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12 Jan | Call for Participation issued |
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11 Mar | Acceptance notification sent |
14 Mar | Program released |
4-5 Apr | Workshop |
The MultilingualWeb project is funded by the European Commission through the ICT PSP Grant Agreement No. 250500, and as part of the Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme.
Today, the World Wide Web is fundamental to communication in all walks of life. As the share of English web pages decreases and that of other languages increases, it is vitally important to ensure the multilingual success of the World Wide Web.
The MultilingualWeb project is looking at best practices and standards related to all aspects of creating, localizing and deploying the Web multilingually. The project aims to raise the visibility of existing best practices and standards and identify gaps. The core vehicle for this is a series of four events which are planned for the coming two years. Following the highly successful first event in Madrid, this second workshop will be held in Pisa, Italy, and hosted jointly by the Istituto di Informatica e Telematica and Istituto di Linguistica Computazionale, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche.
On this page: Goals, scope, audience • How to participate • Venue, hotels, etc.
Related links: Registration • Program • About W3C
Building on the success of the previous event, this workshop will use a similar format to once again bring together speakers and participants with an interest in best practices and standards aimed at helping content creators, localizers, tools developers, and others meet the challenges of the multilingual Web. It provides further opportunities for networking across communities that span the various aspects involved.
While the themes for this workshop remain broad, we are particularly interested in topics that address standards and best practices aimed at development of Content for the Web. This includes creation of content ranging from personal authoring for blogs and social networking sites to development of large corporate or organizational enterprises.
We are particularly interested in speakers who can identify gaps in current standards and best practices related to the mutilingual Web, and propose opportunities for addressing those. The European Commission is interested in these workshops as a means to identify directions for future project work related to the multilingual Web, and as a vehicle for increasing contact and cross-fertilization between experts in this area.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:
Creators. Content management and authoring tools; Browser support; Mobile Web; Voice on the Web; Language selection & navigation; Multilingual web sites; Usability & design for i18n ...
Localizers. Localization standards & tools; TM and terminology databases; Machine translation; Crowd-sourcing; Cloud based issues; Process enablers ...
Users. Social Web (blogs, social media, etc.); Cultural topics; Minority languages; Accessibility; ...
Machines. Semantic web; Multilingual web services; Language resources; Text mining; Language technologies; Search engine optimization; Web architecture and processes ...
Policy makers. Why the multilingual web matters; Trends; Standards organization players; Political enforcements ...
Participation is free. We welcome participation from both speakers and non-speaking attendees.
If you are interested in attending, please register as soon as possible.
The total number of participants will be limited, and registrations will be dealt with on a first come, first served basis. Registration may close early if the event is full. W3C membership is not required to participate in this workshop.
If you wish to speak at the workshop, please fill in the registration form as soon as possible and provide a brief outline for your proposed talk at the appropriate place in that form. Based on a review of all submitted position papers, the Program Committee will select the most relevant and invite the submitters of those papers to speak at the event.
Presentations will typically last 15-20 minutes, however we are also planning to have some longer talks during the workshop. Talks should ideally describe all of the following with relation to your topic:
Speakers are asked to focus on describing practical ways in which the topic of their talk enables people to meet the challenges of the multilingual Web, rather than to focus on technical details. Given the diversity of topics at the workshop, speakers should also pitch their talk at a level that will be understood by attendees who are unfamiliar with the topic area.
We are particularly interested in talks that propose new standards or best practices that need to be addressed.
W3C proposes a dedicated sponsorship program for these workshops to enable organizations to showcase their business and underscore their commitment to the shared goals of the W3C. The sponsorship benefits allow workshop sponsors to reach out to all stakeholders and decision makers worldwide and to be associated with breakthrough innovations that are paving the future of the Web.
Get more information about becoming a workshop sponsor. The deadline for sponsorship submissions is currently 11 March.
See the top of this page.
The workshop will be hosted jointly by the Istituto di Linguistica Computazionale (ILC) and the Istituto di Informatica e Telematica (IIT), Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), which is located in "Area della Ricerca di Pisa", a research campus in Pisa. See map 1.
The workshop will be held at the Auditorium of the CNR Research Area. See map 2.
The address of CNR Research Area is:
Area della Ricerca del CNR
Via Giuseppe Moruzzi n. 1
56124 Pisa
To further promote networking among attendees, there will be a reception at 8pm on Monday 4th April in the Capitolium Hall of the Chiostro di S. Francesco, a wonderful ancient cloister, next to the church of St. Francesco. Entry is free to workshop participants. See a map showing the route from the workshop location to the church. The Capitolium Hall has frescoes by Niccolò di Pietro Gerini with Histories of the life of Christ (1392). The rectangular cloister is from the 14th century.
How to reach Pisa
How to reach the Pisa Research Area
The research Area is served by the Line High Mobility, LAM
Here some suggested hotels. CNR has negotiated rates with these hotels as shown below. To obtain these rates, you should quote MULTILINGUALWEB-CNR.
Workshop sessions and documents will be in English. After the event presentations, minutes and the workshop report will be made available to the public, linked from the project site.


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Copyright © 2003 W3C® (MIT, ERCIM, Keio), All Rights Reserved. W3C liability, trademark, document use and software licensing rules apply.
This is a W3C Working Draft produced by the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines Working Group (WCAG WG). It describes requirements for Checklists and Techniques described by the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0 (WCAG 2.0). These requirements are related to but different from Requirements for WCAG 2.0 in that "Requirements for WCAG 2.0 Checklists and Techniques" specifies requirements for the technology-specific documents produced by the WCAG WG while "Requirements for WCAG 2.0" specifies general requirements for the general usability of documents produced by the WCAG WG. The Working Group encourages feedback about these requirements as well as participation in the development of WCAG 2.0 by people who have experience creating Web content that conforms to Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0.
This section describes the status of this document at the time of its publication. Other documents may supersede this document. The latest status of this document series is maintained at the W3C.
Send comments about this document to the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines Working Group mailing list. The archives for this list are publicly available.
Patent disclosures relevant to this specification may be found on the WCAG Working Group's patent disclosure page in conformance with W3C policy.
This document has been produced as part of the W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI). The goals of the WCAG WG are discussed in the Working Group charter. The WCAG WG is part of the WAI Technical Activity.
This document describes requirements for creating Checklists and Techniques for the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0. It is a draft document that does not fully represent the consensus of the group at this time. Consensus is expected to be achieved shortly and work on creating the Techniques documents to proceed.
This is a draft document and may be updated, replaced, or obsoleted by other documents at any time. It is inappropriate to use W3C Working Drafts as reference material or to cite them as other than "work in progress". A list of current W3C Recommendations and other technical documents can be found at http://www.w3.org/TR/.
1 Introduction
2 Definitions
3 General Requirements
3.1 Intended Uses
3.2 Scope of Documents
3.3 Structure
3.4 Relation to WCAG 2.0
4 Techniques Requirements
5 Checklist Requirements
The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0 creates a technology-independent set of Web accessibility guidelines by providing a set of high-level guidelines, and providing technology-specific information in auxiliary documents that are more frequently updated and may be non-normative. This document sets forth requirements for providing those documents, as summarized in Priorities and Techniques. Specifically, this set of requirements fulfills WCAG 2.0 Requirements to provide technology-specific Checklists and technology-specific Application Information.
This document describes requirements both for the source files used to store techniques and for the documents that will be generated from the source files. The source files will likely only be viewed for editing purposes and will exist in the best format and organization that fulfills the requirements (i.e., they are not likely to be available in HTML for general use). From these sources files we intend to generate a variety of views (see A. Output Formats). Each view may have its own requirements. The two views currently under discussion are comprehensive Techniques (4. Techniques Requirements) and Checklists (5. Checklist Requirements).
Other W3C groups have expressed interest in using the schema that is developed. Developers of non-W3C technologies may use the schema to publish their own techniques documents that show how to use their technologies to conform to WCAG 2.0. Therefore, while the Techniques documents are specifically created to meet WCAG 2.0 requirements, the structure is intended to be generalizable to other working groups and technologies.
[Definition: Testable: Either Machine Testable or Reliably Human Testable.]
[Definition: Machine Testable: There is a known algorithm (regardless of whether that algorithm is known to be implemented in tools) that will determine, with complete reliability, whether the technique has been implemented or not. Probabilistic algorithms are not sufficient.]
[Definition: Reliably Human Testable: The technique can be tested by human inspection and it is believed that at least 80% of knowledgeable human evaluators would agree on the conclusion. The use of probabilistic machine algorithms may facilitate the human testing process but this does not make it machine testable.]
[Definition: Not Reliably Testable: The technique is subject to human inspection but it is not believed that at least 80% of knowledgeable human evaluators would agree on the conclusion.]
Techniques must be usable by a variety of audiences. Audiences that have been identified include
Content developers
User agent developers
Evaluation tool developers
Authoring tool developers
Assistive technology developers
Training material developers
Guidelines developers
Operating System developers
Source files must be structured in such a way that multiple views can be achieved. A list of specific views is provided in A. Output Formats. Some views may be targeted to specific audiences and other views may be appropriate for multiple audiences.
Techniques should be grouped by particular technologies to which they apply (e.g., HTML, CSS, SVG, ECMAScript).
Core Techniques - a separate group of techniques that are not related to a specific technology - may be included.
Where technologies work together (e.g., HTML and CSS), relevant joint techniques must be presented with the host technology (e.g., HTML). If techniques do not involve interactions between the two technologies, they must be presented with their respective technology only.
There is not consensus about whether it should be permissable to create techniques for technologies that cannot meet the minimum Success Criteria of the guidelines even in combination with other technologies.
Techniques must state to which versions of the technology they apply, (i.e., describe a practice to avoid or follow). They may specify all versions, all versions prior to or later than a particular version, or enumerate particular versions.
For a given technology, it is not necessary to provide techniques for every Checkpoint if the Checkpoint is not applicable to the technology, either because the technology is designed to be used with another technology (e.g., CSS with HTML) or because it is not possible to achieve full guideline conformance with the technology. In place of a technique there must be an indication that states whether the technology is intended to interact with other technologies to provide full guideline conformance, or whether it is not possible in that technology to achieve guideline conformance for that Success Criterion. In the latter case, outputs must prominently state that full guideline conformance is not possible with the technology.
There is serious debate about whether it should be possible to create views which contain Checklist items related specifically to technologies that do not themselves fully support the guidelines. For example, it may be possible to create a Checklist devoted solely to CSS, but it is never possible to achieve full guideline conformance with CSS. It may be desirable to require that views for such technologies always include other technologies, such as HTML, that can result in complete guideline conformance when following the guidance of that view. It is expected that the process of developing techniques and views will help clarify and close this issue.
Techniques may describe practices that are not yet supported by user agents, authoring tools, etc. in order to provide guidance for tool developers. When possible techniques should also describe practices that work in contemporary tools.
Information about user agent support for techniques must be provided. At a minimum it is required to state whether the technique is known to be implemented in any existing user agent. For techniques in which current user agent support is known to be variable or otherwise relevant to the technique, that information should also be provided. Additional user agent information may be provided in external resources.
Techniques must be highly structured and largely machine manipulable. It is expected that they will exist in XML files conforming to the DTD/Schema in C. Techniques Schema.
Techniques documents must be versioned in such a way that updates to the documents do not break interdependencies that may exist among multiple documents (e.g., on Core techniques, HTML dependent on CSS, etc.). Versioning can be based on revision dates of specific documents.
Each technique must be assigned a unique identifier to enable machine-readable conformance statements.
Structure should be general enough that it can be used by groups outside the WAI domain.
It must be possible for Techniques documents to be localized.
It must be possible to provide techniques that are applicable to specific locales, but are not relevant in other locales.
Each technique must map to a specific WCAG 2.0 Success Criterion or Additional Idea by URI and number for clarity and to enable auto generation of hybrid Guidelines/Techniques documents.
There may be multiple techniques for each Success Criterion or Additional Idea, clearly stated that they are alternate techniques.
Each technique must state whether its implementation fully meets the Success Criterion or Additional Ideas and if not provide references to other techniques (in the same or other Techniques documents) needed to complete the implementation.
The following points are mandatory requirements for Techniques.
Techniques related to Success Criteria must be testable. Guidance about testing methods may be provided.
Positive test cases must be provided for testable Techniques. Negative test cases should be provided when possible.
Techniques related to Additional Ideas should be testable when possible but may be not reliably testable. There must be a declaration of the testability of the Technique.
Example implementations or descriptions of implementations should be provided for untestable Techniques where possible.
Techniques should include descriptions, commentary, implementation notes, links to resources or training materials, etc. to contain information not part of the structured data.
The following points are mandatory requirements for Checklists.
Technology-specific Checklists must include technology-specific checklist items that address every Success Criterion in the guidelines. Checklist items for success criteria that include an "or" statement should have all related provisions included in one technology-specific checklist item.
Normally, a Checklist view will include content drawn from techniques for multiple technologies described as in 3.2. Scope of Documents. Each Success Criterion would be met by techniques drawn from one or more of the technologies but not necessarily all. For example, a Checklist describing HTML and CSS may indicate that some Success Criteria are met by HTML and others by CSS.
Each Success Criterion addressed in a Checklist must include a list of Checklist items that are both necessary and sufficient to meet that Success Criterion. If there are multiple interchangeable techniques which could be used to achieve a Success Criterion, they must be listed all together in a single Checklist item as an "OR" proposition.
Checklists must be constructed such that all items in the checklist for a given success criterion must be marked true in order for the content to be declared conformant at any conformance level.
If there are no techniques for a particular technology that address a specific success criterion, then a checklist item for that success criterion must be present and must include information stating that the content must also be provided in another form that meets all of Level 1 requirements.
Checklist items are grouped according to the Checkpoint to which they apply and are ordered by their conformance level (Minimum, Level 2, and Level 3). Optional techniques should be presented in an "additional strategies" section and listed separately.
The Techniques are designed to meet a number of needs. As documents are designed to work together, each view may be drawn from multiple source files. The number of possible output formats is therefore large and many views may be generated from the source files at request time.
The following output formats have been identified and it must be possible to generate each of these documents.
This list is not yet complete. While it does not have to be for us to proceed with the work, the more complete it is the more likely we will be to not miss anything. Also, it is not clear whether this should be an Appendix (in which case it may be ok to view it as a growing list) or part of the requirements, in which case it probably does need to be considered complete at the time the requirements are ratified.
List Techniques by Success Criterion to which they apply
Specify the Techniques as true/false statement
Implementation of the Techniques in the Checklist must be sufficient to provide complete implementation of the Success Criterion.
Unabridged Techniques documents
Test files
Small files that provide single positive or negative examples of each Technique.
Contribute to test suites for Evaluation and Repair tools, Authoring tools, and User Agents.
A manifest file that provides machine-readable metadata about the techniques covered by each test file and whether it is a positive or negative test case.
Techniques by conformance level
Techniques by technology version
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Mossad in South America
June 2, 2010 2 Comments
Wayne Madsen Report
"N", a correspondent from an Iranian media agency, whom I met in the association of foreign journalists in Caracas, told me that he used to work in Buenos Aires for some time. Things were going well, N's employer was satisfied with the job he did, and he planned to spend a few more years in Argentine, but eventually had to change his plans. After a while "N" noticed that he was under surveillance and that his mail regularly got stolen. Uninvited guests started to frequent his office. He talked to the local police and counterintelligence service, but both replied they had nothing to do with the problem. They did mention to "N" cautiously that he was in the sphere of interests of «the Zionists». He told me: «The people in my agency in Tehran knew that Iranian citizens often encounter such problems and concluded that the Mossad was planning a provocation against me. This is why I relocated to Venezuela. It is a country friendly to Iran, one enjoys a certain level of security guarantees here and can expect to be protected in case of need».
I had a similar conversation with "F", a journalist from Syria. He told me frankly that he preferred to stay on the alert even in Venezuela because the Israeli intelligence service watches over all Syrians working in Latin America and often attempts to compromise them. Like most of his countrymen, "F" believes that hostile acts by the Mossad — drugs put in his pocket, allegations of links to Arab terrorists, the emergence of «documentary evidence» of connections to Colombian guerrillas — are likely. "F" said: «I am ready to face whatever happens. I'm not paranoid, I just look at things realistically. I even obtained a gun permit» and showed me a gun he wore under his jacket.
The Mossads's objectives are listed on its official web site. They include secret collection of operative, political, and strategic information abroad, termination of terrorist activity targeting Israeli and other Jewish installations, prevention of development or acquisition of nuclear weapons by countries hostile to Israel, and covert operations abroad. The January, 2010 killing by the Mossad of the leader of the the paramilitary wing of Hamas Mahmoud al-Mabhouh in a Dubai hotel gives an idea of what the term «covert operations abroad» refers to.
A Mossad hit squad of 11 agents disguised as tourists blocked the corridor leading to the hotel room where al-Mabhouh stayed. Then the Israeli hitmen got inside, electroshocked and strangulated the man. In several hours the Mossad agents left the Emirates with fake British, Canadian, Irish, and Australian passports.
The demonstrative character of the act was supposed to highlight the Mossad's capability to score with the enemies of Israel in any part of the world. The operation drew extensive coverage in Latin American media, most of which published the photos of the Mossad agents and, of course, that of their chief – the 64 year old Meir Dagan who has long deserved the nickname of «a man with a knife between his teeth». Among other operations, hundreds of killings of Iranian and Iraqi scientists who were involved in military-related research and were regarded as potentially dangerous to Israel are tracked to Dagan.
According to ALAI (Latin America Information Agency), the Mossad is using at least 40 Israeli companies (as well as embassies and other official institutions of the state of Israel) as fronts for its activity. The total number of the Mossad operatives in Latin America is not greater than 100-110, but an extensive network of agents and the cooperation with Jewish organizations and communities ensure the Mossad's presence across Latin America and the Caribbean.
The Mossad's interests gravitate to the regions south of the Rio Grande which are densely populated by Arab immigrants. The Mossad analysts believe that the epicenter of the potential «Muslim terrorism» in Latin America is located in the Zone of Three Borders between Paraguay, Argentina, and Brazil. Venezuela's Isla Margarita, a place where Lebanese and Syrian immigrants hunting for pearls started to settle down in the early XX century, is viewed similarly. When a free trade zone was opened on Margarita Island, the Arab populations switched to selling shoes, textile, and bijouterie. The Venezuelan government was a number of times forced to disprove allegations that Chavez hosts Muslim terrorists. In reality, Margarita is a small island where more or less everybody knows everybody else and no secret activity — least the operation of Hezbollah training camps — is possible.
Over the years of spying on the above «terrorist centers» Mossad never discovered the networks that could present a threat to Israel. Nevertheless, the Mossad's efforts were not wasted, at least since the Israeli «reliable» data were invariably used by Washington in planning its struggle against terrorism in Latin America. This is the mechanism of ideological support for the establishment of increasing numbers of US military bases on the continent in the proximity of the Latin American countries with «populist» regimes.
In many cases, Israeli intelligence operatives are involved in legal arms trade business which they use to gain connections in local military circles and security services.
The Mossad also uses affiliated companies to advise its Latin American colleagues on fighting terrorism, «leftist extremism», guerrilla groups and their support networks, as well as to help intelligence services modernize their technical base. A company most often mentioned in the context is Israel's Global CST, whose CEOs are retired high-ranking Mossad operatives. In July, 2009 the Peruvian government hired the company to help reorganize the country's intelligence community in order to boost the efficiency of its struggle against «subversive and terrorist organizations» including the re-emerging Sendero Luminoso Maoist group. Global CST is also helping the Peruvian government create a joint system of control over mobile communications, Internet, and other communications media.
Global CST has grown notably more active in Colombia. The Israeli company familiarizes the country's military intelligence and political police (DAS) officers with new techniques in the spheres of anti-terrorist activity and espionage. Over recent years, Columbia's intelligence services have been increasingly assertive outside the country, evidently imitating the modus operandi of their CIA and Mossad peers. Columbia maintains intelligence networks in Brazil, Ecuador, Mexico, Panama, and other Latin American countries. The FARC and ELN envoys are finding themselves under permanent surveillance, routinely kidnapped and sometimes — assassinated.
International Security Agency (ISA) mainly staffed by former Israeli special forces officers and intelligence operatives is also active in Latin America. The agency (in tight cooperation with the CIA and the Mossad) took part in the coup that displaced M. Zelaya, the legitimate President of Honduras. Currently ISA specialists are working in the security service of the current President of Honduras P. Lobo, who was propelled to presidency as the result of an imitation of free elections like those Washington realized in Iraq and Afghanistan.
There is a consensus among experts that the Mossad's number one adversary and target in Latin America is Hugo Chavez, the political leader condemning Israel's attempts to resolve conflicts in the Middle East by force. Chavez suspended Venezuela's diplomatic relations with Israel in August, 2006, following the Israeli aggression against Lebanon. At that time Israeli Ambassador Shlomo Cohen and the embassy staff (mostly Mossad operatives) left Caracas. In several months Chavez took steps to normalize the relations with Israel, largely in response to the requests made by Venezuela's 12,000 Jewish community.
The diplomatic relations between Venezuela and Israel were severed again in January, 2009 when the former protested the crimes committed by the Israeli army in the Gaza Strip, where the Israeli operation resulted in the killing of over 1,000 Palestinians, a third of them — children. In a televised address, Chavez criticized Israel as a country guilty of genocide and inhumane persecution of Palestinians. Not surprisingly, Israel's reaction was negative. In November, 2009 Shimon Peres addressed a thinly veiled threat to Chavez by saying that «Chavez will soon disappear». The Venezuelan leader remarked that Perez had to undertake a long journey to Latin America to say the words and wondered publicly what would have happened if similar words were said about Peres in Venezuela.
TV commentator and former Venezuelan Vice President José Vicente Rangel often warns in his TV show that the Mossad is planning to assassinate Chavez. Agents with the corresponding qualifications were sent to Columbia, Peru, the Dominican Republic, Panama, and Curacao Island. In Rangel's view, the greatest threat emanates from Colombia as DAS — instigated by the CIA — already conspired quite a few times to kill Chavez. Alarming comments were also made by US journalist Eva Hollinger who is a renown expert in operations against Venezuela. Author of CIA in Venezuela Hose Sant Ross calls the Venezuelan authorities to be mindful of the Mossad's operations in the country.
As a rule, the efforts of Venezuelan security services to identify the Mossad agents echo with carefully orchestrated protests staged by the country's Jewish community and with «solidarity» campaigns across Latin America. Media synchronously respond by charging Chavez with antisemitism and collusion with Muslim extremism.
Actually, the theme of antisemitism recurs due to a range of causes, for example whenever the Venezuelan government takes measures to scrutinize the country's financial sphere. For decades, there used to be a number of jewelry stores in La Francia building in downtown Caracas, not far from the Venezuelan Foreign ministry, where gold and jewelry were bought and sold with practically no fiscal control. The administration's attempts to make the business take legal shape and to subject the accounting documents of the stores to the long-overdue audit were condemned by the opposition media as persecution of Jewish businessmen. Nevertheless, the announcement of the coming audit had an explosive effect: in a matter of hours La Francia building was completely abandoned. The most valuable stuff was evacuated secretly at night.
Venezuelan counterintelligence agents watched the process from a distance, occasionally taking pictures. They did not expect to learn anything new — it was known that the Mossad used La Francia to carry out its financial transactions.


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The Bands Who Are Refusing to Let Coronavirus Stop Their Tours
While the coronavirus pandemic has shut down live music all over the world, two acts, psychobilly's Reverend Horton Heat and Scottish punk legends the Exploited are remaining on the road.
Heat, whose given name is Jim Heath, wrote on Facebook, "Reverend Horton Heat is not cancelling any gigs because of Covid-19. Any gigs that are cancelled will be because the promoters cancelled. I encourage everyone who lives in a jurisdiction where local governments are restricting rock and roll to push back. Write emails and call your local government agencies to remind them that we have the right to assembly. They can't stop rock and roll!"
In the comments, many fans criticized his decision, calling it "dumb," "wrong" and "irresponsible." Heath has been responding to them with his justifications. "It's dumb to panic to the point of giving up your first amendment right of assembly," he wrote to one. "Don't be a sheeple to authoritarian government. A lot of younger bands and one music legend have texted me to say thanks for the post. My band and crew have mouths to feed, rent and taxes. They also have a first amendment right to assembly."
Many other responses by Heath follow along the same line, that there are people in his organization that are financially dependent on him.
"Fuck coronavirus!" as Walter "Wattie" Buchan, the Exploited's longtime frontman, was quoted as saying on the Facebook page of DRW Entertainment. "I have had five heart attacks a quad heart bypass and a heart pace maker fitted. Cancel gigs for a virus? We ain't fucking Green Day piss - We are the real deal. No danger will we be cancelling our upcoming gigs."
The 62-year-old, who suffered one of those heart attacks on stage in Portugal in 2014, then referenced the title of his band's 1981 debut album, "Punks Not Dead!"
The Exploited began their tour of New Zealand and Australia last night in Auckland. Horton Heat has a solo show tonight in Tampa, with numerous dates still scheduled between March 28 and May 7.


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14 January 2012
Assassin's Creed - Altair Papercraft
Altair (aka Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad) was a highly skilled Syrian assassin during the Third Crusade, and is the protagonist in Assassin's Creed.
US Coast Guard Response Boat Papercraft (Small)
The Coast Guards' response boat-small was designed to operate in shallow waters along coastal borders and has an overall length up to 25 feet with two outboard engines.
Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword - Pipit Papercraft
Pipit is the Loftwing expert at the Knight Academy in Skyloft, he's the winner of the previous Loftwing Race and acts as a big brother-type to Link.
Dumpy - Samurai Saceryuza Paper Toy
Samurai Saceryuza created by Mexican graphic artist and illustrator SGTO.MANDRIL / César Romo Alvarez.
Bussard Ramjet Papercraft
The Bussard ramjet (aka ramscoop) is an interstellar ramjet concept from the 60's that relies on scooping up the protons that drift in interstellar space, and then get them to fuse to make a nuclear rocket.
13 January 2012
Minecraft Minis Papercraft - Batch 2
Batch 2 of Alex Gwynne's Minecraft Minis has been released, it now includes: Cow, Slime, Herorine, Zombiepig Man, Wolf and Spider.
Wolverine - Weapon X Papercraft
Wolverine, the original Weapon X - genetics research / program that turned humans and mutants into weapons / perfect assassins.
Topless Robot Arcade Papercraft
A throwback to the 80's style arcades, here's the Topless Robot arcade cabinet papercraft created by freelance artist Mike Falcione for nerd' news site Topless Robot.
12 January 2012
2012 Year of the Water Dragon Paper Toy
Shunichi Makino's 2012 green dragon clutching what looks like a mystical, wish-granting Dragon Ball ^^.
2012 Setsubun - Ogre Mask Papercraft
One more red ogre mask to scare the demons out of your house during Setsubun (Japanese Bean-throwing festival), this papercraft from Katsuyuki Shiga is more intricate than previous models.
2012 Valentine's Day Papercraft - Cupid Message Dolls
Lovely cupid dolls that you can make and give to that special someone this Valentine's Day, these would definitely score you more brownie points ^^.
Miniature Hinakazari Papercraft (2012 Girls' Festival)
Doll decoration (hinakazari) papercrafts created erico for Japan's Girls' Festival, Momo no Sekku.
11 January 2012
Danbo Papercraft
Danbo the cardboard robot from the Yotsuba&! manga, papercraft created by deviantARTist StormL.
Kingdom Hearts 2 - Fenrir Keyblade Papercraft
The Fenrir keyblade from Kingdom Hearts II, it resembles a pin tumbler lock key and is obtained after defeating Sephiroth - papercraft created by deviantARTist StormL.
Martin Luther King Papercraft (2012 Martin Luther King Day)
Sign-up with Xone Industries to download this Martin Luther King papercraft tribute (in honor of Martin Luther King Day January 16, 2012).
Sanwa 2012 Year of the Dragon Papercraft
His and hers? green and pink dragon papercraft from Sanwa Supply's Paper Museum.
10 January 2012
Tammy Tentacles Paper Toy
Chemical 9's one-eyed, undersea beauty with fondness for the big black sky.
Mario Sports Mix - Princess Peach Volleyball Papercraft
Princess Peach in her pink volleyball uniform based on the Mario Sports Mix video game.
Star Wars - Darth Vader Tie Fighter Papercraft (TIE Advanced x1)
The TIE Advanced x1 was a limited production fighter used by Darth Vader at the Battle of Yavin.
Tupolev SB German Luftwaffe Bomber Papercraft (Avia B71)
The Tupolev SB is a high-speed light bomber produced between 1936 - 1941, this papercraft is based on the Avia B71 variant.
Emotional Jack x Biko2 Paper Toy
Emotional Jack paper toy custom originally used as a promotional tool for Spanish mobile web developer, Biko2.
Advance Wars Papercraft - Yellow Comet Rockets & Missiles
Rocket and Missile units for the Yellow Comet faction in Advance Wars.
09 January 2012
Dragon Ball Z - Imperfect Cell Papercraft
Imperfect Cell is Cell's first humanoid fighting form, he uses his needle-like tail to absorb the life force of other beings.
Nissan Leaf Nismo RC Papercraft
The Leaf Nismo RC is a race-ready electric vehicle powered by the same 107hp electric motor used on the consumer-oriented Nissan Leaf, it sports a carbon fiber body with race-tuned suspensions.
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DUBAI, Oct 10, 2022 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Crypto Oasis, the fastest growing Web3 ecosystem in the world, announced that it had identified more than 1,450 active Web3 organisations in the UAE at the end Q3 2022. The research also identified more than 7,000 individuals working in the industry.
The organisations that are active in the Blockchain space are broken down into native and non-native according to their dependency on this emerging technology. native organisations which only exist because of this technology account for 65 percent of the total number identified and non-native organisations are at 35 percent. Dubai Multi Commodities Centre(DMCC) has registered more than 460 native organisations which is more than 50% of all native Blockchain organisations in Dubai.
Out of the 7,000+ individuals working in the Web3 industry, approximately 77 percent work in Blockchain native organisations and 23 percent work in non-native organisations.
The Crypto Oasis Ecosystem Report is a periodic report which is now on its inaugural edition and was created in partnership with Roland Berger, one of the first top-tier strategy consulting firms to have entered the world of Blockchain and is steering their global Crypto Economy advisory out of the UAE. The Report focuses on market development and emerging technologies such as Crypto, Blockchain, Metaverse and Web3. It establishes the first quantitative and qualitative ecosystem study of the Crypto Oasis Ecosystem and identifies its various stakeholders. It includes, a deepdive into the opportunity that Web3 represents for the region, has exclusive content such as the insights on one the largest greenfield mining sites in the world being carried out by Phoenix in Abu Dhabi, as well as survey results by Roland Berger, that assesses the state of the global Crypto Economy for which they collected insights from over 150 C-level executives and innovators across 10 industries. "We strongly believe in the transition towards a crypto economy and see this reflected in the top C-Level executive agendas. The UAE is accelerating its global position as a Crypto and Web3 hub, also thanks to prime ecosystem developers like Crypto Oasis," says Pierre Samaties, Partner and global co-head of the firm's Crypto economy team.
The UAE is uniquely positioned to play a leading role in the global innovation economy. The growth of the Crypto Oasis Ecosystem will continue in the coming months as we can already witness how regulators in the region are welcoming innovation and disruption, making it simpler for Blockchain-related companies to secure licenses and operate. Ralf Glabischnig, Founder of the Crypto Oasis said, "We are pleased to see the UAE supporting forward-thinking organisations such as startups, service providers, investors, as well as science and research institutions in the Web3 space. We also have industry leading stakeholders like ADGM, DIFC, DMCC, Simmons and Simmons, State Street featured in our report which will provide the audience with a deeper insight into industry trends as well as educate and inform the reader of this ever growing and evolving ecosystem. Through the report, you are provided with a snapshot of the Ecosystem, which will help set the baseline from which growth can be identified in the following years as the Crypto Oasis becomes a centre of Blockchain excellence."
Crypto Oasis catalyses the growth of organisations in the Crypto space and brings together Investors, Start-ups, Corporates, Researchers, Service Provider, and Government entities. It aims to advance the digital economy in the Middle East and bring distributed ledger technologies to the mainstream. Faisal Zaidi, Co-founder and CMO of the Crypto Oasis stated, "Our role is to curate the Crypto Oasis Ecosystem and our goal is to bring all stakeholders together on one playing field to assert the region as the leading global player in Web3."
He added, "The Crypto Oasis Directory and the parallely launched report, are tools that we have developed and created inhouse and published, in order to create transparency and awareness of this emerging region."
The report also contains insightful thought leadership articles from major players in the industry like 4ARTechnologies, Pulse, Ripple, Securrency, Singularity DAO, TDEFI, Tokengate, Virtua to name a few.
Report Link: https://cryptooasis.ae/ecosystem-report-2022/
Directory Link: https://cryptooasis.ae/directory/
About Crypto Oasis
The Crypto Oasis is a Middle East focused Blockchain Ecosystem supported by initiators of Crypto Valley Switzerland. The core elements needed for its growth are Talent, Capital, and Infrastructure. The Ecosystems stakeholders include Investors & Collectors, Start-Ups & Projects, Corporates, Science & Research Institutions, Service Providers and Government Entities & Associations. Crypto Oasis' vision is to be one of the leading Blockchain Ecosystems in the world. Today it is the fastest growing, with more than 1,450 organisations identified in the UAE alone. www.cryptooasis.ae
About Roland Berger
Roland Berger is the only management consultancy of European heritage with a strong international footprint. As an independent firm, solely owned by our partners, we operate 51 offices in all major markets. Our 2,700 employees offer a unique combination of an analytical approach and an empathic attitude. Driven by our values of entrepreneurship, excellence and empathy, we at Roland Berger are convinced that the world needs a new sustainable paradigm that takes the entire value cycle into account. Working in cross-competence teams across all relevant industries and business functions, we provide the best expertise to meet the profound challenges of today and tomorrow. www.rolandberger.com
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A company that is helping the federal government track down cyberactivists who have been attacking business which refused to support Wikileaks has itself been hacked by the very same activists.
At the center of the storm is a leaderless and anarchic Internet group called Anonymous, which more recently has been coordinating attacks against Egyptian government Web sites. Late last month, authorities in the U.K. and the U.S. moved against at least 45 suspected Anonymous activists. Then, on Saturday, the Financial Times ran a story quoting Aaron Barr, the head of security services firm HBGary Federal, saying he had uncovered the identities of Anonymous' leaders using social networking sites. Barr said he planned to release his findings at a security conference in San Francisco next week.
Anonymous responded by hacking into HBGary's networks and posting archives of company executive emails on file-trading networks. The group also hacked the firm's Web site and replaced it with a message saying it was releasing Barr's findings on its own because the group was confident Barr's conclusions were wrong.
"We've seen your internal documents, all of them, and do you know what we did? We laughed. Most of the information you've 'extracted' is publicly available via our IRC networks," the statement reads. "The personal details of Anonymous 'members' you think you've acquired are, quite simply, nonsense. So why can't you sell this information to the FBI like you intended? Because we're going to give it to them for free."
I tuned into this conflict late Sunday evening, after HBGary President Penny Leavy had waded into Anonymous' public chat channel in an attempt to reason with the group. Earlier in the evening, Anonymous sympathizers hijacked several Twitter accounts belonging to HBGary employees, and used them to post offensive comments and personal information about the account holders.
The topic of the IRC channel Leavy joined said it all: "Mission: Aaron Bratt FIRED. His salary donated to Bradley Manning Defense Fund. Simple." Leavy said the group was planning to publish online the entire email archive belonging to Greg Hoglund, the security researcher in California who co-founded HBGary, which is part owner of HBGary Federal.
A snippet from that conversation:
"[20:06:12] <+Penny> Guys, I can't fire someone that owns a portion of the company What i can promise is we will have a meeting to discuss next steps"
In a phone interview late Sunday evening, Hoglund said that unlike the more traditional Web-site attacking activities of Anonymous, the hackers who infiltrated HBGary's system showed real skills, even social engineering a network administrator into giving them complete control over rootkit.com, a security research site Hoglund has long maintained.
"They broke into one of HBGary's servers that was used for tech support, and they got emails through compromising an insecure Web server at HBGary Federal," Hoglund said. "They used that to get the credentials for Aaron, who happened to be an administrator on our email system, which is how they got into everything else. So it's a case where the hackers break in on a non-important system, which is very common in hacking situations, and leveraged lateral movement to get onto systems of interest over time."
Hoglund said Anonymous had crossed a line, and that posting the company's email online would expose internal, proprietary data that would likely cost HBGary millions of dollars. He added that Anonymous activists should be able to see — if they read the email they've stolen — that HBGary ultimately decided not to publicly name any of the members it had identified.
"Before this, what these guys were doing was technically illegal, but it was in direct support of a government whistle blower. But now, we have a situation where they're committing a federal crime, stealing private data and posting it on a torrent," Hoglund said. "They didn't just pick on any company, but we try to protect the US government from hackers. They couldn't have chosen a worse company to pick on."


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It happens, and it's usually unpleasant, to say the least. If you're going through a divorce, you certainly don't want to add to the anguish and inconvenience, especially when it comes to splitting up your assets. Finding someone who is in the market to buy a house in New Castle – in this case, your house – may be one of your goals at this time.
You have several options if you need to sell your house quickly in a divorce. But wouldn't it be great if you could sell your house fast for cash? That way, you'd be able to expedite the whole unpleasant process and have some cash on hand to help clear debt and pay attorney's fees. But, first, before you decide, consider your main options.
How to Sell Your House Quickly in a Divorce in New Castle
Go Through a Real Estate Agent
You could always take the traditional route and go through a real estate agent. If you do, you won't have to worry about showing your house and drawing up contracts and the myriad of other details because the agent will take care of all this for you. This is definitely a viable option, but there are some significant drawbacks.
First, you'll have to get an appraisal, which will cost you. Your house will likely have to be shown multiple times, and when you do get a buyer, you'll have to wait for them to get financing. Also, when you accept a buyers offer, the closing date generally won't be for another 30 to 60 days. The average time for this whole process is generally a minimum of three months.
Do a Short Sale
Another option is a short sale, which means someone is buying a house for less than the mortgage. A short sale involves an agreement with your bank or mortgage company that will allow the sale of the house for less than is owed on it. This route can sometimes be faster than going through an agent, but it, too, has drawbacks.
For one thing, it can negatively affect your credit. Credit-wise, the best you can do in a short sale is to get a "Not Paid as Agreed" notation on your credit report. But that's a lot better than having to suffer a foreclosure, which can ruin your credit for seven years. Still, if you can arrange a short-sale agreement, you'll soon be free and clear of the property.
Try a Company Buying a House for Cash in New Castle
Another option – and maybe the best one if you need to sell your house quickly in a divorce – is to try a New Castle cash home buyer. If you do this, you can expedite the whole process, get a fair value for your house, and avoid much of a headache.
The whole process of selling your home to such a company – for a fair cash offer – can take as little as seven days – just one week, not months. Again, the professional home buyer buying a house in New Castle pays cash, which means you don't have to sit around waiting for a retail buyer to get a loan. Also, you won't have to pay for any repairs to your house before you can sell it. The company will make and pay for all needed repairs. In addition, the reputable companies pay all closing costs.
If you need to sell your house quickly in a divorce in New Castle, you just might consider a cash home buyer in New Castle. It's easy, It's fast. You'll get a fair cash offer.


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As palm oil production expands from Southeast Asia into tropical regions of the Americas and Africa, vulnerable forests and species on four continents face increased risk of loss, a new Duke University-led study finds.
The largest areas of vulnerable forest are in Africa and South America, where more than 30 percent of forests within land suitable for oil palm plantations remain unprotected, the study shows.
Rates of recent deforestation have been highest in Southeast Asia and South America, particularly Indonesia, Ecuador and Peru, where more than half of all oil palms are grown on land cleared since 1989.
"Almost all oil palm is grown in places that once were tropical forests. Clearing these forests threatens biodiversity and increases greenhouse gas emissions," said Varsha Vijay, a doctoral student at Duke's Nicholas School of the Environment who led the study.
"By identifying where the greatest extent of palm oil-driven deforestation has recently occurred and modelling where future expansion is most likely, we can guide efforts to reduce these adverse impacts," Vijay said.
Palm oil is now the world's most widely traded vegetable oil, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. The oil, which is harvested from oil palms, and its derivatives are common ingredients in many processed foods and personal care products. As global demand grows, large swaths of tropical forest are being converted into oil palm plantations in 43 countries.
Using 25 years of high-resolution Google Earth and Landsat satellite imagery, Vijay and her team tracked the extent of this deforestation in four regions: Southeast Asia, Africa, South America and Mesoamerica, which includes Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean.
They modeled where future deforestation is most likely to occur, based on the pace of recent expansion in each region and the extent of suitable forest left unprotected there.
The team published its findings July 27 in the peer-reviewed, open-access journal PLOS ONE.
Because forests in all four regions contain high concentrations of different mammal and bird species at risk of extinction or extirpation, conservation efforts will need to incorporate strategies tailored to each region, said Stuart Pimm, Doris Duke Professor of Conservation at Duke.
"While the Amazon and Indonesia have many species of globally threatened mammals and birds, other areas such as the Congo Basin and the coastal forests of Colombia are home to species with small ranges that make them especially vulnerable to habitat loss despite not being classified as threatened or endangered," he said. "This needs to be considered in conservation planning."
"Many past studies have focused solely on Indonesia and Malaysia, which produce more than 80 percent of the world's palm oil. By evaluating deforestation caused by palm oil production in 20 countries across four regions, our study demonstrates that the biodiversity impacts of this expansion are very different from country to country and region to region," said Clinton Jenkins of the Institute for Ecological Research in Brazil.
"The palm oil industry has a legacy of deforestation, and today consumer pressure is pushing companies toward deforestation-free sources of palm oil," noted Sharon Smith of the Union of Concerned Scientists, who co-authored the study with Vijay, Pimm and Jenkins.
"This research helps us understand where to focus on using government regulation and voluntary market interventions to shape oil palm plantation expansion in ways that protect biodiversity-rich ecosystems and prevent deforestation," Smith said.


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Do You Need Representation as the Plaintiff or Defendant?
If you are involved in civil litigation in the Detroit, Michigan area, you need qualified and trustworthy legal support to help you, whether you are the Plaintiff or the Defendant. As the Plaintiff, you are the person who feels wronged and initiates a lawsuit by hiring legal counsel. Your attorney will draft the proper documents, file them with the Clerk of Court, and then arrange for a Summons to be delivered to the Defendant. Proper service of a Summons informs your opposing party of the lawsuit and establishes formal jurisdiction over the matter.
As the Defendant, it is on you to prove the lawsuit is incorrect or unjust. You need an attorney to help you achieve victory. If the Plaintiff is alleging bodily harm, physical damages, or other drastic claims, your attorney will need to use a process server to serve records subpoenas that will provide access to the documents that prove your innocence.
Whether you are the Plaintiff or Defendant, there are a few things that won't change. You need an attorney on your side fighting for your rights, and you need to be sure your attorney uses Accurate Serve in Detroit. We are experts in serving civil process documents from start to finish. We know what we're doing and we will be sure your papers are served accordingly.


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Volunteer Opportunities
The Division of Services for Aging and Adults with Physical Disabilities volunteer opportunities is a part of the program that aims to encourage citizens to provide assistance and help to the community.
Certain model programs like the Foster Grandparent program has been established by the government to encourage the youth to incorporate a large part of compassion when taking care of the aged and those people with physical disabilities. It also aims to volunteers on how to become more efficient and establish rapport upon caring for the elderly.
Training and pre-service orientation are given to those aspiring volunteers. Those who are under this volunteer program would be able to serve up to 40 hours per week and would qualify for a tax-free hourly stipend. Included in the volunteer program benefits are paid holidays, vacation as well as sick leave, travel allowance, monthly in-service training, day care centers, head start programs, schools, medical facilities, and youth and family service centers in which they can serve in.
It is the goal of the Division of Services for Aging and Adults with Physical Disabilities to train them in helping grandparents remain mentally active and physically strong which could later contribute in enhancing their self-esteem upon interaction with the community.
Other services would include a series of advocacy services that will include legal services, medicare patrol program and other health and social services including those that will include adult protective services program counseling.
Division of Services for Aging and Adults with Physical Disabilities volunteer opportunities provides its volunteer programs with a wide array of services such as: adult day services; creation of a guide on how people can get assistive devices for their condition as well as serving of congregate meals; nursing home transition program; respite information and referral; inclusion of profit and non-profit organizations as well as those that are related to environment; family issues; financial assistance; food and clothing; health and medical care as well as housing and legal services.
Other volunteer programs fixed its focus on helping people with disability and teaching senior citizens learn on how to keep track of financial matters, thus training them on checkbook balancing and bill paying so as to help them keep their life in order.


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Did you know that your smartphone has an in-built magnetometer to power its compass?
The earth's magnetic field is big but not particularly strong, and that means that the magnetometer in your phone is sensitive enough to detect small ferrous metal objects such as a coin, a large nail or a piece of cutlery which also generate small magnetic fields of their own. In other words YOU DONT HAVE TO GO AND BUY A METAL DETECTOR, you've ALREADY GOT ONE INSIDE YOUR PHONE! We just have to unlock its potential.
Do you want to try a bit of hacking?
In this post, I'm going to show you how you can build your own cross-platform metal detector app for BOTH iPhone and Android phones, this app will interface with the magnetometer hardware in your phone and notify you of any ferrous metal or magnetic objects nearby.
This should take from 30 mins to 2 hrs of your time for either platform and depending on the speed of your internet connection, perhaps longer if you have bad luck and something doesn't work straight away.
Introducing Cordova (or PhoneGap, for Adobe fans)
The Apache Cordova project is an open source initiative aimed at bundling a HTML page (ie `index.html` – such as the one below) into a native app that will work across just about every smartphone device. This is great news because it means that with you only need to code your app once and it works on multiple devices!
# index.html
<head><title>My First App</title></head>
<button onclick="alert('World')">Hello</button>
PhoneGap is the same thing, but with a snazzier name trademarked by Adobe (the Photoshop people) and with an online service that gives you a wizard-like interface for building apps so you dont have to deal with obscure command line errors, but then you have to pay Adobe for the favour.
So what does this 'Cordova' thingy do for me?
Using Cordova means that you don't have to know how to setup a mobile app project because its all done for you! Cordova will basically generate all the folders and files you need to get started with a basic HTML 'Hello World' app for each platform.
Cordova also has a powerful 'plugin' framework that allows access to the phone's hardware, in this post we will be downloading 2 different plugins to unlock the Magnetometer and Vibration functionality inside your phone.
To get started with a Cordova app you need to install NodeJS (http://nodejs.org) which is a powerful javascript command line tool that Cordova uses to do most of the donkey-work for setting up your project.
The Code
Go have a look at the following 'index.html' file in Github, it contains all the code you need for a basic magnetometer app:
Save it to your computer:
1. Right-click on 'Raw' button
2. Choose 'Save link as..' on the context menu
3. Put it somewhere sensible where you can find it
Hey, this is HTML right?
Correct, that means your browser can open it.
Double click to open it on a browser. You should get something like this:
Err.. Why?
Well, your mobile has a magnetometer in it your PC doesn't. So all you'll get out of it in a desktop browser is a ZERO reading.
And thats ok, it just means everything is working as expected.
The Android App
What You'll need:
1. A PC or Mac with NodeJS, Java (JDK7) and Android Studio installed.
2. An Android (4.0+) device and USB cable for testing.
3. Basic understanding of a command line interface (you can navigate between folders).
CORPORATE FIREWALLS: Note that the steps below may not work behind a corporate firewall, you may need extra steps to set up internet access via a corporate proxy.
You've already installed NodeJS right? If its a old version (older than 0.11) you might want to download the latest and re-install it.
Ok, next you will need Java JDK 7 installed and Android Studio, these are needed to create a native app for Android. You can get them on the following links:
JDK7: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/jdk7-downloads-1880260.html -> Remember x86=32bit, x64=64bit
Android Studio: https://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html
BEWARE: after installing/running Android Studio, it will want to dowload the latest Android SDKs (the bits of functionality that enable your PC to talk to the phone hardware), this can take anywhere from 10 minutes and up to a couple of hours over a slow internet connection.
Installing Cordova
We are now going to install Cordova and create an Android project.
Open up a command line window and type :
> npm install -g cordova
Creating the Android Project
Next, navigate to your projects folder and create a new cordova project with android support:
> cordova create magnetometer my.magnetometer magnetometer
> cd magnetometer
> cordova platform add android
If all goes well, this should have created a bunch of files and folders (ie a project structure) within your 'magnetometer' project folder, you should be able to see them using a file explorer:
Copying our Metal Detector Code
The folder 'www' contains our web code. Here is where we'll be placing the index.html file that we downloaded before.
Building the App
Go back to the command line and run an extra couple of commands to 'unlock' the vibration and magnetometer functionality on your phone.
> cordova plugin add cordova-plugin-vibration
> cordova plugin add cordova-plugin-magnetometer
Next we are going to 'build' the app, so you can use it on your android phone. We need one more cordova command to 'prepare' the app:
> cordova prepare
Then follow these instructions:
1. Open Android Studio
2. On the Welcome Prompt. Select 'Import Project'
3. Click on the 'platforms\android' folder inside your project.
4. Press 'OK'.
5. Press 'OK' again if you get an extra prompt about Gradle settings.
6. Wait for the progress bar to finish.
This will create an android project, next we will build the APK file that can be used to run the magnetometer app on your phone.
Make sure you've waited until all the progress bars are finished before the next steps.
1. Android Studio will need to get all required Java libraries that the project depends on, this usually takes some time. Did you really wait until all progress bars and loading messages were finished?
2. Ok, click on the 'Play' button at the top menu as per screen below.
3. This will trigger a build using Gradle. You can see the progress on the 'Gradle Console' window.
4. When ready, a popup will appear asking if you want to run the emulator. DO NOT press OK here. It will grind your computer to a halt. Just press 'Cancel' on the popup.
Installing the App on your Android Phone
Next we are going to email ourselves the completed app.
1. Navigate to your 'magnetometer' project folder using the file explorer.
2. Click 'platforms' -> 'android' -> 'build' -> 'outputs' -> 'apk'
3. Find the file 'android-debug.apk'
4. Next. Email it to yourself.
5. Go to your Android phone.
6. Open 'Settings' > 'Security'
7. Turn ON 'Unknown Sources' (you can turn it back OFF later)
8. Open your email, click on the attached 'APK' file.
9. You should then get an installation screen as per below.
10. Go to your Apps and look for 'magnetometer', then open it.
11. READY! Start finding some metal objects!
The iOS App
What You'll need:
– A newish Mac with NodeJS and XCode installed
– An Apple Developer membership (US$99)
– An iPhone (4.0+) and USB cable for testing.
– Basic understanding of a command line interface (you can navigate between folders).
Installing Cordova
1. Make sure you have NodeJS installed and its at a reasonably new version (0.12+).
2. If you need to update the version of node. Do it following this article.
3. Open a terminal window (Look for the 'Terminal' app in Launchpad)
4. Type the following command to install Cordova :
$ sudo npm install -g cordova
5. You'll be prompted to enter a password for your user account (on the mac).
6. There will probably be some warnings when installing Cordova ("WARN"), you can safely ignore these. If you get any "ERROR"s they are a bit more of a problem and will need attention before continuing. Type the errors into Google for help.
Creating the iOS Project
Once Cordova has been installed, we are going to create the project structure for our magnetometer project. Firstly, navigate to your projects folder. The commands to use are :
$ cordova create magnetometer my.magnetometer magnetometer
$ cd magnetometer
$ cordova platform add ios
$ cordova plugin add cordova-plugin-vibration
$ cordova plugin add cordova-plugin-magnetometer
Copying our Metal Detector App Code
This should have created your project structure as per following screenshot. Make sure you delete the contents of the 'www' folder and replace them with the 'index.html' file you downloaded earlier.
You will then need to run the following command on your 'magnetometer' folder to 'prepare' the files (it will copy the 'index.html' to the XCode build folder).
$ cordova prepare
Building the iOS App
And now we can continue to XCode by finding the file 'magnetometer.xcodeproj' inside our project folder (look inside the sub-folder 'platforms' and 'ios'). Just double-click on it and it will open (if you have XCode installed).
Make sure you are signed in as an apple developer. Joining costs US$99. You cannot drop an app on your iOS device without one of these:
1. Go to 'XCode' (on the top menu)
2. Select 'Preferences…', then 'Accounts'
3. Click the plus (+) sign to add an account
4. Enter your Apple Developer email and password
Running the App on your iPhone
Then just go and run the app! This bit is even simpler than for Android!
1. Connect your iPhone to your Mac using the USB cable.
2. Select your iPhone as the device 'target' on the top menu
3. Press the 'Play' button to run the build.
And VOILA! Now start finding some metal with your iPhone!
And thats IT!
That concludes my post for today, thanks for taking an interest. I hope you didn't have to bang your head against the keyboard too much to get this working.
Please feel free to write your comments and experiences below.
If you liked it then you are welcome to shout me a beer or help me out by sharing it with your friends and colleagues.


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Ben Cooper and Dave London meet up in a dank dungeon for a soon-to-be legendary scene. These are two of the most infamous gay British porn stars and you'll easily see why. Dave, an aggro top with a freaky side, uses his dick to get Ben's sphincter nice and warmed up before he uses a baseball bat like a dildo! Things progress from there with savage hunger. Both of them end up covered in sweat and seed.
Justin King and his ten-inch meat are here to give ginger bottom slut Sebastian Evans as much dick as he can handle—maybe more. Sebastian's ambitions of being the world's foremost red-headed pig bottom are given quite a boost and Justin gets his wish to fuck a hot ginger. Justin uses Sebastian's hole all up and dumps his load deep inside!
All the action up till now has been wild, and now we multiply it by a factor of ten. Logan Moore, our favorite horny Dutchman, gets his chance to star in a TIM gangbang like he's always wanted to do. Somehow the word got out that this was happening and more tops keep showing up, one after one. It's a good thing Logan was prepared with lots of lube and stretching. The United Kingdom's most relentless tops totally wreck his reddening, throbbing hole, leaving it sore and gaping! AJ Adams, Marso Amor, Korar Darver, Ronnie English, Jonas Jackson, Isaac Jones, Dave London, and Jay Red make Logan's gangbang fantasy a dirty, delicious reality.
As a bonus, you get Paul Stag's first scene as a director for Treasure Island Media, previously featured on TIMFuck.com. AJ Alexander, a hugely hung Scotsman with a shaved head, is here to breed the 2017 winner of Best Bottom at the European Porn Awards, the Frenchman known as Isaac Jones. Isaac's hot and talented ass takes everything AJ can give and ends up dripping wet with jizz.
A "Cumshot and Breeding Review" is a great way to recap and close the show.
Destroying Logan Moore is as hot and nasty as you can always count on TIM to be and it's streaming exclusively on AEBN VOD.
Stars: Logan Moore A.J. Alexander Dmitry Osten Dave London Sebastian Evans Dominique Kenique Korar Darver Felix Strike Dimi Brutal Ronnie English Jonas Jackson Jay Red Marso Amor Isaac Jones Sergio Moreno Justin King Hans Berlin AJ Addams
Studio Name: Treasure Island Media


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Do not waste
Your precious time.
Every day
Try to make it a point
To make real sense
Out of your life.
Sri Chinmoy, Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 163, Agni Press, 1991
Desire was death. I discovered this supreme truth.
Aspiration is life. I discover this sublime truth.
Realisation is satisfaction. I will discover this unparalleled truth.
Yesterday I wrote good things; therefore, my Lord Supreme was pleased with me. He shook hands with me.
Today I have good thoughts; therefore, my Lord Supreme is more pleased with me. He is blessing my devoted head and surrendered heart.
Tomorrow I shall do good things; therefore, my Lord Supreme shall be most pleased with me. He shall bless me unreservedly.
Yesterday I was a power hungry animal.
Today I am a peace hungry man.
Tomorrow I shall try to become a love hungry God.
Yesterday I was God preparation.
Today I am God dedication.
Tomorrow I shall be God perfection.
I knock at God's Heart Door because my sweet Lord has once shown me His Heart's Door.
I pray to God because my sweet Lord has once taken me into His Soul Room.
I cry and cry for my Lord Supreme because my sweet Lord has once made me sit on His Silence Throne.
I have seen God once; therefore, I wish to see Him again.
I have loved God once; therefore, I wish to love Him again. I have surrendered to God's Will once; therefore, I wish to surrender my existence to God's Will again.
I know it will not be difficult for me to see God once again. I know it will not be difficult for me to love Him again. I know it will not be difficult for me to surrender my earthly existence to His Heavenly Will again. But there is something that will be extremely difficult for me, for I have not yet done it before. I have not claimed God as my own, very own, for it is difficult, extremely difficult, for me to claim Him as my very own. The day I claim God as my very own, He will proclaim me as His chosen instrument, His Dream fulfilled Boat.
July 19th, 1974
Grand Hall
Caxton Hall
Caxton Street
London S. W. 1, England


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Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Zento Contemporary Japanese Cuisine
Much has been said about Zento, the contemporary Japanese restaurant helmed by Chef Gunawan Wibisono, who trained for a year under Iron Chef Masaharu Morimoto. Many rave about Zento's reinvigorating take on Japanese food, using unusual ingredients and cooking techniques.
The Tuna Pizza (S$22), for example, uses a crisp tortilla as a base. It's topped with spicy tuna (made spicy by a mayo-based sauce), cilantro, tomatoes and sweetish hiyashi wakame (cold seaweed). As a snack, it's light and tasty. If you like skinny pizzas, this might appeal to you too.
Rock Shrimp Tempura (S$15), served with spicy kochujan aioli. Some Asians may find the spicy sauce too familiar, but I totally loved this Nobu-inspired dish. The rock shrimp are small but sweet like lobsters. They're imported from Japan, if I remember correctly.
Carpaccio of Hokkaido Scallop (S$25) - topped with ginger, garlic, yuzu sauce, mitsuba leaf, and doused liberally with hot grapeseed oil. The thinly sliced scallops are effectively half-cooked using this method. The savoury and gently tangy sauces bring out the sweetness of the scallops.
Toppings Sushi, not on the menu, is about S$30. This is one of those "hidden" chef specials you can ask for. Zento is experimenting with various premium toppings. Here, we have (front to back, in the order that they are to be eaten) grilled foie gras, aburi salmon belly with tomato, and wagyu beef. The salmon belly is my favourite - so creamy and rich, it will bring you to nirvana (at least for a few moments).
Soy Paper Handrolls - Crunchy Spicy Tuna with Avocado (S$12 each). Soy paper is something we have just never seen in Singapore. It's soft yet strong, chewy yet quickly solvent. The taste calls to mind "yuba" or sheets of beancurd skim (well it's soy, after all). The crunchy bits you see are specially prepared fried tempura batter. They provide most of the structure in these rolls.
Voila! This is what Zento is most famous for. Creatively delicious sushi rolls, five of them on one plate. We immediately dubbed this the "happiness platter"! (Note: they don't normally serve sushi rolls this way, this is just a spur of the moment decision to group all the rolls together).
Right in the middle is the Volcano futomaki (S$25). Shrimp tempura, smoked salmon, avocado, crabstick and masago in one deep-fried fat roll drizzled with mayo. Sounds sinful? Mmmh.
Flanking the Volcano roll is the Dragon Roll (S$22) - crunchy spicy tuna, eel, avocado and tobiko. Yet another luxurious roll, given its rich ingredients.
On the other end of the spectrum, a very healthy Mango Sashimi Riceless Maki (S$25, quarter portion shown). Three kinds of fish get into bed with mango and avocado, and the ensemble is wrapped with rice paper. Like a Vietnamese roll. The fish is really fresh, and the roll looks so bright and colourful, but it is the most bland of all presented. Well, at least it's low-carb.
Close-ups of the Monkey Roll (left) and Dragon Roll (right). The Monkey Roll (S$25) is made of a spicy shrimp tempura topped with smoked salmon and avocado.
Yes, you are seeing a lot of common ingredients. That's something to take note of when choosing your rolls so you don't end up with items that taste too similar. There are other rolls with more unusual ingredients like asparagus, romaine heart, Alaskan crab, cream cheese, and plum paste. The Kanpachi Sotomaki even features jalapeno (listed as green chili in the menu).
The wasabi for the rolls is not the freshly grated type (you get that for sashimi and sushi). Dyana the Managing Director (and the chef's wife) explains that it's because the rolls use stronger-tasting ingredients, so wasabi paste will be more perceptible.
And what's the best roll of the lot? Personally for me, it was the Wagyu Beef sushi roll (S$30, half portion shown) - shrimp tempura topped with a slice of grilled wagyu beef and Gruyere cheese. One of my top favourites here, along with the rock shrimp tempura and salmon belly topping sushi.
See the yellow pickled ginger? It's made inhouse. They brew their own soy sauce too.
Roasted Marinated Duck Breast, Zento's Style (S$48), served with foie gras and baby bokchoy and garlic rice. I'm not a fan of duck, but this was tender and well-marinated.
Chilean Seabass, miso marinated and served with sauteed mushrooms and mashed green peas (S$45). The fish is beautifully buttery, with just a hint of miso.
As you can see from the blurry photo, we took really hurried shots for the Chocolate Lava Cake (S$16). We wanted to eat it while it was still hot. Wow, this was good. The melted chocolate centre oozed out as it should. I would eat this again.
OK. I'm a kid. I love ice cream. I love deep-fried stuff. So deep-fried ice cream could not go wrong with me. Tri-color Fuzzes Bomb (S$14). I detected a vanilla ginger sauce too, drizzled over the fried batter - a nice touch.
Zento is clearly not "just another Japanese restaurant". Even its decor is trendy modern chic. It's a good place to consider if you're jaded by traditional Japanese food, or if you like the American interpretation of sushi with liberal use of sauces and some deep-frying.
Dyana admits customers feel prices are a little on the high side, which I find to be true as well. But she explains Zento places great emphasis on fresh, quality ingredients and good produce doesn't come cheap. For example, the fish used in the sushi rolls are of the same top quality fish used for sashimi. It's not the unpresentable odds and ends that some chefs chop up and offload inside the rolls.
I really like the name "Zento" - it corresponds with the Chinese words "qian tu" meaning one's future. I sure hope Zento's future will be as bright and colourful as its creations.
They now have a 9-course Family Lunch (S$150++) and 12-course Family Dinner ($220++). Ladies Night is Tuesdays, where you get a 5-course menu with glass of champagne. Set lunches are also available ranging from S$18-55. They do delivery too! But then again food like sashimi and sushi is best eaten fresly prepared, or not at all.
Read about Chef Gunawan's interesting climb to success in Jaime Ee's Business Times article. For more blogger photos and reviews, check out ieatishootipost's review and Ladyironchef's review. Thanks to Dyana for hosting us (HungryCow and Aromacookery were there too).
Blk 18b Dempsey Road
Singapore 249677
Tel: 6474 0378
Open daily
Lunch 12.00 pm - 3.00 pm
Sunday - Thursday 6.00 pm - 10.00 pm
Friday - Saturday 6.00 pm - 11.00 pm
10 comments
- AnonymousAugust 27, 2009 at 2:25 PM
This place looks very expensive for food that looks somewhat uninspired, and not much different from what you can get at a typical Japanese restaurant or hotel buffet. Can't understand how this restaurant will survive with such high prices...$50 for just an entree and $30 for just one sushi roll? I'll be surprised this restaurant will still be in business 12 months from today.
ReplyDelete Anon: yeah, their pricing is a major issue. I've mentioned it above. The food certainly is better quality than buffet fodder and family restaurant fare. But pricing can really deter customers, especially in such a competitive dining scene.
SF: ah sorry, I should have been clearer. The "happiness platter" is just a name we bloggers gave the plate when it showed up. They don't normally serve rolls this way, it was a spur of the moment decision to present all five rolls together. Certainly looks grand!
I also realise I forgot to include the individual prices of some of the rolls. I'll edit now and put them in.Thank you for Catherine who takes a good picture and post our restaurant.
I understand that pricing is a bit on the high side, but we are clearly not regular sushi place. We are more focus on our quality.
If you guys would like an update regarding our promotion, you can go to our website at www.zento.com.sg and also become our fans in face book under zento contemporary.
You can also still enjoy the I eat Degustation menu, 10 course for $48/person, Minimum of 4 person.
Thank you and hope to see you all.


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Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery
MISS is the latest advanced technology available to perform spinal surgeries through small, less than one inch long, incisions. It involves the use of special surgical instruments, devices and advanced imaging techniques to visualize and perform the surgery through such small incisions. MISS is aimed at minimizing damage to the muscles and surrounding structures. MISS possesses numerous benefits over the traditional spine surgery that includes:
- Small surgery scars
- Reduced risk of infections
- Less blood loss during the surgery
- Less post-operative pain
- Quicker recovery
- Shorter hospital stay
- Quicker return to work and normal activities
Minimally invasive spine surgery is done through small incisions. Segmental tubular retractors and dilators are then inserted through these small incisions to retract muscles and provide access to the spine by creating a working channel for the surgery. This minimizes the damage to the muscles and soft tissues and decreases the blood loss during the surgery. An endoscope is inserted through one of the incisions to provide images of the operation field on the monitor in the operation room. The surgery is done with special surgical instruments passed through the working channel. Sometimes surgical microscopes may also be used to magnify the visual field. The tissues fall back in place, as the various instruments are withdrawn. The incision is then closed and dressed.
Risk and Complications
The risks and complications of the surgery may include infection, bleeding, nerve injury, or spinal cord injury. Complications due to general anesthesia may also occur.


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Your child's body takes nutrients from food and converts them into energy. After your child's body has taken the nutrients it needs, waste products are left behind. They are left in the bowel and in the blood.
The kidneys and urinary system keep water and chemicals, such as potassium and sodium, in balance. They do this by removing a type of waste called urea from the blood. Urea is made when protein foods such as meat, poultry, and certain vegetables are broken down in the body. Urea is carried in the bloodstream to the kidneys.
The kidneys are a pair of purplish-brown organs. They are located below the ribs toward the middle of the back. They:
Remove liquid waste from the blood in the form of urine
Keep the correct balance of salts (electrolytes) and other substances in the blood
Make erythropoietin, a hormone that helps red blood cells form
The kidneys remove urea from the blood through tiny filtering units called nephrons. Each kidney has about 1 million nephrons. They are in the medulla and the cortex. Each nephron is made up of a ball formed of small blood capillaries (a glomerulus) and a small tube called a renal tubule.
Urea, water, and other waste substances form into urine as it passes through the nephrons. They go down the renal tubules of the kidney. Urine then collects in the calyces and renal pelvis. It moves into the ureter. From the ureter, it flows down into the bladder.
The kidneys also do other important tasks:
They make hormones that help keep blood pressure at a normal level and the heart working as it should.
They change vitamin D into a form that can be used by the body's tissues.
Nephrology is the branch of medicine that focuses on diagnosing and treating kidney problems. A nephrologist is a healthcare provider with special training in kidney problems. Other healthcare providers who treat kidney problems include primary care providers, pediatricians, and urologists.
Problems of the urinary system in children include different types of acute and chronic kidney failure. They also include urinary tract infections, blockages along the urinary tract, and problems present at birth.
Diseases of the kidneys often cause short-term or permanent changes to the small structures and vessels in the kidney. Frequent urinary tract infections can cause scarring in these structures. This can lead to kidney (renal) failure. Some diseases that cause kidney damage are:
Hemolytic uremic syndrome
Polycystic kidney disease
Urinary tract infections
Disorders of the genitourinary system in children are often found by fetal ultrasound before birth. Or they may be found in children who have a urinary tract infection. Your child's healthcare provider may order special tests. These tests may find an abnormality.
Some diseases of the kidney don't show up until later in life or after a child has a bacterial infection or an immune disorder.


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Papa Francesco's Message for World Mission Day 2014
- also in Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Italian, Portuguese & Spanish
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
Today vast numbers of people still do not know Jesus Christ. For this reason, the mission ad gentes continues to be most urgent. All the members of the Church are called to participate in this mission, for the Church is missionary by her very nature: she was born "to go forth". World Mission Day is a privileged moment when the faithful of various continents engage in prayer and concrete gestures of solidarity in support of the young Churches in mission lands. It is a celebration of grace and joy. A celebration of grace, because the Holy Spirit, sent by the Father, offers wisdom and strength to those who are obedient to his action. A celebration of joy, because Jesus Christ, the Father's Son, sent to evangelize the world, supports and accompanies our missionary efforts. This joy of Jesus and missionary disciples leads me to propose a biblical icon, which we find in the Gospel of Luke (cf 10, 21-23) .
1. The Evangelist tells us that the Lord sent the seventy-two disciples two by two into cities and villages to proclaim that the Kingdom of God was near, and to prepare people to meet Jesus. After carrying out this mission of preaching, the disciples returned full of joy: joy is a dominant theme of this first and unforgettable missionary experience. Yet the divine Master told them: "Do not rejoice because the demons are subject to you; but rejoice because your names are written in heaven. At that very moment Jesus rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and said: 'I give you praise, Father...' And, turning to the disciples in private he said, 'Blessed are the eyes that see what you see'" (Lk 10, 20-21, 23).
Luke presents three scenes. Jesus speaks first to his disciples, then to the Father, and then again to the disciples. Jesus wanted to let the disciples share his joy, different and greater than anything they had previously experienced.
2. The disciples were filled with joy, excited about their power to set people free from demons. But Jesus cautioned them to rejoice not so much for the power they had received, but for the love they had received, "because your names are written in heaven" (Lk 10, 20). The disciples were given an experience of God's love, but also the possibility of sharing that love. And this experience is a cause for gratitude and joy in the heart of Jesus. Luke saw this jubilation in a perspective of the trinitarian communion: "Jesus rejoiced in the Holy Spirit", turning to the Father and praising him. This moment of deep joy springs from Jesus' immense filial love for his Father, Lord of heaven and earth, who hid these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to the childlike (cf Lk 10, 21). God has both hidden and revealed, and in this prayer of praise it is his revealing which stands out. What is it that God has revealed and hidden? The mysteries of his Kingdom, the manifestation of divine lordship in Jesus and the victory over Satan.
God has hidden this from those who are all too full of themselves and who claim to know everything already. They are blinded by their presumptuousness and they leave no room for God. One can easily think of some of Jesus' contemporaries whom he repeatedly admonished, but the danger is one that always exists and concerns us too. The "little ones", for their part, are the humble, the simple, the poor, the marginalized, those without a voice, those weary and burdened, whom Jesus pronounced "blessed". We readily think of Mary, Joseph, the fishermen of Galilee and the disciples whom Jesus called as he went preaching.
3. "Yes, Father, for such has been your gracious will" (Lk 10, 21). These words of Jesus must be understood as referring to his inner exultation. The word "gracious" describes the Father's saving and benevolent plan for humanity. It was this divine graciousness that made Jesus rejoice, for the Father willed to love people with the same love that he has for his Son. Luke also alludes to the similar exultation of Mary: "My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord, and my spirit exults in God my Saviour" (Lk 1, 47). This is the Good News that leads to salvation. Mary, bearing in her womb Jesus, the evangelizer par excellence, met Elizabeth and rejoiced in the Holy Spirit as she sang her Magnificat. Jesus, seeing the success of his disciples' mission and their resulting joy, rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and addressed his Father in prayer. In both cases, it is joy for the working of salvation, for the love with which the Father loves his Son comes down to us, and through the Holy Spirit fills us and grants us a share in the trinitarian life.
The Father is the source of joy. The Son is its manifestation, and the Holy Spirit its giver. Immediately after praising the Father, so the evangelist Matthew tells us, Jesus says: "Come to me, all you who labour and are burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am meek and humble of heart, and you will find rest for yourselves. For my yoke is easy and my burden light" (Mt 11, 28-30). "The joy of the Gospel fills the hearts and lives of all who encounter Jesus. Those who accept his offer of salvation are set free from sin, sorrow, inner emptiness and loneliness. With Christ joy is constantly born anew" (Evangelii Gaudium, 1).
The Virgin Mary had a unique experience of this encounter with Jesus, and thus became "causa nostrae laetitiae". The disciples, for their part, received the call to follow Jesus and to be sent by him to preach the Gospel (cf Mk 3, 14), and so they were filled with joy. Why shouldn't we too enter this flood of joy?
4. "The great danger in today's world, pervaded as it is by consumerism, is the desolation and anguish born of a complacent yet covetous heart, the feverish pursuit of frivolous pleasures, and a blunted conscience" (Evangelii Gaudium, 2). Humanity greatly needs to lay hold of the salvation brought by Christ. His disciples are those who allow themselves to be seized ever more by the love of Jesus and marked by the fire of passion for the Kingdom of God and the proclamation of the joy of the Gospel. All the Lord's disciples are called to nurture the joy of evangelization. The Bishops, as those primarily responsible for this proclamation, have the task of promoting the unity of the local Church in her missionary commitment. They are called to acknowledge that the joy of communicating Jesus Christ is expressed in a concern to proclaim him in the most distant places, as well as in a constant outreach to the peripheries of their own territory, where great numbers of the poor are waiting for this message.
Many parts of the world are experiencing a dearth of vocations to the priesthood and the consecrated life. Often this is due to the absence of contagious apostolic fervour in communities which lack enthusiasm and thus fail to attract. The joy of the Gospel is born of the encounter with Christ and from sharing with the poor. For this reason I encourage parish communities, associations and groups to live an intense fraternal life, grounded in love for Jesus and concern for the needs of the most disadvantaged. Wherever there is joy, enthusiasm and a desire to bring Christ to others, genuine vocations arise. Among these vocations, we should not overlook lay vocations to mission. There has been a growing awareness of the identity and mission of the lay faithful in the Church, as well as a recognition that they are called to take an increasingly important role in the spread of the Gospel. Consequently they need to be given a suitable training for the sake of an effective apostolic activity.
5. "God loves a cheerful giver" (2 Cor 9, 7). World Mission Day is also an occasion to rekindle the desire and the moral obligation to take joyful part in the mission ad gentes. A monetary contribution on the part of individuals is the sign of a self-offering, first to the Lord and then to others; in this way a material offering can become a means for the evangelization of humanity built on love.
Dear brothers and sisters, on this World Mission Day my thoughts turn to all the local Churches. Let us not be robbed of the joy of evangelization! I invite you to immerse yourself in the joy of the Gospel and nurture a love that can light up your vocation and your mission. I urge each of you to recall, as if you were making an interior pilgrimage, that "first love" with which the Lord Jesus Christ warmed your heart, not for the sake of nostalgia but in order to persevere in joy. The Lord's disciples persevere in joy when they sense his presence, do his will and share with others their faith, hope and evangelical charity.
Let us pray through the intercession of Mary, the model of humble and joyful evangelization, that the Church may become a welcoming home, a mother for all peoples and the source of rebirth for our world.
From the Vatican, 8 June 2014, Solemnity of Pentecost