at Cambridge University at the time. Is Cambridge becoming something of an incubator of technology in a way that maybe Stanford, at the heart of Silicon Valley, is?
Eben Upton: Right. So we have this thing we call Silicon Fen—I mean, we're out in the Fenlands here—and we call this place Silicon Fen. Historically, it's been an enormously important incubator of high tech in the U.K. It's been one of the small number of, kind of, clusters, sort of like the Stanford cluster or the Boston cluster in North America. So we've had a cluster here, there's a cluster in the southwest of England in Bristol, and there's been one up in Scotland for a long time, sometimes called Silicon Glen. And one of the issues, I guess, for us is this cluster of high tech around Cambridge, 'cause obviously ARM are here, right? If you want to see the big poster children, ARM is probably the biggest and most successful, certainly the biggest and most successful Cambridge tech stock start-up in a long time. So all of these companies are dependent on a flow of talent, they're all dependent on a flow of graduate talent, and that's the real threat here right? That's the threat which we're set up to try and mitigate. This idea that if you don't have kids programming you don't get students who can program, if you don't have students who can program you don't get graduate students who can program, and then that's the sort of thing that starts to chip away at the underpinnings of these clusters.
Steven Cherry: You really chose a very kid-friendly name for the enterprise. I should mention that it's Raspberry, like the fruit, and Pi, p-i, as in the transcendental number. What went into that choice?
Eben Upton: It was designed by committee. So the Pi is actually the Py from Python misspelled. When I was first looking at doing this, I was looking at a computer that really was much more limited than the final Raspberry Pi, and really all it could do was run Python, so it couldn't run Linux. So the current device—you want to run Python on a Linux PC, you boot it up, you type Python, and it runs Python. The original device really could only run Python, so that's where the Pi element comes from, and the Raspberry thing is fruit-named computer companies, right? There's been a lot of computer companies named after fruit; there aren't that many left…names, available names. We had in the U.K. a company called Apricot for a long time, we had a company called Tangerine; in fact, Acorn, which was the company that eventually became ARM, that Acorn was technically a fruit. So there have been a number of fruit-named computer companies, and this is just another one in that line.
Steven Cherry: Very good. Well, you launched on February 29th. I think you missed a huge bet by not waiting two weeks and launching on March 13th, which would have been pi day, but other than that, I think you guys have done pretty much everything right. So I'd like to congratulate you and thank you very much.
Eben Upton: Awesome. Thanks very much for your time.
Steven Cherry: We've been speaking with Eben Upton, founder of the Raspberry Pi $25 computer. For IEEE Spectrum's "Techwise Conversations," I'm Steven Cherry.
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From Isikoff's piece:
The confidential memo lays out a three-part test that would make targeted killings of American lawful: In addition to the suspect being an imminent threat, capture of the target must be "infeasible, and the strike must be conducted according to 'law of war principles.'" But the memo elaborates on some of these factors in ways that go beyond what the attorney general said publicly. For example, it states that U.S. officials may consider whether an attempted capture of a suspect would pose an "undue risk" to U.S. personnel involved in such an operation. If so, U.S. officials could determine that the capture operation of the targeted American would not be feasible, making it lawful for the U.S. government to order a killing instead, the memo concludes.The memo does not define "recently" or "activities."
Though Isikoff notes that the memo is not meant to be a binding legal document, rather a "legal framework," nonetheless there's a glaring lack of legal definition for key words that act as steps in determining a citizen's guilt and subsequent death penalty.
For clarification, Isikoff talked to Jameel Jaffer, a lawyer from the American Civil Liberties Union who recently had a drone-strike suit against the U.S. Government dropped in a somewhat perplexing context.
The judge on the case, Judge Colleen McMahon, determined that she was in a "Catch 22," and dismissed the suit on the grounds that she could not force the government to reveal information key to the National Security of the U.S., though revealing that information would normally be tantamount to a death penalty.
From her ruling:
I can find no way around the thicket of laws and precedents that effectively allow the Executive Branch of our Government to proclaim as perfectly lawful certain actions that seem on their face incompatible with our Constitution and laws, while keeping the reasons for their conclusion a secret.
Upon looking at the leaked white paper, Jaffer told NBC that he thought it was "chilling."
"Basically, it argues that the government has the right to carry out the extrajudicial killing of an American citizen," he told NBC. "It recognizes some limits on the authority it sets out, but the limits are elastic and vaguely defined, and it's easy to see how they could be manipulated."
Perhaps the most chilling line — "An individual's interest in avoiding erroneous deprivation of his life is 'uniquely compelling'" — was paired with — "These same realities must also be considered in assessing 'the burdens the Government would face in providing greater process' to a member of enemy forces."
The document also states multiple times that "citizenship" does not "immunize" and individual against "lethal" attack.
We will continue to update this report as we study the white paper.
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The Frisco ISD Board of Trustees approved several changes to school attendance zones that will go into effect for the start of the 2018-19 school year.
The zones determine which schools students attend based on their address. Each fall, the District reviews attendance zones and proposes changes as necessary to accommodate enrollment growth and more effectively utilize building capacity across the District.
FISD added approximately 2,500 students between October 2016 and October 2017 and is projected to add another 2,000 students by October 2018.
The District will open four new schools in fall 2018 to provide overcrowding relief, including Memorial High School, Lawler Middle School and Liscano and Talley elementary schools.
The new zones create attendance boundaries for the four new schools and balance enrollment at another 23 existing campuses to promote student opportunity, long-term stability and effective utilization of space.
Approximately 3,900 current students will be affected by the rezoning. Of those, about 2,800 are slated to attend one of the four new schools.
Student transfers will be available to elementary campuses projected at less than 90 percent of capacity.
Where possible, the Board also approved exceptions for students who will be in fifth or eighth grade next year to allow them to finish their elementary or middle-school years at their current campus. These include:
Parents of students impacted by rezoning have been notified of the approved zones and any exceptions available via email.
To view the approved zones or learn more about rezoning in Frisco ISD, visit www.friscoisd.org/zones.
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New 2019 MitsubishiOutlander ES CUV
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Fun to drive and gets great gas mileage!
By Jc on Friday, June 21, 2019I love my Outlander GT! Bought it used in 2017 and it's the perfect size. Fits my kids' friends in the 3rd row when needed for quick trips (not comfortably), but we knew that we weren't going to use the 3rd row on a daily basis when buying it. It's handy to have those extra seats though. It has great pick up, is fun to drive and easy to park. Amazing gas mileage! Easily gets over 30mpg on long distance trips. Handles well in Colorado winters too. My only complaint is that the suspension is very stiff and you feel every bump! Overall the outlander is a great value and reliable!
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Good car for the price
By Ejvfm800 on Wednesday, June 12, 2019I have owned this car for 13 months. I am kind of particular. But my needs are relatively basic. I like the style of the vehicle interior. The exterior is OK. I have owned Hondas and Kias prior to this. I feel like the quality and ride are on par with those. A couple of things I do not like about the car...the locks are weird. I am used to all doors automatically locking when you put the car in drive. And unlocking when you turn the car off. This one is the opposite. Very annoying. You have to remember to lock the car doors when you're inside driving. Also I locked my son in the car a couple of times accidentally , when I got out I thought he could get out but his door was still locked. He tried to get out and set the alarm off. Another thing is the sun visors really need to be adjustable. Like the ones that slide out so you can move them depending on where the sun is. Overall, I like it.
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excellent AWD suv at a great price.
By Jesus on Thursday, May 23, 2019I purchased a 2015 Golf SEL TDI a year ago and just traded it for a PHEV GT.I had been looking at this car since before it was available here in the US and I finally found the one with options I was looking for. I live in NYC and on the first tank fill up I got an average of 43 MPH,there are not many cars in the US that give you 40 mph, so to get an suv AWD that gives you that kind of mileage is amazing.I am even getting a higher mph on my second tank due to more electric driving. Mitsubishi claims a 22 mile battery range on battery, but I actually got 28 miles driving from NYC to upstate.I believe they are being very conservative on their ratings. I find this car to be very high tech where it counts, such as the electric drive , AWD and options such as brake hold, the different running modes and options such as adaptive cruise control, brake warning, and lake keeping assist and then it is very manual in the sense that you can turn the functions off just by pressing buttons. I really like that the back seat reclines and to fold it flat you don't even have to remove the head rest, it just folds flat.you also have some nice storage underneath the back floor. I bought this car to keep for many years and so far I don't see any reason why not to.
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BANGOR, Maine — Two men charged in connection with a plot to smuggle tusks from narwhal whales into the U.S. through the Milltown Port of Entry in Calais entered not guilty pleas Friday at separate arraignments in U.S. District Court.
Andrew J. Zarauskas, 59, of Union N.J. and Jay Gus Conrad, 66, of Lakeland, Tenn., pleaded not guilty to charges of conspiracy to import merchandise, conspiracy to launder money, and smuggling goods into the U.S. during their respective appearances at the Margaret Chase Smith Federal Building.
Both men were released after their arraignment hearings.
Bail for Conrad, who is being represented by Federal Public Defender Virginia Villa, was set at $10,000 cash to be paid within 10 days.
Zarauskas' bail was set at $25,000, unsecured. Stephen Smith was appointed his federal public defender Friday. Among the conditions of his release are that he submit to drug testing and that he refrain from gambling.
The Americans and two Canadians were indicted last month by a federal grand jury.
The names of the Canadians were redacted from documents filed in federal court in Bangor.
The Canadians have yet to be apprehended by U.S. authorities, Assistant U.S. Attorney Todd S. Mikolop, who is prosecuting Conrad, Zarauskas and the unnamed Canadians, told U.S Magistrate Judge Margaret Kravchuk during Friday's proceedings.
"I'm hoping it happens within the next month," he said.
The proceedings in Maine appear to mirror a Canadian case of narwhal tusk smuggling, according to the Telegraph-Journal newspaper, based in Saint John, New Brunswick.
"Gregory Robert Logan, 54, and Nina Lorene Logan, 51, both of Woodmans Point, [New Brunswick] each face 27 charges in Canada that they unlawfully exported narwhal tusks from St. Stephen to Calais, Maine — a violation of the Wild Animal and Plant Protection Regulation under Canada's International and Interprovincial Trade Act," the newspaper reported earlier this month. "They also face one charge that they knowingly possessed narwhal tusks for the purpose of exporting from Canada."
According to the newspaper, the charges were filed by the Canadian federal Environment Department. The Logans are scheduled April 2 to appear in court in St. Stephen, New Brunswick.
Mikolop declined Wednesday to discuss the case.
Mikolop, who works for the Environmental Crimes Section of the Environmental and Natural Resources Division of the U.S. Justice Department in Washington, D.C., would neither confirm nor deny that the Logans are the Canadians named in the indictment handed up in Bangor.
The narwhal is a medium-sized toothed whale native to Arctic waters and protected by the Marine Mammal Protection Act. The law prohibits any person from using any port, harbor or other place under the jurisdiction of the United States to import marine mammals or marine mammal products, the indictment said. It is also unlawful for any person to transport, purchase, sell, export, or offer to purchase, sell, or export any marine mammal or marine mammal product for any purpose other than public display, scientific research or enhancing the survival of a species.
Canada does allow export of the tusks, according to the Telegraph-Journal, but will not issue permits for narwhal whale parts to countries that do not permit their importation, such as the U.S.
Conrad, Zarauskas and the Canadians conspired from December 2000 to February 2010 to smuggle the tusks into the U.S. and to hide the proceeds of their sale, according to the indictment, dated Nov. 14. The Canadians may have purchased the tusks legally in northern Canada, then contacted potential buyers on the Internet.
According to the indictment, the Canadians customized a vehicle and a utility trailer to conceal the tusks. Once in Maine, the men allegedly drove to the Bangor FedEx location and sent more than 75 shipments of the tusks to customers, including Conrad in Tennessee and Zarauskas in New Jersey.
The Canadians, either separately or together, set up a bank account at Machias Savings Bank in Bangor and a mailing address in Ellsworth, where payments from Conrad for the illegal tusks were sent, the indictment said. The Canadians allegedly had the money transferred to a Canadian bank or withdrew it in large amounts from the bank.
If convicted, Zarauskas and Conrad each face up to 20 years in prison on the money laundering and smuggling charges.


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jamesgray necesitaba un nuevo diseño de botón o icono y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 37 diseños de 11 diseñadores freelance.
25 web 2.0 style icons in VECTOR. Possible future design work for selected artist.
Please submit designs over white background.
I need 25 icons designed in vector format, preferably Illustrator. I'dlike them to have a similar look and feel to the iPhone, similar notthe same! Each icon should appear to have a "glossy appearance". Iwould like each design to be inside of a rounded edge square shape.This icon setneeds to portray a feeling of light hearted and fun with possiblegradients and attractive colors. These will need to fit into a 400 X600 pixel area so simplicity is key. Please avoid heavy drop shadows,heavy bevel effects or anything that may complicate the appearance.They needto stand together as "family" and resemble a similar style. The use offont is not encouraged, but I understand that text can often be usefulto create design elements. If fonts are used please keep it consistentfrom one icon to the next and keep in mind light and fun. Serif fonts arenot recommend. If fonts are used be sure they are converted to outlinesbefore file submission.
- I will be looking at attention to detail and coherent design. Pleasesubmit work that is organized, layered and accurately named. Please be sure to keep all colors in RGB mode.
- The icons that need to be designed are as follows:
- 2 icons for Messages ("no new messages" or "new messages")
- Add/Find New Alerts
- Online Shopping
- Local Shopping and Dining
- Customize Settings
- My Alerts
- Manage My Account (Change profile settings)
- Download
- Buy Credits
- Help
- Videos
- My Network (my friends)
- Add Friend
- Email
- Cell phone
- Computer
- (Keyword) Search
- Home
- Delete
- Star
- Free Shipping
- Rebate
- Coupon
- Exclusive Deal
- Complicated designs that try to fit a lot into a little.
- Background patterns that are distracting to the eye and take away from the icons such as swirls, checkers, etc.
- Pixel based artwork.
- Random color selections. Please use your color theory and apply colorsthat work well together in each icon and on a larger scale with theentire icon set.


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Cannon releases poignant hospital footage
NICK CANNON has released poignant footage from his stint in hospital battling kidney failure as part of a documentary series about his health battle.
Mariah Carey's husband was hospitalised in December (11) during a family vacation in Aspen, Colorado and diagnosed with acute kidney failure, and he was back under the care of doctors in February (12) after blood clots were discovered in his lungs.
The rapper/actor was later found to be suffering from a rare form of autoimmune disease lupus, and he has now released a film about his struggle with ill health.
The first part of the documentary series, titled NCredible Health Hustle, was posted on Cannon's website on Monday (02Apr12) and shows him lying in a hospital bed at the height of his health battle.
The video also shows Cannon receiving a visit from his grandfather, being helped to dress himself, and displaying his swollen face, which is puffy from his illness.
He narrates the footage and says, "A few days ago, I was with my family in the snow, playing, having a good time. All of a sudden, I started swelling up, having shortness of breath, excruciating pain in my right side. I wake up in the hospital, a bunch of doctors telling me I've got kidney failure... This is my journey. Ups and downs. It's raw. It's personal. My setbacks and my triumphs. My pain, my grind, my life."


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Tom McClintock to hold Truckee town hall meeting
TRUCKEE, Calif. — California Congressman Tom McClintock will participate in two events in Truckee on Thursday, May 2, his office recently announced.
At noon, he will speak at the Truckee Rotary Club Luncheon at the Truckee Recreational Center, 8924 Donner Pass Road, Truckee. Then, at 6 p.m., the congressman will hold a town hall meeting at the Truckee Tahoe Airport Community Room, 10356 Truckee Airport Road. The public is invited to attend.
Furthermore, McClintock's office will join with representatives from Nevada and Placer counties to hold a Veterans Resource Day in Truckee on May 22 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. The event will be held at Truckee Town Hall, 10183 Truckee Airport Road.
According to a press release, the event will provide veterans with the information they need to access benefits from the Veterans Affairs Administration. Representatives from the American Legion and the Veterans of Foreign Wars will be on hand to assist active-duty military, wounded warriors and military families.
McClintock represents California's 4th district, which ncompasses parts or all of the following counties: Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, El Dorado, Fresno, Madera, Mariposa, Nevada and Placer.


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Historically working with salons and stylists thanks to its PRO division, BaByliss perfected its professional hairstyling expertise by developing products and technologies that continually sought to better meet professional requirements: performance, precision and protection define our products.
For decades, BaByliss has been revolutionizing the electro-beauty industry with its technological innovations: from the first curling iron created in 1961 to the Curl Secret created in 2013, the mission of the BaByliss Group has been to innovate and provide everyone with beauty tools they can use daily.
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BaByliss appliances are lasting and efficient but above all, they are smart and convenient, designed to meet modern needs and make your everyday life easier.
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A pioneering brand, creator of Beauty, sold by wholesalers and retailers in 61 countries.
In 2003, with BaByliss For MEN, BaByliss launches a line of electric and non-electric hair clippers. BaByliss for Men offers men the modern tools they need to turn the "chore" of shaving into a moment of relaxation.
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The R&D department develops new concepts and improves on existing products. This is where ideas come to life! The study of shapes, structures and colors allows BaByliss Paris to remain a first-rate technological actor and trendsetter through its innovative products.
Marketing teams pay close attention to the market to satisfy our customers. They work every day with the Communication, Digital, HR, Finance and Legal departments who operate from the head office in Montrouge.
Our business teams and sales force develop a strong partnership with retailers in Europe and around the world.
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The BaByliss factory in Bergamo (Italy) is the largest production unit of hair dryers in Europe, and is representative of our professional expertise.
Our technical teams guarantee the quality and conformity of BaByliss products. In addition, Customer Service is available to customers to always better respond to their requests.
The logistics center in Iwuy (Northern France) is responsible for distributing the Group's products in over 60 countries, at the rate of over 600 orders daily.


text: Massa and son Felipinho after his blistering day around the Shanghai International Circuit [Reuters]Ferrari driver Felipe Massa set the fastest time in Friday's practice sessions for the Formula One Chinese Grand Prix, earning praise from his team for an 'incredible' performance.Massa set a best time of 1 minute, 35.340 seconds around the Shanghai International Circuit in the afternoon session, putting him 0.15 seconds ahead of Lotus' Kimi Raikkonen, with Ferrari teammate Fernando Alonso third.Massa's strong performance surprised even Ferrari, with engineer Rob Smedley telling him over his pit-to-car radio that 'the pace is not good, it's incredible.'Mercedes' Nico Rosberg - who won this race last year and led it the two times before that - was fourth fastest on his pet circuit and Red Bull's Mark Webber was fifth. Webber, who is feuding with teammate Sebastian Vettel, will doubtless take some pleasure in seeing the three-time world champion down in tenth on the timesheets.McLaren driver Jenson Button was sixth and Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton seventh, with both those driver among many complaining of high tire degradation.The sides of the main straight were carpeted in 'marbles' of shorn rubber and the softer of the two compounds was barely lasting two laps before the times began to drop away.Raikkonen complained over his radio that the soft tire will not work in the race, setting up a series of early pitstops on Sunday, as the race leaders will start on softs because they need to use them in qualifying.Force India pair Adrian Sutil and Paul di Resta were eighth and ninth fastest respectively.The main casualty of the session was Marussia driver Max Chilton, whose car ground to a halt very early with a suspected fuel pressure failure. Having got it restarted for the final 10 minutes, he again soon pulled off the circuit with a similar failure.Williams driver Valtteri Bottas also missed the first half of the second session with an unreported mechanical failure. SOURCE: AP Sport Formula One China India


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Publishing Industry Jobs
As recently as five to seven years ago, careers in the publishing industry were actually limited because of the small number of existing publishing houses, and the majority of those have been privately owned for generations and remain so today. However, many opportunities exist in the publishing industry because of the new innovative technology that has arisen out of the Internet.
Probably the most obvious job within the publishing industry is that of an author. The second most well known or recognized job outside of the publishing industry is that of a literary agent, and the third is editor.
Authors write the material or texts that are to be published. They submit their work to literary agents who forward the work onto the editors of publishing companies. Sometimes authors will forward their work directly onto the editor, foregoing the agent who will take a percentage cut of the author's paycheck.
If the author is really lucky, the editor will call him directly with a job.
One of the problems is letting go of out-dated thinking and processes. While some places may have a 'top-down' problem, others have leadership that actually do think in terms of the 21st century and new media opportunities. But they are most likely the exception. Part of the problem is one of a slow-to-change work culture.
There are many (great) veteran editors and sales people in publishing companies near and far that have held on tightly to the same way of doing things; editors used to only have to work on a print version of a magazine and sales made fairly easy commissions on recurring print advertising. Now editors frequently have several outlets to satisfy (print, web, podcast interviews, webcasts and, yes, videos) while sales people have to sell sponsorships for these new content vehicles. Sales people also need to understand these new technologies to convincingly sell them.
Thepeople working in desktop publishing use a computer software in order to produce and format publication material. They basically use numbers, text and data to prepare the publication material. The publication material can range from newsletters, newspapers to magazines and books.
There is a huge demand for people in the desktop publishing industry. In fact the statistics show that about 4 out of 10 desktop publishing professionals work in various newspapers, books, periodicals and directories. Every 1 professional out of 4 work in the printing industry and other related activities.
The statistics also show that employment figures are also expected to grow faster in the near future.The jobs are easily accessible for people with a certificate or degree. To receive a degree you can get a training from an accredited vocational school or college. The time that you'll have to invest in order to get a certificate in desktop publishing is not much, in fact it in about a year, what it takes to get yourself a desktop publishing certificate.
There are other lesser known jobs in the publishing industry other than author, agent, editor, and publisher. One of these lesser known jobs is that of author publicist. The publicist takes the published book, the author, and puts together a public relations campaign that goes beyond simply marketing. If the author is a growing phenomenon, chances are that the publicist can be seen right beside the author during book tours.


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Mike Pence Avoids North Korean Delegation During Opening Ceremony
Vice President Mike Pence did not recognize the sister of North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un during the opening ceremony at the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea. According to Fox News, Pence shook hands with all the dignitaries except Kim Yo Jong, during a VIP reception ahead of the ceremony.
In a rare show of unity, Kim Yo Jong, and South Korean President Moon Jae-in shook hands after they were announced during the opening ceremony. Kim Yo Jong's visit to South Korea marks the first time a family member of the North Korean dynasty has traveled to South Korea since the Korean war, which started in 1950.
Pence did not stay for the entire opening ceremony. He left shortly after the United States was introduced.


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2012 was a roller coaster year for cycling, packed with some great racing moments but also some damning revelations and confirmations about the past.
Cyclingnews looks back at the best racing moments over the year's racing with this giant photo gallery.
The 2012 season started under the blue skies of the Tour Down Under in Australia and then returned to Europe with Tom Boonen dominating the cobbles and Joaquim Rodriguez conquering the Ardennes with victory at Fleche-Wallonne.
Ryder Hesjedal become the first Canadian to win the Giro d'Italia after a close battle with Rodriguez in the mountains, while Bradley Wiggins became the first British winner at the Tour de France after a tour de force by Team Sky. Teammate Chris Froome was Wiggins' biggest threat and finished second overall after Team Sky also won six stages, with world champion Mark Cavendish winning three of them before confirming his move to Omega Pharma-QuickStep for 2013.
The London Olympics came just a week after the Tour de France but Wiggins held his form to win gold in the time trial and became a national hero at home. Cavendish and Great Britain were unable to complete a double in the road race however, with Alexandre Vinokourov spoiling the party with a late attack to beat Rigoberto Uran in the sprint on the Mall.
The Vuelta a Espana also saw a comeback and produced more thrilling racing, with Alberto Contador snatching victory from Rodriguez with an audacious but determined attack. John Degenkolb confirmed his sprinting talent, winning five stages.
Philippe Gilbert had a disappointing early season but bounced back and silenced his growing critics by winning the world title in Valkenburg. Nobody could match his attack on the Cauberg climb and he will deservedly wear the rainbow jersey in 2013.
Marianne Vos was crowned the queen of women's cycling after her Olympic and world championship double, while the UCI finally took concrete steps to help develop women's racing by introducing equal prize money for men and women in major races.