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Feast your eyes on the official trailer for Lupin Sansei: Mine Fujiko to Iu Onna (Lupin the Third: The Woman Named Fujiko Mine):
Source: Japanator
Feast your eyes on the official trailer for Lupin Sansei: Mine Fujiko to Iu Onna (Lupin the Third: The Woman Named Fujiko Mine):
Source: Japanator
Shikamaru and Hinata are smokin!
As seen in 2012's Shonen Jump 17
More at: ANN
Another amazing show from Patrick Macias. Now here's some hangover fueled snap shots:
Ninja, I see you!
Patrick Macias will be emerging from the dakrness to assault you with his NINJA ATTACK! in Vol.7 of the hit TokyoScope Talk series! Thrill as deadly ninja secrets are revealed a our host walks you through the shadowy and shinobi filled paths of Ninja City!
Now you see them, now you donft!
The ninja – Japanfs famed shadow warriors of legend – are the subject of the next TokyoScope Talk film event, hosted by Patrick Macias.
Produced in association with Matt Alt, co-author of the new book Ninja Attack! True Tales of Assassins, Samurai, and Outlaws (Kodansha International), this presentation will explore the historical and pop culture legacy of the original men (and women!) in black.
Gasp in amazement as rare clips from assorted movies, anime, and TV programs such as gShinobi no Monoh, gRed Maskh, gShogun Assassinh, gDagger of Kamuih, and gAlien vs Ninjah reveal the over-the-top skills, weapons, and deadly techniques of these fearsome martial artists!
*All attendees enter a raffle to win free copies of gNinja Attack!h!
Admission $10
Patrick Macias returns to the mic to take on the tough women of Japanese cinema! Don't miss it!
Monday, September 13th at 7:00pm (Happy Hour starts at 6:00pm)
š Hosted by Patrick Macias (Editor, Otaku USA)
š VIP party starts 6pm
š Discussion + Screening of Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion
š $20 / mature content
Join host Patrick Macias (Editor, Otaku USA) for a unique look at sexy Stray Cats, Female Prisoners, Delinquent Bosses and other captivating and sexy bad girl roles from Japanese cinema. The evening will be complemented by a theatrical screening of the lurid prison film Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion. Adults only due to mature subject matter; 18+ General admission tickets for the discussion and film screening are $20.00.
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Patrick Macias enters the ring for his 4th match of Tokyo Scope. This bare chested bout has Macias going tit for tat against the sex in Japanese cinema and he's taking it to the mat! Don't miss this no holds barred night and get a ring side seat to every low blow, submission, and leg lock this event will display!
Friday, June 11th at 7:00pm at VIZ Cinema Admission $10 / ADULTS ONLY!
Following the the trailers for the fan made Street Fighter: Legacy film, is, well, the film. Enjoy!
My take:
Opening has too many fast cuts, fight is not bad but not as awesome as Beginnings End, and the quality damn good. Ryu's hadoken trapping after a knock down had me laughing. Overall: We need more of these fan films!
Since today is Cinco de Mayo.


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Special Edition: NYC is a heavily comic book-focused mini-convention during the summer, organized by ReedPop's (the same folks behind New York Comic Con). This was the event's second year in existence and its first time at the pier. In…
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ilikecomicstoo @ NYCC 2014!
The time has come! This year I'm speaking on a Saturday panel and cosplaying through the weekend. Check here for my schedule and plans, which will be updated as we get closer to the event.

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Hats off to ECBC for the design of the Hercules backpack. The materials, layout, handy features, and colors make this a first rate choice. I am very demanding on my work gear. The fact that it held up to three straight weeks of heavy use in the field with only a few issues really impressed me.
I've used a backpack as my primary laptop bag for work for the past eight years, so I know exactly what I want and need from one. The first three that I used each lasted a year or less before the exterior ripped or the shoulder strap fell off. I almost gave up on using backpacks entirely, however, I decided to give them one more try with a heavy-duty Swissgear model that has taken everything I've dished out for the last five years. And for the record, that's a lot of punishment.
While my old Swissgear backpack is tough, functional, and has tons of storage space, it isn't very comfortable to carry, and there aren't really enough pockets for such a large bag. It's important to note that I load up my bags with tools and documents for my job. Lately, my Swissgear has had a negative affect on my lower back. With this in mind, I've been on the lookout for something that will be a suitable upgrade. I haven't had much success in this search, until several weeks ago, when I heard about the new ECBC Hercules backpack.
The main reason Herculese caught my eye was the fact that it has a special padded pocket for tablet storage. It also has a lot of pockets and compartments I knew would be good for organizing things like cables and chargers. The question for me was if the Hercules could stand up to the same punishment as the backpacks that have tried before.
One thing about my old Swissgear bag that I always appreciated was its toughness and durability. It isn't much to look at, but that tough exterior has protected my gear in some not-so-friendly environments over the years, and has never torn or ripped. So, any potential replacement would have to live up those same standards. So far, the Hercules has performed better than I initially expected. The bag exterior, which is made from what ECBC describes as "Outdoor Industry Tested 1000d Kodra" is tougher than it looks from a distance.
As you can see above, I received both the Blue and Green models of the bag. All of my testing to this point has been using the Blue version. Anyway, both of the colors bring a bit of style that my old bag certainly did not have, while still looking very professional. Also of note is the fact that those good looks are meant to last. The Hercules still looks good as new after three weeks of use.
Bear in mind that the bottom of this bag has spent several hours sitting on a mechanical room floor (albeit a well kept one). Remarkably, the Blue color doesn't show dirt at all after a minimal amount of care (such as a quick dustoff). Very impressive. While the Hercules is a step up from what I'm used to in the looks department, don't let that fool you. Running your hands across the exterior, you can quickly tell that the Kodra material feels tougher than it looks.
Another thing I've learned to look for in a bag after past failures is the quality of the stitching. It doesn't matter how awesome the interior of a bag is, or how many pockets it has if the straps come off and everything falls apart. Additionally, the straps themselves and their adjustment mechanisms, as well as the carry handle on top of the Hercules, are very thick and designed to last.
The same also holds true for the quality of the zippers. As you can see below, the stitching is heavy without being ugly or obtrusive. The reliable YKK brand zippers are heavy duty and water resistant. The bag has a Kodra exterior treated with a water repellent coating. I've had to carry the Hercules back and forth from job sites to my car in the rain a few times, once in a very heavy downpour. I checked my laptop after that walk in the heavy rain and everything inside was nice and dry.
The Hercules features no shortage of padding. The back of bag is well padded making it very comfortable to carry, especially for long periods of time. Also, the molded back panel has the same webbed exterior as the straps. It sits on my back in such a way that it doesn't get uncomfortably hot. The material allows air to move through, so the Hercules doesn't feel like a sweltering mass sitting on your back. This may not seem important to some of you, but just try wearing a backpack that doesn't have this feature for a long time outside on a hot summer day. It's not pleasant.
For me, the most important element of the Hercules' exterior design is its profile. It has a much narrower profile than my old bag, and as such, it keeps the weight that it carries closer to my back. Bear in mind that I have this bag loaded with gear. This gives me noticeably more leverage when I am carrying a heavier load, making that weight easier to carry over a longer period of time. Thanks to that, my back is no longer hurting after doing so. As with all of the other areas of the Hercules' external design that I have described, ECBC also nailed it here.
The only small drawback to the overall design of the Hercules is that it doesn't sit upright on a level surface without leaning it against something. This is because of the weight distribution and narrower profile of the pack. The wider base of my older Swissgear bag would keep it upright most all of the time. However, this small matter pales in comparison to how well the bag distributes the weight across my back. It is definitely a worthwhile tradeoff. I've adapted to just propping the bag on a table, chair, or wall.
As good as the exterior of the ECBC Hercules is, the interior design really won me over. Thanks to an intelligent layout of multiple storage pockets and areas, it holds far more gear than I originally thought at first glance.
It starts right up front with two zippered outside pockets. The upper one is roomy and perfect for carrying my laptop's charger where it will always be easy to get to. There is even enough room for my Bluetooth mouse. The lower zippered pocket is smaller, but is a great place for charger cables. There is also a small slide-in pocket that is good for holding backup batteries or anything similar in size.
Behind the lower exterior zippered pocket, there is a larger interior section with plenty of storage for pens and cards, as well as a mesh pocket for small accessories, and an enclosed one for medium sized accessories.
The center section of the Hercules is the most spacious part of the bag. It has a larger mesh pocket that is perfect for adapters and cables. This section also has a pocket with a Velcro closure that can be used for documents or small items (I put Ethernet cables in it, myself).
There is a significant amount of open space at the bottom allowing room to carry some larger items. I've been carrying a 5 outlet surge protector, wireless router with AC adapter, extension cord, and headphones in here. This proves that there is plenty of room.
The bag's center section contains a special tablet pocket. This pocket does the job, but it's obvious that it was designed with 10″ tablets in mind. I have an iPad Mini, and the closure strap isn't perfectly suited to hold it in place. This is likely the case with smaller 7″ tablets as well. Despite being a loose fit, my Mini doesn't fall out while the strap is attached.
While the tablet pocket has ample padding on the side facing the interior of the bag, the other side doesn't really have any padding to speak of. The back of my tablet is just sitting against whatever I have in the pockets behind it.
None of this is particularly bad, but the Hercules' tablet pocket also isn't quite as nice as the one in the STM Nomad shoulder bag that I reviewed recently, which was lined with microfiber material and fully padded on all sides. I wouldn't be as comfortable putting my iPad Mini in here naked, considering how much loose gear I have sitting right on the other side of the pocket's padding in this section.
One positive with having such a large pocket with some slack in the holding strap is that if you don't have or care to store a tablet in here, it would also make a good spot for a netbook. It can also be used for documents or other general items as well. While the tablet pocket isn't the most impressive aspect of the Hercules backpack, it does get the job done, and is a welcomed feature.
The rear section of the Hercules is where the main laptop storage compartment is located. It is large enough to fit a 17″ laptop, but will still hold a smaller one securely. My new Lenovo Yoga is 13.3″ fits fine with being too loose. There is also padding on both sides, so my laptop has plenty of protection.
There is also a pocket near the laptop that is well suited to document storage. How much room you will have here may depend on how thick your laptop is. Mine is a thin ultrabook, so I have plenty of room for a few folders and files. With a thicker laptop, you may need to store your docs in the center section of the bag.
One of ECBC's highly-touted features for the Hercules is a compartment which they call FastPass. It is fully TSA-compliant and is becoming more and more common in high-end laptop bags and cases. Just unzip the sides of the case all the way down to split the bag in half. This allows you to put the bag in an airport scanner bin, and run it through the scanner without removing your laptop. This is a really handy feature for those who frequently travel by air.
The last storage feature may seem like a small thing, but I just found the engineering and attention to detail to be very impressive. The Hercules has mesh drink holders on both sides of the bag. This feature itself isn't anything groundbreaking, but the way they are installed is really cool. They are zippered pockets, and when closed, they fold up completely flat to the bag.
When opened, these pockets are larger enough to hold my 24 oz water bottles, or 16 oz coffee thermos with room to spare. There is also enough room to use these for other things. For instance, I keep one available for my bottle and have a Klein 11-in-1 Screwdriver alongside a pair of wire strippers in the other with room to spare.
The Hercules retails for $139.99. This is not a cheap backpack, but it isn't the highest of high end either. I believe my company paid somewhere close to $60 for the Swissgear bag that I've been using. There is definitely a noticeable difference between the two in every regard. While some consumers may balk at this, I personally think $139 is a fair price considering how well the bag worked for me. It held up to heavy lifting in the field, helped me consolidate my luggage by safely carrying my tablet and accessories, and is well-equipped for air travel.
I knew that the ECBC Hercules was a well-made and designed laptop bag when I first pulled it out of the box. I just didn't realize at the moment how good it really was. Other than a couple of very minor caveats, this bag is pretty close to flawless. The materials are top quality, durable, and water resistant. The interior layout is very organized and useful. The little design touches such as the breathable padding on the back of the bag and the zip-out drink holders are evidence of good design and careful thought. Oh, and it looks great, to boot. The ECBC Hercules is without a doubt the best laptop backpack I've ever used.
(If you like what you've seen of the Hercules in this review, keep an eye on iSource over the next day or so. You might find a nice surprise worth $139.99, if you know what I mean!)
The ECBC Hercules is available from ECBC for $139.99 in Black, Linen, Blue, Green, and Berry.
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Are ya ready???
So here's my small, cluttered laundry room before...blah!
And now...dun, dun, dun...
I just love all these cabinets!!!
Isn't it gorgeous!!! Yes, those are clothes on the counter - Emma puts up her own clothes these days, so I just fold them & let her know they are ready to be put up. She is such a big girl!! And that little basket on the counter is for orphan socks - some mysteries will never be solved I guess!
I still want to paint in there, get a nice matching rug & hang something on the wall. The wall to the left, which I realize now you can't really see, is just a bare wall - before it had those wire shelves (see before pics) that stuck out & got in the way (they are now high in my pantry to give me more shelving in there). I bought some sample paint colors for the kitchen yesterday, but Michael didn't really like it for the kitchen so I think I might try it in here. It's a pretty blue/gray color so I think it'll go well. Might post pics for your opinions later.
So, I'll continue with remodel pics...here are the before & after of the kitchen cabinets, too...
Here's where I found a home for those wire shelves . The shelves only went so high in the pantry & it isn't a huge pantry, so the floor was used like a shelf & I HATED stuff on the floor in there! With those shelves up high I'm able to get everything off the floor! Ahhh...much better!
I am so happy how everything turned out! And the painting we did & the light fixtures changes just add to it all! And we finally got our new dishwasher in - now all the appliances match again! LOL! We still have a couple more projects we're working on for the summer, but all are small compared to this one!


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| 8°C Dublin
TAXES collected on the sale of new and imported cars have plummeted by €700m in just one year.
In a graphic illustration of how sales in the motor industry have collapsed, figures from the Revenue Commissioners show that only €375.5m was collected in Vehicle Registration Tax (VRT) last year.
The low tax-take adds to Finance Minister Brian Lenihan's Budget-balancing woes.
VRT must be paid when a new motor vehicle is first registered in the State. The rate of VRT varies between vehicle types, and is mainly dependent on the level of CO2 emissions.
Non-State registered vehicles, for example imported second-hand cars from the North or Britain, must also be registered and VRT paid within one working day following their arrival into the country.
The Revenue Commissioners confirmed to the Irish Independent that preliminary figures for 2009 show that €375.5m was collected -- more than €700m less than the 2008 figure.
Sales of new cars have been in steady decline since a peak in 2007 when 184,267 new motors were registered.
In 2008, the number fell to 151,954 -- but in a disastrous year for the industry just 57,337 new cars were purchased last year.
Up to 11,000 staff were laid off and 70 dealerships also closed last year.
In January 2007, some 45,864 cars were sold. In January 2008 the figure increased to 47,308 but last year it plummeted to 15,809 for the first month of the year.
And sales so far this year are trailing those for the corresponding period in 2009 by 6pc, according to the latest statistics.
However, industry insiders are hopeful the scrappage scheme -- which knocks €1,500 off the price of a new low-emission (up to 140g/km) car -- will push sales up towards the 70,000 mark.
Also contributing to the fall in VRT is the fact that a higher proportion of new cars being bought produce lower emissions (especially diesels). As these vehicles attract a lower VRT rate, the amount going to the Exchequer is greatly reduced.
Figures released by Revenue also show 1,934 vehicles were seized last year for non-payment of VRT, an increase on the 1,598 taken from motorists in 2008.
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Difficult Democracy and Easy Revolution
- Gaurav Bhattarai
April 06
All sorts of revolutions necessarily don't give birth to democracy. Chaotic transitional period, disorders resulting from the failure to have a proper form of governance, complexities in state restructuring, high levels of crimes and violence, which are deemed as the prominent attributes of a state in transition have often metamorphosed a feudal and despotic state into a failed state, not a viable democracy, in an endeavor to reform the erstwhile state structure. Occurrences are not just limited to the post-conflict governance however.
Threat to the process of democracy formation multiplies extremely in weak and failed states. In such case, a full-fledged democracy still seems far-off. To exemplify, African countries like Mozambique, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Asian countries like Cambodia and Middle-east countries like Lebanon are some of the post-conflict states which paid as a huge price to democratize themselves.
British statesman and leader during World War II Sir Winston Churchill truly said that "To build may have to be the slow and laborious task of years. To destroy can be the thoughtless act of a single day". Revolution seems easier but democracy is difficult. It is easier to handover guns to the poor peasants of the peripheral spheres of an underdeveloped country and to influence them shrewdly advocating the cause of Communism and Maoism, but it is always harder to keep patience and endow better education and distribute fruits of development over the long haul. Reiterating Mao Zedong's belligerent statement," power comes from the muzzle of the gun" and agitate the poor to revolt against the state system and existing power structure by propagating the ideas from Communist Manifesto and Red Books merely requires an emotion of an intense dislike of the affluent corporations and some readings since Marx and Engels. But, toppling of feudal regime via means of peaceful uprising by disseminating the ideas of equality, justice, freedom, peace and reforms require purposeful and industrious undertakings. United States Civil Rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. resorted to peaceful demonstrations not the use of guns or any forms of violence to fight against the segregation of Blacks. He even advised his adherents to be maneuvered by democratic norms. He said to his audience from Lincoln Memorial," Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred. We must forever conduct our struggle on the high plane of dignity and discipline".
Even at the behavioral level, to be a democrat is not an easy chore but an uphill task subject to alterations and adjustments as per the combination of circumstances at a given time. Democracy is not constituted and conditioned by conforming to specific manifestos or proclamations like the other doctrines, philosophies and school of thoughts do. Since its ideas and principles are deeply rooted in the belief of promoting human values, to aver that the animating force of democracy is in human blood, air, and water won't be a phony and delusive assumption. The understanding about democracy cannot be confined to a mere political orientation but ought to be also understood as an ongoing organic process, whose success is however driven by the degree of rhetoric employed to achieve the democratic causes. Thomas L Friedman in his book The World is Flat writes: "The good news in India and China and the countries of the former Soviet Empire today is that, with all their flaws and internal contradictions, these countries are now home to hundreds of millions of people who are hopeful enough to be middle class. The bad news in Africa today, as well as rural India, China, Latin America, and plenty of dark corners of the developed world, is that there are hundreds of millions of people who have no hope and therefore no chance of making it into the middle class. They have no hope for two reasons: Either they are too sick, or their local governments are too broken for them to believe they have a pathway forward" (538). Take the case of South Korea and North Korea. Technically, North Korea and South Korea are in a state of war as the enmities of 1950-53 war were concluded with a ceasefire rather than a formal peace treaty. Ceasefire is the state of negative peace not real peace and there are always the chances of escalation. Look at Latin-American countries. Except Brazil and Costa Rica, others are undergoing through internal turmoil. African country like Somalia plunged into starvation due to tribal wars and famine. The predicament of Latin- American countries and African countries have bespoken that every internal problem has however created inter-state problems and every inter-state problem eventually creates regional problems.
It is crystal clear that there is no alternative to democracy as there is no other option to human co-operation. Negative peace should be overpowered by positive peace through social justice, democracy, and development wherein state is committed to protect ethnic, social, religious and legitimate minorities. There is no alternative to democracy because revolutions hitherto haven't yielded any constructive resolutions besides generating chaos and the fermenting minds with the whim of impractical and unattainable utopias.
Bruce Russett in his illustrious book, Grasping the Democratic Peace, published by Princeton University Press, New Jersey in 1993, argues in favor of democracy by reiterating that democracies do not fight each other. Russett believes that it is possible to replace the realist principles (anarchy, security dilemma of states) by the help of democratic peace theory. He considers that Democratic peace primarily envisioned by Immanuel Kant and Woodrow Wilson, can be achieved by advocating the cause for a shared peace among democracies. For Russett, peace exists among democratic countries because of shared norms and institutions, not as the result of their wealth, alliances and their distance from each other. In his words, peace is the product of "structural and normative characteristics" of the democracies. However, Russett is also concerned by the rise of new democracies propelled by the protests and uprisings tailored by nationalism and ethnicity, which might disquiet the process of democratic peace. He says, "A Muslim fundamentalism movement might achieve power in the name of democracy" (135).
In the process of analyzing methodically the statement that democracies do not fight each other, Russett studies and rejects the counterexamples that can be brought to refute his thesis statement. (e.g., the Boer War, the Spanish-American War, U.S. covert action against Guatemala and Chile). He writes, " The Boer War was not interstate war but extrasystematic war...the Orange Free State was not an independent state...Spain after 1890 had universal male suffrage ...but ministry was selected by the king...competitive elections were manipulated...the system lacked the democratic quality..."(17-19). Russett further writes, "the Guatemalan, Indonesian and Nicaraguan regimes had accepted arms from communist states ...governments were not fully democratic but autocratic ...In Guatemala, Arbenz was elected by free elections in 1950 but his regime turned from autocratic to authoritarian in 1954. ..Sukarno came to power after first election in Indonesia but the parliamentary system was messy and unstable... Chile was regarded as a democracy until the Pinochet Coup ..." (121-123).
Arguing that Democracies haven't fought each other since 1815, he explains the contradictory cases of the American Civil War, and Finland against the West in World War II. He says they don't fit the criteria for war between democracies. On American Civil War, he writes, "Confederacy never gained international recognition of its sovereignty "(17). He further writes, "Finland was actively at war only with the Soviet Union, in an attempt to wrest back the territory taken from it in the Winter War of 1939-40...there is no record of combat or casualties between Finland and democratic states...the 1863 war between Ecuador and Colombia also doesn't fit the criteria as both the governments came to power through revolutions. Lebanon's involvement in the Six-Day War of 1967 is another case. Lebanon was not fully democratic and Israel had not yet held a national election.
To state the proposition more clearly that violent conflict between democracies are rare but frequent between non-democracies, Bruce Russett comes up with two models:
a. Cultural/ Normative Model: In democracies, "decision makers resolve conflicts by compromise and nonviolence, respecting the rights of opponents...peaceful conflict resolution...the more stable the democracy , more strong the democratic norms to govern institutional behavior....but nondemocracies use violence to resolve conflict ..."(35).
b. Structural/ Institutional Model: "checks and balance, division of power, the need for public debate is higher in democracies due to which there is no fear of surprise attack and for democratic states to use force against each other ... (40).Both the aforementioned models believe in strengthening democracy, prioritizing conflict resolution strategies among democracies, but at the same time encourage democratic regimes to use force to get rid of the violent tendencies associated with authoritarian regimes. As a result, wars between democratic and non democratic regimes are common.
Drawing a distinction between the two models, Jack S. Levy in his research work, The Democratic Peace Hypothesis: From Description to Explanation, says, " Although the normative and institutional models overlap to a considerable extent, Russett finds that the former is somewhat superior whereas the normative model accounts for both the tendency of democracies not to get involved in disputes with each other and the tendency of those disputes not to escalate to war, institutional constraints are more important in preventing the escalation of disputes between democratic dyads to war than in preventing the outbreak of disputes in the first place"( 353).
While making the empirical analysis of the Greek city-state system of the fifth century B.C., Russett states that institutional constraints were weak and normative conditions were only partially developed. As a result, democracies often went to war with each other (Athens and Syracuse) as democracies themselves were not more peaceful than oligarchies (a political system governed by a few people). But Russett believes that in comparison to ancient city states and pre-industrial tribal states, democracies in the modern world are unlikely to go to war against each other.
But his proposition is prone to flaks variously. At the time when he penned the book with the collaboration of William Antholis, Carol R. Ember, Melvin Ember, Zeev Maoz, peace among democracies was merely the result of shared interests during the Cold War. Russett's democratic peace proposition not only challenges the predominating realist nature of international relations, which calls for an equilibrium of power between nations (balance of power) and common strategic interests, but also claims that democracy has no alternative and denies the validity of all other political systems (Communism, Anarchism, Stalinism, Monarchy, Caesarism, Fascism...) to explain the peace and stability that characterizes relations between liberal democracies. Hence, he is criticised by the scholars who believe that democracy is an essentially contested and time-tested topic of discussion.
There will always be some differences between newer democracies and the nations with high-standing democratic traditions and Russett is sure to encounter a question, how will democracy increase peace in the world if democracies keep on fighting against nondemocracies. Meanwhile, instability and uncertainty prompted during the process of democratizing the nondemocracies reflects that the international system is still not completely free of Hobbesian state of anarchy. It appears as if Democratic Peace proposition appears merely an empirical law in international relations. Lastly, liberal principle among democratic countries is not the sole cause to prevent war between democracies, but their state of economy also play a vital role, since they are aware that war inflicts economic ruin. Probably Russia and Ukraine are also aware of this and refrain from attacking one another, or are they confused to choose or not to choose between Kant (idealism, democratic peace theory) and Hobbes (realism, anarchical world system?
Despite of these criticisms of Russett's propositions in the book, Grasping the Democratic Peace, sometimes even "democrazy" works but violent revolutions, war, conflicts have always failed to address the hopes and aspirations of the people. It's so simple: guns impart wars and violence, while talks confers a long-lived peace, and propels cooperation. Hence, power doesn't come from the muzzle of the gun but through understandings, co-operations and coactions and collaborations. We need democratic revolutions not revolutions without democracy.
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Feather in a Cap: Remarkable Growth of China in IPRs
In a knowledge based economy,it is highly desirable that the new economic drivers of the 21st century such as intellectual property rights (IPRs) should be harnessed to stimulate the economic growth and foster social well-being. Unfortunately, the developing countries are still struggling to optimally use the IPRs for economic development and resource creation. However, much responsibility lies upon the government to promote and create conducive environment to capitalise on IPRs…


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Russia Meets Ukraine in Brussels as Threat of Gas Cut-Off Looms
(Bloomberg) -- Russia and Ukraine resume European Union-brokered energy talks in Brussels on Monday as gas supplies re-emerge as a weapon in the conflict between the two neighbors. EU energy chief Maros Sefcovic meets Russian Energy Minister ...
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Moscow metro passengers will soon have to swipe their tickets when they go through exit turnstiles, as well as when they enter, local news service M24 reported Monday.
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David Cameron, according to his critics among senior diplomats and military commanders, seems to have turned Teddy Roosevelt's advice on foreign policy – "speak softly and carry a big stick" – on its head.
At Boston Bombing Hearing, Sides Spar Over Boatby firstname.lastname@example.com (VOA News)
Lawyers for Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev sparred Monday with U.S. prosecutors over whether the boat where he hid from police, or just part of it, can be shown to jurors during his trial. In a final hearing before the trial starts Wednesday, prosecutors told Judge George O'Toole they want to show jurors panels of the boat where they say Tsarnaev scrawled the motive for the deadly 2013 attack, which occurred at the finish line of the annual race. Authorities have said the message referred to U.S. wars in Muslim countries and that Tsarnaev wrote, "Stop killing our innocent people and we will stop." Tsarnaev's lawyers said they want the entire boat shown to jurors so they can see how it was riddled with bullets and smeared with blood. Tsarnaev, now 21, was found hiding in the boat that was being stored in the backyard of a suburban Boston home. The judge did not immediately rule on how the boat could be used as evidence in the case, nor on other issues raised by the lawyers. Tsarnaev's lawyers asked the judge to limit use of what they said are "highly disturbing" autopsy photos of the three people killed by the twin pressure cooker bombs allegedly set off by Tsarnaev and his older brother, Tamerlan. Three days after the attack, Tamerlan was killed in a shootout with police as the pair tried to flee Boston. Tsarnaev, who was in court Monday, could face the death penalty if convicted of carrying out the largest mass casualty attack in the U.S. since the 2011 terrorist attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people. His lawyers described the older brother as "the lead conspirator" in the case, but prosecutors sought to curb their use of that argument while the jury considers whether Tsarnaev is guilty. If the jury finds Tsarnaev guilty, it would then decide what sentence to impose. On Tuesday, the lawyers are set to pick a jury to hear the case against Tsarnaev. He is charged with killing three people and injuring another 264 along the race course and then killing a policeman three days later as he and his brother tried to elude authorities. An original pool of more than 1,350 potential jurors has been trimmed to 70 people, of whom 12 jurors and six alternates will be chosen. Judge O'Toole says the trial could last until June. Tsarnaev's attorneys sought to have the case moved out of Boston, on the grounds that many potential jurors had a personal connection to the attacks and thus could not judge the case impartially. An appellate court rejected the request Friday.
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Why Bibi and Barack Can't Get Along by Massimo Calabresi
The messy relationship between Benjamin Netanyahu and Barack Obama began, appropriately enough, in a janitor's office at Reagan National Airport in March 2007. U.S. and Israeli diplomats have been cleaning up ever since, as the two men have left a path littered with personal slights and policy differences.
But their confrontation over Netanyahu's politically tinged speech to Congress Tuesday could end up being their messiest yet, affecting the outcome of U.S.-Iran nuclear talks, the upcoming election in Israel and the future of the Middle East.
Bibi and Barack's hastily arranged first meeting was, in fact, cordial and respectful, according to those who were there. Obama was returning to Washington from the primary campaign trail. Netanyahu was headed back to Israel where he was the opposition leader in the Knesset. Both knew they might soon be in power, and both recognized it would be work to reconcile their differences.
For starters, they came from very different backgrounds. As TIME wrote in 2010, Netanyahu's father, Benzion, was among the intellectual leaders of what is known as revisionist Zionism while his older brother became a national hero after leading, and dying in, the 1976 raid on Entebbe.
Obama for his part is the Christian son of an atheist father who had been raised a Muslim. The future president spent formative childhood years in a Jakarta house that had no refrigerator and no flushing toilet, and he still bears on his arm a scar from a playing-field cut perfunctorily stitched up in a Jakarta hospital.
But the real challenge the two have faced is their different policies in the Middle East. Obama came to office reaching out to Iran and pushing for Israeli-Palestinian peace. Netanyahu opposed warming ties with the militantly anti-Israel theocrats in Tehran and refused in early meetings with Obama publicly to embrace the possibility of a Palestinian state.
The two men have endeavored to put a positive face on their differences, and at times it wasn't hard since they and their countries often had common interests. The two countries have collaborated on anti-Iran measures, and senior officials say the security relationship between the two countries has never been closer.
But as often as not, the combination of personal and policy differences, fueled by distrustful staffers, gave way to friction between the two men. There was the time Israel announced a massive expansion of settlements in East Jerusalem just as Vice President Joe Biden arrived there for talks—a traditional Israeli greeting for peace-process pushing U.S. diplomats that dates back at least to Secretary of State James Baker. Then there was "the Snub" —Obama's 2010 decision to leave Netanyahu negotiating with aides in the West Wing while he went for dinner with his family.
The outcome of their latest confrontation remains to be seen. Netanyahu faces a tough election this month and the White House's increasingly public criticism may well show their desire for a change in leadership. Netanyahu's effort to encourage anti-Obama members of Congress to push new sanctions could help scupper the already tenuous U.S.-Iranian talks.
But even if nothing much comes of their latest confrontation, few imagine the men will ever be inclined to patch up their differences. As Netanyahu's sometime political nemesis Avram Burg told TIME in 2010, the two men may simply be irreconcilable. "You cannot stitch together the world visions of Obama and Netanyahu," Burg said. "This is a clash of the psychological infrastructure."
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Twitter is investigating threats made against its employees by people claiming ties to the Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria (ISIS).
A message appeared online Sunday calling on ISIS supporters to kill Twitter employees, apparently in response to the company's efforts to block ISIS-related accounts.
"You started this failed war," reads one post in Arabic. "We told you from the beginning it's not your war, but you didn't get it and kept closing our accounts on Twitter, but we will soon come back."
One message singled out Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey in particular, showing an image of crosshairs overlaid on Dorsey's face. Dorsey is now CEO of mobile payments company Square.
"Our security team is investigating the veracity of these threats with relevant law enforcement officials," said Twitter spokesman Jim Prosser.
ISIS has often used Twitter and other social media to broadcast its message, publish video of violent acts and recruit new followers. The group has shown a penchant for "gaming" Twitter by using automated accounts to make its online supporter base seem larger than it likely actually is.
Meanwhile, Twitter regularly deletes posts and suspends accounts showing executions or violent actions. The company's terms of service ban posting "direct, specific threats of violence against others."
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Anna Duritskaya had said that she was being held under police guard in a friend's apartment in Moscow
The Ukrainian girlfriend of murdered opposition leader Boris Nemtsov, who is the only known witness to his killing on Friday night, has reportedly flown to Kiev after being held for questioning by authorities in Moscow.
Ukrainian foreign ministry spokesman Yevgeny Perebiinis said Anna Duritskaya had flown to Kiev after the Ukrainian embassy in Russia "provided all the necessary assistance for her return to her home country," Interfax news agency reported.Continue reading...
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James Clapper, the director of national intelligence, said he was treated to a 12-course banquet when he visited the isolated country to bring back two jailed Americans, Matthew Miller and Kenneth Bae
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Denis Grishkin / VedomostiSeveral analysts have said that Kadyrov has a license to act offensively because he holds a special place in the Kremlin's heart.
Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov has embarked in recent days on a marathon of threat-laden spats with prominent public figures, making statements so brazen they would be unimaginable coming from any other regional leader.
Analysts interviewed by The Moscow Times attributed Kadyrov's recent bout of brashness to the unyielding trust President Vladimir Putin seems to have had in the Chechen strongman since his clan began helping Russian forces bring the republic back under Moscow's control after the start of the Second Chechen War in 1999.
Heightened Rhetoric
A recent terrorist attack targeting a French satirical weekly has fueled Kadyrov's recently emboldened rhetoric. On Wednesday, gunmen stormed the Parisian headquarters of Charlie Hebdo, a publication well known for its offensive depictions of the prophet Mohammed. Twelve people were killed in the attack.
The virtually non-existent reaction of Muslim officials in Russia appears to have given Kadyrov a window of opportunity to assert his role as a strong Muslim leader in a country with many millions of Muslims.
In the aftermath of the Paris massacre, mourners and activists took to social media in a bid to urge newspapers worldwide to publish Hebdo cartoons in solidarity with the slain cartoonists. Kadyrov was quick to voice his disapproval. In comments made Monday via Instagram — his preferred method of mass communication — the Chechen leader vowed to mobilize Muslim protesters en masse if any Russian media outlets opted to reprint the cartoons that had provoked the attackers' ire.
"We have often forgiven even those guilty of the deaths of loved ones. But we will not allow anyone to insult the prophet, even if it will cost us our lives," Kadyrov wrote. "And if we're still staying quiet, that doesn't mean we can't bring millions of people to their feet across the world to march in protest of those who repeat the insults against Muslims' religious sentiments."
Last week he lashed out at exiled tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky, who had been among those calling on media outlets to reprint the cartoons. Kadyrov also railed against the head of the liberal Ekho Moskvy radio station, Alexei Venediktov, over the news outlet's decision to poll readers on whether newspapers should publish the offensive cartoons.
"There will be those who will call Venediktov to account" for insulting Muslims across the world, Kadyrov wrote via Instagram on Jan. 9.
Kadyrov referred to the radio station as "the main anti-Islamic mouthpiece," saying Venediktov had knowingly insulted millions of Muslims.
Venediktov denied in a blog entry that the poll had been motivated by anti-Islamic sentiment, and said he would appeal to law enforcement authorities as he takes "threats made by Ramzan Kadyrov very seriously."
Russia's poor track record with press freedom is widely recognized. It ranked 148th of 179 countries in Reporters Without Borders' 2014 World Press Freedom Index. But the Chechen republic has had a particularly dark reputation in this arena since the murders of journalists Anna Politkovskaya (2006) and Natalya Estemirova (2009), both of whom were killed after having extensively covered human rights issues in Chechnya.
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As hundreds of thousands mourned the loss of the Charlie Hebdo cartoonists, Kadyrov heightened his rhetoric.
Threats Fall on Deaf Ears
The Paris massacre followed on the heels of an attack in the Chechen capital of Grozny on Dec. 4, which left 14 police officers dead and dozens of others injured during a nighttime battle between security forces and militants.
In the aftermath of both deadly massacres, the question of where the Kremlin draws the line for Kadyrov is increasingly unclear.
After the offices of several human rights activists working in Grozny were hit by an arson attack in mid-December following Kadyrov's accusations that they had collaborated with terrorists, Mikhail Fedotov, the head of the Kremlin's human rights council, warned that "it would be incredibly stupid if anything happens to these activists."
The attack happened after the activists had reported that the homes of people believed to be tied to militants involved in the Dec. 4 assault had been burnt down by masked men — an attack they linked to Kadyrov's earlier remarks calling for the families of militants to be punished.
When asked about the apparently fiery fallout of Kadyrov's claims at his annual press conference in December, Putin offered a gentle reprimand: "As a rule, the relatives of people who commit terrorist attacks are aware of it at least in the vast majority of cases … But this does not give anybody, including the leader of Chechnya, the right to any kind of extrajudicial settling of scores," Putin said.
Beyond those remarks, however, there has been no official backlash against Kadyrov's behavior, and the recurring question of whether it's Kadyrov who answers to the Kremlin — or the Kremlin to Kadyrov — has again gained traction.
License to Offend
Several analysts have said that Kadyrov has a license to act offensively because he holds a special place in the Kremlin's heart.
He "earned their trust by suppressing the armed opposition in Chechnya," said Mairbek Vatchagaev, a regional analyst with the Jamestown Foundation, a U.S.-based research institute.
"Ramzan Kadyrov has an unlimited supply of trust from [President] Vladimir Putin. He will not say anything that would be harmful to Putin, or that wouldn't be in agreement with the personal opinion of the Russian president," Vatchagaev said.
Carnegie Moscow Center analyst Dmitry Trenin agreed with this assessment, saying "Kadyrov has a license to say and do things no one else has. He is Putin's 'irregular' fighter, and his mission is to take on Russia's — and Putin's — enemies."
Trenin ruled out any possibility of Kremlin officials encouraging Kadyrov to make such loaded statements, however, noting that Kadyrov is allowed to say and do things "without having to clear them with anyone in advance."
Through his public statements and adoring Instagram posts, Kadyrov has repeatedly made clear that his allegiance is to Putin.
According to Georgy Engelhardt, an independent analyst on Islam,"fear of religious and/or ethnic conflict" may also play a role in the Kremlin's tolerance for Kadyrov's remarks.
"Kadyrov's unique position is based on the perception that he is the key person pacifying rebellious Chechnya. So, especially during a period of crisis, the government basically prefers to tolerate his actions rather than open a Pandora's box by restructuring the elite in the Caucasus," Engelhardt said.


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Professor Sohail Inayatullah, renowned academic and futurist most famous for introducing and pioneering the futures technique of causal layered analysis speaks with Karun Cowper of the Globalactive Podcast.
Sohail is the author of several books some of which are pretty much canon in the field of future studies. Other books such as "Understanding Sarkar", "Neohumanist Educational Futures and "PROUT in Power" are the focus of this interview…
What is PROUT? What is its relevance in the modern world and into the future. What is Neo-Humanism? Who is PR Sarkar? This Indian mystic, macro historian, propounder of this socio-economic theory that is PROUT?
One of the fundamental tenets of PROUT is the guarantee of the minimum essentials of life to all human beings – food, housing, health, education. How does the movement to a Universal Basic Income fit in as a step in this direction?
Backcasting to PROUT… from a New Economy framework perspective. How can the PROUT framework inform and inspire the movement to an ecosystem that is prefigured in smaller, connected, grassroots, P2P transnational communities. Or is there a pathway forward with some revolutionary party led by some tremendous personalities essentially emerging from the existing system?
Yoganomics is discussed. Yoga as union. Yoga as internal mastery, evidence based spirituality, service to Life moving beyond Yoga's reduction to physical postures for physical health. A spiritual battle of the light against the dark forces of our time.
For more of Professor Sohail Inayatullah's work check out https://www.metafuture.org/.
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Racing giant McLaren is set to offer talented esports competitors the chance to fill real-life Formula One positions in the future, an opportunity they believe doesn't exist for professional Call of Duty and FIFA players.
The company's director of esports Ben Payne has stressed the importance of preparing the next generation of top racers with driving simulation technology.
McLaren held their Shadow Projects championship in January, with the winner being recruited to their esports team to continue their development as a potential driver. During an interview with GamesIndustry.biz, he explained what the car manufacturer will be doing to develop its esports team in the future and how racing - as an esport - can perhaps offer more than other types.
McLaren's winner of the World's Fastest Gamer competition Rudy van Buren has been identified as a great example of how "dozens of days" in a simulator can give people the upper hand behind the wheel.
"It's not the first rodeo for gamer to racing driver," he told GamesIndustry.biz. "GT Academy has done that in the past, so it's happened, but it's the first time it's happened under an F1 brand.
"When we launched Shadow Projects in July 2018, it was an iteration of that program from our perspective. We wanted to try and find athletes for our esports team."
Unlike other growing popular esports such as Call of Duty, Dota 2, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Fortnite and others, the McLaren gaming chief says they're "proud" that driving is a niche in the market. He also sees clear differences in not only the opportunities, but the talent it would seem.
"It's not like they'll break their fingers if they crash, but it is an endurance test" Payne continued. "If you and I played FIFA for a few hours, we could stop, have a beer and then pick it up again.
"But, our guys are more athletes than in a number of esports spaces. I know the big esports teams have nutritionists and all that, but I think simulation racing is different."
A former member of McLaren Shadow, Enzo Bonito, recently beat ex-Formula One racing driver Lucas di Grassi around a track in Mexico - which is another example of how racing esports simulations can put people on a trajectory towards the very top of the actual sport, too.
Whether or not more and more Formula One drivers will be developed through McLaren's esports team remains to be seen. But, they are certainly determined to give it a shot.


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Pembroke Pines man accused of stabbing stepson
John Negron, 68, faces attempted murder charge
PEMBROKE PINES, Fla. – A Pembroke Pines man is accused of stabbing his adult stepson multiple times in the neck, chest, stomach and back.
John Negron, 68, faces a charge of attempted murder.
Pembroke Pines police they received a call at about 8:15 p.m. Thursday from a man, stating that his stepson had attacked him.
After further investigation, police said they learned that Negron stabbed his stepson during a dispute inside a home on Southwest 72nd Avenue near Southwest Sixth Street.
The victim ran across the street to the Pembroke Pines fire station for help. Police said he was taken to Memorial Regional Hospital, where he was undergoing surgery.
Negron was arrested at his home and taken to the main Broward County jail.
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Oregon's Math Problem: How To Measure Health?
Obamacare looks different in every state. In Oregon, the focus of the health care overhaul is on coordinating care, getting doctors, nurses and hospitals to work more effectively together to keep patients healthy and to eliminate waste. To do that, the federal government gave Oregon $2 billion to reorganize its system. That's a lot of money to make the system more efficient. So how will success be measured? Well, Kristian Foden-Vencil of Oregon Public Broadcasting reports on how health officials are holding themselves accountable.
KRISTIAN FODEN-VENCIL, BYLINE: There are hundreds, if not thousands, of ways to track the health of a population. You could measure the average blood pressure, the rate of mental illness or the average weight. Sarah Bartelmann is a measurement expert with the Oregon Health Authority. She says it was hard to boil the list down.
SARAH BARTELMANN: A lot of the discussion and the conflict was where the data would come from and if it was something the state could easily report on.
FODEN-VENCIL: But Oregon decided on 33 measurements, and they cross the medical spectrum. But let's take a look at one of them, an effort to measure how often doctors ask patients if they're abusing drugs or alcohol.
BARTELMANN: There are a couple of ways a practice could do this. They could start with a prescreen, so that would just be one question that a doctor would ask. It could be part of your vital stats, when they're taking your blood pressure. They could also ask: Do you use alcohol? Do you use drugs? And that would be yes or no. And if the patient indicated that they did, for either one of those, that would then trigger a longer screening.
FODEN-VENCIL: Just to be clear, the goal is to get doctors to refer patients to a service. Patients don't actually have to go to be counted, but they have to be referred. It's a measure that Oregon has created on its own, so there's no national standard. To figure out where to start, Oregon Health and Science University looked into how often doctors currently ask patients not just whether they smoker or drink but whether they abuse those substances. Lori Coyner of the Oregon Health Authority says the answer was virtually never.
LORI COYNER: This is a difficult subject for doctors to talk about with patients.
FODEN-VENCIL: So since doctors aren't asking the question, the baseline was set at zero. The state then had to decide where to set the goal. The university looked at a group of local doctors who started asking about substance abuse and found that after a couple of years, 44 percent had managed to set up a system to do it on a regular basis. So, says Sarah Bartelmann, Oregon's metric and scoring committee felt a goal of 44 percent was achievable.
BARTELMANN: The committee wrestled with setting a benchmark that seemed so high, 44 percent compared to approximately zero percent now.
FODEN-VENCIL: As might be expected, not everyone is happy with the new measurement. Rick Hangartner runs an electronic health records company. He thinks it doesn't go far enough to help people battling drugs or alcohol.
RICK HANGARTNER: And the big problem is finding a treatment program that can actually take them that works for them. So it's got to be not only that we've identified, you know, people with problems, that if the whole point is improving health, we've got to show some follow-through.
FODEN-VENCIL: So it's easy to see how setting up new measurements can quickly become controversial, and the state is going through something like this for all 33 of these measurements. On top of that, Oregon has to worry about timing. Rehab for drug abuse or alcoholism could save the state a lot of money, but often, those savings show up in the long run. In the short term, rehab is expensive. And the feds have given Oregon just five years to prove it can reduce increases in medical costs. And if the state fails, it faces some substantial fines. For NPR News, I'm Kristian Foden-Vencil in Portland.
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How the Queen Was Almost Killed On Royal Tour Of New Zealand In 1981
"A new report reveals how the government of New Zealand attempted to conceal just how close a young man came to assassinating the Queen during a diplomatic trip to the country in 1981," writes Alex Green in an article for The Daily Mail.
"As the Queen paraded in front of adoring crowds Christopher John Lewis, a 17-year-old local boy from Dunedin, took aim with a .22 rifle". "The shot flew past her head."
Lewis, who "had become obsessed with exterminating the Royal Family", "had missed and aside from a brief moment of distraction the parade continued, the crowd unaware of what had just almost occurred," reports the article.
"In the aftermath shamed New Zealand police launched a cover-up operation to disguise the seriousness of the event, a new investigation reveals."
"You will never get a true file on that. It was reactivated, regurgitated, bits pulled off it, other false bits put on," said former Dunedin police officer Tom Lewis. "He revealed the teenager's original statement was later destroyed in an official cover-up."
"The fact an attempted assassination of the Queen had taken place in New Zealand… it was too politically hot to handle. I think the government took the view that he is a bit nutty and has had a hard upbringing, so it won't be too harsh," said Murray Hanan, the would-be killer's former lawyer.
Lewis "charge was later downgraded to possession of a firearm in a public place and discharging it," reports the article.
At the time police told "press the distinctive noise was just a council sign falling over" and later another narrative emerged when "they said someone had let off a fire cracker nearby."
"Two years later the same teenager attempted to overpower a guard and escape from a psychiatric ward where he was being held in order to murder Prince Charles, who was visiting the country in April with the Princess Diana and their young son, William."
"After the incident Lewis was sectioned and police found clippings of the Royal family in his grimy flat, as well as a detailed map of the Queen's route that day."
"And in 1995 when the Queen returned, the New Zealand government sent the man on a tax-payer funded holiday to the Great Barrier Reef to ensure he would not launch another attempt," reports the article.
"Lewis later went on to kill himself in Mt Eden Prisons in Auckland in 1997 – at the age of just 33 – while awaiting the trial of a woman and the kidnapping of her child."
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Cultivate the Ground of your Heart!
Recording to Come Later. As a kid, I didn't like when I had to go out and do yard work. As I'm sure you know it's laborious work and it can take up a lot of time. It would be a variety of things that I would need to do outside. Pick up sticks so … Continue reading Cultivate the Ground of your Heart!
The Annunciation, and Art.
There is something about this image of Our Lady that I really enjoy. The painting comes from the late 19th century by an artist named Henry Tanner; it is in the artistic style of realism. I don't understand different artistic styles, but to me, it depicts what the Annunciation could have looked like. First I … Continue reading The Annunciation, and Art.
God's Gaurentee always delievers.
Do you guys remember Billy Mays? The Oxiclean man? I always remember that his commercials were highly enthusiastic and if you weren't careful they draw you into buying his product. It seems now of days infomercials as they call them are all over the place and they seem to be advertising things that at-least to … Continue reading God's Gaurentee always delievers.
Hate the Sin, Love the Sinner
For those of you who are parents, I'm sure you had all had an experience when your son or daughter messed up in some way or got in trouble at school, or you had to punish them for something bad they did. I know for me even when I got in trouble at school or … Continue reading Hate the Sin, Love the Sinner
The Transfiguration
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Mary and my Discernment
On Friday, March 8th, I began planning my priestly ordination which is scheduled for May 25th. In anticipation of this important event in my life, I would like to share with you some things that relate to my own discernment and how I decided that God was calling me to the priesthood. This week I … Continue reading Mary and my Discernment


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"Studying the Characteristics of Algebraic Curve Behavior For Nonstandard Method"
This research aims to study some algebraic curve behaviors in monad (halo) of the regular and irregular points. For this, the Robinson ideas can be used for limited points. Also the geometric tangent at this limited point and the analysis of the algebraic curve around the same point will be studied. Concepts of nonstandard analysis given by Robinson and its axiomatic by Nelson have been used. In this research, we have obtained a state where the point of origin is a regular point and concave is as illustrated in (5). So the curve has connection in this equation (6). There is a second state where the point of origin is an abnormal point of the curve as illustrated in (11). Finally, it has a concave that is calculated in the equation (29).
Diener M. and Lobry C. (1995), Analyse Nonstandard of Representation to Real. CNRS. , Paris.
Diener F. and Reeb G. (1989). Analyse Nonstandard. Herman, Paris.
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Henson C. W. (1997), Foundation of Nonstandard Analysis - A Gentle Introduction to Nonstandard Analysis Extension in Nonstandard Analysis : Theory and Application. ed. by N. J. Cultand and L. Arkeryd, Kluwer Academic Publishers.
Habacek K. (1979), Nonstandard Set Theory. Amer, Math. Monthly, Vol.86, No.8, pp. 659-677
Nelson E. (1977), Internal Set theory : a New Approach to Nonstandard Analysis , Bull. of Amer. Math. Sco. Vol. 83, No. 6, pp. 1165-1198.
Robinson A. (1970), Nonstandard Analysis- 2ed . American Elsevier, New-york.
Rosinger E. E. (2004), Short Introduction to Nonstandard Analysis, [arXiv : Math. GM/0407178v1,10].
Stroyan K. D. and Luxemburg W. A. (1976), Introduction to the Theory of Infinitesimal, New-York, Academic Press.
Vath M. (2007), Nonstandard Analysis , Birkhauser - Verlag, Berlin.
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Cindy and Lynn: It's May, and you know what that means! Booklist is rolling out their May 1 Mystery Showcase and The Booklist Reader will be focused on mysteries, crime, and sleuthing all month long. We have been training our magnifying glasses on recent book covers to fit the theme. It's no mystery that despite admonishments not to judge a book by its cover, we all do. Here are some that teens will surely want to investigate after they see them on display. The titles below are linked to their Booklist review or a previous Bookends post. What recent mystery covers caught your detective eye? Leave us a comment.
The Book Jumper, by Mechthild Gläser
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Skyepharma's Analytical Development department recently acquired a BET Analyzer, used for Surface area and Pore Size Analysis. With this new tool, Skyepharma's dedicated Analytical team is able to study the porous structure of raw materials which impacts the final product properties, such as the dissolution profile, shelf life and bioavailability.
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