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For those employers who employ "tipped employees," i.e., employees who generally receive $30 or more per week in tips, a tip pooling arrangement may have some appeal. After all, such arrangements allow for an equitable distribution of tips to employees who may not directly interact with customers. While tip pools certainly have their appeal, they have also drawn close scrutiny from regulators and disgruntled employees.
Keep in mind that some state laws ban or significantly restrict tip pooling arrangements. The federal Department of Labor (DOL)approves of tip pooling, but as you may expect, there are a number of strings attached to tip pools. Employers must notify tipped employees of any required tip pool contribution amount, may only take a "tip credit" toward the payment of the minimum wage for the amount of tips each tipped employee ultimately receives, and may not retain any of the employees' tips for any other purpose.
Furthermore, employees sharing in the tips must somehow participate in serving the customers who left the tips. In determining whether employees participated in serving the customers who left tips, the DOL and the courts look to whether the employees interacted with the customers, assisted in providing a pleasurable dining experience, and whether the employees provided direct table service during the meal. Employees who might properly share in tip pools include: servers, bussers, bar-backs, service bar tenders and hosts. A valid tip pool may not include employees who do not regularly and customarily receive tips, these employees might include: janitors, dishwashers, chefs and cooks.
Furthermore, because the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) prohibits employers from withholding tips, managers may not participate in tip pools. The theory is that managers, and even some supervisors, are agents of the employer and are therefore prohibited from participating in the tip pools. Several employers, including Starbucks, who was hit with a $105 million judgment, have learned this lesson the hard way. As these employers have learned, class action lawsuits challenging tip pooling practices are becoming more popular.
As noted above, employers with tipped employees may also seek to take credit for those tips toward the minimum wage requirement. Again, however, there are restrictions on an employer's ability to apply the tip credit. An employer may take the tip credit for some time that the tipped employee spends in duties related to the tipped occupation, even though such duties are not by themselves directed toward producing tips. However, the DOL takes the position that if tipped employees spend more than 20% of their time performing non-tipped duties such as general preparation work or maintenance, no tip credit may be taken for the time spent performing these duties. Furthermore, if an employee is employed in both a tipped and a non-tipped occupation, such as an employee employed both as a maintenance person and a waitperson, the tip credit is available only for the hours spent by the employee in the tipped occupation.
The DOL also requires employers to provide notice to tipped employees of the requirements of the FLSA's tip credit provisions before using the tip credit toward the FLSA's minimum wage requirements. An employer must provide the following information to a tipped employee before the employer may use the tip credit:
Employers with tipped employees should review their pay practices, especially if they use tip pools or take a tip credit toward the minimum wage requirement, to ensure compliance with both state and federal law in light of the increased popularity of class-based claims and regulatory restrictions.
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We face a trip to either Hull City or Brighton & Hove Albion in the FA Cup quarter finals.
The game could take place on either Saturday 8th (tea-time kick off), Sunday 9th (1:30pm kick off) or Monday 10th March (evening kick off). Once TV selections are finalised by the broadcasters then a confirmed date and time for the fixture will be announced.
Season card holders have until 5:00pm on Tuesday 25th February 2014 to apply for tickets, either in person at the Stadium of Light ticket office or online at www.safc.com/tickets.
As SAFCs opponents are yet to be confirmed, supporters are asked to apply for either or both games as required.
A general sale of tickets will commence from 9:00am on Tuesday 4th March 2014, subject to availability.
Brighton and Hove Albion - adults £25/£20, over 65 £15, under 16s £10 and under 10s £5.
Hull City - adults £20, Over 65s/16-22 £15, under 16s £5 and under 10s £1.

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You know that bit in Crocodile Dundee II when Mick is doing his Australian meditating in his flat and a bloke knocks on his door, fires a shotgun through it and is then promptly punched in the face through the door by Mr Dundee?
Right, well you know when the guy wakes up from his fist-begot unconsciousness, he's dangling over a balcony by his feet and Mick Dundee is threatening to cut the rope? Imagine, if you will, that your disbelief is this unfortunate mobster, suspended over the void, while the sweat-slick Mick Dundee represents the new movie adaptation of 80s action tosh The A-Team, and his Bowie knife is its plot. In short, The A-Team's pant-on-head mad story threatens to shatter illusion and immersion to the point where you fear for your own sanity.
While I await my award for the most convoluted movie analogy of 2010, let's look at why The A-Team is the idiot savant of the modern action movie.
The film opens with Hannibal (Liam Neeson) getting worked over by some Mexican thugs, who eventually decide that since they cannot find a working pistol with which to execute him, they will instead kill him with a pair Rottweilers. They wander off laughing gleefully after releasing the dogs, assuming that their victim's death is assured rather than guessing that he'll actually escape from his chair, move into the shadows and handcuff the slavering hounds together in a move that apparently embarrasses them into humility, thus saving his life.
This is the first in a long chain of near-death experiences for the members of The A-Team, and they get more ridiculous as the film progresses, with its overwhelming number of villainous figures failing to pull the trigger on their temporarily helpless targets until they've talked just long enough for a rescue to be mounted. Although hardly the most preposterous aspect of this film, and frequently used throughout the history of Hollywood, these extended pre-execution gloating sessions are overused and simply frustrating by the time the final credits roll.
The first ten minutes of the film outlines how the team met and formed, and then the action jumps on eight years to the closing days of the Iraq war. We're shown Hannibal briefly joking with some Iraqi troops, telling one of them to keep wearing his helmet it what seems to be a subtly callous allusion to the fact that although the Americans are leaving, the country is hardly stable or safe. But I digress. The team is asked to perform one last mission in Baghdad before they leave, but they are framed by some chaps from Black Ops and the CIA, resulting in their imprisonment. Of course they break out and attempt to clear their names. Violence ensues.
Perhaps the most important point made in The A-Team is that Gandhi was fallible and, if you interpret his wider teachings in a particular way, his name can actually be used to condone excessive physical violence. No foolin'. You see, the filmmakers hypothesise that you can justify virtually any action with quotes from revered figures and, by association, religious scriptures, provided you are possessing of a selective and reductive mindset.
There is no grey area in the action movie, and The A-Team takes the conundrum of righteous violence, or the unquestioned righteousness of arms-bearing Americans, to new levels of amoral inappropriateness. The central foursome are only identified as the 'goodies' because they have a warehouse of one-liners and enough compassion to make sure that they people they kill are really, really dead, and not just maimed. Explosions act as a pretty potent final punctuation mark to anyone's existence.*
I suppose The A-Team is funny, if you think the idea of a man testing a helicopter's rotor blades by hanging from them and singing Dead or Alive's 80s hit 'You Spin Me Round' is rib-tickling at its best. It's funny in the way that kids film Madagascar is funny, i.e. not very. I also suppose that the action sequences are quite well done, but the point I've been driving towards is that 1) You won't believe that any of it is possible, even through the broadly exaggerated lens of Hollywood, and 2) You won't really be rooting for the protagonists because they're a bit too cocky and half-baked as characters.
If you can turn off your higher brain function, you'll enjoy The A-Team with the most lizardy part of your psyche.
Something else I want to mention here is the future implications of the current crop of remakes. There's been much discussion of how the contemporary Hollywood bigwigs clearly grew up in the 80s, and as such are pumping out adaptations of shows and movies that were popular in their youth: G.I. Joe, Karate Kid etc etc. I'm now wondering what the catalogue of the 90s and 00s will look like when it's plundered in five, ten, twenty years' time. I don't think I'll want to see any of it. You?
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'I stand before you a grateful man' Menino says in address
'I stand before you a grateful man,' Mayor Thomas M. Menino said in his state of the city address Tuesday at Faneuil Hall.
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Culture-bound syndromes: Windigo Psychosis, Susta, Latah, Amok, Pibloktoq
Culture-bound syndromes are disorders which are thought to be seen only within specific cultures. There is much debate over these culture-bound syndromes. Some people believe that these disorders are simply expressions and perceptions of syndromes which exist across other cultures. Others believe that culture-bound syndromes arise due to differences in the enculturation/socialization process, or from biological differences, and that these syndromes are truly unique to these cultures. We are still not sure, but Culture-bound syndromes such as latah, amok, windigo psychosis, susto, and pibloktoq can be very interesting to study.
Latah Culture-Bound Syndrome
Latah is a mental disorder and Culture-bound syndrome seen in Indonesia, Malaysia, and areas or the Philippines which is characterized by an individual (most commonly a middle-aged woman) going into a fit of swearing, dancing, screaming, and hysterical laughter. These fits under latah are often triggered by being scared. They latah stricken may repeat phrases or imitate behaviors helplessly. . Common triggers of latah are as simple as hearing the word, snake or being tickled. Some people find these fits funny and purposely trigger them in people they know are affected by latah. Many of those who suffer from latah say that their disorder arose after a traumatic experience. (McLaren & Ringe, http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/electronic-publications/stay-free/archives/21/mental_illness.html) (Scupin, 2008)
Amok Culture-Bound Syndrome
The amok Culture-bound syndrome is an unfortunate one. After being insulted, the individual goes into a period of withdrawal and depressed brooding. During this time they may experience insomnia and drink large amounts of alcohol. After some period, the individual has a murderous outburst that does not end until they are dead or have been restrained. If they survive they often have no recollection of the events. Interestingly, there is only one female who experienced amok. I also find it interesting that the word amok has transferred over to the English language as a term to describe someone running wild. (McLaren & Ringe, http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/electronic-publications/stay-free/archives/21/mental_illness.html) (Scupin, 2008)
Windigo Psychosis Culture-Bound Syndrome
Those affected by the windigo psychosis Culture-bound syndrome go into a state in which they believe they have been possessed by the spirit of a cannibalistic being called Windigo. Windigo is a mythological creature seen in the history of the Algonquin Indians. Windigo psychosis has been seen across other tribes such as the Cree and Chippewa. Those under windigo psychosis have urges to eat human flesh, while ironically becoming paranoid of being a cannibal. Some of those who experience windigo psychosis have asked to be killed before they harm anyone. The rate of Native American individuals who experience windigo psychosis has dropped as their culture assimilates into modern society. (http://en.academic.ru/dic.nsf/enwiki/2530880) (Scupin, 2008)
Susto Culture-Bound Syndrome
Susto Culture-bound syndrome is thought of as a loss of soul or an attack by spirits. Susto is seen in Latin America, most often in women who are culturally stressed. There are several home remedies that are said to improve the Susto condition (although this could be placebo and not help the Susto), and the condition also improves after gaining official knowledge of susto. (http://www.rice.edu/projects/HispanicHealth/Courses/mod7/susto.html)
Pibloktoq Culture-Bound Syndrome
Pibloktoq is another condition which initially involves an individual withdrawing from society, then randomly having an outburst. The disorder is experienced by Eskimo (Inuit) people in arctic regions. The outburst may include tearing off clothes and running through the snow, jumping into a fire, speaking in tongues, among other things. Some think Pibloktoq may be an extreme form of Cabin Fever. (Scrupin, 2008)
My first thoughts after reading about these culture-bound syndromes like latah, amok, windigo psychosis, susto, and pibloktoq was that several of them seem to have a lot of things in common. They often begin with a period of depression after some trigger, then lead to an outburst. They may believe that they have become possessed. The main difference is how the outburst is dealt with. Some lead to violence, while others divert the pain to themselves instead by jumping in a fire or in the snow. The Culture-bound syndrome could all be closely related and come out in different ways because of differences in culture.Initially I had a somewhat ethnocentric response to a few of these culture-bound syndromes (latah, amok, windigo psychosis, susto, and pibloktoq). I believe it is nearly impossible to avoid having at least a slight bias based on the culture which you are accustomed to when it comes to Culture-bound syndromes. It is hard not to think of these people as being barbaric (as the case with windigo which involves cannibalism), or just insane. We almost never see people experience things like this in western society, but these Culture-bound syndromes Windigo psychosis, Susta, Latah, Amok, Pibloktoq are just another part of life.


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Aerodynamically, the C3 we tested, a '70 model owned by Robert Morgan, doesn't differ much from the C2 split window. In fact, with the headlights up, it actually produces more drag (9.09 to 9.73 CDA). The addition of the tiniest rear spoiler, however, did help produce 13.9 pounds of downforce in the rear (shown as negative lift on the chart). This is the only car that was able to produce negative lift numbers.
Generation Four
The beginning of the "modern era" Corvettes began with the C4 (1984-1996). Fuel injection standard, electronic displays in the dash, the now-famous wedge body design-you name it. The '84 model marked the first complete redesign of the Corvette since 1968, and it showed. Just about everything on this car is an improvement over the previous generation, and that includes the aerodynamic performance.
Incidentally, the '90 C4 owned by John Walton is the ZR1 model outfitted with the four cam/32-valve LT5 engine producing 375 hp. Although the body differs from the base model, the overall effect in the wind tunnel should be minimal. The ZR1 C4, however, improved the CDA over the previous generation drastically. The numbers come in at 7.46 for the C4 versus 8.81 with no passengers and the headlights down. And where the C3 increased the CDA by 1.04 just by flipping up the headlights, the C4 only increases by 0.61. Total lift is also nearly cut in half. The C4 cuts the C3's 136.2 pounds of lift all the way down to 69.3.
Generation Five
Finally, we reach the C5, a generation new enough that some purchasers are still making payments. Produced from 1997 until 2004, the C5 is again a tremendous improvement over the previous generation. Its introduction also marked the debut of the LS1 engine, which has become a favorite of hot rodders everywhere not only for the power it produces, but also for its light weight thanks to all aluminum construction. The C5 not only lost weight versus the C4, it was also better positioned thanks to relocating the transmission back to just in front of the rear axle.
For the C5, we tested two different models. The first was a standard-edition Vette owned by Mark Connolly. The second was a Z06 owned by Tommy Megremis. Surprisingly, the baseline Corvette produced better aero numbers both in terms of drag and lift. Because it has a greater frontal area, the C5 Z06 actually has slightly more drag than a C4 Corvette. Much of this apparently comes from the Z06's redesigned nose. It contributed to more aero lift on the front end versus the standard model, while the Z06 had considerably less lift at the rear end.
"As a general rule, the base model of any car will have less aerodynamic drag," Eaker says of the surprising differences. "That's because the designer's higher priority is maximizing fuel mileage by reducing wind resistance. Option, or sport, models usually suffer a bit of a drag penalty because they're outfitted with body moldings that give them the look of a race or sports car. What they don't tell you is the look usually outweighs the actual effectiveness of the body changes."
Generation Six
At last, we've made it to the present in our little field trip through Corvette history. Eaker says of the C6, "Here, we're getting to a car with much fewer compromises. In the '60s, the main design criteria was simply to make a car that was fun. In the '70s, they added all the social responsibility that we talked about earlier, and the fun factor really suffered. In the '80s, the technology began catching up, and now we've finally gotten to a stage where the car can be socially responsible with good safety features and respectable gas mileage, and also more fun than any of its predecessors."


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Archaeology event to honor culture
JONESBORO — The Arkansas State University Museum and the Arkansas Archeological Survey will host a free archeological event in the main museum gallery on the Jonesboro campus from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. March 6, according to a news release.
Meeting set
The Batesville AARP chapter will hold an executive meeting at 1 p.m. Tuesday at the community room of the Citizens Bank annex.
The meeting is open to all AARP and committee members.
License suspended for 6 months
LITTLE ROCK (AP) — An Arkansas Supreme Court committee has suspended the law license of an Izard County attorney for six months for avoiding a client.
The court's Committee on Professional Conduct also ordered Stephen L. Lewis to pay $5,600 in restitution and $50 in costs. The committee cited professional misconduct in Lewis' handling of a case involving damage to a motorcycle while a potential buyer drove it in 2003.
Southside accepting nominations
SOUTHSIDE — The Southside Gifted and Talented program is currently accepting nominations for prospective students until April 1.
Students who are nominated will be screened and a committee will consider the needs of each student based on screening information. Screenings will include classroom performance, reasoning skills, academic excellence, standardized test performance and creative ability.
Hillcrest approved for criminal grant
STRAWBERRY — Students at the Hillcrest School District could soon be learning about the criminal justice system now that a grant application to start a program has been approved by the Arkansas Department of Workforce Education.
Superintendent Greg Crabtree told the school board Monday that according to a letter, the district will receive about $37,000 in supplies to start a program, however, he would know more details in the next few months.
Becker: Big Labor's Plan B
Over the past year business owners and workers from across the state rallied together to convey their strong opposition to the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA). This legislation would fundamentally rewrite the nation's labor laws by usurping secret ballot elections and allowing government bureaucrats to set contracts without consent from employers or employees, giving labor unions a clear and unfair advantage.
Lloyd Perry
CAVE CITY — Lloyd Anderson Perry, 89, of Cave City died Thursday, Feb. 25, 2010, in a Cave City nursing home.
Born May 4, 1920, at Lafferty, he was the son of E.A. and Della M. Watkins Perry. He was a farmer and a member of Lebanon Missionary Baptist Church at Nelsonville.
Louise King
CAVE CITY — Louise King, 53, of Cave City died Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2010, at her home.
Born June 21, 1956, in Marianna, she was the daughter of Huey John Thomas Chastain and Virginia Ellen Melson. She was a millwright for a construction company. She enjoyed painting, shopping, antique shopping, walks on the farm and sitting on the front porch swing. She was involved with and supported cancer awareness. She was a member of Quail Valley Church of Christ.
Ed Jeffery
SALESVILLE — Finis Edward "Ed" Jeffery, 80, of Salesville, formerly of Batesville, died Monday, Feb. 22, 2010, in a Mountain Home hospital.
He was born Aug. 9, 1929, in Mount Olive. He served in the U.S. Air Force from 1948 to 1952 and was a Korean War veteran. He was very patriotic. He retired from Santa Fe Trailways after 25 years and later worked as a contractor in Batesville, allowing him to continue doing woodworking. He enjoyed fishing, especially at Lake Norfork, hunting, the outdoors and the Mountain Home and northern Arkansas area.
Mary Russ
CAVE CITY — Mary Jane Milligan Russ, 83, of Cave City died Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2010, in a Batesville hospital.
Born Oct. 11, 1926, in Cave City, she was the daughter of George Washington Milligan and Coy Faye Davis Milligan. She was a homemaker and enjoyed playing Scrabble and cooking. She was a member of Grace Communion Church.
Pioneer Pizza now open for business in Batesville
Pioneer Pizza is now open at 1614 Harrison St. in Batesville offering carry-out or delivery of tasty pizza, pasta, sandwiches and salads.
Pioneer Pizza is operated by Connie Starr (along with her husband Mooney), who has extensive experience in the world of pizza preparation and customer service.
Hours of operation are from 10:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday through Thursday, and from 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday. The restaurant is in the old Pizza For Less location.
To place an order call (870) 793-6300.
Wisdom, Miehl set to solemnize vows
JONESBORO — Vaughn and Ellen Wisdom of Jonesboro have announced the engagement and upcoming marriage of their daughter, Erin Deirdre Wisdom, to Robert Joseph Miehl, son of Mike and Karen Cole of Bono and the late Michael Miehl.
The bride-elect is the granddaughter of Ida Dickey of Jonesboro and the late Melvin Dickey and the late C.W. and Juanita Wisdom.
She is a 2009 honor graduate of Westside High School and is a freshman at Arkansas State University.
She is employed at St. Bernard's Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro.


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I know people like to contrast these statistics against the "problem of Android fragmentation" but Apple is the exception - not the rule. In 20+ years of Enterprise IT I've never seen any product deployed at scale manage version control as well as this. Specifically in mobile, OS updates and patches for devices in the past were rare and hardly ever installed even when available. I'm not a huge fan of Apple but kudos to them for doing what basically no one else in technology could do ever (hardware or software): establish a pattern of consistent, stable, rapidly deployed upgrades that reach nearly every device. To me that is far more innovative than how many pixels are in the screen or whether your thumb print unlocks the phone.
iOS 7 adoption rate continues to climb, now at 78 percent
The adoption rate of iOS 7 continues to climb, and Apple has posted the latest figures over on the developer portal. The latest numbers show a 78 percent adoption rate of the latest version of iOS, up another 2 percent in just the last two weeks.
The figure is calculated from App Store usage, and as a result iOS 6 has dropped to just 18 percent, with earlier versions holding steady at 4 percent. Sure, not everyone has a device that can run iOS 7, but the Christmas period just gone will surely account for a little of the spike in the past two weeks.
Source: Apple Developer Portal
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Following the preliminary rounds of the football and kickball categories of the 2012/2013 National County Sports Meet, the Ministry of Youth and Sports has released the quarterfinal fixtures of the games to be played on January 20th and 21st at the Samuel Kanyon Doe (SKD) Sports Complex in Paynesville, Monrovia.
This year's meet, under the theme: 'Together, We Build A Healthy, Peaceful, Strong, Productive Tomorrow for Liberia', is sponsored by National Oil Company of Liberia (NOCAL), Lonestar Cell MTN, Liberia Coca Cola Bottling Company, Zoomlion Liberia and the Ministry of Health & Social Welfare. According to the pairings, Nimba will on Sunday 20th January, play Gbarpolu, while Maryland will go against Margibi, in kickball.
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"First gay clergyman to wed plunges Church into crisis: Archbishop under pressure to sack canon who flouted ban on same sex marriage", announced the Mail dramatically. "Church of England faces 'crisis' as gay priest weds" was the Telegraph headline.
The Church of England issued a statement on 4 January confirming gay priests can be appointed bishops if they live in accordance with the Church's teaching on sexuality.
Anglicans have staged an 'Act of Witness' at the Church of England General Synod to highlight the important role of many hundreds of LGB&T clergy.
The Lesbian and Gay Christian Movement has welcomed the Church of Scotland's "move towards the acceptance of ministers in same sex relationships".
This week, the Church of Scotland has been discussing a specially commissioned report on Same Sex Relationships and the Ministry at its General Assembly in Edinburgh. Alison Jasper from the University of Stirling unpacks the issues, as part of the Critical Religion series.
There has been some uncertainty as to what the Church of Scotland General Assembly actually voted for, and against, on the issue of coupled same-sex ministers and related issues. on Monday 23 May 2011.
The Church of Scotland General Assembly, meeting in Edinburgh, has moved towards the acceptance of ministers living in a same-sex relationships.
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Openly gay Church of Scotland minister Scott Rennie has had his call to a parish in Aberdeen sustained by the Kirk's General Assembly last night, thwarting a campaign of "hatred and bigotry" against him, say thankful supporters.
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We all just love Justin and we all think he's our brother, son, friend, nephew.... he's an all American KID we've watched grow with the Tigers. But here's a caution but maybe they cover this in the locker room.... There's a lot of betting going on with each and every game. Justin ought to watch out for himself. I would advise looking at the movie, "The Natural" with Robert Redford which expresses what I'm trying to say. The bookies in this country are really busy and large amounts of money trade on these games. He needs to keep his head in the games to the bitter end!!! But I'm happy for him otherwise. Signed: A Dedicated Tigers Fan since 1959. DTF59
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Apparently putting an end to months of speculation and conjecture, it now appears that we have reasonable confirmation of what most folks have long suspected: superstar überbabe and swimsuit model Kate Upton is in fact dating Detroit Tigers ace Justin Verlander. At least if you are willing to believe Verlander's grandpa. And if you can believe [...]
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This wont last. Verlander's idea of a good time is arcade games, going to Coyote Joe's in Macomb County Michigan, and playing golf every day near his rural Goochland VA home. I doubt Ms. Upton (who's only 20 to his 29) will be happy with that - she's more the Cannes, France, NYC LA scene. It will be fun watching his brain kick in at Thanksgiving/ Christmas time thinking about his gal loyal to him for 10 years that he dumped for this chick. Sad
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The animals on the cover of Designing Evolvable Web APIs with ASP.NET are warty newts (Triturus cristatus). Also known as northern or great crested newts, these amphibians are found all over northern Europe, from the UK to just past the Black Sea. It is the biggest and least common of the three newts that live in the British Isles, and is protected there by the Biodiversity Action Plan, which seeks to catalog and form conservation plans for threatened animals.
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The intro chapters contain a good primer on HTTP and REST that are useful not only to novices but also to those who think they know the web. The inclusion of newer RFC's (with links) is a great help to progress the state of the art of building modern REST API's. The ASP.NET WebAPI chapters are a good cohesive study of how/why the framework was built and how to use it for more than hello-world API's.Overall, well worth the money.
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I think this book starts from the basics. It explains what is the purpose of an API, it explains how should an API be constructed, created and implemented. The book presents the known methods for building a web api. It is explained why apis which communicate through HTTP should be more widely used then the ones based on SOAP or REST or other protocols.The firs half of the book really explains the details about constructing an api, presenting the possibilities and guidelines, which API developers should keep in mind. After presenting the general guideline, the book explains the structure of the ASP.NET WebApi, what is the execution flow of the API invokes, which class should be inherited when security is the primary concern and how are different filtering layers executed. It is presented how an ASP.NET WebApi application can be hosted inside IIS or ran as a separated process where there is no need for IIS.There is a good explanation of the HTTP protocol, HTTP headers and the idea behind using HTTP as an overall communication protocol. The final book will contain explanations related to data formatters, the HttpClient implementation inside the .NET Framework and there will be a dedicates section for testing.Another thing which was really sympathetic for me is the appendix, where the different media types are presented. Inside the book the author(s) put a big accent on standardization of media types and APIs. There are presented a lot of existing media types which are not so well known, but could/should be used when designig an API.I review for the O'Reilly Reader Review ProgramWhen I read the book it was available as a draft and also being a draft it had great knowledge and stuff in it. I would recommend this book to anyone who knows/plans to write an API which will be used by others and will need constant improvement and feature change.
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This book seems to be have been a huge undertaking.As an ASP.net developer, this book hit a little close to home with me. I'm astounded at the capabilities of this platform. Now that it has expanded into the rest of the open-source arena with tools like Nuget, we get the same exciting abilities as the rest of the web developers.This ASP.net API technology (semi)recently made available just continues this movement of awesomeness. This book attempts to help advanced developers add to the fast increasing list of expandable APIs. As far as I can tell, it succeeds on all levels.I usually try to quickly pass over the history lesson at the beginning of programming books, but the section "Origins of Web APIs" was quite fascinating, covering the beginnings of API use in Salesforce, Ebay, Amazon, Twitter, Google, etc., etc..
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The diminutive genius will return to the recording studio this week to begin work on the follow-up to his low-key 2002 album 'Sea Change'. The Dust Brothers will be joining him on production and engineering duties. The duo produced the bulk of Beck's 1996 album 'Odelay' and were also involved on the 1999 record 'Midnite Vultures'. They also recorded the debut Hanson record. Respect.
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Claudius states that the whole kingdom of Denmark should still be grieving its beloved king. This is ironic, given that Claudius murdered him—but he's got to keep up the appearance of a sorrowful brother. There is additional irony in Claudius' subsequent, feigned concern over Prince Hamlet's supposedly excessive grief.
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Lying Game Spoilers: Alice Greczyn Teases a Big Finale Cliffhanger! Exclusive
As ABC Family's The Lying Game gets closer to its season finale, it's time for fans to pick a team. While Emma Becker (Alexandra Chando) and Thayer Rybak (Christian Alexander) seem to have no problem thinking Thayer's father Alec Rybak (Adrian Pasdar) could be guilty of murdering Derek, Mads (Alice Greczyn) is not letting her father go down for the crime without a fight.
But who is right? The last episode seemed to show some condemning evidence against the district attorney, but as pro TV watchers, we know better than to give in to such easy clues.
We ran into Alice at the Secret Room pre-Oscars lounge, where we decided to conduct our own (friendly) interrogation, and get to the bottom of who's telling the truth.
Wetpaint Entertainment: We're smack in the middle of a murder mystery. What can we expect from the rest of the season?
Alice Greczyn: The rest of the season pretty much revolves around that. The finale will reveal answers to the murder, and [the episode] is called "Unholy Matrimony." There's a lot going on with the adult relationships, and I think that's mainly what the finale's about. For me, I stay the same. I'm like, "How could you think those things about Dad?" And Thayer's like, "How could you not think these things about Dad?" So that's what my whole storyline is this season.
Mads, obviously, is trying to solve the murder and prove her dad isn't the murderer?
Right. She thinks her dad is innocent. So she has his back, and she'll die fighting for that if she has to.
Does that mean that there will be conflict between her and Thayer?
There already is. No more than what there already is. It's just tense right now.
What about Mads and Sutton and Emma? Eventually, I assume all three of them are going to end up in a room.
Probably. That has not happened yet. I have not worked with Alex and Nikki who plays her double. I have yet to work with Nikki, but I've had scenes with both Emma and Sutton. So it would be interesting to get all three girls in a room together.
She confronted Sutton in the last episode. What should we expect between Mads and the twins?
I don't think Mads has any more scenes with Sutton after that. Even things with Emma are a little tense since Emma's trying to prove my dad guilty. So Mads feel very alone right now. I start getting closer with Ryan, the love interest, because he's the only one that isn't saying bad things about my dad. Everyone else is. So even with Emma, things are a little bit tense. But I like her more than Sutton.
What would you want Season 2 to tackle?
Season 2, I would like for Mads to have a little bit more of a storyline outside of her dad. That's what I would like personally. Scenes where she gets to be a little bit more strong. I'd like to see a little bit more variety for myself.
What about the Season 1 finale? Will we get closure? Will there be a cliffhanger?
There's a cliffhanger. I feel like there's closure to certain storylines that have been playing out all season, but it definitely clearly sets a tone for Season 2 which is just more scandal and drama and mystery. The finale will make that very clear. And hopefully, we'll get a second season. We're still waiting to hear on that. It looks likely, but nothing's for sure.
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The Greatest Unreciprocated Hand Shakes In NBA History
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Celebratory high-fives, fist pounds, and other forms of dap are a privilege, not a right. These NBA stars have deemed that some of their fellow colleagues are not worth that privilege.
Though it may be unsportsmanlike, we do know that it gives us (the viewers) quite a laugh! With that being said, here are some of the Greatest Unreciprocated Hand Shakes In NBA History, in no particular order of course. Enjoy!
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Justin Bieber 'attacked' by overzealous fan, innocent piano suffers the consequences
The music word is abuzz Monday morning (May 6) with news that pop star Justin Bieber was "attacked" during his concert in Dubai over the weekend. Video of the attack is above and you can see for yourself -- an excited fan stormed the stage, probably wanting a hug.
But maybe the headlines should read "Justin Bieber's security attacks fan, innocent piano," because those guys have rattlesnake-like reflexes in getting the fan away from the Biebs. As you can see, Bieber is unhurt and skips away, continuing on with his song.
On Twitter, Bieber writes of the incident, "Dubai. Nothing stops the show. 2 more to go." He'll now be performing in Cape Town and Johannesburg, South Africa before taking a break from his world tour. The next leg picks up at the end of June in California.
We were actually privy to an attempted Bieber attack several years ago when he was taping a performance for "American Idol." The security guard at that performance had the unsuspecting tween subdued in no time.
These Bieber security guys -- they're like the secret service.
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Since beginning this blog in August 2010, I've written about hundreds of media disasters.
Today, I decided to go back and look at the most outrageous things people have said over the past three years and compile the most jaw-dropping sound bites I could find.
My list is subjective. If your personal favorite isn't on this list, please leave it in the comments section below, preferably with a link to the video or news story.
Without further ado, here are 10 of the most jaw-dropping media interview answers from the past three years!
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2012 was an election year, so it's no surprise that politicians consistently committed the types of gaffes that took their campaigns far off message.
This year, we heard about the "47 percent," "tacos," and "chains." But it wasn't just politicians in trouble–an executive, a football coach, and three broadcast personalities also made the list.
Without further ado, here are the ten worst video media disasters of 2012!
Honorable Mention: Kathie Lee Gifford: How's Your Dead Wife?
In May, Today Show host Kathie Lee Gifford committed an embarrassing gaffe when she asked comic Martin Short how his wife was doing. The problem? Mr. Short's wife, Nancy, died two years ago. It's not that she made a mistake. It's that her question, asked in that typically "insider" show business way, suggested a much more intimate friendship with the Shorts than she clearly had.
10. Joe Biden: "Republicans Will Put You Back in Chains."
When speaking in August, Vice President Joe Biden used an unfortunate choice of words that instantly triggered accusations of racism. He told the crowd, in which many African Americans were present:
"Romney wants to let the–he said in the first hundred days, he's going to let the big banks once again write their own rules, unchain Wall Street. They're going to put you all back in chains."
Biden denied that his comments had any racial context, but all politicians should have learned to avoid such rhetorical traps from Ross Perot's infamous 1992 "you people" remark.
9. One Mayor's Pledge to Eat Tacos
When four police officers in East Haven, Connecticut were indicted on charges of beating Hispanic residents, a reporter asked the town's mayor, Joseph Maturo, "What are you doing for the Latino community today?"
Mr. Maturo's shocking response—"I might have tacos when I go home"—led to him being blasted by members of the community, the governor, and the media. The rest of the interview wasn't much better. This may only rank ninth on the year-end list, but it's my personal favorite of the year.
8. Democratic Consultant: Ann Romney "Never Worked"
Democratic strategist Hilary Rosen caused a stir during a CNN interview in April when she said that Ann Romney "has never worked a day in her life." Many women were offended at Ms. Rosen's assertion, especially given that Ms. Romney was a stay-at-home mother who raised five boys.
Rosen's comment, which helped Republicans neutralize the "war on women," quickly drew condemnation from within her own party. Within days, President & Mrs. Obama, Vice President Biden, White House Spokesman Jay Carney, and Campaign Communications Director David Axelrod all condemned her remark.
7. Football Coach Offers Cash for Injuring Opponent
In a remarkably violent and vulgar audio tape released in April, former New Orleans Saints Defensive Coordinator Gregg Williams was caught offering players money to injure members of the opposing team before a 2012 divisional playoff game against the San Francisco 49ers. About one player, he said:
"We've got to do everything in the world to make sure we kill Frank Gore's head…we want his head sideways." About another player, he said, "we fuckin' take out that outside ACL."
Mr. Williams' disgusting rant earned him an indefinite suspension from the NFL. May he never spend another moment on a professional, college, high school, or youth football field.
6. Clint Eastwood Hijacks Mitt Romney's Big Night
On the final night of the Republican National Convention, Mitt Romney accepted his party's nomination to become the Republican presidential candidate. He proceeded to deliver a fine speech. Unfortunately, actor Clint Eastwood–who took the stage minutes before him–stole many of the headlines Romney had earned.
Eastwood took the stage accompanied by a bar stool. For 11 painful minutes, Eastwood addressed the bar stool as if it was President Obama. It was off message, bizarre, and embarrassing–and the news media spent precious minutes discussing Eastwood afterward instead of Romney.
5. Rush Limbaugh Calls Student a "Slut"
Bombastic right-wing radio host Rush Limbaugh isn't known for mincing words – but his vicious attack on Georgetown law student Sandra Fluke was extreme even by his own loose standards.
Ms. Fluke testified before a Democratic House panel that Georgetown–a Jesuit university–should be required to provide contraceptive care as part of its health insurance plan. Mr. Limbaugh responded by asking if she was a "slut" or "prostitute" who is "having so much sex, it's amazing she can still walk."
He didn't seem to understand that the cost of a woman's contraceptive care doesn't correlate directly to the amount of sex she's having; nor did he factor in the many health reasons women use contraception. But his advertisers understood, and they fled his show in record numbers.
4. Susan G. Komen Founder Blows Crisis Response
Susan G. Komen founder Nancy Brinker appeared on MSNBC after her organization cut off funding to Planned Parenthood, allegedly because Planned Parenthood provides abortion services. The resulting crisis was a disaster for Komen that threatened to destroy in a matter of days the favorable reputation it had built over decades.
Ms. Brinker bombed the interview, during which she claimed that "the responses we're getting are favorable," seemingly oblivious to the firestorm around her. She edgily blamed her critics for not "bothering" to read more about their decision and failed to express any reassurance to her supporters who felt betrayed by the decision.
The group's fundraising took a major hit, with fewer women participating in Komen's annual races. In Washington, DC, 40,000 women raced in 2011; only 26,000 did in 2012. Similar drops were reported in several other U.S. cities.
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3. The First Debate and the Other Barack Obama Gaffes
From "The private sector is doing fine" to "If you have a business, you didn't build that," President Obama offered his opponents plenty of fodder for negative attack ads.
But it was Mr. Obama's shockingly lackluster performance in the first presidential debate that may have been the biggest surprise, leading to an immediate decline in his poll numbers and a collective freak out by his Democratic supporters, who wondered how badly he really wanted a second term.
During the debate, Mr. Obama responded to Mitt Romney's attacks without any discernible passion, instead making meandering points full of "uhhhs." The video below is an edited compilation of some of Mr. Obama's more than 200 "uhhhs." It's emblematic of how hesitant and unfocused he was throughout the debate.
2. The "47 Percent" and the Other Mitt Romney Gaffes
Whether saying "I like being able to fire people," criticizing London about its Olympics preparation during a trip to the U.K., or boasting about his wife's two Cadillacs, Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney couldn't get out of his own way all year. But it was his comment about the "47 percent" that may have sealed his fate:
"There are 47 percent of the people who will vote for the president no matter what. All right, there are 47 percent who are with him, who are dependent upon government, who believe that they are victims, who believe the government has a responsibility to care for them, who believe that they are entitled to health care, to food, to housing, to you-name-it….My job is not to worry about those people."
The video was a disaster for Mr. Romney's campaign, taking them far off their desired messages just two months before Election Day.
1. Todd Akin's "Legitimate Rape"
Missouri's Republican Senate candidate, Todd Akin, caused an uproar when he used the phrase "legitimate rape" during an August television interview.
But it was what he said immediately afterward that was both scientifically false and terrifyingly ignorant. Speaking about the possibility of a woman getting pregnant after being raped, he said:
"From what I understand from doctors, that's really rare. If it's a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down."
Akin's comment served as a perfect example for Democrats pushing the theme of a Republican "war on women." Republicans, aware of the damage Akin's comment would have on the rest of the party, quickly begged him to quit the race. He refused. And Democratic incumbent Clare McCaskill beat him by a whopping 15 points in a race that favored the Republican challenger in many early polls.
Although Akin wasn't alone in these types of comments–Indiana's Richard Mourdock and Joe Walsh swam in similar waters–his was the most high-profile.
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Last week, Mayor Joseph Maturo of East Haven, Connecticut was asked what he would do for his community's Latino community following an abuse scandal. "I might have tacos when I get home," he replied. His ridiculously insensitive answer was shocking, but far from the only one of its kind.
On April 6, 1987, L.A. Dodgers General Manager Al Campanis appeared on ABC's Nightline.
He appeared on the program to commemorate the 40th anniversary of Jackie Robinson's major league debut (Robinson was the first black player to break baseball's color barrier). So you'd think Campanis would have been particularly sensitive to issues of race that night.
Not so much.
Before you watch the clip, there's one more relevant piece of context: According to ABC, there were no black managers, general managers, or owners in the major leagues at the time of this interview.
Dodgers G.M. Al Campanis: "I truly believe that they [African Americans] may not have some of the necessities to be, let's say, a field manager, or perhaps a general manager."
Nightline Host Ted Koppel: "You really believe that?"
Campanis: "Well, I don't say that all of them, but they certainly are short. How many quarterbacks do you have? How many pitchers do you have that are black?"
Koppel: "Yeah, but I mean, I gotta tell you, that sounds like the same kind of garbage we were hearing 40 years ago about players….That really sounds like garbage, if you'll forgive me saying so."
Campanis: "No it's not, it's not garbage, Mr. Koppel…why are black men, or black people, not good swimmers? Because they don't have the buoyancy."
Koppel: "Oh, it may just be that they don't have access to all the country clubs and the pools."
I wish I could say that those two examples were anomalies, but Mayor Maturo and Mr. Campanis are far from alone when it comes to public figures making racist statements. Here are four other high-profile examples:
- In 1988, sportscaster Jimmy "The Greek" Snyder was fired from CBS for saying, "The black is a better athlete to begin with because he's been bred to be that way…the slave owner would, would, would, would breed his big black to his big woman so that he could have ah, ah big, ah big, ah big black kid."
- In 1992, Cincinnati Reds owner Marge Schott got in hot water after referring to two of her star ballplayers as "million dollar niggers" and making favorable remarks about Adolf Hitler. She was banned from day-to-day operations for the 1993 season.
- In 2006, Virginia Senate candidate George Allen called a young Indian-American man "Macaca," a racial epithet. He lost the election.
- In 2007, radio host Don Imus lost his jobs at MSNBC and CBS radio after calling members of the Rutgers women's basketball team "nappy-headed hoes."
As for Mr. Campanis, he resigned two days after this interview aired, his legacy forever tarnished by a reckless few minutes. And as for Mayor Maturo? He still has his job. For now.
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It's only January. You'd think that public figures would have made a New Year's resolution to leave their disastrous media gaffes in 2011.
No such luck. This month, a taco-loving mayor, layoff-loving presidential candidate, and threat-loving politician put their feet firmly in their mouths.
Without any further ado, here are the five worst media disasters of January 2012!
(And if you missed the 10 worst media disasters of 2011, click here to catch up.)
5. Michael Moore: Older Voters Are Racist Homophobes
Michael Moore is right that younger people voted for President Obama in larger numbers than older generations did. But his conclusion that older people didn't vote for President Obama because they're racist homophobes is an offensive generalization.
Some older folks likely match his characterization – but many others voted for John McCain for his pledge to end earmarks, his foreign policy bona fides, or for hundreds of other legitimate reasons. Castigating them all as bigots is a perfect example of the small-minded reductionist politics that Mr. Moore blasts in his movies.
4. Nancy Pelosi's Empty Threat
When Nancy Pelosi was asked whether former House colleague Newt Gingrich could become president, her tone became icy, responding, "That will never happen."
When CNN Host John King asked why she was so sure, she offered a not-so-veiled threat: "There is something I know." After Newt Gingrich responded by telling the press that she should come out with whatever she thinks she knows, Ms. Pelosi backtracked on her threat.
Her distasteful threat was tantamount to a childhood game of, "I have a secret and I'm not telling" – and it's beneath her position as a former House Speaker.
3. The Marines Who Urinated on Dead People (And Their Defenders)
That four U.S. Marines urinated on dead Taliban insurgents (while laughing about giving them a "shower") was bad enough. But the incident was made even worse when some conservatives suggested that it wasn't a big deal. Former GOP hopeful Rick Perry said so, and CNN's Dana Loesch went a step further, saying, 'I'd urinate on dead Taliban too."
No matter that Marine Gen. John Allen, the top U.S. and NATO commander in Afghanistan, said that, "These actions are in direct opposition to everything the military stands for."
Or that Army Lt. Gen. Curtis M. Scaparrotti, commander of the International Security Assistance Force Joint Command, said, "Defiling, desecrating, mocking, photographing or filming for personal use insurgent dead constitutes a grave breach of the LOAC (laws of armed conflict), violate basic standards of human decency and can cause serious damage to relations with the Afghan government."
2. Mitt Romney Likes Being Able to Fire People
Republican frontrunner Mitt Romney can't help himself. If he's not making $10,000 bets, telling people that he's unemployed, boasting about putting his political opponents into debt, or bragging about living on the "real streets" of America, he's threatening to fire people.
So it's not so much that he uttered the words, "I like being able to fire people." In fact, that sound bite alone is out-of-context. But it's an oddly worded way of making his point (about being able to switch underperforming health care providers), and it's little wonder that many people viewed it as revelatory, not accidental. You better believe his Democratic opponents can't wait to use it against him.
1. One Mayor's Pledge to Eat Tacos
When four police officers in East Haven, Connecticut were indicted on charges of beating Hispanic residents, a reporter asked the town's mayor, Joseph Maturo, "What are you doing for the Latino community today?"
Mr. Maturo's shocking response led to him being blasted by members of the community, the governor, and the media.
I hope he was drunk when he gave this interview – at least that would give him an excuse. It's only January, but his train wreck may end up as one of the worst media disasters of 2012.
If you're the captain of the Costa Concordia and you abandon ship after running aground in Italy, you might not want to come with an excuse so ludicrous as to dishonor the men and women who died on your ship. That didn't seem to bother Francesco Schettino, who claimed that he didn't want to leave the ship, but…
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Government is making progress towards the conclusion of negotiations over the controversial interim Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with the European Union.
"We seem to be approaching the conclusion of the EPA negotiations, but a few important areas still need to be dealt with. I trust that it would be evident that our success in industrialisation will require a wide range of policy measures and targeted interventions, and it is in this context that we need trade agreements such as the EPA to accommodate and not obstruct our policy objectives," said the Minister of Trade and Industry Calle Schlettwein.
The comments follow the release of an academic paper - 'The EU preferences for Namibia: Implications for the Namibian Meat Export Industry' by Festus Tangeni Kandenga of the University of Namibia. The paper, released towards the end of last year, intimated that Namibia stands to lose N$480 million every year for not signing the EPA. Last year the European Parliament extended the deadline to terminate the interim EPA to 2016. The initial deadline was 2014.
The extension came in part thanks to the pressure from leftist political parties in Europe. The EU wanted to remove the countries that have not signed the EPA from the list of countries with market access to the EU. The removal would have seen Namibia paying hefty duties, rates and taxes on beef, fish and other lucrative agricultural products that the country ships to the EU annually.
Cattle production is the most important agricultural activity for many Namibian commercial and communal farmers, with the beef industry generating over 60 percent of the livelihood of the Namibian population.
It is estimated that the total cattle population of Namibia is 2.4 million. Namibia exports nearly 81 percent of its beef production to the EU, South Africa and other markets. The industry generated N$1 billion in foreign earnings in 2010.
The old deadline disadvantaged Namibia, because of a new categorisation of Namibia as an upper middle-income country, putting it in a category where it has to trade with the EU using the Generalised System of Preferences (GSP), a much less favourable access regimen compared to the one the country currently enjoys, and with less comprehensive coverage.
The GSP excludes beef and table grapes that are important exports to the EU from Namibia. The EU is on record that the current situation is not compatible with WTO rules and it is not fair towards countries that have already fulfilled their obligations and ratified their agreements, hence the earlier proposal to remove the 17 countries that had not yet signed from the list of beneficiaries. Of the 17, nine would not be affected at all since they continue to benefit from the EU's 'everything but arms' (EBA) duty-free schemes.
These include Burundi, Comoros, Haiti, Lesotho, Mozambique, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia. The eight other countries would have reverted to a less advantageous preference scheme. These include Botswana, Cameroon, Fiji, Ghana, Côte d'Ivoire, Kenya, Namibia and Swaziland.